Order French fries at Shuchiin

She recalled the recent sales of her own jewelry business to the two companies, the friction that had arisen between the two companies, and the rumors that the enemies were of the same origin.

The amount of jewelry purchased by the two families is indeed getting closer and closer. The situation of the Shigong family has always been very stable. Except for the sudden plunge in the past few years, it is a real five-star customer, although the upper limit before the plunge is a bit different from the current upper limit.

The Shijo family quickly took over the Shinomiya family's lost market share. Thanks to the Shijo family, Onodera's father did not have to go through the hassle of looking for new customers.

In the years after the crash, the total amount of jewelry owned by the Shijo family and the Shinomiya family was almost the same as that of the Shinomiya family before the crash. Later, with the gradual expansion of Shijo overseas, the total amount of jewelry owned by the two families surpassed that of the original Shinomiya family.

To be more conspiratorial, if we take the rumors of the common origin of the enemy seriously, then the Shinomiya family split up, and after the split, the Shijo family and the main family turned against each other. However, Shijo found opportunities for development overseas, and the scale of the enterprise and cash flow grew step by step.

After all, the hostility between the Shinomiya family and the Shijo family happened suddenly, and it would always attract more attention if an emerging group suddenly clashed with an old-established chaebol.

However, Onodera quickly abandoned this conspiracy theory, as the evidence was not strong enough. The sales volume of jewelry alone was not enough to prove her conjecture, not to mention that her jewelry company was not a national monopoly. The statement of one party was too one-sided, and such evidence would be severely rejected by the teacher in thesis defense.

Therefore, the content of the conversation quickly changed from a business class that could not be explained clearly in a short period of time to an exchange of gossip about Shuchiin. Onodera felt that it would be better to talk about something that would not cause any trouble rather than gossiping about the Shinomiya family.

From the teacher's personality to the gossip in the school, Onodera believes that no one will say no to these.

The only drawback is that Xing Yuanhui has no qualified gossip to dig out. He has rarely attended school since junior high school, and he doesn't know much about the things that the student group would be interested in. He can only act as a listener.

It is his limit to be able to respond and acknowledge from time to time and provide emotional value so that the other party can continue talking.

But Onodera didn't care about this. She was very happy to make new friends and experience new things on the first day in her new environment, and she started talking a lot.

As the two people were mopping the floor, chatting and laughing, the water in the bucket became more and more turbid, the mop marks on the floor were somewhat evaporated, and time flew by.

As they were clearing the last uncleared area, a lively pink-haired girl with a bow on her head rushed into the atrium from the corridor like Little Red Riding Hood looking for mushrooms.

The visitor was like a scout in the wild, with her hands raised to her eyebrows to observe the plants and trees in the courtyard. But suddenly, her eyes lit up, as if the radar had discovered a torpedo, and she shouted in a high and energetic tone:

"Ah! Found it!"

Chapter 23 Now that things have come to this, let’s eat first

With the fountain as the center point, Fujiwara Chika appeared between Xingyuan Hui and Onodera. The appearance of the third person made the atmosphere on the scene become subtle.

Unlike those bloody situations where people questioned "who is she", the atmosphere on the scene was more like a younger brother paying homage to the boss. However, the boss felt that he was not the boss and looked at the younger brother with clear eyes.

Onodera spoke faster than he thought, and bowed before Xing Yuanhui to greet sincerely: "Good morning, Fujiwara-senpai."

Seeing this, Fujiwara Chika's face was filled with an awkward but polite smile.

Xing Yuanhui didn't want Onodera to feel that he was special in front of Fujiwara Chika - although apologizing on behalf of his sister was special in itself - nor did he want to embarrass his classmates.

Just like when a teacher and his students are walking towards each other, if one of them greets you and the other doesn't, the one who greets you will always feel uneasy.

He also imitated Onodera's gesture and bowed to greet Fujiwara Chika: "Hello again, Fujiwara-senpai."

When greeting, I wonder what kind of existence is the Shinomiya family that can make the eldest daughter's best friend be treated with such respect? Aren't the Fujiwara family easy-going? Although the big one likes to play riddles, the one in the middle is very easy to talk to.

Xing Yuanhui did not correctly realize the source of his easy-going and indifference, but he did not have any feelings for Shinomiya, who made the Onodera family extremely nervous.

