Hikigaya Hachiman is still in the dark

Chapter 89 There is no big difference

When I asked her this, Ben Chugui seemed a little panicked at first, but she soon regained her composure: "It's in the student union's records. I saw it by chance when I was looking through the records of previous years."

Although this explanation is fine, I still feel it is very suspicious. But it is not a good time to dwell on this matter anymore. I withdrew my gaze. If possible, I still don’t want to help. Hey, maybe Hai Zhixing can go on my behalf. I cast my gaze at Hai Zhixing. Perhaps Hai Zhixing understood what I meant, and Hai Zhixing lip-synced to me again.

Does it mean "go—die"?

This is indeed a one-on-three game. How could I have said it wrong again? It really is a one-on-three game. My teammates are really unreliable.

Judging from Ben Chugui's expression, she probably won't help if I don't agree. However, I really don't want to get involved in such a complicated matter anymore.

But no matter what, I have promised Yuigahama. If I go back and tell Yuigahama that I can't help, I always feel that it would be a little... Different thoughts kept surging in my mind. After thinking for a long time, I finally came up with an answer.

"Okay, that's it." I said weakly, and I felt that my back was not so straight.

"That's it, deal!" In contrast to my disappointment, Ben Chugui looked very happy. This person is really a devil...

"Then let's do it without further delay." Benchugui came up and held my hand. Eh? Wait? What is this for?

"What are you doing?" I asked in panic. Why does this girl always make such sudden movements?

"Of course we should go to the Student Union office. Didn't I just say that there will be a joint meeting on this matter soon? Since it has been confirmed that you want to help, of course we should go now." Ben Chugui's cheerful voice came.

"If it's that urgent, shouldn't we wait a few days?"

"What does it matter? There's not much difference."

"It's a huge difference, isn't it?"

"Student Benchu, wait a moment." Hai Zhixing called out to Ben Chugui and said, "Well done. Hai Zhixing, please find a reason to keep me in the office. I don't want to deal with such troublesome things right now!"

"Tamasaka and I will be leaving the club room in a while. Take Mr. Hikigaya's things. After that, you don't have to come back." Looking at me with very cold eyes, Hai Zhixing simply packed up my things, and then handed the briefcase to Motohatsuki beside me.

The script is not like this at all! Please quickly recall that I was the one who sent you to the hospital a few days ago. Is it really okay for you to forget so quickly?

"Thank you, it's my fault for not thinking it through." After thanking her like this, Ben Chugui handed the briefcase to me again. I had no choice but to accept the reality and picked up my briefcase.

"Goodbye, Mr. Hikigaya." Tamasaka waved to me, and I waved back without any energy.

"Goodbye, Mr. Hikigaya." Umi no Hoshi also said goodbye to me.

Why is this person so angry for no reason? Also, is it my illusion? I always feel that the temperature in this department room has dropped a lot. After so many years, has the electric heater in the department room not been completely repaired?

Just like that, Ben Chugui pulled me out of the office. After we were out of the office, Ben Chugui quickly let go of my hand, then took out a tissue and wiped his hands with a very concerned look.

"It won't be contaminated, right?" Ben Chugui said worriedly.

I say, what kind of creature do you think I am? I'm not a pathogen or anything like that!

"If you care, why don't you just not hold my hand from the beginning..." I complained.

When I said this, Ben Chugui looked at me with a very playful expression. It seemed that her eyes could see through my thoughts and made me feel guilty: "If you do this, the perverted teacher will definitely not follow you obediently, right?"

Since my behavior was completely seen through, I looked away with a guilty conscience. As usual, as soon as I left the office, I felt the sharp chill of autumn that seemed to freeze me, so I shivered unconsciously. My physical fitness has not improved at all in the past few years. It is better to say that because I always work hard at home to finish my manuscripts, my health is even showing signs of decline...

There is no way around it. As a novelist, although I do have vacations and the like, if I have a novel that is being serialized, I will always unconsciously pay attention to it, and I won't be able to spend a good vacation happily. And if I have too much fun, when the deadline comes, I will really be stuck.

The editor is really super scary... The saddest thing is that during the National Day holiday, I was locked in a small dark room by the editor-in-chief to rush to finish the manuscript. Speaking of it, I always feel that the editor-in-chief likes to target me. Why do I have to rush to finish the manuscript during the rare National Day? Although part of the reason is that I am lazy and have to add more chapters, it is indeed unreasonable!

