Why are all the heroines falling for me, the villain?

Upon hearing this, he walked over, wondering why Hinata Kotone had called him over. Was she finally unable to hold back her revenge from the sports festival? How would she make her move? Or did she want to embarrass him in person?

"Good morning, Li Zhu~"

Standing beside Kotone, Miki greeted her with a smile. Her gentle smile was flawless, and compared to Kotone's cold face, it seemed to add a touch of warmth to the chilly morning.

"Hmm, good morning." Hearing the voice, Li Zhu replied without changing her expression, her gaze shifting back and forth between the two of them, feeling a little flustered inside.

'Damn, how come this crazy woman is here too? Are they planning to team up and kill me?'

"Come a little closer." Qin Yin frowned as she looked at Li Zhu, who was two meters away.

'What the hell is going on with this jerk? Am I that scary? Why is he so far away?!'

"Oh, good, good."

Li Zhu steeled himself and went up to them. He felt that the people in the Discipline Department were looking at him strangely.

Putting aside Hinata Kotone and Fujiwara Miki, just consider the guy to Miki's left who wears glasses. His face is gloomy, and his deep eyes are fixed on Riki, which is somewhat frightening.

His expression was probably as terrifying as if Li Zhu had killed his horse.

The others were nothing special; they were probably just curious about the handsome man in front of them because they had heard that the minister's confession had been rejected.

"Is there anything I can help you with?"

Upon approaching, Li Zhu was much calmer, and he looked at Qin Yin with a composed expression and asked.

The two stared at each other for a few seconds, like a couple who had broken up and hadn't seen each other for years.

"Your collar is turned up."

As Qin Yin spoke, she raised her hand to help straighten Li Zhu's disheveled collar. Her expression was indifferent, as if she had done something insignificant.

So it wasn't revenge after all. Li Zhu breathed a sigh of relief.

No, her action...

They were so close that Li Zhu could clearly smell her unique fragrance, see her slightly trembling eyelashes, and her slightly flushed cheeks.

When the girl's hand brushed against Li Zhu's neck, it trembled slightly, clearly not as composed as it appeared.

The boy who turned around in the distance saw this scene and his heart was in turmoil; a pang of sadness welled up inside him.

Holy crap! Hinata Kotone actually helped a guy straighten his collar. Why don't I get that kind of treatment?

Jealousy followed closely behind.

Why?! Just because that guy is more handsome than me?!

Actually, it wasn't just him; the members of the disciplinary department were also somewhat jealous of the man in front of them.

Didn't they say the minister was rejected by this jerk? Why is she still treating him so well!

This is outrageous!

Miki's smile faded, and she narrowed her long, narrow eyes, watching the two's actions with a shifting gaze, her thoughts unreadable.

"Alright, let's go in."

Qin Yin withdrew her hand, her tone unchanged, but the slight upturn of her lips probably indicated happiness.

This was the first test in three weeks! He didn't reject me!

Kotone-chan is a huge success!

"..."

Li Zhu didn't say anything, just glanced at her and turned to leave.

'Are all these female protagonists like this? I've clearly rejected them, but they still can't help but come up to me. What is it about me that they like...?'

Just now, Qin Yin started tidying things up without asking. Li Zhu wanted to refuse, but when she looked into those clear eyes, she couldn't bring herself to say it.

Perhaps I've softened my heart? Or do I feel that saying hurtful things once is enough?

In any case, he hesitated for a moment, missing the best opportunity to refuse such a small gesture, and finally let her come.

Amidst the surprised, envious, or jealous gazes of the crowd, he strode into the campus, and no one noticed the bitterness in his eyes.

What others might envy, Li Zhu, as the person involved, only felt somewhat helpless about.

Of all the 80,000 words in the world, the word "love" is the most deadly.

If she could, Li Zhu wouldn't want such a complicated emotional relationship.

Sometimes you try to cut the Gordian knot quickly, but the result is that you can't cut it off completely; at least, Li Zhu's personality makes it impossible for her to "cut off" completely. So, being soft-hearted is a bad thing...

Maybe they really were just helping to tidy up; it's the job of a disciplinary committee member, he said, and he understands.

