Chapter 114: Quick Learning in One Night, Final Battle Tomorrow

The profile of Sakurai Haruka looks like she has seen something disgusting and is openly expressing her disgust.

"Haruka? What's wrong with you..."

Sakurai Haruka didn't answer and ran directly from the pavilion into the heavy rain.

The lack of any logic in her movements made Qing Shuijian unable to grasp her pace.

Sakurai Haruka bent down and hid in the bushes, walking slowly forward, letting the cold rain hit his body as he walked further and further away.

Although Qing Shuijian didn't understand what was going on, he had no choice but to chase after him.

"and many more!"

Shimizu Kenya ran into the slanting rain, caught up with Sakurai Haruka, hugged her forcefully from behind, and hid in an abandoned bicycle parking room some distance away from the pavilion.

Although there is a tin roof here to provide shelter, it is completely different from the pavilion just now.

Not only is it exposed to wind and rain, but there is also no place to sit, and there are rusty bicycles piled up in a mess nearby.

"What on earth happened? Why did you get yourself into this state..."

"Shh!"

"...!"

Sakurai Haruka's cold hand reached out to Shimizumi's neck. The cold feeling and the extremely close breath of Sakurai Haruka made Shimizumi unable to make a sound or breathe.

Sakurai Haruka hugged Shimizumi tightly and pressed directly on him, then threw him to the ground roughly and entangled with him with the momentum of wanting to push him down.

"Hey...wait...in this place!"

"Shh! Please, don't—"

The completely fitted body, the soft and slender feeling was very unreal.

Sakurai Haruka's skin was very smooth, and the part of Shimizu that was in contact with her seemed to be melting into her skin bit by bit...

Of course it's impossible to really melt, but such close contact will still make people's heart beat faster.

In order to avoid crushing Sakurai Haruka, Shimizu could only desperately hold on to the pillar with his hands to keep his body at a distance.

Even the smell of being wet by the rain was sweet. Sakurai Haruka raised her head desperately like a drowning person, gasping for breath in mid-air.

however--

"We'll just stay here like this... for a while... please, see you..."

Muffled voices.

Then Sakurai Haruka shrank her body and squatted, using Shimizumi's body as a shield and hiding completely in his arms.

Sakurai Haruka closed her eyes, and transparent raindrops hung on her long, wet eyelashes, sparkling with crystal light. They were close enough to see everything about each other.

Although he felt embarrassed by the boiling blood, he couldn't help but make a helpless sound.

Such a close contact, and the other party is a super beautiful girl - Qingshui Mi wanted to see if anyone could remain calm in this situation.

"See you over there..."

Sakurai Haruka spoke in a small voice while pointing to Shimizumi.

In a trance, Shimizu looked in the direction that Sakurai Haruka was pointing - at that moment, he seemed to feel that the blood in his body that was about to boil suddenly dropped to below freezing point and froze, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and even the ground beneath his feet seemed to exude a chill.

"That, that guy..."

The person who ran into the pavilion to hide from the rain looked very familiar, and I had a bad feeling about him.

The man looked like a student. He folded his umbrella and looked around. At first glance, he seemed ordinary - if he wasn't holding a digital camera and wearing a black hood in such heavy rain.

Not to mention Sakurai Haruka, even Shimizu Mi got goosebumps and quickly exchanged positions with her, using his body to block Sakurai Haruka.

"Haruka, that's... the stalker from yesterday?"

"Well, he ambushed us in the school..."

Hearing this, Qing Shuijian felt very uncomfortable and couldn't help shivering a little - it was definitely not just because of the cold.

"Why, why did you appear here? It's just too much of a coincidence..."

Sakurai Haruka's tiny voice trembled slightly.

Coincidence?

No, this couldn't be a coincidence at all.

Shimizu couldn't answer Sakurai Haruka's words, but this didn't seem to be a coincidence.

Is it even possible that the other person is a student from the same school?
"Why does this person even know the school you attend?"

"I have no idea……"

Sakurai Haruka shook her head, her hesitant voice mixed with pain and hesitation, and she opened and closed her mouth several times.

"Yao, you came to participate in this event, aren't you afraid to go home?"

In Shimizumi's arms, Sakurai Haruka held her breath and her body became stiff.

"I don't know who this person is, or how he conducts his investigations, but I've seen him wandering around my home or school with a camera lately."

This is classic stalker stuff.

"Did you call the police?"

"Well, I've already told the nearby police about this, but that person is really cunning and never leaves any clues to track his identity, so there is no evidence... Besides, the police won't take this kind of small case seriously..."

It is indeed very uncomfortable to be secretly photographed by some inexplicable guy, and it is very troublesome to deal with it even if you call the police.

"Not only that, he also put secretly taken photos into my mailbox..."

