The Hikigaya couple's youthful love story is definitely not a problem.

Hachiman shoved the box into Hiratsuka Shizuka's hand.

Hmm, I see.

Hiratsuka Shizuka smiled, her eyes narrowed, as she held the gift.

Wait, you still owe me those four ramen meals! She looked at Hachiman warily, afraid that he wouldn't buy her ramen just because of a scarf.

Hey! Do I look like that kind of person? If I say I'll treat you, I will. Is it necessary to say it every time we meet? At this moment, Hachiman's attitude towards Hiratsuka Shizuka was not like that of a student towards a teacher, but rather like the banter between old friends.

"Ahem... Hiratsuka Shizuka probably realized she had gone a bit too far, and coughed lightly apologetically before continuing: I was just reminding you, I didn't mean anything by it."

Hachiman looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka, who was suddenly speaking timidly like a little girl. It seemed that she hadn't noticed the way the two were talking, or rather, she had noticed but wouldn't care.

For Hachiman and Yukino, Hiratsuka Shizuka was mostly just an older friend, so there was no need to go through the motions when no one else was around.

I'm leaving now; your class is coming up soon.

Hachiman turned and waved to Hiratsuka Shizuka.

Hehe~ Hiratsuka Shizuka didn't care much and happily returned to her office.

"Oh~ Is Shizuka so happy so early in the morning? Is that a gift from your boyfriend?" As soon as Shizuka entered the room, her sharp-eyed female colleague noticed her and teased her.

"Boyfriend..." Hiratsuka Shizuka's lips twitched violently. After finally calming herself down, she said coldly, "A student in my class brought me this gift from abroad during the holiday. What's wrong?"

"It's okay..." The female colleague probably realized that she had accidentally dealt a blow to Hiratsuka Shizuka, and smiled brightly as she continued, "Sigh, why don't I have students like that?"

Ha ha.

Hiratsuka Shizuka gave a cold laugh; her good mood from the morning had been ruined just like that.

Silently tidying up her lesson plans, Jingke stormed into the classroom, startling Caijia who quickly put away the scarf Hachiman had given her, though she couldn't hide the blush on her face.

Hiratsuka Shizuka watched Ayaka and Yumiko's actions, feeling even more annoyed. She glared at the culprit, Hachiman, with hostility. If it weren't for this guy giving her something, she wouldn't have been so hurt by her colleague.

Hiratsuka Shizuka became increasingly angry as she stood on the podium, crushing the chalk in her hand into powder.

The students below, seeing their teacher inexplicably angry, all fell silent, not daring to utter a sound, for fear of incurring his wrath.

Hachiman rolled his eyes, thinking that this guy wasn't angry at all; he was clearly pouting with grievance, and was just short of bursting into tears on the spot.

I guess some clueless person must have provoked this guy who's always been single.

Hachiman thought to himself with a smug grin.

Little did she know that Hiratsuka Shizuka had been paying attention to her from the very beginning.

Seeing Hachiman's smiling face, Hachiman was so angry that his teeth itched. He immediately gathered his strength in his dantian and shouted loudly.

Hachiman! Can you explain what the author was thinking at the time?

Huh? Hachiman was completely dumbfounded.



Chapter 79 It's only natural that Hachiman Hikigaya is no longer alone.

Standing up with a dark expression, Hachiman wanted to slap himself immediately. He had made such a mistake of being too cocky and stepping on landmines so many times, why didn't he learn his lesson?

So, is it true that people lack intelligence under certain circumstances? Hachiman reflected with deep resentment.

However, reality will not change because of regret. What needs to be faced will still be faced. You cannot say that just because you regret your actions, the consequences of your actions can be eliminated.

Hachiman secretly made a resolution that he would never again do anything that would tarnish his aloof and dignified image.

"What? Hikigaya-kun, you don't know how?" Hiratsuka Shizuka said impatiently.

Fine, for the sake of the ramen, I won't let him sit down, will I?

Just as Shizuka was about to speak after making a decision in her heart, Hachiman cut her off.

I was just thinking about how to say it.

Hachiman glanced at the text and could handle these things with ease.

Clearing his throat, Hachiman began to speak eloquently, using sentences as precise as textbook answers.

Looking at the expression on Hiratsuka Shizuka's face, Hachiman knew he was right.

If even I don't understand Chinese, then there's no point in explaining this problem.

After all, the focus of class should be on ordinary students, explaining some more basic problems.

They wouldn't say they'd abandon the majority of students to dedicate class time to explaining difficult problems to a class of less than one-tenth the size of the class.

In Hachiman's experience, there is a template for solving these kinds of common problems; you just need to throw in all sorts of things at once.

After answering Hiratsuka Shizuka's question, she didn't continue to make things difficult for Hachiman and waved for him to sit down.

Hachiman's answer was comprehensive; he answered everything that needed to be answered. If this were an exam, I would give him full marks for this question.

What we need to do next is to analyze this problem so that we can solve all problems of this type using a single method.

Hiratsuka Shizuka was writing on the blackboard.

After class, although there was still a small part left to say, the always forthright Hiratsuka Shizuka didn't care about that.

He casually tossed the chalk aside, grabbed his lesson plan, turned around, and walked out of the classroom, not even bothering to say goodbye.

"Hey~ Little Qi~ Did you upset Hiratsuka-sensei again?" As soon as Hiratsuka Shizuka walked out of the classroom, Yui, who was sitting behind Hachiman, grabbed his collar and asked in annoyance.

"Let go! Are you trying to strangle me?" Hachiman rolled his eyes, wondering why this brat behind him was suddenly using so much force.

