Moving her tense thumbs backwards without any emotion, Tianhai Jiuliuli opened her long bow with both hands and looked forward along the arrow that did not tremble at all. Her tied long hair swayed slightly with the evening breeze,

From the perspective of others, she gives people a focused and calm impression at this moment.

The skin is firm, the hair is shiny, and the spine is straight.

She wears plain white hakama clothes and black hakama skirt. Although she is quite tall compared to her peers, she can still see the girlish feeling called "youth" in her body.

Letting go of his thumb, the arrow flew out, and the tail of the arrow broke a dark green trace in mid-air.

The sound of hitting the target is intertwined with the sound of the wind blowing the grass.

The next moment after hitting the target, Tianhai Jiuliuli put down the long bow.

She maintained the ceremonial movements of archery until the last step, until she raised her head and looked at the sky.

Thick clouds covered the evening sky, and there was a slight coolness in the air.

It's about to start raining, and at this time, the archery club has already finished its usual activities and is deserted.

Tianhai Jiuliuli walked to the mound with the target butt by herself, and collected the bows and arrows on the target one by one. She took the bow and arrows and put them back into her arrow box, and she was busy picking up some new members of the Kyudo club who had not packed them away.

Put the public items back in their place, wait until she changed into her school uniform, and then walked out of the dressing room.

She cast her gaze on the lawn in front of the dojo. The raindrops fell above, splashing out small water stains, and the water droplets fell from the sky.

Tianhai Jiuliuli carried the long bow bag on his back, picked up his schoolbag, and wanted to walk back to the teaching building quickly. But when he arrived under the eaves in front of the wooden sign that said "Mingde Yishu Archery Department", the rain suddenly became heavier.<

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She couldn't help but stop, stretched out her hand to catch the raindrops like arrows, and looked up at the sky.

"It's raining..."

The girl in Western-style school uniform lifted her backpack, opened the buckle on her back, and took out her mobile phone from inside.

Press the power button and the screen will light up. Find the phone number with the note "July" and dial it.

Tianhai Jiuliuli looked at the rain. In the sound of rain mixed with the school bell, she only heard the female voice announcing "You are in arrears" from the phone.

She put her phone away.

I can only stare blankly at the rain.

......

The rain wetted the eaves bit by bit, and even the uppers of the leather shoes were covered with droplets of water. The cold wind in the rain made the exposed skin of the arms feel cold. In the chilly rainy day, even the dusk in the evening became cold.

It was getting darker and darker with the beating of raindrops.

Tianhai Jiuliuli looked at the raindrops with growing anxiety, as if the bow bag on her shoulder bag was a little heavier.

She stretched out her hand again and felt the size of the raindrops again. At the same time, she visually measured the distance to the teaching building and estimated her running speed with her bow bag and schoolbag on her back.

It seems that I have to get soaked all over before I can run to the teaching building.

——Tianhai Jiuliuli came to this conclusion in his heart.

She took back her hands that were wet by raindrops and prepared to rush towards the heavy rain. But just as she stood up, her body was interrupted by a voice behind her.

"You will definitely catch a cold if you rush out."

Tianhai Jiuliuli stopped the steps he was about to take, and even swayed slightly because his movements were suddenly interrupted.

She raised her head again and saw Kanbaru Raku behind her, holding an umbrella and standing next to the wooden sign of "Meitoku Kyūdo Club".

He was carrying his schoolbag on one shoulder and smiled softly at himself who had just stood upright in the rain.

The moment she saw him suddenly appearing behind him holding an umbrella, Tianhai Jiuliuli froze.

"Brother?"

"Why are you so surprised? I saw it was going to rain and your phone couldn't be reached. Isn't it normal for me to give you an umbrella?"

"Ah... no, no," Tianhai Jiuliuli blocked her shoulder bag in front of her skirt, "I'm just curious about why you suddenly appeared just now."

"I've been here for a long time, and I've been watching you from behind."

"Why didn't I notice?"

"I don't know about that. Maybe you're looking at the rain too intently."

