Uneasy daily life

"Uh...it's nothing serious." Feng Bin and Hua coughed, quickly skipping the preceding dialogue, "Where did that bastard run off to?"

It would have been better if she hadn't mentioned it, because the moment she did, it was a matter of connecting the preceding and following text.

Angelina slowly opened her eyes wide, speechless, and said, "You...you've seen the commander...you know?"

I've also tried... and...

Feng Bin and Hua swallowed their words back: "Well, anyway, you'll see it sooner or later, right?"

Angelina took a small step to the side: "You're so lewd..."

Feng Bin and Hua blushed, approached her irritably, put their arms around Angelina's neck, shook her a couple of times, and tried to explain: "What do you mean by lewd? Uh... everyone's already seen it..."

Angelina: "So you guys are so lewd?"

The two instantly became entangled in a tangled mess.

While they were pulling and tugging at each other, the group was being led on a tour of the residential area.

"The cabins are for five people each, and each cabin is equipped with a wooden bed, blankets, stationery, test papers, and supplementary textbooks. You can choose how you want to live. After you've made your choices, the teacher will arrange the remaining people. The place you just came from is the outdoor dining area, which is equipped with a gas cylinder, a kitchen counter, and cooking utensils. There are enough ingredients stored on the island so you can cook your own meals. Of course, we also offer nutritious meals, which are made by the student council president himself, using the most cost-effective cooking methods... I personally suggest that you cook for yourselves."

"The dining area will also serve as a tutoring area, where teachers will provide targeted tutoring for each student. Students will be grouped according to their subject and level based on their individual grades. You can rest a bit today; there will be a diagnostic test later. It won't be long, but it will cover all subjects, so please be prepared..."

Yukino diligently carried out her work, completing tasks such as allocating housing, explaining procedures, and arranging activities.

……

……

Yukinoshita's father, Shirokage, and Yukinoshita's mother arrived on the island. The students were basking in the afternoon sun, sitting behind their individual desks, burning their brains. The desks were arranged in a square formation, with student council members and teachers moving around to supervise the exams.

Upon seeing this, Bai Ying instantly perked up, strode into the examination formation with an air of indifference, put her hands behind her back, and scanned back and forth with sharp eyes as she passed between the desks.

He passed by Miura Yumiko, glanced down at her exam paper, frowned, shook his head slightly, sighed silently, and smiled slightly.

Yumiko Miura subconsciously examined the test paper, checked her work... Damn! I didn't make any mistakes!

As he passed by Hayama Hayato, he glanced at the other's neat exam paper, his eyes brightened slightly, he smiled and met his gaze, nodded approvingly, and looked satisfied. Then, taking advantage of the other's unpreparedness, he reached out and lightly patted Hayama Hayato on the back of the head three times.

Hayama Hayato: "..."

The white figure wandered around, attracting hatred. Yukinoshita's father and mother, while observing the strange and subtle scene, searched for their daughters.

"When a petty person gains power, their arrogance lasts only a short time."

The father glanced at the white figure from afar and commented indifferently.

"Tutoring on a deserted island..." Yukinoshita's mother pondered, "Could Yukino handle such an activity?"

"If it wasn't done well, it's definitely that kid's fault. It's outrageous." Yukinoshita's father grumbled, then got straight to the point. "Anyway, it was that kid who organized the event, so let him continue. Let's go to town and have a look around. Izu has a lot of fun places..."

Yukino Yukinoshita shook her head and said, "Father, I have work to do. If you want to play, you and Mother can go."

“Me too,” Yukinoshita Haruno said with a grin. “A temporary tutor can’t leave his post, so Father, you can go have some fun.”

"?"

I'm willing to help that kid, isn't it all so that my family can have a happy trip?

The father subtly hinted, "Wife, look..."

“If you’re going to do it, then do it well.” Yukino’s mother nodded gently. “The current success doesn’t mean it will continue to be successful. Hakukage mentioned this to me. Yukino really needs to observe and consider carefully how to handle various conflicts and problems. Don’t bother her with trivial matters.”

