My second life is a bit strange?

She secretly glanced at her boyfriend, then looked away after their eyes met, afraid that he would bully her again.

I don't care what I do at home, but I'm too shy when I'm out.

After the movie ended, Kaede walked out with Kaguya, completely satisfied, still holding a bucket of uneaten popcorn in her arms.

They wandered aimlessly: "Is there anything you'd like to eat?"

Kaguya shook her head; her stomach was full of popcorn, and she had no appetite at all.

"How about we go eat barbecue? After we're done, let's sit at the coffee shop I mentioned."

"it is good."

After dinner, they went shopping for some clothes. Feng picked out a light pink down jacket for Kaguya, a long one that reached her thighs, which looked simple and elegant.

He also bought a matching black one, making them a couple's outfit.

The setting sun cast a filter over the two of them as they parted ways at Kaguya's doorstep.

The first date was a great success!

Hayasaka blushed and said, "Miss, could you please be more careful? It's so easy to be exposed like this."

"Is that so~" Kaguya twirled around with her shopping bag, grinning foolishly, with a small flower pinned to her head.

Hayasaka sighed helplessly, rubbing her forehead with her hand. Seeing others kissing passionately made her scalp itch as if ants were crawling on it.

"I can't watch the young lady make a mistake," Hayasaka muttered to herself.

……

"It's snowing..."

Feng, who came out for some fresh air during the break between classes, looked at the snowflakes drifting down from the sky and reached out to catch them. The snowflakes melted before he could even see them clearly, leaving water stains and a cold touch.

Turning to look at Kaguya, who was returning from the restroom with Chika, she hunched her shoulders and was wiping her hands with a handkerchief; her hands were red from the cold.

Feng turned around and went to the vending machine at the stairwell, bought a cup of hot red bean rice cake soup, and put it in his pocket.

He texted Kaguya on his phone. Their contact names had changed; Kaguya-kun had been replaced with Nuomi, which was the nickname he had given Kaguya.

"Come to the vending machine."

Just as Kaguya was about to return to the classroom, her phone rang in her pocket. She opened it and said to Chika, "I have something to do. You can go back first."

"Okay~" Chika was so cold that her nose was running. She hugged her arms and shivered as she returned to the classroom. Kaguya arrived at the stairwell and immediately saw Kaede waving at her.

The two arrived at the rooftop entrance and sat on the steps. Kaguya was wearing the down jacket he had picked out, and Kaede helped zip it up: "Aren't you cold? What if you catch a cold with your clothes open?"

Kaguya blushed, feeling a warmth in her heart; she thoroughly enjoyed being cared for like this.

Chapter Seventy-Six: An Unexpected Encounter

Kaede took Kaguya's hands and put them into her pockets.

The pocket had been warmed by the red bean soup, and the warmth went straight to her heart.

Perhaps it was beyond her control, but Kaguya kissed Kaede on the cheek, then hurriedly pulled away, worried that someone would see.

"Feel sorry."

When it was almost time for class, the two went downstairs and returned to their classroom. Kaguya took notes during class, and when her hands got cold, she would put them in her pocket and hold a bowl of red bean soup to warm them up for a while.

After school, Ishigami went to the student council. He had one less class in the afternoon than the others, so he arrived a little earlier and sat on the sofa playing video games.

"Have you finished cleaning up, Shi Shang? Come and lend a hand." Feng stood on the chair, opened the air conditioner casing, and pulled out the screen inside, intending to take it to the bathroom to clean it.

It looks like it's snowing quite heavily outside, and there's probably going to be a lot of snow. It'll get cold once the snow melts, so I'll wash it in advance just in case.

Ishigami immediately put down his game console, took a net, and the two of them carried one each toward the toilet, still chatting about the game along the way.

When he happened to run into students from other departments who came to the student union for business, Shi Shang immediately fell silent and looked away.

Feng witnessed this scene and realized that the incident had indeed caused him considerable psychological trauma, and it would take time to heal it.

They first rinsed it with water, then brushed it, wiped the water stains dry with a cloth, and left it to air dry in the corridor against the wall.

"I should have worn more clothes, I'm so cold my nose is running." Fujiwara Chika said, then sneezed again, and Eriri kindly handed her a tissue.

Chika rubbed her calves with her hands, trying to warm herself up.

"Who told you to wear a skirt in the dead of winter?"

"I woke up late this morning and hurriedly put on the wrong leggings. Don't you care about me at all? And you're still complaining." Qianhua punched Feng's back with her fist, yelling that she would beat him to death.

Since Ishigami arrived, Eriri hasn't had much to do, but she doesn't want the art club activities to interfere with her time with everyone.

He then brought his drawing board to the student council, and would draw for a while whenever he had free time.

