Chapter 43

"I'll handle the trial for the violence incident." Prime Minister Horikita said, "You want a favor from Class D? Fine, but keep an eye on Suzune for me." Yuan Yuyuan couldn't be bothered to reply to this sister-complex; he talked about his sister in every other sentence, yet always acted like she was trash. After school, at the invitation of Manabu Horikita, Yuan Yuyuan arrived at the Student Council room. There were no outsiders this time, not even their respective secretaries. "You're here. Sit." "Tell me, what is this about?" Yuan Yuyuan crossed his legs unceremoniously. He had originally planned to use the excuse of gathering evidence from Class C and Class D to escape, but now that he had been summoned by Manabu Horikita, he was feeling quite annoyed. "I'm curious about what you intend to do. Are you just going to favor Class D during the deliberation?" "Tch, I did think about it, but Honami said she wanted to see Class C trip up, so Ryuen wouldn't use this tactic on our class." "And so?" "You're so annoying. I don't want to do it, though. If Class D is useless, we should just abandon them; why should I bother worrying about them? But I did think of one person." Seeing Manabu Horikita frown, Yuan Yuyuan assumed he thought he was talking about Horikita Suzune.

"You've met this person before; it's that Ayanokoji from the other day." "Hmm, I know of him. He scored exactly fifty points in every subject on the entrance exam and the midterm quizzes." "Huh? Hahahaha, that's a bit absurd, but it doesn't seem so absurd when it comes to him. After all, he's like a robot. He must be trying to hide his true self. It's lucky he's in Class D; if he were in any other class, his level would have been exposed long ago." Yuan Yuyuan was stunned for a moment before bursting into laughter. Ayanokoji's camouflage skills were truly nothing to write home about. Was he overconfident, or was he just that stupid to begin with? "You want him to save Sudo of Class D? But how can you be sure he'll actually put in the effort?" "Why do you have so many questions? You should just ask Suzune about that. I can only tell you that I have someone in Class D." Manabu Horikita sighed and said, "I don't want Suzune to suffer too much of a blow from this, but as the president, I can't show favoritism. I'll leave it to you, then." "Don't worry, I don't mind helping with a favor that just requires some talking. By the way, how are you two siblings doing?" Yuan Yuyuan raised an eyebrow at Manabu Horikita. In his opinion, the relationship between these two siblings probably wouldn't return to normal until Manabu Horikita graduated. "There's basically no change. She probably wants to prove she has grown before coming to find me." Speaking of this topic, Manabu Horikita felt a sense of helplessness. His sister was good at everything, except for being too stubborn. "Alright, I'm leaving then. Next time, just call me for things like this. I still have to investigate this matter; I'm very busy, so don't bother me if it's nothing important."

PS: It's a pain. When I was editing this chapter, the internet suddenly went out. It still shows the network cable is unplugged, so I had to dig it out of my phone's draft box and re-edit it. First Semester : Chapter 41 Chapter 38 I Don't Remember Knowing Anyone Named Kushida. In the evening, Yuan Yuyuan received information from Kushida saying that Sudo had something to discuss with her, and they decided to talk in Ayanokoji's room. Yuan Yuyuan asked Kushida to probe Ayanokoji to see if he had any intention of rescuing Sudo. If Ayanokoji wanted to, such a small scheme wouldn't be enough to stop him. Unfortunately, not everything goes as planned. Afterward, Kushida said that Ayanokoji seemed completely uninterested. There was nothing to be done about that. Yuan Yuyuan put down his phone; now he could only wait to see if Suzune could change Ayanokoji's mind. In any case, he had no interest in it himself. The next day, Hoshinomiya came to hold the morning meeting again, but because Yuan Yuyuan had tipped her off in advance, she walked into the classroom dejectedly, unable to bring any explosive news. "Good morning everyone. For reasons you all know, the points were only distributed today. However, since the incident occurred in the special building without surveillance cameras, there is some controversy. If any student witnessed the event, please report it to the school." Seeing that no one else had any intention of doing so, Hoshinomiya pouted and continued, "I'm sure you all know that the deliberation for this matter is next Tuesday. Since that's the case, the morning meeting is over." At this moment, everyone's social awareness finally kicked in, and they shouted in surprise. "What? Only one week? Wouldn't Class D be in great danger?" "Yeah, yeah, looking at it like that... uh... very dangerous, very dangerous." Watching everyone's perfunctory acting, Hoshinomiya actually laughed. "Alright, alright, stop pretending. The teacher is leaving now." Yuan Yuyuan only felt that the school's behavior was meaningless. Searching for eyewitnesses because there was no surveillance in the special building—but who could prove that a witness actually saw it, rather than committing perjury? Compared to that, Yuan Yuyuan would rather have Kushida use kindness to coerce Ayanokoji into taking action. Although Ayanokoji had no emotions, he had judgment! He would certainly know whether he should let such a cute girl hate him, and that was enough. No sooner said than done! He took out his phone to contact this two-faced beauty, but the reply he got was... [Ugh... why do I have to go ask that disgusting, gloomy guy for help?] Yuan Yuyuan narrowed his eyes. This Kushida really forgot the pain once the wound healed. [I see. Then I won't force Kikyo. It seems that compared to asking the gloomy guy for help, Kikyo would rather have others find out her other side. So be it.] Kushida Kikyo panicked instantly. She had thought that after these days of getting along, she and Yuan Yuyuan were at least friends. She never expected that Yuan Yuyuan, who always coaxed her when she was venting, wouldn't tolerate a single complaint from her at such a critical juncture. [No! I'll listen to you. I really know I was wrong. Don't tell anyone else.] But what she got was a notification that the other party had rejected her message. Kushida wasn't stupid; Yuan Yuyuan had no reason to give up on a pawn he had already completely mastered. This was meant to force her to admit her mistake in person. But looking at Chabashira, who was still talking incessantly on the podium... this was a class meeting, and they were discussing the fact that Sudo was facing expulsion. If she left now, wouldn't her persona collapse? Since coming to this school, she had always been at ease, but for the first time, a sense of powerlessness welled up in her heart. Kushida Kikyo finally made it through the class meeting, but she didn't expect to be accosted by the Idiot Trio. She had to pretend to go along with them for a while before excusing herself: "Ah, sorry, I'll be away for a moment. I saw a senior I'm on good terms with, so I'm going to go probe for some information." "Little Kushida is so dedicated, even for Sudo. How cute." Ignoring the idiot surnamed Ike, Kushida Kikyo hurried toward Class B. When she arrived, she saw Yuan Yuyuan acting as if nothing had happened, flirting with Himeno Yuki. Kushida was burning with rage, but she had to suppress the anger in her heart and call out sweetly to the others in Class B to help her pass a message, as she usually did. "Um, could you please call Yuan-kun for me?" As luck would have it, the person she called was Chihiro Shiranami, who was chatting with friends. She found it strange—how did Kushida, a campus celebrity, get involved with that guy Yuan Yuyuan, and call him so intimately? But she still walked over to help Kushida pass the message. "Yuan Yuyuan, Kushida-san is calling for you." "Which Kushida? I don't remember knowing anyone named Kushida." Poor Shiranami had no idea...