The setting sun shines on the classroom windows.

The sky outside the window was a thin ink blue, and the orange street lights lit up one by one in the distance, illuminating the many students walking home along the Ginkgo Slope.

The closer we get to winter, the daylight hours are shorter than before, and even before six o'clock, the sky is already dark. The time to leave school is approaching, and the sound of sports clubs practicing on the playground has begun to fade away.

Sakakihara held his chin with one hand, tilted his head, and looked at the fading blush on the distant skyline.

The color of dusk, the smell of books, the exchanges between classmates when saying goodbye, the chatter of students passing by in the corridor outside the classroom. These smells and sounds seem to slow down the second hand above the classroom...

"Lejun?"

In a daze, Raku Sakakihara heard the sound and turned around, only to find that Amami Kuruuri had finished handling her student union affairs and returned to the classroom. She was now standing at the door of the classroom.

At this time, there were no other students in the classroom.

Liuli is naturally beautiful, and the little bit of sunset outside the classroom window falls on her face, making her face look extremely gentle.

Tianhai Jiuliuli approached him, smiled and said, "I suddenly discovered that Lejun and Qiyue are very similar."

"What is that?" Sakakihara Raku's eyes fell on the face of the high school girl walking in front of her. The girl's Western-style school uniform was very straight.

"Lejun and Qiyue always like to look out the window intentionally or unintentionally...ah, and yuki does the same too."

"Looking out the window..."

Raku Sakakibara looked back at the sunset that was about to disappear, and then faced Tiankai Kururi again, "It's nothing, I'm just looking at the scenery in a daze. Now that Ruri's work is done, let's go home after finding July in the Literature Department.

.A-Ling’s birthday has just passed, it’s already November, and the New Year is coming soon.”

After he finished speaking, he stood up.

"I don't think so."

"Huh?" Raku Sakakibara packed his schoolbag.

Tianhai Jiuliuli helped pick up his school uniform jacket, "It's the way you always look out the window in a daze."

"This action...is normal."

"Normal is normal, but I have seen Qi Qi like this for more than ten years, so I naturally understand what she is feeling and thinking at this time...Similarly, what is Lejun feeling and thinking now?

I can also tell what he is wearing."

Tianhai Jiuliuli smiled and paused for a moment, then walked forward and reached out to hug him.

...

The sweet fragrance hit her nostrils, and the refreshing fragrance of last night's shower gel came from the girl's slender neck.

Sakakihara Rakudu was stunned for a long time, and it took him a while to react.

"What are you doing... Liuli, hugging me so suddenly."

Tianhai Jiuliuli hugged his neck tightly and said seriously:

"When July was often in a daze, I would hug her directly like this... Every time I saw her looking out the window, I felt that she was so far away from me, and I no longer felt like

She's her sister. Lejun is like this too. She's obviously right by the window, but she seems to be far away from me, as if she's flying far away."

"Liuli, you..."

"A hug will make you feel better, right?"

Liuli's words seemed inexplicable at first.

But Sakakihara Raku felt as if he could feel her meaning and roughly understand her thoughts.

...People who like to look out the window are probably confused inside, right?

There is almost no purpose, and you may even stare at a leaf swaying in the wind for a long time.

why is that?

Sakakihara thought about it carefully. In the past... he liked to finish running, and he liked to sit on a bench on the street in the busy city, sweating profusely after finishing the run...

Then, I quietly watched the flow of people passing by in front of me, quietly waited for the street lights of the night market to turn on, and quietly observed the milk tea shop opposite as the takeaway guys walked in and out one after another...

It feels like... I don't belong to this world, it's vague and ethereal.

"This is the feeling of loneliness, Lejun." Tianhai Jiuliuli said very seriously, "It was like this before July."

Lonely?

Thinking about it carefully, it seems like what Liuli said...this feeling is loneliness.

Looking out the window, looking at the crowd...

If my past self had been sitting on a bench for a long time, and had been alone for most of my life, I would have been looking forward to someone talking to me, right?