"Sawamura-senpai is amazing." Ishigami stood behind her, looking at the oil painting on the canvas, which was practically indistinguishable from a photograph. "Is this place real?"

On the narrow path, two children leaned against a tree, gazing into the distance. The wind blew the grass low, revealing cattle and sheep, a sight that brought a sense of tranquility.

“Of course.” Eriri pursed her lips slightly. She remembered when they were still in elementary school, they passed by this place. When she was little, she was more playful, so she begged Kaede to stay a little longer. But she didn’t expect to fall asleep leaning against a tree.

In the end, Feng carried him back on his back.

[Back then, I was the only one by Feng's side.]

The thought of this made her pout sadly, and she unconsciously tightened her grip on the paintbrush, her knuckles turning white.

"Ishigami and I will deliver these documents."

"Thank you so much, please." Chika patted her chest and lay back down on the sofa. She had finally warmed up and didn't want to go out anymore.

"Just spoil her then." Kaguya rubbed her temples in exasperation; her pen was almost out of ink, and she had just received too many documents these past few days.

However, it wasn't that their workload had increased, but rather that their work efficiency had decreased, with them fidgeting frequently.

Kaede and Ishigami each carried a stack of documents as they headed to the principal's office. On the way, Ishigami looked out the window and saw many couples playing in the snow on the playground, and a wicked resentment emanated from him.

He kept complaining: "If you ask me, the president is too lenient. If it were me, I would just cut the activity funds for the general football club and other clubs. They all ask for funds in the name of club activities, but in the end they don't get any recognition."

"Ishigami, it's not that bad, it's not that bad," Feng comforted him, both amused and exasperated.

Ishigami shook his head: "You don't understand, Chairman. We're not on the same path."

Feng's heart tightened. Hearing him say that, she thought the other person knew that she and Kaguya were together. She tentatively asked, "You know?"

"Know what?" Ishigami turned to look at him blankly.

"...No, it's nothing." Feng breathed a sigh of relief.

Ishigami pondered in his mind what Kaede wanted to say, growing increasingly anxious until his heart nearly stopped. He looked at Kaede reproachfully, "President, is this really okay? Stopping halfway through is just teasing me..."

"Haha... just pretend you didn't hear me, please!!" Feng pleaded, clasping his hands together.

Ishigami wisely refrained from pressing the matter further, jokingly complaining, "Since the president has said so, what can I say?"

After walking for a while, Feng saw Shi Shang staring at the ground, seemingly lost in thought, and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

"I'm very distressed right now."

"Does even the rocks have moments of distress?"

"President, that's going too far! I have my own troubles too!"

"Sorry, sorry, haha." Feng was amused.

His interruption eased Ishigami's distress somewhat: "I always feel like I don't fit in with everyone else."

“When we’re together normally, we don’t have much to talk about except for work. Although Fujiwara-senpai and Shinomiya-senpai will try to talk to me about games that I’m interested in, I know that they don’t really want to talk about those things.”

【No, no, no, Eriri, I'm not sure, but Chika is treating your game guide like a priceless treasure!】

"Maybe you're being too sensitive. Everyone is very concerned about you."

"My arrival has freed Eriri-senpai, and Fujiwara-senpai will also share the work with me. I'm still just a middle school student, but I'm already experiencing what it's like to be a corporate slave. It's so sad." Ishigami almost cried when he thought about how he was being exploited.

"I'll talk to her for you when we get back."

"Just kidding." Ishigami knew that he remembered everyone's kindness to him.

dong dong dong~

"Please come in."

Feng pushed open the door and went in with Shi Shang. The principal was talking to someone he knew.

"Oh, it's Shirogane-kun. Thank you for your hard work."

"Jing... Sister Jing, what are you doing here?"

Sitting opposite the principal was his mother's friend, Shizuka Hiratsuka.

"I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence. I was planning to come to you after I finished what I was doing. I'll be a high school teacher from now on."

"Congratulations."

"Hehe." Hiratsuka Shizuka didn't act like a grown-up at all, pressing one hand on Kaede's head and rubbing it hard: "When you go to high school, I'll take care of you."

"I didn't expect you two to know each other."

"Principal, this is the document I approved."

Feng reported some important matters to the principal and then left.

Chapter Seventy-Seven: A Weak Woman with Double A Strength and Speed

"Feng's older sister is a teacher, and she's very beautiful."

"I only found out today."

On the way back, Kaede was still thinking about how to improve his relationship with Ishigami.

Perhaps I could share some secrets with Ishigami to get closer to him.

Kaede was curious to see how others would react to knowing that she and Kaguya were together.

【Huh? You're actually dating Shinomiya-senpai!】

【envious..】

Such reactions, yet he still made a promise with Kaguya.