Fantasy Clock～Dream Ruler～

1

"Ah...I said, why on earth are we staying here?"

The words of complaint broke into the ears. The girl vented as if she couldn't bear it anymore, completely ignoring the silent atmosphere of the classroom.

I raised my eyebrows and stopped writing, and turned my head helplessly to look at the girl beside me.

"Because you are a student."

"Even though all the exams for this semester are over?"

The girl held her head in her arms and leaned back nonchalantly, her feet kicking the floor made the chair swing backwards, and she looked at me with a smile on her eyes that were rippling like a blue sea. And I avoided her direct gaze, turned my gaze back to the homework on the table, and continued to write.

"school rules."

"Who has just finished the exam and still has the mind to go to class? This group of dull teachers really don't understand people's hearts at all..."

The complaining girl reached into her pocket, tore off the wrapping paper with ease, and stuffed the lollipop into her mouth. After being in a daze for three or four seconds, she slapped the table and looked at me as if she suddenly remembered something, showing a mysterious smile.

"Why don't we skip class tomorrow and do something meaningful?"

People around me cast mournful gazes, but the girl stared at me with those twinkling eyes without knowing it. I ignored her and simply pretended I didn't hear anything.

Although it is unreasonable to continue to attend classes after the final exam, I have always been a player who comes and goes. Instead of being full of resentment, it is better to finish a few winter vacation homework in these few days. It's a pity that the person sitting next to me is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and even such a small wish is not allowed to come true.

If he answered her words and chatted back and forth with her, he might not be able to finish his homework for the rest of his life. What's more, according to her unconstrained temperament, the ghost knows what she wants to do tomorrow. So my only effective response was to ignore her.

Seeing that I didn't pay attention to her, the girl didn't care, and continued talking on her own.

"Aren't you bored? Sophomores are not kids, are they? Is it necessary to be so strict? Awaken me!"

at this time--

"Yes, if all the students in the class have self-control like Xia Yinci, then everything will be fine."

The unexpected voice on the podium made me break out in a cold sweat.

On the contrary, Xia Yinci not only didn't realize that this was an irony, but also didn't realize who the other party was.

"You can't say that. In fact, everyone in the classroom is already an adult with self-control."

"What a great idea. It's a pity that Xia Yinci has no thoughts but no long memory." As he spoke, the barely maintained smile on the head teacher's face became twitching, stirring up an uneasy atmosphere, "I warned you, today's self-study You are not allowed to speak."

I was taken aback, and while secretly scolding the head teacher for fishing and law enforcement, I recalled when she hid behind the podium. Of course, whether she heard Xia Yinci talking to herself has nothing to do with me, but don't even hear my reply.

"Now, let me go to the next classroom to study by myself until six o'clock."

"Huh?! Six o'clock? But I'm a day student, so I can finish school at five o'clock..."

"Any kind of refutation is prohibited. I said that whoever speaks will be dealt with like this."

The head teacher's ruthless trial was like a bolt from the blue to Xia Yinci, but it was a relief to me. Fortunately, I was not guilty of the same crime, and I could be clean for a while.

These days, I often leave school late for various reasons. If Su Erin were to wait for me at the door for a long time today, it would really be unreasonable. In addition, although Su Huilin's gentle personality is usually known in the first grade of high school, she is quite scary when she gets angry.

But before I could breathe a sigh of relief, Xia Yinci's index finger pointed towards me involuntarily.

"Teacher, it can't be like this~ Su Ruoyang also said a few words."

"Don't confuse me with you... Besides, I never said 'several words'."

I strongly condemned Xia Yinci's behavior of dragging me into the water, but as soon as I raised my head, I met the kind eyes of the head teacher.

"Is that so, Su Ruoyang?"

"..."

Um. kind eyes.

2

As far as the result is concerned, it doesn't make any difference whether the head teacher heard me or not.

I was no longer in the mood to do my homework, and I watched the lazy winter sunset go back to the west early, and the pen between my fingers stopped in mid-air, and the sunset was coated with a layer of dim and sluggish light.

I knew that staying next to Xia Yinci would never finish my homework, but I didn't expect it to be effective in this way.

"You actually kept us so late, now you are aware of the school's excessive restraint, right?"

"I have fully realized your determination to drag me into the water without any doubts."

