Zongman: The Qilin Child of Xuanyuan Family

I believe,

There must be another me in this world.

Doing things I dare not do,

Live,

The life I wanted to live.

Shiina Mahiru laughed as her fingers brushed over this passage in the light novel. As she laughed, her nose inexplicably felt sore.

Mahiru Shiina also believes that,

I believe there is another her in this world.

She who had not met Xuanyuan Ning,

She will spend her life in confusion,

Maybe until death,

I don’t know what dreams are.

"Shiina-san, please have some tea."

Yukinoshita Yukino promptly handed the brewed black tea to Shiina Mahiru, interrupting Shiina Mahiru's thoughts.

Pulled Shiina Mahiru back from her fantasy.

"Thank you, Yukinoshita-san."

"You're welcome."

After handing a cup of black tea to Shiina Mahiru, Yukinoshita Yukino began to brew tea for Yuigahama Yui, then for herself, and finally for Hikigaya Hachiman.

It's rude, but also normal.

Hikigaya Hachiman touched his nose awkwardly, pretending he knew nothing.

It seems that the pitying look I gave her just now really hurt Yukinoshita Yukino's heart.

"Hikigaya, what bad things are you thinking about again?"

A woman's sixth sense gave Yukinoshita Yukino a warning, and the girl pointed her spear at Hikigaya Hachiman without even thinking.

From a psychological perspective, touching the nose is undoubtedly a sign of wanting to conceal something. Hikigaya Hachiman's small gesture is the most powerful evidence.

"Ahem...you're joking, Minister Yukinoshita."

Hikigaya Hachiman quickly gave in and even called out the word "buyer".

It is unrealistic to want to leave the Service Club. Hiratsuka Shizuka's ruthless iron fist is always hanging over Hikigaya Hachiman's head. In order to make his future life in the Service Club easier, Hikigaya Hachiman has no moral integrity at all.

The price of being extremely rational is...it will make people lose their dignity.

It will make people do whatever it takes as long as they can protect themselves.

Without Xuanyuan Ning's guidance, Hikigaya Hachiman once again returned to his own lonely maze.

"Xiaoxue, it's delicious!"

After blowing gently on the edge of the teacup to feel if the temperature was about right, Yuigahama Yui licked the tea with her tongue like a puppy.

Unlike other types of tea, black tea exudes a rich honey and fruity aroma after brewing. The mellow taste makes Yuigahama Yui feel very satisfied, and she unconsciously praises Yukinoshita Yukino's brewing skills.

"Yuigahama-san, I don't think our relationship is close enough for us to call each other by our first names."

Because of the interruption of Shiina Mahiru knocking on the door, Yukinoshita Yukino had never asked this question.

Up to now, there was no one in the library, so Yukinoshita Yukino finally asked this question without worrying about disturbing others.

Yukinoshita Yukino, who has a similarly awkward personality and has never had any friends, doesn't understand why Yuigahama Yui is so... outgoing?

"Eh? Aren't Xiaoxue and I friends?!"

Yuigahama Yui widened her eyes and looked at Yukinoshita Yukino in disbelief.

In Yuigahama Yui's understanding, she and Yukinoshita Yukino have already become good friends, and there is no problem in calling each other by their names.

"Or does Xiaoxue not recognize me as a friend..."

Yuigahama Yui, who was rejected by her idol, was like an abandoned puppy, looking at Yukinoshita Yukino with frustration with her ears drooping.

"I didn't say that, Yuigahama-san."

"Then why didn't Xiaoxue call me Yui?"

"this..."

Yukinoshita Yukino hesitated for a moment, then gave in: "Yui..."

Like Hikigaya Hachiman, Yukinoshita Yukino also longs for friends.

"Great, Xiaoxue."

Puppies are easily satisfied and will stick out their tongues happily just by being called by their name.

Yuigahama Yui, who was recognized by her idol friends, was so happy that she wanted to stick to Yukinoshita Yukino, but Yukinoshita Yukino pressed her head with one hand to separate them.

"I'm still having trouble in the library, Yubi... Yui, please be quiet."

"oh oh."

Yuigahama Yui obediently stopped making a fuss and sat down next to Yukinoshita Yukino.

"Yukinoshita-san, can you be my friend too?"

Noticing the fight between Yuigahama Yui and Yukinoshita Yukino, Shiina Mahiru chose to intervene.

Mahiru Shiina saw the awkward personality of Yukinoshita Yukino, and also understood that she was not the cold ice queen as rumored.

Having received the tenderness from Xuanyuan Ning, Shiina Mahiru also wants to give her tenderness to others.

Of course, this tenderness is only given to girls.

Otherwise, if my lovely fiancé gets jealous, I’ll have a headache.

Shiina Mahiru is very clear about her own identity and knows what she can and cannot do.

Chapter 36 The Lonely Girl Is No Longer Lonely

"Yeah, no need to pick me up today. I'm going shopping with a friend I just met after school~"

After reporting to Xuanyuan Ning, Shiina Mahiru chased after Yuigahama Yui and Yukinoshita Yukino who were walking in front.

With Yuigahama Yui's successful friendship as a precedent, the friendship between Shiina Mahiru and Yukinoshita Yukino naturally came naturally.

How can girls’ friendship be enhanced? The answer is to go shopping and eat together.

