Kuromi Serika's mind went blank in an instant.
"As expected."
Si Wang looked at the girl's suddenly dull wine-red eyes with satisfaction and nodded heavily, "Qingxiang, you were peeking at me just now!"
"Peeking at your head, teacher!"
The shame that had just emerged in Kuromi Serika's heart was instantly overwhelmed by the anger aroused by Si Wang's obviously teasing words.
The girl straightened her upper body instantly like an angry kitten, and pounded Si Wang's head with both hands frantically, shouting in frustration, "You knew I was awake, so you should have put me down immediately! Did you deliberately carry me for a long distance just because of what you said just now? What are you trying to do? Are you an idiot! An idiot and a pervert!!!"
"Wow, Serika-san, your accusation is too serious."
Si Wang didn't care about the girl's fists raining down on his shoulders. Although the little superheroes of Kivotos could take 88 cannons in their faces and kick T80s with their feet.
But fighting is one thing, and acting coquettishly is another, and Si Wang can't tell the difference between the two.
He lifted the girl's thighs, slightly raising her body which had slumped down due to the previous troublesome and intense movements, and shook his head and said, "You know, the teacher doesn't have eyes behind him, so how could he know when you woke up."
"Then why did you suddenly turn around just now!" Kuromi Serika asked the fatal question with a look of disbelief on her face.
"That's because I feel a constant and hidden burning gaze from my teacher."
Si Wang had of course thought of a way to argue before he said it, and he explained with ease, "When I turned around, I thought it was the Steel Helmets or Caesar Group mercenaries or something like that, but I didn't expect that my sight would bump into yours, Qinxiang."
Kuromi Serika's face suddenly turned red, and she grunted for a long time without uttering a word.
She couldn't say that the persistent and hidden burning gaze was hers.
Wouldn’t that idiot and pervert become myself?
The girl pursed her lips and muttered in a voice so faint that it seemed like it would dissipate into the air if the wind blew, "Then, can you put me down now?"
For some reason, as soon as she said this, a strong sense of reluctance surged in Kuromi Serika's heart.
No no no no no!
The girl shook her head suddenly, trying to get rid of the strange idea that suddenly popped up in her mind.
I must have been too busy lately to have such a horrible illusion.
"I've already carried you for most of the way, so there's no need to rush for the last few minutes."
Si Wang didn't rush to put the girl down as the girl said. Instead, he wrapped his arms around the girl's legs more tightly and lifted her petite body up. "I'll put you down when we reach our destination."
"destination?"
Without much hesitation, Kuromi Serika immediately lay back on Si Wang's back obediently, closed her mouth, and blocked the arrogant words that were already rising to her throat.
It’s not that I’m afraid that Si Wang, this teacher with a bad taste, will really abandon me because of a few conditioned words from me.
The main reason is that I don’t want to waste the teacher’s kindness.
Yeah, yeah, that’s it!
After figuring this out, Kuromi Serika happily enjoyed Cheese Nozomi's care.
Hehehe, the teacher's shoulders are broad, big, and thick, and there is a very reassuring feeling in them.
"Uh, destination? What's wrong with the destination?" Si Wang looked back curiously at the girl who suddenly smiled foolishly, and said meaningfully, "You should know that people who stop talking halfway will be..."
"The destination... the destination is nothing!"
After coming to her senses, Kuromi Serika quickly avoided Si Wang's sight and pretended to look around with a blushing face, "I'm just a little curious about the teacher's destination, because this road seems to go neither to my home nor to the school..."
"Don't worry~"
Si Wang raised his eyebrows and said mysteriously, "It is definitely a place you are very familiar with."
Chapter 125: The Adult's Cunning
After walking through several intersections and climbing several stairs, Si Wang finally arrived at his intended destination before the horizon completely swallowed the sun.
"Qinxiang, open your eyes." Si Wang patted the girl's face, who had fallen asleep again at some point, woke her up, and then gently put her down, "We're here."
"Teacher, this is..."
Kuromi Serika rubbed her tearful eyes and subconsciously straightened the wrinkles on her skirt. She looked around in a daze, not because she was unfamiliar, but because it was too familiar.
"The park I often come to clean..."
"Yes—yes—"
Si Wang looked at the swing hanging on the sand pile with nostalgia. He wiped the dust on the wooden board with his sleeve and sat on it without hesitation.
Perhaps the designer only considered the children playing in the park when designing this swing, but did not expect that there would be adults with nothing to do who would come and experience their childhood memories. Si Wang had to curl up his legs like a hedgehog before he could barely swing on it.
"Don't just stand there like an idiot." Si Wang pouted at the dumbfounded Kuromi Qinxiang, indicating that there was an empty seat next to him. "This is the result of your hard work to maintain it. Wouldn't it be a pity if you don't experience it properly?"
"..."
Kuromi Serika looked hesitantly at Si Wang who was having fun on the swing. Originally, she had no prejudice against the pair of swings in the park, and sometimes she would even sit on them and swing a few times when she was busy and tired.
