Zongman, gain super powers after helping others

Thinking about it carefully, it's understandable that a young master with such abilities wouldn't worry about being scolded by the old man.

Yukino Yukinoshita, sitting in the back row, listened to Uncle Li's conversation with Lin Qianshu. Although she looked puzzled, she did not interrupt rashly.

After all, they were clearly talking about family matters, so what was the point of me, an outsider, interrupting?

However, seeing how Lin Qianshu faced his family elders with composure, Yukino Yukinoshita felt a strange sense of envy.

Although she had never met Lin Qianshu's great-grandfather, she could tell from Uncle Li's few words that he must be a very powerful person, probably much more powerful than her mother.

After all, for the Yukino family, Uncle Li, the president of Lin's International, was already someone they had to treat as an honored guest, not to mention the director of the Lin Group who was above him.

Sigh... When will I be able to face my mother with the same composure as Lin Qianshu?

Yukinoshita couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Soon, the car arrived at the meeting point.

Shizuka Hiratsuka was already in position, with an 8-seater Toyota Land Cruiser parked next to him, which appeared to be the vehicle he would use to travel to the campsite.

This car should belong to Ms. Hiratsuka Shizuka, as the school wouldn't specifically allocate a luxury car for students to use.

After getting off the bus, Uncle Li first helped Lin Qianshu and Yukinoshita transfer their luggage to Hiratsuka Shizuka's car. After finishing, he exchanged a few pleasantries with Hiratsuka Shizuka and then took his leave.

"Wow, so that car belongs to Chiki-san?" Yui-hama was a little surprised. She thought it was Yukino's car, since the logos were the same.

Judging from this, Lin Qianshu's family is not simple either.

"The car belongs to the company," Lin Qianshu corrected, explaining that he could only borrow it.

"What's the difference?" Yui, who comes from an ordinary middle-class family, obviously didn't understand the intricacies of the situation.

Yukinoshita then offered an explanation: "Essentially there's no difference, except that having the car registered under the company's name allows you to deduct taxes."

"I don't understand, but it seems really impressive." Yuihama was still a little confused, but so what if she didn't understand? Some things are born that way, and if they're not there, they probably won't be, especially in a country like Japan where class stratification is extremely rigid.

After bidding farewell to Uncle Li, Hiratsuka Shizuka looked somewhat melancholy.

"Hey, Lin Qianshu, why do all the good men seem to have wives?"

Lin Qianshu was speechless upon hearing this. Is it appropriate for you to say this to me? And so you're actually eyeing Uncle Li?

So you're really that eager to get married...

Someone should hurry up and marry her!

Chapter 117 Venue, Elementary School Students, Volunteer Activities

Shortly after Lin Qianshu arrived at the meeting point, the group gradually gathered, totaling eight people. Including their luggage, they filled Professor Hiratsuka Shizuka's Land Cruiser to the brim.

Fortunately, all eight of them were of a standard slim build. If one or two of them had a "Ryoko" type build, they probably would have needed to drive another car.

The three boys squeezed into the last row. The petite Totsuka Aya was sandwiched in the middle, with Hikigaya and Hayashi Chiki sitting on either side of him. Their legs were almost completely occupied by their luggage, leaving them with virtually no room to move.

Fortunately, none of the three were particularly lively or active, so they didn't feel too uncomfortable.

Kawasaki Saki wasn't very familiar with Yukinoshita and Yuihama, so she sat in the front row, which allowed Hikigaya Komachi in the middle to happily embrace them on either side.

Feeling the cramped space, Hachiman couldn't help but complain, "It feels like I'm in an unlicensed taxi."

"Actually, it's good. It's lively with everyone squeezed together." Ayaka Totsuka's cute face lit up with a bright smile.

No sooner had he finished speaking than the vehicle entered a bend, and the sudden centrifugal force caused Saika to lose her balance and crash straight into Hachiman's arms.

"I'm so sorry, Hachiman." Saika hurriedly propped herself up from Hikigaya's arms.

"No, it's okay."

Looking at Ayaka's delicate face, Hachiman suddenly felt that this black car wasn't all bad.

Lin Qianshu was not affected by the centrifugal force. With his powerful core strength, he remained as stable as a cloud platform.

Hachiman looked out the window and realized they had entered the highway, which made him a little puzzled.

