Too much!
She wanted to know too—how could they keep it from her!
This time, having been invited to visit the Fujibayashi home together with Senpai, Isshiki Iroha had been brimming with anticipation, curious about what interesting things might happen.
But as it turned out, something interesting and fun did happen—yet she herself had no idea what it was. The more she thought about it, the more something seemed off.
Isshiki Iroha suddenly thought of an extremely serious problem.
Had she really fallen unconscious because she'd tripped and fallen?
Why didn't she have even the faintest impression of it?
Isshiki Iroha rubbed her temples, racking her brains to recall something, but the related memories in her mind seemed to have been half-deleted—wiped completely clean, leaving nothing behind.
She had no choice but to give up thinking. No matter how hard she thought, nothing came to her, and dwelling on it any longer was just a waste of time.
"Stay safe on the way back, Lin-kun, Isshiki-san."
At the doorway,
Ryou Fujibayashi waved goodbye to both Lin Ye and Isshiki Iroha.
Compared to before, Ryou Fujibayashi was even more reluctant to see them go today. After all, she had already established the most intimate relationship with Lin Ye.
The only regret was that she had not yet officially become Lin Ye's girlfriend; the two of them had not yet officially become a couple.
Ryou Fujibayashi knew this was because Lin Ye still had reservations in his heart. Even though the agreement with her sister was now void, he still held back.
She was anxious, but she didn't want to rush Lin Ye. Pushing him would only bring him greater distress.
Therefore,
Ryou Fujibayashi decided to wait patiently.
"They left?"
Kyou Fujibayashi had just come down from the second floor when she saw Ryou Fujibayashi alone in the house. This younger sister of hers was gazing out the window, her right hand caressing the door frame, as if longing for something.
She had fallen for him—there was no doubt about it.
This sister of hers was so innocently adorable; she had fallen in love with someone, and now she was deeply mired in it.
After all, her sister had now given even herself away to him.
Before, she could still offer reminders, and when necessary even step in to stop things, but now, doing so would be inappropriate. Other than supporting her, she had no better option.
"Mm."
"Rest well these next few days, and tell me if anything feels off."
"I know, Sister, but Lin-kun will be coming again tomorrow."
"He's not coming to…"
Kyou Fujibayashi's hesitant expression instantly made Ryou Fujibayashi think of something.
"It's not like that. Lin-kun is worried about my physical condition—it's not what you're thinking."
"What is it I'm thinking?"
Kyou Fujibayashi deliberately put on a puzzled reaction. "I assumed he was coming to take care of you too. Though that's a bit of a vote of no confidence in me as your sister—but Ryou, it seems you were thinking of something else."
At once, Ryou Fujibayashi's face flushed red. "Sister, you're teasing me."
"Hmph, what you were thinking is that he'll come tomorrow to tease you, right!"
"That's not it."
"Confess honestly—if he proposes it tomorrow, will you…"
Ryou Fujibayashi shook her head with all her might, but her resolute attitude gave Kyou Fujibayashi not the slightest bit of faith.
"Ryou, you'd better cherish yourself too!"
Kyou Fujibayashi wore an expression of exasperation, and she vigorously rubbed her little sister's head.
Ryou clutched her head and began to smooth out her disheveled purple locks.
"Sister, I, I will cherish myself. Lin-kun isn't that kind of person either—he, he cherishes me very much."
"…"
Recalling last night's experience, she really didn't dare accept it.
Was it the effect of the drug, or was that simply his true nature?
If it was his nature, then her sister in the future…
Kyou Fujibayashi silently stopped dwelling on it.
What she was worried about now was whether, in the future, this shared sensation would still take effect. Though just now at lunch, she hadn't tasted anything.
That counted as good news, at least!
If in the future she and her sister still shared sensations, then… wouldn't that mean Lin Ye would be teasing her too?
Hard to imagine—even harder to accept.
