They are still close to me today despite their negative feelings

Okay, I understand.

Although the beautiful girl in front of me is a character who is not very talkative, uses ellipses, and is somewhat emotionally dull, it seems that everyone's reaction to the name "Chu Guyin" at noon was genuine.

This is a campus idol who doesn't realize her own idol status, but actually has a real fan club.

The senior student was still talking about how friendly the others were, while I unconsciously sighed.

"Um, senior."

I interrupted her.

"Um……?"

"Actually, I seem to have some family matters to attend to lately. So I might have to put my club activities on hold for a while."

Just to clarify, I'm not busy with anything, and I'm currently only communicating with my family via mobile phone.

Do you need... help...?

"It's alright, this is a family matter after all, and it's not really appropriate to trouble you."

"Then... the choice of guitar... and the teaching... I'll..."

"I will refer to online resources for those. Thank you for your concern, senior."

Chu Guyin opened her mouth, as if she understood something, and gently lowered her head.

This makes me feel somewhat guilty.

"I'll come to the club whenever I have time. I've been so busy lately." I laughed as I told a lie that even I didn't believe, just like always.

Chu Guyin looked up at me, her calm eyes devoid of any emotion, but I could sense that she seemed somewhat sad.

"Hmm...we need to come back soon..."

……

The sun was setting. I was walking home alone.

I probably won't go to that club anymore. Music clubs and such were never a firm choice for me; I joined purely to have something to do in my spare time.

For me, playing basketball and playing guitar are no different—I even prefer playing basketball.

Interpersonal relationships are about mutual benefit. What Chu Guyin can teach me is not irreplaceable, but the troubles brought about by her school status are unique.

Given the already somewhat messed-up interpersonal relationships within the class, I don't think there's anything wrong with my choice. For others, a school idol-level beauty might be an aloof and fragrant flower on a high mountain, but to me, she's a man-eating plant in a pipe.

"Ning Ruoyu!"

See, what did I tell you? This is a man-eating flower. You might think it's just an ordinary pipe, but wild creatures always seem to jump out.

I wanted to pretend I didn't hear and keep walking, but sadly, An Yu seemed to have no talent for reading the air, and the voice calling my name got louder and louder.

"Please spare me!"

I turned around angrily, ready to have a good talk with this idiot. How could someone repay kindness with enmity?

"Ah, you finally heard me!" she said with an innocent smile.

"Your sister came to see you?"

Beside her, a long-haired girl with black hair, dressed in what was clearly a black sailor uniform from a middle school, was looking at me with hostility.

This doesn't look like my sister; it looks like one of my loan sharks.

[Next chapter preview: Now I can threaten the principal to release his several "massage" records]

"I'm sorry... thinking that way... I... was really going too far..."

"So you've got it wrong, you've got it wrong, you know that! You've got it wrong!"

This somewhat abrupt and cold rejection was very unlike her usual style.

My sister is great, no further explanation needed.

Chapter 5: Women's Arguments Are Terrifying

"Didn't you check your phone messages again? I remember sending you a message saying I'd be coming over this afternoon—but it seems you changed the door lock combination."

The one who is currently chattering away is my younger sister, Ning Ruoxin.

"Oh, so Xiaoxin, that's why you came to the school gate to wait for your brother? You must be tired."

Oh no, I have no connection to anyone in the past, not even my parents. How am I supposed to handle this kind of relationship? My brain feels like it's going to crash because I lack this knowledge.

"No, I didn't come here to wait for him. I just passed by here on my way back from the supermarket and ran into you, senior."

"Huh? You know me?"

"Yes. Senior An Yu, you are quite famous even in our junior high school. There's a beautiful girl in Class F of the first year of high school at Linwai High School who is just as cute as Miss Chu Guyin."

"Hehe, it's a little embarrassing."

You look like you're drooling right now, but you don't seem embarrassed at all.

However, the comments from this "younger sister" made me realize once again how inadequate my information was. Even though it took me a month, I was still far behind these ordinary high school students in terms of information gathering.

For example, they know the details of the most attractive boys and girls in each school like the back of their hand. What I was inquiring about, however, was the conflicts and scandals among the school leaders and teachers.

So now I can threaten the principal to publish his several "massage" records, but I have no idea how highly Chu Guyin is regarded among the students.

The empiricism of my past life was a killer!

Perhaps noticing that I remained silent, my "sister" frowned.

"Senior An Yu, there's no need to be embarrassed. I heard that my brother caused you trouble last month, and I'm the one who feels really bad."

"No, actually I was too reckless last month... Um, Ning Ruoyu is actually a good person!"

"Thank you for personally wielding a shovel to bury the last piece of earth for me after all this time has passed." I couldn't help but interrupt An Yu's increasingly rambling explanation.

"My senior is just as gentle and kind as the rumors say." My dear "little sister" smiled and said, "It's not so bad."

"Hehe, you don't need to praise me like that." An Yu smiled shyly.

No, I have to stay away from this guy, or I'll never be able to recover my reputation.

"You really deserve it!" I said sincerely. "If there's nothing else, I'll head back with my sister now. See you at school tomorrow."

