Chapter 79 The Drama-filled Atobe-kun
When the Achibolude family received a roundabout call from England, Oshitari Eiji was teaching his son to fish in the mountains.
The Oshitari family doesn't have a particularly large number of members, but they rarely have time to get together throughout the year.
The middle-aged Shinobi are all working as doctors, some flying abroad for conferences, some working on the front lines of the operating table, while the young Shinobi are all attending medical universities. Given their family background, they either follow their mentors to fly abroad for conferences, or follow their mentors to learn how to work on the front lines of the operating table. The time they can take for leave is very rare.
When they all had some free time, the young ninjas had no time.
Kenya Oshizuka and Yuushi Oshizuka both want to play tennis.
During the golden vacation period every year, they both go to play in the national competition. The worst thing is that Hyotei and Shitenhoji, both of whom are semi-finalists, are eliminated in the first round and go on summer vacation as usual after playing a weekend game.
But the two of them - had to fight all the way from training camp, preliminaries, regional competitions, to the national competition - coincidentally, Shitenhoji lost to Rikkai University two years ago, and Hyotei lost to Rikkai University last year, and both teams were defeated by Yukimura Seiichi on the way to winning the championship.
So from the day we won the honor of runner-up, it was the starting point of a new round of charge towards the championship.
By this calculation, they will play tennis from the second half of this year until the summer vacation of next year.
It's basically like no holiday.
——In this situation, do you know how rare it is for a family to get together and spend a vacation?
Of course, Oshitari Eiji would not really roar out loud. He was holding a fishing rod in his hand when he answered the phone. He couldn't refuse, so he shook his wrist anxiously and swung the fishing line. His son was holding a bowl of bait and squatted at his feet with the same tired look on his face. He moved his arms up and down to catch the fish hook swinging in the air.
Fortunately, Yuushi Ozuki had excellent dynamic vision and was quite agile. Although he was hit in the face by the fishing line once, he managed to complete the family task assigned to him by his father.
After he breathed a sigh of relief, he looked up and found that the phone was still on.
Oshige Eiji also wears a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, but his temperament is more mature and elegant than that of Oshige Yuushi in his youth. Once he frowns, he looks even more terrifying.
The narrow and long phoenix eyes narrowed, and it looked like they were about to turn evil in a minute.
He considered himself a professional and hadn't wanted to use his personal life as an excuse to shirk his duties, but he was so persistent that he finally gave up, pinching the bridge of his nose. He sighed perfunctorily, "It's unfortunate. I'm not in Kansai right now, so I can't get to Fuyuki for a while."
The other party gasped in surprise, and in an exaggerated, almost false, tone of relief, he deliberately said, "That's great! The patient is not in Kansai now."
Oshizu Eiji's throat was blocked by his words, and Oshizu Yuuji squatted at his feet and couldn't help laughing.
Mr. Oshizuka raised his leg expressionlessly and kicked the young Oshizuka.
The person on the other end of the line started talking, saying the patient was a British aristocrat. Wouldn't it be convenient to buy imported equipment and medicine? Besides, the patient was young, and it would be a shame if he died young...
He beeped a long string without even taking a breath.
Oshizuka Eiji frowned and pinched the bridge of his nose again. He didn't know whether he was convinced by the other party or simply annoyed by his nagging, so he asked: "Where is the person now?"
The other party seemed to hear the relaxation in his tone and immediately replied, "The patient is currently being transferred to Kanai Hospital in Tokyo. As long as Mr. Oshitari agrees, the helicopter will arrive soon. I guarantee that you will see the patient as soon as you get off the plane."
Oshitari Eiji sneered, thinking that your main point should be [(that's a big deal) the patient can see the doctor as soon as he gets off the plane], right?
But since it was a favor call, he had to consider it carefully before making the call, so after hanging up the phone, the famous surgical expert Mr. Eiji Oshizuka was obviously in a very bad mood.
The Oshitari boy looked at his dark face and tried to change the subject.
He sighed a bit as a prelude, then said, "It's really a shame for him to meet with an accident at such a young age. Speaking of which, Atobe had been attending a private school in England. Maybe you happened to save one of his classmates this time. It's fate, right?"
Oshitari Eiji lowered his eyes with a half-smile, and began to be deceived by his stare. Then he snorted coldly: "He said he was young. Do you really think he is young?"
"He's almost 30, and white people look old. Atobe will probably just call him uncle when he sees him! What kind of classmates are we?!"
Yuushi Oshizuka squatted there, shrugged his shoulders, and rolled his eyes secretly.
But once he agreed, he agreed. Although Dr. Oshitari's expression was visibly dark, he carefully put away his fishing gear and prepared to say goodbye to his family.
Ten minutes later, Ken Oshitani, who had no idea what was going on, also took a row of seasoning bottles and opened them one by one to smell them.
Sitting in front of the barbecue grill, Erina Ozaki indignantly comforted her father: "It's okay, don't be angry, it's a waste not to make money."
