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Kyosuke took the phone with a curious look on his face.
"Hello, Kyousuke? I'm loaning you Yukino for now, so enjoy her."
Fumino's voice came from the other end of the phone.
PS: Two updates completed, now going to bed. I hope to see the result of the battle between England and France in the morning. (?3[▓▓] Good night
Chapter 16 Yukino: So, I should just beat this idiot to death
Although Fumino's voice was not loud, Yukino could hear it clearly in the quiet environment of the library. Shy (?) Yukino quickly snatched the phone from Kyousuke and shouted to her mother on the other end: "Hey, Mom. Don't say such things that can be easily misunderstood! I'm just here to tutor Kyousuke."
Fumino felt that Yukino was just making a fuss out of nothing: "What does it matter? We are all family. It's no problem to make a little joke. Yukino, don't you like being in love with Kyousuke?"
"Who likes to be in love with Kyousuke?!"
Yukino's voice startled the other people around her who were reviewing for the exam. Everyone was whispering excitedly, and the story between Yukinoshita and Kousaka instantly evolved into dozens of versions.
"What are you looking at! The exam is coming up soon, have you finished your review?!"
Although she couldn't hear what these people were saying, just by looking at the obscene expressions of most of the boys and the gossipy eyes of the girls, Yukino could guess what these people were thinking. Not wanting to become the topic of conversation again, Yukino exuded her aura as the ice queen.
After seeing Yukinoshita Yukino's aggressive expression, everyone immediately packed up their things and fled the library. Even a small number of people who stayed chose to sit far away from Yukino and Kyousuke's table. Even the librarian who originally wanted to keep Yukino quiet was frightened by her terrifying momentum and immediately hid far away.
"Oh my, this is really scary. How could my daughter be so fierce? I didn't raise you to be such a rude girl."
Although she couldn't see the scene, Fumino knew what happened just by the shout that Yukino made and the quiet background that followed.
"..."
Who is the most vicious woman in our family? Don't think that you can erase everything in the past just because you are pregnant and start to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures! Although everyone says that people get younger as they grow older, you don't seem to be that old yet? Or is it true that pregnancy makes people stupid for three years?
Yukino could imagine her mother's expression on the other end of the phone. She must be lying lazily on the sofa like an ancient queen, trimming her nails while giving orders into the receiver.
"Okay, okay. Enough joking, give the phone to Kyousuke. I have something to say to him."
Yukino reluctantly stuffed the phone back to Kyosuke, and sat opposite him, looking out the window angrily.
"Give."
"Okay... Hello? Are you there?"
Kyosuke carefully put the receiver to his ear again. In order not to irritate Yukino, who was in a bad mood, Kyosuke did not dare to call Fumino's name. Although Yukino's eyes were not on him, her trembling ears revealed the fact that she was still eavesdropping on his conversation with Fumino.
"Kyosuke, as I just said, you can use Yukino as you like during this time. I know you guys are going to take exams soon and you're not very good at liberal arts, so I specially asked Yukino to come and help you with your studies. My daughter may not be good at other things, but as a mother, I know her when it comes to studying. So there will be no problem with your exams this semester."
Master Fumino, you are truly a savior! My summer vacation is saved!
Kyosuke was so moved that tears welled up in his eyes. He decided that he must spend more time with her during the summer vacation. As long as Fumino didn't mind, he would report to her on time every day.
But before Kyosuke could say thank you, Fumino spoke again. This time, her tone was unusually "kind", completely different from before.
"But, Kyousuke, you can only use Yukino for study purposes. If you dare to touch Yukino's body, I will let Haruno break your five limbs with her own hands, and then put you in a cement pier and sink you into Tokyo Bay. Did you understand clearly?"
"I completely understand! Fumino-sama"
Kyosuke was frightened to death by Fumino's gloomy voice. He stood up and saluted with his phone. Although Kyosuke knew that Fumino herself would not be able to see it, he still did it very seriously. Because from Fumino's tone, Kyosuke could hear that the other party was serious, which made Kyosuke dare not slack off.
