Chapter 700

Disgusting, truly disgusting! An unprovoked disaster!

Tsukishima Rin's always intelligent face now revealed a trace of obvious anger.

Her clear eyes looked directly at Shinohara Shingo, her tone resolute:

"Why does it have nothing to do with me? Natsume-kun is the person I like. You insult him and slander him, and I will never allow it!"

Araki Jua crossed her arms over her chest; as a professional shogi player and a judo black belt, her momentum was not at all inferior to Shinohara Shingo, who was taller than her.

She snorted coldly, her voice loud:

"Natsume-kun is a junior I am very close with, how could it have nothing to do with me?"

"And, if I remember correctly, Shinohara Shingo, you already have a girlfriend, right?"

"I even know your girlfriend; not long ago, she happily told me she went on a date with you."

"Now? Heh—you dare to confess to other girls while you have a girlfriend?"

"Disgusting, truly disgusting!!"

Yukimura Suzune heard this, and the look in her eyes when she looked at Shinohara Shingo was instantly filled with undisguised disgust and disdain.

She walked quickly to the side of Tsukishima Rin and the others, drawing a line with her actions.

Shinohara Shingo noticed Yukimura Suzune's cold and disgusted gaze and her decisive act of moving away, and his face turned red and white for a while.

He hurriedly explained toward Yukimura Suzune, his tone carrying panic:

"I have no feelings for her at all; we are not suitable at all!"

"Compared to her, the one I like more is you, Yukimura!"

"As for why I didn't break up in advance... it's because I just returned from training out of town a few days ago and haven't found a suitable opportunity to tell her yet!"

Hanyu Masaki, who had been watching silently, also spoke from the standpoint of the student council at this time.

His tone was calm, but carried an unquestionable majesty:

"Even so, confessing to others while you still have a dating partner is in itself an inappropriate behavior."

"Moreover, Yukimura-san has clearly rejected you, so you shouldn't continue to pester her."

Araki Jua was already full of anger because she was mocked for losing the match yesterday, and she complained:

"Exactly!"

"Someone rejected you once in junior high, and now clearly rejected you a second time, without giving you even a trace of a chance, completely rejected!"

"In this situation, why are you still shamelessly blocking others?!"

"Ask a hundred times, a thousand times, the result is the same—if someone doesn't like you, they don't like you!"

"They don't like you now, and they w·i·l·l n·o·t l·i·k·e y·o·u i·n t·h·e f·u·t·u·r·e!! Do you understand?!!"

Shinohara Shingo was scolded red-faced by Araki Jua's relentless, merciless roar, annoyed to the extreme, but speechless for a moment, trembling with anger.

"Fine, fine... you're all favoring Natsume Chikage, aren't you?"

"Fine, fine... all of you are favoring Natsume Chikage, right?"

"Fine, fine! You all remember this; this matter isn't over!"

After saying this.

He seemed unable to bear this embarrassing scene anymore, turned around abruptly, and walked away with full shame and anger.

And just as he was angrily turning the corner of the corridor.

Natsume Chikage happened to be called down by his homeroom teacher, Sakai Shion, and was walking toward the teacher's office, brushing past him.

As soon as Shinohara Shingo saw Natsume Chikage, that anger that had nowhere to vent instantly found a target.

He glared fiercely at Natsume Chikage, almost roaring:

"Natsume Chikage, this matter isn't over!"

After roaring, he didn't look back, quickened his pace, and disappeared at the stairwell.

Natsume Chikage was left bewildered by this sudden roar, completely unable to make heads or tails of it.

He stopped, looked somewhat suspiciously at Shinohara Shingo's angrily departing back, and then turned to look at the few people gathered at the other end of the corridor.

What's the situation?

And the few people present also immediately noticed the suddenly appearing Natsume Chikage.

Tsukishima Rin's cheeks puffed up slightly, and her gaze moved back and forth between Natsume Chikage and Yukimura Suzune involuntarily.

Although she didn't hear Yukimura Suzune personally admit her feelings for Natsume-kun just now, her attitude and reaction... no matter how you look at it, it was by no means that she had no feelings at all.

Araki Jua's expression became somewhat strange.

Helping Yukimura Suzune out of the siege just now was partly out of disdain for Shinohara Shingo's behavior and partly a vent for her accumulated emotions.

Another part was indeed because Yukimura Suzune was a junior she knew, and she couldn't stand by and watch for any reason.

It's just... looking at it calmly now, Yukimura Suzune probably really held some kind of affection for Natsume Chikage.

But she was trying to match Natsume Chikage and Tsukishima Rin!

This situation... made her feel very tricky.

And Hanyu Masaki, this vice student council president, adjusted his glasses, but there was a faint sense of being happy to see it happen in his heart.

He had long been in love with Tsukishima Rin.

It could be said that he wished Yukimura Suzune would really fall in love with Natsume Chikage.

Even the reason why he approved the establishment of the Collection Club so readily at the beginning was partly because he knew that besides Natsume Chikage, there were Yukimura Suzune and two other beautiful girls of the same level there.

He was looking forward to the drama of "love growing over time."

Now it seems... it really started to show signs of that.

This, to him, was not necessarily a bad thing.

Natsume Chikage walked up to the few people and asked with suspicion:

"That person just now... what's wrong? He seemed very angry."

"Also, why are you all gathered here? Did something happen?"

Yukimura Suzune's face flushed slightly, and her cold eyes flickered unnaturally a few times.

For a time, she didn't know how to explain this complex and awkward scene.

Seeing this.

Hanyu Masaki spoke at just the right time, stating the facts calmly, while not forgetting to "add fuel to the fire":

"Why we are here—it's because I happened to meet Tsukishima-san on the way; she is a main member of the orchestra club, and we need to communicate about the precautions for the upcoming off-campus performance to avoid any mistakes."

"And Araki-san happened to meet Tsukishima-san, so the three of us were together."

"As for what happened here just now—actually, it was Shinohara Shingo-kun confessing to Yukimura-san."

"Yukimura-san clearly rejected him, but Shinohara-kun continued to pester her. We saw it when we passed by, so we helped say a few words."

"It's just... due to your relationship with Yukimura-san, Shinohara-kun felt that the reason for the failed confession was you."