Chapter 276 Secretary Shimizu's Confession
The next morning, the school held the opening ceremony on the playground, which had been postponed due to heavy rain in the previous few days.

In addition to the symbolic speech by the principal, the ceremony also included a representative speech by the student council president Ayase Kotone, as well as messages from several teachers.

After the opening ceremony, on the way back to the classroom, Ayase Kotone ran over to find Shimizumi and Amamiya Iori.

"Shimizu-san, Amamiya-san, please wait a moment."

"what's up?"

"It may be a little abrupt, but if possible, could you come to the student council room after school to help me with something?"

"Help?"

"Well, if Amamiya-san is interested in becoming the next student council president, I think it would be a good idea to familiarize you with the work of the student council in advance."

In other words, what Ayase Kotone meant by help can be interpreted as her hope that Amamiya Iori could understand her daily work content in advance.

However, this still depends on Amemiya Iori's own thoughts. Although she had some interest in the student union before, if she changes her mind again, Shimizu Mi will still choose to respect her personal wishes.

But what was somewhat surprising was that Amamiya Iori agreed very readily.

"But can I bring one more person with me?"

"Bring another person?"

"Well, didn't President Ayase say before that there is still a position for a secretary? If possible, I would like to recommend someone to try."

"Is that so... Well then, if Amamiya-san thinks the other person is capable of doing the job, he can come to the student council room after school to try it out."

"Thank you, President Ayase."

"It's okay. By the way, can Shimizu-san come over too?"

"I?"

"Well, I guess it won't take too long."

Since Amemiya Iori has agreed to go, Shimizu Mi is a little curious about how the student union usually works.

After agreeing to Ayase Kotone, Amemiya Iori and Shimizu Mi returned to the classroom together.

After that, the day's classes passed as usual, and time quickly came to the end of school.

"……ha."

"Honey, are you sleepy? Because of your part-time job?"

Amemiya Iori packed her schoolbag and came to Shimizu's seat.

"I guess so. I came home quite late yesterday."

Qing Shuijian yawned loudly and couldn't help but think of what happened last night.

Alas, getting full marks is not an easy task.

Having said that, Shimizu Mitsuki still managed to get full marks yesterday.

Because he had promised to help the student union, Qingshui Jian also hurried to pack his schoolbag.

At this moment, I inadvertently caught a glimpse of a timid figure at the door at the back of the classroom.

The other person was standing outside the door, sticking his head out and looking around the classroom, as if he was looking for someone.

When Shimizu Mi noticed it, Amamiya Iori also noticed it.

"Ah, Reina, over here."

Amamiya Iori waved to Shimizu Reina outside the classroom.

There were still some students in the classroom who had not left after school. After hearing the sound, they all looked towards the door.

Because the ribbons on the uniforms of each grade are different colors, it is easy to tell that Reina Shimizu outside the door is a student from another grade.

Rena Shimizu felt nervous when being stared at, but she walked into the classroom with somewhat stiff steps despite Amemiya Iori's frequent beckons.

"Hello, Iori-nee-sama...well, and brother."

"good afternoon."

Shimizu Ken was just wondering why Shimizu Reina suddenly ran into their classroom. Amemiya Iori took her hand and asked her to stand in front of Shimizu Ken.

"What do you think, dear?"

"How about what?"

Are you referring to Shimizu Reina?
Qingshuijian looked at the girl in front of him. She was still as well-behaved and lovely as ever, with no special changes.

"No, I mean the secretary of the student council. What do you think if Reina becomes the secretary?"

Reina Shimizu as secretary?
Shimizumi immediately understood what Amemiya Iori said to Ayase Kotone this morning.

But, let Shimizu Reina be the secretary?

Although Shimizu Reina kept waving her hands at Amamiya Iori, saying that she absolutely could not do it, Shimizu Mi felt that it might unexpectedly work.

Although Shimizu Reina is relatively introverted and shy, if she is the secretary, she generally doesn't need to say too much, and joining the student union may also help her grow.

