Chapter 257 Girls always have those days
It was just after eight o'clock in the evening. After saying hello to Hoshino Akiko, Shimizu Mi and left home.

Summer nights usually get dark very late, but at this time the sunset has completely disappeared below the horizon, and the sky is covered with a deep blue-purple veil, dotted with a few early stars.

The place where I agreed to meet with Sakurai Haruka is some distance away from Shimizu's house, about a twenty-minute walk.

Although you can save time and effort by taking the train, it is now the evening rush hour after get off work. It is a very stupid idea to choose to take the train during Tokyo's rush hour commuting time.

During this period, almost all tram stations are crowded and extremely congested. Sometimes even the doors cannot be closed normally due to being too crowded. At this time, staff are needed to push the doors hard from outside the car to close them.

Shimizu once had an experience where it was very difficult to even turn around. He learned his lesson and vowed never to put himself in such a miserable situation again.

After leaving the residential area, Shimizu continued walking towards the place where he had agreed to meet Sakurai Haruka.

After walking for about ten minutes, Qingshuijian walked down the overpass across the road and walked to the other side, entering a park path.

Pale yellow street lights were lined up in two rows along the tree-lined avenue. After Qingshuijian walked along the tree-lined avenue into the trail in the center of the park, he finally saw the familiar figure on a bench not far away.

Under the quiet moonlight, the shadows of the trees were swaying in the summer evening breeze, and the twinkling starlight shone through the gaps between the leaves, projecting onto that handsome face that was obviously different from that of an ordinary girl.

The delicate profile that was originally staring at the phone screen with a cold and expressionless face suddenly became moved as if a spring breeze was blowing on his face after he heard the approaching footsteps.

Just as Sakurai Haruka was about to raise her head, she suddenly felt a warmth on her left cheek.

"Am I late?"

Shimizu Mi put the bottle of oolong tea that he had just bought from a roadside vending machine on Sakurai Haruka's cheek and handed it to her.

"No, I arrived a little early by accident... Good evening, see you."

After raising her head and seeing Shimizumi in front of her, one could clearly feel that Sakurai Haruka was trying hard to suppress her anger so as not to let the corners of her mouth rise too obviously.

The time they had agreed to meet in the message was nine o'clock in the evening, but it was just past eight twenty.

Rather than arriving a little early by accident, it would be more accurate to say that she arrived too early.

"Well, good evening... have you been waiting long?"

"No, I just arrived too."

Shimizu glanced at Sakurai Haruka's phone and it seemed that she had been watching an interesting animal video on her phone before.

The video is more than an hour long, but the progress bar is almost reaching the bottom.

When Sakurai Haruka noticed this, she immediately pressed the button on the side of the phone guiltily and turned off the screen.

"Since you're here so early, why don't you just send me a message in advance to let me know?"

Shimizu Mi wanted to sit down next to Sakurai Haruka, and Sakurai Haruka moved to the side.

After sitting down, the warm body temperature on the bench was transmitted to me all at once.

"It's not just me. Didn't Jian come quite early as well?"

Sakurai Haruka's eyelids trembled slightly, and she blinked twice when looking at Shimizu Mi, obviously expecting him to say something.

Although it is not a date, in this situation, it is easy for the man to please the girl by saying sweet words like "Because I want to meet you early".

However, the reason why Qingshuijian arrived early was because he decided to walk here at the last minute, so he set off a little earlier.

Besides, it wouldn't feel good to make a meeting and then keep the girl waiting for a long time, so he set out half an hour early, but he didn't expect that Sakurai Haruka would arrive before him.

Although he knew that saying something like the former would make the other person happier, Shimizu still felt that it was a bit weird to say such sweet words, so he chose to tell the truth.

After hearing this, Sakurai Haruka's previously expectant eyes dulled for a moment, and she was obviously a little dissatisfied with Shimizu Mi's pretending to be slow.

However, Sakurai Haruka still tried hard to control her expression and asked Shimizu Mi with concern whether he had encountered any danger along the way.

Looking at Sakurai Haruka's contradictory expression, which seemed to be trying to hide her inner disappointment but was inadvertently revealed on her face, Shimizu Mi put the oolong tea on her cheek again.

Sakurai Haruka was stunned for a moment and didn't take it immediately.

“Hot…”

Although it took some time to walk here, the oolong tea was still warm.

Sakurai Haruka always liked to drink iced drinks, so she looked at Shimizu with a complicated expression, lowered her eyelids slightly, and muttered in a low voice: "You clearly know..."

