In the evening, Xia Lu walked alone on the way to the hotel hot spring, Karina said that there was homework to be done, so she gave up today's hot spring, and Xia Lu did not have too many acquaintances among the second-level students - not so much not too many, but only knew Karena and Ye Zifeng - so no one walked with Xia Lu. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info originally tracked Ye Zifeng today, but since she was separated from the airport, Xia Lu had never seen Ye Zifeng, and she was a little worried. Suddenly feeling the worry in her heart, Xia Lu was startled, and shook her head vigorously to put aside the thoughts in her mind.

"What's wrong with me······" Xia Lu gently held her forehead with one hand and sighed, "I'm too tired, it seems that I need to relax." ”

Xia Lu walked to the end of the corridor, lifted the pink curtain and walked into the dressing room of the women's bath. Unbuttoning her jacket and putting it in the rattan basket that had been prepared, Xia Lu wrapped a bath towel around her body and walked into the bath. There were already second-level students soaking in the hot springs here, and when they saw Xia Lu walking into the bath, they invariably cast their eyes over, but they didn't stay for too long, just hurriedly swept over and then turned back to their companions, continuing to talk about the previous topic.

Xia Lu didn't care, and Xia Lu didn't think about talking to anyone, if this was someone who took the initiative to introduce themselves, Xia Lu would be very embarrassed, Xia Lu, who is not good at human-machine communication, is very jerky in dealing with interpersonal relationships, and Xia Lu's solution to this dilemma is to escape. Quietly walked to the corner of the open-air hot spring, leaned down and reached out to probe the temperature of the water, it was slightly hot, but this has a beneficial effect on relieving fatigue, Xia Lu untied the bath towel on her body and slowly slid into the hot spring. The clear and warm spring water wrapped every inch of the body's skin, the pores opened, the tiredness disappeared from the body at an escaping speed, and the whole body seemed to melt into the water.

There was a faint white mist on the surface of the water, like fairy clouds, Xia Lu took a handful of spring water and splashed it on her shoulder, and then dived down, and stopped when the spring water submerged to her chin. Watching the second-level seniors frolicking in the hot spring from the white mist, Bai Huahua's body was unscrupulously exposed to the air, and on the other side of the bamboo wall behind him was the men's bath, it was not difficult to imagine what kind of expressions the seniors on the other side would have when they heard the frolicking sound here. The corners of Xia Lu's mouth couldn't help but put on a slight smile, and her body slowly slid along the artificial pebbles by the pool.

"Hey, be careful." A voice came from the other side of the bamboo wall behind him, and the second-level girls may not have heard it, but Xia Lu, who was only a few centimeters away from the bamboo wall, heard it clearly. The sliding body immediately stopped, and Xia Lu leaned out of the water and put her upper ears against the wall, listening carefully to the conversation on the other side.

"Hey, how's it going, can you climb up?" A boy — let's call it Mr. A — whispered.

"No problem, my predecessor has experience and has a stone here, and you can climb it up by stepping on it." Jun A's companion, that is, Jun B, nodded, and Xia Lu seemed to see the smile on Jun B's face.

"Then hurry up and be careful not to be discovered." Jun A urged a little anxiously, "By the way, bring this, take more photos, and you will definitely be able to buy a big price when you go back." ”

"Leave it to me." Mr. B said confidently, and at the same time, a rustling sound came, which was the sound of a plastic bag. Probably a portable camera. Xia Lu couldn't help but be a little flustered, looked at the seniors who were still playing in the hot spring, and then looked at the bamboo wall beside her, and couldn't help but hesitate a little in her heart.

"First-year students over there, come over here!" When Xia Lu was at a loss, a voice came, Xia Lu looked in the direction where the sound came from, and the seniors in the distance had gathered together, one of them waved his hand to him, while the others were sitting in the water discussing something.

"Senpai." Xia Lu didn't dare to slack off, her body floated on the surface of the water and swam over, although the spring water of this hot spring is not high, but it still has a depth of half a meter, and it is not difficult for Xia Lu to float on it.

"Come here, I'm looking for you." The second-level senior sister smiled at Xia Lu, "What did you hear?" That's what the guy on the other side said. ”

"This ······" Xia Lu was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "It seems that I want to secretly take pictures here, what should I do with my senior sister?" ”

Xia Lu anxiously asked the senior sister who was ** all over her body, thinking that the senior sister would have the same anxious expression on her face, but the senior sister just patted the top of Xia Lu's head after a slight moment.

"This news is very useful to us, thank you." The senior sister turned to look at the other second-level girls, and said with some indignation, "It seems that it's someone from the Ministry of Information again, it's really shameless, wasn't it cool enough to be repaired by us last time?" ”

"Such a person should be seen and beaten once." A girl chimed in.

