What does it have to do with me if they hate vests?

I never noticed it before, I just thought their quarrels were funny... It turns out that I am not good at interpersonal communication.

Hey, why does Miss Applefruit also look shocked? Is she not really good at it? Could it be an unexpected partner?

'Snapped'.

Yukinoshita-senpai, who had not said a word since a while ago, closed the book in his hand and spoke in a rare, really cold voice.

"Dinner is just a special occasion. Miss Yamada Fairy is also with us." Her tone didn't sound cold at all: "Washimiya-kun and I don't have the slightest relationship beyond that of classmates. Please don't say such misleading words again in the future."

Her cold look makes people feel a little strange. Obviously, when other students come to the service club for help, her attitude is softer. Is there something wrong with her relationship with Washimiya-kun? Should I help to repair it? Hmm, it feels so messy and the atmosphere has become so bad. I don’t know what to do. If only Hong Xia was here...

Chapter 245: Ichiri Wants to Become a Partner (But Is Rejected)

Although Shiki didn't care about Yukinoshita Yukino's cold response and even missed her a little, Yukino's attitude still made the atmosphere in the service club a little bad, as if the body temperature had dropped by five or six degrees and Ichiri couldn't help shivering.

Eriri nudged Shiki with her elbow and asked quietly, "How did you offend her again?"

Si Ji also whispered back, "Why add '又'?"

"Is this the time to care about this?" Ying Lili said with regret.

"Okay, seriously..."

Shiki stroked his chin and said, "Does it count if I didn't use zero-fat salad vinegar in the salad I made for her yesterday but used the guilt-ridden homemade tartar sauce instead?"

"Just to ask, what is the calorie content of tartar sauce?"

"Yesterday's portion was about 500 calories."

"Is it dinner?"

"It's a midnight snack."

"That must be it!"

Eriri said with a solemn oath: "It is a serious crime to wantonly play with a girl's body (referring to her weight)!"

"Why don't you think about it again?" Si Ji still felt that something was not right: "Is it possible that the Minister finally felt how handsome I am? But as the eldest daughter of a wealthy family, she has been betrothed since she was a child. She doesn't want to bring shame to her family, so she can only harden her heart and sever the emotional ties with her sword..."

Ying Lili looked carefully at Shi Ji's deliberately ugly bowl-cut hair and the round-framed glasses on his nose that were clearly plain glasses but inexplicably made it difficult to see his eyes, and then said in a firm tone.

"Absolutely impossible!"

four seasons:"……"

Goto Ichiri, who was standing by, looked at the two people who were whispering, and then looked at Yukinoshita Yukino, who was emitting cold air all over her body as if saying "ignore me", and for a moment he felt as if he was isolated by everyone.

She lowered her beautiful eyes, carefully experiencing the feeling of being ignored by others. It was really...

It's really great!

Although I have dreamed of being noticed by everyone, and I am indeed working towards this goal in the band, it turns out that it is best to be a little unknown at ordinary times. No one will care about me, so I don’t need to be nervous at all, and even my breathing becomes much easier!

Until she heard Shiki and Eriri's conversation which gradually turned from whispers to loud conspiracies.

"In two days, it will be the midterm test for this semester. After the midterm test, there will be home visits and sports meets," sighed the homegirl Spencer Eriri, "all of which are unpleasant things."

"Really? I think it's quite interesting."

Si Ji didn't care.

The academic year in Japan is based on a three-semester system, with three long holidays: spring break, summer break, and winter break, so there are actually three midterm tests in each academic year.

This test after the spring break is more like a baseline test to see if students have made any progress after a month of study. It does not have much practical significance in itself, but it can provide teachers with topics for subsequent home visits.

To be honest, although Shiki's grades were once despised by Yukinoshita Yukino, in fact, if he tried his best, he could get almost full marks in liberal arts. Although his science was not as good as liberal arts, it was still above the average level. If you average the two, it might not be stable for him to be in the top ten in the grade, but he would definitely have no problem being in the top twenty.

But that would be no fun, so he planned to answer all the liberal arts questions according to his own temperament when taking the exam, without considering the point of view of scoring. For the reading comprehension and writing questions that he could express freely, he would just follow his own thoughts at the time and do whatever he wanted. It didn't matter if his grades dropped sharply in the end, as he could just see what the attitude of the teacher who came to visit was.

As for the sports meet, there is even less to say. Even without a stand or words, he is already a little superman just by receiving physical fitness tickets from time to time. Most world records can be broken easily. There is really no point in mixing with the students and bullying kids. For Kuei Shiki, perhaps only physical ability of Chishou Natsuyo's level can make him take it seriously.

So he planned to be a slow player at that time, and only participate in some interesting projects to demonstrate his spirit of cooperation.

