No matter how calm, no matter how rational, at this moment, many conjectures surfaced in the girl with long black hair's mind.
A lone man and a lone woman sharing a room, a disheveled girl with long purple hair, a slightly weary man—no matter how one thought about it, it would lead one's thoughts in a certain direction.
Yukino Yukinoshita stared at Lin Ye; all she could read from Lin Ye's eyes were awkwardness and helplessness.
He didn't seem anxious, nor was he worried, not concerned that she would misunderstand and be heartbroken.
Hmm?
A trace of doubt surfaced in Yukino Yukinoshita's mind. Could it be that she was overthinking it?
But after taking another glance at Kyou Fujibayashi's attire at this moment, she immediately denied this thought of hers.
And Yukino Yukinoshita's momentary change in expression was completely reflected in Kyou Fujibayashi's field of vision; she saw it clearly.
The astonishment on the girl with long black hair's exquisite face, the change in her expression to shock—she definitely hadn't seen it wrong.
The relationship between this visiting girl and Lin Ye was absolutely extraordinary.
Kyou Fujibayashi glanced at Lin Ye out of the corner of her eye.
This guy is truly philandering.
Ren Nanase, Ai Hoshino, her sister Ryou, and now this one—that was at least four people. She even felt that Lin Ye was ambiguous with more than just these four girls; the number of ambiguous partners might even exceed double digits at one point.
How could her sister be happy following such a man!
In this moment, the thought and impulse to stop her sister from further contact and development with Lin Ye rose within her again.
"Phew..."
She took a breath, adjusted her mindset, and forcibly suppressed it for a good while before she once again dispelled this idea.
She had already promised her sister not to interfere in the matters between her sister and Lin Ye; she, Kyou Fujibayashi, could not violate that.
Just let Ryou go her own way! In the future, when she faces reality, gets heartbroken, sheds tears, and gets abandoned, she will come back crying. At that time, I, as her older sister, will be responsible for comforting her and seeking justice for her.
Silence persisted for a full ten seconds; no one made a sound to break it.
Even Lin Ye was oppressed by this aura, while Mai Sakurajima, as the only outsider, felt the amusement in her heart grow further.
Last night she didn't get to see the twin sisters quarrel or a battle for the sister.
Now today it was good; first the older sister came to the door to give herself to him and warm the bed, but before they could even sleep, Yukino killed her way in, and the Shuraba reappeared.
This was much more stimulating.
Movies wouldn't dare to film it like this, yet now it was placed right in front of her eyes, solid and real.
"Student Junior, you really are amazing!"
Mai Sakurajima gave a thumbs up.
As an existence unobserved by the two women, she grinned, looking forward to the impending Shuraba.
Although, well, she had also slept in Lin Ye's bed last night.
"Hello! I am Yukino Yukinoshita. May I ask who you are..."
Yukino Yukinoshita spoke first to break this silence.
"Kyou Fujibayashi. Hello."
Kyou Fujibayashi replied with a heavy tone.
The atmosphere fell into silence again. But this time it only lasted for three seconds.
"I came to find Lin Ye."
But this tone made Kyou Fujibayashi very unhappy. This woman had a face full of cold arrogance; what she, Kyou Fujibayashi, hated most was this kind of high and cold woman.
"Lin Ye, is she your friend?"
Kyou Fujibayashi glanced at Lin Ye.
"She's my classmate. Yukinoshita, why did you come over today?"
Lin Ye hadn't thought at all about the event of Yukinoshita visiting on the last day of Golden Week.
Visiting without contacting beforehand—this didn't fit Yukinoshita's behavioral pattern, right!
Lin Ye recalled his impression of Yukinoshita. But Yukinoshita didn't answer this question of Lin Ye's; instead, she spoke up, "Not planning to let me in?"
She looked at Lin Ye.
"Please come in," Lin Ye said immediately.
Kyou Fujibayashi stepped back to make way; she still knew basic etiquette.
