After deciding to give up, he started to gain popularity

"If you want to argue, look me in the eyes."

"I, I want to...what I want to say is..."

"Well, tell me about it." Xia Chuan Zou put down the microphone and gave her a kind look.

"Speak your mind."

It was visibly that the other party's expression became firm, and Xiachuan Zou understood that his goal had been achieved.

"..."

Iino Miko picked up the microphone on the podium, took a deep breath, and said loudly: "This convention is not stupid at all!"

"listen……"

Confident and unwavering, this is the current Iino Miko. Not only can she express her own opinions in front of the audience, she can even turn around and criticize some of Natsukawa Kanade's policy issues.

Completely different from the shy and timid girl before, she began to show her charm...

073. Too much, too much!

The election is over.

The courageous Iino Miko is indeed very charming, and her leadership qualities are touching enough, but her overly strict implementation policy still cannot be accepted by most people.

This was even more true for Isshiki Iroha. Her mediocre implementation policies were not suitable for the vibrant Shuchiin. After more than 30 minutes of debate between Natsukawa Kanade and the other party, her support rate continued to fall, and she eventually lost the opportunity to compete completely.

So, it was no surprise that Natsukawa Kanade won the victory.

"But it was really thrilling." Xiachuan Zou murmured.

The notice on the wall showed the number of votes for the candidates. Iino Miko, who was originally at the bottom, jumped to second place after expressing her opinions, catching up with Natsukawa Kanade, but lost by a difference of only a few dozen votes.

It is not known how much credit was given to the pure college party, but the majority of people should support her because they recognize her efforts. In other words, if the student union he led had not made enough achievements in these years, he would probably have lost to the first-year student.

Thinking about it this way, I suddenly felt that the truth was quite heartbreaking - to some extent, Iino Miko's two-person team was far better than their two teams in winning people's hearts...

Okay, it's decided. Since this is the case, we will bring this freshman into the student union. This is a necessary strategy, whether we want to take advantage of his professional ability or to prevent the other party from bringing him down in the next election.

If the other party is reluctant, I can exchange it with the condition of "I will fully assist you to become the student council president in the first election of the second grade". At that time, after he abdicates, I will just support a junior I am familiar with to take the position, and I can also make the other party owe me a favor.

"Ishigami, what do you think... about inviting Iino Miko to join the student council?"

"Eh? Really, President? Are you serious?"

"Of course, judging from her abilities alone, she is fully qualified, isn't she?"

"No, that's not the point..." Ishigami looked a little scared.

"In short, I hope you won't regret it..."

"?" Xia Chuan Zou was a little confused, but he didn't care much.

In his opinion, the other party was nothing more than a serious junior school girl who didn't know how to adapt. She should be easy to deal with, right? All he had to do was show her the authority of a senior at the right time, and then use targeted means to control her.

What could go wrong?

"Then I'll go find someone first... By the way, Ishigami, remember to report to the Student Union tomorrow morning, don't be late." Natsukawa Kanade reminded.

Although the necessary members have already been decided, the process still needs to be followed, whether it is the selection of members or anything else.

"Yes."

……

When they found Iino Miko, she and Daibutsu Koba were surrounded by a group of people, chatting and laughing. Natsukawa Kanade did not go forward to disturb them and waited patiently for a while.

After a while, when all the strangers had left, the two men noticed him and trotted over to say hello.

"Hello, President...Do you have any advice?"

Iino Miko's tone seemed somewhat respectful, but Natsukawa Kanade could still hear a hint of reluctance in it. This was normal. After all, she had just lost the election, and it was impossible to say that she was not disappointed at all.

"It's not like I can teach you." Xia Chuan Zou shook his head and held out his hand to her. "Let me make it short. Are you willing to join the student union?"

"..."

"If you still want to be the student council president, it would be better to learn on the spot, right? If you still have that plan..."

There was an obvious hint of excitement on Iino Miko's face, but the big Buddha and small bowl beside her shook her head.

"Forget it. To be honest, I have no interest in the student union. I just want to cheer for Yako... What about you, Yako?"

"I, I have never been invited to join the student council... Please let me think about it for a while."

"If you still have that intention, come to the student union room tomorrow morning. I welcome you." Xiachuan Kanade showed the other party a kind smile, "Of course, the Buddha is also welcome."

"President..."

"I still have some things to do, so I won't bother you anymore. Goodbye." After saying goodbye to the two of them, Xia Chuan Zou left.

The invitation has been sent, and now it depends on what the other party thinks. Instead of trying to persuade them, it is better to do something more meaningful, such as -

Go to the health room to visit the biggest contributor to this election - Kaguya Shinomiya.

From the message sent by Hayasaka Ai, he learned that the other party had a sudden "stomach disease" because of his previous slightly reckless behavior, and was now lying on the bed in the health room. It was reasonable for him to go and visit her.

According to Hayasaka Ai, Shinomiya Kaguya had already lain down and fallen asleep, so he gently pushed the door open and walked in, thinking of waiting for her to wake up. He originally thought so, but he heard such a conversation -

"Why didn't the president come to visit me..."

"I fell down. Shouldn't he come to visit me despite all the difficulties?"

"Could it be that... the president doesn't intend to let me stay in the student union?"

Hayasaka: "But didn't Master Natsukawa invite you to continue to serve as vice president last time?"

"But that's because the president hasn't realized my true colors yet! You see, that's just my personality. The president might already know that I was secretly plotting against other candidates..."

"The president clearly said it was not necessary, but I took it upon myself to win over several clubs and put them together for a vote..."

"Maybe the fact that the election committee members were manipulated by me has been exposed!"

