That night, the four people who stayed at home went to deliver meals to Shen Qing. After two weeks, Kōshū finally saw his mother. He couldn't recognize her at first. Shen Qing's whole body was swollen like dough with baking powder, and her finger joints were swollen like carrots.
"Mom——" Lang Zhi also rushed in and paused when he saw the scene in front of him. "Mom?"
"This is how it is in the later stages of pregnancy." The grandma who followed in skillfully pushed the table in front of Shen Qing and opened the lunch box. "I made Dumplings, with two flavors."
"Thank you - I will have to trouble Grandpa and Grandma in the next two months."
Grandpa also sat next to him and talked about his stuff again. "I have been looking through information about the child's name these days, and the boy's name is indeed Zhi Yong..."
As soon as he opened his mouth, he was stopped by Mr. Sasaki on the side. "It's been a long time since we chatted alone. Let's go outside and let Shen Qing eat first." Half dragging and half lying, Grandpa was dragged away, which finally made the room quiet.
Once the room was empty, Kōshū, who was leaning against the wall alone, was a little conspicuous. There were three people in this room gathered together, and the other person was leaning alone on one side. It was a bit strange no matter how you looked at it.
Kōshū felt sour in his heart. The five people just gathered around in a lively manner, and there was no room for him to intervene. He had previously threatened Lang Zhi that the middle child was the least favored, but in fact, he had no confidence to say that at all. He was the only outsider in the family.
That abandoned night returned to the world today. Nearly 2 years have passed. Kōshū steeled himself, forced himself to step forward, sit aside, and listened to Lang Zhi talking about Training Camp "I wouldn't have come if I knew it earlier, find a reason." Kōshū, who is familiar with the rules, just thought about it. If he really does this, Lang Zhi will probably be the first to expose him, so what's the point of being a sensible child? What's the point of pretending you've figured it out if you don't really think it through?
It will probably take him a long time to stop thinking about the fact that Shen Qing abandoned him.
After Training Camp ends, there is another week of rest.
This morning, the person lying in bed was already awake, but he looked at the light coming through the curtains and wanted to enjoy his rare personal time.
Then the door next to him rang. While he was silently thinking, "Don't make trouble, don't bother me," his door was pushed open, and the unpleasant voice that was in the voice-changing stage came in. "Hey, Senior Miyuki asked you to go to Baseball Field. Please reply to his message."
The person on the bed turned to the other side and said under the quilt, "I don't want to go. It would be terrible if the coach found out that I was secretly practicing again."
"Then go to Hayakawa's house to play games?"
"No - no - his two little kids are too noisy."
"How about going for a run?"
Kōshū wanted to say it smoothly, but once the habit is broken, it is difficult to continue to maintain it. "Go, wait until the hour." The hour is like a starting gun. Most people will most likely start at the hour when they want to start homework review or something.
By the way, he sent a message back to Senior Miyuki, explaining why he didn't go out.
Miyuki was very reasonable, but said that he would start school early soon and would have very little time to rest.
'Don't come here, it sounds like you will First String Main Force as soon as you join the baseball team. '
'Haha, I can't say for sure. '
April is coming soon, and in the new school year, Kōshū has officially become a junior high school student. In fact, according to the time in China, he should have been First Year of High School. Several times, he wanted to click on his mailbox to see if there were any more emails sent to him. He wanted to hear where the people who once sat in the same room had gone. Looking at their fate, it was like looking at his own past life.
After struggling for a long time, he opened his mailbox late at night the day before the new semester, but there were no emails except spam messages. Everyone seemed to have moved on, and no one looked back to see him, the one left behind.
A child at the end of puberty late at night and with no one writing to him, these two factors form a sad story about insomnia until morning.
So, on the morning of the new semester, Lang Zhi held her stomach and laughed at her brother, "Hey, so you are like this. Is it because you have become a junior high school student that you are too excited to sleep? These dark circles under your eyes are so funny."
"Tch, you should take a look at your dark circles first!"
In the morning, Grandpa Sasaki had to drive the two of them to school, and they were almost late for this.
"Your grandpa is so stubborn. He won't listen no matter what."
"I can only think on the bright side. After all, he ironed his suit yesterday."
"So he is here to take care of his grandson, why is he still carrying a suit in his luggage??"
During this day, Kōshū experienced a series of ups and downs such as insomnia, almost being late in the morning, walking into the wrong classroom, being punished for sleeping in class, and falling asleep while standing. After he settled down at night, he finally started to reply to messages from his seniors.
"Our supervision is so strict. It's even scarier than Coach Ninomiya. I really want to ask him about professional baseball." This is Senior Nozawa, who went to a newly established private school with his favorite professional baseball player.
"The supervisor is very kind, but that guy Nozawa was too enthusiastic. When he opened his mouth, it was like he was confessing his love, so he was severely punished by the supervisor." This is the former captain who wants to keep playing baseball with Nozawa.
"Our school baseball team is very ordinary, maybe I can also be the main player."
"I went to the countryside during the holidays, so I didn't reply to your message in time. I have arrived in a new place and was forced to wear glasses. Do I look like a person who studies well when I wear glasses?" Attached is a short-cut boy wearing glasses.
These are the seniors who chose to go to school.
Miyuki hasn't replied to his message yet, so he probably doesn't have the time or energy to touch his phone.
He also edited and posted his latest situation to everyone. Shen Qing's due date is only 6 days away. In fact, after leaving the hospital that day, he got out of the "lonely one-man show". He was probably just touching the scene, so after the two children are born, the house will become more crowded. Will he like them?
The two old people have been staying in the hospital for a long time these days. With only two children, they still do whatever they need to do.
On the first day back to the team, it was time for the physical test at the beginning of the month.
"Height 185cm, weight 77KG, weight has increased again. It looks like I really took a rest during this vacation." Coach Fujii joked while writing down.
"Height 165, weight... Shibasaki-kun, speaking of this, we have heard about a new treatment method that may improve your absorption efficiency of nutrients... We have already told your parents that it depends on your choice whether you want to go or not." Coach Fujii turned to the next page, "Next is Sato."
After the new semester, the number of people in the team has obviously increased again. The pitcher has added two fresh first-year students, but Kōshū is only interested in New Therapy, whom Coach Fujii just mentioned.
"Shibasaki-kun, what is that therapy?"
"... It is to put the intestinal flora of healthy people into the patient's intestines, so that the patient's intestinal environment will be completely changed. It has been proven to be a very good therapy."
"Then why do you have such an expression?" If Shibasaki can seize the final growth time to grow taller, maybe he can continue to play baseball in the future.
"How do you think the bacteria are extracted and how the bacteria are released?"
"... It's not what I imagined, is it?" Kōshū took a step back.
"Then stop being curious!"
Bad news, our quarterly report will be brought forward
There is a high probability that the performance will be improved in advance, the 'inefficient personnel' will be eliminated in advance, and hc will be reserved for use after the year.