Miura Yumiko couldn't help but complain: "Isn't this enough to be considered overwhelming? You even fainted in the conference room. Is it just exhaustion, or is there something really wrong? I'm afraid Chiba will be in big news."

She snorted in annoyance and added, "I've always thought you were self-centered and pretentious. Now you're really paying the price for your conceit."

This was true. In this matter, Yukinoshita Yukino not only "hoped" that she could solve it on her own, but she even believed in the possibility that she could solve it on her own, which was why she pushed herself so hard. But she clearly overestimated herself.

Because we hope that we can do it, because we think that we can do it, we become arrogant and conceited.

But even so, Yukinoshita Yukino is not the type of person who relies on others.

That's why Matsueda Azusa was surprised by her request for help.

"...It's just a minor unplanned error. I don't think it's a serious cost."

Yukinoshita Yukino was still trying to be stubborn, but her pale face and weak posture leaning on the hospital bed were obviously in stark contrast to what she said.

But she didn't seem to want to dwell on this topic too much, and instead turned her gaze back to Matsueda Azusa: "So, Matsueda-san, I still hope you can lend me a hand in this matter. I know this request is not reasonable and will not bring you any benefit, so I am willing to pay a price in exchange, as long as you promise to help me..."

"Hey, hey, wait a minute..."

Miura Yumiko noticed something was wrong and quickly interrupted, "Why does it feel like a Galgame that's suddenly taken a strange plot line?"

Yukinoshita Yukino looked at Miura Yumiko in confusion, as if she had no idea what she was talking about.

Matsueda Azusa tilted his head and thought for a moment, "You want my help? It's not impossible, because it's very interesting. However, have you really thought about what you want? Yukinoshita Yukino. Some of my comments about Haruno can also be applied to you."

"You just said you wanted to change everything, but what exactly are these things? In what direction do you want to change them, and to what extent? And if Yukinoshita Haruno really becomes what you want her to be, do you have the confidence to deal with the consequences of this change? In other words, the simplest point is, do you have the confidence to replace Yukinoshita Haruno's current position and situation?"

"In the final analysis, we are all just children lost on the road of life. We can't figure out our own hearts, nor can we figure out what we truly want. We just let our confusion control our actions. She didn't think it through, you didn't think it through, and I don't necessarily understand it either."

Matsueda Azusa paused and made a final question: "Have you truly realized enough about your request, Yukinoshita Yukino? I still suggest that you make your choice with a clear mind, free from intense emotions, rather than making a decision impulsively while your consciousness is hazy like now."

Because Songzhi Zi has suffered enough like this.

The atmosphere fell silent for a moment. Yukinoshita Yukino stared blankly at the ceiling, seemingly lost in thought. Perhaps due to the heavy burden on her body and the excessive amount of information she had taken in at once, her thoughts were in a state of chaos, making it almost impossible for her to concentrate on these metaphysical thoughts.

Miura Yumiko couldn't stand the silence any longer. She leaned over to Matsueda Azusa's ear and whispered, "Why are you acting like a life coach? That's not right. Where's your aggression? Go attack her!"

"? No, you're so bloodthirsty, Miura."

Matsueda Azusa couldn't hold it in any longer: "So in your eyes I'm always complaining about everything, right? It's fine if I scold others, but now I've become your tool for pleasure. You're quite perverted, Miura."

Miura Yumiko turned her face away guiltily: "So, so what! Isn't this all your fault? A few weeks ago, I was still a pure and kind-hearted popular figure, and look at what I've become now? You take responsibility for this, you bastard!"

"? Listen to what you're saying, right?"

Songzhi Zi raised her middle finger: "You are innocent and kind as hell, you yellow-haired bully on campus, stop pretending to be innocent here, okay?"

Miura Yumiko was furious and headbutted Matsueda Azusa. However, this move had been used too many times before and Matsueda Azusa had been prepared for it. She dodged it easily and showed Miura a provocative look: "Trash, trash!"

Soon, the two started a chase in the infirmary.

