In the third year of high school, I exchanged bodies with Yukinoshita

"Don't worry, Hikigaya Hachiman knows you like passionate plots. Plus, that game covers a lot of things, but they deliberately picked out the most passionate ones to describe. Is he trying to please you?"

"That's not the case. What if Hikigaya-san just likes those plots too?"

"Maybe he just wants you to think that."

"Huh? Why?"

"Looking for common ground with you. People subconsciously tend to look for people who are similar to themselves when looking for a partner. So maybe Hikigaya Hachiman is deliberately trying to find common ground with you. After all, Hikigaya Hachiman is a clever man. It seems that Hikigaya Hachiman may not want to just stay in a teacher-student relationship with you. Maybe..."

Zuo Yu smiled as he said this and pressed the rotating lunch box lid onto the table, making a sound that was neither loud nor soft.

Hearing this voice, Hiratsuka Shizuka was completely confused. What should she do? That thing seemed to be true. How should she face her student? Although she wanted to get married, she was her student. How could she have the heart to do that to her?

Just when Shizuka Hiratsuka was struggling, Zuo Yu's words interrupted her wandering thoughts.

"Of course, all of the above is just casual chat during lunch. Don't take the topic of love too seriously."

Shizuka Hiratsuka looked at the girl who had suddenly changed her mind, and a variety of emotions surged in her heart. Finally, it turned into a sigh.

She's a hundred times scarier than Yukinoshita Haruno. She first tugs at my heartstrings, then says she was just kidding. This is such a bad taste.

Shizuka Hiratsuka stared at the girl in front of her fiercely, but she ignored him and spoke in a loud voice on purpose.

"Teacher, please help me clean up. Did you eat lunch well?"

"The food was good, but the people who were eating there made the originally delicious food taste a bit bland."

"Sorry, I won't do it again next time."

Zuo Yu clasped his hands together, then looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka, his gaze focused on the classroom door behind him. "Teacher, now my club should be able to start its activities, right?"

"Although we don't have enough members yet, isn't your club similar to a jack-of-all-trades? As long as you want to help others, you can organize club activities. And organizing club activities will also help you recruit members. Right now, we're still short of one person. Maybe one club activity will be enough."

Shizuka Hiratsuka helped clean up the table and chairs used for dinner and put them back in their places.

"Then teacher, please give me the key to this classroom. I will be starting club activities this afternoon."

It would be enough to hold a club activity, help Miura Yumiko with love counseling, and ask her to join your club. Then her followers will definitely join your club, so that they can have a connection with Yuigahama Yui.

Zuo Yu wiped the sweat from his face. Eating in the stuffy classroom was indeed a recipe for perspiration. But it wasn't just the temperature that was causing him to sweat; it was also the eavesdroppers outside. He'd been constantly performing various actions to attract Hiratsuka Shizuka's attention, masking the occasional noises coming from outside the classroom: the clatter of shoes, the click of screens, even whispers.

Your eavesdropping skills are frustrating, and you're pretty incompetent even now as you're evacuating. If I hadn't asked Hiratsuka-sensei to pack up, distracted him, and made noise, the sound of your footsteps leaving would have been enough to arouse suspicion.

Suddenly, there was a sound of hurried footsteps coming down the stairs. This sound made Zuo Yu completely speechless. You guys are afraid that others don't know, right?

"What's that noise outside? There are people in this building during lunch time."

Shizuka Hiratsuka was puzzled. Students usually eat in the teaching building, so why did they come to the club building?

"Yes, for example, we have an appointment with everyone to have lunch together in the club classroom at noon."

Zuo Yu's explanation dispelled Shizuka Hiratsuka's suspicion, because her mind was still on Hikigaya Hachiman. That problem student was now causing Shizuka Hiratsuka even more headaches.

Zuo Yu took the club key from Shizuka Hiratsuka and told him to return it to the office after school. Zuo Yu closed the classroom door and left the room temporarily.

