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Chapter 337 - 169. School Trip (18)

Chapter 337: 169. School Trip (18)

Dubian Che looked across the Yachuan River, found the right angle, and threw the stone in his hand.

The stone skipped across the water with a series of plops, raising white splashes, moving so fast it almost resembled a lizard sprinting across the water.

"How was that?" After confirming it reached the other side, he turned to the other four and said.

"Did it bounce dozens of times?" Saito Keisuke asked in amazement, "How did you do that?"

"In 2004, a French scientist published an article in ’Nature’," Dubian Che brushed the dust off his hands, "How many times a stone skips depends on four parameters: initial speed, rotational speed, the angle at which the stone..."

"Mayi is here!" Ichiki Aoi’s anxious and uneasy voice interrupted him.

The Nijo Bridge, bathed in sunset hues, was adorned with the slender figure of Mayi Asuka.

She looked this way, and because of the backlight, it was hard to see her expression clearly.

"Let’s go up there!" With that, Ichiki Aoi had already started walking.

Kunii Shuichi and Saito Keisuke immediately followed.

Dubian Che’s gaze turned to Kiyono Lin, who sat elegantly and beautifully on the bench.

Compared to her, the Yachuan River was nothing.

Looking at her, Dubian Che repeated, "It depends on four parameters: initial speed, rotational speed, the angle at which the stone..."

"...and the type of the stone," Kiyono Lin stood up, calmly flipped her long hair over her shoulder, and walked towards the bridge without turning back.

"..."

Kiyono Lin was definitely divine.

Which ordinary high school student reads ’Nature’?

By the time Dubian Che and Kiyono Lin reached the bridge, the atmosphere was already tense.

Kunii Shuichi and Saito Keisuke were utterly confused and remained silent, while Ichiki Aoi nervously looked at Mayi Asuka.

Only Mayi Asuka reacted as usual, but when Dubian Che appeared behind Ichiki Aoi, she slightly tilted her head by a few centimeters.

Her calm expression took on the ’colorful hues of the Yachuan River at dusk.’

Everyone’s gaze was focused on the two of them.

Ichiki Aoi clutched the handrail of the Nijo Bridge, her fingers turning white from the pressure.

"Mayi..."

"...Yes."

Ichiki Aoi took a deep breath, her sixteen-year-old slender abdomen under her knitted sweater and shirt visibly contracted.

The tension spread to everyone with her surprisingly loud breath.

Even Dubian Che, who knew this confession would be futile, felt a bit nervous.

"Since middle school, I, I..."

Ichiki Aoi felt her face heating up as if it was about to burst into flames, the sound of her heartbeat painfully loud.

She took another deep breath.

"I love you, senior! I’ve always loved you! Since middle school, I’ve always loved you!"

"...Thank you," Mayi Asuka nodded calmly.

After a moment of silence, Ichiki Aoi realized what had happened and quickly said, "It’s ’love’ love, not just like! Will you, uh, go out with me, senior?"

Saito Keisuke’s mouth fell open, and his eyes shone.

Kunii Shuichi, taken aback, blinked rapidly.

"...Sorry."

Hearing the response, Ichiki Aoi clenched her fists, unable to accept it, "Is it because you don’t like girls?"

"...I already have someone I like."

"Oh, I see, haha," she laughed awkwardly, her world plunging into a deafening silence.

Then, the murmuring of the Yachuan River and the roaring engines of cars passing over the bridge thundered into her ears.

Watching Ichiki Aoi standing rigidly, Dubian Che took a few steps forward.

"Uh, senior Mayi, would you join me by the river?" He wanted to give Ichiki Aoi some time to gather her emotions, "I just discovered a technique for skipping stones, want to see?"

"Okay."

After Dubian Che and Mayi Asuka left, Ichiki Aoi finally turned around.

She looked at the remaining three, scratching her cheek in embarrassment, "I feel both disappointed and relieved."

She inhaled and continued with a smile:

"But the probability of mutual affection is small anyway, especially among the same sex. Even just finding a good friend that you get along with is difficult in a lifetime, right?"

As she spoke, tears began to well up in Ichiki Aoi’s eyes, her world blurring.

She wiped the corners of her eyes, laughing and crying, "Kiyono, I’ve been troubling you during this time, making you waste so much time with me, thank you so much..."

The word ’thank you’ got stuck in her throat, unable to come out.

Ichiki Aoi could only nod slightly towards Kiyono Lin, then shifted her gaze to the distant Ohanazaki Mountain.

Kunii Shuichi saw the clear tears breaking free from her eyes, sliding down her cheeks.

He felt he had to say something.

"Ichiki, you’ve already done something amazing!" Kunii Shuichi’s voice was so tense it almost cracked, "If I fell for someone of the same sex, I wouldn’t even dare to confess, so you, you..."

Kunii Shuichi hated himself for not reading more often, unable to even finish a comforting sentence.

As he agonized over what to do, Ichiki Aoi squatted down as if hollowed out.

She turned her back to everyone, covering her mouth, and began to cry softly besides a pillar of the Nijo Bridge.

——

Dubian Che picked up a pebble and threw it towards the river, which was beginning to darken.

The stone flew straight towards the other shore.

"How was that?" he turned to ask Mayi Asuka.

"Pretty impressive," Mayi Asuka clapped lightly.

Dubian Che looked into her clear eyes staring intently at him and smiled, "You didn’t watch, did you, senior?"

Mayi Asuka squinted her eyes with a smile, "I was watching you the whole time, Che."

Dubian Che picked up another stone, calculating the angle for his throw.

"What do you think about Ichiki’s situation, senior?"

"Aside from you, Che, I don’t like anyone else," Mayi Asuka said with a detached attitude.

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