After deciding to give up, he started to gain popularity

During the explanation, the two bodies were getting closer and closer. At first, I didn't pay much attention because I was concentrating, but when I relaxed for a while during the explanation, I found that without realizing it, their faces were so close that they were only a fist away.

Natsukawa Kanade was the first to notice it. He had just breathed a sigh of relief after wanting to help the other party consolidate his knowledge while trying out his skills, but he accidentally turned his eyes and realized that the two were getting closer. He could clearly see Kato's bright almond eyes, delicate nose, and tender lips like cherry blossoms, and he could even smell a faint milky fragrance... She must have drunk milk in the morning.

Kato seemed to have noticed his gaze, turned his head and looked at him silently.

There seemed to be a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

"Ahem... It's nothing, just continue..." Xia Chuanzou leaned back subconsciously, with a trace of guilt on his face, as if he had done something bad and was discovered by others, "I'll go to the bathroom first..."

Kato Megumi nodded, and then went back to study mathematics.

Natsukawa Kanade stood up and was about to take a step when he suddenly remembered something. He asked Eriri, who had been studying hard, in a neither loud nor soft voice: "Eriri, I want to go to the bathroom."

"Just go ahead, what are you talking to me about?" The little golden retriever replied without even looking up. She was busy struggling with the shitty grammar in her hands.

"..." Xia Chuan Kanade took a deep breath and felt as if a black line appeared on his forehead. "I want to ask - where is the bathroom?"

Of course his memory wasn't that bad, he just followed Eriri's idea and didn't want to expose the fact that he had been to the other person's house many times. But now she is like this?

Can you please be more reliable, Yinglili!

"Ah?" The little golden retriever raised his head with a bewildered look on his face, thinking, how could you forget this? It hasn't been that long since the last time I came here...

Then she saw Kato-san sitting opposite her, working hard on a problem, so her face changed and she quickly said, "Yes, yes, this is your first time coming to my house, ahahaha..."

Xia Chuan Zou: “…”

She seemed to feel that she couldn't bear to watch it anymore, and her face was embarrassed, but fortunately, Kato on the opposite side didn't react or even look up to pay attention to them, which made her feel relieved.

"It's the second room on the right in the corridor."

"Okay, thank you very much." Xiachuan Zou replied expressionlessly. He really had tried his best in C, and it was not his fault if there were any problems again.

The little golden retriever knew he was in the wrong, so he immediately buried his head and concentrated on working hard again.

"..."

After a while, Xiachuan Zou came back with two cups of freshly brewed tea in his hands.

"Take a break first..." Xia Chuan Zou reminded, and then placed the teacups in front of the two of them, "I just passed by the living room and made two cups of tea. Is that okay?"

His last words were naturally directed to Eriri, but the little golden retriever looked completely clueless and just nodded, looking like a loser who could finally take a break.

"Yeah, yeah, thank you for your hard work, Zou." Eriri nodded hurriedly. She really wanted to take a rest.

Learning English is not something that most people can stick to!

Even though Eriri is quite useless, she is a real young lady after all. Naturally, she would not make the mistake of drinking the tea right after getting the cup. She just held the cup with both hands and took a sip gently like a dragonfly skimming the water.

"Huwa...alive..." A strange sound was made.

"Where did you come from? Are you a corporate slave who just started drinking beer after get off work?" Xiachuan Kanade couldn't help but find it a little funny. It's only been a short time since he started learning it, is it necessary to be like this?

"What do you mean 'how long have you only been learning'? I've been studying without blinking an eye from the beginning until now!" Eriri retorted, very confidently.

"If you really don't blink, something bad will happen, right?" Natsukawa Kanade complained. He waved his hand, then took Eriri's exercise book and prepared to check his learning progress.

For someone like Eriri who is not even as good as a junior high school student, the task he gave her was very simple. He only asked her to go through all the vocabulary that a junior high school student should know, write down the unfamiliar ones, and then compile them into a module. After that, she would memorize them by copying and reciting them. In addition to that, she was also required to review the vocabulary and grammar of various units learned this semester. As for the rest, she could put them aside for a while. After all, learning is not something that can be achieved overnight. It requires long-term perseverance and hard work.

"Although I've started to prepare myself mentally, it's still not easy to see that you can't even figure out the meaning of such a simple phrase." Xia Chuan Zou complained, pointing to the words in the exercise book and picking up a pencil to draw a small circle.

"That's all. For today, let's figure out everything on this side first."

Ying Lili raised her body slightly, leaned on the coffee table and tried hard to look at the exercise book.

She is nearsighted, so of course she wears glasses, especially when she is drawing. However, she usually wears contact lenses when she is outside. But today, she forgot about it in front of Kato, and she felt that the black-framed ones were ugly, so she simply did not wear them. As a result, she was unable to see clearly.

Now, he finally managed to see the scope of study planned by Natsukawa Zou by squinting his eyes, and the next moment he wailed:

"This amount? That's not possible, right? I won't be able to handle it!"

