Sora-imouto!
Having transmigrated into a crossover anime world and run into Sora-chan—just ask how many transmigrators would want Sora-chan to become their own little sister.
Ninety-nine out of a hundred would have that thought, surely!
Never mind everyone else—
at the very least, right now Lin Ye truly did harbor that very thought.
A cute little sister with silver twintails.
Just thinking about it felt delightful.
Lin Ye felt a flicker of anticipation, but reason quickly suppressed the impulse welling up inside him.
The girl, looking slightly timid, let her eyes settle on Lin Ye's face. Noticing Lin Ye's unusual reaction, her heart began to race, and she grew even more nervous.
She hugged herself with both arms, seemingly because of the night breeze, and seemingly because of her worry.
"There's... no family left anymore."
That single sentence struck right at Lin Ye's heart.
It throbbed without end.
What kind of little sister is this!
That yearning look in her bright eyes kept hammering at his soul.
Calm down, calm down.
Lin Ye reminded himself once more.
Saying right now, 'Be my little sister,' would definitely be a problem.
This was absolutely a problem.
Lin Ye pressed down the impulse within him.
No rush—take it slow.
Because of the train incident,
the girl still had a certain foundation of goodwill toward him.
If, from now on, he made contact bit by bit and communicated gently, he could surely get the girl to gradually open her heart to him—until the day she really could become his little sister.
"Your phone,"
Lin Ye took out his phone and exchanged contact information with Sora.
"Lin Ye, that's my name,"
he introduced himself to the girl.
"Mm,"
she let out a soft 'mm.'
"If anything happens, you can contact me,"
Sora's eyes mirrored Lin Ye's figure, gazing into that pair of eyes,
and that sincere gaze made her realize Lin Ye was serious—that he truly cared about her.
She gave another soft 'mm,' then lowered her little head.
"Hurry on home!"
"I..."
She started to speak, then stopped, seemingly very conflicted, but in the end she didn't say it.
Lin Ye smiled and waved at the girl. He guessed she probably wanted to invite him in for a cup of tea!
But he felt it was better to hold off, not to rush inside.
The girl herself looked so hesitant; if he went in just like that, it would only add unnecessary psychological burden on her.
"Sora, hurry home and get some rest!"
Lin Ye reminded her.
The silver-haired girl gave an 'mm' and turned to walk into the courtyard,
but before going through the gate, the girl turned and fixed her gaze on him.
Lin Ye understood what she meant. He waved his hand and left, leaving behind a receding silhouette.
It was only after Lin Ye's figure had vanished at the far end of her sight that the silver-haired girl slowly withdrew her gaze. She opened the door.
'Click...' came the sound of the door.
The room was pitch black.
"I'm home."
Sora's voice was very soft, adding the faintest trace of human presence to this lonely room.
"Welcome..."
A hoarse, low voice sounded within the room.
This private residence, which should have held her alone, somehow produced another voice,
but the girl showed no reaction at all to it—on the contrary, she was used to it.
Sora walked in,
without even turning on the lights.
As her footsteps drew nearer, a black rabbit doll appeared in the darkness of the room.
It was sitting, but as Sora approached it slowly stood upright, planting itself on the floorboards, and that pair of eyes gave off a faint red glow in the darkness.
"Welcome..."
The same voice.
It was the rabbit doll that had spoken.
Sora scooped it up into her arms.
"I'm home."
A faint, dark-gray aura lingered in the room.
"Today... I met a good person."
'Thud...' came the sound of the door closing,
and everything fell back into silence.
...
...
Lin Ye once again returned to the station, heading for the stop nearest to where his apartment was.
The distance wasn't far—three stops.
Back at the train station,
Lin Ye unexpectedly overheard some information about that perverted molester.
"A perverted molester showed up here in Chiba just now,"
"Apparently he self-destructed before doing anything, and then the passengers reasonably subdued and captured him."
"He's already been sent to the police station—his life is over, serves him right!"
...
Japan handles molesters very seriously.
Once caught, it's death in the social sense—a working adult would be fired outright by his company and lose his job.
But even so, molester incidents still occur in Japan every year.
This is also connected to a certain degree with the high pressure of Japanese society.
The high pressure of work drives some people to seek thrills to relieve their inner stress and chase pleasure.
And committing molester acts against women in a public train carriage can completely satisfy their intense inner needs and vent the enormous pressure built up inside them.
As for the victimized women, many of them, weighing many factors—such as their own reputation, such as their own sense of shame—choose to endure even after suffering molester acts.
These women always think that if they just bear with it, it will pass; if they just tough it out, it will be over.
But to a certain degree, this instead emboldens the molesters' arrogance and strengthens the impulses within them.
Lin Ye listened to the murmurings of the other passengers, quietly waiting to arrive at his stop.
A few minutes later,
the train slowly stopped, and Lin Ye got off and left the train station.
Finally,
he returned to his own apartment.
