I Feel Like I'm About to Open the Door to Something Forbidden / Su Moqian: I Want You to...

After thinking it over, Su Moqian decided the real problem was the Far East's government!

If the Far East's government hadn't been so poorly managed, some petty crooks wouldn't have gotten away with framing Raiden Ryoma.

If Ryoma hadn't been sent to prison by mistake, Mei wouldn't have been ostracized at school and grown so withdrawn.

If Mei weren't at risk of getting into trouble, his parents wouldn't have asked him to transfer to Senba Academy.

If he hadn't gone to Senba Academy that morning, he wouldn't have run into Asakura Miyuki at the intersection and caught the attention of that yandere girl.

In short, it was all the Far East's prime minister's fault... Someone get the top marksman on the Chinese server!

Ahem, back to the point.

Since this would happen in the future, that meant Asakura Miyuki had already set her sights on him.

"So I need to be on my guard from now on, to prevent a Bad End in the future."

[Are you sure it isn't a Happy End?]

"...Didn't I tell you to get lost?"

The day of slacking off at school passed just like that. When the dismissal bell rang, the students packed up and left.

As Su Moqian walked home with the after-school crowd, he felt a touch of loneliness for the first time in a while.

Even surrounded by all those people, he couldn't shake the feeling.

"Guess I'm still not used to going home by myself."

Su Moqian sighed, but that was all.

These occasional bouts of negative emotion never disrupted the rhythm of his life.

Even after Mei had said those things to him at lunchtime, Su Moqian had still been able to calmly analyze her motives.

"Well, I didn't waste the whole day, at least. I've gotten to know everyone in class a little."

"Starting tomorrow, I should be able to try and fish for information while chatting with them."

Of course, now that Blondie Simulator had revealed Mei had other reasons for breaking up with him, Su Moqian was in no hurry to figure out her motives.

In its place, he had found a new direction to focus on.

Now that he had decided to help Raiden Mei in secret, he naturally needed to do something about her being ostracized.

He knew perfectly well that even if Raiden Mei's father had been sent to prison, it was impossible for every student at Senba Academy to ostracize her all at once.

There had to be someone leading the charge.

"Who could it be?"

Su Moqian murmured as he looked at the strings of information on his phone.

It was the class contact list he'd asked his teacher to send him earlier. It would make his investigation easier.

However, it seemed the homeroom teacher had been too lazy to make a new list and had simply sent him her own contact list as it was.

As a result, along with the students' names and contact information, the list also included their mothers' contact information. He had no idea what the teacher had been thinking.

Chapter 15: I Feel Like I'm About to Open the Door to Something Forbidden

Looking at the contact list on his phone—Mrs. Matsushita, Mrs. Sato, Mrs. Kujo, and so on—Su Moqian wore a strange expression.

The Blondie system paired with the students' mothers' contact information just felt weird.

Could it be that he really had to...

"Ugh, never mind. If I keep thinking about this, I'm going to open the door to something forbidden." Su Moqian hurriedly shook his head and focused on the walk home.

Just like any other day, Su Moqian headed straight home.

But as he passed a flower shop on the street, something seemed to occur to him, and he stopped for a moment.

The young woman standing at the shop's entrance noticed Su Moqian and eagerly came over to ask:

"Hey there, what can I get for you?"

Su Moqian thought for a moment, then spoke softly.

"I'd like one cosmos flower and a few plum blossoms. Could you frame them for me, too?"

The young woman smiled. "Haha, I thought you were going to buy roses. I didn't expect you to pick those two flowers."

"Cosmos and plum blossoms both symbolize strength. Are you planning to encourage someone, handsome?"

"Something like that." Su Moqian smiled and nodded.

Since he couldn't approach Raiden Mei directly right now, he could simply send her the flowers in the name of another student.

Knowing that someone at this school still believed in her would surely make Mei feel a lot better.

"Sure, just give me a moment." The young woman finished speaking and went to prepare the flowers for Su Moqian.

She also continued the conversation as she worked.

"Hey, you don't look like you came here specifically to buy flowers. What made you think of it all of a sudden?"

Su Moqian shrugged. "Why do you ask? I just happened to see them on my way home after school, and they seemed perfect for her. Naturally, I thought of getting them."

The young woman stared blankly for a moment, then laughed.

"Now I'm a little jealous of that girl."

There was nothing particularly unusual about hearing him say something like that.

But as someone who'd been around the block, she knew that people only acted that way when they genuinely cared about someone.

