Yukinoshita's Correction Method

"The girls also felt that the third level of encryption was a bit difficult, so I gave them a hint." Dong Yunshan already had a concrete idea. "The girls said that the password table is something they use every day."

"Hmm..." Yuigahama Yui thought for a moment, "Textbook?"

"Those are things everyone uses every day," Dong Yunshan pointed out. "The 'they' here specifically refers to the two of them. It depends on what they have in common."

"The common point is... we're all students. Oh, and we're all in the student union." Yuigahama Yui frowned in thought, "Does the student union have anything that can be used as a password table?"

"Computer keyboard." Yukinoshita Yukino said, "The student union needs to process various documents, so they need to use computers, but other students rarely have the opportunity to use computers at school."

"To increase typing speed, the letters on the keyboard are arranged in QWERT..." Dong Yunshan wrote down the layout of the letters on a piece of paper. "Follow this order and match the decoded password to the keys on the keyboard. ABCDE = QWERT, so GZGTGOGXNCS becomes OTOEOIOUYVL—at this point, the answer is obvious."

"I LOVE YOU TOO!" Yuigahama Yui quickly finished rearranging the letters, "The confession was successful!"

"What a lovely little girl's thoughts." Dong Yunshan felt the corpse spots on her face fade. "Although she also had feelings for the boy, she didn't respond directly. Instead, she designed a five-layer encrypted code and let the boy find the answer himself."

"Every time a boy unlocks a layer, he's one step closer to the girl's heart. If he encounters difficulties, the girl will give him hints." When talking about this, Yuigahama Yui understood it all too well. "I like you too, but I can't say it directly. But as long as you are willing, I will hold your hand and take you to see the friendship hidden in my heart - how romantic!"

"So just guessing the answer isn't enough," Yukinoshita Yukino said, "there has to be a detailed decryption process."

"Oh, right, five layers of encryption." Yuigahama Yui looked at the random letters again, "There are two more layers?"

"Now that we know the answer, we can work backwards." Dong Yunshan marked the numbers. "Mark them in reverse order according to the order of I LOVE YOU TOO. There are four O's, so we'll skip them for now. Then we'll get..."

O/T/O/E/O/I/O/U/Y/V/L

O/9/O/5/O/1/O/8/6/4/2

“从后往前看，2/4/6/8之后自然是10，然后是1/3/5/7/9/11。”东云杉把字母分成两部分，“奇数偶数两个数列，分成两行......”

O/T/O/E/O/I

O/U/Y/V/L

"From top to bottom, from left to right, it's OOTUOYEVOLI." Dong Yunshan put down his pen. "This is the fourth encryption. As for the fifth layer..."

"Just do it the other way around!" Yuigahama Yui picked up her phone, "I'll tell my friend's friend's student council friend right now!"

"Here." Azuma Yunshan tore off the paper and handed it to Yuigahama Yui to make it easier for her to communicate with her friends.

"What a shame." Yukinoshita Yukino tilted her head slightly, "It seems I couldn't complete the order this time."

"What's up?" Dong Yunshan became interested. "You can't think of any interesting orders, so you want me to come up with the commission?"

"Right now, I really can't think of a suitable order that would embarrass someone like you." Yukinoshita Yukino had no intention of hiding anything. "But you can't think of a suitable commission either, right?"

"Actually, I already have an idea." Dong Yunshan tapped his temple. "It's a reasonable commission that I can't complete, and neither can you. It's just that the time isn't right right now."

"Oh?" Yukinoshita Yukino asked curiously, "Why?"

"The first year is coming to an end, and final exams are approaching. It's best not to occupy study time—we'll do it over spring break."

"Very good." Yukinoshita Yukino nodded. "I was worried that you would return to your old ways during spring break and my corrections would be in vain—what's wrong with you?"

Yukinoshita Yukino was halfway through her speech when she noticed something unusual in Yuigahama Yui's expression.

"Nothing..." Yuigahama Yui avoided her gaze, "Nothing."

Yukinoshita Yukino narrowed her eyes slightly: "Final exam?"

Yuigahama Yui widened her eyes in surprise: "Why did you guess it so quickly?"

"Because you're being too obvious." Dong Yunshan sighed, "Haven't you done your preview yet?"

"It's reviewing! No matter what, it's not previewing." Yuigahama Yui pursed her lips and muttered softly, "Actually, if you think about it carefully, there's not much point in studying. It won't be useful after entering society..."

"Okay." Dong Yunshan understood. "This is fast-forwarding to the stage of self-abandonment."

"I'm not giving up on myself!" Yuigahama Yui protested excitedly, "There's no point in studying! High school life is short enough, isn't it a waste to spend time studying? You only get one life!"

