Back at the wooden house, the two eldest ladies had something to do, and Toru Watanabe also went back to the assigned room.

The boys had returned, their sweaty and dirty clothes were all over the floor, and the four of them were gathered there to play mahjong.

"Watanabe, where have you been?" When Keisuke Saito was playing cards, he asked by the way.

"While you're away, I'll soak in the hot springs alone for a while." Toru Watanabe replied.

"Or are you smart." The squad leader put down his glasses with his index finger, "When we went to soak, when we opened our eyes, our faces were other people's butts." ”

"Watanabe, are you coming? I can let you. "A room for five people, another boy who is a little more distant asked.

"No, you can play, I'm just reading a book for a while."

"Who would dare to be jealous of Watanabe's number one in the country? Rely on diligence! Kunii Shu held a long chip in his mouth, "Wait, don't move the cards, eat!" ”

Keisuke Saito complained: "Can you not hold it in your mouth, if you win later, it will be all saliva." ”

"Wait until you win!"

"Excuse me, touch yourself."

"Fake, right?!"

The sound of these guys playing cards is about to lift the roof.

Toru Watanabe took out "Reminiscences" from his bag and left the room, ready to find a quiet place.

He put his book under his arm, put his hands in his pockets, and walked aimlessly for a while.

Just as he was about to go to the café to read a book and enjoy the snow, he was met by Koizumi Ona and Akiko.

It was snowing lightly, and they held an umbrella together, and the hot breath from their mouths spread all the way to the outside of the umbrella.

"Watanabe?" Koizumi Kina looked at it.

"Hello teachers." Toru Watanabe still in his pocket, "Where did you go?" ”

"I'm underestimating you, Watanabe-san." Akira looked admiring.

“......”

Koizumi Ona gently pushed down Akirako's flank with her elbow and said to Toru Watanabe:

"We just came back from dinner, are you going? The snow will fall heavily later, and the school prohibits students from going out, so they must stay in the dormitory, and the people in your dormitory didn't tell you? ”

"They're playing mahjong."

"These children ......," Koizumi Kina sighed helplessly, "If you have something, the teacher can accompany you." ”

"It's okay, they're too noisy and I want to find a quiet place to read." Toru Watanabe's eyes gestured to the "Reminiscences of the Past" in his arm.

"Diligent, boy." Huangzi's tone, how to listen to it, how to be serious, "Go to our teacher's dormitory and see it, just me and Qingnai, don't make any noise with you." ”

Koizumi Kina thought about it and looked at Toru Watanabe with an inquiring gaze.

"No, I'll go back and watch them play mahjong." Toru Watanabe turned around and prepared to leave.

"Come back!" Akira stepped out of the umbrella and grabbed his shoulders with both hands, "I'm curious about your romantic history, go to our room and tell us." ”

Toru Watanabe looked at Koizumi Ona with a distressed gaze.

"From just now, Akiko told me until now." Koizumi Kina smiled bitterly.

"Don't you want to run, come with me!"

"Teacher Huangzi, don't push it, my book is going to drop!"

After walking two steps, the book really fell on the snow, but Huangzi still pushed him hard as if he was afraid that he would run away.

Koizumi Kina looked at the two of them with a helpless smile on her face.

She bent down to pick up the book and followed.

Teachers' rooms are more luxurious than students'.

TV Xiaoice box, tea room and kotatsu, and two queen beds.

Koko pressed Toru Watanabe into the kotatsu and placed a basket of oranges on the kotatsu table.

Koizumi took off her coat and made tea, and sat down in the kotatsu.

Akirako's cold hands, put between her legs to keep warm, and couldn't wait to say to Toru Watanabe:

"Say it!"

"Say what?"

"Your affair with Rin Kiyono and Miki Kujo!"

"Miki is my girlfriend, Kiyono is my friend," Toru Watanabe picked up the tea with both hands, "It's over." ”

"Don't pretend to be confused!" Shaker raised his hand, bluffed the table, and immediately put it back between his legs.

"It's not pretending, I'm really confused, Mr. Huangzi, what the hell do you want to say?"

"Pretend! So tell me first, why did you run out of the women's bathroom? ”

"I'm curious."

"Curious? Do you think a normal person would believe this kind of rhetoric? ”

"I'm so curious, let's take a look before anyone goes in."

Koizumi Qingna peeled two oranges, gave one to each of them, and peeled his own one, while laughing and watching the two of them quarrel.

