My dear wife, I still love you more.

Therefore, Hasegawa believed that the matchmaking between him and Yui Yuigahama was actually just Yui Yuigahama's wishful thinking.

However, looking at Yui Yuigahama's performance now, Hasegawa felt that he might have guessed wrong?

However, although Hasegawa had this feeling, he also silently told himself that it might be one of the three great illusions of life.

My phone is vibrating, someone is knocking on the door, and it's also because she likes me.

To be honest, almost everyone has probably experienced these three great illusions in life. So, Hasegawa now thinks that Yui Yuigahama liking him might just be an illusion on his part.

After all, Hasegawa still believes that most girls still prefer handsome guys.

Hasegawa is, at best, somewhat handsome. Before that, he was just an average-looking guy. Generally speaking, how could any girl possibly like him?

Hasegawa is more inclined to believe that it might have been a request made by Mrs. Yui to Yui.

Eighty percent of the time, daughters will not think that a man is good if his parents think he is good.

"Hayama Hayato is indeed quite handsome, but he's not my type." Yui Yuigahama shook her head directly.

"I see. If you don't like it, then so be it. After all, Yuihama, you're going to be a singer and an idol in the future. Dating isn't really suitable for you, at least not for you right now," Hasegawa said with a smile.

To be honest, Hasegawa was still a little guilty, so he wouldn't ask Yui what kind of boy she liked, or anything else that might lead Yui to say something.

"Yes, just in case." Yui Yuigahama didn't say it aloud; what she was thinking wasn't that important. But once she said it, things would change completely.

"Actually, Yui prefers guys with substance, the mature and steady type. Like Hasegawa," Mrs. Yuihama added from the side.

Yui Yuigahama blushed and lowered her head shyly.

"Hmm, really? Haha, looks like I'll have to keep an eye out for boys like the one you described, Mrs. Yuihama. I'll keep an eye out for Yuihama." Hasegawa said with a laugh.

Seeing Hasegawa's expression, Mrs. Yuihama frowned slightly. She felt that her worst fears had come true: Hasegawa, the man she considered exceptionally talented, had absolutely no interest in her foolish daughter.

This was something Mrs. Yuigahama had worried about from the very beginning. With a sigh, she stopped discussing the topic. She also worried that if she made the issue clear, Hasegawa would directly reject Yui Yuigahama, stating outright that he didn't like her. Once that conclusion was reached, changing the relationship between Hasegawa and Yui Yuigahama would become even more difficult.

So, with both Hasegawa and Mrs. Yuihama having some idea of ​​what was going on, they ended the conversation.

As for Yui Yuigahama, she's not exactly stupid. Well, she's not stupid in everyday social situations, and she can understand some things. However, sometimes the onlooker sees more of the game than the player.

When it comes to Yui Yuigahama herself, she doesn't see things very clearly. Of course, she also has a vague feeling that Hasegawa doesn't seem to be trying to build a close relationship with her right now.

However, at this moment, Yui Yuigahama remembered what Hasegawa had said on the podium earlier. Hasegawa said that he did not plan to date, at least not in high school.

That's probably why Hasegawa seems to be pretending not to know anything.

So, Yui Yuigahama convinced herself.

And so, the three of them happily went for their morning exercise, and after they finished, they seemed to go back happily as well.

……

Hasegawa and Yui Yuigahama arrived at school again. This time, Hasegawa seemed to attract more attention. On his way to class, people would occasionally steal glances at him, some would point and whisper behind his back, and others would point at his back and say some unpleasant things.

However, Hasegawa completely ignored this situation. He didn't care at all.

Even the moment Hasegawa stepped into the classroom, the classroom fell silent, and almost everyone looked at Hasegawa with strange eyes.

Hasegawa remained unchanged, doing things his own way, with little difference from his usual routine.

He wore a faint, almost imperceptible, formulaic smile. He remained seated, completely ignoring the gazes and attitudes of everyone else.

However, unlike Hasegawa who completely ignored his surroundings, Yuigahama Yui felt a little uncomfortable, as the atmosphere was too oppressive, especially since this situation was directed at Hasegawa.

So Yui Yuigahama gritted her teeth and followed Hasegawa to his seat.

