After deciding to give up, he started to gain popularity

But this was not the key point after all, so they didn't dwell on it any more.

"and then?"

"Things were much simpler after that." Tanuma Tsubasa began to recall again.

"At the beginning, I was just the vanguard as they said, and the two of them followed behind me. But after walking for a while, the three of us started to walk side by side. Then, as we walked, they would get scared from time to time and jump into my arms or hold on to my arms..."

"..."

So this has happened to you, no wonder you were able to give such a confident opinion just now!

"But this is not enough. We can't tell who it is... Is there anything else happening?" several people asked again.

"Yes, a lot of things happened one after another, such as people disappearing, getting lost, etc. Oh, yes, there was one thing that left the deepest impression on me - I saw a 'ghost' in front of me and subconsciously turned back to pull the two people away, but I accidentally fell and threw them to the ground..."

Several people:"……"

You boy! Good boy!

"What happened next? How did they react?" Several people were completely fascinated by it. It felt like reading a comic book and they found it quite interesting.

"Their reaction...it seemed like there was no reaction at all. I thought I was going to be scolded, but in the end no one said anything...well, I don't know what to say either." Tanuma Tsubasa sighed.

He was actually very helpless, as he had originally wanted to take this opportunity to test and see who among them liked him or had a good impression of him, but after trying for a long time he failed to find out, and instead did a lot of bad things.

Alas, I can only say that he is really not good at this kind of thing.

So Tanuma Tsubasa looked at Natsukawa Sou again, the man who was like a love saint in his heart, hoping that he could give him some advice and suggestions.

And Xiachuan Kanade lived up to everyone's expectations and did say something: "In fact, in my opinion... no reaction is precisely the biggest reaction!"

"Huh? What's the logic?" Tanuma Tsubasa asked in surprise, and even Hikigaya looked at him in confusion.

"Based on my personal experience... well, anyway - if they don't care or don't like someone, they will definitely start using all kinds of tricky words to attack you, Muttsulini. You will definitely not be able to escape at least an H."

After all, this was his personal experience, so he appeared very confident when explaining it.

"And if you like someone or have a crush on them, you will most likely remain silent at this time! One reason is that you are shy and don't feel comfortable speaking first; the other is that you are secretly looking forward to the situation continuing to develop!" Xia Chuan Zou paused, then continued.

"Because girls are generally very reserved. Even though they may really want something, they will act as if they don't care much for various reasons. In the end, they will 'reluctantly' accept it after much pushing and shoving. What you have to do is to learn to distinguish what they really don't care about and what they are pretending not to care about!"

"As for this matter, it's obvious that they are just pretending not to care! That's why they act as if it doesn't matter and there's no need to discuss it. In fact, they are too shy to speak up!"

"So in my opinion, there are only two possibilities - one, both girls like you! But for various reasons, they didn't show it in the small group, so they can live in peace; two, only one of the girls likes you, and the other one knows about it, which also shows that the little thoughts of the girl who likes you have long been known in the small group, and the others are purely covering for her. Therefore, the measures you took afterwards are very obvious -"

"It's better to observe the daily behavior of these two girls carefully and secretly. If one of them behaves very differently from usual, such as being easily distracted, then she is most likely affected by this incident. In other words, she is the real culprit who likes you... I mean, the girl who really likes you." Xia Chuanzou affirmed sternly.

With his reputation as the student council president at stake, his reasoning this time will not be wrong!

190. Misunderstanding! It’s all misunderstanding!

"Okay, I'll do it, President!" There was a light of hope in Tanuma Tsubasa's eyes.

He has always had a devout respect for his "senior" Natsukawa Kanade, because he is a man who has dated and finally broke up with various cute girls but still makes them worry about him afterwards!

Among them, there is even the figure of Kaguya Shinomiya, who is known as the "Ice Queen"! What a powerful love ability! In his heart, she is like the "God of Strategy"!

In short, he trusted Natsukawa Sou very much, especially after he adopted the other party's advice before, he found that his love luck seemed to have improved, and he became much more confident as a result.

"So what are the specific measures? Do I need to ask the teacher to move to the last row of the class? It seems more convenient for observation there... And, do I need to prepare a telescope or something? With it, I can observe others from a long distance without being discovered... Or maybe bribe the people around them? Let them provide me with information or something..." This guy became more and more excited as he spoke, and all kinds of ideas popped up, leaving everyone dumbfounded.

"Don't! Don't do this!" Xia Chuan Zou hurriedly stopped him, "Don't do anything deliberately! Because this... this... That's right! This is likely to alert the enemy! So don't take any action at random, just act like usual and keep a normal mind!"

He had never expected the other party to be so proactive, and he had thought of all kinds of ideas, but the first ones could still be implemented, while the latter ones were completely bad ideas! If he was not careful, he might end up being a peeping Tom, or even need to call the police!

He never thought of instigating his friend and classmate to become such a person!

"In short, don't take any rash actions. Just pay a little attention in normal times..." Xiachuan Zou warned again.

