After school on Thursday, the work of the student union was held as usual.
Absent: Kasumigaoka Shiu (accountant)
Even so, a reason was given.
——"Sorry, there are still some things that have not been dealt with. I will solve them as soon as possible."
"Actually asking for leave again? Are you talking about what's going on with that woman? Everyone is obviously working hard here, but she's too arrogant, isn't she?"
"Thank you for saying that while eating senbei, Eiri."
"Huh? This is an internal matter of our student union. People like you, Lun Ye, who are irrelevant should just keep your mouth shut."
"Well... But is Shiyu-senpai really okay? When I went to the teacher's office last week because of the audio-visual classroom, I happened to see her talking to Kano-chan. Shiyu-senpai looked cold.
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"So... I said! I told you not to ignore others and keep talking to yourself at the same time! Idiot! And - why can you eat our snacks so naturally!"
Yinglili was so angry that she stamped her feet, while An Yilun looked at her dumbfounded and swallowed the senbei in his mouth before responding.
"Hey, I just ate one piece. You don't need to make such a fuss, right? Stingy!"
"No, no, no! That's not the problem! Rather, what's the point of you staying here so idle!?"
"That's too much! I came here because I have business to do! I even turned down a part-time job because of this. Who do you think is just idle?"
"Hey? Then, tell me, you are an otaku who has nothing in your mind except comics, animation, and games. Why should you go to the student union?"
"What's wrong with that? Japan's otaku culture is the pride of Japan! It's the most unique culture in the world! No matter what happens, I will always be with them! This is - my way of survival!!"
An Yilun, who suddenly became violent, was also full of momentum, and the otaku power emanating from his body instantly suppressed Yinglili.
Ying Lili was momentarily caught by his reaction, with a timid look on her face, while he calmly pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose, putting on an indifferent face, hiding his merit and fame.
No one spoke in the room for a moment, as if they were rendered speechless by those words.
Under such circumstances, a delicate voice suddenly broke the silence.
"Sawamura-kun, I put your black tea here."
"...Huh? Ah, um, thank you, Shinjou-san."
"You're welcome~" Shinjoka replied with a smile, putting down her tea cup, with a friendly look on her face.
Saw this scene.
An Yilun couldn't help but blinked, raised his hand and asked, "Huh? Well, is it my fault?"
"Excuse me, did you say something?"
"No, it doesn't matter, let's talk about my tea..."
"I'm sorry~ I didn't prepare for you, classmate An Yilun."
"Ah? Why! I heard that Kato-san would help prepare it in the past, right?"
"Hey, so what~?" Shinjoka asked with a smile.
"...Um, is it possible that I'm being targeted?" An Yilun also asked with some uncertainty.
"No, just why do I have to make tea for you?" Shinjo-ka was still smiling, but her tone sounded timid.
"Generally speaking, if you want tea, you should pour it yourself, right? Even if you are asking for help, you should add "please" and "please" in front of it, not like you?"
"As for An Yilunya, who just said that I was targeting you, I would like to ask, do you usually speak with this kind of provocation or command? It always makes people feel very uncomfortable~"
It felt like a soft knife stabbing me one after another.
An Yilun also stared at the newly appointed publicity committee member with his mouth open. He swallowed hard and shook his head in denial.
"...Ah no, you misunderstood, I didn't mean that! Sorry, it was my fault."
"What is this? I don't quite understand what you mean. Are you apologizing? If so, you should be more sincere, right?"
"——!"
An Yilun was also speechless for a moment.
It should be said that in the previous student union, even Shiyu and Eiri, who had the worst personalities, often insulted him because of his personality, but they never really showed any malice. It was more like a quarrel between peers.
But Xintiaoxiang is different!
Although she spoke sweetly and had a smile on her face, her actions were pressing forward step by step and clearly suppressing people.
Is this provocation!?!?
An Yilun couldn't help but curse in his heart, and even broke out in a cold sweat.
In comparison, Yinglili, who he had just rated as "stingy", couldn't be more generous.
He couldn't figure it out anyway. He just wanted a cup of tea, so why did he get into such trouble? After all, Kato Megumi, who was in charge of making tea in the past, would take the initiative to make tea for him.
Now it's just a different person, but there are such huge changes.
Seeing him being beaten to the point of being speechless, Yinglili, who had been watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but feel pity and couldn't help but say:
"Um... Shinjou-san? That's just the way he is. It doesn't matter if you don't argue with him..."
