When Sumireko Sanshokuin saw Yukinoshita Yukino's face flush with anger and her body slightly heave, a mischievous smile curved at the corner of her lips.
"Yukinoshita, you're really cute."
"I don't want to hear you praising me at all right now. It doesn't feel sincere," Yukinoshita huffed coldly, glancing at Sumireko Sanshokuin's prominent chest, and sighed inwardly. It's bad enough that her figure is completely surpassed by her sister Haruno. Now there's someone else who completely outdoes her.
"Alright, let's not talk about those irrelevant things, Sanshokuin," Yukino tried to refocus. "That pervert really brought you here. I think you must understand what our Service Club does?"
However, Renji Kamisaka hadn't said anything. He just brought her here to stay for a while.
Sumireko Sanshokuin touched her chin, her eyes twinkling playfully. "I know, it's probably an activity to jointly serve the only man in the club. Well, Yukinoshita wants to compete with me to see who can please Renji more. That's the thing."
"Nonsense! My Service Club isn't that kind of service! What did he tell you?!" Yukinoshita clenched her fists, as if she would make Renji pay when he returned.
Sumireko Sanshokuin smiled and shook her head. "He hasn't had time to tell me, Yukinoshita. What does your Service Club do with only two people?"
Yukinoshita Yukino raised her chin, revealing a serious expression. "It's better to teach a man to fish than to give him fish. The purpose of establishing the Service Club is to help those who want to become very good, provide ways to become very good, and help those in need solve some problems." She paused for a moment, straightening her posture. "Of course, it depends on the person. The Service Club will not accept all commissions. When someone comes back, remember to tell him not to spread strange rumors."
"I see, Yukinoshita established this club to help others," Sumireko nodded. "But isn't the name 'Service Club' a bit vulgar?"
"It feels vulgar because those people have impure thoughts!" Yukino retorted sharply, her eyes narrowing.
Sumireko Sanshokuin blinked her beautiful eyes, feeling a little amused. She seemed to be one of those people with impure thoughts. "Then, would you like to hear my request?"
"You should have said it long ago," Yukino said, curiosity overriding her annoyance. "I'm just curious why you're so beautiful, but you pretended to be an inconspicuous ponytail librarian."
Sumireko Sanshokuin sighed, her gaze turning melancholic. "Being too beautiful and too popular isn't a good thing. I became a librarian because I love reading books, stories, and literary works. Yukinoshita, this is a story from my junior high."
"When I was in junior high, I was more developed than my peers, and I had a good appearance, so I was liked by many boys. There were always people confessing to me, which made me, who just wanted to read quietly, very troubled. Being noticed by too many boys, it's not a good thing." There was a short pause, Sumireko stared at the wall, as if looking back at the past. "Because I rejected a boy's confession, the girl or girls who liked that boy would target me out of jealousy. Some people even spread rumors that my figure grew as a paid date."
Hearing this, Yukinoshita Yukino couldn't help but sneer, a disgusted expression clear on her face. "Some people are indeed like this, they prefer to slander others rather than improve themselves, and only rely on jealousy to shine and spread malicious rumors behind their backs."
Sumireko Sanshokuin looked at Yukinoshita Yukino, who was filled with righteous indignation, and nodded vigorously. "It seems Yukinoshita also has profound experience."
"Can I continue?" Sumireko asked softly.
"Of course," Yukino nodded, her tone softening. "Sorry, I interrupted you, please continue, I'll listen carefully."
"Okay." Sumireko smiled faintly.
Sumireko Sanshokuin gathered her thoughts and spoke slowly, her voice now calmer but holding the weight of memories.
"I was just a junior high student at the time, how could I withstand so many rumors? There was even a group of girls who threatened to teach me a lesson. At a critical moment, a senior named Momo Sakurabara saved me. She was the student council president at school and very popular. To help me, she took the initiative to befriend me." Sumireko paused, as if reassembling the events. "Because of this, I entered the president's social circle. And in the president's circle of friends, I met Runa Kusami, a classmate in the same class, and the very popular student council secretary, Yasuo Hazuki. Yes, this time they are the three representatives from Toshobu High School."
