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After the second year's study trip ended peacefully,
Xiong Ying's Hero Course returned to its original track.
Prunus maintained the daily life of attending classes and working on weekends; An Qiu maintained a part-time job to earn living expenses; the rest of the students worked hard to research how to put the weird game on the market … After tinkering with it, they maintained the inexplicably commercialized life of a hero.
The group of 1-A brats was once again on the eve of the end of the second semester.
The weather gradually turned cold. Looking at the pervasive autumn outside Xiong Ying,
Prunus deliberately put on her favorite white sweater and met Hong outside the campus.
"Sorry!
Sorry to keep you waiting! "
"Not at all." Hong, he looked at the young girl who was running towards him.
Feeling that they hadn't seen each other for a long time, the corners of her mouth slowly curved into a happy smile.
… Yes, it was today.
The two of them once again received a task from Teacher No.13.
The matter was like this: As everyone knew, in addition to being a senior teacher of the Hero Course, Teacher No.13 was also an important member and officer of the government's Disaster Relief Agency.
Therefore, he, who held multiple positions,
Would always have one or two days every year to participate in the government's review of the rescue work outside. Just like today, he also asked for leave from Xiong Ying.
This was the most common thing that had happened in the past semester. However, this time was different from the previous semester.
It was today on the 13th … He had personally promised to take care of Mrs. Longzi and Longzi.
But he didn't expect that the meeting would be delayed, causing him to miss the appointment. _ (: з 」 ∠) _
In order to not make the twins unhappy, the witty Teacher No.13 immediately found his replacement … or rather, he found an existence that was more attractive to the children than himself.
That was Prunus and Hong, who had once brought them to the aquarium.
No.13: Please, please save the teacher!
Hong: …
Prunus: …
Therefore, the two high school students who were quite used to this kind of thing inexplicably embarked on the path of acting for the teacher.
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Dusk.
The sun was setting.
Take a bus.
Then, he would transfer to the subway and take two stations.
Soon, they arrived at the kindergarten where the twins were studying. Bai Jian and Hong walked at a moderate pace. Looking at the map that Teacher No.13 had specially drawn for them, they found the kindergarten where the two children were studying without any suspense.
"Wow!
It's sister Prunus! "
"Sister is really here!
Number 13 didn't lie! "
Just as Prunus stepped into the kindergarten, two little figures wearing yellow hats rushed out of the classroom in high spirits. The two of them bounced around Prunus, their faces filled with joy and excitement.
… It seemed like she wasn't sad about Teacher No.13 not coming.
Prunus stroked the children's heads and held their hands. "We're going back. Teacher will be back later today. Maybe you two will have to spend the night in my room."
"Wow!
That's great! "
"It doesn't matter if you don't come back on the 13th!"
Prunus: … Luckily, Teacher 13 didn't hear it.
No.13: I feel a chill down my spine.
After leaving the kindergarten with the two happy children and dealing with their various requests, Prunus suddenly received a call from Knife-cutting.
Prunus tilted her head, handed the children to Boom, and answered the phone, "Hello?"
"Hello, idiot. Are you outside?"
On the other side of the phone, Knife-cutting sounded unfriendly. Since the first day of school, he had been very used to calling Prunus an idiot. Prunus was too lazy to complain. She just nodded and replied calmly, "Yes, I'm picking up my nephews for the teacher. We're coming back now. What's the matter?"
"There are not enough ingredients for the hot pot tonight. They asked you to buy some ingredients."
Knife-cutting's reply was a little slow. There was a lot of noise in the background. It seemed that someone was giving him instructions.
Bai Jian was stunned for a moment, then nodded subconsciously. "What do you want to buy?"
"Let me see … Stop arguing!
Yes, tofu, cabbage, fish plate, udon noodles … "Knife-cutting counted and felt that he couldn't remember all of them," Everyone said it in the class group! "
"Got it. By the way, I think the two children will also eat together."
Prunus didn't care about running errands. She nodded and agreed. Then, she talked to Knife-cutting about Longzi and Longtai.
Meanwhile, Boom, who was holding the two children's hands, looked at Prunus talking to someone on the phone from behind. He felt that it was a little strange. After all, he didn't usually see anyone call her, and they didn't communicate with each other on the phone. He didn't even know what Prunus's voice sounded like on the phone.
Boom was a little dazed. Because Prunus's phone was a little leaky, it wasn't difficult for him to tell that the person on the other side of the phone was a man. Seeing that Prunus was talking to the other party in such a normal tone, he actually felt a little uncomfortable.
Usually, Prunus would also talk to someone on the phone when he didn't know?
Recently, he had been maintaining a LINE conversation with Prunus. Originally, he was happy that he could talk to her a few words every day, but now, he was inexplicably jealous of the boy on the phone.
