70 He Under the Cherry Blossom Tree

◎Happy graduation!◎

This was the first time Hanano Chihoko had met someone so adept at making excuses for a man. She scratched Panda's forehead and said, "Sister, you have quite the imagination."

"You mean... I'm overthinking it?"

Seeing the tears welling up in the young lady's eyes, Hanano Chiheko quickly adjusted herself and said, "Tell me your birth date and let me calculate it."

The young lady cooperated and reported her birth chart.

"Oh..." Chiheko Hanano shook her head and sighed.

"Is the hexagram a bad omen?" the young lady asked hurriedly.

Hanano Chihezi said truthfully: "The peach blossom fortune is outside the wall, mainly in the southeast."

The young lady thought for a moment and immediately smiled happily: "His house is just southeast of mine!"

"Well...this, this..." Chihoko Hanano took out a booklet and pointed out to her the meaning of "peach blossoms outside the wall".

As expected, after reading it, the young lady's expression immediately changed from joy to worry. "Are you saying I'm going to be caught in a love triangle?"

"From the perspective of the hexagram, this is the case." Hanano Chihoko said as objectively as possible.

The young lady asked again: "Is there any way to save it?"

"Improve yourself, or change people."

Hanano Chiheko said: "Based on the hexagram, there are only two solutions."

"Okay, okay." Looking at the lost back of the young lady, Hanano Chiheko sighed lightly and packed the small change.

The lady boss, who had a full view of everything, couldn't help but say, "You won't make much money like this~"

"You can't deceive consumers."

Hanano Chiheko said, "Besides, setbacks are often the catalyst for change. A tree that doesn't move dies, but a person who moves lives. If she truly listens and takes action, perhaps she can resolve her internal friction and find control over her life."

The proprietress was a bit amused and said, "You are not very old, but you have a lot of knowledge."

Hanano Chihoko confidently stroked the panda's furry chin and said, "I was born excellent. I'm sorry."

"You got into the role pretty quickly." As the proprietress was speaking, she saw a group of students coming out of the police academy. I guess the get out of class was over.

"Hey, look over there." The proprietress pointed to Hanano Chiheko with a sharp eye: "Aren't those your friends?"

Chihoko Hanano suddenly had a bad feeling and followed the proprietress's hand to look towards the school gate.

Wow, Jinpei Matsuda, Kagemitsu Morofushi, Rei Furuya, Kenji Hagiwara and squad leader Kou Date are walking towards this side in an orderly manner.

Several tall guys were particularly eye-catching in the crowd. Soon, Yi Dahang said hello to everyone and left with his girlfriend Natalie.

Hanano Chiheko's attention gradually shifted, and she began to eat the melon leisurely. "It's quite sweet."

Maybe it was because of the strength comparison with the young lady just now, but Hanano Chiheko now looked at this couple again and felt that they were more and more pleasing to the eye. "This is a normal relationship!"

Chihoko Hanano patted the bear's leg and couldn't help feeling a little envious.

"Look, here they come."

The proprietress smiled and waved to the remaining four members of the police academy.

Chihoko Hanano turned her head back, and only then realized that the eyes of the remaining four people had been focused on her for some time, or to be more precise, on the panda.

"It's over!" Chihoko Hanano remembered what Jinpei Matsuda said before class, saying he wanted to look for her.

Could it be that Jinpei Matsuda was so bored that he specially gathered people together to watch her?

Chihoko Hanano remembered her previous bold words, and then looked at the small business that had just opened, and felt a little embarrassed.

As expected, if you set the flag too early, you will be slapped in the face.

It just so happens that I am still a social bear wearing a doll costume and sitting in an arrogant posture.

Whether it’s in terms of career or clothing, if you get caught, you’ll definitely be laughed at!

Chihoko Hanano, who was inside the silly panda head, looked serious.

In order to prevent her already precarious image in their eyes from suffering another fatal blow, a crazy idea suddenly came to Hanano Chihoko's mind in a flash.

run!

Run for your life!!

Run without any regrets!!!

So, from the perspective of the four police academy students, the giant panda that was originally extremely conspicuous in front of the milk tea shop, after seeing them (the police academy students), moved her short bear legs and ran away as fast as lightning.

