Chapter 85 Chapter 85 Second Update
"...The above is the grouping for this camping trip. If no one objects, it is confirmed..."
"I have an opinion!"
Before the class monitor, whose presence in Class 3-A was weak due to the presence of Atobe Keigo, could finish his words, Tamane, who was standing next to Atobe in the crowd, immediately raised her hand.
"Uh, Saionji-san," the class monitor said, pushing up his thick, bottle-bottomed glasses and stammering, "Do you have any objections?"
Yuyin said bluntly, "I want to work in the same group with Jibu."
"This..." The class monitor turned his gaze to Atobe. Although he had heard some rumors about Atobe and Saionji being a couple, they were just rumors after all, right? If he just agreed casually, what if Atobe himself disagreed? "As long as Atobe-san doesn't object, then..."
But as soon as his eyes fell on Atobe, the squad leader realized that his worries were in vain. The corners of Atobe's mouth curled up so that it was impossible to ignore them even if he wanted to.
As expected, Atobe coughed lightly and said, "I have no objection to switching teams."
Squad leader’s OS: Seeing how readily Tezuka agreed, who would believe that these two people have no ulterior motives?
The monitor said without hesitation, "Alright then. Saionji will swap positions with Atobe's partner, Matsumoto Tsuruoka. Saionji and Atobe will fetch water, while Matsumoto Tsuruoka will go to the girls' group to collect firewood. If no one objects, let's get started."
The grouping mentioned here refers to the two-person team division of labor for the three-day and two-night forest school camping activity of the third grade of Hyotei.
In order to test students' organizational skills, the specific actions of each class are decided by the students themselves. Simply put, either the leader (class monitor) gives orders, or the students make decisions through consultation. Generally speaking, girls are assigned to do lighter tasks such as cooking and collecting firewood, while boys are assigned to do more complex and arduous tasks such as carrying heavy items, handling food, and setting up tents.
Because there was a big Buddha like Atobe Keigo in the class, the class monitor thought for a long time before assigning Atobe to fetch water from the river, a job that was neither too heavy nor too light. So when Matsumoto Tsuruoka heard that he was going to be transferred from fetching water to collecting firewood with the girls, he had no objection at all.
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As soon as the distribution work was completed, Saionji Gyoon and Atobe Keigo each picked up a few wooden barrels and empty plastic buckets and walked further upstream.
This camping trip was organized by class, and each class found their own place to set up camp. Some classes would choose a place near a water source, while some classes would choose other areas for the safety of their overnight stay. Even in order to avoid other students who were washing food and items, Yuyin and Atobe had to find another place to get drinkable water.
Time flies when things are peaceful and leisurely. A few days ago, the women's archery club that Yuyin was in defeated their opponents in the finals and won the national competition trophy for the first time.
Over the next two days, Tamane accompanied the tennis club members in their training camp in Karuizawa, and soon it was time for Hyotei to hold their forest school activities during this summer vacation.
Forest School is a regular activity held in primary and secondary schools in the island country in spring and autumn every year. The one held in the forest in the mountains is called Forest School, and the one held in the coastal area on the seashore is called Seaside School.
Originally, according to Keigo Atobe's preferences, he prefers the bustling and cooler seaside, but this year is the special period when junior high school will participate in the national competition for the last time, so Atobe has no intention of holding a forest school activity in a big way. Otherwise, according to his habits in previous years, the whole school would most likely take a boat to an island in the Pacific to camp, instead of having the school select several activity locations near Tokyo and let students choose for themselves.
After a final vote in the school forum, the chosen location for this forest activity was the forest in Gunma Prefecture.
The two found a stream upstream. Yuyin squatted down by the stream, first filled the wooden barrel with water and placed it aside, then picked up a large plastic bottle with a smaller opening and began to fill it with water.
She turned her head to Atobe and said, "Keigo, let me take care of the watering."