And so, Li Zhu convinced herself to stop dwelling on the matter, slowed her pace, and walked through the courtyard toward the classroom.

In fact, Li Zhu had no idea how special Hinata Kotone's actions were. You see, from childhood to adulthood, he was the only man who had ever personally helped her straighten her collar.

Yes, even her father didn't receive this treatment.

Li Zhu, unaware of her good fortune, thought it was the duty of a disciplinary committee member and a trivial matter.

……

Chapter 101 You little rascal, you're still putting on an act!

Upon entering, Li Zhu thought she had gone to the wrong classroom.

It's as noisy as the vegetable market where he goes to buy groceries after school.

Looking up, I saw Kyoko on the stage raising her arms and shouting, like a pyramid scheme leader, ugh, a tyrant, inciting the men and women below.

Does this seem to be promoting a reactionary student council?

"Friends, I know that some of you have lost the right to take final exams because of the evil student council. They use the behavior of the sports festival to judge students' abilities, which is utterly absurd and ridiculous!"

Kyoko slammed her hand on the table, her eyes gleaming, her tone impassioned, like a Yellow Turban leader about to launch an uprising, spouting "brainwashing" words to the people gathered in front.

"Some people are just not good at sports, but they all condemn them and disqualify you from the final exam. If you trust me, Kyoko Hanayama, join the anti-student council club and let's defend our rights together!"

"Yes, let's oppose the student council together!"

"That's right, unity is strength. Not only you, but other classes and some seniors have also joined our big family one after another. We have been accumulating strength for the day when we defeat the student council!"

Upon hearing this, Li Zhu, who had just put down her schoolbag, gave them a strange look.

Accumulate strength?

The Kujo family practically controls everything at this school. Can the students really bring them down by uniting?

What a bunch of reckless idiots! They must have wasted their elite education on dogs to actually believe that woman's anti-student council nonsense.

Kyoko, who could utter such words, must be either stupid or malicious. Riki doesn't believe that this intelligent heroine is unaware of how terrifying Kujo Marie is.

Perhaps Kyoko is plotting something; hopefully, it won't involve me.

Li Zhu shook her head and ignored the sentries.

"Good morning, Li Zhu." Xun could always spot Li Zhu accurately, even if she was just glancing at her out of the corner of her eye.

"Good morning, Xun." He nodded and smiled.

It was indeed easier for Li Zhu to call them that, since in his eyes Kazama Kaoru and Kira He were both very familiar and good friends. He always felt that calling Kazama was a bit strange, so he simply called him Kaoru by his name.

Because of someone's way of addressing her, this quiet and pretty classmate pretended not to care and made a move to pick up her pen, but she didn't even realize that she was holding it upside down.

After exchanging greetings, the two fell silent. Li Zhu rested her chin on her hand and gazed out the window as usual, because from this angle, she could see a corner of the clock tower with many pigeons flying around, which felt very familiar.

Meanwhile, Kaoru Kazama closed his book, took out a notebook, and secretly added something to it while looking at Riku's blank profile.

This is the "tacit understanding" between the boy and girl from the start of the school year until now.

soon.

Kira always appears "at the right time," breaking the long-awaited tranquility between the two.

"Yo, Ah Zhu, good morning." That deep voice came straight to Li Zhu as soon as it entered the door.

Turning her head, she saw this burly "gorilla" taking two steps at a time. Li Zhu was really afraid that his clumsy steps would knock over the bookshelves behind him. After all, he was sitting in the back row, and the feeling of being crushed underneath was not pleasant.

Thinking of this, what came to Li Zhu's mind was that stunningly beautiful face that was so close to him that morning, and he could even remember the faint fragrance emanating from Qin Yin.

'That's strange, why am I thinking about her?'

"Yes, good morning." Li Zhu looked away.

Good morning, Kazama-kun.

Kira's voice became somewhat shy when facing Kaoru, and his face, which was tanned to a bronze color from frequent sports training, now looked like a bright red eggplant.

Since Kira learned that Riki could call Kaoru by her name, he had wanted to do the same, but beneath that bold and unrestrained exterior lay a sensitive heart, and he hadn't been able to say it yet.