Yukino Yukinoshita walked in and conveniently closed the room door. She very quickly saw the lady's jacket scattered on the ground.
She sniffed the scent inside the room; she didn't smell that fishy smell described in books. But this didn't mean nothing happened between the two last night.
"I'll go pour water. Yukinoshita, make yourself at home."
"Mn."
"Woof..."
But at this time, John suddenly shouted once. Propped up in the corner, he sprang up and ran quickly toward this new woman, his four limbs stepping on the ground, his voice gentle.
But Yukino Yukinoshita saw the 'invading' German Shepherd at a glance. Her brain went blank, she subconsciously backed away, and her footing lost balance.
"Ah..."
A cry of surprise rang out. Her face turned pale, and her whole body fell down, but in an instant, she felt herself being supported, her body maintaining balance.
It was Kyou Fujibayashi.
Kyou Fujibayashi, who was closest to Yukino Yukinoshita, took action and supported the girl.
Lin Ye had also reacted just now, but seeing Kyou Fujibayashi react in time to support the girl, he didn't take action.
"Thank you," Yukino Yukinoshita gave her thanks softly.
Although she didn't have much good will toward this woman with long purple hair, facing this woman's help, she still maintained politeness and expressed gratitude.
After standing firm, Yukino Yukinoshita couldn't help but recall the tactile sensation her gaze had touched. Her navy blue eyes lingered on a certain part of Kyou Fujibayashi for a moment, then immediately moved away.
Excessive.
How did that one grow?
A trace of unwillingness, a trace of humiliation.
Yukino Yukinoshita withdrew her line of sight, continuing to maintain a flat expression.
"Woof..."
But a dog bark pulled her thoughts back to reality. Her flatness tended toward collapse; she clasped her hands together in front of her body, her eyes gazing vigilantly at this German Shepherd of massive body size, her expression becoming increasingly ugly.
"John, hurry back and sit. Don't scare the guest."
"Woof?"
John wagged his tail vigorously, sticking out his tongue to ingratiate himself, but obviously, Yukino Yukinoshita didn't have a shred of change.
This made John turn around dejectedly and return to his corner. He sat down, his small head resting on the ground, a look of listless disappointment. This made Yukino feel even a tiny bit of guilt watching it.
"You raised it?"
"Mn, brought it back to the apartment two days ago."
Yukino originally thought it was brought by the purple long-haired woman, but it was actually raised by Lin Ye. She instantly felt she should come here less often in the future.
She liked cats; she wasn't good at dealing with dogs.
Not to mention a German Shepherd of large body size, even a dachshund of very small body size, she was equally bad at it.
Seeing John staying honestly in the corner without a shred of thought to attack again, Yukino Yukinoshita breathed a slight sigh of relief and looked toward Lin Ye and Kyou Fujibayashi.
Seeing the faint reaction of amusement surfacing on Kyou Fujibayashi's face, she instantly realized something.
Her reaction just now had made this woman realize her fear of dogs, which made her momentum decrease by a few points.
"Tea, please."
Lin Ye poured plain boiled water for everyone.
Yukino Yukinoshita received it and placed it on the table.
Clack... The tea cup landed on the tabletop, the sound crisp.
"Lin Ye, you specially left and returned here a few days ago; can I suspect that it was for this beautiful Miss Kyou Fujibayashi?"
She didn't skimp on praising Kyou Fujibayashi's appearance, but to Lin Ye, every sentence of Yukinoshita's was expressing the dissatisfaction and suspicion in her heart.
This had made Yukinoshita connect his previous departure with Kyou Fujibayashi.
"No, the two matters are unrelated."
"Then today..."
"Cough, cough."
Kyou Fujibayashi coughed twice, interrupting what Yukino Yukinoshita was about to say. "Student Yukinoshita, you are Lin Ye's classmate, right!"
"Yes."
"As just a classmate, you shouldn't be qualified to inquire about Lin Ye's private life, right!"
