“…… Yaya. ”

While imagining the beautiful picture of cherry blossoms in full bloom, Xia Jing gently inhaled and said, "Don't be too reckless. ”

Xia Jing's tone also carried a hint of rebuke.

He said this in a slightly repulsive tone.

"I'm grateful to you for having that in mind, and I think both of them will be happy too. However, it is not a solution to keep obsessed with the person who is no longer there. You also have your life. ”

“…… Summer view. ”

"Me too. Although the matter of Fang Yuan and Lizi is sad, there are mountains of things waiting for me to do. Not only do I have to save Li Qi, but I also want to find out what happened to my sister. ”

"Are you sure?"

Ye Ya asked.

In short, "Are you sure you want to get involved in this turmoil?"

Are you sure that you will continue to be involved with the civil strife of Ye Ya and the clan in the future?

"Let's talk about it first, if it's too dangerous, I won't accompany you."

So Xia Jing also replied jokingly as usual.

“…… Is it? ”

Ya's murmuring voice was different from her usual arrogant tone, and she was rarely extremely submissive.

There was a faint feeling of the sleeves of the uniform being pulled in the back.

It seems to be reserved and hesitant, but it does not lose its strong fingers.

Was that from Ye Ya's own will, or did Fang Yuan urge her to do it?

"Thank you...... You're a good and kind person. ”

"Listen to the."

Although I don't know the answer to the question, but let's accept it for now, Xia Jing thought to himself.

……

Fang Yuan's inner monologue:

I started being bullied in the second semester of my freshman year of high school.

The reason for this was that I politely rejected the confession of the second-year senior. Since then, a girl who likes that senior has started to make things difficult for me.

I don't understand her feelings.

Because I also have a favorite object.

If he confesses to other girls but is rejected by the other party-

The sad appearance of my sweetheart just by imagining it makes my heart ache. It is human nature to hope that the other party can be happy but it backfires, and it is human to feel puzzled because of this. Maybe the hatred for the girl who dumped her sweetheart is transformed from this helplessness.

So I decided to swallow my anger until the other person was angry.

Once the senior she admires says goodbye to the haze of broken love and cheers up and smiles again, maybe she will stop worrying about me. It was with such expectations that I endured her bullying.

However, a month has passed, two months have passed, and even after the year has passed, she still refuses to give up.

Before I knew it, someone else had joined the girl in bullying me.

When did the way they look at me begin to change from hatred to ridicule?

They took pleasure in bullying me. What started out as a push or pull on my hair has intensified.

In order not to be discovered by others, and not to leave any clues, they always choose to quietly conduct in audio-visual classrooms or art classrooms where there are usually few people.

It's like a game of secrets.

I thought to myself, the purpose of their bullying of me didn't seem to be the same as before. So, maybe I should have gone to the teacher at that point in time and asked the teacher to stop them.

But I never had the idea of reporting to the teacher.

Because I'd rather be tough than throw in the towel.

Every time they came to bully me, I realized how dependent I was on pears in the past, so I was even more reluctant to admit defeat. Once I ask for help from my teacher and ask for help from others, how is it different from my old self? That's just an escape.

Pear.

I've always relied too much on her – my good friend.

So when I'm alone, I become weak and gloomy, and I don't try to make myself likable. As long as I'm with pears by my side, I've always had negative thoughts like that.

It wasn't until after the pear disappeared that I realized that my relationship with her was originally only one-sided.

So for the moment when the pear returns, I want to be stronger. I had to make myself strong enough not only not to rely on her, but to support her in turn.

I also deeply regretted it. If I had been strong enough, if I had been a reliable friend who could listen to her troubles – maybe the pear wouldn't have disappeared silently.

In addition to that-

I also want to be a girl worthy of him.

I like him, he has a gentle personality and a playful and funny way of speaking, as if he is shy about his gentleness and wants to hide it. He was worried about losing my pears and would occasionally come and talk to me.

I don't mind if he likes me or not. I don't expect that kind of happiness to fall from the sky. But at least I don't want to continue to be a boring girl who doesn't dare to face his tenderness with her head down, and is afraid that the notes lent to him will be scribbled and timid.

Besides, if I just endure it quietly, those people will never stop bullying me. I had to be more resolute and explicitly ask them to stop doing this and show their resistance.