She, she now didn't even know whether she counted as experienced, or… inexperienced.
"Anyway, if he teases you and makes you unhappy, I'll definitely give him a good lesson on your behalf, Ryou."
Kyou Fujibayashi clenched her fist.
Ryou even vaguely caught sight of that dictionary in her sister's hand—just like her style back in high school, which made her quite nostalgic.
Although she felt helpless about her sister's excessive protectiveness, more than that, she was happy.
Because of that declaration from before, she also believed her sister wouldn't act so carelessly anymore, but with a certain measure of restraint and propriety—at least toward Lin-kun, it wouldn't be like it was at the very beginning.
"Alright, hurry back and rest. I'll prepare dinner—I need to nourish you properly."
Ryou Fujibayashi's face turned bright red at the remark.
"I, I'm fine!"
"Hehe."
Kyou Fujibayashi pushed her sister down onto the living room sofa, then walked over to the refrigerator and looked at the ingredients inside, pondering what dish would be best to prepare tonight.
...
...
Isshiki Iroha walked at Lin Ye's side, trembling with every step.
With each step, the soreness in her leg muscles continually stimulated the nerves in her brain, making her grit her teeth in spite of herself.
It hurt!
It was sore!
Utterly unbearable.
She couldn't understand how, after waking up from a single nap, her leg muscles could ache so badly—exactly as if she'd done some high-intensity exercise.
'Tap, tap…'
Isshiki Iroha walked slowly, and watching Lin Ye, who was several steps ahead of her, she grew angrier inside.
She couldn't even walk properly—shouldn't Senpai be coming over to support her?
"Senpai, Senpai, don't walk so fast, I'm about to fall behind."
Lin Ye stopped in his tracks and turned to look at the girl whose steps were unsteady.
The squats and high knees had been too much for the girl's leg muscles. After a nap, the effects had instead erupted and manifested even more fully.
But Lin Ye had no intention of using Hypnosis to help Isshiki Iroha the way he'd helped Ryou Fujibayashi. After all, Isshiki Iroha had already forgotten what happened this morning. If he used Hypnosis again, it would only bring about the girl's curiosity and pestering all over again.
"If we walk too slowly, we won't make it home in time for dinner."
"Eh! Then I'll just have dinner with Senpai. Your cute junior is willing to dine with you tonight! Aren't you glad! Aren't you happy! Aren't you delighted!"
Isshiki Iroha brushed back her hair and lifted her bright eyes to gaze at Lin Ye, a trace of a smile curling at the corner of her mouth.
"Not interested."
"Wah! Senpai, acting like this will make girls dislike you—you won't be able to find a girlfriend."
Isshiki Iroha said in rapid succession.
"No need for you to worry about that. I think if I wanted to find one, I still could."
"Oh ho ho, looking at Senpai like this, it seems you have a girl in mind. Who is it, who is it? Yukinoshita-senpai? Miss Fujibayashi? Or could it be me?"
She pointed at herself, revealing a bashful smile, a faint blush surfacing on her fair cheeks.
"Mai Sakurajima. My target is…"
Three seconds after the words fell, Isshiki Iroha, after a brief moment of astonishment, burst into laughter. "Senpai, you shouldn't fantasize. Miss Mai Sakurajima already has a boyfriend. And even taking ten thousand steps back—even if Mai Sakurajima breaks up in the future, with so many men across the whole country who like her, it would never be Senpai's turn!"
She didn't have much confidence in Lin Ye. "Senpai, listen to me—you'd be better off finding someone within your own social circle! Don't you like Yukinoshita-senpai a lot? Work hard and pursue her! From what I see, you and Yukinoshita-senpai get along pretty well now; there's still a chance."
She said a great deal, all of it showing how she could increase the likelihood of Lin Ye's pursuit succeeding—she even went so far as to offer at one point to introduce cute girls to Lin Ye.
And what Lin Ye could think of was that this girl was going to introduce herself to him.
