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“I hope to work with all members to make the club better in the new year.”
"Good!" Natsume Rin clapped her hands enthusiastically.
"As for me personally." She bit off the top of the bread and said calmly, "First, get admission to the University of Tokyo."
"...It's really a practical idea." Natsume Rin looked at the bread and had a bad association.
Chapter 223: How to confess?
In April, the cherry blossoms on both sides of the road bloomed again. After a two-week vacation, Natsume Rin successfully became a sophomore in high school.
Walking on the familiar street, looking at the familiar figure in front of him, his pace quickened.
"Minister, don't walk so fast."
When they were almost reaching the uphill slope, Natsume Rin finally caught up with Yukino, patted her shoulder, and then jumped in front of her.
Yukinoshita Yukino covered her nose and looked at him with disdain: "Why aren't you with Shiina?"
These days are the cherry blossom season. Although she likes this kind of scenery very much, her nose has been feeling uncomfortable recently. She is afraid of getting hay fever, so she tries not to come into contact with cherry blossoms.
"Her father took her away."
"So you came to me. It turns out you're just a substitute."
"No, I just happened to see an acquaintance on the street and came to see him. How could I have come to see you?"
"Tsk, that makes me even sadder."
They were climbing the slope, and someone was pushing a cart beside them. When the wind blew, the cherry blossoms on the roadside floated down like snow. Natsume Rin was concentrating on appreciating this dreamy scene. Yukino covered her nose and suddenly sneezed cutely.
"Ah."
"Are you sick?" Natsume Rin looked at her curiously.
"It may be because of the drop in temperature. The doctor told me to pay attention to pollen." Yukino sighed, "I even missed my morning run these days."
"Maybe you caught a cold because of your morning run. Remember to wear a mask." Natsume Rin lectured her.
Yukino glared at him in annoyance, wondering if she needed a boy to teach her such details. It was just that she hadn't been out for the past few days. Who would have thought that the cherry blossoms in downtown Tokyo were so rampant.
"That expression is wrong."
"Of course, patients are moody like that. You're not convinced."
"...I am convinced. You are worthy of being the eldest lady."
He decided not to bother with the patient.
"That's good to know." Yukino looked away with satisfaction.
When he arrived at the campus, he could see many new faces on the road. Thanks to the minister, he was forced to remember the names and appearances of all the students in the school. He couldn't be asked to remember these people again now, right?
"Why are you looking at me?" Facing his gaze, Yukino asked puzzledly.
"It's okay." Natsume Rin whistled guiltily and found many familiar people gathered in front of the bulletin board not far away. He went over curiously and found that it was the class list for the second grade.
Yes, since it is a new school year, of course we have to change to a new class. Otherwise, if we keep the same group of people for three consecutive years, I don’t think Mr. Hiratsuka will be able to hold on.
"Natsume, we are still in the same class!"
Relying on the advantage of her petite size, Totsuka Ayaka squeezed in the innermost part. When he saw Natsume Rin also trying to rush in, he reminded her.
"Not bad." Natsume Rin was very happy, but did not give up the idea of going in.
“By the way, Shiina-san is here too.” Totsuka Ayaka reacted and quickly added.
"Is that so? That's great." Natsume Rin was still happy, but the action of entering was still the same, which made Totsuka Ayaka's scalp tingle, wondering if she had overlooked something.
He looked at the posted items again and soon found a name that shouldn't appear in their class. Thinking of the other party's relationship with Natsume Rin, he quickly shouted.
"Yukinoshita-san is here too."
Natsume Rin stopped moving forward, and an expression of joy and disgust appeared on her face. When she faced Yukino, it was all replaced by disgust.
"Minister, aren't you in the international class? Why are you in our class?"
Xue No raised her head proudly, seeing through his little thoughts at a glance, "Because I don't plan to go abroad, why should I continue to stay in that class? And if you want to laugh, just laugh. Isn't it uncomfortable to be so tense?"
She didn't have many friends in the international class. If she hadn't been assigned there because of her returnee status, she would have gone to play with Natsume Rin and the others long ago.
"Laugh? I'm not happy." Natsume Rin denied it flatly, and then took the club leader to their class in a very happy mood.
When he arrived at the class, he found that there were quite a few acquaintances there. Not only was the class monitor, who he got along well with, sitting there chatting and gossiping, but even those classmates with whom he had a bad relationship were there.
"Yumiko, don't look at them." Ebina pulled Miura Yumiko, who was looking at him hungrily, and gave Yukino an apologetic look.
Why is she still unilaterally arguing now?
"Xiaoxue, are you in this class too?" Shiina Mahiru, who arrived earlier than them, looked surprised when she saw the two of them come in together.
"Yeah, I didn't expect that either." Yukino held her hand gently.
Nonsense!
Natsume Rin looked at the ceiling, complaining about the girls' acting skills in her heart.
The seating chart was posted in the most conspicuous place in the classroom. He didn't believe that Shiina Mahiru didn't see Yukinoshita's name. And since Yukinoshita was able to transfer out of the international class, she must have actively applied to the teacher.
