Women only affect the speed of my reasoning!

"Okay, Rita, please sit down and eat. You are the protagonist of today's welcome party."

Misaki Uyegusa's voice sounded at the right time, bringing Rita, who had almost begun to doubt her life, back to reality.

"Ah, it's coming, it's coming..."

Saying this, Rita suppressed the doubts in her heart. She took off her apron and put it on the back of the dining chair, then sat down next to Mashiro Shiina.

"So now Miss Rita no longer plans to bring Shiina back to the UK?" Mitaka Jin took the initiative to raise the topic.

"Yes."

Rita responded with a smile, completely at ease with her change of attitude.

"Mashiro has her own things she wants to do, and so do I. I once gave up my dream of painting due to some reasons, but I have figured it out now. I will stick to my dream and continue painting with Mashiro."

"Oh! What Rita said is so good!" Misaki Kamikusa applauded vigorously.

"Well, actually, a large part of the reason why I moved to Sakurasou was because I wanted to paint with Mashiro." Rita smiled helplessly, "After all, staying in a hotel suite every day is too boring, even There is no one who can speak."

"that's true."

"When will Rita go back?"

A soft voice sounded, making everyone at the table startled.

"……Eh?"

Unexpectedly, the person who asked this question was not someone else, but Shiina Mashiro, who had been silently accepting Qin Ushu's feeding since the meal started.

It might seem impolite to ask someone this question. Asking them when they are going back when they come over makes it seem like they are driving them away.

But from what Shiina Mashiro asked, everyone familiar with it knew that she was really just asking a question.

And Rita happens to be one of the few people who knows Mashiro best.

She immediately understood what the other party meant, and she calculated in her mind: "At the latest, I'll probably have to leave on Christmas Day."

"Is it a visa problem?" Mitaka Jin understood.

"Yes."

The maximum stay for a tourist visa is six months, and generally one month and three months are the most common. Rita, who only applied for a one-month tourist visa, naturally cannot stay in Japan for a long time.

"I can catch up." Shiina Mashiro nodded and said.

"Catch up with what?"

"Selection of Comic Newcomer Award."

……

Although there are still many empty rooms in Sakurasou, and Misaki Ueizusa is responsible for cleaning them from time to time and making them ready for habitation, Rita still stayed in Shiina Mashiro's room at her insistence.

After dinner, on the second floor of Sakurasou, Rita was helping Mashiro clean up the room and organize her luggage.

There are actually not many things in Mashiro's room, it can even be said to be very few.

The reason why it looks so cluttered is actually just because of the mess. If she is left alone, it will turn into a tornado disaster scene in just one night. All kinds of underwear and underwear are spread all over the floor, making it look like a garbage dump.

After tidying up, the clean and tidy room was more than enough to put down the luggage of two girls who didn't pay much attention to dressing up.

"Huh~ That should be enough."

Rita also rearranged the bed and returned to her old job after more than half a year, wiping the slight sweat from her forehead and breathing a sigh of relief.

At the same time, Misaki Kamikusa's voice sounded outside the room door.

"Maashiro~ Rita~ It's time to go take a shower~"

"Okay, come right away."

Rita, who had already consulted Qin Sanshu about the rules and regulations and work and rest time of Sakura Village, quickly responded.

She turned towards the desk.

"truth?"

"Coming soon..."

In front of the desk, Mashiro was holding a digital tablet and drawing seriously in front of the laptop screen on the table, his posture concentrating.

Seeing her friend's appearance, Rita couldn't help but think of herself last night, and she smiled silently.

"Okay, then I'll help Mashiro bring your change of clothes down first. You can just come down later."

"Uh-huh……"

Shiina Mashiro responded obediently.

So Rita went down with clean clothes.

Five minutes later, when the last stroke of the comic strip was finally finished, Mashiro Shiina put down the tablet and pen, got up and walked out of the room.

She hadn't forgotten what Rita had just called her to take a shower.

However, when Shiina Mashiro passed by the bed, her steps suddenly stopped.

It was a suitcase lying on the ground with its zipper unzipped and the lid half-closed.

That's Rita's suitcase.

Through the gap between the box lids, Shiina Mashiro caught a glimpse of a right angle protruding from the inside. Although the right angle was wrapped with gift paper, the girl could easily tell through her rich experience that it was the corner of a picture frame. .

This is not the point.

The key point is that on the wrapping paper in the corner of the picture frame, someone wrote two lines of rather classical-style handwriting in English.

——Christmas presents

——For Qin Sanshu

Chapter 263 Yukino’s plan is not going well

All in all, Rita's first night at Sakurasou was uneventful.

At least on the surface.

Early the next morning, when Qin Sanshu returned to his class after sending Yukiko off, as expected, he heard someone discussing the topic of choosing liberal arts and sciences as soon as he entered.

The first thing that bears the brunt is Sho Tobe’s iconic loud voice.

