"Higashino-san, can I buy some Kumamon merchandise with you?"

Under this eager atmosphere, someone finally couldn't help but speak.

To this, Higashino Tsukasa just responded with a smile: "It was originally brought for everyone, please don't be polite, come and get some." ”

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the whole classroom was different again.

The students who had been paying attention to the situation on Higashino's side suddenly gathered around.

Tsukasa Higashino was also a little surprised to see the Kumamon perimeter decreasing at a surprising rate.

But in its place was an inexplicable sense of joy.

If Kumamon is so popular in Tokyo, it will certainly not be far behind in other places.

This will bring a lot of benefits to Tsukasa Higashino.

I just distribute most of the Kumamon peripherals.

Higashino still has more than 20 servings of Kumamon peripherals left in his hands.

At this point, Higashino Tsukasa will no longer send out.

After all, there are also Konoe Lianghua and Fujiwara Aoi who need to send some souvenirs.

I spent the whole morning and came to the North School for a lunch break.

Tsukasa Higashino directly carried the small womb around the bear and walked towards Konoe Ryoka's class.

At this time, Konoe Lianghua and the others didn't know what they were talking about, and they seemed to be very engaged and fascinated.

Higashino didn't mean to eavesdrop, but he only took two steps closer before he heard Yumi Takahashi's voice: "Hey, have you heard?" Mr. Higashino is back today, and he brought a lot of Kumamon peripherals... It's so cute. ”

She said with envy on her face, as if she hoped that Higashino would send her some Kumamon peripherals: "I just don't know if Higashino-sensei still remembers us... Alas, I heard that he has already divided a lot of Kumamon peripherals in his class, I don't know if there are any. ”

"If there is any, even if I buy it, the pariah is so cute..."

Yumi Takahashi said in a daze.

Fujiwara Aoi on the other side also nodded approvingly.

Recently, there has been a Kumamon frenzy in Tokyo, but the related goods have not yet been produced.

If only I could have started early at this time... That's really synonymous with fashion and trend.

But Fujiwara Aoi soon noticed that Konoe Lianghua seemed to be a little distracted, so she patted Konoe Lianghua on the shoulder and asked her with a strange expression, "What's wrong with you?" Cool flowers? ”

"Huh? I didn't really..."Konoe Ryoka was obviously shocked by Fujiwara Aoi's pat, but she still replied in a blushing whisper.

"That's why you don't understand anything, dwarf." Yumi Takahashi laughed: "Lianghua, this is called 'Girl Huaiqiu'." I must be thinking about Higashino-sensei! ”

She had seen through everything on her face, but the phrase 'dwarf' made Fujiwara Aoi couldn't help but glare at her: "That's called Girl Huaichun!" If you don't know how to use words, don't use them indiscriminately. ”

Fujiwara Aoi is short, and she usually walks on the road with a backpack, and people think she is a junior high school student or elementary school student.

"It's all the same, it's the same, anyway, I just want to think of Mr. Higashino."

Yumira Takahashi touched her head.

The guard Lianghua next to him could only 'hmm', and his face turned even redder.

She really wanted to see Higashino Tsukasa a little, but she couldn't lie, so her face could only get redder and redder, and she couldn't say half a word.

Looking at Konoe Lianghua's appearance, Fujiwara Aoi couldn't help but shake his head.

Ever since Ryoka Konoe trimmed her hair, there were many boys in the class who suddenly pursued Ryoka Konoe - and even some boys outside the school harassed Ryoka.

Usually she and Yumi Takahashi are a flower messenger... As a result, a few pursued her and Yumi Takahashi instead.

This kind of operation made Fujiwara Aoi half angry, and let Takahashi Yumi chase these Hans with a bamboo knife.

But that's not an option.

When will the boyfriend and girlfriend relationship between Ryoka Konoe and Tsukasa Higashino be settled?

And at this time, Yumi Takahashi, who was sitting opposite her, suddenly raised her head and looked behind Ryoka Konoe, with a surprised face: "Higashino-sensei? ”

Yes?

Fujiwara Aoi was stunned, and then she saw Tsukasa Higashino standing by the door of the classroom.

"It's been a long time, Fujiwara-san, Takahashi-san... There are also Konoe-san. ”

Tsukasa Higashino walked in and greeted a few people.

"Higashino-san..."

Konoe Ryoka was actually very happy to see Higashino Tsukasa, but she was not good at words, and after seeing Higashino Tsukasa, she could only call his name softly, looking very clumsy, and a shy flush appeared on her petite and cute face, and her big clean and thorough eyes seemed to be shining, and she couldn't help but smile on her face.

