Chapter 440 New Transfer Student

The sky is full of cherry blossoms, like clouds and rosy clouds.

The cherry blossoms in spring are pink with a hint of white, and the sunlight shining on the light and transparent petals seems to turn the whole world pink.

The warm spring breeze blows slowly, and the falling cherry blossoms dance like drifting snow. The dark pink petals spread all over the campus, making it look like a fairyland.

Class 2, Grade 1, classroom.

Xia Yu sat in his seat with one hand supporting his face, looking out the window in a trance, as if he was thinking about something.

If someone doesn’t know him, they might think he is thinking about some important issue, or is lost in thought at the beautiful view outside the window, but people who know him will definitely know that he is not thinking about anything serious.

"Good morning."

Suddenly, a familiar greeting sounded beside his ears, and then a pair of hands hugged his neck from behind. The long, slightly curly purple-gray hair hung down, and the ends of the hair brushed across his neck, making him feel a little itchy.

After twisting his neck subconsciously, Xia Yu tilted his head and smiled: "Good morning, you're a little late today."

"You came too early."

Zhishi was a little dissatisfied. Everyone in the classroom had not arrived yet, so she was not late. It was obvious that Xia Yu came too early.

But after he finished speaking, Zhishi pressed himself on Xia Yu's back again, lowered his head and asked curiously, "You seemed to be staring out the window in a daze just now, what's wrong?"

"I'm thinking about a very serious question."

Xia Yu looked out the window again, and saw the cherry blossom petals falling in the wind.

"How come the cherry trees are not bald yet when so many of the cherry blossoms are falling so quickly? Could it be that the cherry blossoms are falling and then growing again?"

"...Natsu-kun's questions are always so unexpected."

Chise was speechless for a moment, but after thinking about it, she replied: "It may be that the cherry blossom petals are not falling as much as they seem. It seems that they are falling all the time, but it may just be that the breeze blows the fallen petals back up again."

"Hmm...that makes sense."

Xia Yu nodded, but suddenly discovered a blind spot and said subconsciously: "In other words, the cleaning staff on campus are not cleaning seriously at all?"

"..."

Chishi pursed her lips, not knowing how to answer. After a moment of silence, she stood up reluctantly.

"Really? Most people would probably admire the beauty of the falling cherry blossoms, but why is Xia Jun just thinking about these weird questions?"

"You said I was an ordinary person, but I'm not an ordinary person. I'm from Class 2, hahaha."

"...What a cold homophonic joke."

"Good morning!"

Just as Xia Yu and Chishi were chatting, the back door of the classroom suddenly opened and Sakura walked in, greeting them.

"Good morning."

"Morning, Sakura."

After they greeted each other, Sakura hung her bag on the desk and couldn't help but complain to her friends.

"Really? This morning my brother gave me all the broccoli in the pancakes under the pretext that he wanted me to grow up faster."

After saying that, Sakura puffed her cheeks in dissatisfaction and said, "What do you mean by eating that you can become a big guy? It's obvious that you are just picky about food."

Listening to Xiaoying's complaints, Xia Yu touched his chin and nodded, and subconsciously said: "Although it's not good to say this, broccoli is indeed not very popular. Why is there a vegetable like broccoli?"

"Eh? Does Xia hate broccoli too?" Sakura looked over curiously.

"Well, I'm a little embarrassed to say this, but I'm actually quite picky about food. I don't like broccoli, celery, onions, and cilantro. The smell alone is enough to put me off."

"Uh-huh!"

Hearing this, Xiaoying exclaimed subconsciously. She didn't expect that classmate Xia, who could handle anything, was so picky about food!
Tomoyo, who was standing by, couldn't help but chuckle. After she finished laughing, she looked at Sakura and asked, "How do the pancakes taste?"

"It tastes, it tastes good."

Although she hated to admit it, her mean brother was a good cook and his breakfast pancakes tasted really good.

Just then, the front door of the classroom suddenly opened and the teacher walked in.

"Good morning, everyone, please take your seats. Class is about to start."

"Yes!"×N
Following the teacher's reminder, the students who were originally chatting hurriedly returned to their seats and sat up straight.

After arriving at the podium, the teacher put down the book in her hand and said with a smile: "Today, I want to introduce a new student to you. She is a transfer student from somewhere else."

