Uneasy daily life

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Amidst the bustling crowds of the cultural festival, the sound of chasing footsteps was particularly clear.

The students made way for them, casting admiring glances their way.

"Hey kid! Come with me to the judo club at the gym to stretch your muscles!"

The deep, menacing voice of the Asura echoed.

"Violent teacher! His jealousy is showing!"

Bai Ying turned around and called out when she had a moment.

puff!

"Students, what are you talking about! Focus on your studies, intensify the competition, and get into a good university!"

The injured adult is chasing the roaring man.

"If I'm going back and forth with the hero, isn't that just the top two students in the grade competing against each other?"

The white figure loudly defended itself.

puff! !

"You dare make lewd jokes about your elders?! I'm going to notify Yukinoshita's parents!"

The embarrassed teacher resorted to authoritarian reprimand.

"No need to trouble the teacher to make the connection, I have already met Auntie and Brother Hero."

The white figure declined in a resounding voice.

puff! ! !

"Die! You social butterfly!"

Hiratsuka Shizuka decides to abandon the formalities.

The white figure turned and ran wildly, its eyes suddenly brightening as it let out a melodious, high-pitched, and softly ethereal cry.

"Your Highness! Please come and save me!"

Hayato Hayama realized he had nowhere to run, so he stood still and cheered Shizuka Hiratsuka on.

Unfortunately, the faster one was Bai Ying.

The white figure rushed over, grabbed Hayato Hayama's shoulder, and pulled him to its side.

"General! This man is the ultimate socialite! Please, socialite, die!"

Hayama Hayato: "?"

Chapter 140 It's Your Snow

Hayato Hayama stood guard in front.

The white shadow cat is behind.

Hiratsuka Shizuka was furious: "You brat, let Hayama go! If you're a man, fight me one-on-one, to the death!"

"His Highness the Prince has voluntarily protected this servant, how dare you, a country bumpkin, utter such nonsense?"

The white figure spoke in a voice that wasn't male.

"Stop acting, kid!" Hiratsuka Shizuka sneered. "Weren't you just shouting that Yukinoshita was your girlfriend?"

Hayato Hayama hesitated, pondering how to defuse the situation—

"Relationships are fake, feelings are real." Bai Ying affectionately embraced Hayama Hayato, taking a half-step back as a shield. "Your Highness and I are deeply in love. Teacher, you probably don't even have a good relationship with someone of the same sex, let alone someone of the opposite sex, right?"

"White classmate, if you cause any strange trouble, please don't involve me." Hayama Hayato sighed, trying to separate them.

Bai Ying asked in surprise, "Aren't you thinking about me? Don't you want to be alone with me? Don't you intend to have a soul-to-soul exchange with me?"

With his excellent emotional control, Hayama Hayato managed to compose himself and say, "I think you're making something perfectly normal sound strange."

"I think if we just make you mute, we can save a lot of trouble..."

Hiratsuka Shizuka calmed herself down, uttered a harsh remark, and prepared to turn and leave.

Bai Ying waved his hand, his face full of emotion. Although he didn't say a word, the respect and admiration in his eyes were so bright, and his big smile was as radiant as the sun. No words were needed; the tears welling up in his eyes were a manifestation of his deepest feelings, like a student saying goodbye to a good teacher...

"You little brat, are you lying in your coffin and then coming back to life?!" Hiratsuka Shizuka turned around sharply, cracking her fist with a broad smile. "I may not be very popular with men, but I'm quite popular with women!"

"That's right!"

Yukinoshita Haruno hugged Hiratsuka Shizuka's arm and nodded seriously, saying, "Shizuka and I are very close. We often drink and eat together!"

"Where did you come from?!"

Hiratsuka Shizuka was startled.

"Ridiculous!" the white-clad figure retorted, "His Highness the Prince and I are in a love triangle!"

Hayato Hayama couldn't hold back any longer, his expression stiffening slightly: "..."

"Ridiculous!" Yukinoshita Haruno retorted, "Shizuka and I are like mother and daughter. Even if Shizuka can't get married, I will take care of her in her old age and see her off in her final days!"