Kagura held an umbrella and approached her. Raindrops passed by in front of her eyes. Tianhai Jiuliuli noticed that he was coming, lowered her head slightly, and hid in the umbrella.

The moment he approached, the cold wind blowing from the right was also blocked by him, which made Tianhai Jiuliuli couldn't help but take a curious look at his face.

His eyes were on the hand holding the umbrella and holding the bag, moving closer to his face.

"Give me the bow bag and schoolbag you are carrying on your back. You can take this, the hot milk tea I bought for you on the way."

"No, no need, I'll help my brother get it for you."

"How can you drink easily while holding something? Bring the thing and I will help you."

"..."

After only a few words were exchanged, Tianhai Jiuliuli saw that he took the bow bag off his shoulder with his other hand and put it on his shoulder, almost without giving him any room to refuse.

"Give me your schoolbag too."

"No need for this...brother, you still need to hold an umbrella."

"You'll feel better if you don't have anything to drink, right? Bring it, it's not like I can't lift it."

Then, he also carried his schoolbag over.

Umbrella, bow bag, backpack, shoulder bag, even from a distance you can feel the weight he carries. Let alone standing under the same umbrella with him at such a close distance.

Tianhai Jiululi felt the temperature of the hot milk tea in her hand through the cup wall, and became a little absent-minded.

"Let's go to the station together."

"Well..."

The raindrops were beating against the umbrella, and the road under my feet was wet and slippery.

Walking down the Ginkgo Slope with him under the same umbrella, Tianhai Jiuliuli held the hot side of the milk tea cup with both hands. She only felt that since she had the temperature conveyed between her palms, even her shoulders that had subconsciously shrunk due to the cold wind also felt...

It's getting warmer.

The girl lowered her head and saw his hand holding the umbrella and her shoulder bag he was holding.

Pat pat pat, the raindrops hit the umbrella, and at the same time, there was the sound of his footsteps walking on the road.

Should I help my brother carry something?

Shouldn't we just leave everything to him?

You came here to pick me up so late, because you knew it was raining, so you took the bus here, right?

Have you eaten yet?

My brother should be preparing meals at this time, right?

Normally, dinner is prepared at home during this time, and then we wait for Suzu-chan and I to get home, and we all eat together at home.

Now, because I saw it was going to rain, I called myself in advance. After I found that I couldn’t get through to my phone, that’s why my brother specifically put down his work to pick me up, right?

Why doesn’t the seventh moon come?

It was obviously the same when she came.

Or is it that my brother just wants to pick me up by himself...?

Indescribable emotions were swaying in her heart, and the sound of raindrops hitting the umbrella above her head disrupted Tianhai Jiuliuli's thoughts. She turned her head many times to look at Kanbaru's side face, and all she saw was

In the rain, under an umbrella, he looked carefully at the eyes ahead.

"Liu Li doesn't want to drink?"

"Ah...?"

Kambara pointed at the milk tea she had been holding in her hand for a long time.

"This," Tianhai Jiuliuli smiled at him and put the milk tea in front of his face, "I think this is quite warm to hold, so I kept holding it in my hand."

"Is it warm? It will probably taste warmer when you drink it."

Tianhai Jiuliuli looked back, lowered her face, and her sky-blue eyes saw some water drops lifted up by her small leather shoes. She reached out and lifted the hair beside her ears, "Actually, I'm a little reluctant to drink it.

Inside..."

Kagura smiled at her hesitant little face and said, "Liuli, don't tell me, you were offended by my coming out to pick you up."

"It's nice to be warmed to begin with..." Tianhai Jiuliuli turned his attention to the lily of the valley bracelet on his wrist, "Brother is so busy on weekdays and has so many things to do. At this time,

You must be preparing dinner at home, right? But even though you are so busy, you still notice the weather, think about giving me a call, put down what you are doing, and catch the bus to pick me up at school...

."

Her voice became smaller and smaller as she spoke.

"It's actually very troublesome to do these things."

"Then what are we now?"
To be continued...