After she started her internship, she had seen a few difficult patients. She said seriously, "Since they claim to be foreign nobles and can create such a grand display, we can trick their family into donating a new building to the hospital after we cure them!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Uncle Oshizuka, who was sitting on the side reading a newspaper, snorted, "Although the hospital's surname is Jinjing, it's still under the Feng family."
It was because this patient was not treated directly in their own hospital, and Inuzaka Eiji's trip was purely to provide medical aid - most of the favors fell on the Feng family, and they could not gain much advantage.
If I hadn't done such a thankless job, I wouldn't be so angry...
Because Eiji Oshitsuka had to leave halfway through fishing, unfortunately, he could only eat the meat and vegetables prepared in advance for the barbecue at noon. All the doctors in the family were there and were indignant, but Ken Oshitsuka didn't feel much sympathy (after all, his main job was tennis). He had three bunches of eggplant in his left hand and two bunches of radish in his right hand, and was grilling alone in a towel in the smoky and hot air.
Not long after, the resort called to inform us that the helicopter that was going to pick us up had landed on the helipad on the roof of the leisure center.
Ken Oshitani struggled with the oven for a long time and finally achieved some results. Seeing that he was about to say goodbye, he quickly found an insulated box to pack his half-cooked radishes, eggplants, onions, garlic, etc., and prepared to give them to his angry uncle to eat on the way.
In the end, it was his cousin Yuushi Ozuchi who reached out to take the lunch box.
Kenji Oshige looked up and raised an eyebrow expressionlessly.
【Are you going to run away? 】
Yuushi Ozuki chuckled: The national competition is imminent, and this is his last time in junior high school - who made it such a coincidence that the destination this time is Tokyo?
Ken Oshitsuka also sighed. If possible, he also wanted to go back to Osaka to continue training.
Because of this moment of empathy, his cousin who was born in Bingdi quickly snatched the thermal box and quickly caught up with his uncle who was leaving. In the end, he said something and easily mixed into the departing team.
Ken Oshitsuka also sighed. Coincidentally, after burnt a bunch of vegetables, he had some experience in controlling the heat, so he boldly took out a handful of chicken wings from the fresh-keeping box and stood in front of the red-hot rack to try his luck.
The background music is the doctors of the Oshitari family complaining about the surname Feng.
Although the Feng family is also engaged in medical care, it is a little different from a regular hospital. It focuses more on recuperation than treating illnesses and saving lives. In the end, it developed into a high-end social venue with the popular element of "medical care".
In the words of Uncle Oshitari, "Instead of relying on the hospital, their family should just open a resort. Who raises crocodiles and grows pineapple trees in their hospital?"
It's all a gimmick.
After a short rest, the elders finished criticizing the Feng family, who were obviously not serious doctors (in fact, they were not) and began to worry about the next generation of their family.
Whether or not the Feng family has legitimate doctors is one thing, but the fact that [the Feng family’s children are all on the path that the adults expect] is an indisputable fact!
But look at their family again - except for the eldest daughter Erina Oshizuka who took the entrance exam to a medical university, the rest of the boys seemed to have been cursed by tennis balls!
Thinking of this, the parents all sighed.
I don't know whether they felt their children were unfilial or that their family had lost in this regard, but rows of adults turned their eyes in unison to look at Kenya Oshitari who was struggling with the oven, their eyes filled with disappointment.
Kenya Oshitari held up 286 chicken wings and said with a stern face: "I'm the only one working, okay? Spit out the food in your mouth before you look down on me, you awful adults!"
One of the worst adults, Oshitari's cousin, looked at him, sweating profusely and with two smears of dust on his face, and couldn't help but mutter to herself, "It's really not presentable..."
Ken'ya Oshitari: "Who can't do it?"
Erina tilted her head unconsciously, and scolded him bitterly, "When you're fourteen or fifteen, in the prime of your youth, going out on blind dates can be a disaster. When you're older and your youth is gone, I'm afraid it will just fall on your hands."
Ken Oshitari also ignored the slander against his appearance in this passage, and the veins on his forehead were popping.
You think I want to get married!
——Even if the Suzuki family hadn’t suddenly canceled the meeting, he would have found a way to ruin the blind date!
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In the past fifteen years, although Ken'ya Oshitsuka had only one blind date and met the person only once during the blind date, in order to make that blind date a success, his father even made him transfer to a school in Hyogo!
In fact, after meeting her for the first time, Ken Oshitani was quite fond of the girl. To what extent... it was probably to the point that with a little effort, he could easily imagine the date scene.
As a teenager who focuses on tennis, this is already a milestone progress!
But his life goal is to stand in the Shitenhoji team and defeat Hyotei and Rikkai University. He doesn't want to wear Hyotei's uniform with a cold color scheme to confront Shiraishi-senpai!
Ken Oshitari also looked distressed for a moment with an expressionless face: So...it's a blind date, but why can't he and the young lady wait until after the national competition to meet?
At that time, his cousin, Ozuki Yuushi, holding a classic romance novel in his hand, patted his shoulder seriously and sighed heavily and emotionally: "So-called love means meeting the right person at the right time and place. If there is any mistake..."
