Hearing Matsueda Azusa's blunt, unreserved questioning, Yukinoshita's expression cooled slightly. "I don't think there's anything wrong with my plan. The difficulty levels increase gradually, from low to high. As long as you can follow these requirements step by step, you'll definitely gain growth. Besides, the demonstrations I've given don't require Komari to be able to do them right away. She just needs to follow the plan step by step."

Well... if that's the case, it does seem to be okay. But...

Matsueda Azusa tilted her head. "Since you're determined to help Komari grow, Yukinoshita, I'll just ask a few questions. What do you think Komari ultimately wants? A new place to stay, or the ability to make friends, or simply not having to eat alone? Also, do you think it's easier to make friends or to eat with others?"

"What kind of question is this? Do you really have to ask this specifically?"

Yukinoshita Yukino frowned slightly and answered as a matter of course: "Of course, Komari-san is more eager for a new place to stay and friends. She doesn't want to eat alone...? What does that mean? As for the second question, of course it's easier to eat with others. How could making friends be easier than that?"

"Aren't you very clear about this?"

Songzhi Zi spread his hands and said: "Then why did you make a plan for Xiaoju to do this? Obviously, even if Xiaoju perfectly carried out your instructions and plans, she would only be able to do what you do, ignoring other people's opinions, eating wherever she wants, and eating with whoever she wants. But there seems to be no point, right?"

Even if you train Xiaoju Zhihua to be able to sit on someone's head and eat without batting an eyelid, you can't help her make new friends, right? At most, you'll just train a new invincible bitch—

Well, to be honest, if I could train Chika Komari to be like that...it would be quite interesting to think about it, right?

Yukinoshita Yukino choked slightly upon hearing this, and defended herself in a weaker tone, "That's not what I meant. I just wanted Komari-san to use this method to get used to being close to others. Isn't that a prerequisite for making friends? There may be some problems with my demonstration, but that's not a big deal."

"Eh? Then...why not try to get her to be friends with you?"

Matsueda Azusa's eyes lit up and a clever idea popped up in his mind. He pointed at Komari Chika, and then at Yukinoshita Yukino.

"what?"

Yukinoshita Yukino pointed at herself blankly. She hadn't expected Matsueda Azusa to say such a thing. She subconsciously refused, "There's no point in making friends with me. Compared to others, my case is too special. Even if we make friends, it won't be of any use to anyone. It's just a waste of time."

"That's not right, Yukinoshita, listen to me."

Azusa Matsueda held up a finger, an "Hey, I have an idea" expression on her face. "First of all, Yukinoshita, isn't it harder to make friends with you than with anyone else? That's undeniable. If you can accomplish something this difficult, then shouldn't simpler things be a breeze? It's like if you know function geometry and calculus, shouldn't you be able to solve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems?"

"Secondly, using other students for training carries risks. First, making friends with certain people could hurt Xiaoju. Second, if others knew that you were approaching them and making friends with them out of a desire to use them for training, it could lead to a rift, and Xiaoju might actually be ostracized at school."

"But if the target is you, then there won't be any worries at all, right?"

Songzhi Zi spread his hands and said: "Besides, this is actually a very good training opportunity for you, isn't it? Killing two birds with one stone, a win-win situation!"

Of course, making this suggestion does not mean that Matsueda Azusa is really considering these two people, but he simply thinks that doing so might be interesting.

In reality, he also wanted to conduct a secret experiment—if it was clear from the outset that friendships were motivated by a purpose, not pure innocence, would a friendship formed this way actually last? Would it be solid or fragile? Could a relationship forged on a false foundation ever become genuine?

If it were him before, he would have immediately concluded that this was impossible. But after everything he had experienced before, he began to waver and doubt a little.

Is all this what he originally thought, or is there really something different?

Matsueda Azusa is very curious!

133

Chapter 133 Oh, Old Ma! Old Ma!

"Although it's all nonsense..."

Yukinoshita Yukino actually thought carefully about Matsueda Azusa's suggestion for a moment: "However, this approach may not be unfeasible. And... I did overlook the fact that allowing Komari-san to interact with others with a purpose might cause resentment in others. This was my oversight. From this perspective, using myself as the first experimental subject is indeed the most reasonable and appropriate choice."

"Furthermore, in this process, not only will my communication skills improve, but I'll also be able to gain a deeper understanding of Komari-san's situation, allowing me to formulate and revise my next plan... Yeah, this is a really good suggestion."

Yukinoshita Yukino looked up at Matsueda Azusa and said, "I never thought that one day Matsueda-san would be able to come up with such constructive suggestions. I'm really surprised."

"What is this nonsense!"

Songzhi Zi raised an eyebrow. "My suggestions are always constructive. Anyone who thinks what I say is unreasonable must have a problem themselves."

"..."

Yukinoshita Yukino held her forehead helplessly: "So the way being overly arrogant and conceited can manifest is so disgusting? Sorry, it seems I should reflect on whether I sometimes show such behavior."

"Hey, um... so..."