"stop!"

Occupational disease makes them rush forward without thinking.

As a result, the originally orderly off-campus snack street caused a bigger commotion than the previous hijacker incident.

Whether they were passers-by or street vendors, they all stopped to watch the police catch the panda.

Unlike previous cases where criminals were condemned by everyone, this time nearly 70 percent of the onlookers stood firmly on the side of the panda.

According to the interview with unreliable passersby, the main reason for their betrayal is that they believe that appearance reflects the heart. Pandas are so cute, adorable and innocent, they must have their own difficulties!

Chihoko Hanano took a "huff and puff" attitude towards this.

Ah, someone asked what it means?

According to a well-known unreliable commentator, "In the face of the injustice of heaven, where cats are treated like straw dogs, this must be the panda's way of venting its anger by picking up bamboo and rising up in resistance!"

Meanwhile, Hanano Chihoko, who was gasping for breath and nearly spitting out blood, just wanted this farce to end quickly. She was almost suffocating in there!

The story ends with Hanano Chihoko stepping on a popsicle that a child accidentally dropped and falling flat on her face.

Chihoko Hanano was completely stunned after the fall. Adhering to the philosophy of lying down where you fell, she remained lying on her back without moving.

Unfortunately, the reality did not give Hanano Chihoko much time to lie down and be isolated. Soon, footsteps were heard around her.

"They didn't recognize me, they didn't recognize me..." Chihoko Hanano tried to influence objective facts based on idealism.

Not to mention the secret that Jinpei Matsuda had revealed to Rei Furuya and the others in advance, just from her running posture and speed just now, as well as her obvious desire to give up, if they still don't recognize Chihoko Hanano, then they will have wasted the past six months together.

But now, seeing that Hanano Chihoko was obviously trying to pretend not to be familiar with the person, the four of them looked at each other tacitly and immediately colluded with each other.

"Are you okay, this... Panda?"

Fūya Rei half-knelt down, trying his best to act like a stranger, and patted the panda's head in a friendly manner.

Upon hearing this, Hanano Chiheko's heart, which had been half-resigned to her fate, instantly perked up.

Hey, I really didn’t recognize you!

Hanano Chihoko instantly figured out how to deal with it. "Ah, it hurts, it hurts, I fell down hard, how can I be 'okay'?"

Matsuda Jinpei asked, "Then why were you running just now?"

"If you chase me, I'll run." Hanano Chiheko deliberately lowered her voice, emphasizing with a guilty conscience, "I'm a good citizen. You chased me whenever you saw me. Do you know how much damage this has caused to my young heart?!"

"Let's not talk about your soul for now. Are you hurt anywhere?" Zhu Fu Jingguang couldn't help but step forward and asked with concern.

Woohoo... Jingguang cat is so thoughtful.

Before Hanano Chihoko could be moved, Furiya Rei came over and lifted up the panda hood a little, "Did the edge of the hood pinch your neck just now?"

"No!" Chihoko Hanano was so scared that she trembled all over. She held on to the hood tightly to prevent it from falling off, and refused to let go no matter what.

Due to the perspective, Fūya Rei caught a glimpse of the bruises on Hanano Chiheko's wrist and frowned slightly.

Hagiwara Kenji broke the somewhat tense atmosphere: "I saw you setting up a fortune-telling stall just now, and I want to give it a try too. Is it possible?"

Haha, there is no reason not to do business that comes to your door!

Hanano Chihoko immediately forgot the unpleasantness just now and said, "Of course!"

"Hmm...you have good luck in your career, young man..."

While listening to Hagiwara Kenji's fortune telling, Hanano Chihoko looked at Hagiwara Kenji's palm and shook her head.

As she was calculating, Hanano Chiheko's leisurely expression suddenly froze: "Strange..."

Hagiwara Kenji asked curiously, "Have you figured out what's wrong?"

Chihoko Hanano didn't know what to say, and was afraid that it was her own problem, so she pulled the hand of Jinpei Matsuda next to her and checked it carefully.

The fingertips slowly slid across the lines on the palm, causing a slight itch.

Matsuda Jinpei blinked rapidly, resisting the urge to withdraw his hand.

