Zongman, gain super powers after helping others

"Let's go."

Lin Qianshu's smile made Kawasaki Saki feel an urge to punch him.

……

"Hey, brother, why do you think Kawasaki-neechan did that?" Komachi asked her brother while sitting in the family dining room, waiting for Lin Qianshu and the others to arrive.

"Who knows? Maybe they find studying too hard and want to find a factory job? Aren't there those kinds of jobs where people find studying too hard and then find a factory job, only to find that studying is easier in the end?" Hachiman answered his sister's question casually.

To be honest, he had no interest in why Kawasaki Saki was working to earn money. He only agreed to help because of his sister and Lin Qianshu's request.

Seeing her brother looking distracted, Komachi huffed and puffed out, "Brother, I'm serious."

When Hachiman heard his sister say that, he put down his book, thought for a moment, and said, "I don't know, but Kawasaki is very good at bartending. I can't think of any other reason why she would do something like that for a part-time job except because of her family."

"Because of family?"

"If Komachi urgently needs money, but her family can't come up with that much money right now, your brother will work as hard as I can."

"Brother..." Komachi looked deeply moved, then, as if making a great vow like an ancient Buddha, she said, "Don't worry, brother. If you are unwanted and lose your job in the future, and you are all alone and pitiful, Komachi will take on the responsibility of raising you!"

"Hey, do you think your brother is the kind of good-for-nothing whose future is doomed?"

"Ah, Yui-nee and the others are here!"

Don't change the subject at a time like this!

"Yah hello~ Komachi, Aki."

"Yay~ Yui-nee."

After the usual introductions, Kawasaki Saki saw Komachi's school uniform and immediately knew how Kawasaki Taishi had met Hayashi Chiki and sought her help.

The culprit is actually you...

Hachiman shuddered. How terrifying! This woman in front of him was terrifying. Huh? Why was she staring at him like that? Had he done something to offend her?

"Now that we're here, Kawasaki-kun, don't you have anything you want to say to Taishi?" Lin Qianshu was the first to break the ice.

“Sister…” Dazhi looked at his sister with concern.

After noticing the look in her younger brother's eyes, Kawasaki Saki knew she had nowhere left to retreat. She let out a long sigh and said:

"Dazhi, what did he say to you?"

“I’ve already told you, including about my sister working at the bar. I don’t understand why you went to work there, even going so far as to hide your age.”

"This has nothing to do with you!" Kawasaki Saki didn't want to dwell on this issue any longer. She glared at her younger brother forcefully, hoping to use her authority as the 'older sister' to make him back down.

However, after glancing at Lin Qianshu, Dazhi stubbornly retorted, "It doesn't matter where we are! We're family!"

"...Didn't I tell you that you don't need to know?"

Kawasaki Saki noticed her younger brother's little tricks. Although she was very angry, her tone softened, but she still had no intention of explaining anything.

Seeing this, Lin Qianshu, who had been observing for a long time, asked:

"Is it that Dazhi doesn't need to know, or that Dazhi can't know?"

"What do you mean?"

"Kawasaki-kun, let me guess why you need to work part-time and why you need money?"

Everyone's attention was immediately drawn to Lin Qianshu's words, except for Kawasaki Saki, who bit her lip and glared fiercely at the annoying guy in front of her with a pitiful look.

Chapter 45 I still prefer your rebellious self from back then.

"Taishi said before that you only started becoming a delinquent after you entered your second year of high school."

You're the delinquent girl!

"Of course, from Dazhi's perspective, that's true, but from your perspective, it's not."

What do you know?

"For you, the point when you really started working should be when Dazhi was in the third year of junior high school, right?"

Did he really guess it?

Watching Kawasaki Saki's emotional trajectory shift from anger to embarrassment and finally to suspicion, Lin Qianshu was basically certain of his guess.

"Dazhi, you probably only started taking tutoring classes when you were in your third year of junior high, right?"

Upon hearing this, Kawasaki Saki's pupils contracted slightly, and her previously held-up head lowered unconsciously. She gripped the hem of her skirt tightly with both hands, lost in thought.

"Yes, that's right." Dazhi nodded.

"I see, Kawasaki was trying to raise money for her brother's tuition." Yuihama felt she understood everything.

Yukinoshita, however, had a different opinion. "No, the timing doesn't match up. Kawasaki Taishi started attending cram school in early April, while Kawasaki had only just started working at that time. This means that Taishi's tuition was already secured. So rather than raising tuition for Taishi, it's more accurate to say that Kawasaki was raising tuition for himself."

Hachiman nodded: "Indeed, if you want to go to university, you need to start preparing for university entrance exams and summer classes around the time you're in your second year of high school."

