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Chapter 93 What to do after graduation? [Please subscribe automatically]

"Now, let's begin the graduation ceremony at Toyonosaki Academy."

Manabe, the student council president, stood on the stage in the auditorium with a microphone in hand. Below him sat a large number of senior high school students, while the back row was occupied by first- and second-year high school students. Dongfang Bai's seat was right in the middle.

"So sleepy..." Gabriel sat next to Dongfang Bai, looking at the principal on the podium who was giving a lecture. That uncle really can talk. It's been a full twenty minutes already.

No matter which principal is on which stage, they can ramble on for at least half an hour. This time, even Kirisu Mafuyu, who was sitting in the teacher's seat in the distance, looked impatient.

"It's already graduation, so just bear with it."

Dongfang Bai rubbed his temples, feeling a bit of a headache. Kato Megumi, sitting next to him, kept smiling and quietly asked, "Which university does Gabriel plan to go to after graduation?"

“…!” Gabriel’s body stiffened when she was asked that question. She could go to any university, of course she would go wherever Dongfang Bai went, and who knows, she might get married right after graduation.

"Oh, I don't know yet."

"The results are already out, but you still haven't decided on your university?" Fumino Furuhashi asked with a surprised look as she sat next to Megumi Kato.

"Wasn't Fumino's ambition decided three years ago?"

"Hehe~ I've decided to go to the University of Science and Astronomy. When Professor Kirisu Mafuyu heard that I actually got in, her eyes almost popped out of her head in surprise. I'm finally able to hold my head high!"

Fumino Furuhashi snorted and puffed out her chest with a smug expression. She was overjoyed and hadn't slept a wink all night after learning her results. Even her usually stern father smiled.

However, what made her a little embarrassed was that after learning she had passed the exam, Furuhashi Reiji said in a serious tone, "Now that you've passed, there's nothing else to worry about, right? Follow your heart, go find that brat and start a relationship, who knows, you might even have grandchildren in a couple of years...~"

"What's wrong, Fumino?" Dongfang Bai asked with concern as he noticed Fumino's face gradually turning red. She just waved her arms quickly with a guilty expression and kept saying that nothing was wrong.

Only Kato Megumi, who knew her best, showed a thoughtful smile. She and Fumino only needed to exchange a glance to guess what the other was thinking.

"Bai-kun! Bai-kun!" Tainaka Ritsu suddenly poked his shoulder from behind, making him turn around in confusion.

"Please pass on a message to Wei: Xiao Zuo's blind date failed again."

"what?"

Dongfang Bai was completely confused. Why would they pass on this message? Suddenly, he seemed to realize something and looked in the direction of Qiushan Mio. Could it be that this message was passed on from her all along?

Wait, why send it to Yui? Could it be...?

He then looked in the direction of Hirasawa Yui. She was sitting there with a stiff face and her hands tightly covering her abdomen. She was completely different from usual today. After observing her carefully, Dongfang Bai discovered that it wasn't that she was feeling unwell, but rather that she was hiding something under her clothes.

What's hidden there?

Did this guy bring Yoshita to the graduation ceremony? No, if it's Yoshita, it's too big to fit. What is it...? Did he bring a little pig instead?!

Given Yuina's personality, it might actually be true.

"Then how exactly should I pass on the message... failed blind date, failed blind date... Could the original message be 'you've been noticed'?" Dongfang Bai made a rough deduction based on the Romanized pronunciation of 'failed'. If he wasn't mistaken, the thing that Yuzang had was probably related to Kosawa, which was why it had caught her attention.

Who was it that added "blind date" to the beginning of the original sentence? That's incredibly malicious.

What was meant to be a simple message turned into a spy thriller where spies were cracking codes and secrets.

……

"Student council president, please come forward to collect your graduation certificate." As the student council president, Manabe was naturally the first to collect his graduation certificate, and then everyone else went up one by one in order of their student ID numbers.

Finally, when it was time to go to the back, Dongfang Bai slowly walked forward. The moment he stepped onto the stage, he suddenly felt a lot of eyes watching him from behind, making him feel uncomfortable all over.

"~ Congratulations on your graduation."

