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

After taking his seat, Takeuchi Arisu angrily pointed at Shiraishi Sawa and cursed indignantly.

How come Shiraishi looks so handsome in this outfit?! Takeuchi Arisu's face was full of resentment at the injustice of the world.

This exclamation immediately drew the attention of the entire class to Shiraishi Zexiu, who had just sat down.

There was even a moment of absolute silence in the classroom that lasted for several seconds.

"Shiraishi's outfit? That's outrageous! Can all of us guys combined outshine him?" "Shiraishi-kun has such charisma!" "I heard he's going shopping with Takanashi and the others, I'm so envious, I want to join them too." "I feel like Shiraishi-kun could become someone like Takuya Kimura!"

.......

The classroom was filled with the noise of discussion.

The culprit, Takeuchi Arisu, pulled in Maeda Shusai and Takagi Ryo to jointly condemn Shiraishi Sawa Hide.

With a blank stare and vacant eyes, he kept nodding as he accepted the criticism from the three people opposite him until they had nothing more to say. Only then did Shiraishizawa Shusai come to his senses.

"That's right, you're absolutely right. I won't make the same mistake again next time."

The three of them could only glare at Shiraishi Zexiu with gritted teeth.

--

Today's classes were particularly tough for some impatient students, but finally, the bell rang to signal the end of the last class.

"I've created a group..." To facilitate communication, Shiraishi Sawah decided to create a small group for the class.

However, the hand that was touching the screen suddenly froze. Mie Wada and Ayane Uemura—I think I added them on Line, but I forgot to add their names...

What was it called again?

"Ahem, Takanashi, you create the group. I trust you to be the group admin."

"Oh, okay."

"Where did Takeuchi and Maeda go after class?" After explaining the group creation, Shiraishi Sawa looked around at the empty spaces.

They met soon after, as the two appeared together at the back door wearing men's kimonos and carrying school uniforms. However, they glared at Shiraishi Sawa with even more venom, as if he had done something heinous.

Shiraishi Sawa's face darkened, because he realized it.

If both of them were wearing well-fitting kimonos, then today's Tanabata festival would have been...

Do only boys wear school uniforms?

What are their intentions?!

Chapter 106 The President's Fragile Necklace

"What...do you mean? What were your original plans?"

Despite Shiraishi Sawa's unfriendly gaze, Takeuchi Arisu remained defiant:

"Shiraishi, you were already a little bit better looking than us. Wasn't this supposed to put us back on the same starting line? But it's all your fault. You wore a kimono today too. Now, compared to you, the two of us are like a young master and his servant!"

Even when you're in the wrong, you can still be arrogant.

Shiraishi Sawa waved his hand, ignoring him, and turned to ask Kotori Yu:

"Takanashi, why didn't any of you girls change your clothes?"

Because he saw that all five girls were in the classroom and wearing their school uniforms, and showed no intention of changing.

"We all have some degree of OCD, and the fitting room wasn't open today. We thought it would be dirty to change in the school toilet, so we agreed to wear our school uniforms together. Besides, the girls' uniforms at Mingchuan Middle School are quite nice."

That's true. The school uniforms of Mingchuan High School are quite good in terms of appearance, but they are too conservative. The second half of the sentence is Shiraishi Sawa's personal opinion and has nothing to do with society.

Everyone had finished packing and set off together for the Sumida River.

Although there are more than a dozen venues holding events for the Tanabata Festival even in Tokyo alone, the Sumida River Festival is the most famous and grandest, attracting many tourists and locals alike.

The subway was naturally packed with people.

After a leisurely stroll, we finally arrived here a little after five o'clock.

The first step of the plan was completed perfectly, and no subway derailment occurred.

Compared to when the three boys, Shiraishi Sawa and his companion, came the day before yesterday, the festive atmosphere here is much stronger now.

Colorful brochures fluttered in front of each shop, and although it wasn't night yet, the alley was already crowded with tourists.

There are many street performers, but most of them are resting at this time. However, this is not the most anticipated event of the night. The grandest Qixi Festival parade is held at the upstream entrance, with a sign announcing that it will start at 8 o'clock and run back and forth along the road until 10 o'clock.

As soon as the kimono-clad boy Shiraishi Sawa and his group stepped into the street, they attracted a lot of attention. Standing next to Takanashi Yuuko, the two were tall and slender, one with fair skin and beautiful features, and the other handsome; they looked very well-matched.

However, staring at someone for an extended period of time is considered impolite, and direct eye contact gradually evolves into stealing glances.

Atmosphere is very important; when no one is eager to play with something, it becomes less interesting.

Even though many of the shops were empty right now, the group decided to grab some snacks first. To avoid queuing later, the eight of them went to the goldfish fishing and air gun area, paid for their tickets, and made a reservation to play at 5:50 sharp.

We originally planned to play at 6:30 or 7:00, but Shiraishi Sawa suggested playing earlier so that we would have time to arrange if we wanted to play again.

There's no dinner tonight, just a whole night of eating and eating.

Seemingly having grasped this psychology, there are many food shops upstream of the long queues at other shops.