But for some reason, as soon as Si Wang sat on it, the childishness of this swing immediately increased dramatically, wildly, and vigorously. She didn't even dare to look at the teacher who was swinging almost flush with the hanging bar and was obviously having a lot of fun.
So she carefully looked around, and after confirming that she and her teacher were the only ones around, she happily sat on the swing on the other side of Si Wang.
However, the girl did not act as childish as Si Wang. She just glanced at Si Wang's face which was immersed in memories.
Kuromi Serika was in a trance for a moment, and at that moment, she felt like Dorothy who had accidentally fallen into the rabbit.
The sun, which had already half sunk into the sand, still emitted warm light. The orange color bloomed from the end of the horizon, and the overflowing light outlined a golden outline for the lonely city of Abydos.
The endless white clouds melt, disperse and evenly distribute this originally not very bright light, blending it into a more gentle autumn yellow color that spreads over every inch of the sky within the field of vision.
Then there is the swing that swings back and forth between the sky and the earth, between the desert and Abydos, between the horizon and the sunset.
Si Wang, who was sitting on it, gradually became a blurred outline, and his face facing the setting sun seemed to be increasingly unclear.
For some reason, the figure sitting on the swing seemed to have the corners of Hoshino-senpai's mouth yawning, and then Ayane trying to keep a serious expression.
After a blink of an eye, it immediately turned back to Senior Baizi's seemingly serious expression and Senior Nomiya's mouth that seemed to always have a gentle smile.
"How do you feel, Serika-san?"
Si Wang's words, with a hint of smile, woke the girl up from her trance. "After you have no worries, no anxieties, and no thoughts about the various difficulties in the future, you can look at everything you have worked hard for peacefully and calmly. Isn't it a satisfying sense of security?"
"...Yeah." Kuromi Serika stared at Abydos in the sunset and nodded gently, "So I have to work harder for the scenery in front of me, otherwise..."
"Of course, everyone has seen your hard work, your efforts, and everything you have done. Everyone also knows how much you love the city of Abydos, but I wonder if you have ever thought about a question, Serika-san?"
Si Wang stopped swinging on the swing and made a camera gesture with the index fingers and thumbs of both hands, framing the girl with a slightly blushing face, the park behind her, the street behind the park, and the buildings behind the street.
“When you are working hard for the scenery of Abydos today, don’t you feel that at this moment, you have become the most unique part of the scenery of Abydos? And when this unique scenery is destroyed and abandoned because no one takes care of it and no one cherishes it, do you think those who love Abydos and work hard for it will feel distressed?”
Si Wang retracted his gesture and gently rocked the swing, "Do you think what I said makes sense, Qinxiang-san?"
Listening to Si Wang's calm and frank narration, for some reason, Hei Jianqinxiang suddenly felt a soreness in her nose and a warm feeling surged in her heart.
"What? Didn't the teacher come here to help me relax? Why did you suddenly make the atmosphere so serious~"
Kuromi Serika shrugged her nose, raised her head quietly, and tried hard to push back the tears that were overflowing from her eyes due to the heat, so as to avoid being seen by Si Wang.
I don’t know why, but even though I know the teacher will never take this opportunity to make fun of me, I’m more likely to comfort myself than ever before.
But Kuromi Serika just doesn't want Si Wang to see her weak. She hopes that in Si Wang's eyes, she will always be strong, brave and reliable.
Just like a teacher...
Kuromi Serika secretly glanced at Si Wang who seemed to know nothing.
Become someone worthy of everyone's dependence, just like a teacher.
The excited girl subconsciously swung on the swing and pretended to be relaxed, "Isn't it just a good rest? Ever since the teacher helped to get rid of the Steel Helmets, Senior Hoshino and I have been relieved a lot. At least we don't have to patrol until late at night every day. In the future, with the help of the teacher, I believe Abydos will become better and better, so..."
Kuromi Serika raised her head and looked up at Si Wang with eyes full of expectation, carefully hiding her thoughts that could not be hidden at all, "Teacher will definitely always be with us."
Looking at the longing yet timid look in the girl's eyes, after a moment of silence, Si Wang smiled brilliantly.
"Although there is nothing in the world that can be guaranteed to last forever." Si Wang jumped off the swing, patted the dust off his palms, and then rubbed the girl's soft cat ears vigorously, "But I can promise that as long as I live in this world for one more day, I will always..."
After thinking for a while, the man cunningly added a suffix, "Support you, help you, and accompany you until the end."
"Hey hey hey..."
A huge joy instantly filled every corner of her heart. For a moment, Kuromi Serika didn't know how to express her excitement. She could only laugh foolishly.
"gone."
Si Wang picked up the helmet and work gloves beside him as if nothing had happened. "You have to attend the criticism meeting of Hoshino-san tomorrow morning, Serika-san. You don't want to be caught by the angry Ayane-san and criticized on the podium for being late, do you?"