After hearing that Shimizu Miya supported her to give it a try, Shimizu Reina, who had been a little hesitant just now, seemed to become motivated all of a sudden.

Afterwards, led by Amamiya Iori, Shimizu Mi and Shimizu Reina, they came to the student council room together.

"excuse me."

This should be the second time that Shimizu Mi came to the student council room. The layout inside has not changed much, but only Ayase Kotone is sitting at the long table by the window.

"Welcome, all three of you."

"Hello, President Ayase."

Amemiya Iori took Shimizu Reina and sat down on the chair opposite Ayase Kotone and introduced Shimizu Reina to her.

Because Ayase Kotone and Shimizu Rena met for the first time, Ayase Kotone was a little surprised when she learned that she was Shimizu Mi's sister.

"I didn't expect Shimizu-san has such a sister."

"Um... President, excuse me for interrupting you."

"Big... lord?"

Shimizu Reina used the wrong name because she was nervous.

Ayase Kotone showed a somewhat surprised expression at first, then couldn't help but smiled gently.

Although Ayase Kotone gives people a somewhat cold feeling due to her usually calm appearance and poor interpersonal communication skills, she is actually a very gentle person at heart.

However, his sister showed such a clumsy side right from the start, and Qingshuijian was really worried whether she could be competent for the job of secretary.

"Shimizu-san's sister is really cute."

"Well……"

Shimizu Reina's cheeks flushed red, seemingly because she felt embarrassed for bringing shame to Shimizu Min.

"Shimizu-san, please choose a seat you like and sit down."

After Ayase Kotone said this, Shimizu Miyabi also sat down next to Amemiya Iori.

"Although I'm asking you to come and help, the main thing is to familiarize yourself with the work content first, so you can relax a little."

Then, Ayase Kotone said that several other student council members had not arrived yet, so before that, she would help Shimizu-mi get familiar with some basic work content.

Although the school has always had a student union, except for the previous co-organization of the cultural festival, Shimizu knew almost nothing about their daily work content.

After that, Ayase Kotone began to teach Shimizu and others the content of their work.

As she said just now, this is not a difficult job. It mainly involves organizing various printed flyers and checking for errors, so overall it is very easy.

"This... well, it seems like it should be fine... this one—"

Amamiya Iori was neatly organizing the printed flyers beside her, and Shimizu Reina followed her and slowly and skillfully checked for any mistakes.

Ayase Kotone is the student council president and has been doing this kind of work every day. She is very skilled at it and her movements are very quick, so the cooperation between the three of them goes much more smoothly than expected.

"Shimizu-san, how is your progress?" "It's going smoothly. I'm basically used to it."

Qingshui saw that the number of flyers here had also decreased a lot, but a small incident happened afterwards.

After Reina Shimizu sorted out the flyers, she stood up and prepared to place them on the small table next to her, but accidentally touched her schoolbag that had been placed on the chair.

The schoolbag fell to the ground and the textbooks inside were scattered all over the floor.

While apologizing, Reina Shimizu quickly squatted down and picked up the textbook.

Amemiya Iori looked at her clumsy movements and got up from his chair to help her clean up, but he accidentally found something among the textbooks.

It was a pale peach colored envelope.

There are also a few silver foils in the shape of cherry blossom petals on it.

And on the front of the envelope it was written: To Shimizu Reina-san.

"This is……"

When Amamiya Iori realized what it was, she was slightly surprised, while Shimizu Rena's reaction was even more exaggerated.

“This…this, this, this…this, this, this!”

Reina Shimizu was caught off guard and covered her mouth, speaking incoherently.

At this time, Ayase Kotone also heard the noise here and looked over.

"Is that... a love letter?"

"ah!"

"..."

Shimizu Ken hurriedly stood up, holding on to Shimizu Reina who seemed to be about to fall backwards and was in danger.

"Are you okay?"

Judging from the temperature of her back that Qingshui felt, her body seemed to be very hot.

It seemed that even she herself didn't know why this love letter appeared in the textbook.

After making sure that Rena Shimizu was standing firmly on her own feet, Shimizu Ken let go of her back and helped her pick up the love letter from the ground.

