New Life
Gou Juanji was walking alone in the snow.
He hid the lower half of his face in the raised collar, put his hands in his jacket pockets to keep warm, and his light steps seemed particularly powerful on the soft snow. After a "crunching" sound, the snow was pressed into a whole piece, leaving only the lines of the soles of his shoes.
The disobedient snow grains rustled their way towards his ankles, waiting to melt after returning to the classroom where the temperature would rise, soaking the edges of his shoes and socks.
Inumaki Ji didn't like playing in the snow very much. He went to the playground not to play, but to find Ueno Naoka.
Ueno and Hinata Aoi have been classmates for nearly six years. He couldn't believe that with Ueno's temper, he had never invited Hinata Aoi to a snowy day in all these years.
Asking questions in the classroom would inevitably attract Hinata Aoi's attention, so he walked into the snow.
Finding Ueno Naoka is very easy.
She was dressed very flamboyantly today, wearing a brighter red coat than everyone else's. She looked like a plum blossom blooming on a snow-covered branch, a unique eye-catcher on the playground.
The girls were together discussing how to build a giant snowman.
Half a class period is not enough time for adults to slack off, but it is enough for children to show their imagination and use snow to build the snowman image they have imagined in their minds.
Based on their experience, they chose a corner that was not easily exposed to sunlight as the snowman's base, and began rolling snowballs nearby, just to make the snowman live longer.
"Clang clang clang clang~" Ueno took out the materials he had prepared in advance from his coat pocket and proudly showed them to the girls.
"Wow, Xiaozhi, why are you carrying all these things with you? Such exquisite decorations, and carrots!"
Ueno Naoka had been smiling since she left the classroom: "I checked the weather forecast~"
"Opportunities come to those who are prepared."
She had specially brought the carrot from the kitchen, and only cut half of it vertically. Fortunately, it was wrapped in plastic wrap and only the pointed part was left.
She patted the red scarf around her neck:
"I'll give this scarf to the snowman later. The snowman we build will definitely be the most beautiful!" Naoka Ueno clenched her fists and was full of energy.
She also aroused the emotions of the girls around her and started to work together to make snowballs.
When the snowball was the right size, he rolled it into the snow and ran out unsteadily. Before the girl could catch up with him, he hit the edge of Goujuanji's shoe and was stopped.
The corners of Ueno Naoka's mouth lowered, and the song she was humming also stopped.
"What are you doing here?"
The tone of this sentence was heard by everyone around, and it was a bit aggressive.
No matter how much Ueno Naoka disliked Inugami Satoru before, she had always been sarcastic and had never spoken to him in such an obvious and disdainful tone.
Now is the time when she is happy. Her happy emotions are amplified, and correspondingly, her unhappy emotions are also amplified. Her dissatisfaction with Gojuan Ji is a conditioned reflex, and she is never in a good mood when she sees him.
What else can she do now that she has said it?
She is so happy, do you really want her to apologize?
Ueno Naoka turned her head away, feeling a little embarrassed, and thought that if Gomaki Tsuchiya could be sensible and say something quickly, the matter would be over.
But as a "mute", no matter how Goujuanji continued the conversation, the pause in between was enough to make people feel embarrassed.
"that……"
Kawai Miki looked around and tried to smooth things over, adjusting her glasses with the back of her hand.
"Do you want to build a snowman too, Inugami-kun?"
Ah! How could she say such a thing!
Just refuse, please refuse?
She really didn't know what to say to ease the atmosphere, and she was sweating in the snow.
If Xiaozhi and Gojumaki really built a snowman together... she couldn't even imagine what that scene would be like!
The happy free time instantly turned into a mandatory company team building. It would be bad not to interact with Gojumaki, and if I wanted to talk to Gojumaki, I had to check Ueno's expression first.
Kawai Miki is a person who cares about appearances, but she really can't treat these two bowls of water equally.
Inujuki saw Kawai's embarrassment, tilted his head in confusion, and a question mark appeared on his head.
Without thinking too much, he declined Kawai Miki's invitation according to his own ideas, and just took out a notebook to write a message to Ueno Naoka.
"I have a question for you."
Kawai moved half a body length behind Ueno and used his own lenses with just the right power to clearly see what Inumaki Tsutomu wrote.
She breathed a sigh of relief.
It’s fine to chat privately, just don’t involve her.
...It would be best to leave the props for making snowmen for them.
But Naoka Ueno felt bad.
"What are you asking?" She turned around and continued to make her own snowballs. She didn't want to pay attention to Gojuan but she couldn't completely ignore him. She was so frustrated that she wanted to "kill" Ueno.
Let's go, there's nothing to talk about between them!
