Entering November, along with the cold wind blowing from the "Northern Alps", comes the time for the annual school trip.

"Today's class meeting can be used for discussion." On the podium, Koizumi Aina, wearing a teacher's uniform, talked about the relevant arrangements.

When wearing a skirt, you look smart and capable, making people afraid to joke casually;

Wearing a yukata, the night before the first snowfall in Hakodate, she was innocent and cute, as shy as a little girl hiding in an adult's lap.

This is the teacher everyone admires, and this is his woman - even though he knows this is a bad idea, Toru Watanabe still has such a sense of superiority.

The morning class meeting is over, and everyone in the classroom is talking about where to go on the school trip this year.

"Miki, is there anywhere you want to go?" Watanabe Toru sat upside down, with his hands folded and resting on the back of the chair, and his chin resting on his arms.

"Hokkaido."

"I just came back from Hokkaido."

"So I want to go." Miki Kujo said with a smile, "Especially Hakodate, I want to see the night view."

"Come down from the mountain and let's eat roast lamb." Qingye Rin took out a hardcover book from the drawer.

"After eating the roasted mutton, why don't we go to a garden to enjoy the night maples?" Kujo Miki continued.

""Fragrant Snow Garden"." Qingye Rin opened the book.

"Yes, "Fragrant Snow Garden"." Miki Kujo snapped her slender fingers.

"..." Toru Watanabe looked at the two people singing and harmonizing.

He picked up Miki Kujo's mechanical pencil, pressed it time and time again, and said:

"Tokyo has entered the season for viewing maple leaves. It's already snowing heavily in Hokkaido. Where can I view the maple leaves? I'm afraid there are only bare branches left in the "Fragrant Snow Garden"."

"Then we also want to go to Hokkaido." Kujo Miki teased Watanabe Toru with a smile on her face.

"Let's go to Hakone." Toru Watanabe put down his pen, smiled and held her hand, "soak in the hot springs, and go boating on Lake Ashi dyed red with maple leaves."

"Maple leaves cannot dye Lake Ashi red." Kiyono Rin reminded.

After a slight pause, she added: "But in the colder autumn, when there are fewer clouds and high visibility, it is a good time to see Mount Fuji."

"Mount Fuji!" Tetsuichi Watanabe clasped his hands, "I like Mount Fuji, I like Mount Fuji the most, I really like Mount Fuji."

"Isn't your favorite Yangzhou fried rice from Shikoku Takamatsu?" Qingye Rin asked with a surprised look on his face.

This woman with a good memory is so bad.

"My favorite is Yangzhou fried rice, which has nothing to do with Takamatsu City in Shikoku." After explaining, Watanabe Toru held Miki Kujo's hand again, "Let's go see Mount Fuji!"

"You can see Mount Fuji in Tokyo." Miki Kujo said in a casual tone.

"For example, say 'Roppongi' or 'Meguro Station.'" Doraemon said.

"You even know this?" Toru Watanabe looked at her in surprise.

"It's common sense."

There is no such thing in Toru Watanabe's common sense.

"Why don't you want to go to Hokkaido? Are you afraid of making those two people sad?" Kujo Miki asked.

"It has nothing to do with that." Toru Watanabe explained, "It's just that I just went to Hokkaido and now I'm going again, which is a bit boring."

"It depends on your performance." Kujo Miki was ambiguous, but she already agreed in her heart.

The last class in the afternoon is English class.

"Class test, students in the front row will pass the test papers to the back." Koizumi Aina gave the test paper that she had just printed out to the first student in each group.

The classroom was quiet except for the rustle of pens scratching on test papers.

Koizumi Aona walked around the classroom to check the students' answers.

When he walked to Toru Watanabe, he stopped and looked at it for a while.

"I LOVE YOU" written by Tetsu Watanabe.

A trace of doubt flashed across Koizumi Aina's elegant brows, and she couldn't help but bend down slightly.

She had already taken the test paper, so there was no need to write this sentence.

"Koizumi, I LOVE YOU" Toru Watanabe wrote again.

Koizumi, the romanization of Koizumi.

Koizumi Aina pursed her lips, lowered her head and smiled, pretending to be serious, clasped her fingers on Toru Watanabe's desk, and walked away happily.

After school, Toru Watanabe and the others went to the Human Observation Department together.

The water had just been boiled and before I had even taken a sip of the hot tea, there was a knock on the door.

