For Fu Hua, the common social troubles of ordinary people's youth and campus life had never existed in her life.
At the age of sixteen, she stepped into the institution named "Chiba Academy" for the first and only time, trying to experience the so-called "normality."
Then, as soon as she opened the door, she bumped into that white-haired Tuna who was overflowing with energy, had jumpy thinking, and rubbed "common sense" on the ground.
Yes, it was Kiana.
And the subsequent "campus life" basically revolved around stopping this young miss from demolishing the school, dealing with her various unbelievable "friendship offensives," and occasionally being dragged by her into even more unbelievable troubles.
Fu Hua was not socially anxious. She had no fear or avoidance of communication, just simply... lacked experience.
But in the final form of expression, Fu Hua had a striking similarity to a true "socially anxious" person—going out, getting picked up by a social butterfly, and joining the other's circle of friends.
As for how to conduct delicate emotional exchanges with peers and establish ordinary friendship networks?
She hadn't tasted a single bite of this "bitterness," having been blasted out of the experience range by Kiana's "Friendship Face-Breaking Fist" and "Trouble-Attracting Constitution."
So... asking her to "conquer" a delicate and sensitive idol girl?
She felt this matter was like... mixing pasta with concrete No. 42...
No.
The difficulty coefficient was simply more ridiculous than asking her to solve a topological geometry problem without using the Edge of Taixuan—at least she could gnaw on the latter with absolute computational power.
"Wait, I..." Fu Hua cleared her throat, trying to state the fact that she was absolutely not a suitable candidate in the most objective and calm tone.
"I think I also lack experience in deep communication with young women of this era..."
"Oh, Fu Hua, don't be in a hurry to deny yourself." Himeko interrupted her "modesty," walking over with a smile of "I've seen through you long ago" on her face.
Fu Hua looked at Himeko's "ill-intentioned" expression and enjoyed the feeling of cardiac arrest for the first time in her life.
Himeko grabbed her fingers and started counting one by one, "Come on, let's objectively analyze your advantages, hmm?"
"First, age advantage." Himeko pulled up one finger. "You are a genuine seventeen-year-old young girl, in the same age range as Yun Mengxi. The generation gap is much smaller than for an 'auntie' like me. Common topic basis, check!"
Fu Hua opened her mouth, wanting to say that her psychological age and mental state might be greater than everyone present combined, but Himeko didn't give her a chance.
"Second, popularity and image advantage." The second finger went up. "Yun Mengxi knows you! Not the fan-knowing-idol kind, but knowing you as 'Master Fu Hua of Taixu Martial Arts School.'
"Yun Feng once studied briefly at the Taixu Martial Arts School, so Yun Mengxi likely heard about you from her brother.
"A young, powerful female martial arts grandmaster with a unique temperament—this impression score starts high, combining mystery and reliability, perfect!"
"Third, entry identity advantage." Himeko extended the third finger, speaking more and more smoothly.
"Yun Feng studied at the Taixu Martial Arts School, which is a ready-made bridge!
"We can easily arrange for you to contact Yun Mengxi logically under the name of 'revisiting families of outstanding students to provide customized physical and mental conditioning advice' or 'research on combining traditional health culture with modern artist occupational health management.'
"Legitimate reason, hard to refuse, and it seems very thoughtful!"
Fu Hua was a bit dazed listening. These angles... she really hadn't thought about them.
"Fourth, uh... does this count as an off-site advantage?" Himeko rubbed her chin, glanced at Kallen who was trying hard to suppress her laughter, and suddenly lowered her voice with a bit of playfulness.
"Do you know how many people you beat in the unofficial popularity poll within Fire Moth, ranking second as the popularity king, second only to our elusive Shu? Even Kallen only ranked third!"
Fu Hua's eyes widened suddenly.
Wait, what unofficial popularity poll?
When did Fire Moth have this segment? And when did she participate in the selection?
Could it be... the legendary "school beauty contest"?
That's right, in Fu Hua's career, even things like "school beauty" were legendary. Not only had she never seen a school beauty called a school beauty, but she had never participated in any school beauty contest.
As for the scenes in novels where countless sidekicks narrate the character's identity as soon as they appear... she had never seen that either!
And Kallen's protest made Fu Hua feel an unprecedented sense of detachment.
"Hey! Himeko! We're talking business! And third place is already amazing, okay!"
"Obviously someone's third place was obtained by relying on the hardest core fans..." Ms. Natasha, who ranked seventh in the Fire Moth unofficial popularity poll, looked at Kallen grumpily.
"Anyway!" Himeko waved her hand, covering Kallen's protest and Natasha's complaint, staring at Fu Hua with bright eyes.
"This proves that your contrast temperament of being cold on the outside, powerful, but actually serious and responsible on the inside, and occasionally a bit... um, dorky, is very attractive to specific groups of people!
"Maybe Yun Mengxi likes this type? Who doesn't like a quiet and reliable big sister?"
Fu Hua was a bit dizzy from this analysis which was "well-founded," "logically rigorous," and mixed with strange data.
She tried to clear her thoughts and ignored the dangerous word Himeko accidentally blurted out at the end: "But, communication itself..."
"Communication is even less of a problem!" After complaining, Natasha also joined the ranks of "fooling," calmly initiating an assist.
"According to behavioral model analysis, when facing a target like Yun Mengxi who may have high internal pressure and strong defensiveness, listening is often more important than speaking.
"Senior Fu Hua, your quiet personality, good observation skills, and not rushing to express yourself are actually advantages.
"You don't need to deliberately find topics. You just need to guide her to talk, listen carefully, and give short but to-the-point responses or suggestions at the right time—this perfectly fits your consistent style.
"Moreover, you also have martial arts cultivation beyond common sense and unique insights on life, which themselves are precious sources of topics."
"See!" Himeko clapped her hands, summarizing. "Appropriate age, basis of acquaintance, legitimate entry reason, potentially matching temperament type, and also comes with 'listener' talent and deep topic library...
"Fu Hua, where are you unsuitable? You are simply the chosen one! Who else but you for this task?"
Kallen also nodded vigorously beside her, her eyes sparkling: "Yeah, yeah! Fu Hua, just try it! Maybe it's very simple? Just treat it as experiencing a different 'battlefield'!"
Fu Hua could already be certain that these people were doing it on purpose!