Chapter 166 Room 404, We All Love Learning!
"Pfft—Giggle giggle giggle~"
Wang Mei-yu, who had looked heartbroken just a moment ago, was instantly moved to laughter through her tears, a faint crimson flush rising to her pretty face.
"Hi-Hikigaya-kun... is really... too humorous."
"Is that so?" Hikigaya scratched his head with a slight air of embarrassment.
"An ancient meme like that is probably only effective on foreigners.
Look, these two aren't laughing at all."
As he saw the two girls casting sharp gazes his way, Hikigaya felt a cold sweat break out.
"Hehe~" Kushida Kikyo looked at him with a beaming smile.
"Hikigaya-kun is very humorous indeed."
"A boring, dry joke." Horikita Suzune shot him a glare. "Your methods for coaxing girls are excessively childish!"
"Ahem~" Hikigaya quickly explained. "It was just a joke on a whim."
"Hikigaya-kun, Mei-chan is very innocent. Don't go provoking her on a whim!" Kushida Kikyo issued a stern warning.
"...Don't make me sound like some kind of scumbag." Hikigaya was speechless. To be honest, he hadn't even dreamed about Wang Mei-yu, so naturally, he didn't have the slightest intention toward her.
"Don't worry, Kikyo-chan~ I won't steal your man!" Wang Mei-yu made a solemn promise.
"Stop it~ I'm not 'stealing' any man~~" Kushida Kikyo hugged her best friend affectionately.
"Hikigaya, let's head inside." Horikita Suzune didn't waste words; she grabbed his hand directly and pulled him toward the room.
"!!!" Kushida Kikyo's face shifted instantly.
'Yikes! Kikyo-chan's expression is a bit terrifying!' Wang Mei-yu was startled by the change.
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Room 404
"Seize the time and study hard."
Horikita Suzune took off her sandals and skillfully retrieved her exclusive red indoor slippers from the shoe rack.
"You really love studying way too much," Hikigaya couldn't help but complain. He then turned his head to look at Kushida Kikyo and Wang Mei-yu, who had followed them in at some point. "Kushida-san, Wang-san, what are you two...?"
"I like studying too!" Kushida Kikyo smiled slightly, speaking words that were perfectly "correct" to Horikita Suzune across from her. "I want to study with Hikigaya-kun. Horikita-san, you wouldn't mind, would you?"
"Uh..." Wang Mei-yu was a bit at a loss. Could she say she was dragged in by her best friend?
Horikita Suzune gave the two of them a long, deep look. For some reason, she felt a bit irritated. However, when it came to studying, she wouldn't reject anyone.
"I don't mind...Do as you please."
'Can I say that I mind quite a bit?'
Looking at Kushida Kikyo, who was shamelessly making herself at home and sitting on his bed, Hikigaya felt helpless.
Wang Mei-yu, seemingly visiting a boy's room for the first time, looked around curiously.
"I'll go make some tea."
Hikigaya turned and walked into the kitchen. These two women were quite a handful.
Horikita Suzune liked black tea, while Kushida Kikyo preferred green tea.
"By the way, Wang-san, what would you like to drink?" Since it was Wang Mei-yu's first time, Hikigaya naturally didn't know her preferences.
"Hikigaya-kun, you can just call me Mei-chan." Wang Mei-yu was a careful, good girl; she noticed the coffee on the storage cabinet and said casually, "Coffee, thank you."
"Mei-chan likes Max Coffee too?" Hikigaya's eyes lit up. He suddenly felt the urge to start proselytizing for the brand.
"Hikigaya..." Kushida Kikyo glared at him fiercely, as if to say: Is 'Mei-chan' something you're allowed to call her?
Hikigaya really hadn't thought much of it. Considering she was a foreigner, she wouldn't be as particular about Japanese honorifics. Besides, "Wang-san" didn't roll off the tongue well—"Mei-chan" was much smoother.
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A moment later, Hikigaya returned with the different drinks and gave them to the three girls.
"Thank you."
"Sorry for the intrusion."
After the polite hospitality, Horikita Suzune immediately pulled out the exercises and entered study mode.
"Hikigaya, you must finish these three sets of exam papers for me today!"
"No, do we have to be that 'hardcore'? My math grades are already good enough." Hikigaya wanted to cry but had no tears.
"Eh? Are these exercises all made by Horikita-san herself?" Wang Mei-yu expressed great interest. She truly loved learning.
"Um, my... my math is also just average... Can I do them together with Hikigaya-kun?"
Wang Mei-yu looked at Horikita Suzune cautiously.
"You can." Horikita Suzune nodded, a kind smile appearing on her face. This was the resonance between one good student and another.
"That's wonderful!" Wang Mei-yu sat down happily next to Hikigaya, leaning close to look at the exam paper with him. He could even smell the faint scent of her perfume. However, Hikigaya's heart didn't waver in the slightest.
This girl really was just interested in math problems; it had nothing to do with him.
Just then, another wave of fragrance drifted in from his other side.
"Kushida-san, what is the meaning of this?" Horikita Suzune's brow was heavily furrowed as she stared at the latter.
Kushida Kikyo had sat down on Hikigaya's other side, her body pressed tight against him. Unlike Wang Mei-yu's slender and thin frame, Kushida's ample "fruits" were already squeezed against Hikigaya's arm.
"I'm looking at the exam paper~ just like Mei-chan." Kushida Kikyo spoke with a straight face.
But Hikigaya knew she was talking nonsense!
"Kushida-san, if I remember correctly, your math scores rank in the top five of the class. The difficulty of this exam paper is not suitable for you," Horikita Suzune countered logically.
"Eh?" Kushida Kikyo didn't take the bait; instead, she changed the subject.
"Horikita-san is actually concerned about my grades. I'm so happy!"
In middle school, she had caused such a massive incident, yet this girl remained completely ignorant. Not long ago, she had even arrogantly claimed she had no interest in her.
Now, just because she touched Hikigaya a little, Horikita couldn't stand it—how interesting! Kushida felt a surge of satisfaction in her heart.
"Kushida, are you here specifically to pick a fight?" Horikita Suzune's eyebrows rose as she stared at the other girl with an unfriendly gaze.
"Not at all~ I just want to study hard with Hikigaya-kun." As she spoke, Kushida deliberately leaned even closer to Hikigaya, almost resting her weight on him. Her eyes were full of provocation.
"Horikita-san is so good at studying, why don't you teach us~~"
"If you all want to play, please get the hell out of this room!" Horikita Suzune's face was dark, looking thoroughly incensed.
"Um, this is my room, right?" Hikigaya expressed his inability to even complain, then pushed away the clinging Kushida Kikyo. "Don't mess around, you're affecting my studies."
"Ah? You're actually studying?" Kushida Kikyo looked bewildered.
"We are all studying seriously, okay!" Hikigaya really wanted to kick this troublemaking woman out.
"I'm finished!" Wang Mei-yu had blazed through a set of exam papers.
"Look at Mei-chan," Hikigaya said.
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