Anime Crossover: About How I Spoiled an Angel

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"Hey?! Xiao Qing, what are you doing here!"

"I think I told you I joined a club, right?" Su Qing replied calmly.

"But you didn't tell me it was the Service Club!" Yui said somewhat indignantly.

"You mean Yui Yuigahama from Class 2-C, right? Anyway, sit down first." Yukinoshita took another chair from the back of the classroom and placed it next to herself, gesturing for Yui Yuigahama to sit down before continuing.

"Thank you. By the way, you know me?"

"Did he just memorize all the students' names? After all, he even knows Hachiman." Su Qing teased from the side.

"What do you mean you even know me? Am I some kind of pathetic creature?" Hachiman felt he needed to defend his dignity.

"Hmm...that's true, after all, bears are solitary creatures...mmmmm..."

"I lost, stop talking!" Hachiman interrupted Su Qing's spellcasting with his hand.

Su Qing struggled free, took a few breaths of fresh air, and then spoke with a somewhat earnest tone.

"Hachiman, the most important thing in life is to have self-awareness. I hope you can get rid of your bad luck."

"Holding onto someone's dirt and refusing to let go is a low-class, perverse pleasure. Is this what you call interesting?" Yukinoshita said.

"No, this is actually the highest level of treatment between male friends. You would never understand, Yukinoshita."

"Really? I can only tell that you're just having fun on your own. It seems you have some misunderstanding about the definition of friendship."

(Yui turns her head to the left)

"Yukinoshita, according to what you just said, you probably don't have any friends, right?" Su Qing adjusted his non-existent glasses and looked at Yukinoshita with his intelligent eyes, as if he wanted to get an answer.

(Yui turns her head to the right)

"Well... to quote an old saying, 'Even if you haven't eaten pork, you've still seen pigs run, right?' Surely a transfer student doesn't even know this?" Yukinoshita replied somewhat embarrassedly, as fate's boomerang had finally struck her.

(Yui turns her head to the left)

"Hmm, Yukinoshita's Chinese is really quite good." Su Qing expressed high praise for Yukinoshita's Chinese, though whether it was in Yin-Yang context was still unknown.

(Yui turns her head to the right)

"Well, actually I also think Su Qing didn't mean any harm..." Hachiman said weakly from the side.

(Yui turns her head to the left)

"Have people who have been amused for so long lost the will to resist?" It feels like Yukino is about to issue a declaration of independence at any moment.

(Yui's head was spinning)

Yui patted her head, and a brilliant idea flashed in her mind!

"I feel like the atmosphere in this club is amazing!" Yui said excitedly, her eyes sparkling.

"Really? Then tell me, what's good about it?" Su Qing asked Yui.

"That's right, it just feels like everyone in the club speaks their mind directly, without beating around the bush at all!"

"And Xiaoqing, you're completely different in the club and in the classroom! After class, you never say a word to anyone except me in the classroom. You're always focused on your own thing, as if you don't care about anyone else at all."

No, no, no, if I really didn't care about others, I wouldn't embarrass that guy from the Ministry of Revenue, right? And don't forget me, Su Qingxin's new friend!

"Um... actually, Su Qing often talks to me after class too..."

"Ah, it's you! You stole my and Qing's chat time after class!" Yui said angrily, as if she had finally discovered who it was.

Damn it, if it weren't for the fact that you're Su Qing's friend, I would have really called you a bitch. Don't do it again. Hachiman awkwardly glanced away and didn't say anything more.

“But since you’re Xiaoqing’s friend, you’re also my friend. It’s just that you can’t monopolize Xiaoqing’s after-school time anymore.” Yui drew the transitive conclusion that my best friend’s friend is my friend, but she was clearly somewhat dissatisfied with the fact that she was forced to painfully do her math homework alone last time, while Hachiman had taken away her friend.

"Ah... I understand." Hachiman didn't understand the girl's logic, perhaps because he was a little confused by it.

Is it really that easy to make friends? No, no, it all seems to have started with meeting Su Qing.

First Su Qing, then Cai Jia, and now this pink-haired girl in front of me—what's this girl's name again?!

Hikigaya looked helplessly at Su Qing.

