As April takes a small step towards May, a large amount of green leaves will emerge from the branches.

All things grow, just like pressing fast forward in a movie.

"The cherry blossoms have fallen."

On the steep slope leading to Kamikawa High School, Kiyono stared at the bare brown branches of the cherry trees.

"New green leaves will grow soon." Watanabe Toru paused, "If these two sentences are combined, do they count as a haiku? "The cherry blossoms have fallen, and new green leaves will grow soon."

"Did you memorize "Essentials of Haiku Comedy"?" Kiyono Rin pointed out tactfully that he was ignorant and didn't understand anything.

"Learning haiku is not as good as learning Japanese poetry. I have memorized all of the Manyoshu, but Chinese poetry is still the best. I personally prefer this." Toru Watanabe replied.

In places other than China, poetry written in Chinese is called Chinese poetry.

Some writers in the former island nation also had to learn how to compose Chinese poetry when learning haiku. Modern textbooks include not only Du Fu's "Spring View" but also Zhuangzi's "Xiaoyaoyou".

"Then why didn't you go to liberal arts?" Qingye Rin asked.

"Science majors make it easy to find a job. Chinese poetry is a hobby. Even if you are not in school, you can learn it by yourself."

“Easy to find a job?”

"Let my parents rest assured that if possible, they definitely still hope that I can earn money on my own to support the family."

"But you've decided to be a playboy, haven't you?"

"Playboy?" Toru Watanabe turned to look at Rin Kiyono next to him in confusion.

He said:

"I'm just a househusband who doesn't go to work and takes care of the kids at home. How could I become a playboy? R-Sang, you are so prejudiced against me. I suspect that if I have an accident, you will most likely die in love."

"When you really have an accident, I will seriously consider it before making a decision." Qingye Rin said perfunctorily.

Going up a steep slope, the teacher on duty today is Huangzi.

"You, stop." She said to Toru Watanabe.

Watanabe Toru stopped: "What's the matter, Mr. Akiko?"

"Call me Fujiki-sensei!"

"Teacher Fujiki?" Toru Watanabe was stunned, "Who is Fujiki?"

Dodging Fujiki Koko's angry straight punch, Watanabe Toru packed up his schoolbag, slipped into the school gate, and caught up with Kiyono Rin in a few steps.

After bypassing the oak tree and walking into the school building, he separated from her at the shoe cabinet. He went to the activity classroom alone and inserted today's blue rose into the PET bottle on the window sill.

Back in the classroom, Rin Kiyono was already holding a hardcover book in his hand and sitting there reading.

When this month passes, she must be harassed during class so that she cannot study - Toru Watanabe thought this as he walked past her.

"I advise you not to do that."

"Qingye-san, you really can't read minds?"

"The eyes are evil, the malice that can't be hidden on your face, I don't even need to read your mind to see through you." Qingye Rin's eyes read the contents of the book column by column.

Her tone is contemptuous, her words are vicious, and her attitude is condescending.

That's too much!

Toru Watanabe slapped his palm twenty centimeters away from the back of her head, and used the spiritual victory method to satisfy himself.

The wind howled by, and even the white curtains next to Miji's seat were blown slightly.

Rin Kiyono's long hair as black as lead powder flutters in the wind, and she is as beautiful as the heroine of a light novel appearing in spring.

"Plop." The pen she placed on the table rolled to the floor.

The pen obviously rolled very slowly, but Qingye Rin did not reach out to save it.

When the pen was lying on the ground sadly, she glanced at Toru Watanabe with her cold eyes without any emotion.

"I'm sorry." Watanabe Toru bent down to pick up the pen and put it back to its original position with both hands.

I’d better consider the suggestion of harassment during class just now carefully.

Watanabe Toru sat back in his seat, took out his homework, and hung his schoolbag on the side of the desk away from the aisle.

After doing this, he took out his mobile phone and placed it on Kujo Miki's desk.

Qingye Rin looked over.

"I'll play secretly later." Watanabe Toru winked proudly.

