Chapter 57: Customized Bats

After batting practice ended, Huangqian Yangyi and the other two returned to the dormitory to wash up and change clothes, followed by heading to the cafeteria to fiercely polish off three big bowls of rice; for Miyuki, this remained a very difficult task.

At three in the afternoon, Huangqian Yangyi walked out of the classroom holding several love letters, amidst Kuramochi's resentful gaze.

After tidying his hair a little and putting on a small backpack, he left Seido together with Kuramochi.

"Eat first or play first?" Kuramochi turned his head to ask.

"Play first, then go eat, and finally go shopping," Huangqian Yangyi said.

Kuramochi gave a grunt, having no objections; he simply wanted to go out to play games and hit the arcade, everything else was fine by him.

Half an hour later, the two took the train to the city center.

As soon as they got out of the station, Kuramochi excitedly dashed straight toward an arcade, looking as if he had been wanting to come play for a long time, and seeing Kuramochi like this, Huangqian Yangyi suddenly felt his hands itching too.

The two played in the arcade for nearly three hours, not coming out until it was dark.

"Yeah, you're really something, Huangqian, to actually be on par with me." Kuramochi walked down the street with his hands behind his head, swaggering, his face full of satisfaction.

Huangqian Yangyi smiled and said, "My reaction speed is the main thing; my gaming skills are still far behind yours."

Hearing this, Kuramochi nodded with deep feeling, "It's true, there are geniuses in everything you do; it really is annoying."

"Don't say that, Kuramochi, you run fast; that's something many people can't train for in a lifetime," Huangqian Yangyi laughed.

Huangqian Yangyi's straightforward praise actually made Kuramochi a bit embarrassed, and he strode to the front, "In exchange for you keeping me company playing games, let's go, I'll treat you to dinner."

"Fine, then I'll give you the opportunity to treat me to dinner," Huangqian Yangyi said.

Not long after, the two walked out of the restaurant looking like pregnant women.

"Hiccup~~"

"Stuffed, so tired."

Huangqian Yangyi felt that eating was more tiring than playing games at this moment.

"Huh? Who told you to order so much? It cost me over ten thousand!" Although Kuramochi's stomach was also bulging, his empty wallet made him feel like his heart was bleeding.

This bastard can eat too much!

"Yangyi!"

Just then, not far from the two, two girls walked toward them, and it was Fujiwara Takako who spoke.

"Senior, why are you here too?" Huangqian Yangyi asked.

"Yo, little junior, how come you only greet Takako?" Seeing Jiantian Youxiang pounce over to hug Fujiwara Takako, she rested her head on the other's shoulder and teased Huangqian Yangyi.

Huangqian Yangyi tilted his head, his face full of confusion: "Senior Jiantian, you're here too."

"Ah? I'm such a big person, and you actually pretended not to see me?" Jiantian Youxiang let go of Fujiwara Takako and headed toward Huangqian Yangyi, "I have to properly teach this hateful little junior a lesson."

Seeing this, Huangqian Yangyi hurriedly begged for mercy: "I was wrong, I was wrong, spare me, Senior."

Jiantian Youxiang hummed, then asked: "Are you guys heading back?"

"No, I still need to buy some things," Huangqian Yangyi said.

Hearing this, Jiantian Youxiang's eyes rolled around, and she suddenly said to Kuramochi Yoichi on the side: "Student Kuramochi, are you buying things too?"

Kuramochi shook his head: "I'm not buying anything, I'm keeping Huangqian company."

"That's great, then do you want to go back to school with me first?"

"Eh? Why?"

"Do me a favor, I bought too many things just now and I can't carry them alone, please, please." Jiantian Youxiang said sweetly, unleashing the strongest of the Thirty-Six Stratagems: the beauty trap.

Sure enough, this trick was super effective on Kuramochi; Jiantian Youxiang had him spinning in circles with just one look, and he even thought she was interested in him.

"Haha, then I'll go with Senior Jiantian first, you go browse slowly by yourself." Kuramochi patted Huangqian Yangyi's shoulder grandly, looking like a villain who had gotten his way.

As for Huangqian Yangyi, he was also baffled; what was going on? He hadn't seen the senior and Kuramochi have any interaction before.

At this time, Fujiwara Takako on the side noticed something was wrong and hurriedly said: "Senior, what about me?"

"Takako, aren't you still going to buy clothes? It just so happens Huangqian needs to buy things too, you two go together," Jiantian Youxiang said with a smile.

Fujiwara Takako's face turned red, and she immediately understood that her senior's habit of shipping couples had flared up again.

Before she could say anything, Jiantian Youxiang had already called Kuramochi over and left quickly, leaving her and Huangqian Yangyi staring at each other.

"They left," Huangqian Yangyi said, unable to help himself when he saw the stunned look on Fujiwara Takako's face.

Fujiwara Takako suddenly snapped back to reality and hurriedly feigned composure, "Oh, oh, then let's browse for a while together. What do you need to buy, Yangyi?"

"Buying some gifts."

"Gifts?"

"Yeah, I'm going back to Kyoto in a few days, so I'm bringing some small gifts for my family." As Huangqian Yangyi said this, he suddenly stopped and looked at Fujiwara Takako, "Oh right, Senior, do you know any place that sells those small glass boxes? The kind used for holding gifts."

Hearing this, Fujiwara Takako thought for a moment; she really did know such a shop, and immediately asked: "How big do you need?"

"Big enough to hold a baseball," Huangqian Yangyi said.

"Hold a baseball?" Fujiwara Takako looked confused; giving someone a baseball as a gift?

"Yeah. It's that baseball from my Home Run; I want to pack it up and give it to someone as a gift." Huangqian Yangyi's face was full of smiles, seemingly looking forward to his younger sister's reaction when she received this gift.

"It's that ball?" Fujiwara Takako was a bit surprised; Huangqian Yangyi was actually going to give away the ball from his first Home Run?

Fujiwara Takako gave a nod, "Let's go, if it's for holding a baseball, I know a shop that sells them; they specialize in business related to baseball."

"Is that so? Then I'll have to trouble you." Huangqian Yangyi secretly marveled at how good his luck was; otherwise, if it were just him and Kuramochi, they probably wouldn't have been able to find a suitable one even after searching for a long time.

The two walked along the street, Huangqian Yangyi talking non-stop like a chatterbox, while Fujiwara Takako on the side kept her head slightly lowered the whole time, occasionally giving a grunt to echo Huangqian Yangyi.

When the two had finished buying their respective things and parted ways upon returning to school, Fujiwara Takako finally let out a long breath; she didn't know why she had been especially nervous just now.

After arriving at the school's package collection area, Huangqian Yangyi picked up a large parcel and returned to the dormitory. There was no one in the dormitory; Senior Azuma should be doing self-practice at this time, and as for Senior Chris, he basically had to go to the hospital for rehabilitation in the evenings, although his injury was not as serious as in the original story, some necessary maintenance and protection still had to be done.

Huangqian Yangyi put the things away, changed into a tracksuit, and opened the parcel he had retrieved. Inside were two finely crafted baseball bats; the size, thickness, length, and weight were all customized according to Huangqian Yangyi's habits, the only difference being that his own cute younger sister's name was inlaid on the bats.