"Sorry, my heart is set on Mai alone."
Isshiki Iroha was speechless.
A big star was good, and Mai Sakurajima was even better, but one had to consider one's own ability, level, and the gap. Was a big star like Mai Sakurajima so easy to pursue?
If she were really that easy to pursue, how could she have only confirmed she had a boyfriend the day before yesterday!?
Isshiki Iroha explained earnestly and at length, but Lin Ye's attitude remained the same.
"Senpai, support me—I really… really can't walk anymore, my legs are too sore. I only ended up like this because I was invited along with Senpai to visit Miss Fujibayashi's home. Senpai has to take responsibility—Senpai bears full responsibility."
The reasoning was incorrect, but the conclusion was correct.
Lin Ye thought about it and agreed to the girl's request, supporting her as they headed toward the train station.
"Carry me. Supporting me is too much trouble."
A little while later, Isshiki Iroha made another demand.
"Don't push your luck."
"It's just carrying me—how is that pushing my luck? It's only because it's Senpai that I'm allowing it. Anyone else wouldn't get this chance."
This girl…
"Too heavy. Not carrying you."
"Wah, how am I heavy? I'm very slender, I have a great figure, I'm not heavy at all."
At this moment Isshiki Iroha was like a cat with its fur standing on end—one hand clinging tightly, the other throwing punches—half-joking as she recounted the bitterness in her heart.
She, Isshiki Iroha, was not the least bit fat.
Half an hour later,
Lin Ye finally delivered Isshiki Iroha to her front door.
"Senpai, it's still early. Why not sit at my place for a bit?"
"No, I have an appointment with Yukinoshita afterward."
Hearing this, Isshiki's interest surged.
An appointment with Yukinoshita-senpai after school—this matter was anything but simple.
"Senpai, Senpai, I want to go too."
'Bonk!'
Without the slightest courtesy, Lin Ye rapped a finger on Isshiki Iroha's forehead.
"Forget it, hurry back and rest."
"But…"
"No buts."
"Unless Senpai tells me about that thing, the one at our school…"
Lin Ye again, without the slightest courtesy, rapped a finger on Isshiki's forehead.
"What are you thinking about! Nothing to do all day long, just letting your mind run wild."
Having said that, and paying no heed to Isshiki Iroha's pouting posture, Lin Ye turned and left, leaving behind only the sight of his departing back.
"Boo-hoo…"
Isshiki Iroha glared for a good while before turning around to open her front door.
"Eek—"
The instant she opened the door,
she was suddenly startled and jumped back a step.
"Mother, you, you're…"
At this moment, standing before her was none other than her mother.
Isshiki's mother gazed at her daughter, then her line of sight looked off into the distance. But she didn't see any figure out there, so she quickly withdrew her gaze.
"Who was he?"
"Ah!"
She'd been overheard!
Isshiki Iroha instantly became embarrassed.
"The person who just left, who was he? Your senpai at Sobu High—could it be that Lin Ye?"
Isshiki's mother had occasionally heard about the school life at Sobu High through her conversations and chats with her daughter, and she had also heard a few names.
And the one Isshiki complained about most was that first-year senpai.
So she sharply sensed there was something going on.
After all, Isshiki's mother had been through high school too, and had faced her own rose-colored youth.
"Ah, this, that…"
Isshiki Iroha realized her mother seemed to have a misunderstanding.
"Starting yesterday you were together with him, all the way until now."
The powerful intimidating force coming from her mother instantly multiplied the pressure on Isshiki Iroha.
'Tap, tap…'
She instinctively backed away two steps, but the soreness coming from her legs made her expression change slightly, and she let out an uncomfortable hiss as she sucked in a breath.
And this scene happened to fall right into Isshiki's mother's field of vision.
A man and a woman spending the night together, the daughter's walking posture abnormal, with pain.
Combining these points, it instantly made her think of a certain possibility.
"Isshiki, come inside first."