The important thing is to bring up the courage.

That way, I'm sure to be able to smile genuinely at that person.

In this way, the pears will definitely return to me.

- Definitely.

However, the reality turned against my resolve, and the intensity of the bullying continued unabated.

As much as I prayed that I would have the courage to tell myself that I had to resist this time, I couldn't. However, one day in February, I, Fang Yuan-

The joy that had sprung up a few minutes ago turned into fear, and he pressed the call button on his phone in his pocket.

As everyone knows, this move also laid the groundwork for his future.

……

A week passed, and the weekend came again.

February has come to an end – classes will be divided in just over a month, but campus life has changed dramatically. The summer scene has not yet fully adjusted.

With three classmates missing in one breath, it is natural that it will be difficult to adjust in my heart. The atmosphere in the classroom is always in a state of restlessness, and everyone's hearts seem to be thinking about something intangible.

Not long after Fang Yuan's disappearance, Qiu Yin and Li Qi immediately transferred to another school.

There is no correlation between the two, and such speculations are passed on by word of mouth among classmates.

For Xia Jing, who knows the inside story in detail, the two incidents are not only related, they are clearly derived from the same root. Because both of these events are the aftermath of, or the result of, the strife caused by the existence of the deer tribe, the inhuman 'demons'.

The truth is not at all the same as the rumors.

Fang Yuan, she is not missing, but dead.

Qiu Yin didn't transfer at all. She just became the enemy of Xia Jing and others, and now she has disappeared and hidden.

As for Li Qi, he was taken away by Qiu Yin-

Even though Xia Jing knew the truth, it was impossible to mention it to anyone. Because all this is too detached from reality, and if you say it, you will only be treated as a laughing stock.

So Xia Jing is very sad every time he hears rumors in the school this week. In addition to anger at irresponsible speech, there is also the emptiness that the truth can never be made public.

During the lunch break when the fifth period is about to begin.

A week ago, there was still a time of harmony, but now Xia Jing and the others were stunned in their seats - there was no diligent study, no joy and laughter, just lazy waste.

"Hey, black-hearted glasses."

Li Mu, a classmate who occupied Xia Jing's desk with his hand and chin and looked out the window, shouted Xia Jing's name in a listless voice.

Xia Jing frowned and responded, "What are you doing, idiot Li Mu." ”

Li Mu didn't have any energy to say: "I'm so bored, let's tell a funny joke to listen to." ”

"You're boring and it's none of my business, why should I try to please you kid with jokes."

“…… Is it? ”

"Don't make a fuss, Li Mu. Xia Jing doesn't have that kind of mood. ”

The person who interrupted from the side was Wang Chuan.

"Otherwise, come and tell me a joke that will make me laugh and feel good."

"I can't tell me."

Wang Chuan's answer was also very indifferent. A pair of eyes never took off the magazine spread out at hand. But this guy's mood is actually the same as Xia Jing and them - the magazine always stays on the same page and never turns it.

It stands to reason that the two of them can rely on their two evil friends in this kind of frustration, but the two of them are not in the same mood as Xia Jing at the moment.

Li Mu's will was depressed, and the reason was Qiu Yin.

Since entering the school, she has been obsessed with Qiuyin Li Mu, and it seems that she has been deeply hit by her transfer. Since then, he has been sighing all day long with this dying-alive appearance. "Hey, idiot Li Mu, don't worry, that woman didn't actually transfer schools, she just kidnapped Li Qi and didn't know where to go after revealing that she was not a human" - this kind of thing Xia Jing naturally could never say.

Having said that, Li Mu shouldn't need to worry too much. Anyway, he will definitely fall in love with other beauties at first sight in the near future, and regain his spirits.

On the other hand, Wang Chuan's frustration has nothing to do with the events of a week ago.

It seems that the girl who has been his childhood sweetheart since childhood is sick.,I haven't been able to get in touch with each other for the past half a month.。

When he first heard him say this, Xia Jing couldn't help but worry. He thought of the possibility of the Deer Clan, especially the Prosperity Faction's gang, being involved. Could that girl really be like Fang Yuan, whose body was taken away by the people of the clan?

However, after Xia Jing inquired with Wang Chuan in detail, he learned that he and the girl's parents had met one after another, and it was said that he was safe.

