Ui Hirasawa

Luo Yu's calm words came out.

But that short sentence dealt Ritsu Tainaka a tremendous shock.

"Damn it! Is this the composure of a top student? Yui! You're all I have left. Let's stay together forever!"

"Ritsu!"

"Yui!"

Luo Yu shook his head, no longer paying attention to those two drama queens. Then he asked Hachiman Hikigaya, "What about you, Hikigaya? I remember the whole school takes the midterms at the same time. How's your preparation going? I heard you're bad at science. Want me to teach you?"

"I've more or less finished reviewing." Hachiman Hikigaya looked like a salted fish. "Besides, you're a first-year, right? How are you going to teach a second-year's science subjects?"

"I know second-year material well enough." Luo Yu was brimming with confidence.

"Has anyone ever told you that you're really asking to be punched?"

"They have."

"Then why do you still dare to act like that?"

"Because they can't beat me."

Hachiman Hikigaya was left speechless, so he decided to change the subject.

"Why don't you ask Yukinoshita and Yuigahama?"

"Yukinoshita-senpai is first in her year, just like me. I don't think she needs my concern."

"Just as Luo Yu said, there is no need to worry about my grades." Yukino Yukinoshita spoke up. "On the contrary, Hikigaya-kun, your science scores really are as Luo Yu described. They don't seem very reassuring."

"Don't worry. I'll show you that I can pass." Hachiman Hikigaya made a bold declaration.

"What about me? Little Luo, why aren't you asking me?" Yui Yuigahama looked at Luo Yu expectantly.

This Dumpling was such a pain.

"Then, Dumpling, how's your preparation going?"

"Hehe, I've finished reviewing too." Dumpling said with a foolish grin.

The day of the midterm exams.

Luo Yu sat in his seat, bored out of his mind. As for the exam paper, he had already finished it and set it aside.

"Fifteen more minutes before I can hand it in." Luo Yu looked out the window and sighed in boredom.

Fortunately, this was already the last subject. I wonder how everyone else did. They should all be fine, right? But Yui would definitely fail. After all, she was single-threaded.

After the exams ended, in the Light Music Club's activity room.

"Finally free from the exams!" Ritsu Tainaka stretched lazily.

Tsumugi Kotobuki said, "Things suddenly got so much harder in high school. It's really too much."

"Yeah." Mio Akiyama sighed as well.

"To be fair, that's true." Luo Yu nodded in agreement.

"You're the last person we want to hear that from."

"I heard from the other students that Luo Yu, you handed in every single test early."

Faced with the girls' resentful gazes, Luo Yu rarely looked embarrassed. "Wasn't I just agreeing with you?"

"But compared to me, shouldn't you be more concerned about that person over there? She looks like her soul is about to leave her body." Luo Yu pointed toward Yui Hirasawa, who was sitting blankly in the corner.

"Did you do that badly?" Mio Akiyama asked with concern.

"Hehehe. It looks like I'm the only one in the class who has to take a makeup exam." Yui Hirasawa raised the test paper in her hand.

"Twelve points?" Luo Yu took Yui Hirasawa's paper and glanced at it. "I knew you were usually a little spacey, Yui, but I never thought you could score this low."

Tsumugi Kotobuki said, "I-It'll be fine. Maybe you just used the wrong study method this time?"

"Right, right! As long as you put in a little effort, passing the makeup exam will be easy." Ritsu Tainaka cheered her on from the side.

"I didn't review at all, though."

"Give those comforting words back, you idiot!" Ritsu Tainaka looked furious.

"So why didn't you review?" Ritsu Tainaka asked Yui Hirasawa curiously.

Luo Yu said, "I think Yui got distracted by something else. You can probably imagine the scene, right?"

Everyone pictured it: Yui Hirasawa studying seriously, then less than a minute later, Yui Hirasawa starting to do something else.

"We can imagine it." The three girls spoke in unison.

"Just like Luo Luo said, I was planning to study seriously too. But when I took a break halfway through, I practiced the guitar a little, then got so absorbed that I completely forgot about studying. Still, I can play a lot of chords now."

Yui Hirasawa sounded extremely proud.

"You should be putting that concentration into studying."

"Then how did you do, Ritsu?"

"Huh? Me?"

Ritsu Tainaka took out her test paper.

