Leaving the music classroom, I went to the Human Observation Department.

As soon as the door opened, "Xiaoquan Aonai" had not yet sat down when Kiyono Lin pointed to Dubian Che's former place,

"Sit here."

"Xiaoquan Aonai" glanced at the spot Kiyono Lin's finger was pointing to, which was the seat farthest from her.

"Do you dislike me?" "Xiaoquan Aonai" asked.

Had this been the real world, she would not have said such a thing, but now she was using Dubian Che's body, and the time was ten years later; she had no concerns and did not think too much about what she was doing.

"Dubian always sat there," Kiyono Lin explained simply.

"I see." "Xiaoquan Aonai" nodded with a sudden clarity.

She sat at that spot, placing her backpack by the table: "The two of you have a great relationship; why sit so far apart?"

"What does it matter how far apart we are or what we say?"

Before "Xiaoquan Aonai" could respond, Kiyono Lin said, "Let's start."

"That's great!" "Xiaoquan Aonai" looked forward, "During the daytime classes, I was thinking about the story to come."

Kiyono Lin sorted out her thoughts slightly and continued telling the story of Dubian Che.

[Gymnasium Brawl Incident]

"That's terrible," "Xiaoquan Aonai" said with a look of sympathy, "Kiyono, why didn't you help him?"

"At that time, we didn't get along well."

"Oh."

"Xiaoquan Aonai" was gaining a clearer picture of Kiyono's personality—extremely indifferent and unconcerned about others!

But such a person showed such an expression of fear because of Dubian Che's departure; what on earth happened afterward?

Did this boy called Dubian Che, besides being handsome, have any other charms?

Kiyono Lin then talked about [Literary Department's Revenge, Midterm Exams Where Being Top of the Class Decided Everything].

Although Dubian Che was pitiful, "Xiaoquan Aonai" found it so amusing and wished she could have been there at the time.

"What happened next? Did Dubian come first and then make Jiutiao Meijie his girlfriend and you his lover?" she asked.

Kiyono Lin glanced at her, "Today's story ends here; we have other training to do next."

"Why does it always end when it's getting exciting!"

"Exciting?"

"Very exciting!" "Xiaoquan Aonai" affirmed, "A club with one guy and two girls, and such a weird club name, with all sorts of strange events—it's just like a comic!"

Kiyono Lin, being directly involved, did not feel that there was anything exciting or unusual at that time.

But thinking back now, it was indeed quite interesting.

Not just those things, but many more events to come—even during the New Year's holidays, sitting in the withered Mang Grass arguing about "whether Dubian Che should sit up straight," or taking a break from pounding rice cakes to pick persimmons, all those memories were very interesting upon reflection.

"Kiyono, you look so lovely when you smile; why don't you do it more often?"

Kiyono Lin suppressed the unintended smile that formed at the corner of her lips and said expressionlessly,

"Let's leave the chit-chat here; next, you need to learn how Dubian speaks."

"Even speaking has to be learned?"

Ignoring "Xiaoquan Aonai's" surprised and puzzled look, Kiyono glanced at the windowsill, where there was a PET bottle that was a common sight.

Inside the PET bottle were the red roses Dubian Che had placed in the activity room that morning.

She stretched out her slender, fair fingers, pointing to the red rose, and said,

"This red rose, I had Dubian place it here. At this points, Jiutiao Mei says to you, 'Roses are pretty, aren't they?' How do you respond?"

"Umm—" "Xiaoquan Aonai" began contemplating with her arms crossed.

Two seconds later, Kiyono Lin interrupted her thoughts: "Too slow, Dubian wouldn't take that long to think unless he was pretending to be dumb."

"I'm not the best in the nation."

"It's not just a matter of intelligence..." Kiyono Lin cut herself off and sighed. "Never mind, Dubian Che is indeed cunning and sly, not something just anyone can imagine."

"Cunning and sly?"

"Relying on looks and gentleness, those trivial things, Jiutiao Mei would have dealt with him early on, but Dubian Che, who could spend all day with that woman and make her comply, did it with cunning and slyness."

After a pause, Kiyono Lin asked,

"How would Dubian Che respond to what I just said?"

"Eh?" "Xiaoquan Aonai" didn't catch on, "Weren't we discussing whether he's cunning and sly?"

"He would say: 'Cleverness is subjective to each person; do you have a bias against me? Love me? Like me? Can't bear to leave me?'"

"Xiaoquan Aonai" couldn't help but say, "Cunning and sly are clearly negative; why turn it into 'love, like, can't bear to leave'?"

"That's Dubian Che."

"Xiaoquan Aonai" had a realization.

"Is he shameless?" she asked.

"Very," Kiyono Lin answered.

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The next day, which was the morning of April 5th.

On the way to school, under the cherry blossoms that were about to wither, Dubian Che said to Kiyono Lin,

"Cunning, sly, extremely shameless; may I ask, where have I offended you, Miss Kiyono?"

"Ah, you aren't calling me Big Sister today?" Kiyono Lin revealed a mocking smile.

"Stop playing dumb! You know that wasn't me!"

"But it was indeed you who called out."

"That... well, yes," Dubian Che had to admit that fact.

"Big Sister," Kiyono Lin repeated the term and mused, "I didn't expect Mr. Xiaoquan to have such a personality when he was young."

"To maintain the personality of a sixteen-year-old, that would be abnormal. Additionally, people like you, God Kiyono, would be admired and aspired to by girls. No, it should be said that by anyone, regardless of age or gender."

"Are you included?" Kiyono Lin turned to look at Dubian Che.

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