Face her help to the rescue.
"Ying, Ying Lili...!" An Yilun couldn't help but be deeply moved, with a saved expression on his face.
Shinjoka looked at her strangely, her eyes thoughtful, but the next second she nodded happily and responded.
"Well~ Since Sawamura-san said so, then let's do it."
She accepted the rhetoric so easily and stopped being pushy.
After saying that, he picked up the other two cups of brewed tea and walked towards Kei and Yusuke who were busy sitting behind their respective desks.
An Yilun also looked at her back with dull eyes and muttered: "What, why do you accept it as soon as others say it..."
Immediately, he turned his attention to Yinglili, who was sitting on the sofa opposite, drinking tea elegantly from a teacup. Unable to avoid being lonely, he gritted his teeth and said:
"I said, Yinglili...?"
"What's wrong?"
"Is it possible that that classmate Shinjo actually hates me?"
"Oh~~Have you finally realized the fact that you are so annoying?"
"No, no, no, now is not the time to joke? Am I not allowed to come to the student union in the future?"
"Isn't it because you are so imprudent that you are like this..." Yinglili glanced at him, then put down the teacup, coughed reservedly, and said calmly:
"...Well~ if you are willing to ask me, I can help you apologize to Shinjou-san, right?"
"Huh? What did you say??"
"beg me."
"Why do I have to beg you...!" An Yilun also whispered.
"Oh, aren't you the one who said you still want to come to the student union? Is this really okay? Talk to me in this tone."
Ying Lili crossed her arms, crossed her legs gracefully, and swayed her right foot gently little by little.
"——!"
An Yilun also gritted his teeth and looked at his childhood sweetheart.
Although the other party has an exquisite appearance, she also looks particularly cute, and she has the status of a rich lady. She is the kind of girl who is closest to a two-dimensional heroine, but her personality is really hard to describe.
As a saying goes, tsundere in the second dimension is a very cute attribute, but in the third dimension... it's a bit annoying.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but murmur: "Your... No, it's because the personalities of all your student union members are too bad, right?"
"What's so bad?"
"Generally speaking, the student union only serves students, right? Is there something wrong with asking you to beg you?"
"What a sophistry. That's just for ordinary students. The NEETs who promote otaku culture are not among them. Besides, everyone else comes here for legitimate reasons, how about you?"
"——I told you it's not like that! I'm here today for the things I agreed with Kato. It's business!"
"...made an appointment with Yusuke?" Eirili blinked and said suspiciously: "Anyway, it was you who made some willful request, right?"
"Hey, hey, you are too prejudiced against me. This is about the animation appreciation meeting. Kato promised to let me use the audio-visual classroom at the cultural festival, so I came to ask about the situation."
"Sure enough, I knew it." Ying Lili rolled her eyes at him angrily, then turned to look behind her and spoke.
"Hey, Yusuke. Have you promised to lend the audio-visual classroom to this guy before?"
Kato Yusuke, who was checking the off-campus teaching procedures for next week, raised his head, looked at them respectively, and then nodded in affirmation.
"Yes, take the time to write an application form and return it, An Yi."
"Great! I knew you were trustworthy! Kato... By the way, where did you get the application form?"
"Ah, well, that one is at my place, please wait a moment, An Yi."
After hearing this, Hui stopped what he was doing, stood up, walked to the cabinet against the wall, and found a form from a folder inside.
Just when she was about to hand over the form to An Yilunye...
"Let me help you ~ Vice President Kato." Shinjoka, who had been watching everyone's actions, took the initiative to come up.
"Huh? Well, thank you, Shinjo-san."
"Don't worry about it~ If there is anything else I can help with, feel free to tell me."
Shinjoka smiled brightly after taking the form, then walked to the sofa near the door and handed it to Aki Tomoya.
"Your form, An Yi-san."
"Um, um! No, thank you very much." An Yilun also stretched out his hands respectfully and carefully took the form.
Seeing this scene, Yinglili rolled her eyes in disgust and was about to make some mocking remarks.
At this moment--
"Yinglili."
Kato Yusuke suddenly spoke and said in a mellow and calm voice: "You passed the English test this time and did a good job."
Hearing his words…
"--Eh?"
Ying Lili was stunned at first, her clear and bright eyes blinked several times, her gaze wandered around with nowhere to rest, but she still couldn't hide her shyness, so she turned her head to the side, raised her face with some irritation, and pretended to accuse.
"Just, even if you praise me like this, it won't do any good..."