It seemed to be a male classmate of hers, and he even "bought something back" or something like that … Boom pursed his lips, and there was a faint coldness in his deep eyes.
He didn't know how long Prunus talked on the phone. When she hung up the phone and turned around to say "sorry" to him, Boom had been absent-minded for a long time.
He didn't respond to Prunus's "sorry" with an "It's okay". Instead, he glanced at the phone awkwardly, "Phone, what happened?"
"Well, our class decided to eat hotpot together today!
But it seems that we didn't prepare enough ingredients today, so they asked me to run an errand before going back. "
Prunus answered very naturally. She looked at the slightly darkened sky, tilted her head, and suggested with a worried look, "… How about Little Bombardment Scorch go back first?
After all, it's very late. "
"… No need."
Boom shook his head and looked down at Prunus's honest eyes. He didn't know why, but the scene of her talking to someone on the phone appeared in his mind. A trace of jealousy rose in his heart, and he approached her with a somewhat anxious look, "I'll go with you."
"Oh … Okay."
Prunus nodded and didn't reject Boom's suggestion. Instead, she smiled at him, "Then let's go quickly. Otherwise, there will only be bad dishes left in Chaoshang … Long Zi, Long Tai, you can choose the juice and dessert to drink tonight."
"Oh yeah!"
The twins raised their hands and cheered, while Long Tai smiled and hugged Prunus's leg. Long Zi, on the other hand, obediently held Boom's hand and motioned for him to carry her.
Boom didn't refuse, and Long Zi was held in Boom's arms. She blinked her eyes and asked him, "Big brother, do you also want to choose the juice and pudding?"
Hong stared blankly for a moment, then shook his head and answered seriously, "... No need, why do you want me as well?"
Long Zi blinked her big round eyes, put her small mouth close to Boom's ear, and said carefully, "… Eating sweet things will make you feel better!
Sister Prunus is just talking to a boy, don't be jealous! "
Hearing the child's light words, Boom's hand that was holding Long Zi stiffened. He almost froze everything except himself and Long Zi into ice age because of the fear of being caught red-handed.
What child … It's too scary!
Prunus: … What are they whispering about? 0v0?
Long Zi: Big brother … Oh!
Boom (covering Long Zi's mouth): Nothing.
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After that, Prunus and Boom took the tram to take the children back to the station where Xiong Ying was. Perhaps because it was after work hours, Prunus and Boom could only find two seats for the children in the carriage. They stood in front of the bench and told the playful twins to behave in the carriage.
"Next stop, Shinagawa, next stop, Shinagawa."
"Next stop, Tamachi, next stop, Tamachi."
Listening to the gentle female voice reciting the name of the station, the twins happily stood up and raised their hands, "Sister Prunus, aren't we getting off at Tamachi?"
"We still have to go to Chao Shang. It's more convenient to get off at Hamamatsu."
Prunus patiently explained. Just as she bent down to talk to the children, an office worker standing behind Prunus accidentally bumped into her back with a briefcase. Prunus lost her balance and almost fell on the two children in front of her.
"Be careful."
Boom hurriedly helped her up and noticed the crowd gradually hiding in the carriage. He put his hand behind Prunus to protect her.
"Little Bombardment Scorch, you don't have to do this …" Prunus felt the big hand behind her back and felt the slight warmth from Boom's palm. She immediately lowered her face and her ears quietly turned red, "I can stand on my own."
"You can't." Boom said in a depressed tone. Didn't she fall just now?
And as if to fulfill Boom's words, Prunus's body couldn't stand on the next bumpy train.
This time, Boom quickly held her shoulders and quickly stabilized her body that had a negative balance on the transportation.
"Thank, thank you …" Bai Jian, who was instantly slapped in the face, blushed to the tips of his ears. He felt a faint warmth coming from his back and realized that he was being protected in the crook of an arm, so he lowered his head in embarrassment.
Boom also realized that the distance between them was too close. Feeling her soft body and her unique fragrance, he felt a little dizzy and wanted to let go of his hand. However, the train was crowded. Boom wanted to let go, but he found that there was no place for Prunus to stand.
Because of the bumpy train just now, the people around Prunus leaned a little closer, so Prunus had no way out.
Boom wanted to let go but couldn't. He looked away and awkwardly apologized, "I'm sorry. It seems that we can only stay like this for now."
"It's, it's okay."
Prunus didn't say anything. She just stood there stiffly and let Boom hug her. Her face was red and her feet kept rubbing on the ground.
"Wow, Brother is hugging Sister Prunus."
Long Tai, who was sitting in his seat and watching everything, laughed. Even though Boom didn't have a high EQ, his handsome face was still as red as a burning cloud.
"Hey, Long Tai, you can't make fun of Brother!"