But at this time, Hanano Chijuko no longer had time to pay attention to these things. After watching Matsuda Jinpei, she continued to watch Furuya Rei and Morofushi Kagemitsu without stopping.

After everyone had their turn to have their horoscopes and palmistry read, Hanano Chiheko became even more silent.

Hagiwara Kenji roughly guessed the reason and said, "It's okay. Even if the result is not as good as expected, it doesn't matter."

Hanano Chiheko paused, then waved her hand playfully: "Your numerology is very profound. I can't fully comprehend it at my current level. But don't worry, fortune-telling is something you believe in, and not to mention it. Just treat it as entertainment, don't take it seriously."

"Oh, it's getting late." Hanano Chiheko looked at the invisible watch on the panda's paw and left without giving them time to ask any more questions. "I should go back now. Bye~"

The four of them looked at the somewhat lonely and burly panda's back and its bouncy tail, and no one spoke for a while.

It seems like someone ran away...

The wind on the rooftop was blowing, just like Chihoko Hanano's mood.

"I heard you're short of funds lately."

When Hanano Chiheko heard this, she turned around. Furuya Rei's fluffy golden hair fluttered in the wind, making Hanano Chiheko inexplicably want to shout "Simba!"

"Why, are you also a fellow traveler?" Hanano Chiheko said with a smile, "Otherwise, how would you find time to come up and sit with me?"

The girl was tall and graceful, and at first glance she had nothing to do with the panda man they had just chased half the street.

Fūya Rei was lost in thought for a moment before saying, "Winter is over."

Furuya Rei walked up to Hanano Chiheko and said, "Even if I'm so hungry that I have to drink the wind, I can only drink the southeast wind."

Hanano Chiheko curled her lips and pointed at Furuya Rei's temples, "Look, there's something here."

"What?" Fūya Rei touched his head.

"You're just being stubborn, haha."

Chihoko Hanano successfully won a round in the bickering contest and was grinning from ear to ear.

Furiya Rei stopped arguing and immediately took Hanano Chihoko's left hand. Hanano Chihoko looked down and found that the skin on her wrist had been broken at some point, and the bruises from the ruptured blood vessels were clearly visible.

I didn’t even realize it at the time…

As Hanano Chiheko was thinking about it, she saw Furuya Rei take out the disposable alcohol swab he carried with him to disinfect it and put on a Band-Aid.

Chihoko Hanano was not surprised by this. In the past, when Rei Furuya accompanied her running, he would always carry these with him in case she got bumped or bruised and could not be disinfected in time.

Like Doraemon, whatever Chihoko Hanano needs, Rei Furuya will definitely have it.

Fūya Rei's movements in treating the wound were light and gentle, and to Hanano Chihoko, whose pain sensitivity had decreased a lot, it was as light as a goose feather.

Goose feathers fall into the lake of my heart, creating ripples.

"zero……"

"Um?"

After agreeing subconsciously, Rei Furuya looked up at Chihoko Hanano in surprise.

For some reason, Hanano Chiheko inexplicably thought of the things she had just calculated, and a chill inexplicably surged from the bottom of her heart to her whole body.

Hanano Chiheko turned away, looking at the people walking downstairs. "What I mean is, if we all drift apart, will Furuya-kun feel lonely?"

Lonely……

"Maybe, maybe many years from now, in the dead of night, I will look at our graduation photo and miss you all."

Furuya Ling half-lowered his brows, "But no matter what happens, I think I will eventually continue to move forward, even if I am alone."

Upon hearing this, Hanano Chiheko turned to look at Furuya Rei.

Furuya Rei also looked at her and said, "And since some things are beyond human control, instead of getting anxious, we should cherish the present... every moment we have together."

Hanano Chiheko's eyes flickered, and she suddenly felt much better. "I don't know why you said that!"

Furuya Rei looked at Hanano Chiheko and whispered, "Because this is what you once told me."

"Me?" Chihoko Hanano's brain froze for a moment, and then she remembered what they had said when they talked about the future on the playground.

"You have a good memory."

"How else can we get first place?"

"Hey, I feel like you're showing off!"

…

After two days of arduous street stall life, Hanano Chihoko's living standard finally returned to a comfortable level.