Lin Qianshu delivered the final blow: "Dazhi once told me that you were always very serious and gentle with him. Perhaps that's why you made this decision?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Kawasaki Saki's previously tense shoulders relaxed, and she raised her head as if she had unloaded some kind of burden. She patted her younger brother, who was practically wearing guilt on his face.

"Don't overthink it. That's precisely why you don't need to know."

"But, but..."

"No buts. Let me make this clear beforehand: even so, I won't quit my job. After all, I also want to go to university, but at the same time, I don't want you and your parents to be burdened by it."

Kawasaki Saki's voice wasn't loud, but it was exceptionally firm, and everyone present could feel the unwavering determination within it.

Of course, willpower is one thing, but in Lin Qianshu's emotional perception, Kawasaki Saki was almost shrouded in gray 'sorrow'.

It's likely the other person is well aware that working as a bartender isn't a long-term solution. Although the pay is good, the irregular sleep schedule and late nights make it difficult to concentrate in class, and they're always drowsy. This could not only affect their grades in the long run, but it might also ruin their health.

By then, let alone going to university, the money earned probably wouldn't even cover the medical expenses.

"So what makes you feel that there are no other ways to make money besides working part-time?" Lin Qianshu said, opening his backpack, taking out a stack of paper documents, placing them on the table, and pushing them toward Kawasaki Saki.

"This is……"

Kawasaki Saki subconsciously picked up the document, glanced at it, and involuntarily read out the bolded text at the top.

"Chiba Municipal Soubu High School Scholarship Evaluation Standards"

"Look, the scholarship may not earn as much as being a bartender, but it's less stressful. If that's still not enough, you can work part-time in your spare time. That should cover the cost of summer tutoring, right?"

"This……"

Lin Qianshu glanced at the trembling wish request on Kawasaki Saki's head and continued, "If you're worried about not getting a scholarship, you might as well seek help from our Service Club. Although we can't directly help you get the review teachers, we can still raise your grades to a level where you can get a scholarship."

Kawasaki Saki was tempted but also hesitated: "Wouldn't that be too much trouble for you?"

"It's not troublesome at all. Isn't the Service Club established for this purpose? By the way, the teacher in charge of the initial review of scholarships is our homeroom teacher, Ms. Hiratsuka Shizuka, who is also the advisor of the Service Club."

“If you ask us for help, she will find out about this, and given her personality, she probably won’t just stand by and do nothing…”

Lin Qianshu's words were like the devil's whisper, tempting the desperate Kawasaki Saki to make a wish to him.

"It's clearly a good thing, but you make it sound like you're using connections." Yukinoshita sighed, but she had to admit that what Lin Qianshu said made sense.

Given Hiratsuka Shizuka's personality, even if Kawasaki Saki doesn't get the scholarship in the end, the other party will probably find some other way to get her into the summer cram school.

And to be honest, the scholarships at Zongwu High School are actually not difficult to obtain. To put it bluntly, if you can't even do that, you might as well not even think about going to university and just find a class to attend.

If Kawasaki Saki displays the same determination as someone who'd rather work overtime than miss university, a mere scholarship will surely be no challenge for her.

"Then I'll leave it to you." Kawasaki Saki, having made up her mind, earnestly pleaded with him.

As the girl finished speaking, the blue exclamation mark in Lin Qianshu's vision finally turned into a stream of light and was imprinted on the task bar.

Saki Kawasaki's wish—Get da☆ze!~

Seeing that the matter had been resolved satisfactorily, Yuihama cheered and pulled the others to the beverage area to get drinks. Just as Lin Qianshu stood up to get a drink to celebrate his new job, Kawasaki Saki called him back.

The girl seemed unsure how to face the boy before her. She turned her head to the side, brushed the ends of her light blue hair behind her ear, and glanced at his face from time to time with her bright eyes. After pursing her red lips, she spoke in a soft, almost inaudible voice, "Um... thank you."

"Huh? What did you say?"

Although the surrounding environment was noisy, Lin Qianshu could still hear Kawasaki Saki's words of thanks. Even if he couldn't hear them, he could feel the 'gratitude' emanating from her. But he pretended not to hear them.

Not for any other reason than to be able to admire Kawasaki Saki's expression for a little longer.

I just want to see that ( ) expression on your face.jpg

Poor Kawasaki Saki completely failed to notice Lin Qianshu's wicked humor, genuinely believing that he hadn't heard her clearly, and repeated herself after raising her voice slightly.

I said, "Thank you."

Lin Qianshu smacked his lips as if savoring something, then said to Kawasaki Saki, "You're welcome, but I still prefer your rebellious self from back then. Why don't you go back to your old self?"

