The goal of life is to break up all couples

Although it can be seen from Yukinoshita Yukino's expression that she did not particularly agree with these words, she did not say anything at this time.

Shizuka Hiratsuka held her forehead in her hand helplessly. "You, the student council president, are following this guy Matsueda's lead in this nonsense. It's really... Never mind. I know you all have your own opinions, but since the results don't seem to indicate any problems, I won't bother with that either."

Matsueda Azusa looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka's expression and couldn't help laughing: "Xiao Jing, you look like an old lady now."

"?"

Shizuka Hiratsuka grasped the key point of the words and immediately revealed her Shura side, "You said I'm old, right? And you think that since I'm so old and still single, I can only act like a nanny in front of you, right?"

"Guwaa! I didn't say that!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, Matsueda Azusa quickly ran away. After avoiding Hiratsuka Shizuka's Immortal Grasp, he waved to Fanghuhara Hibara and ran out of the backstage.

The other people from the Supervisory Department, as well as Yamada Ryo and Shiina Riki were already waiting outside the backstage, but they didn't expect that the person they saw was Matsueda Azusa who had escaped.

Seeing this, Miura Yumiko couldn't help but complain: "What's wrong? He looks like he's being hunted."

"I am indeed being hunted."

Songzhi Zi took a few breaths, casually explained, and then said confidently: "The performance project of the Supervision Department has been successfully completed! Everyone did a great job. Let's have a celebration party tonight!"

Yanai saw Xingna raise her hand without hesitation to express her agreement when she heard that there was food.

Numizu Kazuhiko and Hikigaya Hachiman seemed a little hesitant, but Matsueda Azusa had anticipated their reaction and said that they could also bring their family members, such as their younger sister, along.

After these words were spoken, the two sister-con lovers had no objections.

Miura Yumiko thought for a moment and said, "Although there's a curfew at home, it shouldn't be a problem if I tell you. But with so many of us, where are we going to hold the celebration party? It's probably going to be difficult to find a venue on short notice right now."

Songzhi Zi spread his hands and said: "Why do we need to find a venue? We can just go to my house. I'm usually alone at home anyway."

"your home?"

Miura Yumiko couldn't help but retreat tactically: "We have so many people here, are you sure there's enough space?"

"Don't worry about that. There's plenty of room."

Songzhi Zi waved his hand, confirming the plan. "But after school, we have to go buy some food. I don't have much food at home."

Yamada Ryo and Shiina Riki naturally couldn't miss the opportunity to go to Matsueda Azusa's house, but Shiina Riki seemed a little unsure in comparison and asked cautiously: "Then... can we go too?"

Songzhi Zi nodded: "Of course, didn't you also help out in the audience? You are the heroes of our show, so of course we can celebrate together."

Only then did Shiina Riki breathe a sigh of relief. She was still a little worried that Matsueda Azusa would reject them.

"What about the game?!"

Yana, who was standing nearby, saw Kyoko raise her hand excitedly and said, "Speaking of a celebration party, playing games together is a must, right? Does the Minister have any board games at home? If not, I can bring them!"

Songzhi Zi was stunned when he heard this, "Well... I really don't have it. I'll trouble you then."

Board games are only fun when played by at least two people. How could Matsueda Azusa, a guy who lives alone every day, have such a thing at home?

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Chapter 170 Total War!

After school, everyone dispersed.

Hikigaya Hachiman and Numizu Kazuhiko had to go home to pick up their sisters, while Yana saw Kyoko excitedly preparing to run back home to get the board game.

The remaining Yumiko Miura, Ryo Yamada and Tatsuki Shiina did not need to go home, so they went directly to the nearby shopping mall with Azusa Matsueda to shop.

"Speaking of which... Ryosenbei, I thought based on your personality, you would definitely call your band friends over to take advantage of it."

In the mall, Matsueda Azusa was pushing a cart and selecting ingredients while asking casually.

