Yukinoshita's Correction Method

However, Dong Yunshan has been rarely participating in club activities lately, which made Shizuka Hiratsuka sense something was amiss.

Right now I'm just not participating in club activities, but will I eventually stop attending classes like before and completely revert to my original state?

It was out of this concern that Shizuka Hiratsuka asked the Service Club to find out the real reason why Dong Yunshan was not participating in club activities and to bring him back to the Service Club to prevent him from skipping classes.

But it still couldn't be avoided.

That day finally came.

Since the Service Club couldn't avoid this outcome, as a teacher, Shizuka Hiratsuka felt she should have a proper face-to-face talk with Dong Yunshan, just like she had done before.

That's why he didn't make a phone call and drove directly to Dong Yunshan's house.

Dong Yunshan's reason for taking leave was to sleep at home.

If it's true, Shizuka Hiratsuka can find him here.

If it's false, Shizuka Hiratsuka can also confirm that Dong Yunshan is lying, and when she confronts Dong Yunshan later, she will have a certain advantage.

Of course, there's also the most important point.

"Do you think I'd dare call you?" Shizuka Hiratsuka poked Dong Yunshan's forehead with her finger. "Who knows if you're at some married woman's house again!"

What if her husband is looking for him with a knife?

Dong Yunshan was hidden in the closet, but Shizuka Hiratsuka made a phone call, revealing his location... who knows what might happen.

Thankfully, Dong Yunshan was indeed at home; if he hadn't been there, Shizuka Hiratsuka would have been even more worried.

Thanks to Yukino Yukinoshita's correction, Shizuka Hiratsuka hasn't had to worry about Dong Yunshan's condition for a long time.

Unexpectedly, the relaxed period was so short-lived; the Dong Yunshan is visibly recovering to its original state.

Has Yukino Yukinoshita's corrective treatment worn off so quickly?

Shizuka Hiratsuka frowned, deciding to find another time to talk to Yukino Yukinoshita...

"What do you mean by '[in which married woman's house]'?" Yukino Yukinoshita wiped her hands on her apron and walked out of the kitchen. "[Again]?"

"...!?" Shizuka Hiratsuka stared blankly at Yukino Yukinoshita, her neck stiff as if it were rusty, slowly turning her gaze to Dong Yunshan. "You... slept yesterday?"

Dong Yunshan: "I sleep all the time."

Shizuka Hiratsuka's voice was hoarse. "You were sleeping at home?"

Dong Yunshan nodded. "Yeah, I overslept."

Shizuka Hiratsuka swallowed hard. "How did you sleep?"

"I slept with my eyes open," Dong Yunshan replied irritably. "I did handstands for the first half of the night, horse stance for the second half, and meditate in the morning."

Shizuka Hiratsuka slapped Dong Yunshan on the shoulder, her fingers tightening with a smile, veins bulging on her forehead. "Give me a proper answer!"

"We'll talk about sleeping later." Yukino Yukinoshita crossed her arms in front of her, her cold eyes slightly narrowed. "Answer my question first."

"The teacher was referring to a previous request," Dong Yunshan briefly explained the situation. "If you want to see it, I'll go get the recording."

["Later, he even opened a 'Odd Jobs Agency, helping all sorts of people in trouble. A high school student, interacting with people from all walks of life every day... The day I went to pick him up, he was being chased by someone with a knife and jumped off the second floor."]

Yukino Yukinoshita remembered what Shizuka Hiratsuka had told her before and nodded gently, "In the end, it was still too dangerous. There should have been something better... You took such a big risk just to see someone else break down, right?"

Dong Yunshan muttered softly, "Actually, there's not much risk involved..."

"Then there's another problem." Yukino Yukinoshita stared coldly at Dong Yunshan, "The teacher didn't approve your leave request at all."

Volume 6: Chapter 255 Wedding Banquet Wine

"Not yet." Dong Yunshan shook her finger. "Right, teacher?"

"Huh?" Shizuka Hiratsuka pointed to herself. "So I'm still here."

"At least that's the result I've observed so far..." Yukino Yukinoshita's nostrils flared as she smelled a strange odor. "My food!"

Shizuka Hiratsuka Yukino Yukinoshita and head to the kitchen, her expression complex.

"Although I'm so unwilling... so unwilling... but..." Shizuka Hiratsuka gripped Dong Yunshan's shoulders tightly, her body trembling so much that her long black hair shook, "But... ugh..."

Dong Yunshan: "... Teacher?"

"I've approved your leave." Shizuka Hiratsuka looked like she was about to cry, her hand slipping weakly from Dong Yunshan's body. "Sleep well... sleep well... I'm going back now, sob sob sob..."

"I overslept, not that I'm addicted to sleeping." Dong Yunshan suddenly remembered something. "By the way, teacher, have you had breakfast?"

Shizuka Hiratsuka sniffed. "That was enough to fill me up..."

