After deciding to give up, I became popular

I won't say more; the previous text should give you some clues. Saying more would spoil the later plot, so I'll keep you in suspense.

In short, I want to write something that, while having romantic elements, isn't all about that and can still offer some food for thought. Maybe my writing skills aren't good enough; I haven't handled or can't handle intense conflicts well, so readers feel like "the male lead's personality is inconsistent, changing all the time." I think I've laid a lot of groundwork in various places in the text, but it seems not enough, or I'm writing too fast.

Originally, I expected the male lead to remain in a "very inferior" state for the first 300,000 words, but after all, this is a web novel with text as the medium. If I really wrote it that way, everyone would have run away before getting there.

But I can't rush the progress and insert all kinds of main plots at once; I have to add some daily life or something to lubricate and make the atmosphere less heavy.

In short, all the shortcomings you see can be attributed to my lack of writing skills. If you want to scold someone, don't scold the male lead; scold me. I'm too incompetent to express myself clearly.

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056. Iroha Isshiki (Seeking First Subscription)

Without Kaguya Shinomiya's assistance, it is indeed more troublesome for Xia Chuanzou to handle business, and he has to look up various things himself.

But it's not all bad, at least he doesn't have to be distracted to think about whether to confess the truth about approaching Kaguya.

Strictly speaking, he didn't show any obvious signs of showing goodwill to Kaguya, nor did he confess to her, and it can even be said that confrontation is more appropriate. Judging from Kaguya's attitude towards him, she should regard him as a good competitor.

This proves that the so-called "love" did not exist from the beginning, so don't bother about it anymore. If you rashly tell her these things, it may affect the relationship between the two.

Therefore, let's maintain the original attitude, and there is no need to do anything deliberately, just let it be natural.

Tapping his finger lightly on the table, Xia Chuanzou frowned and kept thinking. In his hand, he was holding two lists of candidates for this election.

"Iino Miko, Isshiki Iroha..."

Both are first-year students.

For the election of the student council president, the third-year students default to not participating. They have more important things to do, such as going to school; the second-year students are afraid of his prestige and the solid network of contacts formed over the years, so naturally they will not easily come up to seek death.

Only the first-year students, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers.

Before they have felt his means of domination, they think they might be able to compete with him for the position of student council president?

One Iino Miko, with a support rate of about 15%; the other, Isshiki Iroha, with a support rate of about 30%.

Honestly, Xia Chuanzou didn't expect them to get such high support rates at the beginning. He listened to Kaguya's various suggestions before, but now it seems that he may have to take some measures.

Judging from the data of the two, they don't pose any threat to him, but if they merge into one force...

It's not impossible.

He doesn't understand Iino Miko and Isshiki Iroha very well. He only knows that they are both members of the "protagonist group" in the original book, and he knows very little about their information. Maybe they are both tough personalities and don't want to unite with others, but he has to guard against it.

As for the reason...because he is very clear about his situation. Even now, there are still many firm "pure academy" students in this academy who want to drive him, the "mixed academy" student council president, off the stage, but unfortunately, the means and abilities of those guys are not enough.

But it's different if they unite with other prestigious "pure academy" leaders. At that time, it will be a general trend. As long as he shows a little fatigue, those hyenas will bite up like they smell good meat.

The protection of the Shinomiya Consortium can indeed make some people afraid, but the liquidation cannot cover everyone, not to mention that judging from the current relationship between Kaguya Shinomiya and him, the result is completely unpredictable.

Therefore, he cannot lose.

He can abdicate himself, but only if he is willing.

"What measures should I take..."

"Beep beep beep..." A crisp knock on the door rang.

"Please come in." Xia Chuanzou thought that Kaguya Shinomiya had recovered and was thinking about whether to discuss it with her, but he saw a girl he had never seen before come in.

A little familiar...

"Hello, Senior! My name is Isshiki Iroha, I'm here to visit!"

"...?"

Xia Chuanzou never imagined such a scene.

During the upcoming election of leaders related to leading everyone, the two candidates secretly contacted each other...

Are you sure it won't detonate the headlines of Shuzhiyuan tomorrow morning?

--Shock! At the time of the election, a first-year candidate secretly talked with the former student council president in the student council room! Is it to overcome the following or collude with each other, please look forward to it!

As expected, the news department should already be drafting similar articles. Their sense of smell is more sensitive than a dog's nose.

However, this level of gossip will not affect the support rate of the candidates, at most it will attract everyone's attention and make the election atmosphere more enthusiastic.

"Hello, Classmate Isshiki Iroha." Xia Chuanzou put down the white paper in his hand, stuffed it at the bottom of the pile of documents, and looked at the other party with a calm expression.

It's not a good thing to be timid before the war. As a senior, he must show a calm attitude.

"If I remember correctly, you should be one of the candidates for this election? What's the matter with coming to the student council?"

If you just want to visit and understand the future workplace, it would be too arrogant. It is impossible for such a person to get so much support; but it is impossible to inquire about his private information. There is no need to personally go on the stage for that kind of thing, but it is easy to startle the snake; then the remaining possibility is...

"Come to visit Senior!" The other party said so.

"...Huh?" Xia Chuanzou was stunned. He couldn't imagine that the other party would be so direct and just say the purpose.

