Zongman: Unknowingly trapped in the hatchet

"Eh? Don't believe it? What don't you believe, Xiaoqing?"

It was obvious that Yui's train of thought did not come back that quickly. It was more like Su Qing's answer was too vague.

"Is the transfer student trying to say that he doesn't believe in love? This shouldn't be Hikigaya's answer."

Hikigaya:?

Yukino originally didn't want to waste too much time on this topic. In her opinion, she couldn't understand things like love at all. You know, life is not as simple as there is nothing else except "love", so it is impossible to give everything for the so-called "love".

Just like Sakurai before, spending all her savings to give her boyfriend a so-called surprise is obviously irrational behavior.

It would be fine if they have been together for a long time or it was an important day, but based on what happened just now it is obviously not the case.

Even if you want to express your feelings, there are many ways to do so, and you should do so without affecting your quality of life and future plans. Besides, shouldn’t love be based on mutual understanding? Would the other person really feel happy if he received a gift from his girlfriend that could “bankrupt the family”?

If that's the case, then that means the relationship is just that.

Moreover, according to Su Qing, the configuration that he proposed at the beginning was already sufficient to run the game smoothly, so why bother to continue pursuing higher configuration?

This is undoubtedly irrational behavior, Yukino repeated in her heart once again.

At this time, Hikigaya was ready for Su Qing's revenge. When he realized something was wrong, he embraced Su Qing without hesitation. Based on his understanding of Su Qing, he knew that Su Qing must be up to something bad.

Come on, let me guess, what Su Qing is going to say next?

What is affirmative:

"The premise for answering this question is that a girl pursues and confesses her love, right? As for Hachiman... I wish him and Ayaka happiness."

Hehe... My Caijia... (with some private information)

"Xiaoqing, is this what Xiaoxue said?"

But Su Qing just shook his head and continued:

“I will never deny or believe in things that I have not seen, and their existence will not change because of my affirmation or denial. What determines my judgment is always what is in front of me.”

?

Impossible, absolutely impossible! My friend Su Qing would never give up this good opportunity to make fun of herself at this time.

Hikigaya suddenly realized something: did he really understand Su Qing? Or rather, why did he think he understood Su Qing?

Just based on spending less than a month together, you think you have a clear understanding of the logic behind his behavior, or at least a basic understanding of it?

Thinking about it carefully, when Su Qing first transferred to the school, he thought that he was a popular person like Ye Shan based on his sunny appearance.

Then, a classmate tried to trip him up in class, and he fought back immediately. Then, the two of them joined the Service Club together, and he kept saying strange things like "I think you are all very interesting", and then he immediately became a complete and idiotic Breaking Bad guy who was even more stupid than Yuigahama.

Later… Later, their relationship improved unknowingly. Even at this time yesterday, the other party went out of his way to save face for him, although he felt it was unnecessary…

But when he felt the atmosphere of the Service Club and Ayaka, he felt that "collective" was not such a bad thing after all.

But now, he felt that Su Qing suddenly seemed a little strange.

"I see. Maintain a rational perspective, don't be disturbed by the outside world, and trust only your own judgment."

Xueno nodded, and after a little analysis of Su Qing's words, she came to her understanding. It must be said that Xueno felt a certain resonance at this moment, just like when they discussed the contents of the book before. Perhaps, more discussion and communication would be more rewarding.

Just as she was about to speak, Hikigaya spoke first:

"By the way, what have you been looking at since just now?"

Hikigaya noticed that Yukino wanted to continue and asked Su Qing about the speech on his desk.

Yukino frowned slightly but didn't say anything, thinking that she would just have to wait for the next opportunity.

Yui's CPU had already been burned out by the previous conversation between the two people. She was not able to join in such profound topics yet. After Hikigaya spoke, her attention was focused on Su Qing's desk.

"It's just a speech. Didn't they say that there will be a commendation ceremony on Friday? Mr. Hiratsuka asked me to speak as a student representative."

Su Qing waved his speech and said casually.

"It seems so. So you just went to ask the teacher for this?"

Because commendation conferences are only held during more important exams, such as final exams or large-scale joint exams, usually after the exams only the two sides of the [Honor Roll] are updated. However, final exams and large-scale joint exams are often included in each other, so it is rare to hold a commendation conference for the first monthly exam.

