Yukinoshita's Correction Method

He had come to confirm something he had already confirmed.

Shizuka Hiratsuka had told him about this before.

"Yukinoshita... is a very gentle child." Hiratsuka Shizuka reiterated seriously, "I can confirm that."

"You really gave me a big job..." Dong Yunshan couldn't help but sigh.

"So..." Hiratsuka Shizuka put down her cigarette, "Do you want to give up? It's not too late to give up now."

"Teacher, do you know? Growing up is a process of reconciling with yourself." Dong Yunshan picked up the still-burning cigarette and shook it gently, watching the smoke curl up. "Recognizing the limitations of your abilities and the limits of what you can do. Facing and accepting your own incompetence, allocating your time rationally, and tolerating your own evasions—that's what it means to be an adult."

Just like the cigarette in front of him now, he had tried to quit many times, but always failed.

Hiratsuka Shizuka closed her eyes: "...I understand."

"No, teacher, you don't fully understand yet." Dong Yunshan stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray. "Adults should face and accept their own incompetence, allocate their time rationally, and tolerate their own evasions—and I'm still young."

Volume 2 Club Activities: Chapter 45 A New Beginning

"Difficult?" Yukinoshita Yukino shook her head, and the teacup she put down made a soft clatter on the coffee table. "I think the teacher misunderstood. I didn't come here for help."

"Ah?" Hiratsuka Shizuka was stunned for a moment.

Didn't you two introduce yourselves to each other in the mirror this time?

"I came here to tell you that the correction is going smoothly." Yukinoshita Yukino sat upright, her hands folded in her lap, "It just takes some time."

"From what you said..." Hiratsuka Shizuka raised an eyebrow, "Have you discovered his problem and have a suitable solution?"

"Only children know right from wrong; adults just muddle along." Yukinoshita Yukino repeated what Azuma Yunshan had said, "Teacher, what do you think?"

"Although it's a bit depressing..." Shizuka Hiratsuka spread her hands. "Growing up is a process of reconciling with yourself. Recognizing the limitations of your abilities and the limits of what you can do. Facing and accepting your own incompetence, allocating your time rationally, and tolerating your own evasions—that's what being an adult is all about."

"Huh?" Yukinoshita Yukino tilted her head in surprise.

Hiratsuka Shizuka felt inexplicably guilty: "What's wrong?"

Yukinoshita Yukino picked up the teacup: "I'm a little surprised that you would say such a thing to a teacher. I always thought that teachers only looked like adults because of their age."

Hiratsuka Shizuka protested: "The only thing they don't look alike is their age!"

"That's the right feeling." Yukinoshita Yukino nodded with satisfaction. "Let's continue with the previous topic. The teacher said it very well. There are indeed adults like this. But, are those who can do these things adults? If they can't do these things, are they not adults?"

"Uh...well..." Shizuka Hiratsuka realized it belatedly.

Yes, why didn’t she ask Dong Yunshan this question before?

"If we raise it to the level of a thought experiment," Yukinoshita Yukino put it another way, "if you put a child's soul in an adult's body, is that person an adult or a child? And if you put an adult's soul in a child's body, what happens?"

"This..." Hiratsuka Shizuka was a little confused, but quickly realized, "Isn't this childish and precocious?"

"That's right." Yukinoshita Yukino raised her eyes from the steam rising from the hot tea, "It's that simple."

"This... seems a little too simple." Hiratsuka Shizuka took a sip of tea to organize her thoughts. "I feel that Dongyun's problem is much more complicated than this."

"Because he matured so successfully at an early age." Yukinoshita Yukino put down her teacup and refilled Hiratsuka Shizuka's tea. "The teacher said before that he lived on his own when he was in junior high school."

"Well, what happened?"

"What's the reason?"

"What other reason could there be? He wants to live outside and is able to take care of himself, so he lives alone."

"When he was young, he was very sensible and took the initiative to help his father with housework. He developed the ability to live independently at an early age. However, this ability could not be demonstrated at home, so he wanted to leave home to prove that he had this ability." Yukinoshita Yukino paused, "But this is not enough. He also wants to prove his social skills, so he made a lot of friends and helped others make friends. Of course, his academic performance is also good - is that right?"

"It's true..." Although Shizuka Hiratsuka didn't know much about Azuma Yunshan, she still heard a lot of praise for Azuma Yunshan when she occasionally met with friends.

At that time, she just thought it was a filter of her good friend's mother and didn't take it too seriously.

Now that I hear what Yukinoshita Yukino said, and compare it with my memories, it's really pretty much the same.

