I.W.B.A.L

　　After noticing that Setsuna was looking at her, Gui Yanye pursed her lips and a conflicted expression appeared on her face. After a moment's silence, she still asked this question.

　　"It's not very good. At least for other people, this kind of thing is wrong. However, at least the world now is not disgusting, and I don't resist it that much."

　　Looking into Kotonoha's eyes, Setsuna's expression seemed very calm.

　　"If this can make everyone happy, then it doesn't matter if it continues like this. Anyway, I grew up in such a family, so I don't hate this kind of relationship that much."

　　Katsura Kotonoha was a little confused and wanted to say something but stopped herself. Looking at the calm Setsuna, she fell into silence. Setsuna smiled and comforted Kotonoha.

　　"Don't worry too much about it. If you really can't understand it, just pretend you don't know anything."

　　"...I will try my best."

　　Looking at Kotonoha, Setsuna didn't say anything else, but looked towards his own room.

　　"So much time has passed. I'll go back and take a look at what's going on with those two people."

　　"Um...."

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Cherry Blossom Season: 109. Kiyoura Mai makes me feel sick

　　While Kiyoura Mai was out, Katsura Yanye sat quietly in the living room, watching the three people going in and out of Setsuna's room. She watched Setsuna pull Saionji Sekai into the bathroom, they entered the bathroom together at a very fast speed, and walked out of the bathroom very quickly.

　　As for Kento, he walked out of the room with a complicated expression on his face. He looked at Gui Yanye who was sitting in the living room, nodded slightly to her, and left the Qingura family.

　　"That Miyamizu-kun..."

　　Watching Kento leave from the door, Setsuna walked out of the bathroom first. Gui Yanye couldn't help but ask Setsuna.

　　"Well, Kento, please go home and change your clothes for the time being. I will come back later in the evening. Don't worry about it. I have to go back to my room and clean up my room first. The world will be out soon. You can talk to her."

　　Because of what happened just now, Setsuna's own room was a little messy at the moment. She had to clean up her room before Qingura Mai came home. Without waiting for Gui Yanye to speak again, Setsuna returned to her room and closed the door.

　　Just like that, looking a little impatient, she entered her room and closed the door. Gui Yanye just sat in the room and didn't know what to do for a while, as if she was the only idle person in the whole house.

　　Not long after Setsuna came out of the bathroom, Saionji Sekai also came out of the bathroom and appeared in Katsura Kotonoha's field of vision...

　　Not understanding why things turned out like this, Kento returned to his apartment. After entering the house, he closed the door and walked into the bathroom. He turned on the shower head, watched the water pouring down, stretched out his hand and felt the water temperature.

　　The cold water soon became warm. He undressed himself and put his clothes into the clothes rack. Then he stood under the shower and closed his eyes.

　　The water soaked every inch of his skin. He stretched out his hand to wipe away the water droplets on his face, but paused, squinted his eyes, found the shower gel beside him, squeezed it on his hands, washed his hands, rinsed off the foam, and then wiped away the water droplets on his face.

　　He never thought that something like that would happen when he arrived at Setsuna's house. If he had known it earlier, he would probably... still go.

　　"It's just that the Saionji world... It just happened so fast that I didn't think too much about it. Now that I think about it again, it doesn't seem that bad. But in that moment... Why did I do such a thing?"

　　He had completely planned such a development. He guessed that Saionji Sekai would not be able to help but eavesdrop, and then he pulled her into the room. What followed was a development that he could never have imagined.

　　His thoughts suddenly became complicated. Kento stood under the shower and thought for a long time. He couldn't guess why Setsuna did such a thing and for what reason. He simply stopped thinking about it. After washing himself clean from head to toe, he walked out of the bathroom, put on his other clothes, and threw the dirty clothes in the clothes rack directly into the washing machine to wash them. He sat in his room and didn't want to go to Qingpu's house right away. He sat alone in the apartment in a daze.

　　I think about the connection between the universe and the individual, and the significance of the individual's existence to the world. I even want to discuss with others the contradictions and conflicts between personal ideals and reality, capital and human rights, and other topics...