"That's it." The other girl nodded immediately.

"Now that the vote has passed, let's start the battle plan." The senior sister who was talking to Xia Lu was like a conductor for the other girls, and after a wave of her hand, all the girls answered at the same time and then parted around. The senior sister turned around, looked at Xia Lu, who was still a little overwhelmed behind her, and said softly.

"You go hide first, it won't be good if you really get photographed later."

"But the seniors work so hard······" Xia Lu was a little hesitant, and finally could speak, if she didn't help a little, Xia Lu also felt very sorry. Looking at the senior sister in front of her, Xia Lu bit her lower lip, and made up her mind in her heart, "Senior sister, please let me help too." ”

"Huh?" The senior sister who was about to turn around and leave stopped, and turned back with some doubts, but when the senior sister saw the firmness in Xia Lu's eyes, she was immediately relieved.

"In that case······" Senior Sister pondered for a moment, "That's it······"

The senior sister walked to the shore and picked up Xia Lu's bath towel from the pool on the side.

"Wrap this up, and you don't move in the bath, try to keep your body down and let the mist around you cover your body." The senior sister didn't hide her body at all, so she stood on the shore and pinched her waist, looking at Xia Lu in the hot spring, "Do us a favor, although I was a little embarrassed to beg you just when we met, but now it can only be like this." Help us get the attention of those ** in the Department of Public Information, just for a minute. ”

"Ah······h Xia Lu whispered in surprise, her face couldn't help but be hot, and she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed in her heart, but since she had promised the other party to help, she couldn't shirk anymore. Despite some hesitation in her heart, Xia Lu still wrapped the bath towel tightly around her body, and then dived into the water, leaving only one head outside the water.

"So, no problem······" Xia Lu said a little shyly.

"Perfect!" Senior sister gave Xia Lu a thumbs up and winked, "I'm going to prepare too, pay attention to your own safety, although the ** on the opposite side won't jump over, but if you throw something, you must be careful to avoid it." ”

"Got it, got it, senior sister." Xia Lu nodded hurriedly.

"Well, that's good."

After the senior sister said this, she quickly ran back to the dressing room, and Xia Lu was the only one left in the huge bath. In the distance is the dark and quiet mountain forest, there is no sound around, silence envelops Xia Lu, although the surrounding lights are not dim, but there is still a nameless fear gradually climbed into Xia Lu's heart. Her heart was trembling, Xia Lu looked around uneasily, and her body involuntarily swam towards the edge of the bath. Xia Lu began to regret a little, why did she just take the initiative to ask for help on a whim, wouldn't it be better to leave directly.

Xia Lu had an embarrassed expression on her face, she didn't know what the senior sisters were doing, and she also didn't know what signal was the signal of the end. Xia Lu could only swim back and forth in the bath aimlessly, although she wanted to rush into the dressing room and return to the room quickly, but without the order of her senior sister, Xia Lu would not leave, after all, if she failed in her action, she would care for a long time.

Xia Lu looked at the eaves above the bamboo wall, there was no flickering figure on it, maybe she didn't find it, the news department in the mouth of the senior sister should not be as simple as secretly shooting. There was a sudden trace of curiosity in her heart, Xia Lu swam in the direction of the bamboo wall, and carefully stood up from the water, Xia Lu put her face on the bamboo wall again, and listened to the voice of the other side. Suddenly, a loud sound like water sounded from the other end of the bamboo wall, Xia Lu was startled by this sudden sound, her body leaned back, and rubbed her pebble foot, her body instantly lost control, Xia Lu screamed and fell into the water.

The bath towel on her body floated loosely to the surface of the water, and Xia Lu struggled to get up from the water. A chill came from all directions, Xia Lu looked at the naked body, her face instantly turned red, her arms quickly changed to her chest, and her body curled up into the corner of the hot spring.

"First grader, can you hear me?" The senior sister's shout sounded from the other end of the bamboo wall at this time, Xia Lu was stunned after hearing it, and then quickly wrapped the bath towel on her body and stood up from the water. The soaked bath towel was tightly wrapped around her body, and Xia Lujiao's good figure was perfectly outlined, which was no different from not wearing a bath towel. Xia Lu blushed and nodded at the bamboo wall.

"I can hear you, Senpai." Although she wondered why the senior sister was on the side of the men's bath, Xia Lu still chose to respond to the senior sister's words in a limited way.

"Come out and dry yourself. Closing time is approaching. The senior sister didn't say anything to Xia Lu about the action, and there was a slight doubt in her heart, but Xia Lu still nodded in response and climbed onto the edge of the hot spring, rinsing her body in the shower area and wiping it off.

