242 Activities (1/2)

”President, is there nothing we have to do in the school as part of the Student Council anymore?” Kanae asked curiously. They would only hold positions in the Student Council for a few more weeks before the new members were selected. After all, third-year students weren't allowed to participate in the Student Council anymore.

Kevin shook his head. ”For the new student orientation this year, the principal wants the teachers to take charge because there are a few new teachers.”

The previous year, it was the Student Council who handled the matter of assimilating the new students into the school. However, it was different this year because the principal wanted the new teachers to get used to their work too. There were too many new ones because of the incidents in the city lately, so they were mostly still inexperienced.

”Why are there so many new teachers?” Kanae asked curiously.

”Some of them resigned during the chaos last year while some of them have just graduated from college.”

Kanae nodded her head in understanding. Because of the matter with the Souhon Clan last year, many teachers chose to resign. After all, this school got attacked a few times because the younger members of the clans were here. It was obvious that they wanted to switch to a school to teach at.

At least, this meant there was less work for her as part of the Student Council. When her thoughts reached this point, she felt rather glad. She didn't like working in the Student Council when she was extremely busy outside of school like this.

”Will you stay in the Student Council?”

”No, I'll resign too,” Kanae answered.

”Resign?”

”Eh? I mean, I won't join again,” Kanae corrected her words.

Neo stretched his body. ”Why don't you want to join again? I'm sure that you will become the new president if you want.”

Kanae smiled wryly. Did she look like someone who wanted the position of president? Even though there were a lot of benefits from being the president, the responsibility was not small. She wouldn't be able to neglect her work if she decided to become the president. That would be too irresponsible.

”This year is going to be extremely busy for me. I don't think I'll have much time after school, so it's better if I don't join at all.”

”I see,” Kevin nodded his head.

They soon arrived at Kale Company. The employees greeted Kevin and the others too. They had already gotten used to the others following after Kevin into the office. At first, Kanae was taken aback by their warm welcome, but she composed herself.

Inside Kevin's office, the papers were piling up so heavily that Kanae was rather stunned. What did they do during the time she was away? There were too many papers that they had to go through.

”President, are you sure that you can finish all this?”

”We have to,” Kevin answered promptly.

Neo scratched his head slightly. This was partially his fault because his work efficiency was severely affected because of the training he received from Mike. In addition, there was no Kanae who could work as efficient as Kevin. This caused the work to pile up even more.

”Can you help us, Kanae?” Mike smiled warmly.

”It's my job. Don't worry,” Kanae answered with a grin on her face. It has been some time since the last time she worked here, so she felt rather excited to work with them again.

They quickly returned to their respective seats and started working. With Kanae beside Kevin, the piles of paper decreased quickly. This was the first time Kevin realized the significance of having Kanae stay by his side. The work that previously felt suffocating no longer affected him too much.

He glanced for a moment at Kanae as the corner of his lips raised slightly. He felt happy to have her work for him and stay here. This was the first time he realized how much he missed her both in his work and his personal life.

Neo watched Kevin's expression for a moment. Even after more than one month, he still could see the warmth Kevin showed towards Kanae. Lowering his gaze back to his work, he tried to forget about them. He knew, this was not going to end too well.

”It's time for dinner,” Lou walked inside bringing their food boxes.

”Thank you.”

Lou nodded his head. His eyes landed on Kanae for a moment as a frown appeared on his face. No matter what the others said, he still didn't like it when he saw her staying near Kevin. He didn't want Kevin to become too attached to her because she was not part of a clan.

When the time came for Kevin to focus his attention on the clan completely, he wouldn't be able to spend time with her anymore. If he forced his way to bring her inside the clan, many would surely disagree with Kevin.

'Am I that much of a nuisance?' Kanae munched her food as she thought about the gaze that Lou gave to her. She was only working here and didn't do anything other than that.

”President, can I return back earlier today? I want to meet with my sister,” Kanae recalled something and asked Kevin.

Kevin slightly frowned, but he nodded his head. ”We'll finish the work tomorrow.”