Yukinoshita raised her hand: "Huh? Doesn't Mother have any earnest advice for me?"

Yukino's mother glanced at her eldest daughter and thought for a moment: "Don't cause trouble for Yukino."

"Tsk, as expected, a new emperor brings a new court, and the old are forgotten with the new..." Yukinoshita Haruno raised her hand to wipe her eyes, "Is Mother really so heartless?"

Yukino's mother sighed: "What am I supposed to do? Go to the performance hall to watch you perform?"

Yukinoshita Haruno instantly composed herself: "Then forget it, it's easy to sing off-key."

"Hmm? Then I'll have to take some time to watch it. Being out of tune means your awareness and mindset aren't strong enough."

"..."

Yukino Yukinoshita realized she seemed to have inadvertently dug a hole, but she'd better leave that aside for now and find an opportunity to be alone with her mother...

Oh no! The goddess is career-oriented... there must be some troublemakers adding fuel to the fire!

Yukinoshita's father remained silent, feeling like an outsider. He forced a smile and said, "Busy, everyone's busy. It's good to be busy..."

Gan!

The preliminary test ended as the sun set, and everyone busily prepared to cook. No one intended to experience Bai Ying's work meal—who wanted to eat instant noodles, vegetables, and meat thrown into a big pot of boiling water, then seasoned and cooked!

Eating isn't a big problem; if you can't cook, you can just eat instant noodles or mooch some food from other teams.

As the sun gradually sets and the surrounding open space slowly darkens, I sit in the open-air area to eat. I take out my phone and find that there is no signal. I can vaguely hear the waves of the sea outside the island and the chirping of birds in the mountains and forests. All these unusual circumstances make it difficult for my body and mind to adapt. It feels like I'm wearing my socks inside out.

"After cleaning up your dishes, go back to your room to rest early. Do not go out after dark to prevent accidents. If there is any emergency, you can come to the teachers' and students' residence on the hillside for help..."

Hiratsuka Shizuka was shouting through a megaphone.

On the slope, in a special situation...

Hayato Hayama's gaze swept across the student cabin area and onto a hillside diagonally above, where he spotted other buildings. If that was the student council quarters...

The three sudden pats from the white figure must mean he wants to talk to me, right?

……

Black, darkness, with a faint light shining through the darkness, and the shadows make the darkness even deeper.

“Back then, I was imprisoned on a deserted island, but I didn’t feel resentment at being bound by my freedom. Because I quickly locked myself in this little stone hut, thus imprisoning myself.” Behind a table, a barely visible figure slowly recounted, “I sat in meditation for seven days, listening to the wind, the sea, and the mountains, hearing all the sounds of the universe, contemplating others, myself, and the Dao, reflecting on the events of the past and present, and finally achieved enlightenment, thus transcending…”

Hayato Hayama responded calmly: "Shiro-kun is really amazing."

"Hmph, it's just a secluded creative project," Bai Ying remarked. "The other students probably can't understand my painstaking efforts and experiences, and are probably harboring resentment and plotting rebellion."

Hayato Hayama thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I think most people are just surprised and confused. They might complain a bit... In the end, tutoring on a deserted island is still tutoring, and tutoring at school or a private academy is still tutoring. It's just that they were fooled by Shiro-kun, so they have some resentment."

Should I be the one asking you this question? Can't you just glance at it and get a general sense of the atmosphere?

"How is this okay?!"

Bai Ying slammed his fist on the table and roared, “Think about it carefully! The student council can skip tutoring while they do—that’s discriminatory treatment! The school tricks students into going to a deserted island for tutoring, restricting their freedom—that’s illegal detention! It’s clearly a major tutoring event, yet they didn’t charge extra—that’s market disruption! The charges are numerous; this is intolerable! Shouldn’t we rebel immediately? Back when Brother Guan Gu’s school planned to cancel the cultural festival, the students dared to march and protest, even setting fire to the warehouse! Now all they can do is complain? Has peace eroded the students’ fighting spirit?!”

