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Just as Natsume Rin expected, the back row became much quieter. This breaking news indeed had an extraordinary power.
Just when he thought the matter was over, Yukino poked him in the back and threw the note with a lot of information back to him.
【Why are you telling me this? 】
[After all, we are all girls, so I ask you to give me some advice. ]
[Aren’t you very experienced? Do you still need help? ]
[Being experienced in dating does not mean being experienced in confessing love. Use your girl’s intuition to judge, what kind of scene would move Shiina-san? ]
Yukinoshita Yukino felt a lump in her throat when she looked at the beautiful handwriting. She wanted to cry but couldn't find a suitable reason.
She didn't seem to have any position to comment on the matter. She could just give him some random advice and then ignore him.
She wouldn't be sad. She was so happy bullying this man all day long. And even if he really confirmed his relationship with Shiina, the ones who should be sad are Haruno and Kasumigaoka Utaha. What does it have to do with her...
But even so, it is too much to ask a girl who clearly had a crush on him for advice on pursuing other girls.
Yukinoshita Yukino gritted her teeth and increased the strength of the pen tip, almost piercing through the pages of the notebook.
[No girl will refuse the temptation of a wedding dress. If you give her a wedding, she will definitely be moved.]
The tip of my nose felt slightly sour, and it seemed as if the cold I had just recovered from a few days ago had come back again.
[Have you discussed the matter with your sister? ]
She suppressed her sadness and tried to find topics that could hurt Natsume Rin.
After throwing out the note, the person in front quickly replied.
[Wedding, this is too much trouble. As for Yang Nai's matter, that's about it. ]
What does "almost" mean? Could it be that her proud and difficult sister would actually agree to let him mess around outside?
Yukino's heart became even more flustered, and Natsume Rin, who had brought up the topic, no longer had any reaction. In Yukino's eyes, he might be preparing to confess to Shiina-san.
She raised her head, trying not to let the tears fall. It would be too pitiful if she was discovered.
She doesn't need pity.
So just silently bless them both.
In fact, she doesn't really need other people's care. She has long been accustomed to the feeling of being alone when she studied abroad. Now she is just continuing in this state. At worst, she will be with her mother in the future.
"Minister? Minister!"
After school, watching the disobedient Yukino walk out with her bag without looking back, Natsume Rin touched his head and felt that things had gone too far this time.
"What's wrong with Xiaoxue?" Shiina Mahiru, who was still packing her schoolbag, looked over.
"I don't know. I'll go see if I can catch up with her." Natsume Rin, carrying her bag, said a few simple words to Shiina Mahiru, then immediately chased after the crowd of people leaving school.
Shiina Mahiru shook her head in confusion, picked up the club key and prepared to go over there to wait for them.
Regardless, club activities must be carried out.
Chapter 224 I Like Yukino
In the corner of the academy, Natsume Rin found Yukino sitting on the steps. Seeing her with her head down in silence, Natsume Rin felt a little guilty.
It seems that this situation is inseparable from him.
"Minister?" He approached cautiously and sat down next to her.
"Can't you leave me alone for a while?" Yukino said calmly.
She has even suggested helping me confess, is there any need to come here and laugh at her?
"Of course, but we can't miss club activities. Let's go back to the activity room. I promise I won't disturb you."
Worried that she might do something impulsive alone, Natsume Rin wanted to let her rest within everyone's sight.
"Are you the Minister?"
"……no."
"Since you are not, and I am the leader of the club, today's activities are cancelled." Yukino pursed her lips and gave the order.
"It's okay to cancel. Can I sit here?"
"No," she answered decisively.
The reason she came here was that she didn't want to see Natsume Rin and the other two. Yukino felt uncomfortable when she thought about the two of them flirting with each other under her nose, and the boy was secretly preparing a surprise confession.
She shouldn't be sad, but when things really happened, she couldn't control her emotions.
"You can't refuse, after all, this is not the Minister's territory."
Yukinoshita Yukino was about to stand up with her schoolbag, but Natsume Rin grabbed her hand to stop her from leaving. Seeing her annoyed look, the boy laughed instead.
"Xiaoxue, can't you tell me about your troubles?"
"You are trouble." She said coldly.
"You should have told me then. Once you solve this problem, you will feel better soon."
He refused to let go like a spoiled child, and Yukino pursed her lips, unable to find a way to deal with him.
"release."
"Then don't leave."
"I have nothing to say to you."
