"Speaking of which,"
Hearing Yan Huan speak, Yabashi Ki looked up slightly from the gacha ga he was playing. He seed to recall sothing and said,
"Why does this kind of developnt sound exactly like the plot of so weird works from back ho in Sakura Country?"
"Weird works?"
Yurianna blinked. She watched Yabashi Ki put down his mobile phone and stroke his chin as he elaborated,
"You know how they have a declining birth rate over there? Well, there are a lot of works that use that declining birth rate as an excuse to co up with things like X-Education, X-Guidance, X-Processing Committees, and so on..."
Hearing this, Yurianna's face slowly tinged with a delicate pink blush, until her entire face eventually turned entirely crimson.
Taking Yabashi Ki's joke completely seriously, she frantically covered her body and shook her head in a pitiful panic.
"N-no way! This kind of thing... I... I haven't even held a boy's hand yet! Doing this sort of thing is way too fast... At the very least... at the very least, you should confess your feelings to
first!"
"...Aren't you a bit too pure? And soone like you actually had the nerve to complain that our Student Council is a gathering place for singles. Tsk, tsk."
Just as Yabashi Ki let out a "hehe" laugh and was about to unlock his mobile phone to continue playing his gacha ga.
The reflection on his phone screen suddenly revealed the dark, looming face of Ashley standing right behind him, rolling up a docunt like a baseball bat.
"Gasp!! Wait a minute, I was just..."
"Stop teaching Yurianna about these inappropriate works! I'll teach you to make dirty jokes! Go to hell! Go to hell!! Die!!"
"Ouch! I was wrong! Stop hitting , you violent woman!!"
"Whack-whack-whack-whack!"
Before he could even blink, Ashley's storm-like blows rained down on his head, hurting so much that he quickly covered his head and begged for rcy.
Watching the commotion, Yan Huan propped his chin on his hand, picked up the docunt, and handed it to Yurianna, explaining,
"How could it possibly be like what he said? It's just a seminar on physiological health, reminding pubescent students to pay attention to contraception, biological safety, and things of that nature."
"So... so that's how it is. I thought... Wait. No, that's not right either! Has everyone in the school already started doing that kind of thing!?"
Yurianna had just breathed a sigh of relief, the blush on her face only barely beginning to fade.
But less than a second later, the more she thought about it, the more embarrassed she beca. She quickly turned her head to look at everyone, seeking their opinions.
Hearing this, Yabashi Ki and Ashley, who were still scuffling over there, imdiately separated a bit.
Yabashi Ki tidied up his hairstyle, spread his hands, and said,
"Don't look at . The kind of thing I want to do is illegal in the three-dinsional world."
"Get lost, you pervert lolicon."
Ashley crossed her legs in annoyance and sat down next to him, looking at Yurianna as she said,
"This kind of thing is totally normal, right? It's not like we're little kids anymore."
"Huh?! Is... is... is this really normal?!"
Linn was a nation of immigrants where many cultures gathered and blended, making the concept of premature puppy love very difficult to define here.
In the eyes of parents from more conservative countries, dating during high school or college was absolutely forbidden under any circumstances.
In the eyes of other parents, dating was considered normal, but sexual intercourse was strictly prohibited.
anwhile, more open-minded parents completely accepted both dating and sexual activity, permitting it as long as it didn't cross the line into excessive promiscuity.
You couldn't say it was one hundred percent tied to a specific culture or country, but those factors definitely exerted a subtle influence on the parents' choices to a certain extent.
To sum it up in one sentence:
It depended on the country, and it depended on the person.
So right now, Yurianna swallowed a mouthful of saliva and hastily began verifying her companions' views on the matter.
"Ashley, what do your mom and dad think about this kind of thing?!"
"It's entirely up to , whether it's dating or doing that kind of thing."
See, this was an example of a family with relatively open-minded views.
"What about you, Yabashi?!"
"Well, my parents haven't really said much about it, but dating is fine. As for that kind of thing, they probably wouldn't approve."
Yabashi's family leaned more toward the conservative side.