She looked at Yukino with a smile.
Mai Sakurajima got energetic.
"I am his President in the club. Caring about the life and psychological health of club members is one of my responsibilities."
"You Club President really care about club members. I wonder if you have cared about other club members?"
Kyou Fujibayashi hugged her chest, the raised corners of her mouth outlining a smile. By now, she had extremely high certainty about this black long-haired girl's special feelings for Lin Ye.
Otherwise, why would she display such possessiveness?
As a woman herself, this possessiveness was too strong.
This girl perhaps wasn't self-aware yet, but as someone else, she saw it very clearly. She believed Lin Ye could see it too.
"You two..."
"Women are talking, men don't interrupt."
Kyou Fujibayashi blocked the words Lin Ye was about to say with a single sentence.
She stared at Yukinoshita. "It seems Student Yukinoshita hasn't."
The girl with long black hair fell silent, her hanging hand pinching the corner of her clothes. A certain thought was poked.
"What is the relationship between Miss Fujibayashi and Lin Ye? Staying overnight in a male apartment isn't appropriate behavior."
Thinks I stayed overnight?
Kyou Fujibayashi was surprised, but it wasn't incomprehensible. Her appearance now, with only underwear, indeed made it easy for people to associate it with just getting out of bed.
She walked to Lin Ye's side, extended her hand, and hugged Lin Ye's arm.
"Student Yukinoshita, can you still not guess? Sleeping here, cohabiting and staying overnight with Lin Ye—there is only that one kind of relationship. I sleep at my boyfriend's place; there's no problem, right!"
Yukino Yukinoshita: ???
Mai Sakurajima: ???
Lin Ye: ???
The three were astonished one after another.
When did I gain another girlfriend? You, Kyou Fujibayashi, when did you become my girlfriend? How come I didn't know?
And for Mai Sakurajima, what she cared more about was the first half of Kyou Fujibayashi's sentence.
Cohabiting and sleeping together with Lin Ye—this... this really is approximately equal to a lover relationship, right!
She suddenly felt her relationship with Lin Ye had become complicated.
Don't mind it, don't think too much.
Mai Sakurajima reminded herself internally. She stayed over merely because of her own special encounter; she and Lin Ye didn't have physical contact, so they couldn't be counted as lovers.
"Boyfriend?"
Yukino Yukinoshita bit her lip and spat out the word.
Lin Ye, this guy, is dating this woman? She didn't believe it, instinctively didn't believe it, but seeing Kyou Fujibayashi's intimate posture holding Lin Ye without change, she couldn't help but want to believe it.
"Of course. Otherwise, how would I be here at this point in time!"
At this time, in a position Yukino Yukinoshita couldn't see, Kyou Fujibayashi's right hand fingers pinched Lin Ye's waist, the twisting pain constantly stimulating him.
Lin Ye understood this was Kyou Fujibayashi's reminder, wanting him not to expose it.
"Lin Ye, she is your girlfriend?"
Lin Ye felt even greater force coming from Kyou Fujibayashi's right hand fingers. Kyou Fujibayashi's meaning was very clear to him.
"No, I am not dating Fujibayashi. Yukinoshita, you don't need to believe it."
In the instant the voice fell, Lin Ye felt the dissatisfaction coming from Kyou Fujibayashi. But dissatisfaction was just dissatisfaction; he and Kyou Fujibayashi were not in a lover relationship to begin with, and he didn't owe Kyou Fujibayashi any favors, so naturally, he wouldn't help Kyou Fujibayashi.
Compared to Kyou Fujibayashi, Yukinoshita was still his quasi-fiancée. This relationship was much closer than with Kyou Fujibayashi; naturally, he had to stand on Yukinoshita's side and help Yukinoshita.
In the moment the cool and elegant black long-haired girl heard this, the corners of her mouth couldn't stop rising; her eyes held a smile of triumphant relief.
Sure enough.
This woman is lying. How could Lin Ye be in a lover relationship with her!