Kuromi Serika quickly jumped off the swing, "Teacher, wait for me!"
Chapter 126: An Encounter in the Morning
Ding! Ring, ring, ring, ring ~
Ding! Ring, ring, ring, ring ~
A heart-stopping ringing sound suddenly rang out. Si Wang suddenly raised his upper body, covering his aching heart and gasping for breath.
"I said Alona..."
Si Wang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, glanced at the tablet computer that he had placed next to the pillow at the girl's strong request, and said helplessly, "I've put you so close to me, can't you change to a softer music to wake me up?"
"But teacher."
The pure white tablet computer automatically lit up without anyone touching it, and Alona's overly lively voice and her image, which did not seem so cute to Si Wang at the moment, jumped out on the screen.
The girl poked her dimple and asked in confusion, "According to Alona's big data search, this ringtone is ranked No. 1 in the Kivotos' annual survey on "Never wake up late because of the ringtone"? Even to this day, the comments under this ringtone are increasing every day."
"Then Alona, have you ever thought about a question?"
Si Wang picked up the coat hanging at the end of the bed and put it on. He then put the tablet computer that contained Alona, called [Shiting Box], into his pocket and asked, "Why is this ringtone ranked No. 1 in the annual survey of [Never wake up late because of the ringtone] in Kivotos, and why is there a constant increase in comments every day?"
"Yes, why is that, teacher?"
Hearing this, Alona's eyes sparkled with curiosity, and her whole face unconsciously moved a lot closer to the screen. "Every time Alona left a message, the comments were evasive and refused to tell Alona, requiring Alona to hear it for herself."
"…There are indeed many good people in the world."
Si Wang couldn't help but shake his head with emotion. He opened the cabinet door, took down his toothbrush, cup and towel from the partition, lowered his head and gave Alona on the screen a mysterious smile, "When I have the chance to go in again one day, I will play it for Alona myself."
"..."
A conflicted look suddenly appeared on Alona's little face. She was curious but also afraid. She didn't know whether she should expect or reject Si Wang's obviously malicious behavior.
Seeing Alona pinching her fingers and looking extremely conflicted, Si Wang nodded with satisfaction. Then he hung the towel around his neck and walked towards the sink in the playground.
Although there are washbasins in the public toilets in the teaching building, it is okay to use them once or twice for temporary hygiene, but it always feels a bit weird to go to the toilet to wash your face every day.
Whether it is psychological or physical.
So on the first night that Si Wang arrived, he directed Aphids and spent an hour or two renovating the water pipes in the playground that had fallen into disrepair and were full of problems.
Thanks to the decomposition and reconstruction function of [aphids], it is as easy for a novice like him to repair water pipes as copy and paste.
He didn't even have to see the water pipe, all he had to do was lie down on the bed.
"Ah, teacher?"
Izayoino looked at Si Wang standing next to the pool with toothpaste foam on the corners of his mouth and showed a surprised expression, "You got up really early~"
"Nomiya-san is the one who wakes up early."
Si Wang wrung out the towel and wiped his face, then looked up at the sky which still had a hint of night, and then looked at the girl who appeared at the school gate early in the morning with an M134 machine gun on her back, "You didn't go out before daybreak, did you?"
"Haha~ Wasn't there a discussion meeting this morning that Ayane-chan repeatedly emphasized that everyone must be present? I thought I might as well come early to clean the activity room first, but I didn't expect to be the first one to run into the teacher. I'm really lucky~"
Izayoi Nomiya took a few steps forward with a smile, and naturally reached out to take the towel that Si Wang was about to hang around his neck, "Maybe it will be a good omen for today~"
"…If we go any further, it will be too much."
Si Wang pursed his lips, blocking Izayoi Nomiya's tiptoe, leaning forward, and trying to wipe his face with his little hands, "Even a shameless person like me, teacher, washed my face by myself after entering elementary school."
"Oh, I'm so sorry, teacher."
As if realizing it belatedly, Izayoino took back her hand holding the towel and smiled sheepishly, "I mistaken you for Hoshino-senpai, and I couldn't help but want to take good care of you."
"Although I don't think I'm impatient, I'm more of a go-getter."
Si Wang rinsed his toothbrush and turned off the tap, looking at the girl in confusion. "But it's not like Hoshino-san who can just find a desk and lie down to sleep anytime."
"Ah, of course I'm not saying that your personality is similar to that of Hoshino-senpai, or that your personality is completely opposite to that of Hoshino-senpai."
Izayonomiya still maintained a decent smile, but for some reason, the smile that usually looked so gentle now seemed unusually aggressive. "It's just that I always feel that you are just like Senior Hoshino, always seeming to have countless worries in your heart, and you are not willing to take the initiative to share them with the juniors, and when the juniors come to ask, you always laugh it off."
Izayoino took another step forward. The pressure from her figure and the unchanged smile on her face made the girl's momentum rise sharply, making people dare not look directly at her. "I wonder if you have any clues?"