Yamada Ryo looked smug: "I've always been the only one taking advantage. I won't bring others along to take advantage. Wouldn't that make it seem like the advantage I've taken isn't really that good?"

Songzhi Zi's face was full of black lines: "As expected of you, Liang Senbei."

"Besides...if I ask them to come, neither they nor your friends know me. To avoid awkwardness, I'll definitely have to take the time to introduce them or accompany them."

Yamada Ryo changed the subject and said directly, "But I want to spend more time with you. Is that not okay?"

"?!"

Before Matsueda Azusa could answer, Miura Yumiko, who was looking at the goods in front of the container not far away, seemed to notice something was wrong, as if an evil force was secretly operating behind her, making her subconsciously turn her head and look at where Matsueda Azusa was.

"Um……"

Facing Yamada Ryo's question, Matsueda Azusa thought for a moment and nodded: "Of course."

After all, he had no reason to object. Furthermore, Yamada Ryo's request wasn't out of the ordinary, nor did it make him feel uncomfortable. Since they wanted to get to know each other better, and understand each other better, then being together was necessary and normal. Why would Matsueda Azusa object?

Yamada Ryo was a little surprised. She didn't expect Matsueda Azusa to agree so readily. She thought he would hesitate for a while.

"What are you talking about?"

At this moment, Miura Yumiko reappeared beside the two of them, looking at Matsueda Azusa and Yamada Ryo with a scrutinizing look, and said vigilantly: "I felt that something was wrong with you two this morning. Now you are still sticking together when you go out to buy things... Are you..."

"Eh? Don't you know?"

Yamada Ryo blinked and answered frankly and directly: "I am the one chasing Songeda."

"pat"

The sound of an object falling to the ground was heard. Shiina Riki, who was picking up ingredients and rushing back not far away, had just approached here when he heard such an explosive speech.

Her originally happy expression froze on her face in an instant, the bag she was holding fell to the ground, and her whole body froze in place.

Yamada Ryo is... pursuing Matsueda Azusa?

Although Shiina Riki had already anticipated that Yamada Ryo would have a good impression of Matsueda Azusa, she did not expect her offensive to be so direct and so quick.

Moreover, she actually said it so openly and brazenly?

What made Shiina Riki feel even more heartbroken was that Matsueda Azusa didn't make any rebuttal to this, nor did she even show any disgust, as if she had tacitly agreed to this matter...

When she confessed to Matsueda Azusa before, he rejected her without hesitation and said that they could only remain friends.

How, how could this happen?! Today, her hands were shaking, today, her heart ached!

"Huh?! W-what?! He, he, you...you guys?"

Miura Yumiko finally came to her senses, pointed at the two people in front of her in horror, and said incoherently: "You have already...?!"

"Hey, why can't you understand what others are saying?"

Faced with this awkward situation, Yamada Ryo said with some confusion, "Didn't I say 'chasing'? That means I haven't caught up with her yet."

These guys were really troublesome. They clearly liked her but wouldn't admit it, wanted to make a move but didn't dare, and cried and screamed when someone else got there first. They were a bunch of nagging bastards, and none of them could compare to her, Yamada Ryo.

She didn't think this group of people would pose any threat to her at all. The formula for victory had already been written, and it was obvious that the final winner could only be her.

After all, it was hard to imagine her being intercepted by these two unknown guys.

If that day ever comes, it will definitely be because she is no longer interested in Matsueda Azusa, so she chose to give up.

“So… So that’s how it is…”

Shiina Riki finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although the fact that someone was pursuing Matsueda Azusa made her very sad, at least he had not agreed yet, which meant that her possibility had not been completely wiped out... This was also the last bit of hope.

However, Miura Yumiko frowned, smacked her lips irritably, turned her head to look at Matsueda Azusa, and couldn't help asking: "Hey, Matsueda, what do you think? Someone is pursuing you!"

