Uneasy daily life

[Bai Buliang Bai Ying: I mean, you didn't cry, did you?]

[Yukino-chan is the cutest: Am I such a fragile person?]

[Bai Buliang Baiying: Sorry.]

[Yukino-chan is the cutest: ?]

[Yukino-chan is the cutest: Who are you? Are you Yukino-chan using that jerk's phone?!]

[Bai Bulang Baiying: Although Xue's current behavior is very exciting, it's still a bit of a shame that we can't fully commit to each other. Let's spend time together again next time.]

[Yukino-chan is the cutest: I'm free this Wednesday.]

[Bai Bulang Bai Ying: What are you trying to do? I smell a conspiracy!]

[Yukino-chan is the cutest: Hehe, guess, aren't you very good at guessing?]

Even across the internet, it's impossible to discern one's true thoughts; one can only express them with simple, plain, and utterly unappealing words.

Bai Ying shook her head and said regretfully in a soft, "Brother, Xiao Machi has grown up and is a reliable adult now, so it's okay if you don't want to grow up..."

"Little White! Stop right now!!"

Yui Yuigahama called out several times before Shirokage finally came to her senses. Meeting Shirokage's questioning gaze, she said with a sorrowful expression, "Hachi is about to die!"

Bai Ying subconsciously turned his head and found that his subordinate was already lying face down on the table. He was not moving, and his left index finger was outstretched, as if he wanted to write the word "misery" on the table.

The white figure leaned closer sadly and whispered in Hachiman Hikigaya's ear, "Brother...grow up quickly, Komachi is dying...she'll be worried about you..."

puff--! !

Hachiman Hikigaya convulsed violently, as if in a final burst of energy, before falling silent.

"Hachigaya-kun is dead. The cause of death is suicide."

Yukino Yukinoshita gave a very serious summary.

Chapter Seventy: A new commission...? That's it?

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Hachiman Hikigaya suddenly struggled to his feet and retorted loudly, "Everything will be alright as long as I realize my dream of being a stay-at-home dad!"

The man, who openly lived off women, made a statement that earned him cold stares from the two girls in the classroom.

"is it?"

Bai Ying turned on the laptop and replied casually, "Isn't that because you wanted to avoid dragging your sister down, you ultimately chose to leave your sister's timeline?"

puff!

Did you think this would bring me down?!

“It’s alright, I can go out to work,” Hachiman Hikigaya said in a deep voice. “Just thinking of Komachi gives me the courage to keep living. That’s the power of my sister!”

"It's not the courage to live, but the reason to live, isn't it? Living for yourself is always a blur and a mess, without any real feeling, but living for others is something that is exceptionally clear and definite," Bai Ying said sadly. "Even so, Komachi will still not be at ease, and will still worry about her brother... My dear subordinate, being a sister complex is a terminal illness."

Hachiman Hikigaya sneered and casually flicked his light novel: "Life is also a kind of terminal illness, after all, you will die eventually."

"The fatal flaw of being a siscon is that you are destined to be separated from your sister."

Bai Ying said solemnly, "I can't be a burden to my sister, hurt the sister I love, and watch her drift further and further away from my life, her heart gradually moving towards other people. No matter how unwilling and painful it is, I still have to give my brother-in-law a blessing full of murderous intent, because that's the person my sister loves... The fatal flaw of a sister complex lies in the sister she's controlling!"

Hachiman Hikigaya, struggling to live a second life, lost his composure on the spot and nearly vomited blood and died: "Impossible! Even though we are far apart, Komachi and I are still connected at heart..."

"That's where we'll have to interview the younger sister." Bai Ying pointed. "Hero! You tell me, as a younger sister who's completely controlled by her older sister, what kind of person do you secretly hope your older sister will become?"

"What kind of person? There's no way I should hope for that." Yukino Yukinoshita thought for a moment and said briefly, "If I had to say, I'd say someone who won't continue to suffer and feel lost, someone who won't make people worry too much."

Hachiman Hikigaya, recalling his sister's usual words and actions, couldn't help but smile knowingly: "Heh, you're not a bad sister, though of course, you're far inferior to Komachi..."

