Why was I assigned to be a horse girl?

"..."

What was this deathly silence all about? There was no response as I had expected, nor any words to save face... Kotobuki Toru felt like a clown on a stage.

Just as Kotobuki was about to repeat his greeting, the horse racer in front of him, wearing a hat, squatted down with her arms crossed and began drawing resentful circles on the lawn with her fingertips.

"Call me whatever you want... I'm a racehorse girl who doesn't deserve to be remembered, so being called 'Passerby A' is the best thing..."

Oh no, I'm completely trapped by their hearts now.

Having exhausted all his options, Kotobuki Toru truly didn't know what to do this time...

Just as Kotobuki was in a state of great distress, Hitobuki Amber and the noblewoman walked aggressively from the racetrack.

Kotobuki Toru, as if rescued, quickly walked up to Hitoko Amber and pointed to the hat-wearing racer girl who was squatting on the ground drawing circles: "Amber, you have strong social skills and you're also a racer girl, can you help persuade her?"

"You want me to advise them? Does someone this assertive need my advice?"

Hitoko Amber raised an eyebrow slightly, feeling that the racehorse girl huddled up in a ball not far away was behaving strangely, but without thinking much about it, Hitoko Amber walked straight to the racehorse girl wearing a hat and extended her hand to this racehorse girl named "Great" in a calm tone.

"stand up."

Gao Shangjun looked up at the racehorse girl who had found him and was as passionate as a flame: "Eh?"

"I don't believe you're such a weak racehorse girl, Gao Shangjunyi."

Upon hearing the name Gao Shangjunyi, Qin Chui Tou truly remembered it!

He recalled a socially awkward, introverted, and insecure racehorse girl he had met at a party many years ago. Whenever she saw a crowd at the party, she would crawl under a table and keep repeating something like "I can't escape."

At the time, the two had only met once, and Gao Shangjunyi's name was only mentioned to him by other people in the party after it ended.

As for the names I just mispronounced, such as Jifeng and Qiangji, it wasn't really a mistake, because those two names seem to be the names of Gao Shangjunyi's older and younger sisters... Of course, it's also reasonable to mistake the younger sister for the older sister and the older sister for the younger sister, right?

I just didn't expect that after all these years, this horse racer's gloomy personality hasn't changed at all, it even seems to have gotten worse! Even Shinji has made up with himself...

But how did Hitotsu Amber know Gao Shangjunyi's name? And why is Hitotsu Amber, who is usually mild-mannered and afraid of being complained about, suddenly so aggressive?

Kotobuki Toru seemed to have thought of something and turned to look at the noblewoman standing to the side with a look of amusement on her face.

"Donna... what did you do?"

"I only told Fat Rabbit the meaning of Gao Shang Junyi's name; how she interprets it is none of my business~"

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Chapter Sixty-Five: Using a borrowed knife to kill?

The noblewoman held her index finger to her lips, signaling the zither to play softly. Her smile was utterly wicked, quite characteristic of the shamelessness of the nobility. She spoke the truth, but deliberately withheld certain clues to exploit information asymmetry – a tactic also very aristocratic.

Facing Kotobuki Toru's disdainful expression, the noblewoman didn't take it to heart at all. "You know Kotobuki trainer, right? I have a little grudge against Takashiro Junichi's older sister, Kyokumine. So, it's reasonable for me to tease Kyokumine's sister, isn't it?"

"Oh my god, she was almost crying, and you still tricked Amber into bullying her."

Kotobuki Toru once again sighed inwardly at the ruthlessness of these women when they were sabotaging each other, and also lamented how silly Hitoko was... how much warmer Hitoko's enthusiasm and sincerity were.

The noblewoman realized at this moment that she had originally planned to use someone else to do the dirty work, letting that silly deer Fei Tu Hu Po do the killing, and then unleashing her ultimate move to force Gao Shang Jun Yi, who was socially awkward, to play two dodge cards. However, before she arrived, it seemed that Gao Shang Jun Yi was already in a state of complete vulnerability...

"Huh? Why is she about to cry?"

Kotobuki cleared her throat lightly: "I accidentally called her by the wrong name twice... and I even used her sisters' names, which probably made her feel that she was inferior to her sisters..."

The lady gave a thumbs up: "Lies don't hurt, the truth is the sharpest knife... You're the expert."

Kotobuki Toru covered his face with his hands: "Stop talking, I'm still thinking about how to apologize."

"What's there to apologize for?"

The noblewoman waved her hands repeatedly, her face full of refusal: "Since you two have offended Gao Shangjunyi... you might as well stand firmly on my side! If we go to Central Teresen, I alone can't beat those three sisters... Now, it's fine, you three disciples facing us three disciples..."

"Wow, please don't drag us into this weird vortex of hatred!"

"You make it sound like you can run away... Unless you change your name, I suggest you call yourself Hitoto, and your English name will be Toru-Hitoto."