Just as Akiko pressed him again and again, Toru Watanabe ignored him, from commenting on orange juice, to "criticizing" the luxury of the teacher's room, and finally remembering the winter in Iwate Prefecture, there was a knock on the door.

"Knock knock." , very polite way of knocking.

"Who?" Koizumi Kina got up from the kotatsu and walked to the door.

Toru Watanabe didn't hear the door open, but a cold wind came from there, and he knew that the door was opened.

"Mr. Koizumi, good afternoon."

"Kiyono-san? Good afternoon, what's the matter? ”

"I want to apply for permission to go out, it's in the café, and I'll be there all the time."

"Are the other people in your dorm also playing mahjong?"

"Huh?" Toru Watanabe imagines the cute appearance of Rin Kiyono tilting her head in confusion.

Then, I heard Rin Kiyono explain:

"They're playing, but I'm embarrassed to make a noise because I'm going to read, and I don't want to accept other people's kindness because I'm making others trouble."

"That's right, that's okay."

"What a thing!" Huangzi walked over and grabbed Rin Kiyono's wrist, which was also thin in winter clothes, "You came just in time to ask about this kind of thing, only two criminals can do it." ”

"Akiko-sensei......"

"Akira ......"

Before Rin Kiyono and Aina Koizumi finished speaking, Akiko had already pulled Rin Kiyono, who had a combat power of 3, and in winter, it dropped to 1 point, into the room.

Pulling Rin Kiyono to the kotatsu, she hurried to the toilet again.

"Yo, meet again." Toru Watanabe stuffed a clove of orange into his mouth.

Rin Kiyono glanced at him from a downward perspective: "Why are you here?" ”

"If nothing else, we would have met at the café."

Rin Kiyono noticed "Reminiscences of the Youth" on the kotatsu table, recalled what Akiko said, and probably understood what happened.

"Looks like you're out of luck."

"Each other, each other."

"What are you still standing?" Akiko came out of the toilet, "Hurry up and sit down!" ”

Kiyono Rin, who is not as strong as a puppet at the mercy of others, was forcibly stuffed into the kotatsu again.

"Mr. Akiko." She shouted with a slight dissatisfaction.

"Come, eat oranges." Akira shoved a yellow-orange-orange, round orange into her hand.

Rin Kiyono glanced at the orange and sighed softly, "Thank you." ”

She began to peel oranges with graceful movements.

The hands, slender and delicate like glass, give people the feeling of breaking when they are broken.

I don't know if it's as cold as glass to the touch.

Koizumi Qingna poured her a cup of hot tea.

"Thank you." Rin Kiyono thanked softly.

"Kiyono-san," Akirako-sensei leaned out of her upper body, "When did you and Watanabe-san start?" ”

Rin Kiyono looked at Toru Watanabe: "It's nonsense again." ”

"No, have you decided that I'm talking nonsense?" Toru Watanabe has nowhere to reason.

"Isn't it natural for Watanabe to talk nonsense?"

"Makes sense...... Makes sense though! Toru Watanabe's accentuated tone became soft again, "But this time it really didn't." ”

Rin Kiyono nodded and looked at Akiko, "Teacher, what do you want to ask?" ”

Akira listened to the conversation between the two, and his cheeks were already red with excitement:

"When did you start dating? Does Miki Kujo know? What do you plan to do in the future? Is it to drive away the nine, or to live in harmony? Are there any big family politics in this? ”

Rin Kiyono calmly ate a petal of orange, and looked at Toru Watanabe again with her spring-like milky eyes.

"Crazy." Toru Watanabe understated his conclusion.

"Watanabe, what do you say about the teacher!" Akira reprimanded.

"I have a general idea." Rin Kiyono stuffed another petal of orange, "Mr. Akirako, you misunderstood, me and Watanabe-san are just friends. ”

"Understood, teacher understands, I won't tell Mihime-san Kujou, just say it."

Akira definitely misunderstood something.

Rin Kiyono sighed helplessly: "I really don't have a relationship with him. ”

"It's stubborn." Akiko lay limply on the table.

"Akira, it's almost." Koizumi Kina said.

She had heard that Rin Kiyono was a straightforward child who didn't lie, but that didn't seem to be the case.

There was silence inside, you could hear the hum of the heat, and the snow was falling non-stop outside the window.

"That's right!" Akira sat up suddenly, "Let's play a game!" ”

"Mr. Huangzi, I'm here to read a book." Rin Kiyono vetoed without hesitation.

"Three votes in favor and one vote against, what about you?" Akiko looked at Koizumi Ona and Toru Watanabe.