Yukinoshita Yukino was still racking her brains to think, but the two people around her were chasing her so fast that she couldn't help but frown.

Wait, so what was wrong with her that she would seek help from such a childish guy... She felt like she had lowered herself to a level that was even lower than that of a kindergarten student.

She propped herself up with her hands and sat up, leaning against the headboard. She couldn't help but feel puzzled. He was meticulously analyzing things, as if he could see through people's hearts. He offered advice like a life-long mentor, yet he was also childish and ridiculous. Which one was the real Songzhi Zi? Or were all of them him? And how could he do that?

And then there was Miura Yumiko, who had been fooling around with him. Although Yukinoshita Yukino hadn't had a deep impression of her before, she could tell she wasn't someone who would do something like this. Unexpectedly, after just a while of hanging out with Matsueda Azusa, she had already changed so much that Yukinoshita could hardly recognize her. But... I have to say, she looked quite happy.

While Yukinoshita Yukino was thinking quietly, Matsueda Azusa and Miura Yumiko had already reached the stage of confrontation, with hands against hands, heads against heads, neither of them giving in, and making extremely childish noises.

Yukinoshita Yukino finally couldn't help it: "...Are you kids who haven't graduated from kindergarten yet?"

"Bounce!"

Azusa Matsueda and Yumiko Miura each took a step back and temporarily called a truce. Then Azusa Matsueda made an "X" gesture with her hand towards Yukinoshita Yukino.

Yukinoshita Yukino held her forehead with her hand: "..."

Miura Yumiko showed a disgusted expression: "Matsueda, you are so childish... Can you please stop being so embarrassing?"

You have no right to say that to him!

Yukinoshita Yukino couldn't hold it in anymore and complained loudly in her heart, but her face remained tense and expressionless.

To maintain her image, she immediately changed the subject, saying, "Regarding the request I just made, I do...maybe I need to think it over carefully. Perhaps it's because I'm not fully aware of the situation right now, and I'm in a trance, that I subconsciously sought help from others. I'll think about this carefully when I get home."

148

Chapter 148 A long-planned headbutt.

"boom!"

The door of the infirmary was pushed open with force, and a strong wind blew in.

The first person to arrive was not someone from the Yukinoshita family, but Hiratsuka Shizuka.

She seemed to have run all the way from the teacher's office, with beads of sweat on her forehead. She supported herself on the door frame with one hand and her knee with the other, and she was still breathing heavily.

She finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Yukinoshita Yukino awake on the hospital bed.

"You're so derelict in your duty, Xiaojing."

Matsueda Azusa crossed his arms, seizing the rare opportunity to accuse him righteously: "It's one thing to let that Haruno trick the student council members away, but why are you, the teacher in charge, also ignoring the affairs of the executive committee?"

Yeah! Cool scolding Sister Jing.

"Sorry, this is indeed my problem."

Hiratsuka Shizuka didn't defend herself, nor did she wave her fist as usual. Instead, she bowed deeply and apologized to everyone present: "My serious negligence has led to the problems that have occurred recently. I solemnly apologize to everyone. From now on, I will do my best to compensate you."

Songzhi Zi was embarrassed.

He originally wanted to say something nonsense like "It's common sense to show your breasts when apologizing!", but he didn't expect Shizuka Hiratsuka to apologize so solemnly, which made him feel embarrassed to say anything nonsense for a moment.

Fortunately, Yukinoshita Yukino spoke up to break the awkward atmosphere.

She shook her head at Hiratsuka Shizuka. "Ultimately, it's my fault as the chairperson... If I hadn't neglected so many of the steps I should have taken because of my sister, and hadn't gotten so carried away by my emotions that I tried to confront her alone... things wouldn't have come to this. I failed to shoulder the responsibilities that a chairperson should have."

Yukinoshita Yukino has always been a person of righteousness.

But the situation at the scene was too strange. The two people began to blame each other and said it was their own fault. When did Sobu High School become such a friendly, harmonious and polite place?