At this point, he sighed deeply, lost in the drama, as if he was already worried about the infatuated men and women who came and went in this world: "Then it is destined that we are not destined to be together, and even if the flowers bloom, they will not bear fruit."
The afternoon sunlight shines through the floor-to-ceiling windows onto Yuushi Ozawa's well-defined profile. The lines, after blurring the edges, become so soft that they seem to be glowing. If a little girl saw it, she would be heartbroken in minutes.
Unfortunately, all the onlookers were men.
Mukaihi Taketo was startled by his reaction, his eyes wide open as he tried to change the subject: "Come to think of it," he looked at Oshitari Kenya who had a blank expression on his face and asked, "What are you worried about?"
Yuushi Oshizuka shrugged and quickly replied: "I'm just worried about how to break up ┓( ` )┏"
Mukai Taketo continued looking at Kenya Oshitari: "Breaking up is super easy. If you meet a girl with a good personality, just tell her directly. If you're afraid of getting beaten up if you break up in person, email or texting is also fine. It might not be very respectful to the girl, but it will guarantee her personal safety."
Oshitari Yuushi patted his cousin's head and continued to steal the show, "The problem now is that the adults in my family have made up their minds. As for whether he will marry or not, he has no say in it."
Yuushi Oshitari has no real experience in love, but he has read a lot of romance novels, so he can barely be considered an experienced theorist.
But theorists are ultimately dwarfs in action. When faced with such unreasonable plots (the woman wants to marry! The man wants to escape the marriage!), they can only dumbly change the plots of the domineering CEOs and the pregnant fiancées to try to come up with some reference.
However, this is of no use.
Because based on basic (gender) settings, Ken'ya Oshitari simply doesn't have the ability to dribble with the ball!
Xiangri Yueren listened for a long time with puffed cheeks, and felt that his partner was more of a hindrance than an advantage. He immediately stepped forward, touched his cousin's head, and offered a particularly constructive suggestion.
It is known that before partnering with her cousin, Miss Suzuki Sonoko had broken up with four fiancés in total (excluding Suou Tamaki). Except for Ximen Sojiro, who had to break up the engagement because he suddenly became the heir, the public statements made by the other three when they broke up were all because of personality incompatibility.
Jinguji Ren, Munakata Reisi, and Feng Jingye.
With these three people as a reference, even if we don’t know what kind of man Suzuki Sonoko likes - "We at least know what kind of man she hates!"
Mr. Taketo Mukai said this.
Because their first meeting was interrupted by a bizarre murder case (Ichigo Kurosaki's body was tragically picked up by Conan), strictly speaking, the two of them have not yet officially gotten along.
It’s not too late to change your personality!
So the surprisingly reliable Yue Ren senior said, "Since your goal now is to make the blind date fail, then you should spend some time studying the personalities and habits of these three people... and their bad habits."
Facing the bewildered face before him, Senior Yue Ren earnestly advised: "Whatever awkward aspect of their personality is, imitate it. Then, the next time you meet, exaggerate it two or three times and show it to Suzuki, so that she will dislike you!"
Kenya Oshitari: What he said makes a lot of sense!
In the afternoon, everyone in the Hyotei Tennis Club went to the court for follow-up training, but Kenya Oshitari stayed in the lounge, staring at the computer screen and studying the ex of his blind date with deep resentment.
I was halfway through using the computer when the door to the lounge rang.
Because of the subtle feeling of being out of place in Hyotei, Ken Oshitani immediately bent over the table like a thief, and turned around swiftly -
——Hyoutei Minister Keigo Atobe turned around and turned the door handle as if nothing had happened.
Kenya Oshitari: ...
Kenya Oshita: "Is there anything wrong, Atobe-kun?"
Atobe-kun ignored him and naturally took out a bottle of sports drink from the refrigerator (it was surprisingly affordable, which was completely inconsistent with the legendary Hyotei Tennis Club's value orientation of drinking 1982 Lafite as water), walked around the row of cabinets on the left side of the club room very calmly, and took out a blue folder from the cabinet under the confused gaze of Kenye Oshitari.
To be honest, the action of taking the document was very perfunctory. Not only was there no identification process, but the movement of opening the cabinet door was also very perfunctory. Ken Oshitsuka also felt that he just happened to walk there and picked up something he liked from the drawer in front of him.
Then, holding the document that he seemed not to want to read at all, Atobe-kun pulled out his chair and sat next to Kenya Inuzuka in a very natural way. He calmly spread the folder on the table (the pages seemed to be flipped through casually), and put on an attitude of "I'm going to do some paper work" very seriously.
Ken Oshitari also felt that something was strange.
The next second, the young master yawned while spinning a pencil, as if pleased by his probing gaze. He raised his eyebrows and clicked his tongue, "Why are you looking at me?"
Ken Oshitari felt choked by his self-righteous tone.
Shitenhoji is a school that reached the finals of the national competition. Two years ago, it defeated Hyotei decisively and competed directly with Rikkai University for the championship and runner-up. In addition, Shitenhoji's style of making cold jokes, which was like a crosstalk club, led to Ken Oshitari's inherent impression of Hyotei being very one-sided.