Hearing this, Xia Yinci hastily shifted her gaze elsewhere, with a slightly embarrassed smile on her side, as if trying to fool her.

I don't know how long she had been thinking hard in her heart, but suddenly her eyes lit up, and she gently closed her fisted right hand and left hand.

"By the way~ How do you think about my proposal?"

Xia Yinci's inconsistency in the foreword really caught me off guard. It took me a while to understand what she meant.

"Aren't you... still thinking about where to abduct me tomorrow?"

Seeing the reluctance on my raised eyebrows, Xia Yinci immediately leaned forward and moved a lot closer to me.

If it weren't for the fact that there were two desks blocking us, she would have probably only reached the tip of my nose.

"How can this be called 'abduction'? Anyway, you have nothing to do in school~"

"You're the only one with nothing to do..." I became more and more impatient, and simply waved my hand to dismiss Xia Yinci, "I told you in advance that I can't accompany you to do those mindless things."

Apparently, I didn't expect that I, who had experienced many battles, would make this move first. Xia Yinci was in a daze for a while before continuing to do my ideological work.

"...You don't even know what the specific plan is, so how can you conclude that you have no brains?"

"Oh, let me guess. Anecdotes, ghosts, urban legends...Is it impossible for you to say more than these three?"

Xia Yinci suddenly looked like she wanted to speak but didn't know how to refute, her pupils flicked left and right a few times, and her gaze lowered lower and lower. Sure enough, what she said hit her mind, and she couldn't help but blush on her cheeks.

"Just... it's like going on a field trip... how boring it is to be bored in the classroom..."

Although Xia Yinci was a little embarrassed by what I said, she is obviously not a player who gives up easily.

"As for me, it is impossible for me to let you come back empty-handed, and I will pay you. And this time the source of the news is very reliable, at least I can guarantee that it will not be like the previous time, even the position was empty .”

Saying that, Xia Yinci turned sideways and took out a faded portfolio from her schoolbag, which was so old that it seemed to be taken out of old photos out of thin air.

"You have the nerve to mention that. It was the only time in my life that I was so late that I had to take the supper bus to go home."

"Well~ that's the only time in my life that I've been alone with a boy so late, so let's make it even."

Xia Yinci was coquettishly talking to me in a soft voice, trying to get away with being cute, and at the same time took out the documents from the file bag and put them on the table.

"File information April 10, 2015, Seaside City..." I read out the title on the file word by word, and the seriousness that hit my face made me look at the girl in front of me as if confirming, "This is The real manuscript, right? Where did you get it?"

I stared straight at Xia Yinci, only to see that she smiled mysteriously, her clear pupils rippling with breathtaking colors.

"Don't worry about the source. You just need to know that Seaside City was indeed evolved from an island tribe."

Xia Yinci stretched out her plain fingertips, pointed to a document covered under the information, and lifted it to the corner of the table. The document stated some articles that seemed to be eyewitness testimony, and all of them mentioned the back mountain within the scope of an abandoned construction site in Hailin District.

"You want me to accompany you to the wild mountains to explore this ruin that doesn't exist in all likelihood?"

"I can't say that... If you count the history before urbanization, the history of the seaside city is actually very long. It is normal to have two or three relics~ Even if you can't find the relics, there are a few nearby. You can go shopping in a shopping mall. It won’t be boring.”

Hearing what Xia Yinci said, I couldn't help falling into a state of hesitation.

Xia Yinci is obviously well prepared, and has to admit that this is her most believable "expedition" ever.

But I have never been too interested in this, and I promised that there might be a next time this time...

"Think of it as a short trip! I've been stuck at home for the whole semester and haven't gone out much, why don't you go with me?"

As if sensing that I was about to reject her, Xia Yinci hurriedly closed her eyes, clapped her palms together in front of her, and made a standard gesture of a person who begs others. I shifted my gaze from Xia Yinci's fair arms to her face.

"Leaving aside the fact that being bored at home is entirely your own problem, it's unbelievable that you call this going out to play."

Xia Yinci didn't speak, as if she would never raise her head until she heard my promise. But in fact, she has been quietly opening one eye, peeking at my reaction.

"Can't you just stay in the classroom for a second?"

I pretended not to notice her snooping, and sneaked a glance at her by grabbing the hair on my forehead with my hand. The slightly expectant look in her clear eyes somehow looked extraordinarily lethal.