"Where did the three votes in favor come from?" Toru Watanabe asked curiously.

"I'm a teacher, an adult, and an initiator, just three votes." Akira looked right.

“...... I'm going to read too. Toru Watanabe decided to ignore her.

There is one last person left.

Without waiting for Koizumi Kina to speak, Akiko begged: "Kina, if you don't agree, I'll tell you about Kyoto." ”

"It's all a misunderstanding!" Koizumi retorted with a blushing face.

"I don't care, you can vote."

“...... Play the game. ”

Looking at the subdued Koizumi Kina, Toru Watanabe suddenly became a little curious about the affairs of Kyoto.

If he pleaded, Koizumi Kina should have told him, but for the sake of privacy, Toru Watanabe decided to stifle his curiosity.

"Five votes in favor, two votes against, and the next event is definitely playing the game!"

After the announcement, Akiko moved her buttocks, got up from the kotatsu, ran to the table, and took something out of her bag to write and draw.

After a while, he ran back and got neatly into the kotatsu.

"Self-made painting double six." Akira looked very proud.

In Double Six, the number of dice determines the number of advances, and the player who moves all the pieces into the opponent's position first wins.

The rules are simple, but for the sake of playability, penalties are written on the grid.

For example, to be honest with the rest of the players about a question and a high school romance - Toru Watanabe felt that he could add 'student only' to it.

There are also penalties for making up the numbers:

Tell a joke; Before the game ends, call everyone by name; Play guess with the next player, and the loser peels an orange for the opponent......

"Dice can be replaced with erasers, but how can you play without chess pieces?" Koizumi asked.

"It's better to use oranges instead, it's big enough anyway." Toru Watanabe said.

"It's worthy of Watanabe, that's good, whoever wins first can eat everyone's oranges!" Akiko loudly announces the winner's prize.

In the basket, there are still six oranges that no one cares about.

Moreover, isn't eating four oranges in one sitting really a punishment?

"Let's start the game, Kiyono-san, you become the first player."

Rin Kiyono, who had been reading, closed the hardcover book with delicate patterns and reluctantly took the rubber dice.

After rolling the dice, her orange stopped on the grid where it was written.

At that moment, Toru Watanabe saw Rin Kiyono for the first time, and a look called remorse flashed on Rin's face.

Are you thinking, 'I knew I wouldn't play games in the first place?'

Rin Kiyono lay down obediently, and Koizumi Kina helped hold down his feet.

Rin Kiyono took a deep breath, snorted nicely, and jerked forward.

“......”

The three of them looked at her who had risen to a forty-degree angle and gone down again, and had no ability to get up again, and fell silent.

Rin Kiyono, who was lying flat, took two breaths and challenged again.

......

“...... Or not? Toru Watanabe asked tentatively.

Rin Kiyono sat up, straightened her hair and clothes, and re-burrowed her lower body into the kotatsu.

"I can exchange punishment with you, whatever the punishment." She said casually.

"Kiyono-san, when you study, you should also pay attention to exercising." Koizumi Kina gently reminded.

"This is the only thing I can't do." It's worthy of R San.

"Alright, alright, let's move on." Akira urged, "Such an interesting thing happened at the beginning, I'm looking forward to the future!" Watanabe, you come. ”

Toru Watanabe picks up the dice.

So, guys, can I control the rolling of an eraser?

"Ah, it's a real headache to answer a question from the rest of the players honestly, Kiyono-san, let's exchange." Toru Watanabe said regretfully.

"Watanabe-san, your tone is too fake." Rin Kiyono said.

"I did it on purpose." Watanabe kept a straight face and restrained his smile.

Kiyono Rin glanced at him coldly, sighed with his forehead, and said helplessly, "Ask." ”

"Hahaha!" Akiko rubbed her hands excitedly, "Kiyono-san, how is Watanabe's figure?" ”

"Akira!" Koizumi Kina hurriedly stopped, "How can you ask a student such a question." ”

"What's the matter, even if you are a teacher and a student, you are also friends." Huangzi said disapprovingly.

Koizumi Kina said to Rin Kiyono, "Kiyono-san, if you don't want to answer, it's okay to change the question. ”

"Thank you, teacher, no need." Rin Kiyono put his hand on his chin and thought for a moment, "Watanabe-san's figure is very good. ”

After saying that, she added:

"But I don't care about my figure, my appearance is beautiful or ugly, and I won't add points to my external conditions."

"So what do you value about Watanabe?" Akira asked again.