"Uh, oh, okay."
Under the pressure of her mother's towering aura, she stepped inside and conveniently closed the door behind her.
"Go upstairs first."
"Ah, okay."
Isshiki walked step by step toward her own room, and in this moment she felt the gaze on her back was especially piercing—her mother was suspecting something.
She and Senpai really were just a school senior-junior relationship—not lovers at all!
'Thud…'
Isshiki Iroha closed her room door and entered her own room.
Meanwhile, outside,
Isshiki's mother's expression instead grew more and more grave.
"My daughter… is grown up now."
"In the end, she's taken this step."
"I need to talk with my daughter about this matter, and make sure protection is taken care of."
"At this age she absolutely cannot get pregnant."
So she returned to her own room and dug out protective gear—condoms.
Now, as a mother, she also had to teach her daughter more detailed physiological knowledge.
That sort of thing could be done, but protection had to be taken care of.
This was the basics, a matter that absolutely had to be heeded.
'Knock, knock, knock…'
The door was knocked open.
Isshiki's mother walked in and conveniently locked the room door.
"Mother, this is…"
"Isshiki, today Mother will teach you some knowledge."
"What knowledge?"
"This…"
At once, the items appeared.
Isshiki Iroha's eyes went wide.
She recognized them.
"Mother, this, this is…"
"A girl should learn to cherish her own body. The necessary equipment is needed—you don't want to get pregnant at such a young age, do you!"
"Uh, Mother, this, this is way too early!"
"You've already done it. Did you use protection last night? If you didn't, take this pill now."
Isshiki's mother had also brought along protective medication.
Her menstrual period wasn't nearby, but there was no need to gamble.
She didn't want to lose the bet and have her daughter end up going to the hospital.
"I, I really didn't, I really didn't!"
In this moment,
Isshiki Iroha finally realized the extent of her mother's misunderstanding.
Not only did she think Senpai was her boyfriend, she even thought Senpai and she had had relations last night.
Otherwise, how would her mother suddenly say this, and do this?
"Isshiki, I am your mother. This is perfectly normal, there's no need to be embarrassed. I don't mean to blame you—I just hope you can protect yourself well and cherish your own body."
"I, I know Mother means well for me, but I really, didn't. Senpai and I really didn't… please… believe me."
After guaranteeing it several times,
Isshiki's mother finally believed her.
"I believe you, but the lesson continues."
Isshiki Iroha, blushing, began to receive the physiological knowledge being taught by her mother.
Half an hour later,
Isshiki's mother finished teaching.
"Remember, from now on you must always use protection. Never listen to a man's sweet talk, never assume your own timing calculations are accurate. If you slip up and it happens, the man might not acknowledge it, might not take responsibility—instead he'll run faster than anyone."
"Sen, Senpai isn't that kind of man!"
As the words fell,
the room fell into silence.
Isshiki's mother looked at her daughter before her, panicked and at a loss for how to explain, and she gently patted her daughter's shoulder.
"Cherish yourself. If you don't even cherish yourself, who else will cherish you! Iroha."
"Mm."
Facing her mother's earnest admonishment, Isshiki Iroha nodded heavily in agreement.
Today, she also saw her mother in a new light.
She had no thought of stopping her at all—instead she taught her knowledge and had her make the corresponding mental preparations.
Mother was really wonderful!
"Next time, bring him over to visit. Your father and I are both very curious and looking forward to meeting him."
'Crack…' just like that,
Isshiki Iroha's whole being was not okay.
How was she supposed to invite him over!?
Inviting was simple enough, but once Senpai came over to visit, it would easily invite an interrogation from her parents, and that would easily add to Senpai's pressure, wouldn't it!?
This, this…
Forget it.
Anyway, if Senpai wasn't willing to come, there was nothing she could do.
"If he's not willing to come, then your father and I will go to the school to see him."
Isshiki Iroha: ???
She was being forced into a corner.
