[bright] time

Chapter 8

In Hegu's apartment, they went home after the routine study meeting, leaving Yijiao and Aguang still left.

Aguang was sent to buy the food reserves that he accidentally ate up, while Yijiao and Hegu discussed matters related to the three days and two nights of the camp.

"With you on our side, Shinto and I will definitely be able to go. I don't know how many people there are on Yamu-san's side?"

"I haven't contacted you yet, but Nase said that she has already asked for leave. So there should be four of us here."

"That's great, I hope this camping will help her in her shogi exam. She really has perseverance."

"The departure is on the [-]st, right? Shinto didn't know what happened the day before?"

"Don't worry, he's so dull, he won't notice."

During the conversation, a slight vibration suddenly came from a corner of the room.

"What's the sound?"

"cell phone?"

The two looked around and looked for their bags, but none of them were the source of the vibration.

Following the voice, Hegu and Yijiao searched for a long time and finally found Ah Guang's cell phone under the bed.

"How did he get there!? The idiot."

"Ah, at that time." Yijiao sneered when he remembered that when Aguang planned to use his mobile phone to secretly take pictures of Hegu's dozing face just now, Hegu just opened his eyes, and he was so scared that he stuffed his mobile phone under the bed and pretended to be fine. .

When He Gu picked up the phone, the vibration of the phone stopped.

"Ah? Forget it, tell him after Shinto comes back and tell him to dial back by himself." He Gu put the phone aside and continued the discussion just now.

At this time, the phone started to vibrate again. I wanted to leave it alone, but after it finally stopped, it started another new vibration, which was endless.

"I said!!! How many times will that person be beaten?" Kazuya, who had veins floating on his forehead, finally couldn't take it anymore.

"Is there something urgent?"

When He Gu heard what Yijiao said, he picked up A Guang's cell phone and opened it.

"There is no recorded number, and I don't know who it is."

The two looked at each other in blank dismay, considering whether to answer or not.The mobile phone kept vibrating in Hegu's hand, as if urging the owner of the mobile phone to quickly answer, Hegu pressed the call button,

"Hey, this is Shinto's cell phone, he now──"

"Shinto!! Why didn't you answer the phone after turning it on!" The other party cursed with disheveled hair, and it seemed that the constant failure to get through the phone had also worn out his patience.

"How can anyone call without mentioning their name!? Who are you!?" His eardrums were shocked by the other party, and He Gu was also angry.

"..., I'm Taya."

"Taya Ryo?" Never would have thought that this call would be made by Ryo, surprised Yu unconsciously repeated the name in a low voice, Yijiao also opened his eyes wide after hearing it.

"I want to see you, where are you now?"

Hearing this, He Gu was in a state of confusion for nearly a minute.

Wait, wait, wait for me,

This person said he was Taya Ryo?

go!If I had known it earlier, I would have asked him to ring a hundred times before answering, no!That's not the point.

Then he said he wanted to meet Shinto?

Shinto Hikari, when did you become so familiar with that poker face! ?

"Could it be... I did it, your eyes, and Mr. Kurata's—" The voice of the other party became smaller and smaller, so small that it was almost inaudible.

Hegu felt that he had heard something he shouldn't have heard.He has no interest in prying into the privacy of people he doesn't know because it has nothing to do with him.Although Liang can't be said to be someone he doesn't know, He Gu has no desire to know about the private affairs of people whose personalities are different from his own.

"Wait for me, listen clearly, I'm not Hikari Shinto! Don't keep talking on your own."

"...." Ryo paused, and continued:

"Why didn't you just pick up his cell phone, Shinto?" The voice seemed to be able to freeze the listener in an instant, it was extremely cold.

Liang does not have a mobile phone, but to him, a mobile phone is different from a telephone.The mobile phone contains a lot of personal privacy, and it is very rude to touch it without the consent of the person concerned.

"Don't you think that's uncommon sense?"

"What did you say!?"

"He Gu?" Yijiao looked at He Gu's face from the iron blue to the current crimson red, feeling ominous.

"What do you mean by picking it up casually? Why can't you pick up your friend's cell phone for him when it rings so many times? Who knows if something terrible happened!? Huh, but if I knew it was you, I would have rang a thousand times." I won’t pick it up either! Go—” You fucking!

Seeing that He Gu was about to get dirty, he quickly snatched the phone

"Taya, hello, I'm Ikaku. Ichito went shopping and should be back soon. I'll ask him to call you again. That's it for now."

After hanging up the phone, Yi Jiao breathed a sigh of relief.

"Why are you doing bad things? I can't get over my anger if I don't scold all three generations of his ancestors!"