……

The noblewoman was scheming about forming alliances, while Kotobuki was thinking about how to apologize.

Gao Shangjunyi, who had been squatting on the ground, raised his head in surprise and looked at Fei Tu Hu Po in front of him, not knowing what to say for a moment.

She looked so fierce just now, and her bright red hair made her seem like she had a bad temper... But the way she looked with sweat on her face and her flushed cheeks was just too beautiful!

With such racehorse girls standing beside her, she felt like the sun.

Gao Shangjun narrowed his eyes... and muttered in a low voice, "It feels like... I'm about to get burned."

Just as Gao Shangjunyi was about to withdraw into himself, Fei Tu Hu Po's little hand was almost reaching out to Gao Shangjunyi's face. She didn't realize that she was actually facing a socially awkward person with low self-esteem. She continued confidently, "How long are you going to squat like this, you 'great' racehorse girl? Stand up and let's talk face to face, on equal terms."

"Eh?"

"How long are you going to squat? Does the great racehorse girl always squat when facing other people?"

The introverted and insecure Gao Shangjunyi had never seen anything like this before. The peerless beauty, the enchantress, had actually extended a helping hand to him?

The incredibly socially awkward Gao Shangjunyi almost instinctively reached out his hand to Fei Tu Hu Po. When they were still two centimeters apart, Fei Tu Hu Po extended her hand forward again, and the two racehorse girls' small hands gently clasped together.

The lady standing nearby frowned slightly: "Huh? This script... something feels off. Why are they shaking hands?"

"Amber actually has a very gentle personality..."

Before Kotobuki could finish speaking, at that moment... Gao Shangjunyi let out a mournful cry, and then quickly squatted down again, his originally delicate features on his small face contorted in pain.

Such expressions and actions are not something a socially awkward and insecure racehorse girl could casually display; it must be due to unexpected and sudden pain, resulting in such a strong reaction.

The culprit behind all this is quite obvious... This face-to-face assassination attempt is definitely a tribute to the assassination art of the top male gunner in the Japanese server.

Thinking about this, Kotobuki Toru really started to worry... He had just called out the wrong name twice in a row, and Takasho Junichi had immediately shut down. Now, Hitoko Amber was directly bullying him with physical means. Wouldn't this drive him to commit suicide?

Kotobuki Toru then looked at the hand that was still being held by Hitoko Amber, and gave Hitoko Amber a way out: "Um, Amber, shaking hands is fine... there's no need to use so much force, is there?"

Fei Tu Hu Po was also completely bewildered, her pretty face showing a panic no less than that of Gao Shang Jun Yi.

What's the situation now?

Wasn't Gao Shangjunyi supposed to be an arrogant and domineering racehorse girl? That's why I took the drastic approach of shaking her hand, and then used a little more force... to express my displeasure to her.

And then this girl just squatted down right in front of me? And she actually cried!

Or is it that she's deliberately acting all soft in front of Kotobuki Toru?

I've never pretended to be weak like this to ask for training leave before!

Although hostility and suspicion still prevailed in his heart, Gao Shangjunyi's pitiful appearance...

Although the harsh words and phrases she had prepared still came out of her mouth, Hito Amber's voice softened slowly: "Gao Shang Junyi, stand up... I don't believe you are a weak racehorse girl. Were you scared by such a small amount of strength just now?"

Language is the most important language for human communication, but tone and intonation are equally important. For example, the Chinese character "操" (cāo) can express various emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, love, hate, disgust, and aversion by using different pronunciations.

And when Hitotsu Amber's voice softened, it sounded almost like she was comforting and encouraging a frightened child...

Especially when it comes to using Hitotsu Amber's naturally charming fox voice to coax children, not only will children be completely captivated, but even adults would want to nestle in her arms and be "children" themselves.

Gao Shangjunyi's eyes were also glistening with tears, but her expression carried a hint of surprise and excitement.

"Miss Hito said I am a great racehorse girl? And said... believe me... I, I... I've actually been recognized... Thank you, thank you."

Hibiki Amber suddenly froze. "Huh? Is there...is there?"

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Chapter Sixty-Six: I'm going to tell my sister that you stole her boyfriend!

To everyone's surprise, when Gao Shangjunyi stood up with Fei Tu Hu Po by the hand, the racehorse girl, who had been bullied since the beginning, showed no anger or any sign of anger.

Even when he was looking at Fei Tu Hu Po, Gao Shang Jun Yi lowered his head shyly.

"Why are you blushing..."

The lady was about to lose her temper. Ignoring the fact that Kotobuki was on a completely different side, she immediately started complaining: "This isn't right! Shouldn't they be fighting? Who's going to fill the gap of my missing beautiful girls tearing each other apart? I just threw out the idea of ​​using someone else to kill me!"

Kotobuki Toru breathed a sigh of relief: "Doesn't this mean that both of them have very gentle personalities?"