"Not right now, but maybe in the future," Kyou Fujibayashi continued to speak. "Do your best. Just talking with your mouth isn't enough; you have to show actual action."
She couldn't conceal her smile.
Kyou Fujibayashi took a look, and the anger in her heart grew.
"Actual action? Of course I will have it."
The girl with long purple hair hugged him even tighter.
Yukino Yukinoshita's eyelids twitched.
"This won't trouble Student Yukinoshita to worry about. It would be even better if Student Yukinoshita could leave now; I can continue with Lin Ye on the things we were going to do."
Kyou Fujibayashi's smile made Yukino Yukinoshita feel more and more that her guess was correct.
Just now, if not for my arrival, would the two have already rolled the sheets here?
While Yukino Yukinoshita rejoiced, she also felt unavoidable dissatisfaction.
Lin Ye, this guy, actually really looks for women privately!
"Fujibayashi," Lin Ye reminded her, hoping Kyou Fujibayashi wouldn't continue provoking Yukinoshita. It was better for things to end here.
"Did I say anything wrong?"
Kyou Fujibayashi turned her head, her face full of doubt. "We... have an agreement. Do you not want to admit it, or do you not want to leave a bad impression on Student Yukinoshita, so you want to conceal it again and again?"
She spoke out to point it out. "She only treats you as a club companion. Why do you have to care? There are so many pretty girls; you don't need to care about every single one."
"He is my fiancé."
One sentence shocked the whole venue.
Yukino Yukinoshita's navy blue eyes stared at Kyou Fujibayashi, her tightly bitten red lips moving slightly to continue, "I will repeat it once more. Lin Ye is my q... fiancé. So, please, Miss Fujibayashi, stay further away from my fiancé."
She walked over, her aloof line of sight gazing, forcing Kyou Fujibayashi to let go and stay away.
Kyou Fujibayashi didn't let go, but her strength lessened quite a bit. She slowly looked toward Lin Ye, seeking Lin Ye's answer.
"She is your... fiancée?"
"Quasi-fiancée."
But to Kyou Fujibayashi's ears, there was no difference.
[Damn it].
Haven't even gone to bed yet, and the fiancée came to the door.
What to do!
She's been caught in the act!
Kyou Fujibayashi's mentality collapsed a tiny bit. But she constantly reminded herself.
"Just a quasi-fiancée."
"Please let go. Please stay away."
Yukino Yukinoshita didn't take action to forcibly pry the two apart.
Kyou Fujibayashi continued to maintain the hugging posture. It was Lin Ye who pulled himself out and left, maintaining a certain distance from both of them to prevent some accidents from appearing.
Speaking of shocked people, there was also Mai Sakurajima.
Quasi-fiancée. Even a marriage contract exists.
Neither Lin Ye nor Yukinoshita had mentioned this matter. The external relationship address was always classmate, club companion. As a result, substantially, there was a marriage engagement relationship.
They really could hide it!
"Fine."
Kyou Fujibayashi let go very politely this time. "However, declaration in advance: this quasi-fiancé of yours, you have to lend him to me to use."
Yukino Yukinoshita: ???
What use? How do you want to use him?
"Lin Ye, don't find excuses. Our agreement must be fulfilled."
She actually could also cancel this agreement using the excuse that Lin Ye had a quasi-fiancée, but she couldn't do it. She, Kyou Fujibayashi, matched her words with deeds; if she said she would give herself to him, she would give herself to him.
Moreover, just a quasi-fiancée. Not even a fiancée. Even if it was a wife, she could too. What was there to fear?
"What agreement?" Yukino asked.
She realized this was the key.
"Of course it's sleeping with him. Student Yukinoshita is so smart; can you really not guess?"
The cool and elegant girl's heart trembled, but she still had a psychological fluke. However, from Lin Ye's awkward and helpless reaction, she realized Kyou Fujibayashi wasn't wrong.
The two really had this agreement.