I will come again in the afternoon, but there will probably be more people than at noon.

Chapter 68 Reading Comprehension

Miura Yumiko and the others outside the door quickly left the crime scene. To avoid being noticed by those inside, they first quietly left the classroom and quickly left the scene at the stairwell. This action was unnecessary. The sudden sound of hurried footsteps in the previously quiet club building would have aroused anyone's suspicion.

However, these were not important to the two people in the classroom. Zuo Yu deliberately let them eavesdrop, while Shizuka Hiratsuka focused all her attention on what Zuo Yu said.

What if Hikigaya Hachiman really has such thoughts?

Hiratsuka Shizuka was worried about this. Originally, she didn't realize how close she was to Hikigaya Hachiman's own students.

After listening to the analysis of "Yukinoshita Yukino", she now realized that there was something wrong with the distance between her and her students, and that the interaction between the two seemed a bit weird from another perspective.

For example, regarding the composition problem this time, if we look at it from the perspective of the student and the teacher, a student wrote a failing composition and was caught and scolded by the teacher. The relationship between the two was good, so the teacher did not pursue the matter.

But from the perspective of the pursuer and the pursued, it feels a bit strange. Hikigaya Hachiman wrote an essay that suited her taste, which could be seen as a gift to her. She initially rejected it due to the difference in status between them, but the moment she saw him, her heart softened and she accepted it...

What is going on? Why is this happening?

Shizuka Hiratsuka screamed inwardly. Although she was a little eager to get married, that kind of relationship was not acceptable. She shook her head, her long hair flying everywhere with her movements. However, she looked at "Yukinoshita Yukino" beside her.

How could she understand so much about relationships? Could it be that she was heartbroken and that's why she became like this? Shizuka Hiratsuka had heard that a breakup could cause a person's personality to change drastically, but that didn't quite make sense.

If this was a relationship that started while studying abroad, things should have changed last semester. Why did it only change this semester? I should ask Yukinoshita Haruno what she thinks about her sister's change.

However, in Hiratsuka Shizuka's heart, Hikigaya Hachiman's affairs occupied the majority. Now he was really on her mind.

Shizuka Hiratsuka scratched her head, her white coat fluttering as she moved. First period this afternoon was J Class. How could she possibly calm her restless heart? And what attitude should she adopt towards Hikigaya Hachiman? Shizuka Hiratsuka's face was filled with worry. She felt in her pockets; she'd already brought cigarettes and a lighter. She decided to go up to the rooftop and have a cigarette.

She thought with some self-deprecation and prepared to go to the rooftop to escape for a while.

As for how Zuo Yu guessed Hikigaya Hachiman's little thoughts, he certainly didn't know what kind of mentality Hikigaya Hachiman had when he wrote that essay.

Maybe it was just a lucky mentality, maybe it was just a spur of the moment, or maybe Hikigaya Hachiman really thought so.

But these are not important to Zuo Yu, as long as he can use them.

Have you done reading comprehension? Zuo Yu underlined a series of actions by Hikigaya Hachiman and asked Shizuka Hiratsuka what kind of thoughts Hikigaya Hachiman had in mind and why he thought that way.

If you deliberately mention love in the question, Shizuka Hiratsuka will naturally answer in that regard.

She would naturally start to think about her relationship with Hikigaya Hachiman, and what their behavior meant.

As for the results of thinking?

Zuo Yu looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka beside him with a smile on his face. The answer was written on her face. It seemed that there was indeed a problem between the two of them. Zuo Yu watched Hiratsuka Shizuka climb up to the rooftop and then prepared to return to his class.

But these were not his concern. He passed by Class J and saw Miura Yumiko and her group of three eating together, whispering to each other, afraid that their voices would be heard by others in the class.

It looks like we can close the net in the afternoon.

