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Horikita Suzune paused, but still walked in the direction of Kitagawa Ryo. The first thing she saw was a small stack of business cards and notes in the other person's hand. There seemed to be a series of numbers written on them, like Contact information.

"Liang is doing nothing at home every day. Is this how he earns his income?"

"It's not allowed to slander your brother, not even your cousin."

Kitagawa Ryo casually threw the various business cards and notes handed to him by talent scouts, female students, and even students' parents into the trash can next to him.

"Let's go home quickly. Today's classes are very hard."

Horikita Suzune looked at Kitagawa Ryo who was approaching to take the schoolbag in her hand, and subconsciously took a half step back.

"...I can do it alone."

She had already noticed that a lot of eyes were focused on this place. After all, Kitagawa Ryo had a face that could support her alone, and Horikita Suzune felt a thorn in her back.

I even have a premonition that I will hear all kinds of rumors in the class tomorrow.

But these are not important.

Horikita Suzune knew very well that the attitude of her classmates towards her was nothing more than the instinctive jealousy of excellence. What they hated was not her as an individual, but the talent and excellence she represented.

After all, what humans like to do most is to trample on the lower things and pull down the higher things.

"Let's go."

Horikita Suzune raised her little face.

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"Okay, today's Aikido class is over."

Kitagawa Ryo clapped his hands, and Horikita Suzune, who was standing opposite him, finally relaxed her tense nerves after hearing these words. The fatigue that surged up from the depths of her soul instantly engulfed her, and her whole body almost Almost fell to the ground.

"Let's take a bath first. I will make a meal at this time. Then I will eat right after the bath. After the meal, I will write two sets of papers. After finishing the papers, I will practice the tea ceremony. I will play the piano once before going to bed. Then I will finish it myself. Tomorrow's lunch will be taken to bed."

But Kitagawa Ryo showed no sign of support or concern. Like a rigid instructor, he casually ordered the rest of the day's lessons for Horikita Suzune.

"call."

Horikita Suzune let out a heavy breath. She felt that the muscles all over her body were a little sore. In the previous sparring session, she deeply felt the gap between herself and her opponent.

But according to Kitagawa Ryo, Horikita's fighting skills are even better than his.

"Try Harder."

"After all, this is the sister Xue wants."

"When Suzune grows up, I can take you to Tokyo Advanced Training High School."

Kitagawa Ryo said before leaving the room.

"Isn't Tokyo Advanced Education High School a completely closed management model?"

Horikita Suzune was stunned, and she asked with some confusion.

"In November this year, Tokyo Advanced Education High School will hold a cultural festival, and some restrictions will be relaxed at that time."

Kitagawa Ryo waved his hand casually:

"Of course, Suzune still needs to work hard."

"After all, you are Horikita Manabu's younger sister. As Manabu's defeated general, I am really looking forward to seeing that guy defeated by my biological sister. That's why I came to you."

Horikita Suzune nodded in agreement while rubbing her calves.

Although Kitagawa Ryo's statement was correct, she still felt momentarily irritated when she heard "That's why I came here."

Kitagawa Ryo doesn't care about himself, he just wants to train himself to be someone who can defeat Horikita Manabu.

It was obvious that the two people's ideas hit it off. It was because of this that Horikita Suzune agreed at first, but after getting along with each other for a few weeks, she became a little concerned.

Feeling the heat of the water in the lotus pod touching her skin, Horikita Suzune shivered subconsciously, then quietly closed her eyes and felt the wash of hot water.

"I'll be cooking some fatigue-relieving dishes tonight. Do you have any taboos for Suzune?"

Through the rough-edged glass, Horikita Suzune heard Kitagawa Ryo's voice outside the door.

"No."

She paused before continuing:

"Trouble."

"OK."

The mist filled the air, and Kitagawa Ryo outside seemed to have left.

"call"

Taking a deep breath, Horikita Suzune squatted on the ground silently and let the hot water pour over her head.

Her bright eyes looked up at the white ceiling, and her wet hair stuck to her face. Horikita Suzune stood up and squeezed away the shampoo placed on the shelf.

She used her palms and fingers to caress the long hair little by little, as if she was washing them one by one.

"Spinach with sesame seeds."

Kitagawa Ryo placed the side dishes as an appetizer in front of Horikita Suzune.

Horikita Suzune's normally sickly white skin, which had just come out of the bathroom, was turning slightly red at this moment, proving that her body had been fully warmed.

The waist-length black hair is spread out on the back, and there is still moisture on it, with a dark color like the wet feathers of a crow.

The purple-red eyes that seemed to reflect the light of the world were filled with sparkling water, and the lips filled with moisture also exuded a moist luster.

Horikita Suzune chewed slowly, and her taste was quickly conquered by the simple combination and the final taste of the food.

The next main dish that was brought to the table was Tom Yum Kung. Horikita Suzune had learned about this famous Thai dish before and tried to make it herself, but neither the color nor the aroma could compare with Kitagawa Ryo's. .

The only thing that surprised Horikita Suzune was that the one in front of Kitagawa Ryo seemed different from her own.

Noticing Horikita Suzune's confused gaze, Kitagawa Ryo took the initiative to explain:

"The balance of hot and sour is different, and I didn't put cilantro, which I don't like."