Lin Ye, this guy, was lonely and found Kyou Fujibayashi to sleep with him. If not for my arrival, I fear they would have already slept together, maybe even already slept.
Yukino Yukinoshita's head was about to explode, her heart in turmoil.
"Student Yukinoshita, can I ask you to go out for a trip first now? Give me half an hour."
Who are you looking down on!
Lin Ye roasted in his heart.
"After half an hour, I'll leave. Whatever you want to do next, do it. I definitely won't say one extra sentence."
Yukino Yukinoshita's face was unpleasantly pale. She suffered a huge insult, almost exploding and unable to maintain her calm state.
"Impossible," Yukino's tone was icy. "The one who should leave is you, Miss Fujibayashi. Now, please go out. Immediately, right now."
"You don't have the qualification to order me to leave here."
Kyou Fujibayashi looked at Lin Ye with a smile. "However, for the sake of my future man's face, I won't argue with you. You found such a high and cold quasi-fiancée; you are amazing too. Our agreement, I'll come to fulfill it next week."
With Yukino Yukinoshita here, Kyou Fujibayashi also knew that the purpose of coming here today couldn't be realized; she could only find another time.
Now, she wasn't worried about her sister anymore. With such a quasi-fiancée like Yukino existing, her sister would probably have to give up no matter how much she liked Lin Ye.
Inexplicably, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Although she decided to fulfill the contract and give herself to Lin Ye before her sister and Lin Ye officially dated, she always felt it was inappropriate for her sister to date Lin Ye in the future. If her sister knew in the future, this matter would definitely be like a thorn piercing her sister's heart.
But now it was different. Her sister and Lin Ye wouldn't work out; they couldn't get together. After all, even a 'quasi-fiancée' had come out.
This was completely different from the ambiguous relationship of 'more than friends, less than lovers' between Ren Nanase and Lin Ye.
"Fujibayashi."
"I, Kyou Fujibayashi, match my words with deeds."
Saying this, she bent down and picked up the coat on the ground, put it back on, and zipped it up, wrapping up the snow-white skin exposed to the air.
"You two, goodbye."
Kyou Fujibayashi waved her hand in farewell and disappeared from the apartment door. Footsteps drifted further and further away through the room door until they vanished completely.
Kyou Fujibayashi had already left and gone far.
The not-so-large apartment,
There remained Lin Ye, Yukino Yukinoshita, as well as Mai Sakurajima, the girl unobserved by Yukinoshita, and a German Shepherd that had been keeping quiet all along. Even Mai Sakurajima didn't speak; she was also influenced by the silence of this moment.
"Don't want to explain anything?"
Not 'say anything', but 'explain anything'. Lin Ye keenly felt that deep inside Yukino Yukinoshita's heart, she wasn't willing to accept it.
"I saved her before."
"So you demanded she warm your bed as remuneration?" Yukino continued, her eyes permeated with a wave of disappointment.
"Yukinoshita, do you think I am that kind of man?"
"Who knows!"
She averted her gaze. She actually didn't believe it, because if Lin Ye were that kind of thirsty man seeking remuneration for gratitude, then whether it was with Perspective or Invisibility back then, he inevitably would have taken full advantage of her, doing all sorts of things a lecher or molester would do.
Instead of abiding by basic morals and bottom lines.
"Since you don't believe me, I have nothing left to say."
Lin Ye's calm sentence was like a stone thrown into lake water, stirring up bursts of impassioned ripples in Yukino Yukinoshita's heart.
She thought a thousand times, ten thousand times, but never expected this reaction from Lin Ye.
That was sadness, that was disappointment, that was the loneliness produced because of her distrust in him.
Yukino Yukinoshita gazed, her heart cutting like a knife. She wanted to explain, but didn't know how to explain.
"We are already like this, yet you aren't willing to trust me. Our relationship, I think..."
"Lin Ye."
The girl, realizing what Lin Ye was about to say, shouted out subconsciously, stopping the words Lin Ye was about to say.