"Perverted teacher, your health is really bad. I didn't even feel anything, but you started shaking." Ben Chugui looked at me with a mocking look. However, it was indeed a very embarrassing thing, so I couldn't refute her. I could only refute her with a very powerless "What's it to you?"

Before I could react, I felt a warm touch on my neck. Ben Chugui stood on tiptoe in front of me. The close distance allowed me to clearly feel her breath, a mixture of her body fragrance and perfume. I looked at Ben Chugui in surprise. Her purple pupils seemed as clean and pure as the sky when observed from such a close distance. I heard the sound of fabric rubbing against my neck, and the unique touch of a girl's hand made me stand still nervously.

"Well, do you feel better now? Eh? What's wrong? Perverted teacher?" After helping me put on the scarf, Ben Chugui looked at me in surprise, as if she couldn't understand my reaction.

"What are you talking about? Please prohibit such misleading actions!"

"Misunderstanding? Isn't it customary in this country to wear scarves for teachers?" Still not understanding the meaning of her behavior, Motoki spoke in confusion. At the same time, she looked at me as if I were a monster: "Teacher Hikigaya, you don't even know this, do you? Are you really from this country?"

It's another wrong perception. Who instilled this wrong perception in you? I can already feel the malice of the person behind you!

"Anyway, don't do such things again in the future." I spoke firmly, and at the same time reached out to straighten my scarf. The unique scent of Benchugui still remained on the scarf. I always felt that this feeling was unexpectedly not offensive. It would be better to say that the scarf gave people a warmer feeling.

"What? If you don't want to do it, then don't do it. You really deserve to be frozen, perverted teacher."

Feeling the warmth of the scarf, it was true that I had been helped, or even taken advantage of. It seemed inappropriate to continue using my previous attitude. I looked at Ben Chugui with a red face. What should I say? It turned out that I was still not used to apologizing to students.

"Well, thank you. And my tone just now was wrong. I'm sorry." I said with a blushing face, and quickly turned my face away.

Since I didn't see Ben Chugui, I didn't know her reaction, but judging from the silence for a while, she must have been stunned for a while. Then, I heard a strange "click" sound beside me, and Ben Chugui jumped in front of me like an elf. Her long golden hair was spinning in the air like a little sun that had landed on the ground.

"The perverted teacher is shy. I didn't expect she is actually quite cute." Ben Chugui chuckled, her voice as brisk as the sound of snowflakes falling in a quiet night.

"Why should I be shy? I just feel a little cold." Although I was a little stunned, I couldn't admit it, so I said it stubbornly.

"Leng needs to turn his head?"

"Of course I need that one, that one, by the way... this will keep the wind out."

"Hey!" A pair of suspicious eyes turned to me. I was so nervous that I almost broke out in a cold sweat in winter. Ben Chugui pursed her lips and said, "Forget it, don't worry about it." Seeing this, I breathed a sigh of relief.

"Pervert teacher, please hurry up, time is running out." Looking at his watch, Ben Chugui said anxiously.

I don’t know who is delaying the time!

Having said that, I still caught up with the figure moving rapidly ahead.

There is still a certain distance from the Special Building to the Student Union Office. Although Ben Chugui's speed was very fast at the beginning, her speed soon slowed down. After all, she was a girl, and it seemed that she could not maintain such a speed all the time.

Although I lacked exercise, I was a boy after all, so keeping up with Benchu's speed was not as difficult as I imagined. It could even be said to be a bit easy. So along the way, my eyes kept looking to other places.

The corridor of the special building has been renovated several times in the past few years, but due to its long history, I still observed some signs of damage. Because of this, the corridor is filled with a chilly wind. Although there are still many people who insist on doing club activities on the playground, it is now approaching winter and the chill can be felt in the corridor. Then, it must be even colder on the playground, so many people left club activities early and walked in groups of three or two on the way out of the school.

The golden and red maple leaves now covered the entire atrium. It was not yet time to clean up, and the maple leaves gathered more and more on the ground. With the sky gradually turning crimson, the sky and the earth seemed to be connected together, equally fiery red, equally stunning.