"Ugh……"

Perhaps the noblewoman and Kotobuki Toru were talking too loudly, or perhaps Takasaka Junichi remembered a topic he had wanted to say before but hadn't had a chance to.

In short, when Gao Shangjunyi released Fei Tu Hu Po's hand and looked in the direction of Qin Chui Tou, her gaze first focused on the noblewoman.

"Lady...you..."

This was the loudest sound the girl made today... though it was still very soft.

The lady nodded slightly, appearing completely unhurried: "Hmm? I'm here."

"You, you philandering cat..." Gao Shangjunyi seemed to have used all his strength before he finally muttered to the noblewoman.

The lady, upon hearing Gao Shangjunyi's accusation, was neither angry nor offered any explanation. She simply tilted her head back and said, "That's me. So what? We're classmates... How about we go practice at the competition?"

"Alas……"

Gao Shangjunyi was startled. He looked around but found that there was no cover around him, so he immediately hid behind Fei Tu Hu Po.

Between anger and frustration, Gao Shangjunyi ultimately chose to be both angry and frustrated.

Fei Tu Hu Po glanced helplessly at Gao Shang Jun Yi behind her, then stared intently at the noblewoman with a threatening look.

The lady just said "so what?", right?

The lady was both amused and exasperated: "Don't believe everything you hear... I was just trying to provoke her, didn't you realize?"

Amber remained silent, her fingers slightly curled as if she wanted to grab something… The noblewoman immediately shuddered and felt a chill run down her spine, quickly saying, “I was really just joking…”

"She definitely has ulterior motives!"

Before the lady could finish speaking, Gao Shangjunyi interrupted her: "Lady...you usually pretend to be uninterested in Mr. Kotobuki to fool everyone else, right?"

"I've found out this time! I'm going to tell Sister Jifeng that you're stealing her fiancé!"

As soon as Gao Shangjunyi finished speaking, she, who was autistic and had an exceptional sense of perception, instantly felt that... the air around her seemed to freeze.

What's going on here? Are all the other people like me... bad at communicating?

However, it was the noblewoman who finally broke the silence.

The lady said, "Heh, you have quite the imagination. You're a little cuter than your sister."

Kotobuki Toru, looking completely bewildered, pointed at himself and said, "Huh? Is that so? How come I didn't know?"

This time, Gao Shangjunyi showed a shocked and anxious expression: "You didn't know? What a heartless and ungrateful man... You, you are... terrible."

Not only was Gao Shangjunyi anxious, but Fei Tu Hu Po was also a little worried. What the noblewoman had just told her was that Gao Shangjunyi might have some connection with Kotobuki Toru...

But now there's an older sister? Is this some kind of Yu-Gi-Oh! card game? Why are monsters with the same name searching for each other?

After that, will I have to do some kind of super-overlay or fusion for myself?

Fei Tu Hu Po looked at Gao Shang Jun Yi, who was hiding behind her and looking withdrawn: "So... can someone tell me what's going on, Gao Shang Jun Yi?"

Gao Shangjunyi looked up and met Fei Tu Hu Po's gaze. Although he had a good impression of Fei Tu Hu Po from the bottom of his heart, even if he had a good impression... she was still a socially awkward person who was not good at socializing.

“I, uh... it's me, my sister... Mr. Kotobuki.”

Now Fei Tu Hu Po completely understood that Gao Shang Jun Yi was not at all as aggressive or great as the noblewoman had described... In fact, let alone aggressive, this child was a complete social phobia!

Moreover, she is likely the type of person with severe social anxiety who, when someone delivers food to her, is too afraid to open the door and instead has the delivery person leave the food at the door for about half an hour before daring to go out and pick it up!

Fei Tu Hu Po really wanted to ask this girl if she liked to collect stones and name them, or even call them "friend stones," when she was alone.

Seeing that Gao Shangjunyi's mind was not quite working right away, Fei Tu Hu Po had no choice but to look at the noblewoman threateningly: "If you lie to me again, even God can't save the hair on your tail! I'm telling you."

The lady took two steps back and waved her hand, saying, "I admit it, I admit it... but where should I begin with this matter..."

"Let's start with my older sister!"

“Alright.” The lady sat down on her knees at the edge of the track and pointed at Gao Shangjunyi, saying, “Gao Shangjunyi has an older sister of about the same age named Jifeng, and a younger sister named Qiangji… She is the second oldest of the three sisters.”

Fei Tu Hu Po looked at Gao Shang Jun Yi and thought, "Isn't it said that the eldest brother is like a father and the eldest sister is like a mother? If the older sister is so socially awkward, the younger sister probably isn't much better, right?"

Of course, other people's family matters have little to do with me... The point is!

The problem is with my fiancé.

How many horse racing wives and instructors should I call upon?!

Although I don't mind this... no, I'm inexplicably a little bothered by it... I don't want Kotobuki Toru, as the trainer, to divert her energy to other racehorse girls.