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"I see."
Su Qing nodded, her gaze suddenly falling on Yui.
The girl smiled as usual, showing no unusual behavior.
After staring at her for a while, Su Qing suddenly asked:
"What’s wrong with you?"
"Huh? No." Yui reacted with surprise, shaking her head vigorously, then asked curiously, "Speaking of which, why haven't I seen Ayaka?"
The other person is also a member of the Service Department, so they should have come over as well.
"I asked her to ask Ebina to come out."
Su Qing explained.
He did not send either the Ministry of Revenue or Yui to arrange a meeting with the other party.
Actors on stage need to be told the script.
The best and only candidate can only be Ayaka herself.
The two women nodded in agreement, but Hachiman glanced at Su Qing and then quickly lowered his head, seemingly lost in thought.
Aside from the usual greetings, he hadn't said a single word since the beginning.
However, his original personality was just that bad.
Beneath those dead fish eyes lay an unnamed emotion.
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Enveloped in layers of light, time was drawing ever closer.
After a while.
Hayama and Hobe arrived first, followed by Ayaka and Ebina.
As a friend of Ebina, Yumiko Miura did not come.
The change in the group atmosphere, coupled with her understanding of Ebina, made her fully aware of the failure of Tobe's confession this time.
But she did not take any action and let things develop as they were.
No, she actually did it.
—Pretend you know nothing.
"You've all arrived..."
Hayama suddenly spoke, saying something strange, and then swept his gaze over the Service Club members with an extremely complicated expression.
This was a commission from the Service Department. Even if only Su Qing was actually making the arrangements, it wouldn't be strange if everyone were present, right?
So Yukino didn't understand why he had such an expression, but she just frowned slightly and didn't say anything.
She was too lazy to pay attention to Ye Shan, or rather, she didn't care.
He wasn't her friend, so his priority was naturally very low.
The atmosphere was heavy for a moment, but it was quickly broken by the Ministry of Revenue.
Judging from the energy in his face, he was very excited.
"Um... Ebina, I have something I want to tell you!"
The night was pitch black, and a faint halo of light enveloped everyone for a moment.
By mid-month, the moon is full.
For some reason, it was exceptionally bright.
Upon closer inspection, a bright star appears beside the lunar disk.
It could also be that celebrities are accompanying the moon.
This is Venus accompanying the Moon, which occurs approximately every thirty days.
It's not uncommon, it's just a coincidence that it happened today.
"I know, but... could you please wait a moment?"
Facing the Ministry of Revenue, Ebina wore a faint smile, unlike his usual emotionless demeanor.
"Oh? Okay, sure, of course."
The Ministry of Revenue's momentum was completely disrupted.
He was visibly startled at first, then awkwardly scratched the back of his head, trying his best to get his racing heartbeat back to normal.
But Ebina said she knew.
what do you know?
Could it be that he's going to confess his feelings to her in return?
In his confused state, the Ministry of Revenue finally remembered Su Qing's plans.
Wasn't the goal to create a suspension bridge effect? Strange, where are the people who arranged it?
At this moment, Ebina shifted his gaze to Saika, smiled slightly as if to encourage her, and finally stepped back, somewhat as if to leave ample stage space for the protagonist.
Hachiman also noticed this scene.
Because ever since he came from Caijia, she has been in his sight.
Upon noticing Ebina's smile, he suddenly held his breath, as if he knew what was about to happen.
Cai took a deep breath, and where no one was watching, her palms gradually turned white from the force.
"Hachiman, Hachiman".
She finally spoke.
The two short words that I used to be able to say easily now seem to weigh a ton.
Hachiman instinctively let out an "Ah," then immediately appeared somewhat flustered and uneasy.
It gives the impression that you know the answer, but you're still not sure, so when the teacher calls on you, you only dare to lower your voice and answer cautiously.
This is common among teenagers who are sensitive and have low self-esteem.
And it is extremely difficult to change things on one's own.
Do you remember your freshman year of college?
As the actor got into character, his tone suddenly became much more relaxed.
Because these aren't fake lines, but the most genuine emotions.
"...If you mean the incident where you were falsely accused of being a 'girl', then I do remember that."
Hachiman was merely putting on a brave face.
The evening breeze seemed unexpectedly cool.
Perhaps he should have worn two more coats when he came out.
That way, you won't get so cold that you get goosebumps.
"It's so good that you still remember."
Caijia suddenly exhaled a breath of relief, but it quickly dissipated in the silvery light.
Hachiman fell silent once again.
He actually remembered this matter a long time ago, or perhaps he never forgot it.
I just didn't pay much attention to it before.
That happened shortly after he entered university. At that time, he and Caijia were not in the same class, so they didn't know each other.
One day, while he was looking for a quiet (secluded) corner to have lunch, he happened to see two girls pointing and whispering about a pretty girl.
They weren't exactly quiet.
Perhaps because I had diarrhea in the morning and was afraid of being late and getting caught by the disciplinary committee, I chose to eat breakfast in the restroom.
Otherwise, why would it emit something resembling E. coli?
Hikigaya didn't think he was particularly kind, and he made this assessment in his mind without any guilt.
Since it was just a chance encounter, and the two girls hadn't yet engaged in any inappropriate physical contact, Hachiman decided to find out what was going on first.
He's no longer the foolish person he was in middle school who confessed his feelings on a whim.
Therefore, he needs to know more about the situation.
Even though his right fist was already clenched tightly.
"I'm saying... don't you think you're disgusting? On the one hand, you insist that you're a boy, but on the other hand, you act like a girl in every way. It's absolutely disgusting... to be honest, being in the same class as you makes me want to throw up."
A slightly chubby girl spoke with an accent that seemed to be squeezed by fat.
[Isn't this just one-sided bullying?]
While Hachiman was eavesdropping, his gaze involuntarily fell on the people they were talking about.
The man had silver-gray hair, and his face was obscured, but he must have been very flustered at that moment.
Because she kept retreating until she had nowhere left to retreat to and hit a cold wall.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean for this to happen..."
Even from a distance, Hachiman could sense that she was about to cry.
[As always, what a terrible world....]
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Chapter 314 The Girl Named Saika
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"Huh? Are you kidding me? You think we called you here just to hear an apology?"
The speaker was another girl, her tone full of sarcasm and disdain.
She was of above-average appearance and had several boys pursuing her in class, but her heart was far less beautiful than her appearance.
Perhaps no matter what the external appearance is, it is just a thin filter.
Only by looking through that filter to observe a person's true nature can one truly escape naivety.
"I...I..."
The silver-gray girl is Totsuka Saika, but she has nowhere to retreat now.
The only thing she could rely on was that wall, but it could only provide her with a cold temperature.
"So what do you want...?"
Perhaps realizing that things couldn't continue like this, Caijia gradually mustered up the courage to try to face them.
"Oh, what do we want? You mean we can do whatever we want?"
Caijia's courage was inexplicably taken as a death throes, the last words of the prey. The girls wore smug smiles, as if they had already taken control of everything.
The obese girl laughed, causing her fat to jiggle. Her laughter was shrill and piercing, like sharp knives stabbing straight into Ayaka's heart.
Hachiman felt nauseous; he couldn't bear the scene and felt a surge of anger and resentment.
"That's not it..."
Caijia raised her bewildered eyes, not understanding why she had to endure all this.
She clearly doesn't even dare to speak in class...
Even though I never provoked anyone, I still suffered this kind of treatment.
The girl may really be shattered.
The midday sun shone brightly on the line of glistening beads, but also subtly stung Hachiman's heart.
Bullying in island nations will always exist; it is merely a microcosm of social class oppression.
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