"Wake up~"

Hasebe's voice interrupted Sakura's recollection. Sakura came back to her senses and saw Hasebe with a playful smile on his face. Just as Hasebe was about to speak, Sakura suddenly raised her head and asked, "That Haruka, what do you think of Hikigaya-kun?"

The smile on Hasebe's face froze for a moment, as if he had not expected that Sakura, who had always been like a kitten, would suddenly attack him, or rather... he was caught off guard by Sakura's question.

"Of course he's very good. Xiao Ba looks fierce and fierce, giving people the feeling that he is difficult to get along with, but after getting to know him, I found that he is actually a very good person."

"So, then, Haruka, do you also have feelings for Hikigaya-kun?"

"Hahaha."

Hasebe was stunned for a moment before bursting out laughing: "So that's what you're worried about, Airi? Although Hachi is very nice and gentle, unfortunately, he's not my type~"

Sakura said nothing, but looked straight into Hasebe's eyes, and the smile on Hasebe's face gradually disappeared.

"Airi, don't you believe me?"

Sakura shook her head and couldn't help biting her lip slightly: "No, I know Hikigaya-kun is very gentle, so I also understand that there must be many girls who like him. I am just the least conspicuous one among them.

So if you, Haruka, also have feelings for Hikigaya-kun, I think it's a very normal thing. I even think that having one more person who can understand Hikigaya-kun would make me happier, because he... is too lonely."

When Hasebe heard Sakura say that Hikigaya was 'too lonely', he was slightly stunned, and a strange look flashed in his eyes, but he returned to normal the next second.

"Hey, Airi, didn't you hear what I just said?"

Hasebe puffed up his cheeks and said angrily: "I've already said that my feelings towards Hachi are just those of a friend. You also know that I didn't have many friends before, so I cherish the friendship between Airi and Hachi very much. Do you understand?"

"Horuka, you misunderstood."

Seeing Hasebe's angry expression, Sakura couldn't help but panic: "I, I'm not angry, and that's not what I meant. I just feel that I can't say those two words right now, and I also cherish my friendship with Haruka! Really, really, don't be angry, I, I apologize to you..."

"Alright, alright, I was just joking. And Airi, you know how popular Hachi is, so you should take the initiative. What's with all the talk about whether you're worthy or not? Do you think you're in a TV show? The reality is, it's better to strike first. Don't let the pregnant women in other classes snatch her away!"

Hasebe held Sakura's arm and excitedly came up with all kinds of ideas, while Sakura looked embarrassed and just kept her head down.

"Tsk tsk, from what I've discovered, that Ichinose from Class A is a big rival, and that one from Class B..."

At this time, the two of them had returned to the dormitory building. Sakura walked to the side and opened her mailbox...

As Hasebe was talking, he noticed that Sakura was suddenly stunned and couldn't help asking: "What's wrong, Airi, you look so ugly!"

Sakura seemed to be awakened, and hurriedly closed the mailbox with a panicked look: "No, it's okay, I, I have something else to do, I'm leaving first!"

Sakura said as she hurriedly entered the elevator as if escaping.

42

Chapter 42: Don’t be afraid to trouble others.

"Sakura, what's wrong with you?"

The next day at the study session in the library, Hikigaya found that Sakura was always absent-minded and made frequent mistakes in her homework. It was obvious that Sakura was not in a good state.

"Hug, sorry!"

Sakura quickly bowed her head and apologized.

"Why don't you take a break first? I'll go buy a bottle of drink."

Hasebe suddenly winked at Sakura, then stood up and left, leaving only Hikigaya and Sakura. Sakura knew that Hasebe had "misunderstanding", but it was difficult to tell her about it. Thinking of this, Sakura became even more depressed.

"You were fine yesterday. What happened?"

Hikigaya pretended not to notice Hasebe's unusual behavior and asked Sakura.

"Hikigaya-kun, I, I..."

Sakura raised her head and looked at the boy opposite her. She knew that the only one who could help her in that matter was the boy in front of her, but she suddenly stopped when she wanted to say something. She didn't want to rely on the boy opposite her for everything. He had helped her enough, and... she also wanted to work hard to grow up, to grow into someone who no longer needed him to worry about her. Only in this way could...

"Is it because of yesterday's letters?"

Suddenly, Hikigaya's words made Sakura freeze in place, eyes widened, and she spoke subconsciously: "Hikigaya-kun, how did you know?"

But then Sakura realized that only one person knew what happened yesterday...

"Haruka..."

"Yeah, Hasebe is worried about you too."