"Speak clearly. I want to know the reason for the matter. I don't want to accept it in a muddle."
In this moment, she was full of momentum, her cold line of sight filled with a posture that allowed no refusal.
Mai Sakurajima, however, read that anxiety in Yukino's eyes.
"Student Junior, I can tell you very certainly, her feelings for you are unusual."
Like?
Hard to say, but Yukino Yukinoshita absolutely valued the current relationship with Lin Ye and didn't want it to end just like that.
Although Mai Sakurajima didn't know the content of Lin Ye's unfinished half-sentence, she could guess seventy or eighty percent of it just by guessing.
Lin Ye wants to end the quasi-fiancé relationship with Yukinoshita, right!
"What exactly happened with you and Miss Fujibayashi? I want to know. Please tell me explicitly right now."
Under the gaze of the two girls, Lin Ye organized his language and spoke. "She encountered a special event. I saved her. However, she was in a comatose state at the time, so she actually didn't know I saved her."
Since it's like that, why does 'giving herself to him' exist?
"And Fujibayashi actually always had an opinion about me, thinking I approached her sister with ulterior motives."
There's also a younger sister.
Yukino Yukinoshita realized in this moment that she didn't know very much about Lin Ye's surrounding relationships.
"She knew I was the one who sent her back and asked me who saved her. Then... she mentioned 'giving herself to him,' wanting to give herself to repay the lifesaving grace. She was actually trying to make me envious at the time, deliberately showing off in front of me."
Yukino Yukinoshita: "..."
Mai Sakurajima: "..."
"Then you admitted it?"
"Not exactly."
Lin Ye informed them of his rhetoric at the time, playing Kyou Fujibayashi around in circles, resulting in Kyou Fujibayashi not believing at all that he was the savior. This made Yukino Yukinoshita, hearing this, realize that Lin Ye actually didn't demand Kyou Fujibayashi to fulfill the agreement out of lust.
If Lin Ye wanted to, Lin Ye could have admitted it directly back then.
"Later, some things happened. She determined it was me and bluntly proposed to fulfill the agreement."
Lin Ye looked at Yukinoshita. "I actually really didn't plan to want it. Really. But that woman..."
She actually chose to accept the invitation and retain that memory.
"Today she came to the door. My chastity is in imminent danger. Yukino, as my fiancée, shouldn't you protect it a bit!"
This sentence dyed the girl's fair cheeks with a touch of faint blush.
"It's quasi-fiancée."
"Who was it that said fiancée just now?"
"You heard wrong."
"A quasi-fiancée can also protect, right!"
"..."
She didn't refuse; this was accepting it.
"How about you take it!"
Yukino Yukinoshita: ???
Lin Ye couldn't help smiling; he almost laughed out loud. This cute reaction was too interesting.
"Alright, just a joke."
Yukino Yukinoshita couldn't hold back and rolled her eyes at Lin Ye. "And afterwards? The girl delivered herself to your door; what will you do?"
"What do you mean what will I do? I don't have a girlfriend, nor a fiancée, much less a wife. A girl delivers herself to the door to voluntarily warm the bed; what reason do I have to refuse?"
Silence.
Yukinoshita fell silent. She thought Lin Ye would express refusal, but he accepted it directly!
"Move house," Yukinoshita said immediately.
"What?"
"Move house. This place is too small. With an extra German Shepherd, it's too crowded for you to live. You need to change to a larger place as a new residence."
Mai Sakurajima listened and only felt Yukino Yukinoshita wanted to invite Lin Ye to live at Yukinoshita's place, but thinking of the girl's fear of the German Shepherd, she denied this conjecture.
"It couldn't be your family home, right!"
Yukino Yukinoshita was shocked. She thought Lin Ye would say 'Is it your apartment', but who would have thought this guy would directly say her family home, the Yukinoshita Mansion. Although that place was indeed spacious and had a courtyard where the German Shepherd would definitely have fun flying, it definitely wouldn't work!
