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For example, say the photos are great, or that you're really interested. You need to get some kind of response, otherwise the atmosphere will be too awkward.

Because... this is a very normal thing.

How can you go out with friends and not take pictures? It's normal to go out at night while traveling, and taking a picture together as a group of three is even more common...

If it were Xiao Meilangai (8) Ling Jiu Liu Qi Jiu Wu Meng Cheng herself, she would definitely take a photo to commemorate the occasion.

But I don't know why...

Xiao Meilang Aicheng slowly lowered her head, her face appearing somewhat pale.

Completely indescribable.

Chapter 380 Xiao Meilang's Travel Plan

Xiaomei Aizumi had absolutely no idea what to say; her mind was almost completely blank, only filled with details of that photo.

"This is where?"

The girl lowered her head and asked softly, "Hokkaido."

Hayakawa succinctly summarized: "It's a food street. We went out for dinner in the evening and then we accidentally saw the shrine, so we took a picture to remember the occasion."

"That's it."

Komi Aizami's dim eyes suddenly brightened.

I saw it by chance; it wasn't a place where three people specifically went to take photos as souvenirs, so it seems acceptable.

But I still feel so sad.

"Junior,"

Xiao Meilang hugged her knees with her arms and said in a muffled voice, "I remember you invited me to Hokkaido back then too."

"Yes." Hayakawa nodded after recalling for a moment: "But you said you were afraid your family would worry and that it would interfere with your studies, so you didn't go."

"oh oh."

As Minami Aizami began to speak, her dark purple eyes fixed intently on Hayakawa, and she whispered, "I want to go again now."

"..."

What's the use of regretting it now? I'm already back from Hokkaido.

"Um…"

Hayakawa hesitated for a moment, then offered a comforting remark: "Let's go to Zero-Earth again next time we have the chance."

Kominami Aizami propped her head up with her hand, her rounded chin smooth and shiny. Avoiding Hayakawa's gaze, she said softly, "Next time? Who knows when next time will be?"

She looked out the window. Although it hadn't snowed yet, winter had arrived, and the year was counting down. What would the new year be like?

"Junior, I'll take you traveling sometime."

Kominami Aizami turned to face Hayakawa, her tone calm but her eyes shining: "You've already been to Hokkaido, so let's go somewhere else, like Shinobu or Kyoto."

"..."

Hayakawa paused for a moment, then said expressionlessly, "I don't have many plans to travel to other places right now."

Going to Hokkaido once is already this troublesome; if we go to other places several more times, who knows how much time that would waste? Hayakawa felt a strong sense of rejection at the thought.

"There will be more time in the future, we have plenty of time."

With a confident look on her face and a slight smile on her lips, Xiao Meilang Aicheng started to plan on her fingers: "Look, winter vacation is coming soon. We can go wherever we want for more than a month. Then there's spring vacation after winter vacation. Although it's not long, we can go to some nearby places, like camping in the nearby mountains."

"Then we'll lie side by side in an open-air tent on the mountaintop, looking up at a sky full of stars, breathing in fresh air unpolluted by the city."

Kominami Aizami crossed her arms over her chest, a look of blissful fantasy on her face: "Isn't this pretty good too?"

Hayakawa said blankly, "In the mountains, there are insects. When you wake up, your tent is crawling with mosquitoes, and your body is red and swollen. It's not a good experience at all."

Xiao Mei's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

"Besides, it's very unsafe in the wild. There might be wild animals," Hayakawa continued to dampen the mood. "There might be bears. Bears often end their hibernation early in winter because they don't have enough fat stored up. During this period, they are very aggressive due to hunger, and a tent is not enough to stop them."

Komi Aizawa's expression turned even uglier, and her gaze towards Hayakawa became subtly eerie.

"Also, it's very inconvenient to use the toilet in the wild, what will happen then..."

Just as Hayakawa was about to continue, he was interrupted by Minami Aizami.

"Don't ruin my beautiful fantasy, you bastard!"

Without hesitation, Misaki punched Hayakawa in the stomach, her little face full of hatred, waving her pink fist as if she hadn't had enough.

Hayakawa took a punch but his face didn't change at all. He even wanted to laugh a little. Even if Misaki, who was a legal loli-level, attacked with all her might, she couldn't cause any damage to Hayakawa's powerful imperial body.