So neither of them told the truth!
"They all seem to be familiar faces."
Since the main body is the original configuration of Class 2, there is no reason to temporarily change the homeroom teacher. When Hiratsuka Shizuka walked in with a textbook, Natsume Rin was not surprised at all, and even felt that she came slower than she expected.
"Teacher Hiratsuka, it looks like we will be the ones in the third year of high school." The class monitor joked with her.
"Forget it. I'll be pissed off for two years. If I continue to lead you, I feel like my life span will be shortened a lot." Shizuka Hiratsuka rolled her eyes but still wrote her name solemnly on the blackboard.
"Whether you know me or not, you must introduce yourself. I'm Shizuka Hiratsuka, your Chinese teacher, and I'll be your homeroom teacher for the next year."
"Please give me your guidance."
The classmates' voices drowned out Hiratsuka Shizuka's. Natsume Rin was curious about another question. Since bonuses were given out for the exams in the past, and now that all three of them were in the same class, would the bonuses be doubled?
"Now that we all know each other, please go back to your seats and get ready for class."
Speaking of seats, Natsume Rin, who hadn't yet checked her position, slipped to the front row to take a few looks, then found her seat without changing her expression under Hiratsuka Shizuka's playful gaze.
In front is Shiina Mahiru, and behind is Yukino. I wouldn't believe it even if they killed the squad leader Natsume Rin.
Mr. Hiratsuka, you are so cruel!
"Why are you daydreaming? Study hard."
Yukino, who was sitting in the back, finally found a suitable way to teach Natsume Rin a lesson, and kicked his chair to remind him kindly.
"Natsume-san, you must be serious in the new year as well." Mahiru Shiina in front of him was not to be outdone.
"I want to die."
Looking at the squad leader with an envious face, Natsume Rin said sadly.
"Died of happiness?" he guessed.
"Wrong, this looks like you're going to be bullied to death."
"Hey, don't treat us as violent people." Yukino in the back row said dissatisfiedly.
"Then don't kick my stool. You do that and still say you're not a violent person."
His second year of high school began in this makeshift way. Every day he struggled to survive under the oppression of the two young ladies, while maintaining his position as the top student in the grade.
If it were to add a bit of love and hatred, he would be the perfect image of a light novel male protagonist.
"Your smile is so weird, what are you writing?" Shiina Mahiru came over curiously, looked at what he wrote on the paper and slowly read out.
"A boy from the countryside enters Tokyo's premier high school, where he becomes famous for his handsome looks and amazing wisdom. During his studies, he meets two domineering young ladies, and a campus love comedy develops."
"Political family and medical family? This reference is too obvious, and I am being overbearing."
Shiina Mahiru immediately recognized the real identities of the two heroines in the character design, and complained about Natsume Rin's laziness, "Even if it's Koyuki, I don't think she's domineering. She's more like the type with a sharp tongue."
"It's just an artistic process. It would be a failure if one could tell at a glance that it's you two." Natsume Rin chuckled and wiped off the means she was going to use to teach the young lady a lesson.
"Why are you writing this for no reason?"
Shiina Mahiru became alert because she knew the identity of Natsume Rin's author. If this guy really used them as prototypes to write a novel on impulse, he might cause some trouble with his popularity.
"I was just bored, so I wrote something casually. Don't worry, it won't be published." Natsume Rin guaranteed, patting his chest.
In fact, the real reason was not mentioned. This book could be regarded as a way to help him vent the depression he felt during this period of time due to the oppression of the two young ladies.
He felt that in order to break out of his current predicament, he had to either confirm his relationship with Shiina Mahiru completely, or choose to move to another position. He couldn't stay in this position where he was caught between two sides.
The second idea of retreating will definitely not work, so the answer is obvious.
"That's good." Natsume Rin's guarantee was still credible. After hearing him say this, Shiina Mahiru stopped hesitating and started discussing the subsequent plot with him.
"We should let Miss Yukiko embarrass the male protagonist, and then let me, no, Miss Mahiro jump out to save the situation. This is the only reasonable plot." Her true purpose can be seen without even looking.
"What's the principle behind this..."
"It should be easy to understand if it fits the character's image, so let's change it like this."
The two of them were having a lot of fun. Yukino, who walked in later, saw this scene and narrowed her eyes, revealing a sense of danger.
Ever since she decided not to dwell on her relationship with Natsume Rin, the second young lady's danger level has gradually increased, and now she seems even more ferocious than before.
She walked over calmly and sat in her seat. The moment Natsume Rin felt guilty, she kicked the stool to prove that she was not blind.
Because the teacher walked in soon, Yukino gave up this method and instead threw a small note at him.
【What are you looking at? 】
【This is a joke shared by Shiina-san. 】
【Joke? Let me see.】
Natsume Rin broke out in sweat on her forehead. These words might indeed be funny to them, but if the original person saw them, he would definitely not laugh.
In this case, the only thing I can do is to shock her with some big news.
[Busan, I want to confess my love to Shiina-san! ]
The second young lady did not wait to be laughed at, but instead saw words that made her a laughing stock.