Hayasaka: “That’s a lot.”

"Of course! If we don't do that, we won't be sure how things will turn out!"

"But in the final analysis, I am nothing more than a bad woman who can only use dirty tricks. There is no way to remove such a person from the student union even if we really want to..."

"This is no longer a hopeless situation! It's simply too much!!!"

"After all, the votes we collected with great difficulty were just given away so easily by the president! He did this because he thought my efforts were totally unimportant, right?!"

"It's just like the wife works part-time day and night to earn a little bit of money, and then the useless husband squanders the money on eating, drinking and having fun!!!"

"Who is the wife anyway!!!"

Hayasaka: "It's okay. After all, Master Natsukawa asked you to give a support speech, so he will definitely invite you."

"What's the point of a verbal promise? The guild leader will definitely use a woman like me as long as he can, and then abandon her when he's done with her!"

"That's too much! The president is going too far!!!"

Hayasaka: "Hey... since you have so much to say, why not go and talk to the person himself?"

"what?"

Shinomiya Kaguya was stunned, then looked in the direction of Hayasaka Ai's finger. Natsukawa Kanade was standing aside with an embarrassed look on her face.

"Uh... sorry... didn't mean to hear that..."

074. The Silly Miss Meets the Scheming Man

In my impression, Kaguya Shinomiya always has a cold look that keeps strangers away, but that is not an attitude she deliberately puts on to avoid social interaction, but a permanent external image that she has formed over time.

As the outstanding eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family, she received a strict imperial education from her family since she was a child, which just matched her natural personality. Therefore, she developed the idea of ​​"naturally looking down on others and thinking about taking advantage of them" since she was a child.

Natsukawa Kanade has known this for a long time. Both from knowing each other on the screen in the past and from their current interactions, it has been confirmed that this is the case. What he did not expect is that in private, Kaguya Shinomiya could actually do such... cute actions.

Holding the pillow, I kept hitting the bed; waving my hands up and down; beating the quilt...

Rather than describing her as the unkind "Ice Kaguya-Princess", perhaps a little girl who loves to act coquettishly and get angry could better describe her current appearance.

This kind of Shinomiya Kaguya is really cute...

"Then I won't bother you anymore." Hayasaka Ai glanced at Natsukawa Kanade, then bowed her head respectfully, "Master Natsukawa, I'll leave the lady to you."

Maybe he had other intentions, or maybe he just wanted him to comfort the girl who accidentally exposed her "embarrassing situation". In any case, Xiachuan Zou nodded and agreed.

So Hayasaka Ai obediently retreated to the outside of the health room, guarding the door, leaving the small space for the two of them.

"..."

"..."

Looking at Shinomiya Kaguya who had completely wrapped herself in the sheets, Natsukawa Kanade wanted to speak but didn't know what to say.

"Actually, I didn't hear it clearly?" "I didn't expect that you are like this in private, Shigong." "Don't worry about it. I don't care about your private state at all." "..." No matter what kind of opening remarks he could think of, it was not suitable to put forward at this time.

The other party looked like he was very concerned about what he had just said.

Blaming him for not visiting her; worrying that he would abandon her; fearing that he would find out about her secret tricks, and that strange metaphor...

To be honest, he had never thought that the usually rational Kaguya Shinomiya would think so much, but her direction was not at all rational thinking of weighing the pros and cons, but just worrying about the terrible fantasy future for her.

The girl's worries were fully reflected in her.

"Shinomiya...I'm sorry."

He wanted to stand, as that would show his sincerity, but that would make his heart further away from her, so he changed his position and sat down beside her bed.

He reached out his hand as well, wanting to stroke her bulging back to comfort her, but ended up falling on the bed sheets.

"I didn't expect you would care so much..." Xia Chuan Zou lowered his head, feeling guilty.

Maybe he misunderstood. Maybe Kaguya Shinomiya cared more about him seeing her unknown side, but at this moment he just wanted to allay her anxiety.

"I thought I had expressed myself clearly enough, but I didn't expect that I still caused you misunderstanding."

"Of course I won't do something like abandoning you, even if you did those things... but it was for me after all, right? I won't be ungrateful." Xiachuan Kanade's voice became lighter.

Indeed, he does not advocate those kinds of tricks outside of elections, but he is not completely unacceptable either. Even if Kaguya Shinomiya did those actions without telling him, he will not hate her for that. At most, he will feel that he is not capable enough and cannot gain her full trust.

"I know that my abilities... cannot earn your full trust, and I am not worthy of your assistance..."

"That's not the case!" A dull buzzing sound came from under the quilt.

Then, a slender hand reached out and covered his hand.

"The president is the best! It's just that I am dark and despicable, so I did those things behind the president's back..."

Through the contact of skin, he could easily feel Kaguya's inner uneasiness.

"No, that's not the case! Rather, connections are also a kind of resource, aren't they?!" Xia Chuan Zou shook his head firmly and held the other person's hand who wanted to escape.

I want to be recognized and don't want to be disliked.

He was all too familiar with this feeling.

"Shinomiya did nothing wrong. Instead, I was the one who was worried about this and that, wanting to prove myself in front of you and satisfy my boring self-esteem." Xiachuan Kanade smiled self-deprecatingly.

"President..."

"But now I understand that compared to my insignificant self-esteem, the opportunity to continue to get along with you is what I should grasp most!"

"I have done many wrong things, whether it was my previous attempt to evade resignation or my unauthorized actions just now..."

"But it's because of you. Because of you, I can muster up the courage..."

"..."

"I can't do anything by myself, but if you guys are here, I can do anything I feel bored! So..."

"Become my vice-president, Kaguya Shinomiya!"