Chapter 70 Chapter 70 New Teammates
Yukimura's stern face gave off a sense of loneliness that was hard for Xiangcheng to bear.
Yes, compared to the junior schoolmate, Yukimura-san is more important now.
But it was obvious that someone had automatically entered the sulking stage - compared to the state when he first got angry and had to guess what his mood was, this state had helped Xiangcheng solve the biggest problem in interpersonal communication.
Just find a way to coax her.
Unlike the strength and stability he showed when they first met, Yukimura now seems to always reveal his insecurity to Yui.
She didn't know why Yukimura Seiichi was always in a state of having to confirm "whether you love me" and "whether you love me as much as I love you" in their relationship, and could only tell him over and over again that she really loved him too.
But just like a real-time game that requires passing levels, a scene is randomly refreshed, and then an "NPC" is refreshed, and he will transform into a boss and set obstacles to pass the level.
Fortunately, Xiangcheng loves playing games - although in reality this hobby is basically taken over by Yukimura, but the game of "Coaxing the Big Devil" can obviously be played for a very long time.
Even the rewards for passing a level...are actually more like the Big Devil's reward to himself, and the levels can be continuously increased according to his happiness level.
That's getting off topic.
Anyway, after Xiangcheng subconsciously treated coaxing her boyfriend as a game, she also had a rare secret and complacent sense of initiative in the relationship.
So Rika couldn't quite understand their current magical way of getting along. She always felt that Yukimura Seiichi was a little too arrogant now, and Xiangcheng was like an emperor who was blinded by lust.
Wait, stop. Rika turned her eyes away from the two people who were performing the "you coax me and I coax you" drama.
Even though their movements were normal and their words were plain, damn, their eyes were sweet.
That feeling of "I only care about you in the whole world"... Xiangcheng's eyes are so clear.
Damn it, I accidentally joined the sugar-eating group.
When it came to the afternoon club activities, Brigida and Nana Hitani were surrounding Yui, waiting for her favor. Rika couldn't help but think - no wonder Yukimura was jealous, this scene was really a bit unclean.
Xiangcheng didn't have time to listen to Rika's imagination, but as a guide for today, she carefully corrected the movements of several new students.
Then he gave Brigida full affirmation in the look that was asking for praise.
Then, Nana Hinaya passed by with a look of eagerness in her eyes and said, "Keep it up."
Rika felt that the dogs' tails behind the two people were leaving afterimages.
Nana Hitani started showing off her ball skills as if she had won a battle.
Honest Brigida was still thinking about how to reach 50 as soon as possible and had no time to pay attention to her.
Spring is here, and everything looks good to her.
It must be because I haven’t been in a relationship for a long time.
On the day when the freshmen were about to take the test, Kobayashi An, who had always worked diligently as a manager, suddenly made a request to everyone.
"Even though I know it's a little late, but... I really want to and can really join this team. I want to stand on the field with everyone, and I want to accept challenges one after another with everyone!"
"So I'm going to take the test with my schoolmates. I'm going to prove it to everyone!"
Except for her sister Kei Kobayashi, who had always known about the situation and encouraged her, everyone else applauded her.
Matsumoto Genyin asked, "Have you thought about the location?"
Xiao Lin Xing looked at her with burning eyes: "I want to be a setter--" I want to be the controller who dispatches every team member.
Matsumoto was startled, then said with relief but seriousness: "It's not easy to become a setter."
You need to study everyone's dominant hand and skills, have a full vision and judgment of the game, and be able to cooperate with teammates to make effective attacks in the shortest time.
Xiaolin An is only 165cm tall, which means she doesn't have enough advantage at the net...
Xiaolin Xing had truly thought this through. She bowed to everyone again, "I promise, if I can pass the assessment, I will definitely not let you down!"
Xiangcheng's words instantly broke the entire atmosphere.
"It's okay. I don't think you need to be in such a hurry to prove yourself. After all, the captain doesn't seem to want to retire yet."
That makes sense...