Prunus anxiously explained. She wanted to refute, but could only say such a sentence. In this narrow and cramped space, the two who were hugging each other ambiguously finally heard the announcement of the arrival of the station.
"Next station, Hamamatsu. Next chapter, Hamamatsu."
The lady on the radio said softly. Prunus was happy and saw the platform of Hamamatsu from outside the train window.
"We're here. It's time to get off!"
Bai Jian murmured with a smile. Hong also heaved a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to think of a way to release Bai Jian, the train that suddenly came to a complete stop caused him to unavoidably move forward again — —
Then, in this rare moment, his lips were directly on Prunus's forehead.
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"Sorry!"
In the blink of an eye, he accidentally kissed Bai Jian when the train came to a stop. He hurriedly let go of her as if he had been electrocuted. Bai Jian, who had yet to react, was stunned. When she noticed the slight wetness and the remaining softness on her forehead, she instantly reacted. Her face turned red once again.
— It's okay!
Prunus wanted to say this, but even so, she couldn't say a word when she looked at the pair of burning eyes in front of her.
Her eyes were full of panic, and her heartbeat suddenly accelerated to an unimaginable level.
She was kissed!
Although it was an accident, Little Bombardment Scorch's lips still … touched her!
She didn't hate it, but … her heart was beating so fast!
"Ah, ah, that …" Prunus stuttered, trying to resolve the awkward situation. Boom was so anxious that his face turned red. Just when the two of them didn't know what to say, the sound of the train door closing suddenly came from the train.
"It's time to catch the train!" "It's time to go, brother and sister!"
While the two adults were in a daze, a pair of kids jumped out of their seats and promptly dragged the two high school students out of the car who were publicly displaying their affection for each other.
Prunus was dragged out of the station by Long Zi. The slightly cold autumn wind blew on her face, and her red face seemed to calm down a little.
Boom followed closely behind, looking at Prunus's ears that were still hot, and said hesitantly, "I'm sorry, that was just an accident, Bai …"
"I know, I know, I know!"
Prunus hurriedly interrupted him, and nodded vigorously to Boom with a completely uncalm smile, "Let's finish our errands quickly!
I'm hungry!
Don't you think so, Long Zi? "
"… It's easy to see through sister's reaction." Long Zi shook his head and waved his hand, and then walked with Prunus with a smile.
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The four of them came to a large shopping mall in Hamamatsu. Although it was not located in Xiong Ying's bus station, it was still quite close — they could walk back to the Xiong Ying bus station after buying vegetables here.
Everything was fine, except for the two adults who were still in speechless awkwardness.
"Bai, Prunus, what … what do you want to buy?"
"Bean, bean, tofu … White, cabbage and so on!"
She blushed and looked at Boom's embarrassed and wronged face. Prunus was also very shy, and after thinking for a while, she had to arrange a task for Boom, "How about this … Little Bombardment Scorch, take the children to choose juice!"
"… Okay."
Boom nodded, and then left with the two children with a blushing face. Prunus looked at Boom's back, and one of her hands unconsciously touched her forehead — it had been so long since they left the train, but the stimulation just now was still fresh in her memory.
Prunus's face and ears were red, and she hurriedly turned around and ran to the vegetable section.
Relying on her momentum, she quickly picked out the best fish, tofu, and mushrooms. Just as she was about to reach out to the second cabbage, another pair of hands suddenly overlapped with another pair of cold hands.
Bai Jian retracted her hand as if she had been electrocuted and hurriedly apologized. She looked up and saw a familiar figure that she didn't like — t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-
Bai Jian's footsteps abruptly retreated far away. He looked at the robot that had a handsome face, but in reality, lacked common sense and had outstanding combat power. Almost nothing good happened when he met him. Just this point alone made Bai Jian very vigilant.
When Janos saw Prunus' reaction, he fell into silence again, "… Did I do something wrong just now?"
Prunus, "… Ahhhhhhh!"
Janos, "Forget it, let's get down to business. Today, I'm going to eat hotpot with my teacher, and I also need to buy some soup, crab stick, fish plate, green mouth shell, beef, pork, scallion, radish, potato, cabbage, tofu, casserole, gas!"
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Just when Prunus thought she was going to start a fight with him, Janos suddenly recited a scary spell with a normal face. Prunus looked at his serious face in panic, and finally found out that he also ate hotpot.
He was a robot, did he know how to pick vegetables?
Did he know how to cook hotpot?
Speaking of which … did robots know how to eat?
Prunus was full of questions, and just when she wanted to find out more, she saw Janos put a skinny cabbage into his basket. Her face changed, and she hurriedly rushed to Janos' side, and stuffed a better cabbage into his basket.
"It's the same price, why didn't you choose a better one?
