New Life
Hinata Aoi didn't know what to say, she just felt that the atmosphere was indescribably weird.
The lock on her heart door has been worn away by the dog-eared thorns time and time again, and has become brittle by rust, but it still holds its position.
"...Let's go." Hinata Aoi said.
Goujuanji then remembered that he still had classes in the training camp to attend, and reluctantly stood up and put on his backpack.
But when I thought about being able to walk there with Hinata Aoi today, my mood turned from cloudy to sunny.
They hadn't seen each other for fourteen days, and Gojumaki Saki had a lot to say, so he told her everything in detail, even mentioning the neighbor's cat that was basking in the sun and fell to the ground. He wanted to use words to describe that scene to Hinata Aoi.
His heart and eyes were filled with Hinata Aoi. When he walked on the street and talked, not a single bit of his cursed energy leaked out to other places. It was as if he had completely broken free from the constraints of the curse and became an ordinary person who could talk and laugh normally.
Hinata Aoi's ears were filled with the voice of Inumaki Saki, who kept chattering and pausing from time to time, waiting eagerly for her reply.
When he was signing, the boy knew how to control himself so that Hinata Aoi wouldn't get tired from replying to him. But now he couldn't stop at all, and after getting a response, he couldn't hide his joy at all, and he almost jumped up and walked.
But Hinata Aoi didn't think Inumaki Satoru was noisy.
Maybe it was because the boy's voice, after relaxing, was like a clear stream, the trickles rubbing against the pebbles on the shore and flowing down, washing away the irritability in the pleasant sound.
Inujuki's eyes were no longer on the road, but on Hinata Aoi's mouth, afraid of missing any of her words. He almost bumped into the telephone pole several times and was only able to avoid it by being pulled away by Hinata Aoi.
This is too dangerous. Hinata Aoi wants to switch back to sign language to calm Goujuan's emotions, but as soon as a hand is raised, Goujuan will stop it in time and react quickly to stop it.
It was unclear whether Hinata Aoi wanted to use sign language or do something else, but they stopped everyone equally, not giving Hinata Aoi any chance to take advantage.
No matter how hard she tried to stop it, she could only stop one hand at a time. However, Hinata Aoi was afraid of Gojumaki's perseverance, so she did not use both hands to gesture alternately to challenge Gojumaki's determination to stop her from using sign language.
As he stumbled his way into the training camp, Goujuan's voice changed from being dry and hoarse from not having spoken for a long time to being hoarse from overuse due to talking all the time. Only when he was among his acquaintances did he become a quiet and pretty boy again.
He hadn't talked enough, so he decided to wait for Hinata Aoi to go to the training camp together every day and not miss any opportunity to communicate.
Day after day, Inumaki Saki was radiant, but the code of Hinata Aoi's language system was messed up. One day, when he returned home, he moved his mouth a few times towards Ms. Hinata's profile, then realized that his mother could not "hear", so he walked over and grabbed her clothes.
Only Goujuanji could immediately notice her approach and pay attention to her movements. Before she could open her mouth, his serious eyes had already flown over, as if he had installed a precise and sharp radar.
Being treated like this by Gojuan Ji, she almost forgot that she was a mute. In a trance, she thought that she could really speak, and when she moved her lips, silent notes would jump out for people to see.
Hinata Aoi reflects that she is being "spoiled" by Inumaki Satoru, and ignores the feelings in her heart and prays for graduation.
There was no way to actively refuse, she could only use the external force of growth to separate from Goujuanji.
It's time.
As if preparing for the college entrance examination, Hinata Aoi would cross out the dates on the calendar in her mind with every passing day.
She began to wonder which junior high school she should go to.
There is a public middle school not far from the primary school. It has relaxed conditions for local students and the teaching level is above average. It is the first choice for local primary school students.
At the same time, draw a circle with the acceptable school distance for Hinata Aoi. There is a middle school with better teaching level in the farther place. Although this middle school has its own affiliated primary school, it generally only accepts students who are directly transferred from the affiliated primary school. Students who graduate from other schools need a very high deviation value to enter.
But the deviation value is not a problem for her.
Hinata Aoi was calculating in her mind. While helping Inuju Tsuchiya with his studies, she was estimating Inuju Tsuchiya's score in her mind.
With Goujuan's current grades, it is highly likely that he will not be able to reach the required deviation value for admission to a more distant middle school. The local public middle school is the best choice for him.
Hinata Aoi felt relieved, as she no longer had to rely on deception to trick Inumaki Saki into attending a different middle school with her.
She can legitimately choose the more distant secondary school on the grounds of pursuing higher teaching quality.
Before Hinata Aoi went to discuss her ideas with Hinata Noko, as a responsible parent, Ms. Hinata had already been thinking about where to send her child to school.