On the day of the ceremony, when Tomoaki Shinde opened the door, he saw a panda acting suspiciously.

Tomoaki Aride tried to keep smiling: "...Excuse me, this is a place for medical treatment."

"It's me!" Hanano Chiheko took off the panda mask. "Are you surprised? Are you surprised?"

After a moment, Xinde Zhiming realized what was happening and nodded, "Is this the disguise that Senior Sister told me about?"

"Isn't it super cute and super cover-up!"

Hanano Chihoko was very proud, "Furiya-kun and the others don't know my true identity, you are the first one to know!"

"Wow..." Arata Tomoaki took the panda mask, "So what's this, Senior Sister..."

"The milk tea shop's promotion is over, so the boss lady just gave it to me."

Hanano Chihoko stroked the fur on the belly of the panda costume and said, "I thought that if I have to do something embarrassing to make a living in the future, at least I can have a vest to cover myself."

Thinking about how many people were watching Hanano Chiheko on her way back, Aishide Tomoaki couldn't help but worry about the risk of Hanano Chiheko being exposed in the future.

By the time Chiheko Hanano finished her shower and changed her clothes, it was almost ten o'clock.

Nakajima Linmei pushed Aida Tomoaki and Hanano Chiheko out, and while doing so, she told Aida Tomoaki, "You must take good pictures of your senior sister today."

The new photographer Tomoaki Niide, who was forced to do this, said: I will definitely work hard.

But when he really got to the cherry tree downstairs to take pictures, Tomoaki Aida realized that he was naive.

"Junior brother." Hanano Chihezi tried her best to maintain her posture and smile, "Do you see my bangs are messed up?"

Niide Tomoaki looked at the photo he had just taken and said, "It seems a little bit."

"Oh my God." Chihoko Hanano took out a small mirror with a bitter look and used a small comb to adjust the hair bit by bit.

Seeing that Hanano Chiheko's patience was running out, Aida Tomoaki said, "Senior Sister, you look very good like this."

As soon as Hanano Chiheko was coaxed, her mood immediately turned sunny, and she pulled Aida Tomoaki over and said, "I haven't taken a photo with you yet."

Tomoaki Aride has limited experience in photography, and he lets Chihoko Hanano manipulate him like a rag doll.

"Should I... do this?"

Tomoaki Aride looked in the small mirror and saw the hairstyle that Chihoko Hanano had created for him.

"Be more confident, my handsome boy!" said Chihoko Hanano, and happily took several photos of Tomoaki Aida in his cute poses.

At this time, several girls who were familiar with Tomoaki Aida came over and invited him to take selfies.

Chiheko Hanano voluntarily gave up her seat and took pictures as she walked around with her camera, including the seat where Chiheko Hanano usually sat in the restaurant, under the tree in the grove that was good for growing mushrooms, and under the cherry tree in front of the office building.

After taking each set of photos, Chihoko Hanano will check them carefully, and will take them again if there is any flaw.

After taking pictures quietly for a while, Chihoko Hanano actually seemed quite happy.

Before she knew it, Chiheko Hanano had strolled into the auditorium building.

In the corridor, Chiheko Hanano vaguely heard the sound of a speech inside.

So familiar...

Chihoko Hanano quietly leaned over and looked at the stage.

The blond boy she was very familiar with was standing under the spotlight and giving a calm speech as a representative of the graduates.

Hanano Chihoko thought that if she didn't record such an important moment, she would probably feel regretful.

Chihoko Hanano raised the camera and adjusted the focus, and the angular face of Rei Furuya on the screen became clearer and clearer.

With a "click", the shutter was pressed.

Chihoko Hanano habitually lowered her head to check the photos she had taken.

Then, I heard Furuya Rei's voice: "Finally, I hope everyone can find that person who, once spotted in the crowd, they can't take their eyes off."

In an instant, Hanano Chihoko's fingertips trembled as she flipped through the photos.

In the photo, Fūya Rei's purple-gray eyes are filled with a gentle smile. When he looks at the camera, it seems as if he is looking through the lens at the person behind him.

The moment Chihoko Hanano stopped breathing, applause broke out from the audience.

