Chapter 47 Has Jingguang mutated?
Afterwards, Nekono Ikuya also tried to express her feelings during their subsequent dates, directly telling Furuya Rei things like "I like you".
But whenever the atmosphere is just right and Nekono Ikuya is about to blurt out his words, an unexpected event always disrupts his romantic talk.
Nekono Ikuya: "???"
Expressing his feelings through words wasn't on his agenda for the time being; Nekono Ikuya preferred to say it in person. He persevered despite setbacks, and unexpected twists and turns kept happening.
"Ugh, why is this happening?" Nekono Ikumi, who had suffered repeated defeats, puffed out her cheeks slightly.
Hmph, fate, that mischievous devil!
...
Valentine's Day is coming on February 14th.
The weather wasn't sunny today; dark clouds drifted across the sky. The clouds gathered, brewing rain.
However, this could not stop the hazy yet passionate feelings of girls of this age. The entire campus was immersed in a sweet atmosphere like pink bubbles, and even the wind carried the scent of love.
Nekono Ikuya and Morofushi Kagemitsu came out of the laboratory and were walking downstairs.
Valentine's Day isn't just about spending time with your sweetheart. High school students still have classes, but the school deliberately schedules them to be fewer, giving them more free time.
Not only students want to celebrate Valentine's Day, but faculty and principals do too, and so a tacit understanding is formed.
Morofushi Kagemitsu and Nekono Ikuya took advantage of the quieter atmosphere to collect experimental data in the lab, and then left the lab building satisfied. As for Furuya Rei, he had chosen other elective courses and did not leave with them at this time.
"Yu Mi, you're disguised so plainly today, are you afraid of being surrounded and chased by your classmates again?"
Morofushi Kagemitsu chuckled as he recalled how Nekono Ikuya had been surrounded by her classmates on Valentine's Day last year and was unable to escape, with several boxes of chocolates at a time.
He looked at Nekono Ikuya beside him. Not only had the other party disguised himself normally early this morning, but he had also changed his appearance before leaving the lab, and even changed his clothes. It could be said that he was very cautious.
“Yes,” Nekono Ikuya admitted, her tone a mixture of pride and resentment. “Both the male and female classmates are just too enthusiastic. I can’t stand it.”
Yes, there were male classmates too. Nekono Ikuya shivered silently.
The craziest ones were the male students!
It's unclear which male student started it, but under the highly contagious effect of the crowd—Nekono Ikuya guessed that nine-tenths of it was just playing around and only one-tenth was genuine—a large number of male students waved beautifully packaged, but more like heart-shaped chocolate gift boxes hastily bought at the supermarket, and began to surround Nekono Ikuya all over campus.
Nekono Ikuya guessed that the store managers of the supermarkets and convenience stores around the school must be beaming with joy, because these excited male students were practically on a shopping spree, clearing out their entire chocolate stocks.
That day, on her way home from school, Ikuya Nekono saw signs indicating that the convenience stores nearby were out of chocolate.
That's insane!
With faces full of excitement, they shouted, "Long live Miss Sakuragi! Please accept our love confessions!" and a huge swarm of zombies surrounded them like a city besieging itself.
Nekono Ikuya was horrified by the scene and broke out in a cold sweat. He immediately turned and ran away.
So last year's Valentine's Day gradually turned into a carnival for everyone under the influence of a small group of people, and Nekono Ikuya inexplicably started playing an exceptionally large-scale hide-and-seek and parkour reality show.
As she deftly dodged the various obstacles in front of her, Ikuya Nekono had never been so grateful that she hadn't refused Blake's training and had diligently worked on her physical fitness and agility.
Oh dear, sometimes being too popular can be scary. Everyone's just too enthusiastic!
I can't stand it, I can't stand it.
Nekono Ikuya dodged and ran.
But he was still caught up! So he was overwhelmed by the "heavy love" of the crowd.
Ikuya Nekono, drowning in chocolate gift boxes and swimming like a butterfly amidst heartwarming gifts: QAQ~
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Nekono Ikuya touched her face, which she had deliberately disguised to look exceptionally ordinary today, and felt a pang of sympathy.
Although it's funny to think about it now, I'd rather not do it again.
"I'll try to keep a low profile this year and not dress up too extravagantly like last year, which would only fuel the already enthusiastic atmosphere."
Nekono Ikuya's eyes were lifeless as she said painfully, "The chocolates I received last year were taken away by Blake in a truck, and I still haven't finished them!"
If he ate it all, his veins wouldn't be flowing with blood anymore, but with chocolate puree. That's too much, really too much.
Zhu Fujingguang tried to hold back, but he couldn't help himself. He burst into laughter: "...Hahaha!"
Nekono Ikuya stared resentfully at Morofushi Kagemitsu.
Ignoring Nekono Ikuya's resentful gaze, Morofushi Kagemitsu said, "After today, Ikuya, your chocolate inventory will increase again. I see your table, your storage cabinet, your chair, and even the legs of the table are piled full of chocolate gift boxes that everyone gave you."
“Not a single—gap.” Morifushi Kagemitsu drawled, gesturing with his fingers.
"Huh?" Nekono Ikuya asked curiously, "Kagemitsu, how did you know? When did you go back to the classroom?"
Strange, didn't Jingguang go to the lab with him to do experiments early this morning? He didn't see Jingguang go back to the classroom.
Morofushi Kagemitsu smiled as he took out his phone, and the screen suddenly lit up, with the words "Nekono-sama Fan Club" prominently displayed at the top. Messages flooded the group chat at an alarming rate, quickly reaching 99+.
