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According to what she had learned from Shizuka Hiratsuka during this period, there were people in the school who had conflicts with Chinese students like Ling Wuji who didn't even have a Japanese name. Some of them even used particularly insulting words. However, Ling Wuji never did anything that crossed the line. At most, he just beat them up.
In comparison, Yukinoshita Haruno has more concerns.
But sometimes she couldn't help but use non-legal means to solve problems.
"I'm not that law-abiding."
Ling Wu Ji said at this time.
Especially the laws made by the Japanese.
Volume 3: Between God and Man: Chapter 45: Changes, Selections, and Commissions
Yukinoshita Yukino felt that her sister seemed to have changed a lot recently.
In the past, when Yukinoshita Haruno was with her, she would always try to provoke her and deliberately create hostility between the two of them, but recently she has become gentler. Although Yukinoshita Yukino doesn't understand what happened to her, she feels as if she has been abandoned. Her sister no longer regards her as her opponent, but treats her purely as a lovely sister.
Of course, Yukinoshita Yukino doesn't think she is unlovable.
But she couldn't accept this attitude.
Especially since Yukinoshita Haruno actually convinced their mother to give up her control over herself.
It was as if she was no longer worthy of being considered the heir to the Yukinoshita family, and from now on, she would be free to live her life as she wished.
Although not being controlled by her own family is her essence.
But for Yukinoshita Yukino herself, that was something she had to obtain through her own struggle, rather than being given like this, which was almost like alms.
If Ling Wuji knew what she was thinking, he would probably say that things that cannot be obtained are indeed the best. It's like a besieged city: those who are out of the city want to get back in, and those who are in the city want to get out.
However, he was recently troubled by the task of selecting those with martial arts qualifications among his followers, and had no time to care about the two sisters.
Although he initially thought he had a lot of people who could be used, after actual observation, he found that not everyone had the talent to condense true Qi in a short period of time. At least he did not find it among those who had already graduated. As for the students who had not graduated, he did find two, but they were both first-year freshmen.
One of them was Cecilia Orcutt herself, the one he had chosen to restrain the first graders.
The other one is Shinobu no Tsukasa's younger sister, Shinobu no Hoki.
In general, although these two people are indeed talented, they are both people with relatively sensitive identities.
Let's not talk about what will happen after Ling Wuji reveals his identity to them, but one of them is British, and after graduation, most of them will run back to the UK to inherit the family property. According to Ling Wuji's expectation, the development and subsequent operation and maintenance of this kind of game will definitely take more than one or two years. By then, if the people run away, where can he find another replacement -
Not to mention he needs more data samples.
As for Xiao Zhizhi Houki, he didn't want to have any contact with Xiao Zhizhi Houki's sister for the time being.
Although no matter how you look at it, she is the most suitable candidate among the current believers.
In fact, if you have to say, Yuuki Asuna and Huang Lingyin are qualified candidates, but they are not Ling Wuzhi's believers. It is easy to understand why Huang Lingyin is not his believer. As for Yuuki Asuna, she had already witnessed the magical methods of Ling Wuzhi during her school trip in Kyoto, so naturally she would not really devote herself to the belief in this star god with a strange origin.
He certainly wouldn't want to take the initiative to develop believers.
So Ling Wuji has been a little upset recently.
At this time, after fully understanding Yukinoshita Yukino's mental journey, Shizuka Hiratsuka instigated her to ask the boy for a favor, saying that she wanted to know the reason for her sister's recent changes, and asked him to help find out the reason.
Ling Wu Ji vaguely realized that it was Shizuka Hiratsuka who was behind the plot.
But he still said: "I think, since she is so gentle to you, why don't you just ask her directly? Why do you need to ask me for help?"
Although his intuition did have something to do with him.
"Ah, could it be that someone like Lingjun would also lose confidence in his usually sharp words?"
"Your words sound a bit problematic, Yukinoshita-san," Ling Wuji said, "Since you are using my words as a sharp weapon, why do you want to use it against your own sister?"