Let the world be grateful for the gentleness that Xing Yuanhui inherited from his previous life. It was this gentleness and abstinence that allowed the young man to restrict the possible Pandora system in the name of morality and nature. Otherwise, he should have been thinking about whether to eat beef today.

How does one say it? With superpowers, I am a happy Superman on the first day, and a Superman even if I am unhappy on the second day. Although Xing Yuanhui is not so crazy yet, given the chaotic nature of the system, Xing Yuanhui might be quite happy to be a happy Superman.

The system, which was submerged deep in the ocean of knowledge, could not control its sudden sneeze and was choked by the water that symbolized wisdom, uttering an unknown curse.

"Good morning! But it's almost noon." Senior Sister with the bow-tie scratched her head and simply returned the greeting. The bow on her head turned towards the hostile freshmen, "There's no need to be so reserved, right? Just be casual."

Fujiwara Chika had seen too many lower grade students being overly respectful to her, and she could guess the reason.

This kind of thing can never be explained by words alone, so her usual practice is to return the gift in the same way.

Although this approach took into account Fujiwara Chika's desire to treat others as equals, the person who received the gift in return became even more uneasy.

She noticed that Onodera's grip on the mop handle was getting tighter and tighter, veins bulging, and thought it might be best for her to leave first.

So Fujiwara Chika said embarrassedly: "Did I disturb you while you were cleaning? What I stepped on was..."

"That piece is already dry, just step on it." Xing Yuanhui leaned back and changed the angle, using the light to observe whether there was any reflection on the floor to see if the water had evaporated.

But he changed the subject and chuckled, "But if you really want to help but just don't want to say it, you can take two steps forward, and then you can clean with us legitimately."

Onodera on the side suddenly looked at the students outside.

Oops, I should have told Xing Yuanhui about the "glorious image" of the Shigong family first. There have always been rumors that this person defies the law...

As we all know, every chaebol has his own dark history, as long as he is famous.

Just because of the lack of understanding of the internal affairs of these chaebols (people who know are more dangerous in a sense), the media have always used their rich imagination to fabricate dark histories to guide public opinion and generate traffic.

These dark histories are based on various events, some of which are true, while others are just jokes. The elites are closer to the chaebols and can get more accurate information.

Coincidentally, when Onodera Rei's father learned that the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family and his precious girl were close in age and that they were bound to live in the same school, in order to make her stay away from the Shinomiya family, he told her what he had seen and heard on a moonlit night.

So even though she looked nonchalant, she did listen to him. Even if she was a close friend of the Shinomiya family, she had to be cautious with her.

Onodera quickly made the sign of the cross on his chest and mourned for a future tragedy - if Xingyuan is punished severely like the previous president of the mixed college student council, I will go to Tokyo Bay to see you because we had a lot of fun chatting today!

Fujiwara Chika didn't care about Xing Yuanhui's little joke, she waved her hand and said generously: "If you want my help, just tell me~, but there are no extra mops here, and it's too troublesome to go back to the classroom to get them, so I'll help you carry the bucket."

Senior sister with a butterfly knot came to the gray-black bucket with ease, and with a completely different way of exerting force, she grunted and lifted the muddy bucket further forward - to the limit without stepping on the wet floor.

This reduces the four-step work of changing water and cleaning the mop to two steps, doubling the efficiency!

Onodera was flattered and became even more respectful. In a hurry, he took two steps as three steps and his efficiency was further improved.

With the joint efforts of Onodera, who was timid and no longer spoke, and the daring freshman, they cleaned up the last area.

Among them, Fujiwara Chika, because moving barrels was too boring and her presence would affect Onodera, followed Izumi Kei's footsteps and started counting ants.

"I'll go talk to her, wait for me." Xing Yuanhui put the mop against the wall and said to Onodera who was about to take the bucket and mop and leave.

If he hadn't left her a word, Onodera would probably have run away by the time Xing Yuanhui came back.

Looking around, Xing Yuanhui found his senior sister who was doing nothing and squatting on the ground watching ants following the path of the previous person.

He deliberately stepped hard, making an obvious sound, to alert the senior student squatting on the ground that someone was approaching, so that she would not suddenly find someone behind her and be frightened and sit on the ground.

"We're done cleaning, so we just need to put the bucket and mop back in the classroom." Xing Yuanhui looked directly at the new ant expert who turned around, "So you're here to take me on a tour of the club?"