"What do you mean by 'exclusive'? You haven't shown me the math problems I asked you to do yet, Yui." Su Qing seemed to remember something, her beautiful eyes making Yui feel a little uneasy.

Why does my new deskmate always force me to do math problems that I don't like?

Isn't it just calculating the old lady's speed as 460km/h? Yui believes she only made a mistake that every college student is likely to make.

Hikigaya, who was standing to the side, finally remembered the girl's name. Wasn't it Yuigahama Yui? She was Su Qing's deskmate and friend. He should write it down, otherwise he would run into her all the time.

"By the way, Hachiman, why have you been staring at me since the beginning?" Su Qing touched her face and asked curiously.

"?!" Detecting the keyword, Yui's "girl radar" activated, and she instantly became alert. No way?!

There's really no way around it. If you have a good friend who often talks about BL (Boys' Love) with you, you'll end up like that too.

"Don't worry, although this person has a twisted personality, their sexual orientation should still be normal." Yukinoshita pinched her brow, ending the farce with a headache.

"Well then, Yuihama-san, since you're here as Hiratsuka-sensei, you should know what our club does, right?"

"Yes, I know!" Yuihama excitedly raised her hand, just like an elementary school teacher calling on a student to answer a question.

"My request is..."

Chapter 51 Yui's Request (Part Two)

Inside the culinary lab, lies the painful memory of Hachiman's first time teaming up with Su Qing...

"So, your request is to teach you how to make cookies to give as gifts?"

"Yes..." Yui said somewhat awkwardly. As if noticing Su Qing's intriguing gaze, Yui quickly waved her hand and hurriedly explained.

"It's because I keep failing at making cookies and I don't want my mom to laugh at me anymore..."

Su Qing understood the implication. Indeed, it was incredibly shameful to be so confident just a few days ago, telling others that she would definitely make cookies, only to be witnessed by them asking for help a few days later.

Indeed, Yui's mind was in complete turmoil at that moment.

Oh no! I was so engrossed in their conversation that I completely forgot I made the cookies to give to Xiaoqing! Now I've been exposed! And I just swore a few days ago I'd make them myself, why am I so unlucky?

o (╥﹏╥) o

Since things have come to this, let's have some porridge first.

"Why don't you just ask a friend for help with something like this?" Hachiman asked.

"No... I don't really want anyone to know." Even though the person I was supposed to give it to already knows (⊙︿⊙)

"Besides, they're not really suited for this kind of serious stuff..."

"Also, I heard from Hiratsuka-sensei that this club can grant students' wishes, right?" Yui asked curiously, as if she had found a magic lamp.

“No, our club doesn’t grant wishes directly. We believe in teaching people how to fish rather than giving them fish.” Yukinoshita mentally checked the ingredients on the table, and after confirming that everything was there, she turned to Yui and said.

"It seems really impressive." A classic Chinese concept immediately caused Yui's CPU to overheat.

"By the way, you didn't even tie your apron properly?" Yukinoshita took a few steps forward and carefully adjusted Yui's apron.

"Sorry, thank you," Yui replied somewhat apologetically.

"So what do we need to do? First of all, we absolutely cannot let this guy touch the raw materials!" Hachiman recalled the fear of being dominated by Su Qing that day, and pointed at the seemingly harmless Su Qing beside him, he warned Yukinoshita.

"Don't worry, you two just need to taste the food and say thank you. I'll take care of teaching Yuihama-san." Although she didn't understand why Hikigaya was so careful to prevent Su Qing from touching the raw materials, Yukinoshita had no intention of having the two of them participate in the teaching anyway, and said calmly.

"Hachiman, please sit down. I don't think we have any say in the cooking." Su Qing pulled out two chairs from somewhere and gestured for Hachiman to sit down.

"Oh, thank you so much." Hachiman was momentarily stunned. So this is what it feels like to have friends? This is definitely the right way to be friends!

Thinking of that certain chuunibyou fat kid, Hikigaya scoffed.

Who is this? It's none of our business.

However, Su Qing is surprisingly self-aware... Hachiman was just afraid that Su Qing would pull up his sleeve and shout, "Make way, make way, let me teach you what real cooking skills are..."

