I'm in a real religion, why are all the people who confess to me girls?

Horikita still remembers that when she came up with this stupid plan, she didn't think there was anything wrong with it. It wasn't until the exam on the deserted island that she realized from another perspective that she had done something incredibly stupid.

Almost a year has passed since that incident, and Horikita herself can't help but blush when she thinks about it now.

Ayanokouji's current overemphasis on the 'future' is not only causing his 'present' to become a mess, but also affecting a considerable number of people.

If doing this could truly improve Ayanokouji's future, then Horikita wouldn't find it unacceptable, but the problem is...

"Tianyin, do you think what Xue said is true?"

Horikita was more concerned about Yuki's true power than Ayanokouji's attitude towards Sato.

If what she said is true, then she will undoubtedly be a rule-breaker in this school.

"It's definitely impossible. Suzune, you may not understand this kind of thing. A family is a collection of families with the same surname. No family can have a one-man rule. Yuki may really have such thoughts, but no matter how much her father dotes on her, he would never accept Ayanokouji because of her. The relationships behind it are too complicated. If Yuki's father doesn't want to get into trouble, he will never let her do whatever she wants."

Because Tianyin can't explain many things clearly, it can leave people feeling confused. However, this is where the benefits of being with intelligent people become apparent.

"In other words, what Yuki said is true, or at least she has this intention. After thinking it over, Ayanokouji believes that what Yuki said is true and that she has the ability to carry it out, so she plans to abandon Sato. But Amane, based on some experience, you believe that Yuki's promise will eventually become empty talk and cannot be fulfilled, right?"

Horikita rubbed her temples. She had roughly sorted out what had happened, but after sorting it out, she realized why even Amane looked so worried.

"Well, that's the idea. Ayanokouji was definitely capable of seeing through the uncertainty in Yuki's words, but since he had no way out, he kept thinking about taking a gamble somewhere. It's conceivable that regardless of whether he succeeds or not, Class A will likely be affected for the next year."

Amane's judgment was agreed upon by Horikita.

It's true that Sato gave up the competition for class leader due to Ichinose's interference, but Sato's reputation did not disappear. After she integrated the girls in Karuizawa, Kushida and other small groups, the girls gathered around her accounted for more than half of all the girls in Class A.

Given that this issue is purely Ayanokouji's fault, it's unlikely that Matsushita, Ichinose, and others will stand idly by. If they also choose to support Sato, it would be tantamount to Amane standing on Sato's side.

This would escalate Class A's stance on Ayanokouji and Sato's breakup to a conflict between boys and girls.

If such a terrible situation were to actually occur, boys like Katsuragi and Hirata who are unwilling to take sides or do not want Class A to fall into chaos would also be criticized by the girls for their attitude, thus being forced to stand on the opposite side of the girls' group.

In such a situation of large-scale internal strife, it would be wishful thinking to try to maintain the ranking of Class A in the second year.

Even if Tenon wanted to quickly quell this turmoil, she would have to use violence. However, violence would have serious consequences if used. Tenon did not want to rule Class A in the same way as Ryuen unless absolutely necessary.

"Your judgment is correct. What are you planning to do next, Ayanokouji? Are you going to take precautions before Ayanokouji makes a move?"

The difficulty lies here: if Ayanokouji accepts the other person's confession on the spot, or breaks up with Sato on the spot, Amane has a way to quickly resolve the matter.

Ayanokouji chose to delay, thus burying a time bomb that could plunge the class into chaos at any moment.

This meant that Amane had no way to make any advance plans before Ayanokouji actually took action.

She can't very well tell others right now that Ayanokouji and Sato are breaking up, can she?

If the two don't break up in the end, wouldn't she be accused of spreading rumors?

"How could that be? In situations like this, we can only deal with them when the conflict breaks out. Being so prepared might inadvertently lead other students to make certain guesses. Well, Ayanokouji really knows how to cause me trouble... He's giving me a headache too."

