Chapter 43: Escape is shameful but useful
In order to ensure good sleep, Yuihara Xiangcheng always lies on the bed and plays low-altitude ball throwing and catching before going to bed.
Digest all the complicated things in catching the ball again and again, and when sleepiness comes, you will be able to sleep soundly all night without dreams until dawn.
Unfortunately, I was unable to clear my mind after catching the ball tonight.
Xiangcheng had no choice but to try and fall asleep on her own. The good news was that she fell asleep soon after.
The bad news was that she found herself at the foot of a shrine. She climbed up the mountain to the shrine with all her might, from morning till night, from sunrise to lights flickering.
The scene before me gradually transformed into a busy street, with vendors selling various items and food shouting loudly.
She stopped in front of a goldfish scooping stall, but before she could try, the scene suddenly switched to the octopus dumpling shop next door.
She saw the octopus balls in her hand disappear into thin air and reappear in the hands of someone behind her. The other person even said evilly, "Mine, mine, all mine."
The voice was familiar, but Xiangcheng subconsciously started running.
Finally I ran out of this street, but ended up back on the road leading up the mountain.
Under the pitch-black sky, red lanterns were lit every few meters on both sides of the mountain road, extending all the way to the top.
Xiangcheng was so tired from running that she suddenly thought about it and somehow she had arrived at the entrance of the shrine.
She saw Sanada, Niou, Yanagi and the others standing before the statue with their hands clasped together in devotion, shouting, "Long live the deity!"
Her eyes also fell on the statue. Unlike other shrines, the statue here enshrined a purple-haired person wearing a coat and holding a tennis racket.
Oh, Yukimura Cult.
Yukimura?
Just as Xiangcheng was struggling to wake up, the scene shifted to the path in front of the shrine. In front of her was a man wearing a royal blue yukata and a mask, holding a glittering ribbon, and the other end of the ribbon was in her hand.
She heard herself say, "Why won't you let me shake your hand?"
A man's sweet voice came: "Because I am the 'Son of God', if I'm held, I will disappear!"
She mischievously wanted to verify whether this sentence was true, but the man was always one step ahead of her, leading the way in front of her at a distance.
Gradually, more and more people gathered, and there were children running around on the road. Xiangcheng accidentally tripped over one of the little boys and was about to fall down the mountain.
The man seemed to sense something and suddenly turned around and grabbed Xiangcheng's wrist.
His strength was so familiar and powerful. After Xiangcheng stood up straight, he smiled bitterly and said, "There will be no chance now."
In surprise, the man's body began to gradually dissipate. He opened his arms and said, "Can I hug you now?"
Xiangcheng's expression turned into fear: "Stop it, or you'll turn into a firefly if I hug you again!"
The man's figure became fainter and fainter, and he smiled gently and took off the mask on his face.
"Yukimura? Why you again?"
"What's wrong with me? Xiangcheng doesn't want to see me?" The scene just now disappeared, and Xiangcheng returned to the foot of the shrine.
She was lying in Yukimura's arms in a strange posture, but before she could say anything, the fireworks above her head suddenly exploded brilliantly.
She quickly let go of Yukimura and started running in the opposite direction.
In the dream, she returned to the scene where she fell, and Yukimura carried her on his back again.
This time she clearly saw her hair falling into the collar of Yukimura's neck, and the sudden itch made his Adam's apple roll up and down.
"Please put me down." She begged again.
The boy's answer was an even stronger grip on her knees and a chuckle: "Do you think you have a choice?"
"What?" Xiangcheng broke free from the dream and finally sat up.
A moment of dizziness made her close her eyes for a long time to calm down, and only then did she see a crescent moon rising into the air through the gap in the curtains.
I reached for my phone next to my pillow. It was only a little after 2 a.m. The homepage still indicated a new message.
She rubbed her eyes and clicked on it. The first one was from Yukimura.
The last time I checked my phone before going to bed was to reply to Yukimura's message, "I'm home."
She said, "Okay! Thank you! You've worked hard today!"
More than an hour later, while she was dreaming, Yukimura sent another message: I am really happy today.
Xiangcheng opened the keyboard, wanting to reply something, but ultimately canceled it.
There is another unread message from Yagyu: Thank you Jieyuan for creating this opportunity for us, I will not let your kindness down!
Ah, Rika.
It's too late to think of Rika now.
etc......
Xiangcheng tried hard to piece together the events of that night, carefully recalling them scene by scene, frame by frame.
She thought of a possibility she had never imagined before, that is - Yukimura, could he be interested in her?
No way...right...
Xiangcheng began to rewind the timeline - school started? At that time, Yukimura was normal.
Training? That doesn't seem to be a problem!
Injured? It's okay to show concern for your classmates...
Training camp? Didn't it start when he was sleepwalking? That's not right. Yukimura must have been more embarrassed then, and then he thanked me for bringing him back to the dormitory safely! Yes, thank you...