"Yes, I understand." As if he understood the seriousness of the matter, Tanuma Tsubasa also nodded seriously. Since the president said so, he would do it. Anyway, the president would definitely not be wrong.

After confirming that he had heard it completely, Xiachuan Zou breathed a sigh of relief, and the matter was over.

"Then, does anyone have anything to add? After all, it's still early..." As Xia Chuan Zou was speaking, he found that several people began to stare at him intently.

"..."

A bad premonition came over me.

"President, what about your own situation? Although you don't need our help, on the other hand - to be honest, we are all very curious, President... which girl do you like the most? How long have you been dating her? What happened in the end that led to your breakup?" It was still Tanuma Tsubasa who spoke first. The other two were still too shy, but they also stared at him closely, as if to express their agreement.

"..."

So Natsukawa Kanade remained silent.

Which one do you like the most? How long have you been together? Why did you break up?

……

When did it happen? How come he has no memory of it? Didn't he fail every time he pursued her? But this... could it be that... the rumors about him actually said that he was a scumbag who dated many girls and then abandoned them? What a huge misunderstanding!

Even until just now, he had always thought that the rumors about him were at most rumors that he had ambiguous relationships with many girls and was suspected of dating them.

Originally, he thought that since there were so many rumors, it would be better to prove his innocence with actions instead of clarifying every one of them, because he couldn't really be dating every girl, right? It was impossible for someone to be in two or more relationships openly! But now he understood that in fact, in the eyes of others, his ignoring was like tacit consent, which clearly fueled the rumors!

So it evolved into the current situation - he was considered to be a romantic who had dated many girlfriends and still couldn't forget each of them after breaking up!

Shit! No wonder he always felt that Tanuma Tsubasa always had a subtle respect for him. He had previously thought that it was out of awe for his status as the student council president, but now that he thought about it... it was clearly because he admired his "ability to fall in love"!

"No, no! I think there's a huge misunderstanding here!" Xia Chuan Zou quickly waved his hands and tried to explain, "In fact, I didn't..."

However, it seemed as if God was about to stop him from telling the truth - the door of their dormitory was pushed open.

"I can hear you guys arguing in the hallway! Are you still going to sleep?!"

The teacher who checked attendance came, and he was an acquaintance of Natsukawa Kanade - Hiratsuka Shizuka.

"Huh? So the student council president is in this room? In that case... then I'll make it even more sinister! If I come back and find that you haven't gone to bed yet, everyone will go to the playground downstairs and run 20 laps for me! Do you hear me?!"

"Yes, teacher!" Except for Xia Chuan Zou, the others were obviously unwilling to give up. After all, they had said everything they wanted, but the most interesting thing in their opinion had not been revealed yet. How could they feel satisfied? However, their thick thighs could not twist the superwoman opposite them who was known as the "Iron Fist Leftover Woman", so they could only give up.

"Keep your voice down! Don't disturb others!"

"Yes, teacher..." Several people were helpless, thinking that the loudest voice must be you, teacher, right? But they all nodded obediently and crawled back to their nests.

"That's more like it." Shizuka Hiratsuka nodded with satisfaction, then said something like "I really don't understand why boys of this age have so much energy with nowhere to vent? Even the girls are the same..." as she walked out.

After that, the room suddenly became quiet, without even a sound.

But less than a few minutes later, the door of the room was pushed open again, and suddenly, the light from the corridor shone on the person who came in, and a grinning devil was reflected at the entrance of the room.

"Tsk, they're all asleep. What a pity. I was looking for some fun..."

The devil looked around and found that several people were indeed lying safely in their beds. Then he nodded with satisfaction and walked out.

"..."

Then the whole room fell into a long silence again, until at one point someone's not particularly heavy snoring was heard.

Then it started to happen one after another.

191. He has grown up, but he has also changed (a must-read to understand the main plot!)

Natsukawa Zou could no longer remember when he fell asleep, or maybe - he didn't sleep at all?

In my impression, he seemed to be troubled by what his friends said at the end of the night. It was also the first time that he understood what his true image was in front of everyone.

To be honest, his thoughts are very complicated. On the one hand, he hates the way everyone imagines him to be. This is due to the values ​​​​cultivated in the last century. But in fact, in Japan, it seems that such a person will never be rejected by everyone, and may even be quite popular - it is precisely because he is so outstanding that he can be favored by so many outstanding girls.

As for those "good (weird) students" who never communicate with others and always keep to themselves... these people who seem to be at peace with the world will become the targets of exclusion or even bullying by others.

They even have an indecent title of their own - Gloomy Men.

But for Natsukawa Sou, he had never felt this way before... No, maybe he had such moments before, but at that time he was in a daze and didn't care about anything. Until he met the "heroines" for the first time, he could only see them. Everything else seemed to have nothing to do with him. Then, slowly, because of his own actions, he successfully broke away from that role until now.

