Chapter 180, Seats (Second Update)
Follow the thought.

Zhuo found that everyone around him was the object of his envy, whether it was his parents, Kiritani, or Yurina, they were all very perfect.

Human beings are really strange. Things that you used to be indifferent to and thought were unimportant may suddenly jump up and attack you one day.

Of course, I'm only a little envious.

Zhuo has always been aware that he has a very superior family environment.

Even though he may not be as wealthy as Tokyo natives Yurina and Jin, his spiritual world is very rich - and he is very satisfied.

...Just look at Yurina's family and you will know. For children from wealthy families like that, their future path is determined from birth (destined to become rich). Not to mention their marriage partner, they have no chance to choose at all... Even if they have to choose, they will only choose within the circle drawn by their parents.

It might not be kind to say this… but he felt a lot better when he thought about the huge mountain that Jin would have to face if he really wanted to be with Yurina in the future.

Judging from the distressed expression on Kiritani Jin's face now, something must have happened during this period of time that finally made him realize these things.

On the contrary, Zhuo's parents had no intention of restricting him from dating, and even worried that he would not be able to get married, so they started looking for a partner for him since he was a child. Although Zhuo did not speak directly about his relationship with Ling, his parents had already shown an extremely favorable attitude, and even said that they wanted her to live with them and treat them as their daughter.

"..."

Suddenly, he thought of Ling for no reason, and Zhuo fell into an indescribable mood.

At this time, Ren seemed to cheer up again, and he said with a gentle smile.

"Okay, stop standing here and come over to see the new seating arrangement for the class."

"Even if you say so, I have already predicted my seat."

Ren's hidden chuckle seemed to have some hidden meaning.

boring.

No matter what, his position is the 'goalkeeper position' at the first row of doors, and this probably won't change... so Zhuo doesn't have any expectations.

Zhuo glanced at him speechlessly, then followed him into the classroom, looking for his name among those who were also confirming their seats.

With just one glance, he found it.

As expected: in the frame on the far right of the first row, near the door, is his name - Utsunomiya Shuo.

He looked from his own name to his classmate's name, and his body was shocked. At the same time, he instantly understood what Ren's strange smile meant.

!

! !
!!!

In the frame of the seat next to him, second from the right in the first row, there was a paragraph so long that it couldn't fit in the frame, so it overflowed and passed over the blank area in the middle. Even the last two words were written into the name in Utsunomiya Shuo's frame - Zero Razumovskaya Romanov.

...It's just like a black box operation.

Of course, the class division was decided by the school, and at least ordinary people like Zhuo definitely did not interfere. As for whether those powerful reptiles intervened, it was hard to say.

...But I don't think it would be as boring as reptiles, so I have to specially plan some seating issues for some little scumbag.

"You feel great."

Zhuo felt a bump on his shoulder and looked at the culprit speechlessly: "I don't understand, what's so cool about it. But it's still in the old position, it doesn't matter anyway."

"Why, your love life is not going well?"

"Shut up first. What do you mean by bad love life? I have never had any love life in my life."

"You're so resentful - am I right?"

"Stop it, it's annoying."

Zhuo showed an impatient expression and waved his hands.

Judging from the fact that Kiritani Ren was still grinning as usual, it was obvious that he didn't believe what Zhuo said either.

Even though he said that, his heart suddenly skipped a beat when he saw Zero's name.

At a loss.

Then Zhuo turned his face away, and glanced around the classroom, but did not see her figure in the seat next to him or anywhere else in the classroom.

Zero is not there.

She didn't come.

"I was just kidding, you're so stingy. Hey, isn't this a good thing? Romanov is sitting next to you. Any boy would be very happy... What's your reaction?" Ren is a very sensitive person and is very good at observing other people's emotions.

When he saw Zhuo frowning unhappily, he spoke in time.

Even though he didn't understand the situation.

"What should be the reaction?"

Zhuo tried but couldn't force a smile, so he just used an expressionless face to cooperate with Ren's attempt to change the subject.

"…Here, look over there."

I believe Ren would be able to see his mood. He still put his arm around Zhuo's shoulders, and they looked towards the left side of the classroom face to face.

Around the desk next to Utsunomiya Shuo… the seat next to him was Zero’s… there were already many boys gathered around him, discussing something with a smile on their faces. The boy sitting in the seat had a red face and kept looking towards the front and back doors.

The intention is too obvious.

Sit on the other side of zero and always watch if anyone comes in.

Too obvious.

"whatever."

The tone was casual, indifferent and expressionless.

Zhuo bent down to hang up the bag, and sat back in his familiar position.

At this time, a light laugh came from the front again.

"I don't know the situation, but is Zhuo upset again? Tongya, I'm telling you, if you joke too much, people will dislike you~"

This voice was obviously not Ren's.

Zhuo looked up in the direction of the voice and saw the prince, Kanda Tomokazu, tapping Kiritani Jin's shoulder.

After Kanda came over, some eyes followed him and shifted over here. Kanda should have noticed that some eyes were staring at him, but he didn't mind. Maybe he was used to it.

He just put his arm around Kiritani Jin's shoulders and looked at Zhuo with a happy smile.

"Good morning, we meet again. Please take care of me."

"Morning...please take care of me."

Perfunctory.

Quite perfunctory.

It's a perfunctory tone that anyone can hear.

"……wash?"

"Uh, ah, sorry, I was distracted. Please take care of me from now on."

Kanda lowered his brows in slight worry.

Zhuo had a stiff face and pulled the corners of his mouth to reveal an ugly smile.

Then Kanda was silent for a moment and also showed a gentle smile.

Then, another boy came to talk to Kanda, and Kanda left. Ren, who had been silent all this time, stared at Zhuo, as if observing something.

But he didn't say much, just chatted about some irrelevant topics and returned to his seat.

Then the head teacher came in.

"Nice to see you all again. I don't know how you guys were doing during your summer vacation...blah blah blah—"

Those long speeches could not form sentences in Zhuo's mind.

He stared at his head teacher's face aimlessly, with unfocused eyes, with nothing in his mind.

The only sound in the classroom is the teacher's speech.

There is always one empty seat in the first row.

(End of this chapter)