He returned to his classroom. There was still a lot of hustle and bustle around Kurohime Yuto. Yukinoshita Yukino's seat and chair had not been requisitioned and were still placed in their original places.

Zuo Yu returned to Yukinoshita Yukino's seat, looked at the scenery outside the window, and waited for the afternoon to come.

As for the author who wrote the essay that disturbed Shizuka Hiratsuka's heart, it was Hikigaya Hachiman who may have had his original intention distorted by Zuo Yu.

He happened to be eating his lunch on the rooftop, the same rooftop where Shizuka Hiratsuka was about to go up to smoke.

Today's sky is still very blue, and the white clouds are still in various shapes. This cloud seems to be able to perfectly match the clouds over there. This cloud looks like a sword. It would be cool to hold it in your hand.

Hikigaya Hachiman raised his hand, and the hollow grasped the sword, its shape perfectly in his own.

He sat cross-legged in the shade of the rooftop, very close to the door. He held a piece of bread in his left hand and the Cloud Sword in his right. A Max coffee was on the ground. Below him was the noisy classroom. It was amazing how those guys couldn't be quiet during lunch.

But it’s better this way. Listening to the noise coming from under his feet, Hikigaya Hachiman felt like he was stepping on them all. This was his secret base.

Thinking of this, Hikigaya Hachiman smiled which no one could see, picked up the bread and ate it slowly. He was waiting for a special opportunity.

A strange wind blew by, and the corners of his clothes and the bread bag swayed in the wind.

Flowing water has no shape, drifting wind has no trace. This is wrong. Every time at this time, there will be this gust of wind. This is a secret known only to oneself.

After the gust of wind passed, Hikigaya Hachiman sneezed.

I wonder who looks like me? How could anyone care about me besides my sister? I guess it was just this gust of wind that got me started.

Suddenly, the sound of footsteps caught Hikigaya Hachiman's attention.

The footsteps sounded like high heels, and the destination was the rooftop. Thinking of this, Hikigaya Hachiman prepared to pack up and find a place to hide. After all, students were not allowed on the school rooftop.

However, the footsteps reached the rooftop gate at a very fast speed, leaving Hikigaya Hachiman no time to clean up. Forget it, he decided to find a place to hide.

However, the owner of the footsteps was obviously a decisive person, and the door to the rooftop was opened in an instant.

Shizuka Hiratsuka saw Hikigaya Hachiman trying to hide. The drink on the ground had not been taken away, and the bread in his hand had not been finished, but the packaging bag had already been tied up by him.

Looking at the scene in front of her, many thoughts flashed through Shizuka Hiratsuka's mind.

Is Hikigaya Hachiman trying to hide from me?

why?

Could it be that what "Yukinoshita Yukino" said is true?

Chapter 69: The Place Where Cheng Brother Fought

Hiratsuka Shizuka, who was already in a state of confusion, looked at Hikigaya Hachiman who was about to flee in panic, and thought of many things at once.

Could it be that he already knew that he had discovered his cleverness? Impossible, he only found out about this at noon. Apart from "Yukinoshita Yukino", no one else would know about this.

Thinking of this, Shizuka Hiratsuka took a breath.

Her behavior was a little scary in the eyes of Hikigaya Hachiman. He first stared at him intently, then took a breath and said, "Teacher Hiratsuka, how are you going to scold me?"

Slide down on your knees first.

"Hiratsuka-sensei, I was wrong."

Hiratsuka Shizuka was about to ask what Hikigaya Hachiman was doing on the rooftop when she was interrupted by this sentence, "What did you do wrong?"

"Students aren't supposed to be on the school rooftop, and I shouldn't have eaten lunch here. I won't do that again next time."

Looking at Hachiman Hikigaya, who had obediently admitted his mistake, Shizuka Hiratsuka knew why he had hidden away. He was afraid of being reprimanded by the teacher. She was overthinking it. He wasn't hiding from her, he was hiding from the teacher.