Rather than saying that he was a lazy fish, it was more accurate to say that this Fengyin Festival took up a lot of Si Ji's energy, which made him feel something was wrong every night when he reviewed and reflected on it: he had clearly intended to take a good rest this year, but in the end he always became busy for various reasons. Why did it turn out like this?

The more he reviewed it, the more unhappy he became, and the more he felt that he should be even more indifferent.

Goto Ichiri covered his ears with his hands, leaned his elbows on the table, and tried to escape from reality in panic: "I feel like I heard such a scary word..."

"Oh," Si Ji saw this, so he came up to the girl and asked loudly, "Is that what you heard in Yili a test (emphasis) and a home visit (emphasis)?"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Goto Ichiri had a sad face. Both the test and the home visit were cruel tests for the girl.

Even such a sunny activity as the sports meet was incompatible with her vampire-like gloomy personality. She felt that if she was too sunny, she might turn into ashes and disappear in the wind...

Even though he was so troubled, Washimiya-kun seemed to be able to handle it with ease. Sure enough, this guy is not a companion! In comparison, Miss Apple Fruit, who also said that she was a little bit frustrated just now, is a companion!

"Why is this kid looking at me as if he wants to be my friend..."

Eriri couldn't help but ask Shiki.

"Maybe it's because you two are actually quite similar." Si Ji answered casually.

"You are joking."

Eriri complained without hesitation, and it was obvious that she didn't agree with what Shiki said from the bottom of her heart.

Goto Ichiri, who was standing nearby, curled up in a ball on his chair, feeling frustrated because he was rejected as a partner.

"Those things are annoying, but they're not that annoying, right?" Seeing this, Eriri could only try to enlighten her: "As for the test, hold a study session with your friends and cram for some time, and you should be able to get a good grade..."

Goto Ichiri, who had no friends, covered his chest, feeling as if he had been pierced by an arrow.

"When visiting a home, as long as you take the initiative to speak and guide the topic, the teacher probably won't say anything weird..."

Goto Ichiri, who didn't dare to talk to the teacher, was twitching all over and felt that he was at the end of his road.

"For sports meets, just sign up for a few easy events in advance and run around and you'll be fine."

Goto Ichiri, who was afraid to raise his hand every time when registering, and which resulted in him always being given some projects that other students didn't like, was melted.

"In short, as long as we try to cheer up and face it with a positive attitude..."

"That's enough, Eriri, stop talking." Shiki took out a handkerchief from somewhere and wiped the corners of his eyes: "Yiri, she has passed away peacefully..."

"Huh?! Why would this kid faint over such a topic? You should come and help instead of pretending to cry! She's turned gray all over, is this normal?!"

Chapter 246 Be More Confident

The tests and home visits after the Fengyin Festival may be a matter of life and death for some students, but for other students, it is not a big deal.

For example, Nanami Aoyama - her grades were pretty good originally, and now because Fuyu Kishihisa's comics studio pays very well, she doesn't have to run around working part-time to earn a living and the tuition for voice actor training school like before. She has more time to study, and there is no doubt that her life has become easier, and even her grades are better than before.

It's just that home visits are a bit troublesome. She still lives in Sakurasou, and her parents are in a cold war with her because she insists on becoming a voice actor. I guess in the end the teacher will only come to Sakurasou to pretend to do so, and will not really make a home visit.

After the Fengyin Festival, the girl finally had a long period of free time, during which she could deal with all the things that had been delayed due to the Fengyin Festival.

Having said that, she still failed to pass the several audition exams provided by the voice actor training, so all she actually had to do was to work as a maid, tidy up and clean the comics studio, and as an assistant to the assistant, help Fuyuo Kishihisa to blacken the manuscripts.

So today was her first time to appreciate Fuyuo Kishihisa's new work "Death Note" - Fuyuo Kishihisa had shown her the manuscript before, but at that time it was only 20 to 30 pages, and she only had a glimpse of the content, so she didn't pay much attention.

After all, at that time, Mashiro Shiina was leading the art department of Toyonosaki to make breakthroughs in stage art and props, and neither she nor Fuyuo Kishihisa wanted to distract the girl from this.

From this point of view, Fuyuo Kishihisa is really a very conscientious boss who can support them even though he and Mashiro are unemployed...

But now everything is finally back on track, and the girl began to carefully read the manuscript in her hand.

"Xiao Qi Hai, I'm hungry."

I don’t know how long it took, but Shiina Mashiro’s voice woke up the girl who was immersed in the story.

Nanami Aoyama sat up straight suddenly, freeing herself from the extremely fast-paced plot and returning to reality.

She subconsciously glanced out the window and found that it was already dark outside. She couldn't help but ask Shiina Mashiro: "How long have I been looking?"

"An hour? About?"

Shiina Mashiro tilted her head and said uncertainly.

