Even with chuunibyou, let's learn together!

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Ichika and Yotsuba left the room, while Hayakawa went back to lie down.

There's no point in talking if you don't see eye to eye. After chatting with the two girls for a few minutes, Hayakawa Haku politely saw them off. After all, Ichika always inexplicably brought up topics like love and girls, which Hayakawa Haku had absolutely no interest in.

"While it's still early,"

Hayakawa sat up and took out her textbook: "Let's make a study plan for the two of them for the next two days."

"In short, let's do ten sets of papers first."

Hayakawa Shiro muttered to herself, "And then make them memorize all of these."

With the exam date fast approaching, Hayakawa felt a sense of urgency and began to devise a slightly more Spartan plan.

“That’s good!”

Hayakawa Shiro nodded in satisfaction, holding the thick stack of questions.

"Let's go find Furuhashi and Ogata."

Hayakawa put all the books into his bag and then prepared to go out to find the two of them.

Chapter Thirty: Even [X] needs a childhood sweetheart.

Ichika and Yotsuba returned to their dorm room and sat together on the bed, speechless.

After a long silence, Ichika softly said, "Four-leaf clover..."

"Stop! Ichika, don't speak yet,"

Yotsuba exclaimed in surprise, "Let me think about it!"

"Your head, the size of a walnut, shouldn't be used for thinking."

Nakano Ichika tapped Yotsuba on the head and said, "You've asked all the questions and know it was a misunderstanding. Are you relieved now?"

What are you saying?

Yotsuba Nakano turned her head away and whispered, "I don't understand..."

"Ugh…"

Ichika feigned helplessness, but her eyes were already shining slightly: "I met her in elementary school, and we only went to school together for about half a year. Yet she still remembers her every year. Yotsuba is so innocent."

"Well…"

Yotsuba's fair face turned as red as if it could bleed, and she looked down at her feet, as if searching for a crack in the ground.

"So, you actually knew he's single now?"

Ichika Nakano teased, "When are you planning to confess your feelings?"

"I...I...I'm no good,"

Yotsuba stammered something, then immediately realized she'd let something slip and turned back to say, "I don't understand what you're saying at all!"

As he spoke, his chest heaved violently.

"It's okay to think about it a little, but Hayakawa-san's personality is really... she doesn't seem like the type to be in a relationship at all, it's so awkward."

Nakano Ichika had a bit of a headache and looked at Yotsuba: "Was he this studious when he was in elementary school? I don't remember, since we weren't in the same class. Yotsuba, you should remember, right?"

"no,"

Yotsuba shook her head, her expression strange, and said, "When we were in elementary school, his grades were about the same as ours."

"Aha?"

Ichika's eyes widened in disbelief: "What is this? Is it a mutation?"

"So I'm curious, what happened to him after he transferred from elementary school?"

Yotsuba looked up at the window and murmured, "But he probably doesn't remember me anymore..."

……

We need to find a way to get Furuhashi and Ogata to study for 100 hours a day.

As Hayakawa Shiro pondered this, he found Ogata Riju by the roadside.

"Ogata, you've come at the right time."

Hayakawa Shiro smiled and went to greet him.

When Ogata Rizu saw Hayakawa, a slight smile appeared on Thumbelina's usually expressionless face: "Hayakawa-kun..."

"Here, take this."

Hayakawa Shiro pulled out a stack of practice questions as thick as a dictionary from his bag and said, "Try to do these in the meantime. This covers all the questions for the midterm exam in humanities. If you go through them all, you'll be more confident."

Rizu Ogata's smile vanished.

so much…

Ogata Riju took the question book from Hayakawa's hand with empty eyes. Suddenly, her hand felt heavy. For the first time, this girl who often helped her family deliver takeout couldn't hold something steady and felt the heavy weight of knowledge.

"You have to do it well. It's pointless to spend more time on it if you don't do it seriously."

Hayakawa Haku didn't care about Ogata Riju's mental state. After all, his educational level was insufficient, so he could only use Spartan teaching methods. He immediately chose cruel pressure and said in a deep voice, "After you finish reading these two days, I will test you when you get home."

Upon hearing this, Ogata Rizu's already troubled face darkened further, and she parted her pink lips to whisper, "Hayakawa-san..."

Surprisingly, the mechanical Thumbelina felt an urge to beg for mercy, a feeling she had never experienced before.

"Ogata, do you know where the old bridge is?"

Hayakawa Shiro interrupted her hesitation and asked, "I need to send her share over."

"over there."

Without hesitation, Rizu Ogata pointed in one direction, her movements swift and ruthless.

"Okay, I'll head over there then."

Hayakawa nodded and walked away, leaving Ogata standing alone in the wind, bewildered by the overwhelming amount of knowledge he had acquired.

"Such a large quantity...it will spoil."

She murmured something to herself, then suddenly noticed a strange gaze on her side. She looked over instinctively and saw a beautiful silver-haired figure walking by not far away. Her figure was slender and exquisite, like a fairy from the forest.

The spirit disappeared into the building, leaving Rizu Ogata feeling lost and bewildered.

She is... someone I don't know.

"..."

Ogata frowned slightly in thought. For some reason, she felt that although that person seemed to be just passing by, they were actually secretly observing her... or perhaps it was Hayakawa-san.