Azusa Matsueda and Yumiko Miura exchanged glances and prepared to slip away quietly.

It's really inappropriate for these two bastards to stay here in such a touching and positive occasion. They'd better get out of here as soon as possible.

But he was still discovered by Shizuka Hiratsuka - after all, she was standing at the door.

She looked at Songzhi Zi: "Songzhi, this time it's really thanks to you. If things continue to develop like this, I'm afraid it will be bad."

Matsueda Azusa curled her lips and said, "I was just there to protect my fellow club members. Ultimately, it's the student council who have to clean up the mess."

Hiratsuka Shizuka put her arm around Matsueda Azusa's neck and rubbed his head vigorously: "What a weird little brat. Teacher, I mean thank you, and you are not allowed to refuse!"

I've never seen anyone trying to force a sale after saying thank you!

Songzhi Zixu narrowed his eyes and complained in his heart.

"Forget it, go play with your friends! I'll leave this to the teacher."

Looking at Matsueda Azusa's expression, Hiratsuka Shizuka smiled helplessly, but still let him go and waved her hand.

Azusa Matsueda rubbed his neck and muttered as he and Yumiko Miura walked out of the infirmary.

At this moment, Yukinoshita Yukino's voice came from behind: "Matsueda-san."

Songzhi Zi turned around.

Yukinoshita Yukino leaned against the head of the bed, her expression seemed a little tangled. After hesitating for a moment, she finally spoke, but her voice was very low: "Thank you..."

Ugh!

Matsueda Azusa felt goosebumps all over his body and felt something was wrong. He quickly pulled Miura Yumiko away as if he was escaping.

After running quite far, Miura Yumiko finally seized the opportunity and delivered a powerful headbutt to Matsueda Azusa from behind: "There's a fucking problem with your youth romance! Matsueda Azusa, you bastard who betrayed everyone!"

This time, Songzhi Zi was really not prepared and was hit hard, causing her to stagger.

"No, you belong to the Triceratops family, right?"

Songzhi Zi couldn't help but complain: "And what did I do? I didn't do anything, okay?"

"whispering sound……"

Yumiko Miura turned her head away and smacked her lips in dissatisfaction.

Matsueda Azusa sighed helplessly and patted his lower back. "Alright, alright, tell me, who made you unhappy again? Ever since you left the meeting room with me just now, I felt like you were forcing yourself to act as if nothing had happened, but your acting was really a bit too exaggerated."

Miura Yumiko couldn't help but kick the nonexistent stone on the ground and muttered softly, "You saw it a long time ago, why did you wait until now to ask?"

Songzhi Zi's face was dark, and he said speechlessly: "Egypt, tell me whether you want to tell me or not. If you don't, I'm leaving."

"Hey! How can you be so unlucky!"

Miura Yumiko protested angrily, but soon lowered her head and explained, "It's nothing special, it's just... I feel a little unwilling."

"On the one hand, I finally felt firsthand the oppression that class systems exert on students on campus. When you told me I was the ringleader of the school bullying, I just listened to it casually. But when something similar happened to me, I truly felt the frustration and realized that some of the things I had done before were indeed problematic."

"On the other hand... I clearly act like I'm the boss in my class and grade, but when things get tough, I can't even protect my classmates in the same club... I have no way to help them resist the unreasonable oppression, and I don't even dare to protest to the student union or the teachers. I feel like a bully who only cares about the weak and fears the strong... So... I'm not willing to accept this..."

Miura Yumiko squatted down, buried her head in her arms, and said dejectedly: "Although everyone says that Yukinoshita didn't do a good job, I'm not as good as her. In the end, I couldn't do anything."

And... just now, Azusa Matsueda was so kind and attentive to Yukinoshita Yukino in the infirmary. To be honest, this made Yumiko Miura feel a little... jealous.

That's why she subconsciously complained to Matsueda Azusa before, asking why she never attacked Yukinoshita.

Songzhi Zi couldn't help laughing.

