After deciding to give up, he started to gain popularity

It can be seen that she still has a lot of prestige in the trio. The other two girls immediately stopped smiling and put on an attitude of "I'm serious" as military advisors.

"But seriously, Mahiru, if you keep procrastinating, you won't be able to participate in this courage test. No, you might even be assigned to a nasty, frivolous guy or something..."

"Even if you have no problem, what about the other side? You don't want to be misunderstood by the person you like, right?"

"..."

Miss Angel, who was hit hard by the words, finally couldn't keep her peace of mind anymore.

Indeed, in order to eliminate the possibility of embarrassing Zou, she could give up inviting him and endure the loneliness of not being able to participate in games or go on dates with the person she liked, but she absolutely could not stand being misunderstood by Zou.

"But I can invite you guys, right? Girls..."

"Sorry, I have my own plans." The girl with long black hair refused directly.

"..." So Shiina Mahiru looked at the other two people, "Then you guys..."

"I'm sorry, Mahiru, I have to go out and accompany my boyfriend~" the girl with the ponytail put her hands together and apologized.

"Eh? But I remember your boyfriend's grades weren't that good either?"

"Yes, so we both signed up to be staff members so that we don't have to be separated." The girl with ponytail nodded.

"After all, for both of us, it doesn't matter where we go on a date or what we do. What's important is that we're together all the time!"

"..."

Miss Angel naturally didn't want to disturb this loving couple, so she turned her attention to the girl with twin ponytails at the end.

"Wow, don't look at me. I also want to accompany my boyfriend." The other party shook his head quickly.

"But you don't have a boyfriend?"

"Find one now! I can't miss this event. After all...what if the person arranged happens to be my future boyfriend?" the girl with twin ponytails said as a matter of course.

After all, this event is attractive because of this point. Those who have a partner will still have one, and those who don’t may be able to find an additional partner. It even creates a perfect space for you to develop. What else is there to be dissatisfied about?

"..."

But Miss Angel was very dissatisfied.

Her best friends all had their own things to do and couldn't accompany her. She also had too many concerns to express her feelings to the person she liked. If things continued like this, the only option she had was to pretend to be sick and give up...

"I think I'd better give up participating..." Shiina Mahiru shook her head with a look of regret on her face.

For her, missing this event would indeed mean missing out on many precious memories, but if she wasn't with the important people, it wouldn't be that interesting even if she participated.

"Why, Mahiru-kun? Haven't you been looking forward to this for a long time?"

"That's right, why do you want to give up? With your relationship with the president, can't you just ask for an invitation?"

"That's right, how could he possibly reject you... Could it be... that he cheated on you? That's too much!"

"No, it's not like that." Shiina Mahiru quickly explained, "Things are not what you think, and he and I...were never together."

"But the atmosphere between you two clearly shows that you have feelings for each other, right?"

Not to mention the conversation at the swimming pool that day, they also saw our usual secret interactions.

"I... I don't know..." Shiina's expression seemed a little gloomy, and this weak look made several people even angrier.

"You... wow! You're really frustrating!"

"I'll do it! Give me your phone and I'll ask for you! I don't believe that an invitation is so difficult to get." The girl with ponytail stretched out her hand to her.

"No..." Shiina naturally wanted to refuse, but she didn't expect that the other person would react faster and help her stop the other person.

"Wait, look over there, is that the president?"

So everyone looked in the direction she pointed, and sure enough, they found Natsukawa Kanade and a petite girl with blonde hair.

"Who is sitting next to the president? Do you know him?"

"I seem to have some impression... I think her name was something like Sawamura or Eriri?"

"Huh? What's it called?"

"Oh, it's Sawamura Eriri, but there seems to be a family name in the middle. I remember she seems to be mixed-race, and her father is the British ambassador to Japan."

"What? She's obviously not as cute as our Mahiru..."

"Mahiru-kun, do you know her? Is she the president's friend?"

"..."

"Stop talking." Seeing Shiina's bad look, the leading lady on the side immediately stopped the discussion between the two.

"Come on, let's go over and see what's going on... Mahiru, you come too."

"Do not……"

"Huh? What did you say?" The girl with long black hair frowned, unable to hear clearly what the other party said. Just as she was about to bend down to pull Shiina Mahiru, the other party suddenly pushed her away.

"Don't mind my business!" Crystal tears flashed on Miss Angel's face.

How could she not know that girl?

The other person she met that day showed the same fear of being abandoned in her eyes, and it was obvious that the other person also liked Zou, and now they were sitting together talking and laughing, and the other person even had eyes like stars... Isn't the answer very obvious?

"I'm sorry, I lost my composure..." Shiina rubbed his eyes, but found that he could not wipe away the tears on his face.

"I, I'll go back first..." She stood up hurriedly.

She didn't want to stay any longer.

Because if I stay any longer I will burst into tears.

"..." The girl next to her stretched out her hand, as if she wanted to stop her, but was stopped by the girl opposite.

So they could only watch Shiina Mahiru run away with her face covered, and even forgot to bring her own bag.

"..."

"What should we do now?"

"I don't know... am I a bit too talkative?"

"That's true, but I feel like Mahiru seems to know that girl?"

"Ah? Could it be that he is really cheating on me?"

"Whether it's true or not, why don't we just go and ask?" As the eldest sister in the trio, the girl with long black hair naturally stood up.

"Eh? But didn't Mahiru say she wouldn't let us go?"