"He's been doing things his peers can't do, and he's been successful. From family to school, the next step is naturally society - therein lies the problem." Yukinoshita Yukino put her bent index finger to her lips, "Both mentally and physically, he's capable of entering society, but his body is still a minor. This results in him not being recognized by adults in society, so..."

Following Yukinoshita Yukino's train of thought, Shizuka Hiratsuka suddenly realized, "He gets recognition by helping others - but why does he want recognition so much?"

"This is a process for him to verify his own abilities," Yukinoshita Yukino elaborated. "How do you verify whether you are truly capable of living independently? By actually leaving home and living on your own. How do you verify your ability to adapt to school? By having excellent grades and good interpersonal relationships. How do you verify your ability to adapt to society? By solving problems that adults can't solve and gaining their recognition."

"Very pragmatic..." Having seen so many students with high expectations but poor skills, Shizuka Hiratsuka was a little uncomfortable with the sudden appearance of a student like Dong Yunshan who honestly tested his abilities. "Isn't this good? Why is it..."

"Teacher," Yukinoshita Yukino stared into Hiratsuka Shizuka's eyes, "Have you ever made a bet?"

"Well..." Hiratsuka Shizuka looked away, "I'm a teacher... a role model..."

Yukinoshita Yukino didn't pay attention to Hiratsuka Shizuka's subtle expression. "If one day you keep winning, what will be your first reaction?"

"Pinch yourself... ah!" Hiratsuka Shizuka thought of the thick stack of medical records. "He pinched me too hard."

"On the one hand, he was using the pain to wake himself up, and on the other hand, he was testing his body's limits. Once he was sure he wasn't strong enough to withstand a car barbell or a switchblade, he stopped. And then, as I said before, this testing, verification, and confirmation progressed to the spiritual level." Yukinoshita Yukino imitated Azuma Yunshan's movements and tapped her temple. "His continued success left him feeling a constant sense of daze and unease. So, when he saw others in dire straits, he was genuinely happy, like someone lost in the jungle and suddenly encountered a living person."

"Although your explanation is very reasonable..." Hiratsuka Shizuka admitted, "it's still a bit too twisted."

"Continuous victories will lead to this kind of problem. If someone of similar age suppresses him, his situation should be able to..." Yukinoshita Yukino suddenly paused and shook her head slightly. "Excessive suppression is not good either. He needs to experience just the right amount of failure, just the right amount of pain, and just the right amount of reality. Only then can he truly become an adult, rather than just playing the role of an adult."

"Just make him reach his limit?" Hiratsuka Shizuka understood. "That won't be easy."

"It will be easy as long as he agrees to my second order." Yukinoshita Yukino's mouth curled up, "And he has already agreed."

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Volume 3 Spring Break: Chapter 46: Reasonable

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Hearing the sound of the kettle, Yukinoshita Yukino carefully clipped the bookmark, stood up and walked towards the kettle.

Hot water is poured into the glass teapot, and the tea leaves slowly rise up and then quietly sink back to the bottom.

On the long table in the service club's activity room were Yukinoshita Yukino's teacup and saucer, snacks brought by Yuigahama Yui, a mug with a lazy puppy pattern on it, and a white enamel cup.

Yukinoshita Yukino poured tea into three cups, poured the remaining black tea into the ceramic teapot, covered it with a lid to keep it warm, and returned to her seat.

Yuigahama Yui, who was fiddling with her phone, also picked up her mug.

Both of them looked towards Dong Yunshan.

Dong Yunshan picked up the enamel cup, blew on it gently, touched it with his lips, and raised his head to meet the gazes of the two high school beauties. "I like you, too."

"Really?" Yuigahama Yui widened her eyes in surprise.

Yukinoshita Yukino frowned slightly, revealing obvious displeasure: "Why?"

"Generally speaking," Dong Yunshan breathed in the aroma rising from the cup, "any incomprehensible message from a girl means I like you. Since it's a reply after confessing my love, it naturally means I like you too."

"You never disappoint me when it comes to disappointing me." Yukinoshita Yukino sighed, "As expected, you guessed it."

"It's a well-reasoned analysis," Dong Yunshan corrected. "I wouldn't spend so much time on someone I'm not interested in. It's basically like, oh, well, let's talk next time, hehe, I'm busy, go take a shower, you're a good person, we're not suitable, I've always treated you like a brother, let's just start as friends..."

"What a rich experience..." Yuigahama Yui responded with a sympathetic look.

"This is what happened to my friend." Dong Yunshan coughed lightly. "It deserves sympathy, but I feel like he deserved it."

