After deciding to give up, he started to gain popularity

"..."

I really need to be patient, Xia Chuan Zou thought, and then he felt that the angel started to move again, but the movements were gentler and slower than before, as if with a little regret that it was about to end. Then this emotion also infected him, and he couldn't help but start to feel that the next time was more precious. He even began to look forward to the next such benefit, and he didn't know when it would be...

"Well, it's over." The angel reminded him gently.

The slightly itchy but sweet and pleasant feeling ended when she completely took out the ear spoon, and then immediately afterwards, her fingers slid through his hair, bringing a comfortable enjoyment.

"Uh……"

Natsukawa Kanade finally realized that what she said about patting the head again didn't mean that she wanted to be patted on the head, but that she wanted to touch her own head!

"What's wrong?" the angel asked curiously.

"No, it's nothing, just continue..." Natsukawa Kanade muttered and swallowed the subtle feelings.

Boys, especially those of this age, really don’t like the feeling of being touched on the head all the time. They will feel despised and treated like a child, but this is only on a psychological level. In fact, the real physical feeling is not like this.

As of now, the angel's hand is gently running down his hair, and the graceful movement does seem like coaxing a child, but somehow it doesn't give people a feeling of looking down on him. Instead, it's just complete doting, even conveying an attitude of "I hope you act more like a spoiled child."

Of course, Natsukawa Kanade felt very complicated about this, because if possible, he certainly didn't want to be treated like a child, but it seemed that only in this situation could he enjoy the preferential treatment from the angel, so he was a little conflicted.

"..."

At this moment, he was fully enjoying the scent and body temperature of women. This situation was even worse than when he carried Kaguya and Yukino on his back before, because at that time his mind was not on strange things, but now it was a situation that would make people lazy, so he couldn't help but immerse himself in it.

And it doesn't end there, because at the same time I'm also enjoying the gentle touch from the angel, so the happiness and comfort I get are even greater.

To be honest, this situation is really very tempting to people. Several times he almost couldn't help but start doing something or saying something, thinking if he could enjoy such treatment every day, wouldn't it be wonderful? Although doing so might lead to a completely different direction of becoming a useless person than now, it doesn't seem to be completely unbearable compared to the enjoyment he gets.

But this idea is just a thought. Let's not talk about what kind of trouble it will cause to Mahiru. Just saying "every day" is very dangerous. Maybe she will misunderstand... thinking that he is planning to develop a closer relationship with her like before. Although his words this time will be a little different, and it is really out of love, but it seems that the opportunity is not so simple?

With this in mind, Natsukawa Zou would certainly no longer speak based on his mood like he did before. Perhaps it was also due to the consequences of various things that had happened over such a long period of time. He was now more accustomed to considering all aspects of various things before making a decision. Then, some things would gradually cool down his mind due to various delays in thinking, so he would no longer follow that uncontrollable impulse.

Perhaps because he had been using his brain too much, Xia Chuan Zou unconsciously let out a light breath, moved his head, found a more comfortable pillow position, and relaxed his body. The next moment, he heard a small laugh.

"Zou is rarely acting like a spoiled child..." The angel was laughing gently, with a smile on his face that he couldn't let go of.

"..." Xiachuan Zou suddenly felt a little ashamed.

After coming to his senses and realizing that the additional service provided by the angel had ended, Natsukawa Kanade raised his head again, and this time his eyes could meet hers a little more. So, although it was difficult to put into words, he still looked at her with a resentful look, as if to say "Who do you think is responsible for this?"

"I see, it's all my credit." The angel nodded gently, then laughed sweetly and continued to stroke his hair. "Because when I see Zou, I want to pamper him and touch him... and actually, Zou's hair feels great, right?"

"Even if you say so..." Xia Chuan Zou sighed, thinking that she really didn't know what it meant to be euphemistic. Why was she always able to praise people so directly?

"For boys, it doesn't really matter. After all, they don't rely on their hair to look good." Natsukawa Zou complained.

Anyway, their world is not a world of card players, so there is no need to use a shiny and weird hairstyle to show their status as the protagonist. Since they don’t need to play cards, it doesn’t matter what their hair looks like, right?

"Yeah, I understand. After all, Zou's appearance is already very attractive, so he can adapt to any hairstyle..." The angel responded softly, but the more he spoke, the more distressed he became. This was obviously one of his advantages, but it was very annoying that it attracted too many other girls.

"Well... since Zou doesn't care about his hair, why not just shave it all off?" The angel suddenly looked at him with a serious look.

"Ah..." Xiachuan Zou widened his eyes, feeling a little frightened.

He said that hair and other things are not important, but he didn't say to go to that extent! On the contrary, it is too excessive to be accepted!