"I'm here to give you a souvenir from Kumamoto Prefecture."

Tsukasa Higashino took out a few packs of horse jerky from his shoulder bag and took out the remaining Kumamon peripherals.

"I was right! Higashino-sensei still remembers ours. ”

Yumi Takahashi almost drooled when she saw the horse jerky, and she forgot that she was still talking about the Kumamon neighborhood just now.

She took the jerky into her hand, opened them one by one and stuffed them into her mouth, and only after she had eaten was almost finished did she look at the cute and cute Kumamon bear, she was about to reach out to take it, but she was directly slapped away by Aoi Fujiwara.

This thing is really eating in the pot and looking at the bowl, and I still want to take these trinkets and gadgets with my hands full of oil.

"Thank you, Higashino-san." Aoi Fujiwara thanked Tsukasa Higashino.

Yumi Takahashi next to him also did the same, wanting to thank Tsukasa Higashino, but when he said that, he was stuck with jerky and his face turned blue.

Fortunately, Aoi Fujiwara noticed that she was filled with milk in time, otherwise this thing might have become the first girl to be stuck.

"Thank you, Mr. Higashino." Takahashi Yumi didn't have a good time swallowing the horse jerky, so he thanked him and wanted to shake hands with Tsukasa Higashino.

However, Higashino Tsukasa saw that her hands were full of oil, and he still laughed and said, "Takahashi-san, as always, is very energetic." ”

"Haha, I've always been like this... By the way, there are also cool flowers. What about cool flowers? How not to speak. ”

She wiped her hands clean and still whispered, "Lianghua really wants to see Mr. Higashino." ”

"Really?" Hearing this, Tsukasa Higashino looked at Ryoka Konoe, who had not spoken.

To be honest, Tsukasa Higashino is also quite concerned about Ryoka Konoe in Kumamoto Prefecture.

After all, the other party is half of his own disciple, and he doesn't know how she is doing these days...

"Higashino-san, okay, long time no see."

I don't know what's wrong, but after seeing Tsukasa Higashino, the lines that I had been thinking about before were a little unmoving.

Konoe Ryoka could only look at him with joy and greet him in a low voice.

Seeing her good look, Higashino Tsukasa also responded with a smile: "Well, long time no see." It's been more than two weeks, how are you doing these days? ”

Yes...

Listening to Tsukasa Higashino's words, Konoe Ryoka could only open her mouth, and quickly lowered her head and whispered 'um'.

Appears very shy.

But her appearance is undoubtedly the kind of iron fool in the eyes of Fujiwara Aoi, and before she has said a word, you just 'hmm'? What are you 'um'? What do you know?

Fujiwara Aoi pretended to cough: "I remember Lianghua, don't you have something else you want Higashino-san to see?" ”

"Huh? Oh... Oh..."Konoe Ryoka nodded in a trance: "There is something..."

She plucked up a little courage and whispered to Tsukasa Higashino, "Yes, in the studio." ”

Just saying these few words, Konoe Lianghua seemed to have used up her strength, and she couldn't breathe a little.

This made Tsukasa Higashino somewhat interested.

What's in the studio...?

Is it gouache? That's not right, Konoe Ryoka has been practicing gouache painting for so long, and it's almost time to paint oil painting.

At this time, Yumi Takahashi next to her also had a rare time to help: "Teacher Higashino, you may not know, there are a lot of boys who have harassed Lianghua recently!" I couldn't finish beating it with a bamboo knife, and I beat away batch after batch, and it was endless. ”

She stretched out her hand and gestured with a bamboo knife to hit someone, which made Tsukasa Higashino also show a funny look.

Isn't that something to be taken for granted?

High schools in Japan are not like in the past, and early love was not promoted in China... In 2003, there were still high school wives, although rarely, in Japan.

And Konoe Lianghua is so beautiful and has a good figure, it's a strange thing that no high school boy pursues.

Before he could finish thinking about it, Ryoka Konoe, who hadn't spoken much next to him, waved his hand in a panic: "That... I—I didn't promise them. ”

Her panicked look looked like she was explaining something to Tsukasa Higashino.

Tsukasa Higashino couldn't help but reach out and touch her head with that cute look, and then said with a smile:

"Hmm... I know Konoe-san's didn't say yes to them. However, I have to go to the principal's office to check the leave record, so I will leave. ”

Higashino nodded at Yumi Takahashi and Aoi Fujiwara, and said a few words to Ryoka Konoe with a heavy smile before turning to leave.

Truly.

Ryuichi Yoshimine still has to take a picture of Higashino, so he can't stay here forever.

