If I was out of control in the rain before, now that I have been taking a shower for an hour, I should have calmed down.
That is to say... it was of her own will?
"Student Wu Yi is unexpectedly tough."
Closing his eyes and hugging her tightly, feeling the other person's breath with his whole body and soul, Ichinose murmured softly.
"I'm always seen as incompetent by Wu Yi, it's so embarrassing... I don't want to go back to my room..."
"You don't want to go back to the room so you stay in the rain?" Wu Yi didn't quite understand this logic.
"Um……"
Ichinose rubbed her cheek against the boy's solid chest.
"Because staying alone in the room will make me think hard about many things and become very upset, so I don't want to go back... and if I stay in such a heavy rain, no one will notice me, and no one will come to disturb me, so I can be alone and quiet..."
"So I'm the one who disturbed you?" Wu Yi joked.
"no."
Ichinose shook his head.
"Although this may be a little unbelievable, it makes me feel much calmer than standing in the rain. I don't have to think about anything... Hey, Wu Yi-san."
"Ok?"
"Do you think I am a failed leader?"
"Hmm~"
Wu Yi just let her hold him in her arms, looking at the light falling from above his head and thinking.
"It's not a complete failure, but it's not a success either. I guess I'm not suited to being a leader."
Volume 318: Chapter : Be a Bad Boy Occasionally
Ichinose is not a qualified leader.
When the students in Class B heard this, about ten out of ten would disagree, and even most of the students in other classes would find it ridiculous.
But the fact is, Ichinose is indeed not a suitable leader.
Take what happened in the past year since school as an example. Over the past year, not only Wu Yi's Class A, but also Class B where Ichinose is located, has had a lot of friction and conflicts with Ryuen's Class D.
No, it should be said that more, less.
Because the little lambs in Class B were too easy to bully, they would always adopt a defensive strategy even if they were deliberately targeted. What happened was over, and there was never any so-called counterattack.
It’s like you were bullied by the class bully on the first day of elementary school. The bully threw your schoolbag down from the upstairs, so you had a fight with the bully in the classroom. After the teacher came over and understood the situation, he asked the bully to pick up your schoolbag and apologize, and he did so.
You thought everything was fine, but the next day the class bully threw your schoolbag down the drain again.
Then on the third day...
On the fourth day...
Although the class bully would be ordered by the teacher to pick up his schoolbag and apologize every time, the problem was that he was the one who did something wrong. The so-called picking up the schoolbag and apologizing were just some of the compensation he deserved.
To put it bluntly, you were just an innocent passerby who had his schoolbag thrown at him for no reason without doing anything, and was also loudly laughed at as a coward.
You may be able to tolerate it once or twice, but if it happens too many times, the resentment accumulated in your heart will explode sooner or later.
It would be better if it were just like this, after all, the class bully only bullies you.
But in this school, the class next door comes to your class to cause trouble every day, and you can only passively defend yourself and never fight back.
You have to know that everyone has a temper. Even if you can hold it back for a while, you can't do it forever.
After a long time, when everyone was shouting for revenge, you, as the class leader, were still trying your best to maintain your usual perfect smile and gently asked everyone to calm down.
There are only two possible outcomes.
Or, explode in silence.
Or, perish in silence.
However, judging from Ichinose's current condition, the outcome of Class B is likely to be the former, and the trigger is the Command Tower exam that just ended two days ago.
After all, when a class leader cannot even protect the most basic lives and safety of his classmates, then there is no difference whether there is such a class leader or not.
This is the dilemma that Ichinose is facing right now.
"So I have a question, too."
"what?"
Ichinose closed his eyes and muttered incoherently while letting his mind go blank.
Wu Yi raised his hand and gently stroked the girl's soft long hair.
"What are you going to do if you get into this situation again next time?"
"Mm... please forgive me, I don't want to encounter such a thing again."
Probably thinking it was a joke, Ichinose squinted his eyes comfortably as he felt the touch on his head, and said in a coquettish tone.
As the words fell, the stroking stopped.
Feeling that the atmosphere seemed to be getting a little strange, Ichinose opened his eyes in a panic, and when he looked up, he saw someone under the light looking down at him.
"Think carefully before you answer. I am speaking very seriously about this matter." Wu Yi said calmly.
"I……"
Realizing that he had misunderstood, Ichinose lowered his head a little timidly, thought for a long time before shaking his head.
"I don't know. I'm sorry."
"There's nothing to be sorry about. No one can say that they can come up with solutions to every problem."
Wu Yi paused for a moment, then changed the subject.
"But since you can't think of it, just leave it to someone who can think of it."
"Eh?"
Ichinose looked up again with a bit of surprise.
She was a little unsure of what Wu Yi meant. What did "leave it to the people who can think of it" mean? Did he mean that since she had no way to fight against Long Yuan, she should just abdicate and let others take over?
Ichinose is not the kind of person who is particularly greedy for power, and for her, abdication is not a big deal.
But since these words came from Wu Yi, does that mean that he has already...
"Don't let your imagination run wild. I'm not asking you to just quit your job."
Seeing that the girl's expression was gradually becoming uneasy, Wu Yi couldn't help but pinch her cheek.
