Chapter 24: Rushing for Photos

  "Hey, where are you guys going?" The newcomer had a cute face and was full of curiosity, her pink hair made her even more adorable. She was the manager of their tennis club, who had previously taken leave to go home.

  "Huh? Ryōsuke! Are you back meow? We were planning to go to Kawamura's house for sushi" Kikumaru Eiji stopped in his tracks, looking at Shimizu Ryōsuke with a smile.

  The other regulars also nodded in agreement. The manager was telling the truth, and the training plan she made for them was still very suitable for them, so they acknowledged her position in the tennis department.

  "Really? Then I'll go with you guys too! It's been a long time since we've had a meal together, and I'm also craving Long's sushi!" Qing Shui Liang Si smiled sweetly, her small face flushed pink, looking absolutely adorable.

  Kawamura nodded his head, "Really? Then let's go together, I'll make something for you to eat."

  "Alright meow! Let's go then!" said Kikumaru Eiji, who couldn't wait any longer. And so the Seigaku members and the Rokkaku tennis team manager headed to the Kawamura residence in high spirits.

  Akane Motomiya, who had already been dismissed from school, was sitting in the car driven by her chauffeur when she suddenly felt a vibration on her mobile phone. It was an SMS. When she flipped it open and took a look, it turned out to be from Kō Fukuji. He said he had several books he wanted to lend her recently, asking her to come to his store for a visit.

  She let the driver go back first and headed towards the bookstore of Gao Fuhe's treatment.

  Driver: ……

  Whenever Miss Selfish meets a friend, she 'dumps' him. In fact, he can wait for her, but she never says so.

  Because Akane doesn't like making people wait...

  "Ah, Kaito, you're here?" Hidaka Hiroshi looked up to see the person standing in the doorway, a bright smile spreading across his face.

  "Hmm" Akane Motomiya walked in.

  "Here are a few books! I think they're pretty good! Although I don't know if you'll like them, it won't hurt to take a look." He handed her several books.

  She glanced at the titles and saw that they were all literary works, which suited her taste. She nodded in satisfaction, "Thank you."

  "Haha! We're all friends now, so let's not be so polite! Otherwise, I'll get angry!" But the threat full of smiles wasn't menacing at all.

  "Hmm" Akane felt a warmth in her heart, this friend was indeed very sincere.

  "But today, I want to tell you something else...". Gao Fuhong suddenly looked a bit reluctant, but still hid a hint of excitement, just with a different object, "I'll be leaving Japan in a few days, and I'm going to China!"

  Her eyes sparkled slightly as she gazed at him.

  China?

  Kao Fu Xuan leaned against the railing with her hands supporting her chin, looking at her with a smile, "I'm going to China for school this time, I'm really looking forward to it"

  The girl with the surname Lin didn't understand, and there was no language barrier, she just listened to him continue speaking, "This bookstore belongs to my grandfather, I'm only staying here to help him because I like Chinese. The day you came was my first day watching the store, during this time I've also been waiting for a notification from a university in China..."

  Gao Fu Hongzhi is a very smart kid, and his grandfather is a Chinese professor. From a young age, he was cultivated to have an interest in Chinese, and he looked forward to studying in China one day. His grades allowed him to receive a special admission letter from a famous university in China when he was only supposed to be in high school...

  Beautifully skipping grades...

  However, if he were to enroll now, it would still be difficult for him to adapt to a foreign country. Moreover, the school over there should have already started classes, and since he's only enrolling now, he might fall behind compared to the local students.

  However, looking at the warm and smiling young man in front of her, if it was him who was full of passion for Chinese language and culture, she should be able to handle it...

  "Can you see me off on the day I leave?" He didn't like goodbyes, but before setting foot in a foreign land, he still wanted to see her again.

  "Good..."

  Akane Kaito walked out of the bookstore and went a long way, turning several corners, passing by a sushi restaurant. The slightly lifted curtain at the entrance was caught by Watanabe's careless glance.

