Friday, April 20.

This day was the birth of the black cat, but Chu Xuan still didn't meet the black cat who deliberately avoided him in school all day.

On the way to school in the morning, during recess, during lunch breaks...... Black cats are like real cats, and they don't know where to hide secretly after class.

Although the school is not a big place, it is definitely not small, not to mention that the cats were originally experts in "hide and seek", and it is natural that Chu Xuan has never been able to find it.

And...... It can't be like those bad-hearted girls said, the black cat has been hiding in the girls' toilet, right? There was no way for Chu Xuan to find that place.

Although according to the "custom" of the past year, after school on Friday, Chu Xuan should be able to find a black cat working in an old bookstore......

But after school a few days ago, Black Cat even said that she couldn't go to the other old bookstore jobs, and the boss asked Chu Xuan about her current situation worriedly, which really made people think that she would be an exception today.

“……”

So, when Chu Xuan had not finished the class meeting before school, he blocked the door of the black cat's class in advance.

"What's the matter?"

When she and Chu Xuan's classmates at the door all left, only today's student was left, and the black cat, who had always disappeared immediately after school, walked out of the classroom door with her schoolbag, and asked Chu Xuan who was still waiting there motionless in a very indifferent tone.

"I have something to say to you, go to the back of the school building."

Chu Xuan pushed down his reflective glasses and replied in a calm tone.

The black cat didn't respond, just stared at the ground indifferently, but when Chu Xuan turned around and walked out, she also silently followed.

Probably the black cat admitted defeat like when she was defeated by Chu Xuan in the first battle in the game center, since Chu Xuan had successfully found her this time, then she would not be ugly and wait for the opportunity to play tricks under the other party's nose.

"Today is your birth."

Behind the empty teaching building, Chu Xuan turned his head and fixed his gaze at the black cat that stopped three meters away from him expressionlessly for a moment, and then pushed down his reflective glasses.

"Happy life, black cat...... Five more glass.

This is a birthday gift for you, and at the same time my apology, I'm sorry. ”

Chu Xuan used his unchanging flat voice to send the black cat's blessings, as well as the gift of life delicately wrapped in black gift wrapping paper and purple ribbons.

"Thank you.

But this is only my life as a human being, not my soul in this world.

As for apologies...... You're not wrong at all, why apologize to me. ”

The black cat was carrying the schoolbag forward with both hands, and just thanked him lightly with a cold face, but it didn't mean to reach out to receive the gift from Chu Xuan's hands.

“…… Goodbye, senior. ”

Probably thinking that everything that should be said had been said, the black cat bowed to Chu Xuan very politely, and then turned around and left unusually calmly.

After school that day, Chu Xuan, who returned home, went to the old bookstore where the black cat worked again with a gift, and the black cat really said that he was sick and did not come.

After this weekend passed, by next Monday, Chu Xuan, who was walking on the way to school, received sympathetic glances from many girls for some reason.

"Chu, Chu Xuan?"

Behind him, Kyosuke and Manami called him cautiously.

"Good morning."

Chu Xuan turned his head expressionlessly, stopped and said hello to the old couple and wife lightly.

"Good morning." x2

The two men replied at the same time in perfect harmony, and their expressions were ...... It's all a little quirky.

"Na...... Chu Xuan, you ...... Okay? ”

After silently holding his breath and walking side by side with Chu Xuan for more than ten meters, Kyosuke immediately couldn't hold it back and asked in a slurred manner.

"I'm fine, what's going on?"

Chu Xuan turned his head inexplicably and replied in his signature stick reading voice very normally, but Kyosuke's expression seemed to say, "How can you be okay".

"W-That...... Although not that we want to gossip...... But......

I heard that after school on Friday, you ...... to the black cat Miss proposed, knotted, and was rejected......

So we wanted to comfort you......"

Ma Nashi looked up at Chu Xuan's face with his eyes, and explained to Chu Xuan in such a gentle voice for the first time.

This kind of Ma Nashi usually just appears in front of "Xiao Jing", you can imagine how pitiful Chu Xuan is now in her mind......

Chu Xuan...... I'm so sorry that I've been worrying about my own business all this time, so I neglected you as a friend......

I didn't know until Manami told me just now that I ......"

Kyosuke frowned tightly and patted Chu Xuan's shoulder with a sad expression, looking like "I understand, don't say anything".

"I—I only heard it last night, and I definitely didn't mean to gossip!

Although I knew that the situation at that time should not be a marriage proposal, I always felt that no matter what, as a friend, this time was ......

Excuse me? ”

With an expression of doing something wrong, Ma Nashi stared at Chu Xuan's face and asked tentatively.

"It's okay, although there are some discrepancies with the facts, but the situation at the time is generally not wrong."

Chu Xuan said disappreciatively, making the two of them breathe a sigh of relief.

Just when Kyosuke and Manami were about to say something more comforting, Chu Xuan pushed down his reflective glasses expressionlessly, stared at the two of them with burning eyes and asked:

"So, do you know who else knows about it?"

Facing Chu Xuan's flat expression that seemed to be particularly cold, Kyosuke and Manami couldn't help but shudder, but this was probably just a psychological effect.

Ma Nashi looked at Chu Xuan's face cautiously, and said to him in a slurred manner:

"That...... Don't be angry......

I've heard...... It seems that the whole school has spread the word about ......"

"I see."

Chu Xuan nodded expressionlessly, his glasses glancing around reflectively.

Sure enough, when he looked over, the crowd of whisperers around him would subconsciously avoid his gaze, and the expressions on their faces were quite complex and varied, some sympathetic, some gloating, some relieved, and some with the pleasure of revenge......

It seems that after school that day, one or several "well-intentioned people" secretly stayed, followed him and the black cat to the back of the teaching building, one of the school's traditional "confession holy places", witnessed the scene of the black cat refusing the gift, and spread the matter.

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