When Hayato led Nanao Akane onto the bus, the students surprisingly made way for them.
"Wow, it's a stranger. I wonder if he's a student from a neighboring town."
"Based on my experience with countless men, there shouldn't be such a handsome guy in a neighboring town."
"Didn't you hear? He's Nanao's boyfriend, from the big city. As expected, the guys from Tokyo are the real deal."
"Nanao? Which Nanao?… Oh, that girl…"
And there were all sorts of whispers.
But when Hayato walked past them, these people appropriately shut their mouths, only giving him an awkward yet polite smile.
Some were at a loss, rubbing their palms on their pants for a long time, only to realize their pants had no pockets. To make themselves look less stiff, they could only hastily give Hayato a thumbs-up.
The bus was still the same bus.
The driver was still the same driver.
After boarding the bus, Hayato looked at the driver and was slightly surprised.
Good heavens, his professional ethics are quite high.
After such an incident, delaying for so long, the driver still hadn't left… However, as a driver, smoking on the bus was somewhat unethical.
The driver, probably old enough to be Oshika Masaru's father, had skin tanned from years of constant work, and a pair of aviator sunglasses perched on his forehead.
He was biting a lit cigarette, wanting to reminisce about the past.
But he looked at Hayato, wanting to speak but holding back, and after a long while, he muttered to himself: "Could it be that you and I are fellow travelers?"
Hayato: "?"
"But you don't look old enough to be a father, do you? Why haven't I seen you before?"
Hayato quickly waved his hand: "…I was just talking nonsense, please don't take it seriously."
After speaking, he quickly led Nanao Akane further inside.
Good heavens.
Hayato directly thought, good heavens.
It looked like he just shot some verbal bullets at Oshika Masaru's mother.
This old scoundrel shot something else in there!
"Sigh… Back in the day…" The old scoundrel still wanted to say something.
But by this time, the passengers were mostly seated. He glanced at the sign posted next to the driver's seat— "Do not talk to the driver."
He then pulled down his sunglasses, skillfully shifted gears, and drove the bus smoothly onto the road.
Deeply concealing his achievements and fame.
"Oshika Masaru…"
Hayato continued to calmly look at the scenery outside the window, but Shizunomiya Natsuki, sitting behind him, struck up a conversation with him.
"Hmm?" Hayato said.
"He is a well-known hooligan in Town West. Since you are new here, he might target you," Shizunomiya Natsuki said.
"Understood..." Hayato said.
"If he causes you trouble, you can tell me... Just have Xiao Yong contact me," Shizunomiya Natsuki added. "Nanao should have Xiao Yong's contact information."
"Okay." Hayato said.
Shizunomiya Natsuki nodded.
Although she wanted to say something more to Hayato, seeing that he seemed reluctant to respond, she wisely kept quiet.
"Shinomiya, does that Oshika Masaru... often come to harass you?"
Nanao Akane, ever lively, turned her head to ask.
Shizunomiya Natsuki chuckled slightly.
"He just has nothing better to do."
Shizunomiya Natsuki appeared to be the same age as Nanao Akane, but judging purely by her face and demeanor, she looked slightly more mature than Nanao... Or rather, when Nanao Akane kept her mouth shut, their temperaments were quite similar.
But the moment she opened her mouth, the term 'Ice Beauty' could only be used to describe her appearance.
If one had to make a comparison, Shizunomiya Natsuki was more similar to Miyajima Sakura.
Except she lacked Miyajima Sakura's natural aura.
"You must be careful," Nanao Akane reminded her solemnly.
As someone who had experience, she was very sensitive to such matters.
"Don't worry," Shizunomiya Natsuki said.
"Aiya, Akane, you don't need to worry about Natsuka nee-san. Natsuka nee-san's Aikido is very formidable. Even without you guys today, she could have made that Oshika Masaru suffer," Yamano Yuta, who was sitting next to Shizunomiya Natsuki, said.
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