Chapter 53 To be Good Friends on the Surface?

The mid-term exam has passed amidst various waves of events.

After passing the first hurdle from coming to the prestigious Advanced Nurturing High School, the entire Class D has undergone noticeable changes.

Firstly, they are no longer as lax as before, whether during or after class, they all now have the appearance of diligent students.

Including Ike Kanji, Yamauchi Haruki, and Sudou Ken, the classroom discipline of the entire Class D has become extremely good. It's a far cry from the first month when they entered school.

Apart from the exposure to the system of Advanced Nurturing High School, which made the students aware of the sense of urgency and crisis, there was also a factor mentioned by Ayanokouji Kiyotaka.

That is the cohesion that was formed during the mid-term exam.

This cohesion is still not too strong at present.

However, compared to the previous scattered state, it has already become much stronger.

Especially Ike Kanji, Yamauchi Haruki, and Sudou Ken, who have become honest with the help of their classmates in the class, just as Ayanokouji Kiyotaka said.

Even Sudou Ken, who used to do whatever he wanted, couldn't continue like that after being saved by the entire Class D.

As for Horikita Suzune, she seems to have not changed much.

After the mid-term exam, Horikita Suzune has also realized that she cannot continue like this.

The crisis finally emerged from the hearts of these three unpopular students in Class D, making it impossible for them not to be honest.

On the other hand, Horikita Suzune had long been accustomed to her lone wolf style.

It was too difficult for this girl to break away from her aloofness, take the initiative to contact others, and integrate into a group.

Therefore, it was Horikita Suzune who remained the same as before, not integrated into the collective, did not actively join any group, and acted alone.

Of course, the same applied to Fang Li.

If Ike Kanji, Yamauchi Haruki, and Sudou Ken had almost integrated into the class after the mid-term exams, then Fang Li was even more isolated from his classmates.

The reason was simple.

During the mid-term exams, Fang Li did not take the initiative to help Ike Kanji, Yamauchi Haruki, and Sudou Ken with some of his private points, thus going against the trend, and inevitably becoming isolated.

Even though on the day the grades were announced, Fang Li demonstrated an astonishing level of observation and analysis, making his classmates amazed, his personality made it impossible for him to be popular by not taking the initiative to contact others.

Therefore, among the entire Class D of year 1, there were really only a few people who had any dealings with Fang Li.

Among them, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka could be counted as one, and Horikita Suzune occasionally talked to him, could be counted as half. There was no one else.

No, that's not entirely true.

There was one person who had been persistent in contacting Fang Li ever since. And today was no different.

Fang Li had just finished his morning run and opened his door. To his surprise, Kushida Kikyou was standing at his doorstep, looking fresh and carrying her backpack. She greeted him with a smile, "Good morning, Nanaya-san."

Kushida Kikyou, who appeared like an angel out of nowhere, was standing outside Fang Li's room. Since the mid-term exams, she had been waiting at Fang Li's door early in the morning to go to school with him. This had sparked rumors that they were secretly dating, which was causing chaos in the chat group of their class D, led by Ike Kanji and Yamauchi Haruki. Fang Li sighed, he could not figure out what Kushida Kikyou was thinking. He had already warned her not to have any strange ideas about him, but instead, she had become more frequent in her attempts to get closer to him.

"Ugh..."

Fang Li could only sigh.

What was this girl in front of him thinking?

Even Fang Li couldn't guess.

"What are you really thinking?" Fang Li asked bluntly. "Don't tell me you have some secret plan."

Kushida Kikyou smiled wryly and replied, "I just want to go to school with you. Nothing else."

Although Kushida Kikyou's words sounded sincere, they only fueled Fang Li's suspicion. He sighed again and said, "I don't feel any hostility from you at the moment. If I do, I'll take care of it."

This was Fang Li's approach to dealing with Kushida Kikyou.

"Don't... don't make it sound so scary!" said Kushida Kikyou, as if she was frightened but also curious, and asked, "But what does 'sense hostility' mean? How do you know if it's hostility?"

In response to this question, Fang Li simply replied, "Even if I told you, you wouldn't understand."

Leaving these words behind, Fang Li headed towards the elevator, leaving Kushida Kikyou to immediately follow.

"I just wish that Nanaya-san could get along better with the classmates in our class," Kushida Kikyou said, in her usual angelic tone that maintained her façade.

To this, Fang Li was interested in having a conversation.

"I'm curious, why did you go to such great lengths to help those three people during the midterm exam?" Fang Li asked a question that he had been wondering about.

And Kushida Kikyou's answer was this, "Isn't it a good thing to try to make everyone like you?"

Since the beginning of the school year, Kushida Kikyou had been seeking out passively people to talk to, exchanging contact information, and even inviting them out to play, trying hard to make friends with everyone.

"I said I want to be friends with everyone, and that's the truth," Kushida Kikyou said with a smile.

"Really?" Fang Li asked casually. "Even with Horikita?"

"Even with Horikita," Kushida Kikyou's smile did not diminish, and she said, "Even with someone like Horikita, I want to appear close with her on the surface."

This was Kushida Kikyou's way of surviving.

Even if Fang Li did not understand the deeper meaning behind it, at least on the surface, Kushida Kikyou genuinely wanted to be friends with everyone.

And for Kushida Kikyou, Fang Li was the same kind of friend, at least on the surface.

Kushida Kikyou hinted at this meaning.

The two of them entered the elevator in this situation.

However, as soon as the elevator door opened, an unexpected person appeared inside. "Is that Kikyou-chan?" a lively and cheerful voice immediately came from inside the elevator.