316 [316] The Service Club's New Request

Chapter 316: The Service Club's New Request

Seeing Yui's naive smile, Tsurumi showed a hint of disdain on her face.

"Is this idiot also your friend?"

As expected of little Yukino, she even inherited her mother's innate poisonous tongue.

"That's right, this idiot is also our friend." Hachiman smiled and nodded.

Seeing Hachiman call himself an idiot once again, Yui seemed a little unhappy. She pouted and hugged Yukino's arm, coming to her side and acting cute.

"Look, Yukino, Hikki is bullying me again."

Yukino was already used to such intimate actions. As she stroked the girl's head, she gave Hachiman a stern look.

"Don't bully Yui."

As Hachiman watched the intimate scene between the two girls, he tugged at his mouth corner.

You're like a pet, going to your owner when you're bullied? And what's the use of finding Yukino? Sooner or later, she'll also change her name to Hikigaya Yukino.

Looking at the two girls with a sense of camaraderie, Hachiman turned his gaze back to Tsurumi.

"Why don't you play with your classmates?"

Upon hearing his question, Tsurumi fell silent for a moment before speaking softly.

"I'm different from those kids. They're just a bunch of silly brats, so I don't want to play with them."

"Besides, it's also nice to have some alone time."

Although she spoke like this, both Hachiman and Yukino could see that she was putting up a front.

"Don't you want to make some good friends during your elementary school years? You'll miss out on many beautiful memories with your friends." Yui asked.

Tsurumi's eyes dimmed for a moment as she looked up at the sky, lost in her thoughts.

"Those things aren't important at all. You can still make friends in middle school."

However, Yukino pointed out a harsh reality.

"Unfortunately, that's not possible. The kids who ostracize you will also be promoted to middle school. So your situation will still be the same, and they will even join forces with people from other areas to ostracize you."

Hearing her words, Tsurumi's face showed a hint of disappointment.

"I guess I really did something stupid...?"

After all, human beings are still social creatures, and no one really wants to be isolated. Even Hachiman in the original work has a sister named Komachi who is always by his side, not to mention Yukino and Yui.

Seeing her like this, both girls felt a little heartbroken. After all, she is just a ten-year-old child, this is the age for having fun and playing with her little friends, if she really has no friends, it would be quite pitiful.

Just as Tsurumi was about to give up, a warm hand landed on her head.

Looking up, she saw that Hachiman had somehow appeared by her side, with a gentle smile on his face, he patted her head.

"Tell us what happened, we'll help you."

Although he is a dead fish-eyed guy, for some reason, Tsurumi felt a sense of relief and couldn't help but open her mouth.

"Actually, there have been a few cases of excluding others before, but it would end in a few days, and everyone would continue chatting."

"It's like a game, every time someone would take the lead, and this kind of thing would happen over and over again."

"There was once when it was my good friend's turn, and I also followed the rules of the game and kept a certain distance from her."

"But I don't know when it started, it suddenly became my turn, and everyone also never returned to their original state, why is that? I haven't done anything wrong..."

"Will it be like this in middle school too?"

As she spoke to the end, Tsurumi's voice trembled a bit.

Turning to the kitchen not far away, it was full of laughter, but she couldn't join in.

After listening to Tsurumi's account of her situation, Yui and Yukino were both silent for a moment.

Everything happens for a reason, just like how a murderer always kills, excluding others also means that others will eventually exclude you.

As Tsurumi was about to give up, Hachiman patted her head.

"Well, Tsurumi, what do you think? Do you still want to have friends from your elementary school days?"

Upon hearing this, the girl's face was filled with surprise.

"Really? If possible, I'd like to try."

"Don't worry, we'll help you." Hachiman smiled and then turned to look at Yukino.

"What do you think, Yukino? How about we treat this as a task for our Service Club?"

"Of course, no problem."

Yukino would naturally not refuse this, in her heart, she absolutely did not want her childhood scene to happen again.

"Right, right, we'll definitely help you." Yui also smiled and spoke.

"Thank you."

Seeing these people who are truly trying to help her, Tsurumi also showed a grateful smile.

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As the twilight arrived, everyone sat at the wooden table to eat their dinner.

It must be said that Yukino's cooking skills are quite good, in Hachiman's opinion, although it does not compare to the level of a ten master, at least it can match the excellent level among school students.

After eating dinner, Hachiman and the others also talked about Tsurumi Rumi.

"So what are you guys planning to do?"

After listening to their recap, Shizuka asked.

"I want to help her as much as possible." Hayama once again showed his gentleness.

"'As much as possible,' huh."

Yukino's tone carried a hint of teasing, as she understood that Hayama's method was simply to become the intermediary, to let those few little girls accept Tsurumi, but this approach would only backfire in the end.

"It's impossible with just you, you should know that."

Seeing the girl's attitude towards him, Hayama's face couldn't help but become bitter.

At this time, Hachiman intervened.

"This is a commission that our Service Club has taken on, if you Hayama want to help, you can follow our method."

"Alright, I will follow your instructions."

Hayama did not refuse, after all, he really wanted to help Tsurumi.

Seeing his attitude, Hachiman nodded, "So let's discuss how we should do this."

"In my opinion, that child is quite cute, isn't it enough to just have her join the other cute kids and talk to each other and become friends?" Yumiko spoke casually.

Tobe raised his hand in agreement, "That's a good idea, no wonder it's Yumiko."

However, Yui laughed awkwardly.

"Only Yumiko can do that, we have talked to that child, she has tried that method before, but it didn't work."