Only then did Inumaki Satoru realize that now was not the time to have a friendly communication with Ueno Naoka.
Ueno seemed to be running out of patience and didn't want to pay attention to him. If he asked him directly and calmly, "Why doesn't Hinata like snow?", Ueno would definitely make up some excuse to fool him.
But there's no point in delaying and asking later...
Inumaki Tsuchiya thought for a moment and realized that Ueno's emotionality could be utilized. There was a way to make her give the answer - by playing her.
He stretched his neck, frowned, and with accusatory eyes, he wrote rapidly, with such force that he threatened to tear the paper:
"Why don't you ask Hinata to come out and play?"
Naoka Ueno's expression froze when she heard this, and she paused.
"ha??"
No? Is this person bashing her?
Last time when she lied to Inumaki that Xiaokui liked snow, didn't Ishida Shou tell the truth and expose her?
Your memory is so bad???
"...Why don't you ask Xiaokui to come out and play?" Ueno Naoka couldn't help rolling her eyes and asked back in a bad mood.
Inumaki Satoru's eyes widened in surprise at how Ueno could say such a thing, and he wrote righteously:
"You're her best friend, shouldn't you call her?"
Ueno:? ?
May I ask???
Ueno Naoka was stunned by Inumaki Tsuchiya's question.
"she"?
"most"?
Ueno: "..."
...Yes, she is!
But how could Inujuan Ji ask this question?
How strange!!
Who is the best, who is the second best... It doesn't sound like a topic that Goujuan would discuss at all.
Could it be that this dog-curled, white-haired hedgehog, cold-faced ice sculpture, and pool-side idiot who destroyed her and Xiaokui's friendship, Ji, has always been secretly jealous that she and Hinata Aoi have known each other for longer?
Do you think she is better friends with Hinata Aoi?
This shouldn't be the case...
At this moment, Naoka Ueno felt that Inumaki Tsuchiya was OOC and not like himself.
Inumaki Sho achieved the desired effect, using his sword to break through Ueno's defenses and pursue the victory:
"Have you ever been invited but been rejected?"
With the dead fish eyes he showed, he caused critical damage to Ueno.
"How could that be?! I didn't even talk to Xiao Kui before I came out!"
In front of so many girls, Ueno still has to save face.
How could she be rejected by Xiaokui? She is Xiaokui's best friend!
At this time, Ueno Naoka has been attracted by Gojumaki:
"You don't know, Xiaokui doesn't like playing in the snow!"
She yelled, completely forgetting that Goujuan should know about this, and assumed that he was a complete novice who knew nothing.
"How could I not like it?"
Goujuanji's face was full of disbelief, like a staunch supporter of the fun of "playing in the snow". The first badge of honor in his life was "having played in every snow since birth". He cheered for "snow" on the Internet every day and questioned every tasteless person who didn't like playing in the snow.
"She just doesn't like it!" Ueno stood up and argued with Gojuan.
Even though she was the only one who could make a sound, they were still fighting passionately.
Realizing her explanation didn't make sense, she swallowed her excessive saliva and changed the question: "Let me put it this way!"
"Xiao Kui doesn't like playing in the snow. She doesn't hate it...she just doesn't want to play. It's like some people who don't have peanut allergies but don't like eating peanuts."
"Do you understand?"
Ueno explained to Gojuan earnestly, like an old professor who worked hard to spread knowledge.
"I called her that in first and second grade, but she wasn't interested!"
Inumaki Ji listened to Ueno's sincere explanation and expressed his disbelief.
He felt that the peanut-eating example didn't make sense.
Anyone who is not allergic to peanuts has eaten peanuts at least once. Doesn't not eating peanuts at all prove that the person hates peanuts?
If Hinata Aoi just doesn't like to play, then playing occasionally can be tolerated, but now she doesn't play at all. Isn't that annoying?
"She is, she is... afraid of the cold. Yes, afraid of the cold!" Ueno Naoka quickly mobilized her little brain, came up with this answer and started a new round of explanation.
"Look, she's wrapped up in layers today. She's afraid of the cold, so she doesn't want to play in the snow!"
Which elementary school student wears as thick clothes as Hinata Aoi? There are many students wearing shorts and skirts with bare legs in such cold weather.
Ueno felt that he was very smart. He usually didn't use his brain, but now he could easily analyze why Hinata Aoi didn't play in the snow.
She recalled that one time after playing in the snow, for some reason, she took the snowflakes stuck on her gloves and showed them to Hinata Aoi.
"It's really fun, why not try it~"
Hinata Aoi didn't have any adverse reaction. She just calmly took a half step back to avoid the cold air emanating from the gloves.