"oh oh?"

"A transfer student?"

"Where did you get it from?"

After hearing what the teacher said, the students in the audience started chattering, their tone full of anticipation for the new classmates who were about to arrive.

"Another transfer student. It looks like something unusual is going to happen again." Xia Yu leaned back on his bench, tilted his head back and said to Zhishi behind him.

"Why do you say that?"

While replying, Zhishi reached out and supported Xia Yu's head, lifted it up with a little force, and forcibly straightened his crooked sitting posture.

“Because of past experience.”

Xia Yu, who was forced to sit up straight, did not continue, but suddenly turned around, looked at Tomoyo and Sakura and spoke together.

"Think back, every transfer student you met was not an ordinary transfer student. The first transfer student was me, the second was Li Xiaolang, the third was Li Meiling, and the fourth was Elio."

"Except me... No, it can't be except me. After all, I transferred here for a purpose."

"Which of the four of us transferred here for academic reasons? Not a single one. Besides, except for me, the other three left after a short time."

"So I have a feeling that this transfer student probably has his own purpose for transferring here, and he won't stay for long, either this year or next year. It's unlikely that he will stay like me, or leave and transfer back like Li Xiaolang."

After listening to Xia Yu's eloquent speculation, Xiaoying blinked blankly and said subconsciously: "Okay, it seems to make sense."

Zhi Shize was helpless and couldn't help but say, "Xia Jun, aren't your thoughts a little too complicated? Not every transfer student has a complicated background. Maybe this is just an ordinary transfer student?"

"Normal? Maybe."

Xia Yu smacked his lips. Although he didn't know the details of this transfer student, based on his understanding of a work, this new transfer student could not be just an ordinary transfer student.

It's like a writing technique proposed by Russian novelist Chekhov - if a gun is mentioned at the beginning of the story, then the gun must be fired before the end of the story, otherwise it should not be mentioned.

If we substitute it here, it means that a transfer student suddenly appears in the story, then in the next story, this transfer student will definitely have his moment of appearance.

Although he had only watched the animation about the story of the Clear Card Arc and had almost forgotten it now, since it was a story, this transfer student was definitely an important character in the story.

I just don't know what role this transfer student plays. Is he a medal winner like Li Xiaolang? A helper like Elio? Or is he both a medal winner and a helper?
It can't be that he is none of the three and is just an ordinary student here, right?

Just as Xia Yu was thinking about it, the teacher on the stage clapped his hands to ask the whole class to be quiet, and then shouted towards the door.

"Please come in, Shinomoto-san."

As soon as the teacher finished speaking, the front door of the classroom opened again, and a short-haired girl carrying a schoolbag walked in a little nervously.

The girl was about the same age as them, with blue-gray eyes and short silver-gray hair that reached her shoulders. Her hair was curled inwards, and there was also a tuft of hair on top of her head that was sticking up. When the girl walked to the podium, the teacher smiled and said, "Please introduce yourself."

"Yes."

"My name is Akiho Utamoto, please give me your guidance."

Qiu Sui bent slightly with her schoolbag in both hands, and a gentle smile with a hint of shyness appeared on her face.

Looking at the lovely transfer student, the students in the audience applauded and welcomed the new classmate. This transfer student named Akiho also inherited the tradition of previous transfer students.

That is staring at cherry blossoms.

Looking at Sakura who was squinting and smiling in the back row, Akiho tilted her head slightly and returned a cute smile.

Looking at the smiling Akiho on the podium, Tomoyo whispered to Sakura beside her: "She's very cute."

"Yeah, very cute." Sakura nodded and agreed.

After hearing the whispers between Tomoyo and Sakura in the back, Xia Yu in the front did not respond. Putting aside other things, he really couldn't refute the fact that she was cute. This girl named Akiho was indeed cute.

Lunch break.

Lawn.

"Where are Sakura and Tomoyo? Why haven't they come yet?"

After laying out the lunch cushions, Naoko looked at Tomoyo and Sakura, who were not part of the group yet, and asked subconsciously.

"They went to invite a new transfer student to our class, saying they wanted to invite her to have lunch together." Xia Yu, who was sitting cross-legged on the side, replied casually.

