Uneasy daily life

"Is it possible that 'Misplaced' is a warning to those naive young men in their adolescence—don't get the illusion that 'she likes me' just because a girl smiles or greets you warmly?" Bai Ying said, spreading her hands. "Judging from this viewer's sentimental comments, perhaps there are similar past experiences, and perhaps there is still a shadow of longing in your heart. I advise you to give it up."

The host said with dissatisfaction, "Teacher Bai, isn't it a bit too much to say that to someone who is so devoted to love?"

Bai Ying scoffed, "What's the point of talking about feelings? It's just an excuse to comfort yourself for not knowing how to love others."

Just as the host was about to say something, he suddenly looked at the screen and coughed lightly: "This audience member's comment is very interesting—Teacher Bai usually writes light novels and can also write a script like 'Misplaced,' so he must have poured his love into the two-dimensional characters. Isn't this the same as the audience member just now?"

"Can this be the same?"

Bai Yingbao solemnly said, "Two-dimensional characters are constructed from dots and data, and are an immersion in sight and hearing. Three-dimensional characters are built from proteins and sugars, and are an enjoyment of touch and smell. The difference between them is not important. What is important is a heart full of love. But what about longing and yearning? Those are your brain cells and electrical signals. People cannot, and should not, be in love with themselves."

"That's insane."

The moderator of the live interview silently muted a viewer who had typed "36 lines".

……

"Hey hater, can you stop trying to create drama for me? Every time I invite you to my show, it gets stuck."

"Is it my fault? Brave Plus, you should always think more about your own reasons."

"Then?"

"Since you have a reason, shouldn't you tell me about your private matters?"

Wearing winter clothes and a scarf, Mai Sakurajima walked backwards with her hands behind her back, a smile on her face, casually stepping on the white figure's feet.

Bai Ying was still wearing her classic white and black casual outfit, walking forward with a calm and unhurried expression. On the contrary, Sakurajima Mai felt something was wrong after a few steps. There was a problem with the feel of her feet, and it hurt her soles!

What did you stuff in the toe of your shoe?

"Steel sheet! Hmph, how could I not prepare if I were to participate in your show?"

"Oh? Looks like you weren't prepared for this."

Mai Sakurajima raised her hand and pinched the white figure's cheek, twisting it lightly with her fingers a few times, and commented with a smile, "Hmm, it's the real deal."

The white figure simply grinned and stuck out its tongue, attempting to lick its hand, which directly forced Sakurajima Mai's pliers back.

As the two walked home from the filming location, they exchanged a few playful banter. Suddenly, Mai Sakurajima felt a cool sensation on her face. She instinctively looked up and said, "Last year, it snowed after Christmas, right? This year, the snow came really early..."

“Yes,” Bai Ying chimed in. “Last year, Brave Plus was a delicious and fresh high school girl, but this year she’s turned into a stale college student.”

Mai Sakurajima chuckled, "Don't you hate guys like things that are chewy?"

"Chewing texture..."

Bai Ying subconsciously glanced at Sakurajima Mai's legs. Even in winter, she was still dressed in pantyhose and a pleated skirt. The thick black pantyhose wrapped around her rounded legs, which made the faint flesh color even more textured...

"I'm talking about someone like Yukino!" Mai Sakurajima said irritably. "The kind of person who takes things too seriously and who can be teased no matter what—Hey, are you becoming more and more like... um... that kind of silly guy who thinks of girls' bodies when he thinks about romance?"

"This..."

Bai Ying thought about it seriously for a moment: "Probably?"

"Hmm?" Mai Sakurajima was slightly taken aback, and couldn't help but glare at him. "Pervert—cough cough, what kind of tricks are you planning to pull this Christmas? This is the last Christmas of high school, you know. Next year you'll be a college slob."

"It makes no difference. It's all the same life, just being chased by the deadline." Bai Ying smiled nonchalantly, taking life lightly. "This is probably the fate of creators. They have to spend the rest of their lives paying off a flash of inspiration. At worst, they can become deadbeats."

"Before that, you have to get rid of your editor."

