“You can ask them, who studies like this? Even Yukinoshita couldn’t do this, could she?” Hachiman sought validation from the two women opposite him.

Upon hearing this, Yukinoshita and Yuihama exchanged a glance and couldn't help but nod in agreement, especially Yuihama, who nodded particularly vigorously.

"Exactly, exactly. If you're so good, why were your grades so bad before?" Yui asked, puzzled.

Because it's not open.

"Because I don't want to," Lin Qianshu said calmly.

"Then why did you think about it again?"

Because it wasn't turned off.

"Because of the bet, I was able to get Yukinoshita to agree to a condition, which is enough to pique my interest in humanities. Also, if my grades don't improve, I'm afraid I'll run into some trouble with Hiratsuka Shizuka, who is both my homeroom teacher and Japanese literature teacher."

Although Lin Qianshu chose the humanities major herself, if her grades don't improve, Ms. Hiratsuka will face some pressure from the school.

After all, Lin Qianshu's science scores had always been consistently number one, and even in the humanities, it shouldn't continue like that. If there's no improvement, people might question Hiratsuka Shizuka's teaching ability.

Lin Qianshu didn't want her choice to affect Hiratsuka Shizuka-sensei.

"Is that how it is?" Yui exclaimed. So this is how top students study. She had learned something new.

If Yukinoshita and Hikigaya knew what Yuigahama was thinking, they would probably both deny it without hesitation.

That's wrong. Top students don't study like that. Lin Qianshu is an exception among exceptions.

"How are you feeling, Yukinoshita? Are you feeling the pressure?" Lin Qianshu winked at Yukinoshita.

"No, in fact, this is the best way to put it." Yukinoshita did not show any fear despite Lin Qianshu's extraordinary performance.

In fact, given Yukino Yukinoshita's personality, even if she knew she would lose, she would never stop or beg for mercy and admit defeat; otherwise, she wouldn't be Yukinoshita.

It should be noted that the consistent educational policy of the Yukinoshita family is to create rivals in order to constantly surpass them.

Yukino Yukinoshita's rival is her older sister, Haruno Yukinoshita, but so far she has never beaten her sister in any aspect.

This is precisely why Yukino Yukinoshita is not as delicate and slender as she appears on the surface; on the contrary, her resilience far exceeds that of ordinary people, which is also the source of her charm.

"As expected of Yukinoshita, but I'm already considering what conditions to offer you." Lin Qianshu popped a champagne bottle halfway through the night and made no attempt to hide his scrutiny of Yukinoshita.

After feeling Lin Qianshu's gaze, Yukinoshita leaned back slightly, hugged herself with both hands in a defensive stance, and said warily, "We agreed before that the conditions couldn't be too unreasonable."

"Heh heh, already thinking about how to sign a treaty of defeat?"

"It's just that your gaze made me feel dangerous, and even if there's only a one in ten thousand chance, I don't want my chastity to be threatened."

"Am I really that kind of person in your heart?" Lin Qianshu retorted.

While Yukinoshita is indeed very cute, surely he wouldn't stoop so low as to use such methods to obtain her body?

Lin Qianshu prefers pure love based on mutual consent to threats and coercion.

He's only eighteen, and his pure love is invincible.

"It's hard to say, after all, men have never been very reliable in this regard." Yukinoshita rarely made such a sweeping generalization.

Hachiman felt he should stand up and prove men's rights.

"Take Hachiman next to you, for example, his eyes look dangerous."

Hachiman sat back down; he seemed to have done more harm than good to the men.

Upon hearing this, Yuihama smiled and said, "Akihito's eyes do look a bit blank, but after a while, you get used to it?"

"It's very impolite to judge someone's appearance without permission. Besides, I don't think there's anything wrong with my appearance. Even if I'm not as good-looking as Lin Qianshu, it's perfectly fine to say that I have a decent appearance, right?" Hachiman argued for himself.

His sister once said he was the most handsome guy in the world!

Chapter 29 Miura Yumiko's Shock

As the scheduled exams drew closer, the learning atmosphere in the class gradually intensified.

But how do you say something?

You can't wait until the exam is almost here to realize you need to study.

Without someone with Lin Qianshu's learning ability, the results of this exam were essentially predetermined. Most of the students knew that the so-called review would at most add a few points to the already set score, and it was more of a compensatory psychological response to their usual lack of study.

It means that even if you don't study hard normally, you can still 'do your best' by reviewing before the exam.