"Very good, I'll hang up now. As a thank you, you have to come visit me and the baby more often during the summer vacation. Bye then."
Without waiting for Kyosuke to say goodbye to her, Fumino hung up the phone.
"Huh..." When Kyosuke came down again, he found that his back was covered in sweat. It was not because of the heat but because he was scared by Fumino.
"Your mother is really courageous." Seeing Yukino looking at him, Kyosuke could only smile awkwardly and return the phone to Yukino, "Then please give me more guidance in the next period of time, Yukinoshita-sensei."
After all, he is the next tutor, and Kyosuke thinks it would be better if he has a more correct attitude.
"You should have heard it clearly. I will supervise you during this period. When you asked for leave from the club activities, you said you wanted to pass the exam. But my requirement is that you must get at least 80 points, so you should work hard during this period."
Yukino obviously didn't fall for Kyosuke's tricks, she took out a workbook and threw it in front of Kyosuke, since this was a rare opportunity she decided to take good care of this brother. Last time, because of this guy, she was poisoned by the "drug that made her become weird", and she still hadn't settled the score.
However, after tutoring Kyosuke for an hour, Yukino found that things were not what she thought at all. If she continued to stay with this idiot, she would be the first one to be driven crazy. Forget about getting 80 points. It seemed that she had already exceeded her task if she could help Kyosuke pass.
"You are a fool, you are indeed a fool!"
Yukino slumped in the chair, looking as if she had lost all hope in life.
"You're hopeless. You really are hopeless. I've never seen someone whose Mandarin is this bad. Look at what you wrote!"
Yukino threw a composition filled with comments in red pen to Kyousuke: "Even an elementary school student wouldn't be able to write something like this! You might as well just repeat kindergarten!"
“I’ve reread it once.”
"Um?!"
"Nothing... I'll write a new one."
Kyosuke quickly took another blank piece of manuscript paper and started writing.
"Um……"
Looking at Kyosuke working hard on his exams, Yukino looked a little distressed. She originally thought that Kyosuke was just generally bad, so she came to help him without any preparation. Now it seems that she must have a good review plan.
"How about this, you stop writing. Now finish this test within the specified time. I want to get a comprehensive understanding of your Chinese language skills. After you finish, you can go back first. You have been studying for such a long time, you must be tired."
"Oh, thank you."
Kyosuke had no objection to Yukino's arrangement. He picked up the test paper Yukino gave him and started writing.
Chapter 17: Xingbu Ji: Want to place a bet? A little gambling for fun
"Hey……"
Kyousuke sighed as he looked at his Chinese textbook. After he finished the test paper, Yukino let him go home. Although according to her, she wanted him to stop studying Chinese after he got home and review other subjects first to change his mind, and wait until she sorted out her Chinese review plan before making any plans.
But after reviewing other subjects and finding that there were basically no major problems, Kyosuke finally picked up the Chinese textbook. Even though he knew that he would not learn much in one night and that it would be more targeted to wait for Yukino's plan, Kyosuke still felt that it was better to read than not to read, and at least memorize a few more sentences. So after finishing his work as a bar manager, while there were no customers, he took out his Chinese card and started memorizing sentences.
Unfortunately, the effect was not very good. At least after memorizing for half an hour, Kyosuke still could not write out the sentences completely. Even the relatively simple classical Chinese translation was a mess. Even if he did not write it down with a pen and just thought about it in his mind, Kyosuke sometimes would laugh at his poor translation.
While Kyosuke was struggling with his textbook, Saki came to Kyosuke with a list of materials on a circulation board: "Manager, please sign here... Hmm? What are you doing?"
"Review. After all, I am still a student."
Kyousuke put the textbook aside with relief, quickly took the list that Saki gave him, checked it carefully and breathed a sigh of relief. He was almost unable to hold on just now, and if Saki hadn't come in time, he would have torn the textbook into pieces. If so, he would probably be scolded to death by Yukino tomorrow.