"Go forward." Qingye Rin said directly without putting down the tea cup.

"Excuse me." Tamamo Kami and Ichimoku Aoi walked in.

The purpose of the two people coming to the Human Observation Department was to ask what they did not do enough this year - in the national competition in October, the Ensemble Department only won a silver medal.

The third graders, represented by Kaoru Hayami, resigned from the club in tears.

Tamamo Haomi successfully sat on the throne of the director of the Musical Instruments Department, and Ichiki Aoi also became the deputy director.

"Memorize music and practice more, there is no other way." This is the advice given by Qingye Rin, which is exactly the same as when she personally guided the wind section in the first grade.

"The training time is obviously the same as last year." Ichimokui said doubtfully.

"Just because the time is the same doesn't mean the level of effort is the same, Aoi." Tamamo said. "Last year, Kiyono-san would check every day, and no one dared to relax. This year, there is no such pressure."

"Is there anything else?" Qingye Rin was not interested in the music department and just wanted to calm down and read a book.

"It's okay, it's okay, excuse me."

Before leaving, Tamamo glared at Toru Watanabe so beautifully, but it was a pity that Toru Watanabe couldn't understand her eyes and didn't bother to guess or think about it.

Club activities - reading books and playing games - ended. Toru Watanabe did not take the bus to Jimbocho with Miki Kujo, but walked to Yotsuya Station to catch the train with Rin Kiyono.

"Tomorrow I will bring the frog and the pig," he said.

Qingye Rin nodded, and the two fell into silence.

Watanabe Toru had a lot to say to her, but he didn't know where to start.

Qingye Rin seemed to have something to say to him, but neither of them spoke.

It was the first time for the two of them to be so tormented when getting along, but this torment was like a writer with stage fright who has to go on stage tomorrow to deliver a speech for winning the Nobel Prize for Literature.

As long as you are with Kiyono Rin, even if it is suffering, it is happy suffering - Watanabe Toru wants to know if Kiyono Rin thinks so too.

The beech trees on both sides of the road have entered the deciduous stage.

As long as they survive this winter, when the south wind blows next year, they will continue to sprout and grow leaves.

The two stood behind the yellow line, waiting for the tram they were about to take.

Toru Watanabe is going to "Shinano-cho", which is to the west of Yotsuya Station; Rin Kiyono is going to "Kioi-cho", which is to the east of Yotsuya Station.

If he hadn't gone to Ochanomizu that night, he wouldn't have moved out and would have been living in that rental house with no room for anyone to stand on the balcony.

Through the window, you can see the light of Qingye Rin.

Occasionally when I go to a convenience store late at night, I will meet her in casual clothes, maybe wearing headphones.

"What songs are you listening to recently?" Toru Watanabe asked.

"Why do you ask this suddenly?" Qingye Rin

"I thought about meeting you late at night and seeing you wearing headphones, so I wanted to ask."

"You're thinking about that night when you and Hanada-senpai went to my apartment and saw my underwear, right?"

"I didn't think about it at first, but I had to think about it as soon as you said it." Watanabe Toru turned his face and looked at Kiyono Rin.

Black school uniform, white shirt, pleated skirt, slim figure, awe-inspiring temperament, have a different kind of charm.

"Where are you looking?" Rin Kiyono crossed his arms and said in a cold voice that made people suspect that this was the Snowpiercer boarding point.

"Miss Kiyono, why are you so perfect?" Toru Watanabe was very puzzled.

"Do you think I'm Mei Ji? I can fool you by saying nice things?" Qingye Rin smiled coldly, "You will only make me angrier."

"I'm telling the truth. The proportions of the various parts of your body are so perfect. Even if you are sitting in a group of people, everyone, including me, can distinguish you from others at first glance, because you have a certain

Unique temperament.”

"I like people who admit their mistakes."

"You look so cute when you are angry and unhappy."

"Keep praising me for being cute. You already used it in last year's National Wind Music Competition. I will never be fooled by you in the same way twice." Qingye Rin held her elbows in a more calm posture.

"Qingye-san, you are so interesting."

"Are you mocking me?"

"It's interesting in a good sense." Toru Watanabe said, "Actually, the reason why a boy likes a girl is very simple. He eats face to face, sees the girl eating slowly and delicately, and suddenly falls in love with it - such a thing

Absolutely."

"Why do you like me? Funny?"
To be continued...