Shimizu Ken handed the love letter he picked up to Shimizu Reina. There was a clear signature on the envelope, so it should be impossible for the other party to give it to the wrong person.

In other words, no one knows who gave this love letter to Reina Shimizu and put it in her textbook.

“That, that…that!”

When Shimizu Ken handed her the love letter, Shimizu Reina's eyes widened and her face became redder and redder.

Because she was too nervous, Rena Shimizu seemed to be about to lose consciousness.

Shimizu didn't think that just picking up the letter for her and handing it to her would result in such a reaction.

The situation that Shimizu Reina is in now is like the man in front of her giving her a love letter...

"Reina, do you know who gave this letter?"

When Shimizu heard this, Reina Shimizu's shoulders shook.

“Eh—ah, isn’t it… my brother…?”

"I just picked it up for you."

Why does she feel this way...

But come to think of it, it was Shimizu who helped her carry her schoolbag on the way to the student union room just now, so she probably thought that it was Shimizu who stuffed the envelope in at that time.

"...That's right, that kind of thing should be impossible..."

A depressed expression suddenly appeared on Shimizu Reina's face, but she immediately remembered that she was in big trouble.

"But, but, what should I do about this..."

"Whatever you do, just read it and give your response."

The name on the letter was addressed to Shimizu Reina, so theoretically only she could open it, but for some reason she grabbed Shimizu Mi's sleeve.

"No... For this kind of thing, I..."

"Reina, have you never been confessed to before?"

Before this, Shimizu seemed to have heard from Amemiya Iori that Shimizu Reina had been confessed to by several boys, but with her looks and well-behaved and shy personality, it was normal for her to be liked by boys.

"I have received love letters before, but this is the first time."

Shimizu Reina answered immediately, but she still held on to Shimizu Ken's sleeves.

"Um, brother, can you...read this letter with me..."

Want to watch it with her?

Shimizu Reina's appearance looks like it requires courage, but it's not impossible for Shimizu Ken to help.

But the content of this letter should be a confession of love to Reina Shimizu.

"How about this, Reina, you finish reading the letter first, and then I'll read it with you again."

"Um……"

Shimizu Reina nodded slightly, but she didn't look happy at all, so Shimizu Ken spoke up, trying to smooth things over.

"Then maybe it was written by someone you like."

"That possibility no longer exists..."

"Ok?"

Shimizu Ken made a confused sound. Shimizu Reina clearly hadn't even seen it, so how could she know?

"Ah, no! Well, it's because... I, I..."

For some reason, Shimizu Reina shyly looked away.

At this time, Ayase Kotone came over.

"Sorry, Qingshui-san, can you let me see that love letter?"

"what?"

Although she was a little confused, Rena Shimizu still handed the letter to Kotone Ayase.

Ayase Kotone looked at the signature on the love letter and said, "Shimizu-kun, can you let me keep this love letter for the time being?"

"Of course, if you want to watch it, you can watch it first, but as the student council president, according to school rules, I can't just ignore this kind of thing."

The school rules clearly prohibit students from dating each other. Although there are definitely students who violate the rules and date each other secretly, they all do it behind the scenes.

Although no one knows who sent the letter, his name should be written on it. Now that it has been caught by Ayase Kotone, one can only say that the other party is unlucky.

Shimizu Reina shook her head: "No, although I'm a little scared, I don't intend to accept it, and..."

Qingshuijian felt as if someone was glancing at him.

"In that case, let's leave the letter with the student union for now."

Reina Shimizu nodded and had no objection. After all, she had not had any idea from the beginning.

After taking a deep look at Shimizu Ken beside her, Reina Shimizu pursed her lower lips lightly and continued her previous work.

Afterwards, the first part of the work was completed quickly, but the flyers still needed to be delivered to the dean's office.

Although Amamiya Iori said that she could go alone, Shimizu Reina insisted on going with her.

Therefore, only Shimizu Mi and Ayase Kotone were left in the student council room to take charge of the subsequent work.

(End of this chapter)