Apart from his cousin and his cousin's partner, he usually refers to other people as [the hot-tempered singles player (Shishido Ryo)], [the tall and strong singles player (Hakata)], [the easy-to-bully singles player (Feng)] and so on.
Atobe Keigo's original label was [a singles player with a sexy style].
According to Senior Shiraishi, up to now, no one in the middle school tennis world has dared to say that they can definitely beat this guy, so when pride and ability match, Ken Oshitari also tacitly agrees that being flamboyant is also a kind of charm.
But Atobe Keigo...
He is not a talkative person in daily life, but once he encounters a game, he becomes the type that talks a lot. He is always making provocative remarks and will complain about this and that if he disagrees with something. He does not look like a serious basketball player and is the kind of opponent that Kenya Oshitani is least likely to deal with.
This kind of maladjustment also continues in reality.
He noticed that from the moment his cousin and his partner gave him advice on how to mess up the blind date at noon, Atobe-kun looked particularly indifferent.
In fact, when the people around him had expressions like [Baby wants to go to sleep.jpg], [Calmly eat melon.jpg], [I'm so excited to watch the fun.jpg], or [Child, you've suffered.jpg], Atobe-kun's purely indifferent attitude actually had a strange warmth.
But Ken'ya Oshitari's intuition was quite accurate. He took the time to glance at him several times and always felt that... Atobe-kun seemed to be silently angry?
But what was he angry about? Was he angry that he had delayed Hyotei's training?
Or do I still feel that I am really ignorant. I have transferred to Hyotei, but I still want to ruin the blind date so that I can go back to Shitenhoji?
Ken Oshitari also felt that the second guess was quite reliable.
He thought carefully for a long time and felt that if Atobe-kun's expression was a little more obvious, it would be a big "You ignorant trash, don't talk to me.jpg".
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at Atobe-kun who was sitting next to him reading documents.
Atobe-kun sat casually with his hand on his forehead, the documents in front of him were spread out randomly, and his eyes were focused... on the computer screen.
As if he had noticed his gaze, Atobe-kun glanced at him calmly: "Why are you looking at me?"
Kenya Oshitari: No, I just feel that... Atobe-kun, you seem to be more anxious than I am to carry out this ex-fiancé observation work...
But the webpage had already loaded. He suppressed the slight awkwardness and turned his attention back to the webpage.
Social networks are very developed these days, and the cost of getting to know a person is incredibly low, especially since Jinguji Ren is a very popular idol. As long as you filter out the part where fans are crazy about her and read the critical comments from black fans, you can easily find out the person's character flaws.
To briefly summarize the main points that ANTIs have been talking about for years: they behave in an exaggerated manner, love to flirt with girls, and appear to be coquettish and frivolous.
That's terrible.
Kenya Oshitari was so frustrated that he wanted to throw his mouse: He doesn't have any of these shortcomings!
——Not only that, as a straightforward and impatient person, he doesn’t even know how to pretend to be this kind of person. What should he do?!
The young Oshitari began to scratch his head in distress, and his elbow almost knocked over the teacup on the table. As he was scrambling to right himself, he happened to see the reflection of Hyotei's chief Atobe-san on the dark brown water.
As the shaking of the liquid became smoother, the face of Atobe-kun reflected in the tea slowly got rid of the distortion.
He behaves in an exaggerated manner, loves to flirt with girls, and is coquettish and frivolous...
It was as if a bolt of lightning had landed right beside his ears, and Ken Oshitani stared intently at his reflection on the surface of the tea, feeling that he saw a concrete reference object within reach.
So he turned his head solemnly.
Atobe Keigo was holding his forehead with his hand, unaware of anything, staring intently at the interview video on the screen with a sneer.
It seemed to be edited from a well-known variety show. The background was filled with the usual fancy lights and tiered seating. The host was a middle-aged, overweight Mediterranean man, and his outfit was rather funny and exaggerated. In contrast, Jinguji Ren looked even more handsome, as if he were glowing.
[Fake looks, monkey-like scenes...]
The host chuckled and announced loudly in a tone that seemed very stupid to him, saying that the next segment would mainly reveal the unknown personality traits of the guests.
Jinguji Ren also had a confused and slightly surprised expression on his face, and I didn't know if it was acting or real.
[Are you trying to attract attention by showing off your privacy...?]
Mediterranean made a surprised expression, then pulled out a cue card and asked, "Everyone, guess what the private hobbies of the gorgeous and elegant Lianjun are?"
The other guests cooperated very well and started whispering and guessing.
"...drinking red wine?"
"Lian is probably not old enough to drink yet!"
"Then let's bask in the sun," a small figure seemed to be stealing the show, "because Jinguji looks so lazy."
The host kept grinning foolishly, and when the atmosphere was almost ready, he slowly peeled off the black paper on the question board while making some humming sounds with the sound effects.
The answer is learning.
Following the sound of "Ahhhh", all the guests present showed exaggerated expressions of surprise.
Because of the cutting effect, Jinguji Ren's surprised facial expression only lasted for a moment.