……

"How did you make this?" Yukinoshita looked at the charcoal in the plate, her lips twitching.

"Ahem, Su Qing, look! It turns out there's someone whose cooking skills are about the same as yours." Yukinoshita was a little wrong. Hachiman's rebellious spirit hadn't disappeared; it had simply gone dormant. Now that the opportunity had arrived, Hachiman naturally wouldn't let this golden opportunity slip by!

Then, Hachiman picked up one of the pieces of charcoal, examined it, and nodded as if he had come to some important conclusion.

"Hmm, it's just ordinary charcoal, far inferior to what Su Qing makes."

"Charcoal and stuff... why does everyone say that?" Yui, as if unwilling to give up, also picked up a piece and examined it carefully, but her mind kept picturing all sorts of colorful and delicious-looking "Yunbei" non-poisonous mushrooms.

"Is there anyone who can do worse than this?" This clearly shattered Yukino's perception of the lower limit of cooking skills. She looked at Su Qing with disbelief, as if she was wondering how he had survived all this time.

"So I really don't have any culinary skills..." Yui said somewhat awkwardly.

"Please put away your ridiculous thoughts. Talent? You can't laugh at yourself for not having talent if you haven't even put in the most basic effort. Successful people succeed because they put in unimaginable effort from those who fail."

"But lately, very few people around here cook..."

"Can you stop this habit of always trying to please others? Blaming others for your own failures and setbacks only makes you feel ashamed."

Yukinoshita criticized him mercilessly.

When Hachiman heard this, he looked at Su Qing. After all, these words might be hard for the girl to hear. Yui and Su Qing are so close, he should speak up for her, right?

"Admitting one's shortcomings is nothing remarkable. Those who feel self-satisfied because of their self-awareness and eventually give up are extremely foolish."

True greatness lies in recognizing one's own shortcomings and then finding ways to make up for them or putting in more effort in other areas.

Yui, who are you referring to as the people around you?

Su Qing stood up and walked to Yui. The girl was looking down, so her expression was not visible. Su Qing's tone was quite calm, which surprised Yukinoshita. In her previous understanding, Su Qing, who seemed to have a good relationship with Yui, should have come out to comfort her at this time.

Hachiman was completely dumbfounded. Why wasn't Su Qing playing by the rules?

"Kaka... Kaku-i!" Yui suddenly looked up, her eyes sparkling.

"What do you mean? I think what I said was pretty excessive..." Yukinoshita had lost her senses for the umpteenth time today. Is this how a normal person would react to such a sharp tongue from her? She felt like she had encountered a pervert, so she took several steps back.

"Not making excuses, not caring about the opinions and evaluations of those around me, and focusing solely on improving myself—I think that's super cool! I'll try my best to do that again."

Su Qing chuckled and silently retreated, but as she passed Xue Zhi, she said, "Please demonstrate the correct way to do it for her. I'm counting on you."

Asking me? That's absurd. This is the responsibility of the head of the Service Department.

Yukino didn't understand what that sentence meant for a moment, and said helplessly to Yui.

"I'll demonstrate it for you once, so you have to learn carefully."

"Uh-huh!"

"First, crack in a few eggs and add some salt to remove the fishy smell..."

……

After N minutes, the charcoal was freshly made.

"Why is it still turned out like this?" Yukinoshita slumped helplessly onto the table, now wondering if there was something wrong with her teaching.

"I say, is it really necessary to be so concerned about the taste?" Hachiman couldn't stand it anymore and interjected.

"What do you mean?"

"Wait ten minutes, and I'll show you what truly delicious handmade cookies are." Hachiman chuckled lewdly and left, leaving only Su Xuejie and the other two behind.

Xue: What did he go there for?

Su: I don't know.

Conclusion: Why charcoal again?

Su: You must have been the charcoal that Tanjiro burned in your past life.

Yuki: Tanjiro?

Conclusion: I'm not charcoal!

Yuki: So what is Tanjiro...?

Conclusion: Sorry, sorry, I heard it was...

And so, one more person in the world came to know Tanjiro.

Charcoal Gate, forever.

……

Chapter 52 A Restless Girl in the Season of Fluttering Hearts (Part 2)