People in Zongman are masters of copying romance novels

Although he had a calm mindset during the exam, Aoki Jie was still more or less nervous now that the exam was over and the results were announced.

During the break, after learning that the school's deviation rankings had been announced, he immediately rushed to the bulletin board in the corridor.

The bulletin board in the corridor was crowded with people, and Aokisuke had to use a lot of effort to squeeze into the crowd.

Raising his eyes slightly and looking at the notice board, he deliberately started to read the rankings from the bottom up.

Tenth place, an unfamiliar name.

Ninth place, an unfamiliar name.

This continued until the third place, and it was still an unfamiliar name.

Then the second one——

His heartbeat quickened a little, and Aokisuke raised his eyes slightly.

Second place, Yukinoshita Yukino.

First place, Aoki Suke.

Aokijie felt relieved and breathed a sigh of relief. Then, he squeezed out of the crowd again with a normal expression.

He walked out of the corridor with no expression on his face and bought two bottles of iced juice from the vending machine outside the teaching building.

Then he walked back to the classroom with the juice in his hand, looking calm, until he heard the discussions of his classmates in the classroom.

Aokisuke could hear a few voices that were not deliberately lowered - they were surprised that the new transfer student in their class had surpassed Yukinoshita Yukino in academic performance, who had always held the top spot.

Aokisuke didn't care, but took a deep breath and then put the juice on Hikigaya Hachiman's table.

First, the ranking is higher than Yukinoshita Yukino!

Although there is no scholarship for the first place in the end-of-month test, and although getting first place now is likely to make Yukinoshita Yukino more vigilant in the final test, Aoki Jie still finds it difficult to suppress his excitement.

It had nothing to do with his own progress, nor was it because he was one step closer to getting the scholarship. It was simply because Aokisuke had some mischievous taste and wanted to see Yukinoshita Yukino look deflated.

His mood improved a lot, and even the dead fish eyes of Hikigaya Hachiman in front of him made Aokisuke feel much more comfortable with it.

"Hey, Aoki, what's wrong with that look in your eyes? It's so disgusting..."

......

After Hikigaya Hachiman made a few comments and the class bell rang at the same time, Aokisuke stopped wanting to speak.

Until the whole class is over.

Because it was the last class in the afternoon, the school bell and the club activity bell rang directly in the classroom as soon as the get out of class was over.

On Friday, as usual, Aokisuke had to go to the service club and spend 30 minutes in the club, which usually had a cold atmosphere.

As usual, he was not very satisfied with this activity - wasting 30 minutes in the activity classroom. With this time, Aoki Jie would have liked to practice playing the ensemble more with the girls in the band.

But today is different—

Together with Hikigaya Hachiman, they arrived at the door of the service club's activity room on the third floor. Before Hikigaya Hachiman was about to push the door open and walk in, Aokisuke stopped Hikigaya.

He stood at the door and coughed lightly, trying his best to keep his voice steady.

After knocking on the door deliberately without much force, Aokiji spoke.

"President Yukinoshita, may I come in?"

Chapter 48 King's Game (Youth Edition)

dong dong——

There was a knock on the door.

At the same time, a young man's voice sounded outside the house.

"President Yukinoshita, may I come in?"

In the classroom of the service society.

Yukinoshita Yukino, who was reading a book somewhat absent-mindedly, tightened her hands around the book.

Aoki Jie, who normally would never knock on the door, definitely didn't have any good intentions when he suddenly knocked on the door, especially at this moment, after the exam results and rankings were released...

Yukinoshita Yukino never expected that her deviation value ranking was actually not higher than Aoki Suke.

Having been firmly in the top spot for many years, this is the first time that Yukinoshita Yukino has achieved second place since she started junior high school.

All my previous words had now become an uncontrollable boomerang, especially considering how confident I had been before...

"Aoki-san, I hope you can maintain your current state after the exam next week."

The fingers holding the book tightened a little. Recalling the dark history was a bit too cruel for the current Yukinoshita Yukino.

Decisively stopping her thoughts from drifting away, Yukinoshita Yukino took a deep breath and then uttered two syllables in her cold and clear voice.

"Please come in."

As the voice fell, the door handle of the activity room turned, and the next moment, Aoki Jie stepped in.

"Good afternoon, President Yukinoshita."

As usual, I put my schoolbag next to the chair, took out the book from the schoolbag as usual, and lowered my head to turn the pages as usual.

The only difference was probably that this time after entering the club, Aokisuke greeted him politely.

Yukinoshita Yukino remained silent, Aoki Suke didn't say anything else, only Hikigaya Hachiman, who came in, was somewhat confused.

He could slightly feel that the atmosphere was a little off, and he also knew that Aokisuke must have had a purpose in stopping him and knocking on the door before he pushed it open... But the information he knew at the moment was too little, and it was obviously impossible to deduce any conclusion.

So Hikigaya Hachiman took out a light novel from his schoolbag and pretended to read it, but in fact he focused all his attention on the two of them.

The atmosphere was silent, and there was no other sound in the air except the sound of turning pages.

The silence lasted for a long time.

After Yukinoshita Yukino flipped through several pages of the book in her hand, she finally couldn't help it anymore.

Taking a deep breath and closing the book in her hand, Yukinoshita Yukino looked up at Aoki Suke.

He opened his mouth, but no sound came out at first.

She suddenly found herself at a loss for words, so she remained silent again. After thinking for a moment, Yukinoshita Yukino spoke.

"Aoki-san...don't you have anything to say?"

