After deciding to give up, I became popular

"Well... then I'll have to ask you, Senior, right? After all, boys definitely have bigger appetites... so, Senior, could I trouble you?"

Fujiwara Moeha had ordered a fruit parfait, and although she had managed to eat some of it, she had clearly left too much. Now she wanted him to help her out. If it had been before, he wouldn't have minded, since she was Chika's sister and not a stranger. He had even met her before, and she had even "taken advantage" of him. But after what had just happened...

He didn't dare provoke her! That "yuri girl" next to him was watching him like a hawk! There was no way he could agree!

However, unexpectedly, before he could even refuse, Fujiwara Chika couldn't sit still any longer and was the first to stand up and object, "No way!"

"How can you let the President eat something you've already eaten? You idiot, Moeha, pay attention to your image!"

"..."

So, Xia Chuanzou looked at her with a complicated expression, thinking that these words could actually come out of her mouth. This trip was truly... indescribable.

257. Strange Rumors Add Another One

"Eh~ What's the big deal? Anyway, Senior definitely wouldn't mind, right?" Fujiwara Moeha blinked her eyes and looked at Xia Chuanzou.

"..."

Although you're right, I'm sorry, but he definitely wouldn't agree to this kind of thing!

"That's not the reason at all!" It was obvious that Fujiwara Chika was a little anxious, and she even directly ordered him, "President, you absolutely can't agree to it, you hear?!"

"Wow, Sister is so controlling~" Fujiwara Moeha exaggeratedly covered her mouth and said, "Then I'll ask Senior out alone next time, so Sister won't be able to control me..."

"That kind of thing is definitely not allowed either!" Fujiwara Chika immediately retorted, then glared fiercely at Xia Chuanzou, as if warning him not to agree.

"..."

"Eh, this isn't allowed, that isn't allowed, Sister is so annoying... Isn't this just normal socializing? If you're going to be so petty about such small things, boys will quickly start to dislike you, you know?" Fujiwara Moeha shook her head, giving Chika an expression that said, "Sister really doesn't understand anything," then turned her gaze to him.

"Hey, Senior, if it were me, I definitely wouldn't ignore your feelings~"

"..." So, Xia Chuanzou silently picked up his teacup and took a sip, but still didn't say anything.

Fujiwara Chika, on the other hand, revealed a slightly puzzled expression, wondering why her sister was suddenly saying such inexplicable things.

"What are you talking about? What do you mean by being too controlling..."

"Huh? But Sister—didn't you say you were dating Senior? Could it be that I misheard?"

"Ah? Dating? When did that happen..." Fujiwara Chika was a little dazed, then subconsciously turned her head to look at Xia Chuanzou. After meeting his gaze, she inexplicably felt a little shy and quickly shifted her gaze away. "I, I don't know anything..."

"Sister, you were the one who said it, saying you were on a date with Senior..." Fujiwara Moeha wore a "puzzled" expression, then suddenly seemed to understand, "Oh! I get it! So, Sister is the kind of person who can go out on 'dates' even if they're not dating? As expected of an 'adult'! Such a mature feeling!"

"..." So, Fujiwara Chika widened her eyes and suddenly remembered that she had indeed used "being on a date with the President" as an excuse earlier, but she had subconsciously forgotten about it because things had gone too smoothly.

"Ah... This is... Uh..." She stammered, unable to say anything.

Seeing her so weak and helpless, Xia Chuanzou sighed in his heart and took the initiative to help her out, "We haven't started dating yet. I'm pursuing Chika, but she hasn't agreed yet. But today, she finally agreed to come out on a 'date'."

From his observation, Fujiwara Moeha had probably realized that Chika was lying, but she probably wasn't too clear about the specific reason. Since the person involved still wanted to hide it, he had no choice but to think of a way to help.

"Because I haven't been able to pursue her, I feel a little embarrassed, so Chika is considering my feelings and hasn't said it directly, right?" Xia Chuanzou looked at Fujiwara Chika with a warm smile, but found that she had no intention of taking the cue. Instead, she seemed to be thinking about something with her head lowered.

Seriously? I'm carrying so hard, you should at least support me!

Helpless, he had to reach out and gently pat her several times under the table before she came back to her senses.

"Ah? Oh! Yes, that's how it is..." But after raising her head and responding, she slowly began to lower her head again, not knowing what she was thinking.

Subconsciously feeling that she was useless, Xia Chuanzou simply took over the topic, "It's getting late. It's not very convenient for you two girls to be out, so you should go back early."

As a big city, the security here was of course guaranteed, but even so, Japan's nights always had some drunk people. It was very possible for two weak girls to be stopped and harassed on the road.

"Eh~ Can't Senior escort us?" Fujiwara Moeha seemed a little unwilling.

"Normally, it wouldn't be a problem, but in front of the 'girl I'm pursuing', I definitely wouldn't agree to this kind of thing, especially since we might have other plans later." Xia Chuanzou shrugged, indicating that he was powerless, "Of course, to express my apology, I'll treat this time. You can pack your things and go back directly."

"Oh, Senior is so generous! Then I'll gladly accept it." Fujiwara Moeha replied with a smile, and the protective sister next to her also nodded and greeted him.