Are you stupid?! "Prunus didn't know where she got the confidence to reprimand Janos with such words.
"… Isn't it the same?"
"It's not the same!
The one you chose just now was quite old, it's not good! "
"… I see, I've learned something."
Janos heard and scanned the vegetables Prunus picked for him, memorizing the data in his mind, and then he went to the next place to choose.
"Next is the fish plate …"
"Wait, that's not fish plate, it's vegetarian meat!"
"Beef …"
"No, no, no, this beef isn't good!"
"Ranch eggs …"
"Wait, can't you be more careful, the eggs are going to break!"
Prunus noticed that the man had bought all the ingredients for the hotpot. Janos looked at the shiny ingredients in his basket, then turned to Prunus and thanked her solemnly, "Thank you, thanks to you, my teacher and I can eat delicious hotpot."
"Ah!
I was led by the nose by you when I noticed! "
Prunus hugged her head and cried. It was all the man's fault for saying all the wrong things. She picked the ingredients for him when she wasn't paying attention.
… Then, he forgot all about his own matters!
Prunus cried and hurriedly left Janos behind, then went back to the vegetable freezer, and with a face full of blood … picked up a few cabbages that didn't look very energetic.
Prunus: … I knew it, nothing good would come out of meeting him.
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After that little episode, Prunus hurriedly paid the bill and left Super Shang after meeting up with Boom. Unlike Prunus who met Janos, Boom was still a little nervous when he saw Prunus. He helped to carry the groceries with one hand and carefully observed Prunus' reaction. What should he do, was she still worried about him kissing her?
That was just an accident.
But even if it was an accident, at that moment, he noticed that both he and Prunus looked quite suspicious.
According to the shoujo manga he read before, this should be a sign that Prunus had some feelings for him.
Boom seriously assessed Prunus' reaction based on the unreliable shoujo manga. When he noticed, he had already sent her and the children to Dorm 1-A.
"So slow!"
It was Knife-cutting who came out to open the door. When he saw that Boom was behind Prunus, he was anxious and transferred his anger and frustration to Prunus. He reached out and poked her head.
"Ouch, it hurts, it hurts!"
Prunus felt very wronged. She looked at the pair of naughty children happily running into the house. The rest of the students also came out to take the ingredients from Boom. She had no choice but to say goodbye to Boom pitifully while Knife-cutting poked her head.
"Today is really … painful. I've troubled you, Little Bombardment Scorch!"
Prunus stuffed a lump of clay into Knife-cutting's face. Knife-cutting whimpered and took a few steps back. Then, Chiku and Uchikai dragged him back into the house. When everything finally calmed down, Boom, who had witnessed all this, was a little annoyed. He thought that the boy whose name he did not remember was the one who talked to Prunus on the phone.
"Are you guys close?" So when Boom noticed, he had already asked such a strange question.
Prunus was startled. She noticed that Boom's eyes were not obvious. She could not read his mood, so she answered honestly, "It's … it's okay. Knife-cutting always scolds me. I think we don't have a good relationship."
"He doesn't hate you."
Boom answered. He looked down at the girl's defenseless eyes. A thought suddenly flashed through his mind. He remembered something and hurriedly took out a small white paper bag from his trouser pocket. Then, he handed it to Prunus.
"… Hmm?" Prunus tilted her head.
"It's a gift for a study trip."
Boom's thin lips were tightly pressed into a straight line. His eyes were burning, "It's just a keychain. It's not expensive."
A surprised smile appeared on Bai Jian's face, and he took the item in his hand. "Really?
For me? "
"Yes."
Boom lowered his hand and turned his head away awkwardly. He did not look into Prunus's eyes, but he still said stubbornly, "I want you to … hang it on your backpack."
"Huh?" Prunus tilted her head, "Why?"
"… Isn't it good to let others see it?"
Boom added quietly. However, he regretted it the moment he opened his mouth. This selfish request sounded as if he was someone important to her. It was especially arrogant.
Prunus wouldn't misunderstand him, right?
Boom's eyes flashed with a hint of uneasiness. He looked down and found that Prunus's eyes were fixed on the package. Her red eyes were focused on the package. Her cheeks were blushing slightly as she smiled faintly.
"… I'll, I'll hang it."
After a long while, just as Boom was trying to test her reaction, she carefully opened her mouth again.
After a while, Prunus looked up at him and smiled like a flower, "… Although I wanted to cherish it, since Little Bombardment Scorch asked me to hang it, I'll definitely do it!"
His heart skipped a beat. Looking at the dazzling smile on the girl's lips, his handsome face unconsciously turned red. He reached out his hand and touched the back of his neck uncomfortably. Then, he tilted his head and said, "… Ah, yes."
She was really difficult to deal with.
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