"so--"

Tianhai Jiuliuli emphasized, "Qi Qi was always in a daze in the past, so I would always hug her like this to bring her back from the lonely world..."

Sakakihara Raku felt the warmth coming from Amami Kuriuri's body in his arms, and felt something, "It's pretty good..."

"Every time I hug Qiyue like this, Qiyue will sigh and say, 'Sister, you are clinging to me again. Do you really like me so much?'... Although Qiyue sighs and complains again, I can see it.

When I came out, she was really happy that I could talk to her."

Sakakihara Raku can verify this.

Every time she shamelessly touches Qiyue's hand or waist, she always chooses to swat her hand away, acting like she's disgusted, but actually she doesn't hate herself for doing it.

She is a little lonely herself, but she likes the feeling of someone loving her.

"Is the same thing true for Lejun?"

"Of course."

When Tianhai Jiuliuli heard what he said, she strengthened the arm holding his neck, hugged his neck a little harder, and moved her face towards him... At the same time, she spoke softly in her ear, "Then I will do this

Give Lejun a hug and Lejun will feel better."

"...affim."

...

"What trouble did Lejun encounter today?"

After they separated, Sakakibara shook his head and said, "No, it's just that I feel a little emotional when I think that the Chinese New Year is coming soon and the time has moved forward one year."

"...Don't like how time flies too fast? Why don't we go and meet Qiyue and take a simple walk outside the school together?"

"...Anything is fine."

...

During the walk, Liuli seemed very enthusiastic and enthusiastically led the other two people to chat while walking on the street.

Liuli took the lead, and the three of them talked about daily trivial matters, international events, and school gossip. They also talked about the topic of Korean room-temperature superconductivity, which has been quite discussed on YouTube recently.

Liuli thinks that there are really results there and can look forward to it; Qi Qi is completely opposed to it and even dismisses it. She thinks that the guys in Korea are just talking nonsense. This kind of thing will basically appear once every two years.

This time, the Koreans just deceived themselves.

Sakakihara had reservations. Anyway, he didn’t understand this aspect and would not comment.

Then the topic changed from "Is it possible for room temperature superconducting to be successful?" to "If it is successful, the future application direction."

When it comes to this... Qiyue Encyclopedia is indeed the Qiyue Encyclopedia. She can explain the application in detail according to the properties of materials... and then she talks enthusiastically.

Sakakihara Raku thought that she could not let her talk anymore, otherwise he and Liuli would be completely unable to talk, and the meaning of the three of them chatting would be lost, so he quickly stopped.

"July, stop, stop, stop!"

"What? What I said is wrong?"

"No, no, what you said in July is so right, so right."

Tianhai Qimingyue frowned, "Why do I feel like you are mocking me?"

Tianhai Jiuliuli immediately changed the topic, "Ah~! July, July, let's talk about the recently released game. Didn't we try it together over the weekend?"

"Lack of sincerity," Raku Sakakibara commented, "but the gameplay is good."

Tianhai Qimingyue agrees with this point of view, "It is simply a copy of the previous generation's work. It only changes a few small things and puts it on the shelves to pretend to be the second generation. It is a very common method for game manufacturers to cheat money."

...

The three of them chatted while walking along the roadside. They also bought milk tea and takoyaki on the way, and sat on a bench to rest for a while.

Sakakihara Raku didn't even notice that the time had already reached half past seven.

After starting from school, one and a half hours had passed before I knew it.

After eating, he continued to get up, and then stopped at an intersection. Sakakibara took out his mobile phone and took a look at the new messages received on LINE.

Sakakibara Suzu, who had been off work for a long time, sent him an emoticon of a rabbit lying on the floor, foaming at the mouth, and then asked when they would be back. She and Yuki were starving to death at home.

[Going back immediately.]

With such a reply, Sakakibara put away his phone, glanced at the two sisters beside him who were still criticizing the game manufacturer, and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.

He didn't know why this smile appeared on his face, but probably it was the so-called little fun in daily life.
To be continued...