After packing their things, the two quickly got up and left. They didn't forget to politely say goodbye before leaving.

Xia Chuanzou sat for a while longer, and when he found that Fujiwara Chika still hadn't moved, he had no choice but to push her shoulder to remind her to get up, "What are you spacing out about? Don't tell me you're really thinking about what to do next? Get up, we should go back too."

Of course, what he had said about having other plans was fake. The purpose was just to separate the two, otherwise, they might continue to make a fuss until who knows when. But he didn't expect Fujiwara Chika to actually believe it? Could it be that she really took this as a "date"?

After pushing her a few more times, Fujiwara Chika quickly recovered, but she still hadn't gotten up. Instead, she turned her head to look at him with a slightly apologetic expression.

"President..."

"What? What's wrong all of a sudden?" Xia Chuanzou was a little confused.

"It must be hard for you to tell such lies, right?" Fujiwara Chika pursed her lips, looking at him with some concern, "I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I should have told the truth earlier..."

"Ah?" Xia Chuanzou was stunned for a moment and didn't react for a while, "It's just helping you cover up a lie, what's so hard about it..."

"Alright, don't make such an apologetic expression, it's making me feel a little embarrassed."

After all, he really didn't do anything, and even surrendered early, telling the girl beside Moeha the purpose of their trip. Although he had also asked her not to reveal it to Fujiwara Moeha, he couldn't know how things would develop.

"Even if you say that, President..." Fujiwara Chika suddenly paused, as if she had understood something, "No, in any case, it's not good to have you help me lie, right? Maybe some strange rumors will spread because of it..."

At this point, a blush gradually appeared on her cheeks, because the thought that rumors might spread in the middle school, or even to the high school, such as "The student council president of the high school is pursuing the student council secretary of the same grade," made her unable to calm down. Although she knew very well that this was definitely just a rumor, she realized that if the rumor really spread, she wouldn't know what to do...

And, and if she caused the President to not be able to find a girlfriend because of this, it would be too much...

Xia Chuanzou seemed very calm, as if he didn't care.

After all, this kind of thing was already very common. As the saying goes, lice don't itch when there are too many, and debts don't weigh you down when there are too many. If he didn't hear any news about his recent "love affairs" at school one day, he would feel unusual. You should know that these hormone-filled, energetic high school students were almost always either dating themselves or on the way to watching others date. They were too concerned about this kind of thing.

"It's okay, this kind of thing will be fine if you just leave it alone for a while." Xia Chuanzou waved his hand and explained, "But having said that... Actually, I think it would have been okay for you to just tell the truth from the beginning. I'd even say that would be best. After all, no matter how you think about it, I don't think there's anything wrong with 'being seen as an overly concerned older sister'. On the contrary, it would make you seem like you care about your sister, and your status in Moeha's heart would definitely rise straight up."

"After all, you really are a qualified good sister."

"..."

Fujiwara Chika silently bit her pink lips, slightly turned her pretty face away, and a faint blush surged up on her ears, then quietly spread across her entire face, "Wh-why are you suddenly saying such things..."

It actually made her a little tempted. The idiot President was cheating!

But when she turned back and found that Xia Chuanzou had a very calm expression, and even looked a little dull, she suddenly became a little angry.

"President is an idiot!" Fujiwara Chika puffed up her pink cheeks, her face round and round, unexpectedly resembling a hamster, "Hmph, if you had seized the opportunity to confess just now, I might have really agreed! But now it's too late!"

So, Xia Chuanzou gave her a very disdainful look, and was even too lazy to complain about her. This guy was talking as if it were true, but pursuing a girl wasn't that easy! Did she know how hard he had worked along the way?! Don't underestimate the real pursuit process, you idiot!

Fujiwara Chika was a little stimulated by his eyes, so she decisively reached out and kept poking his waist.

After the two played around for a while, they quickly paid the bill and left the restaurant.

Just as they came out, a gust of wind suddenly blew, and Fujiwara Chika next to her exclaimed.

"Oof!"

"What's wrong?" Xia Chuanzou looked at her in confusion, thinking she had forgotten something.

"My, my eyes, it seems like sand got in them." Fujiwara Chika rubbed her eyes, looking pitiful.

Xia Chuanzou was speechless, "It's still drizzling, where did the sand come from in this weather?"

Fujiwara Chika bit her lower lip, making a slightly aggrieved little expression, "I'm not lying, okay! Anyway, there is! Or it's something else... Something really got blown into my eyes."

"...But even if you tell me, I don't have any good solutions, right?" Xia Chuanzou said helplessly.

He could at least help pat off the dust on her head, but if there was a foreign object in her eyes, she could only rub them herself, right? Other people definitely couldn't help with this kind of thing!

There are many things in life that you have to do yourself, although there are some things that you need to do yourself but you can't determine the location—for example, a foreign object accidentally stuck in your teeth. Even the most sensitive tongue will suddenly lose its sense of location and direction, and you can't find the thing that has fallen into another dimension no matter what!

