Let's do it again, Yukino.

"Are girls these days so thin-skinned that they can escape a couple of dirty jokes? If this happened at a college reunion, those extremely vulgar gossipy girls would be pretending to be innocent girls, shyly covering their faces, while clamoring for me to tell another one. So, high school girls are still too conservative."

Looking at the huge classroom that was suddenly filled with only a bunch of boys who looked like a mixture of mud and grime, spring suddenly felt a sense of loss, as if a kindred spirit was hard to find.

I had thought I would have something in common with that Nagato classmate, but it seems he was just overthinking it.

"What are you looking at! Haven't you ever seen a delinquent telling dirty jokes before?! Turn your faces away!!!"

Looking at the boys who were still staring at her like she was a national treasure, Chunri felt uncomfortable and couldn't help but let out a soft hum.

outside the window,

The sun was still shining brightly.

Chapter Four: What are you laughing at?

Hiratsuka Shizuka is a teacher unlike any other.

Since her high school days, Kasuga had been taking care of the three students in the Service Club. Kasuga understood that such a teacher would be loved by everyone; she was a teacher with ideals.

She always has a smile on her face and works very hard. She may seem a bit carefree and easygoing, but she is actually much more meticulous than you might imagine. Although she might occasionally give some disobedient students a few hard punches, her serious attitude towards education and her humility when interacting with colleagues always attract those around her.

However, seven years later, Ms. Hiratsuka, who is already over thirty, is still a single young woman.

Hikigaya, who once planned to marry Ms. Hiratsuka Shizuka when he grew up, also failed to keep his promise. During a dinner party with Yui at university, the drunken Mr. Hikigaya and Ms. Yui Yuigahama, who had transformed into a scheming girl, spent the night together.

Just one year after graduating from university, the two silly couple had already formed a happy and fulfilling family.

I have a family, a career, and friends.

Well, in the very end,

Despite failing to keep his promise to Shizuka Hiratsuka, Comrade Hikigaya has become the very thing he once hated most.

Mr. Hiratsuka Shizuka remains aloof and self-sufficient.

The poor should focus on self-cultivation.

Pfft,

So, Hiratsuka Shizuka's future daily life is truly miserable. Despite being a great beauty, she unexpectedly can't find a man she can entrust her life to.

……

What are you laughing at?

A woman in a white trench coat spoke in the office.

Looking at Haruhi Suzumiya, who was standing in front of her and suddenly burst out laughing, Shizuka Hiratsuka, sensing a strong sense of malice from some unknown dimension, showed a hint of displeasure on her fair and beautiful face.

"I'm sorry, I just suddenly remembered something sad."

Haruhi couldn't help but turn her face away and cough incessantly.

He recalled the scene at Yui and Hachiman's wedding, where Hiratsuka Shizuka was completely drunk from drinking red wine. Whenever he thought about it, the image of Hiratsuka Shizuka, dressed in a white tuxedo and drunkenly insisting that Hachiman take responsibility, always made him chuckle.

Fortunately, Yui was acquainted with both sets of parents and Hiratsuka-sensei, and understood the inner pain of a single woman who had been single for over thirty years. She simply took Hiratsuka-sensei's drunken incident as a joke; if she had taken it seriously, things would have been unmanageable.

"Cough...cough...my girlfriend is about to give birth—"

Chunri finally managed to suppress his laughter. Just as he was about to say what he considered neither a lie nor a joke, his ex-girlfriend elbowed him on the shoulder.

At this moment, a Snow Maiden classmate who had appeared in this office for the same reason was also trying her best to restrain herself. She stood quietly in place with her head down, her long bangs covering her black eyes, and her slender shoulders trembling slightly.

Hiratsuka Shizuka noticed that Yukinoshita, whom she had always admired for her good upbringing, was also secretly suppressing a smile ever since she stood next to Haruhi. The once sacred office of a teacher seemed to have been transformed into a leisure club for people to entertain themselves.

Yukino's expression was also somewhat subtle at this moment. From an angle where no one could see, the corners of her rosy lips twitched slightly. Six years of living together had given Yukino, who already had an amazing understanding with Haruhi, that she understood Haruhi's point of laughter in less than two seconds.

Since she started dating Haruhi, she has found it increasingly difficult to control her emotions, but no matter how she looks at it, it's all his fault.

And just as Haruhi had expected, her phone contained those few photos that Hiratsuka Shizuka later considered her embarrassing past, which always brought a smile to her face whenever she thought about them.

"Yukinoshita-kun, if Kasuga-kun remembered something funny, then what are you laughing at?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka, legs crossed, suddenly felt that the expressions of the boy and girl in front of her were unfathomable to her, despite being their teacher. She had originally planned to call these two, who had gotten into a tiff during recess that morning, to her office during gym class, intending to ease the tension between them as a teacher. However, the scene unfolding before her made her abandon that idea—

No matter what happens, please let those two awful guys just explode on the spot!!

"I'm the same as him... um... um... cough cough cough... but he took those photos—uh, it's nothing."

Yukinoshita still kept her head down, unable to bear it any longer. Her voice even cracked slightly, and her incredibly slender shoulders continued to tremble.

Could it be that they both became mentally impaired after taking a fall?

Hiratsuka Shizuka looked at the boy and girl with an expression as if they were idiots, hesitated for a moment, and then slowly spoke.

"Are you two sure you didn't hurt your heads? Should I have Teacher Yuan give you a thorough check-up?"

From a perspective that Hiratsuka Shizuka failed to notice.

Having suppressed his inner amusement, the boy then lightly tapped Yukino's shoes twice with his indoor shoes in a rhythmic pattern.