"Transfer Students?"

Naoko had just asked curiously when Sakura's voice was heard from not far away.

"Sorry, we're late."

As the voice rang out, several people who were already seated looked at the same time. Sakura and Tomoyo were walking in front, each holding their own lunch boxes, and behind them was Akiho who had just turned around.

After they came over, Akiho was the first to speak: "Hello everyone, I am Akiho Utamoto."

"Hello, are you the rumored transfer student to Class 2?" Yamazaki looked at Akiho and said with a smile.

Hearing this, before Akiho could answer, Chiharu asked curiously, "Has it become a rumor already?"

Naoko nodded and replied, "Yeah, some of my classmates also went to peek."

"You're really popular." Xia Yu replied casually. It turned out that cuteness is justice. She's so popular even though she just transferred to the school.

Hearing these words, Qiu Sui blushed subconsciously with shyness. Soon, everyone sat down in a row, forming a circle, and started chatting casually while eating the lunch boxes they brought.

Of course, because there was one more person, the topic of conversation was basically about Akiho.

Qiu Sui was not stage-frightened and talked about herself with everyone with a smile. When Li Xiaolang heard that Qiu Sui had been to many countries, even Hong Kong, he asked subconsciously.

“Have you even been to Hong Kong?”

"Well, I stayed there for a while before coming to Japan."

Hearing this, Sakura couldn't help but count on her fingers and said, "Before that it was France, and before that it was Germany, and you've also been to Italy and the UK, that's amazing!"

"It's not that great, because I didn't stay there for long."

Akiho smiled, then said apologetically, "Well, although I learned Japanese before coming to Japan, I didn't study it for a long time, so if there are any mistakes in what I said, please forgive me."

Hearing this, Sakura quickly replied: "Don't worry, we will help you correct any mistakes."

"That's right, and there's no need for you to use honorifics. We are the same age."

Hearing this, Qiu Sui said nervously: "What I learned before was honorifics..."

"Speaking of honorifics."

Seeing the opportunity coming, Yamazaki once again turned on the deception mode and said with a smile: "Basically, it is used to address superiors or elders, but in some places in Japan, elders use honorifics to address juniors."

"It is said that they are very polite and will be scolded if you use honorifics incorrectly. It is so scary, so scary, so scary."

Hearing this nonsense, Chiharu subconsciously complained: "I always feel that Yamazaki's lies recently are very perfunctory."

After saying that, seeing that Xia Yu didn't say anything this time, Qianchun was surprised and said, "Student Xia didn't lie this time? That's rare."

"Because I actually don't understand honorifics in Japanese, in order to avoid making mistakes, I won't say it this time." Xia Yu replied seriously.

Hearing Xia Yu's serious answer, Qianchun complained helplessly: "So you were serious about the lies you told before? I thought you thought Yamazaki's lie was perfunctory, so you didn't respond."

"I'll pay attention!" ×2
However, no matter how perfunctory the lie was, there were still two idiots who believed it. Unexpectedly, after this stupid couple said it in unison, another answer came out immediately.

"I'll pay more attention!"

The idiot seemed to have added one.

Seeing Akiho believing and answering the same question as Sakura and Syaoran, Chiharu was so shocked that she couldn't help but grab Yamazaki's collar and shake him violently.

“The number of victims has increased!”

"Ahahahaha——"

After lunch, everyone did not return to the classroom immediately. Instead, they took advantage of the long lunch break and sat on the lawn to continue chatting.

After chatting for a while, Qiusui seemed to suddenly remember something and said, "Ah, I still have to go to the teacher."

"The teacher's office?"

"Ah."

"Do you know where it is?"

"Don't know yet."

"Then I will lead the way."

Seeing Akiho shaking her head, Sakura volunteered to suggest that Akiho quickly replied, "But lunch break isn't over yet."

"It's okay, just let me lead the way."

Looking at Sakura smiling and extending her hand, Akiho nodded shyly and reached out to hold Sakura's outstretched hand.

"Thank you."

After the two men left, the few people who stayed behind started chatting subconsciously.

"Sakura is so gentle."

"It's the same with Akiho. Even though we only talked for a few minutes, I could tell she was a good girl."

"That's right."

"We'll definitely get along."

(End of this chapter)