“Ouch~”
Yan Xi, on his way home from school, bumped into a girl at a corner of an alley.
This scene was quite familiar.
The girl was knocked down, just the right amount of her bear plushie was exposed, looking pitiful, everything unfolded like a youth love comedy.
“Ouch ouch ouch~”
The girl who was knocked down had golden shoulder-length hair, her white sailor uniform added a touch of purity.
This girl is so familiar!
Seeing Yan Xi indifferent as she lay on the ground, Aoi Sakata secretly cursed him for being a straight-line man in her heart.
“Um, excuse me, can you help me up?” Aoi Sakata extended her hand to Yan Xi, looking pitiful.
Most boys would fall for her pure appearance and moving eyes.
Even though Yan Xi knew Aoi Sakata's true nature, he couldn't help but feel his heart race.
As expected of you!
Yan Xi grabbed Aoi Sakata's hand and pulled her up. The girl took advantage of the situation and leaned into his arms, reaching a seemingly embracing but actually not touching, ambiguous distance.
At this distance, Yan Xi could smell the scent of Aoi Sakata's hair conditioner, a faint scent of gardenia that pure boys liked.
Everything was Aoi Sakata’s design.
See, this is called professional!
“Thank you.” Aoi Sakata got up from Yan Xi's embrace and thanked him, then asked about his ‘injuries’.
Even though she was the one who was injured, she still cared about others. This kind and beautiful girl is what boys usually call ‘white moonlight’.
“I bumped into you just now, are you hurt? Are you feeling unwell anywhere?” Aoi Sakata asked with concern.
“I’m fine.” Yan Xi shook his head.
“That’s good.” Aoi Sakata patted her chest.
She had added some padding before coming, making it more attractive.
So, the question is, why did Aoi Sakata go this far for Yan Xi?
The loser eats dust, time goes back to noon today.
……
Aoi Sakata and Kaguya Shinomiya met in the school’s small forest.
“Kaguya-sama, I have all of Yan Xi’s information for the past year here.” Aoi Sakata said, holding a stack of documents.
Kaguya Shinomiya took the documents from Aoi Sakata and quickly read through them.
What she found was only a record of a poor boy’s inspiring growth.
“I see.” Kaguya Shinomiya suddenly realized.
“Sama, do you understand?” Aoi Sakata asked.
“Yes, just from this experience, we can see that he truly has some shining points.” Kaguya Shinomiya said.
Yan Xi started from nothing, relying on his own efforts to get into Shuchiin Academy.
He was alone in this country, having been orphaned since childhood.
Kaguya Shinomiya was born with a silver spoon in her mouth, with her material needs fully satisfied, so she was particularly impressed by Yan Xi, who had such ‘noble character’.
She thought, perhaps Yan Xi’s past deeds being exposed would make him worthy of the support of others.
“As expected of Kaguya-sama.” Aoi Sakata felt something was wrong, but out of respect for her mistress, she habitually gave a compliment.
“Aoi, go get close to him.” Kaguya Shinomiya said.
“Ah, me?”
It was like asking an assassin to expose themselves in the sun, really?
“Do you have a problem with that?” Kaguya Shinomiya raised her eyes.
“……No, if it’s Kaguya-sama’s order.” Aoi Sakata lowered her head.
……
Time goes back to the present.
Aoi Sakata put on her most successful “male-slaying” outfit, her voice also changed into a cute and sweet girl’s voice, intending to make Yan Xi fall into the trap she carefully prepared.
“By the way, I haven't introduced myself yet. I’m Smithy A. Hasaka, a first-year student at Ferris Girls’ Academy, what about you?”
Aoi Sakata used a fake name, and with a style completely different from her usual spicy girl look in school, there would be a chance she wouldn’t be recognized if they met at school.
At most, people would just think, ‘I seem to have seen this girl somewhere before.’
Yan Xi glanced at her and said, “Yan Xi, first-year at Shuchiin Academy.”
“Yan Xi… are you from China?”
“That’s right.”
“Wow, that’s amazing, I actually made a friend from China!”
Aoi Sakata looked at Yan Xi with her big, watery eyes in admiration. Boys are most vulnerable to this kind of look, satisfying their vanity.
Furthermore, Aoi Sakata immediately established a “friend” relationship with Yan Xi.
Because the beautiful girl took the initiative to “make friends,” normal boys would be flattered and then led by the nose.
Yan Xi, with his straight-line man personality, made Aoi Sakata feel threatened.
Thinking of her troublesome mistress’s orders, she could only take the initiative.
Well, it’s all because of the mistress’s orders!
Aoi Sakata clapped her hands and said, “Xi-kun… can I call you that?”
Continuing the previous text, the name “Xi-kun” is already a close nickname when read in Japanese.
“That…”
“No…?” Aoi Sakata looked pitiful again, making it impossible to refuse.
But Yan Xi refused.
His favorite thing to do was to say ‘NO’ to those who thought they were superior to him!
“Hasaka-san, you’re not from Japan, right? It’s not appropriate to use a person’s name when addressing someone you just met.” Yan Xi explained.
“Is that so? I’m sorry, my Japanese isn’t very good.” Aoi Sakata showed a regretful expression, which could greatly arouse a man’s sympathy.
This woman, even her expressions are calculated!
“Yan Xi-san is so amazing, you are a foreigner just like me, but your Japanese is so fluent.” Aoi Sakata praised him again.
“Then let me teach you, you can call me ‘亲爱的 (dīn’ài de)’.”
The “亲爱的” was said in Chinese.
Aoi Sakata also received elite education from the Shijou family since childhood, proficient in multiple languages, naturally including Chinese.
Hearing Yan Xi's words, Aoi Sakata's expression froze.
She thought Yan Xi was a decent gentleman, but it turned out he was a silent pervert!
“What’s wrong?” Yan Xi looked at Aoi Sakata with a smile.
A ‘foreigner’ who can’t even speak Japanese properly wouldn’t know Chinese.
Aoi Sakata mentioned earlier that Yan Xi is her first Chinese friend.
Of course, she could say that she happened to know the Chinese word “亲爱的”, but it would be a bit far-fetched.
Aoi Sakata purposely disguised herself to approach Yan Xi, so she wouldn’t want to reveal any flaws and attract suspicion.
Therefore…
“Dīn’ài de… is that right?” Aoi Sakata blinked her eyes, saying the “亲爱的” with a clumsy pronunciation.
Yan Xi gave her a thumbs up, saying, “That’s about right, but the pronunciation still needs some work, you can try a few more times.”
Aoi Sakata: “……”
This isn’t over, is it!
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PS: This is the first chapter today.