"Oh, then you don't need to order it."
Wu Yi nodded, closed the menu under the girl's puzzled gaze, and raised his shoulders meaninglessly.
"I have already figured out what to do with Longyuan. I happen to have something he has always wanted but has never been able to get. It's a bit troublesome to explain what it is, so I won't go into details. Anyway, I will use this as a bet to negotiate with him, and of course I will be the one to conduct the negotiation."
"Then what can I do?"
Horikita Suzune frowned again.
This was the second time she frowned today. According to Wu Yi, she felt that there was no room for her to participate at all.
"Your words……"
Wu Yi looked at her for a while and gave the final answer.
"I might need a photographer then."
Volume 259: Chapter : The Girl on the Brink of Her Limit
Five minutes later, Wu Yi left Paret and walked slowly on the campus alone.
He did not reveal much to Horikita Suzune about the transaction plan with Ryuen.
It’s not because he likes to hide things like this, but there’s really no need to say too much.
It’s like there’s no need for the crew’s photographer to memorize the host’s lines by heart.
In the end, the person who had to negotiate face to face with Ryuen was Wu Yi, not Horikita Suzune.
The only thing the black-haired girl who served as the photographer had to do in her plan was to hide as close as possible without being noticed by Ryuuen and record the entire transaction in the form of a video.
That's it.
"But even though I said that, I still feel like there are so many unnecessary things..."
Facing the orange-yellow street lights that had begun to fall overhead, Wu Yi helplessly exhaled a large cloud of white mist, and habitually took out his cell phone from his pocket, turned it on, unlocked the screen and took a look.
No message prompts.
Just as Wu Yi put away his phone and prepared to go back to the dormitory, he raised his eyes and suddenly saw a familiar figure in front of him.
Ichinose Honoki.
She still had long straight pink hair and a neat and clean school uniform. At first glance from behind, she seemed no different from usual.
If you look closely, you will find that he seems to be in a state of low spirits. His steps are a little slow, and he is not surrounded by other students from Class B as usual. He is walking alone.
It looks like something went wrong?
After a little thought, Wu Yi quickened his pace and caught up.
Relying on the advantage of his long legs, he quickly caught up with Ichinose who was walking in front of him.
"Hello hello~"
"..."
The cheerful greeting beside her failed to attract the girl's attention, and Ichinose continued to move forward mechanically.
Wu Yi raised his eyebrows and tentatively stretched out his hand and waved it in front of him.
But it didn't work, still no response.
Ichinose, whose eyes were almost out of focus, repeated the command "move forward" like a zombie, as if he was indifferent to everything around him.
Fortunately, there were basically no students to be seen on this stretch of road, otherwise if someone saw the leader of Class 1-B in this state, it would probably be photographed and spread everywhere.
Ah this...
Without further hesitation, Wu Yi simply adopted the simplest and most brutal way of awakening.
He simply reached out and pressed his hand on the top of Ichinose's head, then began to scratch it gently like he was petting a cat.
Most people's first reaction after being touched on the head is usually to turn around reflexively to see which naked guy did it.
But that is not the case with Ichinose.
Feeling the touch on her head, she did not come back to her senses immediately. Instead, she narrowed her eyes a little bit, and her expression gradually became relieved. She subconsciously moved towards Wu Yi.
Until it really sticks.
?
Wu Yi slowly typed a question mark.
He didn't really want to look back, because if there was someone behind him, their current appearance would have been captured by someone with a cell phone.
There is no doubt that in the eyes of passers-by behind them, the two people at this moment should be like a pair of loving couple cuddling each other.
Especially since he had the nerve to put his hand on Ichinose's head.
Emmmm, what should I do?
Just as Wu Yi was struggling, Ichinose, who had no reaction to anything just now, suddenly moved.
She murmured softly in confusion, then slowly turned her head to look over.
When their eyes met, their sights met in mid-air.
"Hi."
Wu Yi was the first to speak in greeting.
"I saw you walking on the street and you looked a little strange. I wanted to call you, but you didn't respond at all. Then I put my hand on your head... and then you came over by yourself..."
As Wu Yi explained word by word, Ichinose finally understood the current situation.
Then she let out a fierce cry of surprise.
"ah!"
Shrinking... no, to be more precise, he took a big step to the side. Ichinose covered his head with both hands in panic, his face gradually turned red, and he stammered.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I was just thinking too hard. But if you want to call me, Wu Yi, you can just pat me on the shoulder. Really..."
"Thinking about something? About those things that are still circulating on the forum?" Wu Yi asked curiously.