"oh."

Horikita Suzune hummed, then continued to work on the task in front of her.

The last thing served was the dessert after the meal, a small but very delicate mousse cake.

"The ingestion of sweet taste induces a sense of well-being."

Although Horikita Suzune didn't know what happiness was, her body still ate it honestly.

"Okay, now it's time to do the papers."

After putting away the tableware, Kitagawa Ryo looked at his phone:

"The clock starts now. I'll collect the first set in an hour and a half."

Now Horikita Suzune understands what "misfortune" means.

Three hours later, Horikita Suzune looked at Kitagawa Ryo who was correcting her paper and yawned.

"Are you sleepy? Go make a pot of tea and you won't feel sleepy when you do things."

"I corrected your papers to free up this period of time for you to practice tea ceremony. When the Horikita family received guests, students were asked to take the initiative to make tea for the guests."

"I've already boiled the water. Just do as I taught you."

Kitagawa Ryo glanced sideways at Horikita Suzune.

Horikita Suzune had no choice but to take out a complete set of tea sets and tea leaves from the cupboard. As expected, there was a pot of freshly boiled water in the kitchen. She picked up the kettle and elegantly began to scald the pot, warm the cup, and dry the pot. , place the tea, bake the tea, pour water... The boiling water pours into the tea cup, and soon the steaming heat and aroma are emitted, filling the nose and making people feel relaxed and happy.

It took her almost a week to learn just this set of moves.

Although Horikita Suzune didn't know why she wanted to learn this, there were obviously no guests at home.

"Drink tea."

After delivering the brewed tea to Kitagawa Ryo, Horikita Suzune pulled up a chair and sat next to her with her head propped up while watching Kitagawa Ryo grading test papers under the lamp.

It seems that up until now, he has only been making tea for Ryo alone.

This can be regarded as a rare relaxing period of the day. Under the pale yellow light, Horikita Suzune's eyes were filled with a feeling of comfort and peace of mind, and a rare comfortable smile appeared on her delicate face.

"I've made a lot of progress lately."

However, this warm atmosphere was quickly interrupted by Kitagawa Ryo's speech.

"You are now very close to each other in terms of learning, and you can start strengthening and catching up on the next project."

Kitagawa Ryo turned the red pen in his hand, and the shadow on the wall began to shake.

"It just so happens that your school will have a cultural festival next month, and you will be the executive committee member of the class."

"Why?"

Horikita Suzune subconsciously retorted.

"Because Horikita Manabu is now the leader of their class who oversees all matters related to the cultural festival."

"..."

Horikita Suzune could only remain silent. It must have been a very difficult decision for her, because until now, she had not tried to communicate with anyone else.

Not to mention becoming the executive committee member of the class at the cultural festival.

Group collaboration is cumbersome and unnecessary.

"Do it."

Kitagawa Ryo's voice suddenly turned cold, and Horikita Suzune gritted her teeth and retorted:

"I'm not good at that. You saw it after school today. I don't have any friends I can talk to."

"I should have said it from the beginning. I came to help you because I thought Suzune had the ability to surpass Horikita Manabu. I will not do anything meaningless. If you refuse here, then I can only Judging that my continued stay here will do no good and will only be a waste of energy and time."

Kitagawa Ryo shook his head and said, Horikita Suzune looked at him unconvinced:

"Benefits...? So you are completely acting based on interests."

"Isn't it possible? People are all creatures who are aware of their interests. As long as you sell goods, you will get money, and as long as you sell favors, you will get rewards. Otherwise, why would I come here to tutor you?"

"But everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses, and many people in the class are nothing more than a burden to me. I have no way of leading them as an executive committee member."

"If you really think so, then I can only treat you as a burden."

"Why do you call me a burden?"

"Isn't this kind of thing obvious? As a lonely person like you, there is no way to compare with Horikita Manabu, who is a member of the student council and class leader. This is also evidence that you are a liability."

Kitagawa Ryo and Horikita Suzune were facing each other. He picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip of tea.

"If you don't get the position of executive member, then I will leave immediately."

"Because I judge that you will never be able to surpass your studies in this life."

Horikita Suzune took a deep breath and chose to skip this topic:

"Which song will I learn today?"

It's time to practice the piano.

Kitagawa Liang paused, he hesitated for a while before speaking:

"Für Elise."

ps: In the last dialogue between the two, all of Kitagawa Ryo's lines come from Horikita Suzune's silly lines in the original work, so it is said that magic must be defeated with magic.

ps2: Thank you for reading and subscribing. The character design of Horikita Suzune in this article refers to the original light novel, official manga and animation character design. I try to make it as cute as possible. I still like Suzune very much_(:з」∠ )_

Main plot: Ryo Kitagawa's strength-based classroom: Chapter 21: I'm obviously working hard too

meeting room.

The elected executive members of each class were noisy here. In the short time before the meeting started, familiar people naturally gathered together, but almost every circle was discussing the same topic.

Why is Horikita Suzune here?

But they didn't have much time to deduce a result. As the start time of the meeting approached, the student president sitting at the head of the table also began to call names.

"Two-year class one, executive member Kushida Kikyo."

"arrive."