My sister never calls me brother.

A woman and a man brushed past Miyazaki Airi.

The girl, with her long, pear-blossom hair dyed a captivating wine red, walked ahead with an arrogant and impatient air.

The boy was plain-looking, with a forced smile, but his expression was stiff and revealed obvious bitterness. He quickened his pace to follow the girl.

"Could we discuss that proposal to cut club funding again? Could we take the president's opinion into consideration?" The boy smiled sheepishly, his tone obsequious, looking somewhat conflicted.

The girl stopped and turned to look at him, asking in a compelling tone, "Between me and the president, whose side are you on?"

"Uh... this..." The boy swallowed hard, then said with a wry smile, "Is the middle part okay?"

"Tch!" The girl looked very dissatisfied, turned around and left.

"Wait...wait a minute!" the boy called after him.

Miyazaki Airi looked at the two strange people with some confusion, wondering, "President? Vice President? Are they from the student council?"

"Miya...Miyazaki-san!?"

A gasp rang out behind Miyazaki Airi. She turned around and saw Xu Zheng from the News Department staring in astonishment.

Xu Zheng never expected to be so lucky today, running into his long-admired goddess as soon as he stepped out. His face flushed slightly, and his restless heart was about to leap out of his body.

He silently thanked heaven, earth, and all the TV stations for giving him this chance encounter; he was absolutely thrilled!

"Oh? It's you..." Miyazaki Airi smiled and waved.

Xu Zheng nervously swallowed, watching the adorable Miyazaki Airi waving at him. He thought excitedly, "Wow~ Miyazaki-san is waving at me! Should I ask her out for dinner?" Of course! I can't let this golden opportunity slip by!

Miyazaki Airi glanced at Tao Yuanwu, who stood silently behind Xu Zheng, and felt a little embarrassed. She thought to herself, "He's so tall..."

"Um..." Xu Zheng paused, then asked in a very gentlemanly tone, "What is Miyazaki-san doing here?"

"I'm waiting for someone to have dinner with." Miyazaki Airi replied kindly.

"Waiting for someone!?" Xu Zheng felt startled, staring blankly, and asked in a flurry of questions, "Who is it!? Male or female!? What's their name!? What's their relationship!?"

"Eh—!!!" Miyazaki Airi was speechless, feeling embarrassed and flustered by his question. She thought to herself, what does it have to do with him who I'm waiting for?

Although Miyazaki Airi found it a bit strange, she answered politely, "It's a girl, Lin Nianwei, who's in the same club as me. Didn't you meet her last time?"

"Uh..." Xu Zheng was somewhat frightened, recalling Lin Nianwei's sharp gaze last time, and felt a little guilty.

“Lin Nianwei…” Tao Yuanwu, standing behind Xu Zheng, suddenly sighed.

"Huh!? You know her, classmate?" Miyazaki Airi asked, somewhat surprised.

“If remembering a name means we know each other, then I guess we do,” Tao Yuanwu said in a deep, muffled voice. “We were in the same class in first grade, but we never spoke a word to each other.”

"Ah...I see..." Miyazaki Airi blushed, thinking to herself, "Hmm! Very Vi-chan's style!"

"You are..." Tao Yuanwu looked down at Miyazaki Airi, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Are you her... friend?"

Airi Miyazaki nodded happily and replied with a smile, "That's right! We're good friends!"

Tao Yuanwu paused, then said in a muffled voice, "That's really strange..."

"Hmm?" Miyazaki Airi was a little puzzled, thinking, what's so strange about this?

Just as Miyazaki Airi was about to ask a question, Xu Zheng interrupted her, because he saw that the two were chatting happily and felt somewhat unhappy.

"Miya...Miyazaki-san, after school tonight, could...could we have dinner together?" Xu Zheng knew there was no chance now, but maybe there would be another time. He didn't want to give up.

"Huh!?" Miyazaki Airi suddenly realized that Xu Zheng had been trying to ask her out all along.

Airi Miyazaki felt a little embarrassed, her expression stiffening. She thought to herself, "So he likes me? What did I do?"

She had no feelings for Xu Zheng and thought that unrequited love was extremely troublesome to deal with, so she would definitely refuse such a sudden invitation.

However, Xu Zheng's hopeful gaze made Miyazaki Airi feel a little awkward, after all, she was a bit soft-hearted.

Airi Miyazaki's view on love is rather traditional; she believes feelings should be cultivated slowly. Asking someone out right away makes her very uncomfortable, especially since they don't know each other well.

"Um... I'm sorry, I have something to do tonight," Miyazaki Airi politely declined.

"What is it?" Xu Zheng pressed, unaware of how impolite it was to pry so persistently.

"Well... I have to cook when I get home, and there are people at home who need to be taken care of..." Miyazaki Airi replied hesitantly, feeling for the first time that Zhou Han was somewhat useful, and finding Xu Zheng a bit annoying.

"Oh, I see..." Xu Zheng was somewhat disappointed, but still unwilling to give up, he continued to ask, "What about tomorrow? The day after tomorrow? The day after that? The weekend? Next week? The weekend after that...?"

"Ah..." Miyazaki Airi, facing Xu Zheng's relentless pressure, was exasperated and finally gave in, "Maybe there'll be time..."

"Wow!!!" Xu Zheng clenched his fist excitedly, his eyes sparkling, and said, "Then it's settled! The weekend after next week!"

"Uh..." Miyazaki Airi frowned, extremely annoyed, thinking, "How can there be such a person?! I said maybe! Not definitely!!!"