After changing into the yukata prepared by the hotel in the changing room, Xia Lu walked out of the women's bath, and as soon as she opened the curtain, she saw the senior sister standing at the door of the men's bath, directing the second-level girls to carry out the two stretchers, and there were only two boys with bath towels wrapped around their waists. It seems that these two people are the press department who wanted to secretly photograph the women's bath before.

"Senpai." Xia Lu walked to the side of the senior sister with some caution and called out in a low voice.

"Oh, you're out." After glancing at Xia Lu, the senior sister asked with some concern, "There is no accident, when we arrived, he was lying on the bamboo wall and peeping into the women's bath." ”

Looking at the boy lying on the stretcher, Xia Lu couldn't help but shrink her neck, her heart suddenly became disgusted, and her brows wrinkled slightly.

"They, what's going on?"

"Nothing, just fainted, that's all. They also went too far, and they deserved it. The senior sister said indignantly and patted the top of Xia Lu's head, "You performed well, what's your name." ”

"Charlotte Camilla."

"My name is Vilia, Vilia Margarita, everyone calls me Wei, you can call me that, as for the senior sister, forget it." Vilia waved her hand, "Let's go, let's go back to the room today, although we can participate in our activities together, but you still have to get up early, I heard that the forests of Gifu Prefecture are the most beautiful in the morning." ”

"Yes, too." Xia Lu nodded.

"Oh, yes, learn······ Yui, senior sister. Xia Lu tried hard to get the word "senior sister" back in her throat, but Xia Lu found that she couldn't.

"What's the matter?" Vilia turned to look at Xia Lu.

"Have you ever heard of Ye Zifeng?" Xia Lu asked cautiously.

"I've heard of it, what's wrong?" Vilia and the gang looked at Xia Lu, "What are you asking him for?" You're not interested in him, are you? ”

Vilia looked at Xia Lu with a wicked smile, and Xia Lu couldn't help but take a step back, as if she had a fever on her face.

"Only Senior Sister don't, don't talk nonsense." Xia Lu twisted her body embarrassedly, "How can I be interested in him, a weirdo who doesn't pay attention." ”

"That's right." Vilia nodded a little confused, "It's not wrong to say that he's not in tune and to say that he's a weirdo, but there don't seem to be many people in this academy who aren't interested in him." ”

"Huh? Why? Xia Lu was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Vilia in some surprise.

"How to say it, maybe it's because this person is very strange, it seems that people and animals are harmless and very kind to people, but there is an indescribable repulsion, the more you want to get close to him, the farther away he is from you." After thinking about it, Vilia said something like this, "The phenomenon in him should be called same-sex belief in opposite-sex repulsion, and it doesn't match his personality, even if he doesn't take the initiative to provoke you, you will think he is very annoying." ”

"Then it seems that I am the second type." Xia Lu nodded, with a pensive look on her face, her brows slightly locked, and she looked preoccupied, "Then Senior Sister Wei, I'll go back first, I'll see you tomorrow." ”

"Well, I'll see you tomorrow." Vilia waved her hand at Natsuru, who was leaving, and then walked in the direction of the girl who was leaving on a stretcher.

When Xia Lu returned to the dormitory, Sister Karenna had already fallen asleep, and there were unfinished homework on the table, Xia Lu flipped through it a little, all of which were questions of advanced applied mathematics, although Xia Lu was very good at mathematics, but after all, she was only a freshman, and she was confused about Sister Karina's homework, although she could understand what was said in the questions slightly, but Xia Lu, who had not had much contact with the ideas and methods of solving problems in advanced applied mathematics, did not have the ability to solve these problems.

Sighing softly, Xia Lu put the exercise book in her hand back on the table, looked at Senior Sister Karina, who was always lying on the floor and was asleep, got up and turned off the light above her head, and the room fell into darkness. Xia Lu groped and crawled back into the bedroom, lifted the floor that had already been laid and lay down on the mattress. After soaking in the hot springs, the body stretched out on the soft mattress, and the comfort covered Xia Lu like a tide, and when she turned over, she covered the thin quilt on the side, and Xia Lu smiled beautifully.

"See you tomorrow." Xia Lu whispered and closed her eyes.

The next morning, when Xia Lu woke up, Senior Sister Karena beside her had already left the bed, the glass door leading to the eaves corridor in the living room slid open, and the cold breeze in the early morning blew in. After crawling out of the bed, he wrapped himself in a yukata and quietly walked to the verandah with small steps. Sister Kalena sat at the edge of the verandah, with a tray of matcha and senbei on one side, and a textbook in her hand, quietly reading the contents of the book. Xia Lu didn't want to disturb Senior Sister Karenna's studies, but just as Xia Lu wanted to quit, Senior Sister Karenna's eyes were cast over with her eyes thinking about this.