"President." Fujiwara Chika suddenly grabbed the corner of Xia Chuanzou's clothes and leaned over, looking pitiful, "Quick, quickly help me blow in my eyes, or I'm going to die!"

"..." Xia Chuanzou's eyes twitched, and he couldn't help but complain, "A mere grain of sand in your eyes, how could you die! Don't underestimate a person's will to survive!"

"I don't care, I don't care, just help me quickly, it's so uncomfortable." Fujiwara Chika's eyes were teary, looking pitiful, weak, and helpless, "Wuwu, a strange thing entered a sensitive place, wuwu it's so uncomfortable... I'm going to die..."

"..." Xia Chuanzou sighed.

He always said that college students were the most fragile group of people, but he didn't expect that female high school students were just as bad.

"Stand still."

"Mm-hmm." Fujiwara Chika nodded obediently, then stood up straight.

"You have to tilt your head back too."

"Oh, like this?"

"...I'm telling you to tilt your head back, you don't have to stand on tiptoe." Xia Chuanzou said speechlessly. Although there was a slight difference in height, it wasn't enough that he couldn't see clearly without her standing on tiptoe, "Your eyes? It's your left eye, right? Open it and let me see."

"N-no, I can't." Fujiwara Chika shook her head, "My eyes are so uncomfortable, I can't open them."

Looking at Chika's teary eyes, Xia Chuanzou had no choice but to choose to take action himself.

His left hand slowly reached out and landed on Chika's head to stabilize her body, while his right hand slowly moved over, helping to open her eyelids. His face also moved closer, and soon they were at a super close distance where they could feel each other's breath.

At this moment, Xia Chuanzou could clearly smell the pleasant fragrance on Chika's body, which was a fresh floral scent. It wasn't very strong, but it wasn't so faint that it was imperceptible. Specifically, it was roughly between that of Kasumigaoka-senpai and Yukino. Although it was somewhat similar, he could distinguish the difference between them if he felt it carefully.

So, what exactly is the reason for this? Is it because everyone uses similar shampoos, or is it due to natural physiological factors specific to girls? He's clearly very clean, but the fragrance from things like shower gel dissipates overnight, leaving no trace...

Besides that, he could clearly see his own clear reflection in Chika's eyes. Her slightly reddened eyes, the hazy mist, her gently trembling eyelashes, and her petal-like, moist, pink lips, at this moment, were actually radiating an unusual charm, making his heart flutter slightly.

“……”

Damn it, you pink octopus head... don't even think about messing with my Dao heart!

258. Sudden Illness

A slight resistance came from his hand at some point; it was Fujiwara Chika struggling to turn her head.

“Don’t move,” Xia Chuanzou ordered directly.

She's getting shy now? But the arrow is already on the string, does she think she can take it back? Too late!

“Huff——”

After Xia Chuanzou helped blow for a while, he asked Fujiwara Chika about her condition, "How do you feel?"

“Still a little uncomfortable…” Fujiwara Chika replied softly, her pretty face quietly flushing red again, “M-more, blow a little more…”

“Okay.” Xia Chuanzou nodded.

Since the patient said so, he would definitely want to take responsibility to the end.

So he blew for a little longer, "How about now?"

“……A little more.”

“……And then?”

“Just a little longer…”

“……” Xia Chuanzou originally wanted to continue, but the corner of his eye suddenly caught sight of a passerby looking at them with a curious expression, and then turning back to whisper to their classmate from time to time.

Then he finally came to his senses, they were still on the street, what was with these intimate actions? He was about to die of embarrassment!

“That’s it, if it still doesn’t work, solve it yourself.” After a hasty ending, Xia Chuanzou quickly retracted his hands, and even stood a little further away from Fujiwara Chika as if to avoid suspicion.

“Eh? You’re not going to take responsibility to the end…” Fujiwara Chika muttered first, then tried blinking her eyes and found that it really wasn’t as uncomfortable as before, and then showed a somewhat happy expression, “Yay, it really doesn’t hurt anymore, President is amazing!”

“……” Xia Chuanzou really didn’t understand her logic, but he was too lazy to say anything since she was happy.

“Then what? Where are we going next?” Fujiwara Chika saw that he was standing a little far away, so she took small steps to walk over.

“Go where? Of course, we’re going home, where else would we go?” Xia Chuanzou shook his head and said. This girl was really getting into the spirit of playing, and actually treating this outing as a date? Seeing that she seemed a little unwilling, he added, “Alright, let’s just call it a day today, it’s really late, if you really want to go out and play, we can find another time.”

They had already spent a lot of effort finding Mengye's group, not to mention eating almost two snacks outside. Now it was completely dark, and of course, Xia Chuanzou didn't want to leave her alone outside, so he offered to send her back.

He opened the umbrella in his hand and gestured to her, "Come in, I'll send you home first."

“Okay, okay.” Fujiwara Chika responded and jumped under his umbrella, and then, like before, simply hugged his arm with both hands.

As the saying goes, practice makes perfect, Xia Chuanzou didn't react this time, and naturally started acting as a guide.

Just taking a walk would be a bit boring, especially for someone as active as Fujiwara Chika. Because it was raining, she couldn't move around, so she had to focus on chatting.