"Sakuramiya... Ah, but I don't even need to ask to know that Sakuramiya's family must be incredibly strict..."
Sakuramiya Hitomi nodded, but then suddenly rembered the words her mother had spoken to her previously.
She had left Sakura Country, breaking away from her strict and old-fashioned grandfather. She could stay in Linn from now on, and she even had the freedom to choose her own marriage partner.
But no matter how you looked at it, that kind of thing should definitely wait until after marriage...
Thus, she hesitated for a mont before replying,
"In my case, it's probably about the sa as Yabashi's family now..."
Sakuramiya Hitomi's level of conservatism was actually slightly more severe than the Yabashi family's, and that was even after she had left her family in Sakura Country.
One could only imagine what her situation had been like back within the family.
However...
Sakuramiya Hitomi gave an absentminded response, but in reality, she had been staring nervously at Yan Huan, who was sitting in the office chair, ever since this conversation started.
The image of the President kissing Spencer in broad daylight in front of a crowd yesterday kept surfacing in her mind.
Spencer...
Spencer was a person from Ying Country, and rumor had it that they were extrely open-minded over there!
Yesterday, Sakuramiya Hitomi had probed around from multiple angles before finally confirming that Spencer and the President still weren't officially together yet.
And despite that, she actually dared to forcefully kiss the President in public...
What an unbelievably promiscuous woman!
It was utterly terrifying!
Moreover, when she had previously told the President to go practice his kissing technique, she was just joking!!
If that was actually the case, then she...
'No way, President!'
'Don't you know that doing that kind of thing with an idiot is illegal?!'
Thinking like this, Sakuramiya Hitomi felt her mind in a ss. She secretly ford a plan, intending to use this opportunity to test the President's views on the matter.
'Yurianna, I choose you! Go get him!'
"..."
"Right, everyone is pretty much the sa as . You're the only special one here, Ashley. Hmph!"
Summarizing everyone's answers, Yurianna counted on her fingers before looking over at Yan Huan and asking,
"President, what about your family..."
Mid-question, Yurianna's expression suddenly froze.
Subsequently, the entire Student Council Office plunged into a sudden silence.
Sakuramiya Hitomi turned her head away, completely disappointed in expectations, and buried her face in her hands.
"I'm so sorry!!"
Yurianna was on the verge of tears as she imdiately proceeded to bow and apologize to Yan Huan.
Originally, she figured that since the President was a person from Dragon Country, he would naturally be relatively conservative, seeing as many people from Dragon Country in the school were like that.
But she suddenly rembered that the President had grown up in an orphanage in Linn's South Ward since childhood. He hadn't been raised by parents from Dragon Country...
And as for the schools over in the South Ward, how should one describe them?
"Welco to the STD Battle Royale. Good luck, Special Forces!"
However, it didn't really make a difference anyway. After all, as a transmigrator, Yan Huan couldn't truly be considered a native born and raised in the South Ward.
Otherwise, he wouldn't still be a Chu Nan up until now.
Moreover, he was a Chu Nan who had been chosen by the demon of Lust.
Just thinking about this made Yan Huan furious, to the point where even the docunt in front of him started looking utterly absurd.
The docunt from the Linn Education Departnt targeted all districts nationwide, with the primary targets for the crackdown being the South Ward and the Luoqiao District—two areas where the hourly motel business near the schools was booming.
As for their own school, everyone actually had a pretty good grasp of the situation, so there was no need to worry about it too much.
Therefore...
"Well, I'll go ask if we can get the teacher from the Nurse's Office to work so overti and hold a seminar or sothing. If that doesn't work out, we'll just go through the motions and put on a show..."
Yan Huan looked at his mobile phone. The screen displayed Spencer's chat window; even though he had sent her a ssage, there was still no reply from her end. He couldn't help but feel a little absentminded.
He raised his eyes and glanced at the three girls and Yabashi Ki in front of him, hesitating for a mont before saying,
"If all else fails, Sakuramiya, Ashley, and Yurianna can go collect so materials, Yabashi can make a PowerPoint presentation, and I'll take charge of giving the lecture to the different grades or sothing."
"Oh? You're going to do it yourself, President?"