Fujiwara Chika put down the ant in her hand, stood up, and said with a smile: "Yeah, but let's go have lunch first, shall we? There is the opening ceremony and the general cleaning, and if we don't eat, we won't be able to survive the club visit."

Xing Yuanhui suggested: "Then let's go back to the classroom and put the tools away, and then I'll come down and go to the cafeteria with you."

You can't let Onodera, a girl, carry two mops and a bucket back to the classroom, right? It's a bit beastly.

"Then I will too..." Fujiwara Chika originally wanted to go along as well, and could continue to introduce the layout of each floor of the teaching building along the way.

But if she went to the first year floor, there would be many people who would be as respectful to her as Onodera, so forget it.

After thinking it over, she said, "Then you guys go put the things away first. I'll wait for you here. It's quite interesting to watch the ants carrying the dirt everywhere."

After saying that, Senior Sister Butterfly Knot squatted down again, concentrating on "enjoying" the busy work of the ants.

Xing Yuanhui turned back, picked up the bucket and mop, and returned to the classroom with Onodera to put away the sanitary ware.

-----The dividing line of climbing stairs-----

When the boy went down to the courtyard again, he unexpectedly found that there was another figure squatting in the courtyard watching the ants.

The extra person looked to be the same height as Fujiwara Chika, with long brown hair and a hairband tied at the end to restrain the hair that hung down to his waist, similar to Zoroark in Pokémon.

Someone you know? Without thinking too much, Xing Yuanhui used the same old trick again, planning to get close to them and then step hard to make a noise to attract their attention, so that the two people squatting on the ground would be prepared in advance to avoid being shocked.

But this time it seemed unnecessary, because the brown-haired girl with the temperament of a Yamato Nadeshiko had already noticed Xing Yuanhui, quickly turned her head to glance at him, and then started biting the ear of Fujiwara Chika next to her.

Xing Yuanhui couldn't hear the sound of them talking, but that didn't stop him from walking straight over and stepping on the ground he had just mopped not long ago.

After whispering to each other, the two innocent girls reluctantly put down the sticks they were using to cause trouble for the ants.

At least they had the good sense to stuff the stick back into the bushes in the yard, preventing the cleaning protection period of the floor they had just cleaned from becoming ineffective in less than half an hour.

After the boy walked in, the brown-haired girl looked at Xing Yuanhui carefully, and took the initiative to extend her hand to greet him: "Hello, my name is Terajima, you can also call me Terako, I am the director of the board game department."

It seems to be a very large number, 10^12? But Tera seems to have another meaning... Temple?

(The word "寺" is pronounced as "tera")

When talking about the identity of the minister, Tera, who took the initiative to call him by his nickname, straightened her chest and looked very proud.

Xing Yuanhui extended his hand, shook Tera's hand politely, looked her straight in the eyes and said simply and clearly: "Hello, my name is Xing Yuanhui."

Terako withdrew her hand, and then placed her arms on the shoulders of the butterfly-knot senior in a loving manner, hugging her neck, her words full of admiration for her.

"Ah, you are worthy of being Fujiwara-chan! I knew you would take up the banner of the board game club and fight for its survival. No wonder the flowers and plants on campus are calling your name today. Today! I will pass my position to you, and you will be crowned king..."

(Incurable disease sauce, homophone, Fujiwara fujiwara and incurable ワラ are pronounced the same)

The brown-haired girl removed a chain from her wrist and tried to put it on the new king's hand.

"Hey! You misunderstood!" Chika Fujiwara, who was held down by the shoulders and neck in a headlock, immediately resisted. Compared to Terako, who was weak and frail, Chika Fujiwara's physical training, which she was proud of, gave her the upper hand.

She said hurriedly, "I still have work to do in the student union! If Kaguya finds out, she'll think I'm leaving the student union! And Xingyuan isn't a freshman who only wants to be in the board game club. I just promised you to take him to the club room, right?"

When Tera heard this, her expression immediately became sad. She let Fujiwara Chika put the bracelet, a symbol of power, back on her hand. Her face was gloomy, and she had the beauty of Izumi Kei who was called back to the company by thirteen phone calls.

The minister who had regained his power cried, "But there are only two of us left. Do I have to stay for another term for the sake of the club?"

As if he had heard something extraordinary, Xing Yuanhui pretended to look around at the scenery.

Look, the water in this fountain is real.

