Chapter 389: Long-Lasting Hatred Is Rare

At this moment, Ren Amamiya's mind went completely blank.

Nagi Sanzenin beside him was also a bit bewildered by this sudden remark.

"Miss Fujiwara, are you serious?"

"Of course I am serious."

Chika Fujiwara smiled sweetly; in truth, she was not a person who simply went with the flow, nor would she casually like someone just for the so-called power.

"I like those who strive hard, who constantly work toward their own goals, even if that person is not very good with words."

"Mmm~ I know this request is actually simple, but I also know this request is not simple at all."

"At the very least, let me truly be able to reach someone who can strive so hard."

Chika's words were also very realistic.

Because she herself knew very clearly that, regardless of whether it was her subjective thought, she would, just like Kaguya, choose a partner more suitable for her family background.

Her father would never allow an unqualified person to associate with her, just like with her older sister.

And within the scope her father allowed, the number of hardworking people she could actually meet was truly pitifully small.

"Mmm~ President Bai Yin counts as one."

"However, compared to Ren Amamiya, President Bai Yin still had a certain degree of help from his father; Ren Amamiya belongs to the category of having absolutely no one to help him, rising entirely through his own hard work."

"Regarding that part of the investigation, Kaguya did it, and I did it too. Moreover, Father investigated even more thoroughly than I imagined."

As a family of government officials, investigating this kind of intelligence was actually much easier than for wealthy families.

That is why they understood even more clearly how hard Ren Amamiya worked in his daily life before he displayed his special aspects.

He truly worked very hard just to make a living.

For such a person, she actually felt quite admiration.

Because she lived in a wealthy family, she had not experienced much hardship in life from childhood until now. She knew about families with poor living conditions, but Ren Amamiya's situation truly scared her.

Even President Bai Yin's family was not poor from the very beginning; rather, at a certain age, the family business went bankrupt, and only then did they truly begin to fall into poverty.

But Ren Amamiya was truly from the bottom layer.

No parents, no family, just himself working hard alone to support his own schooling.

Under such circumstances, Chika actually felt that Ren Amamiya's lack of socializing was normal.

Who, facing so many things, after resolving the pressure of daily life, would still have time to engage in socializing?

So, facing a hardworking boy like Ren Amamiya, she actually quite liked him; he completely matched her criteria for a partner.

"Then why don't you choose President Bai Yin?"

Nagi Sanzenin directly raised this question.

Chika Fujiwara rested her chin on her hand and thought for a long time before answering.

"It's still because of the face."

"President Bai Yin's eyes look just like my family's Pesto. Although I like Pesto very much, I cannot like President Bai Yin the way I like Pesto."

"As for the other reason, it should be the feeling."

A very vague answer, also considered a standard answer from a girl regarding feelings.

Chika Fujiwara herself found it hard to describe well.

"Having stayed in the Student Council for a year, mmm, President Bai Yin still hasn't given me that feeling of wanting to date."

"But I feel Ren Amamiya can."

"I think there must be bonus points for the face and the mystery."

This answer was surprisingly honest.

Even Ren Amamiya himself, hearing this, felt it was highly likely that his face and mystery had added major bonus points.

Speaking of which, the bonus points from looks and mystery are quite significant.

Even Ren Amamiya himself, as the person involved, found it incredible to hear this.

However, it is not unacceptable now; after all, he has already been given the opportunity of a second life, so having slightly better genetic conditions is quite reasonable.

Apart from genetic conditions and the diary that appeared only at age fifteen, he had major demerits in every other aspect.

"Indeed, whether it is girls or boys, judging by the face in certain aspects is normal."

Here, should Ren Amamiya thank his parents whom he has never met, for giving him such good genes and giving him the face he has now?

"Of course."

Chika Fujiwara was very certain.

"Nowadays, everyone looks at the face first before starting to understand each other; who knows you as a person without looking at your face first?"

"However, there are special cases; start by understanding through certain matters, wait until interest arises before meeting, and if the feeling after meeting is still good, then that is a bonus point."

"... Indeed."

Those words were also quite practical.

In this era, at the very least, one must find the other person's face sufficiently viewable to learn more about their inner self; otherwise, if that face's standard score is too low, it will indeed make people lose the desire to know the other person.

Ren Amamiya himself would find it very difficult to learn about someone's heart if their face was as ugly as a flower.

It is cuter girls that make one want to learn about their inner selves more.

Mmm, the cute girls he mentioned have a standard around six points, which is enough; it's just that the girls around him have standards that are a bit high.

Almost every girl has a beauty standard above nine points; this belongs to the category of super-high standards.

"Ahem! Classmate Fujiwara, why don't you go watch the big drama over there?"

Ren Amamiya tried very hard to shift the topic from the issue of choosing a partner to the gossip just now.

"The way you shift the topic is very stiff."

Chika Fujiwara looked at Ren Amamiya, who was shifting the topic, with a full smile, but she followed the topic shift under Ren Amamiya's slightly stiff expression.

"The story over there was indeed quite melodramatic, but such things are actually quite normal in the Island Nation."

"Among the people I know, many students at Shuchiin have parents who drove numerous peers into bankruptcy; the situation in Bai Yin's family was once the same."

"In cases of family bankruptcy, quite a few people cannot bear the pressure and end up hanging themselves or jumping from buildings."

"Behind such bankrupt families, there are often one or two harboring thoughts of revenge, but very few actually carry it out."

"The cycle for such revenge is too long; very few people can hold a grudge against someone for so long."

Shuchiin does not seem to have encountered such a situation; in the social circle she knows, she has not come across a single case.

"True, a grudge lasting ten, twenty, or even more years is indeed uncommon."

Ren Amamiya also agreed with Fujiwara's words, yet such a situation truly exists now, and it has already occurred a second time within a very short period.

"However, right before our eyes, the same thing has happened twice in a short time."

"Mm, I'll record it later."

PS: New book launched, seeking data.