A reversal of fortune and victory in a world hated by all girls!

"Midori, wait, wait for me!"

Keiko Hayakawa jogged to catch up with Mito Takahashi. This was a normal school relationship between the two. To others, it looked like a master and a follower, and the two were never on the same page.

This may be part of the reason why Mito Takahashi is disliked by many girls.

"You're so slow."

"Excuse me... What would you like to eat for lunch? Let me treat you today."

Keiko Hayakawa took out her meal card from her pocket.

"No need, just use my card. Oh, by the way, I'd like to eat a sandwich from the convenience store, do you want to go there?"

"Yes! I'll go right away!"

Keiko Hayakawa nodded, then turned and ran away.

"Hey! I haven't picked up my meal card yet!"

"It's ok!"

Mito Takahashi wanted to say something, but the other person had already run out of the cafeteria.

There's nothing we can do.

She walked to the food counter, took a tray, found two empty seats, sat down, and placed the tray next to her, quietly waiting for the other person to return.

On the other side, Hayakawa Keiko also ran to the convenience store. The store was crowded, and she struggled to buy two sandwiches. Just as she was about to run back, she turned around and ran into Aoi Natsuki.

Aoi Natsuki and Yusuke were just about to buy some snacks when they bumped into her here.

"Hayakawa, what a coincidence."

"Good morning!" Keiko Hayakawa replied hastily.

"Is it still early, it's already noon?" Yusuke Oki casually remarked.

Keiko Hayakawa's face flushed red again.

Aoi Natsuki nudged Yusuke's ribs with her elbow and gave him a meaningful look.

"You've forgotten your friends because of a pretty face!" Yusuke winced in pain, bending over and whispering.

"I'm ungrateful too, get out of here!" Aoi Natsuki moved her chin, and Yusuke showed a bitter face. He then supported his "injuries" and ran away, whimpering.

"What is he doing..."

"It's nothing. He's been under a lot of pressure with the basketball team lately, and he lost control of his emotions a bit. Let's not talk about him. You... are you eating two portions by yourself?"

Natsuki Aoi pointed to the two sandwiches in her hand.

"No, no, no, I brought this for someone else," Hayakawa Keiko quickly explained, glancing at the sandwich in her left hand before carefully handing it over. "If you want, I can give you this one."

"It's okay, I can buy it myself, thank you." Aoi Natsuki smiled at her, and as the two interacted more, Hayakawa Keiko's favorability towards her also improved.

Unlike others, the smile of Aoi Natsuki that she saw now was very gentle, and the abrupt sense of resistance she had felt before seemed to have suddenly disappeared at some point.

Sometimes she even wondered why so many people disliked Aoi-kun. His personality was so good…

"By the way, I heard from the class that there will be a club recruitment fair soon. Have you thought about which club you want to join?"

"I haven't thought about it yet... Aoi-san, what about you..." Hayakawa Keiko asked, looking down. She flicked her hair with her right fingertip, revealing a pale yellow hair clip with a lychee pattern on it.

"The hair clip suits you very well."

"Hey!"

Keiko Hayakawa panicked, gently pressing down on the hair clip with her hand. She quickly calmed herself and stammered, "Thank you..."

After getting to know her, Aoi Natsuki discovered that she had a very good personality. If she were a little more confident, she would probably have made a lot of friends.

"How about this? When it's time for club recruitment, I'll come find you, and we can walk around together, see what clubs are available, and give each other some suggestions, okay?"

"Favorability +3"

Upon hearing the system notification, he knew he had succeeded.

Keiko Hayakawa was overwhelmed with gratitude. She lowered her head and finally nodded slowly, her heart pounding.

"Well, that's settled then... I... I have to go. My friends are waiting for me."

After saying that, she turned around and ran away quickly, faster and faster.

……

We returned to the cafeteria.

When Mitsu Takahashi saw her return, a look of displeasure flashed across her face.

"I'm back. Sorry I'm late." Hayakawa Keiko looked around at her seat, and then saw Takahashi Mito pull away the plate next to her.

"Please sit here."

Hayakawa Keiko's face lit up with joy, and after humming in agreement twice, she sat down next to her.

"Egg, tomato, and bacon, or egg, tomato, and pork tenderloin?"

"Just give me one, I'm starving." Takahashi Mito took the sandwich from her left, quickly opened the packaging, and started eating.

