People at the practical education center only want to drop out.

Suddenly, Bai Lan felt a surge of excitement.

Don't get me wrong, he just came up with a good idea.

There is a way!

"I need your help, I'm a potential class beauty!"

"Am I now even being questioned about my qualifications to be 'all show and no substance'?"

"Because I've just discovered a formidable opponent for you, but don't worry about the details, don't you say you don't care about this?"

"But this doesn't sound like you're asking for help."

"To be precise, we help each other!"

"What do you mean? I don't think you can help me in any way."

"of course can."

"Tell me."

Bai Lan opened his mouth, then stopped, subconsciously glancing around.

They noticed that many people were looking at their corner.

Bai Lan: "Too many people talking, let's add each other as friends and talk on the phone."

Horikita looked suspicious: "You really aren't trying to trick me into giving you my contact information?"

Bai Lan: You're overthinking it. I'm only interested in your mouth, not you as a person.

Horikita: "..."

In the end, Bai Lan managed to get the other party's contact information.

After adding the contact, Bai Lan quickly typed and sent a message to Horikita.

Horikita opened the message to check.

The next second, Horikita's face immediately turned murderous as he coldly glanced over.

"Are you kidding me?" Horikita gripped his phone tightly and said fiercely, as if he would slap Bai Lan with the phone if he misspoke even for a single word.

Note that it's like hitting a brick, not taking a picture.

On Horikita's still-lit phone screen, a message was displayed.

The first two lines are as follows:

From: Bai Lan, Class D, Grade 1

Content: Horikita, will you be my girlfriend?

There wasn't even a question mark, and it wasn't even a "request"; it was more like a "suggestion."

Bai Lan quickly explained, "No! I'm serious, but don't worry, it's just in name only, without any real feelings involved."

Horikita: "What do you mean?"

If it weren't for the fact that they had fought once yesterday and knew that the defense couldn't be broken, Horikita would have punched the opponent here.

"Check your phone, there's more below." Bai Lan quickly sent a message.

Knowing that force wouldn't work, Horikita calmed down and decided to solve any problems with her brain.

She continued reading:

"Horikita, will you be my girlfriend?"

It doesn't seem like she's looking for a boyfriend. What a coincidence, me too, I don't want a boyfriend either.

Horikita, upon seeing this: ? ? ?

Until you see the next line.

"And his girlfriend."

Which Chinese language teacher taught you to divide paragraphs like this?

carry on.

"Although I don't know why, I suddenly feel that many girls in my class seem to be interested in me. I don't want to reject them one by one, it's too troublesome. Besides, even if I reject one batch, there will be more in the future, and even those who have been rejected may not give up."

There's no way around it; that's the downside of being too charming.

We don't want to be entangled in useless emotions, nor do we want to waste time dealing with these troubles.

So, we decided to cooperate, pretend to be boyfriend and girlfriend, and use each other as shields.

Once a couple is in a relationship, most suitors will be deterred. If they still don't give up and shamelessly try to steal someone else's partner, then as long as NTR exists, we can confidently and ruthlessly eliminate them.

how about it? "

Bai Lan thought that if Horikita was willing to cooperate, the two of them could act as shields for each other.

Once other girls find out that you have a girlfriend, it will definitely make some girls who are not capable of NTR give up.

In addition, girls can indirectly learn about Shirai's "views on choosing a partner" through Horikita.

Who is Horikita?

Bai Lan came to this conclusion by observing the other party's words and actions.

In terms of appearance, Horikita is a top-tier beauty.

In terms of ability, Horikita has excellent academic ability and physical fitness.

In terms of personality, she is extremely wicked; she is a sharp-tongued woman who doesn't care about the lives of others and a violent maniac who resorts to violence when she can't win an argument.

She was probably assigned to Class D because her personality caused her to lose a lot of points.

Class D consists entirely of substandard products.

However, defective products are also categorized.

Most of the students in this class are "common defective products," meaning they simply lack ability; to put it simply, they are not good at studying and their physical fitness is also poor.

Therefore, just comparing "ability" with Horikita alone would be enough to make most girls back down.

If we're talking about looks, there are only two or three people who could rival Horikita.

As for personality, Horikita is truly unique in the class.

On another note, Horikita was the only troublemaker who refused to go to the party that Kushida Kikyo invited all the girls in the class to yesterday!

In short, Horikita didn't fit in with the other girls in Class D.

Faced with Bai Lan's demanding "mate selection criteria," Class D simply had no one who could replace Horikita.

In addition, Horikita's fighting prowess and strong personality will ensure that she won't be bullied by her "love rival".

Horikita can be tasked with dissuading girls from pursuing him. Meanwhile, Bai Lan can use her status as "Horiki's boyfriend" to draw the hatred of Horikita's suitors to herself.

Kill two birds with one stone!

However, Bai Lan is unaware that Horikita doesn't have any suitors at all, at least not yet.

Horikita quickly finished reading the message Bai Lan had sent.

Bai Lan stared at Horikita, waiting expectantly for his reply.

Horikita didn't turn around to give him a reply in person; instead, he wrote a message instead.

Soon, Bai Lan received a text message.

He couldn't wait to open it and see:

From: Class D, Grade 1 - Horikita Suzune

"Scumbag! 444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444 (Two thousand words omitted)"

The number "4" is considered unlucky in Japan.

So, Horikita's reply was a simple and brutal curse.

Bai Lan frowned and typed a reply:

"If you disagree, you disagree. Why resort to insults? Ah, right. You can just use your sharp tongue to drive away all your suitors. If that doesn't work, you can use violence to forcibly drive them away. Someone like you who completely disregards the mental and physical health of innocent high school boys doesn't need a shield."

send.

I'm not the one who can save you.

"Unlike me, as a guy, I can't exactly beat up a girl who's pursuing me, can I?"

send.

"As expected, men and women are not equal, and this time the man suffered a loss."

send.

When will men be able to stand up for themselves?

send.

Sending failed; you have been added to the communication blacklist.

22. A new goal! (Following the diagnosis)

Bai Lan put away her phone.

To lower a girl's favorability and defend against "surprise attacks," we should think of other ways.

I really hope other girls can "get rid of" her as easily as Horikita.

Soon, the bell rang.

Class begins.

After thinking for most of the class period, Bai Lan had an idea.

Bai Lan came up with two solutions.

One addresses the symptoms, the other addresses the root cause.

First, as a temporary fix, Bai Lan still planned to find a fake couple to use as a shield.

Since Horikita won't agree, why doesn't he just find someone else?