This way, even if the final exam results are not ideal, you can find an excuse to comfort yourself by saying that you tried your best.

It was for this reason that many study groups began to appear in the class, and the popular group led by Hayama was no exception. Not to mention that Hayama Hayato was the second-best in the humanities at Soubu High School, and his grades were even higher than Hikigaya's, second only to Yukino Yukinoshita.

"Yui, we're organizing a study session this weekend, are you coming?" Miura Yumiko extended an invitation to Yuihama.

"Ah? Sure, that's fine..." Yui Yuigahama was actually reluctant to go, mainly because she had been studying for too long lately.

She studies during school hours, studies after school, and now that she finally has a weekend off, she still has to study.

Yuihama felt like she was turning into a ruthless learning machine.

"I remember Yui, your grades aren't very good, are they? You can take this opportunity to work harder." Seeing Yui's hesitant look, Miura Yumiko assumed that Yui didn't like studying.

But that won't do. Studying is a very important thing, and Yumiko Miura, who comes from an elite family, knows this very well. That's why she doesn't want Yui to neglect her studies.

Despite her makeup, hair dyeing, and perming, Yumiko Miura is actually an extremely serious girl, especially when it comes to her studies. She never slacks off, and her efforts are no less than her efforts in managing her appearance.

If it weren't for Yukinoshita, she would indeed be the pinnacle of women in this school.

"I know, it's just that I've been spending too much time studying lately." Yui stuck out her pink tongue; she could naturally sense Yumiko's concern.

But honestly, Yui Hama could say that she had never studied this hard in her entire life during this period.

"Too much?" Miura Yumiko was taken aback for a moment, then quickly realized what was going on.

"You also organized study sessions over there?"

The "you" that Miura mentioned naturally referred to the Service Club.

"Yes, it's been like this for a while now. In fact, our club activities lately have basically all revolved around this."

Upon hearing this, Miura Yumiko gasped and asked incredulously:

"Hiss... Don't you guys have any other club activities?"

“No…” Yui answered honestly.

In fact, since that request of hers, no other students have come to her door. Even Hiratsuka Shizuka-sensei, who has a quest NPC, has disappeared during this period, as if she is deliberately making room for them to study.

Are you coming again this weekend?

"Coming, coming."

Since Yuihama has chosen to "have her cake and eat it too", she has to pay the price.

Having accompanied Yukinoshita before, to be fair, Yumiko naturally can't be left out as well.

"Speaking of which, isn't that guy also in your club?" Yumiko asked.

"That guy? Oh, you mean Aqi? He's here."

"No, I meant Lin Qianshu."

"Eh?"

Yuihama never expected that Miura Yumiko would suddenly mention Hayashi Chiki. In her memory, Hayashi Chiki and Miura Yumiko seemed to have no connection at all, and their only conversation was back to that lunch incident.

"'Eh'? What kind of answer is that?" Miura Yumiko raised an eyebrow, clearly dissatisfied with the response.

“Yes, yes, speaking of which, he joined the club earlier than me and Aki, but he submitted his application later than us.” Yui Hama couldn’t help but laugh whenever she thought of this, but after laughing, the clever Yui Hama realized that the relationship between Lin Qianshu and Yukinoshita must be unusual.

"He has a good relationship with Yukinoshita?" Yumiko Miura had wanted to ask this question for a long time.

"It should be pretty good, right? They even made a bet." Yui blinked, recalling the bickering between the two of them that they did almost every day, and the scenes where they would occasionally 'accidentally hurt' Hachiman together. Their relationship must be pretty good.

"bet?"

"Yes, it's all about comparing scores."

"Lin Qianshu has excellent grades?"

Yumiko Miura's pretty face showed surprise. Although she was reluctant to admit it, she was indeed no match for Yukino Yukinoshita in terms of academic performance, and even Hayama was completely unable to compete with her.

This can be seen from the fact that Yukinoshita has consistently held the top spot in her grade since her first year of high school.

"He's not the type who's good at academics or not."

When Yuihama talked about this, a complicated expression appeared on her face.

"Hmm? What do you mean?" Seeing Yuihama's expression, Miura Yumiko couldn't help but become interested.

"In fact, based on his previous grades, his science grades were quite good, but his humanities grades were even worse than mine."

"Really? He still dares to compare his grades with Yukinoshita?" Miura Yumiko's eyes widened in disbelief. Was she arrogant, or just clueless?

“No, Yumiko, you don’t understand.” Yui shook her head. “To be honest, if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t believe that such a person exists in the world.”

