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After looking at the boy in the mirror with admiration, Natsume Rin left home with her bag and went to Sobu High School along the road that was so familiar to her.
Although it is winter, the sports club has not reduced its morning exercises at all. Looking at them running on the playground in just a shirt, Natsume Rin cast an admiring look at them, thinking that they are indeed young boys.
There was no problem asking him to get up and run, but asking him to follow in the queue and shout those stupid slogans made Natsume Rin shudder subconsciously, looked at them with sympathy, and hurriedly left the courtyard.
Because the exam was approaching, the atmosphere in the class was a little solemn. The students who arrived early sat in their seats and turned the pages of their books seriously.
The admission threshold to Sobu High School is quite high, and the students who are able to get in do not want to become ronin or go out to work right after graduating from high school.
Although there is no such discrimination when looking for a job, if you want to find a good job in today's society, it seems that it is not easy to recruit even those with a high school degree, let alone an ordinary university degree.
Most of the classmates are not as carefree as Natsume Rin and Shiina Mahiru, and these two guys who don’t need to worry about the future often occupy the first and second positions.
"Monitor, have you found your dance partner?"
After sitting down, he flipped through a few pages of the textbook out of boredom because Shiina didn't come. Then he moved his bench around and started chatting with the class monitor.
The class monitor, who seemed to be reading seriously, immediately threw the textbook aside after hearing this question and pulled Natsume Rin to analyze it.
“Actually, I already have several goals!”
Hiss, there are still a few of them, which doesn’t sound reliable.
Natsume Rin complained in her heart, but when she heard the class monitor calling out the names like calling out dishes, and many of them were students from other classes, she still analyzed the students seriously.
At this time, we have to thank the minister. She forced Natsume Rin to write down the information of all the classmates in the school.
"Suzuki from Class 3? She has a boyfriend now."
"The classmate next door, Yuan? She doesn't have a boyfriend, but I heard that she doesn't like boys."
"Before you try to invite someone to be your dance partner, you should do some research. Why haven't you collected everyone's information?"
Natsume Rin was very dissatisfied. Did this guy choose his dance partner based solely on appearance?
"I wanted to, too, but I couldn't find the right person to ask. When I asked girls, they all thought I was a pervert." The squad leader almost cried when he recalled that experience.
"Well, it's really perverted, but let's see if you have any hope of success with those people."
Not knowing whether to praise him or humiliate him, Natsume Rin took a pen and wrote and drew on the list he had made.
"No, this is hopeless. This classmate might agree with you, but will she go to the dance?"
"Ahem." Shiina Mahiru walked up to him and saw that he didn't notice her at all and was still scribbling some messy things on the paper with the idiot class leader, so she finally declared her presence.
"What are you doing?"
Shiina Mahiru, who didn't care at first, became suspicious when she saw the class monitor put the paper away in panic, thinking that the boys were doing something wrong.
"It's okay, help this idiot..."
"Don't tell anyone, or the company will die!"
His wailing was a little louder, causing all the classmates to look at him at the same time.
It seems that he no longer needs to worry about social death.
Seeing the class monitor's pitiful appearance, Shiina Mahiru still felt a lot of sympathy. She did not continue to ask him in front of him, but waited until she returned to her seat to discuss it in a low voice.
"It's about the dance. He's thinking about who to dance with."
Natsume Rin talked about the matter he asked her for help, and Shiina Mahiru became curious about the relationships between the boys in the class.
"Well, I have a good relationship with the class representative and Totsuka, and the others are probably just classmates who can talk to each other."
"It's worse than I thought, but better than my connections. Why can't I make many friends in a normal high school?"
She lay listlessly on her seat. Natsume Rin comforted her with a few words. Then Hiratsuka Shizuka walked in and the classroom immediately became quiet.
Teacher Hiratsuka looked at Natsume Rin who turned around slowly and said nothing. After arranging everything, when everyone was studying in the first period, she walked to Natsume Rin's desk and knocked on it. When he showed a puzzled expression, she left slowly.
It's totally unlike the serious look a high school teacher should have!
After class, the class monitor wanted to pull him to continue taking references, but Natsume Rin, who had lost interest, decisively refused and pushed the confused Totsuka out, asking him to help the class monitor find out who is the most suitable candidate.
"What? I still need to go to the bathroom."
"Then you all go together!"
Natsume Rin drove them away, and looked at Totsuka's reluctant back with emotion, thinking that this is how she should help Totsuka-san grow.
"Your smile is so scary."
This was the evaluation given by Shiina Mahiru, who witnessed the whole process, and was subsequently seriously protested by Natsume Rin, but she never had the intention of changing her mind.
“This is for the friendship of everyone.”
This is what Natsume said.
After finishing the short activities before Christmas and going through two days of exams, senior Kasumigaoka finally found an opportunity and blocked him in the school.
It would not be accurate to say that there was a traffic jam, after all, she had sent a message before.
Natsume Rin looked at the message recorded on her phone that had been sent a minute ago, and then looked at the senior who appeared in front of her the next second, and felt desperate about her concept of time.