  Is that her? Ippon's heart skipped a beat! Rushed out the door to take a look, but didn't see anyone. Disappointed, he returned to the table and listlessly chewed on his sushi. Had he just been thinking about her too much? Was he seeing things?

  "Something wrong, Iwate?" asked Niji with a smile. Rushing out to take a look, he came back with a disappointed face, today's him was always curious and strange, seemed like it would be fun.

  He shook his head and said "nothing". He didn't want to talk about these things.

  Nishinoya opened his eyes and looked at him for a moment before returning to his usual smiling self. Koshi has a secret, huh?

  "Ryoma, you seem to be in a bad mood. Don't you have an appetite? Do you want to drink a bottle of Pocari Sweat?" asked Shimizu Ryouta with concern. He had been listlessly poking at his sushi the whole time.

  Iwaki glanced at her, not speaking. What's it to her? Why does she always come to curry favor with him? He doesn't like her himself, even if she gave his training plan a good review, but isn't that just part of her job as the tennis club manager? He didn't owe her any favors, so there was no need to deliberately respond to her.

  He lowered his head, looking embarrassed and frustrated. It seemed like he had never liked her from the start. She thought to herself that she hadn't been too forward, but wearing the net king was an unexpected surprise. In her past life, she had been a huge fan of the net king, and now that she was here, her greatest wish was to establish a harem for the prince. The others were friendly towards her, but this arrogant main character always seemed to dislike her, which made her feel very annoyed. However, she couldn't express it openly and could only secretly try to get close to him, hoping to gain his favor. But when would this aloof cat prince finally soften up for her?

  Others didn't know what to say either, after all they knew that Tsukishima had never been too enthusiastic about girls.

  "Ryoma, what's wrong with you? One moment you're excited and the next you're depressed. I really don't know what you're thinking," said Tezuka in a strange tone.

  "Nothing, I just thought I saw someone familiar, but when I went out, I didn't see anyone." Yue Qian said lightly. But she didn't tell Tao Cheng that the familiar person was her, whom they had met together.

  "Oh" Taicheng still had doubts in his heart, but he didn't ask any more questions and continued eating sushi with his head down.

  After eating, the students walked out of the store and looked at the vending machine not far away. They took out their wallet to buy a bottle of Pocari Sweat to drink, but just as they were about to take out the money, they were blocked by Qing Shui Liang Si.

  "Long Ma, I'll treat you to a drink," said Qing Shui with a smile. She was determined to make him have a good impression of her.

  "Never mind," said Koshiro as he opened his wallet and pulled out some coins.

  "Long Ma, it's okay, I'll treat you," Qing Shui Lian Si reached out to stop him from taking out his wallet, but in her haste, she accidentally knocked the wallet to the ground with too much force. A photo slipped out of the wallet and fell to the ground.

  Ryoma Echizen hastily tried to pick it up, but Taichi was a step faster and teasingly waved the photo at him. "Wow! Ryoma's also romantic enough to put photos in his wallet? Haha! Let me see who it is..." Taichi's playful words trailed off as he saw the person in the photo.

  Koshiro took advantage of his daze to try and grab it back, but others also came to grab it because they were curious about what kind of photo could make Koshiro hide in his wallet. "What's the photo? Let me see!"

  Several people came and went in a hurry, but none of them saw the photo. The photo had actually fallen onto Qing Shui Liang Si's body. Qing Shui Liang Si glanced at the people in the photo and their expressions, feeling a flash of jealousy and unease in her heart. Pretending to be pushed by them, she fell to the ground, and her hand "accidentally" damaged the photo. A good photo was suddenly torn into two pieces, and what's more, it was torn by the person next to him...

  Everyone's body stiffened and stopped frolicking, because they saw that when he saw the photo being destroyed, his pupils suddenly contracted, and his amber-colored cat eyes began to condense anger and coldness... They had never seen him like this before, and were instantly at a loss...