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180. "Domineering CEO" and "Refined Young Master"

Listening to the two talking about Horikita Suzune made Honami feel a little out of place.

After all, she and Suzune were only acquaintances, so she couldn't really join their conversation about each other.

Furthermore, the two of them mentioned that Suzune and Chihaya have a very good relationship, and Suzune even made bento boxes for Chihaya. Could it be...? Honami discovered that since Chihiro's confession incident, she has actually started to think about things in this way.

"This is terrifying! It shouldn't be like this!" Fanbo couldn't help but shout in his heart.

Just because one girl makes a bento box for another girl doesn't mean that something like that will happen between them, right?

Inside the tent, Fanbo and others covered their faces.

"Luckily it's nighttime, and thankfully it's a tent," Fanbo said thankfully.

Chihiro is entirely to blame! Honami directly "sentenced" Chihiro Shiranami.

Fanbo thought about it carefully. If he was currently "orange-oriented," then he should feel something when he sees a beautiful girl. However, that was not actually the case.

Leaving aside Chihaya, Class B does have some high-quality beauties—for example, Hayasaka.

Although the two still addressed each other politely by their surnames, they were actually quite familiar with each other.

Honami could swear to God that she had no romantic feelings for Hayasaka, nor for any of the other pretty girls in her grade. If she really did have those kinds of feelings for the girls, wouldn't Ichinose Honami be a complete "bad girl"?

Even if you're straight, you can't feel attracted to every single person you see!

If she only has those kinds of feelings for Chihaya... no, no, no! She doesn't have those kinds of feelings for anyone right now!

Fanbo tried hard not to think about this kind of thing.

However, the problem is that she wasn't the only one in the tent—there was also the troublemaker, Hayasaka Ai.

"So, Chihaya, what's your ideal type?" Hayasaka's voice rang out. "I'm not referring to men, you know. I'm asking if Chihaya's ideal type is based on what a boy would choose."

"If I were a boy's criteria for choosing a partner..." Chihaya paused, seemingly deep in thought.

In reality, he was thinking: Isn't this just asking me about my current criteria for choosing a partner?

"Yes, it would be even better if you used names as examples, like Hayasaka Ai or something~"

"Given your relationship, if Chihaya were a boy, you'd be childhood sweethearts," Honami said. "Being close by makes things easier, and you might have already started dating."

"That's not necessarily true," Chihaya replied after a moment's thought. "Many childhood friends find it hard to see each other as romantic partners, right? After all, they've grown up together since they were little, and the bond is more like friendship or even something akin to family. It's hard for that to turn into love, isn't it?"

“Chihaya is quite knowledgeable. In some works I’ve read before, there’s another situation—two people are childhood friends and often go to school together, so their classmates tease them, and then they stop seeing each other because they’re too shy,” Hayasaka said. “This kind of development is quite common, but it probably doesn’t apply to Chihaya. She’s not the kind of person who’s shy.”

“Indeed,” Honami agreed. “It felt like Chihaya took the initiative and said something like, ‘Yes, you have an opinion.’”

"Isn't this like a shoujo manga? The classic 'wife-protecting' scene~ Ichinose really knows how to do it~" If it weren't for Chihaya standing in between, Hayasaka would definitely have patted her on the shoulder and then shaken her hand formally.

"..." Chihaya remained silent, because he felt that he definitely wouldn't handle it the way Honami suggested.

He'll usually ignore what you say to his face, but behind your back he'll do something to keep the gossips from talking—for example, if someone's a club star, he'll make them feel awkward in the club, and if someone's a social butterfly, he'll spread a rumor that he looks down on other prominent figures.

If you can't deal with gossip, then deal with the people who gossip. That's one of Chihaya's ideas.

However, since Fanbo was lying right next to him, he certainly wouldn't tell Fanbo these somewhat horrifying things.

“Chihaya has the potential to be a domineering CEO,” Hayasaka said.

"I don't think this counts as a compliment, Ai?" Chihaya said helplessly. "Domineering CEO and stuff like that don't sound like a compliment at all, do they?"

"So, how about—a refined and elegant young nobleman?" Hayasaka immediately changed his tone to a completely different description. "Which one do you think is more suitable, Ichinose? Or which one do you prefer?"

"Me?" Honami paused for a moment, but quickly gave her answer, "I also don't think 'domineering CEO' and 'Chihaya' really fit the bill."

"I see, so Ichinose likes the refined and elegant young master, right? That's true, isn't that what a gender-swapped elegant young lady looks like? I can understand that, okay?"

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As the title suggests, I just got home after drinking and touched it today.

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181. Trader No. 1

A domineering CEO? A refined and elegant young nobleman?

The two words left Chihaya speechless. He tried very hard to connect his past image with those two words. Unfortunately, apart from "expensive," he didn't think he fit the description of those two words.

As Hayasaka tried to coax information out of Honami, Chihaya decided to remain silent for the time being. He was also curious about how his friend perceived him.

"I also think that the 'domineering CEO' trope doesn't quite fit Chihaya's description."

"I see, so Ichinose likes the refined and elegant young master, right? That's true, isn't that what a gender-swapped elegant young lady looks like? I can understand that, okay?"

Chihaya: I don't quite understand!

Hayasaka is blatantly lying. As the person who knows Chihaya best on this planet, she would never have made such a statement.

It's supposed to be a girls' nighttime chat, but actually only one girl is having a serious conversation. Hayasaka is trying to get information out of people, while Chihaya isn't a girl at all.

