It could be seen that Haruno's university life was indeed very leisurely. As soon as Shinra pushed open the conference room door, he saw Haruno chatting with Meguri.
It had to be said that Haruno's ability to act was indeed terrifying. It was only yesterday that she said she wanted to sign up for this school festival as a volunteer performance group, and today she came directly to the school. It seemed she had already communicated with President Meguri.
It was estimated that what she said last night about coming here often to practice was probably not empty talk, but something she really intended to do.
"Hello~ Shinra, you're here?" Haruno also noticed Shinra entering and greeted him generously.
Seemingly to better integrate into the high school campus, Haruno's attire today was quite simple: a clean white shirt paired with azure jeans, and black and white casual shoes on her feet. Youthful and beautiful like a student, she didn't look out of place standing with the third-year Meguri at all.
...Wait, Haruno seems to be a university student, right?
Shinra suddenly realized. Mainly because in his impression, Haruno's dressing style was relatively mature, following the route of an urban beauty: exquisite makeup, capable clothing, and confident and mature temperament.
The sudden change in dressing style made Shinra realize that she was actually only three years older than him and Yukino, also at the most beautiful age of a person's life.
"Good afternoon, Haruno-san." Shinra nodded to Haruno, then planned to return to his exclusive throne to start today's slacking time.
The Executive Committee was now on the right track. Even if he no longer intervened, this temporarily assembled team could still operate as usual.
"Speaking of which, what work are you responsible for in the Executive Committee?" Haruno didn't seem to plan to let Shinra go. She walked up to him in three steps, blocking his path.
"Record and Miscellaneous." Shinra named his group.
"Record and Miscellaneous Group?" Haruno repeated Shinra's words, as if confirming with him.
As the Executive Chairman of the school festival two years ago, Haruno naturally knew the nature of this group—to accommodate those who were unwilling to become executive committee members, thereby preventing their negative attitude from affecting the normal operation of the entire Executive Committee.
"Yes."
Shinra nodded, indicating that he was indeed in this group.
Haruno revealed a surprised expression and said, "I thought you would be in the Personnel Coordination Group."
"I'm actually not good at dealing with people." Shinra spread his hands, feeling that Haruno overestimated him a bit.
Haruno revealed a smiling expression and leaned a bit closer, as if whispering: "Is it not being good at dealing with people, or not wanting to deal with people?"
Not good at dealing with people?
Judging from her sister Yukino's performance, this guy Shinra was definitely not the type who was 'not good at dealing with people' as he claimed. Rather, he was a bit too good at dealing with people.
From Haruno's actual experience with Shinra, although he wasn't the kind of person who was slick in social situations, his perception of others' emotions was extraordinarily keen.
For someone with this ability, if your relationship with them wasn't good, it was definitely because they never thought about having a good relationship with you.
In other words, Haruno believed that as long as Shinra wanted, he could become close friends with anyone.
Facing Haruno's question, Shinra just smiled and replied, "In my opinion, there is actually no difference between the two."
Whether it was not wanting to deal with people because he wasn't good at it, or not being good at it because he didn't want to deal with people, for Shinra, the essence was the same. It was an excuse, a pretext.
The meaning he wanted to convey was only one, and that was 'refusal'.
Some things would lose their dignity if said too clearly.
"This answer indeed fits your personality." Haruno understood the meaning in Shinra's words, so she took a step back, returning to a normal social distance from Shinra.
"By the way, didn't Yukino-chan come with you?" Haruno brought the topic back to her sister.
Her relationship with Shinra was maintained because of Yukino's existence. Unless Haruno established a new bond with Shinra independent of Yukino, no matter how they chatted or what they chatted about, the topic would eventually return to Yukino.
"No, but she should be arriving soon." Shinra shook his head. Class J and Class F were far apart. Unless they accidentally bumped into each other on the way, Shinra and Yukino wouldn't deliberately walk together.
In fact, Shinra and Yukino didn't have much interaction at school. Except for going back together after school, their communication on campus was often concentrated in the Service Club. They wouldn't make plans to have lunch together somewhere like those friends across classes.
This was also well reflected in this Executive Committee. Except for the initial closer communication when recommending the chairman compared to others, in the subsequent regular meetings of the Executive Committee, the communication between Shinra and Yukino was limited to work.
Only after the regular meeting ended and disbanded would the two chat about other topics.
Therefore, if Haruno wanted to see Shinra and Yukino like ordinary campus couples, wishing to stick together all the time, she was probably thinking too much.
Not to mention that Shinra and Yukino hadn't reached the couple stage yet.
At best, they could only be called neighbor friends who interacted frequently.
"Is that so~ I thought you were inseparable at school too." Haruno joked.
The speaker had no intention, but the listener took it to heart.
Meguri, who had been 'left aside' by Haruno since Shinra's arrival, looked thoughtfully at Shinra after hearing this.
Listening to Haruno-senpai's meaning, this Mori-kun seems to have a very close relationship with Yukinoshita-san?
Meguri then recalled that when electing the Executive Chairman before, Shinra indeed seemed to have come forward to help Yukino out of a predicament.
"Not that exaggerated." Shinra felt Haruno was exaggerating a bit. He and Yukino weren't inseparable.
It was just that when she came, he happened to be there.
"That won't do. Although my Yukino has a somewhat troublesome personality, she is still quite likable, especially to the opposite sex. If you don't seize the opportunity to declare sovereignty, what if someone takes advantage of the situation?" Haruno tempted him patiently.
But before she could finish speaking, a familiar voice sounded from the door.