"Yeah. We'll discuss the specific division of labor when the ti cos. Let's call it a day for now. I have so things to take care of, so I'll be leaving first."
"Eh? Are you leaving so soon, President..."
Seeing that there were still no new ssages in the chat, Yan Huan could no longer sit still and decided to stand up.
He said his goodbyes, packed up his things, and swiftly strode out of the office, leaving the others in the room staring at each other in dismay.
"Speaking of which, are the President and Spencer really going to..."
The mont Yurianna brought it up, Sakuramiya Hitomi bit her lip. Even her movent as she lifted her hot tea began to tremble slightly.
"It seems it was just Spencer forcefully kissing the President, that's all."
Hearing Ashley's explanation, Yurianna indignantly retorted,
"But... the very fact that a girl would do sothing so intimate to the President already proves that the flas of passion have ignited in her heart!"
"..."
"Spencer and the President are completely head over heels for each other right now!"
"...And how would you know? Just a mont ago, a certain soone's face turned beet red at the re ntion of this kind of stuff."
"Hehe, it's just a bit of gossip. But what if? What if the President really does end up together with Spencer?"
Yurianna cupped her face in her hands, her eyes sparkling as she let her imagination run wild.
"An academically gifted flower of the high ridge and a hot-blooded, straightforward yellow hair idiot... no matter how you look at it, they make such a cute couple to ship~"
"..."
Hearing this, Sakuramiya Hitomi's face darkened completely. She looked as though she wanted nothing more than to execute Yurianna on the spot.
'Are you blind?'
'How in the world are the President and that person a good match?!'
'Ship, ship, ship! I'll ship your head!'
"You can stop shipping them. There's no chance of that happening."
But right at that mont, Yabashi Ki, who had resud playing his gacha ga on the side, shook his head. Without needing Sakuramiya Hitomi's prompting, he actually took the initiative to back her up.
Everyone quickly looked over at him, only to see him adjust his glasses as he said,
"When I went to the Academic Affairs Office this morning to pick up the midterm exam schedule, I saw people from the Jinshi Group. They said they needed to schedule an appointnt to handle Spencer's academic status..."
"Ah? That ans..."
"That ans she still hasn't used her wish to secure her right to stay."
Yabashi Ki nodded and said helplessly,
"She has already initiated the procedure for a temporary leave and will be leaving Far Moon."
"..."
"Senior Jiang Yun, are you saying that Spencer originally planned to use that wish to stay?"
Over in the sophomore departnt, Jiang Yun, whom Yan Huan had called out of class to gather information, nodded and replied,
"Yes. After you said what you said, President, she naturally chose to stay. But right at that mont, her mama suddenly called."
"Her mama..."
Yan Huan narrowed his eyes. The mont he heard that title, an ominous premonition swelled up in his heart.
"Senior Jiang Yun, did you happen to hear what her mama said to her during the call?"
"No, because the volu was very low... However, judging from what Spencer said, it seems her mama doesn't want her to remain at Far Moon..."
Jiang Yun sighed, rubbing the space between her eyebrows as she continued,
"Then, Spencer got into an argunt with her mama. Before she could even finalize what to do with the wish, she was taken away by the people from the Jinshi Group." "..."
Now aware of the hidden details from yesterday, Yan Huan frowned slightly.
He pondered for a mont, let out a sigh, and prepared to take his leave.
"I understand. Thank you, Senior Jiang Yun. Sorry for interrupting you."
"It's no problem... Oh, right, President. Could I ask a favor of you? It's regarding An Le."
"Go ahead."
"An Le is being discharged from the hospital today, but it'll be a few days before she returns to school. She said she might not be able to stay in the Doujinshi Society anymore, so she asked
to scout for new mbers to prevent the club from being disbanded... I wanted to ask if the President has any recomndations..."
"An Le wants to leave the club?"
"Yes, she said it's due to health reasons, but... I can't help feeling it isn't that simple. I sent Spencer a ssage this morning, but she still hasn't replied..."
Bringing this up, Jiang Yun, who was unaware of the complicated circumstances behind it all, was completely bewildered.