Is she not worried at all? So confident... or is there something else in mind?

"Classmate Isshiki Iroha, I want to remind you that now is a sensitive period..."

"That kind of thing doesn't matter, I personally want to see Senior!" Isshiki Iroha suddenly jumped to Xia Chuanzou's desk, put her hands behind her back, and looked at him with a smile.

"Senior, are you free? Can you accompany Iroha for a walk?"

"..."

This kind of positive appearance, this kind of guy who uses the weapon of a youthful girl... is definitely not a good thing!

If Kaguya Shinomiya was here, she would definitely be able to force back this little devil with her stern senior sister temperament, but now he is the only one, then the only measure that can be taken is...

"Sorry, I still have official business to deal with, I don't have time..."

"Then I'll wait for Senior here! Iroha will obediently wait until Senior finishes his work." Immediately, she found a sofa seat and sat down.

"...As you like." Xia Chuanzou responded and ignored her.

Based on his understanding of this kind of lively schoolgirl, she definitely won't be able to wait for long. Don't look at how nice she says it, it is estimated that she will be impatient in a while.

So Xia Chuanzou began to busy himself with his own affairs.

"..."

"..."

Time passed quietly, and when Xia Chuanzou came back to his senses, the sky outside was almost dark.

He moved his muscles and bones, and then remembered that Isshiki Iroha seemed to be sitting on the sofa waiting for him, so he looked up.

The student council room was empty.

Then he snorted softly.

Sure enough, this kind of girl has no patience to wait so long, not like Kaguya Shinomiya...

"Senior, are you looking for me?"

"!" Xia Chuanzou was startled, then turned around and found that the little devil junior had run behind him at some point, tilting her head slightly, looking at him with a sly look.

"..."

057. Can't Stand Riding Face Output! (Seeking First Subscription)

Xia Chuanzou was finally caught.

Although he didn't want to have much contact with the "enemy", it seems that he doesn't have any good means of rejection, and more importantly - the other party's "sincerity" moved him.

Therefore, it doesn't hurt to listen to what she has to say.

At least until now, Xia Chuanzou doesn't think that the other party really just wants to talk about some private matters, at most it's half public and half private.

The beauty trap is one aspect, and maybe the purpose is to dispel his vigilance.

"President, hello."

"President, goodbye."

"..."

"Um."

Along the way, Xia Chuanzou responded kindly to those who greeted him. Such actions were naturally seen by Isshiki Iroha next to him.

"Senior seems to be very popular, Iroha is different, no one has ever greeted me."

She followed Xia Chuanzou step by step, always half a step behind, looking like his follower.

"The result of hard work." Xia Chuanzou replied.

However, rather than being popular, it should be more of awe.

In the so-called student days, especially in Neon society, academic ability and athletic ability are the most important stepping stones. Even if his social skills are not outstanding, as long as he is willing, he can become "friends" with anyone in the academy.

But that's not enough. Just being excellent can't make these rich children and genius students look up to him. In fact, if he hadn't become the student council president and ranked first in the grade tests many times, he would not have entered the eyes of these students at all.

The world has always been so cruel, and the law of survival of the fittest has never been completely erased in human society.

He is very grateful that he did it and can change his life trajectory because of it. Although he worked so hard for Kaguya at the beginning, looking at it now, his efforts will also make him satisfied.

Not only that, thanks to the care of Kato and others, he has learned the importance of cherishing himself from them.

So he cherishes everything even more, cherishes his interpersonal relationships, cherishes friends, and cherishes the opportunity to get along with them, so he will never let the villains hiding in the dark destroy these.

"As long as you work hard enough, you can become that kind of person too." Xia Chuanzou said gently.

His impression of Isshiki Iroha is not bad.

Although the other party's purpose in visiting him should be impure, she has not done anything offensive to him so far, but instead looks very respectful to him.

At least she is a sensible and well-behaved junior, Xia Chuanzou commented.

"Oh, Iroha can't do it, thinking about having to greet so many people every day... I can't persist at all." Isshiki Iroha stuck out her tongue and acted cute.

"Looking at it this way, Senior is really amazing, not only is he the student council president, but he can also maintain the first place in the grade while handling so many official duties, and his athletic ability looks good too!"

While saying that, she stretched out her hand and poked Xia Chuanzou's shoulder, feeling his muscles.

"...The result of hard work." Xia Chuanzou didn't know how to respond, so he had to repeat it again.

Maybe he has some talent, plus a little bit of effort before, to be able to do this.

But the price is also obvious, that fever before was, he couldn't stand a little rain, but now it seems that it is more of an outbreak after overwork.

"Really, I feel like Senior is so perfunctory! How can you keep repeating one sentence? You won't get any high scores in a girl's heart like this!" Isshiki Iroha pouted and pretended to be angry.

"Excessive humility is arrogance! At this time, Senior should emphasize his excellence!"

"..."

Isn't that bragging? Xia Chuanzou thought.

He always feels that this junior sister has a kind of mysterious respect-like admiration for him, and she shows it very obviously, just like the blonde girl he saw in the bookstore that day...

"Cough cough... Classmate Isshiki Iroha, what do you want from me? It's getting late..." Xia Chuanzou took the initiative to bring it up.