Ichinose Honami's words made Fang Li stop in his tracks.
Almost at the same time, Ichinose Honami stopped as well, turned around, and faced Fang Li.
Fang Li could feel Ichinose Honami's gaze fall on him.
"Couldn't you just ignore it...?"
Fang Li murmured as though talking to himself, then turned around as well and looked at Ichinose Honami.
"Why can't you ignore it?"
Fang Li asked Ichinose Honami that question.
Faced with it, Ichinose Honami first gave a wry smile, then broke into a smile as radiant as a blooming flower.
It was an exceptionally straightforward smile.
"Maybe it's strange to say something like this at this school, but that's what I think."
Ichinose Honami frankly voiced what was in her heart.
"If you come across someone in trouble, shouldn't you lend them a hand?"
That was the reason Ichinose Honami gave.
It truly was an extremely strange thing to say.
If someone was in trouble, you should lend them a hand.
Certainly, that sounded like the most natural thing in the world.
But just as Ichinose Honami had said, saying something like that at this school was strange beyond measure.
If it were a classmate, that would be one thing. Not only would they share common interests, but they would rise and fall together, so helping them was perfectly normal.
But Fang Li was not Ichinose Honami's classmate. He was a student from another class, one that was competing against hers.
When dealing with someone like that, it would already be decent enough not to kick them while they were down when they got into trouble. Who would turn around and help them unconditionally?
Yet, Ichinose Honami wanted to do exactly that.
So who would believe such a thing?
"You can just take it as me saying something