"With just a little effort, one can reach a level that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve."

Then Yuihama told Miura everything she had seen and felt during this time.

In fact, Yui had wanted to confide in Miura Yumiko about this for a long time, but because it involved Yukinoshita, and considering Miura's attitude towards Yukinoshita, Yui had never mentioned it to her in order to avoid upsetting her.

Now that Miura Yumiko has taken the initiative to ask, Yuihama is naturally happy to share with her, since it's not exactly a secret anyway.

After hearing Yuihama's description, Miura Yumiko's red lips parted slightly. Although she knew that Yuihama would not lie to her, if this was true, it was too exaggerated and completely beyond Miura's comprehension.

"Could it be an act? On the surface, it doesn't seem like it, but in reality, it's been practiced for who knows how long." Miura Yumiko questioned.

"But no matter what the outcome, the final score can't be fake, right?" Yuihama clearly understood the crux of the matter.

"That's true. Wait, do you think Yukinoshita will lose?"

"Well, a little bit. After all, Lin Qianshu's science grades are indeed a bit better than Xiaoyuen's, and with his strong memory, he has almost closed the gap with Xiaoyuen in social sciences. The only place where they can differentiate themselves is in composition. Xiaoyuen told me that if the difference in composition is not more than eight points, then the outcome is still uncertain."

After hearing Yuihama's analysis, Miura Yumiko couldn't help but glance at where Hayashi Chiki was. The fact that someone could defeat Yukinoshita, even if it was just a possibility, was enough to shock her.

Chapter 30: All the men around my sister are enemies.

"Don't leave after school."

Before the last class began, Lin Qianshu approached Hikigaya.

"?" Hikigaya looked confused.

"The teachers had to attend the [City Research] today, so school ended early and club activities were suspended. I was thinking of finding a place after school to give you a good math tutoring session." Lin Qianshu wouldn't miss any opportunity to 'transform' Hachiman.

This was a long-term and stable source of willpower points, but now that there is an additional ability, the originally abundant mental energy is becoming somewhat strained.

After all, the ability to remember everything at a glance is not a passive skill, but an active one. It requires mental energy to use. Even with his high mental energy of 12 points, he can only use it for a maximum of 2 to 3 hours a day without using emotional perception.

In addition, although mental energy will recover slowly, once it is over-exhausted, a person will feel extremely unwell, as if they have been staying up for several nights in a row, with a dizzy head and a feeling that they may die at any moment.

Therefore, Lin Qianshu usually does not use up all his mental energy at once, but uses it in batches, leaving rest time in between. This time is naturally not wasted, so he uses it to tutor Hachiman in mathematics.

Although his bet with Yukinoshita did not involve Hikigaya and Yuihama, the extent to which their grades improved, as the students he and Yukinoshita taught respectively, reflects their teaching abilities. It can be seen as an unspoken competition between him and Yukinoshita.

"That's possible, but should we notify Yukinoshita and the others?"

Hachiman had no objections. As a well-behaved high school boy, he had originally planned to find a family restaurant to study at after school. As for why he didn't go to Lin Qianshu, it was probably because of his loneliness.

Upon hearing this, Lin Qianshu immediately showed a touching expression, as if saying, "My child has grown up."

"If you want, you can invite them too. By the way, I'm actually quite pleased that you thought of inviting other people."

"Hey, why are you making such a disgusting face?"

Hikigaya showed a look of disgust. He could roughly understand why Lin Chishu said that. In fact, he could feel the change in himself. If it were the old him, he would never have thought of Yui and the others, and he would not have even gone to study with Lin Chishu. Instead, he would have just found a family restaurant to enjoy his alone time.

Hikigaya couldn't say whether this change was good or bad, but emotionally speaking, he didn't reject it.

After class, Lin Qianshu and Hachiman found a family-run restaurant that looked decent and casually chose a relatively secluded corner to sit down.

"Let's start doing the questions. Leave the ones you don't know blank, and I'll explain them to you later... Hachiman?" Lin Chishu said to Hachiman while taking out the study materials for today.

Then he realized that the other person wasn't listening to him, but instead was staring straight at the cash register.

Lin Qianshu looked in the direction of the gaze and saw a beautiful girl dressed in a sailor uniform who looked extremely cute.

So this is the kind of style Hachiman likes? But he doesn't seem to be an adult yet, is that really okay?

"Hey, stop staring at her! She looks like she's underage!"

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