Yukinoshita's Correction Method

"Even if you want to diet, you can't lose so much weight at once." Dong Yunshan picked up a piece of tamagoyaki and said, "Eat this too."

"No." When the tamagoyaki was brought to her lips, Yukinoshita Yukino pursed her lips tightly.

"Don't tell me you don't have the confidence to lose weight healthily?" Dong Yunshan raised an eyebrow. "So you have to resort to this extreme diet?"

"Who--ah!" Yukinoshita Yukino just opened her mouth to retort, but her mouth was stuffed. She could only glare at him angrily and eat reluctantly.

Hikigaya Komachi felt that she was also full... No, that's not right.

Yes, I can still eat two more bowls of rice!

Volume 5 May Holiday: Chapter 163 Understanding Hardship

"Actually..."

Slender body, soft short hair, fair skin, and cute face.

The blushing classmate pinched the corners of his clothes with both hands, and glanced up nervously with his big eyes.

"There's something I've wanted to tell you for a long time..."

What exactly happened?

This starts with physical education class.

The physical education class at Sobu High School is taught by three classes together, and the course content changes every month.

This month it's volleyball and track and field.

Dong Yunshan chose the track and field group, and the course content in the first two weeks focused on physical recovery and basic skills training.

This week, the content focuses more on consolidating basic movements and cultivating teamwork.

Relay races are a great teaching project.

Although Dong Yunshan did not interact much with his classmates, with his physical fitness, he did not have to worry about anyone rejecting him as long as he found a few classmates who seemed to lack exercise and proposed the idea of ​​forming a team.

After two games, I didn’t win the championship nor did I come in last place. I just took it easy and treated it as my daily aerobic exercise.

Dong Yunshan had no intention of attracting attention in physical education class.

but......

"Touyun," Hayato Hayama left the crowd surrounding him and approached while wiping his sweat. "You didn't use your full strength just now, did you?"

"Hmm?" Dong Yunshan raised an eyebrow. "What's wrong?"

"If you had used all your strength, I wouldn't have been able to defeat you just now."

Dong Yunshan then realized: "...You just won, congratulations."

"......" Hayato Hayama shook his head helplessly, "No wonder I came to find you."

"Oh?"

"There are a lot of sports clubs that want to invite you to join." Hayato Hayama's gaze lingered on Azuma Yunshan's abdomen for a moment. The sweat-soaked fabric stuck to it, outlining the clear outline of his abdominal muscles. "They think you're difficult to get along with, so they asked me to help talk to you."

"I'm an easy-going person. If you need anything, just ask." Dong Yunshan could understand this idea. In the eyes of many people, people who like to be alone are difficult to get along with. "But forget about the club. I already have one."

"That's great..." Hayato Hayama breathed a sigh of relief.

"Very good?"

"Actually, I wanted to invite you to our soccer club." Hayato Hayama said with a perfectly balanced embarrassment on his face, "But I've been asked by another club, so I can't ask you. But if I push a player as good as you to another club, I'd feel bad for the soccer club."

"I understand. Thank you for your hard work." Dong Yunshan patted his shoulder. The people in Sheshenchudi were very understanding of this dilemma. "Just tell them directly. If you need any help, feel free to ask. But forget about officially joining."

"Can I ask why?" Hayato Hayama paused. "If that club is very important to you, you can actually join both clubs."

"Wouldn't that put you in a dilemma again?"

"Yeah... that's right. However, the choice is yours. You can choose the sport you like."

"I have my own training rhythm and my own things I want to do. I don't like doing the same thing as everyone else." Dong Yunshan spread his hands. "It's okay to experience it occasionally, but if you want to train long-term, forget it. You can't waste your limited youth on one thing."

"I see. It's an interesting idea." Hayato Hayama said goodbye politely, "They are calling me. We will talk later."

Hayato Hayama returned to the crowd and soon became the focus of everyone's attention.

In fact, even when he left the crowd to chat with Dong Yunshan, those people rarely took their eyes off him.

Shortly after Hayato Hayama left, another classmate called out to Azuma Yunshan.

Slender and cute.

Plus a nervous look.

"Touyun-san... Actually... There's something I've wanted to tell you for a long time..."

This is a confession scene that often... well, happens quite often in youth.

