"You two are here, just in time. To thank you for your help, the teacher has invited you to dinner after school."

Rin Kiyono put down the book in his hand, turned around, looked at Koizumi Aina and said: "No, I agreed to help for club activities, not all for helping the teacher."

"But you have the intention to help me, right? That's enough. Qingye-san, give the teacher a chance. It's shameful for a teacher to owe a favor to a student. It will make me feel guilty about sending students."

Watanabe Toru thought that Koizumi Aona was not being polite, but really thought so. The reason was that the girl who could see through all lies sighed helplessly and agreed.

Koizumi Qingna smiled with satisfaction and said: "At six o'clock, meet here and I will drive you there."

"You guys?" Toru Watanabe said quickly, "Teacher, I have something to do tonight."

He wanted to follow the navigation to the event location early and survey the escape route in advance.

"What's the matter? Watanabe, you won't work overtime, right?" Koizumi Aina looked at him suspiciously.

"How could that be? I'm an top student who abides by school rules."

"What's the matter? You don't even have time to have dinner with the teacher?"

"Qingye classmate lent me an English classic. It's very profound. I want to seize the time to read it this weekend and return it to her early."

Koizumi Aona looked at Kiyono Rin: "Is that so?"

Rin Qingye crossed his arms, with a despicable smile on his pretty face.

"Truth and lies are mixed together and you are talking nonsense. Teacher Koizumi, I suggest you stop liking this liar."

Koizumi Qingna turned her head and approached Toru Watanabe: "Watanabe, how dare you lie to the teacher?"

"It's too close, teacher, please stay away a little bit, it smells too good."

Koizumi Aona grabbed Toru Watanabe's ear and stared at him angrily with her almond-shaped eyes: "You want to change the subject!"

"It hurts, teacher."

"At six o'clock, wait for me here, do you hear me?"

"......clear."

Koizumi Qingna let go of her hand and saw him touching his ears. She couldn't help but laugh: "Stop pretending, I'm not trying hard."

"My ears are quite sensitive."

"...What are you talking about! How do you understand such strange knowledge at such a young age!" Koizumi Aina's ears were slightly red, and she tried hard to be dignified as a teacher.

"What weird knowledge? I said my ears have low defense and are prone to pain. What are you talking about, teacher?"

"Nothing." Koizumi Aina turned around and quickly left the activity classroom.

Watanabe Toru had no choice but to stay in the mobile classroom until school was over. At six o'clock, he and Seino Rin took Koizumi Aina's car to go to dinner.

The dining place is a pretty good barbecue restaurant.

Because Koizumi Aina has made a reservation in advance, the three of them don’t have to queue even during the peak meal period.

"It only took me five days, no, three days to be precise, and I got two A's! And I only studied for a while every day!"

"Super super super super country people from the countryside, there are actually people living in that kind of place!"

"There's not even a coffee shop. It's so funny! How poor is his family?"

"I doubt he can only afford discounted lunch boxes from the supermarket!"

The three of them had just sat down in the private room when a familiar voice came from next door.

Rin Kiyono glanced at the direction where the sound came from with cold eyes, then sneered mockingly, assumed the posture of a bystander observing human beings, and looked at Toru Watanabe, wanting to see his reaction.

"This is Tamamo-san?" Koizumi Aona stood up with a sad look on her face.

Watanabe Toru quickly grabbed her.

"Mr. Koizumi, if you go now, you will embarrass Tamamo-san in front of many people."

"but......"

Watanabe Toru persuaded with a smile:

"Teacher, I don't care about this kind of thing at all. Just let them laugh if they laugh. I won't take it to heart, and it won't affect your studies. Besides, it's rare for Tamamo-san to get double A, so just keep her happy for a few days.

Well, at worst, if I ask her to answer more questions in class in the future, I will treat her as punishment."

Koizumi Aona looked at Toru Watanabe seriously and saw that his smile was natural and not forced at all.

She reached out and rubbed Watanabe Toru's hair distressedly: "Teacher, I'm proud of you."

Toru Watanabe was dissatisfied with having his hair rubbed by a beautiful teacher in her twenties.

"My hair is going to be messed up!"