Kawasaki Saki remained expressionless, but her fist, which had loosened under the table, clenched again.

I really do want to punch this guy!

Chapter 46 Club Activity Funding and Club Trips

With Lin Qianshu's encouragement, Kawasaki Saki quit her job at the bar and devoted all her energy to her studies.

It has to be said that Saki Kawasaki is quite ruthless. Since the start of the school year, she has been working until the early hours of the morning almost every day before going to school. She only gets a maximum of three hours of nap time in between, and after school in the afternoon, she goes home and sleeps for a while before starting work again.

While others indulge in fragmented entertainment, she indulges in fragmented sleep. Yet, despite this absurd schedule and work intensity, her grades didn't decline much, and her Chinese language skills even improved slightly.

He can be described as a hardcore and ruthless person.

"Sign this application form." During a break between classes, Lin Qianshu took a form and slapped it in front of Kawasaki Saki.

"Join the club?" Kawasaki Saki was a little dumbfounded. Join what club?

"Of course it's the Service Club! Don't worry, even if you're a ghost member, no one will care. Aren't scholarships based on activity points? Here, these are your activity points."

You don't necessarily need to join a club to earn activity points, but joining a club makes it easier to get them. Don't be fooled by the Service Club's seemingly idle lifestyle, like a tea party where they're either drinking tea or reading, and only open-book exams when it's time to study. Even though the school doesn't provide funding for club activities, they still give you all the free activity points they need.

Take Hachiman, for example, who didn't complete all his activity credits in his first year of high school. In less than half a semester, he not only made up for the missing activity credits, but he's almost finished all the credits for this semester.

This is the true value of a congressman's daughter!

Ahem, just kidding. Activity points aren't hard to come by, and the school wouldn't specifically restrict students because of them. It's purely a personal issue that Hikigaya didn't complete the course in his first year of high school. Lin Chishu just used that as an excuse to lure Kawasaki Saki into the Service Club.

Didn't I accept Kawasaki Saki's wish request before? Blue-level wish requests are the highest-level requests Lin Qianshu currently has.

The commission is roughly divided into three stages: scholarship, summer school, and getting into university. Each time a stage is achieved, wish points will be awarded as a reward. The amount is uncertain, but Lin Qianshu guesses that the specific amount of wish points awarded is likely to be strongly correlated with the commissioner's efforts in fulfilling his wishes and his gratitude towards him.

Simply put, the more you do, the more you earn; the higher your favorability, the higher your reward.

Lin Qianshu had initially thought that Kawasaki Saki was so resourceful that he could complete the request without Lin Qianshu's help, but this assumption made it impossible for him to slack off.

Having tasted the benefits of the system, Lin Qianshu didn't want to miss out on even a single point of willpower because of his laziness. What if that missing point of willpower turned out to be a mysterious superpower?

Don't be fooled by the fact that these are just some idealistic abilities right now. Who can guarantee that some abilities that can interfere with the material world won't emerge later?

Who understands the appeal of "I don't eat beef"?

When Kawasaki Saki heard that it was related to scholarships, she immediately stopped questioning and picked up her pen to fill it out obediently.

“We’ve been organizing a study session recently, you can come and join us. Putting aside everything else, our Service Department’s average grades are probably the highest among all the clubs.”

The top two students in the grade are both in the Service Club, and with the unclosed Lin Qianshu, even with Yui Hama as an accessory, they can still dominate.

Kawasaki Saki had no way to refuse. She was clearly aware of her current grades, which were acceptable but not outstanding. She knew that it would take a lot of effort to catch up on her own, but with someone's help, she could greatly reduce the time and effort required.

But this makes me feel like I owe them a lot of favors...

Don't be fooled by Kawasaki Saki's seemingly unapproachable demeanor; she's actually surprisingly gentle once you get to know her. She's like a kitten that only hisses but doesn't bite, similar to Yukinoshita and Miura—the type who's cold on the outside but warm on the inside.

Perhaps because like repels like, the three of them did not get along very well.

"By the way, have you found a place to work?" Lin Qianshu asked.

If he couldn't find a suitable match, he could try to use Uncle Li's connections for help.

Since it concerns the power of wills, Lin Qianshu wouldn't be foolish enough to leave his family's resources unused.

Kawasaki Saki felt a warmth in her heart upon hearing this and honestly replied, "I've found a job. I'll work as a cashier at a convenience store."

It can be considered a classic part-time job in Japan.

Because of the scheduling, club activities are canceled about three days a week, which makes Kawasaki Saki a little embarrassed.

After all, everyone else went to the club activities, but she didn't because she was working, so she felt a little out of place...