"It's probably just my imagination..."

……

When Hayakawa Shiro met Furuhashi, she was with the three members of her class, Shikacho.

"Ancient bridge".

Hayakawa called out to her, and Fumino Furuhashi's expression changed immediately when she saw Hayakawa coming over: "Hayakawa-san!"

“Ah~”

The curly-haired girl named Shikazawa's eyes lit up the moment she saw Hayakawa, and she floated quickly to Hayakawa's side: "You're Hayakawa-san, right? Rumor has it that Furuhashi-san is... Furuhashi-san's rumored boyfriend~"

"Ahhh, no! I already said it was a misunderstanding!"

Fumino Furuhashi followed in a panic, saying hastily, "Don't cause any more misunderstandings!"

"Yes,"

Seeing that Furuhashi Fumino had rejected the idea, Hayakawa said without hesitation, "It's just a normal teacher-student relationship, not a romantic one. Shikazon-kun, don't overthink it."

Fumino Furuhashi suddenly stopped talking, blinked, and looked at Hayakawa.

ordinary?

"is it?"

Lu Yuan maintained his menacing squinty smile and pulled out his phone: "So what's the deal with this video?"

Hayakawa Shiro glanced at it and saw that it was the video of Furuhashi Fumino saying those things in Ogata Udon, which was practically irrefutable evidence.

What to do now?

Hayakawa Shiro silently looked at the old bridge.

"Well... there are all sorts of reasons, aren't there?"

Fumino Furuhashi stammered, then, in a fit of despair, said, "Anyway, it's a misunderstanding."

"That's right, it's a misunderstanding."

Hayakawa Shiro crossed his arms and nodded, repeating Furuhashi's words like an echo chamber. He had always been clueless about things like emotions and interpersonal relationships, and now he could only act as a parrot to ensure he didn't make any mistakes.

"Furuhashi-kun was forced to publicly admit to being in a relationship, but they weren't actually dating. How could this happen..."

Shikaen covered her mouth in surprise, then looked at her phone and said casually, "This shop looks familiar. Ogata-san is in the video too. It must be her family's Ogata Udon shop. Looks like I need to go ask her. After all, Furuhashi-san is also my friend, and I can't..."

"Ah~ I couldn't hide it anymore after all. I'm sorry, Shiro-kun, but Darling and I have actually been dating for a while now, ahahaha!"

Fumino Furuhashi suddenly grabbed Hayakawa's arm, her eyes darting around like mosquito coils, and let out a shy laugh: "I was just too embarrassed to tell you before, I'm so sorry~"

Hayakawa Shiro: "..."

It was a completely emotionless, artificial laugh.

Chapter Thirty-One: Even Geniuses Can Bow in Pilgrimage

"I'm so sorry for hiding this from you, Shiro-san,"

Fumino Furuhashi's pretty face was flushed with shyness as she spoke to the girl in front of her, her voice trembling as she clung to Hayakawa's arm, giving a stiff, indescribable smile: "Actually, my darling and I are super loving~"

"..."

Hayakawa Shiro silently looked at her, her face expressionless, but her heart was filled with emotion.

How could you tell such a lie?

"I knew it!"

Lu Yuan covered her mouth and scolded, "Really, Gu Qiao, you should have told me about something so important earlier. We're friends, after all."

"I'm sorry... I'm just too embarrassed, it's my first time, and my family also..."

Fumino Furuhashi blushed and pleaded, "So I hope you won't tell anyone else about this, just let it circulate among the few of us."

"I know, I know, don't worry, Furuhashi-kun,"

Shikanojo nodded with a smile, then pushed Furuhashi next to Hayakawa, and said with a laugh, "You two can enjoy your lovey-dovey time together. I'll be smart and leave. See you tomorrow~ Ahaha~"

After saying that, she disappeared at lightning speed with her two followers, leaving Hayakawa and Furuhashi standing there silently for a long time.

The atmosphere was somewhat awkward, or rather, so awkwardly heavy it was almost palpable. After what seemed like an eternity, Fumino Furuhashi finally managed to stammer, her voice barely audible, "Um... Hayakawa-san..."

"what happened?"

Hayakawa Shirayuki looked at Furuhashi expressionlessly: "Honey?"

"Eeya ah!!!"

Fumino Furuhashi performed an aerial somersault followed by a tiger-like landing, then sprawled on the ground in a rapid dogeza (a deep bow) of apology: "I'm so sorry, so sorry, so sorry... I actually forced Hayakawa-san to lie to our classmates with me because of all sorts of inexplicable things. I guess someone like me is just a frivolous seaweed, I should be thrown into a fish tank and float around..."

What a strange metaphor.

Hayakawa Shiro stared blankly at Kohashi for a long time before saying, "Never mind, this kind of thing doesn't matter, but you have to finish these things."

As he spoke, Hayakawa Shiro pulled out a thick set of practice questions, as thick as a dictionary, that he had prepared for Furuhashi from his schoolbag.

"Ho..."

Fumino Furuhashi instinctively took the stack of things, but after clearly seeing what it was, her face turned deathly pale, and she let out a desperate sound as if her stomach was being clenched: "Is this my punishment...?"

"no,"