What a twist! The loser heroine!

"Apricot, you got in the top three again this time!"

During lunch break, several girls gathered together.

"Okay, okay~ You're already in sixth grade, so don't be surprised anymore. Do you want some ribs?"

"Yay! Wow~ It's so delicious~"

"Um... tomorrow is Saturday, does Anzu want to go out and play? You helped me find my kitten last time... I haven't thanked you yet."

"Oh yeah! I heard there's a scratch-off lottery going on at the pedestrian street. If Xingcai is involved, she might make a lot of money!"

"Hehe, I won't go tomorrow, but the day after tomorrow is fine." The blue-haired girl shook her head slightly.

"Sigh~" the girl with braided pigtails asked softly, "Are you going to play with him again?"

"Oh yeah, no one's home tomorrow, my mom asked me to watch over him."

"They really have a good relationship~"

"After all, I'm the older sister. It's only natural for an older sister to take care of her younger brother, right?"

"Who said you'd be someone's bride's sister?"

"Don't talk about that! I'm ignoring you now?"

"Oh dear, Princess Anzu, have mercy!"

After school that day, at the shoe cabinet next to the school building entrance.

The blue-haired girl hopped and skipped, patting the boy in front of her on the back, which made him smile helplessly.

"Kusuke! What are we going to do tomorrow~?"

"My parents aren't home, and it's too dangerous for me to cook alone. How about this, I'll take you to that udon place on the next street? Isn't that your favorite noodle place?"

"That's not what I meant!" the girl said, giving her childhood friend a playful punch.

"Shall I grill some corn for you?"

Why do you always think about food?!

"Hmm... after all, Xingcai, you always ask for food whenever you come to my house..."

The boy, who had just been the star of the sports meet a couple of days ago, shook his head with a wry smile and opened his shoe cabinet.

He stared blankly at the shoe cabinet stuffed with envelopes.

"So many again?" The girl leaned closer to examine the contents of his shoe cabinet, then snorted, "You're really popular, aren't you?"

"...Isn't it the same here with apricots?"

"I have way less than you! Hey! Why are you putting all these in your bag? You don't mean to read them yourself, do you?"

"You can sell waste paper for some money, you know," the boy said with a helpless smile.

"That's strange, I used to just tear them off." The girl kicked the shoe cabinet, looking a little annoyed.

"Things at home haven't been going well lately, and I don't want my parents to worry."

The boy said softly, "But don't worry, I'll always play with you."

"You...it's good that you know."

The girl pursed her lips and then followed in his footsteps.

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Anna Hanami is a lucky girl.

From childhood to adulthood, she has constantly received such praise.

During junior high school, she became one of the most outstanding students among her peers.

Having shed her youthful awkwardness and blossomed into a lovely young woman, she was quite popular among the confused teenagers, but not many chose to pursue her because—

One day during a physical education class, she and several of her best friends sat side by side under the shade of a tree next to the playground.

"Wow, Honda-senpai looks so cool playing soccer!"

"Why does Xiaoya always look at guys a year older than her? Is she into older men?"

"It's up to you to take care of it!"

"Look at your peers! Aren't Mizutani and Yoshikawa in our class handsome?"

"Hmph, you're all just dodging the question, aren't you?"

"Who doesn't know that name is taboo? Especially with Apricot Vegetable here."

"I'll say it anyway~ Hakamada looks really cool when he plays basketball~ right, Anna?"

"Oh dear! Kasumi, you—"

The blue-haired girl, who had been glaring fiercely at her friend, suddenly shut her mouth.

She stood up without a word, caught the basketball that suddenly flew towards her, and then angrily threw it back:

"Keep an eye on them!"

"Hahaha, sorry, sorry!"

The boy who had deliberately tossed the basketball over laughed as he picked it up and ran back onto the court.

Startled by the sudden accident, Kasumi patted her chest, which was beginning to develop due to her precocious maturity, and whispered, "Thank you, Anzu..."

"It's nothing, it's nothing~" she waved her hand and sat down again.

"Looking back now, it seems like Anja has always had superpowers since elementary school. She always managed to avoid danger and even helped us."

“Yeah, yeah.” The other girls chimed in, “She truly lives up to her reputation as ‘Lucky Banami’.”

"Didn't we say we shouldn't mention that nickname anymore?" The blue-haired girl pinched her best friend's cheek. "It was just a gut feeling, you know?"

"Okay, okay~ It's just a gut feeling~"

"But then again, Apricot really isn't in a hurry."

"Huh? Why am I in such a hurry?"

"Hakamada is so popular, I heard he often gets confessed to, isn't he afraid someone will steal him away?"

She smiled confidently and said with certainty, "Whatever, it's all pointless anyway. Don't underestimate Kusuke, he's been confessed to countless times since elementary school, and he's always rejected them."