Mai Sakurajima rolled her eyes, then suddenly looked a little surprised after thinking for a moment: "Speaking of which, your work this year has been going quite well, hasn't it? Three volumes of your light novel were published, Angelina said the response was very good, you made a movie with me, wrote a script for Director Okita, and did some shows... Hmm? Thinking about it, you've been quite diligent lately?"

Bai Ying casually remarked, "Raising children is quite expensive."

Mai Sakurajima paused, awkwardly brushing her bangs aside, looking bewildered at the white figure walking ahead.

Seeing that the other person had walked several meters away, Sakurajima Mai quickly quickened her pace to catch up, one hand hanging at her side and the other grabbing her arm, she asked awkwardly, "W-why did you suddenly think about such a far-fetched thing?"

"how to say……"

Bai Ying recalled with a weary tone, "I don't approve of my father—talented but unlucky, overly proud, full of platitudes, all lies… He was a slave to success, a slave to pride, a slave to power. I occasionally ponder the age-old problem of education, and I know that education is never just about education itself. My father fell into a trough due to poor decision-making; his former glory vanished, leaving only the power of being a father—power, what a wonderful temptation!"

"Being able to control how a person thinks, how they act, even when they should cry and when they should laugh; being able to override one's own will with another's; being able to instill what one believes to be right into someone without question; and being able to feel a sense of exhilarating freedom from this output..."

"The mismatch between people. Maybe Dad is a socially savvy person with social survival skills and even a lot of friends, but I, as his child, can see his true nature very clearly. To strangers, he has to talk about reason and logic and use his speaking skills. To friends, he has to talk about feelings, make guarantees and amplify the relationship. To his children, he doesn't need anything."

"So, I'm actually not very confident in my ability to be a father."

With a hint of melancholy in her voice, Mai Sakurajima quietly extended her left hand. She didn't take Bai Ying's hand, but instead placed it directly into his pocket, moving slightly closer as they walked together: "Black Fan, you're thinking too far ahead. Besides, I think if you become a father… um… uh… mmm…"

The white figure retorted with displeasure, "Hero Plus! What are you stammering about?!"

“This…” Sakurajima Mai gave a strange smile. “I was just thinking about those kinds of things like ‘a child has a crush on someone, but the father immediately sees it,’ ‘a child has a close friend online, but it turns out to be his own father,’ ‘a child is going through a rebellious phase and the father buys stickers to tattoo his whole body,’ ‘a child is going through a rebellious phase and the father is even more rebellious than him,’ ‘a child’s coming-of-age gift is a collection of embarrassing recordings and photos’… cough cough, I always feel like Hater-kun could totally do that.”

Bai Ying asked in bewilderment, "Isn't it supposed to be that today we say our family has become rich and give the child 10,000 yen, and after he spends some of it, we suddenly say our family has gone bankrupt and confiscate the rest of the money, so that he loses money just as he is beginning to understand its meaning, while subtly teaching him that this is what power is?"

Sakurajima Mai couldn't hold back any longer and bumped into the white figure with her shoulder: "Are you trying to raise an Arthas?"

The white figure instantly replied, "Then I am the Lich King."

"Yes, yes, yes, the hater's child has it tough, having to face the biggest boss on the road of life right from birth." Sakurajima Mai rolled her eyes and complained. Thinking of the past events she had witnessed, her heart softened. She moved her hand in the white shadow's pocket. Seeing that the white shadow didn't react, she immediately pinched the waist flesh with her fingers against the clothes and gave it a merciless squeeze!

"Ouch! Brave Plus, do you know how painful it is to pinch someone through their clothes?! You're vicious!"

Bai Ying gasped and quickly reached into her pocket, grabbing the two-finger clamp that the other party was brutally abusing.

"If you don't perform when I tell you to, then don't blame me for forcing you to perform."

Sakurajima Mai replied with a smile, then her gaze fell on the white figure, and she followed the other person's footsteps: "Black Fan, when you think about these things, I feel that you will be a good father... At least in my situation, which is not much different from yours, I have not thought about how to face my own child... For Black Fan, who is always unrestrained, this may be something that you care about so much that you hesitate, but you can ignore it."

"Because when you were a child, you were a good child who was worthy of everyone's trust."

