"Who!?"
Yumemi Yumemite's heart jumped. She hadn't noticed anyone standing behind her.
She deliberately put on a displeased expression and turned her head. She had originally intended to use her identity as a "Student Council member" to reprimand the eavesdropper, intimidate them, and make them shut up. But when she saw that the eavesdropper was Ayanokouji Kiyohira, her face instantly changed, as if she had seen someone she feared, and she turned and ran without a word.
Ayanokoji, quick as a flash, grabbed Yumemi Yumemite's arm, pulled her back, and "wall-pinned" her against the wall.
He showed a playful smile: "Hey… Yumemi, what exactly did you do to wrong me that you try to run away as soon as you see me? Am I that scary?"
Seeing that she couldn't escape, Yumemi retorted, "I wasn't running! I just suddenly felt a bit of a stomachache and wanted to find a place to rest for a while!"
"Are you having a stomachache?" Ayanokouji Kiyohira deliberately showed a concerned look: "Should I take you to the infirmary?"
"No need, my stomach doesn't hurt that much now."
Yumemi deliberately tilted her face up 45 degrees, revealing a pitiful expression as she pleaded, "Ayanokoji, can you please let go of me first? After all, I'm a member of the Student Council, and you pinning me against the wall in public like this looks very bad… I'll tell you everything you want to know truthfully."
In public… Ayanokouji Kiyohira glanced around.
After the opening ceremony, more than half of the students in the auditorium had left. There were at most only a hundred people still in the auditorium, all scattered in various corners, and hardly anyone noticed them.
"Who's paying attention to you right now? You're overestimating your influence a bit, aren't you?"
Although he grumbled this, Ayanokouji Kiyohira still respected her wishes and released her.
Yumemi regained her freedom, quickly stepped aside, and only relaxed after maintaining a meter's distance from Ayanokouji Kiyohira.
She didn't run again, standing in place and explaining, "I'm an idol, you know. Idols can't have any contact with boys in public! Even if there's no one around, I have to act as if there are paparazzi following me. That's my professional ethics!"
Professional ethics… Oh, come on, where does this guy get professional ethics from?
Ayanokouji Kiyohira rolled his eyes, but didn't refute her. Instead, he asked directly, "Yumemi, have you been avoiding me these past few days?"
"No!" Yumemi pleaded her innocence with an innocent face: "I've been busy these past few days. I've been in the dance studio five out of seven days. You not seeing me is purely bad luck on your part!"
Chapter 363: Unsold Tickets
"Is that so?" Ayanokouji Kiyohira was noncommittal, then suddenly smiled: "Yumemi, I heard you're holding a concert at the Ryōran Festival. Congratulations, you're finally taking the first step towards realizing your dream."
"...Although I don't know if you're sincere, I'll accept your kind intentions!"
Yumemi was originally a bit afraid of Ayanokoji, but seeing him suddenly bring up her concert, she puffed out her chest and said confidently, "I've been preparing for this concert for a long time! If you're interested, you can come and see my concert. It will definitely change your perception of me!"
Ayanokoji waved his hand: "Forget it. Your concert tickets are 100,000 yen each. I can't afford that."
Yumemi smiled triumphantly, then, as if by magic, pulled out a few tickets from her pocket and eagerly handed them to Ayanokoji: "That's the price for ordinary people buying tickets. If you want to come, you certainly don't need to pay!"
"You're being so good to me?" Ayanokoji raised an eyebrow.
Yumemi said seriously, "I should thank you! If it weren't for your scandalous news, I wouldn't have become a member of the Student Council. You're my great benefactor, so what are a few tickets? I'll give you as many as you want!"
Yumemi spoke with such sincerity that Ayanokouji Kiyohira almost believed her.
"No need, I already have tickets." Ayanokoji shook his head, not taking the tickets.
Hearing him say this, Yumemi still forced the tickets into Ayanokoji's hand: "It's fine, you can never have too many tickets. You can give them to your friends too…"
"What, your tickets aren't selling, so you're having a big clearance sale now?"
"…" Yumemi's expression instantly froze. She hadn't expected Ayanokouji Kiyohira to be so direct.
Yumemi originally wanted to find a plausible reason, but after thinking about it, she gave up and dejectedly spoke the truth.
"Well, they haven't completely not sold. I did sell over a hundred, and I gave away about a hundred more. I still have over a hundred on hand, and the concert is tomorrow. If these tickets aren't given away, they'll just be wasted in my hands…"
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