Outside the An Yi Residence, Harumi Junko looked at the door in front of her with some confusion.
She was holding many things in her hands and was having trouble because no one was opening the door.
"We talked about it so well yesterday, did he forget?"
Harumi Junko sighed, looking at the tightly closed door in front of her with annoyance.
After ringing the doorbell again, she asked if anyone was home.
After still receiving no response, Harumi Junko prepared to leave.
However, just then, the door opened with a click.
Harumi Junko was overjoyed to hear the movement and complained, "Aki-kun, I already told you yesterday that I would bring things over, why haven't you... huh?"
Just as she was complaining about Aki Tomoya taking so long to open the door, Harumi Junko finally saw who was behind the door.
When she saw an unfamiliar blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl inside the entrance, Harumi Junko subconsciously glanced at the nameplate next to the door, which indeed said "Aki".
"A foreigner?"
Harumi Junko looked at Eriri in confusion. If she hadn't confirmed the surname on the nameplate, she would have thought she had gone to the wrong door.
Eriri asked somewhat awkwardly, "Who are you?"
Hearing fluent Japanese from Eriri's mouth, Harumi Junko felt relieved. Upon closer inspection, she realized that the blonde-haired girl in front of her should be mixed-race.
"Hello, I am Harumi Junko, a cram school teacher from Aomine Cram School. Is Aki-kun home?"
Harumi Junko explained.
Upon learning that the other party was a cram school teacher, Eriri nodded and said, "Please wait a moment."
If it was a cram school teacher, then there was no problem.
But it was better to ask first.
Eriri closed the door and went upstairs, then knocked on Aki Tomoya's room door.
"Aki Tomoya, Aki Tomoya! Your cram school teacher is here!"
Aki Tomoya, who was lying on the bed in his room, slowly opened his eyes. After a while, he finally heard what Eriri outside was saying.
He rubbed his face hard to wake himself up.
"So that's what I forgot!"
Aki Tomoya finally remembered what he had forgotten; Harumi Junko was coming today.
Judging by what Eriri said outside, the other party should be downstairs now.
After putting on his glasses, Aki Tomoya quickly went and opened the door, replying to Eriri outside, "Thank you."
The two came to the entrance, and this time it was Aki Tomoya who opened the door.
"Harumi Sensei, thank you for coming all this way, please come in!"
He invited Harumi Junko in, pointed out the guest slippers for her, and the three of them came to the living room.
Because the coffee table was full of Eriri's drafts and there was no time to tidy up, Aki Tomoya asked Harumi Junko to sit at the dining table for now.
Eriri was slightly embarrassed at this moment and quietly stayed in the living room without speaking.
"Please have some."
He brewed a simple cup of tea for Harumi Junko. The hospitality was a bit lacking, but between a student and a teacher, this was enough.
"Thank you."
Harumi Junko nodded, while subtly glancing at Eriri in the living room.
The woman's gossipy heart suddenly ignited at this moment.
Harumi Junko inevitably began to think about their relationship at this time.
"Living together?"
And living with a blonde mixed-race person?!
Harumi Junko's heart suddenly became a little excited. She really couldn't tell that the most diligent student in the Academy was actually so secretive!
High school romances were not uncommon, but Harumi Junko only knew of this one instance like Aki Tomoya, living with a blonde mixed-race girl.
"Aki-kun is quite something!"
Harumi Junko teased in a low voice, while looking at Eriri again with great curiosity.
Aki Tomoya was stunned for a moment, and then his expression became speechless. He had already realized that Harumi Junko must have misunderstood!
"She is a friend I have known since childhood."
Aki Tomoya replied in an extremely serious tone.
Given his solemnity, Harumi Junko now knew she had misunderstood, and her expression immediately became quite awkward.
To ease the awkwardness, Harumi Junko quickly pulled out two files from the document bag next to her.