Xu Zheng was immersed in joy, smiling like a flower, feeling that happiness had come too suddenly.

Airi Miyazaki's expression wasn't very good.

She wanted to turn hostile and make things clear.

But just then, Lin Nianwei walked out of the teaching building.

"Vi-chan!" Miyazaki Airi was stunned for a moment, then happily ran over, thinking that she could finally get rid of this annoying guy.

Lin Nianwei remained expressionless, glanced at Xu Zheng and Tao Yuanwu not far away, and said nothing.

"Really..." Miyazaki Airi complained, "Why did we talk for so long?"

"Sorry, it took a little time," Lin Nianwei replied apologetically.

"No...no fighting, right?" Miyazaki Airi was still very curious.

"Why would I do something so illogical?" Lin Nianwei was stunned, unable to understand why Miyazaki Airi would think that way.

"It's nothing! It's nothing!" Miyazaki Airi waved her hands repeatedly, relieved. It seemed she had been overthinking things.

Lin Nianwei looked at Miyazaki Airi and felt that she was acting a little strange, but she didn't care and said lightly, "Let's go eat."

The two walked shoulder to shoulder, talking as they went.

"What did you and Yao Xiaorui talk about?" Miyazaki Airi asked, she was quite interested in the content of their conversation.

"It's nothing, just a transaction," Lin Nianwei replied.

"A deal? What kind of deal?" Miyazaki Airi was stunned, not understanding.

"It's a transaction involving a debt of gratitude." Lin Nianwei didn't offer any further explanation.

Just as Miyazaki Airi was about to ask further questions, she was interrupted by Xu Zheng's loud shout from behind.

"Miyazaki-san! Don't forget! It's the weekend! See you there!!!"

Airi Miyazaki's face darkened, her expression became uncertain, and her body stiffened, as if she was about to explode.

Looking at Miyazaki Airi's strange expression, Lin Nianwei asked somewhat blankly, "What do you mean, 'see you later'?"

"No, no, no! It's nothing! Hahahaha..." Miyazaki Airi snapped out of her daze and quickly tried to laugh it off, her expression extremely unnatural.

Lin Nianwei looked at her suspiciously and asked, "What exactly happened?"

"It's nothing! Let's go eat!" Miyazaki Airi gently pushed Lin Nianwei from behind as they walked together.

Lin Nianwei frowned, unable to understand why Xu Zheng would use such an ambiguous phrase as "see you there." Was it something serious, or—

Dating?

Chapter 106 Ugly Behavior Exposed

"Hehe...hehehe..." Xu Zheng grinned foolishly with a happy expression, watching Miyazaki Airi's beautiful figure gradually disappear into the distance.

Tao Yuanwu looked down at Xu Zheng beside him and said in a muffled voice, "I think you were really bad at reading the room just now. She didn't seem very willing?"

"No, no," Xu Zheng shook his head, looking like someone who had been there before, and said, "Girls are all quite shy, so I have to take the initiative to get them to let go of their inhibitions."

"Is that really the case?" Tao Yuanwu was somewhat bewildered. He was a straightforward person and didn't quite understand the complexities of male-female relationships, but he was exceptionally sensitive to the atmosphere around him, a common trait among many taciturn people.

"Tsk tsk tsk!" Xu Zheng clicked his tongue three times, and said with the look of looking at a junior and a frivolous tone, "Don't look down on your size, you're not as shrewd as me. You should learn more from me."

Xu Zheng is currently acting like a smug little man, even though he doesn't actually have any romantic experience yet.

Tao Yuanwu listened to Xu Zheng's smug rambling in silence.

Afternoon self-study time——

Normally, Gu Bai, as the class monitor, would supervise the students during self-study.

But... he hasn't come for several days.

It wasn't until she was studying that Zhou Han realized something was wrong.

At first, he thought Gu Bai had just asked for leave, but after so many days, he still hadn't come to school, which was a bit strange.

Zhou Han recalled the incident at the gymnasium, where Gu Bai was punched and kicked by a group of people and was probably the most seriously injured.

At that time, due to Wang Qianqian's obstruction, Zhou Han was unaware of Gu Bai's injury, and after her suspension ended, she had not seen him come.

Realizing this, Zhou Han couldn't help but wonder to herself, "Could it be that his injury was too serious and he's still in the hospital?"

Zhou Han lay on her desk, her mind wandering.

Sitting in front, Feng Jiarui turned around and looked at Zhou Han, revealing a strange smile. She then gave a few winks to the people she usually got along well with.

"Ugh~" Feng Jiarui said in a strange tone, "The trash can is full again. Can someone please go empty it?"

Feng Jiarui deliberately filled the trash can to make things difficult for Zhou Han in class. He wouldn't back down just because of a few threatening remarks he made that morning, and besides—

It was a girl he liked who instructed him to do this.

Feng Jiarui felt it was her duty to make things difficult for Zhou Han in order to show off.

"It really is Zhou Han after all..."

"Zhou Han has a very kind heart and is always willing to help others!"

"That's right! That's right!"

"Zhou Han is very diligent; she'll definitely help take out the trash."

A group of people joined in, this time in a very orderly fashion, as if it had been pre-arranged.

The voices of agreement rose and fell, vividly describing the scene; it seemed—

Everyone's acting skills are becoming more and more refined in order to make things difficult for Zhou Han.

Zhou Han lay on the table, pretending not to hear, not wanting to pay any attention, wondering how long they could keep up this fuss.