Chapter 507 Did He Save Your Life?

"Of course, I also know that asking Hojo-kun to be Michiru's manager is a bit too self-confident."

Seeing that his good nephew was about to be convinced, Mr. Hyōdo stopped persuading him and changed his tone. The ability of an excellent businessman is vividly reflected in him. He first suppresses and then increases, and his several turns are just right to press the limit of the person he is talking to. Perfect...

"Dad! Stop talking!"

Hyōdo Michiru suddenly shouted.

Mr. Bingtang closed his mouth in confusion, turned his head, and was shocked to find that his eldest nephew An Yilun also looked as ugly as a dead person, while his daughter looked at him with concern.

Yes, because of Aki's previous performance, he ignored that the Hojo-kun he praised so much was actually the one who beat Aki until he was hospitalized.

this……

Mr. Hyōdo felt very innocent. In fact, Aki Runya's enthusiastic performance made him subconsciously think of him as a fan of Hojo Kyosuke, just like his good nephew Ryota.

"I-I'm leaving first."

An Yilun also stood up abruptly, with panic, frustration and bewilderment on his pale face.

"Hey, Xiao Lun, bring the strawberries." Mrs. Bingtang shouted quickly.

An Yilun also opened his schoolbag and packed the strawberries without raising his head, and hurried towards the door without even saying hello to the others.

"Xiao Lun! Wait for me."

Hyōdo Michiru shouted anxiously, stood up and followed without saying a word.

Mrs. Hyodo next to her quickly picked up a long coat and put it on her daughter. This girl was hot and generous at the same time, and she didn't even pay attention at home.

"Hey? Ryota, why are you standing up?!"

Mr. Hyōdo stretched out his hand to his good nephew Ryota Tsuchiya with a face full of astonishment. It is understandable that An Yilun also left. Why are you running away? Aren't we having a happy chat?

"...hehe...hehe"

Tsuchiya Liangtai laughed twice, sat down, and then said casually:

"I'm just a little worried when I see Michiru chasing after her so excitedly."

Could it be that he subconsciously wanted to follow An Yilun when he saw him running away?

"well……"

After hearing what his good nephew said, Mr. Hyōdo sighed deeply. Looking at his daughter's back as she walked out of the house, he also felt a little headache.

Seeing her niece leaving, Hyōdo Tsunemi quietly slipped back into the room. She stayed here as a backup force for her niece, although it was useless from beginning to end. But if he didn't leave now, without his niece to draw firepower from the front, the war might soon spread to him. He had to go on a business trip to Johannesburg, and his brother hadn't settled it yet.

Mrs. Hindo smiled at her good nephew, put on a coat and went out. She was worried that her daughter would run out like this.

For a moment, Mr. Hyōdo and Ryota Tsuchiya were the only ones left in the huge living room, and a deserted atmosphere instantly hit their faces.

"Ryota, I'm sorry. Michiru doesn't have any problem with you. She is very happy that you care about her so much."

Mr. Hyōdo forced a smile.

"It's okay with me."

Tsuchiya Ryota smiled and said it didn't matter. After hesitating for a while, he asked:

"But why is the relationship between Michiru and Aki so good?"

He now feels that An Yilun is like a double-edged sword, which can be both helpful and harmful.

This An Yilun has also become abstract to an unnatural degree. Why would her normally normal cousin behave in such an exaggerated manner? It's almost as if An Yilun also saved her life.

"Obviously Michiru had so many ideas before, why..."

He paused, and it was a bit inconvenient to say what he said next.

Michiru Hyōdo is a talented girl born from the 500-year-old essence of the Hyōdo family and Ryo Tsuchiya. She keeps short hair not only for the convenience of playing basketball, but also because her personality is as sassy as her pretty short hair.

Ryota Tsuchiya will never forget the scene she saw when she went to cheer for her cousin in the regional competition finals last year. On the basketball court, Michiru's team was already lagging behind by a big score, and her teammates were also in a very low mood.

Ryota Tsuchiya, who has been serving as the head of the baseball club, knows that if it were not for the presence of Michiru, the team's ace, the team's morale would have collapsed long ago.

Under such circumstances, Michiru did not reprimand her teammates for putting pressure on them, nor did she choose to comfort her teammates.

