A girl emerges from the grass

　　If Shinichi was closer to Furuhashi, she might ask for his help.

　　After all, no matter what, he was ranked second in school, but he had taught Nariyuki, and Fuutarou. On the one hand, he thought he had a gift for teaching.

　　Based on the experiences of these two people, he believed that as long as one worked hard, one could teach anyone to become a master!

　　And Furuhashi is a little weak in science. If she brought her method of studying humanities into science, others could make mistakes. If she worked a little harder, maybe she could make ends meet and achieve the goal of perfection in subject mastery, replacing the monster currently ranked number one in the class!

　　Of course, this is just a thought.

　　The relationship between Shinichi and Furuhashi is just a few words, and he will be rewarded with nothing. Even if he wanted to teach, would Furuhashi be willing to be taught by him?

　　Even if Shinichi was a good teacher, it is nothing but complacent vanity to think that everyone should accept his kindness.

Furthermore, from a certain point of view, in his previous life he lived alone in the ward until he died, and in this life he used books as a companion and rarely communicated with others, and his experience with the opposite sex was basically zero. Even if the daily chatter is not a problem, his mentality is not comparable to that of a virgin man, but if he takes the initiative to reach out to help women, and asks Furuhashi with a gentle smile, "You need help?"

　　What if she thinks he's attracted to her! Shame to death!

　　Light novel protagonist, are you not ashamed?

　　But I'm embarrassed!

　　So even if Furuhashi really didn't know anything about math and wanted someone to tutor her in her studies, Shinichi wouldn't dare recommend himself… Unless there was a reason to do so, or he really couldn't stand it. Even though he was embarrassed, he still wanted to do it.

　　Otherwise, Shinichi could only read his own book and quietly say something to his classmate sitting next to him.

　　Lunch break.

　　Furuhashi sat next to him, having just been called to the tutor's office, while Fuutarou, who was sitting at the front, went to the cafeteria to eat barbecue.

　　He had heard that this was the cheapest dish in the cafeteria.

　　Shinichi took the bento he made, and prepared to go to Shuch'iin Academy's beautiful garden for lunch as usual.

　　But Nariyuki walked towards the door alone, and he immediately stood up and waved at him.

　　"Hey, wait a minute, Shinichi, let's have lunch together!"

　　Shinichi looked at the two boys in his class who had taken out bento boxes near Nariyuki's seat, nodded friendly at them, and then joked at Nariyuki.

　　"We've been classmates for a year. Don't you know that I like to read while eating alone? Sorry, I'm a bit quiet."

　　"No, I didn't mean that…" Nariyuki hurriedly explained, but seeing his refusal expression was very firm, he didn't try to persuade her anymore. After letting out a disappointed sigh, he immediately returned to his cheerful smile, "Then find another chance to get together! I want to hear your explanation on how to read long texts!"

　　"If you have anything to drink, see you there." With a wave of his hand, Shinichi turned and left the classroom.

　　The corner of Nariyuki's mouth twitched, and his expression became slightly crumpled.

　　(Why does it feel like Nariyuki's temperament is getting stronger and stronger? Is this my illusion? Should I stay away from him...)

　　Rubbing his arm, Shinichi decided not to think about such things that would destroy a rare friendship. He walked to the third floor, walked through the corridors, went downstairs to change his indoor shoes and arrived at the beautiful courtyard behind the teaching room building.

　　Thanks to the generous support of many investors, Suchi'in Academy is not only large in size, but also invests a lot of money in the design of environmental buildings.

　　Behind the towers and tall buildings of this English-style building is a labyrinth garden full of greenery and full of flowers, about the size of two football fields.

　　Therefore, most people would just date and eat outside the park to prevent getting lost and causing disaster. Even so, the warm and sunny scenery is pleasing to the eye, the fragrance of flowers and grass gently wafting with the wind, and the air warmed by the sun.

　　When Shinichi arrived, many people were already sitting on the benches enjoying their lunch.

　　Most of them were lovers feeding each other affectionately, as if not wanting to disturb the peace here, they lowered their sweet words and tried their best to enjoy their affection among the flying flower petals.

　　Logically speaking, this should be an excellent lunch spot for single students, especially for the two poor single students, Fuutarou and Nariyuki. Just watching is enough to make people feel so full that they want to vomit, so what's the point of having lunch?

　　But Shinichi still chose this place as his lunch place, because by chance, he found a secret base isolated from the world.

　　Instead of walking through the marble path like the others, he circled in a semicircle along the brick wall of the flower garden, passed through an inconspicuous gap in the garden labyrinth wall, entered the labyrinth, and walked through it and a small gazebo suddenly came into view.

　　Under the golden sand-like sun, several ivy climbed up the dark gray pillars, ancient stone tables and chairs stood quietly, surrounded by greenery, birds and flowers, there was even a huge cherry tree standing quietly on the side.

　　When the breeze blows, the flower petals like snowflakes rustle, so that the dull tones and the light and light shadows form a harmonious landscape painting.

　　This is a nice resting place that Shinichi accidentally found.

　　Because it was in the middle of a labyrinth where few people came, the bustle was far from here, it was replaced by soothing comfort, and the scenery was so beautiful that one could lose track of time when looking at it, it could be called his ideal place and also his exclusive secret scenic spot.

　　At least today, he didn't meet anyone else here.

　　Shinichi once thought that if he got a girlfriend in the future, he should bring her here for lunch in the spring. The warm sunshine and the blooming cherry blossoms will feast his eyes and make the food more delicious.

　　Fortunately, there were very few people who had memorized the route of the entire labyrinth in their minds like him, and knew how to take shortcuts. Otherwise, this place would definitely be packed with people and become a noisy and chaotic dating resort.

　　He selfishly hoped that only he could find the secret base which he named "Sakura Pavilion".

　　Walking into the gazebo, he brushed off the pink petals on the table, sat down on a sun-warmed stone chair, and opened the bento.

　　There was some simple home cooking inside, much of it was left over from last night after gripping chopsticks with both hands and saying: "Ittadakmasu".

Shinichi took out a book from his lunch bag, and read slowly while eating his lunch.

　　There was a gentle fragrance in the air, only the sound of the wind lingering in the ears, surrounded by the most beautiful gifts given by nature, accompanied by books and delicious food, Shinichi couldn't help but smile pleasantly, and sighed for a long time.

　　"Ah, it smells really good~"

　　Suddenly the grass behind the gazebo made a sound.

Shinichi was stunned, stopped his chopsticks and turned to look, just in time to see a girl coming out of it.

　　The girl struggled to get rid of the grass, and after standing firmly on the ground, she supported her knees and took a breath, then patted the leaves and weeds off her body, and waited for all her clothes to be tidied up before she looked at Shinichi who was sitting in the gazebo.

　　Winking her gentle blue eyes, she brushed her pink hair behind her ears with her fingers, then gently placed them in the blue headphones hanging around her neck.

　　Standing between the cherry-colored petals on the ground, the girl hesitated for a moment, as if she had made up her mind, she opened her vermilion lips lightly, and a soft and gentle voice sounded in Shinichi's ear with the wind.

　　"Do you know where this is?"