"As long as you can participate in the event smoothly, if there are unfinished works, I will try my best to help."
"...Then, there's no need for you to say that kind of thing. Besides, you are mine. Do you think you can escape your job? Hmph..."
Kato Yusuke nodded and did not answer again.
Eirili hesitated for a while, then suddenly remembered a question, said "Wait a moment", and looked at Yusuke with a puzzled expression.
"Speaking of which, aren't the test results not released until next week? Why does Yusuke know my results?"
"..."
Kato Yusuke paused in his brush strokes, and then replied without raising his head: "It's nothing, I just happened to hear it from Hasumi-sensei."
"This, that's it." Ying Lili responded in a low voice, lowering her head in embarrassment, feeling shy and happy at the same time.
After all, fundamentally speaking, Kanoko Hasumi is the homeroom teacher of their Class F, but Yusuke Kato learned about her English score from her.
Doesn't this just mean that he went to the teacher to ask because he cared about himself? Otherwise, his character would not care about irrelevant people at all.
As for that "coincidence", Yinglili didn't believe it at all, she just thought he was adding the modification because of shyness.
Thinking of this, Ying Lili couldn't help but secretly cursed an idiot, but her heart felt sweet, so she happily picked up the black tea on the table and drank it.
This series of reactions did not escape the eyes of the person opposite.
An Yilun also saw her speaking insincerely. She was obviously very happy but pretended not to care. He couldn't help but lower his eyes and curled his lips with contempt.
He hesitated for a moment, but finally resisted his desire to complain and decided to save some face for his childhood sweetheart, so he lowered his head and prepared to fill out the audio-visual classroom use application form.
However, I found that I was missing a pen in my hand.
Just when he was hesitating who to borrow a pen from...
"Drink some tea, An Yi-san. Also, I think you may be able to use this."
After saying this, Megumi placed a cup of instant barley tea in front of him and handed him a mechanical pencil.
An Yilun also raised his head blankly and took the pen.
At this moment, he seemed to hear the sound of nature, and he couldn't help but burst into tears of gratitude.
"Ka-Kato-san... you are such a good person, no - you are simply an angel! Or the heroine of the game!"
"Hmm...? I just did a little thing, you don't have to worry about it so much."
"No! This is no small matter! Thank you for the barley tea! I will definitely enjoy it with gratitude! Woohoo..."
"Ah~ Okay, then you have to return it after you finish writing the form." Hui said perfunctorily, not intending to ask about his unique metaphor, but returned to his desk calmly.
An Yilun also took off his glasses, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeves, then put them on again, carefully picked up the disposable paper cup in front of him, and brought it to his mouth.
Huh~huh~
Chiliu, rustling...
"Haah...it tastes delicious——! This is the best barley tea I have ever had in my life!!"
As he spoke, he burst into tears again.
Yinglili just looked at him there, drinking instant wheat tea as if tasting high-end tea leaves, and couldn't help but feel dumbfounded and sarcastic.
"...It's a shame that you could say that to Hui. What on earth are you doing? It's so embarrassing. You don't even have any sense of shame! You're so stupid."
"What a shame! You don't understand at all!" An Yilun retorted mercilessly: "After being hurt, you suddenly meet a person who is like an angel. You will not understand this feeling and gratitude!"
"What! If you don't understand, you don't understand. Anyway, I have no interest in understanding. I just reminded you because you are so embarrassed."
Yinglili said a little unhappy, then turned away with a snort and ignored him.
An Yilun also ignored her as if he was angry, and just drank his barley tea before starting to fill in the form.
Standing in front of his desk, Shinjoka silently watched this strange scene, then turned to the girl in front of him and asked:
"Hey, Vice President Kato~ Can I ask a question?"
"Yes, is there any problem? Shinjou-san."
"As for Sawamura-san and Aki-san, do they have a good relationship?"
Faced with this inquiry, Hui first glanced towards the sofa, and then said in a deep voice:
"Well...well, I can't say much about this, but if you ask Eiriri or Yusuke, they should tell you."
"That's it~ I understand, thank you, Vice President Kato~!"
"Well, you're welcome."
Except for one person missing, the student union seems to have returned to its former peace...
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(The plot of the previous chapter has been modified and a plot has been added. If you are interested, you can go back and read it.)
Thank you to the leader of [Lei Xin Jiang]!
Thanks to [Half-life Idiot] and [Mu Yu’s Fish] for the reward.