Ah! Sorry, sorry~

As soon as Hachiman turned around, Yui shrank her neck and clasped her hands together on her head. She was trying to apologize, but instead, she slammed her head on the table.

A loud thud as a forehead slammed against the table reached Hachiman's ears, followed by a silly yuri's cry of pain.

Looking at the guy in front of him, who was covering his red forehead and was squeezing out tears, Hachiman really couldn't understand why a person could be so stupid.

With a helpless sigh, he reached out and pulled her hand away from her forehead, cupped the girl's cheeks and pulled her closer, observing her closely.

I breathed a sigh of relief when I found that it was just red and not swollen.

You rascal, I finally managed to bring you back from England safe and sound so I could explain it to your aunt. I'd laugh if you just ran into a car and killed yourself at school.

Hachiman tapped the dumpling's head with his finger and spoke in a doting tone.

"Hey, don't do this. We're still in class. What if someone sees us?" Although Yui was happy, she still cared about Hachiman and Yukino's reputation, since their relationship was common knowledge at Soubu High School.

Ever since Hachiman started wearing glasses to cover his dead fish eyes, he has become a rising male god among the girls of Soubu High School, whose looks are no less than Hayama's.

Especially with his personality so different from Hayama's, Mr. Hikigaya, who was previously disliked for being lonely, has become the opposite of the sunny male god.

Whenever Yui and Hachiman said that he was the new generation of abstinent male god in the hearts of some girls at Soubu High School, Hachiman would have a constipated expression on his face.

Just like a beautiful girl who was born with buck teeth, she is still the same person, and everything else is the same. However, after undergoing facial correction surgery, she suddenly becomes the object of pursuit by countless men.

This was Hachiman's inner thought at the time.

As he was thinking this, Hachiman's dead fish eyes couldn't be hidden even by his glasses. Those lifeless and cold eyes made Yui tremble for a long time.

Humans are very materialistic creatures. Our first impression of others comes from their appearance, height, general build, and voice. We may also be influenced by their demeanor and body odor. After that, no matter how much effort we put in, it is difficult to change the impression we leave on others.

We only have the leisure to understand a person's inner beauty after we have accepted their appearance. It is undeniable that everyone has this prejudice.

Can just a pair of glasses really change everything? Then what was the point of all those years of suffering? As Hachiman pondered this painfully, all he saw at that moment was Yukino looking at him with gentle tenderness and care.

No...it's not all because of a pair of glasses. If it weren't for these two people, even with glasses, he would still be a pitiful, lonely person.

Hachiman quickly realized that he had fallen into a certain misconception. He knew that what had truly changed was his own personality, which had been altered by the two people in front of him.

"Small business?" Yui waved her hand in front of Hachiman, who was staring blankly.

It's nothing, I was just thinking about something.

Hachiman smiled bitterly, not knowing how many times he had thought of that scene.

If those two people hadn't been there with me, I might have really fallen into some kind of stubbornness.

Seeing Yui's increasingly gentle gaze, and thinking that Yukino might also be thinking of him in Class J, Hachiman felt that there was no need to think so much.

Whether now or in the future, I will always be with these two; the three of us are already inseparable.

Also included is Komachi, the world's cutest little sister, and Rumi, who transferred her lack of parental love due to her parents' long-term absence to Hachiman and Yukino.

With these people by his side, Hachiman Hikigaya is no longer the lonely guy he used to be. His once desolate and cold heart is now beating with renewed vitality because he has something he cares about.

Does that mean it's okay as long as I'm not in class? Putting all his doubts aside, Hachiman teased Yui with a mischievous grin.



Chapter 80 Yui: I'm still a child!

The abandoned classroom, which was used for the activities of the Service Department, had been left uncleaned for seven days, and a thin layer of dust had covered the floor and tabletops.

Whoosh! Hachiman blew on the table and almost choked on the dust that rose up. He quickly dodged to the side and covered his mouth and nose with his hand.

"Looks like I need to do a good cleaning before club activities," Yukino muttered to herself, looking at the black marks on her fair fingertips.

"Hachiman, could you please go and get me some rags and a bucket?" She turned to Hachiman and said this, but it wasn't in a tone of negotiation.

Hachiman was already used to Yukino's unquestionable, queen-like demeanor. In fact, he would feel somewhat uncomfortable if Yukino were to always act like a little girl.

Leaving aside his increasingly severe masochistic tendencies, Hachiman returned to the classroom to search for cleaning supplies.

Yukino and Yui folded the hats they would use for cleaning later using newspapers that had already been left in the clubroom. Yukino's movements were exceptionally skilled, and she folded her own and Hachiman's hats in just a few minutes.

Meanwhile, Yui, who was trying to imitate Yukino's actions, watched twice but still couldn't figure out how to turn the newspaper in her hand into something useful.

"Don't you ever clean your house?" Yukino asked, looking at Yui who was staring blankly at the newspaper. "Isn't it a good idea to clean your house?"

"Huh? Um... Mom usually does these things..." The girl, who was lazy and knew nothing about farming, timidly made excuses for herself.

There's really nothing I can do about it.

Yukino stepped forward, placed the folded paper hat on Yui's head, and tidied her slightly disheveled hair.

Hmm~ Tuanzi blushed slightly, feeling the ticklish sensation as the girl's fingertips inadvertently brushed against her face.

"Hmm, is this enough?" Hachiman carried a bucket of water in his right hand and a rag in his left. He was used to the two women's actions and walked in without giving them much thought.

That's enough. It was just wiping away some dust, not a major cleaning.