Chapter 197: Confrontation between Master and Disciple
In the ward.
The gourmet food box ordered from Piaoting had already gone completely cold by now.
The conditions of the two girls were much better than before.
I can't keep talking about what happened just now, otherwise I probably won't be able to eat this meal.
No, not only could I not eat this meal, I couldn’t even make friends afterwards.
Therefore, after a brief silence, both parties opened the cold food boxes at the same time, as if nothing had happened just now.
It’s just that the tone of voice during the conversation seemed a little pale.
"Suguha, aren't you going to Kiyomizu Temple with Haruno this afternoon?"
"Because he had something to do in the evening, so he simply cancelled it. Even if he didn't have anything to do, he wouldn't go."
Jiang Qizhiye lowered his head and said softly: "Master is still in the hospital."
"Neither Haruno nor I would go out to play at this time."
"Don't worry about me." Mine Shiori pursed her lips and said weakly, "I"
"I'm not sick, I'm just scared."
After saying this, I felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted from my heart.
Mine Shiori only felt that the invisible pressure on her shoulders seemed to have suddenly disappeared.
Sure enough, if you keep this kind of thing in your heart, it will be more relaxing than speaking it out.
"Scared?"
As expected, after hearing what Mine Shiori said, Esaki Suguha looked up in confusion.
"What scared you?"
"Being Haruno"
Mine Shiori stared at the porridge in her hand and said absentmindedly: "I was doing something shameful at that time."
"Then, Haruno suddenly came in and was completely seen by him. No, more than that, after being seen by him, I was so excited that I was shaking all over, and then I fainted."
"Yeah." Ezaki Suguha took a few deep breaths and smiled a little bit forcedly, "Although I can't quite empathize with you, I can understand it."
“No, you can’t understand.”
Mine Shiori grabbed the food box tightly, and her delicate and slender index finger looked a little white from the excessive force.
Just like her face.
"I was in Haruno's room."
".Eh?"
The other party's sudden answer made Ezaki Suguha freeze in place.
Her expression froze in an instant, and she looked at her master with some confusion and surprise.
etc.
Master, you were doing that in Haruno's room and then you were discovered?
She thought that Haruno had accidentally seen her when he went to check on her. Was that the case?
As if she had noticed the strange look in Ezaki Suguha's eyes, Mine Shiori's expression became more and more guilty.
"At that time, I thought you would never come back. Then, for some reason, I ran to Haruno's room by myself."
"Yeah."
Ezaki Suguha pursed her lips.
She could understand that feeling to some extent.
No, to be precise, she is much more excessive than Mine Shiori.
The most the other party could do was run over when Haruno was not around, but she directly "knocked" the other party down.
Not only that, before we set off for Arashiyama yesterday, a "wall-separated" drama was staged.
So she has no right to blame the other party.
Thinking of this, her eyes dimmed a little.
“I’m pretty much the same.”
After a brief silence, Suguha Ezaki slowly began to talk about what had happened between her and Haruno.
In an extremely calm tone, she explained why her relationship with Sawayama Haruno had become so ambiguous, and that they were not a couple at all now.
She didn't mention that Sawayama Haruno now has a real girlfriend. She just briefly mentioned it in a few words, focusing on what she did to Sawayama Haruno and what he decided to take responsibility for afterwards.
After listening to this, Mine Shiori was stunned.
"So this is ah."
She suddenly murmured to herself, laughing at herself, "I wish I had known it would be so simple."
".Is it easy?"
Ezaki Suguha's eyes dimmed for a moment.
"After returning to Tokyo, I probably won't meet Haruno and Master again."
".Eh?"
The topic suddenly jumped to something else, causing Mine Shiori to look over in confusion.
Jiang Qizhiye's eyes were wandering, and he said softly: "My family has made new arrangements for me in the future, so I don't need Master to continue tutoring me."
"As for Haruno, he actually knows about this, but he just won't give up."
"My future plans will basically be arranged by my family, including matters concerning my other half, so Master, you don't need to worry, because I will disappear soon."
Ezaki Naoha pursed her lips, and when she thought of her other good friend Miyazawa Maki, her complicated emotions continued to surge.
Finally, that emotion turned into a word on his lips.
"Master, you can be willful sometimes, right?"
Mine Shiori obviously didn't understand the meaning of her words, and stared at her blankly.
The petite girl hadn't recovered from what she had just said. After a moment's hesitation, she asked in confusion, "Suguha, are you saying that the Ezaki family has found a university for you?"
"Yes, in exchange, I will start dating after returning to Tokyo." Ezaki Suguha's fingers nervously grasped the hem of her pleated skirt, and she said in a low voice, "The partner will also be arranged by my family. At that time, it will basically be my mother and uncles who will make the decision."
