Dead Tsundere!

When Bai Yuze walked out of the dormitory, it was already the afternoon.

He pulled out his phone to check the time and found it was three o'clock.

"Is it already this late? The entrance ceremony should be ending soon."

As Bai Yuze walked along the path, he heard a burst of arguing.

This struck him as strange; the entrance ceremony shouldn't have concluded yet at this hour. Could there be other students who didn't attend? Even stranger was that his auditory senses seemed to have sharpened significantly.

Bai Yuze approached while lost in thought, hiding behind the campus greenery and parting the bushes with his hands to observe the situation.

Coming into view was the haughty Horikita Suzune from this morning, only now she looked like a child being scolded by a parent.

Seeing this, Bai Yuze immediately recalled the scene where Horikita Manabu forces Horikita Suzune to drop out, though compared to the plot in his memory, this event seemed to be happening a bit too fast.

Could it be that he's so afraid of his sister getting into an accident that he'd skip something as important as the entrance ceremony just to convince her to quit? What a pretentious tsundere he is!

Bai Yuze didn't step forward; instead, he watched the unfolding drama with an appreciative gaze. He had to admit, the scenes imagined in books couldn't compare to the reality of witnessing them firsthand!

"Suzune, drop out."

Horikita Manabu said coldly, not even deigning to look at Horikita Suzune.

"I am not the useless person I was back then! I will definitely make changes!"

Horikita Suzune defended herself anxiously, looking like a corporate slave trying to prove her worth to a capitalist.

"You still don't understand anything. This isn't a game of house."

Horikita Manabu clearly had no patience left. His right hand clenched into a fist, as if it might launch forward at any second.

"I will survive in this school! I won't be like I was when I was a child..."

"Shut up!"

Horikita Suzune was startled by Horikita Manabu, her body involuntarily retreating a few steps until she had nowhere left to go.

"It seems my verbal communication isn't quite clear enough."

Bang!

Horikita Manabu punched the wall beside Horikita Suzune, cracking it. Amidst her shocked gaze, he spoke slowly.

"In this school, only the strong can survive. The weak are only fit to be stepping stones."

"Don't you want to prove your ability? I'll give you a chance."

"Either drop out obediently, or take this punch."

"Besides, dying by my hand is at least better than dying at the hands of those things, right?"

After saying this, Horikita Manabu began a countdown. Horikita Suzune, leaning against the cracked wall, wore a complex expression before closing her eyes.

Seeing Horikita Suzune's resigned look, Horikita Manabu sneered.

"Heh, is this what you call growth? Facing death, all you can do is helplessly close your eyes?"

"Then... what should I do..."

"What should you do?"

Horikita Manabu suddenly grabbed Horikita Suzune by the shoulders like a madman, his face twisted into a fierce expression.

"You fight back! Use your fingers to gouge out my eyes! Use your nails to tear off my flesh! Use your teeth to bite a bloody chunk of tissue right off me! Use every method you can think of to survive! Do you understand!"

Horikita Manabu roared the last few sentences at the top of his lungs.

Seeing this, Bai Yuze couldn't help but shake his head.

Tsk tsk tsk, look at this broken school, pushing the student council president to this point. And this tsundere is just an ex; if she were going to fight, she would have done it already. I wonder if that girl Horikita can grasp her brother's good intentions.

"I... I understand... but I really don't want to drop out..."

Horikita Suzune replied tremblingly, but she still refused to leave the school.

"Fine."

The moment Horikita Manabu finished speaking, his entire body exerted force. His waist drove his arm, his arm drove his fist, and with a whoosh, it struck toward Horikita Suzune's face.

Snap!

Bai Yuze took the opportunity to snap a photo, thinking he could make a profit off this!

As for Horikita Suzune's predicament, he wasn't worried at all. Firstly, the two of them had no connection to begin with.

Secondly, if Horikita Manabu really wanted to hurt Horikita Suzune, he would have done it long ago.

Just then, Bai Yuze suddenly noticed Horikita Manabu had vanished, and he felt a chill coming from behind him.

It was as if his body had come to life on its own; before Bai Yuze could even react, his body had already taken action.

Bai Yuze kicked backward with his right leg, aiming straight for Horikita Manabu's crotch. Seeing this, Horikita Manabu had no choice but to abandon his attack and switch to defense, while Bai Yuze used the momentum to roll away, putting distance between them.

Bai Yuze scrambled to his feet, his eyes fixed on Horikita Manabu as if facing a formidable enemy.

Good grief, I was just here to watch the show and got dragged into it! Is this guy trying to kill me to silence me?!

Fortunately, Horikita Manabu didn't make a follow-up move, instead standing in place and sizing Bai Yuze up.

"I remember your name is Bai Yuze, right? The entrance ceremony shouldn't be over yet at this hour."

"It certainly isn't over, but it's a good thing it hasn't ended, otherwise I would have missed the show of the student council president forcing himself on a female student! After all, no matter how bold the student council president is, he would only dare to do such things in private, right?"

"Let me tell you, you had better stay away from me, or your glorious deeds will be spread throughout the entire school in a moment!"

Bai Yuze pulled out his phone and quickly drafted a text message. The content read: <Shocking, student council president forces and threatens a female student for no reason!> followed by the photo he had just taken.

"Heh! You certainly have a sharp tongue, and your reaction just now was quite quick. Suzune, is this your friend?"

Horikita Manabu turned his head to look at Horikita Suzune, his eyes filled with a hint of scrutiny and expectation.

"No... he is not my friend..."

Horikita Suzune still dared not look Horikita Manabu in the eye, and could only shrink her body helplessly. She looked exactly like a poor, aggrieved girl who wanted to confide in her family, only to have cold water poured on her by them.

Bai Yuze also caught the flicker of heartache and frustration in Horikita Manabu's eyes, but Horikita Manabu quickly returned to his cold and detached demeanor.

"Heh, I suppose so. To think I actually fantasized that you would grow."

"Hey, hey, hey! I'm still standing right here, you know? Can you show me some respect?"

Bai Yuze voiced his protest; he had truly had enough of this soap opera between a brother-obsessed girl and a stubborn, sister-obsessed guy!

"Speak. What do you want?"

Horikita Manabu adjusted his glasses and asked Bai Yuze.

He was absolutely certain that Bai Yuze wanted something, and since there was a demand, there would naturally be a negotiation.

"As expected of a smart man. I love chatting with smart people; you're much better than your sister."

Bai Yuze did not hold back his praise. For some reason, he felt an indescribable emotion toward Horikita Manabu—it was like jealousy, yet also like kinship, and perhaps even a hint of... longing?