Now she had to find every possible way to get Senpai to come to her home, otherwise Mom and Dad would go to the school to find Senpai, and that would be even more troublesome.
"I, I understand. I'll contact Senpai, but whether Senpai is willing or not, I don't know. I can't make any guarantees."
"I have great faith in my daughter's social skills."
Isshiki's mother patted her daughter's shoulder and gestured with a smile.
Please don't have such high faith in me!
Isshiki Iroha couldn't help but grumble inwardly.
"By the way, from now on try to go out as little as possible at night."
"Hm? Has something happened recently?"
"Your father said he ran into something strange, so, Isshiki, go out as little as possible. From now on, if you're out playing too late, just stay overnight at a hotel or inn!"
This made Isshiki Iroha's heart tighten.
She would rather have her stay overnight at a hotel than have her come home—this was genuinely dangerous.
"Of course, it's best to come home early. Don't play outside too late."
"I, I know! I'll definitely come home on time, I won't make Mom and Dad worry."
"I wonder who it was that stayed out overnight last night."
"Didn't I already tell you in advance, Mom!"
Isshiki Iroha said coquettishly.
She had anticipated it and informed them in advance.
But if she hadn't, then suddenly fainting and sleeping until the afternoon would really have made Mom and Dad worry.
After all,
she hadn't even been drinking, yet she suddenly fainted—the more she thought about it, the more something seemed off.
If she weren't absolutely certain that she hadn't been violated, she really would have thought she'd been drugged unconscious and had this and that done to her.
Terrifying.
But with Senpai there, it was fine.
Isshiki Iroha still held considerable trust in Lin Ye.
A virgin—give him the chance and he wouldn't even dare.
So she thought.
"Alright, I'll head down now. These next couple of days be careful in front of your father, walk with a normal posture. Don't come down to eat today—I'll bring it up to you."
"Mm-hm."
Her legs were merely sore—not the kind of leg trouble caused by that sort of thing.
Just because Mother could accept it so calmly didn't mean Father could accept it so calmly too.
"Thank you, Mother."
"No need to thank me. Just take what I've said to heart, and that's enough."
Isshiki Iroha nodded again and again, indicating she would definitely be obedient and keep her mother's admonishments firmly in mind.
Isshiki's mother left,
and Isshiki Iroha remained alone in the room.
"It's still so sore!"
She took off her pants and looked at her snow-white skin and slender, shapely legs. "How did they suddenly get so sore! And Senpai says he doesn't know."
"Could Senpai really not know?"
"He must be lying to me, not daring to tell me."
She recalled the fleeting expression on Lin Ye's face when he was confronted with her question.
She reckoned Senpai knew the reason, but for certain reasons didn't want to tell her.
"Just wait, I'll definitely get to the bottom of all this."
Isshiki Iroha gently tapped at her thighs and calves with both hands.
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At 5:50,
Lin Ye arrived at the apartment building where Yukino Yukinoshita lived.
He didn't see the girl's figure, so he took out his phone and dialed her number.
"I'm already downstairs at your apartment building."
"Have you eaten dinner?"
"Not yet."
The other end of the line fell silent for three seconds, then a cool, calm voice sounded.
"Wait five minutes for me, I'll come down."
"Okay."
But Lin Ye soon realized something: if he had answered that he'd eaten, would Yukinoshita have not come down and instead had him come up?
"Should've said I'd eaten, then once upstairs said I hadn't, and made her cook."
Yukinoshita's cooking was quite reliable and very much suited Lin Ye's taste.
He hadn't gotten to eat it at noon today; now he wanted to have a dinner as compensation.
Four minutes later,
a girl with long black hair, wearing a gray top and blue jeans, appeared before Lin Ye.
"Let's go eat dinner first!"
"You haven't eaten either?"
"I'll keep you company."
But after saying it, she felt the phrasing was a bit inappropriate, as if she had come specifically to keep Lin Ye company.
