Chapter 32

"Honami certainly has her issues; her greatest flaw is her overflowing saintly nature, but Katsuragi has the equally fatal flaw of being mindlessly cautious. Logically speaking, there's no reason she shouldn't be in Class A." Kushida Kikyo blinked, and seeing that Yuan Yuyuan had truly finished speaking, she suppressed the urge to give him a slap and pressed, "Then, Yuan..." Yuan Yuyuan glanced at a non-existent watch on his wrist and hurriedly pulled Kushida downstairs. "It's getting late, let's go eat. I'll call Himeno to join us. Let's go, let's go, or the cafeteria will be out of food." "Wait, you haven't answered my question yet! You're too fast, I'm going to trip!" In the end, the group didn't choose to meet at the cafeteria, but instead went to a Western-style restaurant that Himeno Yuki had strongly recommended.

"Why is there such an expensive restaurant inside the school? Isn't this distorting the students' sense of consumption? This is corrupting everyone's mindset! Do you know how many people in this society still don't have enough to eat?" Yuan Yuyuan looked at the bill with a pained expression, but no one paid him any mind. The two girls had their eyes fixed on each other; Kushida Kikyo was speculating about their relationship, while Himeno Yuki... "Why is she here too? I had to go through so much trouble to monitor her just to get a meal. It's unfair, it's unfair." "Calm down, you're not the one paying. If Kushida makes a contribution, I'll take you out too, alright?" "That's more like it." Kushida Kikyo sat on the side watching the two bicker. In truth, she had noticed Himeno Yuki a long time ago. After all, she was an experienced hand herself; Himeno Yuki's half-baked disguise naturally couldn't escape her eyes. "Himeno-san, this is our first time meeting, right? I'm Kushida Kikyo, please take care of me." Himeno Yuki hadn't expected Kushida to take the initiative to greet her, especially since she had just caught Kushida in a social-death moment on the spot. "Himeno Yuki, please take care of me." Himeno Yuki's response caused the atmosphere at the table to turn cold. Yuan Yuyuan knew that expecting them to be as close as sisters on their first meeting was clearly unrealistic.

"Alright, alright, we're all family here. Yuki, don't keep such a stiff face, try to interact more with Kushida. Look at your clumsy disguise in class, tsk." "What's that supposed to mean? Why are you lecturing me again? I didn't even say anything." "I'm telling you to learn from her. Although I don't have much interaction with Kushida, at least her acting is natural. You... I saw through you not long after we met." Himeno Yuki had nothing to say. If Kushida hadn't been assigned to Class D, she might not have seen through Kushida's disguise... Although most of it was just Yuan Yuyuan's guesswork, she couldn't lose the momentum to this guy. "So what? You see, no one else noticed. You must have been staring at me lecherously when I wasn't paying attention. Pfft, disgusting." "I'm wronged, Lady Himeno! It's because you often have a 'I want to die' look in your eyes when you talk to classmates that I figured it out!" Seeing even Kushida cast a look of surprise at him, Yuan Yuyuan finally understood how those honest office workers felt when they were labeled as perverts by some bored high school girls despite doing nothing. "Hey, hey, why do you believe him too? I was looking straight ahead the whole time when I touched your heart earlier." "But you did squeeze it, didn't you? There were clearly other ways to do it, and it still hurts a little now." Kushida put on a pitiful expression, a few tears already hanging on her face, her words implying that someone had taken advantage of the situation. Yuan Yuyuan refused to accept this bucket of filth. He closed his eyes in grief, but he couldn't force out tears like Kushida. "What happened to your 'white lotus' persona? How can you say such tiger-wolf words in public? What has this world come to?" Seeing that the dishes had all been served and the topic of her poor acting skills had been diverted, Himeno Yuki hurriedly shifted their attention to the food: "Stop talking, stop talking. You've already been labeled a pervert by us, so just hurry up and eat. I have to go back to the dorm and disinfect with alcohol later."

By the time Yuan Yuyuan opened his eyes, Kushida was already sitting next to Himeno Yuki, as if sitting next to him would bring misfortune. "I'm clearly the boss here, why are you two, who have been caught with leverage, acting so arrogant?" Kushida Kikyo and Himeno Yuki ignored him once again, looking like they had already become good friends, huddling together to chat about Yuan Yuyuan's various perverted behaviors. Yuan Yuyuan didn't mind their little tricks; it wasn't easy for them to find a common topic to vent, so he just let them be. After the group dawdled through dinner and returned to the dorm, the sky had already turned dark. With nothing to do, Yuan Yuyuan had no choice but to lie on his bed and space out. "Did I talk too much today... Why do I remember..." Yuan Yuyuan's memory drifted back to the day Manabu Horikita invited him to join the Student Council. "I want points. I'm going up against the powerful Vice President; I won't feel safe without points for protection." "But I can only give you ten million." Yuan Yuyuan was stunned. At the time, he was so focused on the Vice President and the ten million points that he didn't notice Manabu Horikita had said "only." This meant that if he failed to oppose Nagumo and faced expulsion, ten million wouldn't be enough. Wouldn't the promise to transfer Horikita's sister to another class also fall through? Although it was very late, he still made a call to Manabu Horikita.

"Hey, hey, hey, Horikita-senpai, did I disturb your sleep?" "It's fine, I'm reading. Is something the matter?" "I want to know how many points it costs to transfer someone to another class." "Since the first month has already passed, it's fine to tell you. Both transferring classes and exempting someone from expulsion penalties cost twenty million points." Yuan Yuyuan felt his heart bleeding. He should have just agreed to Kushida's request to get Horikita Suzune expelled back then. He just had to be a smart-aleck and convince Kushida to transfer Horikita's sister instead. Although trading twenty million for Kushida's loyalty wasn't a loss, the inability to get a return in the short term was truly fatal. He thought about it carefully and felt that trying to haggle with Manabu Horikita now was too abstract, and there was no need to sour their relationship over these points, so he ultimately bore it all in silence. "Alright, I have nothing else. Have a good rest, President." "Mm." After hanging up, Yuan Yuyuan sighed. He really envied the President for having time to read. He still had to... read? Shiina! He hurriedly took out the book Shiina had recommended. When was he supposed to share his thoughts on it? He had completely forgotten.