CHAPTER 443: 127. BAI YI? BRING IT HERE YOU!!

"Uh..."

"Spencer, are you okay?"

Listening to An Le’s soft, glutinous call beside him, Spencer uncomfortably opened his eyes.

Glancing to the side, he hazily saw a cute, pink piglet looking at him with quite a bit of concern.

Next to the pink piglet, there were also a few other piglets about the same height as a person, wearing black-rimmed glasses, one with blue fur and two with hung-head, dejected green fur.

"Hey, Hentai Club, are you still competing, or what? If no one goes, you’ll be counted as having lost."

"Umm... Senior Sister Jiang has already played two rounds, I played a few myself. Sakakawa, Nino, do you think you could..."

Beside the bed, An Le looked at Spencer, who, despite having had some glucose, was still looking under the weather, and glanced hesitantly at the two seated boys.

The two hesitated, exchanging glances, but eventually stood up and walked toward the student from the other club at the doorway.

That student seemed to recognize Nino, glanced at them, and a faint look of disdain appeared on his face,

"Just the two of you?"

"...Yeah."

"Heh, okay then. Just a reminder, don’t go sneaking peeks at someone else’s girlfriend midway through the match, Nino."

"..."

Watching two dejected green piglets being led away by a Q-version magpie the same size as a person, Spencer slightly perked up, rubbed his eyes and sat up.

The cute piglet... no, An Le saw Spencer sitting up and her face lit up with joy.

"Spencer, you’re awake!"

"Uh-huh..."

"How do you feel?"

"My head is spinning... Ugh, that Ye Shiyu!"

Seeing Spencer still preoccupied with Ye Shiyu, who had dealt with him earlier, An Le couldn’t help but advise,

"Forget about Senior Sister Ye for now, just take some rest."

Spencer, holding his head, glanced at the door and asked,

"What did that guy just say?"

"I... don’t know."

"I do know a little..."

The blue piglet beside him... no, Jiang Yun took a deep breath, looked at the doorway and spoke tentatively,

"That Nino got promoted to Yuan Yue’s Outer Court together with another girl from the same district. He has an ambiguous relationship with her, more than friends but not quite lovers.

"It’s said that he has confessed to her and is waiting for the girl’s response."

Spencer was confused, but An Le quickly caught on to something and her expression changed subtly.

Sure enough, the next second, Jiang Yun continued,

"But last semester, that girl suddenly got together with a senior from the Inner Court, and he couldn’t let it go like that, so he kept looking for her and even publicly behaved aggressively."

An Le pursed her lips and murmured,

"So..."

"So he got branded as a creep who harassed someone’s girlfriend."

"..."

Spencer looked at Jiang Yun, and much slower than An Le, finally grasped what had happened.

"Except for Vice President Sakuragi Hitomi, parachuting in Spencer, and Ye Shiyu, the rest of those Inner Court students, many of whom have known each other from childhood, all hang out in cliques."

Jiang Yun spread her hands, smiling wryly,

"So news spreads fast, and those who don’t know the inside story keep their distance from him, often using it to mock him, both openly and behind his back, resulting in this outcast status."

Spencer clicked her tongue in annoyance, venting,

"What’s with your crappy school, dividing into this darn Inner Court and Outer Court? Doesn’t anyone manage this kind of bullying?"

Jiang Yun looked at Spencer and countered,

"Is not talking to you considered bullying? Is not playing with you considered bullying? Is laughing nearby considered bullying? People using the pretense of befriending you to take the mickey out of you, is that bullying? How can others intervene?"

"..."

Spencer fell silent, while Jiang Yun gave a self-deprecating laugh,

"You’re all in the 47th batch of juniors, be grateful, things have improved so much compared to before. At least, no one dares to do the blatant stuff anymore."

Seeing the atmosphere turning quiet, An Le quickly played peacemaker again, waving her hands and smiling,

"Compared to that... Spencer, are you sure you’re physically okay?"

"...Oh? No problem."

Spencer snapped back to reality, glanced at the time on her phone, and asked,

"Is school about to end? Have I been asleep for that long... How did our club fare in the competitions during this time?"

"..."

An Le scratched her cheek awkwardly and did not respond.

Jiang Yun, expressionless, spoke directly,

"We lost them all."

"Huh?! All... all of them?! How many rounds did you guys compete?!"

Spencer’s eyes widened, frozen in place.

And Jiang Yun just shook her head, her face showing no sign of apology,

"Be understanding, after all, we’re all weak. Plus, too many clubs challenged us, and even Model UN, which had been laid back, came over to treat us like roadside mobs to farm..."

"..."

Spencer swallowed hard, at a loss for words.

At this moment, she kind of felt like she had been dominating the top lane only to make a tower-diving error, returning home for a wave, turning her head back to find her four teammates were spun around like tops by the enemy team.

Seeing the atmosphere become silent again, An Le quickly tried to comfort with a smile,

"But... but overall, thanks to Spencer’s victories this morning, our points are actually up."

"Just by one point."

"Jiang... Senior Sister Jiang!!"

An Le’s face turned red, her voice pitiful.

But Jiang Yun, adjusting her black-rimmed glasses, was as blunt as ever.

Just as An Le didn’t know how to respond, Nino ran back in a hurry from outside, addressing her and Jiang Yun,