"Then I thank my Quasi-fiancée for being willing to accompany me to dinner."
Lin Ye unexpectedly teased the girl playfully.
This was also a test of his—testing the girl's reaction.
Yukino Yukinoshita glanced at him and said nothing.
But the observing Lin Ye caught the girl's fleeting bashfulness.
Yukino Yukinoshita, this cool and aloof school beauty of Sobu High, could still feel shy—and her shy reactions were quite endearing and delightful.
Five minutes later,
Yukino Yukinoshita took Lin Ye to a dining room near the apartment.
A Japanese fast-food restaurant.
Ordering at the self-service machine,
Lin Ye ordered a curry pork cutlet set.
In under three minutes, Lin Ye collected his food and returned to his seat.
"My lunch today wasn't eaten by Student Yuigahama, was it!"
Yukino Yukinoshita nodded. "Mm. After learning you weren't coming, there was extra lunch, and Student Yuigahama said the two of us could split it so it wouldn't go to waste. I'd originally planned to save it for your dinner."
But in the end she couldn't refuse Yui Yuigahama's earnest plea.
"This shouldn't count as me having eaten it, right?"
He and Yukinoshita had an agreement about the number of times she prepared lunch.
One meal more or less didn't make much difference, but through this he could probe Yukinoshita's current attitude toward him.
"It counts."
"Yukinoshita, this wasn't even eaten by me."
"It's calculated by the number of times I prepared it, not by the number of times you ate it."
This icy attitude made it genuinely hard for Lin Ye to judge.
Was she angry, or not angry?
Lin Ye, thinking this, picked up his chopsticks and began eating the curry pork cutlet set before him.
A standard set, the taste was decent—a mass-market flavor.
Good value for the price; otherwise, there wouldn't be so many people coming to eat here.
This meal didn't take long—in under ten minutes, Lin Ye finished.
Lin Ye took his tray to the dish return area, then rejoined the girl outside the dining room.
Night had fallen, and neon lights blazed on both sides of the street.
Lin Ye and Yukino Yukinoshita walked side by side, shoulder to shoulder.
Yukinoshita didn't speak to ask anything; she just quietly walked ahead,
while Lin Ye waited for the girl to speak up. This time, the girl's proactive invitation surely meant something was up.
But even by the time they reached the apartment doorway, Yukino Yukinoshita still hadn't spoken to ask, maintaining silence the entire way.
This instead brought even greater pressure to Lin Ye.
It gave him the feeling of being made to confess and come clean himself.
The time on this road was the last bit of opportunity he had.
But he had no confidence in seizing it.
'Click…'
Yukino Yukinoshita opened the apartment door. "Please come in."
Her voice sounded as though after a long separation.
"Pardon the intrusion."
Lin Ye walked in and changed into indoor slippers.
"Please have a seat, I'll go pour some tea."
Very polite, but suffused with a distant attitude.
Lin Ye felt a knot in his heart.
This slightly ambiguous relationship between him and Yukinoshita was probably going to end today; he was about to lose this Quasi-fiancée today.
'Splash, splash…'
The tea made a crisp sound in the cup, a few green tea leaves floating, a faint fragrance spreading.
Lin Ye looked at the girl sitting across from him and spoke. "What's the matter that you contacted me to come over this time?"
"You know."
But she asked back instead.
Yukino Yukinoshita's navy-blue eyes reflected the figure of Lin Ye before her.
"If you don't say it, how would I know?"
"Even if I don't say it, you know."
But she still didn't say it outright, instead wanting Lin Ye to confess on his own initiative.
The two of them fell into this brief tug-of-war.
In the end, Lin Ye finished his tea and stood up. "Since you're unwilling to say it directly, Yukinoshita, then forget it. Whenever you feel like talking, contact me again, and I'll come over then."
He chose to simply leave.
He absolutely did not want to continue this conversation at the girl's pace.