Manabe stood on the podium and smiled as he handed the graduation certificate to Dongfang Bai, but he didn't notice Dongfang Bai's slightly embarrassed expression. Dongfang Bai sighed and returned a smile, saying, "Thanks, Kazu."

"It's alright, and thank you for taking care of Wei all this time."

After he went down, it was Hirasawa Yui's turn to go on stage. Almost half of the senior students in the auditorium were staring intently at her abdomen. When she walked onto the stage, her forehead was covered in sweat, but the people around her were even more nervous than she was.

Especially Akiyama Mio, who knew that Hirasawa Yui had a whiteboard hidden in her abdomen containing messages written by all the classmates for Sawa. If that thing accidentally slipped out and Sawa saw it, the surprise would be ruined.

"Yui... don't let anything happen." Akiyama Mio stared intently at Hirasawa Yui, afraid that she might slip and fall, which would be the end of her.

Step by step, Yui Hirasawa slowly walked up to the podium, then awkwardly accepted her graduation certificate with a smile amidst Manabe's puzzled expression, before slowly walking off the stage.

Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief, thankfully nothing went wrong. Suddenly! Hirasawa Yui slipped and almost fell. Everyone's hearts jumped into their throats again, their hearts pounding as if they were about to jump out of their chests.

"Phew!" Hirasawa Yui barely managed to stand up, then took a deep breath. She had no idea that her slip had almost scared half the people in the auditorium to death.

"My heart just stopped..." Ritsu Tainaka muttered to herself as she sat behind Dongfang Bai. Her pale face showed that she had been extremely nervous.

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"That scared me to death, I almost thought I was really going to be exposed..." Akiyama Mio's hair was messy, and she looked like she had overexerted herself. In fact, it was because her emotions had just fluctuated too much, even more exaggerated than a roller coaster ride, which is why she looked like this.

However, the message she just relayed should have reached Yui's ears through Ritsu, Tsumugi, and then Shiro, right? She just noticed that Kosaka and the teacher were staring at Yui's direction with suspicious eyes.

They definitely care about you!

Fortunately, Yui didn't mess up at the crucial moment this time and carefully hid the note she wrote for Sawako-sensei, even though the process was indeed incredibly dangerous...

The graduation ceremony ended quickly, and next it was time for the lower-grade students to pin corsages on the graduating upper-grade students. Even Manabe, who was the student council president on stage, stood back in line like the other students.

Dongfang Bai watched as each of the people around him had a younger student come over to put corsages on them, and in front of Hirasawa Yui was Azusa, who was coincidentally paired with her.

He also saw several familiar figures: several lower-grade female students, including Winette, and Doma Umaru, who was 1.6 meters tall and 183 cm tall, was putting a corsage on Gabriel, who was 1.4 meters tall and flat-chested.

Because this pair was completely different from the other groups around them, and was so comical, everyone's attention seemed to be drawn to them uncontrollably; they were simply too eye-catching.

"Senior, where are you looking?"

"Ah, sorry, sorry... Liuli?" Dongfang Bai had just turned his gaze back when he suddenly felt that the voice was extremely familiar. Then, the next moment, he saw a girl with long, flowing hair like night glass standing in front of him with a smile.

"Liuli, you're actually in my group?"

"Are you disappointed?" Gokou Ruri replied, slowly taking out a corsage she had made herself and putting it on Dongfang Bai's left chest. She deliberately slowed down the process of putting it on to give the two more time to talk.

"No, on my last day at school, the little black cat personally pinned a corsage on me, which was a great honor."

"...Senior, you're getting better and better at charming girls now. Have you really become quite experienced?" Go (aeej) Ruri rolled her eyes helplessly. She vaguely remembered that Dongfang Bai was quite naive back then and didn't know how to be smooth-talking at all.

However, whether it was the previous teacher Yakumo Haku or the current senior Higashikata Haku, she still liked them very much and even became more and more obsessed with them.

"Don't you like it anymore?"

"No, even if you are a perverted, lewd, lolicon, playboy, and scumbag, I will still love you deeply."

"I would be even happier if you could remove that preceding description."