"How could that be? Shuchiin doesn't have a club system where clubs will be disbanded if they don't have enough members!" Fujiwara Chika consoled her. "Besides, you were held back based on your ability. You just play video games every day. Don't act so righteous for the club."

It seemed like he had heard something incredible again. Xing Yuanhui reached out and touched the water in the fountain in the atrium. It was really cool.

"That's my hobby. I can fight with professional players!" Trea rubbed her cheek against Chika Fujiwara's face and took back her hands from her beloved junior's neck. "Besides, one more person is very important for the board game club's funding! Snacks taste better when you have friends over!"

Xing Yuanhui was still looking at the scenery, he felt like an outsider.

Fortunately, he is an outsider, otherwise he would not know how to integrate into this topic about the life and death of the society.

Although they are not serious about this topic at all, they are just like the stereotype of JKs playing around on the street.

Until Fujiwara Chika said to him slightly embarrassedly: "Wow, the courtyard feels really clean today."

But she immediately realized that this sentence was a bit stupid, and quickly changed the subject and emphasized: "She is not like this in the past. It's just that the club is recruiting new members. Seeing that other clubs are absorbing fresh blood, she is a little dissatisfied. I will never ask you to join the board game club, don't worry."

The boy had no objection to the two people's antics, nor did he have any thoughts about the visit to the board game club that was forced into the club trip. He was just there to watch anyway, and seeing something weird could be considered a way to broaden his horizons. However, he discovered a small problem.

Although they had already said that there were only two people, Xing Yuanhui still asked cautiously: "You said that there are only two people in your club?"

"Yeah~." Tera answered slowly.

"But you have your own recruitment office on the sports field." He pointed to Sports Field No. 1. The flag held high by the board game department had been taken down long ago, but he still remembered its former "glory".

“Yes, you saw it when I was setting it up.” Senior Sister Butterfly didn’t seem to notice anything wrong.

You still haven't responded even after talking so much. Do you have anyone who can take over or do you have any new secret weapons that can be used?

"Then how can the board game club recruit new members when all the members are not here?" Xing Yuanhui lightly touched his forehead, a little helpless, "Should I call the contact number on your poster?"

There are contact numbers on the poster for the board game club, and the last three numbers are left blank because the creator wanted to create a puzzle. Fujiwara Chika told him that this is called playing to the characteristics of the club.

At that time, Fujiwara Chika explained the scene to him in front of the poster. She said that this was a part of the board game club that had to be appreciated. She had gone through the same thing back then...

"Yeah~, Xingyuan-san is very good at it." Terako smiled, not thinking there was anything wrong with it, "Isn't it fun?"

"It's not a question of whether it's fun or not, it..." Xing Yuanhui looked at Tera who was out of touch, wondering whether he should point out the real reason why there were only two people in the board game club.

However, Xing Yuanhui didn't have to think about how to use euphemisms to explain to the only two remaining members of the board game club the reason for the lack of successors in the club, because someone really got through to Terazi on the phone.

They talked on the phone for a long time. In the end, Tera was so excited that she didn't even bother to share her joy with senior Fujiwara who was standing beside her that someone with knowledge finally solved their puzzle and called her. Xing Yuanhui and Fujiwara Chika could only look at the board game club director who was crying with joy and left them excitedly.

"I feel my bracelet vibrating. There must be a third member of the board game club nearby. I'm off!"

"In a sense, your board game club is really stinky... you have the same interests." Xing Yuanhui glanced at Fujiwara Chika who was equally excited. He seriously suspected that the poster puzzle was definitely not designed by one person.

"Hehe! It seems that this year's club recruitment was a great success!" Fujiwara Chika put her hands on her hips, as if she had done something great.

"Alas." Xing Yuanhui felt very uncomfortable holding back his complaints. "Forget it, things have come to this point. Let's eat first. Senior sister, let's go to the cafeteria."

Chapter 24: Actually, I also eat bread...

Japanese high school students have always had a nonchalant attitude towards cafeterias. Unlike China, which is across the sea, the boarding system does not dominate in Japan, and most students are day students.

Without the added bonus of the boarding system, the canteen would lose its necessity, but this is not the only factor that affects the canteen's existence.

First of all, there is the influence of bento culture on the Japanese. These small boxes are integrated into every aspect of Japanese life.

Starting from kindergarten, although kindergartens strictly follow a system called "feeding" to provide nutritious meals for children, there is a lunch box day every month for mothers to show their skills. For young children, lunch boxes also contain the love of their mothers.