Chapter 703 - 195: On the Spencer-Type Sakuragi (Happy New Year’s Eve!)
"Rumble~"
On the ground, Yan Huan saw the purple mood roll to his feet and didn’t even have time to complain.
He looked up, and his heart skipped a beat when he saw Sakuragi Hitomi’s frozen expression.
Especially since Sakuragi was just provoked by Spencer in the morning, and now it’s happening again?
Repeatedly detonating the reaction, huh?
"Sakuragi..."
He reacted swiftly, planning to take a step back and distance himself from An Le.
But unexpectedly, An Le reacted faster than him upon seeing the incoming person.
"Vice President Sakuragi!"
In his arms, An Le immediately took a step back, slightly flushed, and waved at Sakuragi Hitomi, somewhat nervously offering a spontaneous explanation,
"Well... just now I was trying to talk to Xiao Huan about something, so..."
Hmm?
Hearing this, Yan Huan, who was about to speak, paused slightly.
He thought An Le was going to show her aggressive side like in the milk tea shop incident with Ye Shiyu.
He didn’t expect her to voluntarily soften and explain herself first.
Wait, could it be...
"It seems An Le doesn’t know Sakuragi Hitomi is also a modifier host, meow?"
On his shoulder, the visible Meow-chan directly voiced the doubt in his mind.
Yan Huan took a look at An Le, secretly surprised at her different treatment of hosts and non-hosts.
What exactly did the modifier incarnation on her tell her?
"..."
Upon hearing An Le’s explanation, Sakuragi Hitomi squinted her eyes slightly, observing An Le’s expression.
In reality, when Sakuragi Hitomi and Yahashiki arrived, Yan Huan was being pulled by An Le.
Thus, Sakuragi Hitomi clearly saw An Le actively pouncing on Yan Huan.
Since Bai Yi had said earlier in the morning, "An Le is not the same as before," Sakuragi Hitomi subconsciously thought An Le was provoking.
But now, she’s explaining sincerely...
She’s either pretending to be sweet and innocent while scheming, or she’s simply naive and sweet.
Ultimately, Sakuragi couldn’t tell for now.
"I see... so that’s it..."
Thus, she squeezed out a little smile, maintaining her elegance as she responded.
"Pfft~"
Beside them, Yahashiki couldn’t hold back his laughter.
Then, slightly directing the thumbs-up intended for Yan Huan towards An Le.
As if saying:
"You can turn cozying up into discussing business, you’re this."
However, Yahashiki, being a good friend, didn’t let An Le’s somewhat flimsy explanation become awkward and disrupt the atmosphere entirely.
So, he looked at the ground and hurriedly picked up the conversation,
"Wait, Teacher Miyake, why did you bring that kind of thing here?"
"Oh my~"
Miyake Huhu, busy enjoying the drama, covered her mouth and snapped back to reality, apologetically walking briskly to the other side to pick up the purple microphone,
"Sorry, sorry, it accidentally fell out.
"This was made according to the Linmen Education Bureau’s guidelines for the curriculum, given that it includes topics on self-adjustment and self-control."
Miyake Huhu expertly tucked the item back into the bag, ignoring the slightly dark expressions of the three student council members, and instead looked at An Le standing next to Yan Huan,
"Oh... wait, student... why do I feel you look familiar?"
"Eh?"
An Le, initially observing the purple item in her hand with normal expression, glanced at Miyake Huhu upon hearing this.
Upon closer look, she seemed to recognize her, but before she could speak, Miyake Huhu’s eyes lit up,
"Little Ping Xi?"
Upon hearing this name, An Le’s face turned beet red.
Yet she was already embraced and held by Miyake Huhu,
"It’s really you! Didn’t expect you to also study at Yuanyue Academy!"
"Miss Buffie..."
"It’s been years since we met, right? Previously invited you to attend the spring fan convention but you didn’t go, such a pity..."
"Be-because of that..."
Little Ping Xi...
Yan Huan mulled over the name, quickly realizing its connection to An Le.
Could it be An Le’s old friend?
Seeing Miyake Huhu and An Le eagerly catching up, Yan Huan smiled slightly, not interrupting.
Instead, he glanced over at Sakuragi Hitomi, seeing her intent to squat down and help Miyake Huhu pick up the fallen items on the ground.
"..."
Blinking, Yan Huan still walked toward Sakuragi Hitomi’s side, squatting down to pick up the scattered documents on the ground too,
"Sakuragi, you’re here too."
"Ah, President..."
Upon hearing this, Sakuragi Hitomi looked at Yan Huan and smiled lightly,
"I came over to see if I could help."
"I see."
Yan Huan nodded, just about to reach for a comic cover titled "Physiological Science Picture Book," when a small hand coincidentally reached for it too.
The slight fingertip contact made both Yan Huan and Sakuragi Hitomi pause.
Yan Huan instinctively wanted to withdraw his hand, but seeing Sakuragi Hitomi’s hand awkwardly frozen mid-air, he slowed his retraction.
"President, about this morning’s incident, I’m sorry for troubling you..."
Expecting her to talk about the current incident to ease the tension, he was surprised when Sakuragi Hitomi brought up the morning incident instead,
"I shouldn’t have acted so impulsively."
"...It’s okay, it wasn’t your fault."
It’s not that Yan Huan was pretending to be generous, because Spencer’s modifier did indeed affect others.
"Since Spencer actually did quite a few infuriating things before, it’s not just you, Sakuragi, who dislikes her..."
Yan Huan smiled a bit, picking up the book from the ground and handing it to Sakuragi,
"Speaking of which, it’s the first time I’ve seen you so angry, Sakuragi, it’s quite unusual."
"..."
Yan Huan’s words were meant to smoothly move past the ’apology’ topic, yet it surprisingly left Sakuragi Hitomi stunned.