Because of the fumigation of the hot air, Yukinoshita Yukino's pink lips became more crystal-clear, and a clear voice floated out: "Do you have a friend who is not so miserable?"

Dong Yunshan took a sip of tea and asked, "Do you have any friends?"

"You... can entrust me with this." Yukinoshita Yukino glanced at him, "Then the previous order will be completed."

Dong Yunshan raised an eyebrow: "It sounds like you've figured it out?"

"Your answer is correct." Yukinoshita Yukino put down her teacup, "But without the decryption process, the right answer will become wrong."

"I was too lazy to research further..." Azuma Yunshan put down the enamel cup, "Yuigahama, please repeat the question again."

"My friend's friend's student union friend confessed to a girl who was also on the student union, and then the girl who liked classical codes replied with a five-layer encrypted code." Yuigahama Yui showed the email she received, "Dot dot dot dash slash, dot dash dash dash dash..."

"Morse code." Yukinoshita Yukino interrupted Yuigahama Yui, "The solution is 4194418141634192622374."

"What are you rubbing?" Yuigahama Yui blinked blankly.

"Morse code is a signaling system that uses different sequences of letters, numbers, and punctuation marks to represent different English letters, numbers, and punctuation marks," Dong Yunshan explained as he wrote down the numbers. "Using only dots and dashes, it can convey accurate information. For example, the three short, three long, and three short dashes commonly used in shipwrecks signal an SOS."

"A distress signal!" Yuigahama Yui's eyes lit up, "I know that!"

"Numbers usually correspond to the alphabet," Dong Yunshan muttered. "daiddahadafcdaibfbbcgd... that's not right. The letters are too simple. The reverse alphabet is the same. Is it a double-layer positioning? As for the fence code, the second column is da/dd... that's not right either. The third column is dai/dda... that doesn't look right either."

"The final answer was in English," Yuigahama Yui added. "The boy tried many methods but couldn't crack it. He had no choice but to go find the girl and ask her to look at more of her emails. She also said that one of the steps was to replace the password, and the password table was something they used every day."

"And even with hints, it basically means you agree." Azuma Yunshan stretched out her hand to Yuigahama Yui, "Let me see."

"Here you go." Yuigahama Yui handed the flip phone covered with many sparkling things to Azuma Yunshan.

After getting the flip phone, Dong Yunshan couldn't help but feel emotional. Although smartphones are very powerful, this simple flip phone also has its own unique flavor.

Compared to the monotonous large tablets, the design of this type of button phone can be said to be diverse.

Look at these buttons with great texture and just the right amount of ridges.

Feeling the touch of his fingertips, Dong Yunshan couldn't help but be a little dazed.

Because there is nothing interesting in mobile phones nowadays, he is too lazy to take it out, let alone play with it carefully.

Now that he has started, he suddenly misses the experience of practicing blind typing.

With the advent of smartphones, blind typing is no longer a skill.

Many people don’t even use the nine-key keyboard anymore.

"Tomo?" Yuigahama Yui looked at him with an incomprehensible look, "You..."

"Understand, Yuigahama." Yukinoshita Yukino sighed, "Touching a girl's things is a very rare experience for him."

Dong Yunshan came back to his senses and said, "I was thinking."

"Shouldn't you be looking at the screen..." Yuigahama Yui said weakly, "Why are you staring at the keyboard and... touching it like that..."

"I'm..." Dong Yunshan couldn't say he was just reminiscing. "I'm trying to decrypt something. The password has something to do with the keyboard... Right!"

Dong Yunshan moved his fingers away and stared at the nine-key physical keyboard.

"It's the keypad. The fence password is correct, but the order is wrong." Dong Yunshan scratched a few numbers on the paper. "41, 94, 41, 81, 41, 63, 41, 92, 62, 23, 74."

Yuigahama Yui looked at the grouped numbers and asked, "And then?"

"The units digit is no greater than 4. The only two numbers with 4 are 94 and 74." Azuma Yunshan held up the phone in front of Yuigahama Yui. "[Read her emails more often] means to check the phone more often."

"Cellphone?" Yuigahama Yui stared at it for a long time. "Nothing...keyboard?"

"That's right. On a nine-key keyboard, only 7 and 9 represent four letters." Dong Yunshan picked up a pen. "41 is the first of the three letters represented by key 4, and 94 is the fourth letter of key 9... and so on. The answer to the second level of decryption is GZGTGOGXNCS."

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Volume 3: Spring Break at the End of the Semester: Chapter 47: Study Hard

"I still don't understand..." Yuigahama Yui's cheeks puffed up slightly, "What should I do next?"