Chapter Seventeen: The Unforeseen Segment Examination

  Kazama returned to Kanagawa when the final was already over. After arriving home, Kazama saw Shinoda practicing alone in the dojo and knew that he took this defeat very seriously, his heart inevitably heavy.

  The next day, Yafeng went to school and saw Qieyuan, who was also a mess, like a pair of eggplants, and his heart couldn't help but feel even more distressed.

  "Xiao Haitao, don't be too hard on yourself. We'll take back the championship next year." Yafeng comforted him in a soft voice.

  "I'm not worried, next year's championship will definitely be ours, Lixia Dade." Qieyuan said confidently, but then he lost his confidence again.

  "Huh." Yafeng was momentarily at a loss.

  "Yafeng, actually I was worried about the mid-term exams on Thursday and Friday." Xiaoye kindly helped Yafeng to dispel his doubts.

  "What's going on?" Yafeng was even more confused.

  "Right, you shouldn't be unaware that there's a mid-term exam this week?"

  "Uh," Yafeng scratched her head awkwardly, she had been thinking about the tennis club all this time and really didn't know there was an exam.

  "My goodness, Yafeng, you're a genius." Ono exaggeratedly covered his forehead, "As the younger sister of Sanada-senpai, you're actually so laid-back. I don't know what senpai would think if they knew, and this time's mid-term exam scores will be one of the criteria for reviewing next year's department heads."

  Yafeng lowered his head in embarrassment, but Chihyuan looked at him with shining eyes, as if he had found a lifesaver: "Yafeng, you didn't seem to be paying attention in class either? With you by my side, the deputy principal won't punish me that severely, right?"

  "It seems unlikely." He should have been punished more severely, but he didn't say the second half of the sentence, and it was really because he didn't want to discourage him too much.

  "Hui's Hui's, the deputy minister is so good to you," Qie Yuan still believed in himself, "Yafeng, you shouldn't have done well on the exam either, right?"

  "How is it possible, as the younger sister of Sanada-senpai, that Akane must also be very strong, and since she's only just turned 12 years old and is in the same grade as us, she must be incredibly strong." said Ono.

  Yahiko was already stunned, he knew that Ono admired Sanada very much but didn't think it would be to this extent, who told her that the people of the Sanada family were definitely very powerful?

  At noon, when eating lunch on the rooftop, Ritsuminami's people seemed to be unaffected by not winning the championship, just like usual. I guess this is what it means to be a champion team - one loss doesn't matter, as long as they don't lose their spirit, the championship will definitely be theirs again.

  "Pffft, it's just two days until the mid-term exams." Ren Wang teased Qie Yuan.

  "Don't worry, senior, I have Yafeng with me." Chiyuan said with a pleased smile.

  Yah Feng couldn't help but feel frustrated with Qie Yuan's smugness and could only shake his head, hoping that the gods would bless him.

  "Genichiro seems quite confident too." Kōmura smiled with a hint of meaning.

  Sanada's eyebrows slightly furrowed, he adjusted his hat brim and said in a cold tone, "Shigeno, don't slack off."

  "Yes, Deputy Director."

  Yah Feng was delighted to appreciate one of the specialties of Lixia, but a major drawback of eating and watching plays is that it's easy to spill food on oneself. Yah Feng was "lucky" enough to drop sushi onto her school uniform.

  Yagami sat next to Yafeng and handed over his handkerchief after seeing this.

  "Thank you, Uncle."

  "Don't be polite." said Ryūsei with a smile.

  Yah Feng wiped the stain on her skirt clean and said to Liu Sheng: "Young master brother, your handkerchief is dirty, I'll wash it clean and return it to you later."

  "It's okay." Liu Sheng's smile was warm and gentle.

  A certain fox spirit and a certain goddess watch a play together.

  "Yafeng, are you ready for the exam?" Liu Dan asked, he didn't believe that Xian Yilang's sister would be at the same level as Chiye, and according to his information, Yafeng's grades shouldn't be bad.