His voice is not actually loud, but he always likes to use various exaggerated tones and facial expressions when speaking, so that it gives people the illusion that his voice is particularly loud.

"Hey, which subject are you going to choose? I went back last night and thought about it all night long. Can anyone give me a reference?"

"Then just choose the subject that you are best at in the household department." Ebina Himina said from the side.

"That's what I said." Sho Tobe's eyes wandered, "Speaking of Ebina, are you going to choose liberal arts or science?"

"my words……"

When asked this question, Ebina Hina hesitated.

"House Department."

Hayama Hayato interrupted them. He showed an encouraging smile and reached out to pat his good brother on the shoulder.

"You must think carefully about your future. Besides, if you choose liberal arts as the household department, it will be more difficult for you, right?"

"that's true……"

Tobe Sho let out a sigh.

Then, as if he suddenly remembered something, he made a fist with one hand and hit the palm of his hand.

"By the way, if you were Hayama and you were me, would you choose liberal arts or science?"

"This...even if you ask me, Tobe, it's hard to say."

Ye Shan was helpless by his insidious attack which was like a straight ball.

"Generally speaking, you will choose the subjects that you are good at, but it depends on what you think. Moreover, my grades and yours, Tobe's, are different, so I can't understand your feelings, Tobe."

"Ichao, Hayama, what you said is so hurtful!" Sho Tobe almost burst into tears.

"Well, how should I say this..." Yuigahama Yui said slowly.

"Ok?"

Her sudden opening attracted everyone's attention.

Yuigahama Yui usually plays the role of listening and helping in the group most of the time. Because she has always been like this and gets along well, others don't think there is any problem.

Now that she has risen to the position of Vice President of the Student Union, the weight of her words has naturally increased.

The Tuanzi girl, who was surrounded by everyone's eyes, scratched her face a little nervously and hesitated.

"Well...after all, we are usually very happy together, and we have developed feelings for each other after such a long time, so we always hope to stay together as long as possible. If we can get into the same university in the future, it will be great Okay...ah hahaha, sorry, I just thought so, but it seems that what I said was a bit messy..."

"No, not at all." Miura Yuko glanced at Hayama Hayato from time to time, "I think what Yui said is quite good, and I agree very much."

"Me too, me too." Tobe Sho immediately raised his hands to follow.

"Take me one!" Ooka also expressed his stance.

"And I……"

Yuigahama Yui's words spoke to everyone's heart. In addition, Miura Yuko's encouragement added to the flames. The small group that usually followed Hayama Hayato's pace had a direct backlash at this time, and actually showed a tendency to force the palace. .

Hayama Hayato couldn't help being slightly silent when he saw this.

With everyone's attention gathering, he took a deep breath, as if he was finally about to let go.

But just when everyone thought that the forced labor was about to succeed, a familiar figure suddenly walked in outside the classroom door and a voice sounded at the same time.

"Okay, everyone returns to their seats, it's time for the morning class!"

Naturally, it was Shizuka Hiratsuka who entered the door. The sudden drop in temperature in the past two days made her put on her iconic white windbreaker. The crisply ironed shirt was lined with a black sweater vest, paired with a bright black slim-fitting t-shirt. She was wearing trousers and shiny leather shoes, and her long straight black hair was flowing behind her, making her look particularly heroic.

She walked to the podium as usual and looked up at Hayama and others who were still standing there staring at her. The female teacher was a little confused.

"what happened?"

"It's nothing, teacher, we will go back to our seats right away..."

Hayama Hayato was the first to react, and before Tobe Sho and the others came to their senses, he quickly returned to his seat and sat upright.

Seeing that the hard-earned momentum was gone, the others could only sigh silently in their hearts and go back to their seats.

When everyone was seated, Shizuka Hiratsuka cleared his throat on the podium.

"Then the first thing is about tomorrow's school boys' marathon competition. Anyway, it's the same as last year, and the route is the same, so I won't go into details. In short, everyone's safety comes first and the competition comes second, you understand."

"that……"

As soon as the female teacher finished speaking, Qin Sanshu raised her hand.

"I want to abstain."

"Okay, got it."

Surprisingly, Hiratsuka Shizu agreed simply and neatly.

She did this not without reason, but because there was precedent.

It was also a marathon last year, and Qin Ushu was refused a waiver because he was too lazy to participate. As a result, the guy drank cold milk directly after returning.

I had diarrhea for three days and didn't come to class.

Just so rigid.

"Then the second thing..." Hiratsuka Shizuka continued.

The morning class meeting lasted only 10 minutes. 10 minutes later, as the bell rang, the female teacher stepped out of the classroom.

The atmosphere in the classroom suddenly became lively.

Qin Xianshu was sitting in his seat, playing with his mobile phone. He suddenly felt someone coming next to him.

The next second, the shadow above his head fell.

He raised his head and saw that it was Hayama Hayato.

"What's wrong?" Qin Xianshu put down her phone and looked confused.

"Can I do you a favor?"