"Come and sit down, I'm sorry to wake you up."

Karena looked at Xia Lu and smiled slightly, patted the ground beside her, and tried to signal Xia Lu to sit down.

"No, nothing." Xia Lu hurriedly responded, "I should say I'm sorry for disturbing my senior sister's study." ”

"I didn't learn anything." Karina laughed and put the textbook in her hand on the ground on the other side of her body, and Xia Lu glanced at the name of the textbook out of the corner of her eyes when she sat over, Chinese level 4 review.

"Senior Sister Karenna wants to take the fourth level of Chinese?" Xia Lu asked with some surprise.

"It's still seen by you, I'm a little embarrassed to say it." Karina scratched the back of her head and looked a little embarrassed, picked up the textbook on the side and held it in her hand, "Chinese is simple to say but it is even more difficult to understand, especially the pronunciation and the explanation of words, obviously two words that look exactly the same have completely different meanings just because of different parts of speech." ”

"Is it······" Xia Lu pondered for a while and then raised her hand and pointed to the Chinese Level 4 exam textbook in Karina's hand, "Senior sister, can you lend me this book?" ”

"Let's go and see." Without a trace of hesitation, Karina immediately handed over the textbook in her hand, "When it comes to Chinese, Xia Lu seems to be half of your Chinese blood." ”

"Well, my mother is Chinese." Xia Lu nodded, and then her eyes fell back to the textbook in her hand, flipped through a few pages, which introduced the nouns and verb annotations of the same word in Chinese, citing several more classic examples such as recordings, referees and searches, these words have both rank and verb interpretations and different interpretations. No wonder Karena was a little confused, these words would not have been thought of if she hadn't seen Xia Lu in this book.

"What does Karena-sao have doubts about? I'll do my best if I can help. Xia Lu handed the textbook back to Karina.

"That's so thankful, that's where I got to." Karena pointed to a section of the textbook where she had made notes, "It's the analysis of these words, and some places are always confused, like where these words are used for different parts of speech. ”

"Well, it's very simple. For example······

Xia Lu pointed to the questions in the textbook and explained to Karina, and the two discussed the question of the Chinese exam before breakfast with the initial mist in the forest and the light that illuminated the forest. Two hours had passed in a flash, and the matcha that had been bubbling with white mist in the tray had cooled down, and only the residue of dried seaweed had been left in the senbei on the plate, and a thick textbook had been turned over more than halfway. Xia Lu answered Karenna's questions and answers. With the experience accumulated by living in China until the age of fifteen, the problems in the Chinese Level 4 exam are not difficult for Xia Lu, just think a little and draw conclusions, and after summarizing the language, she can quickly point to Karina's thoughts.

"Then stop here, it seems like it's almost time for breakfast." Karena looked at the watch on her wrist and let out a long sigh, "It's really rewarding, if I study it myself, I don't know how long it will take to study such a thick book." ”

Karena flipped through the textbook in her hand that was about to be turned to the end, and showed a grateful smile to Xia Lu.

"There's time to discuss, it's always fun to talk to you. In the future, if anyone marries you, it will be a blessing for eight lifetimes. Karena smiled and exclaimed. Hearing this, Xia Lu's face suddenly turned red to the root of her ears, there was a slight panic in her eyes, and her hands began to rub between her knees, showing an embarrassed expression on her face.

"Sister Karenna, don't talk nonsense. I'm only, I'm only eighteen years old······"

"Yes, yes, eighteen." Karena laughed out loud as if she was half happy, stood up from the verandah, and stretched out her hand to Xia Lu, "Let's go, everyone should have gathered, if you go too late, you will be caught by the Discipline Committee." ”

"Oh." Xia Lu nodded, took Karina's hand and stood up from the verandah, bent down to pick up the tray on the ground, and the two returned to the living room.

"You go wash up first, I'll wait for you here, gather at seven o'clock in the morning, there are still ten minutes left." Karena brought the dinner plate and the ceramic mug with matcha into the kitchen and said a word to Natsuro.

"Hmm." Xia Lu nodded and immediately went into the bathroom of the guest room. Standing in front of the sink, Xia Lu looked at herself in the mirror, her delicate and small face was like a doll, there was no flaw on her fair skin, and the same delicate facial features were perfectly arranged on her face, making this person look beautiful and not heroic. Xia Lu turned on the faucet, quickly washed her face, brushed her teeth, patted her cheeks, and looked at herself in the mirror.

"Good morning."