The sun, which was not completely set, was still shining, shining through the window into the corridor. The light and shadow were like a stretched shadow of a person, swaying. In the sunlight, it seemed that glowing dust was drifting, like stars falling into the earth. By the way, this should be the Tyndall effect, right? According to the scientific explanation... But I prefer to believe that the dust is the lost stars. Although it is on the ground, it reflects the sunlight just like the stars in the sky.

I haven't felt this way for a long time, or rather, I haven't been in this state of mind for a long time.

Normally, after finishing work, I would drag my tired body and leave the school quickly. Although I would go to the club room sometimes, after class, I always wanted to go home early. With this subconscious mind, my steps to the club room would unconsciously speed up, so I would not be in the mood to see the situation in the corridor and the playground. Of course, I would not notice the dust flying in the sun.

I haven't been in this state of mind for a long time. Maybe it's because I'm getting old. Many things I could see before are no longer visible to me, and many things that were invisible before can now be seen.

Walking behind Ben Chugui, I always feel a little uncomfortable. Is it because of my status? After thinking for a while, I shook my head and denied this idea. A long time ago, I also observed these people walking in the corridor in this way, but the difference is that I am not walking behind them, but in front of them. Behind me is Yuigahama who went to the club room with me...

Chapter 90 It’s better to get closer

Now I go to the student union office because of Yuigahama. Maybe there is some connection between them. No wonder, why would I have such an idea?

But even now, I still haven’t figured out what the real thing is. Sometimes I really doubt whether I have really grown in the past four years.

When I first met Yuigahama, she said I had grown up, but she also said, "It's great that a small company is still a small company."

What is still me, and what has grown? Is this a good change or a bad change?

Maybe, I am more rotten than before, but this time, I have learned to cover myself with gentleness.

Just like my eyes are still rotting, but I know that I can cover them with glasses. My eyes remain unchanged, only my way of covering them up has changed.

A superb disguise that can deceive everyone.

Thinking of this, my heart began to ache.

"Perverted teacher, we're here." Ben Chugui's voice brought me back to reality. Looking forward, I saw the Student Union office was right in front of me. Unlike the doorplate of our office, the doorplate of the Student Union was very clean, without too many stickers.

"Are we there yet?" I nodded, and then Ben Chugui knocked on the door of the Student Union office. After a while, the door was opened by someone inside.

Perhaps they were not expecting my arrival, and the people in the meeting looked at me in surprise.

"This is Mr. Hikigaya, the person in charge of this event." Noticing the looks of the student council members, Motochū Kei explained to me, and I nodded to them.

"Hello, teacher." Several people inside greeted me politely. They were indeed members of the Student Union. After they knew my identity as a teacher, they quickly greeted me politely. They were really different from some other people and were very polite.

Although they greeted me, I had no idea how to respond. I always felt a little strange coming here, probably because of the difference in status and the fact that we were not very familiar with each other. So, I felt awkward and didn't know how to respond to the greetings from my classmates in the Student Union. But no matter what, I couldn't not respond. So, I had to wave and say "Hello, classmates."

I still felt weird, and my body felt a little stiff, so I quickly found a seat and sat down. Before I could sit down, Ben Chugui came in front of me.

"Since the teacher is here to supervise us, he shouldn't be so far away. It's better to be closer."

After saying this, without waiting for my response, Ben Chugui forcefully picked up my chair. I had no choice but to get up. Ben Chugui put my seat closer to her and motioned for me to sit down.

Under the gazes of other members of the student union, although I didn't want to sit in the front seat, it seemed that the atmosphere around me was irresistible, so I had no choice but to sit there.

After seeing me sit down, Ben Chugui looked around the venue and realized that the meeting was about to begin. The other members of the Student Union adjusted their sitting postures and sat upright seriously.

What excellent qualities! Although those who can enter the student union must be excellent people, the president must have made a great contribution to his good performance. Thinking of this, I turned my attention to Ben Chugui. This person might really be as outstanding as the rumors say.

After a dry cough, Ben Chugui spoke majestically.

"Well then, the first joint operation with Seaside High School will officially begin from now on."

