CHAPTER 568: 158. THE SO-CALLED "PRESIDENT" _3

Yan Huan watched as those few girls walked away, and it wasn’t long before Yahashiki, with his backpack and glasses hidden under thick bangs, came out.

"Yo, let’s go, we’ll head back together."

They both took the same school bus, so they were quite familiar with each other.

Walking side by side with Yahashiki in the corridor, Yan Huan recalled what had just happened and couldn’t help but ask,

"Those girls aren’t in the same group as you, right? Why are you doing their work for them?"

"... Well, all those girls are from the Inner Court, and there’s nothing wrong with having good relations with them."

"Doesn’t that bother you?"

"If it’s bothersome, so be it. It’s just three years, can’t you just bear with it? Besides, didn’t anyone tell you before coming to Yuan Yue, that we Outer students should behave and keep our tails tucked?"

"..."

Yan Huan raised his eyebrows, but said nothing.

"Besides, aren’t you living quite comfortably? I’ve heard some senior students took a fancy to you. After your speech at the opening ceremony, they were all asking around in the chat groups about which class you belong to..."

"Comfort by selling myself, is that it?"

"It’s just a little embellishment, right? Life, if not adorned a little, can’t go on. Since you can’t change it anyway, you always have to consider the pros and cons, right?"

Yahashiki, his eyes hidden under thick bangs, took out his phone and opened the game Yuanyou,

"Just tough it out, keep good relations, and later on, maybe you can use those connections and rise to great heights...

"Wow, they’ve released a new loli character, I just made a nice sum by completing assignments for others, I can afford a second draw now!"

Listening to Yahashiki’s dispirited words, Yan Huan’s gaze suddenly caught sight of a document posted on the notice wall nearby.

"..."

He stopped in his steps, raised his head, and started reading the document.

Yahashiki, ahead of him, also paused and turned back to look.

Wondering why Yan Huan had abruptly stopped, he walked back and joined him in looking at the document on the wall,

"Student council elections... This has nothing to do with us Outer students, let’s go."

"But it’s written right here, both Inner and Outer students can participate."

"You really believe that?"

Yahashiki sneered, reminding,

"Forget the possibility of a freshman getting elected, even if there was a slim chance, it would only possibly be the daughter of the Sakuragi Family who enrolled this year..."

Saying this, Yahashiki lifted a bit of his thick bangs and pointed at a nearby support flyer.

On that flyer, Owen’s photo, with his radiant smile, was very prominent.

"Moreover, this year’s strongest candidate is senior Owen. His dad is the head of the Lin Gate Defense Department, don’t go poking the hornet’s nest."

"...Is it really so exaggerated?"

Yahashiki nodded, continued playing Yuanyou, and started walking again,

"Well, that’s just how it is. It’s always Inner Court students who run, there’s no point in an Outer student like you joining in the fray, not to mention you can’t win, and you’ll certainly lose the favor of the Inner Court students...

"And what good would it do even if you became President? Just to get a recommendation letter? With you topping the Lin Gate unified exam, do you even need that?

"Not to mention there’s no benefit, you’d also have to worry about this and that; you really think you’re some kind of big shot, wanting to work, study, and also run for student council..."

Watching Yahashiki’s departing figure, Yan Huan did not retort, but continued to look at the election posters above.

The next second, he smiled slightly and reached for an election form.

Hearing the sound of paper rustling behind him, Yahashiki was taken aback and turned his head.

But Yan Huan had already taken an election form and walked up to Yahashiki, wrapping an arm around his neck,

"Hey, you’re really going to run? What for? You won’t gain much from it..."

Yan Huan did not look at him, just kept facing forward,

"Don’t look at me like that. I’m no selfless Saint, it’s just... in doing certain things, aside from weighing benefits and costs, shouldn’t you also consider what’s right and wrong?"

At that moment, a petite girl wearing a kimono came out of the stairwell.

When she heard Yan Huan’s words, she paused for a moment.

At that moment, just behind those girls who had come out of Class B, a pink-haired girl was leaning against the wall with pursed lips.

She listened as they talked about someone being "dumb and insensitive," but it was unclear what expression she had upon hearing this.

At that moment, in Class E’s classroom, a short-haired blonde girl with a fierce expression was grabbing a boy by the collar of his shirt, demanding an apology for his rudeness.

But the response she got was, "You can’t afford it if you damage this shirt."

At that moment, Yahashiki, hearing this, paused slightly, looked at the smiling Yan Huan beside him, and finally got serious, still whispering his advice,

"If by any chance you don’t get elected, that group of Inner Court students will..."

"To hell with the Inner Court."

Yan Huan thought for a second, looked at Yahashiki with a slight smile, and said,

"Hey, if anyone hears you say that..."

"So what’s your answer, I still need an election partner, wanna run with me?"

"Well... since you put it that way..."

At that moment, the two of them walked on, passing by the petite girl who had come out of the stairwell.

Yan Huan did not recognize the girl in front of him, nor was he attracted by her appearance; he did not even glance at her but continued walking forward.

Unbeknownst to him, his words had already fallen entirely into the ears of the girl.

The girl with hair transitioning from black to cherry blossom colors showed no reaction and continued walking towards the dimming light of the setting sun, in the opposite direction of Yan Huan and the others.

But just after passing them by a few steps, her pace slowed down until she completely stopped in the middle of the corridor bathed in the evening light.