Is this a sign of being afraid of the cold?
This answer should convince Inujuanji~
"I don't believe it." Gou Juanji refused to give in.
"Hinata has such good physical fitness, why is she afraid of the cold?"
"Yeah? Why?"
A girl nearby was so engrossed in this one-sided debate that she couldn't help but ask a question.
Ueno Naoka seems to have lost all her strength and means.
Don’t you believe it even after hearing this?
Can people with good health not be afraid of the cold? !
She seemed to be facing a group of stubborn students who were holding reference answers and saying that there were problems with the reference answers.
He said he had a problem but couldn't put his finger on it, so he just stared at her blankly and begged her for an answer... She didn't think her answer was wrong, so why was he begging her for an answer?!
This is a reference answer. Even if it's written as "omitted", please give me some respect, okay?!
"...Is it possible that Xiaokui is exercising because she's not in good physical condition?"
"Because I've had poor physical fitness since I was young, I've been exercising all the time. My physical fitness has improved, but my fear of cold hasn't changed..."
Ueno's nonsense almost convinced himself, and the more he spoke, the more it seemed to make sense.
But don't ask any further, she doesn't know much more.
Who can be as inquisitive as Goujuanji?
Do you have the guts to ask me?!
The more Ueno Naoka thought about it, the angrier she became, and she wanted to kill Inumaki Satoru with a sharp look.
Kawai Miki had been paying close attention to the battle between Ueno and Gomuki. Seeing that things were not going well, she quickly grabbed Ueno's arm:
"Stop chatting, Xiaozhi, and build a snowman. It will be too late if you don't build one now."
If after class Xiaozhi finds out that he didn’t mention dog rolls and didn’t make a snowman... forget it, it’s too scary.
Inujuan Ji also realized that he could not come up with a more detailed answer, and he had delayed them for so long, so he took the initiative to ask if they needed help.
Kawai Miki: “…”
The best help you can offer is not coming.
She waved her hand and let Goujuan go about his own business, saying that they could handle it on their own.
Hinata Aoi stood at the window and watched Gojuan leave the group of girls.
She couldn't hear clearly what Gojuan said to Ueno from a distance of several floors, but she knew without thinking that it was probably related to her.
Goujuan didn't say goodbye to her before leaving the classroom, and hesitated at the door for a long time. He probably wanted to call her.
She wasn't ignoring him on purpose. Goujuan hadn't called her, so she couldn't explain anything in advance.
I'm just afraid of the cold.
She was now standing in front of the window looking at Inumaki Ji, wanting to see if he could come back early before class so that she could exchange seats with him.
The classroom was very warm, but the cold air squeezed into the room through the window cracks. The half of my body closest to the window felt eerie, as if something unclean was clinging to the outside of the window and looking into the classroom.
Before, when she didn't have a deskmate, she could move her seat on her own. But now that Goujuan was around, she had to ask for his opinion.
When she was seven years old, she didn't get the heavy snow she had been looking forward to, but she saw it many times year after year.
But even if it came, she felt that she would not hate snow because of it.
After all, it's only people who are hateful.
She just became more afraid of the cold from then on...
"bell--"
The bell rang for the end of get out of class, and the students, who were still reluctant to leave, planned to stay in the snow for another break and then return to the classroom on time for class.
Goujuan walked back to the classroom after hearing the bell.
He was holding something in his palm and pacing around the classroom door.
Hinata Aoi watched Gojuan walk into the teaching building with her own eyes, and now she saw his silver hair through the window on the door. She went over and opened the door helplessly.
When Goujuan heard the noise, he looked at Hinata Aoi in surprise. The snowman in his palm was slowly dripping water.
Strictly speaking, what Goujuan held in his hand was not a snowman, but just two snowballs, one big and one small, stacked together.
He was thinking about making a little snowman to show Hinata Aoi, but after he finished making it, he realized that he had no decorations. However, he was reluctant to throw it away, so he took it upstairs.
Hinata Aoi looked at Inujuan's fingertips which were red from the cold.
Holding a handful of melting snow is colder than holding a handful of snow. Snow robs the surrounding area of warmth and punishes anyone who brings it back to warmth.
She didn't mention changing seats.
"Put it outside the window."
"Okay~"
Goujuanji opened the window and placed the "snowman" outside the window, without distinguishing between the front and the back, and chose a round angle facing the classroom.
He smiled secretly, thinking that Ueno was still reliable and Hinata Aoi really didn't hate snow.
But it was so cold by the window that I felt like I was back in the playground as soon as I opened it.
He turned around and said, "Let's change seats."
Sunflower:......
"We'll change it next class, thank you."
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