I almost burst out laughing when she started talking. Why is it a war? This is obviously just an ordinary meeting, why does it give people the feeling of a second-year boy gathering? I looked at the student council members around me. They seemed to be used to it. Their expressions were as serious as before, but I, the rotten Hikigaya-kun, was different. This tone made me feel familiar and strange in my subconscious.

Presumably, this way of starting the meeting was also told to Ben Chugui by that person. Such strange knowledge makes me feel that the person has deep malicious intentions.

"So, Secretary, didn't you do a survey recently? Do you have any good suggestions about the content of the event?"

At this time, a boy wearing glasses next to Ben Chugui stood up, walked to the whiteboard in the office, took out a pen, and seemed to want to write all the proposals on it. After a while, he spread out the paper so that we could clearly see the contents on the whiteboard.

"The main suggestions are as follows: 1: hold a dance party; 2: hold a cosplay restaurant; 3: perform a drama together; 4: haunted house..." The student union secretary kept reading, but it became too boring halfway through, so I didn't listen carefully. Come to think of it, it was the same in the past. Before every major action, there would be such a meeting to determine the content of the activity.

However, the public will always be the most difficult group to deal with in this world, but at the same time, it is also the group that must be dealt with, because everyone is selfish, so when people give opinions, they will more or less involve themselves. After all, as human beings, there are only a few people who want to be completely selfless and stand on the standpoint of the group to put forward their own suggestions. For example, the creative idea of ​​this cosplay must be Zaimokuza and Ebina... No, they have all graduated. Thinking of this, I smiled self-deprecatingly. It may be that too many familiar things have happened recently, so I still can't transform my current identity very well.

But just as I saw many years ago, many proposals were either too radical or could not be realized due to realistic conditions. Most of the proposals were marked with a big cross as soon as they were put forward and were not considered.

I have to admire Ben Chugui's ability. Every time she said something, there was almost no resistance from other members of the student union. They would only stop and argue with other people in the department when there were ambiguous points that even I found controversial. Such a working environment and such a working team might be able to win the Forbes Best Jobs Award.

Thinking about when I was working before, I don’t know why I always met all kinds of strange people. Thanks to this, I often have to make some sacrifices. Although I understand that a team with cracks needs a common enemy to unite the team, and at the same time it can better move towards the goal, but letting myself take on such a role is indeed a little bit... Although I don’t care much about such things, looking at such a team, people will unconsciously wonder if the team was like this when I was working, then wouldn’t there be a lot less trouble?

Although I was nominally here to supervise, I couldn't interrupt them during their discussion. The school has always encouraged students to be self-reliant, so the role of the teacher in many activities is to supervise the direction of the activities, whether the activities are safe, and whether some activities violate school rules. Generally speaking, it's a very simple thing, so I just listened to their discussion at the side, but it was so boring that I almost fell asleep.

I finally understood why Mr. Hiratsuka always found excuses to slip away when we were discussing something. Indeed, staying in such a boring place would make people very tired, but this was their first meeting after all, and I couldn't find a reason to leave, so I decided to stay until the meeting was over.

"Mr. Hikigaya, what do you think of this proposal?" Perhaps noticing my state, Motochū Kei asked me.

"Almost, but..." After simply expressing my meaning, I fell into boredom again. Perhaps realizing my state, Ben Chugui would ask me questions from time to time, and I also answered some of her questions seriously.

The meeting continued in this state. After about half an hour, as if a conclusion had been reached, Ben Chugui stood up and pointed to the last word "stage play" left on the whiteboard. In order to attract other people's attention, she knocked on the whiteboard to make a sound, so that everyone's attention would be focused on the whiteboard again.

"Well, in the end, our Sobu High School Student Union's proposal is a stage play. Are there any other opinions?" As per usual, while making the final confirmation, Motochūgui looked around. However, this result was originally reached through discussion by everyone, so naturally no one had any objections.

Speaking of which, our previous Christmas event was also a stage play. Although the main actors were a group of elementary school students, we still achieved great success in the end. Stage plays are indeed the main form of performance for many joint activities, so it is understandable that we choose stage plays as the performance method now and then.

Who was the lead actress of the stage play? I do remember that it was an elementary school student with long black hair... Oh, it was Tsurumi Rumi. After the performance, I vaguely felt that she should have changed a little. Now she should be like an ordinary girl, with her own social circle, her own favorite people, and at the same time, people who like her, right?

