Hikigaya Hachiman is still in the dark

"That's it." I nodded in confirmation.

"In that case, it's not much different."

"That's true."

This reason does sound far-fetched, but I still think that should be Origina's truest thought.

"So, who is the most important person? Is it the president of the student union of Seaside High School?" Without continuing to dwell on this issue, Yukinoshita became concerned about the attitude of the president of the student union of Seaside High School.

It's him, so in this dispute, the identity of the student union president is crucial.

"It was Niwa who brought Rumi into the student council. I'm not sure about the specific method. He did care about Rumi, but it was also because of this that the other student council members became jealous and excluded Rumi."

"What a vulgar reason..." Yuigahama pursed her lips in disgust: "Just because of such a reason, you exclude the others? That's really bad."

"I think so, but it's true. According to what Orisuma said, those two people joined the student council because of Niwa, but Niwa has always been paying attention to Rumi, so it's not surprising that they behaved like this."

"I see. To put it simply, it's jealousy. What an obvious reason." Yukinoshita's voice was cold.

Is it natural for her to react like this? After all, Yukinoshita had been persecuted because of other people's jealousy before...

"That's about it. Now I don't know how to resolve this incident, so I have to ask you for help." After I finished explaining, I sat back in my seat and looked at Yuigahama and Yukinoshita.

"What should we do, Yukino-chan? Do you have any good ideas?"

"I don't care about these things, so I don't know how to solve it..."

Of course you wouldn't encounter such a thing in high school. After all, you were basically alone. Even club activities were spent alone before we arrived. So of course you wouldn't be excluded.

"That's true..." Yuigahama smiled bitterly.

"The origin of the incident lies with that person named Niwa, right?" Yuigahama turned her gaze to me.

"It's true."

"In that case, can Niwa himself change? For example, let him treat the others the same? No longer be so obviously partial."

"It's true that there is such a way, but to be honest, I don't know where to start." I responded to Yuigahama helplessly. Indeed, the key to solving this incident is Niwa Osamu, but Niwa and I don't have such a deep friendship. I still can't suddenly ask me to get closer to him or something.

"That's true, but the direction of my thinking hasn't changed. By the way, Hikigaya, is it true that you said Niwa likes Tsurumi Rumi?"

"That's not wrong." I responded to Yukinoshita hesitantly, not knowing what she wanted to say.

"That way, it will be much easier. You need to have more contact with Rumi, then Niwa will take the initiative to find you. Then you just need to tell him about it."

"really?"

"Hikigaya, you don't understand what I'm saying, do you?"

"That's true. Xiaoqi wouldn't know, right?" Yuigahama also chuckled at Yukinoshita.

Why did you exclude me? Actually, there is also bullying happening in this club room, right?

Once the direction is confirmed, we should work hard towards this goal.

This time, I must save Tsurumi Rumi completely!

Chapter 174: Different from usual, Ben Chugui spoke like this

The alarm clock rang in the morning. Has it already been seven o'clock so quickly?

Although I was confused about the time, I still got up quickly after hearing the alarm clock.

Yawning, I opened the curtains of my room.

The mornings in autumn do not rise very early, so even at seven o'clock you cannot see bright sunlight. It seems that the sun has just risen, and even its light is a lazy red.

To my surprise, there was a group of white pigeons chirping noisily on the edge of the balcony, as if they were telling their companions about their dreams at night.

Talking in sleep? I don’t know if white pigeons can dream.

There was bread on the corner of the windowsill, I picked it up, tore off the intact bread and threw it among the white pigeons, and soon the white pigeons began to eat.

Recently, these white pigeons have almost adapted to being fed during this period of time.

This matter has nothing to do with Yukinoshita and Yuigahama. After all, this is a boy's room, and they can't just come in and out at will. It was my personal idea and behavior to keep feeding in the morning.

The next day, it was a great help that the white pigeons did not fly away. Originally, I just wanted to give it a try, but what I didn't expect was that when I opened the window, the group of white pigeons were grooming each other's feathers on the eaves.

It's okay to feed it a little bit. With this thought in mind, I quietly took out the bread from the refrigerator and started feeding it.

It was such a casual action, but these white pigeons seemed to have taken it as a habit. It would be unreasonable not to feed them now.

However, the bread disappeared at such an abnormal speed that Yukinoshita would notice it soon. When that happened, I could tell her and Yuigahama.

It's okay if it's Yukinoshita, at least she has basic common sense; but if it's Yuigahama, she would definitely run to my room every morning to feed me. This person is such a fool with no common sense.

Today, I must take a step forward, I secretly made up my mind.

Last night I confirmed the direction of my next efforts. This time, I must completely save Tsurumi Rumi!

Although it seems that it is just my own nonsense now, I will definitely try my best this time.

Feeding time is over and the white doves spread their wings and fly into the sky.

That's good, free...