"Ahaha~" Koizumi Qingna laughed proudly and sat down again, "By the way, Watanabe, I've always wanted to ask you, is your hair styled like this on purpose?"

"Of course, it's very expensive."

Watanabe Toru's hairstyle is very natural, and it's hard to tell whether it was done that way on purpose or whether it was left unkempt after waking up.

"Really?"

"I, Watanabe, never lie."

"This sentence smells like a lie as soon as you say it."

Toru Watanabe corrected: "Please call it a joke."

Koizumi Qingna nodded: "It's quite interesting."

Watanabe Toru hasn't eaten barbecue for a while, so it tastes a bit rough, no, it should be said to be bold, which sounds better.

Koizumi Aina also ate some, but only Seino Rin, like a rabbit, only ate vegetable leaves. No, it should be compared to cabbage caterpillars, which is more unpleasant.

"What are you looking at?" Qingye Rin noticed his gaze and put down the knife and fork with the vegetable salad.

"nothing."

"You must be very angry. You obviously care so much about Tamamo's beauty. You have worked so hard to prepare test papers for her and tried your best to improve her self-confidence."

"No, I'm not angry at all. What I'm doing has nothing to do with Tamamo-san. It doesn't matter what she thinks of me. I'm trying so hard to help her all because of Teacher Koizumi."

"Watanabe..." Teacher Koizumi didn't know what to say.

The sarcasm on Kiyono Rin's face disappeared, and she looked at Toru Watanabe seriously for a while, then she put the vegetable salad into her mouth with a knife and fork as if remembering it.

"You are very observant," she said.

"Qingye-san, can I ask you a question?"

"I won't necessarily answer."

"That's your freedom." Toru Watanabe paused, "With your character and speaking style, you shouldn't have any friends, right?"

As soon as these words came out of his mouth, Koizumi Aona immediately yelled "Watanabe!" reproachfully, and then cast an apologetic look at Kiyono Rin.

Qingye Rin put down his knife and fork for the second time: "You are right, I really have no friends. How about it, are you satisfied?"

"Kyono-kun..." Koizumi Aina didn't know what to say, and her eyes became very maternal.

Then she looked at Toru Watanabe reproachfully and asked him to apologize.

Watanabe Toru reflected on himself and found that he was indeed wrong. Of course, it was not that he should not fight back, but the way he fought back.

As a "Tokyo handsome guy", it is immature to attack girls with words. What he should do is to win the first place in the school in the midterm exam.

"I'm sorry," he said, "I think the reason why you don't have friends, Qingye-kun, is not that you can't find them, but that you don't want to make do with them. You value friendship more than the average person, and I'm not as good as you in this regard."

Koizumi Qingna breathed a sigh of relief, and she suddenly had a flash of inspiration and suggested: "Why don't you two become friends?"

"Ah?" Toru Watanabe and Rin Kiyono looked at her in surprise.

"Watanabe is very smart, he studies hard, and he is self-disciplined and self-reliant in life. From Tamamo-san's case, it can also be seen that he has a good character. Kiyono-san, don't you also say that Watanabe is valuable for observation?"

"teacher......"

"Watanabe, please stay quiet."

"..."

Toru Watanabe coated the beef tongue grilled on the grill with sauce and stuffed it into his mouth.

Rin Kiyono glanced at Toru Watanabe who was devouring his food: "I admit that as a human being, he is a relatively ideal and excellent individual."

"That......"

"But, teacher, you can't just be friends with these things. My requirement is someone who will never lie, and he is obviously not."

Koizumi Aina was at a loss for words, and after a while she said: "Let's just forget that lovers can't lie. Can we relax our requirements for friends?"

"No." Qingye Rin flatly refused, "I have never lied myself, so I am qualified to ask others like this. And I don't force others to do this. I just want to be myself."

"That's what I say, but Watanabe is really good. You two are very smart. There will definitely be a lot of common topics!"

Koizumi Aina's tone was excited, but the content of what she said was pale, as if she had nothing to say.

Watanabe Toru felt very uncomfortable.

‘What’s going on with this atmosphere? Is it a blind date? Or are you promoting an unpopular financial product called Toru Watanabe?’
To be continued...