Hikigaya sighed that Hasebe came to him last night to explain this matter because she also noticed Sakura's abnormality and hoped that Hikigaya could help.

"Why did you come all the way to me? I thought you girls shouldn't be able to communicate better with each other?"

Facing Hikigaya's question, Hasebe sighed: "I'm wrong. Sometimes it's because we're girls that some things are hard to say. And I know Ai Li's character very well. She'd rather get hurt than trouble others. My intervention might make things worse."

"Uh... isn't that the same for me?"

"No, Airi trusts you more than me."

When Hasebe said this, his eyes were filled with deep dissatisfaction and resentment, of course, all of this was directed at Hikigaya.

Hikigaya was embarrassed and didn't know how to respond.

Hence the scene today.

Sakura lowered her head in guilt when she heard what Hikigaya said. Hikigaya sighed and said, "Sakura, are you being targeted by a stalker?"

"Hikigaya-kun, why would you…"

Sakura looked very shocked. She had felt like she was being watched since the sports festival. Although this feeling disappeared afterwards, she thought it was just an illusion. But since last week, she found that many letters of unknown origin suddenly appeared in the mailbox downstairs of the dormitory. There was no sender, only photos of her when she was an idol [Shizuku] written on them.

At the same time, there were many harassing words in the letter, such as "I like you so much", "You are my destined goddess", "I really want to hold you to sleep", etc. The content became more and more disgusting as it went on!

And what frightened and scared her the most was the latest message: Hey, my Venus, I have found you!

These letters of unknown origin make Sakura very scared, and recently the photos in these unknown letters have begun to be "updated". They are no longer photos of Sakura when she was an idol [Shizuku], but her recent life photos!

This means that this stalker not only discovered Sakura's true identity, but also hid in the dark and took pictures!

Sakura couldn't help but tremble and feel fear at the thought of this possibility.

Just like... she once wanted to tell Hikigaya about this matter, but when she thought about the possibility of implicating Hikigaya, she hesitated... and then things developed to this point.

Hikigaya sighed. He probably guessed why the other party had been hiding it. 'Not wanting to trouble others' is the first thought in the minds of many lonely people. It even extends to today's Japanese society and has gradually become a little distorted.

Because Hikigaya is the same, I can understand Sakura's psychology even more. She is afraid of troubling others and getting others involved, and she is worried that she will be disliked for this reason.

"Sakura, the consequences of this kind of thing are very serious. Don't have any thoughts of causing trouble or getting others into trouble. Friends never mind causing trouble. Just as the relationship between people starts with 'troubling each other' again and again, the less you want to trouble others, the weaker the relationship will become."

"Yes, sorry."

"do not say sorry."

Hikigaya shook his head: "The important thing right now is to resolve this matter."

"By the way, Hikigaya-kun, why are you…"

Sakura suddenly thought of a question. She had kept these letters by herself and never told anyone about them. Why did Hikigaya know about them?

"Do you remember your old blog? Although you haven't updated it in a long time, the comments below show that the most recent time was around the beginning of October, which happened to be the time of the sports festival."

Hikigaya also discovered the truth from some clues.

Sakura blushed when she heard that, because the photos on the blog were all portraits of her idol [Shizuku] in the past, and the style was relatively bold and open. When she thought that these photos had been seen by Hikigaya, Sakura couldn't help feeling embarrassed and blushing, even though some of the more daring photos had already been seen by him.

"Perhaps this stalker stumbled upon you at the sports festival."

Hikigaya deduced.

"But I haven't updated in a long time. The last time I updated was just a selfie at the beginning of the school year, and I haven't updated since then..."

Sakura recalled.

"That's the problem with this photo."

Hikigaya took out his phone and opened Sakura's blog on the spot, scrolling to the most recently updated photo, which was taken on April 4th. It was indeed a photo taken when school just started.

"Look at the background in the upper left corner. This should reveal your information about this school."

"I, I know."

Sakura's face flushed.

Hikigaya was confused at first, then he suddenly realized and quickly exited the blog, and the atmosphere suddenly became awkward.

"Well, what should I do about that?"

"Stand still."

Hikigaya's eyes flashed with a sharpness. "I've already asked someone for help. I should get a reply soon, so for now, don't alert them to avoid being discovered."

"But in order to prevent him from doing anything extreme or outrageous during this period, I plan to go to and from school with you until we get rid of this stalker. Is that okay?"

Sakura was stunned for a moment before she reacted.

"Eh???"

43

Chapter 43: Hikigaya Team.

Ever since I had dinner with Ichinose in the cafeteria on the second floor of the school that day, the relationship between the two seemed to have fallen into a strange state.