"I don't remember when I became someone else's property."
Yukino stood at the door of the conference room, arms crossed, looking at her sister with an unkind expression.
"Just a metaphor, Yukino-chan."
Haruno had no awareness of being caught talking behind someone's back. Instead, she explained seriously that this was just a metaphor, not objectifying women.
And rather than saying this to Shinra, she was saying it to Yukino: Hurry up and declare sovereignty. Don't worry about whether you are really boyfriend and girlfriend first; just occupy the ecological niche so others won't have a chance.
If someone steals your base, you won't even have a place to cry!
Yukino ignored her sister's explanation because she knew no matter what she said, her sister would always have various twisted logic.
"Speaking of which, I just chatted with Meguri-chan for a while and found out that you didn't become the chairman, Yukino-chan."
"Didn't I tell you this before? I have no intention of becoming the chairman."
"But the result is still the same in the end, isn't it?"
"..."
Yukino fell silent.
Haruno was right. Although Yukino didn't become the chairman, judging from the current situation, what she did was no different from a chairman.
Although she didn't have the name of chairman, she had the reality of chairman.
Moreover, who said the vice chairman isn't a chairman?
Yukino didn't want to dwell too much on this issue. She changed the subject and asked, "What are you doing at school?"
"Eh? Didn't I tell you yesterday? I came here of course to sign up for the school festival. The application has been typed out. Remember to approve it~"
"I don't have the power to decide."
Yukino cleared her responsibility. She was just the vice chairman. Regarding off-campus volunteer groups for school festival activities, the chairman's approval was needed.
"No difference."
Haruno replied with a smile, as if she had seen through the power structure of the entire Executive Committee.
"Anyway, whatever you say, your chairman will agree, right?"
When she said this, Sagami Minami also arrived at the scene just in time.
Although she didn't hear what Haruno was saying clearly because she just arrived, because of Yukino's presence, she still approached them immediately.
Don't ask why.
Ask, and the answer is loyalty!
"Yukinoshita-san, almost everyone is here. Can we start the regular meeting?"
Clearly, Sagami Minami, as the chairman, could decide the start of the meeting alone, but she handed this power to Yukino, and the people around had no objections at all.
Just from this point, one could see who the real talker of the Executive Committee was.
Seeing the 'See, I knew it' look projected by Haruno, Yukino silently turned her head away, physically refusing to receive the message transmitted by the other party.
"This is..." Haruno said this to Meguri because she knew her sister wouldn't introduce her.
"Haruno-senpai, this is the chairman of this school festival."
Haruno-senpai... Upon hearing Meguri's address, Sagami Minami immediately realized that the other party was most likely Yukino's sister, whom Meguri-senpai and Teacher Atsugi mentioned during the chairman election.
Realizing that the other party was the sister of Yukino, who held the power of life and death over her, Sagami Minami's attitude suddenly became extremely respectful and humble.
"Hello, Senpai. I am Sagami Minami." Sagami Minami didn't call the other party Haruno-senpai directly like Meguri did, but used 'Senpai'.
After all, she wasn't familiar with Haruno. calling her by her first name might be presumptuous, and calling her Yukinoshita-senpai might confuse her with her sister, so she simply used the universal title of Senpai.
"Oh... so you are the chairman." Haruno's tone was ambiguous, making it hard to tell if it was good or bad. It was precisely this ambiguous tone that made people feel more uneasy.
Coupled with the identity of 'Senior' plus Yukino's sister, Sagami Minami's heart instantly leaped into her throat, and she appeared exceptionally uneasy.
This situation didn't last too long. About three seconds after saying 'so you are the chairman', Haruno suddenly smiled brightly and said:
"I'll have to trouble you with my application later."
Seeing Haruno smile, Sagami Minami's tense emotions eased slightly. She also cooperated with a smile and asked, "May I ask what application it is?"
"About the application for the off-campus volunteer group performance program. I told Yukino before, but she said she wasn't the chairman and couldn't make the decision easily, so I had to come to you."
Couldn't make the decision easily, so came to me?
Is it possible that without Yukino's approval, I can't make the decision easily either?
"Uh... this... um... Yukinoshita-san, what do you think?"
After listening to Haruno, Sagami Minami looked at Yukino immediately, hoping she could give a clear answer.
Noticing this, the corners of Haruno's mouth curled up slightly, and she also looked at Yukino beside her. Let's see how you avoid this now.
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Seeing everyone waiting for her answer, Yukino pondered for a moment and said, "As of now, we haven't reached the standard in terms of performance groups."
Sagami Minami understood. It meant agree.
"Then no problem. Senpai, just come when the time comes." Sagami Minami didn't even ask what Haruno wanted to perform and made the decision immediately.
Still those two words.
Loyalty!
Yukino couldn't bear to watch. Even Haruno was surprised by Sagami Minami's attitude. Isn't this a bit too submissive?
When did Yukino become so good at managing people?
Haruno instinctively sensed where the problem lay, but she didn't say it directly. Instead, she continued to probe: "By the way, I have one more thing to ask Chairman Junior. Besides me, my friends also want to come back to visit our alma mater..."
"No..." Sagami Minami planned to agree without thinking, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she immediately reacted and looked at Yukino again.
Seeing no reaction from the other party, she continued with the second half of the sentence.
"No problem. Senpai can invite friends to join as much as you want. I believe the school also hopes alumni will return to participate in the school festival."
Haruno took everything in and replied with a smile: "Then I'll contact them later."
At this point, Haruno could basically confirm that there must be something fishy about this.