The problem is that the physical education class at Sobu High School is shared by three classes, with sixty boys each doing two events.

Well, boys and girls have separate classes.

The classmate in front of you appears here, which means that he is a boy.

Very cute though.

He is also a very cute boy.

Dong Yunshan felt a little nervous.

But considering the other person's mood, I still waited patiently.

"I...I'm in the same class as you..." the classmate said nervously, "You may not have noticed, but I've been watching you."

"Totsuka Ayaka-san." Azuma Yunshan recalled her self-introduction at the beginning of the school year. "Your hobby is handicrafts, am I right?"

"Yeah!" Totsuka Ayaka nodded happily, the blush on her face becoming more obvious. "I thought... no... nothing... I mean, I just saw you and Hayama-san together."

"Chatting together." Dong Yunshan added.

"I've been wanting to look for you for a long time." Totsuka Ayaka scratched her face sheepishly, "but I never mustered up the courage. Seeing you two together today..."

"Chat." Dong Yunshan reiterated.

"Well, you two are chatting together. I feel like if I don't tell you, I won't have another chance in the future." Totsuka Ayaka took a deep breath and stroked her flat chest two or three times with her small hands. "Would you...would you like to join the tennis club?"

Dong Yunshan immediately replied: "I'm sorry, I can't..."

Totsuka Ayaka's eyes darkened.

Dong Yunshan suddenly realized that what the other party said was different from what he thought: "Wait, you said tennis club?"

"Yeah!" Totsuka Ayaka nodded vigorously, her eyes shining.

"Ah, sorry, I already have a club. I like my current club very much and have no intention of joining another one at the moment."

"I...Is that so..." Totsuka Ayaka was about to cry, whispering with tears in her eyes, "I...I know...I'm sorry for disturbing you."

"Wait..." Dong Yunshan felt as if he had done something too much and reached out to stop her. "Although I can't join the tennis club, I can provide some help. Is there anything I can do for you?"

"Really?" Totsuka Ayaka shook Azuma Yunshan's hand in surprise, her cute face lighting up. "Are you really willing to help?"

Dong Yunshan vaguely felt the heated gazes, and when he turned his head to look, he only saw Hayato Hayama chatting and laughing in the crowd.

"Of course," Dong Yunshan patted his hands, signaling him not to get too excited, "That's what the club I'm in does."

Volume 5 May Holiday: Chapter 164 She Disagrees

"Hello~" Yuigahama Yui pushed open the door of the service club and was stunned when she saw the client inside. "Huh? Xiaocai? Why are you here?"

"It's Aya-chan." Hikigaya Komachi greeted with a smile. "Is there anything troubling you?"

"Yuigahama-san, Hikigaya-san." Totsuka Ayaka greeted with a smile, "Shinobu brought me here."

"Totsuka needed help," Azuma spoke up, "so I brought him here."

"Client?" Yuigahama Yui clapped her hands, "Tomoe, show me that!"

Dong Yunshan: "...Is it necessary?"

"Of course there is." Hikigaya Komachi pointed to the steel pipe in the activity room, "Xiao Cai, are you curious about what this is used for?"

"I'm quite curious..." Totsuka Ayaka answered honestly.

"...It's used for this." Dong Yunshan gripped the steel pipe and skillfully performed a flag-grabbing action.

Totsuka Ayaka's eyes were filled with admiration: "So strong! He can actually move sideways... Shinonome is really amazing!"

"After proper practice, you can do it too." Dong Yunshan got down from the pole and simply tidied his clothes.

"Can I really..." Totsuka Ayaka looked at her slender limbs, "Someone like me..."

"If you want, the Servant Club can provide assistance." Yukinoshita Yukino said calmly, "But you didn't come here for this, did you?"

"Yes, I'm doing this for the club." Totsuka Ayaka finally remembered her original intention and expressed her worries. "Our tennis club is very weak, and there are only a few people. After the national tournament ends this year and the third-year students leave the club, we will become even weaker. Most of the first-year members only started playing tennis in high school, and many of them are not used to it... We are so weak that we can't boost morale at all. Besides, if there are not many people, everyone will naturally become regular players..."

"Huh?" Yuigahama Yui was puzzled. "Isn't this great?"