"Because I can't do it," Yukinoshita Yukino suddenly lowered her head and whispered, "I can't be like Lingjun, who can speak words into the depths of others' hearts without any scruples, and I can't really defeat her. If I don't ask clearly now, then in the future, I will never have the chance to defeat her."
“What a competitive guy.”
Ling Wu Ji also somewhat understood her logic.
If a person no longer regards another person as an opponent, then no matter how provoked, that person will definitely not fight back, and even if he or she fights back, he or she will not take it seriously, thus making it impossible for the loser to ever defeat the winner who once left a heavy shadow in her heart.
"But I think the answer may surprise you."
Yukinoshita Yukino was very surprised by Ling Wuji's unreasonable words: "You said something like this... Have you met her?"
Ling Wuji said vaguely: "I have indeed seen it."
"So what do you think is the real reason?"
"'Love'?" Ling Wuji gave a very clichéd answer, saying, "Although that kind of love seems very twisted, but don't some animals deliberately let their children suffer so that they can be qualified to catch prey on their own when they grow up?"
"I think that's just a manifestation of a desire for control," Yukino Yukinoshita said with a straight face, "Humans are more complex creatures than animals. Some people train their children like tools just to get the evaluation of their children being excellent in the eyes of outsiders, completely disregarding their children's personal wishes."
"Although I think your family conflict has nothing to do with me..."
"Don't say that. This is also a good opportunity to learn." Shizuka Hiratsuka interrupted at the right time.
Hey! What do you expect me to learn from this?
"Um, for example, experience with children?"
Ling Wuji rolled his eyes and said, "That's too early. Besides, I don't think I'll have children in the future. I think you should learn from this experience. It seems that you haven't been successful in a blind date yet? That's fine."
Veins popped out of Hiratsuka Shizuka's forehead, but she still resisted the urge to attack, saying, "A brat like you can only cheat on girls on campus while you still look pretty good! Once you get out into society, you'll know the consequences of your troublesome personality!"
"Then you don't have to worry about it," Ling Wuji waved his hand and said, "Besides, I may not even enter society yet."
Hiratsuka Shizuka just sneered.
At this time, Yukinoshita Yukino looked straight at Ling Wuji and said, "In any case, please come with me to meet my sister and help me find out the reason for her recent change."
Ling Wu Ji could only sigh.
Volume 3: Between God and Man: Chapter 46: Sisters, Taia, and Pride
Although Ling Wuji had said long ago that he did not want to interfere in other people's family affairs, he could figure out with his knees that the change in Yukinoshita Haruno's attitude must be due to him. Even though he was just a pretty boy who depended entirely on the Koubuin family for a living, Koubuin Arisa obeyed his every word, and it was obvious that the Yukinoshita family, at that level, could rise to prominence as long as they had a relationship with the Koubuin Foundation -
As such, she naturally had no intention of forcing her sister to become better.
But perhaps the deeper reason is that Yukinoshita Yukino is in the same club as him.
I guess she felt that even if the two of them drifted apart in the future, Yukinoshita Yukino would still be able to live a happy life based on their friendship during their school days?
Although Ling Wu Ji felt that it was just her wishful thinking.
Even if he was willing to help, it was hard to say whether Yukinoshita Yukino would ask him for help.
But after all, this was something that was deeply related to him, so Ling Wuji agreed to her agreement.
Then, as soon as Yukinoshita Haruno saw him, she smiled and wanted to put her arm around him, then whispered in his ear, "That's too much, Lingjun. Didn't you say you have no interest in her?"
"Which eye of yours saw that I was interested in her?"
"Then why did you come to me with her?"
"She wants to know the reason for your recent transformation."
"But according to your personality, shouldn't you have refused immediately?"
Ling Wuji immediately raised his sharp black eyebrows and was about to speak, but at this time, Yukinoshita Yukino, who had just finished ordering the food and was holding the food, saw the ambiguous posture of the two people and suddenly became confused in the wind: "Sister, you... when..."