Filling a narrow-necked bottle with water requires some skill, and Yuyin said this because she thought that Atobe might not be good at this.
Unexpectedly, when she turned her head to look, she saw Keigo Atobe holding the bottle mouth with one hand and supporting the bottle body with the other hand, his movements were exactly the same as hers, and a lot of water had already been filled in the transparent bottle.
Seeing her looking at him, Atobe Keigo raised his eyebrows and smiled, saying, "Don't underestimate me. I have personally participated in all camping activities since I was a child."
The custom of forest schools originated from Europe. When Keigo Atobe was a child studying in the UK, he participated in many such activities. Moreover, even in order to ensure the safety of the heirs and increase the survival rate, many large families will specially train their children's survival skills in the wild, so that there will not be such a stupid heir who knows nothing about common sense.
It's not possible that Tobe didn't know that the squad leader had deliberately chosen this task for him. After all, in the eyes of outsiders, collecting firewood would easily get dirt stains on his body, handling food would produce a fishy smell, and cooking would easily cause choking smoke. These were all dirty and tiring tasks that a young master like him would consider "unglamorous". Although fetching water was heavier and more tiring, he was the leader of the sports club, and simple physical work was the least likely to cause problems.
But contrary to such prejudice, Atobe has a high upper limit in his daily life, but can lower his lower limit when necessary. When participating in activities such as camping in the wild, he is not as particular about everything as before. Just like during the training camp a few days ago, he and his teammates were able to persevere to the end in the orienteering training where the little monsters made trouble and the ground was muddy, and they won the first place.
"Okay, okay, I was wrong." Yuyin saw his skillful action of taking water and simply admitted her mistake.
Atobe showed a hint of doubt: "You didn't think I couldn't do anything, so you asked to switch with Matsumoto and come out with me?"
"How could that be?" Yuyin said embarrassedly. In fact, she hadn't thought about this at first. "I was worried that you might get into danger in the forest. Although I sensed it before and there shouldn't be any monsters or cursed spirits in this area, it's better to be safe than sorry."
She was very aware that she was Atobe's personal bodyguard, otherwise she wouldn't have raised an objection and risked being looked at strangely by her classmates.
Well, although she probably has no reputation left now, ever since she became the manager of the tennis club, I guess her classmates all think that she has a special relationship with Atobe, especially Atobe, this honest boy who doesn't know what pretense is. Once he has a good relationship with someone, he will be very nice to them without any concealment.
In comparison, now it is because they are suspected of being in a "couple" relationship that the peculiar fact that she is a bodyguard for Atobe is covered up, and Yuyin can only let people misunderstand her.
“There’s fish!”
Yuyin was just worrying about not having anything to change the subject when she noticed a big, fat fish in the stream shaking its head and tail.
"Where?"
As expected, Atobe was distracted by her change of subject, or perhaps he was happy to be closer to Yuyin. He leaned over to look, and Yuyin quickly pointed out the direction to him, "Over there, where the stream is deeper."
"Look at me."
Atobe Keigo rolled up his sleeves and walked a few steps closer, intending to show off his skills. Although collecting food, such as picking mushrooms, wild vegetables, and catching river fish, was not the job assigned to them, which boy wouldn't want to show off his skills in front of his sweetheart and appear more capable?
Keigo Atobe had gone sea fishing many times in the past when he was on his own private cruise ship, but this was the first time he had rolled up his sleeves and caught fish with his hands. He stared intently at the shape of the fish, and when he felt the time was right, he quickly reached out and pounced on the fish.
Yuyin watched his movements, swallowed, and felt even more nervous than if she had caught the person herself.
It turned out that the conditioned reflex that Keigo Atobe had developed through years of tennis training was not to be underestimated. He caught the big fish in one hand, "Yaon, look...ah!"