The tone sounded like he was interrogating a prisoner. Upon hearing this, Aoki Jie also closed the book in his hand, then deliberately pretended not to understand and tilted his head slightly.

Hikigaya Hachiman, who had been observing from the side, suddenly became nervous.

He had thought that the two people in front of him would have some communication, but he really didn't expect that the atmosphere would be so tense as soon as they opened their mouths.

And the other side.

Aoki Suke didn't respond, and Yukinoshita Yukino didn't know how to continue the conversation.

She wanted to put the topic on hold, but the life principle that decisions must be made counted forced Yukinoshita Yukino to try to speak.

After another period of silence, the black-haired girl in the activity room spoke again.

He glanced at Hikigaya Hachiman, then turned his gaze back to Aokisuke, hesitated for a moment, and said,

"There's something...about an apology."

Aokijie blinked and put the book in his hand back into his schoolbag.

"Oh - I thought you, President Yukinoshita, forgot about this and didn't mention it... Do you want to apologize to me?" Then he spoke in a dragging voice.

Yukinoshita Yukino now regrets why she made this bet.

She gritted her teeth and looked at Aoki Suke's appearance at this moment, feeling regretful in her heart, but considering the bet they made at that time, she disdained to breach the contract, so after gritting her teeth, Yukinoshita Yukino took a deep breath.

A formal apology must be made with a serious tone and attitude...

After hesitating for a while, brewing her tone, and organizing her words, Yukinoshita Yukino spoke,

"Aoki-san, I'm sorry about what happened that day. I really shouldn't have said those words directly when I could have explained it clearly..."

The cold voice was inexplicably lagging, and as she spoke, she suddenly remembered the confident declaration she had made earlier, causing the girl's face to blush slightly out of embarrassment...

Hikigaya Hachiman was shocked. He looked at Yukinoshita Yukino with an expression of surprise and shock, then shifted his gaze to Aoki Suuke with the same expression.

Is this some kind of weird game? Are you the victim?

On the other side, Aokisuke looked at Yukinoshita Yukino's expression at this moment, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, but he quickly coughed lightly to stop the smile on his face.

After a pause, Aokisuke spoke in a slightly nonchalant tone,

"I don't mind what happened that day, but speaking of which... President Yukinoshita must be very upset about coming in second this time. Do you want to continue the bet on next month's end-of-month test?"

......

Aoki Jie is not a fool. On the contrary, he is definitely a genius among geniuses, as he can achieve the first place in the grade in Xiuhua High School.

And when faced with a genius who has already surpassed you once, and with the same effort, you are asked to surpass him again within a month...

Yukinoshita Yukino is not a fool. Although she is extremely unwilling to accept it, she will not accept this bet that is almost 100% certain to lose no matter how hard she thinks about it.

So, after apologizing, Yukinoshita Yukino, who was still a little embarrassed, chose to directly ignore Aoki Suke's bet invitation.

Until Aokisuke continued to speak,

"President Yukinoshita isn't talking, is he because he's scared?"

Just as he picked up the book and was about to turn the page, he paused.

This is a poor provocation; even an elementary school student would see through it and reject it...

Yukinoshita Yukino suddenly closed the book in her hand, raised her eyes again, and looked at Aoki Suke who was looking at her.

How could she not accept such a provocation that showed no regard for others? Yukinoshita Yukino was certainly not a fool, but she absolutely could not allow herself to be provoked!

So, Yukinoshita Yukino spoke,

"A poor provocation..."

"But I accept it!—What's the stake, then?"

"..."

Aokiji didn't think about the stakes of the bet immediately, so he blinked and thought for a moment.

Yukinoshita Yukino spoke first before Aokisuke.

The voice was clear and cold, without any more pauses.

"It's just that the same apology as last time is too boring... Let's raise the stakes. The loser must agree to a reasonable request from the winner."

"It's not an excessive request... I have no objection." Aoki Jie nodded.

On the other side...

Hikigaya Hachiman turned his head to look at Aoki Suke, then glanced sideways at Yukinoshita Yukino.

The shock that had just dissipated from his face suddenly reappeared.

What kind of bet is this?

A low-profile version of Game of Kings?

Isn't this kind of bet something that only appears in non-serious comics?

Hikigaya Hachiman was shocked and couldn't understand. At the same time, he was convinced of the thought in his head.

I am just a part of their play!

Chapter 49 Income, Planning, and the Band as a Community of Shared Destiny

Under Hikigaya Hachiman's shocked gaze, Aokisuke and Yukinoshita Yukino made a new bet.

However, after the bet was finalized, the comparison was not scheduled for the end-of-month test next month, but directly for the final exam at the end of the semester - which not only determined the winner of the bet, but also whether Aoki Jie could get the high-value scholarship.

Although he was the one who proposed the bet, in fact, Aoki Jie was not very confident about the bet - after all, his opponent was Yukinoshita Yukino, and the score difference between him and her in this test was very small. If he performed poorly at the end of the semester, he would most likely lose to Yukinoshita Yukino.

But it's not that he is very worried that Yukinoshita Yukino will surpass him. Although the gap between the two is not big, there is still some difference at the moment. If they spend the same amount of time and effort, Aoki Jie does not think that his learning talent is lower than Yukinoshita Yukino.

In short, a new bet was made with Yukinoshita Yukino at the Servant Club, and 30 minutes later, Aokisuke left the activity room with Hikigaya Hachiman again.

He rushed to the livehouse carrying his guitar bag and school bag, trained in the livehouse for a while, and only left the livehouse and returned to his rented apartment after closing time.