Chapter 83 Yukino and Yuki
The restaurant started to get noisy after the freshman arrived.

After enjoying lunch, Qingshuijian left the restaurant without staying for long and walked straight towards the first-grade teaching building.

On the first day of the sports meet, most of the morning events were relaxing and leisurely. In the afternoon, the events gradually turned to more intense competitions, and Sakurai Haruka's track and field competition happened to be scheduled in the afternoon.

As Sakurai Haruka asked him to do yesterday, Shimizu Mi is now heading to the photography department in the first-year teaching building to borrow a camera, intending to record the upcoming game for her.

Although she didn't say much, from her eyes at that time, one could feel her extremely strong determination to win the championship.

Although he had long known that Sakurai Haruka was very competitive, Shimizu was somewhat surprised by the serious attitude she showed this time.

The first-grade teaching building is a bit far from here, so it would be better to go there earlier.

Thinking this, Shimizu walked towards the first-grade teaching building.

At this moment, there was a thud.

Something hit my foot... no, my knee to be exact.

Looking towards his feet reflexively, Qingshuijian found a little girl with tearful eyes who looked like she would cry at any moment, holding a snow-white cat in her arms.

She looked to be about four years old.

"What's wrong with you? Isn't your mother with you?"

Without understanding the situation, Qing Shuijian squatted down and spoke to her.

The little girl then opened her little mouth and mumbled something.

"Gone..."

"……What did you say?"

Qing Shuijian was glad that she responded, but her voice was too soft to be heard clearly.

With no other options, he had to put his ear close and listen carefully to what the little girl said.

Then, a trembling voice came into my ears.

"Mom, she's gone..."

"Are you lost?"

"It's mom. She's lost."

"That's indeed the explanation..."

This child seems to have a promising future.

Qingshuijian stood up and looked around, but didn't see any adults desperately looking for children.

It was lunch time and most students were having lunch in the cafeteria. If she was left alone like this, no one would pay attention to her for a while.

After asking around, the only information I got was that her name was Yukino and the cat in her arms was called Xiaoxue.

"Do you want me to help you find your mother?"

"Really?"

"Ah."

Shimizu nodded, thinking that Yukino would burst into laughter, but for some reason she looked puzzled and tilted her head.

"Let's go then."

This year's sports meeting was unprecedentedly grand, with all the teachers, students and parents of the school gathered together, and the place was packed with people. Finding Xiao Xue's mother in this crowd was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

In view of this, Shimizu decided to take Yukino to the broadcasting studio after careful consideration. It would be more efficient to ask the staff of the broadcasting department to help find her mother.

Shimizu held Yukino's hand and walked all the way to the lobby of the central building. Due to the structure of the school building, sunlight could not easily shine in, and it was dim most of the time.

I walked through the empty corridor and stopped in front of two vending machines by the wall. The vending machines that tried hard to illuminate the goods seemed particularly noticeable.

"Want something to drink?"

"coffee!"

"..."

Are all children nowadays so precocious?
Shimizu was counting the change and was about to put it into the coin slot when a snow-white hand suddenly reached out from the side to block Shimizu and put the coin into the coin slot.

Because of this sudden queue-jumping, Qing Shuijian turned his head——

"……what."

This time I was even more surprised——

“So there are vending machines here too.”

Ayase Kotone's delicate profile appeared very close in front of Shimizu Ken, as if a delicate painting was slowly unfolding before his eyes.

“…President?”

With her long light-colored hair draped over her shoulders and regular facial features, Ayase Kotone seems to have a quiet and beautiful temperament even when she is in a noisy crowd.

"What are you planning to buy, Qingshui-kun? Let me guess - um... is it this?"

I don’t know if it was because she noticed Yukino next to her, but among the many drink samples, Ayase Kotone lightly pressed the button of the strawberry milk with her index finger.

"President, what I want to buy is coffee..." Ayase Kotone "Oh, I see..." She nodded, then took out the strawberry milk that had fallen from the food collection port and handed it to Shimizumi.

This person is not listening at all...

Ayase Kotone hesitated for a moment, then pressed the button for strawberry milk again and bought herself a bottle.

The sound of the aluminum foil bag falling brought Qing Shuijian back to his senses, but it was too late -

"Wait, buy it with my money."

When Shimizu handed over the change, Ayase Kotone was ready to take back the change. Then she looked up -

"Already bought it."

"Then I'll give you the money."

"It's okay. Just consider it as a thank you for helping me move things last time."

Ayase Kotone shook her head slightly and did not accept the money from Shimizumi. Then she turned her gaze to Yukino next to her.

"Brother Qingshui likes someone younger than you?"

"I'm not interested in younger ones."

He had to give the same answer several times a day. In order to prevent Ayase Kotone from misunderstanding, Shimizu told her the whole story.

"So this is ah……"

Ayase Kotone stared at the strawberry milk in Shimizu Ken's hand without moving her eyes away.

Probably waiting for Shimizu's thoughts after he finishes drinking it.

Being stared at like this was really uncomfortable, so Qingshuijian opened the paper box, inserted the straw into the drink box and took a sip or two.

It’s not that this milk tastes bad, but I still don’t like things that are too sweet.

Shimizu was about to tell Ayase Kotone about these thoughts, but he found that she had already squatted in front of Yukino, gently stroking her chin with her fingers.

"Meow~~"

Xiaoxue let out a light cat meow in comfort.

"Meow--"

But there was also an unfamiliar cat sound made by a girl.

"...President, what are you doing?"

"what?"

Ayase Kotone slowly stood up and answered as if nothing had happened.

"Weren't you just talking to the cat--"

"Rather than this, can I help this child find his mother?"

Ayase Kotone coughed lightly twice, and her face returned to her usual calmness.

To be honest, Shimizu Miki had to go to the photography club to borrow a camera before the game started, so he suggested that Yukino be handed over to Ayase Kotone.

If it was any other student, Shimizu would be a little worried, but if it was the student council president, Ayase Kotone, there would definitely be no problem.

As a result, his proposal was blocked by Ayase Kotone's words "irresponsible".

In desperation, Shimizu Mi and Ayase Kotone each held Yukino's left and right hands and went to the broadcasting studio.

If this scene was seen by others, it would definitely cause all kinds of speculation and misunderstanding, so Shimizu tried his best to choose a route with fewer people.

"Shimizu-san, you didn't stay with Amamiya-san today?"

Ayase Kotone has been in charge of checking school discipline at the school gate every morning recently, so she already knew that he and Amamiya Iori went to school together.

"Sometimes people just want to be alone for a while."

The strawberry milk carton made a sound of being sucked dry. This kind of thing was indeed too sweet for Shimizu.

"Really? I thought Shimizu-san would be accompanied by girls wherever he went."

Shimizu looked for a nearby trash can and responded casually, "That's right, I'm here right now."

"Eh?!"

After realizing that the other person was referring to her, Ayase Kotone's face suddenly showed a mixture of surprise and shyness.

But when she thought that the person in front of her was just a junior, in order not to lose to the other party in momentum, Ayase Kotone straightened her back.

As a result... a certain part became more prominent.

Although we know that she had no intention and it was just an unintentional act, it still makes people very concerned.

Yukino looked back and forth between Shimizumi and Ayase Kotone curiously.

Then, she asked innocently, "Big sister, are you two a couple?"

(End of this chapter)