"Hmm! I didn't get a chance to talk today, tomorrow..."

"Haha, goodnight, going to sleep now, bye-bye!"

When I saw another person in my field of vision, I immediately felt guilty and couldn't even be bothered with being polite anymore. I almost blurted out that I was going to take a shower.

"Brother, you're being very rude to your senior."

Damn it, how could Ning Ruoyu's (ex's) sister be such a proper and beautiful girl with impeccable genes? Are their family genes really that extreme and unconventional?!

As expected, the figure that made me feel somewhat awkward appeared in front of me amidst this dawdling.

"Ning! ...Um...I found it...reference material for buying musical instruments!"

Seemingly equally surprised to run into me at the school gate, that legendary campus idol, my dear club president, walked up to me with a mixture of surprise and delight and spoke earnestly.

Compared to the helplessness on my face, An Yu and my "sister" seemed even more shaken.

"Senior?!"

"Is it...is it Senior Sister Chu Guyin!?"

……

Like other high schools that prepare students for further education, Linwai High School has many school rules that exist in name only, but are almost never followed. For example, after school, students should go home as soon as possible after club activities and are not allowed to linger in entertainment venues on the way.

Before today, this school rule and the principles I uphold were like mortal enemies, but now I sincerely believe that its existence is indeed justified.

If you don't go home right after school, something really bad might happen!

Without a moment's mourning for my struggle, Senior Sister Chu Guyin, who immediately arrived at the scene, finally turned this ordinary after-school encounter into a small gathering.

Let me first introduce the guests attending the meeting.

First, she sat across from me and ordered another pork chop, but when she got her food, she deliberately put the first one at the dish return area, trying to pretend that she was just eating the first one. Her ability to deceive herself is unparalleled!

Incidentally, since her notes were leaked by Senior Chu Guyin from some angle... no, from all angles, even this class mascot, who is usually very good-tempered, is now showing a faint hostility towards her senior.

Specifically, she sat next to her senior but didn't talk to her at all, burying her head in her food and not even bothering to help with the condiment bottle or chopsticks—I'll assume she was angry rather than greedy.

...May I assume that?

Then there was Chu Guyin, who was sitting next to An Yu, diagonally opposite me.

Although she always gave off an unpredictable vibe, this ethereal, forest-like quality—where she was physically present but her attention was completely elsewhere—created an eerie, cold atmosphere around the entire dining table.

"So...it really is...something..." my senior said to me.

"Before... I thought... you didn't want to... participate... in... the clubs anymore..."

"I'm sorry... thinking that way... I... was really going too far..."

Stop it, stop it! Don't make me feel so guilty, my stomach is already hurting!!

Sitting next to me is my "sister," whom I've only met in this world for less than half an hour.

"Um, does Senior Sister Chu Guyin also know Ning... a brother like me?"

As the only junior high school student present, she seemed to know Chu Guyin and An Yu very well—even more so than her brother me.

Also, the word "this kind" here sounds like I'm some kind of trash, so it's probably a misuse of the quantifier, right?

"He is... a junior in the club."

"Huh?" "Huh?"

The two beautiful girls made some very inappropriate sounds.

"Why have I never heard you mention this before?"

"Actually, I only joined yesterday."

"Senior Chu Guyin, are you being relentlessly pestered? It's better to fire a club member like that as soon as possible."

"Since the beginning, little sister, have you stopped hiding your malice towards me?"

"Sister?" Ning Ruoxin looked at me as if she had seen a ghost, which made me feel guilty.

"Ah, wait!"

After quickly finishing the second plate of steak, An Yu wiped her mouth and interjected with the conversation... Wait, I remember the second plate should have been pork chop.

"So it's because you know the senior that my notebook was exposed, right?"

Are you only just realizing it?

"Put that aside for now, how many meal deals have you had yet?"

"You're being very rude! That's not important. Besides, how could I be the first or the second? I just ate the first one."

"No, no, no, your first dish should definitely be braised chicken rice..."

"So you've got it wrong, you've got it wrong, you know that! You've got it wrong!"

An Yu started acting unreasonably. Is this how he usually is in the classroom?

"Besides, isn't the main point how to compensate me as the victim? My laptop was even exposed, you know?"

"My sexual orientation was even distorted. From that perspective, I'm the victim, okay?"

An Yu was speechless for a moment, then blinked.

"But... let's keep things separate! Thank you for getting me out of that situation, so I'll do whatever compensation you can. But as a fellow victim, shouldn't I also receive an apology?"

"Okay, okay, but you'll do whatever you say? Really?" I was overjoyed.

An Yu seemed to realize he had been too absolute, and shrank back somewhat awkwardly. "No, it doesn't violate morality, law, or personal will!"

Pshaw. I originally wanted her to erase all her past transgressions.

Seeing my utter disappointment, Ning Ruoxin's eyes grew even more disgusted—it seemed that in this "younger sister's" eyes I was no different from a paramecium.

"We're...very close...would you...like...joining...a club...?"

"The club... has... very few people..."