With Xuanyuan Ning's experience as a guide, Shiina Mahiru began to follow suit.

"Xiaoxue, Yui, please walk slower."

Shiina Mahiru, who was holding Yukinoshita Yukino's other arm, and Yuigahama Yui, who was holding Yukinoshita Yukino's right arm, looked at each other and smiled.

An angel recognized by the school, a little expert in making friends in the class, who has Yukinoshita Yukino in the middle with a coercive force.

"Mahiru... Yui... you guys are too close..."

Without the cold face she usually showed to Hikigaya Hachiman, Yukinoshita Yukino was a little shy and her speech was not as confident as usual.

Yukinoshita Yukino said that Hikigaya Hachiman has a weird personality and has no friends, and she herself is the same.

Excellence that is slightly above average will only make others envious, while excellence that is far above average but not quite at the top will make people jealous.

Yukino Yukinoshita, who has been very cute since childhood, is the latter. Her excellence has made her confessed to by the opposite sex and envied by the same sex.

After she rejects the confession of the opposite sex, her love will turn into resentment and even become "morbid".

The girls were jealous of Yukinoshita Yukino, so they started to isolate her together with their friends.

The boys resent Yukinoshita Yukino and treat her as a tool for fun. Whoever loses the game will go to Yukinoshita Yukino to confess his love to her.

The morbidity is easier to understand. Some people throw away stolen indoor shoes out of jealousy, while others use them to vent certain desires.

Faced with these situations, Yukinoshita Yukino did not choose to resist, but instead began to take indoor shoes and recorders home... If she did not resist, she would be allowing others to continue doing evil.

This is not victimization, it is a fact.

It is a fantasy that a child from a good background can be bullied by children from ordinary families.

It's like putting a group of lambs and a little lion into the same fence. The lambs soon realize that the little lion is different from themselves, and begin to exclude and unite to confront the little lion.

The little lion also discovered his own differences. After being contradicted and excluded, his first thought was not to find a way to retaliate, but to hide himself in a corner and protect himself in any way he could think of... and only to protect himself.

This kind of thing is ridiculous in itself.

And now,

A lively and cheerful little lamb, and a lion who is also a lion but gets along well with the lambs, took the initiative to find the little lion who was hiding to protect himself.

What kind of changes will occur?

"Mahiru-chan, who were you talking to on the phone just now?"

Selectively ignoring Yukinoshita Yukino's resistance, Yuigahama Yui began to change the subject.

Yukinoshita Yukino did not resist strongly, but just symbolically pretended to struggle, but when she failed to break free, she gave up.

He also pricked up his ears, wanting to listen to some gossip.

"My fiancé."

Shiina Mahiru did not hide anything and said in a calm tone words that made Yukinoshita Yukino and Yuigahama Yui feel extremely shocked.

"Eh???"

Yuigahama Yui's voice suddenly rose, she was truly shocked. Yukinoshita Yukino remained silent, but her eyes were equally shocked.

Compared to Yukino Yukinoshita, who is known as the Ice Queen, it is obvious that Mahiru Shiina, who is known as the Angel, is more popular among classmates.

As we all know, every beautiful woman can never receive all the love letters.

Even so, they had never heard any news about Shiina Mahiru accepting any student's confession.

But now... Shiina Mahiru herself told them directly that the other party has a fiancé.

How can this not be shocking?

Which warrior quietly plucked one of the most beautiful girls in Sobu High School and got engaged to her?

"Mahiru-chan, how did you two meet? Who pursued who? Is your fiancé handsome?"

Yuigahama Yui, who was deeply poisoned by idol dramas, asked three questions in a row.

She was so curious. In her eyes, Shiina Mahiru was an "angel" just as her title suggested.

She was so curious about who could pull an angel into the mortal world.

"Mahiru, is this a family marriage?"

Unlike the stupid Yuigahama Yui, Yukinoshita Yukino made judgments based on some clues and concluded that Shiina Mahiru has a fiancé and it should be a marriage arranged for a wealthy family.

If she really found her fiancé at school, there would be no way there wouldn't be any rumors.

Yukino Yukinoshita, whose family is considered wealthy, has many more speculations than Yuigahama Yui, who comes from an ordinary family.

"Family marriage? Mahiru-chan..."

TV dramas also have stories about wealthy families, such as a domineering president falling in love with me, a husband who doesn’t love me and runs away with the kids, and a man who comes back from the dead and is determined to strangle a green tea girl.

Yuigahama Yui began a new round of imagination, with a worried expression on her face.

Putting aside the plot of free love in school, this kind of wealthy marriage fiancé... Shiina Mahiru has to report to the authorities when going shopping with everyone. Generally, there is no love between them, only interests.

Yuigahama Yui, who was gossiping one second, started worrying about Shiina Mahiru's future the next.

"Yui, don't worry about me. My fiancé, I love him very much~"

Poking Yuigahama Yui's face in a funny way, Shiina Mahiru expressed her feelings for Xuanyuan Ning.

Shiina Mahiru couldn't guarantee whether Xuanyuan Ning really liked her or not, but Shiina Mahiru herself must like Xuanyuan Ning, from the bottom of her heart.

Although the two of them had not been together for a long time, Shiina Mahiru felt that she had changed a lot.

She is no longer the girl who longed to be loved, she is now surrounded by love.