Next, Sumireko Sanshokuin told Yukinoshita Yukino about the oppressive life she endured within that group of three.
When Yukinoshita Yukino heard Sumireko Sanshokuin introduce Yasuo Hazuki, she was stunned. "How can there be such a purely good person in this world? And he doesn't understand the implicit meaning of others at all?"
"Yes, you also find it incredible, don't you?" Sumireko Sanshokuin gave a bitter smile, a thin irony there. She was fortunate that she left decisively after graduating junior high. Momo Sakurabara and Runa Kusami were deeply trapped in it and were still living a desperate life. They still had a glimmer of hope, hoping that Yasuo Hazuki would understand one of them someday. But even so, there would still be someone who would be the loser in life, working hard until the end, and having nothing. This was a very cruel thing. Although Yasuo Hazuki looked somewhat like that, he was very loyal, so he wouldn't have the courage and thought to choose two people at the same time. There was no other man as special as Renji Kamisaka in this world.
Yukinoshita Yukino was in a complicated mood. Although she had no friends, she wasn't completely unable to understand the atmosphere and implicit meanings of others. And Yasuo Hazuki was actually a purely good man? She still thought that the people around her were good people?
While thinking, Yukinoshita Yukino looked at Sumireko Sanshokuin with deep sympathy. "It's very difficult for you to live in such an environment for 3 years."
"What else?" Sumireko shrugged. "There were no conditions for transfer at that time. If it were you, Yukinoshita, what would you do?" Sumireko Sanshokuin asked curiously.
"Me?" Yukinoshita Yukino raised an eyebrow, the corner of her lips slightly lifted. "If it were me, I would find out those who spread rumors and root them out!" The girl clenched her fist, her expression firm.
Sumireko Sanshokuin was immediately embarrassed. "Yukinoshita, you haven't done this before?"
"Yes, I have," Yukino replied curtly.
"You're amazing!" Sumireko exclaimed, full of admiration.
Yukinoshita Yukino was supported by her family, so even if some people isolated her, they didn't dare to bully her. Never mind fighting her. Hayama Hayato's parents were professional lawyers. If they cooperated with the Yukinoshita chaebol to set up some traps, it would be enough for those people's parents to take medicine. Sumireko Sanshokuin understood why Yukinoshita Yukino had no friends. Okay, I'm kidding. Although she has a little dark belly, she is actually a gentle person by nature. She wouldn't do anything to stab her benefactors in the back. Otherwise, she wouldn't have secretly left and gone to another high school.
Yukinoshita Yukino found Sumireko Sanshokuin too difficult. The literary girl who only liked to read books, because of her beauty, she was caught between two women who liked Yasuo Hazuki and was forced to get along with Yasuo Hazuki. And those two people both liked Yasuo Hazuki, and they always looked at her with dull eyes, and exuded a desperate atmosphere, trying to match her with Yasuo Hazuki. They created various opportunities for this, and often brought Yasuo Hazuki to find her. If she lived in this atmosphere, Yukinoshita Yukino felt terrified. She definitely wouldn't be able to stay there for a moment.
But Sumireko Sanshokuin accepted the help of Momo Sakurabara and Runa Kusami, and couldn't tell Yasuo Hazuki about their feelings. She herself didn't want to date Yasuo Hazuki, so she could only choose to run away and let time fade everything. However, unexpectedly, the cultural exchange between high schools in two regions allowed her to meet those people again.
Holding her chin with her hand, Yukinoshita Yukino looked at the beautiful girl in front of her and said seriously, "So, Sanshokuin, what kind of help do you hope our Service Club can provide? I can see that you're very distressed about Yasuo's problem."
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