I just want to drop out of school

"I will continue to do my best!"

"But you have already spent ten hours a day studying, and minus the necessary exercise and rest, you have almost no spare time at the end of the day. How many hours can you squeeze out to 'work harder'?

One hour? Two hours?

Can studying an extra hour or two every day really make you so good that people will ignore your flaws and make you indispensable? "

Horikita fell silent.

After a while, Horikita asked, "Can you do it?"

“When you’re stranded on a desert island all by yourself, you can’t even read other people’s faces, and relationships are useless.

In this case, you really can only rely on yourself.

Your food, your clothes, your shelter, your pots and pans, you have to get them all from nature with your own hands.

You can't just exchange what you're good at for money and then use the convenient money to exchange for everything you need.

Therefore, you must learn how to deal with various harsh conditions, survive, and even live a rich and happy life.

This will prove that you are truly able to 'survive on your own without relying on others'.

Can you do it now?"

Horikita was silent for a moment again, then shook her head and said, "I haven't studied in depth how to deal with myself if I find myself in that situation.

I always say that I don't want to rely on others and like to be independent, but in the end, I have actually unintentionally accepted so much help from "others".

It’s like accepting help from others but then looking down on them?

Maybe this is why my brother doesn't approve of me.

Maybe he also felt that I was...too dependent on him, and I couldn't give him anything in return, and was simply holding him back?

What you said does have some use.

I really should learn something about this, to at least ensure that I can survive to the minimum extent possible when I lose everyone I can rely on."

Seeing that Horikita was convinced by him, Shiran was very proud.

"Then may I ask, in weather like today, how should we choose a base?" Horikita asked at this time.

When asked about the topic he was interested in, Bai Lan answered subconsciously: "First, we need to look at the terrain..."

"What if it's going to rain?"

"Then stay away from hillsides and water sources..."

“What if it’s raining?”

"Through geographical knowledge, through soil, identifying rock bodies..."

"That......."

and many more!

Bai Lan suddenly realized: How come I am back to the scene where I am helping Horikita learn new knowledge?

At the beginning, Bai Lan was quite eager to express herself because she was asked about topics that interested her.

But after the initial excitement has passed...

In addition, Horikita's attitude when asking questions was very serious.

The two of them just asked and answered each other in a dry manner.

It's like a graduation thesis defense.

All in all, pretty boring.

After a while, Bai Lan began to feel tired.

But thinking that I was the one who brought up the topic of survival in the wild, if I took the initiative to suppress it, it would seem a bit unkind, like a scumbag who flirted and then ran away.

Thinking of this, Bai Lan suppressed his impatience and continued to teach Horikita the knowledge about survival in the wild that the other party wanted to know.

Because they were talking while walking, Shiranji and Horikita walked slower than usual.

Horikita usually walked for 5 minutes, but it took him more than minutes to finish the journey.

Even after entering the classroom, Horikita continued to follow Bai Lan to ask more questions about knowledge points, holding a notebook in his hand and taking notes while asking questions.

Completely ignoring the strange looks from everyone in the class.

Bai Lan saw that Horikita was not scared, and he was unwilling to admit defeat. He ignored other people's gazes and continued to ask and answer questions all the way to his seat.

It was not until the bell for the morning meeting rang that Horikita paused with a feeling of unfulfilled desire.

Seeing this, Bai Lan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

I can finally say goodbye to this torture.

However, what he didn't know was that this was just the beginning.

Before the bell rang and Chabashira entered the classroom.

"Lend me a notebook, I've run out of mine." Horikita suddenly stretched out his hand to Bai Lan and said.

After hearing this, Bai Lan looked at the notebook that the other party had just put away with a puzzled look on his face.

If he was not mistaken, less than one-third of the notebook was used?

This is called "used up"?

The next moment, Bai Lan felt his phone vibrate.

There is mail.

"From: First Grade Class B - Horikita Suzune

Content: The data I have investigated shows that borrowing things from each other is also an important foundation for the development of relationships between high school students. Everything else is just a shield.

96. Oh my god! Horikita has become a bad person!

"...Everything is just a shield mission."

Since Horikita said so, what else can Shiranui say?

If you take the initiative to ask others to help you with something, of course you can only cooperate with them.