Xia Lu rushed out of the bathroom quickly, Karena was already waiting for Xia Lu in the corridor at the door of the guest room, and when she saw Xia Lu coming out, she immediately grabbed Xia Lu's hand, and ran down the corridor without waiting for Xia Lu to react. Xia Lu staggered two steps before barely keeping up with Karina's pace.

"We've got to hurry, or we won't have a good position."

"Senior sister, don't run so fast!" Xia Lu followed behind Karena a little out of breath, trying her best to keep up with Karena. I really didn't expect that Karina's slender body contained such power, running as fast as a leopard, Xia Lu's physical strength gradually ran out of strength, but fortunately, before Xia Lu was tired, the two ran to the restaurant in the main building, and the two long tables had prepared a traditional Japanese breakfast, a rice, a tuna sashimi, a side dish and a bowl of miso soup.

When the two rushed into the cafeteria, most of the second-year students were already seated and waiting for breakfast to start, and the two rushed over in a hurry, which naturally attracted the attention of everyone in the cafeteria. Xia Lu looked towards the left side of the restaurant, the members of the Discipline Committee gathered, and one of them, the spectacled Discipline Committee member named Will, was obviously unkind when he looked at this place, but Xia Lu was immediately pulled by Karenna to make two empty seats before she could stare back.

"Don't be like them." Karena reminded in a whisper, "We can't fight the Discipline Committee, but it's okay to make them angry, and the Discipline Committee won't interfere in any accidents that occur within the scope of the school rules." ”

"But ······" Xia Lu was still a little unwilling, but after listening to Karenna's reminder, she thought about it carefully. I'm just a first-class student, and I still passed Professor Diana's special care when I came here, and I'm too sorry for Professor Diana if I don't follow the rules, and listening to Karina's words, the Discipline Committee seems to have a lot of power in the academy. Since this is the case, of course I should stay away from them.

Xia Lu didn't say anything, she took her eyes back angrily, and suddenly a figure in the corner caught Xia Lu's attention, Ye Zifeng, who had been missing for a night yesterday, was leaning against the corner, and he didn't even change into the men's yukata prepared by the hotel, a casual jacket looked dirty, and his hair was messy like a bird's nest, fortunately, he washed his face before coming, otherwise he would have walked to the street and would probably be sent to the shelter as a wanderer.

"What's wrong with him?" Xia Lu frowned and asked in a whisper to Karina, while pointing to Ye Zifeng in the corner, "It seems that I came back from fleeing." ”

"You don't care about him, it's like this often, but although he looks embarrassed, he loves cleanliness more than anyone else, so dirty probably doesn't have time to take a shower."

"Don't have time? Speaking of which, I didn't see him all night last night, what did he do? Xia Lu's gaze stayed on Ye Zifeng's body, but at this time, a coughing sound came from the front of the restaurant, Xia Lu was attracted to the attention, and the team leader stood behind a horizontal long table at the front, scanning the men and women present.

"Now that everyone is here, don't wait any longer, let's start eating breakfast, and announce today's arrangements after breakfast." After saying this, the professor sat down behind the low table, picked up the sake glass in which he boiled the noodles, and drank the sake inside.

After breakfast, it was time for the second-year students to study indoors, and the entire cafeteria was filled with Newcot College second-year students, and the men and women each found their peers to start a discussion, and Karena was soon pestered by the two girls. After waving his hand to Xia Lu with some regret, he was pulled to an empty table in the room, took out his textbook from his schoolbag and discussed the problem. It sounded like an applied math problem, and Xia Lu wanted to participate in it, but after thinking about it and seeing Senior Sister Karina's exercise book last night, she couldn't help but shrink her neck, so she had to give up.

Xia Lu, who was bored, was really embarrassed to stay in the restaurant with such a strong learning atmosphere, so she sighed and got up and walked towards the verandah. Opened the glass sliding door and walked out, turned around and gently closed the glass sliding door, Xia Lu wandered aimlessly on the eaves, the silence of the morning and the sunlight penetrating the woods shrouded Xia Lu, her body was comfortable, and Xia Lu couldn't help but smile on her face.

"You're in a good mood." The original good mood was interrupted by this sudden voice behind him, and an irritability instantly rose in his heart, and without the slightest warning, Xia Lu turned over and kicked back. However, the person behind him dodged Xia Lu's attack with a dexterous flash, and his body took a step back, with an embarrassed smile on his face.

"Oops, I'm so sorry, it seems to scare you again."