"After dinner today, get some rest. Tianyin, you need to stay on your toes until the special exam is over, otherwise someone might take advantage of you."

As Horikita spoke, he casually patted Amane's head.

"Huh? I thought you were emphasizing that I had to come back today because we were going to do something interesting together, but I didn't expect you to be telling me to go to bed early..."

Tenon's ambiguous yet suspicious gaze made Horikita's expression become somewhat unnatural.

"Even if you wanted to do something, you're not in the mood right now, are you? After experiencing so much in one day, if you don't get some rest, you'll be listless again tomorrow. You're resting here with me this time, and I don't want anyone gossiping about me."

It turns out that Horikita remembered that morning when Ichinose mistakenly thought that Horikita was over-exploiting Amane and tried to persuade her. Although it was a misunderstanding, Horikita also planned to let Amane rest properly, because Karuizawa and the others would not cherish Amane like she did.

"No problem! If Suzune wants to..."

"I do not want."

"Really? Rin, you don't want to do this first, then this, and finally that?"

Amane held out her beautiful fingers for Horikita to see.

The next second, her face was grabbed.

"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!!! Rinne, let go of me!"

Seeing the pained expression on Amane's face, Horikita softened and couldn't help but let go of her hand. But just as Horikita was about to pull her hand back, Amane grabbed her wrist.

"I still have to cook, this isn't the time to fool around!"

Seeing that Amane's gaze towards her had become intense, Horikita couldn't help but speak up to remind her.

It was indeed dinnertime, and if she continued to mess around with Amane, she would definitely go hungry that night. Horikita thought it wouldn't be a big problem for her to miss a meal, since she was on a diet anyway.

But if Tianyin goes hungry... this guy might just tear down the whole dorm.

"Am I eating right now?"

"Idiot! That's not what I meant! Hmm..."

Horikita quickly covered her mouth after making the strange sound.

"Hehe, Rin, you say you don't want to, but your body says otherwise~"

Just as Amane was about to show Horikita her spoils, Horikita grabbed her tightly and hugged her.

"Don't tell anyone!"

"Lingyin, is this what you call being shy? We've been in that kind of relationship for a long time, what's there to be shy about?"

"You, um, anyway, you're not allowed to say it out loud, understand?"

Seeing Horikita's determination, Amane had no choice but to give up her plan to tease Horikita with words again. If Horikita said she didn't want to continue now, Amane would have nowhere to turn to for help.

"Then I'll speed it up!"

"Accelerate? Wait, I haven't..."

……

Nowadays, there are fewer students on the streets and in convenience stores after school. The reason for this is simply that first and second graders, who are the main consumers, have started to be busy with special exams.

As the special exam approaches, students who are worried about their scores begin to organize their review sessions under the guidance of high-achieving students or class leaders.

For example, in Class A of the second year, Hirata, Horikita, Ichinose, and Katsuragi take turns leading the students of Class A to participate in tutoring every day. However, most of the students who come are those who are not confident in their grades, especially those who fail or are hovering around the passing line. They are almost always hinted to attend the reading group. Although it is unknown whether they can really learn anything, their attitude is still commendable.

However, because most students are concentrated in classrooms, dormitories and libraries, the entire Higher Education Institute suddenly looked quite deserted.

As soon as get out of class ended today, Tianze Yixia, a first-year student, rushed out of the classroom.

The reason is simple: after learning that Ama-chan's confession made Ama-ne feel embarrassed, her younger brother, Sho-yan, began to use the excuse that the students in the class needed to review their lessons to arrange for her to tutor those students with average grades every day. At first, Ama-chan could barely keep up, but the more she did, the more she felt powerless.

It's worth noting that even the students who tutored students in the reading club that Horikita and his group formed changed every day.

But when it came to Tianze, she was almost entirely in charge of everything.