"Then I won't let go."
After repeating this several times, Yukino couldn't stand his shamelessness anymore and could only promise not to leave after she let go, and only then did Natsume Rin let go.
Seeing that she was about to run away, Natsume Rin quickly grabbed her leg, which made her anger rise and completely gave up the idea of running away.
Natsume Rin's physical strength is countless times greater than hers. If she really chases her, she will definitely not be able to escape.
"You are forcibly stopping me here."
As they sat down, Yukino scolded him harshly.
"Yeah, tell me quickly, what's the matter that's bothering you, because of the thing I asked you to confess?" Natsume Rin nodded perfunctorily, thinking that the Tokyo police would definitely not care about such trivial matters.
"No."
"So that's what happened between me and your sister?"
"No."
"It can't be a lover's thing..."
Yukino looked at him coldly, wanting to see how much he could reveal about herself, so she shook her head decisively to deny it.
Natsume Rin thought hard, but couldn't think of any way in which she had let down the lovely minister.
"Did they bully you when you were a kid?"
"Am I so narrow-minded?"
After trying to recall the details of ten years ago but getting no confirmation, Natsume Rin finally figured it out and looked Yukinoshita Yukino in the face: "It was about you having a crush on me."
"..."
"My temperament suddenly changed while traveling. Could it be related to this incident?"
"..."
He remained silent, it seemed that he had completely agreed.
Natsume Rin was also a little panicked at this moment, and felt that if she continued talking, she might get anxious.
"Yes, I used to like you." Her voice was ethereal and her delicate face avoided Natsume Rin's sight: "It's just that I don't like you anymore now."
She actually didn't want to admit it, but Natsume Rin blatantly tore off all her disguises, and the tired Yukino no longer hid in front of him.
As for when she fell in love, she herself couldn't tell the exact time. It might be the excitement of meeting again after a long separation, or it might be the companionship in that not-so-big activity room.
Especially before Shiina Mahiru came in, there were only the two of them in that small room, listening to each other's breathing, occasionally thinking of a few embarrassing things to tease each other, and after finishing the two hours of club activities, they walked out of the school together and said goodbye on that familiar street.
It was a very ordinary day, but she hoped that such a life could continue for three years. Thinking that they might attend classes at the same university and continue to be classmates for four years, Yukino felt that life became brighter.
"Well, because I'm a scumbag." Natsume Rin approved of her approach: "But I like the Minister too."
"..."
"Although you are ruthless, have a bad personality, and often ignore people, you do have some advantages." Natsume Rin crossed her fingers and said seriously, "First of all, you are very cute. After all, you are the self-proclaimed cutest high school student in the world, so this is definitely an advantage."
"Shut up..." Recalling that incident, Yukino's fair face couldn't help but blush.
She was very confident when she first said it, but when Natsume Rin really talked about it seriously, she was still very shy.
"You may be harsh in your words, but you are kind-hearted at heart. It's just that you are not used to communicating with others in a gentle way, Yukino."
Perhaps because she was isolated in elementary school, she has never been able to correct her bad personality, but to say that she is a bad person is pure speculation.
"Using a cold exterior to cover up your true warmth, maybe you're afraid of being bullied?"
"Who dares to bully me?" Xue No, whose tail was stepped on, said angrily: "That kind of childish trick is a joke to me. It's not that they isolate me, but I isolate them."
"Or do you think I need friends?"
The aloof and proud Yukino spoke in an especially high-spirited tone when talking about her friends. Looking at her high-spirited expression, Natsume Rin patted her shoulder to calm her down.
"Isn't Shiina your friend?"
"Hmph, Shiina is the one I approve of. I have no interest in becoming friends with anyone else." Yukino reached out and held her legs, looking a lot calmer.
"Natsume, you should be able to understand that the gap between geniuses and ordinary people is beyond the comprehension of mediocre people."
"Things that we take for granted can become reasons for others to be jealous. Their malice is silent and inexplicable."
There was a hint of sadness in her tone: "Do you know who I was most worried about when I was studying abroad?"
"My countrymen." Natsume Rin was very sure.
"You guessed it right, but unfortunately there is no reward. I hate the unspoken rules of the island country's high school and don't want to fit in. I might as well not make friends."
"That's true." Natsume Rin slapped her thigh, looking lucky that she had guessed it right, and then gave the final reason under her gaze.
"It shouldn't be a reason, it's just my feeling."