Chapter 19: A Quiet Life After the War
"How's Shota-kun doing?"
At the dinner table, the two chatted about some daily life.
"It's all good, it won't happen again."
Looking at her with a smile, Shota took the lead in making a guarantee.
"That's good, what about the relationship between Shota and his classmates at school?"
It seems that Minako is still a little worried, and Shota helps China wipe the rice grains off her mouth and turns her head to look at her.
"I've already started communicating with my classmates, and I've made friends."
"Yes! That's great. ”
Minako seemed very happy to hear the news, sandwiched a piece of meat for Shota and asked about some other trivial things in life.
"Is Shota working part-time outside?"
"Yes, on the construction site."
"Ahh On the construction site? Why are you there, you're still growing your body, right? ”
"I was there because I didn't find a suitable job, and I've been working for almost a month, so why I want to go there, I guess it's all good people."
I don't know why, when he said the word "good person", the first thing that appeared in Shota's mind was Yamalan, followed by the bearded Bugawa, and Okamura, who had always been silent, he couldn't see through.
"Good guys?"
Looking at Shota's calm face, Minako didn't ask any more.
A child who is often bullied wants to work part-time and has encountered a lot of setbacks, as for the good people......
To be able to take him in on the construction site, it should be a group of good people.
Thinking of this, looking at the child who eats quietly and doesn't forget to help Qianna wipe the corners of her mouth from time to time, she suddenly has a soft heart.
"Have you ever thought about changing jobs?"
"Huh?"
"I don't mean anything else, it's just that a friend has a coffee shop and there is a shortage of waiters, if you want to go, I can help you say something."
"Coffee shop?"
He did think about changing jobs before, after all, this time the matter was completely over, and he also had to reintegrate into the group.
Unless he becomes a person like Shan Lan, even if he is not in school, his reputation is still there, he can easily be isolated again after leaving the group, and secondly, he has a more important reason......
"Can I think about it?"
"Okay, call me back if you think so."
Waving goodbye to Minako and China, who were standing at the door, Shota walked back along the road. Not in a hurry, he wanted to feel it and try to fit in.
On the way, he thought about the great help that Xiaoling brought him, but there was no free lunch in the world, and Xiang Tai knew exactly what he wanted.
Money!
He doesn't have to hide this at all, and he has never shied away from his desire for money. It's just that if he lives only for money, there will really be only money left in his world.
"I want to be born in a rich man's family."
With his hands in his trouser pockets and looking at the dusk on the horizon, he suddenly smiled and sighed. Just like dusk, even if it is so beautiful, the night will always come.
And he ......
"Isn't it because I was born mediocre that I will work hard for it, I may not be able to experience the life of a rich person in my life, but I still have to live my every day, isn't this the meaning of my existence."
Stretching out his hand and smiling, he ran forward, leaving his long back behind, and the street lamps that gradually lit up beside the road illuminated his way home.
"Morning ...... Yes! Soar...... Shota-kun. ”
The intersection was still a familiar back, and Shota looked at her and suddenly laughed.
"Morning, Kaoru Miyazono."
From the shock at the beginning to the silent lowering of his head, until now he is staring at himself with burning eyes, in just one photo, Kaoru Miyazono seems to have performed a drama, and Shota, as an audience, looked at her with a smile.
After two days of rest on the weekend, he has already started to practice kendo, and if he has no place, he will start from the standing position, the natural body, the dragonfly eight phases, and the sword practice.
After the previous battle, he really understood the meaning of the sword in actual combat, at least at that moment he realized what it means to be unstoppable, so after he really started practicing kendo, his figure naturally became erect.
With a back, black-rimmed glasses and a tall posture, these are completely two people from the gloomy Shota Sasaki before, of course, he won't know about it.
"Why does Kaoru Miyazono look at me like this, is it ......?"
Seeing that she was still staring at herself, Shota suddenly stretched his face in front of her and suddenly laughed.
"Could it be that I'm handsome again, alas! It's really annoying, I wanted to keep a low profile, but it's a pity that you don't understand the troubles of handsome guys. ”
said a strange laugh and ran away first, leaving Kaoru Miyazono standing in place and looking at his back in a daze.
"Shota-san has really changed, and he has become very eye-catching."
As she spoke, she laughed, but tears flowed from the corners of her eyes, and she looked at Shota who stopped and was about to turn around, and she wiped the corners of her eyes in a panic and ran over.
"Wait for me, Shota-kun!"
"Good morning!"
When Shota pushed the door open, he got exclamations from all over the classroom.
"Ah, this ...... Who's this? ”
"How come I've never seen him?"
"Is he also in our class?"
He ...... He seems to be! ”
"Hello Sasaki-kun!"
In the end, it was Kobayashi Xun who announced the answer, but what he got was another wave of exclamations.
"What!! He's Sasaki-kun! ”
All morning he was watched by a classroom full of people, and even the teachers looked at him with puzzled eyes during class, looking at him in disbelief after carefully looking through the roster.
"Sa...... Sasaki-san. ”
"Yes! Is there anything wrong with the teacher? ”
"Do you need to change seats?"
“?”
After a morning of zoo-like life, Shota was finally free, stood up and stretched, ready to go to the cafeteria to see what was to eat.
"Shota-kun!"
Just as he was about to go out, that nasty voice suddenly sounded from behind.
"Isn't this Nakajo-san, what's the matter with me?"
If the two of them appeared together at the same time before, the other girls in the class would have cursed Shota quietly and even called the police when they saw it, but now, ......
"Wow! It's so handsome. ”
"Nakajo-san is the kind of sunny and handsome type, and Sasaki-kun is the kind of high cold and ascetic department, ah! No, I'm going to faint. ”
"Hey! Sakura, what's wrong with you? ”
"I feel like the cherry blossoms are going to bloom again this year, is it the second spring?"
Neither of them cared about the riot on the side, Nakajo squinted his eyes and still looked smiling, while Shota looked at him coldly, the contrast between the two was really obvious enough.
"Can I talk to you?"
"And me? Right now? ”
Frowning, Shota looked at him, and then glanced at the female classmates on the side who were obviously no longer rational, and Shota nodded.
"Yes, location."
The two went up to the rooftop. I was still worried about those things when I was here last time, and now ......
"You're looking for me......"
Before Shota finished speaking, when he turned around, he saw Nakajo Lin kneeling in front of him, and he was the most solemn and respectful.
"Please accept me, Sasaki-kun!"