In the unseen pocket, slender fingers gently wrap around the other hand, slipping softly and nimbly between the fingers to maximize the skin-to-skin contact area and allow the warmth to be transferred to the greatest extent.

Bai Ying fell into deep thought, and after a long while, she exhaled: "What the brave warrior plus said makes me seem like I'm blinded by my own perspective... Hmm, that makes sense. If I'm bound by the past, the path to the future can't be extended, and my own will can't be carried out!"

The hater seems a bit more relaxed now, right? It's good that he was able to help out a little.

Sakurajima Mai chuckled softly, teasingly asking, "Hasn't Bai-jun always prided himself on being worldly-wise and seeing through the illusions of the world? Why is the Great Emperor Wuque so troubled and bewildered by such a matter... Hmm, what was it again? The illusions of the world shattered his invincible Dao heart?"

Bai Ying said without changing his expression, "It's alright, I can add settings! This is called breaking through and establishing anew, reaching a higher level!"

Stubborn~

Sakurajima Mai was in a good mood and casually asked, "So? Why are you suddenly concerned about whether you can be a good father?"

Bai Ying was in a good mood and casually replied, "Of course it's because I want to do things with you that will make us have children."

What I fear most is the sudden silence, which disturbs my mood.

Mai Sakurajima was instantly flustered and speechless from the sudden impact, frantically trying to pull her hand away.

The white figure revealed a mysterious, unfathomable smile, gripping Sakurajima Mai's hand tightly, refusing to let her pull away.

"Hate fan, you...you let go first..."

"Jie Jie Jie..."

After more than a dozen rounds of back and forth, Mai Sakurajima managed to calm down, trying her best to maintain a proper attitude, but she couldn't help stammering, "Um... Black Fan, you should understand, right? We've done so many things, but this is a little different... How should I put it... I still have dreams... Having children is too early... It's not that I'm against it, but I have to choose between the two... Besides, I'm completely unprepared... Ah, speaking of which, what about nationality and household registration... Should I inform Mom... I haven't even met Black Fan's parents yet... My studies and career are both problems, but I feel I must raise the child myself... Um—"

The white figure reached out and pulled Sakurajima Mai into her arms, gently teasing her, "Idiot."

"...You're the idiot."

Sakurajima Mai's thoughts raced, her mind completely blank, before she quickly regained her usual composure and rationality: "That's right, given the 'hater' guy's personality, how could he suddenly act recklessly without thinking? He clearly knows I have dreams, so why would he suddenly use emotions to force me to choose, talking about having children, and as long as I use a condom... cough cough cough... That's right! The 'hater' guy is clearly deliberately teasing me! After all, I've developed a considerable immunity to 'haters,' so if I don't throw away the juicy topics, how could I fall into his trap..."

Hmm, maybe it's just a girl's intuition? Could what the hater said be half true and half false?

"I can find someone else."

The white figure whispered gently in Sakurajima Mai's ear.

The next second, a race against time.

……

Hmm, it seems the Brave Plus's reaction is pretty much as expected. She's both a rational dreamer and an exceptionally sentimental girlfriend; in short, you can drown her in just the right amount of emotion without touching her rationality. Of course, you have to be completely sincere about this, otherwise you might get hurt...

Bai Ying silently finished writing the contents in the notebook and slowly closed it.

There was a line of dog crawling on the cover of the notebook.

The Chronicles of White Shadow: I Am the Top.

Chapter 93 If I call your name, will you dare to answer?

"The student council is about to have a leadership change? It feels like the last one was just last year."

"Nonsense! The last leadership transition was actually last year!"

"Speaking of which, a student council term, if it's relatively short, is probably only about half a year, right? They take over in the second semester of their junior year, and in the first semester of their senior year, they might already be preparing for college entrance exams. Although this student council took over quite late, the re-election won't be held until the end of the year..."

"It must be that the student council president is power-hungry and unwilling to step down according to the constitution!"

"Indeed, the student council president previously proposed changing the ancestral laws in an attempt to remain the student council president of Zongwu High School even after advancing to the next level. His true intentions are obvious to everyone!"

"It was only thanks to the vice president's strong opposition that the proposal was rejected."

"Aren't they from the same faction? That guy is a die-hard Bai supporter who says 'I support Bai Jun becoming the student council president'."

