57 Chapter 57: School Goals

'From the topic about messing with her to the talk about my life's plans… she jumps between topics too fast.'

Looking at Kushida Kikyo sitting beside him, he noticed her eyes were filled with anticipation.

Ying Ye Zhenshi exhaled a deep sigh and spoke.

"Does graduating normally count as a goal?"

His goals didn't seem to be too hard.

"Graduate normally? Is that it? What kind of odd goal is that? Isn't it normal for everyone to graduate? Don't you have at least something else you want to get out of this school? For example, making friends, some better qualifications, help with a certain job, a good school life, a girlfriend and so on."

Kushida Kikyo watched on curiously.

"Making money? I could use a little bit more money for graduation…"

Regarding the monetary aspect, Ying Ye Zhenshi spoke without hesitation.

After having understood the nature of this school, he really did have such an idea, and it just so happened to have been achieved with flying colours.

Just based on the number of points he had right now, so long as he didn't waste his money, he would probably be able to live a very lavish life before graduation.

Of course, he could also just transfer to Class A.

That decision would depend on the situation though.

"Oh??? Do you want to make money? Why do you have such an odd thought? Are you being perfunctory with me again?"

Kushida Kikyo looked at him sceptically.

"Well, my family's financial circumstances are quite average, so isn't it normal to have such thoughts? Since the school distributes so much money, if I were to save it, I would be able to amass a decent amount. After leaving this school, I won't have to work for money for a while, and I'll have a comfortable time post-graduation. Wouldn't it then be strange not to have such thoughts?"

Ying Ye Zhenshi said frankly.

"That's what I thought at first, but sensei seems to have said that we cannot use our points after we have graduated."

Kushida Kikyo thought out loud.

"Sure, the points won't be recycled, but that's the school's business. Among our juniors in a few years' time, I reckon some of the students with a wealthy background will ask to buy our points for real-world money. Do you think I wouldn't accept their desperate appeal? Under these special circumstances, I would even be able to sell points at a higher ratio of 1 to 3 maybe. Even if this sort of thing is not allowed, I can still buy things on campus, and then take them with me to sell when I graduate. Even if there is a loss of value of the goods, it will still be a decent amount of money. Besides this, there are many other ways to translate school cash to real-world cash. The only issue is coming up with a way to do so. It's just a matter of whether I can be asked to do it or not."

Noticing that Kushida Kikyo did not continue to ask about Karuizawa anymore, Ying Ye Zhenshi decided to be a bit more talkative with her.

He also allowed the girl to understand the importance of points.

"Oh~ That feels a little bit unfair though."

Kushida Kikyo complained.

"This world is just like that though. Who cares about fair and whatnot, huh...?"

Ying Ye Zhenshi replied.

"Ying Ye-kun is really smart. I feel like I want to get to know you more, and I want to become really good friends with you. You're so reliable. It would be great if I could change that lazy attitude of yours. Your way of seeing through the finer details makes me feel so ignorant. Tell me, are there also some opportunities for me to make some points too?"

Kushida Kikyo hadn't even gotten into a relationship with him yet but so wantonly shook Ying Ye Zhenshi's hand.

Acting like a cute child was indeed a tactic of hers to wile the boy.

"Yes, Yes, Yes... Stop, Stop."

Ying Ye Zhenshi was still not so well-equipped mentally when facing such enthusiastic girls.

He kept thinking of her as some sort of innocent country bumpkin whenever she acted in such a way.

As for whether there was a way for the girl to make points, he could only give it some thought for now.

The probability of her making money from their own class was very small though.

"Clearly what I said to you just now requires more of an answer than that, so why did you become like this again? You're too perfunctory! Then, let's just switch to something else besides making money. Have you any other small goals?"

Kushida Kikyo continued her efforts to learn more about Ying Ye, almost forcing him to reply.

"You want some small goals, huh? Then how about I add another one? Possibly learning how to fall in love… Or looking for a good girl to fall in love with or something? Girls are very troublesome creatures though, so I will have to learn how to deal with them."

Ying Ye Zhenshi thought hard for a while.

He could recall before he had enrolled at this school, his mother hoped that he would fall in love as quickly as possible.

But learning how to fall in love seemed to be quite the big ask to Ying Ye.

Apparently, when he was in middle school, he had misunderstood what it meant to fall in love.

Perhaps, after he learned how to deal with girls, he could solve the issue of troublesome girls like Kikyo Kushida pestering him.

Thinking about it carefully, Ying Ye could somewhat recall having actually had a girlfriend before.

She had also been the first girl to confess to him, but the girl's purpose had not been so pure.

Then, his thoughts drifted to Kei Karuizawa.

'She is also not a suitable girlfriend. That is not because her purpose was not pure or whatever, but the main reason is that I feel she is just too fragile and would be hurt whenever something goes down.'

If the girl maintained his original impression of her as a young girl who would not be broken no matter how much she was bullied, he just might give her a try then.

"I see~ Sure enough, Ying Ye-kun also has that goal. Is it Karuizawa-san you're after? And the last thing you just said was very bad. You can't say that to others in the future. It will lead to girls hating you."

Kushida Kikyo hadn't expected to learn of his goals so effortlessly, just from persistently asking him the same thing over and over.

She had even thrown a jab at Ying Ye Zhenshi in her rebuttal.

'Why is this girl's overthinking just as troublesome?'

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