When Keigo Atobe looked at this man, he was already picky enough that he didn't even notice it. Although he didn't despise studying, he felt particularly harsh at this moment because this man's hobbies contrasted with his own - it was really ridiculous!
"So..." the host asked incredulously, "Lianjun just does exercises to pass his free time?"
There seemed to be a moment's pause before he answered: "It's not all questions."
The orange-haired boy, brimming with hormones, curled his long hair by his ears, suddenly smiled and let things flow, adding jokingly, "Occasionally, I'll even recite world history and memorize a few words."
"Ah—" the little guy who had previously stolen the spotlight re-entered the camera with a long drawl, exclaiming in amazement, "The last time I ran into the ST☆RISH guys backstage, Lian-kun was flipping through a book. I thought he was memorizing lyrics or something, but is he actually reciting world history?"
Jinguji Ren seemed to have entered some kind of divine state. Surprisingly, he didn't panic and change the subject after the revelation. Instead, he fought back without giving in: "After all, it's almost time for the university entrance exams. You can't go wrong by reading more books."
"Oh," the little guy said, tilting his head in a cute way, "So Ren-kun still has to take exams? I thought ST☆RISH's upcoming schedule was very busy..."
"Because there are no exams, there's no psychological pressure when memorizing, which actually helps me relax."
"What?" The little guy, who seemed to be a member of a rival idol group, calmly acted like a senior. "I saw ST☆RISH's debut live before. I remember a fan sent us a package. From what I heard from the staff backstage, it seemed to be some tutoring materials—"
At this point, he paused with a hint of lingering satisfaction, his eyes glancing meaningfully at the orange-haired boy with a smile as still as a mountain. The implication of "Is Lianjun doing the exercises in his free time because he enjoys it, or is it because someone gave him tutoring materials and he uses the exercises to relax because of that person?" was so strong that it almost didn't need an extra line of subtitles in post-production.
Atobe-kun, the audience in front of the computer: Oh, so this little guy is here to cause trouble on purpose?
Although the atmosphere was filled with tension, the host didn't pay much attention to the revelations that went beyond the script because there were so many interesting things to watch. Instead, he sighed in an exaggerated tone, "So there's such a reason? Then who sent the tutoring materials? Fans, or..."
Because ST☆RISH is indeed quite popular, and idol groups have many taboos, the flamboyant host didn't ask the second half of the question: "Or was it given to you by someone Lian likes?"
The answer is of course silence.
As if sensing that the atmosphere was indeed not very good, another female guest interrupted the conversation at the perfect time, saying with a smile, "The types of gifts fans give you nowadays are really diverse. But Lianjun is surprisingly kind. He actually used this gift seriously after receiving it."
Because someone else started a conversation, another guest also changed the subject: "Yeah, although I envy handsome young men who can receive all kinds of gifts from fans, but when I think about the exercises, I suddenly feel that it's a good thing that I don't have much popularity..."
If the conversation continued like this, it would naturally veer towards complaints about the weird gifts idols have received over the years. Who knew that rival idol wouldn't give up and would even step on the bandwagon again? After finishing his own complaints, he added unnecessarily, "Even though I've encountered many weird things, this is the first time I've heard of someone sending supplementary educational materials to an idol. Lian-jun really works hard."
“I didn’t find it hard at all.”
Just when the female guest wanted to smooth things over again, Jinguji Ren raised the corner of her mouth with a smile, "How should I put it..."
Although he still looked frivolous and frivolous, his tone was filled with a sharp and serious tone: "Because I've received very little affection since I was a child, I've always been a bit stingy in this regard, and I don't want to waste a single cent."
"Don't talk like that, Ren-kun," the little guy puffed out his cheeks and said with a look of amusement, "You say that as if only the fan who sent the theme book is really a token of affection, and the others don't count. If that's the case, so many ST☆RISH fans will be sad!"
Even a deaf person could hear that something was wrong with these words, but the worst thing was that Jinguji Ren didn't refute it immediately.
Atobe Keigo: This intrigue is really eye-opening...
In the video, the awkwardness of the recording scene was quite comical. However, when the host was about to scratch the microphone, Jinguji Ren naturally broke the deadlock and said without hesitation: "It is indeed different."
He smiled and tilted his head: "After all, it was sent by my family. It's a little different from the fans' love."
After saying that, she calmly cast a wink at the camera.
Due to editing, this transition was subtly disconnected, but the topic was diverted to [Lian Jun being constantly troubled by the seniors of the XXX group].
The stunned look at that moment was naturally interpreted as the helplessness of being suddenly criticized.
Following the host's subsequent pretended surprise, "So the person who sent that thing is from Ren-kun's family? I remember Ren-kun has a brother...", Atobe Keigo's brows furrowed slightly, and he turned off the video and scrolled down the comment page.
Among the pages and pages of comments, apart from those saying how handsome he was, the rest were basically scolding the little guy who was looking for trouble. Atobe Keigo flipped all the way to the end before he found a comment with many replies.