This means that Tianze Yixia will be in a state of study from eight in the morning until ten at night. In this state, Tianze Yixia has no mind or time to continue her plan to conquer Tianyin. Tianze Yixia also vaguely realized Jiang Yan's intention, so she specially invited Jiang Yan to join her.

However, Masahiko directly rejected Amaze Ichika's invitation, and even brought up reasons that raised people's blood pressure, such as that he was unable to teach those stupid students.

If you can't teach me, do you think I can?

Under such high-pressure teaching, Tianze Yixia gradually began to feel overwhelmed. If she hadn't been so weak that she couldn't beat Jiang Yan, she would have even considered using violence to resist.

In the end, Yan saw that she was really too weak, so he made an exception and gave her a day off. This was the second week that she had been tutoring her students day and night. Fortunately, there were only two days left until the official special exam, otherwise Tianze Yixia would have collapsed.

However, she was pleased that there was no movement from Yagami's side either. The reason was roughly the same as that of Class A in the first year, except that Hayasaka, as the female leader of Class B in the first year, didn't care about anything at all.

Unable to ascertain Hayasaka's true nature, Yagami could only grit his teeth and try to maintain his friendly and kind image. As a result, Hayasaka also handed over all the tutoring tasks to Yagami, leaving Yagami with no time to continue his plans against Ayanokouji.

What they didn't know was that Yukina had already established a good relationship with Ayanokouji while the two were engrossed in tutoring, and they had even exchanged contact information.

This was probably the only action by Shiraya Sei that made progress on the plan during his first month at the school.

After escaping the torment of teaching, Tianze Yixia's first priority was to accelerate her plan to win over Tianyin. Judging from Tianyin's behavior last time, Tianyin didn't actually have any aversion to her. It was just that her confession was too abrupt under those circumstances, so being rejected was normal.

At this moment, Tianze Yixia had made up her mind that as long as she was thick-skinned enough, she could once again fight for a chance for herself.

Tianze Yixia arrived at Tianyin's dormitory. After taking a deep breath to calm her somewhat agitated emotions, she patted her face, which had become stiff from being busy these past few days. Only after making sure she could still show a sweet smile did Tianze Yixia confidently knock on the door.

However, it seemed that no one was in the room. Tianze Yixia knocked on the door for more than ten minutes, but no one came to open it for her. She could not hear any sound from inside even when she pressed her ear against the door.

It seems this visit encountered an unexpected problem from the very beginning.

There's no way to blame Tianyin, since the normal visiting procedure is to send a message or make a phone call to inform them before visiting, which would avoid this awkward situation.

However, Tianze Yixia's identity was too special. As someone who had failed in her confession, she didn't know how to tell Tianyin about her visit, even though she had added her contact information.

Most likely, Tianyin would decisively refuse the moment she made the suggestion, right? What would be the point of her then? So, the only option to get Tianyin to communicate with her without her having to refuse is a surprise attack.

But the result was that the attack did happen, but... the other party might not be there.

Just as Ichika Ozawa arrived at the elevator looking dejected, intending to take the elevator away, she bumped into Suzune Horikita, who was flipping through a cookbook, and Amane, who was following behind her with her hands full of ingredients of all sizes.

Horikita and Amasawa exchanged a glance, but neither paid any attention to the unfamiliar face that had appeared. Although Horikita knew that Amasawa had confessed to Amane, she had not looked closely at Amasawa's photos, so she did not recognize him even though they had bumped into each other.

It was Tianyin who recognized Tianze's identity first.

"Huh? Isn't this Tianze? What are you doing here? Are you here to hang out with your classmates?"

Tianyin had only asked casually, but unexpectedly, it quickly brought a bright smile to Tianze's dejected face.

"What a coincidence! I originally came to visit Miyako-senpai, but you weren't here. And just when I was about to leave, I ran into you. I guess this is fate."

As Amazu Ichika spoke, she deliberately scooted closer to Amaine while glancing at Horikita out of the corner of her eye.