"Really,"

When Xiaomei saw that her powerful attack hadn't even broken through Hayakawa's defense, a look of sullen appeared on her face. She withdrew her fist and said irritably, "You're just a spoilsport."

“Hmm,” Hayakawa said seriously to Minami Aizami after a moment of contemplation, “I’m not trying to spoil your fun, but I want to remind you that camping in the wild is not as simple as you think. The further away from the city you are, the more careful you need to be. Danger can be found everywhere. You can’t just go there with a playful mindset. You need to be prepared, both materially and mentally.”

"..." Seeing Hayakawa's serious yet concerned expression, Kominami Aizami pursed her lips and whispered, "I understand."

Hearing this, Hayakawa nodded slightly and smiled at the loli-like upperclassman in front of him.

"But is it really that exaggerated?"

Seeing that Hayakawa had calmed down, Ayame Kominami couldn't help but ask curiously, "I saw it in TV dramas and it was pretty good. A few young people could just set off with a tent. It's called a 'wilderness tour' or something."

"The area near the city isn't considered the wilderness,"

Hayakawa didn't want to say much, but seeing the curious and inquisitive look on Minami Aizami's face, he thought for a moment and said, "Since you've asked so sincerely, I'll mercifully tell you."

Komi Aizawa rolled her eyes but wasn't intimidated. She patted Hayakawa's shoulder and urged, "Hurry up and tell me."

"That's what my mother told me."

Hayakawa looked up, his face expressionless as he began to recall.

"Oh, this is the first time I'm hearing you talk about your family."

With just one sentence, Ayame's expectations were raised to the highest level, and her eyes lit up.

Hayakawa continued, "At that time, she was still at the University of Tokyo, leading a group of students to conduct field research on seasonal plants."

"Oh, I see, I see."

Kominami Aizami nodded in sudden realization, then grabbed Hayakawa with a drastic change in expression: "Wait a minute!"

"what happened?"

Hayakawa looked at her with a puzzled expression.

"Your mother was a student at Tokyo University, huh?"

Kominami Aizami grabbed Hayakawa's arm and shook it slightly, saying with a hint of envy and longing, "You're amazing! No wonder your grades are so good too, it must be a family trait."

Having become a student who had to repeat a year of high school, her greatest idols were undoubtedly those high-achieving students who went to prestigious universities. The University of Tokyo was undoubtedly the best among them and the university she longed for the most. However, Ai-chan was also self-aware. With her level, she probably wouldn't be able to repeat a year no matter how many times she studied. She would be very satisfied if she could enter the medical school and inherit the family clinic.

"What family genetics? My achievements are all the result of my own hard work!"

Hayakawa's eyes immediately filled with tears, and the blood in her entire body felt like it was on fire.

Chapter 381 Wilderness Knowledge

Xiao Meilang Aicheng was startled by his excited reaction, instinctively backing away and quickly nodding, "Oh, oh, I understand."

"And she doesn't study there; she just mentors a group of students."

Hayakawa's expression returned to blankness, and he said.

"Oh, does that mean your mother is a professor at Tokyo University?"

Xiao Meilang Aicheng was shocked and straightened her back to show respect.

"Teacher, or professor, I'm not quite sure,"

Hayakawa recalled for a moment and said, "I was already quite old when I was born, but I couldn't remember anything yet. She told me about it later."

"Wow, that's amazing..."

Kominami Aizami was somewhat lost in thought, then looked at Hayakawa with a touch of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a complex emotion encompassing both admiration and reflection): "So it seems your family is full of high achievers. You have good grades, and your family is also..."

"Are you even listening to me anymore?"

Hayakawa, having been interrupted repeatedly, glared at Misaki with some displeasure.

My achievements are not due to any family environment, but rather the result of my years of hard work.

"Say it, say it!"

Kominami Aizami quickly calmed the agitated Hayakawa down, then shut her mouth and listened to him.

"At that time, she led a group of students on a field expedition. It must have been on a mountain. During the day, she led them to observe plants, then preserved leaves to study back at night. At night, they found a place to pitch tents and sleep in the deep forest."

Hayakawa said calmly, "Then one night, when everyone was fast asleep, a scream suddenly came from one of the tents."