"How nice..." the young woman murmured, as if recalling something.

But soon she shook her head and handed Su Moqian the framed flowers.

"Thank you. How much do I owe you?" Su Moqian politely accepted the flowers and asked.

The young woman smiled knowingly at Su Moqian. "I'm in a good mood today, so I'll only charge you half!"

Su Moqian hesitated.

"Uh, is that okay?"

The young woman waved her hand.

"I'm the owner, so of course it's fine! Now hurry up and take those flowers to that girl!"

"Oh, thanks!"

A little while later, at Senba Academy.

Holding the gift box, Su Moqian returned to the school and went inside.

He knew that Raiden Mei got up early and arrived at school early every day.

So if he wanted to keep her from finding out the flowers were from him, he had to put them in her desk tonight.

Su Moqian hurried to the classroom. Just as he was about to go in, he noticed a few figures inside.

"Strange. It's been half an hour since school let out. Why is anyone still in the classroom?" Su Moqian wondered, hiding outside the door.

Mei couldn't find out that he'd brought her flowers, so naturally, he couldn't let any of the other students find out, either.

As Su Moqian waited quietly, a voice suddenly came from inside the classroom.

"This did make us feel better, but what if Mei comes after us?"

Mei? Su Moqian's heart stirred. Something felt off.

The conversation inside the classroom continued. "Don't worry, I know how to avoid the school's security cameras. No one will find out."

"It doesn't matter even if we get caught. The whole school looks down on Raiden Mei now. No one will stand up for her."

"Don't worry. Even my dad, who's the head of discipline, is turning a blind eye to this! It won't be long before we can drive Raiden Mei out of Senba Academy!"

Hearing those voices, Su Moqian's expression darkened. He took out his phone and peered into the classroom.

He saw several girls in school uniforms scribbling on Raiden Mei's desk with markers, writing all kinds of insults.

The once-neat desk was covered in vicious, shocking words.

They'd even placed a black-and-white funeral wreath on Mei's desk—the kind used at funerals.

"What the hell are these people doing?"

At the sight of this, Su Moqian's expression grew colder.

He hadn't expected to come back just to sneak in some flowers and end up witnessing this.

Furious, he recalled what his mother had told him last night.

"Even if you've never had a grudge against someone, you'll still want to kick them when they've lost their halo..."

Was that why his parents had wanted him to transfer to Senba Academy? Had they already guessed this might happen?

Having already gotten to know his classmates, Su Moqian recognized the three girls inside.

They were Hayaki Mako, Tsuji Yoshino, and Nagano Rui.

He really hadn't expected them to do something like this. They looked kind and beautiful.

Unable to hold back any longer, Su Moqian shoved open the classroom door.

"You three seem to be having a great time."

At the icy sound of his voice, the three girls, engrossed in their graffiti, jolted and tumbled onto the floor.

They turned around in a panic and saw Su Moqian staring right at them.

His warm, friendly eyes from earlier that day now radiated a bone-chilling cold.

Two of the girls lowered their heads, too afraid to meet his gaze.

But when the ringleader, Hayaki Mako, saw that it was Su Moqian, she actually relaxed and spoke up.

"What, you're the new kid and you want to stick your nose into this?"

"You've only been here for one day. I suggest you behave yourself, or I'll make sure you won't be able to stay at this school any more than Raiden Mei can!"

Su Moqian smiled faintly. "Are you sure I'm the one who won't be able to stay at this school?"

As he spoke, he gestured toward the phone he'd placed by the window.

Su Moqian had started recording right from the beginning to preserve the evidence.

"If this video gets out, who knows what might happen?"

"So you know what you need to do, right?"

Chapter 16: Su Moqian: I Want You to...

At Su Moqian's words, the three girls were taken aback.

But when they saw his handsome face, they quickly lowered their heads again, their cheeks turning pink.

Even Hayaki Mako, the ringleader, couldn't help squeezing her legs together as she spoke in a coy voice.

"Brother Moqian, what do you want?"

"What do I want? You should know perfectly well."

Su Moqian smiled faintly and slowly moved closer to them.

When he suddenly approached, Hayaki Mako put on a bashful expression.

But her body instinctively leaned toward him, and her legs parted slightly.

Su Moqian stopped in front of them, smiling as he spoke kindly.

"I want you to..."

Hayaki Mako swallowed.

"Go apologize sincerely to Raiden Mei and make it up to her until she's satisfied!" Su Moqian said with a completely serious expression.