She just kept silent and kept running on the court.

Hyōdo Michiru's face no longer had the silly smile on her face as usual, but was as cold as ice.

The significantly behind score, the frustrated mood of her teammates, and the high mood of her opponents, none of these affected her. Ryo Tsuchiya doubted that even the cheers from her and others were ignored by her cousin.

She was just silent.

Her long legs under the loose basketball pants alternately moved forward, and the muscles on her slender calves could be seen with every step. The footsteps were as heavy as the sound of a taiko drum.

Her pretty short purple hair had been soaked with sweat and was stuck to her scalp. She was no longer as naughty as before. Only the two long bangs around her ears still fluttered with her steps.

The huge plump breasts no longer bounced around under the constraints of the sports bra, but were as cold as their owners.

Beneath the coldness is a beating, fiery heart that longs for victory.

Hyōdo Michiru is the absolute "S-class ace" of the Tsubaki Girls' High School Basketball Club. Her school, teammates, and family all have high hopes for her.

This heavy expectation did not overwhelm her, and she even took the initiative to carry her collapsed teammates on her shoulders and move forward.

Hyodo Michiru, she is still fighting!

She reached out to her teammates for the ball again and again, dribbled the ball across half the court independently again and again, broke through the opponent's blockade again and again, and scored again and again.

The score gap did not narrow because of her efforts, but it did not widen either!

Michiru alone can compete with such a powerful enemy, so what is the meaning of us on the court?

Michiru's teammates should think so, right? Tsuchiya Ryota guessed.

Michiru alone can keep the score unchanged, so why can't we win with more people?

Michiru's teammates should think so, right? Tsuchiya Ryota guessed.

"Come on! Don't let Michiru fight alone!"

He couldn't help shouting loudly. As a baseball player, he was very familiar with the fact that the team relied on only one person to move forward. Perfect pitching and blocking, the absolute romance of baseball, the lifelong pursuit of every pitcher.

But basketball is different. Michiru is being surrounded by five girls from the opposite side!

Seeing Michiru Hyodo fighting alone, it was not just Ryota Tsuchiya who was moved. The family support group, the school cheerleaders... everyone cheered loudly with tears in their eyes.

Finally, Michiru's teammates got moving. Michiru's fighting spirit and desire to win infected them.

This team, which has never achieved good results in regional competitions and whose cheering slogan is "The top four is a success", was finally moved by Michiru.

A hearty battle.

When seeing Michiru Hyodo end the game with a super long-range three-pointer, every audience member stood up and gave the warmest cheers and applause.

The hero of Tsubaki Girls' High School was surrounded by her teammates. Her pretty little face was red with only the joy of winning. She held her teammates' hands and jumped non-stop, talking excitedly. But the funny thing was that she kept repeating the same sentence "Great, long live!"

Her brain, which was not very big, seemed to have completely forgotten the hardships of fighting alone before. She just felt that it was great to win with her teammates.

But her forgetting did not mean that others would forget. The entire team on the opposite side was dragged into the abyss by Hyodo Michiru alone. Every girl shed tears. The captain in the blue uniform walked towards Hyodo Michiru after comforting his teammates.

The captain bowed 90 degrees, took off his uniform calmly, and asked to exchange uniforms with Michiru.

Hyodo Michiru, my cousin, a genius beautiful girl born with the essence of the Hyodo family and the Tsuchiya family for 500 years, is such a person that even opponents will sincerely admire.

Whether it is the ballet team, drama club, basketball team, or even the current "Icy Tail" band, Hyodo Michiru is relied on and trusted by her partners. This is because of her natural ability, and more importantly, because of her straightforward and unpretentious personality.

But why does such a person become like that when facing Aki Tomoya?

This is not the Hyodo Michiru that Tsuchiya Ryota knows, not at all!

Indecisive, even a little confused about right and wrong, such a person is not the genius beautiful girl who will become the absolute focus wherever she goes. Such a person will not be trusted by teammates, no matter what team sports, the leader cannot be such a person.

So, Tsuchiya Ryota is really confused.

"What happened to Michiru?"

"Ah..."

Mr. Hyodo sighed heavily again.