"Correct."

"Then can I take a look?"

As a perennial scumbag, Yui has never been on stage to speak as a representative in her life. As for her friends? All we can say is that a genius student does not hang out with scumbags (with the exception of Su Qing and Xue No).

So it was the first time she had seen this kind of thing, and she seemed a little excited at the moment.

"Look, I'll give it to you."

"Then I'll go to Kang Kang."

Yui stretched out her little hand to take it, glanced at it twice and then exclaimed.

"So...so many!"

"Shouldn't I write all of this down?"

Yui looked at Yukino and Su Qing inquiringly, since the former had done the same thing, she also had the right to speak.

"Not really. Usually, you just need to get familiar with it and make sure you don't stumble too much when you go on stage."

Hikigaya slowly typed a question mark. How come he remembered that this person didn't even look at the speech script at the end of last semester and delivered the speech fluently?

"Is it the same with Xiaoxue?"

"No, it's more convenient to just write it all down."

(Here and in the following, note down means complete mastery)

Yui opened her mouth in surprise:

"All of these?!"

"Well, about two hours will be enough."

Yui's mouth opened even wider, but she soon smiled in surprise:

"Xiaoxue is so awesome!"

Then he returned the speech to Su Qing and encouraged her:

"Come on, Xiaoqing too!"

But after Su Qing took the manuscript, he chose to put it away.

"Don't you want to read it?"

"I've written it all down. There's no need."

Su Qing responded calmly.

"So fast!"

According to Yui's rough estimate, the speech should have 800-1000 words. How long has it been since Su Qing got it after school?

She now really suspected that humans had evolved secretly without taking her along.

"Do you have such a good memory?"

Hikigaya couldn't help but complain, isn't this kind of memory a bit unfair?

"Completely mastered?"

Yukino also gave him a curious look. She thought her memory was pretty good, but it would still take two hours to fully master it.

"That's about right. That's what it means to have a good memory."

"That's amazing! I think having a good memory is a great thing."

Yui wanted to cry when she thought about the formulas that she could never remember no matter what. Although she managed to remember some of them under Su Qing's [teaching] during this period, if she could have Xiaoqing's memory, even one-tenth of it, she wouldn't have to repeat the questions all the time!

“Having a good memory is not necessarily a good thing.”

Su Qing corrected Yui after hearing her sigh.

"For Senma? If you can remember things quickly and not forget them easily, wouldn't it be better to remember some important moments?"

Yui tilted her head, not understanding what Su Qing meant.

"That's true. After all, the better the memory, the harder it is for people to forget."

Su Qing seemed to be a little emotional:

"But people often overlook that forgetting is a self-protection mechanism of human beings. We cannot selectively forget the things we want to forget and only keep the things we want to remember, which will cause great psychological harm."

"Are you talking about [hyperthymesia]? As far as I know, there are only 60 to 80 cases in the world."

Although Yukino does not plan to become a doctor in the future, she has heard of this disease, which is extremely rare.

"Yeah, so having a poor memory isn't necessarily a bad thing."

"I see. But is there something that Xiaoqing wants to forget but can't?"

After hearing this, Su Qing just thought for a while and replied:

"Yes, like the joy of having a meal for the first time or something like that."

"Can you remember things from so long ago?!"

"Not long ago. Actually, it was around when I was seven or eight years old."

"Oh, then if it's a happy thing, why do you want to forget it?"

Yui didn't dwell on why she had her first meal at the age of seven or eight. She subconsciously thought it was the first time she had eaten in her memory, or the first time she had eaten "happily".

Hikigaya and Yukino also subconsciously thought so.

Su Qing thought about it again, then smiled and said:

"Well... I choked because I was so happy. Now that I think about it, it's a bit embarrassing."

"I see, this happened to me as a kid, too!"

Yui also thought of the interesting things from her childhood and started sharing them.

Hikigaya was thinking to himself.

Does this guy have such a dark history? With his usual calm demeanor, it's hard to imagine him choking. How delicious must this meal be? Could he have eaten it when he was almost starving to death?

No, it's impossible no matter how you think about it.

Afterwards, a few people chatted about some other things casually, and today's service club activities came to an end.

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