Yukinoshita's Correction Method

Yukino Yukinoshita picked up a napkin and wiped Dong Yunshan's mouth. "Eat slowly."

Dong Yunshan's expression froze.

Yukino Yukinoshita shifted her glass of drink. "To your right and slightly behind."

Dong Yunshan looked at the reflection in the glass and saw several girls who looked like high school students. "They seem a little familiar."

"I've seen you several times." Yukino Yukinoshita icy. "You've been observing us."

"How come... oh~" Dong Yunshan realized the answer, "They reacted just now?"

"They seemed quite excited when I pushed the plate towards you," Yukino Yukinoshita nodded. "So we tested it again, and it's basically confirmed."

"Someone who knows us?" Dong Yunshan discreetly observed using the reflection in the cup. "I don't recognize them. Someone from the same school?"

"They're probably not from the same grade," Yukino Yukinoshita scoffed. "They're probably gathering material and then going back to school to fabricate rumors and spread them."

Dong Yunshan frowned slightly and put down her chopsticks.

"Sit down." Yukino Yukinoshita glared at him. "Even if you go and remind them, it won't make a difference."

"As long as we keep an eye on them, we can find a breakthrough." Dong Yunshan was eager to act. "If there are rumors, we'll cause them trouble, and they'll help us refute them. If we persist, finding the instigator is only a matter of time."

"Debunking rumors is much harder than creating them, and debunking rumors can itself exacerbate their spread..." Yukino Yukinoshita's eyes flickered slightly. "I've thought of another method."

Dong Yunshan raised one eyebrow. "What method?"

Yukino Yukinoshita: "Let's break up."

Volume 6: Chapter 243 The Real Breakup

Dong Yunshan instantly understood. "Hedging?"

Yukino Yukinoshita's cherry lips parted slightly, then closed them again. "... Hmm, I didn't expect you to know this."

"I'm very familiar with this..." Dong Yunshan tapped her temples with two fingers together, a little too hard. "It's a commonly used tactic in public relations."

Hedging rumors, also known as information interference tactics.

Its core logic is to dilute the spread of the original rumor by creating a large number of contradictory, exaggerated, or absurd derivative rumors, and even make people doubt the rumor itself.

This is essentially fighting poison with poison.

The specific tactic is to create multiple contradictory and exaggerated rumors (B, C, and D) in response to the original rumor A. By creating contradictions between these rumors, people will believe that all information is unreliable, thus abandoning their attention to and dissemination of the original rumor.

The correct way to debunk rumors is to provide verifiable evidence directly addressing the core of the rumor, to trace its source and hold those responsible accountable through legal means, and to unite authoritative institutions and professionals in issuing a joint statement.

But none of these apply to an environment like a school campus.

In comparison, hedging rumors are more feasible.

[Have you heard? Yukinoshita and Shinonome are dating!]

[No way, I heard they've already broken up.]

[But I saw them together just two days ago.]

[Have they gotten back together?]

They all say they broke up.

[Who told you that? They broke up and specifically notified you? Did you set them up?]

[Who told you they're dating? Did they take you on a date?]

I saw them together with my own eyes that day!

I even saw them arguing that day!

[I personally witnessed Shinonome carrying Yukinoshita through most of the Makuhari Messe!]

[The Makuhari Messe has a total area of over 70,000 square meters. Why don't you mention that Shinonome was holding Yukinoshita Hibi?]

When rumors become outrageous enough, spreading them transforms from something that satisfies a perverse sense of humor into something that exposes one's lack of intelligence.

[You actually believe that? You actually take it seriously? Enough already.]

Dong Yunshan didn't care about the rumors circulating on campus, but since Yukino Yukinoshita had proposed a solution, he couldn't say anything like "ignore those rumors."

He just didn't expect...

"The method is feasible." Dong Yunshan looked at Yukino Yukinoshita curiously, "But are you sure you want to use rumors to fight rumors? That's not like you."

This is certainly not Yukino Yukinoshita's style.

Because Yukino Yukinoshita doesn't care about the rumors circulating on campus at all.

However, if Dong Yunshan reduces her activities in the Service Club because of these rumors...

While this hypothesis is not yet fully confirmed, the possibility cannot be completely ruled out.

Yukino Yukinoshita feels it's better to find a way to dispel the rumors.

Not only the rumors circulating now, but also the rumors that may appear in the future.

"My style?" Yukino Yukinoshita tilted her head. "What do you think should be done in my style?"

The first answer that came to Dong Yunshan's mind was to ignore the rumors and treat them as if they didn't exist.

However, since Yukino Yukinoshita took the initiative to propose a solution, it means that she wants to solve this problem.

But given Yukino Yukinoshita's style, even if she wanted to resolve rumors, she wouldn't use rumors to resolve them.

"If it were you..." Dong Yunshan stroked his chin, "You would probably fight back against falsehood with truth."

What were we just doing?

"Shop."

"It's a fake relationship," Yukino Yukinoshita pointed out the key point, "And ending a relationship means breaking up."

"But the romantic relationship is fake."

"But the breakup is real," Yukino Yukinoshita countered. "Or are you trying to pretend to end the relationship while actually continuing to pretend to be my girlfriend?"

"Wait a minute... this is a bit messy, let me sort it out." Dong Yunshan took a big gulp of cola. "A fake couple faking a breakup is just continuing to pretend to be a couple. A fake couple actually breaking up is when the pretense truly ends. So to end a fake couple relationship, you need to really break up... so we really broke up, and we're using the real situation to refute the false rumors."

Yukino Yukinoshita nodded in satisfaction. "That's it."