"That was when I was a child..."

Tsuchiya Ryota looked like he was listening attentively. Anyway, he couldn't catch up with Aki Tomoya now, so it would be good to know more about the inside story.

The old father had a complicated expression, an expression that was as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a bite of Daxiang, and then he sighed heavily, and it was obvious that he was extremely helpless.

"One summer vacation, like every year, Michiru went back to her grandmother's house in Nagano to play. Ryota, you should know that when Aki was a child, he often went back to his hometown to play during the holidays. After all, you went there quite a few times."

"Yeah."

Ryota Tsuchiya nodded. For children living in big cities, going to the countryside to play during the holidays is a great joy. It takes a long time to figure out which is better or worse than traveling abroad.

Clear and cool stream water, insects and birds singing all over the mountains, black and shiny and majestic rhinoceros beetles, the admiring eyes of children in the countryside, and the delicious food made by grandma... All of these are the source of happiness for children.

So of course he likes to go, but he hasn't been there as many times as Aki Tomoya.

"Then you should also know that Amaki followed Michiru every day."

"Ah, this left a deep impression on me."

Tsuchiya Ryota nodded. It was hard not to remember this. After all, although the concept of gender was not so deep when we were young, boys were taught to be men. When playing house, no boy would want to be a "mother". When playing games like baseball, they would refuse girls to join. Of course, few girls would join.

Except for Michiru, in front of her, both boys and girls were called "mortals".

Except for Tomoya Aki, he has always been timid since he was a child. No matter where Michiru went to play, he would always shout "Mi-chan, wait for me~" "Mi-chan, wait for me~" and stick to her closely, which was really embarrassing for all the boys. So at that time, whether it was the children who went back to their hometown to play or the local children in their hometown, they didn't like him very much, and because of this, he pestered Michiru even more.

Of course, if it were now when they grew up, the boys who had the nerve to do this would probably receive a lot of admiring looks from male compatriots.

"Michiru is a girl. Although she is still young, she would feel embarrassed to be pestered by a boy like this, even if he is a relative."

Mr. Hyodo said a little depressed. Adults like to see childhood sweethearts, but it is really exaggerated for a boy like Tomoya Aki to be so clingy that even girls are annoyed.

"Michiru also told me and grandma at that time, but as relatives, we couldn't say much, just asked her to be patient."

The old father's face was full of regret, and he obviously felt that he shouldn't have been so smooth.

Tsuchiya Ryota was also silent. When he went back to his hometown when he was a child, he would play with Michiru, but he played more with other children in the town, spreading the "advanced baseball theory" he learned from the big city. Although he was not as strong as Michiru, he was still very popular. He enjoyed the admiring eyes of those "country bumpkins" in the town, ahem...

"Then what?" he asked.

"Then, something happened the next day."

Mr. Hyodo sighed heavily:

"Because she was too tired of Aki sticking to her every day, Michiru went hiking alone. You should know it, it's the mountain with cedar trees behind the food factory."

"Ah, didn't grandma always say that we can't go there to play?"

Tsuchiya Ryota was surprised. The mountain was too big and too deep for a child. In my memory, according to my grandmother, a total of thirteen men, six women and 132 children died in that mountain. The children died in ways including but not limited to being eaten by bears, blinded by foxes, locked up by raccoons and used as identities to sneak into the house, and taken away by the mountain grandmother as children...

"Yes... Ryota, you are the best in this aspect. Although not very smart, you are obedient. It would be great if Michiru could be like you."

Mr. Hyodo sighed.

Ryota Tsuchiya: "..."

"Running into the mountains is nothing. With Michiru's ability, she will definitely be able to return home safely. But she was unlucky that day and sprained her ankle on the mountain and walked away."

"So misfortunes never come alone. You should not do those things when you are in a bad mood." Ryota Tsuchiya said.

"Yes, if I had known earlier, I should have asked my sister to take Aki away, or just take Michiru back to Tokyo directly." Mr. Hyodo regretted.

My daughter was still so young. She went hiking to avoid the annoying Amaki Tomoya, but she sprained her ankle. How bad would she feel at that time?

"What happened next?" Tsuchiya Ryota asked. He had no memory of this incident. Maybe he didn't go to his hometown often at that time.

