In crossover anime, who isn't a childhood friend?

"Do you think my Yukino is still a child? You think you can stop her from being angry with you just because of this?"

"This is just a bonus; I mainly want you to pass on a message for me."

Yang threw the keychain back: "Why don't you just give it to her yourself and tell her about it?"

"I would like to do that if I could, but these past few days she has been consciously staying with Rikka Eriri at school, not giving me any chance to be alone with her."

"Can't we just send a message? Like she said last night."

"I can send it, but she doesn't even look at it, so there's nothing I can do."

Yuan Qianye took out his phone and showed it to Yang Nai.

The three messages he sent on the page.

The first one is the dolphin bubbling emoji.

The second message was an apology, saying he shouldn't have kept his relationship with Saeko Utaha a secret from her for so long.

The third message was a request to arrange a time to talk to her alone.

All of them are shown as unread.

Yang Nai's face, which had been cold for a while, finally broke into a smile again, though it was just a chuckle that didn't carry much enthusiasm, but it was still a smile.

"Serves you right, you womanizer. This is what happens when you make Yukino angry. In my experience, you won't be able to talk to her for at least two weeks. Even if you give her a gift she likes, it won't help."

"So, based on your understanding of her, Yang Nai, what should I do to calm her down as quickly as possible?"

"You've come to the right person. When she was little, I often teased her until she cried or sulked. I know exactly how to deal with her in that state. But there's a problem. You're a Casanova with two girlfriends right now. Why should I side with you and help you win over my own sister?"

As Yang Nai uttered these words, she crossed her left leg over her right leg under the table, her toes tapping in and out.

Yuan Qianye corrected, "I didn't think about doing anything specific to her. I just wanted to go back to being friends with her like before and didn't want things to stay so tense between us."

"There's not much difference. We can go back to being friends first, and then use that relationship to figure out how to slowly win her over, right?" Yang Nai said with certainty.

Just as Chiyo was about to say something, Yono retorted with another sentence.

"Don't rush to refute me unless you tell me right now that you have absolutely no feelings for my Yukino, only the kind of attraction between opposite sexes, and that you've never thought about holding hands, hugging, or even kissing her in the future."

"..."

"See? I knew you couldn't refute that."

"So you can't help me, right? Well, it's a bit much to ask, since you're Yukino's older sister. I understand. I won't bother you any longer, I'll head back now."

Yuan Qianye got up to leave.

"Come back and sit down!" Yang Nai said fiercely. What was this rascal playing at with her, using a feigned retreat? "What do you think I called you here for today? We've only just gotten started, and you're already trying to slip away?"

"I feel that as Yukino's older sister, you should have your own stance and it's not convenient for you to help, so I don't want to put you in a difficult position."

"Stop with the nice talk. You're not leaving until we reach a conclusion."

"I think it's difficult to reach a consensus that we both agree on given the current state of our conversation."

"At least one thing is the same: concern for Yukino. Getting angry is bad for your health. If you make her angry, you have to take responsibility for it."

"..."

Regardless, Gen Chiya sat down again.

After venting, Yang Nai calmed down a bit.

Most importantly, she found that the emotions she couldn't suppress when she first learned that Qianye was dating two girls at the same time were now dissipating at an incredibly fast pace.

Well... she realized that she wasn't as angry or as unacceptable towards Qianye as she had imagined.

If you had to put it bluntly, her behavior just now seemed to be driven by her identity as "Yukino-neechan" or "the eldest daughter of the Yukinoshita family," and was a completely subconscious act... a so-called attitude.

Yang didn't think too much about it and reached out her hand.

Yuan Qianye understood and tossed the keychain back to her.

“I can help you, after all, she is already in poor health, and she can’t take it if she doesn’t eat properly every day.”

Yuan Qianye nodded seriously: "I owe you a favor."

"There's no need to be so formal. If we're really talking about personal relationships, I'm the one who owes you more. You just need to answer a few questions for me."

"Go ahead and ask."

"You genuinely like Busujima and Kasumigaoka, and there's absolutely no way you'd break up with them, right?"

"Yes."

"When did you start to like my Yukino?"

"I've had a crush on her since I was very young, but I really started to see her as a charming woman rather than just a friend... at the fireworks festival a few years ago."

"The time when Toka and I separated from you guys?"

"Ah."