　　The sky gradually darkened. Kiyoura Mai had already returned from the commercial street and was preparing dinner. Setsuna was helping. The guests, Sekai Saionji and Kotonoha Katsura, were sitting on the sofa in the living room to rest.

　　When Kento came out of his apartment and arrived at Kiyoura's house, he acted like nothing had happened. He greeted Katsura Kotonoha who was sitting in the living room, and Saionji Sekai who was lowering her head, then went to the kitchen counter and helped Kiyoura Mai prepare dinner.

　　"Did you take a shower?"

　　Qingura Mai was preparing dinner. When Kento approached, she immediately smelled a faint scent of shower gel from him. She looked carefully and found that his hair was still a little wet and not completely dry.

　　"Well, I was a little sweaty in the afternoon. You weren't at home just now, and I didn't have anything to do here, so I went home to take a shower."

　　"I see."

　　Qingpu Mai nodded, shifted her gaze from Kento, and handed some of the work on hand to Kento. She stared at the pot, looked at the hot steam rising from it, opened the lid, and started to cook. As for Setsuna, he stood beside Kento and helped prepare the ingredients.

　　Saionji Sekai, who was originally sitting in the living room with her head down, raised her head and looked at the harmonious scene of the three of them preparing dinner together. Her mood was a little complicated, and she looked at Katsura Kotonoha beside her.

　　"Hey, Kotonoha, look at Kento and Setsuna, standing together. Do they look like a family?"

　　"Um?"

　　Katsura Kotonoha, who was suddenly asked a question, shifted her gaze from the TV program to the three people standing at the kitchen counter preparing dinner. After a glance, her gaze fell on Saionji Sekai who was standing beside her.

　　If it was before today, she could easily answer 'yes'.

　　But at this moment, she was a little confused for a moment, not knowing how to answer Saionji's world better, and she couldn't give an answer for a long time.

　　Saionji Sekai didn't care about this. Looking at the three people standing behind the kitchen counter, a hint of admiration flashed in her eyes. Then she lowered her head silently and sat quietly on the sofa, no longer paying too much attention to the three people.

　　The dinner took a lot of time. Kiyoura Mai prepared a lot of dishes. After the five people sat down at the table, looking at the table full of dishes, Saionji Sekai and Katsura Kotonoha couldn't help but sigh.

　　"Because time is tight, I can only prepare these. Just treat it as if you are at home."

　　After hearing what Qingpu Mai said, the two girls looked at each other, thanked Qingpu Mai for the hospitality, picked up their chopsticks together, said "I'm starting", and started to have dinner.

　　No one talked much during the meal. When dinner was over, the three people who prepared dinner were still the ones who cleaned up. Sekai Saionji and Kotonoha Katsura sat on the sofa doing nothing.

　　It's not that Saionji Sekai didn't want to help, but it was a little inconvenient for her to walk now, and she was worried that Kiyoura Mai would notice something, so she simply sat on the sofa with Katsura Kotonoha.

　　"Setsuna, please help clear the table, Kento, help me clean the kitchen utensils."

　　After giving the order and moving Setsuna away from her side, Qingpu Mai asked Kento to follow her back to the kitchen counter. While washing the dishes, Qingpu Mai leaned forward slightly, glanced towards the living room, and noticed that Setsuna had left, then looked dimly at her side.

　　Kento quietly put the pot into the sink. Because there were two sinks, Kento and Qingura Mai could use one each to wash the dishes.

　　"Are you happy?"

　　"Um?"

　　"I don't quite understand young people today."

　　Qingpu Mai's faint whisper made Kento look at her out of the corner of his eye. He noticed that Qingpu Mai was also looking at him. The moment their eyes met, he noticed the resentment in Qingpu Mai's eyes, and he couldn't help but grin, with a dry bitter smile on his face.

　　"What's the meaning?"

　　"I am not qualified to say anything. Does Setsuna already know?"

　　Having said that, Kento also understood that Kiyoura Mai had already understood some things, and even knew the things that Setsuna and Saionji Sekai had concealed.