Hiratsuka Shizuka couldn't hold back any longer. "Are you cursing me?!" She raised her hand, grabbed Yukinoshita Haruno's cheek, and pulled it apart with a little force, her forehead veins bulging as she sneered, "Is this the mouth? This mouth that hides a knife behind a smile?!"

Yukino Yukinoshita: "Shizuka, this is my way of showing my filial piety to you..."

"It must be Xiaoxin!"

Hiratsuka Shizuka tugged at it twice, tsk! Feels good! Young kids are so annoying! She retorted with a cold laugh, "Don't keep bringing this up with me. What about you? I bet you'll be a staunch bachelor someday..."

That's right, I'm not single, I'm just a single person!

Yukinoshita blinked: "But I have a boyfriend."

"what?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka was taken aback, and subconsciously let go of her hand to reach for a cigarette, while frowning and looking hesitantly at her former student.

"Hey~" Yukinoshita Haruno nudged the other with her elbow. "It's not that the eldest in the family suddenly started acting up, or that my mother's changes are probably bigger than Shizuka thinks. It's not that I suddenly don't have the pressure from my family and am going to just hang out with anyone to make up for the feelings that have been suppressed for so many years. Of course—it's definitely not that I'm telling a lie to tease Shizuka or anything..."

"How should I put it..."

Yukinoshita stroked her chin and tried to describe it: "If I kept telling him 'I like you,' even if it didn't have any special meaning, I would feel very satisfied? That worry-loving old lady Shizuka, that should be fine, right?"

puff--!

Hiratsuka Shizuka expressionlessly raised her hand and grabbed Yukinoshita Haruno's cheek again: "Hmm, I wish you an explosion. The person you fell for is truly tragic..."

She'll definitely be completely under his thumb, there's no escaping her. If any conflict arises, and Haruno, unsure of the current situation, might just abandon him if she loses her feelings... Hopefully, Haruno can adjust her mindset and find a suitable way to get along.

Hiratsuka Shizuka couldn't help but worry again.

"Really?" Yukinoshita Haruno said innocently, "Although Yukino-chan's boyfriend likes tragedies, that's just a preference in story creation."

Oh, you mean that kid Bai Ying... huh?!

Hiratsuka Shizuka froze, her eyes widening in horror. She instinctively glanced back—the white figure and Hayama Hayato were nowhere to be seen.

……

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Men's restroom.

Hayato Hayama smiled helplessly and said, "Shiro-kun, why here?"

"Because the violent teacher and 9528 dare not come in."

Bai Ying snapped her fingers and said affectionately, "Your Highness, please express your feelings to me..."

The toilets are cleanest when the leaders are inspecting them; otherwise, they inevitably have a strange, gloomy atmosphere.

"Let's go somewhere else."

Hayato Hayama sighed; he simply couldn't keep up with this guy's pace.

The best way is to defeat the opponent's self-centered actions by taking self-centered actions yourself!

Change the scene to the classic rooftop!

"What a place filled with grudges and feuds..."

Bai Ying sighed.

Hayato Hayama ignored it. He stood in front of the barbed wire fence, looking down at the scene in the school through the mesh. He did have a lot to say.

It's rare for me to have such a strong urge to confide in someone.

"Bai, to avoid any misunderstanding, I need to clarify something first: I have feelings for Yukinoshita..."

Hayato Hayama took a deep breath and spoke softly.

"More than liking and lingering, it's guilt and a desire to make amends." Bai Ying squatted down beside her, peering down at the ant-like crowd below. "I understand, I understand."

Hayato Hayama choked for a moment, then said helplessly, "But emotionally speaking, I feel for you..."

"More than jealousy and longing, it's about recognition and感慨 (a feeling of deep emotion/reflection)." Bai Ying made a gesture, grinned at Hayama Hayato, revealing her white teeth, "I understand, I understand."

"..."

Hayato Hayama turned to leave, but a white figure pounced on him from behind, grabbing his shoulders like a hungry tiger: "Don't go! Let's chat some more!"

"Since you can see through everything, I don't think there's anything left to talk about!"

Hayato Hayama scrambled at the white shadow.