"These are the liberal arts exercises from the Academy where I used to work, and this one is the actual physics and math questions from last year's National Examination. Do the exercises first, and then do the actual questions. If you want to finish reviewing the National Examination subjects before december, you have to work hard, Aki-kun!"
Harumi Junko pushed two document bags towards Aki Tomoya.
"Exercises from the Academy where you used to work?"
Aki Tomoya looked at the two document bags in front of him.
So the gift Harumi Junko mentioned yesterday was this.
However, what he was most concerned about was Harumi Junko getting exercises from the Sannoh Cram School where she used to work.
She was already working at another Academy, but she went back to her previous Academy for help. After all, Academies are in a competitive relationship.
"It's okay, the Head Teacher of the Academy where I used to work is a good person. After I asked him, he finally agreed!"
Harumi Junko's tone carried a hint of shame. She felt quite ashamed towards the Sannoh Cram School where she used to work.
She had received a lot of care from her former superior.
Aki Tomoya nodded, guessing in his heart that Harumi Junko's efforts were definitely not as easy as she said.
To get help from the Academy where she used to work, she probably hit a wall too.
"Thank you very much, Harumi Sensei!"
Aki Tomoya thanked her solemnly. The woman in front of him had truly become a very cool adult.
He would remember this kindness!
"You don't need to thank me, this is what a teacher should do, and I should be thanking Aki-kun..."
Harumi Junko shook her head. Before joining Aomine Cram School, she wouldn't even dare to think about such a thing.
She still remembered the expression on the face of the former Head Teacher when she returned to Sannoh Cram School and asked for his help.
Thinking back on the past, Harumi Junko felt quite ashamed.
"I won't bother you anymore. I still have to go to Kudo-san and Furuhashi Fumino's place, especially Furuhashi Fumino. I have an appointment with her today for special training! I'm leaving!"
Harumi Junko at this moment displayed the determination she had when she was preparing for the Tokyo University entrance exam, which made people look sideways.
"Are you leaving so soon? Harumi Sensei, you're really busy this Sunday!"
Aki Tomoya said with emotion, his eyes filled with a smile.
Harumi Junko, who had just stood up, replied while rubbing her waist, "In a few years, I probably won't be able to run around anymore. When you reach thirty—"
"When you reach thirty, your bones get worse and worse. Harumi Sensei, please also take care of your health."
Aki Tomoya took over her words, and also showed concern. The woman in front of him was becoming more and more like a teacher.
"Thank you for your concern, I'll be leaving now."
Harumi Junko smiled.
Just as she walked out of the living room, she suddenly turned back and asked Aki Tomoya, who was following her to see her off, "When I just arrived, there was a girl near Aki-kun's house, she seemed to be looking at your house. Did you make an appointment with someone else?"
When she first arrived at the An Yi Residence, Harumi Junko had noticed a long-haired girl nearby.
However, by the time she reached the An Yi Residence door, when she looked back, the person had disappeared, as if she had encountered a ghost.
After Harumi Junko asked, Aki Tomoya didn't react much, but Eriri in the living room stiffly turned her head and looked over, her expression carrying a hint of panic and guilt.
"No way, she really came..."
Eriri panicked as if she had seen a ghost, and at this moment, she couldn't help but bite her finger.
With Aki Tomoya blocking her view, Harumi Junko didn't notice her expression. At this moment, she was just wondering if the girl she saw earlier was looking for Aki Tomoya.
"Maybe Harumi Sensei saw wrong."
Aki Tomoya replied at this moment.
And Harumi Junko muttered fearfully, "Could it be that I encountered a ghost in broad daylight..."
Her reaction made Aki Tomoya unable to help but retort, "Harumi Sensei, how old are you? There are no ghosts in this world. Maybe you saw wrong, or maybe the person you saw was just passing by. They were just looking around, don't overthink it."
"Aki-kun, you can't be sure about something like this!"
Harumi Junko seemed to have some knowledge about this and was about to explain something.
"Yes, yes, Kudo Sayaka and Furuhashi Fumino are getting impatient."
"Oh no, I have to go!"
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