Her sources of consultation were wider. She obtained the resumes of teachers who were going to take over new grades in nearby schools, including gender, personality, subject, teaching style, etc. The details were so detailed that it didn't seem like a school database, but rather like a private detective had tracked down each teacher and written them one by one.
Not to mention the school spirit and discipline of each school, how holidays are arranged, what activities will be held at special time points, the types and professionalism of clubs...she also knows about them.
After choosing and choosing, she did not choose the one that was nearby and within walking distance, nor did she choose the one that was farther away and had a high level of teaching. Instead, she chose a middle school that was above average in other aspects and had a particularly rich variety of campus activities.
She still hopes that her daughter can be more lively and active, and raising Hinata Aoi to be naughty is also her parenting goal.
But she also didn't want to be the type of parent who had the final say. When Hinata Aoi was in elementary school, she made the decision to let her repeat the first grade, saving her from the awkward period of transferring schools. However, this also resulted in her not having any real peers around her.
Now that my daughter has grown up, I should give the choice back to her.
Hinata Noko simplified the information about various schools again and again, without telling anyone about her choice, but just gave it to Hinata Aoi to look at.
Hinata Aoi took it with great emotion and carefully read through her mother's hard work.
Sunflower:......
She did not rank these schools first or second, but instead discovered the school that Ms. Hinata had secretly been eyeing.
Each school has its strengths and weaknesses. Aside from avoiding Inugami Saki, Hinata Aoi has no particular preference, but judging by the layout of the information, it's clear that Ms. Hinata has paid special attention to one particular school.
There is a blank line in the middle of each paragraph, the punctuation is correct, and the key points are changed in color and bold... Hinanoko's thoughts are hidden but not completely.
Hinata Aoi laughed in her heart but didn't show it on her face. She pretended not to notice anything and pointed to the one she had identified before.
Really, most of the bolded parts were on the campus activities page, so Hinata Aoi wanted to spare herself, thinking that being alone would make her more comfortable.
"...This one? But it's a bit far from home..." Hinanoko asked weakly.
Hinata Aoi nodded firmly.
Ms. Hyuga forced a smile, "...Okay, that's it."
She saw that Hinata Aoi was as frustrated as a frost-bitten eggplant due to her choice, but she still respected her daughter's decision.
As for why Hinata Aoi chose this school, she made up her own reason - her daughter is too ambitious! She must go to the one with the highest teaching standards.
It is also a trouble when children work too hard.
Sitting across from Hyuga Noko, Huihara Yu took a sip of coffee and listened to Noko's happy grumbling. Even though he didn't have any children, he thought Noko was a bit too Versailles.
He and Hinata Noko are old acquaintances, and the two are discussing Hinata Aoi's education in the bakery opened by Haibara Yu.
According to Haibara Yu's stereotype about raising children, Hinanoko is undoubtedly lucky. She has never worried about her child's grades, never gone crazy because of helping her child with homework, and she even doubted that her child was not lively enough.
Maybe it’s because their mother thinks they are not lively enough. Most children have two faces in front of their elders and friends.
Based on the feedback given to him by Inumaki Satoru, Hinata Aoi is very popular in school.
Could it be that because he is so popular, he scares people into social anxiety and becomes less active?
Can't it?
Haibara Yu looked at the information of the school chosen by Hinata Aoi, wondering if there were any other special features that could attract girls.
More than half of the information that had not been integrated before was passed to Hinata Noko through him. I had already read it in advance, but it was also the first time I saw Noko's simplified version.
"...This volleyball club is consistently ranked second in the county. It's the men's volleyball club, right?"
Hinanoko deleted only the words "Volleyball Club".
Ye Zi recalled: "Yeah, I was always second, there was nothing to stress about."
The one ranked first was too far from home and was not even among the choices for Hinata Aoi.
Huiyuan Xiong disagreed: "The volleyball teams in our county schools are all of high level. It's already impressive that we can always take second place."
"...Xiao Kui likes playing volleyball, right?"
Hinanoko understood what Haibara Yu hadn't fully expressed - could it be that the child chose this school because he likes playing volleyball and wants to compete with like-minded classmates to win a place?
"...Isn't it possible?" Ye Zi paused with the spoon in his hand when he heard that.
She was still thinking about what kind of car to buy so she could take her daughter to and from school when she had the time. She had already passed her driver's license test and didn't want to waste it. She felt bad for her daughter to take the tram every day...
That's it! Those are the boys' volleyball team's results. The best girls' volleyball team is at the girls' school. Because this school lacks a star player, the girls' volleyball team has never finished in the top three!
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The days passed, and with the ringing of the bell, the last exam of elementary school came to an end.
Gou Juanji relaxed his nerves, put down his pen and waited for the paper to be collected.