"That's right! You must have a lot on your mind and things you want to say, right? Besides me, who else can you tell those things to, the Hero?!"

The white figure struggled to resist being pulled away.

"That's true. It's better to just pretend that Bai doesn't exist. That way, it'll be easier for me to talk."

Hayato Hayama shook his head to himself, then simply followed Shirayaki's example and squatted down. He looked ahead with a melancholy sigh, trying to avoid being interrupted by Shirayaki making a face while he was speaking: "I probably don't like Yukinoshita, or rather... the Yukinoshita I like is probably not the real Yukinoshita, but just that image that has been beautified countless times."

Bai Ying fiddled with her phone and nodded, saying, "The memory is etched with that white moonlight. Every time I see the moon after that, I will think of its bright and clear appearance."

"I really don't know whether to say I hate you or I envy you." Hayama Hayato gave a bitter smile. "Every time I see Yukinoshita, I really think of her from when she was a child. She was quiet and well-behaved, and although she didn't laugh as much as others, she was very beautiful when she did laugh... I've always felt that Yukinoshita after returning to Japan became cold and lonely because of the changes she experienced in her childhood. She always had a biased attitude of raising her thorns first—when you assume malice in others, it's only natural to encounter malice and form conflicts, which is very worrying..."

"However, Haruno warned me, a repeat offender, not to approach Yukinoshita again..."

Hayato Hayama sighed with mixed feelings: "In the end, it was just that I was looking at Yukino through my old eyes, arbitrarily categorizing what she showed into certain characteristics—she was neither the Yukino I knew from childhood, nor the Yukino I thought she was. Yukino is just Yukino, and I..."

Hayama Hayato stopped talking.

“When you look at her, you're reminded of your past mistakes, and guilt wells up inside you, but you can't find a way to make amends. So you're not really looking at her; you're just seeing your own mistakes through her.” Bai Ying tapped her phone and said casually, “You think she hates friends, but she has friends. You think she's cold and lonely, but she's just withdrawn and silent. You think she harbors malicious suspicions about others, but she's just very strict with herself and others… You're just amplifying your own guilt and your one-sided impressions from childhood, overestimating your influence on the hero.”

Hayato Hayama remained silent for a while, then said self-deprecatingly, "Yeah, this is what Hachiman always calls excessive self-awareness, isn't it? It's really disgusting."

"If I could have you... no, even if I had your eyes, there are some things I still couldn't do."

Hayato Hayama felt his emotions gradually calming down, shrouded in a hazy mist, making them difficult to discern. He could only let his emotions flow out as he spoke: "I'm a little jealous that you've accomplished what I couldn't, yet I also feel it's only natural, because you're truly looking at Yukinoshita, while I'm just looking at that tangled shadow in my memory... Although I don't have the right to say this, only someone who truly understands her can give her happiness, and I hope you can give her happiness."

"You're such a 'literary youth'," Bai Ying frowned. "You probably don't know what 'literary youth' means. Simply put, it's ignoring objective facts and expressing emotions in an extreme way..."

"If you say so, then so be it. Besides, I was just expressing my feelings."

Hayato Hayama chuckled dismissively and propped himself up on his thighs.

Bai Ying suddenly said, "What if I said that the radio confession was just a joke to liven up the school festival?"

"There's always something hidden in Bai's noisy jokes, isn't there? Sometimes I feel that I'm similar to you in some ways, such as treating everyone equally, but in specifics we're completely different... But there are some things we're the same, aren't there? When you feel special for someone, it's always hard to hide your attitude."

Hayato Hayama was in a good mood and replied with a smile, "If I hadn't already confirmed my relationship with Yukinoshita, I don't think you would make such a joke—of course, in other people's eyes, you're just doing some unusual things in a very ordinary way... It's amazing how people's prejudices are."

"I agree."

Bai Ying stroked her chin and asked another question: "Did you get home early yesterday?"

"It's quite early, I need to catch up on my tutoring classes."

Hayato Hayama asked, puzzled, "Is there a problem with that?"

Bai Ying blinked: "I also confessed to Brave Plus via the radio yesterday afternoon."

"Hero Plus?"

Her scientific name is Mai Sakurajima.

"..."