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Ichinose remained defiant: "Actually, I can stay here alone..."

She hadn't finished speaking.

Su Wei then naturally reached out and put his arm around her slender shoulder from behind, patting it gently.

Ichinose's voice froze instantly, and her body involuntarily tensed up.

Su Wei did not cross the line; he simply maintained the supporting posture and spoke softly:

"I know your personality."

"You won't let yourself relax for even a second until you've finished everything properly."

"But just waiting like this isn't a solution. Take a break. Resting doesn't mean you're shirking your responsibilities or doing nothing. Rest is actually about repairing the unseen damage to your body and mind."

Su Wei gently pulled her shoulder closer to him: "You can rest for a while. I'll wake you up when they have news."

Honami Ichinose fell silent.

After waiting a moment, she did not say anything more about refusing.

She simply rested her head gently on Su Wei's broad shoulder, following the pressure of his hand, and slowly closed her tired eyes.

However, before Ichinose could truly relax and drift off to sleep, inhaling the reassuring scent emanating from Suwei, she was already half asleep.

She then heard Su Wei speak gently to Shiina Hiyori on the other side:

"Hiyori, you should rest for a while too."

Shiina Hiyori thought for a moment, then glanced uncertainly at Ichinose, whose other shoulder was visibly tense, and considerately whispered:

"Um... how about I wait until Ichinose-san has rested before coming..."

Su Wei smiled indifferently:

"It's alright, Ichinose won't mind."

Honami Ichinose, leaning on his shoulder: "..."

She coughed lightly, a little annoyed, her long eyelashes trembling.

She used this to protest!

If you want to win over other girls or show them kindness, at least wait until she's really asleep!

This is treating her like she's not an outsider at all!

Su Wei couldn't help but chuckle.

He raised his hand and gently patted Ichinose's back, soothing him as if he were comforting a child:

"After all, we are now truly teammates who have shared life and death in the exam room."

"Companions should respect and trust each other. As long as they have a place in each other's hearts and are willing to discuss everything about each other, then they can say the good and the bad directly to each other's faces without worrying about too much hypocrisy."

Su Wei tilted his head slightly, his breath brushing against Ichinose's ear: "I think this kind of relationship is fine."

"Do you mean, Fanbo, you'd rather I be like those hypocrites, doing these things behind your back?"

Honami Ichinose pouted slightly, looking aggrieved.

She tilted her head and gently rested her smooth forehead on Su Wei's shoulder, nodding slightly twice as if she were sulking or giving in.

After a long silence, she sighed softly, closed her eyes, and whispered:

"Although you've never tried to hide your true nature, senior..."

"But I still think that you are really greedy, senior."

"If the Black Ball Exam hadn't come along, if we had met in our peaceful daily lives... I would absolutely, positively never have compromised on something like this..."

In other words.

After taking the black ball exam.

Especially now, with companions like Horikita Suzune and Karuizawa Megumi still in unknown dangers and their fates uncertain.

She was willing to make concessions for this hard-won bond and sense of security.

After receiving this promise, which was almost tantamount to tacit consent.

Su Wei then naturally reached out his other hand and gently patted Shiina Hiyori's shoulder.

This time, Hiyori did not refuse.

The girl leaned slightly forward and obediently rested her head on Su Wei's other shoulder.

Her eyes were closed, and her long, curled eyelashes cast a faint shadow under her eyelids.

Until she heard Ichinose's breathing beside her gradually become steady and long, as if he had truly let down his guard and fallen asleep.

Shiina Hiyori slightly raised her head, quietly bringing her small mouth close to Su Wei's ear, and asked in a soft, almost dreamlike murmur:

“Su Weijun…”

"Have you read the book I gave you before?"

Feeling the warmth on his ear, Su Wei gave a soft "hmm" in response.