Shiori Shinohara had been following Tetsufumi Hirakawa, looking at his back, watching him turn his face sideways for the last time, and explain to her with a calm expression.

Whether it's "music, never give up" or "mother's imposition of will, absolutely disagree", in the end, it's just a final struggle.

Strong parents always impose their will on their children, and the experience of growing up has proven that she cannot escape.

No matter how you can't escape, everything is in vain, like a butterfly caught in a net, no matter how hard you struggle, it will be useless.

Only this time is different.

A teacher who said, "If you can't convey it, I'll convey it for you," or "Since you promise, you have to keep it," such a teacher reached out to her.

Obviously, he reminded him that if he messed up, he would lose his job, but he was still saying something "knowing that he can't do it".

Is this a recklessness? Can it really succeed? It's impossible to say that I'm not worried, and I don't believe it when I think it's going to work.

But ah...... His last "rest assured, everything is covered with me" look really has a reliable taste, a reassuring taste.

Although I am still confused about the result. Can it really be? Can it be successful? I don't know, I really don't know.

However, the fifteen-year-old girl looked at the back in front of her, and the residual light of the setting sun reflected the brilliance of hope in her eyes.

She began to pray.

If you really can...... If there is really hope...... Please......

Until, she watched the teacher's back walk out of the school gate and watched him walk towards ...... Some unknown direction......

"That, teacher?"

After coming back to his senses, he quickly stopped him.

"Huh? What's wrong? ”

Someone who turned around didn't realize anything and asked suspiciously.

"The car...... Over there. ”

Shiori Shinohara stretched out her finger.

“……”

So after standing in silence for a while, Tetsufumi Hirakawa silently turned back.

"There's a car...... I'm used to going to the tram stop. Well. ”

“……”

So after returning to the right path, Tetsufumi Hirakawa followed Shiori Shinohara, walking towards the vehicle parked at the entrance of the campus.

Besides, there were no surprises. A little nervousness is inevitable, after all, it's his job.

In this way, after getting in the car, the vehicle drove towards the Shinohara house under the operation of the driver of the Shinohara family.

……

"yes, that's right."

While in the car, Tetsufumi Hirakawa suddenly remembered something and asked.

"Shinohara-san, although it may be a bit rude to ask that......"

"Mr. Hirakawa, please."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa tried to be as polite as possible.

"In other words, I've been trying to talk to Shinohara's mother before, but it's always been her assistant...... And it has been rejected. ”

"It shouldn't be like this sudden door today...... Rejected again, right? ”

The blunt way to put it is to ask if you will be left out. If it happens, there really can't be helped.

Faced with this kind of problem, Shiori Shinohara helplessly explained: "Teacher, our Shinohara family would not do such a rude thing. ”

"That's good, that's good."

After breathing a sigh of relief, Shiori Shinohara beside her didn't stop, but continued to speak, with a clear and somewhat sarcastic tone.

"After all, my mother has always done a good job of outward etiquette."

“……”

For this kind of talk, Tetsufumi Hirakawa said that he couldn't answer it. "It is rude to scold the son and the father", the same logic is placed here. Even if Shiori Shinohara took the initiative to mention it, he couldn't take it.

But it doesn't prevent him from agreeing with it in his heart.

It's not wrong to think about it carefully, for example, on the surface, he said "respect will", but he turned his head and planned to let Shiori Shinohara give up voluntarily; Another example is that the assistant keeps saying "I'll report this to the boss" and warns him through the principal, rather than directly going down to warn him.

It's called superficial etiquette, right?

From this, you can also get a glimpse of Shinohara's mother's style.

Ah, speaking of which, about Mother Shinohara-

"Shinohara-san, if it's convenient, can you tell me what kind of person your mother is?"

Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles. This is something that Japanese junior high school students understand – and by the way, Japan has a very thorough understanding of the country in which its culture originated. As a Chinese language teacher, he can often see some famous passages in his textbooks.

From ancient sayings to Chinese poems, from the hundred schools of thought to Bai Juyi, these are all things that students need to learn.

Therefore, Sun Tzu's sentence "know yourself and know your opponent, you will not be defeated in a hundred battles" is no problem for Japanese middle school students to understand. And it is impossible for the well-educated and intelligent lady in front of her not to understand this truth.

So after pondering for a long time, Shiori Shinohara began to speak.

"One weekend in my third grade, I was supposed to continue some extracurricular studies, etiquette classes, foreign language classes, and so on."

"But that weekend, I suddenly wanted to take a break, and my mother respected my wishes, so she agreed."

Hearing this, Tetsufumi Hirakawa thinks that the next step must be a "then", or a "but" turn.

"And then."

That's right.

"For the next month, almost all of my after-school breaks were occupied."

“……”

In the sound of the car driving smoothly, Shiori Shinohara continued to explain.

"Occupancy means: I ask if I want to rest, and she will still agree."

"But, after agreeing, she will follow me and watch me silently."

"It's like his eyes are asking me all the time:"

"Are you done resting?"

“……”

"Teacher, can you understand this feeling?"

“…… Well. ”

There's nothing more uncomfortable for a third-grader than having her mother by her side all the time.

"It's like being watched, taking a break is harder than studying. So I 'took the initiative' to fill up the study course that month. ”

“……”

In Shiori Shinohara's accent on the word "initiative", Tetsufumi Hirakawa has a deeper understanding of the so-called "Shinohara's mother-style initiative".

Is this Mother Shinohara?

It seems a little difficult to do......

In the midst of such worries, the vehicle finally arrived at its destination, Shiori Shinohara's home.