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Li Mo suddenly thought of the loser from Yuigahama Yui, and then thought of Dongshan. Dongshan's method is good, but it has more loser attributes.
"Um, Li Mo, is there something on my face? Why are you and Yukinoshita staring at me?"
Yuigahama Yui asked Li Mo and Yukinoshita. After she and Hikigaya Hachiman entered the room together, both of them focused their eyes on her, as if they were thinking about something.
Then, she saw Li Mo and Yukinoshita looking at each other, and then Li Mo said, "Hikigaya, look, none of the other classmates have seats, give your seat to her and go get a set of tables and chairs."
Hikigaya's seat was where Li Mo sat. Yesterday, Li Mo sat next to Yukinoshita. Then Yuigahama Yui saw Hikigaya give up his seat to her, and he moved a set of chairs to sit next to Li Mo.
Yuigahama Yui wanted to decline, but Li Mo interrupted her and said, "Classmate, shouldn't you introduce yourself?"
"Yui, Yuigahama Yui. She's Akane's classmate."
"Oh, I see. Let me answer that question.
In fact, the problem is very simple. It is surprising that Hikigaya Hachiman could come to the activity room with others.
Yesterday, I was still euphemistically saying that the total number of friends between the three of us was no more than ten, but today Hikigaya slapped me in the face." Li Mo said.
Yuigahama sat in her seat stiffly. She began to regret asking Li Mo. She felt that the whole rhythm of the scene was controlled by him. She could still interrupt in the communication between Yumiko, but in the conversation with Li Mo, she had no right to speak at all.
"Isn't that too much..." Yuigahama said.
"Hikigaya pursues 'isolationism', which means he plays in his own world. Next is Yukinoshita, the most popular girl in Sobu High School. You didn't see that she has any friends. As for me, hehe, I don't have any friends!"
No, why are you so proud when you say you have no friends? This is not something to be proud of!
Yuigahama once again thought that Li Mo was a strange person.
She said, "Well, it shouldn't be that serious."
"Yuigahama-san, look, Hikigaya and Yukinoshita-san didn't refute me, did they?"
"That's probably the case. But, if we expose it out in the open like this..."
"Oh, I think I understand. So you are the type of person who is popular now."
Snapped……
This is the sound of closing a book.
Yukinoshita deliberately closed the paperback in her hand.
"Yuigahama-san, it's time to get down to business."
"Come on, Yukinoshita-san, I'm just trying to get the point across."
Then, Li Mo was stared at by Yukinoshita and had to make a gesture to shut up.
——In fact, he was thinking about tricking Yuigahama into mentioning that the person she wanted to repay was Hikigaya. That would be much more interesting.
Unfortunately, it was put out by Yukinoshita in advance.
"Yuigahama-san, just ignore him. Did you come here for a request?"
"Yes, yes." Yuigahama glanced at Li Mo next to her. The other person was smiling, but it made people feel scary.
Hikigaya Hachiman handed over a disposable cup of black tea and said, "Have some water. Li Mo actually has no ill intentions. He just has a little bit of bad taste."
Hikigaya Hachiman, who is able to see through people's minds, began to observe the room after entering it, with his focus being on this student, Li.
He no longer had the sharpness he had yesterday, and at least he looked like an ordinary person now.
Yuigahama Yui took a sip of water and said, "Yes, I have a commission..."
……
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In Japanese schools, there is a course that Li Mo hates the most.
That is the home economics class. I am afraid that for students, the biggest advantage of this class is that they can openly not study. "Not having to study in school is such a good thing!"
Now, Yukinoshita and her group stood outside the door of the Home Economics classroom, waiting for someone to come with the key. "Yukinoshita-san, I got the key."
Li Mo came to the corridor with the key to the home economics classroom.
"slow."
"Didn't Mr. Hirazuka say a few more words?"
Li Mo opened the door with the key and said, "Come to think of it, what was Yuigahama's commission for?"
"biscuit."
"Biscuits... I don't know how to make them. Does the minister know how to make them?"
"meeting."
Yukinoshita led everyone into the home economics classroom and took out an apron from the last cabinet. "You don't know how to help, Li-san?"
"I'm afraid I'll make things worse." Li Mo said, "So I just sat next to Hikigaya-kun. Can Hikigaya-kun make cookies? Do you want help?"
Hikigaya's head was shaking like a rattle, afraid that he would be pulled away to help in the next second.
"Aqi, is it so difficult to help me?"
"I'm just not good at cooking." Hikigaya said. "Please let me off the hook for this kind of thing."
Li Mo helped out and said, "Okay, you two girls can just do the housework together."