It must be very scary to encounter such a thing.

That person alone was enough to fill one with chills, let alone Sakurai Haruka who became the target? The fear she felt was probably unimaginable.

Shimizu unconsciously increased the strength of the arms that were holding Sakurai Haruka.

"See...let's hide until that guy leaves!"

Sakurai Haruka lowered her head, and the two of them held their breath in silence, their bodies leaning against each other, waiting for time to pass.

However, the man seemed to be trapped by the rain and sat on the bench leisurely wiping his wet camera.

During this time, heavy rain continued to fall, making Qingshuijian's sportswear wet and heavy.

……

The spring rain comes and goes in a hurry.

Not long after, the sound of rain gradually subsided, and the shadowy stalker under the pavilion seemed to have merged into the soil underground as the rain receded, disappearing without a trace.

"That person should have left. Let's go back quickly."

The two were soaked by the sudden heavy rain. If they didn't go home and change clothes as soon as possible, they would probably catch a cold and get sick the next day.

"See, can I come to your house tonight?"

Behind him, Sakurai Haruka tightly grasped Shimizu's wet clothes, her eyes revealing obvious worry and uneasiness.

Shimizu Michi understood what Sakurai Haruka was afraid of, but his home was not actually a safe haven now.

Amemiya Iori has the key to the house and can come in and out at any time.

The last time he took Rena Shimizu with him, something almost happened. How could he not learn from the lesson?

It's not a big deal because Shimizu Reina is his sister, but if he brought a girl like Sakurai Haruka home...

Not only that, if Sakurai Haruka knew that there was a woman like Amemiya Iori who could enter and leave the Shimizu family freely, it would definitely stimulate her.

The abnormality in her body has not been resolved yet. Once the abnormal value increases, it will affect the world.

If the anomaly value is allowed to rise all the way to 100, Shimizu will have to enter the world of heart again to solve it, and then he will face the huge risk of the world collapsing and the timeline being reset.

That time with Amemiya Iori, he was lucky enough to seize the opportunity and won the bet.

If it happened again, Shimizu Mi had no confidence that he could help Sakurai Haruka solve the problem.

After some consideration, Shimizu finally made a decision.

"Let's go, I'll sleep at your house tonight."

After returning to the classroom to pack up, Shimizu Mi and Sakurai Haruka took the train and arrived at the apartment six kilometers away again.

The spring rain is very cold and the body can’t stand it.

Shimizu Mi urged Sakurai Haruka to go into the bathroom and take a bath, but she mysteriously asked Shimizu Mi to go first.

Although I didn't understand what she wanted to do, I went into the bathroom and slowly soaked in the hot water in the bathtub.

The cold body in the rain warmed up to the bone. Shimizu was not in a hurry to get out of the bath, but took this opportunity to investigate the rumor that Sakurai Shio had said.

He logged into the casting forum that Sakurai Shio mentioned. Due to the popularity of the movie, the forum was much more active than Shimizu Mi had imagined.

But the original post about the rumor seems to have been deleted.

Normally, only forum administrators have this authority, which means the film crew has already intervened.

"Is it to prevent the rumors from spreading further..."

Smart people like Sakurai Shio are indeed thoughtful in what they do.

Based on what she said before, Shimizu found the user named "Ogihara" who posted the message.

In fact, he had already vaguely guessed who the person who spread the rumors was, but after all, it was on the Internet, and there were quite a few people with the same username.

However, when he saw Ogiwara's profile picture, his doubts instantly disappeared.

How narcissistic does a person have to be to use his own photo as his profile picture?

"Hato Ogiwara..."

Staring at the gentle and hypocritical face on the screen, Qing Shuijian's eyes gradually narrowed.

……

The bath took longer than usual, and Qingshuijian stayed in the bathroom until he was completely exhausted before leaving.

The skin that he wiped with the towel was hot and red. As soon as he changed his clothes and walked out of the bathroom, he saw an extremely shocking scene - the half-naked Sakurai Haruka was sitting on the living room floor, performing a white tiger pouncing on its prey.

The Sakurai Haruka in front of him had taken off her wet sportswear and was now only wearing pure white underwear, revealing her skin as white as jade without any protection.

Not only that, she held sushi in each hand, hamburger patties in her mouth, and her eyes were fixed on the huge lobster in the middle of the super luxurious bento in front of her.

As for why she is called a white tiger, it is certainly not because of her fair skin...

Although Shimizu roughly guessed that she didn't eat enough today, it was still a shocking scene to see with the naked eye.

The bento was brought by Amamiya Iori at noon today. Of course, Shimizu and the other two could not finish this super luxurious bento for six or seven people.

It seemed that there was a lot of leftover food in Amemiya Iori's house, so this lunch box was given to Shimizumi.