"Does that also include Taya-sensei?"

"!?" He Gu was speechless for a while, lying down on the ground, kicking the wardrobe to vent his anger.

Thinking of Liang's cold and haughty tone just now, He Gu became angrier as he thought about it:

"Hmph, I just have no common sense! Young Master!"

Probably guessing the reason why Hegu was so angry, Yijiao said:

"Watani, even if you don't help Shinto pick it up, I will pick it up."

Knowing that Yijiao was comforting himself, He Gu glanced at him,

"If you picked it up, you won't quarrel with that guy like me!"

"You think of me too peacefully." Yijiao smiled wryly,

"Tsk, death into Tengguang made me suffer so much, so hurry up and come back to me."

***

A Guangti packed two cans of oolong tea, one piece of toast, four packs of biscuits, and two bowls of instant noodles in a plastic bag, and walked on the way to Hegu's apartment.

When I passed the convex mirror at the corner, I saw the blindfold on my right eye from the reflected mirror, and I remembered what happened that day.

During the night of the typhoon, the hand holding the corner of his clothes came to mind again.

Maybe Taya burned too much, maybe she was dreaming,

Taya Ryo was completely different from the one I knew that day.

Pale and slender fingers, like finally catching driftwood in the vast sea,

He tightly grasped the corner of Ah Guang's clothes.At that time, Ah Guang just wanted to get more ice cubes,

"Where are you going?" Ryo asked in a weak voice, squinting his eyes wet with high fever.

"kitchen."

"Oh..." nodded.

"...You want me to stay?"

Shaking his head, with a smile that even Ah Guang could tell it was forced:

"No, I'm fine by myself."

How far is he going to be brave?

He doesn't know what his expression is now, what are his hands doing?

"...But I can't go with you like this."

Liang's hand was holding on to Ah Guang's clothes, but he didn't realize it.

"Huh?" He opened his eyes and looked at A Guang with a puzzled face.

"This." He grabbed Liang's wrist and came to him, seeing his own hand and Ah Guang's clothes, Liang closed his eyes guiltily, and said in a low voice:

"I'm sorry, I was too self-willed, before I knew it..."

"Forget it, it doesn't matter, you are sick." Gently opened the tightly clasped fingers, put his hand into the quilt, and covered the quilt.

"I'll be right back. Did you hear that?" comforting Liang, who was a little delirious,

"Hmm..." Liang replied in a ignorant manner.

Just when Ah Guang was about to step out of the room, a faint voice came from behind,

"I'm sorry, Dad."

Call me "Dad" again.This evening, he has called me "Dad" for the third time.

In other words, he regarded me as his father from the beginning to the end.How do I resemble Teacher Taya?It can be seen that Taya's brain is about to burn out.

It was obvious that using ice cubes to reduce fever was useless, and Ah Guang finally made up his mind to go to the shopping street at the intersection to buy antipyretics even in the wind and rain.

I'm not as boring as Taya Ryo, who always counts how many times someone said a sentence,

However, calling me daddy hit me so hard, it was like being slapped three times.

In addition, he said "I'm sorry" many times.

Is it necessary to feel so guilty just for being sick?

As a chess player, maintaining a healthy body is an obligation.Mr. Kurata said that last time,

That hopeless Go idiot must have thought so from the bottom of his heart...

After thinking about it, he finally returned to the Danchi where Hegu's apartment was located.

Aguang adjusted the elastic band of the blindfold, turned his waist and neck, and said to himself:

"But I'm really blind. I've dodged a few cans, but I can't dodge that signboard. Has my body become dull?" It's a shame that my elementary school is still a dodgeball school team.

Climb up the stairs and open the door of Hegu Apartment,

"Bought it back."

At the moment when the door was fully opened, an unknown object flew towards Ah Guang's face at the speed of a missile.

"Woo!" Just as he was about to hit his left eye, Ah Guang desperately grabbed the unknown object.

"Huh~, I almost turned from a one-eyed dragon to a blind swordsman... Death and Valley! What are you doing!? You suddenly threw this kind of thing over..." The one in his hand was not light to pick up. something of high hardness,

"This... thing... isn't it my cell phone that I've only been with for three days!? Are you trying to kill me or murder my cell phone!?"

"You have missed calls!" Withdrew from the throwing posture, He Gu sat back on the ground.To Yijiao, who wanted to stop himself from making dangerous behaviors, but was a step too slow, with his hands still in mid-air, said:

"Do you think he can be hit so easily? Yijiao."

Even Ah Guang could tell that He Gu was not in a good mood, so he had to hand the bag to Yi Jiao and ask him to put things away.While taking off his shoes, he turned on his phone to confirm.

