Chapter 49: The disease that will kill you if you leave your beloved
The tip of the mechanical pencil drew a soothing melody on the answer sheet, gradually embellished with English words, drew smooth curves, and drew straight lines lightly and nimbly.

In the silence, the only sounds were the sound of writing and the sound of the air conditioner bringing warmth to the classroom.

Shimizu Mi likes the feeling of solving problems smoothly and having a clear mind.

He had already done these questions in the first week.

This morning, Hoshinomiya Mitsuki asked for a day off from school due to illness, so the last class in the afternoon was changed to an English test.

Some classmates wanted to visit her after school, but Hoshinomiya Mitsuki seemed to want to rest alone, so she politely declined.

When it was time to get out of school, Kondo Yuichi was immediately taken away by Ayase Kotone who appeared as soon as school was over, as usual.

But Kondo Yuichi said at the time that Shimizu could leave first after seeing them, so he and Amamiya Iori prepared to leave the school first.

"Sorry Shota, I have club activities after school today. I'll catch up with you another day."

In front of the shoe cabinet, a girl with a pure and lovely appearance hung up the phone with her boyfriend, and couldn't wait to get into the arms of another boy.

Qing Shuijian leaned against the wall of the corridor, quietly watching this scene for more than ten minutes.

I mourned for the "Shota" on the other end of the phone whom I had never met, and couldn't help but sigh again that this is indeed a world dominated by yellow-haired people.

He himself was not interested in peeping into other people's private lives. The reason he was watching here was simply because these two people were blocking his shoe cabinet, preventing him from taking out his shoes and changing into them.

"My dear, I kept you waiting."

The person jogging down the corridor behind me was Amamiya Iori, who had just gone to the bathroom.

"Dear, let's go then."

Shimizu looked down at Amamiya Iori and naturally took his hand.

Even though only a few days had passed, it was as if she had already developed a habit, and she would do it without hesitation as long as there were few people around her.

At first, he tried to break free several times, but Amemiya Iori would hold his hand again without hesitation every time, and each time she held it tighter than before, as if she was afraid that he would suddenly run away from her.

In the face of the yandere's possessiveness, Amamiya Iori probably always regarded him as her man.

She would not, could not, give him up.

If I don't hold on tightly, what if he runs away or is cheated on by another woman in the future?
Such concerns will never disappear from Amamiya Iori's heart, which is why she must be wary of any woman.

"Nana, let's go somewhere else."

The boy in front of the shoe cabinet noticed Qing Shuijian and the other girl walking over, and he put his arm around the girl's slender waist and left the school building.

After the man and woman left, the two went to the shoe cabinet to change their shoes.

"Are you going anywhere today, honey?"

"No, I plan to go straight home. What are your plans?"

"No, anything is fine as long as I'm with my dear."

Shimizu Jian, who was the first to change his shoes, inadvertently looked at Amamiya Iori, and a line of words appeared above her head.

[Current yandere abnormality value: 68/100]

Compared to yesterday, the outliers are a little lower.

Once the value drops to 0, Amamiya Iori's yandere psychology may be resolved.

But this also means that she will always be firmly bound by her "personality".

In the past two days, Shimizu has been thinking about this problem, trying to find a solution that has the best of both worlds.

Unfortunately, method one requires reducing the outlier value to 0, while the other method requires increasing the value to 100.

The two are diametrically opposed, and there is simply no solution to the contradiction.

After changing their shoes, the two left the school building one after the other. When crossing the campus, they saw classmates who were participating in club activities.

At the track and field club's training ground, one could see the conspicuous figure of Sakurai Haruka running there, while over at the baseball club, Shinichi Ishikawa was catching the ball with sweat all over his face.

When Shimizu looked over, Ishikawa Shinichi also noticed it, and perhaps wanted to say hello, he waved over here, but then he was scolded by the baseball coach not far away, and several classmates nearby laughed when they saw it.

Shinichi Ishikawa gives people the feeling of being a funny guy. Even the seniors in the baseball club have a good relationship with him. After all, he has a good personality and works very hard in training. It is said that he will become the next captain of the baseball club after his seniors retire.

"My dear, you seem to have a very good relationship with Ishikawa-san."

"Well, it's okay." Shimizu nodded. After all, Amamiya Iori wouldn't be jealous even of boys, right?

The two continued chatting as they prepared to leave the school.

"Hello, Amamiya-san."

Someone greeted us from the playground not far away.

"It's Coach Saito."

"..."

The person who came over to say hello was the foreign aid coach Kenji Saito.

As soon as she heard this man's voice, Amemiya Iori subconsciously avoided his gaze and hid behind Shimizumi.

"Coach Saito, what's going on?"

Qing Shuijian could feel the discomfort and resistance emanating from her body, which made him more determined to leave here quickly.

"It's like this. Actually, after I went back that day, I felt like I had seen Amamiya-san somewhere before. Then I remembered that she was the beautiful girl in the train hijacking incident. At that time, I could see Amamiya-san on the TV news every day."

"Coach Saito, that incident is in the past."

There are some people that Shimizu never wants to have anything to do with, and Kenji Saito in front of him is one of them.

Maybe it was just personal prejudice, but he intuitively didn't believe Kenji Saito.

Besides, the incident was not a good memory in the first place. If possible, Shimizu really hoped not to mention it in front of Amamiya Iori.

"I see. I'm sorry to bring this up so suddenly. Are you going home now?"

"Well, I'm heading back now."

Shimizu Mi wanted to end the conversation as soon as possible and leave. It seemed that Amamiya Iori behind him had the same idea, so he gently tugged at the corner of his clothes.

The two turned around and continued walking, but Kenji Saito kept pestering them.

"Actually, the track and field club's practice will be over soon. If you're free, how about Amamiya-san come over for dinner? I know a restaurant with a great atmosphere, especially for girls. I think you'll like it."

"No need."

Amemiya Iori refused briefly and took Shimizu Mi's hand.

"How about this, I'll pay for all the expenses, including the round-trip fare?"

"The coach has just come to our school, so it's more important to make friends with everyone in the track and field club. Daily training is very important for everyone participating in club activities, and now that Mr. Murakami is on vacation, we can only rely on the coach, so I think every second cannot be wasted."

"But, but..."

"and--"

Amemiya Iori said this and hugged Shimizumi's arm.

"I have a disease. If I leave my dear, I will die. Does the coach want me to die? Please don't say such cruel words, okay?"

"Don't say that—"

Kenji Saito was still trying to retain her, but an accident happened.

A ball flew in from the baseball team and hit Kenji Saito's back.

High school baseball should use professional hard balls, but the ball that flew in was a soft ball with low lethality, which confused Shimizu.

Saito Kenji was hit by the ball and felt pain. The person who came over from the baseball club to apologize was Ishikawa Shinichi.

"Sorry! The ball went astray. Are you okay?"

Ishikawa Shinichi smiled and scratched the back of his head.

"Ah-ah, I'm fine. Fortunately, it's not a hard ball..."

Kenji Saito smiled with some doubt.

Shinichi Ishikawa came over and gave Shimizu Ken a hidden gesture, as if asking them to get away as soon as possible.

Shimizu Miki and Amemiya Iori took the opportunity to continue walking towards the school gate without paying any more attention to Saito Kenji.

(End of this chapter)