I have pure love with them

A trace of doubt arose in his heart, but then he saw the girl's slender shoulders trembling, as if she was enduring something. He looked towards the front desk and met Shinji Rinrinko's gentle smile. He immediately understood the general situation.

"Is it because of the request of my senior that I apologized? That's interesting."

Bark like a dog, bark like a dog, three times, three times!

I would like to take this opportunity to talk about this line.

But if he really made this request in public, the person who would be socially dead would probably change from Shiina Tatsuki in front of him to himself.

'Pity.'

He whispered in his heart, looking at Shiina Riki in front of him, the confused expression on his face gradually turned into a humble smile.

"Why did Ms. Shiina apologize to me?"

"Earlier... when I was receiving you, my attitude was too rude... I apologize for this."

Two days, two apologies.

At this moment, Shiina Riki just wanted to finish the apology as soon as possible and continue to do what she should do.

"So that's what happened. We didn't take it to heart, so Ms. Shiina doesn't need to worry too much. We accept your apology, so please hold your head up."

'It's finally over.'

Shiina Riki, who was bending over, breathed a sigh of relief in her heart and straightened her body, but when she saw the boy in front of her, she still pursed her lips slightly and did not show her true feelings.

"Ms. Shiina is a drummer. As a member of a band, she has a straightforward personality. I don't think there is anything wrong with that. I look forward to the day when Ms. Shiina finds the right band members and returns to the stage. So, goodbye."

The polite words and gentle blessings instantly made Shiina Riki's impatience disappear, and was replaced by an inexplicable sense of shame. She looked at the boy in front of her, pursed her lips, and couldn't say a word. Through the transparent automatic door, she watched the figures of the other party and the girl disappear at the street corner, and then she suddenly came to her senses.

"..."

With her head lowered, she returned to her post in a somewhat depressed mood and continued her previous work.

Seeing that Shiina Riki seemed to be in a bad mood after returning, Shinji Rinrinko stepped forward to enlighten and comfort her junior...

"The boy and girl just now seem to be the people that Li Xi cares about? Apologize... Students from Xiuhua High School..."

Nagasaki Shoyo was observing what happened coldly. He didn't think that what happened just now might have anything to do with Toyokawa Shoko. It seemed more like Shiina Riki's own mistake at work, and he had to apologize to the customer.

With his hands folded in front of him, he gently kneaded his index finger with his left hand and pursed his lips.

"The other school... could it be in Xiuhua? No... such an ordinary school is definitely not within her scope of further study. It must be a very excellent school... If I just go to each one of them... why don't you want to tell me?"

When she thought of the person who was close to Xiangzi, dissatisfaction appeared in Nagasaki Shoyo's eyes, but she suppressed it in an instant.

"She will definitely understand my thoughts. Just wait a little longer, Xiaomu. She will definitely be willing to tell me."

Suppressing the emotions surging in her heart, Nagasaki Shoyo glanced at Shiina Tatsuki who was working at the front desk. After retracting her gaze, she stood up, walked towards Shiina Tatsuki with a smile, and said goodbye to her.

"Lixi, I'm going back."

"Ah."

Shiina Riki didn't care about Nagasaki Soyo. When he heard that Nagasaki Soyo was leaving, he just responded silently.

Looking at the cold Shiina Riki, Nagasaki Shoyo didn't mind. He smiled and nodded to Shinji Rinrinko, then left 'RiNg'.

Standing in the corner, Hachiman Kailing watched people leave one by one. She did not go up to talk to Shiina Riki and left silently.

……

After sending Goto Ichiri to the station, Izumi became alone again. He rejected the girl who came to chat with him, and when he was about to go home, he unexpectedly ran into someone he hadn't seen for a long time.

"……what."

When Quan noticed the other person, the other person also noticed Quan who was particularly conspicuous in the crowd. However, when the girl noticed Quan, her originally calm expression suddenly became disgusted, as if she had seen something dirty.

Noticing the girl's expression, Quan couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and walked slowly towards the girl.

The girl who showed disdain for Quan did not turn around and leave when she saw Quan walking towards her. Instead, she stood there with a frown, looking directly at Quan who was walking towards her.

21. This is why I learned to paint

"You don't have any talent for painting. Give up."

Looking at Quan walking towards her, the girl's mind suddenly emerged with her father's evaluation of her. She bit her lip, and looked at Quan walking towards her. She adjusted her breathing and tried to make her expression softer.

While the girl was adjusting her mood, Quan had already crossed the crowd and came in front of her.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

"..."