"There's no competition in a small club," Dong Yunshan said, getting to the heart of the matter. "Most people who join sports clubs aim to compete in national competitions. Winning or losing is a symbol of honor. And to compete, you need to become a regular member. And to become a regular member, you need to actively participate in training."

"But in clubs with fewer members, even if they don't actively participate, or even take leave or are absent, they can easily become regular members." Yukinoshita Yukino sneered. "If such people become regular members, of course they won't win competitions, and if they can't win competitions, they won't attract new members... and this vicious cycle continues."

"That's it..." Totsuka Ayaka twisted her fingers nervously together, "I feel that Shinonome-san has a great body, so..."

Yuigahama Yui: "Want to get his body?"

Dong Yunshan: “Hmm?”

Totsuka Ayaka quickly added, "No...no, I want him to join the tennis club."

"It does seem feasible," Hikigaya Komachi said thoughtfully. "Shinobumo is already very talented. If he joins the tennis club, he'll definitely achieve great results. Shinobumo, have you ever played tennis before?"

"When I was in junior high school in Nagoya, I was in the tennis club and even participated in the national tournament."

"Huh?" Yuigahama Yui looked over in surprise, "I've never heard you say that before."

"There's nothing much to say, right? I can't just be eating and suddenly say, 'I was a full member of the tennis club in junior high and I once participated in the national tournament.'"

"It's already amazing to be able to participate in the national competition!" The light in Totsuka Ayaka's eyes brightened, then dimmed. "We couldn't even make it past the regional qualifiers..."

"Nothing impressive." Dong Yunshan said with a bored look, "We were defeated by Kanagawa in the first game."

"Even if I can't lead the tennis club to the national tournament, it's good to be able to inspire the other members of the tennis club." Hikigaya Komachi glanced at the expressionless Yukinoshita Yukino. "Isn't there something called... the catfish effect?"

"Catfish?" Yuigahama Yui was curious. "Cooking it?"

"It's a story," Hikigaya Komachi elaborated. "It's about the transportation of sardines..."

When fishermen transported sardines across the ocean, they found that the survival rate was extremely low.

Because sardines are prone to death due to lack of oxygen in a stable environment.

Later, the fishermen put a catfish, the natural enemy of sardines, into the fish tank. The sardines kept swimming to avoid the catfish and thus maintained their vitality.

This phenomenon of stimulating the vitality and sense of crisis of internal members of the organization by introducing external competition or stimulation, thereby avoiding inertia and improving overall efficiency is called the catfish effect.

For example, in corporate management, we can introduce new employees or managers with strong capabilities, cooperate with competitive assessment mechanisms, and stimulate old employees to improve their performance.

Schools can also introduce outstanding transfer students to motivate students' enthusiasm for learning.

"Oh..." Yuigahama Yui seemed to understand, "So Shinonome can be the fish and go to the tennis club to eat people."

"Through his outstanding personal performance, he has earned the corresponding respect and popularity, and then inspired more people to work hard to improve their tennis skills." Hikigaya Komachi tilted her head. "I feel that Shinonome can accomplish this task very well."

Before Azuma Yunshan could say anything, Yukinoshita Yukino had already spoken: "No."

Everyone's eyes were focused on Yukinoshita Yukino.

If Dong Yunshan said no, everyone would just think that he didn't want to join the tennis club.

Yukinoshita Yukino said no...and why?

"The essence of the Catfish Effect is to leverage a sense of crisis to drive progress, but this requires a balance between competition and cooperation to avoid a vicious cycle of internal competition. Furthermore, while moderate external pressure can awaken potential, long-term, healthy development still relies on internal motivation and systematic support." Yukinoshita Yukino breathed a sigh of relief, easing the fatigue of a long speech. "The application of the Catfish Effect requires attention to compatibility and fairness. The Catfish needs to be compatible with the organizational culture to avoid acclimatization. At the same time, we must avoid favoring the Catfish and causing dissatisfaction among existing members."

Yuigahama Yui: “…Huh?”

Hikigaya Komachi: "She doesn't agree."

Yuigahama Yui: “Oh.”

"...To put it simply, Shinonome won't be accepted, but will become an outlier among them." Yukinoshita Yukino raised her hand to her chest, "Those people will regard him as a common enemy and unite, but that's just to exclude him, not to improve themselves - the proof is myself."