"Huh?" Hasegawa looked up, looking at Yui Yuigahama with a bit of a strange expression.

"Um, I, I—" Yui Yuigahama looked into Hasegawa's eyes, then didn't know what to say.

"Okay. I understand. Don't worry, it's alright. Go back now." Hasegawa waved with a smile, somewhat touched by Yui Yuigahama's gesture.

Chapter Seventy-Four: You Don't Need Many Friends

After all, this situation would be incredibly stressful for Yui Yuigahama. She might even face rejection or passive-aggressive treatment because of Hasegawa.

In this situation, it is truly commendable that Yui Yuigahama still insists on her own attitude.

Faced with this situation, Yui Yuigahama was still a little flustered and didn't know what to do. After Hasegawa said that, she subconsciously went back.

Yui Yuigahama had just returned when she was stopped by Yumiko Miura and the others.

"Yui, do you know what you're doing?" Miura Yumiko couldn't help but say to Yui Yuigahama.

"I, of course I know. But, but, Hasegawa is clearly the victim, why are you treating him like this?" Yui Yuigahama said, somewhat indignantly.

"Yui, you probably don't know yet, Tobe Sho has transferred schools."

"Has Hubu Xiang transferred schools?"

“That’s right. At this time, abandon all your relationships and go to an unfamiliar school,” Hina Ebina nodded.

"But, even so, perhaps you feel sorry for Tobe Sho. But he brought all of this on himself. Hasegawa is the victim. Although he wasn't hurt because he's so capable, that doesn't mean Tobe Sho is innocent. Compared to what would have happened if Hasegawa hadn't stood up for him, Tobe Sho is already lucky to have only transferred schools." Yuigahama Yui couldn't help but get angry, especially feeling indignant for Hasegawa. She felt even more disgusted with Tobe Sho.

"Hasegawa is perfectly fine. It's Tobe Sho who's being forced to transfer schools now."

"Transferring schools at this time would probably make it very difficult to even make friends."

"Poor Tobe Sho. Just a joke, and it's turned out like this."

Several girls were discussing it amongst themselves.

"Enough!" Yui Yuigahama couldn't help but stand up. Glancing at her friends, Yui Yuigahama felt disappointed. She thought they had gone too far, and she didn't even want to be friends with them anymore.

"I'm going to the restroom." Yui Yuigahama ultimately couldn't bring herself to say anything harsh and turned to walk out.

As Yui passed by Hachiman Hikigaya, she suddenly heard him say, despite his deadpan expression, "Well! It's because Tobe Sho is their friend. They haven't even spoken a word to Hasegawa. He's practically a stranger. In this situation, it's natural to side with your friends."

Yui Yuigahama was stunned for a moment when she heard this.

Yes, because Tobe Sho is their friend. Even if Tobe Sho makes a mistake, they will try to see things from his perspective. Hasegawa, on the other hand, is really just a stranger to them.

As Yui Yuigahama thought this, she subconsciously looked at Hasegawa.

Beside Hasegawa, Yui Yuigahama saw Megumi Kato and Tomoya Aki.

These two people were Hasegawa's friends. They completely disregarded Hasegawa's current situation in class and continued talking to him.

Apart from the strange looks he received from people in his class whom he didn't know, Hasegawa seemed completely different from usual.

"He's really powerful. Hasegawa!" Yui Yuigahama murmured to herself, her eyes revealing admiration for Hasegawa, as well as her own stubbornness.

"Alright, Tomoya, I understand everything you said. I'll watch the anime you recommended when we get back," Hasegawa said to Aki Tomoya with a relaxed smile.

Despite Aki Tomoya's inexplicable obsession with anime and manga, and his often inconsiderate attitude towards others, he is still a decent friend.

Just like now, although Aki Tomo is recommending his favorite anime to Hasegawa, Hasegawa also knows that Aki Tomo came here specifically because he was worried about Hasegawa's situation.

"That's good. Remember to watch it when you get back. It's an absolutely excellent and high-quality work." Aki Tomoya smiled confidently.

"Don't worry, I definitely won't miss it. It's getting late, you should go back and do your homework too," Hasegawa said to Aki Tomoya with a smile.