"[-] missed calls." That's outrageous.

Sheyitong, finally remembered that he forgot his "lucky jacket for friendship" at my house?It was later than expected, and the matter with Li Jia has finally been settled;

Mr. Kurata said two things, tsk, what are you doing again, the calligraphy classroom is not serious, is it?It's nerve-wracking...

Mom made two phone calls. I didn't know what it was. I said that there was a seminar today;

The last [-] rounds were all played by the same person.

I haven't seen the number, who is it...Um?

Ask He Gu who is lying on the ground flipping through popular magazines,

"The last call shows that it has been answered, can you answer it for me? Who is calling?"

"Don't you know who is calling? Isn't there a number displayed on it!"

"Who remembers so many numbers! Who typed it?"

He Gu was silent for a while, then got up from the ground solemnly, and said in a sitting posture:

"Cough, Shindo. I know that no matter how close friends you are, there should be a limit. I apologize for answering your phone call without your consent."

Ah Guang's eyes widened: "Which scene are you imitating again? Why are you so nervous all of a sudden? Lift your head up, He Gu! Why are you apologizing!?"

"Don't you think I have no common sense? I'll answer your calls casually!"

"What are you talking about? If you don't answer me, how will you know who is calling? I haven't seen the number."

"Really?...So I answered this call for you, you don't blame me?"

"Why do you blame me? Didn't the phone ring many times? Why can't I answer it?"

"Hehe,...that's great, we are indeed people from the same world, I knew that our common sense concepts are interlinked! You are indeed my Maggie!" Patting Ah Guang on the shoulder, he could almost burst into tears Describe Hegu's current expression.

With an expression of "forgive me", Aguang turned his head to Yijiao who had packed his things and walked over:

"What happened to Kazuya?"

"I was stimulated by the phone call just now. He Gu's nerves are actually very delicate." He still had the same harmless smile on his face.

"Who is calling?" How could Hegu be provoked like this?

"Taya Liangluo." Yijiao replied.

"Ta... Taya?"

He Gu went on to say: "Yes, as soon as he answered the phone, he crackled and said a lot, saying that he wanted to see you, and why your eyes were injured. He caused it. Is that so, Shindo?"

Facing the questioning eyes of Hegu and Yijiao, Aguang unconsciously began to tap his index finger and middle finger on the table. stand up:

"The injury was caused by me accidentally, and it has nothing to do with him."

Ah Guang scratched his hair carelessly:

"Tsk, I'm going back first, I have to go to work tomorrow, I have to get up early, let's go first, bye."

Picking up his backpack, Aguang left Hegu's apartment.

"Oh~, in this situation, no matter how much you talk to him, there will be no result."

"Yeah. Although he often slips his tongue, once he decides not to say it, he really won't reveal a word."

"Anyway, it can't be a fight, he and Taya Ryo."

"It shouldn't be possible. It should be..."

***

After leaving the station and walking home, Ah Guang made up his mind to make a phone call.

When he pressed the call button, Ah Guang immediately shouted in his heart: Miserable.

Now at ten o'clock in the evening, the Taya teachers who have just returned to China must be at home, and this group of phone numbers, no matter how I don't want to admit it, it can only be a home phone.

I'm dead, if Teacher Taya and the others pick it up..., I should die standing up, and immediately fly to another country.I think it's better to hang up, anyway, Taya must be asleep too.

"Hi, this is Taya's house." The phone rang on the fifth ring, and the other party spoke in a pleasant voice that was neither low nor high.

"Hou, that's great, it's me who picked up." Ah Guang breathed a sigh of relief.

"Shinto."

"Oh, your ears are so good, I haven't even reported my name yet."

Ah Guang's inexplicably energetic voice still couldn't relieve the melancholy in Liang's heart, ignoring Ah Guang's joke, he said:

"... Are your eyes serious? Will it get better?"

"Stop cursing me, it's not that serious." Sure enough, it was because of this incident. I heard about it in the Chess Academy. The speed at which rumors spread is really unflattering.

"Mr. Seta said you bled a lot."

"Seta?" Who is this?

"The pharmacy you went to was opened by Mr. Seta, he is a guest of the chess club."

"Yes." The short answer actually contained a series of anxiety in Ah Guang.

hell!The pharmacy was opened by a guest of the chess club?

Dead, the doctor I went to see is also a guest of the chess club, right?

In this way, I actually got two stitches, which might be exposed because of this.

Hey, Taya, there shouldn't be any guests at the chess club with the surname Yamane, right?It's not such a coincidence, is it?

