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"Kasumigaoka-senpai, your possessiveness is too great."
"No wonder Natsume Rin is so afraid of you. After all, with his perverted nature, he wouldn't become so evasive even if he didn't cooperate with a pretty girl like Senior who took the initiative like this."
Sometimes we choose to let go in order to better control the other person. Mahiru Shiina understood this principle at a very young age.
But it seems that Senior Kasumigaoka hasn't realized it yet.
At three o'clock in the afternoon at the resort, Yukinoshita was planning a party for the evening, Natsume Rin was fishing with her friends, and Shiina Mahiru was explaining things to a senior who was older than her.
As the sky darkened, the birds that were still in Tokyo began to cry sharply in the air. When people looked in the direction of the sound, they had already disappeared into the dense, dark woods.
In the white ground, the orange afterglow, and the messy woods, Natsume Rin and the other two who had just returned from the fishing spot were holding empty buckets in their hands and blaming each other.
"I also want to take the entrance exam for Tokyo University." The monitor suddenly went crazy and clenched his fists and shouted, startling many birds in the forest.
"You're fine out of nowhere. Do you have a fever?" Natsume Rin pretended to touch his forehead.
“This is the ideal, this is the goal!”
Chapter 182 Bonfire Party
"Even if you get into the University of Tokyo, you can't cover up the fact that you overturned the fish barrel." Totsuka Ayaka exposed his embarrassing story, making the class monitor look up at the sky speechlessly.
"The water's edge is too slippery, and as long as nothing happens to anyone, it's fine."
Words of comfort do make sense, but the prerequisite is that you don’t say them out loud.
"What should we do now? Should we go back and tell them that we are the air force?" Natsume Rin noticed something strange.
He didn't want to be labeled a fishing failure, and he would be even more upset if he was misunderstood like this when he had caught quite a few fish.
"It doesn't matter. No one cares about the results of our fishing." The squad leader patted Natsume Rin's shoulder, his tone almost crying.
How could anyone care about the results of an activity like his and Totsuka's? Only that bastard Natsume Rin would need someone to ask about his well-being even when he was fishing.
I'm so envious!
"It seems like I'm the only one being laughed at."
The lights in the distance became brighter, and the playful men quickened their pace. The fishing rods they used to show off were hidden because they had no catches.
The closer we got to the light, the louder the noise became. Even from the edge of the woods, we could see people dancing around the campfire.
"The squad leader didn't even participate in the preparations for the bonfire party." Natsume Rin looked at him.
After all, he was the squad leader, so a spontaneously organized activity like this would definitely be inseparable from him. However, he stayed by the icy lake with them for an entire afternoon.
"Actually, yes. I am the one who decides the allocation of work for everyone."
"Otherwise, I wouldn't have accompanied the squad leader out fishing." Totsuka Ayaka said the truth in a calm voice.
It turns out these two bastards were just slacking off!
Leaving all the work to other diligent classmates, the class monitor used the power in his hands to go fishing, and Totsuka Ayaka also used her position as class monitor to avoid labor.
"It's okay for others to think so, but Natsume, you've been fishing with us for an entire afternoon, so it's better not to get so excited." The squad leader reminded him.
"Ahem, get ready for the bonfire party."
Natsume Rin straightened his chest and looked straight ahead.
It seems that no matter who you are, when it comes to criticizing yourself, there will inevitably be some deviations.
It is called a bonfire party, but the actual situation is that everyone just gathers around a burning bonfire. If there are students with outstanding talents in the class, there will be a party, otherwise everyone just gathers together to warm themselves by the fire.
When they came back, the fire had already been lit and the students had all found a seat to sit down. As for the three people who came back late, no one paid attention to whether they caught any fish.
Especially the female class monitor, the smile on her face was particularly bright when facing them.
"You, you, and you, all stand still."
His good expression lasted until she walked up to him, then his face changed instantly, and he began to teach the three truant people a lesson in a ferocious manner.
"We've been busy all afternoon, where have you been as the squad leader? I called you but your phone was turned off. It seems like this was planned in advance."
The firepower was mainly concentrated on the squad leader who was the instigator. Natsume Rin stood where she was and made eye contact with Shiina Mahiru who was sitting around the campfire. After blinking a few times, she felt the cold gaze.
"Xiaoxue." Shiina Mahiru pulled her clothes and asked her to sit down first.
Her classmates didn't have a good relationship with her, and since it wasn't a formal activity, she followed Shiina Mahiru here after the bonfire was built.
"The fishing skills he boasted about seem to be just average." Yukinoshita Yukino sat down and reached out to the campfire, squinting her eyes to feel the rare warmth in winter.
It should be warmer staying in the room, but she doesn't like so many people crowded in the dormitory talking loudly. She prefers to let them come out to enjoy the cool breeze and bond with each other, and say what they need to say, so that the night will be much quieter.
"Maybe the fish here haven't been fed enough." Shiina Mahiru told a joke playfully, and when he saw the knowing smile on Yukino's face, he felt something in his heart.
The three people who skipped work had been taken somewhere else by the class monitor, and Mahiru touched her shoulder when she felt that the time was barely appropriate.
"Ok?"
"Let's go out, okay?"
……
"The work you avoid will be repaid to you double in the future." Natsume Rin looked at the wooden house and came to a very common truth.
However, this rule is often applied in games, and the mechanism of skipping classes will always be waiting for you in the not too distant future.
"Well, let each of us move two." The squad leader sighed and no longer hid when the action started.
The wooden house is where the wooden stakes used to build the bonfire are stored. Under normal circumstances, they do not need to be replaced, but in order to give them enough labor, they were assigned this job.