"That's not right..." Dong Yunshan realized, "I used to end the cases directly without involving breakups."

There aren't that many twists and turns.

"Because your previous goal was to complete the commission, and your relationship with the other party was limited to the commission, your relationship was automatically dissolved after commission 644 was completed." Yukino Yukinoshita tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear with her little finger. "But our relationship goes beyond that, so a formal process is needed to end it."

Dong Yunshan understood immediately.

Business trips and temporary assignments.

Business trips are temporary assignments, requiring short-term departures from the permanent office location for work purposes. Usually, only approval from the immediate supervisor is needed, and the employee returns directly to their original post upon completion.

Secondment is a form of organizational restructuring. During the secondment period, employees' affiliation is temporarily transferred, and they must comply with the management and task assignments of the new department.

Upon completion of the secondment, a series of formal procedures are required, including written notification, termination of the secondment agreement, reinstatement to the original position, adjustment of the employment contract, handover of work responsibilities, and archiving of secondment results, before returning to the original position.

Dong Yunshan's commissioned work involves interaction with strangers and falls under the category of temporary tasks like business trips, which end once they're over.

Dong Yunshan and Yukino Yukinoshita pretended to be a couple because their original relationship had changed, and they wanted to restore their original relationship. To end it, they needed a formal procedure.

"So..." Dong Yunshan tried to force a smile, but her heart skipped a beat, and her voice became inexplicably dry, "We've officially broken up now?"

"Not yet." Yukino Yukinoshita vaguely heard some other noise in her own voice. "You haven't chosen a gift for Yui Yuigahama yet."

"Ah... um." Dong Yunshan lowered her head and continued eating. "Then let's set off after I finish eating."

As if trying to fill the inexplicable void in her heart with food, Dong Yunshan mechanically stuffed the food into her mouth and swallowed it.

"...Okay." Yukino Yukinoshita nodded gently, then frowned and reminded Dong Yunshan, who was wolfing down her food, "Eat slowly."

"I have to finish it eventually," Dong Yunshan said, slowing down her eating pace.

The heart is like a plate in front of you; the more you eat, the emptier it feels.

The spoon made a crisp sound as it touched the plate with only a little sauce left.

Like the morning bell and evening drum, it dispelled the chaotic thoughts of Dong Yunshan.

Volume 6: Chapter 244 Clothing Matching

Yukino Yukinoshita picked up a napkin, brought it close to Dong Yunshan's mouth, and expertly wiped his lips. "Eating slowly, and you still end up like this..."

The girl's lovely face showed a hint of helplessness and resentment, yet her movements were exceptionally gentle.

Staring blankly at her face, Dong Yunshan only reacted after being wiped twice.

Almost the instant his dazed gaze began to move, Yukino Yukinoshita paused, and when she moved again, her movements were noticeably stiffer.

"I can do it myself." Dong Yunshan took the tissue from Yukino Yukinoshita's hand, wiped her face briefly, and said, "Let's go."

Looking at her empty hands, Yukino Yukinoshita a strange sense of disorientation.

It was just a tissue, but she felt like something else had been taken away from her.

How could this be...?

Yukino Yukinoshita, supporting herself on the dining table, stood up. "... Let's go."

Dong Yunshan casually picked up the shopping bag, Yukino Yukinoshita habitually took Dong Yunshan's arm.

Even though I've done this action many times before, I feel something new this time.

Yukino Yukinoshita's slender fingers tightened, as if Dong Yunshan would disappear at any moment.

Feeling the pressure on his arm, Dong Yunshan looked down. "What's wrong?"

Yukino Yukinoshita murmured softly, "You're wrong."

"Um?"

"People are different, and your experience cannot be used as a standard for judging the correct behavior of couples." Yukino Yukinoshita hugged Dong Yunshan's arm, her face stern and her head tilted back stubbornly. "My thoughts are the only standard of judgment, and what I want to do is right."

"That's true..." Dong Yunshan took two steps, "Are you sure you want to do this?"

Dong Yunshan's arm swayed gently with his steps.

In Yukino Yukinoshita's arms...

Releasing his arm, Yukino Yukinoshita blushed, "...Terrible."

Dong Yunshan said seriously, "I feel..."

Yukino Yukinoshita glared at him, then took his arm as before. "Don't feel anything."

"I mean..."

"Don't say it!"

Dong Yunshan: "..."

Are you telling me I can't even speak?

Eh...?

Dong Yunshan's eyes lit up. "I suddenly thought of a great gift!"

"Hmm?" Yukino Yukinoshita looked up. "You figured it out so quickly?"

"You reminded me..." Dong Yunshan met Yukino Yukinoshita's gaze and vaguely felt the hand holding her arm seem to have tightened a little.

Only a little.

Even Dong Yunshan couldn't tell if it was an illusion.

"It's just an idea for now." Dong Yunshan's eyes flickered slightly. "Let's look around and see if there are any better options."

Yukino Yukinoshita gently tugged at Dong Yunshan's arm. "Let's go then."

But the two had already visited many places and looked at most of the suitable shops.

After looking at the remaining shops, I couldn't find a better option.

Dong Yunshan ultimately bought the gift as originally planned.

As Dong Yunshan walked out of the store carrying shopping bags, she realized she was already carrying four bags.

One was a gift he bought. Of the other three things Yukino Yukinoshita bought, one was a gift for Yui Yuigahama, one was Panda Johnny doll, and one was an apron for herself.

Seeing that Dong Yunshan was carrying several bags, Yukino Yukinoshita reached out to help him carry them.