Did he go to the game last week?
Xiangcheng lay back on the bed in frustration.
Actually, she was just being too sensitive. Yukimura was always willing to help his classmates! She and he were good friends, so it was understandable that he would occasionally receive more attention.
If this is the case, then we should keep a proper distance.
So that I don’t keep thinking about random things.
Xiangcheng closed her eyes again but still couldn't sleep soundly. Her eyelids kept twitching as if she wanted to break through something and wake up, but her brain pulled her into a new dream.
This is a world without moving.
She also transferred schools, but not to Kanagawa, but still in Tokyo, and joined Otokoma.
She goes to and from school with Momo Kuro every day. The three of them discuss the latest volleyball matches together and train together at the gymnasium of Yinma until late at night.
If Xiao Hei falls in love, she and Mo Mo will follow Xiao Hei and the girl's movements together, and punish him by confiscating his game console when Mo Mo protests that he is "bored".
If she had a physics problem that she couldn't solve, he would help her finish it with just a few tries, and then take out the newly bought game card to tempt her to practice the problem quickly and then start the battle.
She had only heard Mizunoe Haruko say that the Rikkai University tennis club in Kanagawa was very strong, often defeating Hyotei and even winning the national championship. Later, she even mentioned that there was a man named Yukimura Seiichi in that school who became a professional tennis player.
Yukimura Seiichi.
You see, whether you are there or not, his world route is fixed and unchanging.
So - what about Yuihara Kaoru?
What about Yukihara Kaoru, who sits behind Yukimura Seiichi and has a bond with him?
Xiangcheng also felt this panic in her dream.
Thinking of this life that seemed to be on the "right track", she actually wanted to cry.
This indescribable feeling of tightness in the chest forced Xiangcheng to leave the dream again.
Fortunately - it's daybreak.
In another hour, it would be time for her and Yukimura to go running together.
Xiangcheng got up and neatly packed up the necessary homework and clothes, as well as his game console, charger, etc.
After quickly washing up, she rushed to the station bound for Tokyo.
After getting in the car, he didn't forget to send a message to Yukimura: I'm sorry, I can't run with you recently, I have to go back to Tokyo for something!
Then I decisively turned off the sound, and with an unknown mess in my mind, I decided to run away and slowly sort it out.
Let's try something like that, a daily life without Yukimura...
"Brother..." Xiao Xia rested her little head on the table and looked sideways at her brother who had an ugly expression.
Yukimura snapped out of his thoughts from his sister's shout and forced a smile, "What's wrong, Xia?"
"Brother doesn't look happy!"
"It's okay," Yukimura whispered, "Brother remembered that he didn't do something well."
Then he apologized to his family, left his seat and returned to his room.
The bathrobe he wore yesterday and the blue sports suit he planned to wear for running this morning were neatly placed on the bed.
He definitely ran away.
He thought irritably, as if something was beyond his control and had gone beyond his imagination.
Everything was so beautiful yesterday, and he saw Xiangcheng's several moments of distraction.
He wanted to coax her a little longer and wait until the national competition was over so that he could make his feelings clear to her.
It doesn't matter if she doesn't agree, he will still invade her life like this.
But......
If you run away...
Yukimura felt like he was about to laugh out loud.
You don't plan to come back, right?
After Xiangcheng returned to Tokyo, her life was just as she had imagined, very normal and peaceful.
When I go for my morning run, I am accompanied by Xiao Hei and a very reluctant Mo Mo. After I get home, I let my grandfather guide them in practicing volleyball for a while, and then I help my grandmother prepare food, eat and wash dishes.
In the afternoon, the French teacher will teach online. You can do homework when you have time and ask questions if you don’t understand.
In the evening, challenge yourself with various new games.
It was not until bedtime that she could try to sort out the past six months.
It seemed that when she came to Tokyo again, she had strangely become a guest.
She began to miss everyone in Kanagawa, from Rika to the unfamiliar classmates who had cheered for them in the competition.
And of course there was the question that kept her escaping.
Seiichi Yukimura has unknowingly become an important part of her life.
If she still tries to get along with him the same way as before after realizing his feelings, she will feel that she is being too much.
Although, she thought, she also liked Yukimura.
But she was clearly not ready to enter into a relationship, and she knew clearly that she could not balance the various concurrent situations in her life.
She thought that she needed to gather up a little more courage to speak out more...
Just escape for a few more days.
Yukimura has been unusually quiet these past few days, and the chat interface is still stuck on the sentence she said when she left.
She would sometimes open this interface and then exit it, but she never knew how to start.
It was not until the opening of the National Tennis Championships that she received an important commission from Amanahiko Karin from Osaka.
At Shitenhoji Temple in Osaka, there is a super handsome guy who plays tennis, his name is Shiraishi Kuranosuke.
He is currently Tianyan’s favorite male guest.
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