Following.

Tsukasa Higashino prepared a meal in the refrigerator for Chihaya Higashino and set off directly.

His destination this time was the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in Taito-ku, Tokyo.

Yoshiko Okano had already said hello in advance, and she had to arrive at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum by ten o'clock.

Higashino didn't want to be late, so he hurried to the station and got on the train.

It doesn't take long to get from Adachi to Taito, and as soon as the train leaves Arakawa Ward, Tsukasa Higashino officially enters Taito-ku.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum is located in Ueno Park, Taito Ward, and Tsukasa Higashino gets off the train and immediately transfers to the bus, and then gets off at the bus stop near Ueno Park.

Japan's roads are always congested, and Tokyo can be called the most crowded, and Higashino was lucky this time, and there was basically no traffic jam along the way.

He glanced at the street clock again.

Just after 9:40, the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum is estimated to have opened.

So he was not in a hurry, and walked three steps and two steps towards the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum covers a large area, and I saw the female students of Kitagijuku standing outside the museum door chattering and chatting outside the museum.

Most of the girls in the studio are girls, and they all wear school uniforms.

After all, the museum is full of people, and if you have a uniform as a symbol, you won't get lost.

At a glance, Tsukasa Higashino saw Ryoka Konoe in the crowd, holding a sketchbook and holding a pencil, looking very confused and confused.

He stopped for a moment, then turned around and walked towards Ryoka Konoe.

......

To be honest, Konoe Ryoka actually doesn't like this kind of person-by-person occasion.

It's not that she hates hustle and bustle, and it's not that she doesn't like this kind of activity of visiting art museums.

It's because there are all acquaintances around, but no one can say a word to themselves.

Even if they occasionally look at each other, the other party is just very polite, and very implicitly says hello to 'Konoe-san', even if it passes.

'Polite', for Konoe Ryoka, happens to be the best word to separate the distance from each other.

Others seem as if everyone can talk to her, but in reality everyone doesn't want to talk to her... Everyone seemed to be separated from her by a wall, and no one could interfere with her world, and she couldn't interfere with anyone else's world.

This is actually because she is not good at talking about scenes, nor is she good at complimenting others, and she speaks slowly, which makes people impatient, and over time, no one talks to her.

This is the truest portrayal of her on such occasions.

So Konoe Ryoka would rather go to the exhibition secretly alone, and basically wouldn't come out with these friends in the studio.

Just when she was embarrassed and wanted to talk to her classmates—

"Konoe-san, good morning."

Laughter came from behind, and Konoe Ryoka turned her head, and then saw Higashino Tsukasa smiling and waving at her, walking over this way.

Woo...

Ryoka Konoe can clearly feel the sight from the side of Fukushima Madoka.

It was a sour sight, and even Ryoka Konoe could feel the resentment in the other party's gaze.

But Higashino said hello, and she didn't say anything: "Good morning, Higashino-san." ”

"How long have you been here?" Tsukasa Higashino greeted the other girls one by one, and after complimenting them on their makeup today, he turned around and asked Ryoka Konoe.

"Five or six minutes."

Ryoka Konoe replied with her head down.

"Oh." Tsukasa Higashino subconsciously responded.

Maybe he looked at the other female students in the studio with a scrutinizing gaze just now, and his gaze at Konoe Lianghua this time also took on a bit of scrutiny.

But I don't know if I don't look at it, and when I look at it, I feel an incredible feeling inexplicably.

Probably frightened by the aggressive gaze of Tsukasa Higashino, Ryoka Konoe was just about to take two steps back while holding the sketchbook-

"You wait." Higashino Tsukasa stopped Konoe Ryoka: "You look up, stand up." ”

Where do you dare not do it? She hesitantly lifted her head, then straightened her back in a hesitation.

"......" Tsukasa Higashino.

Maybe it's time for him to retract the phrase 'most of the high school students are tablets'.

The Konoe Ryoka in front of you... Simply so!

Although it didn't make him dizzy, it was enough to make Higashino Tsukasa change his concept of a female high school student.

Let's use a slightly vulgar adjective.

Konoe Ryoka: This is inevitably too big.

It may not be a big deal on an adult, but in a girl who is just sixteen years old, her figure is completely out of specification.

Higashino Tsukasa estimated that she had kept her head down, curled up, and tucked her chest in a lot, coupled with the loose uniform, it seemed that she was very unexpected.

Tsukasa Higashino had also heard of the phrase 'take off your clothes and look fat' in her previous life, but this was the first time she had actually seen it.

He couldn't help but glance at Ryoka Konoe.

She still kept her face down, unable to see what expression she was looking for.

Higashino Tsukasa estimates that she doesn't look good when she stands up.

But even so, Tsukasa Higashino's opinion of Ryoka Konoe has changed, but the overall attitude remains the same.

After all, the other party is just a high school girl - he Higashino Tsukasa hasn't been in a hurry to this point.

But it's big, it's big.

This Higashino Tsukasa does not deny.

"Konoe-san, why do you usually keep your waist down? Isn't it nice to be straight? ”

Higashino asked casually.

Konoe Ryoka hesitated, and finally replied:

"I... When I practiced running at the middle school sports festival in my country... Some seniors said that I... Say I'm too fat..."

Too fat?

Tsukasa Higashino glanced at Ryoka Konoe.

If you want to say fat, it's really fat, but the nutrients go where they should go.

"Is that senior a boy or a girl?"

"Girls."

"Really?"

Konoe Ryoka's answer made Tsukasa Higashino couldn't help but laugh twice.

Isn't this a communiqué vendetta?

"The other party's sentence is worth listening to for so long? Maybe it's a joke? Higashino Tsukasa thought that the careful thinking between girls was really terrible, and at the same time teased.

To the surprise of Tsukasa Higashino, Ryoka Konoe did not put on that kind of silly and stupid expression this time.

She just looked down at her toes, believing the other party the same, and shook her head firmly:

"Should... No, it won't. ”

This is the first time Higashino has seen Ryoka Konoe's 'soft bones' so firm.

He couldn't help but touch his chin, and deliberately asked in a vicious way:

"How do you know it won't? Maybe the other party is just playing tricks on you? ”

"Senior sister helped me before, bought me water."

Konoe Lianghua's face was slightly red, and it took a long time to come up with a reason.

In Higashino's view, this is undoubtedly very childish, and it is also a very untenable reason.

But it's for this reason that Ryoka Konoe has always believed in that senior sister.

"Isn't it normal to buy a bottle of water for a student who has exercised? Do you want to say that your senior sister didn't buy water for other people? Higashino continued to ask rhetorically.

“... Ahh

She was not good at expressing herself, but she was blocked by Higashino Division, and she didn't know how to answer.

But Higashino Tsukasa can also see that no matter what he says, Konoe Ryoka's side is a tendon, and he has no intention of being persuaded at all.

Some people seem to be very weak on the surface, but they seem to have tenacity in their bones - Konoe Ryoka seems to be this kind of person.

Isn't it just buying a bottle of water? As for what has been remembered to this day... Is it?

is really stupid and stubborn, the key is that I don't see her so stupid and stubborn in her own affairs.

Looking at Ryoka Konoe, who was reluctant to bow her head for the first time, Tsukasa Higashino couldn't help but laugh twice.

But this kind of life for someone else's life... Honestly, few people will hate it.