Chapter 48: Rumor Storm, Ambiguous Relationship with Niji

  The next day, Yafeng arrived at school early and found that many people were pointing and whispering behind her back with a look of disdain. However, since she didn't know the reason, Yafeng didn't bother to ask. But when she arrived at the tennis court, she found that the members of the tennis club also had an expression as if they wanted to say something but stopped themselves.

  "What's wrong? Why is everyone acting strange? Has something happened? About me?"

  "Yafeng, don't be angry, we believe in you." Chrysanthemum's two eyes shone brightly as she stared at Yafeng, filled with concern and trust.

  Uh, Ya Feng was even more confused after being told by Ju Wan. He could only cast a helpless glance at Tao Cheng, but Tao Cheng pretended not to see it and had an apologetic expression on his face.

  "Yafeng, look at this."

  Qian knew that Ya Feng would find out sooner or later, so he didn't hide it anymore and handed over the school newspaper stuck in his notebook to Ya Feng.

  Yahiko took over the school newspaper and saw several eye-catching photos on the front page, including her playing with Taichi, chatting with Yuta, throwing a tantrum at the school gate, and yesterday's conversation with Niji under the tree. The title was "Rikkyo University Exchange Student Academic Excellence Fox Charm Even Better".

  "Your photos are great, but your writing is a bit exaggerated. Am I really that charming?" Yafeng said candidly.

  "Yafeng, aren't you angry?" Taocheng asked cautiously.

  "Don't get angry, why should I get angry? The mouth is on someone else's face and I have no control over it."

  "Haha, Yafeng is indeed very open-minded."

  "That's it, if you can't be more open-minded, what can you do? You can't destroy the school newspaper and you can't shut other people up."

  "That's good, we were worried that it would trouble you, Yafeng, and also worried about what to do with the Sanada's entrustment. Now that you don't mind, it's for the best." said Oishi, letting out a sigh of relief.

  "Hehe, don't worry about it, this little thing won't affect me that much. You guys should hurry up and train now, the morning training time has passed quite a bit already." Yafeng said lightly, it's actually not bad to have so many people caring about her.

  After morning training, Yafeng and Taicheng wanted to return to the classroom together. Although there were still many people pointing at her, with Taicheng and Yuta around, those people also restrained themselves a lot.

  At noon break time, Yafeng and Taicheng had just walked out of the classroom when they saw a group of girls standing at their classroom door waiting for them.

  "Sanada-san, we're the Seigaku tennis club's cheering squad. Can you spare a few minutes to chat with us?" The somewhat androgynous girl at the front asked Yagyu.

  Yahiko furrowed his brow, "The cheering squad? What a troublesome group indeed. I didn't think that in my two years at Rikkai, I wouldn't be bothered by them, but now that I'm at Hyoutei and Seigaku, they've both been stirred up by their cheering squads."

  "Aoki-senpai, Yafeng is our tennis club's manager." Taocheng said with a bad expression, and Yutai also had a protective attitude. Yafeng felt very moved in her heart, but after all, this was a matter between girls.

  "Alright, Ah Tao, Yu Tai, you two go up to the rooftop first, I'll come later."

  "But..."

  Taicheng was still a bit worried but seeing Yafeng's firm eyes, he knew that whatever he said would be useless.

  After Taohua City and Yutai walked away, Ya Feng looked at that group of furious girls.

  "I wonder what you all want to say to me?"

  "Sanada-san, I'm sure you've seen today's school newspaper too. As the cheering squad, we won't allow any girls with questionable morals to get close to our prince, so we want you to voluntarily quit the tennis club."

  "Haha, moral failure? How do you judge my morals are not up to par? Just because of those few photos?" Yafeng coldly laughed and said, she was speechless towards such an idiotic fan club.

  "Those few photos may not reveal Mr. Sanada's moral standards, but his ambiguous relationship with so many princes makes it necessary for us to keep you away from them."

  "Hehe, well said," Yafeng laughed even more radiantly and coldly, "but do you have the right to do so?"

