novellhall He confessed his feelings to me three times in 14.1 days. This guy must like me way too much!
He confessed his feelings to me three times in 14.1 days. This guy must like me way too much!
Lu Xun's students once said that humans are creatures that are good at deceiving themselves.
Regardless of whether Lu Xun actually said this, Genji Aoyama strongly agrees with it.
Of course, this doesn't mean he thinks he lacks the talent to be a scumbag; that's absolutely true, it's just a reiteration.
It was just a realization he had after a day of studying.
During my working life, I fantasized that if I could go back to school, I would definitely study hard.
But once back at school, studying started to feel tedious again.
Taking responsibility for his decisions and considering further education as a backup plan, Genji Aoyama listened attentively to a full day of classes.
Conclusion: It is indeed still very boring.
The more tedious things are, the more you must persevere; that's the true joy of life.
Genji Aoyama was deceiving himself like that.
After the last period of World History was over, Megumi Hanae entered the classroom and began the evening class meeting.
"Today, the school board held a meeting. Starting next week, the school will focus on student development in clubs and organizations. Unless there are special circumstances, every student must join at least one club and be present at least three days a week."
The classroom erupted in chaos, filled mostly with sighs of despair.
Aoyama Genji could understand, after all, as a prestigious school with a high college entrance rate, most students came here with the goal of getting into a good university.
"The corresponding reward system hasn't been fully explained yet."
Megumi Hazen clapped her hands, signaling for silence.
"Students who excel in club activities or achieve results in competitions will be rewarded with cash, tuition reductions, or university recommendations."
"That's more like it," "Even so, it's a bit difficult to ask for attendance for three days," "And then there's the tutoring class," and similar comments rose and fell in the classroom.
Genji Aoyama thought about it and felt that it had little to do with him.
He's already joined the club, so attending for three days isn't a big problem.
As for whether I can achieve a ranking in the competition, that's up to fate.
He wasn't obsessed with competing with others, or rather, he thought competing with himself was more interesting.
"Detailed regulations will be posted on the notice board later. That's all I have to say, so I won't take up any more of your time."
After finishing a brief evening meeting, Megumi Hanae hurriedly left the podium. Before she left, Genji Aoyama felt that she had glanced at him.
"Aoyama, are you going to the archery club?"
Before Genji Aoyama left his seat, Kenta Hirata, who was sitting next to him, called him back.
"Today..." Genji Aoyama thought for a moment, then smiled and shook his head, "Sorry, I probably can't go. I should be able to go as planned tomorrow."
"Mm," Hirata replied.
"Eh—Aoyama-kun, are you in the archery club? Hirata, are you in the archery club too?"
By the time he heard the belated exclamation of surprise, Genji Aoyama had already reached the entrance to Class C.
I took out my phone and saw that people in the archery club's LINE group were already discussing what we had talked about in the class meeting earlier. However, Mami Ohara seemed a bit indifferent and didn't seem to have much confidence in her ranking in the competition.
After glancing at it briefly, Genji Aoyama opened his chat with Yuko Asahi again.
[Yuko Asahi: Picture]
[Qingshan: /OK]
The chat log was from noon, and the picture is an empty lunchbox.
Fortunately, Aoyama Genji was not Xun Yu, otherwise he might have committed suicide by poisoning himself—in today's world history class, the teacher talked about the love-hate relationship between Cao Cao and Xun Yu.
What a perfect pair...
I won't go into details here.
[Qingshan: I'll be waiting for you at the entrance of Class D]
The slightly unrestrained female voice could be heard even through the door, indicating that Asahi Yuko's class meeting was still going on.
Two minutes later, the message was read, and Asahi Yuko walked out of the classroom. The two naturally walked side by side together.
"Do you have any thoughts?" Genji Aoyama asked.
"What?"
Yuko Asahi looked up and glanced at Genji Aoyama.
"The class meeting just now," Aoyama Genji pursed his lips, beginning to observe Asahi Yuko's expression, "If nothing unexpected happens, each class talked about the rules and regulations of their respective clubs."
"...I don't have any particular thoughts."
Genji Aoyama noticed the hesitation that flashed across her face and had a rough idea of what was going on.
I got up early to go to the archery club for training, and it's hard to say I didn't like it—yesterday's judgment might have been a bit wrong.
But when the topic of going to the bow and arrow shop came up, Asahi Yuko refused again.
The reason is both simple and weighty.
Aoyama Genji wanted to help her, or rather, to make amends, not out of arrogance or any other emotion.
He realized the problem during his self-reflection, as his selfish impulse today likely caused harm to Yuko Asahi.
His ability to reflect on himself afterward is a standout quality among Genji Aoyama's hundred virtues.
"I'll pay for your share when we go to the bow and arrow shop this weekend," he said.
Seeing Asahi Yuko shake her head and show a resistant reaction, Aoyama Genji quickly added before she could speak:
"If you need money for anything else later, you can come to me. You can consider this as my investment in you."
After he finished speaking, he snapped his fingers, but they didn't ring.
Asahi Yuko pursed her lips, and Aoyama Genji knew she was trying to suppress a laugh.
Yuko Asahi didn't seem to object to this statement, so he continued.
"If you win a prize in the competition, the school will reward you with cash. You can consider repaying me then."
"If it's a university recommendation, then you might not be able to repay it until after you graduate. Considering the interest... well, you might have to marry me to repay this favor."
Yuko Asahi glared at Genji Aoyama, then punched him in the waist with her little fist, but didn't pull it back.
The force is like that of a domesticated kitten, wanting to bite you but afraid of hurting you, that's about it.
With that kind of punching power, he could withstand three million punches.
Of course, Yuko Asahi wouldn't actually hit him three million times, but the system would really give him three million.
[The host has successfully salvaged his relationship with Yuko Asahi and made three confessions. Mission complete.]
[Received 300 million yen]
"You bastard." Asahi Yuko's voice was somewhat low.
"Accept?" Genji Aoyama asked with a smile.
Yuko Asahi bowed deeply and spoke rapidly: "Thank you so much for your confession, but I'm sorry, I'm not mentally prepared yet. I'll have to wait until I graduate from university at least. I'm really sorry."
"I got rejected," Genji Aoyama said with a hurt expression, but inwardly he felt he wasn't putting on a convincing act, so he laughed again, "You knew that wasn't what I was asking."
Did you really have to say something like that?
Yuko Asahi simply couldn't bring herself to say, "I accept your investment."
I feel a little ashamed.
Besides, if you accept it but fail to do it, what will happen after you graduate from university...?
"Then let's go to the bow and arrow shop," she said.
[Yuko Asahi (Confessing to me three times in one day, this guy likes me way too much)]