"Don't look so sad. I'm taking you shopping for clothes. Otherwise, what if you embarrass me at the dance?" Kasumigaoka Utaha was very proud.
"Even if I don't wear clothes, there will still be a lot of people watching me. It will definitely not be embarrassing." Natsume Rin said wisely.
But if he wasn't wearing any clothes, more than just girls would be watching him.
"you dare!"
"Don't do such a stupid thing."
Several girls in the activity room stopped him at the same time, fearing that he would turn his sudden idea into reality.
Natsume packed up his bag angrily, thinking that these people were making a big deal out of nothing. No matter how he looked at it, they didn't seem like they would be that crazy.
But the good thing was that Yukino, who was about to say a few more words, let her go decisively and let the senior accompany him to buy new clothes.
"Natsume, you'll be a good fit for a gigolo after graduation."
The Minister said as he was leaving.
Chapter 205: Is it okay to be kept by someone?
After walking several streets and arriving at the store, Natsume Rin was still shocked by the image of him in the minds of these girls.
"Am I a pervert in your eyes? You actually took such an obvious joke seriously!"
Kasumigaoka Utaha rolled her eyes and didn't say anything to the self-pitying boy. She took a handsome suit from the waiter and stuffed it into his hand.
"Isn't it? Hurry up and go in and change your clothes."
After pushing him in, facing the strange looks around her, Kasumigaoka Utaha faced it calmly and even had the mood to continue picking clothes for him.
Even if she was misunderstood as supporting Natsume Rin, she could accept it.
Facts have proved that the senior has a good eye for choosing clothes. When Natsume Rin walked out, the astonished looks of the girls nearby made Kasumigaoka Utaha extremely satisfied.
"Try this one again."
In order to achieve this stunning look, she found a very expensive formal dress without hesitation. After all, as a rich woman, this amount of money was just a small amount.
"Hey, don't treat me like a rack for trying on clothes."
When Natsume Rin took it, she warned Kasumigaoka Utaha and decided to try three at most and never try again after that.
He had witnessed many such experiences. It seemed that girls would be very keen on dressing up others. However, when he thought about the time when he accompanied Yang Nai to choose clothes for Xiao Xue some time ago, he felt guilty again.
This kind of thing doesn't seem to be measured simply by gender.
In fact, no matter how many times he tried, with his foundation he would only be greeted with astonished looks. When the senior student took out the fourth piece of clothing eagerly, he was decisively rejected.
"That's about it, we should go."
Kasumigaoka Utaha pouted and just looked at his serious expression, and finally packed up all the clothes she had picked for the past three years and took them away.
Alas, I originally wanted to see more of my junior’s appearance.
"Come on, go eat with me."
Since he was accompanying her to buy clothes, he certainly wouldn't mind having a free meal.
Besides, he had walked such a long way and had been a clothes rack for such a long time, so he deserved this meal no matter how you looked at it.
The senior student had specifically learned about his hobbies, so instead of going to a Western restaurant, she found a ramen restaurant on the side of the road, opened the door and walked in.
Two students in school uniforms walked in but did not cause much commotion, and the customers inside continued to carry out their daily activities.
Delicious ramen, exquisite side dishes, and combustible oolong tea!
Of course, the last item has little to do with minors.
Kasumigaoka Utaha fixed her hair, put the package bag in her hand on the ground, watched Natsume Rin order the meal for her, and leaned leisurely against the table.
This restaurant doesn't have ordinary tables, but instead has a long table where guests can just sit next to it.
"Senior also likes these?"
"No, I only came here on my own initiative because you like it, Natsume."
Hearing her rare gentle tone, Natsume Rin touched her nose, not knowing how to respond for a moment.
Thinking carefully about what the senior had done, apart from expressing emotions too strongly, it seemed that there was no point of rebuttal. Especially her attitude towards herself, which made Natsume Rin feel embarrassed to refuse.
"But trying new things is what we authors should do, right? Natsume, don't think too much about it." She smiled as she looked at Natsume Rin's conflicted expression.
In the eyes of the senior who writes romance novels, apart from relationships that are based on emotion, Kasumigaoka Utaha feels that relationships that are forced by other factors will eventually break down due to various reasons.
Unless you have the ability to keep the relationship going while it lasts.
"How is the discussion with them about the senior's work going?"
After eating the ramen, Natsume Rin remembered the time when she helped to make the connection.
Although the director seemed pessimistic at first, he still helped to introduce him. He was not clear about what happened afterwards.
"I don't know either. I'm waiting for news from Yuanzi." She shook her head. "But thank you Natsume for helping me. If it succeeds, I will reward you handsomely."
"Promise yourself to me?" Considering her characteristics, Natsume Rin guessed. Seeing the surprise on her face, he immediately felt great at his own cleverness.
"How do you know? If it can be sold, I will humble myself and become your girlfriend."
"Don't say that. I'm the one who's been wronged." He was also very blunt.