"It was getting dark, and we started looking for Michiru after not seeing her for a long time."

At this point, Mr. Hyodo's tone became extremely complicated:

"Amaki Tomoya, who finally found Michiru, because he knew very well that Michiru was trying to avoid him, and he knew very well that he didn't dare to go anywhere, so he found Michiru on the mountain in a short time. Of course, maybe he had been looking for Michiru all day that day..."

"After that, Amaki carried Michiru down the mountain, so you should be able to understand why Michiru's attitude towards Amaki is so special. In a sense, he is Michiru's savior."

The old father's tone was not only dry, but his mouth was also bitter, and the expression on his face was quite distorted.

Coincidentally, Ryota Tsuchiya's expression was also distorted, just like his own catcher was the one who was about to hit the ball.

As for why his uncle's expression was so distorted and complicated when he talked about his savior, Ryota Tsuchiya could fully understand.

This is too fucked up, what is this all about.

She was originally annoyed by Tomoya Aki, so she went hiking to avoid him, and then sprained her ankle on the mountain, but Tomoya Aki became her savior.

This... who wouldn't be confused.

"Michiru..."

Ryota Tsuchiya didn't know what to say for a while, swallowed his saliva, and said with difficulty:

"She is still too naive..."

Tomoya Aki was able to break through his fear and go to the mountain to find Michiru alone, and even carried her down alone. He could fully understand how deeply this would shock the heart of a little girl who was trapped on the mountain, tired and scared.

But! Everything has its cause and effect. If it wasn't for Aki Tomoya's clinginess that made Michiru run to the terrifying mountains to hide, how could she have encountered such danger? This is at most a way to make up for her mistake!

If it wasn't for the fact that Aki Tomoya didn't have such a smart brain, Tsuchiya Ryota would have thought it was his trick. He first designed to put Michiru in danger, and then he came to save her.

But if it wasn't intentional, it would be even more terrifying.

If it was Ryota Tsuchiya himself, let alone treating Tomoya Aki differently like Michiru did, he would definitely never have any contact with her again. This is not because he is narrow-minded. Once this matter is made public, the focus of the neighbors' mouths will definitely not be that Tomoya Aki went to the mountains to find Michiru, but that Michiru ran to the mountains to avoid Tomoya Aki and encountered danger.

After all, such a simple cause and effect relationship can be understood by everyone.

But if that person was replaced by Michiru Hyodo, it would not be surprising that it would become like this.

She has always been like this, and she can only remember the good things of others.

Just like that basketball game, she had no thoughts of the hardship of fighting alone, only the joy of winning with her teammates.

Cool, simple, and unpretentious, this is Michiru Hyodo.

This is why everyone likes her, and this is why Ryota Tsuchiya is willing to do everything to bring his cousin to support Hojo-kun.

Aren't the two very similar? Both relied on their own strength to lead their teammates to victory.

Such two geniuses, holding the flag of victory together in Koshien, are in line with the definition of youth.

"Yeah, I have a headache too."

Mr. Hyodo frowned, his tone complicated:

"But I can't tell Michiru that you are in danger because of Aki, and you don't need to be so grateful to him. This is not what a father should say. I am also relieved to see Michiru grateful."

This is the crux of the matter. The daughter did nothing wrong. The father knew everything in his heart, but he was limited by education and could not do anything.

But if he had known that things would develop into what they are now, Mr. Hyodo would definitely have made everything clear to his daughter at the beginning.

Ryota Tsuchiya looked at his uncle with sympathy.

"Now it depends on what Aki will say to Michiru, if..."

Mr. Hyodo did not continue to say the rest of the words, but looked at his good nephew with sympathy.

"..."

What the hell? ?

Ryota Tsuchiya widened his eyes.

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The character of Hyodo Michiru is a little different from the others. She is a serious childhood sweetheart of Tomoya Aki, and they have a deep emotional foundation. You think the description is unpleasant, but it is only because of her position. I can only write like that to fit her personality (of course, it may also be that my writing skills are not good enough).

The fun of this character, or the highlight, is... ahem, it's a bit hard to say. The title of the next chapter will say it directly, and I hope it won't be blocked.