This Japanese Monogatari Isn't Lame
Chapter 364 - 258. Past Events (Target of 8000 words completed!)

Chapter 364: Chapter 258. Past Events (Target of 8000 words completed!)

"So that’s how it is, after Shen Gu went to Kyubei High School, she became good friends with Beichuan..." Nakano Youko chuckled teasingly as she sat on the diner’s sofa.

This girl seemed completely different from the one who had been scared stiff on the ground just before; it seemed that once she felt comfortable with you, she would naturally open up.

No wonder Shen Gu Mirai said Nakano Youko was an old acquaintance. Without that history, it would have been hard to get so chummy with a girl like her.

"By the way, what exactly is the relationship between Shen Gu and Beichuan?" Nakano Youko asked curiously.

"Mr. Temple and I are just friends for now," Shen Gu Mirai replied quickly.

She seemed to have anticipated Nakano Youko’s whimsical questioning, probably having suffered from this kind of situation before.

Just friends for now?

Hearing this, Nakano Youko’s face showed a hint of surprise.

She had only asked in jest, but she had not expected Shen Gu Mirai to answer like that.

"Just friends" meant that later, they might take a step forward and become boyfriend and girlfriend.

That was the truly surprising part.

Honestly, her interaction with Beichuan Si had only been for a short ten minutes or so.

But Nakano Youko had known Shen Gu Mirai for much longer. In fact, there was practically no one at Ochasaki Middle School who didn’t know about Shen Gu Mirai.

Ochasaki Middle School was integrated with both a middle and a high school. Shen Gu Mirai had left Ochasaki High School to choose Kyubei High School, while Nakano Youko went straight to Ochasaki High School.

Even though Shen Gu Mirai had left, some rumors about her still circulated at Ochasaki Middle School.

Shen Gu Mirai consistently topped her class at Ochasaki Private Middle School, had excellent athletic abilities, was pretty and cute, and was gentle with people, making her very popular among many of the school’s students.

Roughly estimated, over three years in middle school, it’s guessed that about fifty or sixty love letters had been passed to Shen Gu Mirai, including ones from high school seniors and younger grade schoolboys.

But Shen Gu Mirai had rejected them all.

From that time on, Nakano Youko really started to notice and observe Shen Gu Mirai, her classmate.

Shen Gu Mirai might have appeared friendly and approachable on the outside, but at her core, she was definitely indifferent to social relationships.

There were many at Ochasaki Middle School who had spoken to Shen Gu Mirai, but only five or six who spoke to her often, and even among those few, hardly any could converse and laugh freely with her, or had been to her house...

Almost none.

That’s right.

Can you believe it?

During those three years in middle school, not a single classmate had visited Shen Gu Mirai’s home, and not even one knew her family’s address. There was no need to deliver study materials to her since she was always in good health.

All interactions with her stopped at just being "normally conversable."

And because Shen Gu Mirai’s attitude towards people was a bit too mature for her age, only Nakano Youko noticed something odd about her.

So when Nakano Youko saw the current Shen Gu Mirai able to sit nonchalantly next to a boy, occasionally smiling at him, it was as if a storm had erupted in her heart.

If it weren’t so rude, she would have even liked to ask what had happened to Shen Gu Mirai, how she could have changed so much.

She took a sip of her orange juice, stealing glances at Beichuan Si and Shen Gu Mirai from time to time.

Their conversation reached her ears.

"Mr. Temple, last time I watched a movie, and it was really good. If we have the chance, let’s go see it together?" Shen Gu Mirai tilted her head and invited.

Beichuan Si, on the other hand, didn’t quite understand, "You want to see a movie you’ve already watched?"

"Hehe... You can watch a movie multiple times, watching it more than once always yields new insights," Shen Gu Mirai laughed.

Their conversation caused Nakano Youko to bow her head and take a vigorous sip of her orange juice.

Incredible...

Shen Gu Mirai actually took the initiative to invite a boy to a movie, and then the boy even refused—or at least that’s the rumor in Bunkyo District, throughout the entire Tokyo middle school circle.

And Nakano Youko saw it clearly. Shen Gu Mirai probably fancied Beichuan Si.

Otherwise, given Shen Gu’s usual personality, she wouldn’t be acting so obediently.

"I’m going to the restroom," Shen Gu Mirai stood up and headed in that direction.

Watching her leave, Nakano Youko turned to look at Beichuan Si, who was silently waiting for their order.

She finally couldn’t hold back her curiosity:

"Excuse me, Beichuan, are you and Shen Gu in a relationship?"

No sooner had Nakano Youko asked the question did she regret it.

She was so caught up with Shen Gu’s business that she hadn’t considered Beichuan’s reputation.

Beichuan Si was the biggest bad boy in Bunkyo District, and she had asked him such a private question...

While she was lost in thought, Beichuan Si had already replied, "Not now, but maybe in the future."

"In the future, maybe?!" Nakano Youko swallowed hard, surprised as she stood up.

She looked at Beichuan Si, and he looked back at her.