"This is just the beginning. Even I think it's a little too little." Xia Chuan Zou shook his head and continued to explain, "I have divided the scope for you according to the minimum word groups, but because today is the weekend, there will be a little more. Starting from Monday, the amount will be reduced, so you don't have to worry too much about not being able to finish it."

In addition, in order to prevent the strange situation of forgetting the old knowledge after learning new things, he also arranged a review and consolidation part in Eriri's future learning tasks, which is actually the most important thing.

Eriri's expression suddenly changed, and her mood became even worse: "You mean this intensity... isn't it only today?"

"Isn't this natural?" Xia Chuan Zou nodded, as if it was a matter of course. "Of course it's not just today, there will also be tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow... until the midterm test, there will be such tasks every day."

"And don't think about being lazy and escaping. I will come to check on you regularly every day. If I find you being lazy..." Xia Chuan Zou narrowed his eyes, nodded slightly, and gave the little golden retriever a meaningful look, "You understand, right?"

Yinglili: "..."

She didn't know anything! But her intuition told her that it would definitely not be a good punishment. It might be even more shameful than the way she put the note today!

So Eriri replied weakly: "I, I understand..."

She had originally thought that she would ask Zou to accompany her out to play as a reward after she had completed her study tasks, but now it seemed that she would have to work very hard just to complete her study tasks, so how could she have the time to go out and play? This meant that she could only postpone the reward until after the midterm test...

Ying Lili's head suddenly drooped, and she took the exercise book and started working hard again.

Seeing that she was quite serious, Natsukawa Kanade stopped staring at her and started thinking about Kato's study assignment.

He hadn't had this idea originally, and hadn't done any research in advance, but today he discovered that the other party's condition wasn't very good either. If this "not very interested" situation wasn't improved, Kato's math grades might plummet, so he naturally had to help her.

Just when he began to think seriously about how to improve her grades, Kato, who had been quietly doing the exercises beside him, suddenly stretched out a finger and gently poked the back of his hand.

"Natsukawa-kun, I'm done."

The afternoon sun slanted in from the windowsill and shone on Kato's hands. His fingers were slender and long, and his skin was whiter than snow, as if a freshly peeled egg. You could even see the thin light blue blood vessels on the back of his hands, and the lines were quite beautiful and natural. The saying "fingers like peeled onion roots" probably describes it this way, right?

She's pretty enough to be used as a hand model, Natsukawa Kanade thought.

After being in a trance for a while, he withdrew his gaze and focused on the exercise book she pushed over. After a quick check, he found something very gratifying -

Not only did she get most of the exercises right, but she also got some that she hadn't understood at all before. Although the answer she got in the end was wrong, her solution was completely fine. She just had to pay a little more attention during the calculation process.

So Natsukawa Kanade nodded with satisfaction and praised: "Very well done."

"..." Kato Megumi didn't say anything, but stretched out her fingers again and gently drew circles at the ends of her hair.

"I didn't do anything." She shook her head, as if she felt that the compliment was a bit exaggerated.

However, Natsukawa Zou doesn't think so.

Just as it was said in the book "Girls' Training Manual", girls are very emotional creatures. Of course, like the characters in the two-dimensional beautiful girl mobile game, they have a hidden "mood value" setting. If they are always in the process of fighting, their mood will inevitably decrease. He also agreed with this point, so he took the initiative to make tea and bring snacks over just now, which was considered as time to provide them with supplies.

But "food stimulation" alone is not enough. More rewards must be given to the girls after the battle, such as "verbal praise, patting the head to encourage, scratching the chin..." and so on, so as to continue to improve and maintain the mood value.

But... it's okay to touch the head. After all, the scalp does have many sensitive nerves. Some people like the feeling of being rubbed there, but what about scratching the chin? Does anyone really like being treated like a puppy?

So Natsukawa Kanade was a little hesitant. If it was Eriri, he would have decisively reached out his hand to give her a head pat. However, facing Kato who always had a nonchalant expression, this "frivolous" move would make him extremely embarrassed if he didn't get a positive response.

"What's wrong, Natsukawa-kun?" Kato seemed to notice his predicament and actually took the initiative to ask.

"Nothing..." Natsukawa Kanade shook her head and was about to give up, but after meeting Kato's sincere gaze, she felt the same way.

Go ahead, Kato has really tried her best.

So he pretended to be calm and reached out his hand to stroke her, saying, "Yoshi, yoshi, you did a great job."

Then Kato seemed to be stunned, staring at him without blinking.

"..." Xiachuan Zou's face was stiff.

Ugh... It's still so awkward! I want to die!

234. "Eri is studying (Part )"

Sometimes people need some response, whether it is positive or negative, as long as a response is made, it means that the topic can continue. The most taboo thing is to get a silent response after taking action.

It gives people a feeling of being mocked.

"I'm sorry! I was too abrupt!" Xia Chuan Zou immediately knelt on the ground and bowed deeply, "I was bewildered for a moment! I'm really sorry!"

"..."