...Okay, Nekono Ikuya closed his eyes. No need to say more, he already understood how Kagemitsu knew. It was shared by the fan club members, right?
However, Nekono Ikuya looked at Morofushi Kagemitsu with surprise. When did Kagemitsu manage to infiltrate his fan club without a word and become an administrator?
The person in question is far removed from the lives of their fans. In any case, Nekono Ikumi herself cannot access her own fan club group and doesn't really know what the fan club members discuss every day, only that everyone is quite active.
However, Ikuya Nekono knew that the male-to-female ratio of her fan club members was quite even, probably because of Okuri-sama. Sigh!
Zhu Fujingguang simply smiled.
Actually, he could guess even without his fan club friends sharing information. Every year on this day, Ikuya Nekono receives so many chocolates, more than he can ever finish them all.
Since Nekono Ikuya received many gifts on Valentine's Day, she naturally received many gifts in return on White Day.
No one knows how he managed to bring so many return gifts and place them properly at each student's seat so that they could see them as soon as they arrived, without ever making a mistake.
One can only marvel at how amazing Nekono-san truly is.
Nekono Ikuya looked sadly at the photo of her seat, then at the towering stack of chocolate boxes in the picture, and said helplessly, "There's nothing I can do but have Blake pick me up in his truck today."
It's only morning, and there are still many students whose chocolates haven't been delivered yet. Without a truck, it would be impossible to load them all.
Zhu Fujingguang turned his head, his eyes crinkling, and said again, "Hahaha."
“Yuya, all the shop owners are selling chocolates today, and the students are exchanging them. Except you,” Morofushi Kagemitsu’s smile deepened as he looked at Nekono Yuya, “you’re the only one who looks like you’ve come to buy a lot. Take it away by truck, haha.”
Nekono Ikuya's eyes suddenly curved into a smile, and he chuckled as well. He shook his head, his eyes filled with warmth.
"I have to thank my classmates for their kindness." It's a sweet burden indeed.
"Boom!" Thunder rumbled, and a light drizzle began to fall from the sky.
Nekono Ikuya and Morofushi Kagemitsu were stunned for a moment, then looked towards the door. They had just reached the entrance of the laboratory building and had not yet left.
"Is it raining?" Nekono Yuuya peeked at the sky and judged, "It's just a shower, it'll stop soon." He said with certainty.
Morofushi Kagemitsu glanced at Nekono Ikuya. Ikuya can read the sky? Hmm, not too surprising.
"Kagemitsu, are you in a hurry to go back?" Nekono Ikuya reached into her backpack and touched an umbrella.
—There's also a box of chocolates, chocolates he made. Rei Furuya receives quite a lot of chocolates every Valentine's Day. Ikuya Nekono intends to personally hand this box of chocolates to Rei Furuya, so that his chocolates won't be overwhelmed by everyone else's.
Besides, it's Valentine's Day today, so he'll definitely be with Furuya-kun later, so there's no need to rush to give it to him in advance.
Nekono Ikuya pulled out her umbrella and winked at Morofushi Kagemitsu: "I brought an umbrella. If Kagemitsu is in a hurry to get back, we can go together."
"Although I don't really like walking outside when it rains. I always feel uncomfortable because my clothes get wet and I feel sticky and uncomfortable."
Nekono Ikumi muttered to himself, preferring to stay indoors in the warm, dry air and wait for the rain to stop. He'd already observed that it was just a shower outside and shouldn't last long.
Morofushi Kagemitsu smiled, his right hand slowly reaching for his backpack. He thought about how he had brought an umbrella too, and also about how they could wait indoors together for the rain to stop. He had nothing else to do today and wasn't in a hurry to go back.
But before he could speak, he caught a glimpse of a figure walking slowly towards him from a great distance, holding an umbrella; the figure appeared to be blond.
Although the figure was far away from them, and was hidden by branches and leaves on the tree-lined path, and was holding an umbrella, making it impossible to see his face, they could not see him at all.
However, Morofushi Kagemitsu recognized him at a glance based on his long-standing familiarity with his friend.
——It’s down to zero.
So, without warning, his hand, which had been reaching for his backpack, turned towards the umbrella that Nekono Ikuya was holding out of his hand, and with the latter's unusually compliant force, he easily took the umbrella away.
Nekono Ikuya looked confused: "???" Why did Kagemitsu suddenly take his umbrella? Did he want to use it?
Morofushi Kagemitsu smiled and said, "How about we choose another way?" He slowly unfastened the umbrella and gently opened it.
"In what way?" Nekono Ikuya asked, puzzled.
“Yu Mi, you’re right, I do have something urgent right now. But you said you don’t like walking outside in the rain, how can I force you? Perhaps…”
Morofushi Kagemitsu's expression was very understanding, but a mischievous smile began to appear in his eyes. "Why don't I go back first with the umbrella and you wait here for the rain to stop?"
"I'm leaving now. Thank you for the umbrella, Yuya. Bye~" With that, Morofushi Kagemitsu left without hesitation, leaving Yuya Nekono in shock.
He really left, smiling as he went, waving happily behind him as he walked, without even turning his head back!
Nekono Ikuya instinctively reached out to stop him, but to no avail. He stared dumbfounded at Morofushi Kagemitsu's back as he walked away with a flourish: "Kagemitsu, hey, Kagemitsu?!"
Nekono Ikuya: "?!?!" Kagemitsu has mutated?
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