"..." Yukino Yukinoshita returned the look of looking at trash, then suddenly smiled slightly, "So, as a younger sister, the older sister or older brother I want is the kind who can sincerely offer their blessings when they get married—the kind who won't revolve around me anymore, and who won't have any problems that make me worry or have concerns."

Hikigaya Hachiman died after his death.

"Hey! Xiaobai, Xiaoxue, let's not talk about this..."

Yui Yuigahama quickly offered a couple of words of advice, then suddenly a thought struck her: "Um, is Shiro talking about Saki and Kaede? Could there be some issues we don't know about?"

"Why are you changing the subject?" Bai Ying turned her attention to him. "Deadly Chef! I was clearly trying to help you, and you're just making things worse?"

"what?"

Yui Yuigahama asked blankly, "What did Shiro do for me?"

"I'll help you conquer Hachiman."

Bai Ying gestured with his right thumb toward Hachiman Hikigaya beside him: "Precise point strike, logical fallacy fixed, system version updated, giving you an opportunity to take advantage of the situation—hurry up and thank me, Bai Ying."

"Huh?" Yui Yuigahama was startled, then panicked, and slammed her hands on the table, shouting, "Wait! Shiro, what are you saying! I didn't... I meant that it's all in the past!"

"So you're slowing down your offensive and maintaining the status quo after being rejected? Is this all the fighting power you've got? Without my help and encouragement, you still think you can win over the great socialite of Soubu High School?" Bai Ying sneered, speaking earnestly, "Deadly Chef, learn from the hero! Confessing is just expressing your feelings. Being rejected is nothing. Go all out! Go all out! Go all out! When they're exhausted and we're at our peak, the defeated dog can make a comeback!"

Huh? Rejected?

Yui Yuigahama and Hachiman Hikigaya, who was pretending to be dead, subconsciously looked at Yukino Yukinoshita.

"..." Yukino Yukinoshita's eyebrows twitched slightly. She took a sip of black tea and said calmly, "Haku-kun, please don't bring up personal matters, and don't be so inexplicable. Forcing things into people's hearts will only make the atmosphere awkward and strange..."

"That's so interesting... cough cough, I mean, as a viewer, I really can't stand watching the third-rate strategy techniques of The Chef."

Bai Ying made no attempt to hide it, and said in a serious tone, "Everyone in the school knows that the Deadly Chef likes his subordinates, but the Deadly Chef failed once and has never dared to launch a second offensive. He is satisfied with just chatting and talking every day and taking out experimental snacks. Even children know that daily tasks can accumulate experience points, but you must push through the main storyline to break through the level limit."

"Shiro!" Yui Yuigahama slammed her hand on the table, her voice filled with embarrassment, awkwardness, and disarray. "If you say that again, I'm going to get angry!"

"I'm trying to help you, you deadly chef!"

Bai Ying argued vehemently, "Even if the subordinate has been awarded the title of 'Great Popularity Man,' he still acts like a muddle-fisherman, unshakable. To break through his defenses, you have to start with what he cares about! The weakness of the heart is often hidden in the details. You clearly know he's a sister-complex man, but why didn't you think of starting from that aspect?"

"Huh?" Yui Yuigahama asked, confused. "What do you mean, 'get'?"

“Of course it’s the younger sister’s love for her older brother!” Bai Ying slapped her thigh in exasperation. “Komachi is such a normal, lively, and clever child. She must be very worried about her older brother’s condition, afraid that he will habitually sink into a distorted and lonely mentality. She hopes that he can encounter something good that will change him. You can simply stand on Komachi’s side, express your feelings to Komachi, and get Komachi’s full assistance. That way, the problem will fall on the subordinate’s side.”

Yui Yuigahama was stunned: "W-why?"

Bai Ying returned the look of disbelief: "The one who's troubled is him! He continues to insist on his own untenable ideas, stubbornly going his own way until he angers Komachi, argues and has conflicts with her, yet he just lets it go, neither taking the initiative nor refusing, gradually getting awkwardly used to having a girlfriend, and starting to seriously consider the situation and his feelings..."

"B-and then?"