In one sentence, the four people were divided into a women's group and a men's group. It was simple. The women's group was making cookies. The men's group sat next to them - without saying a word.
There is nothing more awkward than sitting next to someone you know and not talking to them.
This is the case with Hikigaya Hachiman.
She lowered her head but kept stealing glances at the man next to her. He was deep in thought and gave people a surprisingly good feeling... Of course, it wasn't his appearance. Apart from Caijia, she wouldn't be attracted to other men. It was... his temperament.
He's like a reliable older brother who's over 30 years old. Does he give people a sense of security?
Immediately, he lowered his head and stopped looking.
Hikigaya Hachiman understood one thing again: the man named Li Mo was a man with a story.
"You're peeking at me, aren't you? Hikigaya."
"No, no, I didn't!" She couldn't peek at men, of course, except for Aika.
Li Mo said: "My facial features are very sharp, I can feel your eyes...Hikigaya."
Suddenly, he stopped talking and put his hand on Hikigaya's shoulder. He acted like a familiar person: "Have you ever considered working out?"
"Huh? I'm not interested in working out."
"Really? I was just thinking about who to find to go to the gym with me."
"Do you want to exercise?"
"Hmm...how should I put it? I guess so."
Li Mo thought for a moment and said, "It's mainly because I just traveled to another world a few days ago and got used to exercising in that world. Does Hikigaya think I'm having a chuunibyou?"
"Can I say, no?"
"Nothing, that's the expression Yukinoshita-san gives me." Li Mo shrugged and said, "It doesn't matter."
As time went by, the topics they discussed next were quite normal. For example, the light novels of the season. In Hikigaya Hachiman's opinion, if Hiratsuka-sensei was an old audience who liked to watch ancient anime like "Fist of the North Star", then Li Mo was a new audience who liked to watch contemporary waste cute anime.
But the perceptive Hikigaya Hachiman could see that when the other party stopped talking about time travel, he was smiling, but the sense of distance increased a lot.
Chapter 76: Now the laugh is not disgusting anymore
Everyone has things they are not good at, so don't be afraid or even worried about them. Just face them seriously.
——This is one of Li Mo’s life philosophies.
"I don't think I can handle the task of tasting anymore."
Li Mo got close to the two girls at some point, looked at the baked cookies on the plate, and spoke seriously.
Hikigaya nodded aside: "I agree. No, I didn't take on the task of tasting the food at all!"
Only then did he realize that from the beginning he and Li Mo had never talked about taking on the task of tasting the food.
Yukinoshita said, "Isn't this a matter of course? Yuigahama and I will be in charge of the cooking, and you will be in charge of the tasting. Do you need to be so specific?"
"Yes, yes. Hikigaya, stop dreaming and just accept your fate. As a punishment, you will be the first to try this cookie."
Li Mo picked up something that looked like "charcoal" from the plate.
Who would admit that this thing is a cookie? My taste buds are already rebelling!
Hikigaya said, "Food tasting? You really don't want to test for poison?"
"Indeed." Li Mo pinched it slightly, and the "cookie" was turned into black crumbs...
Seeing this, Yukinoshita said, "Why are there so many mistakes? Will these cookies kill people?"
"It won't kill anyone. At most it will give you diarrhea." Li Mo agreed.
"This, that..." Yuigahama decisively took away the plate of "biscuits" and dumped them all into the trash can. In the process, she saw the black "biscuits" shatter directly, and she cried out: "Indeed, it looks like poison!"
"Okay, let's think about how to improve it first." Yukinoshita thought, pinching her chin.
It seems that Yukinoshita-san finds this difficult to do. Yuigahama's cooking skills are indeed amazing.
——Baking the cookies into the shape of charcoal, this is something that can’t be done without some talent. Talent!
In reality, people who are not good at cooking often cook food with bad seasoning, which makes the food too salty or too mushy. But if you want to cook a dish and turn it into a whole rice crust, most people can't do it.
"My suggestion is that Yuigahama should not participate," Hikigaya suggested.
"Aqi! Is this how you solve the problem?" Yuigahama was surprised.
Li Mo said: "If you can't solve the problem, then solve the person who raised the problem? This is a good idea."
"Please don't elevate my proposal to the level of life safety." Hikigaya complained.
Yuigahama showed a dejected expression, and she lowered her face: "What? Do I really have no talent in cooking?"
"Hard work is the way to solve problems." Yukinoshita glanced at Li Mo, "It's better to avoid taking the crooked path."
Li Mo touched his nose, as if he didn't think Yukinoshita was talking about him. He said, "Come to think of it, why did Yuigahama make cookies?"
"Didn't you hear before? Her purpose was to give it away." Yukinoshita said.