Natsukawa Kanade didn't even dare to raise his head. After all, he thought too simply of Kato. He thought she would show disgust or complain about him like Eriri did, and then he would play dumb to achieve the purpose of verbal reward and enhance the friendship with Kato. But he didn't expect that she didn't intend to say anything at all, but just stared at him with an expression that said "looking at you as an idiot".

Then he really looks like an idiot.

"Normally speaking, Natsukawa-kun did go a little too far..." Kato spoke, his tone still as calm as ever.

"..."

But Natsukawa Kanade understood that Kato Jue was definitely not as calm as she sounded. However, even if he wanted to find out more, he couldn't do it at the moment because she was crawling on the ground with her head down, looking as if she was admitting her guilt, so he couldn't see her expression.

"Forget about my words... As for the others... it would be better if you could at least greet the person involved first next time, okay?"

Kato suddenly replied with something that made him a little confused.

If it was Kato, then forget it? ...Does that mean he has been forgiven? Although the mention of "next time" made him feel very strange, he was sure he could bring up this subtext, so he was delighted at the moment, and just as he was about to raise his head, he heard -

"But I'm still a little curious, why would Natsukawa-kun suddenly do such a disrespectful thing, and his movements seem very skilled..."

"No, not even a millimeter of proficiency! I was just obsessed for a moment...really!" He lowered his head again, feeling the inexplicable pressure from Saint-classmate, not daring to breathe, "At most...at most...I have tested it on Eriri..."

In the past, when he was pursuing her, he had basically tried all kinds of skills that would leave a deep impression on her. Of course, he was not a fool, so he would not implement such obviously intimate behavior right from the beginning. He would wait until he was sure that their relationship had improved before implementing it. The key point was that Eriri's reaction was indeed easy to understand. On the surface, she looked disgusted, but that happy little expression did not escape his attention, so he thought Kato could accept it just now.

"..." Kato was silent, as if he didn't know how to respond to him, but Eriri on the side interrupted as if she had sensed something.

"What? Did I just hear my name?"

"No, just continue with your questions. Nothing happened. Don't be distracted." Xiachuan Zou replied at the speed of light.

So Eriri said "Oh" and continued to work hard. She was immersed in the vortex of learning and couldn't extricate herself. She had just found the feeling and was just a little bit away from grasping the trick! This time, she couldn't be distracted no matter what.

For the long-awaited reward time, go for it, Eriri!

"..."

"..."

Perhaps because this little episode interrupted the atmosphere, Kato's voice didn't sound as oppressive as before, and it seemed to have a hint of helpless doting?

"Really... By the way, how long do you want to keep this posture like this, Natsukawa-kun? Don't we still have some studying to do?"

Because they had just disturbed Eriri, they both lowered their voices spontaneously, using a tone that only the other person could hear.

"Yes, you are right, I will get up right away." Xiachuan Zou nodded hurriedly. After he raised his head, he only dared to look at Kato with the corner of his eyes. When he saw that she had begun to concentrate on studying, he felt a little strange in his heart.

Is it really that simple?

Although this was quite tortuous compared to the usual developments, he had experienced more dramatic developments after all, so he didn't think it was a big deal, and even thought that this "forgiveness" seemed a bit too casual.

"Are you not angry anymore?" Xia Chuan Zou asked weakly. He still felt that it was best to express his anger right then and there. If he kept it in his heart, he would probably feel uncomfortable if he kept it in for a while longer. "Although it's probably not my turn to bring it up...but if there's anything I can do to make up for it, please tell me."

"Anything is possible as long as I can do it." Xiachuan Zou added.

Then Kato looked at him with a strange look, but the most important thing was——

She seemed really angry.

He should not have been able to tell, because Kato always looked calm no matter what she faced. But at this moment, his intuition told him that Kato was not angry just now, but when he said "I will compensate her no matter what", she suddenly became a little angry... So why is this? He really doesn't understand.

"I'm not angry..."

"..."

It appeared! The common duplicity of girls! She said she was not angry but was actually very angry! And she was the kind that would make her unable to sleep at night if she was not comforted in time!

"Actually, I didn't feel like getting angry until Natsukawa-kun said he wanted to compensate me." Kato-san's voice was still calm, which matched the expression she showed very well.

"..." Xia Chuan Zou did not reply, because he could also feel it.

"Even if I'm considered a petty girl, I don't really care..."

"No! Absolutely not!" Xiachuan Kanade quickly refuted and defended herself, "I haven't even thought about this! Rather, I think Kato has always been a very gentle and tolerant person, the kind of person who can...be my 'mother'!"

I spoke without thinking and said what was in my heart.

So now Kato looked at him even more strangely, making him feel like dying.

"It's Ogasan's role..." she murmured.

"No, no, no, it's just a description! It's a common expression in ACG works. It's used to describe that you are gentle, tolerant, considerate and at the same time can take good care of others. That's what it means... It's definitely not used to describe your age or anything like that!" Xiachuan Zou hurriedly explained.

"I didn't expect to go to that kind of place..." Kato seemed a little helpless, and even began to comfort him, "After all, when I was in the club, I was exposed to a lot of ACG works, so I understand this."