Without giving Hanano Chiheko time to react, the students who were originally seated stood up and walked out.

The hall suddenly became noisy, and Chihoko Hanano's vision was filled with police academy students.

Chihoko Hanano could no longer see the golden color, and she became a little anxious, stumbling forward against the flow of people.

More and more people were gathering around Hanano Chiheko. As she was searching carefully, her left hand was suddenly grabbed.

Chihoko Hanano immediately looked up, but was stunned when she saw the person.

"Matsuda?"

"What are you all doing in a daze?" Matsuda Jinpei said harshly, but he turned sideways and held Hanano Chiheko in his arms.

"Can……"

Chihoko Hanano turned around to look for something, but found that she couldn't squeeze in at all.

Chihoko Hanano had no choice but to go out first.

Just when she was feeling depressed, Hanano Chiheko suddenly felt something warm on her right hand.

Chihoko Hanano turned her head and saw Rei Furuya, who had squeezed in next to her from somewhere. He was looking straight ahead, but his golden hair could not cover the slight redness of his ears.

"ha……"

Under the cherry blossoms, Matsuda Jinpei looked at the camera hanging from Hanano Chiheko's chest. "Did you take a lot of pictures?"

"Of course!" Hanano Chihezi pinched her waist proudly, "I'm serious."

"I really want to see it." Hagiwara Kenji said with interest, "I want to know what kind of things are so precious to Xiaohezi that she wants to record them~"

Zhu Fujingguang raised his hand in agreement: "I'm curious too."

"Okay... uh, maybe next time." When Hanano Chihoko thought of the last photo of Furutani Rei, her tone changed so abruptly that it was hard not to be suspicious.

Jinpei Matsuda raised his eyebrows and was about to say something.

"That place seems to be a good place for taking group photos." Fūya Rei pointed behind them and suddenly suggested.

Hanano Chiheko and everyone else looked over when they heard the sound. The cherry blossoms there had already bloomed, and the wind could blow down many petals, creating a very atmospheric atmosphere.

Yi Dahang also thought it was a good idea and suggested, "Then let me take a picture of you first."

"Okay, okay!" Chihoko Hanano quickly handed over the camera, came back and asked a few people to pose.

"Later, let's lip-sync 'kawaii' while taking pictures, okay?" Hanano Chihoko blinked her big eyes, and it was unknown what bad intentions she was planning.

"Eh~" Matsuda Jinpei was the first to object, "Can't you just shout something normal?"

Zhu Fujingguang said: "I think it's quite interesting, don't you think it's funny, Zero?"

Furuya Rei looked at Hanano Chiheko and nodded, "Okay."

"Okay, okay, the minority must obey the majority." Hagiwara Kenji pulled the awkward Matsuda Jinpei over.

Yi Dahang suppressed his laughter and said, "Okay, look at the camera, three, two, one."

"Kawaii..."

Under the sky full of cherry blossom petals, Chihoko Hanano was in the middle of the four people, happily showing her happiest smile.

“Crack!”

The sudden summer rain washed the falling cherry blossoms into the mud, and the dirty petals looked even more miserable compared to their previous beauty.

In the restaurant, Chiheko Hanano looked at the rainy day outside and felt depressed to death.

"This rain is quite good. It has been raining on and off for half a month."

Shoichi Shibata, who was sitting across from Chiheko Hanano at the table, took a sip of the store's signature miso soup and sighed.

"Hmm..." Hanano Chiheko covered her head. "Do you think it will rain during tomorrow's fireworks display?"

"Who knows?" Shibata Masakazu checked the weather forecast on his phone. "There's a 50% chance of rain."

Fifty percent...

It's a really ambiguous number.

Once upon a time, under the cherry blossom tree, Furuya Rei whispered softly into Hanano Chiheko's ear, "We agreed to watch the fireworks together, you can't go back on your word."

Now, in the restaurant, Chiheko Hanano was stirring the soup in front of her with a spoon, watching the thick soup create ripples.

Shibata Masakazu looked at Hanano Chiheko's absent-minded look and couldn't help but gossip, "Do you have an appointment tomorrow?"

【Author’s words】

More words, praise yourself, great [come on]