"Okay, I'll head back now. To be honest, I'm really puzzled as to why the teacher assigned so much homework." Aki Tomoya said with a pained expression.

"Not much at all. If you hadn't spent so much time working to earn money to buy anime and manga merchandise, you could have easily finished this amount of homework." Hasegawa shook his head with a smile.

"How could I give up on fighting for the world of anime? Okay, that's enough. Hasegawa, let me take a look at your homework."

Hasegawa shook his head and handed his homework to Aki Tomoya.

Kato Megumi looked at Aki Tomoya and couldn't help but shake her head: "Aki-kun is really too strange. No wonder he's called the leader of the two oddballs in the class."

"So I'm just another weirdo?"

"Well, after all, Hasegawa is Aki Tomoya's only friend in the class on the surface, and someone he can talk about anime and manga without any restraint. Plus, he's academically excellent, ranking first in the entire grade. So, in their eyes, he's a weirdo. After all, only weirdos can become friends with weirdos."

"And what about you? You're also a friend of this weirdo, so you're weirdo too?"

"No, because apart from Hasegawa, no one else notices me at all, so when they're counting weirdos, they automatically ignore me. So I'm not a weirdo."

“I still have Rinya. Compared to you, you’re the weirdo more.” Hasegawa couldn’t help but roll his eyes.

"No, in their eyes, the only weirdos are the two of you."

"..."

"Hey, Hasegawa, you're being bullied at school now, aren't you? Yeah, the passive-aggressive kind."

"School bullying? Hmm, this situation does seem quite similar. But I don't care about this kind of thing; in fact, I quite enjoy this treatment." Hasegawa smiled calmly.

"Huh? Enjoying it?"

"That's right, it's about enjoying life. In fact, in my opinion, having two or three close friends during your school years is enough. As for the others, you might be able to talk to them occasionally and even laugh together, but after graduation, you'll probably lose contact quickly and won't offer any help to each other. They won't lend a helping hand when you're in trouble. In fact, whether they exist or not makes absolutely no difference."

Chapter 75 Shizuka Hiratsuka, feeling emotionally exhausted

"I'm not inclined to waste my energy on socializing with people who are unlikely to be of any help to me," Hasegawa said with a calm smile.

"Hmm, Hasegawa, what you said seems to make sense, but it's not entirely unhelpful, is it? In some small matters, when they need help, they'll probably lend a hand out of consideration for their classmates," Kato Megumi said, tilting her head as she thought for a moment.

“I can handle some small things myself, so why should I ask them for help and even owe them favors? And why would they help me with important things that I can’t even handle myself, just because of our immature classmate relationship?” Hasegawa spread his hands.

"Okay, I'm convinced by your fallacies." Although Kato Megumi knew that Hasegawa's words were fallacies, she actually felt that what Hasegawa said made a lot of sense.

……

"Hasegawa, are you alright?"

"Huh? What are you talking about, Hiratsuka-sensei?" Hasegawa asked, somewhat taken aback.

"I heard you were ostracized and targeted by the other students in the class? I told you, leave the matter of Tobe Sho to me, but you insisted on doing things your own way. Now look what happened, you're being ostracized and subjected to passive-aggressive treatment." Hiratsuka Shizuka asked, seemingly gloating but actually concerned.

"Rejection? It's passive-aggressive behavior; I feel absolutely nothing."

"kindness?"

"After all, even before, there were only two or three people in the whole class who could talk to me. Now, even with this so-called passive-aggressive behavior, there are still two or three people who will talk to me. Apart from some strange looks, I am exactly the same as before." Hasegawa shrugged.

“…You rascal.” Hiratsuka Shizuka couldn’t help but scratch her head, but she breathed a sigh of relief. The passive-aggressive tactics had no effect on Hasegawa, which was exactly what she wanted. However, in such a large class with dozens of students, only two or three people could be spoken to from the beginning, which was a bit too isolated.

"Hasegawa, I think you really need to work on changing your personality," Hiratsuka Shizuka said, frowning.

"My personality? I don't think there's anything wrong with it."

"In a class, there are only two or three people who can talk to you. Don't you feel lonely?"