Even with chuunibyou, let's learn together!

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Hayakawa quickly averted her gaze after realizing what was happening, but it was too late. Girls, especially pretty girls, are incredibly sensitive to gazes falling on any part of their body, let alone someone like Hayakawa staring directly at them.

"Hayakawa-san..."

May silently hugged her chest to cover her ample curves, looking at Hayakawa expressionlessly. A certain gentleness had vanished, replaced by disdain and indifference: "What were you looking at just now?"

"Uh…"

Hayakawa silently turned his head and said nonchalantly, "What are you talking about? I was just thinking about something."

"Oh?"

May's face was icy cold: "Then what are you thinking about (two) Ling San Erling (seven) Ba?"

"..."

It's none of your business what I'm thinking.

"Humph"

May snorted coldly, turned her head to the other side in annoyance, and stopped talking.

Her translucent earlobes flushed a blood-red hue, and even her originally snow-white neck blushed. Although the girl's mood was not as calm as her expression, she turned her head away from Hayakawa not simply because of disdain, but because of some other emotion.

However, the next moment, she suddenly seemed to see something and said, "Isn't this Huizi?"

"what?"

Hayakawa looked over and saw a girl wearing Ichinose's school uniform walking by the roadside. She looked familiar and seemed to be a classmate of his.

Chapter 526 That boy from last time

"It's a classmate."

Hayakawa glanced at it, then looked away without showing any interest, and made no move to speak. He had no interest in playing any social games.

"Don't be so cold. Huizi and I are very close at school."

Nakano Satsuki leaned against the windowpane, looking at the lonely figure. After hesitating for a moment, she suddenly turned to Hayakawa and said, "Hayakawa-san, I want to go out and talk to Keiko for a few minutes. Could you wait here for me for a while?"

May's eyes held a hint of apology, clearly feeling somewhat embarrassed about leaving Hayakawa at the shop.

Hayakawa, of course, had no objection: "Go ahead, I'll wait for you here."

"Okay, I'll be back soon. Once I'm back, we'll go home together and start studying tonight."

May said gratefully, then got up and left.

Let's go home together...

Hayakawa felt a slight unease as he watched her retreating figure, thinking to himself, "She's going back to your house, not mine."

Hayakawa sat there, lost in thought, waiting.

……

See you tomorrow, May-chan.

The girl waved goodbye to the red-haired girl with the ahoge (a cowlick on her forehead), and May waved back, saying, "Bye-bye, Keiko."

Seeing the girl's visibly happier expression as she left, May felt a sense of relief.

The girl named Huizi's grades have dropped recently, but it's not because she didn't study hard or performed poorly on exams. It's because she broke up with her boyfriend and couldn't control her emotions, which caused her to often daydream in class. Needless to say, her state during exams was even worse.

In May, she often saw her spacing out lately, and occasionally her eyes would even turn red, clearly indicating that she had just been crying. A girl who used to have excellent grades in class has almost fallen to the middle level in just a few weeks. May has been paying close attention to this decline, especially since the final exams are just around the corner, which makes May even more worried.

However, it seems that Hui Zi's mood has improved a lot after my encouragement, so she should be able to get a good score on tomorrow's exam.

Nakano Satsuki watched the girl's figure disappear completely before turning back to the street she had come from, satisfied, though her mind was still preoccupied with other thoughts.

Hui Zi used to be a lively, cheerful, and focused girl, but now she's turned into this by a breakup and can't even concentrate in class.

Is heartbreak really that terrible? It can drastically change a person in just a few weeks.

Indeed, dating is a terrible thing, a competitive field that students shouldn't be involved in. I must stay away from it completely before graduating from high school, otherwise my grades will definitely plummet.

May was very alert and secretly decided that she would never associate with boys while she was in school, completely unaware that her grades were by no means "sky-high".

"But what exactly does it feel like to be in love...?"

In May, she suddenly became lost in thought, recalling the descriptions she had read in a book.

Love can drive people crazy and intoxicate them; it can make the cowardly brave and fearless, and make those who yearn for freedom willingly put on shackles; it can...

Nino... seems to like Hayakawa.

May suddenly had a visual hallucination, her mind showing Nino and May together: the two of them sitting together at the living room table at home, reading books, very close to each other, Hayakawa looking down as he explained difficult problems from the textbook to her, his gaze tender and gentle.

This...this won't work.

In May, a sudden, inexplicable pang of sadness welled up in my heart, even causing a sharp pain.

If Hayakawa were to date Nino, he would definitely spend more time teaching Nino and less time on Hayakawa. But then... what would happen to May's grades?!

It was only with great difficulty that things started to improve a little...

May felt like crying. She had always supported Nino and Hayakawa's relationship, but now she was less supportive.

No, no, I have to get Hayakawa to promise that he won't slack off on teaching me even if I'm in a relationship before I can date. And I have to divide my studies into five equal parts too!

"so…"

May looked lost in thought, murmuring, "What does it really feel like to be in love..."

Lost in thought, she didn't realize that she had accidentally gone to the wrong door. Instead of entering the noodle shop she had been to before, she took a few steps and ended up at the door next to the ramen shop, and then walked in without noticing.

"Eh…"

Upon entering, May realized the environment was off. It wasn't the warm lighting of a ramen shop, but a different kind of cool light, and she realized she had gone to the wrong place.

This style...it looks like a hotel.

Is it a love hotel?!

In May, her face turned bright red. In a panic, she hurriedly walked outside, but accidentally bumped into someone.

"Excuse me!"

The two voices spoke in unison, but the difference was that the latter voice added the word "guest," so together they said: "Excuse me, guest."