However, it now seems that this luxurious bento has basically been eaten up by Sakurai Haruka alone.

"No, no, I, I didn't eat secretly..."

Sitting on the floor in a duck-like posture, Sakurai Haruka tried hard to defend herself with a humble attitude.

She participates in the track and field club and will be stretching every day, so her body flexibility is very good.

This posture is a piece of cake for her.

Qing Shuijian remembered that he had tried standing splits, big cat pose, and horse riding with her...

"You ate it all by yourself?"

"Yes, yes, I couldn't help it...Um, do you want to..."

Sakurai Haruka chewed with her cheeks puffing, her words mumbling.

She also used chopsticks covered with rice to pick up a piece of sashimi for Qingshuijian and put it to his mouth.

"No, I don't need it. You eat it."

As soon as Shimizu refused, Sakurai Haruka immediately stuffed the sashimi into her mouth.

She is really rude...

However, Shimizu Mi doesn't hate this way of getting along. If the two are too polite and respectful to each other, the atmosphere will become awkward due to alienation.

In the eyes of Sakurai Haruka who ran away from home alone, Shimizu Mi is probably the most important and closest person to her now.

Sakurai Haruka peeled off the shell of the giant lobster and used her fingers to pick up the lobster meat and cut it into bite-sized pieces:
"How come it tastes so good! Ha! Not good! So--sweet! So springy! Ah--the lobster is so delicious! I'm so happy!"

Then there was the expression of joy.

Sakurai Haruka shook her shoulders and jumped for joy. She was so excited that it would not be surprising if she danced to heaven.

Although the shaking was not large, it was definitely not small for Qing Shuijian who had just finished taking a bath.

He turned around and went to the clothing room, took out a clean piece of clothing for the young lady to put on.

"See, where did you buy these? They are really delicious."

Sakurai Haruka asked curiously while savoring the delicious food in her mouth.

"I didn't buy it."

Qing Shuijian said it subconsciously, only to realize that he had said the wrong thing.

"Where did that come from?"

She would ask that.

"… a friend I know did it."

Of course, he couldn't just answer that Amamiya Iori made it specially for him.

"I see. But your friend's cooking skills are amazing. He's just like a chef from a top restaurant. Let me see him next time."

After saying that, Sakurai Haruka began to silently put the hamburger made by Amamiya Iori into her mouth.

In order to have a meal, he even forgot to be alert to the possibility that the friend might be a woman.

What a shameful foodie.

But if you think about it carefully, this is not a bad thing.

When Sakurai Haruka ate Amemiya Iori's lunch box, it was equivalent to receiving Amemiya Iori's help in disguise. If one day due to force majeure, the two of them finally met and learned about the relationship between the two and Shimizu Mi.

Perhaps we can increase the tolerance rate a little bit, so that the two of them won't be at loggerheads with each other and face off against each other to the point of life and death.

Looking at Sakurai Haruka who was concentrating on eating lobster, Shimizu gently placed his hand on her head, and his touch was extremely gentle, as if he was an archaeologist who had discovered a treasure from thousands of years ago and carefully wiped away the dust on it with a small brush.

"Haruka, do you want to eat these tomorrow?"

"Uh-huh!!!"

She nodded desperately...

Maybe there is a play?
Seeing a glimmer of hope, Shimizu continued to let his hand slowly wander over Sakurai Haruka's head.

"Haruka, if it's a guy who works out in the sports club every day and is taller than me, do you think there is any way I can beat him?"

"..."

Sakurai Haruka paused for a moment, her eyes revealing a hint of surprise, which was then slowly replaced by worry.

"See, you're not going to fight with anyone, are you? Who is it? I'll help you teach him a lesson..."

Shimizu pinched Sakurai Haruka's crown and stopped her from waving her fist.

"How can it be."

Qing Shuijian couldn't possibly let her worry about him.

"By the way, Haruka, you know Aikido, right?"

"Yeah, a little bit."

Sakurai Haruka nodded and reached out to the lobster in the bento again.

"I think so too."

"what happened?"

Sakurai Haruka tilted her head curiously and handed over a piece of freshly peeled lobster meat.

Qing Shuijian opened her mouth, took the lobster meat and her slender fingers into her mouth, tasted it, and said casually after swallowing:

"Can you teach me a couple of moves? It would be best if I could learn it overnight."

"…Why are you suddenly interested in Aikido?"

"You don't want to teach me?"

"That's not the case, but you don't have any basics, so it's easy to get hurt if you practice directly with me."

Then, she dodged her gaze again and said hesitantly, "If there was a soft cushion, then it would be better even if I accidentally fell..."

"Mat? Do you have such a thing at home?"

Then, Sakurai Haruka blushed and pointed in the direction of her bedroom door.

Her bed is quite soft.

(End of this chapter)