As the saying goes, "too much joy will lead to sorrow." The consequence of being happy too early is that although the big fish was caught by Tezuka, it was still struggling and swinging. Thanks to the powerful strength it had developed from years of exercise in the stream, coupled with its slippery body, Tezuka lost its grip on the fish. The big fish swung its tail suddenly and hit Tezuka in the face.
Under the reaction, coupled with the slippery rocks on the stream, Keigo Atobe lost his balance and fell directly into the stream. Not only that, the fish took advantage of the situation and after entering the water, it splashed a huge splash at Atobe, who was completely stunned.
It all happened so fast that even Yuyin couldn't stop it and could only watch Atobe fall into the stream.
"Pfft." Seeing Atobe in such a miserable state, although Yuyin felt that he was a little unlucky, she still couldn't help laughing.
After being confused, Tobe couldn't help but regret that he was too arrogant. In the past, the fish he fished in the sea were bigger, and he knew that it was difficult to catch live fish. However, he had tools such as fishing nets and fishing bags to help him at that time, so he didn't think it was so difficult. As a result, he made a fool of himself in front of Yuyin, which was a bit embarrassing.
Hearing the light laughter at this moment, he looked up and saw Yuyin's brilliant smile. He couldn't help but laugh at himself. If he could make a beautiful woman smile, he would be embarrassed.
"How long are you going to stay in the water?" Yuyin smiled and held out her hand to Atobe. "The stream water is cool. I know you're in good health, but that's no reason to soak in it with your clothes on."
Atobe Keigo took the extended hand, borrowed a little strength to stand up, and said awkwardly: "Um...thank you."
"You're welcome," Yuyin said with a smile, "Do you want me to help you get revenge?"
"Ahem," Atobe coughed lightly, "forget it, let it go for now." Asking his sweetheart to help him out, wouldn't it seem like he couldn't even fight a fish? If he didn't want Yuyin to think he was petty, Atobe would have wanted to make fish soup out of the culprit to vent his anger.
"Then let's hurry back," Yuyin gestured, holding up several filled buckets. "We'll have to go back soon so Jingwu can change out of these wet clothes."
Atobe also felt uncomfortable wearing wet clothes, but in order not to appear squeamish, he did not take the initiative to ask and nodded in agreement immediately.
Compared to the ease of the journey, carrying so much weight back was naturally much more difficult. If it were anyone else carrying water, they would have had to stop and rest after every few steps. However, it was Yuyin and Atobe Keigo, who had extraordinary stamina, who could carry buckets of water at a brisk pace, looking as if they were normal.
Although there was a small episode of fishing in the middle of the trip, due to the extraordinary physical strength of Tamane and Atobe, they returned much earlier than the squad leader had originally expected.
"Yuyin, you're back!"
The only person in Class 3-A who could use such a tone and rush over to greet Tamane as soon as she returned was naturally Asami Saya, who was on good terms with her.
Saya Asami was one of the girls assigned to stay and cook. The class monitor assigned this task to students with higher cooking scores based on their performance in home economics classes.
"That's perfect. We're cooking food here and waiting for clean water." Asami Saya came over and said happily.
But she soon noticed something was wrong, "What's wrong with Atobe-san?"
"nothing……"
Atobe coughed lightly and was trying to figure out how to explain it in a less embarrassing way when he heard Yuyin next to him say, "It's my fault."
He looked up in surprise and saw Yuyin explaining with a smile: "It was all my fault that I almost fell into the stream. Atobe tried to hold me back, but ended up getting hurt."
Oh, so it turns out that he is a hero saving a beauty. As expected of Lord Atobe, he falls into the water so gracefully.
The students who were listening to the gossip around smiled with satisfaction when they heard the answer.
Before they knew it, the students in Class 3A were convinced that they were a couple.
Atobe Keigo was at a loss for words. He didn't know whether to be happy that the public recognized their "couple" relationship, or to be happy that Yuyin took the initiative to defend his honor and face. He could only hurriedly find an excuse and go to a tent to change his wet clothes.
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