Xun discreetly put away the notebook and nodded in response to his greeting.

The three of them got used to this way of getting along.

Neither Riki nor Kaoru are particularly good at finding topics to talk about, but Kira He, as the gossip king of the sports club, can always liven up the atmosphere by bringing up interesting anecdotes about the seniors.

"Wait, you said Sasaki Daio resigned as baseball captain?" Riki asked in surprise upon hearing the familiar name.

"That's true. I don't know what happened to him. It seems like he said that the baseball club no longer has anything for him to cherish, and he's going to find true love." Kira recalled the scene of chatting with the baseball club members and briefly recounted it to Riyu.

"True love?" Upon hearing this, Li Zhu's expression turned strange. How could such a frivolous person say something like that?

"By the way, Ayumi, it seems that the head of the news department has made some tough statements again, this time targeting you." Kira He subtly shifted his gaze from Kaoru's pretty face to Rina's face as he spoke.

"Is Takizawa Miho still not giving up? Wasn't the lesson she learned last time enough?" Riyu frowned, her tone unfriendly.

In the days following the end of the sports festival, gossip about Riki emerged like a flood of stories after the rain. The campus and online forums were filled with news about his alleged affairs with multiple people, as well as Riki's melodramatic love stories and other shocking news.

The most sensational and interesting news was the one about the disciplinary committee member being rejected by Riju after confessing her feelings.

This incident caused quite a stir, and in the end, Riki couldn't stand it anymore and, citing the damage to the reputation of the disciplinary committee members, reported it to Hina-sensei.

Unexpectedly, the matter was resolved very smoothly.

The news articles with exaggerated headlines and false content all disappeared the next day. The news department was also subjected to two major departmental inspections by the student union and the discipline department, and was almost abolished.

Finally, under pressure, the press department had no choice but to issue a statement, claiming that the recent reports had damaged the reputations of Hinata Kotone and Riki, and offered them a sincere apology.

As expected, the school takes the Hyuga family's young lady very seriously. If Riki were to use her own reasons, she would definitely not have that much influence unless she reported it to the principal.

After all, it was just a small matter. Li Zhu's behavior of not bothering the principal and bypassing her own teacher to report directly to her superior was not a good thing.

"Why did Li Zhu refuse that disciplinary committee member?" Xun, who had been listening to the two of them silently, suddenly asked.

"If I were to accept someone's advances just because they confessed to me, I'd have at least fifty girlfriends by now. You need to learn to say no, my friend," Li Zhu said, shrugging and sighing.

"Pfft~"

He flicked his bangs, striking a pose that said, "Don't be obsessed with me, I'm just a legend," which made Xun burst into laughter.

"You little brat, you're still putting on an act!" Kira He wasn't going to let him get away with it and directly grabbed him from behind.

"Damn, I'm not pretending, it's the truth! Look, every time I open my drawer, several love letters fall out."

"Damn it! I'm so envious! I'll definitely take your dog's head today!"

The two were entangled and wrestling, while Xun covered her mouth and chuckled, her smiling eyes curving like crescent moons.

"Li Zhu, someone's here to see you!" A female classmate suddenly ran over, her eyes gleaming with gossip!

The two stopped fighting, and Li Zhu followed the direction of her finger and saw Hinata Kotone standing obediently in the corridor by the door.

Chapter 102 Declaration of War

Qin Yin stood outside the corridor with her hands behind her back, took a deep breath, and remained calm. Her clear and bright eyes, fixed on Li Zhu, seemed to speak volumes. "I'll stand here and wait for you. Are you coming or not?"

'Why is she here?'

Riki, Kaoru, and Kira looked at each other, their faces showing surprise.

"Hey, so you didn't reject her after all?" Kira He whispered with a mischievous grin, nudging Ri Zhu's arm with his elbow.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Li Zhu said irritably.

"Perhaps Hinata-san came to see Riki for something else?" Although Kaoru's eyes flashed with some doubt, she still believed in Riki.

With so many people watching, Li Zhu wasn't afraid of anything going wrong, so she simply went to meet them.

"Did you need something from me?"

Faced with Qin Yin dressed in a school uniform, Li Zhu felt a little embarrassed for some reason.