Shiran took out a spare blank notebook from her schoolbag and handed it to Horikita.

Then the morning meeting began.

Then, the morning meeting ended.

The morning meeting had just ended.

"My pen has run out of ink. Can you lend me another pen?" Horikita once again initiated a "friendly interaction".

The first regular class is over.

Horikita: "I missed taking notes in the previous class, so I owe you your notes."

Bai Lan borrowed the notebook.

The second class is over.

Horikita: "Borrow an eraser."

Bai Lan lends out an eraser.

third period.

Horikita: "Lend me a pen."

Bai Lan: "Didn't you borrow a pen? This is the only pen I have left!"

Hearing this, Horikita frowned: "You only prepared two pens for class?"

Good fellow, you still feel disgusted!

"In that case..." Horikita took out a paper box from her schoolbag using the cover of the desk.

The surface of the paper box has the word "Pen Refill" written on it!

Horikita glanced around, and without saying anything, began to stuff the paper boxes into Bai Lan's desk drawer, and then said, "Lend me a refill."

Bai Lan:?

Finally, Bai Lan took out the paper box that Horikita had secretly put in from the drawer, then pulled out a refill from it, handed it to Horikita, and then said pretentiously: "I don't have any extra pens, can I have a refill?"

"That's fine, thank you." Horikita took the refill and said.

After doing all this, Bai Lan couldn't help but pat his forehead with his palm.

Bai Lan always felt that her behavior was so stupid!

Bai Lan finally couldn't bear it anymore.

Before the fourth class started, Shiran sent an email to Horikita, asking, "Just to 'keep the heat', aren't our interactions a little too frequent?"

Horikita quickly replied: "With the memory of an average person, if you want to convert short-term memory into long-term memory, you first need to repeatedly present the same information point in your mind within a day, and then "review" the same information point according to a certain periodic pattern in the following days. Only in this way can you achieve the effect of solidifying the memory and leaving a deep impression in your mind.

Therefore, in order to leave a deep impression on the class that we are close, we need to cultivate the "short-term memory" of the people around us in the next few days, so we need to interact frequently to show closeness. "

Bai Lan replied to the email and asked, "So, I have to go through this kind of troublesome days for several days in a row?"

Horikita: "To be precise, it will last for three days. After that, I will gradually reduce the frequency of some necessary but inefficient and time-wasting interactions, and fix some efficient interactions into daily life."

"Necessary but inefficient, what do you mean?"

"For example, borrowing things is something you can hardly use, and you can't process them all at once. You still have to spend energy managing them, which is inefficient."

"What do you mean by efficient?"

"For example, going to and from school, which is something we have to do every day."

After reading Horikita's reply, I understood and frowned, and immediately felt something was wrong.

Bai Lan: "You're not going to do this every day, calling me to class early and asking me to chat with you all the way, are you?"

"Yes, going to and from school together is the most efficient. It doesn't require extra time and energy, but it can get good results. I think it is necessary to make it a daily routine." Horikita replied.

After reading Horikita's reply, Shiran felt strange.

For some reason, he felt like he was being taken advantage of.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

Bai Lan couldn't help but think: "What was my purpose in finding a shield in the first place?"

Bai Lan began to look for his original intention of finding a shield.

Soon, Bai Lan remembered.

That’s right! He didn’t want to be in a relationship, but he thought it was troublesome to reject a suitor without hurting others as much as possible.

So, Bai Lan is looking for a shield because he hates trouble.

He wanted to use this as a shield to deter his suitors and help him avoid trouble!

But now, after Bai Lan found Horikita as a shield, before the trouble from his suitors came to him, he got into a lot of trouble just for cooperating with Horikita's shield mission.

And it's so eye-catching.

This...isn't this just asking for trouble?

After sorting out his thoughts, Bai Lan sent an email to Horikita to explain his thoughts.

Horikita replied via email: “You mean I went too far?”

Bai Lan: “That’s right.”

Horikita: "You want me to reduce the frequency of shield work?"

Bai Lan: “Yes.”

Horikita: "Then can I understand that my actions today have exceeded your expectations of me?"

"That's it."

"Since I have completed your expected goal today, and even exceeded it, it means that you have received enough 'rewards', so it's your turn to start helping me."

"Yes, yes, I will help you."