He had lived a very happy life in the past six months and never thought that he could continue to study in an ordinary middle school, but he could not let Hinata Aoi down and answered the last test paper carefully.
During the final period of the semester, every day seemed like a dream as if I were walking on clouds.
Hinata Aoi is willing to spend more time and energy on him, but time is like a strong wind that helps him run faster, not allowing him to stay for even a moment.
The elementary school graduation ceremony ushered in the cherry blossom season.
The dancing cherry blossoms add romance and ritual to the farewell.
The students, rarely seen in uniform, wore suits and ties, and stood in neat rows in the auditorium to listen to speeches from the principal, teachers, and parents... The long process did not make people feel drowsy because it was the last one.
One by one, the students went up to the stage to receive their graduation certificates from the principal. When it was Hinata Aoi and the children in her class's turn, Hinata Noko was overwhelmed with emotions and secretly wiped away tears in the teacher's line, feeling sad that the children were growing up too fast.
The final part was a chorus of the school song. Even though she couldn't make a sound, Hinata Aoi opened her mouth and sang, bidding farewell to her elementary school days.
Goujuanji arrived late and couldn't speak. He was not specifically taught the school song. He only practiced it twice with other students in advance. Of course, he didn't learn it completely. Fortunately, he was wearing a mask so we couldn't see him slacking off.
He subconsciously looked at Hinata Aoi in front of him, trying to identify her lip movements, as if he really heard the girl singing.
The clear singing of the students filled the entire auditorium and floated out of the auditorium, heard by the cherry blossoms that bloom every year, announcing the official end of elementary school time.
After the ceremony, the students were free to gather together to discuss which middle school they would go to. Some of them were different from everyone else and said goodbye with tears in their eyes.
Inumaki Satoru also wanted to talk to Hinata Aoi again.
This might be the last time they meet...
On the way, he was stopped by a girl who asked for the buttons on his body. Goujuanji didn't understand what it meant to ask for buttons, and he was embarrassed to give his personal belongings to others, so he politely refused.
But he was enlightened - he could ask Hinata Aoi for an item to keep as a souvenir.
When they found Hinata Aoi, the girl had been surrounded by her classmates.
The buttons on Hinata Aoi's coat had already been reserved by Ueno Naoka.
The school uniform suit jacket is double-breasted, but Naoka Ueno doesn't insist on having the second button, she just wants the one closest to the heart.
Before the exam, she took the initiative and told Hinata Aoi about this matter without going through Gojuan. Hinata Aoi agreed without any hesitation.
When the other students saw Hinata Aoi cutting buttons with scissors, they also gathered around.
The brave ones have already asked for it, and Hinata Aoi accepts no one. They have been classmates in the same class for 6 years, so as long as they ask, she will give it to them.
There are only six buttons on the front of the school uniform, and eight in total including the cufflinks. Hinata Aoi cut off four of them in a short time.
Seeing this, Gou Juanji became anxious.
What exactly do buttons mean? Why is everyone asking for them?
Even more anxious than him were the two girls in Ms. Hinata's class. They pushed Nishimiya Shoko into the encirclement, interrupting the heated atmosphere of the fight for the buttons.
Nishimiya Shoko hadn't expected that she would be pushed in like this. Surrounding her were classmates from her previous class, with whom she had gotten along but failed to make friends. They were cowering like squirrels surrounded by humans.
The atmosphere suddenly became cold and some people left feeling embarrassed.
The two female classmates behind Nishimiya were the ones who cheered her on at the sports meet. They were not at all nervous and tickled Nishimiya, prompting her to speak.
Nishimiya was terrified and trying not to laugh, so he had to cheer himself up. He spoke to Hinata Aoi in a trembling, sharp voice, uncontrollably loud:
"Hinata-san! Please, please give me a button!"
Hinata Aoi was taking her time to unbutton the shirt, holding it in her hand and waiting for Nishimiya to finish speaking before handing it to her.
Nishimiya Shoko didn't expect it to be so easy. Before she could come to her senses, she subconsciously muttered thank you and was surrounded by two girls and left.
There was not a single button left, and Goujuanji felt a little regretful.
He was standing aside and had just been educated by a kind-hearted person about the meaning of buttons. He didn't get one himself, but he was still happy for his master.
The classmates dispersed, Hinata Aoi picked up the loose threads and put them in her pocket, then walked towards Inumaki Saki.
She had been thinking a lot these days and was very grateful to Goujuanji for his bit by bit contributions that had turned into surging waves, but she had nothing of equal value to give in return.
After thinking about it, she went to the bathroom and took off a button on her inner shirt.
Goujuan treated her sincerely, and she had no way to respond, so she could only use this button that was closest to her heart to pay off her debt.
"sorry."
This time, Inumaki Ji didn't see Hinata Aoi's lip shape, and held the button as if it were a treasure.
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