Although he was embarrassed about Wang Chuan and his childhood sweetheart, Xia Jing was finally relieved after learning that he had nothing to do with the Deer Clan.

Xia Jing no longer wants to see more friends involved in the struggle of the Deer Clan.

…… It's just that half of the people were not implicated, but were caught in the storm from the beginning. To be correct, the only people who are really affected at this stage are Xia Jing himself and Fang Yuan.

"Hasn't your childhood sweetheart recovered yet? River. ”

"Hmmm......"

Wang Chuan, who frowned slightly, looked like a child because he had a neutral face. As long as he can get rid of the most unbearable behavior of looking in the mirror every now and then, and not forgetting to arrange his hairstyle from all angles, he is undoubtedly the beautiful boy that girls say.

"I don't know much about Yah...... My uncle told me I didn't need to worry about it. ”

"I said—"

Li Mu, who was glued to the table and looked dejected, looked at Wang Chuan with resentment and reluctance.

"Is that childhood sweetheart your girlfriend? Yes? ”

"We're not in that relationship."

Wang Chuan shook his head dumbfounded.

"Li Mu...... Are you pointing the finger at me? Even if Qiu Yin didn't transfer well, do you think people will look up to you? ”

"What do you mean by that? The possibility is not zero. ”

Li Muling, who was full of confidence, made Xia Jing speechless.

"Do you hear that, Chuan, his optimism that is out of touch with the normal track is not worth learning from."

"It makes sense, maybe it's a good thing that you can't see the reality clearly."

"Huh? At least it's more likely than black-hearted people and narcissists!"

“…… Is it. Ah, maybe you're right. ”

Xia Jing recalled the meaningful overtures to himself a week ago, and smiled bitterly. But it's hard to feel sweet and sour in my heart. After all, Qiu Yin's nature has been seen by himself.

But things can't go your way, right?

Xia Jing sighed lightly and turned his gaze to the outside of the classroom.

"I'll get out of here."

"Where to go? Lavatory? ”

"No, I'm just fed up with Li Mu's stupid face. Want to get some fresh air. ”

"Classes are less than five minutes away."

Despite his verbal unforgiveness, Li Mu seemed to be able to understand Xia Jing's current mood of being depressed about Fang Yuan's affairs. So not only did he not choke back to Xia Jing, who made a joke about himself, but also reminded him kindly.

"I see."

While Xia Jing was grateful, he also felt ashamed of his friends. Fang Yuan is actually dead and not missing - hiding the truth from her friends will inevitably make Xia Jing feel guilty.

As soon as he stepped out of the classroom, the guy who shared the secret came into Xia Jing's eyes - just what he wanted.

"Anno."

Xia Jing stopped the other party. Anno, who was talking to a schoolgirl who seemed to be a friend, turned his head.

"Is there something wrong? Summer view. ”

"Excuse me, can you take some time now?"

"Oops, Anno, he won't be your boyfriend, will he?"

The schoolgirl she was talking to looked at Xia Jing and smiled faintly.

"Good afternoon."

"Ah, hello."

Received the other party bowed his head respectfully, and Xia Jing also responded politely.

The other party is a girl with everyone's beautiful temperament. He has chestnut-colored long hair, and his gestures also give people a gentle and graceful feeling. But it's quite tall.,Even compared to Anno, who has a girl's average height.,So it looks a little bit mature.。

"He's not my boyfriend, Ning ...... Xia Jing, you can also help deny it. ”

"Ah, I'm sorry. Because she's so beautiful that she doesn't look like you're a friend, I can see it. ”

“…… I'll beat you up bastard. ”

Although Anye showed a suspicious look, he still introduced the girl in front of him to Xia Jing.

"Li Ning. She is a friend of my tea ceremony club. ”

"Please advise, I'm Li Ning. Is it convenient to ask your name? ”

"Ah, ah, my name is Xia Jing...... Which class are you studying? ”

"I'm from Class D." The girl who called herself Li Ning responded to Xia Jing's polite greeting with an elegant smile, then waved goodbye to the two and left.

Xia Jing thought about it, as if he had heard this name somewhere? Finally remembered. She is the girl named by Qiu Yin when she claimed that someone was bullying Fang Yuan on Monday.

“…… Really, where are people like that? It doesn't look like that kind of character at all. ”