"Even with you joining us, President, we only have four mbers. But if An Le leaves, we won't have enough people."
Hearing this, Yan Huan rubbed his head, a headache coming on.
"I understand. I'll look into it."
"Thank you, President."
With a continuous string of bad news, Yan Huan's mind, which had just begun to relax, couldn't help but tangle up again like a ball of yarn.
Especially regarding the matter of Spencer's mother...
The Jinshi Group. It was an absolute behemoth, a conglorate an unknown number of tis more exaggerated and powerful than Ye International.
Even if Linn was located far across the ocean and wasn't Ying Country territory, one couldn't forget that the Jinshi Group was Linn's first and largest investor.
And Spencer's mother was the very helmsman of this monopolistic giant.
If soone like her wanted Spencer to leave, it was hard to say if anyone could change her mind.
"..."
'I need to find a way to get in touch with Spencer first and see what her situation is right now.'
Standing in the stairwell and gazing at the dark clouds gradually gathering in the sky, Yan Huan thought to himself.
...
...
At this mont, at the top of the Golden Lion Mansion.
"Miss Spencer! Miss Spencer, please co down first!"
The teacher in charge of Spencer's academic affairs was surrounded by a group of nervous n in black suits. They looked up at Spencer, who was standing outside the second-floor railing, terrified that she might slip and fall down.
"No! Not unless you let
stay at Far Moon Academy!"
"Alright, I promise you! Just co down quickly so you don't hurt yourself! You were just injured yesterday, if you get hurt again..."
"Put it in writing!"
"..."
"You—you're lying to !"
The teacher below looked completely helpless and could only ask,
"But didn't we already agree on this beforehand? You explicitly promised
that no matter the outco of the Club War, you would take a temporary leave and depart. Why are you going back on your word now?"
Hearing the teacher say this, Spencer's face once again showed obvious signs of a guilty conscience.
Those words...
She probably, maybe, seed to have indeed said them.
"Ugh, I don't care! I've changed my mind! No matter what, I'm staying!"
"If President Spencer agreed, then of course there wouldn't be a problem. But the issue is that without the President's approval, there's nothing I can do either."
"..."
"If you keep acting like this, Miss Spencer, I'll have no choice but to call the President and have her handle this matter!"
"..."
At the ntion of this, Spencer imdiately quieted down.
Because she had indeed heard the words her mother had spoken to her over the phone yesterday.
She stopped talking, and the teacher below also fell silent, waiting for her reply. One up high, one down low, the two of them actually fell into a stalemate just like that.
After a mont of silence, Spencer rolled her eyes and suddenly changed her tune.
"...Fine. Then take your people and go prepare a car. I'll go to Far Moon with you today and process my temporary leave."
"Good, good, good. I'll go arrange it right away."
"Also, I want to buy a few things. Tell these people to go buy them for !"
Seeing that only the teacher was about to leave while the rest of the n were still standing in place, Spencer hurriedly pointed at them one by one to assign tasks.
One was to buy snacks, another was to buy milk tea, and another was to buy so ga cartridges...
In short, the people below were quickly cleared out.
"I'm going to the bedroom to change my clothes. Co up and get
when you're ready."
"Okay, I'll go take care of it now."
"..."
Seeing that the teacher had finally turned and walked away, Spencer turned around and headed toward her bedroom.
However, the mont she stepped inside, she angrily pulled up her sleeve and glared at the biotric wristband strapped to her arm, which monitored her vital signs.
With a light hmph, she grabbed the wristband and forcefully yanked it off.
"Not only did you dump
in Linn all by myself, but even though I've clearly already won the Club War competition..."
"I finally managed to accomplish sothing, yet you don't even praise . Instead, you keep saying that this past month proves I still lack the ability to take care of myself..."
Then, she turned around, threw open her closet, casually grabbed a few pieces of clothing, and tossed them into her bag.
As she threw them in, she muttered softly,
"You won't let
stay, yet you try to boss
around and make
do this and that. Well, I absolutely refuse!
"Just watch as I dismantle all these things used for surveillance, and then go hide in a place where none of you will ever be able to find !"