When he heard that a few stitches were needed, Ah Guang thought it was serious, but the doctor said that it would be okay if he didn't sew, but the healing would be slower and there would be scars.In the end, Aguang decided to sew.

In order to avoid excessive fuss from others, he had to explain a lot, and Ah Guang, who was afraid of trouble, always only answered the recovery time, and did not mention the treatment process at all.

"I want to see your injuries."

"Ah? What time is it now! Isn't your house locked? We'll see next time."

"Shinto Hikari!..., when do you think the next time is? You will go to the place for two days from tomorrow, then I will go for another two days, and then the chess academy will be renovated for another four days! By the time I see it, it may be already ──."

"Yes, it's healed. So there's nothing to worry about."

It was because of this thought that Ah Guang ended today's chess game in the form of rapid chess.As long as I don't meet Liang today, the next time we meet, the thread will be removed, and the blindfold can be taken off, maybe even the scar will disappear.It's like nothing happened.

However, the fact that the owner of the pharmacy is actually Mr. Seta was unexpected by Aguang.He just knew that Liang was not the kind of person who would ignore others when they were hurt because of him, so Ah Guang decided not to say anything.

After all, Ah Guang has seen enough of Liang's expression of pushing himself into a desperate situation.

"I'm not worried! It's just..." Liang's small sighing voice came from the other end of the phone: "I want to thank you. And, yes──."

"If you apologize, you don't need to say it!" Is today an apology day?Why do so many people ask me to apologize!

Just through the voice, Liang's guilt-filled face almost appeared in front of Ah Guang's eyes.

"Also, I don't recall you doing anything that warranted an apology to me."

"You man! Do you think I can't guess what happened without reading the game record? Mr. Kurata, you don't want others to read that game record. The only reason is that you made some mistakes that shouldn't be made and let him win. Chess! And that mistake is most likely due to the... parallax caused by the injury of one eye!"

Hehe, BINGO! !

When Liang came to such a conclusion, Ah Guang almost shouted out this sentence in admiration.But if he shouted, he would definitely be scolded to death by Liang, so he held back.

"I can't deny that almost everything you said was right. But! I lost because I wasn't strong enough to beat him. And even if there were no mistakes, Kurata-san won in the end."

"This kind of thing is not guaranteed at all. You know again!?"

"I just know! Anyway, losing is the result, so don't ask me any more!" Don't you think I'm comfortable losing that game of chess?I'm sick too!

"you!…"

Liang hated Ah Guang the most when he said this.People of my own age seem to use this phrase: "Don't ask me any more".Hearing what Ah Guang said, Liang always felt that he was excluded for no reason.

"If you explain it clearly, then I don't have to ask!"

"I-...!"

And Ah Guang has always been most afraid of the two things of "explaining" and "explaining". If he is not good at eloquence, he needs to explain the ins and outs of something clearly, which is as painful as asking him to write beautiful words.

"I do not want!"

A person who needs to explain, and a person who is not good at explaining, this is one of the reasons why Aguang and Liang often go in the direction of "Cold War" without knowing it.

For nearly 2 minutes, neither side continued to speak.Only the sound of raging fire burning behind.

"Ryo, what's the matter, aren't you sleeping yet? Mom is going to sleep first!"

"Huh? Okay, good night."

Ah Guang heard the conversation between Liang and Mingzi on the other end of the phone.

Only then did I realize that it was already late at night, and it shouldn't be the time for such unnutritious fights.

The traditional building of Taya's house is not very soundproof. Although it is hard to imagine, there is no guarantee that Mr. Taya will not rush out to scold someone—of course scolding me for calling in the middle of the night.And this guy has a chess match tomorrow, forget it, I'd better raise the white flag.

"Taya, tomorrow you will have a chess match with Mr. Kurata instead, go to bed early."

"Shinto!"

"Um?"

"We..., should we be friends?"

I don't know why Liang suddenly asked this question.

I don't even know why he asked this possibility.

And with such uncertain voices,

He couldn't think of it at all with Ryo Taya, who was holding chess pieces and fighting ruthlessly with himself on the chessboard.

Throwing away the questions that crossed my mind, and the tangle of suppositions,

Ah Guang didn't even think about it, and spoke out his thoughts without any concealment.

"Your question is very strange, and I can't answer it. Because I already think so."

"Already" is it?

Has it become a "perfect tense" before you know it?

Liang sighed, thinking of his stubbornness, persistence, and avoidance these days, it had no effect on Ah Guang's "wishful thinking" or "forced acceptance" thinking, and did not produce any obstacles Effect.Feel helpless from the bottom of my heart.

I can only answer helplessly:

"I see. Good night."