"Then you'll get angry if I say anything nonsense again."

Bai Ying suddenly dropped a sentence and stared at the computer screen as if she was about to start working.

"..." Yui Yuigahama paused for a few seconds, then suddenly realized the situation—I was listening to Shiro teach me how to seduce Himiko in front of Himiko... Ah—!

She glanced at Hachiman Hikigaya subconsciously, then quickly pretended to look down at her phone and remained silent.

Hachiman Hikigaya's eyes twitched. What a vicious scheme… They actually tried to sow discord between him and Komachi from this angle? He and Komachi wouldn't fall for that… right? It really did seem possible!

"Using the relationships of someone close to you to achieve your own goals, doesn't Bai Jun think this tactic is despicable?"

Yukino Yukinoshita asked leisurely.

"Love is war, strategy is action, and victory is everything." Bai Ying solemnly rambled on for a few moments, then her expression shifted, and she casually added, "Besides, people are always used to disguising themselves or only showing a part of themselves, especially in front of someone they like. They'll show the side of themselves that makes them likable. Isn't that a kind of skill? Just like a peacock spreading its tail to attract other peacocks, or a strong male monkey attracting more female monkeys!"

“That makes sense,” Yukino Yukinoshita remarked casually. “Shiro-kun always shows a side that’s hard to like, but that’s what makes others like him.”

Bai Ying stroked his chin: "Is this one of the characteristics of humans as higher animals? When faced with their own kind showing weakness, they feel pity and sympathy. The 'Deadly Chef' and 'Lively and Popular Girl' personas are certainly good in the eyes of the generals, but they don't match the subordinates' chemistry at all. The way you get along over time will only make you friends instead of lovers. You have to learn to attract the hunter by being the prey."

Please, please stop talking!

Yuigahama Yui was about to explode, rambling incoherently as she threatened, "If Shiro keeps saying these weird things—I, I'll..."

Bai Ying shrugged: "Just?"

"Kihiro!" Yui Yuigahama shouted, pointing the finger at another person who was pretending to be dead. "Tell us what he's got to say!"

Stop struggling, you can't go against the minister. Didn't you see that Yukino and the minister are in cahoots? After they stopped hiding that they were a couple, they've become a pair of scoundrels.

Hachiman Hikigaya, his face radiating a Buddha-like aura, calmly flipped through the light novel.

"Yuihama is such an idiot," Yukino Yukinoshita sighed.

Yui Yuigahama said angrily, "Yuki is the idiot! She's been completely assimilated by Shiro!"

“Well said! I admire the confidence and courage of the Deadly Chef!” Bai Ying clapped her hands and nodded, saying, “After graduation, you laughed and said goodbye forever, that your friendship would last forever, and that you would never forget that time. Entering university, you had to start meeting new people, experiencing new environments, and forming new circles. No matter what you did, you had to consider these situations, and so gradually you stopped contacting each other. Before you knew it, your chat history stopped at a distant point in time… You have reasons not to chase the past, just as you had reasons not to chase it in the past, and now you have even more reasons… You start to miss it, but all that’s left is nostalgia. You haven’t forgotten, but you only remember…”

What stands between you and the past is not the ends of the earth, but this very moment.

Bai Ying's eyes lit up, and she started typing rapidly on the keyboard: "Oh! That sentence was great, I'll write it down right away..."

Yui Yuigahama felt like she'd been stabbed in the back, and couldn't help but glance at Hachiman Hikigaya. It seemed like a year had passed without her realizing it... or even more than a year.

Hachiman Hikigaya, a master of feigning death and infiltration, changed the subject: "Let's talk about the request—I think there's a big problem with Azusagawa Kaede's matter."

"Xiaofeng?" Yui Yuigahama said subconsciously, "Isn't she in good condition?"

"She's in great shape, very hardworking and proactive," Hachiman Hikigaya said briefly. "But have you forgotten? Her illness, simply put, is amnesia; to put it more seriously, it's dissociative identity disorder... What will happen to Azusagawa Kaede if she's cured?"

"Ugh?"

Yui Yuigahama froze, then hesitated, "Let's restore our previous memories? Wouldn't that...?"