Shinonome Eina did not answer immediately, but her eyes fell on the guitar bag on Izumi's shoulder.

"After giving up painting, are you now taking up guitar again?"

Following the other person's line of sight, Quan glanced at the guitar on his shoulder, then met the other person's gaze, smiled and nodded.

"Well, I've just been learning for a while. Do you want to listen to the music I play?"

Once in the same studio, and being the daughter of the studio owner, Dongyun Emina was evaluated by her father as "having no talent". However, the boy in front of her received a completely different evaluation from her father at the time - a future national treasure-level master, a rare talent...

Her father had used all his strength to praise the boy in front of him, and taught him carefully with the attention that she had never received, but... even under such circumstances, the boy in front of him gave up painting halfway.

"My sister is no longer interested. There's no point in me coming here alone. Sorry."

She then gave up painting, causing her father to have more white hair overnight.

Today, the talent her father favored has changed from painting to guitar, but she, who has no talent at all, still insists on painting...

“Have you stopped painting?”

After a moment's silence, Dongyun Eina ignored the guitar that Quan mentioned, and asked a question that had always been on her mind. She slowly raised her head and looked directly into Quan's eyes.

"..."

Being stared at, Quan's smile faded a little, and his expression became a little more serious as he met Dongyun Huiming's gaze.

"Are you still bothered by that time?"

"Is it impossible not to mind? She is the daughter of a painter, but her own father says she has no talent. Isn't that ridiculous?"

When talking about her worries, Dongyun Huiming's expression became a little uncontrollable. She pursed her lips and her look became gloomy. But standing on the street with passers-by around her, Dongyun Huiming still suppressed her emotions. She didn't make a loud sound, but used a dull voice to vent the suppressed emotions in her heart to Quan.

Quan looked at her quietly without expressing any opinion.

"……Feel sorry."

Under Quan's gaze, Dongyun Huiming also reacted, lowered her head quietly, and apologized to Quan.

He took out his cell phone from his pocket, tapped it twice, and then handed his phone to Dongyun Huiming.

“If you really care, you can follow this account.”

"...Kagetsu Gunma?"

Seeing Quan suddenly take out his mobile phone and show her a social account, Dongyun Huiming was stunned for a moment, and then realized that this might be Quan's account.

“I haven’t given up on painting, but the path I took is different from what Mr. Dongyun expected. If you really care about my situation over the years, you can follow this account.”

"..."

Followers: 84,062?

Her social media account has less than 7 followers.

Dongyun Huiming slowly took out her mobile phone, searched for Quan's account name, then briefly browsed the content of Quan's social account, and then fell silent.

"...Um? Why are your feet...all girls'?"

After flipping through it, I found that all the content posted by Quan were pictures, and all the pictures were of girls' feet. Basically, they were pictures of girls wearing socks of different colors and stepping on clogs, and the costumes were generally shrine maidens' costumes, and occasionally there were horse hooves.

"Because I like it."

Facing his painting studio classmates whom he hadn't seen for a long time, Quan was not shy at all and frankly admitted his preference.

"..."

"Besides, this is actually why I learned to paint."

"..."

Dongyun Eina, who originally had jealous feelings towards Quan, now fell into complete silence...

After returning home and seeing his mother at home, Quan went back to his room, put down his schoolbag and guitar, then returned to the living room to help prepare dinner.

"I'll go see Aine probably next month."

Looking at her eldest son who was helping to prepare the ingredients, Mrs. Chihaya told him about what they had decided earlier. Izumi, who was washing green peppers, paused for a moment.

"Ah."

"Is there anything I can bring over?"

"No."

The spring that was washing the green peppers gave a very concise answer.

Mrs. Chihaya, who had been keeping an eye on her son, saw his reaction and attitude, so she casually changed the subject to what was happening at Izumi's school and asked about his life at the school.

"Have you met a girl you like?"

"No."

When his mother suddenly brought up the topic of emotional issues, Quan gave an answer without thinking.

The answer to this question can only be negative. He knows his family very well. They are all people with relatively open-minded ideas. Even if he has someone he likes and starts a relationship with a girl in high school, they will not object, but they will definitely pay attention to it and ask a few questions from time to time.

Quan didn't want his family to pay any extra attention to such private matters, so he gave the answer based on his instinct without even thinking about it.

"Mom, I hope you have a girl you like..."

Hearing his mother's muttering beside him, Quan pretended not to hear and quietly prepared dinner.

My father has to come home late because of work-related social events, and we will have dinner outside, so we don't need to wait for him to come back.