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"Fujii, you're a little slow."
"Sorry, I'm late. You look really nice in your outfit today, Akai."
"Thanks for the compliment."
"It's the retro style of the 90s, right? Rika Akagi in Tokyo Love Story? But it's actually a little more avant-garde."
Akai Muzi was stunned, "How do you know?"
"I do not know how."
"When the TV series was broadcast in 1991, weren't we born yet?"
"Oh, you mean this? It was introduced in the third issue of Vivi's spring magazine two years ago."
“The third issue from the year before last.”
"It's the May issue, page 5, the photo I took at Shibuya Crossing. There was also one last fall issue, with the theme 'Autumn Bohemia'. Oh, and the summer four years ago, and the winter six years ago."
As Fujii Itsuki was talking, he noticed that there was something wrong with Akai's eyes.
"how?"
"If I remember correctly, last year's autumn issue and the one in May of the year before last were both Jiuhua's specials."
"." Fujii Itsuki realized that he had let the cat out of the bag.
".How many photos of Jiuhua have you secretly seen?"
Fujii Itsuki: “Not much.”
"How much is not much?"
"Only 78 issues."
Akai Muzi: "That's all?"
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The reason I bought so many journals was actually because of the last quarrel.
In order to get to know Jiuhua better, Fujii Itsuki bought 78 issues of her photo journals in one go.
This includes all her growth between the ages of nine and sixteen.
Jiuhua started photography at the age of nine.
Fujii Itsuki would think every time he looked at Jiuhua, who was the model in the photo.
Did she shoot these magazines out of her own will?
Fujii Itsuki thinks it is most likely not the case.
There is definitely some influence from her mother's thoughts in it.
This child was really kidnapped since childhood.
Just thinking about what might happen next.
Fujii Itsuki felt a little bit reluctant.
Came to school.
On Saturday, the music classroom was packed with people.
"stand up!"
After Fujii Itsuki stood on the podium, the president Aoyama Shoko gave orders and all the members of the club stood up while holding their instruments.
"Hello teacher."
"Hello teacher."
While Shoko Aoyama took the lead in speaking, the other students followed suit and repeated the story.
"Everyone, thank you for your hard work in practice."
Fujii Itsuki smiled slightly and gestured for everyone to sit down first.
Rinka Hiiragi, who was sitting in the second to last row, held her cello and looked cautiously at the teacher above her.
"Everyone should just be more natural on Saturday. Today I want to announce something to everyone. A new teacher will join our wind band. She will be the new consultant and will be responsible for the guidance of the brass section and woodwind section of our wind band."
Everyone started whispering.
"A new counselor?"
"Who?"
"How come I haven't heard of this?"
"It's enough for the brass section to have Mr. Fujii to guide it, but Mr. Fujii seems to be better at guiding the strings."
Rinka Hiiragi was not too surprised by this because she had heard from Chitose that a new teacher was coming to the club.
Although I don't know how Chitose knew the news, she seemed a little unhappy about the arrival of the new teacher.
And Mr. Fujii seems to be very tired recently.
Every time I went to Mr. Fujii's office, I would see him lying on the chair and sleeping.
"The reasons are, of course, varied. Of course, the most important issue is that this teacher's level of instruction in the brass and woodwind sections is far superior to mine. Let's welcome him with applause!"
As Fujii Itsuki finished speaking, Akai Muko, wearing a windbreaker, walked into the classroom and came to the podium amid applause.
When everyone saw that it was Akai Muzi, they immediately became happy.
"It's Akai-sensei!"
"Akai-sensei!"
Hiiragi Rinka looked at him weakly, becoming even more curious, why was it Akai Sensei?
Teacher Akai is quite popular among her students.
After all, she is serious and responsible.
The most important thing is that Mr. Akai will end the get out of class early and never keep the class late.
Mr. Fujii always drags it out once or twice occasionally.
As long as it is the last class in the morning taught by Mr. Akai, the students in that class will always be the first to eat the best food in the cafeteria.
Chitose knew in advance that Akai-sensei was coming.
Could it be that the reason Chitose is unhappy is because the new advisor is Akai Sensei?
Rinka Hiiragi held the cello and glanced at Chitose in front of her. From the side profile, she seemed to have no expression.
"Sorry, sorry! Everyone, I hope I didn't scare you by showing up so suddenly."
Akai Muzi apologized to everyone with a smile, her expression was quite cheerful, but her hands were restrained in front of her jeans. There was a complete contrast.
Fujii Itsuki cleared his throat and said to the surprised and happy crowd:
"I know everyone is confused. Isn't Mr. Akai an English teacher? Why did he suddenly become a consultant? Before answering this question, you should have heard that Mr. Akai returned from studying in the United States, right?"
Everyone knows this.
Fujii Itsuki: "Don't think that Mr. Akai is not serious at ordinary times--"
"Hey! Fujii! What do you mean by frivolous?"
The two of them teased each other and the students burst into laughter.
Fujii Itsuki continued with a smile and said, "Teacher Akai graduated from Ithaca, one of the most famous music schools in the United States. After graduation, she worked as a clarinetist in the world-class top orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, for a period of time.
"She just came back at the end of last year. Ju Bei, who applied for the job at the same time as me, can be considered a good friend of mine. I can guarantee her professional ability, there is no doubt about it."
At this time, the third-grader who played the trombone raised his hand and asked with a smile:
"How did Fujii-sensei know so much? I usually see Fujii-sensei and Akai-sensei being very close!"
When someone said this, everyone became even more excited.
They asked frankly about some campus gossip that they usually didn't dare to ask Fujii Itsuki.
These are all rumors about him and Akai.
There was no way. He and Akai entered school on the same day, worked in the same office, and had the same desk.
It seems that some students also saw him and Akai going out for drinks in private.
There are many girls in Jubei, and little girls like gossip.
Word of mouth spreads from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred. Even if students don't dare to ask in person, the news has already spread among everyone in private.
It was also rumored that Mr. Fujii and Mr. Akai were in a hidden relationship, but due to their identities as teachers, the two had never announced it.
Just as Fujii Itsuki was about to open his mouth to explain, Akai Muzi smiled and said generously:
"Actually, your teacher Fujii and I were classmates in high school. We were in the same wind instrument club back then. I was in charge of the clarinet, and he played the saxophone! We used to practice together by the Otaru Canal. Go back and ask your parents, maybe they have seen us."
The girls got excited.
"A lot of people are saying that you guys are going out to eat together tonight! Is that true?"
"This is true."
When the students heard this, there was an uproar.
Just drink once or twice now and then!
Ugh.
This group of students.
"So are Mr. Fujii and Mr. Akai really a couple?!"
"No," Akai Muzi clasped her hands in front of her and smiled, "Your teacher Fujii doesn't like me. If I confess to him, he'll reject me without even turning his head."
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Fujii Itsuki knew that Akai was doing this to liven up the atmosphere, but this also completely ignited the gossip spirits of the students.
The ambiguous words became - "Akai-sensei really confessed to Fujii-sensei!"
"Teacher Fujii! Teacher Fujii!"