Recalling the experiences of these past few days,
he felt they'd been so long.
'Click...'
The door opened,
and in the very first instant,
a German Shepherd came bolting out.
"Woof, woof, woof..."
John barked wildly.
Having waited until now, he had finally pined Lin Ye back; if he hadn't come back any later, John would have starved to death.
"Woof, woof, woof..."
"All right, all right, I get it, I'll give you dog food... next time I'll put out a bit more for you,"
That he'd be delayed outside for several days this time,
Lin Ye really hadn't expected either.
"Woof, woof, woof..."
John, having pounced on him, cried out again to express the emotions in his heart.
Starving to death.
He didn't even have the strength left to bark.
'Pat...'
Lin Ye turned on the room light, stroked John's little head, and signaled him to wait a moment.
"Rattle, rattle..."
Taking the dog food out of the cabinet,
Lin Ye poured John a full portion and added water for him as well.
"Crunch, crunch, crunch..."
John ducked his head in and ate ravenously, wolfing it down—what's in your mouth is what's yours.
Starved as he was, he didn't disdain the dog food in the slightest; he simply felt this dog food was a delicacy among dogs, with no aversion to it at all—if anything, he liked it all the more.
"Woof, woof, woof..."
After eating half of it and recovering some strength, John barked wildly at Lin Ye again.
"All right, all right, I get it, I'll also fry you a chicken cutlet, okay?!"
"Woof, woof, woof..."
After hearing that, John went back to eating his dog food.
Lin Ye took out a frozen chicken cutlet and put it in the microwave to thaw, then added vegetable oil to a frying pan. As the oil began to smoke, he put in the thawed chicken cutlet,
and it went 'sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...'
Since it was for John to eat, Lin Ye just made sure it was cooked through, adding a tiny bit of salt to season, and that was enough.
"Done..."
John chomped down on it, and the next second, he darted away.
He'd been burned.
"I told you to slow down."
"Woof, woof, woof..."
A smile hung on Lin Ye's face.
Lin Ye went to the bathroom to wash up and shower, and upon returning he discovered he'd received a phone call.
It was Mai.
His first reaction was to wonder whether Yukino or Haruno had contacted Mai.
"If one of those sisters really did contact Mai, then I'll just handle it normally!"
Unlike with Yukino,
Mai was well aware of his situation with Yukino—she knew of his relationship with Yukino, knew of the Quasi-fiancés relationship too. It was just that now his relationship with Yukino had also officially leveled up; they'd already become lovers, and there was a fiancé relationship on top of that.
The moment he thought of this,
Lin Ye felt the pressure. If Mai found out about the fiancé relationship, wouldn't she get angry and jealous?
His relationship with Yukino, by the sound of it, was just a bit more intimate than his relationship with Mai.
"Phew..."
Lin Ye slowly exhaled a breath and answered the call.
"It's me, Mai,"
but after Lin Ye spoke, no message of any kind came from the other end of the line for a long while.
What's going on?
Is she angry?
"M-Mai..."
He had to get his attitude right.
She was his girlfriend, after all! When he'd done something wrong, he still had to show it properly.
"Mai, are you angry?"
"No,"
at last, a reply came from the other end of the line.
Lin Ye knew the girl's mood the moment he heard it—she was absolutely angry.
"Really not angry?"
"No,"
still the same tone, very cold.
If this wasn't anger, Lin Ye absolutely wouldn't accept it.
"How could I possibly be angry! If I were angry, then this boyfriend of mine, who I've been dating for less than two days, would surely run off to other women's sides and enjoy the gentle embrace of other women."
You're talking about Yukino—it's absolutely Yukino, isn't it!
Lin Ye silently thought.
"Sorry, I made Mai unhappy."
"Oh! Apologizing to me—so you know what you did wrong?"
Mai Sakurajima, dragging out her words, pursed her lips, yet her eyes held an added trace of joy.
Faced with Lin Ye's attitude, she was satisfied after all.
If Lin Ye had put on an act, she'd have gotten even angrier.
"I know."
"Where?"
"I should have told you in time about dating Yukino."
Mai Sakurajima: ???
She was stunned outright, dumbfounded.
"You and... Yukinoshita... are dating."
Each word stressed, her words unable to conceal her astonished expression.
In this moment,
Lin Ye realized he'd guessed wrong.
Neither Haruno nor Yukino had contacted Mai to tell her about the dating.
What to do now?
What the heck was he supposed to do?
Lin Ye gave a bitter smile. "Today I got an invitation from her and went over to her place."
"Mm, go on,"
That Lin Ye, having returned to Chiba, would be contacted by Yukinoshita for a private talk—this was within her expectations.
If Yukinoshita had done nothing at all, that would have struck her as strange.
But in less than two days, Lin Ye had already started dating Yukinoshita—wasn't that going a bit too far?