"Didn't we say we were going to Chiba Station?" Hachiman asked.

Lin Qianshu looked at her phone and replied without looking up, "When did you start having the illusion that we were going to Chiba Station?"

"No, no, no, this isn't an illusion, is it? Usually, going to Chiba means going to Chiba Station, right?"

Upon hearing Hikigaya's question, Hiratsuka Shizuka, who was driving, burst into laughter, her tone inexplicably becoming more impassioned.

"Wrong! To me, Chiba refers to Chiba Village, Hachiman. You still have a lot to learn!"

"Isn't learning this a bit too strange?! And teacher, what's gotten into you so excited?"

"Hachiman, have you seen the files posted in the group?" Lin Qianshu asked.

"Hmm...did I even look?" Hachiman shifted his gaze away, looking slightly guilty.

Actually, it's all the fault of the title of that electronic document. It reeks of a nauseatingly pretentious, mainstream vibe, making it hard to even think about reading it.

"You didn't have Komachi pack all your luggage, did you?"

"How could that be! At least not entirely."

"Where does this arrogance come from?"

Yuihama listened to the conversation that followed and said to Komachi with some emotion, "Komachi has had a tough time too."

“Who says otherwise?” Komachi echoed.

……

As the vehicle moved along, the scenery outside the window gradually changed from plains to mountains and forests.

Chiba City is located in the Kanto Plain region, so the lush mountains are a rare sight for most people on the bus.

Even Yukinoshita put down her paperback, turned her gaze to the window, and let out a silent sigh of admiration.

The reason she didn't make a sound was that Komachi and Yuihama beside her had already fallen asleep, snuggling together, while Saika in the back row had also drifted off to sleep, leaning on Hikigaya's shoulder.

Yukino turned around and glanced at Hayashi Chiki, wondering if the other was also feeling sleepy.

However, when their eyes met, she blushed and turned her head away.

Cute.

Lin Qianshu never used to sleep in the car. Now that his physique has been enhanced to an epic degree, he has so much energy that he can't use it all, so he's even less likely to feel sleepy.

Just before noon, the car finally arrived at its destination.

As soon as the group got out of the car, they noticed another car drive into the parking lot. However, it didn't seem to intend to stop; it appeared to be simply providing a pick-up and drop-off service, dropping off the passengers before driving away again.

Four people got off the bus; they all knew each other, or rather… were classmates.

There were two men and two women in total. The men were Hayama and Tobe, and the women were Ebina and Miura Yumiko.

They are all members of the "normie group" in the class.

"Why are they here too?"

Hikigaya took a step back, shielding Lin Qianshu in front of him, like a yellow dog whose territory had been invaded but which was powerless to do anything about it.

Yukinoshita, standing to the side, couldn't help but furrow her beautiful eyebrows. There hadn't been any prior announcement that these people would be coming.

"This is a volunteer service, and it's all taught by Ms. Hiratsuka Shizuka, so it's normal, right?" Lin Qianshu already knew that Hayama and the others would be coming.

Yes, it was Yumiko who told him.

They even asked him if he wanted to come along, even though they were the ones who were supposed to come.

"Since there are so many people, why can't you just let me go?"

"Komachi is coming. As her older brother, aren't you going to come along?"

"As long as you don't let Kawasaki Taishi come, I'm actually quite at ease, since Yukinoshita and Yuihama are there..."

Hikigaya himself felt this was hindsight; if he were to let his younger sister Komachi participate in such an activity alone, not only would he not feel comfortable with it, but his father probably wouldn't let him off the hook either.

If Komachi leaves home in the morning, Hikigaya will have to be removed from the household registration by the afternoon.

Well… it's mainly the Japanese civil servants who are dragging us down.

"Huh? Isn't this a penguin competition? And... the student with the best grades is named Lin..."

With his blond hair and a delinquent-looking appearance, Tobe Sho was the first to speak, breaking the ice.

Although to Hachiman it sounded like he was picking a fight.

"Lin Qianshu." Lin Qianshu introduced herself briefly, but that was all.

Lin Qianshu has never been particularly enthusiastic about those who don't have an exclamation mark above their heads.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm not good at remembering names." The Minister of Revenue clasped his hands together in apology.