  "Nope, I just found out about the exam today, but I should be able to pass." Yafeng said honestly.

  Sanada's face turned black, Yukimura Renwang was watching a play, Kirihara Anshin was at ease, Marui was eating wildly, Kuwabara was silent, and Yan Ming was enlightened.

  "Does Yafeng know about the exam? Does he need our help?" asked Ryūji with concern.

  "It's okay, Onii-chan has to believe me, I'm the sister of Shinoda Kōichirō!" Yafeng said with a playful smile.

  Yagyu Munenori smiled and said, "Sanada's forehead has a black line on it," and Yukimura laughed even more brightly, while Niwa Nagahide smiled knowingly.

  After that, Yafeng reviewed Japanese history and national language well for two days. After the exam, she passed it very calmly, but there was one thing that made her quite happy.

  On Wednesday evening, Yafeng was about to go to sleep when the phone rang.

  "Brother Qianye." Yafeng's voice was filled with a few parts of delight.

  "Yah Feng, have you slept?" Jian Yao's gentle voice came from the other end of the phone.

  "Really? Is Jianye Gege thinking of me?"

  "Hehe, yeah, I was thinking of Yafeng as soon as I got back to Osaka. Does Yafeng think of me?" Ken also enjoyed Yafeng's little coquettishness.

  "Hehe, I wonder, is Gege Xian wanting to tell me something?"

  "Yafeng is really clever, are you free this weekend?"

  "Is it a date? Is Onii-chan going on a date with me?" Yafeng teased lightly.

  "Hehe, yeah, I don't know if Yafeng will appreciate it or not?"

  "If it's really Brother Jian, I'll definitely make an exception, hehe."

  "Hehe, little naughty ghost," Ken stopped for a moment and continued: "On the weekend, Aunt and sister will both return to Osaka. I heard from Yūji that you haven't met them yet, so he wanted to invite you to come to Osaka on the weekend, so you can go back home and meet Aunt and sisters at the same time."

  "Will I see Aunt and sister again when I return home? Is everything all right? Will Brother Yu come back?" Yafeng felt a bit surprised and tense.

  "He won't be back, they have training over the weekend. You're still nervous about meeting Auntie?" Jian teased, seeing that Yafeng was actually nervous.

  "A bit."

  "It's nothing, just your aunt said she wants to see you. It seems like your aunt and my mom are good friends or something. She's been thinking about you for a long time, and so has my mom. So this weekend, you have to come over." Jian also saw that she was really nervous and comforted her.

  "Uh, okay."

  "Also, when Qingxue comes back to our school for training over the weekend, you can play with us together. You should know Qingxue too, right?"

  "Is Qing Xue here?" Ya Feng didn't expect that he would coincidentally bump into such a good timing, could it be that he can witness the growth of Tao Cheng and Hai Tang with his own eyes?

  "Yes, Master Xi invited them over for joint training with our first and second year department members."

  "So, should I come on Saturday or Friday?"

  "If you have time, come on Friday, and if you come early, I can take you to Tane's house to play. They have a younger sister about your age." Ken also started plotting his seduction plan again.

  "Okay, I'll come on Friday afternoon. Brother Jian should pick me up at the station." Yafeng started acting cute again.

  "Alright, alright, don't worry, I'll definitely go pick you up, no way would I let Yafeng come herself." Jianye teased in a similar tone to Yafeng's.

  "Yeah, Jianye brother, I have an exam tomorrow and need to sleep first, so I won't chat anymore." Yafeng said with a yawn.

  "Good luck on your exam tomorrow, goodnight."

  "Good night."

  After hanging up the phone, Yafeng was very happy and looked forward to the Osaka trip on the weekend. He could see his family at Ninsu's house, as well as everyone from Seigaku and Shitennoji, which was really a wonderful thing.