Matsumoto Genyin pinched her face out of habit: "You'll get beaten if you keep telling the truth!"
"Hey - don't ruin my image in front of my schoolmates -"
Xiangcheng quickly escaped from the minister and pretended to be calm as he changed positions with several people.
Each of them was staring at a junior schoolmate, and Xiangcheng happened to be standing opposite Brigida, silently sending her a signal of encouragement.
Brigida blinked her light blue eyes and said sincerely that it was okay.
Matsumoto Genon blew the whistle, and the freshmen controlled the rhythm and passed the ball themselves.
Anne Kobayashi is also among them, and her performance is as stable as Nana Hinaya's.
In the end, these three people successfully joined the first team.
Compared with the other two, Nana Hinaya's positioning is very clear. She is the main attacker. After the "two-sword flow" Aiko Masuda and the technical flow Yuihara Kaori, her arrival fills the gap of Rikkai University's lack of power players on the offensive end.
After trying several positions, Brigida finally chose blocking as Xiangcheng said.
Kobayashi Anya also started her own journey of training as a setter.
The smell of gunpowder on the offensive end suddenly filled the air - Masuda Aiko, Haneo, Yuhara Kaori and Hinaya Nana all knew that there could only be three of them standing on the court.
Unless there are any injuries, they will continue to replace the starters.
Nana Hinaya came on with great momentum, as if she wanted to replace one of them as soon as she came on the court.
Brigida and Kobayashi Anne also have their own "masters", namely Kobayashi Megumi and Matsumoto Genon. Relatively speaking, the atmosphere between them is much more peaceful, similar to the harmony between Abe Makoto and Sakurai Rika.
As expected, Xiangcheng's daily training was late.
At Rikkai University...it's hard to find a club that trains more diligently than the tennis club.
So much so that recently Yukimura Seiichi has been reading a book while waiting for Xiangcheng downstairs of the volleyball club office.
Nana Hinaya, who lived on campus, didn't notice it at first.
It was not until this day when it was her turn to clean the volleyball hall and she came out late that she saw Senior Xiangcheng intimately holding the boy's arm.
Oh my god...
She only heard her own voice and ran out in panic: "Senior, what are you doing?"
Then the two men turned around at the same time. Although the boy had a gentle smile, his eyes were clearly filled with provocation.
Xiangcheng-senpai was as frank as ever: "What's wrong?"
“You…he…”
Xiangcheng-senpai took the boy's hand: "As you can see, boyfriend."
"No..." Nana Hitani said in disbelief: "You said...you won't be distracted."
Xiangcheng felt a little embarrassed.
Indeed, she has always thought so.
Well, that's right, people will always face the moment of being slapped in the face.
But she thought that there was no need to explain this matter to her junior, after all, it was an established fact.
She had already done everything she could to achieve the best of both worlds... no other thoughts could disturb her anymore.
Nana Hitani lowered her head sadly: "I understand..." She couldn't explain her emotions, and it was difficult to suppress the alternation of some scenes from the past and the present.
Sometimes she is the strong girl who opens her arms to protect them and bravely stands in front of the coach to protest; sometimes she is the well-behaved senior who snuggles up to the boy like a little bird.
Her conversation with her coach was powerful, letting her know that powerful forces will protect herself and everyone around her.
turn out to be……
It turns out you also need protection.
It will be like a little girl.
She turned and ran away, leaving behind a confused Yukihara Kaoru and an understanding Yukimura Seiichi.
There is no doubt that the jealous king is about to start again.
"Tsk... the friendship among the girls in the school is so... touching..."
Xiangcheng's body trembled when he heard this, and suddenly his mind was occupied by bad memories again.
She said that the junior student shouldn't be allowed to come to Rikkai University.
Yukimura noticed that she didn't try to draw out her voice and call him "Seichi" as usual, so he immediately stopped and asked nervously, "What's wrong?"
Is... is there something wrong?
Xiangcheng's smile was a little awkward: "Probably Ptsd."
Yukimura Seiichi stroked her face and made her smile disappear: "Don't force yourself..."
