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"Yes, isn't Xiaoye the one who likes being alone the most? She can just spend New Year's Eve alone." Tachimi Yuki's sweet voice was extremely imposing.

A faint smell of gunpowder filled his nostrils, and Takahashi Makoto rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on.

Why do you have to call me here to ask about whether I'm going to participate in the Kohaku Uta Gassen? Can't you just send me a message on Line?

"Of course, I should eat New Year's Eve dinner with my family. My girlfriend isn't qualified enough."

Not to be outdone, Uesugi Maya crossed her arms and suddenly changed the subject, asking, "Who do you want to spend Christmas with?"

"Can I choose?" Makoto Takahashi asked, his face full of speechlessness.

"Of course, Cheng-kun."

Tachibana Yuki picked up a Go stone, rubbed it in her hand, and trailed off with a light, airy tone: "Me, or Saya?"

“Of course it’s you,” Takahashi Makoto replied immediately.

Li Jianxing smiled gently, completely satisfied.

"Ha, his body is much more honest than his mouth."

Uesugi Maya curled her lips into a contemptuous sneer and said defiantly, "The outcome will be revealed on Christmas Day."

"Yosuga, Makoto-kun wouldn't embarrass me, right?" Tatsumi Yuki asked with a smile.

"You may enter my bedroom on Christmas Day." Uesugi Maya finished her coffee and continued reading.

An invisible pressure fell on his shoulders, and the heating was so strong that he started to sweat. Makoto Takahashi took off his suit jacket and focused on playing Go with Yuki Tachimi.

Chapter 161 The Dispute Over Christmas

At 3:20 p.m., the crisp and lively school bell rang on time.

Makoto Takahashi sat on the soft sofa in the student council president's office, his gaze fixed on the chess endgame. Just as he was contemplating whether to let the opponent win, there was a knock on the heavy wooden door from the outside.

"Please come in." Uesugi Maya raised her face and swallowed a mouthful of coffee expressionlessly.

After she became acting student council president, the student council president's office must have been a terrifying place for most people.

Thinking to himself, Makoto Takahashi turned around curiously to look at the person who had appeared.

The heavy wooden door opened softly, and a round-faced female teacher walked in, carrying a file folder: "This is the detailed schedule for the winter vacation. Please have the student council make the necessary arrangements."

The female teacher stopped at the entrance area. Uesugi Maya, holding a coffee, stood up, walked over, and took the file bag: "I received it."

After the female teacher left, Maya Uesugi walked over with a file folder, bent down to put down the coffee, and then sat down on the sofa next to Makoto Takahashi, pressing down on her skirt with both hands.

The warm scent of cedarwood wafted over from nearby.

Takahashi Makoto picked up a black Go stone and asked her, "When does winter break start?"

Maya Uesugi opened the file folder, pulled out the neatly arranged documents, and quickly scanned them: "From December 26th to January 10th, after Christmas."

In Japan, colleges typically have three semesters a year, so winter break is very short, and there is a spring break of about two weeks after the third semester ends.

"The school is so old-fashioned. We can have a holiday after the final exams next week, but we still have to go to school on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day," Takahashi Makoto commented with dissatisfaction as he placed a chess piece.

What happened to the promised joyful education?

Most importantly, if he doesn't have time off on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, how will he find time to spend with his girlfriend and his cat?

"This was decided by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. You can ask for leave if you need to." Uesugi Maya read the document intently.

Yuki Tachibana stroked her cheek with one hand, looked up at him, and asked with a gentle smile, "Yes, Makoto-kun, how about we take Christmas together?"

Taking leave is not a good idea.

If Tachimi Yuki and Uesugi Maya both ask for leave on Christmas Day, and they know that the other is also taking leave from school, the situation will be far more complicated than just a "battleground".

Makoto Takahashi turned to look at the fine snow outside the balcony window, sighed deeply, and said:

"I don't think it's necessary. To be honest, I don't understand the fun of Christmas. I don't know what I should do with a whole day off."

He had never celebrated Christmas before, nor had Maya Uesugi. Unlike Makoto Takahashi, she was good at finding guides online.

"At dawn, we can go to Tokyo Tower together to take pictures of each other's backs or side profiles. Online dating is very popular these days."

Uesugi Maya tilted her head to look at her, playing with the ends of her black hair, and simply planned, "Then let's go to a bar or somewhere else, like Ginza. Tokyo's nights are very lively, and it should be a completely different feeling from Sapporo."

Taking a night out together on Christmas sounds very romantic.

"You guys? I remember Cheng-jun is my boyfriend."

Li Jian narrowed his eyes, his face darkening: "Xiao Ye, blatantly seducing someone else's boyfriend is going too far. It wouldn't be good if you were punished by the heavens."

Uesugi Maya responded with a disdainful sneer, continuing to gaze at Takahashi Makoto with an ambiguous look:

"I'll have KFC's fried chicken bucket for lunch. I plan to buy an oven so I can make my own strawberry cake in the afternoon and watch movies at home with a projector in the evening."

A dimly lit, warm room; the fragrance and soft, delicate body so close at hand; the sinking feeling of a beanbag chair; and a classic old movie.

Makoto Takahashi touched his nose, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopping himself, almost subconsciously agreeing.