"I mean it literally. Doesn't your class have a clear division of labor and responsibilities? Since you don't have enough ability to fight against Class D's evil plots, why don't you just let someone who can think of a way to fight against them? You just need to do your job of steering the overall situation and uniting the whole class, isn't that enough?"
"Eh?"
Ichinose was slightly stunned.
It seems... that's the case?
Wu Yi continued, "As for who to find to take on this responsibility, that's your business. Knowing who in your class is suitable for what is part of being a qualified leader. Do your best to play to your strengths, and then leave the rest to fate. That way, you won't have any regrets even if you lose."
Well, although that's what I'm saying now, to put it bluntly, Class B only needs to hold on for a few more months.
after all--
Without saying out loud what he had in mind, Wu Yi picked up the slightly cold black tea on the stove next to him.
"Drink some water. You've been standing in the rain for so long, and then you were in the bathroom for over an hour after coming back."
"Um……"
The vitality of the past reappeared in the girl's pupils. She let go of her hand a little embarrassedly, took the teacup, tilted her head back and drank the brown-red liquid in it. It was obvious that she had been thirsty for a long time.
After replenishing a lot of water, Ichinose breathed a sigh of relief as if he had been reborn.
"When I was assigned to Class B and met my current classmates, I was sure that we would win in the end. Maybe it's a bit narcissistic to say this, but I was also trusted and favored by my classmates. They are really a great group of companions... The only shortcoming is that as a leader, if I could be better, Class B would surely get many more points than it does now."
"Also, during this year, I have gradually realized that whether it is Ryuuen-san or Sakayanagi-san, although their paths are different, the leaders of both classes have become more and more outstanding."
When she said this, she couldn't help looking a little lonely.
After all, it is natural to lose confidence when you see other people of the same period gradually coming to the fore while you remain stuck in the same place.
"If that's the case, let's make a deal."
Wu Yi suddenly said.
"You will soon be in the second grade, and the new year is about to begin. In this year, you and your classmates must move forward courageously. You may experience failures and setbacks, but never stand still... Then one year from now, let's meet again like this, and tell me what you think of yourself and your class at that time, how about that?"
After hesitating to speak and then stopping to speak again, Ichinose finally nodded after struggling for a long time.
"That's the deal then." Wu Yi said.
"……Um."
With a relieved smile, Ichinose turned his head to look out the balcony window at the end of the room. The rain was not only not getting lighter but getting heavier.
"Come to think of it, Kushida-san and Karuizawa-san don't seem to be planning to come over today?"
"Oh, they went shopping in the shopping mall. Now they should be drinking afternoon tea leisurely in the cafe waiting for the rain to stop." Wu Yi said casually.
"I see. In that case—"
Ichinose nodded thoughtfully, took a step forward without warning, stood on tiptoe and wrapped his arms around his neck.
The two lips touched, carrying a hint of tea fragrance.
Occasionally, it's allowed to be a bad kid...
The girl thought as she closed her eyes with her cheeks slightly red.
Volume 319: Chapter : Parting Torture (crossed out) Gift
A few days later, it was the end of spring break.
During this period of time, the school finally did not cause any unexpected incidents.
It’s not that they finally had a change of heart and thought that holidays should be used for students to have a good rest and have fun, so they don’t have any special exams, but... because they have already done it.
The typical high school spring break is from late March to early April, lasting about two weeks.
The spring break for Gaoyu High School does not start until after the graduation ceremony on March 24th, which means it only lasts a week until the 31st of the month.
The time is already half as short as before. If something unexpected happens, it would be better not to do it.
March 31st is the last day of spring break and also the last day that graduating students can stay in this school.
During these few days, every day there are graduating third-year students taking the bus from school to the airport or high-speed rail station. There are two buses every day, one in the morning and one at noon.
For some reasons he didn't want to tell anyone, Horikita Manabu booked the last bus on the 31st, which departed at noon.
It was a beautiful spring day with birds singing and flowers blooming. Wu Yi arrived at the school gate at 11:50. By then, Horikita Manabu had already arrived, carrying his packed luggage and looking towards the first-year dormitory building, like a silent guard.
A bus was parked on the side of the road outside the school gate with its door open.
"I didn't expect that the person who came to see me off in the end would be you."
Noticing Wu Yi's arrival, the former student council president, who was always serious, couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth helplessly.
Wu Yi came in with his hands in his pockets, staggering. Naturally, he had nothing in his hands. Hearing this, he just shrugged.
"Forget about the farewell. I'm just here to fulfill my bet."
"Bet?"
Horikita Manabu didn't quite understand what was said for a moment.
Wu Yi was a little excited: "Yes, remember a few days ago in the gymnasium, I said that I would bring your sister over to say goodbye to you before you really leave school. I am a man of my words."
"This...isn't that necessary anymore?"
Horikita Manabu hesitated a little, lifted his sleeves and looked at the time on his watch.
"It's already this late. If he hasn't come yet, then he probably won't..."
"Hey, hey, hey, do you believe what you said?"
Wu Yi looked at a former student council president through his sunglasses with a sidelong glance and a disdainful look.
"If you really think she won't come, then what are you waiting for? Do you still want to cosplay as the dormitory watcher before you graduate and leave school? Besides, even if you don't have confidence in your sister, you have to have confidence in my eloquence, my friend!"