"without……"
Ichinose said the beginning but changed his words in time.
"Well, actually there is a small part of the reason, but the main reason is probably because of the extra exam before the final exam. By the way, Wu Yi, what plans does your class have for this extra special exam?"
What do you plan to do?
Wu Yi looked at her strangely.
This may sound reasonable at first glance, but if you think about it carefully you will find that there is a huge problem.
You have to know that in this school, no matter how good the relationship is, there is a hostile relationship between classes in the same grade. Even if two classes are allied, they know that they will eventually become enemies.
So asking directly about your plans for the exam is basically as outrageous as running into someone's store with a phone and a camera when the PS5 was first released and shouting, "We're a self-media company. Please ask if there is any door open for the domestic version."
If Ichinose was in a normal state, there was no way he would ask such a question.
"Ah... Is it inappropriate for me to ask this?"
Ichinose covered his mouth a little exaggeratedly and laughed openly.
"Sorry, sorry, it was just a joke. Don't take it seriously. Just pretend I didn't say anything... Oh, by the way, since it's already this late, do you want to go have dinner together?"
As she said this she winked playfully.
not right...
Something is so wrong…
Wu Yi thought.
Rather than being cheerful, Ichinose's current state is more like a person who is trying to pretend to be normal even after his mental state is at its limit, so he will find ways to bring up topics non-stop.
The only purpose is to divert others' attention so that they won't notice your abnormality.
Thinking of this, Wu Yi took a step forward.
"Hey, Ichinose..."
"Huh? What's wrong?"
If it were the Ichinose of the past, at such a close distance, he would subconsciously take a half step back. It has nothing to do with being polite or not; it is human instinct.
One meter is the maximum distance for comfortable separation between people.
But now both of them were almost chest to chest, but Ichinose had no intention of giving way. Instead, he deliberately raised his face and blinked his eyes to look at him.
That being the case...
After organizing his words in a flash, Wu Yi raised his hand and held the girl's cheek while she was slightly taken aback.
"Calm down, Ichinose, and tell me what happened."
"I……"
After a moment of stalemate, Ichinose lowered his head little by little without saying anything, but a few drops of warm liquid flowed across his cheek and moistened Wu Yi's fingertips.
She took a deep breath, and the white mist she exhaled was like the last cry of a person before drowning.
"Wu Yi... I, I really don't know what to do..."
Volume 260: Chapter : Nothing But Never See Each Other Again
As night falls, the cold evening wind begins to howl.
The familiar seaside, the familiar handrails, the familiar park walkways.
Under the classic gas lamp-shaped street lamps that have warmer tones than the streets on both sides of the campus, two people holding cans of hot Ovaltine sit side by side on a park bench.
Ichinose's emotions had calmed down a little compared to before, but there were still traces of tears on her cheeks.
Taking a sip of the hot drink in his hand, Wu Yi spoke.
"Is it almost time to tell you what happened?"
"Um……"
Ichinose responded with a low sound, and clenched the can in his hand that was emitting continuous heat.
"Actually, it's about the temporary additional voting to drop out of school exam. From the beginning, we planned to waive the penalty for dropping out of school by spending 20 million personal points, but..."
"Did you find that you don't have enough points?"
Wu Yi understood where the problem lay as soon as he heard it.
Twenty million is not a large amount for this school, but it is definitely not a small amount for the students.
If they were sophomores or juniors, they might be able to manage this huge number with a little effort, but for them who are still freshmen, they might have to gather the strength of the entire grade to achieve this huge goal of 20 million.
"How much is left? Ten million?"
"Hmm~ not that much."
Shaking his head with a slightly dull nasal sound, Ichinose reported the figure of four million with a hint of despair.
No wonder...
Wu Yi thought.
Yes, that is neither 40,000 nor 400,000, but a full 4 million.
This is equivalent to the total monthly income of all students in a class that is basically at the A level in each grade.
It is true that for Class B, which currently has more than 900 class points, it only needs two more months to gather all the points, but as the saying goes... time is running out.
The final assessment deadline is next month, and they don't have two more months to raise funds.
Unless you go to borrow it.
However, the sum of four million is not something that can be easily taken out, let alone among classmates who are enemies of each other, even among senior students who have no direct conflict of interest.
"Although I told them, 'I'll find a way,' I knew in reality that there was no other way."
Having said this, Ichinose revealed a sad smile on his face.
uh~
Wu Yi felt no wavering in his heart and took another sip of the hot drink without changing his expression.
"So, if you really can't get enough points by then, what are you going to do?"