"As you can see, I passed with plenty to spare!"

Yui Hirasawa looked utterly incredulous. "That totally doesn't fit your character, Ritsu."

"I thought you and I were on the same side all along..."

"Ohohoho..."

The only response Yui Hirasawa got was a burst of laughter.

Mio Akiyama smiled teasingly. "I wonder who came crying to me the day before the exam, begging for help."

"Don't expose my dirty laundry."

A hand landed on Ritsu Tainaka's shoulder.

"This is the real Ritsu."

Then Yui Hirasawa turned to Luo Yu and the other two.

"Mio, Tsumu-tsumu, Luo Luo, how did you do?"

"Here."

The two girls handed their test papers to Yui Hirasawa.

"Oh! Oh!"

Yui Hirasawa sighed in admiration. Then she suddenly remembered that one person had not taken out his paper yet, so she looked at Luo Yu.

"Luo Luo, where's yours?"

"Don't tell me you did too badly to show it."

Ritsu Tainaka used a taunt.

It was super effective! Just kidding.

The other two girls also looked at Luo Yu. It was clear that they were very curious too.

"Since you're all so curious, I'll let you see it."

Unable to withstand the girls' gazes, Luo Yu finally took out his test paper.

Yui Hirasawa's Younger Sister

"Perfect scores, perfect scores, all perfect scores!"

Luo Yu calmly took a sip of tea, then interrupted Ritsu Tainaka, who kept repeating "perfect scores."

"It's just perfect scores. Do you have to keep saying it?"

Ritsu Tainaka said with an unhappy expression, "Of course I do. These are perfect scores! I've never gotten a perfect score in my life!"

"Mm-hmm! Luo Luo, you're amazing!" Yui Hirasawa nodded rapidly like a pecking chick.

"Luo Yu really is amazing. No wonder he's first in his year." Mio Akiyama also voiced her praise for Luo Yu.

"Didn't I tell you long ago that I was first in my year?"

"But you never said you could get perfect scores in every subject."

"Oh, right. The teacher said I'm banned from club activities until I pass the makeup exam."

Yui Hirasawa was eating snacks when she casually revealed a very serious problem.

"Hm? What?!"

The girls cried out in alarm.

"This tea is really good." Luo Yu only continued sipping his tea, as though all the world's troubles had nothing to do with him.

"You should have said something that important earlier!" Ritsu Tainaka said frantically.

Tsumugi Kotobuki asked, "When is the makeup exam?"

"Next Monday."

Mio Akiyama said, "Then hurry up and study! Why are you still eating snacks here?"

"It's fine, it's fine. There's still plenty of time. I can come here every day."

Yui Hirasawa did not care in the slightest.

Ritsu Tainaka said, "Show some sense of urgency!"

"Alright! In that case, everyone can go to Yui's house this weekend and help her study."

Mio Akiyama said, "This weekend..."

Tsumugi Kotobuki said, "Going to Yui's house..."

Yui Hirasawa said, "Studying?"

Ritsu Tainaka said, "That's right. We haven't been to Yui's house yet anyway."

"That makes sense. Then, Yui, excuse us this weekend." Mio Akiyama agreed.

Tsumugi Kotobuki said, "Excuse us."

Yui Hirasawa smiled blankly and scratched her head.

"It's fine, it's fine. You're all welcome to come play at my house."

"Then there's only one problem left."

Ritsu Tainaka looked at Luo Yu, who was drinking tea.

"Luo Yu over there, how long are you going to keep drinking? What do you think? Say something."

Luo Yu set down his teacup.

"I heard you. We're going to Yui's house this weekend to help her study, right? I'll go."

"Oh!" Yui Hirasawa's eyes lit up. "Luo Luo's grades are so good, he'll definitely help me pass."

"Rely on yourself!"

The weekend.

"Luo Yu, over here!"

Ritsu Tainaka waved at Luo Yu from the intersection.

Luo Yu walked toward the three girls.

"Why do you always arrive so early? I even came ten minutes earlier this time."

"Obviously, you're the one who's too late, Luo Yu." Ritsu Tainaka put her hands on her hips. "Now that everyone's here, let's go to Yui's house."

Mio Akiyama said, "Yui messaged us yesterday that her parents are away on a business trip today, so only she and her younger sister are at home."