After finishing a day's work, I said hello to Yuexia and the others, and did not go to the school magazine office, but went straight to the convenience store. As usual, Ben Chugui was waiting for me in front of the convenience store. After seeing me, Ben Chugui smiled at me and handed me the things in her hand.

"It's really rare that you came so early today."

"You too, right? Normally you wouldn't be here this early, right?"

"It's the same. Don't look at me like this, but I also attach great importance to gathering information. Yesterday I learned that you had finished your work on the school magazine, so I came to the convenience store very early today. How about it, Mr. Hikigaya? Are you touched by my gentleness?"

"No, not at all."

"What a boring man!" Motochu Gui stuck out her tongue and looked at me seriously: "Although I don't know what you are going to do, Mr. Hikigaya, but you should know the seriousness of the matter, right? In any case, you are not a teacher of Seaside High School. If you interfere in the internal affairs of the Seaside Student Union, you will attract a lot of criticism! And maybe the students of this school can't understand Mr. Hikigaya's actions. In their opinion, Mr. Hikigaya is just standing up for an unrelated little girl."

"You, you know everything?" Since she said these words, Ben Chugui must know some truth about this matter, so she would have such concerns and remind me.

Without answering my question directly, Ben Chugui adjusted her hair and said, "If you don't want to know, there's nothing you can do, right? After all, one of my partners suddenly didn't show up, and the cheerful person became worried, and the guy who made people feel annoying became even more annoying. So, even though I didn't go out of my way to understand what happened, I roughly knew what happened..."

"You are so perceptive, Motohashi-san. I like the way you pretend to remind important people in an unexpected place."

"Ah..." Ben Chugui's expression was as if she had seen something shocking. She looked at me in surprise, and at the same time, her face instantly turned red like the sunset.

"What, what do you mean... I am not what you said, Mr. Hikigaya." Motochū Gui waved her hand and explained hurriedly.

"Eh! Isn't it? Your current behavior is a textbook example of tsundere. As a perfect light novel writer, I fully understand what you are trying to express!"

"What you said just now has been unclear, Mr. Hikigaya. You've been acting very abnormal today. Are you possessed by some strange thing?" Pulling my clothes fiercely, Motochūgide said angrily.

"Look, even you would show such an embarrassed and angry expression." I bent down and looked at Ben Chugui. Seeing my actions, Ben Chugui did not escape. Although her face turned red with shame, she still looked at me stubbornly.

"But Liu Mei, in my memory, has almost never shown such an expression, such a relaxed and casual smile. Everyone is like this, right? Although she complains about her bad friends, she will still happily talk back to them every day. Otherwise, she will feel that something is missing in her day. People are like this. Liu Mei has been through too much. Now, I just want her to be able to smile in front of me, relaxed and free."

"This is very dangerous. As I said, there are many things between you two! Even though you two were very close, as you said, when you two were together, Tsurumi-san never smiled freely. Tsurumi-san didn't ask you for help, probably because she thought you couldn't help her. Even so, are you still going to help her?"

"Yes, I will go." I nodded softly in response to Ben Chugui: "If you want to know why, it's because I have already rotted away. I didn't care about other people's criticisms of me in the past, and I don't care about it now. Even in the future, I won't care."

"Oh, that sounds like the dialogue of a super villain."

"Well, I am the villain!"

"Don't admit it so frankly. If you admit it here, wouldn't it be very cunning?" With his head tilted, Ben Chugui also revealed a helpless smile.

"Hikigaya-sensei, have you made up your mind?"

"Well, I made up my mind yesterday."

"You suddenly become so motivated and positive, it's unlike you anymore. What would you do if you were the old you? Not the you who is a teacher now, but the you before that."

What about me before that? If I were in high school, I would probably go to the seats of Seaside High School and complain about the slow progress and the tiredness of the work. Then I would ask them why someone could be absent legitimately. Then, I would deliberately do all kinds of things to make the people of Seaside High School hate me, and then let them transfer the object of their complaints and revenge to me. In this way, the people who were originally hostile to Liumei would divert their attention, and Niwa would also care more about Liumei's feelings, and Liumei's situation might be better.

This is what I did in the past. It sounds like a person who is not normal talking to himself, but if it was me in high school, I would definitely do such a thing. Then, when the joint activities were over, my classmates would start to criticize me again, but it was nothing, because I didn't care about such things anymore.

But now I know that this won't change anything. That's right, half-hearted determination won't change anything.

"The old me would probably do the things that I hate the most now..." After thinking for a long time, I slowly spoke to Ben Chugui.

"Eh, is this the most annoying thing?" The warmth in Ben Chugui's voice was drained away at some point. On the contrary, Ben Chugui's voice became unusually cold at this moment.

What’s strange to me about this change is that I don’t seem to find it strange at all, as if it was supposed to exist.

"You're the same, right? You never smile completely relaxed in front of me."