"I don't want to see you, Ye Zifeng." Xia Lu said coldly, "And it's the indoor study time for second-year students, and you can't leave the cafeteria until ten o'clock in the morning, why did you come out." ”

"Well, there's a reason for that." Ye Zifeng scratched the back of his head, his face tilted to the side, and he seemed a little hesitant and embarrassed to speak, "How can you say it······"

"It's because you're the only one in your department." Xia Lu pursed her lips and said a little unpleasantly, "What are you doing here when you're going to scrap the system, it's better to roll it back early." ”

"That's true, but I'm majoring in ······." Ye Zifeng laughed after hearing Xia Lu's words, but the smile on his face instantly stiffened on his face in the next moment, and his eyes fell on Xia Lu's body a little stiffly, his eyes were often full of incredulity, "No, you know everything, who told you?" Karina? She promised me she wouldn't! ”

"Idiot." Xia Lu glanced at Ye Zifeng, her eyes full of disdain. didn't bother to explain to Ye Zifeng, Xia Lu snorted and turned her head and left, Xia Lu just wanted to stay away from this annoying person now.

"Don't go so fast, it's hard to see each other, how can I say that I want to solve the misunderstanding." Ye Zifeng saw that Xia Lu didn't pay attention to what he meant, and immediately chased after him, first putting aside the fact that there was only one person in the department before, Ye Zifeng took out his pocket, and there was only a thousand-yuan note left in it.

"Please have a drink, just take it as if I have made amends." Ye Zifeng followed Xia Lu's side with a smile on his face.

"No, I don't." Xia Lu glanced at the other side, still ignoring Ye Zifeng beside him.

"Let's talk······" Ye Zifeng still didn't want to give up.

"Get out!"

“······” Ye Zifeng was a little disappointed, and followed Xia Lu's footsteps closely, and the distance between the two immediately widened.

"Good luck." Ye Zifeng stopped and whispered to Xia Lu's back, "If there is something, call my name, and I will be on call." ”

"Who do you think you are? Superman? Xia Lu impatiently turned her head to look at the eaves behind her, but there were no people on the eaves for a long time. Xia Lu was stunned for a moment, her heart was empty all of a sudden, the silence of the morning and the sunlight of the woods at the head of the bed were still so comfortable on Xia Lu's body, but Xia Lu couldn't be happy, looking at the empty corridor, Xia Lu herself didn't know why, and a trace of loss suddenly rose in her heart.

Coming back to her senses suddenly, Xia Lu patted her cheek and squeezed her eyes hard.

"Really, what am I thinking······" Xia Lu said to herself, then turned around and continued to walk forward, walked into the annex of the hotel, turned a corner and returned to her room.

Looking at the wall clock on the wall constantly beating, Xia Lu couldn't lift up a little bit when she lay on the tatami mat, and bored looking at the books in her hand to kill time, but time still passed slowly.

Closing the book in her hand with a bang, Xia Lu sat up from the ground and let out a long breath as she looked at the empty room. Eyes swept to the pay TV on the side, Xia Lu subconsciously touched her waist, but naturally there could be no pockets on the yukata, and she really hadn't bought a coin, it seemed that the TV couldn't be watched.

Sighing again, this was the first time Xia Lu felt bored since she came here. Slowly pacing out of the room, Xia Lu walked slowly in the corridor of the hotel, and unconsciously came to the main entrance of the hotel, there were not too many guests in the wide hall, but the waiter at the front desk immediately walked out from behind the service desk after seeing Xia Lu, walked in front of Xia Lu and bowed slightly.

"Is there anything you need?" The waiter said softly to Xia Lu in standard Japanese. Xia Lu had seen this sentence in the common Japanese manual, although it took a few seconds to understand it, but after thinking about it, Xia Lu smiled slightly and waved her hand gently.

"No thanks." Xia Lu replied in stiff Japanese. The waiter didn't embarrass Xia Lu, the gentle smile on his face was still undiminished, and he bowed to Xia Lu again and then returned to the back of the service desk in small steps.

At the main entrance is a set of sofas, several potted plants, and an umbrella stand for guests. Xia Lu twisted her body comfortably on the sofa, and then let out a long breath. The temperature at the main entrance is slightly cooler than in the hotel, but it's September, and Gifu Prefecture is in the mountains of central Japan, so the temperature here stays at 256 degrees Celsius, so it's even more comfortable to be a little cooler. Xia Lu looked towards the courtyard outside the main entrance, and when her eyes traced the opposite wall, a promotional poster attracted Xia Lu's attention.

"County Dance." Xia Lu softly twisted a noun marked red on the poster, it seemed that it should be some kind of celebration or something.

"Do you dance in the county······" The corners of Xia Lu's mouth went up, and then she immediately got up from the sofa and walked back to the room quickly.