[And my intuition didn't give me any warning either.]

She lowered her head and smiled, keeping that last sentence to herself.

So, after school that day...

"Phew, I'm finally done with my shift."

She put the mop into the locker and then stretched: "That guy should be back from training camp by now... Heh heh, perfect for a surprise."

With that thought in mind, she slung her backpack over her shoulder and headed to the changing room. When she arrived, she was surprised to find that a group of people had already gathered there.

"Wow, it's coming, it's coming!!"

A gasp rang out, and she quickly moved closer to the crowd, peering inside.

In the circle formed by the crowd, a tall and beautiful girl with a blushing face nervously handed an envelope to the boy in front of her.

"Um...please go out with me—"

A growing chorus of gasps erupted from the crowd, and the young men and women witnessing the confession immediately began whispering among themselves:

"I remember that's Tachibana-senpai from the third year, right?"

"Yeah, yeah, I heard she was the top-ranked student in the previous year's body evaluation. She really doesn't look like a middle school student..."

Due to the angle, she couldn't see the boy's face; she only glanced at the confession scene before looking away.

She also wanted to find her childhood sweetheart and give him a surprise—

“…Um…I need to think about it, sorry.”

The incredibly familiar voice reached her ears, and she froze on the spot, then looked incredulously through the crowd that was gradually dispersing while sighing.

【Why……】

She watched as the older student, whose figure was nothing like that of a middle school student, lowered her head, silently covered her mouth, and left.

The boy then turned around, his face showing hesitation and conflict.

[I never used to make this kind of expression...]

A tremendous sense of crisis suddenly took hold in her heart.

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Anna Hanami is a lucky girl.

She has been well aware of this since she was a child.

She knew perfectly well that she wasn't lucky; she was just born with a stronger intuition than others, which helped her avoid many dangers and gave her many advantages.

Sometimes, you might even see fragments of what appear to be scenes from the future.

For example, when she was ten years old, she wanted to secretly ride the family's bicycle. But when she sneaked over to the bicycle while her parents were out, she suddenly saw a picture of herself falling and getting hurt.

She felt a sharp pain in her knee and was so startled that she quickly took a half step back and checked the area that was hurting.

"Strange..." Ten-year-old Anna still didn't know what was going on, but she had a vague idea that riding a bicycle now was a very unwise thing to do. She glanced at the bicycle in front of her with some reluctance, and finally turned and left.

Similar things happened many times during her childhood, and each time the scene she saw was completely different, as if it were a one-time event.

But no matter when, it will benefit itself.

Having relied on this talent since childhood, Anna Yanami knows very well that her intuition will not deceive her.

But why is this so?

Sitting in front of the computer, Yana sighed softly.

I had planned to confess my feelings to my childhood friend after this mock college entrance exam...

But why... why is my intuition warning me? And why... why do I feel such a strong resistance?

"Perhaps...it's not the right time yet."

She murmured and shook her head, refocusing her gaze on the computer screen.

In the professional software, the numbers are changing in real time, and the curve symbolizing wealth is rising slightly.

She smiled, dragging the mouse as her gaze swept over the names of the stocks. When a sudden surge of strong certainty washed over her, she decisively invested a portion of her savings.

She had done this many times since she started trading stocks in China. It was less about trading stocks and more about cheating based on this intuition.

Hanami Anna wouldn't make a big fuss about taking out loans, because her intuition had previously reacted with a huge sense of crisis to such an idea. Considering her own safety, she decided to continue trusting her talent.

"Maybe this time I can earn two months' worth of pocket money."

She happily picked up the coffee cup on the table, just about to take a sip, when suddenly there was a knock on her bedroom door.

"Xingcai, I've brought you what you wanted." It was her mother's voice.

"Ah~ I'm here~" Banami quickly put on her slippers, got up and opened her bedroom door.

"You silly girl, playing the stock market again?"

The mother, carrying a plastic bag, looked curiously at her daughter's computer screen. After figuring out what was going on, she sighed helplessly.

Oh, I forgot to turn off the screen.

Banai realized she had miscalculated, but still smiled at her mother and said, "I've made a little money."

"I won't interfere with your minor squabbles; that's what we agreed on last time." Banami's mother sat on the bed, taking several booklets out of the plastic bag, and said, "But please, don't use any of the family's money, okay?"

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." Banami smiled. "Besides, I've been making money all along!"

"It's all thanks to your so-called 'intuition'."

Mom shook her head helplessly, then pointed to the brochures and said, "Look, these are brochures from various high schools in Toyohashi. You asked me to get these for you because you wanted..."

"Yes, I want to find a suitable school to apply to."

Banami walked to the bedside and sat down, then picked up a booklet, but put it down before even glancing at it, and then picked up another one.

After repeating this several times, the mother's gaze gradually began to look strange.