It wasn't until dinner at Hikari's house that she brought up what she had said during the day.

There was the sound of running water cleaning the dishes and chopsticks in the kitchen, and Li Wu went in to see if he needed his help, but as a matter of course, he was driven out by Yuko.

"Li Wujun go and play with Guang, otherwise she will complain to me afterwards."

"I haven't complained."

From outside, there was a protest of being a daughter.

The two sat opposite each other in the living room, taking off their slippers and lifting their legs up on the sofa like cats.

She reached out and picked up the cup in front of her with a serious face, "Then let's discuss the matter of me and Hoshikawa-san switching seats and classes-"

"No, no, that's not what we were going to talk about, right?"

Li Wu ruthlessly denied it immediately.

"Hush."

Hikari smacked her lips uncutely before returning to the point, "Going outside?" ”

She didn't give the promised time to run upstairs, and it wasn't long before she changed her clothes and appeared for the second time.

Autumn is getting stronger, and it's night, probably considering these two points, the girl on the stairs is wearing a sporty white knit sweater, and the cuffs on her body seem to be a little longer to cover her wrists, as if she deliberately retracted her hands a little, reminiscent of animals such as tanuki.

And what is even more striking at the moment is the strip of cloth she holds in her right hand.

Why do you want to bring a rope?

Out of curiosity, he asked, "Wait a minute, what is that for?" ”

Just glanced at his line of sight, and after saying hello to his mother, he dragged his childhood sweetheart up from the sofa and walked in the direction of the door.

"It's going to be used to tie up Xiao Wu later."

"Oh...... Yes?! ”

Actually, of course, it wasn't the usage he imagined.

At night, the embankment is deserted, and only a few night runners or couples stop and snuggle by the river, and the street lamps standing on the side of the trail cast dim lights, splicing together the two silhouettes walking on the embankment in a dislocated manner.

After leaving home, Li Wu followed her for a short walk in the direction of a nearby park, and came to the edge of the nameless river that the two used to pass after school when they were children.

"Baseball Gloves ......"

Maybe he thought of the same thing as him, and just muttered in a nostalgic tone.

It was an item in her old box that represented their memories of elementary school.

"It turned out to be just two people and three legs, what is there to hide from this?"

After listening to her explanation on the way, Li Wu held the strip of cloth that Guang handed to him, unable to understand her attitude.

The girl paused, turned around under the street lamp, and faced him backwards: "Because it is a group with the president." ”

"So? Didn't you practice at school? Why are you looking for me? ”

It's true that she and Mayi are in the same class, but I didn't expect to work together on a certain project.

As if impatient with his inconsiderateness, Hikaru raised his palm and compared it to his forehead, his face dyed a faint vermilion with shame.

If it were someone else, I probably wouldn't know what kind of dumb riddle she was playing, but Li Wu had already instinctively activated the translator of Hori Ringuang and correctly interpreted the meaning of the girl.

"By the way, she's a lot taller than you—"

Hikari hit him headlong and dealt a heavy blow to the bad guy who was still laughing at the end of the sentence.

As has been emphasized more than once, among the four girls in the club, Shiratori Makai and Hoshikawa Aoi are relatively tall and tall, and they are not inferior to the average level of boys of the same age, but the other two are ...... It's a pity.

When Hikari and Mayi play with two people and three legs, there will naturally be some more embarrassing problems.

"So, Xiao Wu helped me get used to it."

Hikari snatched the strip of cloth and squatted down to tie the two of them together by their necks.

"That's fine, but why don't you just ask for help?"

She asked curiously, "At this time?" ”

"She can space jump anyway...... No, nothing, you're right, the average person doesn't use superpowers to appear near someone's house late at night. ”

It's dangerous, it's dangerous!

I almost said something that would make Hikari suspicious according to the inertia of my thinking last time!

"In this case, Xiao Wu said before that it was ...... to chat with her"

The girl, who was still in the knot, looked up suspiciously.

"yes, I finally succeeded in repelling the alien creature G that day, and it was all thanks to the light."

The technique of urgently changing the subject was effective, and Hikari proudly puffed out his chest and stood up.

They were now on a straight riverside walk, and she wrapped her arms around his waist, her slender fingers resting on her flanks, and there was an almost itchy touch.

Li Wu put his arm around her shoulders - with the height difference between the two, he couldn't hug her waist.

"If the light was a little shorter, maybe I could run forward in a posture similar to that of a princess."

She responded by stomping her other foot.

"I'm not short!"

"I didn't say you're short now?! It's just that the general two-person three-legged doesn't want to emphasize that the height is appropriate? So I'm just a little surprised by the combination of you and real clothes. ”

The light filtered his words and came to the right conclusion: "It's a meaning." ”

It was discovered, and it seems that Hikari is getting harder and harder to deceive as he gets older.

"Listen to Xiao Wu, I can be about as tall as the elder as long as I tiptoe, so it's not really bad."

It sounded even more mournful, almost bringing tears to the listener's eyes, and the light that had been turned on the defensive switch continued to gush.

"What's more, I'm still in the growth stage, and if I wait until the future, I will be able to evolve into a second form, and I'm afraid that even Xiao Wu's height will ...... by then."

She froze and stared blankly ahead, as if aware of some terrible fact.

"Will you be able to learn to transform multiple times in the future? Speaking of the future, isn't the light you met before who went to another world the version of yourself in your twenties? I haven't seen her under her armor, have you seen it? ”

Li Wu suddenly became curious about another "lost" childhood sweetheart in a sense.

“…… The same. ”

Light's lips trembled.

"Huh? What is the same? ”

"I will never admit her!"

She suddenly burned with an unprecedented fighting spirit, "That must be a completely wrong future!" ”

Never admit that you are still short!

Taken by the momentum of the light, Li Wu nodded in agreement: "Let's correct her together." ”

"Start by drinking milk every day."

"Huh?"

There is a feeling that the bull's head is not in the horse's mouth during the conversation.

"You have to start exercising, Xiao Wu, when you count to one, you will step on your left foot, I will step on your right foot, and when you count to two, you will do the opposite."

"No problem, but it's ...... from what you just said."

"One, two; One, two! ”

"Suddenly it started?!"

With the girl's stride, they ran together in the thick night like condensed milk, and the warm light emitted by the street lamp in front of them.

(End of chapter)