Of course, Qingshui Jian was not so careless as to forget such a thing. Rather, he bought it specially to heat it up.

"It would be better for you to drink hot water these two days."

"……Eh?"

Sakurai Haruka showed a slightly surprised expression.

"What's wrong? Did I remember it wrong?"

Although Qing Shuijian didn't deliberately remember it, if he calculated the date carefully, it should not be wrong.

"Yes... yes, that's right. I just came here last night."

Sakurai Haruka pursed her lips tightly, as if complaining about why she had to come at this time.

Simply put, girls have a few special days every month. In addition to some physical discomfort, there will also be some subtle changes in their emotions during that period.

I don’t know if it’s because of this, but Shimizu felt that Sakurai Haruka wasn’t in a very good mood today.

And although it is a routine that girls have every month, Sakurai Haruka seems to be troubled as she avoids Shimizu's gaze.

"If you really feel uncomfortable, I will take you back today."

Now it's night, the temperature has obviously dropped a lot compared to the daytime, and the evening breeze is a bit chilly. If you catch a cold by accident, it will undoubtedly make things worse.

"No, it's not because of that. Although I feel a little uncomfortable, I'm fine overall..."

"It's not because of this, it's because of..."

In addition to some physical discomfort, if there is anything else that is not convenient for girls during this special period, it should be...

"It's not because of that!"

Shimizu Miki hasn't said anything yet, but Sakurai Haruka seems to have guessed what he's thinking from his expression.

Then, she said quietly, "Although I really can't do it, I won't be depressed because of this kind of thing..."

The sad expression on Sakurai Haruka's face is not convincing at all, but let's just assume that's what she said.

"In that case, what are you doing?"

Sakurai Haruka was silent for a moment, then turned to look at Shimizu Jian and said, "Jian, don't you have anything to say to me?"

"..."

Sakurai Haruka's question stumped Shimizu Ken.

Looking at her eyes full of expectation, could it be that today is a special day?
Today is August 27th, but Qingshui Jian couldn't remember anything particularly memorable about this day after thinking about it.

Could it be that my memory has declined again?
Sakurai Haruka looked at Shimizu Ken thinking hard, and her tone was inevitably a little disappointed: "In other words, Ken doesn't have any ideas..."

"idea?"

"Um... I think you should have seen it."

"that?"

Which one is that?
When Qing Shuijian heard this, various possible scenes and images flashed through his mind quickly, but in the end he was still confused and at a loss.

"That is to say... that photo, you have seen it, so... don't you have any feelings about it?"

Photos? What photos?
Sakurai Haruka saw Shimizu Ken's confused expression and asked, "Did Ken not see it?"

Not to mention whether she had seen it or not, Shimizu Mi didn't even know what photo she was talking about.

"...Didn't my sister send it to you before?"

"Senior?"

Shimizu Mi couldn't remember any photos that Sakurai Shio had sent him.

Under Sakurai Haruka's questioning gaze, Shimizu Mi took out his mobile phone and opened the chat history with Sakurai Shio.

It goes without saying that there couldn't be any photos like the one Sakurai Haruka mentioned.

In the chat history, only Sakurai Shio regularly sent messages every morning, noon and evening to ask Shimizu if he had eaten, what he was doing, etc. Although Shimizu replied to her one by one, but generally the replies were relatively brief and perfunctory, Sakurai Shio still seemed to enjoy it and still sent messages every few hours every day.

When I think about it, it suddenly seems a bit scary...

After seeing the chat records above, Sakurai Haruka looked as if she realized she had been cheated.

"Is it an important photo? If Haruka has it, you can show it to me right now."

"Eh? This... this..."

"what happened?"

"No, it's not that important... If you haven't seen it, forget it."

Sakurai Haruka's words actually aroused Shimizu's curiosity.

At this moment, Qingshuijian's cell phone vibrated several times and he received several messages at once.

Without exception, all of these messages were sent by Sakurai Shio.

Shimizu looked down at the phone screen again, and his curiosity that had been aroused earlier was instantly satisfied.

Sakurai Shio sent over a series of photos.

The girl in the photo was wearing black stockings and a short skirt. At first, Shimizu Mitsuki thought it was a photo album of some internet celebrity, but then he noticed that the person in the photo was Sakurai Haruka who was sitting next to him.

In the photo, Sakurai Haruka is covering her face with her hands, and it feels like she was forced by the other party to take the photo.

