Make Greatness Legendary Again

"That's right." Shi Cheng's face did not redden, nor did his heart skip a beat.

After all, that was reality.

"But I don't think I can do it." Kato Megumi looked like a student who had run into a problem.

She actively sought help from her teacher.

Unfortunately, Shi Cheng could not help her either.

"It's okay. We can take it slowly."

"Okay." Kato Megumi nodded as if she half understood.

"Shi Cheng, do you want to join the group?" At that moment, Sudo Ken hurried over.

Judging by the expression on his face as he struggled to maintain his composure, he must have made a huge decision.

Shi Cheng's eye twitched at the sight.

Come on, man, you're making this way too easy to misunderstand.

Shi Cheng had indeed misunderstood.

Sudo Ken simply felt that he should not leave Shi Cheng behind.

After all, Shi Cheng had stepped in to help him yesterday.

With the mindset that good things should be shared,

Sudo Ken felt that everyone should enjoy them together.

He was the most loyal guy around.

It was just that taking the initiative himself

was truly asking a bit too much of him.

Fortunately, Kushida Kikyo had set an example just now.

Only then did Sudo Ken manage to muster up his courage.

He was a guy, after all. Could he really be worse than a girl?

He had to pull himself together.

"Why not?" Shi Cheng smiled and took out his phone again.

"You definitely won't regret this decision." Having received an affirmative answer,

Sudo Ken let out a sigh of relief.

He then repeatedly winked and hinted at something.

Shi Cheng nearly broke out in a cold sweat when he heard that.

Could he still back out of joining this group now?

Unfortunately, it was too late.

Sudo Ken left looking refreshed and invigorated.

Since he was already here, he might as well make the best of it.

With that attitude,

Shi Cheng opened the chat group, where messages kept popping up, as though marching to his death.

The contents were acceptable enough in his eyes.

At least, there was no flag-raising content yet.

They were merely discussing which girl in the class was more magnificent.

"I think Kikyo is the biggest!"

"Seconded!"

Well then, it was confirmed. There was no shortage of simps anywhere in the world.

Kushida Kikyo obviously would not know what was being said here.

Who were they even putting on this act for?

Shi Cheng silently typed out a line as a greeting from the newcomer.

"Don't worry. No one will leak the messages in this group."

Thinking about it carefully,

Shi Cheng came to understand their reasoning.

Among the girls in the class,

at least for now,

Kushida Kikyo was undoubtedly the easiest one to pursue.

Simping for her was inevitable.

The group fell silent for a while.

Then the discussion shifted in another direction.

"Shi Cheng, do you want to place a bet? Here's the information we gathered."

"I'll tell you a secret: betting on Sakura is a guaranteed win."

Shi Cheng chuckled.

They were discussing this in the group, and only people in the group could place bets.

So whose money would the winner actually be taking?

Thinking that,

Shi Cheng opened the information that had long been available, scrutinizing it critically.

It was nothing interesting. He was simply checking whether they had put in any effort.

After looking at the rankings, he immediately approved of the top three favorites.

Because Shi Cheng thought the same way.

Rias and Hasebe Haruka were evenly matched.

Sakura Airi was temporarily ranked second.

With those two competing against each other, Kushida Kikyo had barely managed to squeeze into third place.

Shi Cheng sneered. So they were luring newcomers in just to slaughter them?

Fortunately, he had not fallen for it.

Besides,

his sharp eyes had long since seen through everything.

"Shi Cheng, could you come outside for a moment?"

Since the statistics above included both round and odd numbers,

Shi Cheng wanted to nitpick them with a rigorous attitude.

But before he could subtly compare them,

a message suddenly interrupted what he was about to do.

It was from Kushida Kikyo, whom he had just added as a friend.

Shi Cheng did not reply immediately. Instead, he raised his head in confusion and looked in her direction.

Kushida Kikyo glanced outside.

She was signaling that it was inconvenient to talk on the phone.

What could Shi Cheng do? Of course, he could only agree.

Because this might very well be a confession.

Of course, that was impossible.

Shi Cheng could already see the catch in her eyes from earlier.

Kushida Kikyo had absolutely no such intentions.

That only made Shi Cheng more curious.

Since it was not a confession,

what was there that could not be said over the phone? How strange.

Shi Cheng went outside first.

Kushida Kikyo followed shortly afterward.

"Shi Cheng, over here." Seemingly still not at ease, Kushida Kikyo called him toward a less populated area.

It wasn't even a confession, so why make it this mysterious?

Shi Cheng was not particularly interested.

After arriving somewhere safe, before Kushida Kikyo could speak,

Shi Cheng was the first to vent his dissatisfaction.

After all, if Kushida Kikyo played around like this,

someone else might have had half their heart shattered by now.

So he needed to collect a little interest.

"Kushida, if this is a confession, I'm not considering that right now."

Kushida Kikyo froze briefly, then said in a coquettish voice, "Oh, stop it. I came to ask Shi Cheng for a favor."

"Oh?" Shi Cheng raised a brow, interested now.

"What is it?"

It was only a request for help. Was there really any need to be this cautious?

Shi Cheng did not think it was that simple.

"It's like this." Kushida Kikyo took a light breath before speaking slowly.

"I want to become friends with everyone in class, but Horikita refuses. Can you help me arrange a meeting with her?"

Shi Cheng was full of question marks when he heard that.

No, Horikita Suzune already clearly refused, and you still want to keep pestering her? Do you have some kind of bad intentions toward her?

Shi Cheng narrowed his eyes, judging whether Kushida Kikyo was into girls.

If she was,

Shi Cheng was willing to suffer a little loss and help set her straight.

"Shi Cheng, can you?" Ignoring his scrutinizing gaze, Kushida Kikyo leaned closer with a pitiful look.

That move

really was hard to resist.

Unfortunately, Shi Cheng himself had come with a strong purpose.

Her move could only end up gaining nothing.

While Kushida Kikyo held his hand, believing that would make him agree,

Shi Cheng clasped her hand in return, interlocking their fingers.

"Wouldn't that be a little inappropriate? Horikita will definitely blame me afterward."

Kushida Kikyo seemed not to notice how he had pushed his luck and remained fixated on the matter from earlier.

She breathed warm, fragrant air and said, "So you can't?"

"I can." Shi Cheng looked away. "How do you want me to help?"

"Great!" Kushida Kikyo instantly pulled back her hand, crossed her arms over her chest, and said excitedly, "When the time comes, you do this..."

After hearing her plan,

Shi Cheng almost had a definite answer.

Kushida Kikyo was no innocent white lotus, nor could she even be considered an airhead.

She was clearly a scheming woman.

Why was she pretending to be so pure in front of him?

Just thinking about it made him a little sick.

However, Shi Cheng had no intention of exposing her.

He actually found it rather amusing.

Shi Cheng said with some difficulty, "Scheming against Horikita like this... I feel like I won't even be able to remain friends with her afterward. Maybe we should forget it."

Shi Cheng deliberately made it sound exaggerated.

The two of them could only be considered acquaintances who could talk to each other.

Yet he had suddenly elevated them to friends.

Kushida Kikyo's eye twitched quickly.

"Ah, you can't?"

Kushida Kikyo looked disappointed, as though she had completely forgotten the word "scheming" from just now.

Shi Cheng curled his lip.

That was way too obviously half-hearted. That won't do.