Let's rank these three from most liked to least liked.

"..."

"That's a bit difficult. Never mind then. Does Toka know about this?"

After hesitating for a moment, Yuan Qianye finally said, "...I know."

"Oh~" Yang Nai drawled out, her attitude ambiguous.

After asking this question, she remained silent for a long time.

"Then, you and..."

"what?"

"...Never mind, it's nothing. I've finished asking my question. Go ahead and tell me what you want me to tell Yukino."

"I'm sorry, but I won't give up."

After waiting for a while, Yang Nai spoke up: "Is that all?"

Yuan Qianye nodded: "That's all."

"Don't you want to add anything else? I wouldn't mind."

"No need, you just need to convey this message to her, and she will naturally understand what I mean."

…………

Chapter 017: The Student Council President's Attack

Since the day I finished talking with Yukino Yukinoshita, time has passed and it's now May 1st.

Temperatures are gradually rising. Although it's not really hot yet, many students at school have already switched to summer uniforms.

Yuan Qianye was not much different from before. Without any other special arrangements, he would take off his shirt every night and do some basic exercises such as sit-ups and push-ups. Then he would get up at six o'clock the next morning and jog around the vicinity of the apartment building.

The shop assistants who work early shifts in the surrounding area, the young housewives who live nearby, and the elderly who also like to do morning exercises often see him over time and now they will take the initiative to greet him.

A good-looking, approachable, and healthy young man will naturally attract the attention of others.

Several things have happened in the past two weeks.

When the entrance exam results came out in late April, the rankings posted on the bulletin board were not much different from those seen on the first day of school, with the top names still being familiar.

Only a few minor changes have occurred.

Yukino Yukinoshita's name slipped down to second place, no longer sharing the top spot with Chiya Minamoto.

It's hard to say whether her recent drop in grades was influenced by someone.

It's also worth mentioning that in the second-year rankings, Kasumigaoka Utaha ranked first, while Busujima Saeko ranked seventeenth.

Eriri and Rikka are not worth mentioning. The exam rankings only show the top fifty people. One of them is bad at English, and the other lives a leisurely life. They can't even make the list.

After the exam, the class re-elected the class committee.

When it came to the first part of electing the class monitor, many people turned their attention to Minamoto Chiya, who was sitting in the last row. The class teacher in charge of the event, Hiratsuka Shizuka, also gave him a very enthusiastic and expectant look.

But despite being the center of attention, I was oblivious to it all, pretending not to see anything, and simply scribbling on a blank sheet of paper with my pen in hand, clearly conveying my disinterest.

Even with this self-abandonment, he still received eleven votes in the final free voting round, only two votes less than Ye Shan, who had been the acting class monitor.

Furthermore, at the end of last month, we received some good news from Kodansha.

The sales of the new book, White Night Walk, have clearly exceeded 800,000 copies!

It has become the most popular best-selling book in the physical book market in recent years, which has been squeezed by online and mobile media, without exception!

And this has only been on the market for less than a month.

Considering that sales will continue to grow over time, coupled with the huge potential of overseas markets, the cumulative sales in the future could very well reach two million copies... no, three or four million copies might not be impossible!

These were all outcomes that could be roughly predicted in advance, and Gen Chiyo remained calm about them.

During lunch break, he had just stepped out of the classroom when he ran into Eriri and Rikka, who were flanking Yukino on either side.

"Ah, isn't this Chiya!"

"Really, what a coincidence, bro! We were just about to go to the cafeteria."

"Qianye, why don't you come along too?"

"That's right, that's right! Anyway, we didn't bring any lunch from home today, and eating bread all the time isn't good for our health. Let's have some!"

Eriri and Rikka sang in unison.

Although it's still obvious at a glance that this was a deliberate coincidence they created, it's much better than it was at the beginning.

At least it no longer has that feeling of a third-rate actor reciting lines in advance but then completely lacking emotion when it comes to the actual performance.

During this time, we owe a lot to the two of them. Although they didn't understand what had happened between Chiya and Yukino, they still tried their best to get them back together.

Although the effect was not significant, at least it prevented their relationship from deteriorating further.

They remained in a state where they could coexist and have basic communication, but were unable to take things any further.

This is already quite good.

At least Gen Chiya was already quite satisfied with this.

What's that saying again...? Time heals all wounds.