My Romance Simulation with Them

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Nanxiang glanced at her coldly and made a sound.

"...Teacher Nanxiang...is there any way to improve my writing?"

If smiles could kill, then Akane Shinjo felt that Toki Nanago would probably have been killed by her hundreds or thousands of times by now.

No, no!

Hundreds or thousands of times are far from enough!

Thinking of this, Akane Shinjo's smile became even sweeter: "If there is any room for improvement, please let me know directly, Nango-sensei."

"Is there room for improvement...?"

Upon hearing Shinjo Akane's words, Nango Toki lowered his head and began to reread the script written by Shinjo Akane.

"How about it?"

Seeing Nango's earnest scanning movements, Shinjo Akane regained her spirits.

It seems that what I wrote was not entirely worthless in Nanxiang's eyes.

"Don't panic."

Nango, head bowed, flipped through Shinjo Akane's novel, muttering to himself, "It's not a big problem..."

"Is it not a big problem...?"

Akane Shinjo breathed a small sigh of relief, and was just about to continue speaking—

"Yes, it's not a big problem. Let's rewrite it."

"Cough cough cough!!!"

Nango Toki suddenly spoke, causing Shinjo Akane to gasp for breath. She coughed several times, her face flushed, and stared at Nango Toki in disbelief: "What...?"

"What 'what'?"

Nanxiang frowned: "I'll have you rewrite it."

"No...but didn't you say 'it's not a big problem', Mr. Nango?"

Akane Shinjo was stunned.

"Yes. Don't panic, it's not a big problem. If it were a big problem, panicking wouldn't help."

“......” Shinjo Akane.

*Gurgle!*

Akane Shinjo has lost count of how many times she's clenched her fists today.

She really wanted to punch Nanxiang Shi's clean and handsome face right now—but that was just a thought.

After all, he was very likely to lose to the guy in front of him.

It should be noted that Nanxiang's athletic performance was also quite good.

"That's fine then."

Nanxiang Shi, clearly ignoring her feelings, patted the student's shoulder bag: "Rewrite it in the next couple of days, then show it to me. Is that alright? The new one?"

"...good."

Akane Shinjo nodded subconsciously, and just as she reached out to take back her novel manuscript.

But the hand was only halfway out.

Shinjo Akane looked on in astonishment as Nango Toki took the novel that should have been hers.

"you..."

Akane Shinjo opened her mouth.

"The desktop just got dirty, so I'll use these things to cover it up. Consider this my tuition fee for teaching you."

Nanxiang calmly replied, then put all of her novel manuscript paper directly into the student's shoulder bag.

“......” Shinjo Akane.

Is what I write just something to prop up a table in your eyes?

Akane Shinjo's face turned bright red.

If it were any other time, she would have stood up and, with a perfectly crafted smile, gently and patiently refuted Nango Toki.

But now she is.

His fair face had turned red.

He couldn't utter a single word in rebuttal.

Because she discovered it.

In front of Nanxiang.

His carefully crafted, near-perfect smile had absolutely no effect.

A cute appearance, which is extremely attractive to men, is of absolutely no use.

There's also a saying called sunk cost.

She had already suffered too much injustice here when she was in Nanxiang.

If she hadn't learned an equal amount of writing skills from Nanxiang Shi, wouldn't all her previous grievances have been in vain?

This is something Akane Shinjo is unwilling to accept.

Wait a minute!

As if suddenly remembering something, Akane Shinjo couldn't help but look at Toki Nanago.

Could it be that Nanxiang deliberately made things difficult for or bullied her?

This was to give her that feeling of 'sunk cost'.

She couldn't help but begin to examine Nanxiang closely.

Trying to glean something from the other person's calm face.

But soon—

Akane Shinjo gave up.

Nanxiang's facial expression remained unchanged under her gaze, still calm.

That makes sense.

Akane Shinjo thought she was probably overthinking it.

Boys like Nango Toki who simply don't understand women's hearts.

How could someone possibly scheme against her using such sophisticated methods?

To put it bluntly, he's just a bookworm.

A person like that probably doesn't have a girlfriend... no, he probably doesn't even have a single female friend.

Shinjo Akane suddenly felt an urge to burst into laughter at this thought.

The look in his eyes when he looked at Nanxiang was tinged with sympathy.

Oh dear, Mr. Nanxiang, you're so pitiful.

He's already seventeen, but he doesn't even have a single female friend.

As Akane Shinjo thought this, she propped her cheek up with her palm, and instantly felt much more at peace.

She watched as Nanxiang packed the students' bags.

He looked at Nango with malicious pity.

This guy must usually be a loner.

No one was willing to accompany him to and from school.

Oh dear...

How pitiful.

But there's nothing I can do. After all, this guy has such a terrible personality that even a near-perfect beautiful girl like me, whom everyone would like, can't handle him.

Just thinking about it made Akane Shinjo feel much better.

Normally, she wouldn't let a boy's matter affect her mood.

But... today is an exception!

After all, that guy is Nanxiang Shi.

To be honest, at that moment she really had the urge to pretend to be very surprised and say to Nango, "Nango-sensei, don't you have any friends? Why are you going home alone?"

but--

"Ahem."

Akane Shinjo coughed.

I may say what I want to say, and I may be happy as I am.

At this moment, the perfect young woman should take the initiative to ask the other person if they want to go back together.

This will not only increase Nanxiang's favorability.

This will also lay the foundation for him to serve me like those boys did later.

Thinking this way.

Shinjo Akane took a step forward without hesitation and spoke:

"Teacher Nango, shall we...?"

She hadn't finished speaking.

"Senior Nanxiang!"