How could she suggest Lin Ye move to the Yukinoshita Mansion.
"No. The apartment building I'm in still has quite a few unrented apartments. It's more than enough for you alone plus a German Shepherd to live. I will contact my sister. As for the rent..."
Yukinoshita looked at Lin Ye. "Father and Mother definitely wouldn't accept it either. Just live there with peace of mind!"
If she really wanted to protect Lin Ye's chastity from being snatched by bad women, her best method was still to cohabit with Lin Ye. But, no, absolutely not. She said it herself; it had to be at least a fiancée relationship. Now she and Lin Ye hadn't reached that relationship yet.
Therefore, being in the same apartment building was the best choice.
"I'll consider it."
"Consider what? A high-class apartment with free rent—something how many people seek but cannot get?"
"The apartment is too big; no one cleans it."
The corner of Yukino Yukinoshita's mouth twitched. She understood what Lin Ye wanted to express. "I can help. I'll help you clean once a week."
To make Lin Ye agree, she was going all out too.
"Changing environments, spirit should be much worse."
"Moderate yourself, Lin Ye."
Yukino Yukinoshita deepened her tone. "I can occasionally make dinner for you once, or you can come to my place to mooch a meal."
This was a concession she could give.
"Then..."
"Don't go too far."
"Hahaha."
The feeling of bullying Yukinoshita was truly not bad. Lin Ye was in a very good mood.
Mai Sakurajima looked at this man and woman; their relationship was a tiny bit closer again. These two stepping into marriage felt like it would be the most normal thing.
Thinking like this, she felt a trace of unpleasantness in her heart.
Yukino Yukinoshita turned around in a circle and actively began helping Lin Ye tidy the room. Even seeing the lady's underwear appearing outside the bathroom, she got used to it and didn't even have a thought of asking.
A girl had delivered herself to the door to warm the bed; having changed-out female underwear counted for what?
Not finding that kind of thing in the trash can was already very good.
Finally, Yukino Yukinoshita didn't discover any residue suspected to be from after the deed.
Last night, Kyou Fujibayashi didn't stay overnight here. She was at ease.
And John was already sitting at the doorway, dejected.
This new mistress seemed to not like him very much!
Did he have to be more active and enthusiastic to let the new mistress feel his goodwill and friendliness!
Swish swish swish...
John wagged his big tail vigorously.
After dinner, Lin Ye walked Yukinoshita back to the apartment.
"See you tomorrow."
The girl greeted him proactively.
"See you tomorrow, Yukinoshita."
Only when Yukino Yukinoshita entered the apartment building did Lin Ye turn around to leave. And Mai Sakurajima didn't stay alone in the apartment but followed all the way, occasionally saying a few sentences to Lin Ye.
"Very curious who you will choose to marry in the end."
"Can't I have them all?"
"You really think that?"
Mai Sakurajima wasn't very certain.
"Can't I?"
"You can. Thinking isn't against the law."
"Doing isn't against the law either."
"I'll sit and wait for the day you get hacked to death by a Hatchet."
The bloody scene of Lin Ye being dismembered by five women into eight pieces surfaced in Mai Sakurajima's mind.
That scene was unexpectedly stimulating.
"If that day really comes, Senpai, you must protect me."
"I'll collect your corpse."
"Really good. Having Senpai collect my corpse."
This junior student was indeed shameless enough. Mai Sakurajima didn't want to say anything anymore.
Chiba at night, gusts of cool wind. Now in May, the temperature was also somewhat low.
Mai Sakurajima couldn't help wrapping her clothes tighter.
A few seconds later, she felt the outer coat draped over her by Lin Ye.
"No need."
"If Senpai catches a cold and gets a fever, I probably need to physically cool Senpai down."
Upon hearing this, Mai Sakurajima stopped speaking and silently accepted this care from Lin Ye.
The two returned to the apartment.
