I have bound two systems.

The next day, Saturday.

Although she didn't have to go to school today, Yukinoshita Yukino still followed her usual schedule. She got up and washed up at around six o'clock, had breakfast, and read a book before leaving the house at around nine o'clock.

When she said those words to Suzumiya Chisato on the way home yesterday, there was no pretense or anything like that in her words. Instead, she truly wanted to complete the city patrol. That was all. It was extremely simple.

But on the other hand, she is indeed not as confident as she appears to be. To obtain sponsorship and prizes for subsequent activities, from a student's perspective, it is indeed quite difficult to accomplish this task.

But the difficulty is not a reason to escape. Just try your best first. If it doesn’t work, although you are reluctant, you may have no choice but to find another way.

So, Yukinoshita Yukino and the next two or three girls started to try out those shops on the streets near the apartment that they thought might be successful.

But unfortunately, not much progress has been made.

When most shops heard her purpose, they either waved their hands to indicate they were not interested or politely declined.

At twelve o'clock noon, Yukinoshita Yukino once again returned from a store with failure.

She sat on the street looking a little tired, with her right hand raised and gently massaging her temple.

Then, she slowly took out her mobile phone, and on the phone book contact interface, the pull-up menu displayed a series of contact names including "sister" and "father".

Although Yukinoshita Yukino usually behaves very low-key at school and does not do anything ostentatious, Yukinoshita's family can indeed be said to be wealthy and powerful.

Her father is a county councilor, and her mother is also the president of a construction company, as well as the executive director and managing director of other scattered companies. This makes the Yukinoshita family influential in both politics and business, and the combination of the two also has a certain weight.

If she could rely on the help of her family, the problems she is facing now would be easily solved.

But the problem is... Yukinoshita Yukino does not want to rely on her family to solve the difficulties she encountered this time. This is inconsistent with her beliefs and goes against her life creed.

However, as of now, there seems to be no other way out except this method.

She has always adhered to the idea that "as long as you work hard, you can think of a solution."

But this time...it seems that there is really no other way.

call……

"Yo."

When Yukinoshita Yukino looked up at the gloomy sky in a daze, a light greeting came from not far away.

She thought it was some frivolous social figure, but when she turned around, she found that it was not the case.

"What a coincidence, Yukinoshita-san."

Suzumiya Chisato walked forward with a look of surprise.

Under the gaze of Yukinoshita Yukino, he took out a bottle of coffee drink from the convenience bag he was carrying and handed it to her.

"If you don't mind, please use it."

"……Thanks."

Yukinoshita Yukino hesitated for a moment, but still raised her cold hand and took it.

The drink must have been bought just now from a convenience store, and it felt warm in my palm.

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Chapter 65: The gradually narrowing distance

Without any external conditions or prior planning, meeting each other on a crowded street can indeed be considered a coincidence.

However, because of her outstanding appearance and temperament, Yukinoshita Yukino is quite eye-catching even if she does nothing, and almost no one passing by will fail to cast admiring or amazed glances at her.

Therefore, it was only natural that Chisato Suzumiya would notice her after she stepped into her vicinity.

When Suzumiya Chisato first noticed her from a distance, she was sitting on a bench on the street, not paying any attention to the eyes around her, and her face was expressionless as usual.

He had not originally thought of going up to say hello, but when he saw her sighing slightly with her fingertips against her temple, his body somehow made a decision on its own and he took a step forward to approach her.

As soon as he greeted her, Yukinoshita immediately gave him a wary and aggressive look.

But when she found out that the person who had spoken to her without permission was her neighbor, the aggressive and wary look in her eyes immediately disappeared and turned into a look of slight surprise.

After taking the hot drink handed to him, his aura suddenly softened a lot.

Her series of expressions reminds us of a cat with its fur standing on end, which is then tamed step by step by being stroked.

"Suzumiya-san, are you thinking of something disrespectful?"

"!"

"..."

The guilty expression that Suzumiya Chisato revealed in an instant was accurately captured by Yukinoshita Yukino.

The next moment, there was a look of contempt in her eyes that made Suzumiya Chisato feel familiar and comfortable.

Strange, why do I feel comfortable with this kind of look?

The thoughts that arise in this moment are answered by the brain after rapid searching.

Come to think of it, when I first approached Kazusa, she often gave me this kind of look.

In addition, to some extent, Kazusa and Yukinoshita also have quite a lot of overlaps, such as the same outstanding appearance, the same long black hair, slender waist, and perfect legs...

Of course, there are differences. For example, the size of Yukinoshita's chest is quite regrettable. In this respect, she and Sa have a crushing victory.

But apart from her figure and piano skills, Yukinoshita seems to be better in other aspects...

Chisato Suzumiya seemed to have figured out the reason why she took the initiative to approach and say hello just now.

In addition to the guilt he felt for causing her trouble some time ago, perhaps there was also the reason that he saw the shadow of Touma Kazusa in Yukinoshita Yukino.

To sum up, when facing Yukinoshita, he couldn't maintain his usual indifferent attitude. He seemed a little concerned, even... worried.

"Are you just out for a walk?"

"If you're going to take a walk, you wouldn't choose such a noisy street."

Near the apartment where they live, there is a relatively quiet small park. There are almost no people there during the day. Only at night do the elderly or people who are off work go there to stroll around or run at night.

If you want to take a walk, that park is indeed a better choice.

"If it's not a walk, then it's what we talked about on the train yesterday... I'm still trying to solve the request from President Johkai."

"kindness."

