Time passed leisurely. After getting his doctorate, Jingguang did not rush to find a job.

Instead, he accompanied Yukimura Seiichi in the tennis arena for a year. When Yukimura Seiichi was busy with closed training during the tournament season, he would participate in various competitions and serve as a referee.

Or a person is immersed in research on pharmaceuticals,

Occasionally he would accept some temporary assistant coaching jobs, make appointments in advance, and resign when Seiichi Yukimura finished the game and was about to leave the city.

During this year,

From time to time, the two would travel around the world.

Jingguang never forgets to buy souvenirs and mail them back home wherever he goes.

There are ones for the old house, for the parents, for Seiichi's parents, for Seiichi's sister, for Kosono, for Kosei and Seijuro, and for Kenji Hagiwara and Jinpei Matsuda.

Of course, Keigo Atobe probably received the most variety of individual gifts among all the people.

In terms of the total number of gifts, probably no one can compare to Akagi, because he always has "double" gifts.

On this day, Jingguang was lying on the big lounge chair on the balcony, basking in the sun leisurely.

Get up from time to time to water the flowers,

Seiichi Yukimura was sitting on the sofa, facing the balcony, holding a drawing board and drawing.

A bell rang.

Yukimura Seiichi, like an old married couple, raised his hand and said, "Kagemitsu, phone call."

Jingguang picked up the phone and it was Hinata Shoyo on the other end, who he hadn't seen for a long time but had been sending emails to him non-stop.

"Atobe-senpai!!!"

Hinata Shoyo, who is obviously an adult, is still full of energy.

Jingguang pulled the phone further away from his ear.

After Hinata Shoyo finished chattering about recent events, he said "hmm" coldly to indicate that he was listening.

Hinata Shoyo didn't mind Atobe-senpai's indifference.

If one day she suddenly becomes enthusiastic towards him, he will be afraid that he will be silenced.

"Senior, I saw you on XX TV~"

Jingguang frowned. What is that?

Haven’t you ever been on a talk show?

Before he could ask, Hinata Shoyo had already explained everything in a chattering voice.

"It just flashed in the camera. Are you the coach of Team XX now?"

Jing Guang understood. Wasn't that the team he had worked for as a "part-time worker" before?

"No, it was just a small part-time job. I worked there for half a month during the half-month competition period."

Hinata Shoyo was silent for a while.

Then someone's furtive and encouraging voice came from the other end: "Hurry up, ask him to come here to work part-time as a sparring partner. I've wanted to have a match with him for a long time. If he comes, I'll pay him."

But Jingguang heard it clearly.

Jing Guang: “…” Do I give people the impression that I’m short of money?

Also, why does this voice sound so familiar?

Then came a loud, sunny and cheerful voice from a stranger: "Yes, yes, Ayouyou pays."

"Shh - shut up, damn it, Kuroo!"

The sneaky voice at the beginning couldn't help but get angry.

Obviously, he was very unhappy with someone exposing his name and existence so loudly.

"Oh oh oh? Is this a whisper? I get it~"

Even so, the man seemed to have misunderstood his loud voice. Although he lowered the pitch, he apparently forgot to lower the volume.

Jingguang: “…”

Finally found that person from the long river of memory,

Gong You.

The setter from Inarizaki when I was a sophomore of high school.