In the past, he didn't notice it and just did it. But now thinking back, each of his pursuits was not all bad. At least - it was as if he got a "by-product" that was actually a reward in the process of pursuing the "heroines". He made himself better and better, and more and more adaptable to society -

I learned how to cook, and I can even cook delicious food; I improved my academic ability, and I can even get first place in the school year; I also exercised my body and strengthened my physique, not to mention other potential things that are not easy to show, such as cultivating patience and tolerance...

He has indeed become a better and more outstanding person because of meeting these "heroines", and this alone proves that hard work pays off, but the direction of the reward may not be what he expected... Of course, looking at it now, "becoming good friends" is actually a good result, which means that it has paid off - but not completely.

All in all, he was still very satisfied with his current situation, so there was a second thing that required his full attention - his friends - especially female friends like Mahiru and Eriri. Did they know that he had so many strange scandals?

If it were an ordinary person, he believed that the other party would know about it. However, in the case of Mahiru and Eriri who are clearly the "parties involved", it is impossible for other people to ask her openly, "Have you been dumped by Natsukawa Kanade?" right?

Of course, the specific statements were definitely not what he thought. After all, the truth was that they dumped him. If they had said it out loud, there wouldn't be any rumors like now. In that case, it meant that they had never received such information from others. However, being in this academy, it was inevitable to hear some news, and what he cared about was to what extent this "some" was true?

Was it the kind of "something" that they just laughed off after hearing it, or the kind of "something" that clearly made them waver and suspect that he had ulterior motives? Even the most important thing - did they know the "something" they heard before he confessed to them, and did such "something" affect their response to his confession? !

This was the ultimate reason that he had been thinking about for almost the entire night and which prevented him from sleeping!

For Mahiru, this situation should not exist, but for the seniors and Eriri, it is very likely to happen! Especially starting with Eriri! Because she is a person who is easily influenced by the outside world. If she really rejected his confession for this reason, he would be speechless!

After all... it seems that he doesn't seem to have so many desires now, and he looks like being friends is fine. In fact, that's because when he is with them, he has been trying his best to restrain himself and play the role of a friend. But if possible, how could he not want to go a step further and become the role of the "boyfriend"?

Indeed, his so-called "like" in the past was indeed mixed with other things because of the change of environment, but this does not mean that the "like" before was fake! Especially after spending some time with them, those "like" emotions gradually solidified and turned into love for the person in front of him, and the inner emotions were no longer illusory.

Then, the choice came - should he ask Eriri and the others whether it was because of the rumors that they rejected his confession, or... should he just pretend that nothing had happened and continue to get along with them?

The former naturally has a very low probability of getting the answer he once expected in his heart, but if not, wouldn't the relationship that they had already repaired be likely to be ruined again? ——"So you still have such thoughts about me... Sorry, we are really not suitable to be friends anymore."

If I get an answer like that, then I'm done for. This is the second time! There's no way back!

Of course he was unwilling to take the risk again, after all, his previous record was there.

Of course, there was another most important reason that prompted him to lean towards the second option - after spending some time with them, he found that he had become somewhat accustomed to having them around him.

If he suddenly wanted to start dating someone at this time, then in order to ensure his loyalty he would naturally have to keep a distant attitude towards other people like he did in the past, but now he...can he really do that?

He would never have doubted himself before, but now he clearly began to hesitate - since he was hesitating, it meant that there was a possibility that he might not be able to be loyal. Even if that possibility was very small, it was still an undoubted gap!

If the gap continues to expand due to external forces...someday something bad might happen! At that time, it would be a heavy loss to the person he was dating and to other people!

Therefore, he must, and had to - be more certain of his own heart...

192. A new storm is about to emerge

Just one night's sleep was not enough to free a group of energetic high school students from the afterglow of the Test of Courage conference. Even in the morning of the next day, they were looking for various opportunities to share with their friends what happened to them last night.

"Listen to me, yesterday I..."

"Eh? Is this true? Are you really together?"

"Oh, don't be so loud, I'll be embarrassed..."

"..."

Many people have indeed fulfilled their wishes through the opportunity of the Test of Courage Conference, but most students are not so lucky to get together with the person they like, so most of them just play the role of ordinary participants, or in other words, spectators.

"Listen to me, listen to me. Actually, at the meeting yesterday, I saw the president and Shinomiya-san..."

"Eh? You must be kidding. You're carrying it on your back?"

"Yes, and even so, they held hands the whole time, like a stupid couple..."

"But, I clearly saw the president with a blonde girl last night? Could it be that I saw it wrong?"

“Eh? You saw the president too? But what I saw was the president carrying a girl with long black hair on his back. Of course, I thought it was Shinomiya-san at first, but then I thought about it, Shinomiya-san always has her hair tied up, so I thought that girl might have just disappeared in the venue…”

“Ah? But, I did see the president and Shinomiya-san…”

"Could it be that you saw it wrong? After all, Shinomiya-san also has black hair. Who knows, maybe she let her hair down for some reason last night?"

"Is this... really possible?"