Anime Crossover: About How I Spoiled an Angel

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"Keep it up, Xiaoqing!"

However, after receiving the manuscript, Su Qing simply chose to put it away.

"Don't you want to read it?"

"I've already written it all down, there's no need for that."

Su Qing responded calmly.

"So fast!"

According to Yui's rough estimate, the speech should have 800-1000 words, but how long has it been since Su Qing got it after school?

She now seriously doubts whether humanity secretly evolved without taking her along.

"Do you have such a good memory?"

Hachiman couldn't help but complain, "Isn't this kind of memory a bit unfair?"

"Completely mastered it?"

Yukino also cast a curious glance at her. She considered herself to have a pretty good memory, but it would still take two hours to fully grasp it.

"Pretty much. That's what having a good memory is like."

"Wow, that's amazing! Having a good memory must be an incredible thing."

Yui felt like crying when she thought about the formulas she could never remember. Although she had managed to memorize some of them under Su Qing's "tutoring" recently, if she had even a tenth of Su Qing's memory, she wouldn't have to keep doing the same problems over and over again!

"Having a good memory is not necessarily a good thing."

After hearing Yui's remark, Su Qing corrected her.

"Why not? If you can remember things quickly and not easily forget them, wouldn't that make it easier to remember important moments?"

Yui tilted her head, unable to understand Su Qing's meaning.

"That's true, after all, the better a person's memory is, the harder it is for them to forget."

Su Qing seemed somewhat sentimental:

"However, people often overlook the fact that forgetting is a self-protection mechanism of human beings. We cannot selectively forget the things we want to forget and only keep the things we want to remember, which will cause great harm to our psychology."

"Is this referring to hyperthymesia? As far as I know, there are only 60 to 80 cases worldwide."

Although Yukino doesn't plan to become a doctor in the future, she has heard of this disease, which is extremely rare.

"Well, so having a slightly poor memory isn't necessarily a bad thing."

"I see. But does Xiaoqing also have things she wants to forget but can't?"

After listening, Su Qing thought for a moment and replied:

"Yes, for example, the joy of eating together for the first time."

"Can you remember things from so long ago?"

"Not long, actually it was when I was seven or eight years old."

"Oh, if it's something happy, why would you want to forget it?"

Yui didn't dwell on why she didn't eat her first meal until she was seven or eight years old. She subconsciously thought it was the first meal she remembered eating, or the first time she ate "happily".

Hikigaya and Yukino subconsciously thought the same thing.

Su Qing thought for a moment, then smiled and said:

"Hmm... I was so happy that I choked on my food, and now that I think about it, it's a bit of a shame."

"Oh, I see. Something like that happened to me when I was a kid!"

Yui also recalled some fun things from her childhood and began to share them.

Meanwhile, Hachiman was thinking to himself.

Does this guy have such a dark past? Given his usual nonchalant demeanor, it's hard to imagine him choking. Speaking of which, how delicious must that food have been? Did he eat it when he was about to starve to death?

No, that's impossible no matter how you look at it.

Afterwards, the group chatted about other things casually, and that's how the Service Club activity for the day came to an end.

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Chapter 101 The Guest and the White Moonlight

In the following days, the Service Club did not receive any new requests. However, after resolving Sakurai's request, the Service Club welcomed a new guest—Totsuka Saika.

"Um, I won't disturb your club activities. I can help if you need anything, so..."

Saika timidly asked Yukino for help, knowing that her behavior wasn't very good, even though they had celebrated together before, she wasn't a member of the Service Club after all.

"It's not that I can't let you stay here, but I remember you should be a member of the tennis club, right? Why don't you participate in your own activities?"

Yukino glared at Hachiman, whose face clearly screamed "Please agree to let Saika stay," and then asked Saika.

"Actually, it's because of this exam."

Totsuka Saika looked very troubled at this moment.

After hearing her explanation, the group realized that the tennis club's performance had not been very good in recent years because some of the older students had dropped out and no one had been able to take over.

In addition, most students' academic performance has declined significantly in this joint exam of the three schools. As a result, the tennis club's activities are now extremely lax. Not only is the attendance rate low, but even when they do attend, they only play for fun.

"Doesn't the supervising teacher care?"

When it comes to Saika, Hachiman becomes particularly attentive. He can now picture the nonchalant attitude of his incompetent predecessors, while Saika, though wanting to change the situation, is powerless to do so.

It's unbearable! It's all those people's fault!

"Our instructor had an accident and is now unable to provide us with proper guidance. The school has assigned a new instructor, but after seeing the current state of the tennis club, he simply shook his head and left."

Caijia offered a soft explanation, her words filled with helplessness.

"So I can't participate in club activities for a while, so I thought I'd come here to find Hachiman... and you guys, because you're the people I'm closest to at school."

