Chapter 110 – Courage test

Yukio finally realized he had been ambushed by Shiina.

At this moment, Shiina seemed like a celestial maiden of the drifting clouds by the horizon, whose mysteries and whimsical nature were slightly unveiled because of Yukio's presence, dispersing the mists around her.

And when Shiina mentioned the red sugar water was actually quite sweet, her face was enveloped in a deep blush, clearly, this "ambush" had also left her overwhelmingly shy.

"Is that so?" Yukio now wore a mischievous smile, unwilling to be outsmarted: "I found the sugar water quite bitter."

After saying this, he leaned in again, causing Shiina to momentarily widen her eyes in surprise before closing them again, letting the moment extend until she gently tapped Yukio, signaling him to stop, which he eventually did after a satisfying moment.

"How about now?" Yukio looked at Shiina with a somewhat triumphant gaze, filled with amusement: "Is it sweet or not?"

Shiina, taking up the porcelain bowl again to drink: "Didn't I tell you? It's quite sweet, only you think it's bitter…"

Yukio, laughing, chose not to continue on the topic. After Shiina finished her small bowl of red sugar water, he washed it and came back to see Shiina holding her stomach and squinting her eyes, as if she felt very comfortable: "Effective?"

"A bit," Shiina replied without opening her eyelids: "It feels a bit warm in my stomach, seems like it's not as uncomfortable as usual during the period."

"How warm? Warmer than my palm?" Yukio, with a teasing smile, wanted to make a direct comparison, leading to a playful protest from Shiina.

However, just as he was about to touch Shiina's abdomen to compare warmth, there was another knock on the door, accompanied by Ishizaki's loud voice: "Yukio-san! We've come to play!"

Because of Ishizaki, the mood-breaker, Yukio ultimately didn't manage to determine whose temperature was higher.

Shiina's smile gradually faded, returning to her usual fragile appearance: "Go check the door."

Yukio shrugged and went to open the door, greeted by Ishizaki, Komiya, and other classmates standing outside. Ishizaki, seeing Yukio, exclaimed excitedly: "Yukio-san! We came to…"

"Hold on," Yukio raised his hand to stop Ishizaki from continuing: "Now, go buy me an iced coffee. It must be the mixed one from the Shopping Center supermarket, and I want to drink it within 20 minutes."

"Ha?" Ishizaki was momentarily baffled, unable to react right away.

Yukio glanced at Ishizaki: "What? Don't want?"

"No, no, no! Totally willing!" Although Ishizaki didn't understand what he did wrong, he at least sensed the dangerous vibe, quickly nodded in agreement to the task, and dashed into the elevator.

Anxiously pressing the 1st-floor button, he circled impatiently inside the elevator. As soon as it arrived, he frantically pressed the door open button, and once it opened, he bolted out, constantly reminding himself, "20 minutes, 20 minutes."

Once outside, he was greeted by the blinding sunlight, distorting the air above the pavement with heat, but he still braced himself and ran to the Shopping Center.

Nearly exhausted, he managed to return within the stipulated time with the iced coffee. Only after seeing Shiina in Yukio's dorm did Ishizaki finally understand that he seemed to have... intruded upon his boss's romantic moment.

Back when they had breakfast on the luxury cruise, Ishizaki saw Shiina personally preparing breakfast for Yukio, so their relationship must be special.

Then, his sudden knocking on the door... no wonder Yukio asked him to run back and forth to buy coffee in such hot weather! It turned out to be his own fault!

"Not bad." Yukio took the coffee, then asked about the purpose of the group's visit.

Although Komiya and the others were part of the class's troubled group, they all deferred to Yukio, turning their gaze towards Ishizaki, hoping he would explain.

Ishizaki, still panting like a dog, took some time to cool down his burning lungs and wiped the sweat off his forehead before finally explaining the reason for their visit: "Well, the guys just feel that the summer break has been a bit lackluster, even if the school arranging a lot of entertainment facilities...."

"But those stores in the Shopping Center, we're not interested in them. Shopping is boring to death. Besides, we've been to KTV, internet cafes so many times that it just doesn't excite us anymore."

"Also, there's billiards, where I've managed to poke a few marks on the most secluded table with just one cue. Staying in the dorm playing games has become boring too."

"So?" Yukio sipped his coffee, having listened for a while without getting to the point, showing a hint of impatience at Ishizaki.

This person, always like this, beating around the bush without getting to the point. Just like the last time when he secretly arranged a fight with Sudo, he took forever to get to the point.

"So, hehe." Ishizaki looked somewhat embarrassed: "So, we were thinking, Yukio-san, do you have any plans?"

"Like, causing trouble for other classes, do you need our help anywhere?"

Yukio's cheek twitched slightly at that, so you're telling me you have nothing better to do this summer break, and now you're looking to stir up trouble with other classes?

Seeing Ishizaki finally spit out their ultimate reason, the other delinquents also chimed in: "Right, Yukio-san, no matter what you're planning, we can help!"

"Beating up that Katsuragi last time was so much fun, Yukio-san, do you want to take action against Katsuragi's class again this summer break?"

"Or maybe target the other three classes again?"

Yukio glanced over the energetic young guys, thinking it's better to channel their energy than to let them brew trouble. Rather than keeping them bottled up, why not guide them: "I'll apply to the school for using a building, how about we organize an event for you guys?

"You decide on the event, design and organize it yourselves, and I'll just help out on the side. How does that sound?"

An opportunity like this? The classmates, who initially just came to see if Yukio had any new fun activities, immediately became excited: "Can we really get a school building? You can do such amazing things?!"

"Then, we must do a festival! How can we miss a summer festival during the summer break!"

"Forget it, how can we set off fireworks inside a school building? Just setting up stalls? Do you have the skills for that?"

"Then you suggest something! What should we do?"

"I think we should set up a big haunted house! Besides the summer festival, what else is there in summer but a courage test event!"

"That sounds good! I don't have the patience for running a stall, but I do have the patience to hide and scare people as a ghost!"

"Great idea! Let's do a courage test event then! You guys, help out! You know I'm pursuing Kinoshita from our class! When the time comes, if we're drawing lots for groups, help me out so we can be together, okay? Dinner's on me today!"

"Don't worry! We'll definitely set it up for you! Let's make you two a couple after the courage test event!"

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