Hayato Hayama: "Huh?"

Wait a minute! Which side are you on?

Fortunately, with familiar experience in dealing with people, Hayama Hayato remained calm and said smoothly, "In that case, considering aspirations, wishes, and family reasons, some students do receive tutoring, which has nothing to do with fairness; others don't. As for restricting freedom, students are not allowed to leave the school during class time, so it can't be called illegal detention; besides, this is an activity organized by the school, not an off-campus private school. Does the school hiring good teachers to prepare students for exams count as disrupting the market? This should be considered fair competition."

Hayato Hayama concluded, "I think it's normal for people to just complain without protesting."

"Damn it! This ruins my plan to make an example of someone! Humph!"

Bai Ying instructed, "Then go and incite resentment, unite the unstable elements, and lead them to rebel!"

"Me?" Hayama Hayato calmly retorted, "Haku-kun, why are you making things so complicated for yourself?"

“Prince, resentment accumulates. Rather than letting it build up to a certain point and then explode, it’s better to detonate it beforehand,” Bai Ying said solemnly. “Whether it’s diverting attention, making promises, creating a disturbance, or shifting the blame… a true student council president is one who gets close to the students, addresses their urgent needs, and worries about their concerns. If my position weren’t inappropriate, I wouldn’t have entrusted this important task to you.”

“Indeed, if you promote the protest against the school to other people, they will definitely suspect that Bai is planning to betray them.”

Hayato Hayama nodded tentatively, then teased, "But why should I help you? Surely you wouldn't say something like 'It's not helping me, it's helping Yukino,' right?"

“That’s right, I have nothing but a possessive desire for the hero, and I can’t tolerate the prince getting close.”

The white figure nodded, leaving Hayato Hayama unsure how to respond.

Why would I tease him? The right approach would be to remain calm and composed in the face of change.

How should I put it... I'm a little envious. Not of him, but of the relationship between him and her. I've seen quite a few student couples and heard people around me talk about who they like, but I always feel that those things are a bit frivolous and casual, and they probably can't even withstand a single argument.

Hayato Hayama sighed inwardly, but a sudden sense of unease flashed through his mind.

"Prince, do you ever feel lonely?"

The same familiar question came from the same person.

Hayato Hayama's eye twitched slightly, but he smiled calmly and said, "No, I'm very confident in how I treat my friends, and I know how much they support me. I did have some hesitations and doubts about interpersonal relationships in the past, but that's all in the past. No matter the outcome, I will treat people in my own way..."

"No, no, no, I'm not talking about the loneliness of having things you can't tell anyone, of hesitating and sighing in vain!"

Bai Ying stood up, waving her hands as if casting a spell, and said in a deep voice: "You know what is very, very good, but you also know that you cannot reach the scenery. You bury your memories in your heart, and occasionally a trace of throbbing and longing will flash through your mind, but your body and will cannot move, and you cannot get out of those habits that you have become accustomed to... It is difficult for you to describe what this feeling is like, and it is also difficult to figure out what you really want, and you cannot describe this feeling to others."

"A single word can fill thirty thousand scrolls, yet every scroll remains blank, offering no words."

The white figure chanted as if reciting a poem: "You hold a lamp, standing in the darkness, as if you are bathed in its light, and everything else is nothingness. But you know it is an illusion, yet you are extremely lost, not knowing where to go... Prince, do you ever feel lonely?"

Hayato Hayama: "...Shirokage, did Yumiko ask you for something strange?"

Bai Ying smiled, pointing a finger: "If I say no, how would you explain your reaction?"