The main content reads, "Am I the only one who thinks Lianjun wasn't referring to his brother? He mentioned his feelings, and it's clear he was angry because XXX used the word "weird" to describe the person who sent the workbook. Lianjun also stumbled when he mentioned the word "family," and he seemed surprised when the host mentioned his brother later..."
However, due to some subtle psychological factors when chasing idols, everyone subconsciously avoided certain speculations, and instead seriously argued the rationality of family members sending tutoring materials.
These days, fans are all part-time detectives. Once you become famous, don't try to cover up your dark history, nor try to cover up your good background.
So following the information released by Jinguji Ren, everyone's guess list included parents, housekeeper and nanny (according to convention, lonely children from wealthy families must have a kind housekeeper or nanny around them), brother, sister-in-law, and even the pets that Jinguji Ren might have.
Young Master Atobe looked at the series of wild guesses (they even guessed that the person who sent the exercises to Jinguji Ren was an alien he knew when he was a child), and frowned thoughtfully.
Although he is not familiar with Jinguji Ren, the basic situation of the Jinguji family is not a secret.
The wife of the Jinguji family had been dead for over ten years, and the previous chairman had been dead for almost two years. It was widely rumored that the relationship between the three brothers was very bad, and that the third son was forcibly exiled into the entertainment industry by his two elder brothers on the eve of forming a favorable marriage.
In the video, there is indeed a subtle pause when Jinguji Ren says the word "family".
Atobe Keigo clicked his tongue: Sending something before the university entrance exam meant that this person was still alive, and the one who remembered to give him something and was so anxiously concerned about topics like the exam was obviously not his two brothers who were rumored to have a bad relationship.
Not family, or maybe they used to be family but not anymore – that leaves only one answer.
Atobe Keigo moved the rotating aperture of the mouse to the still face of Jinguji Ren in the picture, and the cursor moved from his slightly raised mouth to his eyes that seemed to contain a smile.
Unlike this formulaic smile, recalling the fleeting, appropriate and soft smile that flashed across Jinguji Ren's face at a certain moment when he mentioned the word "family", Atobe tapped the table with his fingertips with an unclear expression.
Could the person he is talking about... be his ex-fiancee?
It's obviously nothing, but he still smiles when it's mentioned - doesn't he think he's being corny and disgusting?
However, as the saying goes, it takes two to tango. The young master licked the corner of his mouth thoughtfully. She was so fierce when she cried and so determined when she threw things. He thought Miss Suzuki would evolve into a decisive and murderous woman, but why did she sound so... gentle and fussy now?
Chasing after your ex-fiancé and worrying about your academic performance?
——Has she taken care of all the messes in her family? Where does she have so much free time?!
——We’ve already divided it, so why bother about him?
The young master, who was inexplicably a little annoyed but completely unaware of it, slammed the mouse on the table and turned his head lazily.
It just happened to meet the serious and sparkling eyes of the ninja Ashikaga.
Atobe clicked his tongue and narrowed his eyes warily: "What... are you going to do?"
"How should I put it," the taciturn Kenya Oshima humbly asked for advice: "Because I have no clue at all, could you trouble Atobe-senpai to give me some guidance?"
Because he needed help from others, he changed the name of "Atobe-kun" to "Atobe-senpai"!
Senior Atobe frowned: "What guidance?"
Kenya Oshitari pointed at Jinguji Ren on the screen and said, "Teach me how to become the person Suzuki-san hates!"
Atobe Keigo: ...
Atobe Keigo: Huh?
Atobe Keigo slammed the table with a resolute voice: "This is impossible!"
Kenya Oshitari: "Wait, what did you say is impossible?"
——Of course Suzuki’s taste can’t be so superficial!
Atobe Keigo immediately raised an eyebrow and said, "Hasn't a flamboyant, sociable, and outspoken personality always been the mainstream of aesthetics?"
Kenya Oshitari: Ah, Atobe-kun naturally changed the ANTIs' evaluation into a positive word of agreement...
etc.
Are you sure this is really Jinguji Ren?
Kenya Oshitani pursed his lips and was stunned for a moment, then retorted: "But the fans summarized it——"
"You know that's what the fans said," Atobe sneered, "Among these fans, is there anyone named Suzuki Sonoko?"
The face of the blind date girl flashed through Ken's mind, and he realized belatedly that he had been concentrating on worrying so much that he almost forgot the girl's full name.
In a fleeting thought, he even sighed, "Atobe-kun has been watching all this time, and he even remembered Suzuki-san's name." Then, an idea suddenly occurred to him: "But before that, there was Ximen Sojiro."
"The Ximen family is into tea ceremony, right? The overall atmosphere is very Japanese."
"Since Suzuki-san and Ximen have no problems getting along, her aesthetic preferences must be more traditional. Jinguji-kun looks like someone who lives a very Westernized lifestyle."
The painting style is also very Westernized. Atobe-kun was choked and snorted coldly while rubbing the table. At the critical moment, Minister Hyotei's keen observation and analysis ability came online in time.
He sneered, "What's the point of just focusing on Jinguji Ren?"
Kenya Oshitari: "Huh?"