Matsueda Azusa scratched his cheek, a little confused by Miura Yumiko's questioning. He asked back: "That's the case, what's wrong? I think this is good."

“But…but?”

Miura Yumiko was a little confused: "But you are the head of the Inspection Department, right? Aren't you planning to break up couples? And now you're doing it again... And every time someone pursues you, you agree. This is not what you call pure love at all, right?"

Songzhi Zi spread his hands and said: "I didn't say I agreed now?"

Yamada Ryo echoed, "Matsueda hasn't agreed yet—I've already said that."

Miura Yumiko finally calmed down after hearing this. She reviewed the current situation and said, "So, in other words, this Yamada-san is pursuing you, Matsueda. Although you haven't agreed yet, you think we can give it a try, just not as a couple. Is that right?"

Matsueda Azusa thought about it and nodded: "That's about right. After all, whether it's suitable or not is another matter, but there has to be a process of mutual understanding."

Shiina Riki, standing by, lowered her head and looked at Yamada Ryo with some envy. She also wanted to be as frank as Yamada Ryo and express her feelings to Matsueda Azusa, but she couldn't do that right now... She knew that if she rashly confessed her feelings to Matsueda Azusa now, she might not even be able to be friends.

Miura Yumiko frowned and thought for a moment. She seemed to have made up her mind and looked at Matsueda Azusa with a determined look: "How is this different from betraying the revolution?! You are no longer qualified to be a minister! I will do my best to stop you!"

Matsueda Azusa couldn't help but smile when she heard this. "Very well, I welcome it. If it could be stopped by outsiders, then that so-called love relationship probably wouldn't last, right? Even if you didn't come to hinder me, I would have tested myself."

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Chapter 171 A tangled and confused crowd.

"Tsk!"

Miura Yumiko turned her head away in displeasure. Matsueda Azusa was such a stubborn person! Were they talking about the same thing?

She couldn't help but turn to look at Yamada Ryo, who was watching the show from the side, and asked in confusion, "What exactly do you like about Matsueda Azusa? Not only does he have a twisted personality and awkward emotions, but he's also very hypocritical, mentally immature, and acts very childishly. He takes revenge on society when he's hurt. He's a complete jerk... What do you like about him? Do you like that he's a weird kid?"

Although Miura Yumiko's scolding was indeed very harsh, Matsueda Azusa was not angry at all. After all...she was telling the truth. Even if she didn't tell Yamada Ryo, Matsueda Azusa would have told Yamada Ryo, or told her about her daily behavior.

So when Miura Yumiko said this now, it saved Matsueda Azusa a lot of effort later.

After all, Matsueda Azusa has fully admitted that he is a complete rotten person. If you can't accept this, then dating herself is impossible.

However, after Miura Yumiko said this, before Yamada Ryo responded, Shiina Tatsuki couldn't help it.

Shiina Riki looked at Miura Yumiko with a look of shock. When she realized what Miura Yumiko was saying, her eyes subconsciously revealed anger. Without hesitation, she stepped forward and grabbed Miura Yumiko's wrist with force: "What gives you the right to slander Azusa like this?! He is definitely not the kind of person you say he is!"

"Clam?"

Miura Yumiko was caught off guard when Shiina Riki grabbed her wrist from behind her. She was startled and turned around to see Shiina Riki seriously defending Matsueda Azusa. She couldn't help but complain, "Do you understand Matsueda Azusa or do I? I'm his club member, how could I not understand him?"

"But……"

Shiina Riki seemed to want to say something.

But Matsueda Azusa, standing by, admitted it herself: "Well... how should I put it... I am indeed that kind of person. There's no way to refute that."

Although Matsueda Azusa didn't really want to refute Shiina Riki's interest in speaking for him, after all, she was defending him, but even so, Matsueda Azusa still felt that it would be better not to let them have any illusions about him. Sooner or later, they would find out what he really was like and see the reality that he was a bad person. There was no need to delay or hide it.

