Food Wars!: God's Tongue is no match for me.

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Lens.

It's like there's an invisible magic.

This made her heart beat faster involuntarily, and her thoughts became chaotic.

……

"oops!"

"Young Miss, could you come any closer?"

Not far away, Hisako Niito, holding a camera, was adjusting the lens while speaking anxiously.

Her short pink hair flowed slightly in the wind, and her eyes were focused and serious as she tried to take a perfect graduation photo for Erina and Rin.

"Okay... okay!"

After hearing Hisako's words, Erina clearly hesitated for a moment.

But then, she still moved her feet slightly closer to Lin Xu.

"Yes, yes, closer, okay, stop..."

Hisako continued giving instructions, her eyes fixed on the viewfinder: "Hmm, it feels a bit off, Miss. How about you put your arm around Instructor Hayashi's arm? That would seem more intimate, oh no, more natural..."

Realizing she had said the wrong thing, Hisako could only smile sheepishly.

"Huh? Is this necessary?"

Upon hearing this, Erina's face instantly turned even redder, like a ripe apple.

Her heartbeat suddenly accelerated, as if it was about to jump out of her throat.

She could only steal glances at the lecturer Lin Xu next to her. He was wearing a sharp suit, had a refined demeanor, and a gentle smile on his face. That smile was like the warm sun in spring, which made her feel very at ease!

So, she could only take a deep breath, muster her courage, and slowly approach Lin Xu.

At this moment.

Her steps were both light and trembling.

Finally, she leaned close to Lin Xu, her slender hand trembling slightly as she slowly reached out and gently embraced his arm.

Lin Xu was slightly taken aback, then he turned his head and looked at her tenderly.

"OK."

"Please face the camera and keep smiling."

"Okay, three, two, one..."

"Hisago!" Hisako shouted excitedly.

……

Click!

She pressed the shutter button.

At that moment, time seemed to freeze.

Sunshine, cherry blossoms, and smiling faces are all captured in this heartwarming photo.

Erina was seen clinging tightly to Lin Xu's arm, her face beaming with a happy and shy smile, while Lin Xu wore a gentle smile, his eyes revealing his care and blessings for Erina.

This photo will become the most precious memory of graduation season, witnessing that innocent yet beautiful emotion.

Chapter 56 Mother-Daughter Relationship

Finished taking photos.

Erina's delicate, supple hand loosened its grip.

Afterwards, she eagerly took Hisako's camera, held it up to her eyes, and stared intently at the screen as if she had discovered a treasure, afraid of missing any detail!

"Miss."

"Did I take a really good picture?"

Seeing this, Hisako couldn't help but chuckle.

Erina, however, seemed not to hear him and continued to look at the camera screen.

But as she looked at the photos, a warm feeling of emotion suddenly welled up inside her. Perhaps it was because she was able to take a photo with Lin Xu and capture such a beautiful moment, so that she wouldn't have any regrets.

This feeling of being touched was like a sweet candy, slowly melting away, making her feel completely happy.

……

"Lin...Lin Xu, thank you."

Erina raised her head and spoke in a tender tone.

The voice was as gentle as a spring breeze brushing against flower petals, carrying a hint of shyness yet full of sincerity.

"Uh!"

Lin Xu stared blankly at the arrogant girl in front of him, his mind momentarily blank.

I don't understand why she would say thank you out of the blue.

Erina usually has that arrogant demeanor and occasionally throws a little tantrum, so this sudden expression of gratitude left him somewhat at a loss.

"Thank you for your careful guidance over the past month. Thank you so much."

Erina gazed at him with her large, misty eyes, her love and gratitude revealed without any attempt to conceal them.

Those eyes were like a clear lake, reflecting Lin Xu's figure, shimmering with deep affection.

From small to large.

She has always chosen to endure in silence.

Because her father, Azami Nakiri, once said that people should learn to hide their true thoughts and not reveal them no matter what happens.

And under this almost harsh education.

She was like a bird trapped in a cage, deprived of the right to freely express her emotions!

then.

She doesn't know either.

Which one is the real you?

……

in the room.

Tears silently soaked her pillow; this was her understanding of "crying."

In social situations, that polite yet distant fake smile is the kind of "smile" she can understand.

Those feelings hidden deep in her heart, which could only be transformed into a faint, imperceptible warmth, were merely the "joy" she could understand.

As for.

Sadness, pain.

It was buried deep, like a treasure buried in the darkness, never to see the light of day.

These emotional changes could only surge within her heart, while her pretty face remained forever cold and indifferent, like an unmelting iceberg.

Until he met Lin Xu.

Her cold heart gradually warmed up.

Ah!

It's no exaggeration to say that...

Lin Xu was like a ray of warm sunshine, shining directly into her dark and cold world.

No need to thank me.

Even if I don't come to Totsuki as a new lecturer.

"With your current abilities, you can still graduate as the top student in the elementary school."

Lin Xu placed his hands on her fragrant shoulders and said earnestly, "Moreover, shouldn't it be the lecturer's responsibility to teach each student with care?"

"No!"

"no."

"Being with you, I...I have never felt so happy."

Erina said with even greater affection.

Hisako looked at the two of them with a mixture of curiosity, doubt, and curiosity in her eyes.

Finally, unable to understand, she could only mutter, "I really don't get it. When did Miss become so gentle? And, judging from the way she treats Lin Xu, it feels a bit..."

……

"Okay."

"Let's not say anything sentimental."

"In any case, congratulations on your successful graduation and advancement to the higher education level."

Lin Xu smiled.

"Ok!"

"So... will you be going to the senior division with us in the new semester?"

Erina composed herself, then blinked and asked expectantly.

"meeting!"

"Moreover, they are responsible for teaching first-year students."

"In other words, when the new semester starts, I will still be your lecturer and we can still get along like this."

Lin Xu replied without hesitation.

"Really?"

Upon hearing this, Erina became quite excited.

"Do not lie to you!"

Lin Xu smiled, but then he suddenly became serious and said solemnly, "However, I must leave Totsuki Academy during these two months of vacation."

"Leave...where are you going?"

"I've been to many places, America, Northern Europe, France..."

"Especially in France, the WGO headquarters will be holding an executive officer promotion assessment in two months, and as a second-class executive officer, I must participate."

"Oh!"

Despite the thought of separating from Lin Xu, Erina felt a little sad.

However, she also knew that Lin Xu, as the WGO executive officer, must have many other matters to attend to. So she was a little more rational and didn't beg him to stay a few more days to spend with her.

……

A gentle breeze caressed her long golden hair, but she was completely unaware of it.

At this moment, her thoughts had already drifted back to ten years ago, to that heartbreaking day when her mother, Nakiri Managi, left her. Like a nightmare, the image of her mother's back kept appearing in her mind!

"Mother, is she alright now?"

Erina murmured to herself, her voice so soft it seemed as if she feared it would be blown away by the wind.

So many years have passed, she doesn't really remember what Managi looks like anymore.

In her memory, Nakiri Managi's face was like a painting that was gradually fading, the colors becoming lighter and lighter, and the outline becoming more and more blurred.

The memories of parting from my mother are like old photographs, becoming increasingly blurry with the passage of time!

sometimes.

In the dead of night.