Atobe Keigo: "Didn't Taketo tell you to bring the three candidates whose personalities didn't match yours together for reference?"
"Yes," Kenya Oshitari said, "Jinguji-kun's personality traits are just that—"
The eldest young master interrupted him confidently: "The key point is [three people]."
Kenya Oshitari: ...Yes.
Atobe Keigo wiped the teardrops from his eyes and said, "Do you know what the types of the remaining two people are? Although there's no clear information, the rumored Munakata was originally Suzuki Sonoko's haiku teacher, specializing in classical literature. But he's clearly a traditional type like Ximen Sojiro. Did they end up breaking up due to personality clashes?"
As if he felt more and more that he was right, he narrowed his eyes smugly and said, "Since she and the three of them have different personalities, then what she hates must be a common point among them."
Kenya Oshitari: From this point of view alone, Atobe-kun's analysis does make sense.
Atobe-kun makes sense: "To be honest, when Ximen Sojiro and Munakata are both traditional, yet one is liked and the other is disliked, the part about Jinguji Ren that is completely different from them should be the part she particularly likes."
Kenya Oshitari: But after adding this sentence, that subtle awkward feeling appeared again!
Although he felt like complaining but didn't know what to say, Ken Oshitani also admitted that this analysis was reasonable, and he instantly felt powerless: Ah, it seems that I can't learn from Atobe-kun anymore...
Seeing him frowning and not saying anything, Atobe Keigo made a "tsk" sound, as if he was very displeased, but also a little inexplicably complacent.
"Oh, the fact that I'm popular... does that disappoint you?"
"Not really," Ken Oshitani replied weakly, "I just thought I had found a direction to work towards, but in the end..."
He paused at this point and offered another guess: "Maybe Suzuki-san doesn't like these personality traits, but different looks?"
"No additional results." Atobe-kun seemed to have not heard his guess at all, and made a quick decision impatiently: "Suzuki Sonoko probably likes my type. You just need to work in the opposite direction."
etc.
The young Oshitari scratched his earlobe calmly.
——In this case, shouldn't it be said that "Suzuki Sonoko likes Jinguji Ren by type?"
——If I heard correctly, Atobe-kun, you just used the personal pronoun "I" to replace the position where the name "Jinguji Ren" should be in the above sentence?
Because of Keigo Atobe's mysterious bandit logic and determination, Ken Oshitani also found very few reference attributes from the first task.
Fortunately, apart from [Munakata XX] who has no news, Feng Jingye's personal homepage is also very lively.
In addition to their personal social media platforms, following the lead of those crazy young ladies, they easily found the official website of Ouran High School, and then in some fancy corner, they discovered the webpage entrance of Ouran High School Host Club.
The background of the male host department is a field of bright red roses.
The red-faced Kenya Oshitari subconsciously wanted to look at Atobe-kun next to him.
Even Yuushi Oshitari, who had just walked in, was so red that he shuddered in place. Standing at the door, he asked with an indescribable expression: "Atobe, don't tell me that this is the homepage you asked someone to design for our tennis club..."
Mr. Atobe Keigo's response was a sneer.
A minute later, the three of them finished browsing the host department's website introduction with the same subtle expressions.
"How should I put it," Ozuki Yuushi rubbed his chin, "She looks gentle, but she feels unexpectedly cold..."
Kenji Oshitari moved his mouse and grumbled, "He's already marked in the introduction as a scheming male host, okay?"
Yuushi Oshitari said you don't understand. According to the routine of romance novels, this type of man's gentleness and scheming are all fake.
Ken Oshitari was much more natural towards his cousin. He rolled his eyes and thought to himself that the people from Hyotei were really good at teaching, especially the relationship analysis class...
"Actually, this type is quite common," Ozuki Yuushi snapped his fingers. "They appear gentle and kind, but in reality, they're more aloof, no, cold-blooded. They're not the usual scheming type, the kind that deliberately pokes people in the face to see if they get mad. They're truly calculating, capable of selling you out at the slightest disagreement, and even tricking you into paying them."
"Yes."
"Yes," Oshizuka Yuushi swiped to the next photo. "You don't even need detailed information for this one. You can get a general idea from the photos and short videos."
He sighed and said, "People like this, when they smile at you, it means they don't care, but when they really care about you, their true colors are revealed and they become very difficult to get along with."
Kenji Oshima humbly asked for advice: "For example?"
"For example, they speak rudely," Oshitari Yuushi thought for a moment and added, "Or they're too lazy to give you extra expressions, don't hide their quirks at all, and keep taunting you so much that you want to beat them up... That sort of thing."
He hesitated and reluctantly finished his speech, then a light bulb suddenly lit up above his head and he slapped Atobe on the shoulder with a fearless slap.
"Do you see Atobe-kun next to us?"
Kenji Oshige nodded.
Oshitari Yuushi asked his cousin seriously, "When we met at the national competitions over the past two years, did you feel that Atobe-kun, aside from being a bit proud, was quite respectful towards his opponents and that communication wasn't too difficult?"
Ken'ya Oshitari: "Just... okay?"
——He has only played in two major competitions and his mentality often collapses. He said that he has only encountered this situation many times.