"This matter was actually decided before coming to Kyoto, so there is no way to change it."
"Wait, but you're still preparing for the entrance exam?"
Mine Shiori interrupted her with some disbelief.
"Didn't you say during the tutoring session that you didn't want to rely on this kind of relationship to get into university? The same goes for blind dates."
"Although you just said that you haven't started dating Haruno yet, isn't now a good opportunity?"
She can't accept it.
I can't accept that Ezaki Suguha gave up something I had been dreaming about so easily.
I feel uncomfortable when I see him with Sawayama Haruno.
But she would also feel uncomfortable when she saw that the other party was with Sawayama Haruno and then left without any hesitation.
Although this might be a good thing for me.
But if it appeared in this way, she would rather pretend not to know from the beginning.
"Master, you should also know something about my family situation."
Ezaki Suguha sighed slightly.
"There is no chance to refuse, and my mother also supports my uncles' idea."
"But Suguha's mother is not."
"Ah."
Suguha Ezaki responded softly.
"The mother has mental problems and must be hospitalized for observation, but this does not affect her decision to support others."
"."
Mine Shiori opened her mouth, but still couldn't accept it.
Finally, after a long silence, she said bitterly, "This is too cruel to Haruno."
"You obviously did this to him."
"You know that Suguha is a very gentle person. Since something like this has happened, he will definitely take responsibility. Why do you want to leave?"
"Because I couldn't help it." Ezaki Suguha's eyes drifted to the vase beside him and he said softly, "I'm just like my master, I couldn't help it either."
"Just seeing Haruno like that makes me want to leave a deep impression on him. I hope he will always remember me like this."
"Because... I'm afraid of following the same path as my parents." She murmured in a low voice.
"But isn't Suguha now repeating the same mistakes as your parents?"
Mine Shiori immediately retorted.
"How is your behavior of walking away after having sex and never seeing each other again different from what your father did?"
This sentence is a bit "sharp".
At least the moment she said it, Mine Shiori felt regretful.
And Ezaki Suguha also fell into silence.
Yes, this approach is indeed no different from what her father did.
But from the perspective of Suguha Ezaki, there are also some differences.
That is, Sawayama Haruno will not be like her father, or like her mother.
Given the other person's personality, he will definitely remember me and keep some feelings for me in his heart forever.
This is what she feels is the biggest difference between her experience and that of her parents.
"I know what I'm doing."
Finally, Ezaki Suguha sighed and spoke slowly.
"Some problems can't be solved just by knowing them. If that were the case, Master wouldn't have waited until now to confess to Haruno, right?"
She paused, then added, "After all, isn't the master the same as me?"
"I"
Mine Shiori subconsciously wanted to refute the other party.
She is different from the other party in this matter.
She is just a little conservative, so she is slower than others in this kind of thing.
But it doesn't mean that she didn't work hard in that direction.
These were the words she was thinking in her mind, but after seeing Ezaki Suguha's expression, for some reason, Mine Shiori had a feeling that she couldn't express.
An inexplicable feeling of oppression.
On the other side, inside the Ginkaku-ji Temple.
What happened between Suguha Esaki and Shiori Mine was destined to be unknown to Haruno Sawayama, who had already left the hospital.
After asking the bodyguards to drive him back and finding an ironing machine, he took out all his suits and began to prepare for the evening banquet.
Riho Morikawa told him that someone from the group would drive over to pick him up in the evening, so after ironing his clothes and eating lunch, he set an alarm and started his lunch break.
In fact, it doesn’t matter to him whether he takes a rest or not.
Ever since he had gained "physical fitness improvement" and the "organ strengthening" he had just obtained two days ago, he was now feeling less and less tired.
Even if there is, it's just a feeling of exhaustion and powerlessness when facing the weird habits of girls around me.
The reason for taking a nap was also affected by this. If I didn't sleep for a while, I would keep thinking about how Mine Shiori looked before, and then thinking about how she had done that in this room again, the complex emotions in my heart would surge violently.
There is no need to think too much when falling asleep. Sawayama Haruno, who has been able to control his own body, can fall into a deep and efficient sleep anytime and anywhere.
It seems to be affected by the superposition of these two rewards.
Sawayama Haruno slept until four in the afternoon. When the alarm rang, he did not feel dizzy as if he had slept too long.
After taking another shower and tidying himself up, he changed his clothes and walked out of Ginkaku-ji Temple.
The shuttle bus that Morikawa Riho mentioned should be arriving soon.
(End of this chapter)