And we don’t know whether Sakurai Shio did it intentionally or unintentionally, the shooting angles of these photos are very tricky.

Almost all the shots were focused on those parts. There was even one photo that looked like it was taken from behind while Sakurai Haruka was changing clothes. In addition to the white and smooth back, a little exposed side part could be vaguely seen.

At the end of these photos, Sakurai Shio sent another message.

[Haruka is right next to my junior now. Really, I envy him so much.]

"Haruka, what are these?"

Shimizu looked at Sakurai Haruka beside him and asked.

"Yes...my sister insisted on taking the photo..."

Sakurai Haruka pinched the corner of her clothes and lowered her head slightly to avoid Shimizu's gaze.

"Is this the photo you were asking about?"

Sakurai Haruka hesitated for a moment and nodded slightly.

"What do you think...?"

"Photos?"

"..."

Sakurai Haruka nodded gently again.

"If I were to describe my feelings, it feels... a little unlike Haruka."

Shimizumi expressed his feelings truthfully.

Although he knew that the person in the photo was Sakurai Haruka, Shimizu Mi felt that it didn't look like her.

If you ask why, apart from her school uniform, Sakurai Haruka usually wears loose and large-sized sportswear that is convenient for exercise.

Therefore, let alone black stockings, she is rarely seen wearing even skirts.

By the way, what Sakurai Haruka was wearing today was the set of red sportswear that she usually wears when exercising.

Such clothes are indeed loose and comfortable to wear, but compared with the black stockings with suspenders wrapped under the skirt in the photo, there is indeed some gap in attractiveness.

However, Sakurai Haruka seemed to have mistakenly thought that Shimizu Mi felt that such clothes were not suitable for her, and her face showed the same depressed look as before.

"By the way, why did Haruka dress like that?"

There was no other meaning, Shimizu Mi just thought it was rare to see Sakurai Haruka dressed like that.

"It's just... I want to try it occasionally." Sakurai Haruka said softly.

"Why not try it today?"

"……Huh?!"

Sakurai Haruka's expression seemed a little surprised.

Although the photos look beautiful and tempting, I still want to see it with my own eyes.

"You don't think I would dislike it, do you?"

Sakurai Haruka's cheeks were covered with subtle ripples of light red: "My sister said that men will like it if I wear it like this...including Jian."

Although I didn't want to admit it in my heart, what Sakurai Shio said was indeed right.

“But I still feel a little weird about it.”

"It's weird and pretty?"

"Disgusting...I mean that seriously."

Sakurai Haruka gently hit Shimizumi's shoulder, but this level of force did not shake him.

"I don't look like I'm joking, do I?"

"Eh……?!"

"So next time if you have a chance, try wearing it again."

Sakurai Haruka raised her head, her eyes met with Shimizumi's, then she immediately lowered her head shyly and said "hmm" softly: "But only at home..."

at home?
"Because I tried wearing it before, but I just felt uncomfortable, especially behind my buttocks...it felt chilly..."

Maybe it's because Sakurai Haruka usually wears sportswear, and only wears shorts occasionally when running in hot weather, so it must be difficult for her to get used to it at first.

"See...can I ask you one more question?"

"what?"

"That is to say... which of those photos just now do you like best?"

This time, Sakurai Haruka asked a good question.

If I had to say which one I like, of course I like them all.

However, this was probably not the answer that Sakurai Haruka wanted at this time, so Shimizu slid the screen and stopped on a certain photo.

When seeing that photo, Sakurai Haruka's cheeks quickly heated up as if they were on fire.

“It has nothing to do with what clothes you wear.”

Indeed, in this photo, Haruka Sakurai is changing clothes with her back to the camera, and only her fair and smooth back can be seen.

Sakurai Haruka yelled at Shimizu with embarrassment on her face to delete the embarrassing photo, and then Shimizu suddenly remembered the purpose of his visit today.

"By the way, what's the matter with calling me here today?"

Although Shimizu Ken had asked about it before, Sakurai Shio just said mysteriously that she would let Sakurai Haruka find him when the time comes, and didn't say anything else.

"Well, my sister wants me to take you to a place."

"Where?"

"You'll know after a while."

"Can't you say it now?"

"Because my sister said that if I told Jian in advance, Jian would not go."

Hearing this, Qing Shuijian suddenly became alert.

A place that you would never go if you knew about it in advance?

If this is true, then what kind of dangerous place would it be?
(End of this chapter)