  That woman just wanted to say something, but Ya Feng interrupted her and continued: "Don't say that you are the support team and have the right to protect your prince. These are all self-proclaimed titles, those princes should not have acknowledged them, right? And I, as the manager of the tennis department, rely on my abilities, not relationships. If you don't believe me, you can come find me for a match. As for these verbal warnings, forget it, they're too unconvincing."

  Aoki and those girls were apparently infuriated. Just as they were about to say something, a low, husky "Shh" suppressed their anger.

  "Haitang!" Yafeng looked at Haitang in surprise as he suddenly appeared.

  "Hey, why haven't you gone to the rooftop to eat your bento yet?" Haido asked with a gloomy face.

  "I..."

  "Let's go." Haitang didn't wait for Yafeng to finish speaking and pulled her away.

  Yafeng, who was pulled away by Haitang, looked at Haitang's back and a smile spread across his face. Hmm, Haitang, you're actually a very gentle person.

  After finishing class in the afternoon, Yafeng had to be on duty, so he went to the tennis club later than Taicheng and the others.

  When Ya Feng walked out of the teaching building, a basin of cold water was poured down from upstairs and drenched her to the bone. She took a deep breath and wiped away the water stains on her face with her hand. In her heart, she couldn't help but think that it was fortunate that it wasn't dirty water. However, Ya Feng felt helpless that she had received attention from the support group so quickly.

  "Elegant style."

  A soft and gentle voice filled with deep concern came from behind Yafeng.

  "Help Zhou." Yafeng's voice was tinged with resentment.

  "Are you okay?"

  Nifu said while sizing up Yafeng to see if he was injured, but when he saw a certain place, his face froze and turned bright red. Yafeng felt Nifu's strange gaze and looked down at himself, only to discover that his wet school uniform was clinging tightly to his body, accentuating the curves of his physique. The white uniform had become nearly transparent, revealing the underwear beneath. Yafeng instinctively wrapped his arms around his chest, his face burning with embarrassment. An awkward and ambiguous atmosphere settled between the two.

  "Ah, carp."

  A gust of wind blew by, and Yafeng shivered and curled up. It was then that Erji finally walked out of his awkwardness, taking off his own coat and draping it over Yafeng's shoulders.

  Feeling the warmth on his shoulders, Ni Ji turned around and saw that his face was as usual. He couldn't help but despise his own evil thoughts, then softly said: "Thank you."

  "Yafeng, shall we go to the community center to change clothes? Although it's already early summer, Tokyo is still quite chilly."

  "Mm." Yafeng nodded lightly.

  Arriving at the company's office, Erniu handed his spare sports clothes to Yafeng and said: "There are no other clothes here, so Yafeng will wear this one."

  Yah Feng took over the clothes handed over by Bu Er, but still lowered his head.

  "I'll go outside and wait for you, you change your clothes." Ni Feng said as he walked out and closed the door.

  Ya Feng looked at the clothes in his hand and thought of Erji outside the door, feeling a warmth in his heart.

  Yafeng looked at the oversized clothes on her body and couldn't help but smile wryly. After all, Niji had grown rapidly since high school and was now 178 cm tall, while she herself was only 164 cm.

  "Is the elegant breeze okay?"

  "Alright, got it."

  After entering, what he saw was his own top turned into a skirt on Yafeng, and the pants were tied up by her for several knots.

  Looking at Ouji's dazzling smile, Yafeng knew he must look ridiculous right now.

  "Zhou Zhuo, isn't it strange?"

  "There isn't."

  Nifēi said as he took a towel from beside him to help Yafeng wipe his dripping hair, and Yafeng's face turned red again as he felt Nifēi wiping his head.

  "I'll come myself."

  Yah Feng took the towel from Er's hand and gently wiped his wet hair.

  Nifu was naturally overjoyed, but when he glanced at Yafeng's chest, he discovered that his own V-neck sweater had slipped down due to its oversized fit, revealing the cleavage on her chest. His face turned red as he hastily handed her his jacket and even zipped it up high for her. Yafeng's heart skipped a beat at Nifu's thoughtful gesture.

  "Zhou Zhu, let's go to the stadium."

  Ya Feng didn't notice anything unusual about Er Bu, but felt very nervous and embarrassed by the exclusive interaction, so he looked for an excuse to get rid of him.

  Her hair was already half dry as she nodded slightly.