"Please forgive me for this one thing! Anyway, I will take better care of my hair in the future!"

I thought Mahiru would stop playing pranks after I said that, but she actually looked even angrier and more dissatisfied?

I don’t understand...that’s why he feels that girls are really a group that is more difficult to understand than philosophers.

250. The Relativity of Learning

With books it is long, without words it is short.

More than a week passed in the blink of an eye.

For students who are about to take midterm exams, this is a time when they need to concentrate. They will put aside their usual plans to go out and have fun after school, and focus on cramming for the exams.

Natsukawa Kanade himself didn't really need to cram at the last minute, but given the atmosphere, he decided to work a little harder to avoid being gossiped about by others, like "The student council president looks down on people and doesn't study for exams."

After school, I went to the student union as usual. After taking care of some things for a while, other student union members arrived one after another.

It was obvious that because of the exams, everyone was not in a very good mood. Even when they were chatting, they kept talking about related topics. Among them, Fujiwara Chika was the most worrying. Her whole mental state was a little subtle.

Sometimes they would excitedly discuss where to go for fun after the exam day, and sometimes they would suddenly look sad and miserable, and then they would immediately become tragic, as if they were about to sacrifice a heroic death.

Although the behavior patterns of the other few people were also different from their usual ones, they were not as eye-catching as Fujiwara Chika. When Natsukawa Kanade saw them, he couldn't help but complain a few words.

"It's just a midterm exam, there's no need to worry so much, right?"

"This is outrageous! This is all outrageous!" Fujiwara Chika suddenly stood up from the sofa and protested loudly, "An excellent student like the president will definitely not understand! After studying hard, you can't find your name on the list after the exam. That feeling of loss!"

"..." Natsukawa Kanade was speechless, because he had never experienced such a thing before. Even before he decided to get close to Kaguya, his ranking in the grade was also very high. Even if he missed an exam, he would probably not fall off the list.

As for what the list is... Actually, compared to other high schools, the examination system of Shuchiyuan is a little special. Regular exams do not count, but for large exams such as midterm exams and final exams, a score list will be posted on the bulletin board after the exams. The list will clearly list the names of students in each grade from the first to the middle from left to right, as well as the corresponding scores.

In other words, if your name cannot be found on the list, it means that you are not as good as half of the students in this grade.

It would be fine for a high school with a high deviation value, because most of the students are very capable and the rankings are usually higher than each other. But it is different in Shuchiyuan. Although their school's faculty, infrastructure, etc. are also very luxurious, the students here are mainly children of wealthy families. Those with a good attitude towards learning are not the majority. Most people hold a learning attitude of "it's okay if it's just good enough" and their purpose is just to appease their parents. Therefore, the overall strength is not strong.

In this situation, if you are still not as good as half of the people, the only reason is that you don’t pay much attention to studying. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that you are a fool.

"Since you care so much, why don't you just study hard on a regular basis?" Xia Chuan Zou said helplessly.

Like in Japanese society, in fact, in general schools, teachers will be a little secretive when teaching, the purpose is to make students who want to make progress go to extra tutoring classes outside, but it is different in Xiuzhiyuan. The teachers' salaries here are shockingly high, and the only requirement is to teach students all the corresponding high school knowledge as much as possible while complying with the teacher's ethics. Therefore, Xiuzhiyuan will still teach those contents that ordinary schools do not teach. In this way, as long as you listen carefully in class and complete your homework seriously after class, it is really rare that you will fail in your studies.

But Fujiwara Chika suddenly laid down on the table with a look of despair, "Wow...how could I have known that the results of this exam would be linked to my pocket money? If I had known this would happen, I would have studied hard!"

"Studying is not for pocket money, okay..." Natsukawa Kanade shook his head. He was a little helpless at first, but after hearing what Fujiwara Chika said, he showed an expression that he found it funny. "You deserve it. I told you to slack off all the time. It's too late to regret it now~"

“Wow!” Hearing his sarcastic remarks, Fujiwara Chika burst into tears, then threw herself at Kaguya Shinomiya and started dropping pearls on her shoulders, “Wow… Kaguya-chan, look at the president, he’s still laughing at me even though I’m like this!”

Shinomiya Kaguya looked a little helpless, but she had no intention of blaming Natsukawa Kanade. She just reached out her hand, embraced Fujiwara Chika, and gently patted her back to comfort her: "Yes, yes, yes... Then don't pay attention to the president anymore in the future. Don't play with people like him who have bad intentions."

Then Fujiwara Chika started crying even louder, hugged Shinomiya Kaguya tightly and acted coquettishly in her arms.