Xiangcheng put the weight of his head on Yukimura's hand and said, "It's okay—not okay..."
Xiangcheng hesitated for a long time before finally deciding to tell Yukimura.
"Do you remember me mentioning that I was banned from the competition two years ago?"
"Of course," Yukimura naturally would not forget. In a sense, that was the first time they really met, and it was also because of that meeting that he could guess where Xiangcheng would hide on the day he lost the game.
"I think the guilt I feel towards my junior is greater than my love for her."
Because at the beginning, it seemed like she and her teammates were the fuse.
Santa Maria is a long-established volleyball powerhouse. There are many seeded players here that are hard to find from other schools. In order to join the school team, fights between classmates are endless, not to mention the fear of being overwhelmed by the strong juniors.
Not only will the coaching staff set up strict training, but malicious senior students will also find excuses to punish them in a way that destroys their self-esteem.
Xiangcheng’s philosophy is “The more you treat me, the more I will use the things you care about most to defeat you.” She successfully joined the school team in her second year and repeatedly surpassed her senior classmates in the assessments.
But the others weren't so lucky. By the time they were in their third year, the seniors had left. I thought this would stop, but those same students who were still hanging around on the outside of the school team were just like the seniors.
Xiangcheng and Mizunoe Haruko, who have become the captains of the school team, have tried to stop it many times but to no avail.
They thought about it for a long time and believed that the problem was the inaction of the coaching staff. They complained to the school again and again, which directly angered the head coach. He promoted Ito, the most bullying among the girls, to the school team and gave her the title of "assistant coach", specifically responsible for training lower grades.
Xiangcheng's self-righteous behavior failed to eradicate the bad atmosphere lingering in the volleyball club.
On the contrary...it made the female students even more sad.
The only thing that doesn't sound like a failure is that her strength is strong enough that the coach can't replace her even though he hates her so much.
"You should be thankful, Yuihara Kaoru. If I had someone on your level, you wouldn't be standing here."
"Then I have to thank you for your gift."
He then revoked her position as captain.
Not long after, he thought the time was right and used Xiangcheng's excuses of talking back to him and disobeying orders to suspend her for two days.
Unfortunately... Ito almost lost the game after he came on the court.
"Perhaps without our intervention...Higuchi and the others would have been better off."
Seeing Yukimura's expression become serious, Xiangcheng burst into laughter again and told another little secret.
"It's said that our coach was deeply hurt and abandoned by a red-haired beauty. I couldn't get enough of a fight with him one day, and there was a weird event at school... so I dyed my hair red."
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The author has something to say: Here’s a little bonus story, please comment – If Life Is a Favorability Game (Part 1)
On Xiangcheng's first day at Rikkai University, she felt a sense of abnormality, as if she had arrived in another dimension.
Why can she see the bright pink love strips above everyone’s head!
Talk to the Dean of Education, and the "Favorability +1" will be displayed above the heart bar.
She just thought it was an hallucination caused by playing games with Mo Mo too late yesterday.
I followed Miss Kinomoto into the classroom, prepared myself mentally, and the moment I pushed open the door - why are all of them covered with bars!
Xiangcheng frowned.
In a blank bar with a favorability of 0, a person with a favorability of 50 suddenly appeared.
When she carefully identified who it was, she saw "Favorability +1, Favorability +1, Favorability +1, Favorability +1..." flashing in that direction.
Sorry to bother you.
May I ask what I did?
As she introduced herself, she secretly looked in that direction.
After the introduction was finished, the students' reading bars increased slightly. One girl's reading bar was even more exaggerated, reaching 60 in one go.
Yuihara Kaoru found out her name was Sakurai Rika - Come on, you'll soon surpass that boy.
After she sat down, the boy sitting in front of her, the one whose favorability soared, turned around and said:
"My name is Yukimura Seiichi."
"oh……"
Xiangcheng stared blankly at the favorability bar above the man's head.
Already 70.
Most of it is full.
So weird.
I still really want to ask him - what on earth did I do?!
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