"What?"
Baiyunshan looked at her with some surprise.
Of course he wanted to know about this.
After all, from his point of view, from the beginning to the present, he has only told a certain Hokkaido girl about this matter. So how did the girl in front of me know? In other words, where did you find the signs and guess that you might want to leave?
Of course, the first person to bear the brunt of the leak may be from a certain Hokkaido girl, but Baiyunshan is very sure of this. There is absolutely no doubt that the girl is tight-lipped. After all, not everyone is the president of a certain flower club, and they can’t wait to announce the secret as soon as it is revealed. come out......
Even the possibility of accidentally leaking something is very slim. You know, Nanamin has always been the only one who pries into other people's secrets. How can anyone else pry into her? But if this doesn't hold true, then what's going on?
Baiyun Mountain is puzzled.
Because he couldn't remember when he leaked relevant information, unless he was talking in his sleep, but he was talking in his sleep at home, so how did the girl in front of him know? There's no way he could have snuck in in the middle of the night and overheard it, right? This is too outrageous. You might as well call it a cabin. At least this location is more reliable——
--etc!
cabin......?
As if he thought of something, Baiyunshan's pupils shrank, some fragments were put together, and something suddenly came to mind in his memory.
At this moment, the girl in front of me whispered: "I heard it with my own ears in the hut. Baiyun Sang, you were talking about this matter with Nanamin that day, and I happened to be outside the courtyard... ..."
The girl's voice was very low, but when it fell on Baiyunshan's ears, it was no less than a thunder.
Although he had guessed some possibilities just now, when he heard the news with his own ears, he couldn't help but feel shocked inside and fell into silence.
He did not ask the other person why he happened to be outside the courtyard that day, or why he did not show up after coming. These questions had undoubtedly lost their meaning by this time.
On the contrary, a feeling of enlightenment suddenly arose in his heart. No wonder this period of time feels a little weird, no wonder the other party behaves so strangely after the selection, and no wonder the girl looks like that on the night of moving...
Thinking back carefully, he joked at the time that he felt like he was out of love and went out to drink. Now it seems that even though it is not the case, it is not that far away——
"Baiyun-san, you... like Nanamin, right?"
After hesitating for a long time, Shiraishi Mai tilted her head slightly, staring at an ant slowly crawling on the concrete floor in front of her without blinking, and finally bit her lower lip and asked this question.
Baiyunshan was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say, so he could only nod lightly.
"Um."
"Sure enough, I saw it all that day."
Mai Shiraishi said again.
"Yeah."
Baiyunshan sat quietly, the fried chicken in his hand had turned cold without realizing it, but his attention was no longer on it.
He noticed that when the girl said this, her eyes moved from the ants on the ground to the sparrows on the telephone pole, and then to the sky higher. It seems like memories, seems sad, and more like emotions. There were complicated expressions in his eyes. He couldn't tell whether he was happy or sad, but he could see the relief on his face.
Baiyunshan thought of a lot in an instant.
There was another gust of wind, and the fallen petals were blown to the bench where the two of them were sitting. They got into the convenience bag through the cracks and floated to their clothes and shoes.
The girl silently continued her previous actions, brought the last part of the croquette in her hand to her mouth, and then spoke.
"I finally said it."
"What?"
At this time, Baiyunshan also thought of the fried chicken in his hand. While taking big gulps of the remaining cooled fried chicken, he heard what the girl suddenly said and asked subconsciously.
"As for what I saw and heard that day, I actually wanted to tell it a long time ago, but I never did. Now I finally said it."
As if talking to herself, Mai Shiraishi's voice was so soft that it was difficult to tell who she was talking to.
But Baiyunshan was keenly aware of a strange emotion.
"It's so relaxing. For a moment, it seems like there is no pressure at all."
The girl turned her head slightly to look at him, with a somewhat embarrassed smile on her face, and said: "Baiyun-sang, you should know that I have always been very timid, and I am very bad at all kinds of scary screams, including The same goes for this matter. I knew it at that time, and I had long wanted to tell you to your face, but I never had the courage to do it, so I could only keep it in my heart. "
"I keep holding it in, as if I don't feel like myself anymore."
As the girl spoke, she seemed to recall her previous feelings, and a trace of self-mockery appeared on her face.
Baiyunshan watched her expression change, but pity slowly rose in his heart.
He understood the character of the girl in front of him, and it was precisely because of this that he could better understand the pain he felt when he learned such news, but kept it in his heart without showing any signs of it. After all, this is not just as simple as keeping a secret. Whether it is the news that he is leaving or his relationship with Nanamin, both of them are enough to cause a huge shock in Nogizaka today.
The girl was also one of the shocked ones. If she chose to question him face to face or even publicly, no one would blame her at all, because it was human nature no matter how you looked at it, but she chose to conceal it. In her words, she didn't have the courage to speak out, so she could only solve the problem by keeping it in her heart.
Both helpless and distressed.
"So, why did you have the courage to speak out this time?"
Baiyunshan asked in a low voice.
"Because of the selection."
Mai Shiraishi was silent for a moment and answered slowly: "Because during the last selection, I thought you were going to announce that you were leaving. I wanted to confess this to you a long time ago, but I kept I can’t find a suitable reason to persuade you, so I haven’t been able to say it out loud.”
"At that time, I really regretted why I couldn't speak out. If I had the courage to speak out, even if I couldn't find a suitable reason, even if the possibility was slim, it would still be possible to convince you. After all, there are , it’s better than nothing——”
"So I chose to speak out this time."
Shiraishi Mai sighed softly: "To be honest, Baiyun-san, you may not believe it. When I knew that I became the center, the first thing I felt was not excitement, but happiness. Fortunately, you didn't announce your departure. Fortunately, I Fortunately, I still have the opportunity to say these words to you personally."
The girl's tone when she spoke was very calm, even gentle, but when Bai Yunshan listened, she couldn't help but feel remorse and a little bit of pity in her heart.
This is undoubtedly her truest feeling, and it is exactly the same. The more plain it is, the more she cherishes it.
He had never noticed the emotions hidden in the girl, and he had never thought that the news that he was leaving would have such a huge impact on the girl in front of him.
Because he understood what the other person was going to say next.
I also understand that I cannot give the answer.
Mai Shiraishi stared into his eyes, her eyes as bright as water, and her clear gaze seemed to be able to see through the deepest part of her body at once, which made Baiyun Mountain inexplicably feel ashamed that she could not look at him.
The golden sunlight fell on the shoulders through the gaps, and the pink petals blew away with the spring breeze, and the sound seemed to be singing softly.
The girl spoke softly: "Baiyun Sang, I like you."
"I'm telling you this not because I want you to pity me, or promise me anything, give me any answers, or give me any answers."
"I just want to tell you that I like you."
"That's all."