Miura has a strong sense of self-esteem. Moreover, even though she's only just joined the Inspection Department and isn't even a vice-director, she subconsciously feels that when faced with a situation like this, she has a responsibility to protect the other members... Miura Yumiko, you're still a motherf*cker!

But then again, the situation on the Executive Committee was truly innocent. Even if Matsueda Azusa were in Miura Yumiko's shoes, he probably wouldn't have been able to come up with a decent response—firstly, he knew nothing about Yukinoshita Haruno, secondly, the student council and teachers seemed to acquiesce, and the chairman remained silent, and thirdly, he was just an ordinary student and didn't have the courage to confront her head-on.

There was basically no other way out. Even if it were Hikigaya, he would probably have to resort to something close to self-destruction, creating a world where only he was hurt, in order to barely protect his companions.

But in the current situation, saying these words to Yumiko Miura would not provide any comfort.

Songzhi Zi also squatted down, holding his chin with one hand: "Since you have discovered your shortcomings, then make up for them and grow. Look at yourself now. What does that look mean? What do the tears you shed mean? Can tears help you defeat those bastards?"

"Where are these tears coming from! I...I'm not crying!"

Yumiko Miura said stubbornly.

Songzhi Zi smiled and said: "Strength is the reason for being a king. Of course, you have to be strong enough to protect the people you want to protect. Since you are unwilling to give up, then take action."

Hearing this, Yumiko Miura looked up at Azusa Matsueda with some confusion.

"Hey, go run for student council president, Miura."

Matsueda Azusa stood up and extended her hand toward Miura Yumiko. "If you were the student council president today, this wouldn't have happened, right? With enough power, you could have forcefully 'invited' Yukinoshita Haruno out, just like you did with President Torara. After all, didn't I also rely on their help today?"

"President Fang Huyuan, as a senior in high school, you'll be going to college soon. You might have a chance to become the next student council president. Once you become the student council president, protecting your companions will be a piece of cake, won't it?"

149

Chapter 149: Arnold, why is your head so pointy?

In the evening after school.

Azusa Matsueda was waiting for the show to begin in the audience of the Livehouse.

It has been a while since I last came to this place. This time I came here because I was invited by Chihaya Ano to watch her band's performance.

Although Matsueda Azusa and Chihaya Aine had only met twice in total and were not even acquaintances, the guy was quite outgoing. When they met before, he invited him to watch a live performance. Matsueda Azusa thought it was just a polite greeting, but it turned out not to be the case.

Since someone invited him, and Matsueda Azusa had nothing to do at home in the evening anyway, it would be nice to come and join in the fun.

As the preparations on the stage were completed, the surrounding lights quickly went out.

Pitch-black darkness surrounded them, and the sound of the audience gradually shifting from noisy to quiet filled their ears. In this situation, each individual sentence, taken individually, might be meaningless. When gathered into tens of thousands, even meaningful sentences would become meaningless, dissolving into unbridled screams and cheers.

The dark curtain completely sealed the scene, leaving no gaps. The dim light from my cell phone and the emergency exit lights could only illuminate my palm at best. In the pitch blackness, nothing could be seen clearly.

Therefore, at this moment, everyone seems to merge into one. Under the sunlight, the differences between people are clearly illuminated, and whether you want to or not, you will understand that you are different from others. However, in this place, the outlines of each other are blurred, and it becomes difficult to grasp the differences between yourself and others.

Perhaps this is the premise for emotions to connect everyone and create a scene like a tsunami.

At the same time, when the spotlight splits the darkness, the person illuminated appears completely different from the thousands of other people.

This is probably one of the reasons why Matsueda Azusa likes to perform on stage, although the attention she receives is only illusory and short-lived.

Soon, as the lights on the stage came on, the band began to perform.

Matsueda Azusa felt a bit emotional, unsure when her next performance would be. She'd have to wait until Hikigaya-chan got some practice in, and if Shizuka didn't get some rehabilitation, she probably wouldn't be able to play the more difficult pieces. Luckily, she was a bassist, so that wasn't a big problem.

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