The dangerous look in Ritsuki's eyes brought him back to his senses.

Seeing that Takahashi Makoto's expression was clearly wavering, she angrily took out a piece of chocolate from under the coffee table, tore open the wrapper, and took a big bite.

“Ha, girlfriend.” Uesugi Maya sneered.

An arrogant smile only added fuel to the fire. When Shiki took a bite of the chocolate, the bitter almond taste in her mouth made it impossible for her to remain composed.

At this point, no more pressure should be applied, otherwise, compared to Xiaoye, they will be completely at a disadvantage.

Even if Christmas passes peacefully, I will eventually lose his heart.

As Tachibana Yuki pondered a plan, she casually moved the white chess piece, the shadow cast by her short golden hair obscuring half of her beautiful face.

"I plan to go to Roppongi on Christmas Eve, but I probably won't have time for a night stroll."

Makoto Takahashi gave her a reassuring look, clearly rejecting Maya Uesugi's plan to go out at night: "Besides, it's not safe. We're not internet-loving couples."

Before Tachikami Yuki could even catch his breath, Uesugi Maya launched another relentless attack.

"Are you comfortable letting me be out on the streets alone in the early hours of the morning?"

There is no doubt that this is coercion.

Maya Uesugi is a Hell Girl who will stop at nothing.

"..." Takahashi Makoto rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on, as if someone was hitting his head with a hammer.

To be honest, I can't feel at ease at all, but when a man and woman are alone together late at night, and I suspect they might be having an affair, I can't feel at ease at all.

"Staying up late is the enemy of beauty," he said dismissively.

The student council president's office fell silent, with only the sound of chess pieces touching the board remaining.

The snow outside the window had stopped sometime ago; the clouds had dispersed, and the ground was covered with a thin layer of snow, faintly bright.

Because Makoto Takahashi let the game go, Yuki Tatsumi quickly won.

She picked up the cooled red tea, moistened her lips, put it down, stood up, and looked at the two sitting together: "Cheng-kun, remember to come to my place tonight."

"Okay." Makoto Takahashi nodded in agreement, got up from the sofa, and stretched.

The dispute over Christmas is far from over, but through the standoff between the two, he successfully secured the right to Christmas Eve for Kashima Reiko and Shiraishi Junka.

Speaking of Christmas, it seems like we exchange gifts.

After all, it would be better to take Hanakawa Kaori's advice and hold a Christmas party so that everyone can participate, right?

I kind of want to spend Christmas with Maya Uesugi.

With her smile gone, Tachibana Yuki put on her coat and left the student council president's office. Takahashi Makoto finished the rest of her black tea and turned to look at Uesugi Maya:

Let's go shopping for Christmas presents together this weekend.

"can."

"I'm going to the light music club."

"Okay." Uesugi Maya watched his receding figure, rested her chin on her hand, and reflected.

The air became quiet after the snow, making one want to shout and run, and the sky was brighter than usual.

Takahashi Makoto walked through the courtyard on the thin layer of snow, arrived at the special building, and went up the stairs to the 5th floor corridor.

Inside the Light Music Club office, Shiraishi Junka and Kashima Reiko sat side by side at a desk pieced together, composing sheet music on the same laptop.

The band has been very inactive lately. Apart from Hanakawa Kaori posting a few photos of them hanging out together, there have been no other updates or new songs.

The number of fans has been steadily increasing and is expected to exceed 300 million before the end of the year, which is why the Red and White Song Festival sent an invitation.

The Red and White Song Festival is as prestigious as the Spring Festival Gala next door.

Before the Lunar New Year, the band did not plan to continue their activities, and even declined the invitation to the Kohaku Uta Gassen (Red and White Song Battle). After the Lunar New Year, they naturally had to release a new song, so the task of composing the lyrics and music for Makoto Takahashi fell to Reiko Kashima and Junka Shiraishi.

They shared a bond of hardship and were in similar circumstances. After living together, they got along well and naturally did not experience any friction caused by personality clashes.

"How's it going?" Makoto Takahashi walked over and stood behind the two of them, his gaze fixed on the laptop screen.

"Proceed as planned."

Kashima Reiko opened the folder with her mouse and showed him the completed tracks: "Now, as soon as the band starts activities, we can start directly from the Budokan."

"It feels like it's been ages since I played bass, I even miss it a little."

Makoto Takahashi's gaze fell on the right angle of the "L"-shaped classroom, where four violin cases were neatly stacked together.

After the band stopped performing, Maya Uesugi and Kaori Hanakawa went to buy a new guitar case and threw away the original one.

However, for the band, the Budokan and Tokyo Dome are just achievements now, and don't mean much.

Bringing himself back to reality, he turned around and met Shiraishi Junko's affectionate gaze:

"Would it be convenient for me to stay overnight on Christmas Eve? I probably won't have time for Christmas."

"it is good."

Kashima Reiko took out her phone and wrote down her schedule: "I will be staying in Jiyugaoka during the winter break."

I'll come see you when I have time.

Makoto Takahashi ran his fingers through Junko Shiraishi's elegant black hair as she softly asked, "I'll prepare a gift and Christmas outfit. What color ribbon do you like, Makoto?"

"I feel that red is more appropriate for the occasion."