Played between Matsueda Azusa and Yukinoshita Yukino, Komari Chika quietly and quickly finished her lunch. She choked and pounded her chest, taking a while to recover. She stared at the two men in front of her half-dead, raised her hand cautiously, and asked, "So what's going on now?"

"Now that the plan has been re-formulated, I will be your direct negotiating partner."

Yukinoshita Yukino explained straight to the point, and without giving Komari Chika a chance to object, she walked directly towards the activity room: "We still have some time before lunch break, Komari-san, let's do a preliminary experiment first."

"Eh? Eh!!"

Xiaoju Zhihua stared blankly: "Is it starting now?!"

She was a little devastated. She couldn't even interact normally with ordinary classmates, and now she had to act opposite Yukinoshita Yukino, who was at the top of the food chain?

You will die! You will definitely die!

Matsueda Azusa, who was standing by, smiled sweetly and gave a thumbs-up to Komari Chika: "Keep going! Komari-san! You still have many happy days ahead of you!"

Xiaoju Zhihua could clearly see that Matsueda Azusa was just trying to satisfy his own evil taste. She hurriedly followed Yukinoshita Yukino, and couldn't help but whispered angrily: "Bad! The worst!"

Songzhi Zi raised his eyebrows: "Who are you talking about?"

"Ugh!"

Xiaoju Chika didn't expect that this could be heard. She was frightened and hurriedly crawled towards Yukinoshita Yukino.

Matsueda Azusa didn't continue to chase after him.

He looked at the backs of the two people leaving, and couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.

Not bad, very interesting. He was just waiting to see the final results of the experiment.

Thinking of this, Matsueda Azusa walked down the stairs and walked forward along the corridor.

"boom!"

Before he could turn around, he suddenly bumped into a classmate who appeared from the corner of the corridor.

The classmate was walking in a hurry and seemed to have lost his balance. After bumping into Songeda Azusa, he fell directly to the ground.

Songzhi Zi was fine, but when he saw a piece of paper slip out of that classmate's hand and fly to the ground beside him, he subconsciously bent down to pick it up.

"Sorry...eh?!"

The classmate rubbed his head in pain, got up from the ground, and while subconsciously apologizing, he looked up at Songzhi Zi. As soon as he saw him, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and exclaimed: "Hey! You are——"

Matsueda Azusa crossed his arms across his chest. As expected, his name was already known to everyone in Sobu High School.

Quick, tell me his name! The great devil of Sobu, the dark emperor who reigns over the school! Matsueda Azusa!

"You're the same Matsueda Azusa who turned down the president's invitation to join a band in your freshman year of high school!"

However, what the other party blurted out was not what Matsueda Azusa had imagined.

"Clam?"

Matsueda Azusa looked at the girl in front of him with confusion.

When he was in the first year of high school, he did reject some clubs in order to form a band, and even quit the school rock club.

However, since he's called "President", then he can only be the president of the Student Union, right? So, this guy in front of me should also be a member of the Student Union?

Songzhi Zi asked bluntly: "Are you from the student union?"

"Ah! You have no impression of me at all?"

The girl pointed at herself with a surprised expression: "You, every time you went to the student union to see the president, I was always there?"

"Huh? Isn't that the weak-looking Sakurai-san who's always been next to Chairman Hotorahara?"

Matsueda Azusa blinked blankly and looked the girl up and down. "Eh? Sakurai-san, did you go on a trip to Thailand?"

"What?! Besides Sakurai-san, there's also me! It's me, Ma Nagatsu Aishi from the student council!"

Ma Shatian Aixing couldn't help but stamp her foot in annoyance. "My presence isn't that low, is it? I just haven't spoken to you, Matsueda-san... I can't say I have no memory of you at all."

Songzhi Zi showed a look of sudden realization: "Oh~ It's you!"

No, actually, I still have no recollection of her. When Matsueda Azusa went to the student council, it was usually to ask for favors or to grab afternoon tea with President Toranohara. She paid no attention to anyone else. The only time he even knew Shikiya Yumeko was because her character was so noteworthy.

His biggest memory of the student council was how President Hokutara would constantly mess up when she tried to treat him to afternoon tea, spilling tea leaves, breaking teacups, or knocking snack plates to the floor, with Hiroto Sakurai standing behind her to clean up the mess. Matsueda Azusa would eat from her own small plate, watching the chaos unfold.

"...No, you still don't remember that expression at all, right?"

Ma Titian Aixing put one hand on her waist and said, "You actually pretended to recognize me like that, and even said 'So it's you' or something..."

As she was speaking, she suddenly seemed to realize something, a look of horror appeared on her face, and she subconsciously looked down at her empty hands: "Huh? Eh? Where did my... go?"

Songzhi Zi thought of the small piece of paper that he had just picked up and dropped on the ground. "Did you lose something?"

"indeed……"

Tian Aixing answered subconsciously, but quickly waved her hands vigorously, pretending to be indifferent: "No, forget it, it's not an important thing anyway, haha, I don't really care."

"It's not important? Then I won't return it to you."

Songzhi Zi unfolded the slip of paper in his hand and glanced at it: "Student Ma Titian Aixing, ranking..."

"Don't say it!"

