Zongman: Unknowingly trapped in the hatchet

"What are you...what are you doing here?"

Su Qing, who had just come out of the bathroom, was startled by Yukinoshita who was standing outside the sink.

"You were the one who did what happened to Miura, right?"

"Miura said that?"

"No, she asked someone to call me out of the class, apologized, and left."

"Then why do you think I did it?"

Yukinoshita gently bit her soft lips, and her eyes became more complicated.

Since the day Su Qing came to the Ministry, more and more things happened. Besides, she couldn't think of anyone else who would do such a thing except Su Qing.

"I can't think of anyone who did this except you."

"I feel quite honored when you say that to me?"

Su Qing joked to himself, then turned on the faucet of the sink. A stream of clear and transparent water instantly gushed out of the faucet, making a crisp and pleasant sound.

"I don't understand the point of doing this. You should know that even if Miura apologizes, it's not sincere. It's just superficial."

The only response from Yukinoshita was the sound of water splashing on the bottom of the sink. Yukinoshita did not urge her, but just stood there and waited patiently.

After a while, Su Qing turned off the faucet, shook his hands, and took out a tissue he carried with him to wipe his hands which still had water droplets on them. While wiping, he turned around and looked at Xueshita and asked back.

"Don't you think it's meaningless to do this?"

"Although I don't know what method you used to get Miura to apologize to me, she will not change her opinion of me because of this apology, and she may even hate you as well. And I don't care about Miura's opinion of me. Nothing has changed, right?"

Xuexia's eyes, as calm as lake water, stared at Su Qing quietly without the slightest fluctuation.

"What do you think of Yui?"

Su Qing nodded thoughtfully, but still did not answer Xueshita. Instead, he asked an irrelevant question.

Yukinoshita frowned, thought for a while and then spoke.

"A very outgoing girl... Honestly, she pulled me aside that day and said she wanted to help me with club activities, which caused me a lot of trouble. She always sticks to me without any sense of boundaries and often speaks without thinking."

When Yukinoshita said this, she was obviously silent for a while, and Su Qing did not choose to interrupt, but just waited quietly for Yukinoshita to continue.

"But... I don't hate this, at least it applies to her. After all, Yuigahama is a good kid."

Good boy? That's a wonderful answer.

Su Qing was moved and then asked.

"What would you do if someone spreads rumors that Yui is a bitch, a thief, and says all kinds of unbearable things to her?"

"Why do you say that?"

"Well, let's just treat it as a situational dialogue game. Want to challenge it?"

"In short, first collect evidence of their rumor-mongering, investigate why they spread the rumor, and then send them all to jail."

There was finally a hint of fluctuation in Yukinoshita's originally calm eyes, which could be felt from her slightly angry words.

"Really? But what's the point? Not all rumormongers will get the lesson they deserve, and not all of them will correct themselves after getting the lesson. Their dirty thoughts may not change, right?"

"…These two things are of different natures. You are trying to confuse the concepts."

Yukinoshita shook her head. The rumormongers had already affected other people's reputation and even their normal lives. If she did nothing, she would only be encouraging others' arrogance and was tantamount to tacitly accepting this terrible world.

"Well, they are indeed different, but they seem the same to me."

"How is it the same?"

"When you said you wanted them to go to jail, your mood obviously rose a bit."

"This doesn't mean anything. It's normal for people to have mood swings."

"Then why are you so emotional? Is it because you can't stand their rumors? Or is it because you can't stand those filthy words, or - because of Yui?"

Yukinoshita didn't reply immediately, perhaps she was also thinking about why.

In fact, humans are creatures that are very likely to be affected by emotions, and the younger they are, the more so. It is better to say that this is what being human is all about.

We often don’t think about why we do this. Emotions burn in our chest like a raging fire. Our heartbeat speeds up, our blood boils, and certain glands in our body seem to be manipulated by invisible hands, causing their secretions to surge.

Ultimately, this emotion-fueled force transcends the constraints of reason and drives our bodies to act before our brains think, leaving us without even the time to savor the sudden impulse and decision.

"Did you feel better when you said you were going to send them to jail?