　　We are not stupid. Qingpu Mai is an adult after all. What she has seen and experienced will only be more, not less than that of a moment. What on earth happened? After thinking about those strange things, Qingpu Mai guessed the answer.

　　"Um."

　　Kento had never considered hiding the secret from Qingpu Mai, but he just didn't know how to tell her. Now that Qingpu Mai herself has discovered this matter, Kento felt relieved in his heart.

　　Qingura Mai, who had only guessed in her heart, couldn't help but pursed her lips and showed a heavy expression on her face after hearing Kento's response.

　　"Setsuna didn't say anything?"

　　"Um."

　　The muffled reply made Qingpu Mai turn her head to glance at Kento. Was there no other answer besides "hmm"?

　　"Don't you have any idea at all?"

　　"There are a lot, but I don't think it makes sense. Let's just leave it like this for now. The more I think about it, the more it gives me a headache. It's better to just leave it like this."

　　She simply didn't know the word "tank". Looking at the indifferent Kento beside her, Qingura Mai didn't know how to describe her feelings at the moment. She opened her mouth but remained silent.

　　It didn't take long to clean up the dishes, especially when two people were working together. It took about five minutes to clean up the dishes. Setsuna also cleaned up the table. Kento glanced at the two girls sitting in the living room, then at Qingpu's mother and daughter, and thought that it was time for him to go home.

　　"It's about time I go home, too."

　　"Going home so early?"

　　Qingpu Mai was a little surprised. The two girls sitting in the living room and Setsuna, who was about to sit down on the sofa, also looked at Kento.

　　"It's getting late. We still have time tomorrow. See you tomorrow."

　　Noticing the gazes falling on him, Kento smiled, said goodbye to Qingura Mai, and walked out of the room. Setsuna looked at Kento's back as he left, his eyes falling on Qingura Mai.

　　"....."

　　Noticing her daughter's gaze, Qingpu Wu, who had originally been thinking of seeing Kento off so that she could go out and be alone with him for a while, couldn't help but give up the idea and stood quietly in the house watching Kento leave.

　　"Um, do you want any fruit?"

　　Turning back to meet her daughter's gaze, Qingpu Mai smiled and asked them...

　　When he came out of Qingpu's house, the moon was already high in the sky outside, and stars were twinkling in the dark night sky. The evening breeze was blowing, and when he came out of the room, the air he breathed was slightly fresher. He took a long breath and walked back to the door of his apartment.

　　As soon as he entered the house, he poured himself a cup of tea, sat quietly at the desk, looked down at the table, stared blankly for a while, then slowly opened the drawer.

　　"What to write?"

　　He took out the manuscript and placed it in front of himself. For a moment, he didn't know what he should write. He just felt that he should write something to speed up the progress a little bit. He looked at the manuscript in front of him and fell into thought.

　　He returned to his apartment around eight o'clock and sat at his desk for an hour. At around nine o'clock, he put down the pen in his hand and threw it aside. Feeling the soreness in his eyes, he closed his eyes and slowly raised his head.

　　He sat on the chair, stretched his body in the shape of a "big" character, slowly came to the edge of his bed, sat down on the bed, and was about to turn off the lights and go to bed when he seemed to think of something and touched the mobile phone in his pocket.

　　"I haven't contacted you for a while. It's been so long and I don't know what you're doing now."

　　After a while, Sanye didn't contact him actively anymore. No one knew what happened or if she was still mad at him.

　　Kento also missed his life in Itomori. He hadn't been back to that place for a long time. For a moment, he thought about going home, but now he is a student and still studying in Tokyo. At least before the summer vacation, there is probably no hope of returning home.

　　"Summer vacation in July. It's April now, so there's still some time left. The vacation starts at the end of June, which is two months."

　　After thinking for a while, Kento came back to the calendar, flipped through the calendar on the desk, looked at the time on it, turned to July, marked it casually, then sat back on the edge of his bed and lay down.

　　"I forgot to turn off the light."