Tian Aixing's pretense of complete indifference instantly broke, and she quickly reached out to subconsciously snatch the note from Songzhi Zi's hand: "Only this one thing..."

"Uh... I thought it was something else, but it turns out to be just a report card."

Songzhi Zi handed the report card back to the anxious Ma Tian Aixing, a little confused: "Even though you are indeed at the bottom... you shouldn't react so strongly after being discovered. I thought I found the love letter I had hidden for someone else."

"Huh? How could something like that be more important than grades?!"

Tian Aixing took the report card from Songzhi Zi without hesitation and hurriedly stuffed it into his pocket. He said a little frustratedly, "A guy like you who always ranks at the top won't understand. The president keeps praising you for your good grades... and I've obviously worked very hard too..."

"Besides, I'm also very bothered by the fact that I'm not doing well in school! A student council member who's supposed to be a role model for everyone is barely passing. This kind of thing can't be discovered by others! If it were to be exposed... I'd definitely bring shame to the student council."

134

Chapter 134 The Yukinoshita card tutoring class has started!

"Well, I'm not saying grades aren't important, I'm saying..."

Matsueda Azusa reached out and touched his chin, reminding him, "The Sobu High School exam rankings are posted for students to see, right? You're a student council member, so you shouldn't be unaware of that, right? Eh? Didn't you check the results when they were posted?"

"So all students' grades are transparent and public. No matter how hard you try to hide your own grades, it won't seem to be of much use. After all, everyone will know where you are by looking at the leaderboard. The only difference is whether they pay attention to you."

Ma Tienian Aixing is suspected of trying to cover up his mistakes.

Ma Titian Aixing's expression froze. She seemed to have just realized this. She turned around stiffly and dazedly to look at Songzhi Zi: "So, that means... actually, my grades are terrible... actually, does everyone in the school know about it?"

Matsueda Azusa thought for a moment and replied rigorously, "I don't know if everyone knows this; it's a theoretical possibility. But I'm sure everyone knows this. Anyone who wants to know will definitely know it."

Ma Titian Aixing slumped forward with a thud, "How...how could this be? So, when I was casually participating in the discussion about gifted students, everyone was just being nice and not exposing me..."

She put her head in her hands in frustration and said, "So, everyone seems to agree with me on the surface, but deep down they know that a poor student like me is just pretending to be a good student and talking nonsense..."

"That's actually quite funny."

Matsueda Azusa was amused. "But there's no need to worry so much about this. As long as you're determined to study hard, there's no need to worry about not getting results. If the results aren't good, then it means your method is wrong. I remember that the student council members all have good grades, right? Why don't you ask them to help you with your studies? President Fang Huyuan won't refuse."

Oh, worrying about grades—a typical high school worry. Normally, she'd only encountered adult topics like relationship troubles and life pressures, but now, hearing about concerns about grades... Matsueda Azusa felt a sense of familiarity, like a long-awaited reunion.

Huh? So there are normal high school students at Sobu High School? Matsueda Azusa thought this was some kind of haunted den of emotional turmoil.

Ma Titian Aixing glanced away guiltily, blushing, "Well... well, it's because I pretended to be an excellent student in front of everyone in the student union..."

Faced with an "ordinary" high school student like Ma Rutian Aixing, Songzhi Zi couldn't help but start to act like a teacher.

He waved his hand. "So what? It's impossible for them not to know your true level. Have you forgotten that the Student Union can access students' transcripts? President Fang Huyuan always knows my grades, so how could she forget about you, a member?"

"Besides, since your grades aren't good, that means they didn't recruit you into the student union based on your grades at all. They just wanted to use you elsewhere. So you don't have to worry about being fired or bringing shame to the student union because of poor grades. They've definitely already considered that."

At this point, Matsueda Azusa thought for a moment and said, "Oh, if you really can't bear to lose face, then I'll teach you a trick. Now turn left, go up the stairs, and walk straight ahead. In the activity room called the Service Club, find a classmate named Yukinoshita Yukino. Tell her you're here to give her a commission. The commission is to improve your academic performance. I guarantee you'll get a high score on the exam. How about that?"

"Really...really?"

A glimmer of hope ignited in Ma Jitian Aixing's eyes, but he seemed a little hesitant. "I've heard of Yukinoshita-san, too. She's always been top of the class... Is she really that willing to help others? But if the fact that I'm not doing well in school gets out..."

"Then you don't have to worry about it."

Matsueda Azusa waved his hand. "That guy Yukinoshita doesn't have any friends to tell this to. He's the so-called lone ranger, making him the perfect person to keep secrets."

Ma Rutian Aixin was encouraged. After thanking Songzhi Zi, he ran up the stairs.

Finally, she turned around and showed a grateful look to Matsueda Azusa: "I think I understand why President Fang Huyuan has always wanted to recruit you, Matsueda, into the student union. Matsueda, you are such a good person."

"Clam?"

When Songzhi Zi heard this, her face wrinkled. "No, sister? I'm trying to help you out of kindness, showing you a way forward, and you're just being nice to me?"

Besides, how could this rotten bastard Song Zhizi be considered a good person? Who was he trying to disgust by saying such things?

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