"What I mean is, if you haven't had breakfast and don't have any other classes this morning, why don't you stay and eat with us?" Dong Yunshan pointed towards the kitchen. "Since you're already here..."

Shizuka Hiratsuka gave a pitiful look. "Is there any left for me?"

Yukino Yukinoshita from the kitchen, replied, "Just make a little extra."

Shizuka Hiratsuka inhaled the fragrance in the air, her stomach rumbling involuntarily. "But..."

"Then, could you please take Yukino home to change into her school uniform at noon?" Dong Yunshan paused, "I'll go with you too, and then we'll go straight to school."

"How dare you order your teacher around!" Shizuka Hiratsuka glared at Dong Yunshan in displeasure, then sighed, "Is that really why you invited me to stay for dinner?"

Dong Yunshan still said the same thing, "Since we're already here..."

"I want to eat meat!" Shizuka Hiratsuka shouted.

Yukino Yukinoshita responded, "Understood."

Shizuka Hiratsuka on the sofa. "There's still alcohol... We drove here, never mind."

Dong Yunshan poured her a cup of tea. "Try it."

"Hmm..." Shizuka Hiratsuka took a sip, shook her head, "I don't like it."

Dong Yunshan suggested, "How about adding some juice?"

"I'd be interested if you added some wine."

"Hmm..." Dong Yunshan's eyes flickered slightly, "It's not entirely impossible..."

Shizuka Hiratsuka: "Hmm?"

"Not now." Dong Yunshan stroked his chin. "What's the most expensive sake in Chiba Prefecture?"

"The most expensive sake?" Talking about this, Shizuka Hiratsuka was wide awake. "In Chiba, the most expensive should be Sobu Brewery's 30th Anniversary Vintage Sake—Sou no Mai, 180,000 yen a bottle. Only twelve bottles remain. It's said to have been aged in earthenware jars for over thirty years, thick like syrup, with rich aromas of caramel, brown sugar, roasted walnuts, and Pu'er tea, and a slightly seaweed-like salty flavor..."

It sounds like some kind of bizarre or culinary disaster.

Dong Yunshan shook her head. "Limited editions are out of the question. Do you have any mass-produced ones?"

"That's the Innocence Secret Reserve Daiginjo, from the Iinuma Honke, 100,000 yen a bottle." Shizuka Hiratsuka pinched her fingers. "It uses less than a third of the center of the rice grain, and the polishing alone takes two weeks. Only two hundred bottles are produced each year. The sake is aged in cedar barrels for more than three years, with aromas of sandalwood and vanilla, interwoven with white peach, lychee, and lily. The finish has a hint of oxidized sherry, and the texture is as smooth as melted butter."

Shizuka Hiratsuka became increasingly excited as she spoke, her eyes sparkling. "729 It's sweet on the palate, with a vibrant acidity in the middle, a long finish, and a mineral saltiness 119. The layers become even more distinct after chilling..."

"White peach, lychee, lily blossoms? And the scent of vanilla..." Dong Yunshan murmured, "This seems quite fitting."

"Hmm?" Shizuka Hiratsuka stared at Dong Yunshan for a while, then turned to look at the kitchen where Yukino Yukinoshita was. "Huh?"

Dong Yunshan turned her head. "What's wrong?"

Shizuka Hiratsuka reconsidered. "Hmm... Eastern Crane Brewery's Gold Leaf Junmai Daiginjo would be more suitable."

"Gold leaf?"

"The wine has edible gold leaf suspended in it. Although it doesn't have much flavor, it's perfect for use at weddings," Shizuka Hiratsuka said earnestly. "However, I don't think it's necessary to use really good wine at a wedding banquet. Actually, nobody cares what kind of wine is served at a wedding banquet. It's just a way to numb your senses and avoid having a breakdown on the spot when you see the newlyweds getting married—so as long as you can get drunk, that's enough..."

Dong Yunshan was initially puzzled as to why Shizuka Hiratsuka suddenly brought up wedding banquets. "You went to a wedding again?"

Shizuka Hiratsuka nodded pitifully. "... Mm."

"Actually..." Dong Yunshan hesitated for a moment, carefully considering her words, "In my opinion, although the teacher has some shortcomings, she has always been a reliable and excellent teacher. Your current achievements have nothing to do with marriage, and your future success doesn't need to be tied to marriage. In the future, more and more people will marry late or even not at all, so there's absolutely no need to be so... anxious."

"Wow, that makes so much sense." Shizuka Hiratsuka said expressionlessly, "My friend's son is comforting me, telling me not to rush into marriage. What a thoughtful child. I'm so touched."

I knew it... that's why Dong Yunshan rarely tries to persuade Shizuka Hiratsuka.

"My family is a special case..." Dong Yunshan coughed twice, "You know what's going on with them."

"We're already living like married couples before we're even married, and it's not even been seven days since the wedding, yet we already have that seven-year itch vibe." Shizuka Hiratsuka glared at Dong Yunshan. "You'll be of legal marriage age in two more years, and you'll probably go through the same process—and now you're telling me not to rush? Am I supposed to be behind you in line?"