The two joked with each other, and soon the corsage in Gokou Ruri's hand was firmly hung on Dongfang Bai's chest. Before leaving, the black cat seemed to have thought of something and suddenly turned around and said, "Senior Bai, congratulations on your graduation."

"Ah, thanks!" The two exchanged a knowing smile, their meaning needing no further explanation.

……

The graduation ceremony ended quickly. Dongfang Bai casually stuffed his graduation certificate into the black tube that was being distributed, and then idly pulled the tube back and forth, making a 'pop' sound.

"I remember we're going to Wei's classroom later for a graduation performance, right? Where are we going to perform? On a stage?"

Dongfang Bai muttered to himself, his dark eyes involuntarily looking up at the sky. The bright sky was a clear blue, and cherry blossoms drifted down in the wind, a scene that seemed just like when he first came into this world.

Ok?

Suddenly, a chill ran down his spine. The last time Dongfang Bai felt this kind of gaze was when he was spotted at a fan signing event. He still vividly remembered the feeling of being stared at by thousands of people.

Could it be?

"Um, Senior Dongfang, may I take a picture with you?" Suddenly, a cute and shy junior girl stood in front of Dongfang Bai, holding a camera in her hands, and asked with a pleading expression.

"Of course I didn't ask... Huh!??" Dongfang Bai was just about to take the camera from the other person when suddenly the other person's shy eyes changed, turning fierce, and his right hand suddenly grabbed at his collar.

"Senior Dongfang! Please give me your button, no! Please give me one!!"

"You brat, don't steal it! Senior Dongfang's button is mine!!"

"One for each person, I'll go first!!"

"You're talking nonsense! There's not even enough for one person each!!"

This was the beginning of a war. He had just reflexively dodged the junior's 'attack' when everyone behind him surged forward as if they had been waiting for him.

When Dongfang Bai noticed a large group of female students rushing towards him from behind, his face darkened, and he turned and ran without hesitation. Looking at their bloodshot eyes that had lost their minds, he knew that if he were caught, they would be stripped naked.

In Japan, there's a tradition that says if a girl gets the second button on her crush's uniform on graduation day, she'll win his true love, marking the beginning of a romantic relationship and ensuring their eternal happiness…

The reason it's the second button is because it's closest to the heart, signifying that the other person is willing to give their "true heart" to their beloved.

Of course, this is just a legend. A more common legend is that if you get a button from a popular guy, you'll also find your own love. So…

As the most popular guy in the whole school, Dongfang Bai was inevitably targeted by hundreds of female students. You have to know that there are only a little over a thousand girls in the first and second years of high school, so hundreds of female students can be said to be a large part of the girls in the lower grades.

"Holy crap, how did they run so fast?!"

Dongfang Bai's face turned pale. It shouldn't be because he was slow. He was a trained fighter and very strong in terms of physical fitness, but he almost got caught by those crazy female students.

Their eyes were all fixed on every button on their school uniforms, especially the second button on their chest, which attracted countless burning gazes.

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"Whoa?! Brother, what happened to you?"

Doma Umaru watched as Dongfang Bai walked over from not far away, looking utterly disheveled. His hair was messy and his clothes were dirty. It was the first time she had ever seen Dongfang Bai like this.

"There was a slight mishap on the way." Dongfang Bai glanced behind him, finally shaking off that group of terrifying female students.

"Is it about fighting over my brother's buttons? How horrible! In that case, I'll keep my brother's buttons!" Doma Umaru swallowed hard, her hands trembling as she reached for Dongfang Bai's collar. Her heart was pounding, her hands were shaking, and Umaru's emotions were in turmoil.

Almost there, I was about to touch the button, my brother's button...

Just as Xiaomai was slowly touching Dongfang Bai's chest, a fair and soft hand moved slowly from beside him.

Then she gently pinched the second one on his school uniform shirt, and with a practiced tug, easily pulled it off. Dongfang Bai was also stunned, but when the other person's hand brushed past his cheek, he smelled a familiar and gentle fragrance.

"Sister Hui!!"

Doma Umaru looked at Kato Megumi, who had somehow appeared behind Dongfang Bai, with a tearful expression. Kato Megumi had a smile on her face, gently shaking a brown button in her right hand, and then blinked apologetically.