"C-can it?"

Saika suddenly looked at Yukino with teary eyes and said cautiously.

"If that's the case, then it's possible."

In fact, not only Hachiman, but even Yukino couldn't accept Saika's sincere gaze and timid tone. It wasn't like the activity room couldn't accommodate one more person, so they simply agreed.

However, I have a feeling that there are more and more people in this club?

Yukino sensed something was off, but couldn't quite put her finger on it.

"Poor Xiao Cai, if you need any help, please let us know!"

"Yes, Hachiman is prepared to go through fire and water. He'd probably be willing to die even if you asked him to."

"That's right! I've already... no, what's 'gone to my death'?"

"Yes, if you need assistance, you can entrust it to our Service Department."

Each of the four people gave a unique answer, which moved Ayaka deeply. After thanking everyone, she secretly glanced at Hachiman before quickly looking away.

In the following days, the members of the Service Club mostly sat in the activity room chatting or reading, gradually resembling a literary club.

……

Friday arrived, the day Su Qing was to give her speech.

"Hey, how about we go check out the sophomore awards ceremony today?"

A girl said to the person next to her.

"No way, the soccer club has a lot of things to do. Besides, why would you go to another grade's awards ceremony? Is it because your crush is going on stage?"

Beside him, a girl with short, mulberry-colored hair (a type of yellow in traditional Chinese color) smiled mischievously.

"No, didn't the second-year students take the joint entrance exam for the three schools this time? They produced a top scorer among the three schools, and it was a crushing victory."

"I think I've heard something about it. The person ranked first on the newest sophomore honor roll downstairs is named Su..."

"Su Qing!"

"It should be this one. What's wrong? Have you taken a liking to him?"

"It's not that... I just heard he's super handsome, Ayaha, don't you want to go see him?"

"How handsome?"

"Come here, I'll whisper something to you. I heard a lot of girls in our grade went to secretly see him. He happens to be in the same class as Hayama from the soccer club, and according to our informant, he's even more handsome than Hayama!"

The girl became infatuated and giggled after whispering to Iroha Isshiki.

"Yeah……?"

"Yeah, yeah, so are you coming with me or not!"

"Sounds... interesting. Let's go check it out. Anyway, there's nothing much going on in the department this afternoon."

Iroha Isshiki smiled mischievously, then went with her companions to the auditorium for the awards ceremony.

……

"Xiaoqing, I'm so nervous!"

"Why are you nervous? It's not like you're the one going up to give a speech."

Su Qing glanced helplessly at Yui and spoke.

"Hehe, I always feel inexplicably nervous when you go up there."

Because the auditorium at Zongwu High School has a large capacity of over a thousand people, it was currently packed with second-year students. Therefore, there wasn't much fuss about seating; everyone could sit wherever they liked. Su Qing, who was about to give a speech, was sitting in the first row with Yui and a few others.

Of course, there were also students from other grades, like Isshiki, in the crowd to watch the fun, but the school didn't care. They just let the kids do whatever they wanted.

"Alright, alright, here's a candy for you, Fairy Bu is nervous."

"And what about you, Xiaoqing?"

"I'm not nervous. Besides, we have to go up in a bit. You should just eat it. Hachiman, Saika, you guys have a few too."

"Oh, thank you."

"Ah, thanks."

While Su Qing was showering everyone with sweetness, the host above was talking non-stop.

"On this sunny and hopeful day, we gather together to witness and celebrate this glorious moment. After countless days and nights of hard work, I believe that all of you have achieved excellent results and submitted a satisfactory answer to your efforts."

Next, we would like to invite Su Qing, the top scorer in this joint entrance examination of three schools, to come to the stage to give a speech! Please give her a round of applause!

"Go, Xiaoqing!"

"Well, good luck anyway."

"come on!"

After responding to the support from Yui and the others, Su Qing went on stage amidst applause and various gazes from the crowd.

"Su, please."

The host gave up the microphone, indicating that Su Qing could speak. Su Qing nodded, adjusted the microphone, and began his speech.

"Dear teachers and classmates, good afternoon..."

"So, isn't he super handsome?! He really hits my sweet spot!"

In the front row, Iroha's companion was so excited that he was gesturing wildly and saying excitedly to Iroha.

"Indeed..."

However, Yise did not pay much attention to her companion's actions. After giving a few perfunctory replies, she continued to stare at Su Qing on the stage.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Speaking of which, there always seems to be a small group of people who are special during their student days.

Or perhaps because of excellent grades;

Or perhaps it's because of their good looks;

Or perhaps it was because one afternoon, a girl with a high ponytail, wearing a school uniform that could be seen everywhere, a pair of white sneakers, and a pair of white socks.

Golden sunlight streamed through the old window, falling on your face and onto her, and the girl suddenly turned around, giving you a sweet smile.