Yumiko Miura walked naturally to Yuihama's side and stood quietly on the side closest to Chiki Hayashi. She looked around and her gaze lingered briefly on Yukino Yukinoshita and Saki Kawasaki.

Hayama smiled apologetically at Hikigaya, then greeted Saika and the others.

After the two groups finished greeting each other, Hiratsuka Shizuka stubbed out her cigarette and threw it into the trash can in the parking lot before returning to the group.

"Well, everyone's almost here. So, do you all know why I called you all here?" Hiratsuka Shizuka clapped her hands, gesturing for everyone to look at her.

“Volunteer activities.” That was Yukino’s answer.

"Free camping." This was the reply from Yuihama, Yumiko, Komachi, and Tobe.

"It can earn you academic credits." That's why Saki Kawasaki and Hayato Hayama came.

"Yayama and the Ministry of Revenue have both come. I heard they'll be sharing a room. Hiss... Hiss..." This is Ebina's name, which sounds a bit like a squeak.

"Completely unaware."

Everyone looked at the last guy to speak. Oh, Hachiman. That's not surprising.

As for Lin Qianshu... he was simply there for the golden wish power entrusted by the snow.

In addition, a three-day, two-night team activity like this was very novel for him, and he considered it a life experience.

After hearing everyone's answers, Hiratsuka Shizuka pinched the bridge of her nose and said, "They're basically all right. We'll need you to assist with a volunteer activity over the next few days."

"Teacher, what are the activities?" Yukinoshita asked, as she was genuinely there to work.

"So... I worked as a staff member for elementary school camping activities, helping the staff of Chiba Village, as well as teachers and children. That's about it. You can think of it as doing odd jobs, or to put it bluntly, I was a beast of burden."

"Even I was brought in by the principal. He inexplicably dumped the responsibility of supervising activities in this area on me, so naturally I had to find someone else to take over."

Hiratsuka Shizuka truly treated them as her own people, and dared to say anything.

What do you mean by "finding someone to take over"? Is that even human language?

Hiratsuka Shizuka's gaze lingered on Yukinoshita for a moment. Of course, there was another reason she didn't mention: Haruno had asked her to find an opportunity for Yukino and Hayashi Chiki to get to know each other.

"So this is both a training camp for the Service Department and a volunteer activity. If you perform well, I will naturally give you extra points in your application materials for further education. In addition, you can travel around during your free time, which is a small employee benefit."

After explaining the tasks to be done, Hiratsuka Shizuka told everyone to take their luggage and go to the dormitory building to be assigned rooms.

Because it is a perfectly legitimate and well-established activity, men and women should naturally live separately, and not even on the same floor.

"Lin Qianshu, Ye Shan, you two will be in charge of assigning the rooms for the boys."

As she spoke, Hiratsuka Shizuka handed the three keys to the two of them. Lin Qianshu's side had more people, so they received two keys, while Hayama's side had fewer people, so they received one key.

Although it was said that Lin Qianshu and Yeshan would make the decisions, Hiratsuka Shizuka had already assigned the rooms when she handed over the keys.

"Hachiman, who are you planning to be with?" Lin Qianshu placed the two keys in a row.

"What's with this tone when a couple is divorcing and they ask who the children should live with?" Hachiman complained as he tried to choose 'or' between 'Yes or No'.

"Can't I live alone?"

“OK, good suggestion. So, Saika, I’ll leave Hachiman to you.” Lin Chishu happily accepted Hachiman’s proposal.

It's definitely more enjoyable to live alone than to share a room.

"Hmm, leave it to me!" Saika didn't mind living with Hachiman, or rather... she was happy about it?

After putting her luggage away, Lin Qianshu came out of the room. Since it was a two-person room for Hachiman and his companion, they needed to divide the space, so it would take a little longer.

As soon as I went downstairs, I saw Chang Wei in the lobby... cough, it was Yukinoshita asking Hiratsuka Shizuka why Hayama and the others had come.

That's right. They were initially talking about club activities. People like Komachi and Saika could be considered club members' family members and beneficiaries, but people like Hayama had absolutely nothing to do with the Service Club.

"Well, actually, because we were short-staffed, I posted a recruitment notice on the school bulletin board. To be honest, I didn't expect anyone to actually sign up, and four of them did."

Hiratsuka Shizuka scratched her head. Do students these days really enjoy being treated like slaves?