Ichinose still appears very enthusiastic and cheerful every day, and there always seems to be a smile on her face. She gets along very well with Hikigaya both in daily life and work. It seems that what happened that day has no impact on her at all, or maybe Ichinose didn't take it to heart at all?

Others might think the same and feel relieved, but Hikigaya was still keenly aware of something different. It was a very subtle feeling. Although Ichinose's attitude towards him had not changed, he felt a sense of distance.

Previously, the relationship between Hikigaya and Ichinose was probably that of 'close' friends, with a Galgame rating of around 85 points. Although it is still in the 80-point range now, it has returned to its original normal friendship.

It's probably just normal feelings towards Kanzaki and classmates.

For Hikigaya, it would be a lie to say that he didn't feel a bit of loss, but compared to that bit of loss, Hikigaya felt that the distance between him and Ichinose was the most appropriate.

As I said that day, we are just colleagues and classmates.

"I have something to do and left early."

In the student union office, Hikigaya packed up his things and stood up to leave. Ichinose smiled and waved to Hikigaya. After the office door closed, the smile on Ichinose's face gradually disappeared. He looked at the closed door, biting his lips lightly, looking a little lonely.

……

Hikigaya came to the library. Sakura and Hasebe had come here to study after school. In addition to the two of them, there were two other boys, Akito Miyake and... Teruhiko Yukimura. However, according to Yukimura, he didn't like others calling him by his latter name, or they could call him Keisei Yukimura.

Yukimura's grades were among the top three in the class, so this exam naturally had no problem. However, after seeing Horikita's apology and the study session the class held for the exam, he felt that he should also contribute, so he offered to help tutor Miyake with his homework.

Miyake is a partner with Hasebe. Because their strengths and weaknesses overlap, they are both at a great disadvantage in this PaperShuffl exam.

Since this is the case, Miyake suggested that it would be more convenient and more efficient to tutor together with Hasebe, and then the current scene came about.

Hikigaya is also happy to see this situation. When holding study sessions, the best number of people is often 4-6. Everyone can supervise and encourage each other, and the learning atmosphere under this state is also the best.

Moreover, Hikigaya is better at liberal arts subjects, while Yukimura is good at science subjects. The two can complement each other, which is really killing two birds with one stone.

After the study session, at Hasebe's suggestion, they went to Palette for a drink. On the way, Yukimura suddenly asked, "Hikigaya, who's your partner? How about finding someone to join the group?"

In Yukimura's opinion, Hikigaya's grades were pretty good, ranking in the top 10 in the class, so his partner for this exam was most likely a student with lower academic ability, just like his partner, Ryotaro Hondou.

"Yuki, Hachi's partner is Karuizawa~"

Hasebe said with a smirk on his face.

Yuki is Hasebe's nickname for Yukimura, just like Hasebe calls Hikigaya "Kohachi". This is a strange habit of Hasebe, and it seems that Yukimura is forced to get used to this name. It is worth mentioning that Miyake is called "Sansan" by Hasebe.

Yukimura's face froze when he heard that. The name Karuizawa was not a good thing for him. Not to mention the usual situation in the class, during the uninhabited island exam, the girls led by Karuizawa used points to buy fans without permission, and Yukimura and others had a conflict with them, not to mention the many frictions that occurred later due to other things.

So Yukimura had no feelings for the girls in Karuizawa, but he had already said it, was he going to regret it? Thinking of this, Yukimura couldn't help but want to slap himself in the face. Why didn't he ask the situation clearly first?!

"Karuizawa is attending Hirata's study session."

Hikigaya spoke.

After hearing what Hikigaya said, Yukimura couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. If Karuizawa really came in, he didn't know what to do. However, he soon noticed the people around him laughing, and then realized that his little thoughts had been seen through. He immediately tapped his toes in embarrassment and wanted to turn around and leave immediately.

"But have you heard any rumors about Karuizawa recently?"

At this moment, Hasebe suddenly spoke up. Noticing everyone's gazes, he quickly said, "I heard that too. It seems that at the sports festival, Karuizawa injured a student from Class C. Her name seemed to be Manabe or something, and I do think I saw her with a bandage on her forehead."

"Humph, a hot girl like Karuizawa is usually more arrogant and domineering, so it's not hard to understand why she would hit someone."

Yukimura's impression and evaluation of Karuizawa are very bad, which is actually the result of Karuizawa's own actions.

"Where did this rumor come from? When did it come from?"

Hikigaya asked Hasebe, but he just shook his head and said he didn't know. Hasebe just heard the rumor by chance while waiting in line, but as far as she knew, it seemed that many people already knew about it.

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