"There's only this short period of time when you can study effectively. Studying hard is one of the very few decisions in life that you won't regret... How could I say such a thing?" Dong Yunshan shook his head. "Forget it, forget it. Just pretend I didn't say anything."

Yuigahama Yui was stunned: "Why do I feel like I've been abandoned?"

Dong Yunshan just suddenly remembered that when he was the same age as Yuigahama Yui, an adult had also said this to him.

He couldn't listen at that time.

"Studying isn't meaningless." Yukinoshita Yukino sighed and held her forehead. "Studying is about finding the meaning for yourself. Because of this, everyone's purpose for studying may be different, but there's no need to completely deny studying."

"Xue-no is smart, so there's no problem..." Yuigahama Yui lowered her head, "But I'm not suitable for studying, and no one I know is studying..."

Yukinoshita Yukino's eyes immediately became sharp.

"I...I will study hard! Studying is my own business, how can I just go with the flow?" Yuigahama Yui noticed the change in Yukinoshita Yukino's expression and immediately started to make amends. "You have to work hard to know whether you are suitable or not. I will do my best!"

Volume 3, Spring Break: Chapter 48, Interest in Learning

Look how scared the child is...

Azuma Yunshan cast a sympathetic look at Yuigahama Yui.

"Right, right!" Yuigahama Yui noticed Azuma Yunshan's gaze, "Azuma Yun, let's work hard together!"

Azuma Yunshan felt that Yuigahama Yui somewhat deserved it.

He actually wanted to transfer the war to him.

This is no wonder, as Sobu High School does not post students' grades, but only sends individual scores and rankings to each student.

Apart from the well-known top student in the grade, Yukinoshita Yukino, most people need to ask around to find out the grades of others.

Dong Yunshan didn't attend classes much for the whole year. He used to use the excuse of being injured and hospitalized. But recently, he wasn't injured much, so he was dragged back to school by Hiratsuka Shizuka.

After returning to school, although he attended classes as usual, he did not spend time on socializing. No one asked him about his grades, and he did not have the habit of telling others about them.

Yuigahama Yui naturally didn't know his results.

According to normal logic, students like Dong Yunshan, who are constantly away from school and attend classes intermittently, should have terrible grades.

Actually...

"My grades are pretty good." Azuma Yunshan admired Yuigahama Yui's dull expression, "I've always been in the upper middle level."

"Traitor!" Yuigahama Yui loudly accused, "So, am I the only one playing the role of the idiot?"

"There's no such thing, Yuigahama-san." Yukinoshita Yukino denied it with a firm look.

"Xiao-Xukino!" Yuigahama Yui's whole face brightened up.

Yukinoshita Yukino explained seriously: "You are a fool, not just playing a fool."

This kind of words are already excessive enough, and coupled with Yukinoshita Yukino's serious expression, it feels even more excessive.

"Wow~~~!" Yuigahama Yui cried in grievance and hit Yukinoshita Yukino's chest with her little pink fist.

Yukinoshita Yukino leaned back slightly with an impatient look on her face, letting Yuigahama Yui's soft little fists rain down on her like raindrops hitting banana leaves. She sighed helplessly, "What I mean is, measuring a person's value by exams and rankings is something only idiots would do. There are also people who do well on exams but are a complete mess when it comes to being a human being."

"I totally agree." Dong Yunshan added in agreement, "If a person's character is bad, the more knowledge he has, the more trouble he will have."

Having said that, Azuma Yunshan subconsciously looked at Yukinoshita Yukino and met Yukinoshita Yukino's gaze.

The same question popped up in both of their minds at the same time: Why are you looking at me?

Such questions already have answers without even needing to be asked.

"Studying for the purpose of improving grades is indeed boring and painful." Dong Yunshan chose his words carefully, trying not to sound like the kind of adults he hated as a child. "How about trying a different direction?"

Yuigahama Yui, who had already stopped, looked over in confusion, "What do you mean by changing direction...?"

"Try to find joy in reading." Dong Yunshan performed a bench press. "Just like when you're working out, you're bound to feel tired and painful. When you want to give up, imagine there's a kitten lying on your chest. If you can't push up, the kitten will get crushed. Once you do, the kitten will meow and rub against you coquettishly—that's about how it feels."

"The kitten is lying on my chest..." Yuigahama Yui subconsciously looked at Yukinoshita Yukino, "and it's meowing..."

Yukinoshita Yukino's eyes were cold: "Why are you looking at me?"

"Well... what Dongyun said was too difficult to understand!" Yuigahama Yui hurriedly made an excuse, "Xukino, is this how you find pleasure in reading?"