Yuushi Ozuki sighed deeply and said, "But once you spend enough time with him, like us," he raised his hand and pointed at the other members still running laps outside the window, "you'll find that he's a fussy, overbearing, and extremely petty person. Not only does he talk to himself, but he also always tries to force his hobby to become the hobby of the entire tennis club!"
"Although this example isn't quite appropriate, Kenye," Ozuki Yuushi said, stroking his chest with his hand, as if he was acting out of character and happily preparing to die, "this ugly face of being two-faced in front of others and behind their backs is still very representative and worth learning from!"
Ken Oshitsuka also said "oh" expressionlessly: You all know that he is two-faced, petty and revengeful, and he deliberately did this... Is it interesting?
Yuushi Oshitari shrugged his shoulders. The signature program of the Hyotei tennis club was to hurt each other when they had nothing to do. Compared with the pleasure of committing suicide, running a few more laps was no big deal.
Ken Oshitari also snorted, and immediately turned to look at Atobe-kun's facial expression, coldly beginning to look forward to the scene of his cousin running around in circles.
However, Atobe-kun did not glare at Oshinobu Yuushi.
At the moment when Ken Oshige looked over expectantly, Master Atobe raised an eyebrow and asked him matter-of-factly, "Aren't you going to take note of this?"
"Remember what?"
"Tsk," the young master once again exuded that contradictory aura of impatience and complacency. He touched his teardrop mole and said, with a look of disapproval, "I told you, what Suzuki Sonoko hates is probably the common traits between those three people."
Ken'ya Oshitari continued to look blank: "So?"
Atobe Keigo seemed to sympathize with his lack of understanding. "So, since [revealing your true nature to someone you truly care about] is clearly unique to Feng, then that must be something Suzuki Sonoko likes, not dislikes."
Kenya Oshitari: Atobe-kun, you seem to have naturally replaced the attribute of "two faces" that represents "hypocrisy" with a similar positive interpretation...
"I told you not to bother with that," Atobe-kun yawned impatiently, "I've said before that she's probably into people like me. You just need to act in the opposite direction of me."
Kenye Oshitari said "Oh" in a very indifferent manner, thinking to himself, is this the reason why you didn't punish Yushi to run laps even though you were being criticized?
——Because he proved that your type is popular!?
Yuushi Ozuki stood on the sidelines, touching his chin thoughtfully, and said firmly: Kenye, you misunderstood. The main reason why he didn't get angry was that that passage seemed to prove that his type was popular with [someone].
As for who that someone is, Bingdi's military advisor said he knew it but would not reveal it.
Because of the dramatic scenes with Atobe-kun and his cousin, Kenya Inuzuka gained basically nothing this afternoon. He could only go home with a gloomy mood, take a shower and go to bed, and then greet the new day with a gloomy mood again.
However, before he could worry about the start of the preliminaries, he suddenly received a call from the Suzuki family.
They want to cancel the engagement.
No, considering that the blind date is still in the early stages of tacit understanding, we can only say that they are planning to cancel the next date.
Ken Oshitari was also inexplicably freed.
Thinking about it now, the young man Kenye who was having a barbecue wiped his sweat with a towel: He was obviously worried to death at the beginning, but after playing a few games of tennis in Shitenhoji Temple, he almost forgot about what happened in Tokyo.
He still remembered the young lady. After all, they were destined to be together after a blind date. He could barely call it his first love, but when he mentioned the young lady's various fiancés——
——What’s going on that there’s only one person left in his mind, Keigo Atobe?
At this moment, after being bullied by his cousin about the son of the Feng family, Ken Oshitani couldn't think of any clever rebuttal for a while. But compared to the rebuttal, he felt that what was more amazing was: when mentioning Suzuki-san's ex-fiancé, why did he think of Atobe-kun?
——When did he join this luxurious lunch?
The author has something to say: It's been a while since I last updated the article, and I'm afraid you've forgotten the plot, so I'll say it in advance. Sonoko thinks Ren is a novice who was bullied by his brother and couldn't go to school, so she sent him 16 chapters of various exercises, and the supplementary teaching books were the ones annotated by Munakata himself.
The time I cursed Atobe-kun and put on a filter was in Chapter 25 when he buried his tennis racket in tears because he had gained ten pounds.
Yuushi Oshitari's personality traits were taken from the official white paper. Xu Fei said that he loved climbing high and low since he was a child and his parents were called to school several times, so I think that doing nothing when he has nothing to do should be considered a part of his nature.
Ken'ya Oshitari has poor stress tolerance and seems to be unable to deal with people with stronger personalities than himself, but he is essentially a good boy who listens to Shiraishi. His official ideal type is a simple and cheerful girl, who has a similar painting style to Sonoko, so he has some basic favorability.
I think this is the cutest character I have ever written...
I completely relaxed during the Chinese New Year. It had nothing to do with my health. I went back to my hometown and went out to play. I regret it.
I won’t set a particularly big goal, just set a small goal first, to update every day until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month!
Happy New Year, ten days late. Good night everyone!
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