Even if the outcome wouldn't change, Lin Ye still wanted to end this relationship in a way where he held the initiative and guided the direction of the conversation.
'Tap, tap…'
When Lin Ye had taken three steps, Yukino Yukinoshita's voice sounded again.
"About the matter of Mai Sakurajima,"
She was somewhat helpless.
Clearly this matter should have been Lin Ye's fault, Lin Ye who was in the wrong—yet in the end, facing Lin Ye's forcefulness, she still had to be the one to compromise first.
After all, faced with Lin Ye's counterattack of threatening to leave, she really didn't know how to resolve it, how to make Lin Ye stay and keep talking.
"Senpai has now returned to normal. As for your help to her before, Yukinoshita, Senpai asked me to convey her thanks to you."
Lin Ye looked down at the girl with long black hair sitting on the sofa.
"You were the male lead of the Akihabara confession incident, weren't you?"
Yukinoshita gazed at Lin Ye, waiting for his answer,
and what she got was Lin Ye's nod.
"It was me."
"Was it for the reason of helping her escape her abnormality?"
"Mm."
Lin Ye gave an affirmative answer, but his next sentence left the girl—who had just slightly relaxed—suddenly stunned, her mood sinking as well.
"But there was also the meaning of expressing my true feelings. It was both."
He really didn't even intend to lie a little.
Yukino Yukinoshita's feelings were complicated.
On one hand she hoped Lin Ye would tell the truth, on the other she hoped he would deceive her a bit.
Two utterly different thoughts, yet both held considerable willingness.
This was, in a sense, the first time in her life she'd experienced it.
"And now? The relationship between the two of you."
Yukino Yukinoshita asked point-blank.
Actually she had already gotten a rough answer from Mai Sakurajima's side, but she still wanted to obtain that answer from Lin Ye's side.
"We've already officially become lovers. We're dating."
The calm words instantly plunged the spacious living room into an icy, deathly stillness.
Yukino Yukinoshita pursed her lips, her expression slightly displeased, but she quickly composed herself—only that trace of cold aura grew ever more intense.
Clearly, she was extremely dissatisfied with this fact Lin Ye had stated.
"Congratulations."
But the first words Yukinoshita spoke were words of thanks.
"Japan's wildly popular superstar Mai Sakurajima has become your girlfriend. As your classmate and club President, I congratulate you. As your Quasi-fiancée, I must offer you my blessings even more."
The pressure was immense.
Lin Ye swallowed.
She wouldn't just directly find an opportunity to stab him to death, would she?
He felt only a chill down his back.
"What is it? Is Student Lin dissatisfied with my blessing?"
"…"
How am I supposed to answer that.
"Yukinoshita, just say whatever you want to say outright."
"Fine."
She spoke. "How do you think things stand between us, up to now?"
This question stumped Lin Ye.
Before Mai, he could still confidently say 'good, very good,' but now…
"Pretty good. I feel it's pretty good."
At a time like this, what was needed was shamelessness—even if it wasn't good, he had to call it good.
Otherwise, this relationship would probably truly be over.
Lin Ye wouldn't forcibly cling to keep her, but that didn't mean doing nothing and letting it simply end.
Yukino Yukinoshita gained a new level of understanding of Lin Ye's shamelessness.
"Very good? Mm, indeed it's very good. My Quasi-fiancé has already become another woman's boyfriend—that's indeed… very good."
Word by word, sentence by sentence, it carried the cold displeasure of the girl.
"Let's break it off."
Truly break it off.
Hearing this sentence, Lin Ye sighed inwardly.
"I understand. I accept."
Once the girl said these words, it meant she had already made up her mind; anything more he said would be meaningless.
This relationship with Yukinoshita ended here.
At this moment,
amidst Yukino Yukinoshita's astonishment,
Lin Ye had actually so simply agreed to her demand—to break up with Mai Sakurajima.
He seemed… as expected… to like her more.
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