This time is much longer than that taken to read a normal comic book.

In addition to the need to understand the brilliant battle of wits in the story, the characters' lines are also very long and need to be read carefully. However, even with so many lines, it feels very refined. Every sentence is the essence. It feels like if any one sentence is missing, it will be a little less flavorful than the original.

It can be seen that not only the story, but also Fuyu Kishihisa's skills in dialogues are very strong. Just the arrangement of these lines can be used directly as an animation script without any problems.

"Can I have the Baumkuchen?" asked Shiina Mashiro.

"No, I'll make you dinner right away!"

Nanami Aoyama put the manuscript on the table like a mother, stood up, put on an apron, and ran to the kitchen to cook a simple meal.

Shiina Mashiro's eyes naturally fell on the manuscript paper.

It would be better to say that Fuyuo Kishi left the manuscript here for her to read. After all, she was his assistant and Aoyama Nanami was just a maid...

At first, the girl read "Death Note" with the same mentality as when she read "That Snow". However, she was deeply attracted by the wonderful storyboards and the details of the characters' movements and bodies in the first few pages.

She could almost imagine in her mind every move of these characters in real life. All their actions were logical, as if they were not made up, but really existed. This comic book was just a record of all of this, so real.

When Aoyama Nanami came back with the fried noodles, she saw Shiina Mashiro sitting motionless on the sofa for some reason, and Fuyu Kishi's stack of manuscripts were neatly placed on the coffee table in front of her. The girl seemed to be in a state of autism...

"Mashiro?" Nanami Aoyama put down the fried noodles: "What's wrong with you?"

“…I can’t learn it.”

The girl whispered with some frustration.

"What can't you learn?" Aoyama Nanami asked curiously, "If you are worried about the midterm exam, I can review it for you. It's okay. After all, the school has only been open for a month and a half. It's easy to cram for lessons."

But Shiina Mashiro just shook his head: "Kishiu's comics... I can't learn them."

Nanami Aoyama finally understood why the girl looked so shocked.

It seems that Shiina Mashiro's painting career seemed to be quite smooth in the past, so that she has never encountered a situation where something looks very awesome at first glance, but becomes even more awesome upon closer inspection, and she really seems to be unable to catch up.

Nanami Aoyama didn't know how to comfort the other person, so she could only think for a moment and say, "If self-study doesn't work, when Mr. Dongwei comes here, can't you just ask him for advice? I remember he said he would teach you comics, right?"

"..."

Shiina Mashiro still seemed a little depressed.

She simply picked up Fuyuou Kishihisa's manuscript again, flipped through a few pages, put it down again, and continued to hug her knees and began to shut herself up...

No, why is your autistic game still turn-based?

Aoyama Nanami didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Now that things have come to this, let's eat first, otherwise the fried noodles will get cold and the taste will go bad."

"Oh."

Shiina Mashiro took the plate shakily and began to eat the fried noodles with relish. Compared to when she first arrived at Sakurasou, Shiina Mashiro now looked a lot more lively.

At first, the kid was so absent-minded that he often forgot to wear panties, so Nanami Aoyama almost got used to carrying a spare pair of panties with her.

"Speaking of which, during the home visit after the midterm exam, Mashiro's parents are not in the country. Will the teacher go to visit Teacher Chihiro?" Nanami Aoyama asked with some confusion.

"perhaps?"

The girl, whose mouth was covered in greasy stains from eating, making her already very juicy lips even more moist, answered uncertainly.

"Is that person really okay? Although I don't really want to question Teacher Chihiro, after all, it sounds like she's saying bad things about people behind their backs," Nanami Aoyama scratched her head helplessly, "but I always have a feeling that Teacher Chihiro still doesn't know that you, Mashiro, have moved out of Sakurasou..."

"Xiao Qi Hai."

Mashiro put down her chopsticks and said in an encouraging tone, "Be more confident. She really doesn't know."

Aoyama Nanami: "..."

Cheer up a little, Teacher Chihiro!

Chapter 247 Orange Alice

Alice Tachibana sometimes feels regretful for having so rashly agreed to participate in the U149 idol project.

Admittedly, this project seemed relatively serious, with free but professional dance and vocal training provided every once in a while - which was why Alice Tachibana, who wasn't really interested in idols, chose to join the project - but that was all.

Since the formation of U149, the only activity they have organized was handing out flyers in busy neighborhoods. They spend more time playing together in the third arts class than training. They don't even have a dedicated agent. It seems like they are just there as a side job, occasionally worked part-time by agents of other projects, making them dispensable.

Recently, I heard that the entire project was sold to another studio just to prevent the U149 children from feeling scared and uncomfortable due to the sudden change in environment. So the new company seemed to have negotiated some conditions with the original company to allow them to continue staying in the original third art class.