My daily life in love is too contrary to my character.

"Takagi, why are you an otaku even though you have a girlfriend?"

"Because Fanyi is a homebody."

“Sigh,” Shiraishi Sawa sighed, looking at this group of hopeless, hopeless people, “I remember you guys were the ones who were the most vocal about going swimming together during the summer vacation.”

"Who can resist a girl in a swimsuit!"

Gennai Ichiro knocked on the door with his finger and came in.

Everyone quickly returned to their seats, and the classroom remained quiet.

What puzzled Shiraishi Sawa was that Takanashi Yuko still hadn't returned.

Since it was the first day of school, Gennai Ichiro didn't frown because everyone was still chatting and making noise during class. He smiled, looked around, and then said:

"First of all, I hope everyone had a really enjoyable summer vacation. You know, none of our teachers assigned any summer homework, which is quite an achievement."

However, now that school has started, I hope everyone will refocus and get fully engaged in the new semester's studies. At the end of this semester, you will be divided into arts and sciences tracks, and this might be the last time some of you will spend with your classmates.

.......

Gennai Ichiro began to speak incessantly, when suddenly it seemed as if someone outside the door was gesturing to him, so he stopped talking.

"By the way, we have a new student transferring to our class this semester. Let's welcome him."

The sudden mention of the transfer student immediately attracted the attention of the entire class, including Shiraishi Sawa.

Takanashi Yuuko walked in.

However, he was also holding hands with another girl:

"Hello everyone, my name is Kuramochi Sakura, I hope you will take good care of me."

Chapter 185 Prelude to the School Trip (Bonus chapter for the generous donation!)

Shiraishi Sawa, who was calmly rubbing his hair and wondering what his new classmate looked like, stopped what he was doing.

He could understand transfer students, but he found it hard to understand transferring from a second-year high school student to a first-year high school student.

The students in the class were whispering among themselves, which showed their inner turmoil. After all, apart from being flat, Kuramochi Sakura had no other flaws in appearance. She was the kind of cute person that made people want to protect her. Moreover, being flat might even appeal to some people's sensibilities.

"Quiet down." Gennai Ichiro waved his hand, silencing the commotion in the classroom, and said to Kuramochi Sakura:

"Kuramochi-kun, please choose a seat in one of the classes."

Kuramochi Sakura didn't answer immediately, but instead asked Takanashi Yuuko something. Then she turned her gaze to Takanashi Yuuko's location in the classroom, and at the same time noticed Shiraishi Sawa Hide.

Kuramochi Sakura smiled slightly as a greeting.

"Genouchi-sensei, may I sit in that seat?" Kuramochi Sakura pointed to the seat to Takanashi Yuuko's right, which was in front of Takeuchi Arisu.

"Hey, Kuramochi, please forgive me, but with your height, wouldn't it be difficult to see from there? Why don't you choose to sit in the first two rows?"

"No need, teacher. Thank you for your kindness, but I'm fine. I promise my grades won't fall behind."

Indeed, since it was knowledge that Kuramochi Sakura had already learned all of, listening to it or not made no difference.

"Alright then, the three students to your left happen to be the top three students in our class. You can ask them if you have any questions."

"Okay, teacher."

Then Ichiro Gennai began negotiating with Arisu Takeuchi's former classmate.

"Hey, Shiraishi, do you think Kuramochi is sitting in front of me because he likes me?" Takeuchi Arisu said confidently, tossing her hair.

“I think so too,” Shiraishizawa Hide nodded in affirmation, “but, I mean, is it possible that Kuramochi-san wants to sit closer to Takanashi-san because she knows him?”

"Shut up, Shiraishi. Would it kill you to let me dream a little longer?"

“Okay, Kuramochi must love you the most, Takeuchi.” Shiraishi Sawa shrugged.

"The dream is shattered!"

"Who wants to go downstairs with the teacher to get this semester's textbooks?"

As soon as Gennai Ichiro finished speaking, all the students in the last row, except for Shiraishi Sawa Hide, raised their hands.

As they left, the way they looked at Shiraishi Zexiu was as if he were a heretic.

"You knew all along?" Seeing that Takanashi Yuuko and Kuramochi Sakura had both taken their seats, Shiraishi Sawah poked Takanashi Yuuko in the back and asked.

"No, I didn't mean to keep it from you, Shiraishi-san. I just found out myself. Sakura said she would give me a surprise when school starts, and then she just texted me to come to her office."

“I’ll be your witness,” said Kuramochi Sakura, who had overheard the conversation.

"What kind of person do you take me for... I didn't blame Takanashi." Then she asked Kuramochi Sakura, "Kuramochi-san, why did you suddenly transfer to our school, and to the first year of high school?"

"I'm old enough to be in the first year of high school without any problem. I skipped a grade before and just skipped back now. Besides, don't you think this class is particularly wonderful? There aren't any vicious women like that in the class."

Shiraishi Sawah disagrees; it might be more interesting if Ichigo Chiyo were to come.