"Hiss... Could there really be a bear?"

Xiao Meilang Aicheng was already engrossed in the conversation, but upon hearing this, she trembled and showed a somewhat frightened expression. She asked nervously, "Then how were you born... Ah, you were already born by now."

Hayakawa was speechless for a moment, too lazy to pay attention to the senior's wild imagination, and continued: "After hearing the scream, the students and teachers immediately turned on all the lights in the tent, only to find that the scream came from a girl, and the reason she screamed was because a centipede had crawled into her navel."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Ayame Nami froze completely. After a long while, she was horrified and stammered, "Huh? This...this."

A long worm with ferocious mouthparts and countless tiny legs crawls into a person's stomach, aiming for the internal organs.

The scene, which should have been something out of a horror movie, was actually happening in the real world. Just imagining it made Xiaomei Aicheng's scalp tingle, and her originally pretty face turned pale.

"The centipede is approximately this long,"

Hayakawa gestured roughly with his fingers, then recalled, "The colors should be a mix of red and black. Such vibrant colors are undoubtedly highly poisonous, and then..."

"Don't describe it in such detail, you're scaring me to death!"

Komi Aizami quickly reached out to cover Hayakawa's mouth. Hearing those few short words from him gave her goosebumps.

Hayakawa sighed, "I just recalled things in order, otherwise I wouldn't be able to remember things from so long ago."

"Don't interrupt, what's next?"

Xiao Meilang Aicheng's face turned slightly pale as she asked, "Was the centipede pulled out of that girl's stomach?"

Hayakawa shook his head: "It hasn't been pulled out, and it can't be pulled out."

Xiao Meilang Aicheng frowned: "Why?"

"If you pull the centipede out directly, it might burrow deeper due to the shock, or even bite into nearby flesh. Also, centipede legs are poisonous, and if you pull it out directly, the centipede's legs could easily detach and fall into the girl's stomach, causing the poison to attack her organs soon," Hayakawa explained calmly. "In a remote place like this, if you are suddenly poisoned, there are no medical facilities available. It's impossible to get back to the city in time to seek medical treatment. If the centipede is highly venomous, it will be troublesome. It's very possible that she will suffer from severe pain for several days, and in the worst case, it could even be life-threatening."

Komi Nami's face turned pale, and she immediately stopped talking, gripping Hayakawa's sleeve tightly with one hand.

"The final solution was for the teachers to instruct the students to lift up the girl's shirt around her abdomen and then tap around her navel and the ground nearby. The vibrations made the centipede feel threatened, and it crawled out on its own."

Hayakawa gently patted Misaki's nervous little hand to comfort her: "And it wasn't over after the centipede came out. Several students held it down and counted its legs to see if any were missing. If any were missing, it would be a big problem. But luckily, the centipede didn't leave any legs inside the human body. The incident was a close call. Afterwards, they went back that night to give the girl a physical examination."

"I'm so glad you're alright,"

Komi Nami Aizami breathed a sigh of relief and murmured, "I never expected something like this to happen."

This was something she had never heard of before, and she found it hard to imagine that if she encountered the same thing in the middle of nowhere, she would definitely be poisoned.

"I'm just reminding you to be careful and not to wander out of the city so easily,"

Hayakawa looked at Minami Aizawa seriously and said, "Otherwise, you won't even know what's going on if you encounter danger."

Mei Nami lowered her head and looked at Aizumi meekly, no longer displaying the imperious manner of a senior, and whispered, "I understand."

"Hmm,"

Hayakawa sneered, reaching out to ruffle her soft, purple hair: "Are you still going on the trip?"

"Don't touch my head like that, you jerk!"

Xiao Meilang instinctively reached out and brushed it away. She disliked being treated like this by a junior the most; it was extremely disrespectful to her.

After being angry for a full two seconds, Xiaomei Lang Aicheng said sullenly, "We still want to go on the trip, but after hearing what you said, it seems that camping in the wild is indeed not a good choice. After all, I am a little unable to deal with the insects. Let's go to a safer place."

"That's right."

Hayakawa nodded in satisfaction, picked up a bag of snacks from the table, intending to reward the obedient loli-senpai, but the next moment he suddenly frowned, as if he remembered something.

Wait a minute, why are we still going on vacation?