　　He just lay down and looked at the light above his head, then sat up again and turned off the lights in the room.

　　Sekai Saionji and Kotonoha Katsura slept in Setsuna's room. Because of Setsuna's own condition, the bed was not very big, so it was a bit difficult for three girls to sleep on one bed. Kiyoura Mai used a spare quilt and made a bed on the floor in Setsuna's room, and Sekai Saionji and Kotonoha Katsura slept together.

　　Originally, Setsuna was sleeping on the bed, but while chatting, she was pulled down from the bed by Saionji Sekai, pulled into the quilt, and hugged Setsuna tightly with both hands...

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Cherry Blossom Season: 110. A Day at the Manga Cafe

　　Standing in front of the mirror in the early morning, holding a toothbrush in his mouth, foam dripping from the corners of his mouth, he reached out to straighten his long hair, brushed it, spit out the foam in his mouth, rinsed his mouth with water, washed his face, and then walked out of the bathroom.

　　He walked to the window, drew aside the pure white curtains in his room, and looked at the warm spring light that poured into the room. However, Kento's eyes were stimulated by the dazzling light and he had to close his eyes. After relaxing for a moment, he opened his eyes again and looked at the blue sky outside the window.

　　There were white clouds floating in the sky, pure and clear, which reminded Kento of the sky he looked at in the countryside when he was a child.

　　The homesickness that I had finally calmed down last night could not help but surge up again as I looked at the sky connected to my hometown. For a moment, I recalled the fields and forests, and the mirror-like Lake Itomori that sparkled in the sun.

　　But I didn't have time to go back, so I walked to my desk and looked at the calendar. Even the nearest holiday was on April 29th, but it was not connected to the holiday. As a single day off, there was no time to travel back and forth between Tokyo and Gifu.

　　As for May——

　　It is because the three holidays of "Constitution Memorial Day", "Green Day" and "Children's Day" are connected together, plus the existing holidays, there is a four-day long holiday.

　　"Can you go home in May?"

　　To return to Gifu from Tokyo, you can take the Shinkansen to Nagoya, and then change to the tram from Nagoya back to Gifu. The whole process takes about two hours, and it will take three hours to get home. However, considering that it will take some time to take the Shinkansen from the apartment, it is estimated that it will take four hours, which is eight hours round trip. During the four-day holiday, almost one day is spent on the road. So if you start from the evening of May 2nd, it will be almost night when you arrive in Gifu.

　　"You can rest at home on the third day, leave for Tokyo on the fourth afternoon, adjust on the fifth day, and go to school as normal on the sixth day."

　　Today is the 13th, and there are still about 20 days left until May.

　　At first glance, time seems very long and a bit unbearable. Now there is basically no need to think about these things in detail. Whether I will have time to go back depends on the specific situation at that time.

　　Instead of thinking about those things, he might as well think about what he should do today.

　　Standing quietly in front of the desk, Kento stared at the calendar in front of him, turned it back to April, then walked to his small closet, took out the clothes inside, put on his casual clothes, and stood quietly in the room for a while.

　　After waking up in the morning, his sluggish consciousness gradually began to return to its normal level. He picked up his wallet from his desk and left his apartment.

　　If he hadn't gone to Kiyoura's house, Setsuna might still be sleeping at this time, or he might have already woken up. But considering that Katsura Kotonoha and Saionji Sekai were staying overnight at her house, they were probably still at Kiyoura's house at this time. He felt that if he went there, he would only disturb them.

　　Coupled with what happened yesterday, it was also a big shock to Kento. He also needed to calm down, so he couldn't deny that he had some thoughts of avoiding it.

　　All in all, he couldn't stay in this apartment anymore.

　　After walking south for a while, he arrived at the bus stop, stopped and waited for a while. Looking at the dense bushes across the asphalt road and the flowers under the trees, Kento was stunned for a moment.

　　It should have been a familiar scene, but after a period of time, looking at this street scene again, I couldn't help feeling a little strange and emotional in my heart, as if I had opened an old yellowed photo album deep in my memory and compared it one by one with the scenery in front of me.