"Yes, if she knew..."

"What does it matter? Do you think that the current situation will have any impact even if she knows about it? Anyway, no matter what you think, I have to go and ask clearly, even if it's for Mahiru..."

"..." The other two people looked at each other for a long time before nodding heavily.

"Then we'll go too. The two of us will give you courage!"

"Correct!"

"..."

139. You have changed! You used to be able to comfort me

"There are too few varieties of desserts here. Although they are quite delicious..." Picking up a small piece of cake and putting it into her mouth, Eriri showed a fairly satisfied expression on her face.

"You're asking for too much. This isn't a restaurant..." Natsukawa Kanade complained.

He picked up the coffee and took a sip, a satisfied smile also appearing on his face.

"It tastes really good... I heard that the chefs and pastry chefs here were also sent by Shuchiin. I thought it was fake before..."

Generally speaking, in order to train students' personal abilities, students are usually required to prepare their own meals during their time at the Forest School. Even if there are special circumstances, only appropriate amounts of help are provided.

It's not like Shuchiin, which not only provides a canteen directly, but also specially sends a number of chefs from the main school, for fear that their students will starve due to their lack of skills.

This meant that except for the first day when everyone made their own lunch and dinner to try something new, everyone else came to the cafeteria.

It can be said that it was a lonely exercise.

"Although it's delicious, I also want to try something else. I'll get tired of eating the same thing all the time..." Eriri said meaningfully, her eyes always fixed on the dessert on Natsukawa Kanade's plate.

"How does yours taste?"

"It's pretty good, not as greasy as I imagined." Xiachuan Zou nodded in approval.

"……Gone?"

"No more."

"…Nothing else to say?"

"Ah?" Xia Chuan Zou was stunned for a moment, thinking that he was just eating a dessert, did he have to write an impression?

"How should I put it... the inside is tender and green, and the outside is also very fluffy. After taking a bite, the unique aroma of matcha emanates from the tip of my tongue. The taste is very refreshing and intoxicating..."

"..."

Looking at Natsukawa Sou talking so eloquently, Eriri didn't know what to say and could only sigh in her heart that he had really changed.

In the past, even without her hinting, he would considerately say to her, "My portion tastes good too, would you like to try it?"

Even if she said something like “I don’t want anything you’ve eaten” to disdain him, it wouldn’t shake his mind.

But now the situation is completely reversed, but she doesn't want to be as aware and perseverant as him. Just thinking about the possibility of being rejected makes her unacceptable, let alone really doing something intimate...

She really can't afford the consequences of failure.

But this is also good. Although she can't enjoy more intimate interactions, at least she can walk with him and even be hugged by him occasionally... It seems that the consequences of throwing a tantrum are not as serious as imagined? She even lets Zou come to comfort her, which feels good?

But if you think about it carefully, this is also achieved by venting. Maybe it's okay once or twice, Zou can still maintain a patient attitude towards him, but if it happens too many times, he will find her troublesome one day, right? And if she develops a habit and can't change it, then she's doomed?

Adolescent girls have a lot on their mind, especially when they have someone they like, they think about that person all the time, thinking about their interaction with that person, and their future with that person.

As for the boys——

So how does his description work? Does it make Eriri feel what he feels? Or is it too abstract and not concrete enough?

Natsukawa Zou was still thinking about whether the "taste" he described was correct, and he never considered that the girl opposite him was not interested in the dessert at all.

But soon he didn't need to think about these things, because a familiar team of three people came to them.

"I really admire you for being able to sit here and eat dessert so leisurely, President Xiachuan."

After hearing his name, Natsukawa Kanade looked in the direction of the people coming, and immediately saw the three people with expressions like "I'm here to cause trouble" written on their faces.

"Uh...what's going on?"

Even though they seemed to be blaming him from the start, Xia Chuan Zou did not show any impatience. After all, as the student council president, he felt it was inappropriate for him to not have the ability to cultivate his energy.

Of course, the most important thing was that he knew these three people - three of Mahiru's few friends.

As one of the girls he cared about, he actually always felt that Mahiru was a little too lonely.

Although there are many people in the school who like this little angel lady, no one can stand by her side or even listen to her words.

Not only that, she couldn't even tell her family about her loneliness, because even if she did, she would get only one answer - what does it have to do with them?

Although she was perfect in her interpersonal relationships, she had an unfortunate life experience - her parents had a purely business marriage, and she was born entirely because of their parents' momentary impulse. However, those two emotionless people immediately lived their own lives and abandoned this unexpectedly born child.

The only responsible thing I did was to hire a nanny to take care of her daily life and send her money regularly.

The comments about her were so vicious that they were hardly human - it would have been better if people like you had never been born.

That's why Xiachuan Zou was worried about that girl. Recently, he occasionally saw her talking and laughing with some classmates, so he became concerned. He investigated the situation of those people and found out that their clothing style was just conspicuous, but they were all good kids. Only then did he feel relieved and let them continue to interact with each other.

And seeing that Mahiru gradually became more cheerful every day and a smile that was no longer just a polite one appeared on her face from time to time, he was happy from the bottom of his heart.

This was naturally a good thing, and he also hoped that these people could always be his good friends, so whenever they were together he would never go over to disturb them, and would even take the initiative to give them space to communicate.

This also led to very little communication between him and them. The only direct communication was the incident of secretly photographing them in the swimming pool. But today, these people took the initiative to find him...