Looking at the back of Higashino Tsukasa leaving, Ryoka Konoe subconsciously touched the top of her head.

Then he pursed his lips very quietly and laughed.

Even Yumi Takahashi could see that Ryoka Konoe was very happy.

Whether it's the matter of Higashino's return.

It was Higashino who reached out and touched her head.

It didn't take long to go to Ryuichi Yoshimine's office to get rid of the leave, and as soon as Tsukasa Higashino entered, Ryuichi Yoshimine greeted him very warmly.

No way... The current Higashino Tsukasa can be regarded as hot in Kita-Gijuku.

After all, Kita-Gijuku is a private school, and everything is profit-oriented.

With the popularity of Tsukasa Higashino's design of Kumamon, coupled with the achievement of the double gold medal of the Youth Painting Award, the enrollment of new students in the coming year of Kita-Yoshijuku is particularly easy.

So Ryuichi Yoshimine not only canceled Tsukasa Higashino's leave record, but even guaranteed that this year's tuition will be refunded in full, and there will be no need for Tsukasa Higashino to pay tuition again next year, everything will be arranged by the school.

He also promised that if Higashino Chihaya returned to school in the future, he would also take such treatment - sincerity can be said to be full.

You know, this is not a small amount of money.

Kita-Gijuku is not a prestigious school in Tokyo, but it is also a middle-class private school.

Of course, the tuition fee is not cheap, and the annual tuition fee is more than 900,000 yen to about 1 million yen, which is equivalent to one-third of the annual salary of an average office worker in Tokyo.

That's why some people in Japan don't go to school after high school and go out into society – the ultimate reason is that they can't afford it at home.

However, Tsukasa Higashino hasn't been short of money lately.

"Midnight Bell" is a big hit, and the image of Kumamon is hot, plus the cost of the original manuscript of "The Lonely Gourmet" and the original manuscript cost of "Midnight Bell"...

Tsukasa Higashino's savings have been calculated to be more than 10 million yen...

The 200,000 copies of "Midnight Bell" alone sold 8 million yen (without paying taxes).

This also made Higashino Tsukasa sigh inexplicably.

Sure enough, the sale of single books is one of the main sources of comic book authors.

This kind of windfall profit is simply nothing.

With money, Higashino Tsukasa naturally had some thoughts.

He is thinking about whether to move, go to Meguro Ward, which has better security, or take out a loan to Chiyoda Ward to get a down payment on a house.

But that's just a thought.

Higashino thought about it for a while and gave up.

One is because he doesn't want to be in debt to spend, and the other is mainly because of Chihaya Higashino.

Now staying in Adachi District, Higashino Chihaya's condition is close to stabilization, and the last time Higashino took her to the doctor, the other party also said that there should be no big changes for the time being, so as not to irritate Higashino Chihaya.

The neighbors around also take good care of the Higashino family.

If the environment is changed, Higashino Chihaya's condition will be serious... So what?

As for asking for an escort... This point has also been thought about by Higashino Division before.,First, Higashino Chihaya is afraid of life.,Don't dare to contact people.,Second, I don't know what kind of person it's to invite back.,If you abuse Higashino Chihaya.,Cause her to be more autistic... That's even more unnecessary.

That's it... Tsukasa Higashino's mind wandered for an afternoon, and he didn't listen to the lecture much at all.

After the school bell rang, Tsukasa Higashino walked to the studio with his backpack and some of the remaining Kumamon peripherals.

I have to say that the area around Kumamon in the morning is really lethal.

Before, there was basically no one in the class who would talk to Tsukasa Higashino, but now someone will take the initiative to greet him when he walks on the road.

Since it can play a role in building a good relationship, then Higashino Tsukasa will not be stingy.

Anyway, there are a lot of pariachi bears around the house...

With that in mind, Tsukasa Higashino walked into the Kita-Gijuku studio.

And then... He saw Konoe Lianghua with a serious face on the canvas in front of him, seriously depicting with a paintbrush.

Tsukasa Higashino curiously approached Ryoka Konoe and looked at it.

It's an oil painting with an orange background...

The park is shrouded in the warm glow of the setting sun, with shades of orange... A young man with a sideways smile on his face.

Although the brushstrokes are still very rough, there are some places that are visible to the naked eye.

But—

"Isn't this me?"

Looking at the young man with his side face on the screen, Higashino pinched his chin.

Oh, yes...

Isn't that what he is?

But...

"Konoe-san, you're making me look too ugly, aren't you? It should be a little more handsome. I'm definitely a little more handsome. ”

Higashino Tsukasa patted Konoe Ryoka's shoulder seriously and spoke.