She responded lightly, and Yukinoshita Yukino seemed to feel that there was no point in talking about the matter that had not made any progress until now, so she took out her wallet with a panda icon on it the next moment and looked at Suzumiya Chisato.

“How much is the hot drink?”

Suzumiya Chisato looked at her and smiled.

Really, their reactions in this regard are almost the same.

Yukinoshita was a little confused.

"What are you laughing at all of a sudden?"

"Sorry, I just suddenly thought of someone familiar... No need to pay, I drank so much coffee and tea at your house before, and you didn't charge me."

Yukinoshita seemed to accept this statement and she no longer insisted.

The next moment she stood up.

"Then... I'll be leaving first. Goodbye."

Because she didn't want to talk too deeply and she really needed a short break, Yukinoshita planned to say goodbye and use the little time left to continue trying for the slightest possibility.

"Wait a minute, can I come with you?"

When Yukinoshita was about to leave, Suzumiya Chisato made her request.

Yukinoshita had an expression that was not sure whether to call it surprise or astonishment, and seemed a little confused.

This sudden request did seem to conflict with the lazy image he had revealed during the discussion meeting.

Chisato Suzumiya explained,

"Since it's Saturday and there's nothing to do, I'll just treat it as social practice. I also want to see how Yukinoshita-senpai, who has always been praised and admired by Isshiki, handles other people's requests."

There were a lot of things to say, but Yukinoshita roughly summarized that Chisato Suzumiya's true thoughts from beginning to end can be simply summarized in three words -

Watch the fun.

I always feel a little angry for no reason.

Yukinoshita didn't notice that her cheeks puffed up subtly in the sight of Suzumiya Chisato.

"In short, Suzumiya-san, do you want to catch up and study?"

"You could say that."

"Then, as a seeker of advice, you should show a more sincere approach."

"What do you mean?"

"Teacher, call me Yukinoshita-sensei."

Suzumiya Chisato looked at the smug Yukinoshita Yukino, and the wonderful and happy meeting from the summer came to her mind.

In the four-hand piano duet in the first music room, he took the initiative to call himself "Teacher Touma", and that was probably the beginning of their rapidly getting closer relationship.

"I understand, Yukinoshita-sensei."

With a smile on her face, Suzumiya Chisato respectfully did as she was told without any hesitation.

He was so honest and did as he was told, which was something Yukinoshita Yukino had not expected. She thought he would be somewhat reluctant and would refuse, which would give her a reason to refuse.

But in this situation, there seems to be no way out.

----

So it was natural that during the following period of time, Chisato Suzumiya followed Yukinoshita Yukino.

By the way, Chisato Suzumiya's original plan today was to go and visit the band that had just finished its work.

The snacks and drinks in his hands could be considered as gifts of comfort for the meeting later.

However, because he met Yukinoshita Yukino, his plan changed in the middle of the show. He took out his mobile phone and sent a message in the group where he and the others who had finished the band were, saying that he had something urgent to do and would come later.

After that, he put the phone back into his pocket and no longer paid attention to the sad and disappointed comments of other people in the group after they saw the message.

The four members who had recently ended their band were overwhelmed by the strict demands of Ijichi Hoshika, and they finally understood how she got the title of "Ochanomizu Demon King".

His uncompromising attitude and his absolute tolerance for any dissent made the four members of the band completely break away from their previous leisurely daily life together. They could no longer think of getting together to lazily eat pizza, drink tea and joke loudly. They spent the whole day either studying or practicing ensemble.

Originally, they thought that relying on the law of nature that "big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimps", when the president, Chisato Suzumiya, came to visit them, they would then complain pitifully to him, which would at least make him ask their agent, Seika Ijichi, to restrain themselves, at least not to control them so strictly.

Now he's fine. He said he had something urgent to do and would come back later.

But who knows if he will always have something to do and choose to come the next day, or even several days later, which means they will have to suffer for several more days.

woo woo woo...

As for the situation of the band ending on the other side of the city, Chisato Suzumiya didn't think too much about it for the time being.

His attention is now focused on Yukinoshita Yukino.

It can be said that she is worthy of being the second young lady of the Yukinoshita family, who was educated with the elite ideals.

As for what the Castle Patrol expected, Yukinoshita Yukino's approach was a little different from others.

Chisato Suzumiya had followed the school's student council before and witnessed them discussing sponsorship with various businesses, but almost every time they opened their mouths, the businesses would quickly lose patience and then waved their hands impatiently to ask them to leave.

This is a very natural reaction. What can a normal business owner talk about with a group of students who have not yet entered society?

Yukinoshita Yukino also saw this clearly, so when she communicated with the merchants and expressed her intentions, she did not use herself as the main body, but brought up the more convincing Sobu High School to start the negotiations.

This clever approach prevented her from being ruthlessly driven away by the merchant as soon as she opened her mouth. The merchant's profit-seeking mentality made him think it was profitable, and it also allowed both of them to sit down and have a serious conversation with each other until the end.

However, although Miss Yukinoshita has used her clever brain to make what she does look much more organized than others, the actual situation has not changed much.

It's very simple. The win-win situation she described truthfully did not have anything particularly attractive to others.

If she could exaggerate a little, describe the activities on the two campuses as more lively and have a wider impact, then perhaps the chances of success would be much greater.

But because of her own personality, she was destined not to do so.

Then the result is quite obvious.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Yukinoshita Yukino walked out of a store again, and she looked visibly more depressed.

If in reality everyone had a small component on their head that displayed the battery level in real time, like a mobile phone.

So when Chisato Suzumiya met her before, the battery level on the meter above her head was about 50 to 60 percent, but now the battery level has turned red and is below 20 percent.