Natsukawa Kanade looked at the interaction between the two and sighed helplessly. He originally wanted to say to Fujiwara, "If you beg me, it's not impossible for me to help you with some final tutoring before the exam." But now he can't bring himself to say it. He can only find an opportunity later.

"Then there are Ishigami and Iino...what about you two? What's going on?" Natsukawa Kanade looked at Ishigami Yu and Iino Miko who had remained silent aside.

The condition of the two...can't be said to be completely normal. The latter is better. He seems to be reviewing while listening to music with headphones on. The former is a bit eye-catching - he holds his head with both hands, lowers his head, and keeps muttering something.

Because they were quite far away, Xiachuan Zou couldn't hear clearly, but no matter what, the scene still looked a bit scary at first glance, making people wonder if they had suddenly become stupid because they had learned too much.

Perhaps it was because his name was mentioned that he finally responded. Ishigami Yu didn't even raise his head, and his hands didn't stop moving. "Please don't talk to me now, or I'm afraid that if you talk too much, I'll miss some words..."

"..." Xiachuan Zou suddenly opened his mouth wide and was a little stunned.

It was the first time he heard such a statement, and he couldn't help but feel a subtle emotion in his heart. Is this the world of "poor students"? It's really... eye-opening.

After hearing what Ishigami Yu said, he certainly would not disturb the other party anymore, and his eyes were focused on Iino Miko.

However, after taking a quick look at her, he saw that she was concentrating and stopped calling her. After all, this junior girl's academic performance was obvious to all, and there was no reason for him to worry.

So he retracted his gaze and prepared to focus on his work first, so that he could finish it early and have some free time. Unexpectedly, Kaguya Shinomiya suddenly turned the topic to him, "So what about you, President? How is your study going recently? If you don't work harder... you will be surpassed by me, right?"

Natsukawa Kanade raised her head and looked in her direction. It was unknown when Fujiwara Chika had broken away from Kaguya Shinomiya's arms, and she just stood there quietly, pouting and looking at him with dissatisfaction. Kaguya beside her blinked, and then said as if challenging him: "Last time, the president scored 2 points higher than me. This time, it's hard to say..."

Shinomiya Kaguya smiled sweetly, but her little thoughts were undoubtedly exposed.

Originally, it was a shame for her to be surpassed by someone when she had always been at the top of the list. However, because the target was Natsukawa Kanade, a guy who gradually began to take away all her attention and now made her unable to stop, she gradually let go of her obsession. But if conditions allowed, how could she not want to occupy the high position again?

If possible, not only in terms of grades, but also in love! Taking the initiative is the action that suits her aesthetics!

And this opportunity is just right... Shinomiya Kaguya nodded secretly.

According to his observation, the president didn't seem to pay much attention to studying these days. Not only did she still maintain a perfect attendance rate, but she also seemed to focus her daily activities on work. She was so diligent that she didn't even notice that she had slightly reduced her workload in the past few days...

If the president didn't study, it meant that she studied a little more! In addition, she recently changed her rest time a little bit and stayed up late for a while - from going to bed at 10 o'clock to going to bed at 11 o'clock, studying an extra hour every day, which means that the president studied an hour less every day!

Therefore, as one gains while the other loses, she will definitely be the one to take the top spot this time!

Of course, this couldn't be considered mean, after all, she hadn't taken the initiative to do anything to interfere with the president's studies, right? She was even very open and honest, issuing a challenge a few days before the exam - just like this.

Kaguya Shinomiya had the best of intentions, but in reality things did not turn out as she expected.

If it was Natsukawa Kanade who was pursuing Kaguya in the past, he would have found a good opportunity to challenge her again without her even asking him to do so, and he would have made full preparations for studying long before that. But now he is in a different state - he doesn't care, he doesn't care at all.

Someone has to lose the game, so why can't it be him?

Anyway, he is not like Fujiwara Chika, who has a burden like "pocket money will be deducted if grades drop". He only continues to study as usual out of habit, but this does not mean that he is obsessed with it. Therefore, no matter how much his grades drop, his study rhythm will generally not change after the habit is formed.

And actually, because he had taken on the task of tutoring Eriri and Kato Megumi before, and they had exams soon, he simply helped with their other subjects as well. Therefore, for him, the process of looking up information could be considered as reviewing and consolidating what he had learned, so the actual study time was actually more than before.

And now that Kaguya has said so, how could he ignore her thoughts and refuse such a challenge?

After all, no matter what, he has already reached the position of “not wanting to win”, and as long as he “doesn’t want to win”, he will never lose!

So Natsukawa Kanade gladly accepted the challenge from Shinomiya Kaguya: "Okay, then I'll wait and see."