"You're so annoying... Mr. Hikigaya, I'm just saying..." Motoki probably wanted to say something to get away with it! But under my gaze, Motoki suddenly seemed to have made up her mind and stared at me fiercely. The blush on her face that represented shyness faded, and what was left was only rage, a rage that seemed to want to devour me.

"As for me, I have always hated you, Mr. Hikigaya!" Motochūgui's face turned into a look I had never seen before, a face distorted by anger: "Mr. Hikigaya, I hate every part of your body. I hate every word you say, Mr. Hikigaya, I hate everything you do, and I hate every move you make. I have to be very conscious every day to get along with you, Mr. Hikigaya. Even now, I really want to escape from you, Mr. Hikigaya. In short, Mr. Hikigaya, I hate everything about you."

"Oh, really? Thank you so much."

“That’s it.”

"Is that so? Well, I can probably guess that."

"Mr. Hikigaya, aren't you going to ask me why?"

"There's no need, right? Anyway, you will tell me soon, right?"

“Hahahahaha.” Motochurui suddenly laughed: “That’s true, Mr. Hikigaya, you always look like you know everything. Whether it’s something I’m hiding or something about Tsurumi Rumi, Mr. Hikigaya really knows everything!” Tears suddenly overflowed from the corners of her eyes, but I didn’t know why. Was it because of that exaggerated smile, or something deeper? I don’t know…

"That's right, you will know it soon, Mr. Hikigaya, let's go..." Motohatsugui said this, carefully grabbed my clothes with her hands, and stood behind me.

Chapter 175 Hikigaya Hachiman's Determination

"I don't hate it when you want to hold on to something because you're anxious!"

"It's Mr. Hikigaya who is always so selfless for others. I really hate it. I have already warned you that I will not care about what happens next. After all, you are the Mr. Hikigaya whom I hate the most. If I can bring your reputation to ruin, that would be great!"

"I don't hate it when you say things that you don't mean..."

My words were gentle, like the rose that clung to the corner of my clothes.

"Welcome back, President, Mr. Hikigaya." When Hua Nian saw me and Ben Chugui coming to the student union office, she quickly stood up and greeted us. But then, as if she had discovered something, she looked at me and Ben Chugui hesitantly and said, "What happened?"

"No, nothing. By the way, how was your rehearsal?"

"Very good, everyone worked very hard, so the rehearsal was very effective. After that, we will start preparing for the official joint rehearsal."

"I see. Thank you for all the hard work you have done."

"Well done." Ben Chugui, who was standing behind me, also nodded.

After confirming the progress of the stage play, I turned my attention to Haibin High School. The result still disappointed me. She still did not show up there.

"What are you going to do?" After noticing the same problem as me, Ben Chugui spoke from behind me.

"You've already made up your mind. You can't just leave because of this, right?"

"It's up to you." After saying this, Ben Chugui pulled Huanian back to her seat. Huanian looked at me with some hesitation, but since she was pulled away by Ben Chugui, she didn't ask any more questions.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Hikigaya." After Motochūki returned to her seat, I walked towards the Student Union of Seaside High School. Niwa quickly noticed my arrival and stood up to greet me.

Niwa's voice drew the attention of the other student council members to me, but Orikusa just glanced at me and quickly looked away.

Is this girl shy? It seems that she has not lost her memory of last night.

The other two students seemed a bit hostile towards me. I didn’t know why, but it was probably related to studying in the United States.

"You too, has your work been going well lately?"

"Basically, there are no obstacles. Most of the preparations have been completed. Although it is hard work, we should be able to complete the planning work within the stipulated time."

"I-I see." I looked around and said, "President Niwa, I want to go to Seaside High School to see your specific preparations. Is that possible?"

"Do you want to see the situation?" Hearing my words, Niwa frowned, as if he was thinking about something.

Yes, this is what I had considered before. If Liumei didn't come, I would take the initiative to go to Haibin High School to find Liumei and ask her face to face about the whole matter. We must have a face-to-face and good conversation to truly resolve the misunderstanding between me and her. Only in this way can I understand what I want to know.

"Going to our school?"

"Yes, because if you come here, you basically discuss things, right? As the person in charge, I still want to confirm some of the things you made at school."

"As for this, I don't think it's necessary. We completed most of the work at Sobu High School, so we also kept the relevant items and documents at Sobu High School. If Mr. Hikigaya wants to check, he can just check here."

Don't let me go to Seaside High School? It seems that it is just as I thought before. Niwa must have known something and he also has some misunderstandings about me. That's why he tried so hard to stop me and Liumei from meeting.

I had confirmed with Orisuma before that Rumi and Niwa were not in a romantic relationship as I had thought before. In other words, what I saw that day was at most "going home together", so what happened before was completely a misunderstanding on my part.

"That's right, but I still want to confirm it. At the same time, I can also learn about your school's publicity and the people who may actually participate. After all, it is a joint event between the two schools. If too many people come and there is no preparation, it will be difficult to solve."

"Say, that's right..."