"I'll sleep on the floor tonight."
"I'll sleep there!"
"Okay."
Mai Sakurajima agreed directly. And regarding Senpai's performance now, Lin Ye also knew Senpai wanted to actively maintain distance from him.
The things that happened today made Senpai choose to actively stay away. If it were him, he would make the same choice too, right!
Deep night, lights out.
Silence all around. The German Shepherd curled up in the corner and closed his eyes to rest.
Lin Ye fell asleep very quickly. And the black long-haired girl turned sideways lightly, her eyes landing on the man's sleeping face seen through the faint moonlight.
Tomorrow, everything now would end. She could also return to her original life.
Unexpectedly couldn't sleep.
Tonight, Mai Sakurajima had insomnia.
May 6th, Monday. A new week.
Lin Ye got up early, finished washing, took John out for a walk for twenty minutes, and subsequently bought bento from the convenience store and returned to the apartment.
At this time, Mai Sakurajima had already gotten up and dressed neatly.
"Good morning, Senpai."
"Morning."
She looked at John. "Morning, John."
"Woof woof woof..."
John shouted twice loudly.
Lin Ye put the sandwich into the microwave to heat up.
Two minutes later, Lin Ye placed the milk heated together on the dining table. "Senpai, following me to school later, or staying in the apartment?"
Mai Sakurajima didn't answer; her emotions appeared somewhat low. "I actually went out and met other people just now, but they..."
Didn't see her.
"Wait a bit more. Maybe it will return to normal at noon!"
Noon?
By now, there was nothing that couldn't be believed.
"Mn, I'll go to school with you! I can go stay at your club, the Service Club. During the day in the morning, there shouldn't be anyone there, right!"
Mai Sakurajima proposed a suggestion.
"None. Senpai can stay there."
"Mn."
The two finished breakfast very quickly. John was full and lying down. Next for him was the relatively tormented solitary life, but John was already used to it.
Lin Ye had already changed into the Sobu High uniform.
"Uniform's not bad. Quite handsome."
"Is the uniform handsome, or am I handsome?"
"Uniform."
"Sad. Senpai doesn't know how to praise boys at all."
"You were almost about to become a man."
"Hahaha."
Half an hour later, the two walked on the street heading to the Sobu High school gate.
On both sides, high school students wearing Sobu High uniforms in twos and threes were full of youthful vitality and morning vigor.
Mai Sakurajima's eyes were envious. Although she occasionally returned to school, she ultimately felt a little bit lacking.
What a pity, she was still an ignored existence; except for Lin Ye, no one could see her.
"Senpai, I'll trouble you to be here temporarily."
"Okay."
Mai Sakurajima looked at the empty club classroom and discovered the tea set in the corner. The cute stickers instantly let her guess whose tea set this was.
"A slightly heartwarming club."
She had always wanted to join this kind of club too, right! But having become a star, she no longer had this opportunity.
And Lin Ye sat in his own seat, waiting for Yukinoshita. It was just that the look Yukinoshita gave him today wasn't particularly good.
Fine!
Lin Ye also knew the reason. The 'damage' caused to the girl by Kyou Fujibayashi yesterday still existed somewhat. This was a tiny revenge from Yukino Yukinoshita.
Class started.
Lin Ye waited quietly for the arrival of the time. He watched the clock and finally waited until nine o'clock.
[Your Superpower: Invisibility from last week, experience ended.]
[Drawback decrypted.]
[The drawback is: Presence to a random known female decreases greatly.]
Just presence decreases? Not presence disappears completely?
Isn't this about the same as Megumi Kato? Very easy to be ignored by people, but just being ignored, not completely invisible, right!
Why was Mai Sakurajima unobserved by everyone except him?
And following that, related information began to be gradually lost?
[Your superpower for this week has been updated.]
[Superpower — Devour.]
[But the drawback is ■■■■■]
Looking at this new superpower for the week, Lin Ye fell into thought.
What does this superpower do?
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