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Beichuan Si was the first to take a seat. At the same time, Qian Xia Chiyuki sat next to him without hesitation, while Magong Tong casually found an excuse to sit by the floral arrangement not far from the two of them.
Regarding Qian Xia Chiyuki's actions, Beichuan Si didn't say anything. He just sat quietly, watching her, intending to let her speak first.
Beichuan's passive and indifferent demeanor made Qian Xia Chiyuki unsure of how to start the conversation.
Moreover, Qian Xia Chiyuki hadn't come this time to accuse him; she just bore his overly intense gaze, swallowed, and plucked up the courage to speak, "First, Beichuan, you should know my identity, right?"
Beichuan responded with a nod, naturally saying, "As a student of Kyubei, I've naturally heard of President Qian Xia."
Upon hearing this, Magong Tong, who was sitting behind Beichuan, visibly moved her mouth—Beichuan had asked her to know Qian Xia Chiyuki's identity.
Qian Xia Chiyuki slightly sighed with relief after hearing this.
"Since you know my identity, Beichuan, you'll naturally understand what I'm about to do."
She decisively stood up and bowed deeply toward Beichuan seated on the bench, "Beichuan, because of our student council's inaction, you might have been wrongfully insulted, and I represent the student council to apologize to you!"
Would saying this avoid getting hit?
This thought inexplicably flashed in Qian Xia Chiyuki's mind.
But wrongdoing is wrongdoing. As a member of the student council, she had to take responsibility.
That's right! She was the president of the Kyubei student council! As the student council president, she had to set a good example for everyone.
Thinking this way, she felt considerably better.
But what Qian Xia Chiyuki hadn't expected was Beichuan Si actually raised his eyebrows and, somewhat perplexed, asked, "What are you talking about?"
Ah?!
Qian Xia Chiyuki was dumbfounded.
She and Beichuan exchanged glances, and the atmosphere grew slightly awkward.
So here she was making up her mind, fearing, while Beichuan didn't even understand what had happened?
With her already low morale, Qian Xia Chiyuki naturally felt even lower. She couldn't figure it out and murmured, "It's about the underwear theft incident...our student council received a report, but due to internal reasons at the time, we didn't act, which might have caused some distortion of facts...I'm here to apologize to you this time."
Beichuan Si's expression only turned stranger after hearing this.
Qian Xia Chiyuki could clearly sense that the other party's gaze seemed to have a trace of pity, as if thinking, "Is this student council president perhaps not very smart?"
"You came to me for this kind of thing?"
Beichuan pinched the bridge of his nose. He initially thought the student council president had something significant to discuss with him, only to find it was this overly old topic.
Perhaps the original Beichuan would have resented the inactive student council, but the current Beichuan didn't care at all.
The female student council president, in front of him, seemed overly serious, with an expression of fear of getting hit by him—
Beichuan couldn't help but shake his head, speaking calmly, "First of all, the underwear theft incident is over. The subsequent effects might still persist, but I don't care. Ultimately, it was me being overly cowardly back then, without the courage to speak out."
"Any adverse outcome from an event is actually due to the incompetence of the party involved. Others might have culpability or reasons, but the main issue remains with myself."
"Besides, Hoshino has already…" Beichuan suddenly stopped talking.
"Hoshino has already...?" Qian Xia Chiyuki, about to follow Beichuan's line of thought, paused. She looked up, a bit puzzled, and followed Beichuan's previous words, saying, "As far as I know, this Hoshino should be Hoshino Nana, the one who had a conflict with Beichuan, right? She's taken two consecutive sick days. Could it be that Beichuan knows something we don't?"
These girls were indeed intuitively sharp one by one.
Beichuan sighed silently in his heart, yet outwardly glossed over the matter indifferently, "It's better you don't know about this for now. Soon, the school will likely announce it."
Gangye Yoshiko had already notified Hoshino's family of the death, and soon the entire school would know.
Beichuan wasn't sure if the senior Sho-suke from the basketball club would be crying his heart out—but if this was the result of campus bullying, the price seemed exceedingly heavy.
However, Beichuan had no mind to mourn for the other party.
The cause of Beichuan's tragic past, Hoshino Nana, accounted for at least half, and he had no tears to shed for such a campus bully.
The two of them had always been parallel lines; with Hoshino Nana's death, they remained nothing more than two parallel lines.
"I understand, then I won't ask further."
Clearly, Beichuan didn't want to mention Hoshino Nana's matter anymore, and Qian Xia Chiyuki didn't push it.
She cleared her throat lightly and continued, "Actually, aside from this apology, I have something I'd like to discuss with Beichuan."
"What is it?"
"Would Beichuan join the student council?"
Qian Xia Chiyuki finally exhibited the authority of a student council president; her tone was calm, yet carried an indescribable presence, "The student council has just been established and urgently needs new blood. Someone like Beichuan fits our requirements perfectly."
Join the student council?
"I currently have no intention of joining the student council." Beichuan shook his head in refusal.
He wasn't inclined to serve the school's students; compared to that, he'd rather exorcise a few more spirits.
After all, exorcising spirits could bring tangible benefits, even aiding the eerie home page's rising popularity. In time, monetization would be achievable.
To make money and strengthen the body, why not?
"I see..." Qian Xia Chiyuki didn't pursue him relentlessly like some female protagonists in novels. After all, she was mentally prepared for Beichuan's refusal; still, she couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed.
"I am still curious, though—why would President Qian Xia seek to add me to the student council? Isn't the suspicion of my stealing underwear not cleared?"
Indeed, he still carried the tag of an underwear thief. Someone with that name joining the student council? It seemed bound to impact the student council's reputation negatively.
Faced with Beichuan's inquiry, Qian Xia Chiyuki's lips subconsciously curved upward.
Confident, calm.
"Just as Beichuan stated about his own situation, I'm more inclined to believe what I see with my own eyes." Qian Xia Chiyuki turned on her phone.
There was a video of Beichuan standing upright, giving orders not to allow delinquents to bully other students.
Due to the angle, Magong Tong couldn't see, or she might revisit fear towards Beichuan upon seeing the delinquents' pitiful state.
Watching the scene in the video, even Qian Xia Chiyuki couldn't help but sigh again—
Beichuan was truly ruthless with his hands.
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