“Is the store manager not good at Mandarin?”
While Kyosuke was reviewing the list he had submitted, Saki picked up the textbook he had put aside and flipped through it.
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
"No, I just think that the store manager who always knows everything has something he is not good at. It feels quite novel."
Saki put the textbook back on the table, and was particularly careful to pay attention to the labels on it and did not move them so as not to disrupt Kyosuke's reading progress.
"What are you talking about? Being a bar manager has nothing to do with studying, right? No, it should be said that it has nothing to do with high school grades. Anyway, I have been struggling with Chinese since elementary school."
"Since you are not good at it, why don't you just give up? After all, you don't say you must go to college now that you have this store, right?"
Saki doesn't quite understand why Kyosuke is struggling. If he's studying hard for the purpose of furthering his studies, it's understandable, but based on her observation, this store manager who is the same age as her doesn't seem to have such plans at all, or it can be said that for him, whether to continue his studies or not is not a proactive issue, but a Buddhist issue.
In Saki's eyes, going to college for Kyosuke probably means: do what you want to do every day, and when the time comes, you will automatically go to college.
"If it weren't for Xiao Jing, I wouldn't have reviewed Chinese. Isn't it enough to be able to read, write and speak? Why do Japanese people need to learn Japanese?"
Kyosuke's resentment towards Xiaojing is growing.
"Oh, right. The manager and I were in the same class. Should we both have a low sense of presence? I had forgotten about this. Maybe it's because you don't behave like a student at all in the store."
"What do I look like?"
"Hmm... a playboy who knows a lot about women? No, it should be said that he is a submissive who is very popular with some women." Saki said in an uncertain tone, "It's about that feeling. When facing girls who are like older sisters, you are super submissive, manager."
What nonsense are you talking about!
"...I think we should get back to discussing Jing."
"That's true. Let's talk about Hiratsuka-sensei. She looks really scary during the day. I have to study hard recently."
Shaxi recalled Xiaojing's big devil mode and felt a little scared. She should hurry up and review when she got home. Because of her part-time job, she was a little behind in her studies and needed to catch up.
"Look at my memory. You also need to review." Kyosuke patted his head. "I'll rearrange the duty schedule later. You don't need to come here to work for the time being. You can make up for it during the summer vacation."
"Eh? Isn't that a bad idea? Can Jeanne-sister and Princess Xingbu handle this?"
"It's okay. Anyway, this crappy place doesn't have much business in a day, so there's basically nothing to do. And the two of them live in the store, so they just go to bed late... Ouch."
Kyosuke was hit on the head with a newspaper by Jeanne.
"Manager, you are really going too far. Isn't it your own problem that there is no business? Forget about your exams now, but when summer vacation comes, you should also plan the future of the store. I am really afraid that one day you will not be able to pay wages."
"Shouldn't you, the subordinates, submit your plans to me for the final decision? If you want me to do everything, then why did I ask you to come here?"
"I'm sorry, I'm a country girl and I don't understand what you city people like."
Joan of Arc spread her hands and threw the blame away.
"I am the same." Xingbu Ji, who had been lying on the sofa and slacking off since the store opened, raised her hand, "I can do nothing but stay at home."
It’s hard to lead a team if people’s morale is low.
Kyosuke realized that he was really a fool. Why did he apply for the job of these two useless people?
I really was taken advantage of.
"Let's talk about it after I finish my exam. You can go buy the items on the list first. They almost drank all the wine last time, so we need to restock it."
Kyosuke handed the signed list to Jeanne, his eyes full of helplessness.
"So, apart from bringing in bad customers like this, you are really useless, manager."
Jeanne's words made Kyousuke feel heartbroken.
"Didn't Jill pay us the price in the end? Stop complaining."
"It's not business at all to have investors pay for things in the store they funded. What we need is a business that can really create profits for Mr. Gill."
Jeanne spoke very seriously, her eyes fixed on Kyosuke, not missing any slight changes in his expression.
"Anyway, that guy has money, so this kind of thing doesn't matter."