Although Yukinoshita Yukino knew that her sister was the kind of person who was very good at using her body language to close the distance, the attitudes of these two people at the moment had clearly crossed the line.
Although Ling Wuji quickly got rid of her.
The three of them were speechless for a while.
In the end, Ling Wuji broke the silence and stated his purpose.
"My Yukino-chan is so adorable." Yukinoshita Haruno immediately laughed in a pretentious manner.
"elder sister!"
As expected, Yukinoshita Yukino was easily angered.
"Sorry," Yukinoshita Haruno restrained her attitude and said, "Of course I'm not interested in this kind of house-playing game. Yukino, it's time for you to graduate from this kind of game, right?"
Ling Wuji sighed at this time. He really didn't want to continue to dwell on this matter. He really had no interest in other people's family conflicts: "I say, can't you be more frank? Anyway, you have given up your original policy."
"Since you said so, my lord..." Yukinoshita Haruno nodded obediently.
Seeing the look on her sister's face, who had always been independent and obeyed no one except her mother, Yukinoshita Yukino even felt like she was dreaming for a moment. She listened in a trance as Yukinoshita Haruno stated her reasons. For a moment, she could only hold the cup in her hand. The more she listened, the paler her face became, but she couldn't refute anything.
After all, according to her sister, it was because she was forced to transfer schools by her classmates in elementary school that they wanted to train her in that way so that she would not experience the same thing after returning to Japan.
Ling Wuji, who was listening in on the side, thought that this family was really twisted.
But before he could say anything, a figure suddenly approached the restaurant where they were. Ling Wu Ji looked up and saw Lu Yinghua's world-weary face. He was holding a long wooden box in his hand. Ling Wu Ji raised his vision a little and realized that he had achieved his goal.
That is the Taia Sword.
"You still like to deceive the little girls on the secular side."
After Lu Yinghua came over, he started to taunt.
"Okay, I know you don't like girls," Ling Wuji ignored his sarcasm and said, "Change the place?"
"If you dare to say it in front of them, there is certainly nothing to be shy about."
Lu Yinghua just said.
Ling Wuji thought about it and pulled away. Unexpectedly, Yukinoshita Haruno also stood up at this time, told her sister to go back first, and followed Ling Wuji. Yukinoshita Yukino couldn't understand the scene at all. Why did she obey Ling Wuji and even bow down to him? Why did she become frank when that person spoke? When did they meet? What was he hiding from her?
She stared blankly at the three people's receding backs, sitting there and letting them go farther and farther away.
……
Yukinoshita Haruno looked curiously at the two boys of similar age in front of her who were conversing in Chinese.
Although she has always been good at dealing with people and considering everything, her understanding of Ling Wuji's identity as a Chinese student only stayed at the literal meaning. After all, Ling Wuji had no Chinese people in his interpersonal relationships. Even if he did, they were just nodding acquaintances like Naomi, a classmate of Asagami Fujino. That person was not a mysterious person, so there was no need for her to interfere in related matters, so she had never seen Ling Wuji speak Chinese.
Of course, Ling Wuji actually spoke Japanese even when talking to Naomi.
But for people like Lu Yinghua, Ling Wuji would of course communicate directly in Chinese.
Although Yukinoshita Haruno didn't quite understand what the two were discussing, it was obvious that their relationship was not very good. Although perhaps it was also the kind of relationship that was too good so they could behave in a nasty way and say bad things to each other.
But the two of them obviously did not feel the joy of meeting again after a long separation.
"Come to think of it, is that a character like your secretary?" Lu Yinghua glanced at Yukinoshita Haruno and said, "Although I have no interest in your private life, the last time I saw a similar character, it seemed to be whose name was that? Awashima Seri? You really like this type of women, but no matter how fickle you are, it's been less than a year and you've replaced the old with the new? Or is it that Awashima Seri abandoned you so you're looking for a substitute to transfer your affection to?"
"Did you come to me just to gossip about something like that?"
Ling Wuji ignored his gossip.