After packing her clothes, she retrieved her wallet from the nightstand. With a soft "heave-ho," she lifted the suitcase with one hand to avoid making any noise.
"Click~"
Opening the room door, she sneakily poked her head out. She carefully felt her way down from the second floor, arriving in front of the sofa to grab her mobile phone and charger.
"..."
Taking advantage of the fact that the n hadn't returned yet, Spencer broke into a light jog and sprinted out the front door, pressing the button for her private elevator to go downstairs.
Once inside the elevator, she finally unlocked her phone, seeing the ssages Yan Huan and Jiang Yun had sent her on Plane.
"It seems I didn't see you at school this morning."
This was the ssage from Yan Huan. In truth, it was his roundabout way of subtly asking whether Spencer had ultimately chosen to stay, but...
Spencer was a complete and utter idiot. She couldn't understand his subtext at all, and instead grumbled indignantly,
"Huh? I was trapped at ho all morning by that old hag, so of course I couldn't co to school!"
Spencer typed out a few words, but for so reason, even though she wanted to express her feelings, every drafted response felt inappropriate after typing it out.
Thus, she typed and deleted, deleted and typed, repeating the cycle over and over...
Sothing like this had clearly never happened before.
"Ugh, this is so annoying! I don't know what to reply... I'll just, I'll just reply to him later."
Unable to co up with a response, Spencer pouted and had no choice but to open Jiang Yun's chat window instead.
"Spencer, did you co to school today? An Le said she wants to withdraw from the club. Has sothing happened that I don't know about?
"She just got discharged from the hospital today, but she went straight ho and didn't co to school, so I have no way to ask her in person.
"If possible, could you ask her about the real reason? After all, if she leaves, we'll be down to just three people again."
An Le...
Upon seeing the news that An Le was quitting the club, Spencer's heart literally skipped a beat.
Biting her lip, she opened An Le's chat window. She had originally wanted to ask her about it, but she saw that the ssages she had sent yesterday still hadn't been replied to, even now.
"..."
"Ding-dong~"
She had arrived at the first floor.
Spencer stared at the dead-silent chat window, an unpleasant feeling welling up in her chest.
'Otherwise, I'll just go find An Le first.'
'She went ho today, and I know exactly where her house is.'
'No matter what, we at least need to clear the air and talk things out...'
This was also the first ti Spencer had ever made a friend, so facing An Le's deathly silent cold treatnt left her completely at a loss for what to do.
Therefore, the only solution she could think of was to go find An Le in person.
Face-to-face, and lay everything out in the open.
As the elevator doors opened, Spencer closed her phone with this thought in mind.
Imdiately after, carrying her suitcase, she dashed straight through the lobby and ran outside.
Outside, the weather in Linn was gloomy today. One of the signs of approaching spring was: abundant rain.
At this mont, the sight of the blonde figure carrying a suitcase and rushing to the side of the road to hail a taxi was entirely taken in by the teacher standing in the lobby behind her.
She watched Spencer's figure get into the car without trying to stop her. She simply sighed, picked up her phone, and dialed a number.
After a brief pause, the call connected.
"President, it seems Miss Spencer has truly hit her rebellious phase... Just as you predicted, she distracted us, and then chose to run away from ho."
"..."
"...You'll be coming to Linn in a few days?! You didn't tell Miss Spencer about this? Then should we..."
"..."
"...I understand."
The teacher, having received so sort of instruction, nodded her head, then silently listened as the call was disconnected.
Subsequently, she lifted her head and looked off into the distance at the taxi that was driving further and further away. She spoke to the n in black suits beside her, who had originally been sent away to buy various things.
"Follow her. Unless she encounters danger, do not reveal yourselves no matter what she does. Do not let her discover you."
"Yes, ma'am."
The n in black filed out, getting into their cars one after another, and followed the direction the taxi had departed.
The direction they were heading was precisely the Luoqiao District, where An Le lived.
As it happened, the heavens were uncooperative at this mont. The dark clouds gathered even thicker, and the wind carried the scent of sea mist...
It was going to rain.
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