Dong Yunshan: "I shouldn't have said that..."

"It's good that you know you were wrong." Shizuka Hiratsuka clenched her fist. "Then stand still and let me... wash away your sins—the first punch of the impact!"

A straight punch was aimed at his face, but Dong Yunshan caught it with his hand. "What do you mean by washing away my sins? You just want to take your anger out on me!"

"Just venting my anger a bit!" Shizuka Hiratsuka raised her hand and threw another punch, "The second punch to annihilate!"

Dong Yunshan easily caught on. "I think I hugged someone like that when I was little."

Shizuka Hiratsuka angrily kicked out. "The last one to be wiped out..."

"Stop fooling around." Yukino Yukinoshita one hand on her hip, pointed the spatula in her other hand at the sink, and said with an undeniable air of authority, "Go wash your hands."

Dong Yunshan & Shizuka Hiratsuka: "... Okay."

Volume 6: Chapter 256 Mission Progress

"I didn't expect this day to come so soon." Shizuka Hiratsuka stared blankly at the sumptuous breakfast in front of her, as if she had been transported back more than ten years ago.

Back then, Dong Yunjin treated her to a meal and then informed her of his marriage.

More than a decade has passed in the blink of an eye, and this scene has been repeated once again.

Shizuka Hiratsuka is not in a relationship yet, but her best friend's son is getting married.

The rice, drizzled with teriyaki sauce and garnished with black sesame seeds, and the thick-cut meat patties with their clear grill marks, along with the combination of perilla pickled radish, yellow mustard cucumber, and pickled eggplant, were appetizing and refreshing. If I didn't have to drive later, Shizuka Hiratsuka would have opened a whole can of it.

This was just her main course and side dishes; the Dong Yunshan also had brown rice and quinoa rice balls sprinkled with bonito flakes and salt-grilled salmon.

"So delicious..." Shizuka Hiratsuka's voice was muffled, "I want to get married too..."

Yukino Yukinoshita looked at Dong Yunshan: "Aren't you going to try to persuade her?"

"If I could be persuaded, I would have started laughing already." Dong Yunshan took a sip of her miso soup. "That fatal punch almost landed on me just now."

Yukino Yukinoshita sighed helplessly, "Teacher, your problem isn't caused by being unmarried, nor can it be solved by marriage. Having overly high expectations for marriage will not only lower your chances of getting married, but it's also very likely to lower your happiness after marriage—after all, most marriages are unhappy."

Shizuka Hiratsuka, asked, "Who do you think I'm so looking forward to married life for?"

Yukino Yukinoshita tilted her head. "Shinonome's parents?"

"And your parents," Shizuka Hiratsuka's gaze flickered, "And the two of you."

Yukino Yukinoshita pressed her temples as if she had a headache. "Have you already started thinking about having children?"

"I meant you... no, wait." Shizuka Hiratsuka suddenly came to her senses, "I'm the teacher!"

"Then I probably don't need to discuss the difference between goals and methods any further." Yukino Yukinoshita nodded. "Let's eat, eat more vegetables."

Shizuka Hiratsuka muttered softly, "I don't like it..."

"Nutrition needs to be balanced." Yukino Yukinoshita said sternly, "Only a healthy body can enjoy more delicious food—look at him, he's the best example."

Shizuka Hiratsuka glanced at Dong Yunshan: "He enjoys everything he eats."

"Because he's not a picky eater, that's why he has a good appetite."

Shizuka Hiratsuka argued, "Isn't it because I have a good appetite that I'm not a picky eater?"

Yukino Yukinoshita narrowed her eyes slightly. "So you don't deny that you're a picky eater? You know that being a picky eater is a bad habit, right?"

Shizuka Hiratsuka was speechless and choked with emotion.

"Alright, alright," Dong Yunshan smoothed things over. "Being able to eat breakfast is already a big improvement. We can take care of balanced nutrition later. Teacher, there's no need for you to be so resistant. You'll know if you like it or not once you try it."

Shizuka Hiratsuka took a bite of the okra. "I don't like this."

"Then let's not eat that. There's something else." Dong Yunshan pushed the vegetable tempura towards them. "Try this."

Shizuka Hiratsuka took a small bite. "This is delicious!"

Dong Yunshan smiled and nodded, "Then eat more."

"Mmm!" Shizuka Hiratsuka happily picked up another piece, but just as she was about to put it in her mouth, her expression suddenly changed. "No, I'm the teacher!"

Dong Yunshan asked, puzzled, "Nobody said you weren't, were they?"

"What?" Yukino Yukinoshita glanced to the side. "Are you questioning your adulthood because you're a picky eater?"

"Um... no... hiss--wait?" Shizuka Hiratsuka looked bewildered. "What's going on...?"

"I'm finished eating." Yukino Yukinoshita pushed the remaining food towards Dong Yunshan. "You guys continue eating, I'm going to wash up."