"That's not quite right. No matter how close the top leader and the second-in-command are, there are still structural conflicts..."

"Huh? Structural contradiction? What's that?"

"When you don't look through the back door, the homeroom teacher may or may not be there; when you look through the back door, the homeroom teacher is either there or not. You can't see a homeroom teacher who is both there and not there at the same time. This kind of internal contradiction that cannot be resolved and can only be weakened and suppressed by reaching a consensus is called a structural contradiction. — One of the quotes from the student council president."

"That quote... I suspect it was published by the student council president himself."

"In short, there may be more to this election than meets the eye—for example, the student council president may designate someone to succeed him and then manipulate him to remotely control the Zongwu High School student council, thus firmly grasping the real power in his hands."

"You mean..."

"That's right! It must be Komachi Hikigaya! Her brother is a key member of the White faction, a veteran, and the student council president has repeatedly expressed his opinion on Komachi Hikigaya, praising her in public as 'beautiful inside and out, capable of great things.' Such promotion and such nepotism are too obvious."

"If we want to thwart the student council president's scheme, should we support Isshiki, a second-year student?"

"Hmm... Komachi Hikigaya in her first year of high school and Iroha Isshiki in her second year are basically strong candidates for student council president..."

The two students walked by, talking animatedly.

In the shadows at the corner of the stairwell, a pair of dead fish eyes were staring intently.

Damn it! How did Soubu High School become like this?

Did the president give you all a talent for acting? You all love to join in the fun!

Hachiman Hikigaya sighed dejectedly.

Snapped.

A hand came from behind, and a voice teased, "Isn't this Hitori-kun, the brother-in-law of Soubu High School? Why aren't you at your sister's election speech yet?"

Hachiman Hikigaya turned back with a grim expression, a chilling killing intent flashing in his dead fish eyes—You mentioned it, didn't you? You actually mentioned that forbidden nickname?!

"Ahem, don't look at me." Hayama Hayato shrugged with a smile. "You should go and fight Shiro instead."

Hachiman Hikigaya smirked: "Never won."

Hayato Hayama was taken aback and asked in surprise, "You guys actually fought?"

Hachiman Hikigaya said, feeling aggrieved, "The president brought up Komachi and even bribed her with some kind of logic... What, the popular Komachi must want her reclusive older brother to be popular too, right? Look, now everyone respectfully calls Hikigaya 'brother-in-law'..."

I can't take it anymore! I feel like fighting the president again!

Town! That's the student council president spreading misinformation! Why are you siding with the student council president?!

Oh my god! That damn president, after the popular guy from Soubu High School, he's given me another brother-in-law from Soubu High School!

Hachiman Hikigaya's eyes seemed to be bleeding, his expression was ferocious, and he looked like he had gone mad.

"You don't have to be like this..." Hayama Hayato tried to find a better adjective, "You're a siscon, aren't you? Be careful that your sister doesn't find your excessive care disgusting. Teenage girls are at the stage where their self-awareness is developing."

puff!

Hachiman Hikigaya read aloud, "Oh! I see! No wonder she's the number one social butterfly in Soubu! She knows exactly how to handle things, how to use affection to hook someone up, she's a true master of seduction..."

“I didn’t catch anything…” Hayama Hayato’s eyes twitched, and he let out a heavy sigh. “I just don’t want to think about those things right now. I’ll think about it when I’m in college.”

Hachiman Hikigaya was waiting for this. He said with a playful tone, "Miura has been secretly asking which university you're going to apply to, and even came to the student council to ask for advice—you know what I mean?"

Hayato Hayama was starting to lose his composure, scratching his head in frustration.

To be honest, he didn't really want to say it, lest his friends impulsively apply to the same school as him, and it wouldn't be good for him to influence such a major life decision...

"Oh, oh, oh! Keeping quiet for the sake of others?" Hachiman Hikigaya pressed his advantage, shaking his head and sighing, "Tsk tsk tsk, so this is what your so-called friendship is all about. Everyone just happened to know each other and naturally became friends. It's really laughable—poor Miura, taking this kind of thing seriously, he deserves to end up like a clown..."

Hayato Hayama turned and walked away, but stopped after taking a few steps.