Seeing that Horikita was not provoked by her obvious provocation at all, Amazusa Ichika mentally raised Horikita Suzune's troublesomeness level by two notches.

"Tianyin, did we forget to buy something?"

Horikita, who had already reached the door, spoke to Amane.

"It seems we forgot to buy milk tea. They're launching a new product today, and we even said we'd try it before we left."

"I see. Could you please make another trip, Tianyin?"

"No problem! Leave it to me. Tianze, could you please carry it for me for a bit?"

"Oh……"

In a state of utter bewilderment, Tianze Yixia received a large amount of ingredients from Tianyin. Watching Tianyin rush away, Tianze Yixia felt that something was amiss.

"You must be Tianze? Come in."

Unlike Amane, Horikita Suzune's attitude towards Amazawa Ichika was far less friendly. Horikita opened the door, indicating that Amazawa Ichika could go in and wait.

However, Tianze Yixia knew Horikita to some extent. She even knew that once she went in, she would be in an awkward situation facing the main character. If they accidentally got into a quarrel, Tianyin would most likely not give her another chance.

"I don't need it. The milk tea shop isn't far from here. I can just wait here for a while."

Horikita understood Ayaka's thoughts after thinking about it for a while. Unfortunately, Horikita had no intention of giving Ayaka a hard time. The reason she asked her to wait inside was simply because she was afraid that Ayaka would carry something too heavy.

Horikita knew very well the weight of those things; it would be quite difficult for her to carry them herself, let alone for a first-year girl to help her carry the ingredients.

But the person just wouldn't come inside, and Horikita couldn't do anything about it.

"If you're willing to wait, then just wait at the door."

Horikita didn't stand on ceremony with Amaze and directly locked Amaze Ichika out of the room. Only when Amaze Ichika saw the closed dormitory door did he realize the crux of the problem.

No, you're not even going to be polite and just shut it off?

Tianze Yixia stood outside Horikita dormitory speechlessly, carrying large and small bags like a wooden doll. This treatment seemed quite absurd no matter how you looked at it; it turned out she had become a temporary shelf.

Why do I have this feeling that I'm a jinx?

Chapter 42: Heat Period

'It's so hot...'

Tianze Yixia looked up at the bright sunlight and began to regret her decision. If she had known that it would take Tianyin so long to go to the milk tea shop, she would have preferred to go and buy it for her.

If she had stopped Tianyin earlier, things wouldn't have turned out this way.

Tianze Yixia licked her dry lips; at least an hour had passed since Tianyin went to the milk tea shop.

She stood in the corridor under the scorching sun for a full hour, carrying a huge medley of rice, noodles, various vegetables, fruits, seasonings, and meats in both hands.

During this time, Horikita invited her to wait in the dormitory several times, but no matter how much Horikita tried to persuade her, Amazu Ichika was still unwilling to trust Horikita due to her high vigilance. Based on the experience she learned in the White House, Horikita must have some kind of guess about her arrival at this moment. According to the data on OAA, Amazu Ichika judged that Horikita was a competitor of the same level as her.

Facing an opponent of equal caliber, Tianze Yixia dared not be careless at all, because if she were in this situation, she would definitely let the other party into the dormitory first. But this was by no means out of kindness, but because there were surveillance cameras in the corridor!

Once the other party leaves the monitored area, more malicious methods can be used against competitors like Tianze Yixia who dare to provoke us.

Therefore, letting the other party into the dormitory is a pretty good choice. Once you choose to enter the dormitory, it is tantamount to entering the other party's home ground. At that time, you may face all kinds of troubles, including violence, coercion, verbal attacks, and framing.

If Amazusa Ichika uses her own moral standards as a benchmark, she believes she can ruthlessly take any drastic measures against her rivals in love, and Horikita Suzune, who is on the same level as her, could not possibly be unaware of this.

So no matter how much Horikita tried to persuade him, Amasawa Ichika only ever gave one answer.