Now Chihaya understands why Hayasaka insisted on squeezing into this little tent even though there were plenty of places to sleep outside.

She really intends to help Chihaya win over Honami!

Trader No. 1, Hayasaka Ai, is ready!

"I feel like we've gone a bit off-topic. So, what kind of girl does Chihaya like, if you were a boy now?"

Trader Number One continues to operate.

Even if Xiao Ai says that, I can't...

"Since word problems are difficult to answer, I'll change it to a multiple-choice question. I'll give you the options below, please choose the one that best suits your needs—by the way, it's a single-choice question, okay? Bigamy is illegal!"

"..."

"Option A, Hayasaka Ai!" Hayasaka, full of personal bias, immediately announced her own name. "Option B, Ichinose Honami!"

Presumably considering that Honami was here and was the main target of the romance, Hayasaka mentioned Honami's name second.

"Option C, Kikyo Kushida. Option D, Suzune Horikita!"

"Option E——"

"There are more?!" Chihaya quickly stopped Hayasaka from continuing to list the options. "Aren't there usually four options?"

"But this isn't a normal multiple-choice question, is it?" Hayasaka winked cutely at Chihaya. "And there's nothing we can do about it, isn't there? There are just so many beautiful girls in our grade, and I haven't even included the second and third-year upperclassmen yet~"

"Hayasaka is right! Only having four choices feels a bit like a predetermined decision. Besides, Chihaya isn't a boy, so having more choices won't hurt. I'm also curious to see what Chihaya's choices will be~"

Chihaya never expected that at this moment, Honami would actually stand on the same side as Hayasaka.

He made a mistake! Because in Fanbo's mind he was a girl, and the current scene was the women's nighttime chat that Fanbo had been looking forward to for a long time, so Fanbo's current state could be described as "very enthusiastic about the conversation". Therefore, he was very interested in the topic of girls pretending to be boys and then choosing the girls they liked.

Chihaya was both amused and exasperated by this. No matter how composed and steady she was on a daily basis, Honami was still a high school girl at heart, and naturally she couldn't help but like to talk about such topics. She just hadn't had the opportunity to do so before.

This time, meeting the number one trader was a perfect match.

"Alright, alright, then Ai can continue with the options." Helpless, Chihaya had no choice but to compromise.

"Then, option E is Sakayana Arisu! Option F is Shiina Hiyori! Option G is Karuizawa Megumi!"

"Should we not add any more?"

"Okay, let's go with these 7 options for now~ Chihaya can only choose one, and she needs to give a reason."

At this moment, Chihaya thought to herself, "Should I thank you for not including Sakura Airi and Hasebe Haruka's names?"

However, Chihaya also understands that if these two names are added, the number of D students in the options will be too high. After all, there are already 3 D students in the current 7 options, while there are only 2 B students in Chihaya's home class.

"Do I still need to state my reasons?"

"Of course, how would I know if you're lying to us without a good reason?" Hayasaka said in a matter-of-fact tone.

"But Xiao Ai just said this is a multiple-choice question, right? Word problems require the solution process, but multiple-choice questions only require filling in the options, right?"

"Then you go first with your options." Hayasaka said, patting Chihaya on the shoulder and writing a "1" on her arm, implying that Chihaya should answer Ichinose at this time, since besides Hayasaka, who asked the question, only Honami was present among the options.

"Hmm, if I had to choose, I'd probably choose Honami, right?" Chihaya gave her answer, pretending to think. "Honami would be a great person to live with."

"Huh? Me?" Fanbo was a little surprised by this answer, since the other options were quite competitive, and Fanbo thought Chihaya would most likely choose Hayasaka.

"Fanbo is probably wondering why I didn't choose Xiao Ai, right?"

"Uh, how do you know?"

"I have a brilliant plan, but it's about time for bed, isn't it? We have things to do tomorrow."

"Huh? You're saying you're going to sleep at a time like this!?"

182. The New World

Because the late-night discussion was stopped in time, Chihaya was able to fall asleep smoothly.

Although he slept soundly until dawn, it wasn't without its aftereffects—for example, Fanbo muttered to himself while they were washing up together, looking rather resentful.

Honami's sleep at night didn't seem to affect her, but the fact that the answer was revealed but the process wasn't probably something that bothered her—since the male version of Chihaya likes Honami, shouldn't she at least give some reasons? Even a cliché like "I think Honami is cute" would be fine.

It's really awful to pique someone's curiosity and then ignore it!

However, since the wilderness survival mission still had several days to go, Fanbo had no choice but to continue. After all, chatting was one thing, but business couldn't be neglected, and Fanbo was able to distinguish between priorities.

Therefore, Honami decided to wait until after the exam to find an opportunity to properly ask Chihaya about this matter.

......

To save points, Class B basically only eats two meals a day, which are lunch and dinner. However, lunch is served earlier, while dinner is served slightly later.

So around 10:30 a.m., lunch was distributed to the students in Class B, and dinner was distributed around 8 p.m.

If you don't buy meals from the school using points, the timing will be flexible. After all, whether it's grilled fish or fruit, you can eat it as long as it's prepared, and there's no need to wait for a fixed time.

After lunch for 40 people was distributed, Honami sat down next to Chihaya with a big smile.

"Thanks to Chihaya for finding these supplies, we saved a day's worth of points!" Honami was quite happy. "This way, we can get several thousand more points every month from now on!"