Chapter 71.2

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"Sudou-san, join our study session. It would be a pity if you dropped out of school because you failed the exam or something like that. That's the biggest thing I hope to avoid. Moreover, studying together will not only help to prevent you from dropping out of school but may also result in an increase of private points issued later on. If the class maintains a high score, the midterm results should also become better. I found a few students with good test scores to help everyone prepare for the upcoming exams. These are all just countermeasures to prevent anyone from dropping out, so I was hoping that anyone who is not yet confident about their test scores would come join our study session. Of course, we welcome everyone and anyone to it..."

The talkative Hirata still had the habit of wanting to take care of someone else every time he spoke, and there were a few people he had successfully convinced to join the session.

This was his way of showing kindness.

This man had a kind heart that would remain restless without being able to do acts of kindness.

And yet some individuals still wanted to reject this kindness of his.

"Heh, why would I want to participate in such a boring thing? The most important thing for me right now is my club activities. Learning and all those shenanigans don't matter to me. Do you think these things will benefit me after I graduate? Reading and writing will be useless then. I will become a basketball player in the future."

Sudou immediately looked away, not paying heed to Hirata at all.

Although Hirata had always been kind and helpful towards him, Sudou had always disliked him.

'Why? Why is this boy so popular? Why are you still acting nice to everyone? Why is he still helping me? Am I just that troublesome?'

The more Hirata tried to help Sudou, the more he loathed Hirata and felt more uncomfortable with his meddling.

So he forced out the idea that reading and writing would be useless for his future, as he just wanted to keep this dazzling human away from him.

He was also convinced that as long as he played basketball well, things would somehow work out fine.

With that being the case, Hirata naturally couldn't accept it and decided to continue to persuade him.

"Sudou-san…"

Hirata wanted to say something, but—

"Enough. I have already promised you that I will not be tardy or mess around in class, but you should keep me out of all your other little activities. If you argue about this with me again, don't blame me if I do something in retaliation."

This classmate of his had been bothering him since yesterday, and his flitting had been continuing until today.

Sudou Ken suddenly got angry and yelled at Hirata, and then went back to his original place.

The anger was not only because of Hirata but also because of Ying Ye Zhenshi.

Ying Ye Zhenshi finally arrived at the class and looked at the two of them with a smile.

Seeing the look in the boy's eyes Sudou instinctively felt uncomfortable.

He glared at Ying Ye viciously but didn't make a move this time.

"You've grown up, huh?"

Softly complaining, Ying Ye Zhenshi smiled it off.

"Do you want to fight me again?! Why don't we switch places this time?"

After thinking about it yesterday, Ken Sudo attributed the reason he couldn't beat Ying Ye to the fact that the space had been too small for him to perform well.

Since he was unconvinced of his loss, he threw out the proposal.

Sudou's words directly attracted the attention of the entire class.

Indeed, he was the focus of attention wherever he went, causing havoc everywhere.

"Do not do that. Sudou-san, we are all classmates here."

Ying Ye Zhenshi hadn't even responded yet before Mama Hirata was already on the field intercepting the challenge.

Ying Ye had already known it was a futile attempt anyway.

As soon as he came over, Hirata apologized slightly while looking at Ying Ye Zhenshi, and then pulled Sudou back, like a mother taking care of a child.

Sudo didn't get mad at him this time though.

He just took advantage of the situation to leave.

This made Ying Ye Zhenshi smile even more.

He wanted none of this nonsense either.

'Go back to your seat, little boy.'

Hirata quickly returned to Ying Ye Zhenshi's side.

As soon as he came over, he spoke embarrassedly, as if he had been the one who had done something wrong.

"Ying Ye-kun, I'm really sorry. I apologize to you on behalf of Sudou. He actually has a bit of a bad temper, but he's still a good person and I am sure you can get along with him. We are all classmates, so..."

"Forget it, Hirata. Don't try to make excuses for his behaviour. I only trust what I have seen with my own two eyes. I know better than you what kind of person he is, and these things have nothing to do with you. The person who should be apologising is not you, and I will not accept anything like an apology from you."

Seeing that the boy had come to put forward the idea of making peace and that everyone here was classmates and that they should all get along well, Ying Ye Zhenshi stopped him and refused.

He didn't believe in such an airy outcome.

He could be friends with some people, but definitely not everyone.

"Then please don't fight with him."

Hirata felt a little helpless, so he made a request.

This was the minimum requirement he asked of Ying Ye.

"Don't worry, I don't intend to fight him right now. He will get the punishment he deserves soon. Fighting and whatnot is just a last resort."

Ying Ye Zhenshi said with a smile.

He really didn't want to fight.

After all, he had already made Sudou suffer a loss once, so it would only make sense that future fights would be directly avoided.

But this response gave Hirata Yosuke even more of a headache.

"You don't really intend to have Sudou-san kicked out of the basketball club, do you?"

Because he thought of what Ying Ye Zhenshi had said the day before.

If that ended up happening, he couldn't imagine the impact it would have on their class cohesion.

He wanted to continue saying something, but the loudspeaker broadcast at the front of the class sounded all of a sudden.

"Students Ying Ye Zhenshi and Sudo Ken from the first year's class D, please make your way to the student council office."

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