Hiratsuka Shizuka breathed a sigh of relief. "Please sit down and continue eating your lunch."

Hikigaya Hachiman felt relieved upon hearing this and returned to his seat. Looking at Shizuka Hiratsuka, he took out a cigarette and reminded her, "Teacher, I'm still eating."

Shizuka Hiratsuka lit the cigarette very quickly and had completed the operation before Hikigaya Hachiman could protest. The cigarette was now in her mouth.

"This is a public space, so it's okay for me to smoke." Shizuka Hiratsuka loosened her hand holding the cigarette and asked, "Why haven't you finished lunch yet?"

After all, he and "Yukinoshita Yukino" cleaned the classroom, had a meal and even moved to another place, but looking at the progress of Hikigaya Hachiman in front of him, he had just opened the bread bag and looked like he had just eaten.

“There were more people lining up, so we got the bread.”

Hikigaya Hachiman took two bites of bread to explain, but when he smelled the smell of cigarettes, he decided to speed up.

"You didn't even queue up, did you? You bought the bread when there were fewer people. Then you spent time on the rooftop, slowly eating the bread, and returned to the classroom when the time was almost up."

After Hiratsuka Shizuka pointed out his little tricks, Hikigaya Hachiman responded with silence.

"It seems I was right. Well, just take your time eating. I won't send you back to the classroom."

Looking at Hikigaya Hachiman who was wolfing down his food in front of him, Hiratsuka Shizuka spoke gently.

That's not right. How could I know him so well and still speak to him in this tone? Hiratsuka Shizuka's originally gentle atmosphere turned a little impatient.

Could it be that I really...

No, absolutely not. I don't want to find such a lonely person. Hiratsuka Shizuka decisively wiped out the thoughts deep in her heart. This is just a teacher caring about his students.

Seeing the atmosphere before him changing madly, Hikigaya Hachiman decided to speed up and leave this secret place as quickly as possible, sealing it off permanently. He was not to come back for at least two weeks.

Hikigaya Hachiman seemed to have pressed the fast-forward button and finished the bread and his favorite drink at an extremely fast speed.

I'm sorry, my dearest, Max Coffee can only finish you at this speed for now. I'm sorry that I can't savor you slowly.

"Are you afraid of me?" Hikigaya Hachiman's crazy eating speed scared Hiratsuka Shizuka, "I'm not some evil ghost."

Shizuka Hiratsuka grabbed Hikigaya Hachiman's shoulders and asked, "What do you think of me?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka decided to ask the person directly what he thought of her. After all, this matter depended on both parties' perspectives. Furthermore, this was a good way to judge how Hikigaya Hachiman thought of her.

Hikigaya Hachiman, who was being questioned by Hiratsuka Shizuka, stood still, not daring to make any other moves, even though he thought it was a questioning.

His hands were already on his body. If he didn't answer this question well, he might turn his palms into fists. He had just eaten lunch and didn't want to be punched again. Hikigaya Hachiman's mind was working rapidly.

What should I say now to save my life? Put my proud brain to work.

Speaking of which, Hiratsuka-sensei seemed a little different today, seemingly troubled by a relationship. So why was he smoking? He must be worried about something.

Now she's asking me what I think of her. Could it be that she failed in her blind date yesterday? She's been hit hard, and now she wants to know from me what I think of her, to get some satisfaction.

Hikigaya Hachiman seemed to have found his way out. As long as he praised her for her femininity, he should be able to avoid being punched.

"I think you are very feminine, Ms. Hiratsuka. If a man would reject you, it must be because they don't know how to appreciate you. You also know that you hold a very high position in our hearts."

After hearing this, Shizuka Hiratsuka could no longer hold the cigarette in her mouth and the strength in her hands loosened.

Feeling the tension on his shoulders loosen, Hikigaya Hachiman slid away like a loach, quickly leaving the rooftop, leaving behind a dumbfounded Hiratsuka Shizuka.