Chapter 909

Classmate Tengyuan Kui listened, confused.

She blinked, her gaze turning back and forth between Yue Dao Lin and Natsume Chikage several times.

"Wait, wait, wait—"

She raised her hand, making a "stop" gesture.

"Lin... you just said, this matter was caused by you?"

"What exactly is the situation?"

Xiyuanji Qilai also stopped muttering and looked toward Yue Dao Lin in confusion.

"Lin... does Shinohara's matter have anything to do with you?"

Yue Dao Lin was silent for a few seconds.

She raised her hand and tucked the loose hair falling by her face behind her ear, her movement carrying a hint of helplessness.

Then, she recounted what happened that day—Shingoro Shinohara blocking her path to confess, her growing impatience at being pestered, her resolute rejection, and the way Shingoro Shinohara's expression turned instantly dark the moment he saw Natsume Chikage—

Exactly as it happened.

Classmate Tengyuan Kui listened and stood frozen in place.

"Ah..."

She opened her mouth, and it took a long time to find her voice.

"So the truth... is actually like this?"

"I thought Shinohara Shingo just wanted to vindicate the baseball club or something..."

Xiyuanji Qilai was also stunned.

Her purple eyes were full of disbelief.

"So... Senior Shinohara was because he saw Lin and Natsume-kun going to school together every day, so..."

She paused, her expression becoming a bit strange.

"If you put it that way... Natsume-kun was completely an innocent bystander this time?"

Classmate Tengyuan Kui also finally reacted, looking at Yue Dao Lin with a complex gaze.

Yue Dao Lin's ears quietly heated up.

She coughed twice, trying to maintain a calm tone.

"He is indeed innocent in this matter..."

"But the root cause is still that high school students at this age are too prone to wild imagination."

"They always like to associate simple things with bizarre scripts."

"In my opinion, these people still read too few books."

"If they read more, they wouldn't indulge in these inexplicable delusions all day."

She finished.

Silence for two seconds.

Then, she looked up and looked at Natsume Chikage seriously.

In those cold eyes, all the dodging and shyness faded, leaving only frank apology.

"Natsume-kun."

"I'm sorry."

"This matter was indeed all caused by me."

Natsume Chikage had already sat back in his seat.

He turned sideways, looking at Yue Dao Lin, who had turned around from the front row.

It was rare for her to apologize so formally, which made him feel a bit unaccustomed.

He thought for a moment and smiled:

"If you put it that way... that is indeed true."

"Then I'll punish you."

Yue Dao Lin was slightly startled.

"Punish me?"

Natsume Chikage nodded, his expression rarely becoming serious.

"Mm."

"You also know that my family used to be well-off, and Ruri could attend good tutoring classes and interest classes since she was little."

"But now that the family has fallen... those courses have long been stopped."

"Ruri is already in her second year of middle school."

"Although she has always been first in her grade, relying on self-study is not enough to maintain this grade."

"Your grades are very good, and tutoring her is more than enough."

"I am usually quite busy, and mostly only have time in the evening."

"So—if you don't mind."

"During this month, can you spare some time to tutor Ruri?"

Yue Dao Lin blinked after listening.

She didn't answer immediately.

The wind from outside the window blew in, gently brushing her black hair hanging by her shoulder.

She didn't know what she thought of, but her face floated with a very faint blush again.

She coughed twice, trying to make her expression look official.

"This matter... I do have responsibility."

"If I don't do something, I really feel a bit bad."

"And... I quite like your sister."

"If it's just doing some simple learning tutoring... no problem."

Xiyuanji Qilai, listening to the conversation between the two.

She watched Natsume Chikage's brows relax after Yue Dao Lin agreed.

She suddenly felt a bit stuffy in her chest.

A kind of unclear, sour and astringent feeling quietly spread.

She raised her hand inexplicably.

"Then... then I'll go too."

Yue Dao Lin turned to look at her in shock.

"You're coming too?"

Xiyuanji Qilai's cheeks flushed slightly, but her tone tried to maintain naturalness.

"I'm quite free usually... and I always wanted to find you to play, Lin."

"Since you're going to tutor Ruri-chan... I thought, I might as well go together."

"And I promised Ruri-chan last time that I would go check her manga progress."

"Just taking this opportunity to fulfill the promise."

Classmate Tengyuan Kui listened, her gaze drifting for a moment.

She scratched the back of her head, feeling a bit embarrassed, and smiled:

"That..."

"Since you are all going to tutor Ruri-chan... then can you, by the way, tutor me too?"

"Monthly exams are coming up soon..."

"If I don't pass, my mom and dad will really give me a mixed doubles beating..."

Xiyuanji Qilai covered her mouth and laughed softly.

"Of course you can."

Yue Dao Lin glanced at Classmate Tengyuan Kui helplessly, her tone flat.

"Whatever."

Classmate Tengyuan Kui beamed, clenched her fists, and cheered in a small, excited voice:

"Great! We can have a study session!"

After finishing. ===== CHAPTER 910 =====