Sticky rice snacks are also a special food for Qixi Festival, so I chose them as my first snack.

The group slowly walked down the street, eating and looking around. For more than twenty minutes, Shiraishi Sawa Hide barely spoke, only occasionally commenting on the quality of the food with Takanashi.

Takeuchi Arisu and Maeda Shusai are also making progress; at least now they don't separate into separate groups of men and women, but rather interact with each other.

The Tanabata Festival was indeed boring. It was clearly the right decision not to come before. There were still no fireworks at this hour. Shiraishi Sawah, who was walking at the very back with nothing to do, commented.

Just get through the night in an orderly fashion, and don't refuse any of the requests from the task recipients, right?

The phone vibrated; someone had sent it a message. He sipped the marshmallow from his lips, took the phone out of his hand, and held the other hand away to prevent the marshmallow from getting on the screen.

Soga Kirei: "Shiraishi-kun, where are you? I've arrived."

The initial leisurely mood dissipated, and although Shiraishi Sawa Hide had the time on his own phone, he couldn't resist checking it on Takeuchi Arisu's phone.

It's only 5:30 now! This is completely different from what Taichi Oki told me!

"President, you've already arrived? Have Department Head Oki and Vice President Shimizu also arrived?"

"No, I'm all alone at the entrance of Sumida Park, and I don't know what to do."

"President, please don't move yet, I'll be right there."

"Ah."

With a sigh, the unexpected still happened.

"Ladies and gentlemen, my friend has arrived, I may go over there to keep him company for a while."

Hearing the words, everyone turned to look at them, and Shiraishi Sawa Hide returned an apologetic smile.

"Shiraishi-kun, do you have any plans over here?" The girls all looked at them with curiosity.

Didn't you tell them?

Shiraishi Sawa looked at Maeda Shusuke and Takeuchi Arisu, but the two of them guiltily avoided eye contact, so the result was obvious.

Unreliable guy.

"Yes, I have an appointment over there."

Recalling his earlier "not interested" comment, and seeing Takanashi Yuuko's slightly disappointed expression despite her silence, Shiraishi Sawa continued to explain:

“I didn’t go there because I thought it was interesting. I had to go because my friend was alone. I went to keep her company until the others arrived and then I came back.”

Takanashi Yuko's expression relaxed a little, and she nodded. "Then please meet at the goldfish stand at 5:50, Shiraishi-kun."

Taichi Oki will definitely arrive early at 5:50, so there shouldn't be any problems. Thinking of this, Shiraishi Sawa nodded and turned to walk towards Sumida Park.

The advantage of having scouted the location beforehand became apparent: there was no need to return the way you came, and Shiraishi Sawah took the side path directly.

The beautiful, expressionless girl stood quietly at the park entrance, gazing at the distant intersection.

The white knee-length skirt paired with white stockings stood out in the scene where most people were wearing kimonos tonight. Shiraishi Sawa, who came out from the alley, spotted Soga Kirei at first glance.

"President, I'm here."

Even after getting closer, Soga Kirei still didn't notice him, so Shiraishi Sawa gently reminded him.

Good evening, Shiraishi-kun.

"Good evening, President. Why are you here so early?"

"I wanted to give Oki and Miko some private space, so I brought my own clothes, changed in Aunt Saeba's car, and came over first."

Soga Kirei is such a dedicated wingman, unlike me, who stopped caring about it a long time ago.

"Let's go, President. I'll show you around first. We can explore later when the department head and the others arrive."

"Wait a minute, Shiraishi-kun, this is a little gift for you."

"Oh, but President, I didn't prepare a gift."

Having no concept of this holiday, Shiraishi Sawa Hide naturally wouldn't prepare a gift. Watching Soga Kirei rummage through her skirt pocket, Shiraishi Sawa Hide felt a little nervous.

Soga Kirei definitely has feelings for him, but Shiraishi Sawa Hide can only refuse him no matter what.

The gap between me and 50,000 points is not small.

Fortunately, the item Soga Kirei picked out relieved him; it was three necklaces. As long as it wasn't a gift specifically for him on this meaningful holiday, that was fine.

Soga Kirei took out the blue necklace from the three necklaces and handed it to Shiraishi Sawa.

Shiraishi Sawa picked it up; it was an ordinary blue thread with a solid, opaque gemstone hanging in the middle.

It does look quite like a glass bead, but considering it was a gift from Soga no Kirei, it probably isn't.

"Such an expensive gift, Chairman, you've gone to great lengths."

“No,” Su Wulian chuckled softly after the two had entered the park and were alone. “It’s just ordinary glass. I just bought it for you from the roadside. It’s the very fragile kind.”

His dark eyes stared at Shiraishi Zexiu. "Shiraishi-kun, why don't you try smashing it? It's not exactly a proper gift anyway."

"Of course not, it's a gift from you, President." Hearing that the gift came so casually, Shiraishi Sawa was even more relieved.

"Please break it as soon as possible."

Soga Kirei looked at the tall, sunny boy beside her and thought to herself.