"If we can bring back the fish we catch, we won't have to move anything."
Natsume Rin picked out two suitable wooden stakes from the ground. They were neither too big nor too small, and they did not put too much pressure on her shoulders.
Although letting everyone go out to find wood stakes is a good opportunity to get close to nature, considering the nearby environment and the requirements for wood stakes at the bonfire party, it is really good that the resort has considered so many things for tourists.
"I'm craving for grilled fish." Caijia tried to move everything in one go, but when she found that it was not realistic, she held the wooden stakes in her arms and prepared to come back later.
"I don't know if they have prepared dinner or if they are going to go to the cafeteria."
Leaving the slightly remote cabin, looking back the cabin seemed eerie.
Stars appeared above his head after a long absence, and the night sky that was usually shrouded by the metropolis became clear. Natsume Rin carried a wooden stake on his shoulder, humming a song loudly as he walked towards the bonfire.
The remaining two people were also affected by his attitude. They completely forgot the reality that they would have to come back later and sang along while hugging the wooden stakes.
When Natsume Rin completed her task and sat down to eat, the two unlucky guys were still looking at each other, and finally mustered up the courage to set off at the same time and return to the cabin.
Poor guys, luckily they have each other for company.
"Natsume, didn't you catch any fish?"
This time, after doing the same labor, he just sat down and picked up the cold lunch box when someone came over enthusiastically.
"It's all the fault of that idiot squad leader. We caught a lot of fish, but he accidentally knocked over the bucket when we came back."
The atmosphere quickly turned into a mockery of the class monitor. Natsume Rin took the opportunity to glance at Shiina Mahiru's position. The two people who had been sitting there just now were now nowhere to be seen.
"Have you seen Shiina-san?"
"She went to the woods with the eldest lady. Even if you want to go find your girlfriend, you should wait until after dinner." Someone was making fun of him.
Natsume Rin calmed down and his hands moved noticeably faster. When the squad leader came back, hearing so many people laughing at him, he also started playing around, not wanting to be outdone.
The bonfire party atmosphere certainly seemed to be enough.
Chapter 183: Unbelievable Events at School
"Shiina-san, this place is far enough, right?"
The forest road was difficult to walk on at night. Yukino stopped beside a tall tree, leaned against the trunk and looked at Shiina Mahiru not far away.
The cold moonlight fell on the girl tonight. She raised her head, revealing skin that was brighter than the moonlight. Listening to Yukino's slight breathing, she thought a lot in her mind.
There is both the seductive voice of the senior schoolmate and his own inner thoughts.
Of course, she didn't want Yukinoshita Yukino to get involved like her senior did, and just like when the other party advised her to give up, Mahiru could also justify her activities by thinking that it was for her own good.
"Xiaoxue, do you know the rumors about the bonfire party?"
"Are you saying that a confession at the bonfire party will lead to eternal love? It's just a boring rumor." Yukino raised an eyebrow, "Just like the seven incredible events that happen in every school, and in the end it turns out that they are just ridiculous misunderstandings."
Dolls that move at night, corpses found in the back of the school, and a senior student with excellent academic performance dropping out of school for unknown reasons...
There are also related rumors in Sobu High School. Yukino has always regarded such things as a joke, and the superstition about bonfire parties makes her sneer.
If love could be bound by mysterious power, the ending of the witch in the fairy tale would not be so tragic.
"But don't you think it's romantic?" Shiina Mahiru walked in front of her. Yukino was tall and stood on a high place, so she needed to raise her head to talk to her.
"If you really like someone, this is definitely the right time to confess."
"What do you want to say?" Hearing the implied meaning, Yukinoshita Yukino looked at Shiina Mahiru, trying to find clues from her face.
She suddenly felt that the scene in front of her was somewhat familiar, but the role she played at the time was that of Shiina-san.
"If you had someone you liked, would you choose to confess at this time, right?" She boldly stretched out her hand and gently lifted Yukinoshita Yukino's chin, then withdrew her hand in her horrified eyes.
"It seems that I think too much. A girl like Xiaoxue should not have the idea of falling in love in high school."
Yukinoshita Yukino thought everything through. She looked at Shiina Mahiru seriously, causing the originally confident Shiina to blush inexplicably. When she was about to give up, she spoke in a cold voice.
"Shiina-san, this was the senior's idea, right?"
As for why I thought of Kasumigaoka Utaha, I can blame her for her eccentric behavior. I will definitely think of her when I encounter bad things.
"I should be able to figure it out too." Shiina Mahiru covered up for her senior.
"Well, but without external force, even if Shiina comes up with an idea, he won't be able to put it into action. You can't do without the encouragement of your senior." Yukino brushed off the dust on her hands and walked down from the height.
"It turns out that I am so harmless in Xiaoxue's eyes. I don't know whether I should be happy or sad." Shiina Mahiru smiled bitterly and stood beside Yukino waiting for the answer.
There was no strategy in their approach. They simply saw that Yukinoshita Yukino had a proud personality and would never take the initiative to invite Natsume Rin.
The invitation to the bonfire party was just a small matter, and nothing would have changed even if it hadn't happened. But it was different when Shiina Mahiru took the initiative to bring it up.
"I...don't worry, I won't have anything to do with him."
Yukino walked lightly in the direction she came from, and Mahiru followed quietly beside her.
"Brother? Friend? Or lover? I have my own ideas. Even if you Shiina do nothing, I will stick to my opinions. And when I want to change my mind, no matter how many people try to stop me, it will be useless."