It takes about two hours to get to the Gujo City Hall, which is where the Gujo Dance is held, and when she walked out of the station, Natsuro looked around. It seems that every city is the same, with buildings of varying heights, similar modern architecture, and shops in the city center in the distance. Natsuro didn't feel any difference, looking at the tourist brochure she picked up on the bus, Natsuro found the train stop, changed to the train and got off at Hachiman-gunjo Station, and walked for about fifteen minutes, Natsuro soon arrived at the center of the gun-go-shi city. There is still no other place to be, and the people who live in the city have become numb to the crowd and hustle and bustle of the city, surrounded by high-rise buildings, high-end restaurants and clothing stores, and in the distance there are office buildings covered with glass curtain walls and high-end shopping malls. Looking at the map in his hand, Xia Lu walked towards the location that had already been determined, it was a middle-level hotel, it was really rare to have such a cheap hotel in this kind of bustling city center, and after receiving the number plate for booking a room in the room and paying the deposit, Xia Lu came to the upstairs room.

"Whew~" After a long journey, Xia Lu was indeed a little tired, coupled with the hot weather, it was easy to sweat all over her body. After putting the backpack on her shoulder on the soft bed, Xia Lu walked into the bathroom. But before Xia Lu closed the bathroom door, the mobile phone in the backpack on the bed rang. Xia Lu turned back, took out her mobile phone from her backpack, and sat on the edge of the bed. Flipping through the flip cover, the caller ID on it told Xia Lu that it was Senior Sister Karenna who called. Looking at the time, now it is indeed the time for the end of indoor learning, Xia Lu was slightly embarrassed in her heart, and after thinking about it, she left the hotel and didn't tell Senior Sister Karena, and she was indeed a little embarrassed in her heart.

The phone was answered, and before Xia Lu could apologize, Senior Sister Karenna's anxious voice came from the other side.

"Where are you now? I'll go to you now. ”

"Huh?" Xia Lu had never heard Karena learn such a way of speaking, and her anxious voice was obviously wrong, "I'm in the county market." Senpai, what's going on? ”

"Gungoon?" Karena was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it, she immediately thought of the answer, "Is it the county dance?" Don't move, I'll go to you now. ”

"Senior sister, what happened?" Xia Lu also began to be a little anxious, listening to Karenna's words, it was definitely not nothing.

"We've lost a first-grader." Senior Sister Karenna said angrily.

"First-graders?" Xia Lu was stunned for a moment, "Isn't ······it just me?"

Halfway through the words, Xia Lu immediately understood who the lost first-grader was.

"I'm fine, I'll catch the bus back early tomorrow morning." Xia Lu didn't know why Senior Sister Karenna was in a hurry, and she disappeared without knowing anything, and Senior Sister Karenna, who was in charge of her own safety, was not in a hurry. Xia Lu immediately comforted her, wanting Senior Sister Karenna not to be in a hurry first.

"No, it's too dangerous out there." Senior Sister Karenna refused, without hesitation at all, "I'll pick you up now." ”

"Sister Karina." Xia Lu complained dissatisfiedly, "I'm not a child anymore, and I don't have a problem myself." ”

"But······ Well? It seemed that someone behind him was talking to Sister Karenna, and the voice of Sister Karenna on the other side disappeared for a while.

"Senior sister?"

"That's ······" Karena muttered to herself, then let out a long sigh, "So be it, remember to come back early tomorrow morning, and don't wander around the city anymore." ”

"Hmm." Although I don't know why the senior sister who didn't have any room for maneuver before has become so human, but since the other party agrees to participate in the parade of the county dance, of course Xia Lu will not have any more questions, and immediately nodded, and said into the microphone in a sweet voice, "Thank you, senior sister." ”

"Don't take it as an example, at least tell me when you go out in the future." Karina sighed and shook her head, "Have fun, be careful and be safe." ”

"yes, got it." Xia Lu nodded. Then there was a hurried busy sound from the earpiece, and Xia Lu withdrew from the call, with a happy expression on her face.

"Hum hum hum hum ~?" Xia Lu hummed a little tune and walked into the bathroom.

When the sun set and the afterglow of the Gujo market lit up red, Natsuro changed into a kimono yukata that she bought at the Chubu Centrair International Airport boutique yesterday, changed into matching geta and left the hotel. The chestnut medium-length hair that was originally draped over the shoulders was newly combed into a high bun After that, she smeared the following lips with lipstick and made a thin light makeup, Xia Lu looked at herself in the mirror and couldn't help but be a little excited, such a dress is not uncommon on the streets of summer in Japan, and it is not enough to go out like this will still attract the attention of pedestrians 100%.

