"Where to?" Dubian Che asked.

"Yumemai Shrine," Xiaoquan Aonai replied, and then, as if she just remembered, asked, "Have you just arrived? Have you been to Waterfront Park?"

"Not yet, I was just about to look for you there."

"Then let's go back and walk through it again," Xiaoquan Aonai turned to her two girlfriends, "Is that okay?"

"Of course!" Akiko said without hesitation.

Miyazaki Mieko also nodded and said, "We don't have a specific destination we need to go to, and we're not in a hurry, let's go see the ocean again."

"Let's go!" Xiaoquan Aonai cheerfully said to Dubian Che.

"Okay."

The four of them walked down the slope together, ready to return to the seaside.

While descending the slope, Xiaoquan Aonai finally came to her senses a bit from the joy of seeing her lover.

Recalling the hug when they first met, she felt very ashamed of her indiscreet behavior, yet she coveted the sweetness of that moment.

At the bottom of the slope, the seaside was just across the zebra crossing.

The four split into two groups, laughing and walking across the zebra crossing; at the end of it, there was a convex mirror.

Xiaoquan Aonai glanced at it, in the mirror were Miyuki and Akiko walking away, while at the center stood a beautiful, happy woman and a handsome, clean-cut young man.

The woman wore a long dress, with an elegant cardigan over it.

The young man's red and black baseball jacket and dark blue pants made him look very youthful and fashionable.

Standing next to him, did she seem a bit too old? Perhaps Jiutiao Meijie was the one who should stand by his side.

The four arrived at Waterfront Park.

There were elderly people sunbathing with their dogs, couples strolling along the waves, single men feeding seagulls, and many white yachts docked at the sea.

It was a quiet and cozy small seaside.

"You two take a stroll, Akiko and I will rest here," Miyuki Saeki said.

Saying this, she sat down on a bench under a tall palm tree.

"Together?" Xiaoquan Aonai said shyly, "Didn't we just rest a little while ago?"

"Go!" Akiko pushed her toward Dubian Che.

Their shoulders bumped into each other, Xiaoquan Aonai sneaked a glance at Dubian Che, who was also looking at her.

"Well," Xiaoquan Aonai tried to use a normal tone, "I'll take Dubian for a walk and then come back."

"Alright, go on then," Miyuki Saeki said nonchalantly.

Xiaoquan Aonai walked with Dubian Che towards the seafront.

Actually, there wasn't much to walk around; all the scenery could be seen at a glance, and they only walked a lap along the seaside on the sand.

But even so, Xiaoquan Aonai's heart was filled with joy for the second walk, if it weren't for her girlfriends watching from a distance, she would have almost quickened her pace with little steps.

"I'm so happy!" she couldn't help but exclaim.

"What's the good news that has made you so happy?" Dubian Che asked.

Of course, she couldn't directly say 'just being with you makes me very happy'; after all, she was a teacher.

"I'm saying they're having a great time," Xiaoquan Aonai pointed at the children throwing stones into the water by the sea.

A group of kids, having taken off their shoes and jackets and piled them on the rocks, rolled up their trouser legs and competed in the waves to see who could throw stones the furthest.

It was just throwing stones, but they were having so much fun.

"How adorable," Xiaoquan Aonai couldn't help but say.

"Yeah, but my girlfriend is even more adorable," Dubian Che learned and applied immediately.

"Hm?" Xiaoquan Aonai turned to look at him, feeling neither happy nor shy.

She turned her gaze back to the group of children and said:

"Jiutiao is indeed very cute."

"..." Dubian Che held his left hand with his right, his right hand against his chin, mimicking Kiyono Lin's tone: "I see."

"What's wrong?" Xiaoquan Aonai asked.

"Things learned from books must be incorporated into reality, the situation where a boyfriend has three girlfriends, indeed, needs to be specified to which one."

"What are you talking about... Ah!" Xiaoquan Aonai finally realized and understood that Dubian Che was referring to his girlfriend as her and the person cuter than the children was also her.

She blushed, looking at the distant coastline, the rolling waves, the blue sea, the accumulated white clouds, and Dubian Che in the corner of her eye.

"It's my first time walking with a guy." After a while, she said softly.

"Teacher," Dubian Che turned his head, his face slowly drawing near, "Your first time, they're all mine."

"...Okay." Xiaoquan Aonai lowered her face, then immediately lifted it again: "I didn't say yes, you know, we have to wait until after graduation, don't get any weird ideas!"

"Mm-hmm, I want to eat braised splendid alfonsino."

"Now?" Xiaoquan Aonai looked in the direction of the seaside restaurant, then turned back to Dubian Che and said, "I'll tell Miyuki and the others, I'll accompany you..."

She couldn't finish her sentence, as Dubian Che's face had already come very close to hers.

Their steps slowed down more and more until they finally stopped.

"Dubian? They are looking," she dared not open her lips normally, barely parting them, fearful of being invaded.

"Teacher."

Even though she spoke in a whisper, her lips were ultimately captured.

They parted after what seemed like a long time.

"It's delicious," among the sounds of the waves, she heard Dubian Che's voice in a daze, "Juicy and tender, the lightly braised splendid alfonsino, I like it."

Xiaoquan Aonai bit her sparkling lower lip, looking at him with watery eyes.

"You're not being good," that was the most annoyed she could sound at that moment.

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After the two left, Akiko sat down next to Miyuki Saeki.

A flock of fearless seagulls gathered at their feet, hoping for them to toss food.

"Aonai just invited us in a pretentious way, but look at her now," Akiko teased.

Miyuki Saeki watched the two walking along the beachside.

Xiaoquan Aonai's steps were lighter than usual, her skirt lifted by the ocean breeze. From just seeing her silhouette, it was evident how joyous and happy she was at this moment.

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