Hayama Hayato: "?"

written request for leave

My computer fan is broken and making a terrible racket. The weather has suddenly turned hot, and my brain is already overloaded. Tomorrow, a meteorite is going to fall and destroy the world. I'm searching for inspiration, but my brain is completely blank. Flowers are blooming, the wind is blowing, the sky is darkening, the water is too hot, the water is too cold, and so on. So, I'm taking a day off.

Ah, in my many years of writing, I have found that the more an author tries to write something, the more they fall into the predicament of being unable to achieve it, and the things they write are tasteless and uninteresting, like trying to analyze why a joke is funny.

What are you trying to say?!

I don't want perfect attendance anymore! JOJO!

Gah!

Chapter Forty-Four is Narcissism!

The old stone house was so enclosed that even with lights on, the night only seemed to deepen.

The light bulb suddenly flickered a few times at a high frequency and then went out abruptly, plunging the room into darkness.

"..."

Hayama Hayato snapped out of his daze and subconsciously remarked, "Shiro-kun, switching light bulbs on and off so frequently can easily cause short circuits."

The complex and melancholic emotions that had been suddenly exposed were instead diluted by the other person's even stranger behavior...

"Yayama-kun."

With a snap, a flame shot up from the lighter, paused briefly, and then went out, having already lit a candle that had appeared out of nowhere.

The candlelight was uneven, swaying slightly in the wind, like a boat sailing under the moon, creating ripples in the night sky.

Behind the flickering candlelight, shadows danced across Bai Ying's face as he murmured in a low voice, "Recalling the past so frequently can easily lead to loneliness."

Hayato Hayama's expression stiffened slightly. He couldn't help but raise his hand to rub his temples and said with a wry smile, "Haku-kun, what exactly are you trying to say?"

"Are you still trying to cover it up now?!" The white figure suddenly raised his voice, his breath causing the candlelight to flicker. "You miss my girlfriend! You're despicable!"

"?"

Hayato Hayama's eyes twitched slightly, and he retorted helplessly, "Haven't we already talked about Yukinoshita? Or is your possessiveness so strong that it bothers anyone who happens to think of Yukinoshita?"

Bai Ying slammed his hand on the table, his face flushed with anger: "So! You little brat, you really are thinking about my girlfriend!"

...Is this some kind of high school students fighting over a girl, like a scene from a children's movie?

Hayato Hayama quickly adjusted his thinking. He couldn't let Shiro lead him by the nose, or he would fall into a trap. With a thought, he directly admitted, "I do occasionally think about what happened with Yukinoshita in the past, but those things actually happened and left a deep impression on me, so it's normal for me to think about them. If Shiro-kun is dissatisfied, he can travel through time and change the past so that Yukinoshita and I will never meet, and then there will be no memory to speak of."

"Ideally, Yukino should not interact with anyone other than Shiro. That way, Yukino will only have memories of Shiro, and no one else will interact with her, so there will be no memories of Yukino."

His face was sincere, and his eyes were full of trust: "Student Bai, you can definitely do it, right?"

Bai Ying exclaimed in surprise, "Holy crap! You're such a yandere!"

"Isn't this what Shiro meant?" Hayama Hayato shrugged and said casually, "Although I don't know what Shiro is trying to say, I know that thinking like this is very unreasonable and inconsiderate of the other person's feelings, so let's put the topic of romance aside for now..."

“Hmm…” Bai Ying thought for a moment and agreed, “You’re right, heroes can be unreasonable and inconsiderate of others’ feelings sometimes.”

Hayato Hayama's expression was strange: "Huh? Yukinoshita?"

Are you slandering your girlfriend?

Although I've also had experiences where others poured out their troubles to me, or gossiped about me to my friends or girlfriends...

“Of course!” Bai Ying said matter-of-factly. “When lovers are together, they become too concerned about their own feelings and have some unrealistic and unreasonable ideas, such as only being allowed to think about themselves and not being allowed to think about anything else, or if I and your mother fell into the water, who would you save, or your eyes must be focused and pure and you are not allowed to be distracted.”

Are you really talking about Yukinoshita?