“And another thing,” Kuramochi Sakura continued, “with Yuuko here, I can see her every day from now on, instead of having to travel back and forth every time.”

"There's another reason I don't like, but it's the biggest reason why my mother supports me."

Kuramochi Sakura sighed.

"My mother said it's time for me to take over some of the family business with her. She plans to take me out more this semester to broaden my horizons, which will require me to leave school frequently. The previous elite school was quite strict about this, but there is no such problem here at Mingchuan Middle School."

My family has already informed the school, so I can stay away for a few days anytime. Anyway, I've already mastered all the high school material.

“Wait a minute,” considering the changes that had occurred at the school recently, Shiraishi Zexiu had reason to suspect, “Did your family donate money to the school?”

"Donations? I don't know, but there should be some. My mother always donates tens or hundreds of millions to the schools I attend."

Kuramochi Sakura said she didn't care about these things.

......

No wonder my classroom suddenly got such a nice environment. If I were the school, I'd probably treat Kuramochi Sakura like royalty.

However, it will probably be difficult for Chiyo to join the school. She was already complaining that her original school only had Kuramochi Sakura who she could barely argue with, and now even she has left.

--

After all the new books for the class had been moved in and distributed, Gennai Ichiro tapped on the teacher's desk to get everyone's attention, cleared his throat, and said:

"I know that it's hard for everyone to be fully focused on the first day of the new semester, so I won't make it difficult for you. I'll talk about something that interests you."

Our Mingchuan Middle School will organize a school trip around mid-September or late September. It's already the end of August, so we can start discussing and finalizing the specific location of the trip.

Ideally, it should be within China. Schools abroad might not approve it, and we can't guarantee safety, plus it would be a huge financial burden for everyone.

In short, before September 14th, that is, by Monday at the latest, please have Hashimoto compile a list of the places everyone most wants to visit and submit it to me. The school will then arrange things according to your wishes, but please remember to keep them reasonable.

The classroom instantly became noisy again, but this was within Ichiro Gennai's expectations, so he did not stop everyone.

"A school trip! Where should we go this time?"

"How is Hokkaido?"

"What's so interesting about Hokkaido? If you ask me, just go abroad!"

"The teacher just said that it's very difficult to get approval to go abroad, let alone abroad."

"What do you think about staying in Tokyo?"

"roll!"

.......

Shiraishi Sawa didn't participate in the discussion; he didn't care about it. At that moment, he was pretending the drawer was a piano key and playing Chopin's Farewell Etude in E major.

He couldn't let his A-level piano skills go to waste, even though Shiraishi Sawa had only glanced at the sheet music a few days ago and then played it based on the key feel that the system had given him.

I've never touched a real piano before.

"Where do you want to go, Shiraishi-kun?" Takanashi Yuko's question interrupted the future world-class, top-tier, invincible pianist's performance.

At least that's how Shiraishi Sawa believes himself.

"It doesn't matter, as long as it's not Takarazuka."

Actually, Takarazuka isn't bad either.

Shiraishi Sawa Hide seemed to remember something, and glanced at Takanashi Yuuko and Kuramochi Sakura.

"Pervert!" Kuramochi Sakura, noticing the gaze, cursed and turned away, no longer looking in their direction.

He was wronged.

She already said she didn't want to go!

Chapter 186 The Fox and the Dog on the Rooftop (Bonus Chapter for Akira Kurusu's Donation)

"Little bird, what about you? Is there anywhere you'd like to go?"

Fortunately, Takanashi didn't call himself a pervert, and they were still able to chat.

"I don't really care, I just don't want to go back to Kyoto."

“I understand,” Shiraishi Sawa still didn’t ask for the reason. “Let’s see what the other students in the class think. If they all choose Kyoto, I’ll go and vote against it for you.”

"Thank you so much!"

Takanashi Yuuko lay on Shiraishi Sawa's desk, scratching open the plastic seal of a book with her fingernails.

--

However, deciding where to go was obviously not something that could be done overnight. Everyone chattered for a long time without reaching a conclusion, so they had to leave it for later discussion.

The morning ended amidst such discussions. There were no formal classes today; the school's opening ceremony was in the afternoon.

On the first day of school, the cafeteria was not open, so everyone ate their own lunch in the classroom or bought bread from the vending machine.

Kuramochi Sakura went to eat her homemade lunch in the car at the school gate, while Takanashi Yuuko didn't follow because she had prepared lunches for two people.

Just like last semester, a lot of girls gathered in front of Shiraishi Sawa, but this time, they were more interested in getting information about Kuramochi Sakura from Takanashi Yuuko's side.

For the entire morning, Kuramochi Sakurai maintained an unapproachable demeanor.

The contrast between this and the Kuramochi Sakura that Shiraishi Sawa is used to seeing is quite large.

Shiraishi Sawahide brought his own lunchbox and planned to eat at his usual spot at the top of the stairs.