Seeing that Mito wasn't angry, Hayakawa Keiko contentedly ate another sandwich.

"The hair clip suits you quite well."

Mito Takahashi mentioned it casually.

After hearing this, Hayakawa Keiko smiled with narrowed eyes, but Takahashi Mito felt a little embarrassed upon seeing her expression and immediately turned her head away.

"Stop staring at me like that! Eat your sandwich!"

Chapter 16 is just a show of arrogance.

……

Today went very smoothly. Aoi Natsuki successfully raised Hayakawa Keiko's favorability towards him to 8 points, and it's only a matter of time before it breaks into double digits.

From beginning to end, I felt that she improved even faster than when I was with Lina. After getting to know her better, I found that she was actually a girl with quite a lot of ideas. It's just that she didn't have much social interaction because of her personality and her rather unfashionable style.

At night.

After dinner, Natsuki Aoi and Rina continued watching anime series. Rina, being an eight-year-old, naturally enjoyed watching them and would occasionally say something on her whiteboard, actively discussing them with him.

Today, I watched an anime called "Hanamaru Kindergarten," which tells the story of several little girls and the funny things that happen at school.

This inevitably leads to further speculation.

Lina was eight years old, so she wasn't in kindergarten; she should at least be in the second grade of elementary school.

But if he really wants to go to school, it involves the issue of household registration, which Aoi Natsuki can't do anything about for the time being. He is only sixteen years old, and only his parents have the right to adopt him.

And given Lina's special circumstances—she can't speak—would she face exclusion from classmates, difficulty making friends, or inability to raise questions immediately when encountering problems at a regular primary school? These are all difficulties that need to be overcome.

Aoi Natsuki pursed her lips, her mind drifting away.

I glanced sideways at Lina, who was fascinated by the school stories on TV. I could tell she really wanted to experience them and make more friends.

For a moment, I felt a pang of sympathy for her.

He reached out and patted her little head.

Lina slightly shrank her neck, then turned her head and gave him a bright smile. She raised her hands and gently stroked the back of his hands, as if she were comforting him.

Then she shifted her body, leaned against his arm, and continued watching TV.

Lina is really a very well-behaved child.

It is every child's right to yearn for what they want, and everyone should have a childhood worth remembering.

Natsuki Aoi needs to study this carefully.

……

10 PM.

Natsuki Aoi received a message from Keiko Hayakawa.

They were just some very ordinary questions about tokusatsu (special effects) shows; it seemed like they just wanted to chat with him a little longer.

He was naturally pleased to see this. The two chatted for an hour and a half. Time flies when a man and a woman are chatting, but the more they talked, the less sleepy they became, and before they knew it, it was very late.

The two were almost done with their conversation.

The favorability rating has also increased by 10 points.

It's 18 PM now.

Just when he thought it was about to end, the other party seemed to start a new topic.

"I've been wondering if the reason I have so few friends is because of my fashion sense. Can you give me some advice?"

Hayakawa actually started paying attention to her appearance?

After considering it seriously, Aoi Natsuki replied, "There might be some reasons. Hayakawa, have you thought about changing your hairstyle?"

A dozen seconds later, the other party replied.

"...What do you think, Aoi-san...?"

Well this...

Aoi Natsuki began to make connections in her mind and recall her distinctive dark green eyes.

But pretending to know what he didn't know wasn't in his nature, so he spent twenty minutes searching online for information about hairstyles. He quickly browsed through different hairstyles that matched different head shapes and face shapes, and even studied facial features and the length of various parts. It has to be said that this is a very profound subject.

Finally, Natsuki Aoi, who had "achieved some success," replied in this way:

"Hayakawa, your face is relatively small, so if you add thick bangs, it will make your face look shorter. Why don't you try showing your forehead? Also, your head is a bit flat, so your current hairstyle makes your head shape look less full. I suggest you get a slightly looser curly hairstyle to make your head shape look fuller. That should look pretty good."

This time, there was no response for almost half an hour.

Aoi Natsuki initially thought the other person was already asleep, but then he also felt sleepy and, half asleep and half awake, the other person's text message arrived.

He opened it and took a look.

"Yes! Thank you so much for your valuable advice! If it's alright, could you come with me to the hair salon after school tomorrow...? Of course, it's fine if you're busy."

"No problem, then we'll keep in touch by text message after school tomorrow."