Maybe it's because she is naturally good at begging for mercy like this, but I finally gave up resistance under her gentle offensive.

"Tsk... there's nothing I can do with you..."

Although I thought the way I responded to her was tactful enough, I still compromised with her in the end.

Xia Yinci did not know when the corners of her mouth rose in satisfaction, and she happily pulled her hands down, as if announcing the winner of this confrontation.

I also don't think it's embarrassing to be touched by her obediently, anyway, I always have this kind of drifting attitude towards my childhood sweetheart Xia Yinci.

Objections and protests don't help much, like the feeling that I can't make eye contact with the beast.

3

Night fell. Finally, when it was time to end the punishment, the head teacher stepped into the classroom on time and gave us back our freedom. Although a meal of ideological education is inevitable. As a result, it was already ten minutes after six o'clock when I rushed out of the classroom.

Originally thought that Su Huilin would not wait so late, but just after leaving the classroom, he saw Su Huilin standing at the corner of the corridor. She carried her commuter bag forward with both hands, quietly looking at the sky that was dyed black. For some reason, she was so elegant and elegant as if she didn't belong to the world.

I breathed a sigh of relief and walked to Su Huilin's side.

"Sorry... I came later than you again."

"Today is not too late to end with an apology."

Su Huilin frowned slightly, and flatly declined my apology.

It seems that it will not be so easy to forgive me. After all, it was natural for her to wait so late today.

While thinking about how to make up for her, Xia Yinci who left the classroom one step behind me passed by me, blinked at me, and waved goodbye to Su Huilin. Su Huilin also waved her hand with a natural smile.

After Xia Yinci left, Su Huilin turned her cheek slightly and walked towards the stairs, as if signaling me to follow her.

"Let's go. It's too late to prepare dinner when I get home today, please treat me to dinner as compensation."

This kind of compensation is completely within my ability, and of course I readily agreed to her. Of course, it is impossible for me to show the briskness on my face, and I must make Su Huilin feel that I have fully realized my mistake.

Fortunately, Su Huilin is not of Xia Yinci's personality, so the request will not be too excessive. Secondly, Su Huilin's mind is easier to understand, as long as she makes a serious enough expression, she can't embarrass me.

Thinking about it this way, whoever will marry Su Huilin in the future... definitely saved the world in her previous life.

Ah, I wish that day never came. I still can't let go of handing it over to others, not to mention that I don't think anyone is worthy of her. In this way, I couldn't help but compete with my imaginary future brother-in-law, but I didn't know that my face was too heavy.

"Forgive you, bro...don't look so gloomy, I'm also going to feel uncomfortable."

Su Huilin put the commuter bag on her shoulders, folded her arms as if to drive away some of the winter cold. I quickly pulled away from the imaginary, and stopped thinking about it.

For some reason, Su Huilin's lavender eyes were shining with a subtle and imperceptible smile. It's really rare to be able to capture Su Erin's smile like this, she never likes to smile, obviously a smile is perfect for her.

However, it is much easier to see her smile now than it was in primary school. At that time, she was by no means the character of this gentle neighbor.

"Speaking of...you're here so late today because of Xiao Yin?"

When walking out of the teaching building, Su Huilin looked at me coldly. Although the eyes are not curious, they are also interested.

"Yeah... she dragged me down without mercy."

I answered. With a feeling of not being unhappy, he complained to Xia Yinci to this uninvited confidant, and told her about going to the ruins tomorrow.

"So, you want to skip class?"

"Of course I want to find a reasonable reason to ask for leave. I dare not go to class without saying hello."

Su Huilin gave me an annoyed look, and turned the corner of her mouth slightly at me, not wanting to hide the look of disgust on her face at all.

"After all, isn't this just skipping class... You should really be glad that I'm not the monitor of your class."

"What do you mean by that, could it be that if you are the squad leader, you are going to kill your relatives righteously? Speaking of which...do you want to go together tomorrow?"

"As the squad leader, of course I will report you immediately." Su Huilin said something terrible, then gave me a sideways glance, tilted her head slightly and asked, "Tomorrow? What do you mean... . about the ruins?"

"The ruins are not important, the main thing is that you and Xia Yinci haven't been out for a long time."

After hearing what I said, Su Erin hesitated and put her index finger on her chin, and after thinking about it for a while, she shook her head regretfully.