"You've already asked, Mr. Akiko." Rin Kiyono replied.

"I'm curious about that, too." Koizumi Kina looked at it.

Rin Kiyono seemed to have a growing headache in her head.

She thought for a moment and said:

"He's a guy who likes to lie, but he gives me the feeling that he won't hide anything from me as long as I want to know — and I don't know if that feeling is true or not."

"Is it true or fake?" Koizumi Ona asked Toru Watanabe.

"Of course it's true." At that moment, Toru Watanabe thought so.

Rin Kiyono casually picked up the teacup and took a sip, a faint smile on the corner of her mouth in the hot mist.

Koizumi Qingna nodded with satisfaction, seeing that Toru Watanabe's eyes were softer, but faintly worried about him.

"W-that's a lie!" Huangzi touched his arm and felt the rancid smell of love.

At this moment, Toru Watanabe suddenly remembered the system.

This matter, it seems that it can't be said?

Forget it, anyway, Kiyono Rin doesn't know about the system.

"I'll ask for the next one." Toru Watanabe finally laughed and stared at Rin Kiyono with bad intentions.

"Wait a minute." Akiko stopped, "I think ten sit-ups, at most you can only change two questions, and the last one, Watanabe must answer by himself." ”

"......" Toru Watanabe put away his smile, "Teacher, you don't want to play games at all, you just want to gossip, right?" ”

Akiko smiled and nodded, not hiding it at all.

"I'm in favor of Akirako's proposal." Koizumi Kina smiled and raised her hand.

"No comment." Rin Kiyono chuckled and voted in favor.

"Okay, just ask." Toru Watanabe said helplessly.

"What do you value about Rin Kiyono?" Akira immediately ran out of the question he had thought of.

Toru Watanabe originally wanted to talk about looks, but that was later, and then he thought about legs, but that was just the icing on the cake.

"Living in this world, if you want not to be hated, anyone can do it as long as you work hard, lie, compromise, and give up."

Toru Watanabe thought about Rin Kiyono's annoying and beloved character and continued.

"I know that I am hated, but I still stick to my life path and never make up lies, I probably can't stick to this way of living for a day, I admire her persistence, envy her character, and yearn for her courage."

The room fell silent for a moment.

"Too heavy?" Toru Watanabe said, "Then I'll change it, didn't Kiyono say, 'As long as she wants to know, I won't hide anything from her'?" I also have a feeling that as long as I don't want to say it, Kiyono won't insist on asking me. ”

Rin Kiyono looked at him in a daze, and finally lowered her eyes again.

Her fingers gently caressed the teacup, and the warm breath spread all the way to her heart.

"Shouldn't I be in love?" "But how can you have the same relationship?" ”

"Alright," Koizumi Kina interrupted the topic, "Watanabe, it's time for you to do your sit-ups." ”

"Give me five seconds." Watanabe propped up with his hands on the ground, sat up, and leaned away from the kotatsu.

Just as he was lying on the ground, holding the back of his head with his hands, there was another knock on the door.

"Knock knock", very strong.

"Who?" Koizumi Kina got up again to open the door.

"Teacher, please call Watanabe for me."

Toru Watanabe crawled into the kotatsu.

After a second, he reached out and took his teacup and the leftover orange peel into it.

Akiko stared at the bottom of the kotatsu with admiration.

It's very experienced at first glance.

"Watanabe?" Koizumi Kina wondered.

"Well, his phone dropped here, please help me go to the boys' dormitory and call him out."

"Kujo-san, aren't you okay yourself? They live in the fourth row, the second building. ”

"It's dirty. Please, teacher. Kujou Miki said in an almost commanding tone.

Koizumi Qingna didn't care about her tone, she just wanted to help Watanabe hide the past now.

"I'm sorry, Kujo-san, I have something to do now, I can't leave, are you looking for Watanabe to return the phone to him? Or is there something urgent? ”

"Forget it, it's not a big deal, it's just that someone named Kumiko Huang sent him a message. Teacher, do you know this person? ”

"Kumiko? Yes. Koizumi Qingna blinked her beautiful eyes, "I asked Watanabe to help tutor a student." ”

"No wonder." Kujou Miki nodded, "Please don't introduce female students to him in the future, no, it's okay to tutor, learning is your own business." ”

"I'll ask Watanabe for his opinion."

"I'll let you agree."

Miki Kujo was about to leave when she suddenly caught a glimpse of Rin Kiyono in the room.

She turned around and asked:

"Can I go in?"