She was redeemed by my immature methods. I really hope that she can now complete her own redemption.

Ben Chugui looked at me, probably because she didn't get my confirmation, so she kept looking at me. Indeed, after all, my identity is a supervising teacher. Although it has no practical effect, she still has to pretend to ask for my opinion.

Maybe she was concerned about my status in the student union and hoped that I could establish prestige among the members, so she asked for my opinion. In fact, there was no need to go through so much trouble. Every time when Yukinoshita and I worked, we never took Mr. Hiratsuka seriously. It’s better to say that many times I felt that Mr. Hiratsuka was just a trouble... I nodded to Motohatsu Kei to show my agreement. After getting my permission, Motohatsu Kei also nodded at me, stood up and wiped the whiteboard with an eraser, and Motohatsu Kei wrote the big words "stage play" on the white board again.

"Now that the project has been confirmed, let's discuss the content of the discussion with Haibin High School. Since we don't know what topic they are thinking of, we can't continue the discussion about the stage play. We must first confirm what we are going to discuss with Haibin High School later."

Indeed, if the two parties discuss the details of the stage play without having agreed on a project, and if the final project is not a stage play, it will inevitably make people feel a little disappointed. After all, it is the first meeting between the two parties, so there are many things to confirm, and it is reasonable to prepare in advance so as not to forget them during the meeting later.

At this time, the man who looked like a secretary at first raised his hand. After Ben Chugui nodded, he stood up and said, "I think we need to confirm the budget first, and then we need to determine the projects we want to do. As for what each school will be responsible for, we also need to determine some of that first."

"They are indeed very important contents. Although we still have plenty of time, it would be better to confirm them earlier."

A very mature idea. If you always fantasize that you still have enough time to complete a task, often when you react, there is no longer enough time, such as deadlines, deadlines, and deadlines...

This time, Motochu Gui did not write the matters on the whiteboard. Instead, she took out a very small notebook and wrote something on it. Eh, unlike Isshiki, I always feel that Motochu Gui is much more reliable.

Chapter 91: Expectations, once again disappointed

However, from the perspective of student union management, she is much better than Isshiki. This conclusion is certainly not because Isshiki is noisy, unreasonable and makes me annoyed, but it is true that Motochose is a qualified president in all aspects. If Isshiki had such ability, I would have avoided a lot of unnecessary trouble.

"It's better to confirm the strength of Haibin High School's intention for cooperation. If it is a one-sided effort, the meaning of cooperation will be completely lost." Another student union member stood up and spoke.

"Indeed, it is also very important to further confirm the other party's motivation." Motoki nodded, picked up the pen and wrote down the content in her notebook. She turned the pen and focused her eyes on me again: "Teacher Hikigaya, do you think there is anything more important to confirm in the first negotiation?"

"It seems that all the important things have been proposed. Confirming the specific location and time of the event should be a matter for later. Do we need to confirm these things on the first meeting? I think it is also important to confirm what kind of cooperation method the other party wants to use and what kind of effect they hope to achieve. By the way, we also need to confirm who will make the decision when the situation becomes deadlocked."

I expressed my opinions one by one. After all, I have experience in participating in this kind of meetings. I might as well say that these are the problems we have encountered in the past. They are basically some process operation problems. Although they are not big things, we suffered a lot because of them at the beginning. Until now, I still can't forget the anxious memory during the meeting. Of course, there is also the abnormal and very annoying gesture of the Seaside High School Student Council President. If it is improved, it may become popular on the Internet. Its name is the mysterious trick of Seaside High School - Rasengan.

"Basically, they are all issues related to practical operations, but they are indeed things that should be determined in the first meeting." After thinking for a while with a pen in hand, Ben Chugui nodded as if he agreed with my point of view. The members of the student union around him also nodded at me. It seems that these opinions will not be rejected and should still have some merit.

Indeed, in the past, I often said something and then was immediately rejected.

"That's about it. You guys go clean up the agreed meeting room and get ready to welcome guests. Mr. Hikigaya and I will prepare some other things." While Motochūgui put away her pen, she also put the notebook in her clothes pocket.

"Understood." The student union members around nodded and quickly dispersed. It was such a fast work efficiency that as a teacher, I felt a little ashamed of myself.