"Forget it. Tomorrow, I have to prepare an art performance with Yuye and the others. Let's wait until the winter vacation to talk about going out to play."

Yu Ye is a friend she often talks about recently. They seem to have a good relationship.

"It's fine...it's not too late to find another opportunity during the winter vacation."

Naturally, I don't force Su Huilin to accompany me, after all, exploring the ruins and the like is really not an interesting thing. But I quickly noticed something else, stopped and looked at her in surprise.

"Wait...! Are you going to be on the show? What show?"

I couldn't help but put my arms around Su Erin's shoulders, unknowingly pulling her body and shaking her. Although "alone" is the past tense of Su Huilin, and she has many friends around her now, but things like her performing on stage really exceeded my expectations.

"Brother, calm down... I'm not going up to perform, I'm just helping behind the scenes. Although..."

Su Huilin bit her lower lip lightly, as if she was a bit embarrassed to speak.

"Although what?"

"...They suggested that I also go on stage to dance, or remove the original singing and go on stage to accompany them to sing."

"Isn't this great, why don't you go?"

I usually don't like to force others to make things difficult for me, but in this situation, I really want to give Su Eirin a push. You must know that Su Huilin was a lonely person throughout junior high school. Now that she has finally made so many friends, she should be more proactive.

I don't want my sister to change back to that cold and repulsive character.

"I'm not very good at this kind of thing."

"I haven't seen dancing, so I won't mention it for now. But I've heard you sing several times. Don't tell me, our dad is notoriously tone-deaf. If you're not good at it, Then dad couldn't help crying and passed out in the toilet."

Every time I listen to Su Erin singing, I feel that she is very relaxed. Not only the timbre is outstanding, but the breath control is also easy to handle. By the way, I often hear her singing or humming a melody when I pass by her room, so I know these things.

However. Probably because I didn't expect that I would be so concerned about this matter. Su Huilin seemed a little overwhelmed, her eyes dodged left and right several times, and she fell back to me as if mustering up a lot of courage.

"Let me... think it over again."

I noticed the serious look in Su Huilin's eyes, so I didn't say anything more, just nodded to her. After all, I can only play an encouraging role at most, and the final decision rests with Su Huilin herself.

While Su Erin was thinking about my proposal, she turned around and started walking again. I also followed her out of the campus.

The slender hair swayed with her steps, sometimes covering her slightly gloomy pupils.

4

With the sound of footsteps fading away, I couldn't help but look out the window at the world full of ink. It gets dark very early in the winter evening, especially in the campus where the semester is coming to an end.

Take this teaching building as an example, perhaps only my office is still lit.

"Mr. Lin, thank you today."

A girl's voice suddenly sounded at the door of the office, and I quickly turned my eyes back to the room. The first thing I saw were two blue-purple strangle marks on the girl's snow-white arms, followed by a delicate face without much blood.

"It's okay. Remember what I said, don't think about it."

"Yeah. I understand. Goodbye, teacher."

I nodded to the girl as farewell, but she didn't intend to stay any longer, so she waved to me and closed the door gently.

This leaves me alone in the office. Today, I just wandered back and forth between the classroom and the office. It seemed that I used cheating to solve other people's troubles, but I couldn't use the same method to solve my own troubles.

I let out a long breath, and looked out of the window again with eyes that had nowhere to rest. There is only a couple of boys and girls on the avenue leading to the school gate, and they seem to be discussing heated topics. Taking a closer look, the blond girl among the two seems to be a student in my class. It seems that I haven't quarreled with anyone for a long time. I really didn't expect that quarrel would become synonymous with youth in my eyes.

"It's really peaceful...It's so peaceful that people don't know how to evaluate it."

Feeling my youth, I stretched out my hands and hugged the back of my head, leaned back in the swivel chair, and kicked lightly with my feet from the side facing the window to the computer desk. The date reminded in the lower right corner of the display gave me mixed feelings for a while.

"Although it's unlikely to come true...but, I hope tomorrow's birthday can be lively and peaceful."

I couldn't help but pull the corners of my mouth, picked up the earphones hanging on the pinna, stuffed them into my ears with ease, and pressed the play button at the same time.

Get the boring job of counting scores done ahead of time tonight. Then tomorrow——you can’t stay alone in the office and loop singles.