Draped her coat over her shoulders, Xia Lu picked up the handbag containing the necessary items and left the hotel room. When passing through the hall, Xia Lu felt no less than ten eyes sweeping towards him, although they were all swept in a hurry, but the purpose was self-evident. Xia Lu didn't care, and the excitement in her heart made Xia Lu can't help but speed up her pace. The most prosperous part of the city center is the pedestrian street, which is also one of the main places where the county dance is held, and the sky is not completely dark, but the paving on both sides of the street has been carried out, and the pedestrian street is a bustling scene. Xia Lu mixed in with the crowd and walked forward cautiously. The procession in the distance was ready, just waiting for the moment when the sun set to start the procession with fireworks. Xia Lu had not participated in any festivals in Japan, and the curiosity and excitement in her heart made the smile on Xia Lu's face not disappear for a moment. Pushing aside the crowd and walking towards the procession, there were already a lot of foreign tourists who had come to gather in groups of threes and twos, it seemed that everyone was acquaintances, Xia Lu stood in place and hesitated, thinking about whether to join them.

"Hey, it's a coincidence." Just as Xia Lu was hesitating, a hand suddenly put on Xia Lu's shoulder. The body slammed for a while, and her heart flickered as if she was riding a roller coaster, and Xia Lu was momentarily stunned in place for two seconds before she came back to her senses. I still think of the figure of the person behind me just now, and the anger in my heart is like a small flame poured on gasoline.

"Ye, Zi, Kaede!" Xia Lu gritted her teeth and handed over a name word by word, although she had been suppressing her anger in her heart and didn't want to have it in front of so many people, but when she thought of the cheap smiling face behind her, she didn't feel angry. Shouting was no longer enough to vent the anger in Xia Lu's heart, adhering to the fine tradition of being able to make as much noise as possible, Xia Lu turned around quickly, and hit Ye Zifeng's neck with an elbow strike. Ye Zifeng, who was not too early and prepared, naturally would not be hit by such a simple attack, his upper body leaned back, and he easily dodged Xia Lu's attack, and then his body took a step forward, put Xia Lu's arm in front of him, and grabbed Xia Lu tightly with his other hand. The body was controlled in just one photo, and the anger in Xia Lu's heart couldn't help but be even stronger, and the feeling of shame also arose, her cheeks instantly turned red, looking at Ye Zifeng, who was holding herself tightly in her arms, her body struggled uneasily.

"Let go of me!" Xia Lu was like a frightened kitten writhing in Ye Zifeng's arms. Ye Zifeng was stunned for a moment, and then realized that the distance between himself and Xia Lu was a little too close, and immediately showed a surprised expression on his face, and quickly let go of his hand and stepped back, but Xia Lu did not let go of this opportunity, and immediately took a step forward and hit Ye Zifeng with both hands in fists. However, the clogs under his feet stumbled Xia Lu's steps, and his body stumbled forward without waiting for a step, and he was about to fall to the ground, Ye Zifeng bent over and supported Xia Lu's body and helped Xia Lu up.

"You're okay, I'm sorry to scare you." Ye Zifeng took two steps back to keep a distance from Xia Lu, but he was afraid that Xia Lu would fall again when he rushed up, Ye Zifeng did not retreat too far, and looked at Xia Lu with his hands behind his back. The red cheeks, the eyebrows that were about to rise, and Yu Shuang's dark orange eyes glaring at him angrily.

"You did it on purpose!" Xia Lu shouted angrily at Ye Zifeng, "It's already the third time, don't tell me three times in a row that you still have no intention!" ”

"That's the ······ fact" Ye Zifeng also felt that he was a little innocent, but it was a fact that scared Xia Lu. Ye Zifeng couldn't help but look away and didn't dare to talk to Xia Lu, and at the same time raised his hand and scratched the back of his head, with an embarrassed expression on his face.

"Fact, your sister!" Xia Lu stepped forward and poked Ye Zifeng's chest with her fingers to force Ye Zifeng back step by step, "I warn you, I don't want to see you again, and you don't want to appear in front of me again." If I see you again from now on, I'll definitely tear you to pieces. If you don't believe me, just try. ”

**Naked threat, Ye Zifeng was a little afraid to go into detail This sentence came out of the mouth of the girl in front of him who was one meter six or eight tall, and a beautiful and cute duck egg face looked terrible because of anger. Ye Zifeng took a step back again, keeping a distance from Xia Lu.

"If you break me to pieces, someone will be sad." Ye Zifeng showed a hint of sorrow on his face, tilted his head and sighed, "Whether you want to or not, I will accompany you tonight." ”

"What······" Xia Lu shrank after listening to Ye Zifeng's words, and the flush on her cheeks became more vivid, so that there was confusion in the middle, "What do you mean?" ”

"It's that the distance between me and you can't be less than five meters, that's my limit." Ye Zifeng stretched out two fingers and compared a distance, "It's about fifty times that of this." ”

(To be continued)