What if it's a type of personality disorder?

All memories generated after amnesia disappear, returning to the moment of amnesia. Simply put... the illness is cured, but Xiao Feng is gone.

“Of course, this is only the worst-case scenario.” Hachiman Hikigaya changed the subject. “It’s more likely that the lost memories have returned and the amnesia has been cured in a very ordinary way.”

Yui Yuigahama's cheek twitched. She pulled a notebook from her bag, tore off a page, crumpled it into a ball, and angrily threw it at Hachiman Hikigaya's head: "Hachiman, did you catch Shiro's bad habit? Is it fun to scare people on purpose? You're so mean!"

Hachiman Hikigaya rolled his eyes: "I'm sorry, but I'm a pessimist and I'm good at thinking about the worst-case scenario."

"Oh?" Yui Yuigahama asked fiercely, "Has Hachiman already figured out how to congratulate Komachi on her wedding?!"

Hachiman Hikigaya roared, "Have you caught the Department Head's influence?! Don't bring up that kind of thing... No! Before Komachi gets married, I'll crush any evil thugs who try to get close to her!"

"Fight, fight!"

The white figure was fanning the flames: "How can we tolerate this? We can tolerate it, but not at all!"

What a mess... It seems Yuihama still hasn't found an effective method for Hikigaya-kun... No, should we say she values ​​relationships too much, to the point that she's blinded to her true feelings, preferring to maintain the status quo rather than taking the initiative?

Hmm... During the period when I first fell in love with Bai Jun, did I try to show my strengths? Hmm... Bai Jun can't be viewed in the way of normal biological evolution. I can't hide my feelings in front of him at all, so there's no need to suppress certain aspects or highlight certain aspects.

Only by revealing your true feelings can you convey your affection to the other person, regardless of whether they are strong, weak, excellent, or ugly. Deceiving yourself about your feelings will only leave you confused.

Even though he was really bold, Bai Jun panicked... well, he was even more panicked.

Once it happens, it will happen again... Hmm, I feel like I can't calmly put my arm around Bai Jun's arm, or like before, lean on each other to watch a movie... Getting too close always makes me feel like I can't help but think of embarrassing things... Am I becoming a little awful?

Snow beneath the snow is a spirit that wanders beyond the mundane world.

A boy and a girl were arguing loudly, while a white figure was fanning the flames. The legendary aloof and icy senior was clearly lost in thought...

"that……"

Iroha Isshiki, standing at the door, couldn't help but exclaim, "I've been standing here for several minutes already!"

Hachiman Hikigaya and Yui Yuigahama fell silent instantly. Yukino Yukinoshita, regaining her composure, nodded and said, "Please come in... Hmm? Did you forget to close the door today?"

Bai Ying chimed in righteous indignation, "That's right! It's incredibly impolite to come in without closing the door!"

"Are you introducing yourself?" Yukino Yukinoshita glanced at her sideways.

"Ahem..." Yui Yuigahama quickly interrupted, "This, this isn't important! Do you have a request, sir?!"

The white figure interrupted Yui Yuigahama's interruption: "Hero, be the last one to come to the activity room today!"

“…I’ll be more careful next time.” Yukino Yukinoshita thought for a moment, maybe…right? She couldn’t quite remember, she hadn’t been in a good mood before. “Anyway, this classmate, tell me about your request.”

"A commission..."

Isshiki blinked, took a few steps to the reception table, and pulled over a chair to sit down as if she knew the place well: "Actually, it's not really a request, I'm applying to join the Assistance Service Club!"

"?" Yukino Yukinoshita narrowed her eyes slightly and immediately said coldly, "I'm sorry, the club currently has no plans to recruit members!"

"Hmm...then I'll ask you to let me join the Aid Service Department, is that alright?"

Isshiki Hachiko revealed a sweet smile.

In short! A true fan would never give up so easily! Last time was just an accident; this time, I must show a positive attitude, a friendly and restrained demeanor, and bridge the gap between myself and my idol, becoming…

"That's not a problem."

Bai Ying picked her nose and said in a muffled voice, "Our club's requirements are very simple: just listen to the club leader..."