Miss Lin is a hunky VTuber today?

She was genuinely hungry, otherwise she could have watched this show for a lifetime.

"Hmm, sister-in-law is right! So what shall we eat today?"

Yuzu nodded, then looked up at Xu Lin and Sister Yan. In her mind, if the two of them started arguing, they probably wouldn't get to eat anything tonight.

Unexpectedly, the two women on the other side, as if it were a habit, turned their gazes to Xu Youyue and asked in unison.

"What does Youyue want to eat?" *2

"Hmm, I don't really have anything I'd like to eat. What about you, Sister Yan?"

Xu Youyue rubbed her chin, deep in thought.

"No."

Li Huiyan shook her head.

"Lin-chan?"

"No."

"So what should we eat... Yuzu-chan, you..."

Just as the young lady turned her gaze to the pomelo, the two people who had just said they didn't have anything they wanted to eat suddenly spoke up together.

"Then let's have hot pot!" *2

"Sister Yan, Brother, you guys aren't targeting me, are you?"

Xu You was speechless with disbelief about these three.

"No, Yuzu Jam, you're overthinking it. We're just used to going to hot pot when we can't think of anything to eat."

Li Huiyan smiled gently and shook her head, explaining softly to Youzi.

Xu Lin's approach was even simpler and more direct.

"You don't need me and this guy to team up to specifically target you."

"I!"

Yuzu hesitated, feeling both exasperated and unsure of what to say.

"Okay, okay~ Let's go eat hot pot, and let Lin-chan treat us!"

Xu Youyue raised her hand and touched Youzi's head.

"Oh my dear young lady, didn't we agree to split the bill? How did it suddenly become my treat?"

The single word "again" perfectly encapsulates Xu Lin's heartache.

"You have a problem with that?"

Xu Youyue glared at Xu Lin.

"That's definitely not the case."

The white-haired girl quickly shut her mouth.

"Stop talking nonsense and let's get going."

As Sister Yan passed by, she gave Xu Lin, who had completely become henpecked, a disdainful look, and headed ahead towards the hot pot restaurant they frequented.

Chapter 57, Section 248: Those Past Events (The Beginning of the Three)

Xu Youyue is a very stubborn person.

This petite girl possesses immense inner energy, which she can unleash unexpectedly.

It was precisely because of this that she was noticed by Li Huiyan and wanted to be recruited into the student council during the first month after her military training ended in her freshman year.

At that time, the student union had just changed leadership. The older students were either preparing for graduate school or doing internships, leaving all the messes to Li Huiyan. In addition, the freshmen had just enrolled and there were not many people available. So, Li Huiyan, who was overwhelmed with work, spent all her spare time harassing Xu Youyue.

She wants a student council secretary who is both good-looking and capable to be her assistant.

"I told you I'm not joining the student council, senior."

After another evening self-study session, Xu Youyue, who was about to go to the cafeteria to get food, saw that familiar figure as soon as she stepped out of the classroom and said somewhat impatiently.

"I'm not here today to ask you to join the student council."

For some reason, Li Huiyan, who was still wearing her pajamas, grabbed Xu Youyue's hand and ran to the other end of the classroom.

"?"

A question mark popped into Xu Youyue's little head as she jogged behind her.

They climbed three floors in one go before stopping some distance from the door of another classroom in the Japanese department.

In classroom 501, Li Huiyan pointed at a tall, handsome, expressionless boy with a particularly displeased expression and whispered something.

Do you know that person?

"So why did you hide here, senior?"

Xu Youyue looked at Li Huiyan, who was hiding behind the door, using herself to shield her view and only showing half of her head, completely lacking her usual composure, and couldn't help but complain.

"That's not important! Youyue, tell me quickly whether you know him or not."

"He's the most handsome guy in our year of the Japanese department. He's not bad looking, but I don't think I really know him. We've never even spoken."

"By the way, you've got the most beautiful girl in the department right now, so please be gentle, or this delicate flower of mine might wither away."

"I didn't expect you to be so good at joking, Youyue."

"No."

Xu Youyue shook her head.

"It really hurts. By the way, senior, are you thinking of pursuing him? I can help you get his contact information."

"How is that possible!"

Li Huiyan instantly became excited.

"Tsundere?"

Finally released, Xu Youyue quickly took two steps forward to create distance so she wouldn't be pulled back.

"No, Xu Hunqiu is my mortal enemy. I'm here to tell you to be careful and not get involved with him."

"Oh."

Xu Youyue nodded calmly, then turned and left.

"Youyue, where are you going? I haven't finished speaking yet!"

"Don't worry, senior. No matter what kind of conflict you have with that boy, I won't have anything to do with him."

"He's not my type."

Xu Youyue waved her paw like a kitten and said with a smile.

"Besides, if I don't go to the cafeteria soon, there won't be any seats left, and I need to get there to eat."

"Oh, this..."

Li Huiyan remained silent.

. . . . .

"Eh? So, Miss, you knew my brother back in your freshman year of college?"

At the hot pot table, Youzi listened with great curiosity as Xu Youyue recounted the past of the three of them.

"I don't know if Izanagi saw me, but I knew about her from the very beginning."

Xu Youyue poked at the pre-dinner dessert listlessly.

"Of course I know you. After all, you're the most beautiful girl in the department this year. I can't help but know you."

Xu Lin also sighed helplessly.

"So, you and your wife are considered the most handsome and beautiful couple in the department, right?"

Yuzu was all smiles as she stirred things up.

"Hmph, so who was it that said they would never like someone?"

Li Huiyan felt increasingly uneasy as she listened, and not wanting to be subjected to such public displays of affection, she coldly retorted.

"Who was it that told her not to have too much contact with me back then, but now she's the one urging me to get married?"

Xu Lin grabbed the young lady and retorted defiantly.

"You scoundrel! You want to fight?!"

Sister Yan slammed her hand on the table in anger.

"Come on! I'm not afraid of you!?"

Xu Lin also took a picture back.

"Keep your voices down!!!"

The young lady silenced the two men with an even louder voice, then chuckled.

"Seriously, www, how come you guys are still like this after all this time?"

"Huh? Were my sister and Yan-jie always like this?"

Upon seeing that there was melon to eat, Youzi immediately asked for more information.

"Yes, it happened when ESC Club was first formed. Back then, Rin and Yan were really at odds and would argue almost every time they met. My cousin had no choice but to ask me to find a way to get them to work together..."

. . . . . . .

"Sister Yan, why do you like arguing with Xu Lin? I think he's a pretty good person."

One day, the three first-generation trainees, who were once again forced by their boss to go shopping together, fell into a cold war once again.

However, this time, whether it was at her cousin's request or because she couldn't stand it anymore, the young lady, who had been silently standing by, finally took action.