Yukinoshita Yukino: "Reading itself is fun."

Yuigahama Yui blinked her eyes, "...Yes, that's right."

"But his statement does have some merit." Yukinoshita Yukino would point out Azuma Yunshan's mistakes, but she would not deny his correctness. "You don't need to refer to my interests. You can think about what you like."

"I like... hanging out with friends!" Yuigahama Yui's eyes lit up. "Can this kind of interest be used in studying?"

Yukinoshita Yukino: "..."

"Congratulations." Dong Yunshan chuckled, "You've successfully touched upon Yukinoshita's blind spot in knowledge."

Yukinoshita Yukino glanced at Azuma Yunshan calmly: "...I don't deny this."

"You should at least deny it!" Yuigahama Yui sympathetically hugged Yukinoshita Yukino, as if wanting to be closer to her pain, "I'm starting to feel sad for you."

Yukinoshita Yukino was clearly not used to this overly intimate contact: "...I'm starting to feel sad now."

Completely ignoring Yukinoshita's feeble struggle, Yuigahama Yui hugged her and gently stroked her head, her eyes gradually becoming firm. "It's decided, let's hold the book club starting this week!"

Yukinoshita Yukino raised her head: "...What?"

Yuigahama Yui inadvertently touched upon a rare blind spot in Yukinoshita Yukino's knowledge.

"Club activities will be suspended a week before the exam anyway, so the afternoons will be free, right?" Yuigahama Yui quickly came up with an idea. "How about going to PIENA's Saizeriya?"

PLENA is a shopping mall and Saizeriya is an Italian family restaurant chain.

"That's a good idea." Dong Yunshan voted in favor. "This way, the two of you have successfully combined your interests."

Yukinoshita Yukino frowned slightly, and almost instantly thought of what Azuma Yunshan said.

"When I was in my second year of junior high school in Nagoya, a boy with a bad temper transferred to my class. I took him out for a few days. We played games, played soccer, and had dinner together, and he quickly became close friends with everyone else."

Is this Dong Yunshan’s plan?

"Xue-no~" Yuigahama Yui shook Yukinoshita Yukino's hand, "I want to study hard, but if I'm alone..."

Yukinoshita Yukino: "...Okay."

"Great! This is my first time going out with Yukino~" Yuigahama Yui jumped happily, "I must study hard, nothing can shake my determination to study hard!"

dong dong dong.

There was a knock on the door.

Dong Yunshan responded: "Please come in."

"Hello~" Hikigaya Komachi greeted happily, "The Film Research Society's short film has been filmed, let's go watch it together."

Yuigahama Yui looked at Yukinoshita Yukino pitifully.

Yukinoshita Yukino repeated expressionlessly: "Nothing can shake my determination to study hard."

"I'm not wavering..." Yuigahama Yui shyly avoided her gaze, "It's just... a little delay - Yukino~"

Yukinoshita Yukino sighed: "Go if you want to."

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PS: Thanks to [Shu Ke 2876507] for the reward!

Volume 3: End of Spring Break: Chapter 49: The Future is Promising

"Going if you want means..." Yukinoshita Yukino said with a straight face, exuding an air of resistance, "If you don't want to go, you don't have to go."

"The successful completion of the film is inseparable from your help." Hikigaya Komachi clasped her hands together, "Just consider this an opportunity for us to express our gratitude."

Yukinoshita Yukino avoided Hikigaya Komachi's eager gaze: "I didn't set up the service club just to get thanks..."

"So there's no need to avoid thanking me." Yuigahama Yui took Yukinoshita Yukino's arm and said, "Let's go together, Yukino~ I'll be scared if I'm alone."

Yukinoshita Yukino's body seemed to stiffen, and her voice was cold, "If you are afraid, then don't go."

"I'm going because I'm scared," Yuigahama Yui pointed out matter-of-factly. "Who would go to see a horror movie that's not scary?"

Yukinoshita Yukino: "..."

"I wanted to ask you last time." Azuma Yunshan stared into Yukinoshita Yukino's eyes, unwilling to miss any details, "You're not afraid of ghosts, are you?"

"There's no need to be afraid of things that don't exist." Yukinoshita Yukino glared at Azuma Yunshan, "I just can't handle things that are beyond common sense."

"Ah! Sorry, sorry, I didn't observe as carefully as Shinonome, and I didn't expect you to be so scared." Hikigaya Komachi apologized sincerely, "Then let's wait until next time when we shoot a different type of story."

Yukinoshita Yukino: "I've already said it..."

"Yeah." Yuigahama Yui also considerately let go of her arm, "Everyone has something they're afraid of, it's nothing."