Then, the voice suddenly changed, sounding somewhat surprised: "Aren't you those two little girls from last time?"

May was slightly taken aback, and despite the pain, she looked up and saw a woman in a work uniform standing in front of her, who was clearly the receptionist of this hotel.

This person is the same receptionist who served the Hayakawa Typhoon trio of Ichika, Yotsuba, and Hayakawa, and was then "driven" in various ways by Hayakawa's money.

She spoke as if she had seen me before, but I didn't recognize her at all.

May subconsciously glanced at the person's face, and after confirming that she hadn't seen her before, she hesitated and said, "Excuse me, I..."

As she was speaking, May suddenly stopped, realizing something was amiss, and recalling an incident that had occurred a few days prior.

No, she doesn't know me, she knows the other members of the five sisters.

May immediately thought of that night a few days ago when Ichika and Yotsuba said they were going out to eat, but they were trapped outside by a sudden typhoon and could only find a hotel nearby to stay overnight. They didn't get home until the next morning and were greeted with a lot of shrugs and a body check-up.

These are all messages I saw on my phone in May, sent by Yi Hua Si Ye to let everyone know I'm safe.

So you were staying at this hotel, huh? So you must have been eating at the ramen shop next door.

May suddenly realized, her doubts vanished instantly, and she smiled at the woman in front of her, saying, "Um...actually, I..."

"Sorry, I don't know which of those two girls you are. You sisters look exactly alike."

The receptionist carefully examined the girl, but decided to give up the "spot the difference" game with some regret. The next moment, she looked behind May and said casually, "Where's that boy from last time? Didn't he come with you?"

Chapter 527 A Complicated May

"Where's that boy from last time? Didn't he come with you?"

The receptionist spoke with a look of anticipation on her face.

That guy was incredibly generous; the various favors he gave her in one day almost exceeded two months' salary for her. Without a doubt, that typhoon night was the happiest day of her year, as she met a handsome guy who gave her money in a very stylish way.

Unfortunately, there was no typhoon today, and the hotel wasn't fully booked, so we probably won't have any extra money.

The receptionist felt a pang of regret.

She didn't notice the sudden stiffening of the girl's expression.

Last time…

That boy...

A guy? He even stayed at a love hotel with Ichika and Yotsuba...

is that a lie.

Who? Who on earth is it?!

May was filled with disbelief. At that moment, a figure inexplicably appeared in her mind, and that person was Hayakawa, who was waiting next door.

There was no reason, but it was him. In May, he was the first person she thought of, and the only person she could think of.

"..."

May pursed her lips, her heart filled with mixed feelings.

Let's calm down. It's not confirmed yet in May. We can't just suspect people. We need to clarify things in the group chat first, otherwise misunderstandings will arise.

Those two girls might not necessarily be Ichika and Yotsuba. Although the possibility is very low, what if they are two girls who look a lot like them?

May's thought only lasted for a moment before she couldn't help but reject most of it.

How could two girls who look so alike just appear out of nowhere? Especially two girls from the same city, and from a street near Ichinose High School. There are so many coincidences.

What's more important is that I'm wearing my school uniform right now, and this receptionist actually mistook me for someone else. Those two girls are very likely also wearing Ichinose's school uniform. Who else could they be but Ichika and Yotsuba?

Even so, May still planned to confirm it first, otherwise she would feel uncomfortable if it caused a misunderstanding.

"Cough cough..."

After much deliberation, May pretended to know the receptionist and greeted her with a stiff smile, "It's been a few days. You've been working hard lately."

"Uh…"

The receptionist didn't know how to reply, so she awkwardly but politely said, "It's alright."

"that…"

Seeing this, May realized that her acting skills were very poor, so she simply and directly probed, "The typhoon was really strong the day I came to stay last time. I stayed overnight and didn't get home until the next day."

This was clearly a test, confirming both the length of stay and the dates of the stay.

So how will she answer?

May nervously watched the receptionist, waiting.

"yes,"

The receptionist exclaimed, "This is the first time I've ever seen such heavy rain in my life. Ichinose isn't even a coastal city, how could there be a typhoon? Is it climate change caused by global warming...?"

"..."

The receptionist was still muttering to herself, but May couldn't hear what she was saying anymore.

The time was confirmed, and the person who stayed overnight did not deny it, so it seems that it is indeed Ichika and Yotsuba.

But that's not the point. Everyone among the five sisters knows that Ichika and Yotsuba were trapped by the typhoon and had to spend the night outside. The point is who that boy is... and whether he is Hayakawa or not.

May frowned, wanting to know but unable to find a suitable way to probe. However, asking directly might arouse the other party's suspicion.

Let's just go along with what they said before!

May only needed to think for a moment before she came up with a brilliant idea. There is no doubt that she has reached the peak of her intelligence at this moment. This is the result of some girls' talents being fully developed in catching cheaters and detective work.

"Ahem, that boy you mentioned, he's eating at the ramen shop next door, right?"

Having made up her mind in May, she became more adept at getting closer to him. With a troubled expression, she said, "Um... I wanted to ask you a favor. It's about us living together before... If you see us in the future, could you please pretend you don't know us? Our school doesn't allow dating, so we've kept our relationship a secret and don't want it to be exposed, so..."

"No dating allowed? Really? Aren't you two both students at Ichinose High School?"

The receptionist said, somewhat puzzled, "I've seen plenty of student couples from your school come here to book rooms, and they never really tried to hide it. Why are they suddenly..."

Okay, the school has been confirmed as Ichinose High School, and it's more likely that it will be Hayakawa High School.

Nakano Satsuki blinked and casually made up an excuse: "It's a recently issued school rule."