Chapter 82 "When Can You Come Back?"

Tuesday arrived quickly.

On that day, Chabashira Sae made an announcement during the morning class meeting.

"Today is the time for the review of the violent incident involving Class C and D. Both parties and their homeroom teachers must be present."

Chabashira Sae announced this on the podium and then looked towards Fang Li.

"Nanaya, come to the office to see me after school."

After speaking, Chabashira Sae left the classroom directly.

The classmates immediately began to discuss this matter.

Especially Hirata Yousuke and Kushida Kikyou, who occasionally cast worried glances at Fang Li.

Even Horikita Suzune and Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, who were usually reading and trying to lower their presence, were now paying attention to Fang Li.

Obviously, all the students in the class were paying attention to this matter.

However, Fang Li seemed to be oblivious to these glances.

While the classmates were occasionally looking at him, Fang Li was instead holding a detective novel, frowning and looking towards his side.

On Fang Li's right side, Sakura Airi was sitting as usual.

However, Sakura Airi's expression was even more gloomy than usual, and her hands were tightly gripping her skirt, as if she was afraid of something. She had even closed her eyes tightly.

(What happened?)

Thought Fang Li to himself.

It's no wonder Fang Li would think that way.

On Sunday, during their holiday, when the two of them parted ways in the dormitory elevator, Sakura Airi was still fine. Even though her cheeks were slightly flushed and she appeared more nervous than usual, she didn't show any abnormalities.

But yesterday, on Monday morning, not only did Sakura Airi enter the classroom at the last minute before the bell rang, almost being late, but also throughout the class, she seemed to be afraid of something, hunching over and staying in the classroom until after school, then scrambling into the crowd, intentionally looking for a moment when there were more people to go back to the dormitory together.

This was not at all like something Sakura Airi would do.

In the past, Sakura Airi would only leave quietly by herself, and would only appear quietly by herself. When would she act like this, deliberately choosing the busiest time to act?

Furthermore, not only was her behavior different from usual, but Sakura Airi's performance was also quite concerning.

(What are you afraid of?)

Fang Li could only frown and watch Sakura Airi like this.

If it was someone else making such a performance, Fang Li would be puzzled, but as long as it didn't concern him, he wouldn't investigate further.

But at the beginning, Fang Li had already taken a special interest in Sakura Airi due to a certain feeling, so he paid particular attention to her abnormal behavior.

(It seems like I need to take a closer look at the situation.)

Fang Li thought silently, completely ignoring the worries of the people around him about the upcoming hearing about violent incident, and instead focusing on something else.

In this situation, the day's classes also began.

The time for school to end slowly arrived.

...

"Ding dong..."

As the bell announcing the end of class rang, not a single student in Class D chose to leave their seat. Instead, they all turned their heads once again to look in the direction of Fang Li.

Fang Li opened his eyes and began packing up his textbooks while picking up his backpack.

At that moment, Hirata Yousuke and Kushida Kikyou approached him.

"Are you sure you're okay, Nanaya-san?"

Hirata Yousuke expressed his final concern.

"Why don't I accompany you to the hearing, after all, this matter is related to me as well,"

Kushida Kikyou also voiced her worries.

Meanwhile, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka went the opposite way and instead struck up a conversation with Horikita Suzune.

"This hearing also involves the class points, are you planning to sit back and do nothing?"

Ayanokouji Kiyotaka skillfully redirected the topic to Horikita Suzune, subtly indicating his concern about the incident.

"Yes," Horikita Suzune pondered for a moment, not refusing as bluntly as usual, "if it's related to class points, then I can also participate."

In other words, except for Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, the reclusive one, everyone else in the room had thoughts of advancing or retreating together with Fang Li.

Unfortunately, Fang Li's response remained the same.

"There's no need to worry."

These words were enough to dampen anyone's enthusiasm, and they continuously fell from Fang Li's mouth like a well-worn phrase.

Then, Fang Li fell silent as if he had grown tired of speaking. He picked up his backpack and headed straight for the classroom door without another word.

As Fang Li walked past Sakura Airi, she called out to him...

"Nana...Nanaya-san...!"

Sakura Airi had her eyes tightly closed and her body tense. She called out to Fang Li in a slightly louder voice than usual.

"Un... "

The rest of the class looked at Sakura Airi with surprise.

As they had never seen her behave this way before.

Fang Li immediately stopped in his tracks and turned to look at Sakura Airi.

"What's wrong?" he asked calmly.

Even though others could feel the tension in her back, Sakura Airi felt a sense of safety in Fang Li's calm voice.

She lowered her head and spoke in a trembling voice.

"When...when will you be back?"

In her trembling voice, there was a hint of pleading and hope.

The rest of the students in the class were at a loss as to what was happening.

But Fang Li, upon hearing the pleading in Sakura Airi's voice, narrowed his eyes.

Without a second thought, he gave her a powerful answer:

"Soon."

His brief reply carried more weight than any other words.

Sakura Airi didn't turn to look at Fang Li.

But her tense body relaxed slightly, as if she had received some form of rescue.

"Can I wait for you here?"

Sakura Airi asked in a lower voice that only Fang Li could hear.

To this, Fang Li only gave a faint smile.

"I'll be back soon."

With that, Fang Li left the classroom and headed towards the office.

The classmates in the classroom no longer paid attention to Sakura Airi, and began to discuss the upcoming hearing.

Only Horikita Suzune, Kushida Kikyou, Hirata Yousuke, and Ayanokouji Kiyotaka looked at Sakura Airi with doubtful eyes.

Sakura Airi didn't look at them, but instead gazed towards the direction of the classroom door, recalling the reply from Fang Li just now. Her fear-filled heart finally had a glimmer of hope.

"Please come back soon..."

Her voice was extremely faint, and disappeared into the wind.

No one heard it.