Then Kaguya's smile seemed to grow even wider. In her opinion, the fish had taken the bait.

After they made the agreement, Fujiwara Chika suddenly interrupted and made her presence felt.

"Okay! Then let me be the notary public and witness the match between the president and Kaguya-chan!" Fujiwara Chika nodded continuously, and then continued, "Since it's a competition, the loser should be punished, right?"

"So I declare! The loser of this match must agree to one condition of the winner!"

After she said this, Shinomiya Kaguya was overjoyed, thinking that this friend was not made in vain! Fujiwara Chika, she is indeed her best friend!

Then the next second, she continued, "And then, because Kaguya-chan and I are together, if she wins, it means I win too, and the president has to agree to one condition of mine!"

Shinomiya Kaguya: "..."

What are you trying to do, Cancer of the Earth?

However, before she could say anything, Xia Chuan Zou couldn't help but complain, "No, what does this have to do with you? You're obviously not involved..."

Don't say that he looks down on the other person. If nothing unexpected happens, even if he misses one subject, his total score will probably be higher than that of this idiot.

As a result, Fujiwara Chika put her hands on her hips and faced him with a righteous look: "Because I am a notary! Moreover, although Kaguya-chan is the only one competing with the president, if Kaguya-chan loses, then I can also agree to one condition of the president!"

"Oh?...If that's the case..." Xia Chuan Zou immediately raised his eyebrows. If this was really the condition, it would not be impossible to accept. After all, if he won, it would be like holding a golden seal in his hand. If this idiot did something stupid again - such as doing something stupid to him in the health room like before, he could use this to severely curb the other party.

And it probably wouldn't matter if she lost. After all, there's no need to mention Kaguya. She wouldn't make any excessive requests. The character of the eldest lady is naturally guaranteed. Only this pink octopus head needs a little attention... But it doesn't matter. Although she is quite unreasonable, she is actually a good kid. She shouldn't make any excessive requests... probably.

Anyway, if he thinks this way, he won't lose out anyway, right? Besides, his usual efforts are there, and even though Kaguya looks confident this time, it's still unclear who will win, so there's no need for him to worry, right?

So he nodded and accepted it, "Okay, I agree to this condition. I hope you will keep your word when the time comes..."

"Yes, yes, yes, a gentleman's word is as good as gold!" Fujiwara Chika couldn't help nodding.

“……” Shinomiya Kaguya read the whole thing expressionlessly and said nothing.

She actually thought a lot and even felt that she was being used, but the one who came up with the idea was Fujiwara Chika...

So, as expected? Fujiwara is still...

Just as she was thinking, Fujiwara Chika came up to her and stood on tiptoe to say something in her ear.

"This way... and then this way..."

“……” Shinomiya Kaguya’s eyes suddenly lit up.

As expected, this Fujiwara guy...is indeed her lifelong good friend!

251. First Study Session

"Anyway, we don't have anything to do right now, and we'll have to review after we go back, right? Why don't we go to the library together now?" Fujiwara Chika suddenly suggested, "Not only will the learning atmosphere be good, but we can also help each other if we review together. If there are any difficult questions, we don't have to dwell on them anymore, we can just discuss them with each other!"

Hearing her say this, Natsukawa Kanade raised his head and glanced at Fujiwara Chika, and began to wonder her real purpose in his heart. He was not a fool. He had just proposed the "competition" and in the blink of an eye he suggested that everyone go to the library to study together. It was obvious that she wanted to do something. Combined with her usual practice, she probably wanted to help Kaguya by "interfering with his studies", right?

After all, Fujiwara Chika herself said that "If Kaguya wins, she wins." Given this guy's personality of not following the rules and always cheating when playing games, she would definitely not give up the option of "cheating." However, she couldn't control his time after he returned home, so she could only think of how to waste his review time at school...

Well, that should be the idea... Natsukawa Kanade nodded secretly. He had almost figured out Fujiwara Chika's thinking, but what he couldn't understand was, since they proposed to study together, why did they choose the library as the destination? Obviously, a place like a family restaurant would be more suitable, right? After all, the library is a place that needs to be kept quiet. It is definitely impossible to find time to play. Then he could hardly think of other ways for the other party to interfere with his study.

"..."

Forget it. If you can't figure it out, just stop thinking about it. There's no need to dwell on it and make it seem like he cares too much about winning or losing.

So Natsukawa Kanade nodded and responded, "I have no objection. I don't have any plans for the future."

When the enemy comes, we must fight back with soldiers; when the water comes, we must block it with earth. We should agree to it first, and then deal with it when the time comes. In the end, who knows who will interfere with whom.