It was like the flames that had been pent up in my heart for a long time finally found the target it was supposed to burn, allowing all the injustice and resentment to be released and calmed for a moment. "

"I don't deny that."

But Su Qing thought of something and sighed.

"Of course, after all, Yui is your friend too, isn't she?"

"Friends? ... I was just protecting my new members from the harm caused by unfounded rumors."

OK, OK, you're a new member, right? Never mind. It's embarrassing for her to say such a thing.

Su Qing thought about the time when Hachiman asked Yukinoshita if she had any friends, and she talked about the definition of friends. With such a person, don't expect her to say the word "friend" frankly.

However, this may not be the case in the future.

"Then it's only natural for me to protect the reputation that my president deserves, right?"

Su Qing took advantage of Yukinoshita's words to answer her previous question.

"Also, what I hate most is these poor students who keep saying they are talented. They simply don't understand the efforts that we, who have good grades, have to make to maintain our grades. Every time the rankings are released, I am always nervous, afraid that I will wake up one morning and find that my ranking has plummeted."

Su Qing showed a painful look on his face, as if he was really recalling those painful days when he studied until late at night and lost all his hair.

Su Qing is worthy of being the inheritor of the folk face-changing art. He looked so serious just now, but now he looks a bit funny.

This was the first time Yukinoshita had seen this during the time they were together in the Service Club. Moreover, the last time they discussed "White Night Walk" she was so steady, but now she was so different.

Fortunately, after so many years of training, Yukinoshita generally doesn't laugh easily, so she can still hold it back to this extent. So she bit her lips lightly again and retorted.

"As the top scorer in the joint entrance exam, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to say such things, right?"

"You look so tense, can't I help you relax?"

Su Qing spread his hands and returned to his normal self.

"You really know how to do boring things, and you haven't answered my question after talking so much."

It has been a long time since I came out, and it would not be appropriate to delay it any further, but Yukinoshita felt that she had to figure it out now, otherwise when would the next time be?

"I answered it a long time ago. It seems that the clever Yukinoshita hasn't discovered it yet."

"When?"

"at……"

Su Qing suddenly walked up to Yukinoshita, raised his right hand, clenched it into a fist and placed it in front of Yukinoshita.

?

Just as Xueshita was puzzled, Su Qing suddenly stretched out four fingers, and the water droplets remaining on the fingertips seemed to be given life, drawing crystal tracks in the air, and finally lightly fell on Xueshita's long eyelashes like butterfly wings, instantly condensing into crystal dots, adding a bit of indescribable agility and freshness to her.

"I've already said that the president is willing to protect the members, so what's wrong with the members protecting the president? I wanted to do this, so I did it. As for whether Miura will change his opinion of you because of this, who cares? As long as we are happy, isn't it good enough?"

Su Qing explained with a smile.

"What does this have to do with you throwing water on me?"

Su Qing witnessed Xue Shita's eyes change from the initial astonishment to the sudden realization, and then to now a hint of coldness silently seeping into her gaze, making those eyes become deep and cold.

Maru spicy, played off ~

"In fact, our friends from the mainland often do this. It can promote friendship. Oh no, it can promote the relationship between members. If you don't like it, I won't do it next time."

Seeing that Xuexia hadn't replied yet, Su Qing hurriedly spoke.

"It's not good to keep them waiting too long. I'm going back now. You should hurry up too."

Su Qing is such a model good member. His words are full of sincere warmth, as if he is really considering Yukinoshita, provided that one ignores his somewhat flustered steps due to his escape.

At the original place, Yukinoshita remained silent for a long time, and finally sighed and murmured.

"I wanted to do this, so I did it... You are so willful."

Yukinoshita gently raised her hand and brushed her fingertips lightly across her eyelashes, where a few tiny drops of water still remained, each drop seemed crystal clear, full and pure.

"Nasty guy."

Yukinoshita cursed softly, but soon chuckled. Fortunately, no one came to the bathroom during their conversation, otherwise Yukinoshita would probably be considered a psycho.

Just as Yukinoshita and Su Qing were having a 1V1 conversation at the sink, Hikigaya met one of the people he least wanted to see.

"Ah, isn't this Hikigaya? Long time no see."

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