After finishing the preparatory work, Watanabe Toru, Saito Keisuke, and Ichimoku Aoi chatted about games for a while.

After the morning class meeting, the first classical Chinese class.

"Class test." As soon as the old teacher walked into the classroom, he immediately started handing out books.

"Ah——" Even though they were used to it, everyone still couldn't help but moan.

"Twenty-five minutes to do the questions and twenty minutes to explain."

Watanabe Toru got the test paper and took a look at it. The test question was selected from an original text in "The Continuation of Zizhi Tongjian Changbian".

Classical Chinese and Chinese characters, thanks to the hard work of ordinary high school students in the island country.

Watanabe Toru read through the article and immediately began to solve the problems.

However, just after I wrote two words, "Koizumi Aona" came.

Kiyono Rin was working on the questions seriously, noticed the situation, and looked at Kujo Miki's seat.

Watanabe cat appeared in the belly of the desk.

He curled up and swiped his phone with his cat's tail, seeming to be reading the news.

Occasionally watching videos, the cat's tail would have nothing to do, hanging down on the table like a fish - the ancient Chinese teacher didn't like to patrol, and always sat on the podium drinking tea.

Rin Kiyono wanted to take out her cell phone and take a picture of Watanabe Cat who was secretly playing with her cell phone in class, but the island country's law that photos cannot be muted restricted her idea.

This week she went to buy a mobile phone from Taiwan, and she made a decision in her mind to continue dealing with Gu Wen.

By the time she finished it as quickly as possible, only eight minutes had passed. She rested her chin with her right hand and turned her face to the left side, ready to admire the cat.

Cat Watanabe, who was playing with his cell phone just now, has already fallen asleep.

He was lying on his back like a human being, and the cat's head fell outside the table, making people worried whether the whole cat would slide down and whether the head would be congested with blood.

In front of him - where Toru Watanabe is sitting - "Koizumi Aona" has a face full of anxiety.

Sometimes she peeked at Ichimokui's test paper, and sometimes she looked at Norin with pleading eyes.

With the last five minutes left, "Koizumi Aona" gave up. She lay on the table, preparing to perform the scene of "waking up as soon as she fell asleep" on the night ten years ago.

Is it possible to sleep in that situation? Rin Kiyono had doubts.

Five minutes later, just when the classical teacher closed the lid of the teacup and was about to speak, Rin Kiyono saw Watanabe Cat disappear in his sleep.

"Watanabe-san, please read the article to everyone." The classical Chinese teacher said.

"..."

"Watanabe-kun, Watanabe-kun, the teacher is calling you." Ichimoku Aoi whispered Watanabe Toru's name.

Watanabe Toru calmly opened his eyes and stood up calmly holding the test paper.

""If my father-in-law does not do good to me, my reputation will be ruined" means..."

It said a lot and it was very accurate.

The paper is blank; I just woke up; I deliberately read the questions to delay time and make my brain clearer... Rin Kiyono is quite satisfied with Toru Watanabe's performance.

but......

"Watanabe-san," the classical teacher said with a little doubt in his own voice, "I should have asked you to read the text once, not answer the questions."

"..." Watanabe Toru's expression remained calm and he began to read the text, ""Wang Yuanzhi's son Jiayou is a library official. He is usually stupid..."

Before I finished reading, there was a burst of laughter in the classroom.

Keisuke Saito was pounding the table; Osamu Kunii of the first group turned his body towards this side, holding his stomach and laughing; the monitor pushed his eyes.

Ichimoku Aoi chuckled; the other girls talked back and forth and looked at Toru Watanabe with smiles.

Before Toru Watanabe finished reading, the classical Chinese teacher said:

"Please stand for a while."

"Yes." Toru Watanabe put down the paper with a slightly depressed reply.

The laughter got louder.

Even Kiyono Rin showed a slight smile.

How could this person cause trouble in anything?

Until the end of get out of class, "Koizumi Aona" didn't come back.

"The teacher is unreliable." Toru Watanabe stood for half the class. As soon as he sat down, he turned to complain to Rin Kiyono.
To be continued...