In the evening, the sunset was sinking little by little, dragging the shadows of the two of us longer and longer. We also needed some daily necessities, so after dinner, we went to a convenience store not far from the station. Lola walked in front of me with her shopping bag, and I followed......

"How can there be so many people?"

Suddenly, her eyes widened in surprise, and she turned to me in a somewhat deflated voice.

And I could only shrug my shoulders with a helpless expression.

"Why don't you go back?"

Then, whispered proposed.

"That's not good, it's all here, it's only one step away, how can there be a reason to retreat!" Suddenly, with an unconvinced expression, Lola interrupted me in a firm voice without hesitation. Then he looked down again at a note in his hand.

It turned out that before going out, she carefully wrote down the things she wanted to buy on it and put them in the inner pocket of her coat. At this time, I got it in front of me again and confirmed it. "Toothpaste, toothbrush, flip-flops, combs, ......"

At this time, there was a sound not far in front of him. At the same time, the team began to move slowly forward. We followed the crowd, and although it took some time, our shoulders hurt a little. But I managed to get into the hall without any problems.

At this time, there were a few dark clouds in the southwesterly sky drifting towards us.

"Looks like it's going to rain? Maybe. ”

"When you go back, why don't you borrow an umbrella there?"

I pointed to the corner diagonally behind me.

"yes, okay."

It turns out that there is a borrowing place, which is not conspicuous, but if you pay attention, you can easily find it. Next, we walked deeper down the hall, then turned left, followed the direction indicated by the arrows in the hallway, found the elevator, and walked in.

"The place you're going to is on the second floor, isn't it?"

"Hmm."

After getting an affirmative reply from Lola, I pressed the button on the second floor.

Then, the elevator began to rise slowly.

Soon came to the second floor. The layout here tends to be lively, and the entire floor is dominated by blue-green. Most of the people who stayed here were young people, and most of them walked past us arm in arm.

Probably in their eyes, our relationship is also seen like that, right?

"Let's go!"

It wasn't until Lola handed me her hand that I came back to my senses. After hesitating for a while, he also generously stretched out his hand. Then, we went back and forth between rows and rows of shelves. Lola carried the shopping bag and used her other hand to pack the needed items one by one, while I checked the list to see if there was anything missing.

"That seems like all there is."

"Really?"

Lola hesitated for a moment, and then the corners of her mouth curled slightly......

"Then I'll go to the counter—"

By the time we came out of the convenience store lobby, it was getting dark. So, as usual, a little apart, one person carried a shopping bag on the side, and walked home slowly side by side. When I was about to get downstairs to the apartment, I saw a person there who was also walking from the other side.

On the way, her eyes were watching this side very carefully...... It's better to say ...... Look at us.

"Teacher Xia Fan?"

We didn't recognize her until she walked in. Teacher, she is still in a suit and leather shoes, and wears a red checked tie.

"Teacher? Can I help you? ”

We went upstairs like this, and when we passed the corner, Mr. Xia Fan kept smiling and his expression was very relaxed.

"So you two live together now?"

While saying something like this unnutritious greeting, he stepped on the steps and walked up. Then, finally, only the last step was left in front of me. After passing through the hallway, I took the key and opened the door, and when I entered the hallway, it was pitch black.

Lo stretched her hand and pressed the switch on the wall, then took a pair of sandals from the shoe rack next to her and replaced them. Then he walked to the refrigerator with his shopping bag.

"Lola, she's completely home—"

At this time, the teacher put his face to my ear and whispered. With a thief's smile on his face.

"Looking at it this way, you really look like an old husband and wife!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as the words fell, Lola instantly straightened her back and froze there. After a long time, he slowly turned his face, and his expression froze as if there was a delay.

"You, what do you say! Old, old husband and wife, we don't have it! ”

At this time, Lola's face was flushed, as if she was on fire, and her voice was so nervous that she kept shaking! At the same time, immediately shyly lowered his head. The eyes were staring at the floor as if they were out of focus. After a while, even the tips of the ears, which were covered by a little hair, quickly turned red.

"Teacher, are you thirsty? I'm going to pour tea—"

At the moment when the two of them were about to meet their eyes, I quickly interjected.

"Lola, come and help, I don't know which tea is better—"

"Oh!"

Instantly relieved, she followed me into the kitchen as fast as she could. Then take out the teapot and bowl from the cabinet above. Then, standing very hard away from me, I took a deep breath again and again.

I couldn't help but smile wryly.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing."

With that, Lola put the teapot and bowl in the tray in front of her, and quickly walked past me and walked out. Place them on the coffee table. Then, sit down on the couch. At this time, I was also sitting on another sofa.

"Teacher, is there anything you have to do today?"

Mr. Xia Fan picked up the mug with a cat pattern printed on the edge of the cup handle on the coffee table, took a sip and put it back on the table. He hesitated for a few more seconds before he spoke.

"Nangong has already admitted it all—"

Her tone and voice are very calm.

"Said he did it all alone. Whether you want Chihiro to hurt you, or if you want to hurt Lola. He's already confessed to me......"

"Confession? Did he think that was enough for him? ”

Suddenly, Lola's voice was full of anger and her expression was very serious.

Does he think that he can be forgiven just by saying everything? If that's the case, it's too easy! As he finished speaking, his left hand slowly clenched into a fist and landed on the coffee table mercilessly.

Suddenly, there was a loud sound.

However, her words were not finished.

"I don't care what anyone else thinks, but I'm not going to forgive that guy—" Lola jotted down these words in her notebook at a rapid pace...... No, almost at the same time I realized—these were more of some kind of determination than pale words.

And then, that night, I got that call again—

"Wouldn't that be nice? Honestly, you exceeded my expectations. Worthy of praise, huh? Why don't I praise you now? Don't look at me like this, I'm actually very good at complimenting people, huh? The voice on the other end of the line was still a familiar voice.

With a slightly playful tone, he asked me.

"Who are you?"

As soon as I finished speaking, the thunder in the distant sky instantly overshadowed her voice.

"What? What did you say?! ”

At this point, I asked again, with a somewhat agitated voice, almost as if I was about to shout. But it didn't take long for me to hear a murmur on the other end of the phone. It was like the sound of rain. To be honest, it's noisy.

“...... So, I'm going to give...... Reward. ”

In the end, all I could tell was this sentence.

"Reward, what do you mean?"

To be honest, I didn't know anything about it at the time......