Miura Yumiko nodded confidently. She knew that if she said that, Matsueda Azusa would definitely admit it herself. She glanced smugly at the shocked Shiina Riki and said, "See? I've already told you, how could I not understand him? Why would I lie to you?"

Shiina Riki bit her lower lip tightly. She had many words to refute, but with her current status, and even Matsueda Azusa herself admitted this statement... Faced with this situation, she couldn't say a word.

But in her heart, Matsueda Azusa was definitely not the rotten person that Miura Yumiko described him as. Could it be that her understanding of Matsueda Azusa was truly too superficial? But… everything she had experienced with Matsueda Azusa was not fake, and the impression he left on her was not false either. Who said that only Miura Yumiko's impression of Matsueda Azusa was the real him, and not what she had seen?

"Hmm... everyone has different feelings about things like this, right? What we've experienced is completely different from what Matsueda has experienced, so the image he projects to us is naturally different as well."

Yamada Ryo pondered for a moment, then responded with absolute truth: "Each of us, in the process of interacting with each other, only sees a one-sided view of Matsueda Azusa. Miura-san might be right, but that doesn't mean it's comprehensive. You've got the wrong concept, Miura-san. 'The real Matsueda Azusa' isn't necessarily the 'complete Matsueda Azusa.'"

"From your perspective, Songeda has so many shortcomings that you think there's no reason for me to like him. But you don't know whether the image he presents to me contains any qualities that would make him worthy of being liked by others."

Yumiko Miura was speechless for a moment.

What Yamada Ryo said was indeed completely correct, and there seemed to be nothing to refute.

Upon hearing this, Shiina Riki couldn't help but look at Yamada Ryo with gratitude. Although she was very angry and jealous about this guy secretly pursuing Matsueda Azusa, at least what she said now was very good.

When Matsueda Azusa heard this, he couldn't help but start to think deeply. After all, which one is closer to the real you: the self you think you are or the self others see you as?

While it's often said that you know yourself best, fundamentally, whether you're observing yourself from your own perspective or someone else's, you're only observing someone from that person's perspective. A blind man touching an elephant might not be able to describe what the elephant actually looks like, but can the elephant accurately determine its own appearance by touching itself?

It's just that you spend the most time with yourself. Who can guarantee that your understanding of someone is deeper than that of others? There are cases where two people have spent their entire lives together and yet still completely fail to understand each other. The length of time spent together can only influence, but not determine, the depth of understanding.

Although Matsueda Azusa had long been convinced of what a rotten person he was, he now began to hesitate. Although this was how he saw himself, perhaps others had a different perspective? He began to wonder what kind of image he had in the eyes of others.

"Forget it! I'm not going to fight you anymore. Seriously, it's a two-way street, I'm really convinced."

Yumiko Miura ran away angrily and continued to pick out ingredients from the display case.

She didn't know why she felt so angry when she heard that Yamada Ryo was going to pursue Matsueda Azusa and that Matsueda Azusa admitted it. She even subconsciously complained to them about Matsueda Azusa's many shortcomings.

Even Yumiko Miura knew that doing so was very rude and uncivilized. If her friend said bad things about her to other people, she would definitely be very angry, but she couldn't help but do this to Azusa Matsueda just now.

Yumiko Miura pulled her hair in confusion. Why did she lose her mind and do that just now... She really couldn't understand what was going on with her. After all, it was impossible for her to like Matsueda Azusa.

Forget it, I'd better go and apologize to Matsueda Azusa when we disperse tonight. After all, no matter what, I shouldn't slander him like that in front of his friends.

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Chapter 172 What on earth did you do in his house?

The shopping was finally completed, and everyone came to Matsueda Azusa's house in a slightly awkward atmosphere.

Although it was only Miura Yumiko who felt a little awkward, given the argument they had just had, Yamada Ryo didn't feel the same way and she seized the opportunity to stay by Matsueda Azusa's side.