This is a code word known only to the two of them.

You answer her question. My current character is a complete delinquent. Have you ever seen a delinquent obediently answer a teacher's questions?

"Ahem—Hiratsuka-sensei, let me explain."

Having regained her usual cold demeanor and composed herself, Yukinoshita coughed lightly, her clear gaze fixed on Hiratsuka Shizuka-sensei, who was still waiting for her reply.

"The misunderstanding between me and this Kasuga-kun was resolved in the infirmary. Although Kasuga-kun does have a very bad reputation at school, and I know that he is usually rude, violent, unreasonable, stupid, arrogant, and easily provoked, he realized his mistake and sincerely apologized to me with a deep bow. I also generously forgave him, so Hiratsuka-sensei, your worries were unnecessary."

! !

Haruhi, who originally had no intention of speaking, interrupted Yukinoshita's polite smile at this moment. Facing Hiratsuka Shizuka-sensei, with a slight smile on his face, the boy kindly added a couple more sentences.

"Ms. Hiratsuka, your worries are indeed unnecessary. There is no hatred between people that cannot be resolved. Yukinoshita, who is broad-minded, will definitely forgive my mistake. Moreover, what Yukinoshita just said was really good. I, Haruhi Kasuga, am indeed a rude, violent, unreasonable, stupid, and easily provoked arrogance. However, I am also self-aware and know that no one will ever like me in this life. And if some clueless girl happens to like me in the future, she will definitely be an ugly and fat girl with pimples on her face, yellow teeth when she smiles, and a lower level of education than me. She will also be a gluttonous and sleepy girl. I can already see my terrible future. Do you think so, Yukinoshita?"

The boy's smiling gaze met Yukino Yukinoshita's unwavering stare, who was glaring at him with an expression as if he were a dead man.

That's great. I finally heard what you really thought. In your heart, I am the kind of woman you just described, right? Is that right?

So you think you're the only one who can criticize me? Don't you even remember what my side hustle was like before? I haven't fought since I graduated high school. You keep using words like "rude" and "stubborn" to describe my Xiaoxue. Do you even have the right to say that to me?

The two glared at each other, neither willing to back down, their eyes swirling with a torrent of emotions.

Looking at the strange atmosphere of confrontation and caught in the middle, Hiratsuka Shizuka suddenly felt a little confused.

"This tense atmosphere... Yukinoshita, are you two sure that things have been reconciled?"

The boy and girl looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka, and said in unison.

"Of course they reconciled!!"

"Of course they reconciled!!"

As soon as the words were spoken, another thought silently surfaced in their minds.

However, this is only on the premise of an amicable breakup!

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Chapter Five: Knowledge is Power

……

When I was twenty, I got drunk on a spring day to celebrate my girlfriend's birthday and was helped home by her.

The stars twinkled, fireflies danced, and the roadside was desolate and lonely.

With his arm around his girlfriend's delicate shoulder, the slightly tipsy young man rambled on in the sweltering street.

Xiaoxue, do you know? I love you more than anyone else in the world.

I can marry you, I want to marry you, I hope you will marry me, I hope to marry you and make you someone who belongs only to me.

For you, I changed myself; for you, I tried my best not to think about unhappy things.

So, you must agree to my only request.

The air was somewhat stuffy, but the young man's face remained pressed against his girlfriend's hair, his murmured voice growing softer and softer.

And his girlfriend,

The exceptionally beautiful woman, exuding a faint, otherworldly aura, was struggling to support the young man's heavy body, while occasionally stomping viciously on his instep.

"It's really too heavy. Hayato and Hachiman, even though they know how bad this guy is when he's drunk, they still keep urging him to drink and making things worse. Honestly, he likes to talk nonsense when he's drunk."

The woman ran her fingers through her loose hair and couldn't help but complain.

"but----"

She breathed a sigh of relief, but for some reason, her face was flushed with a hint of drunkenness. In the warm night, she looked up at the full moon in the sky, and her soft laughter could only be heard by herself and the drunken man.

"Even if it's drunken talk, I'll take it seriously."

…………

Kasuga was ruthlessly kicked out of the office by Hiratsuka Shizuka. From the latter's seemingly resigned look, Kasuga saw the deep helplessness in her eyes.

The aloof and elegant Yukinoshita walked slowly behind the boy with her hands behind her back, subtly keeping a little distance between them.

"I remember by this time, you had already established the Service Department, right? It sounds like a social service club that's been tainted by sex."

Suddenly remembering something, Chunri turned to look at the snow.

He had a deep impression of the club that Yukinoshita had established back then. Although he never joined her club in the end, the club and the other two people in it left a very deep impression on him. After all, the various behaviors of that dead-fish-eyed boy later on were truly unforgettable.

"Yuigahama just submitted her application to join the club yesterday... Um, could you please refrain from using such insulting language to describe my club, Kasuga-san, who has no connection to me?"

The boy shrugged and said gloatingly in front of the girl, "What club that claims to help others is just a refuge for Yuki to escape the terrible interpersonal relationships around her. If it weren't for Hachiman Hikigaya and Yui Yuigahama joining later, Yuki, who has nothing to do with me, would probably have ended up all alone."

"I never expected this classmate, who looks like a gangster, to say something so caring. It's quite a surprise." Yukinoshita wasn't angry at Haruhi's words. Instead, she had a calm expression as if she didn't understand what Haruhi meant. She covered her cherry lips with her slender white hand and said with some surprise.

Calling me a member of the mafia is going too far.

Chunri's lips twitched slightly. Being a delinquent was one thing, but why did she have to get involved with the underworld?

"..."

"..."