I know the two of you are in a Quasi-fiancés relationship, that you're intimate and have mutual goodwill, but at the very least, having just started dating me, you can't be in such a rush to date another girl, can you!
This fickle, two-timing attitude makes me suffer too.
Mai Sakurajima pursed her lips, her mood complicated, a streak of desolate sorrow surfacing.
She knew her wish to have Lin Ye all to herself was impossible to realize—she'd already tried hinting at it several times, but Lin Ye had never agreed, which made his attitude clear.
But... it was too fast, so fast that she found it hard to accept.
"At the time, I'd already prepared myself mentally to break up with her and end the relationship."
Oh?
That was rather unexpected.
"Yukino knew I was together with you, Mai. She would surely make a demand—either break up with you, or end things with her,"
Mai Sakurajima frowned slightly, but the next second her eyes went wide as the dread within her instantly surfaced.
A choice between the two.
And Lin Ye was now dating Yukinoshita—didn't that mean she'd been cast aside and abandoned?
Between her and Yukino Yukinoshita, Lin Ye had ultimately made his decision.
Sorrow surfaced,
and Mai Sakurajima's heart instantly plunged to the bottom.
No wonder Lin Ye had apologized outright from the very start,
no wonder Lin Ye carried a feeling of guilt when facing her.
So that was it.
A boyfriend she'd confirmed and dated for less than two days was now about to be gone.
Mai Sakurajima had never imagined her first love would come so suddenly and end so swiftly. If this matter were known to her vast fanbase, there was no telling how it would be spread around.
[Mai Sakurajima accepts a confession, forced to break up in less than two days.]
[Scumbag or real man—there's actually someone who would break up with Mai Sakurajima.]
[The legendary man—the man who dares to break up with Mai Sakurajima.]
...
Headline after headline kept surfacing, and Mai Sakurajima's scattering thoughts were almost unstoppable.
In this moment she also came to realize the bitterness and sorrow of love.
She'd barely tasted any sweetness, yet the sourness and bitterness arrived first instead, surging at her like a tide.
All the courage and confidence she'd mustered for how to face the media at tomorrow's press conference vanished completely, without a trace.
Her boyfriend was gone,
so what was there to announce?
Declare her love with Lin Ye to the whole nation, to the whole world?
That would be the biggest joke of all.
In this instant, Mai Sakurajima felt she was the biggest clown in the whole world.
"Congratulations,"
Mai Sakurajima moved her red lips lightly, suppressing the sorrow within her. "You finally got together with Yukinoshita—you've won yourself the beauty, I suppose,"
"My blessings to you both. I won't disturb you,"
this last sentence used up all of Mai Sakurajima's strength. After saying it, her whole body lost its strength and she slumped half-limp against the edge of the bed.
The important, beloved person was now leaving her life and her very existence.
She'd once thought she ought to spend a while in a relationship with Lin Ye, enjoying the sweetness of love, sharing happy times together—so that even if they broke up in the future, she'd at least have had those past beautiful memories.
But as it turned out,
this romance was about to end just as it had begun.
Mai Sakurajima's heart ached so!
She was Japan's hottest rising female star—there was no telling how many people adored her, no telling how many men wanted her as a girlfriend.
And she had chosen Lin Ye, only now...
Mai Sakurajima's mood sank to the very bottom; it was as if the world had collapsed, her whole being shrouded in gloom.
Meanwhile, on the other end of the line, Lin Ye keenly sensed the gloomy, sunken aura coming from Mai Sakurajima, and combining it with her last words, he immediately grasped what Mai was thinking right then.
These two women—why did they both assume he'd choose one over the other?
Yukino assumed he'd chosen Yukino, while Mai had it the other way around, assuming he'd chosen Yukino.
In terms of the outcome, the two of them were really, strangely, in perfect agreement.
"Mai,"
"..."
Mai Sakurajima didn't respond; she was completely in no mood to reply anymore.
"Miss Mai Sakurajima, what do you take me for?"
The forceful words that came through instantly made Mai Sakurajima's eyes light up, a sliver of anticipation rising.
"Are you thinking that I chose to give you up?"
That's right!
If you didn't give me up, how could you become lovers with Yukinoshita?
Would that woman tolerate it?
Mai Sakurajima still clearly remembered her conversation with Yukinoshita—that woman wouldn't voluntarily withdraw, but she could force Lin Ye to make a choice.
"Mai, my dear senpai, have you forgotten something I once said?"
What words?
"I'm not one to give up a whole forest for a single tree. Senpai, you haven't forgotten, have you!"
Mai Sakurajima: "..."
This line, which she'd inwardly griped about who-knows-how-many times—how had she forgotten it?
In truth,
Mai Sakurajima had quickly shoved this line into a corner of her mind, but because of Lin Ye's reminder this time, she remembered it.
This guy wanted to start a harem, to have a girl on each arm, to become a winner at life!
A certain thought surfaced in Mai Sakurajima's mind.
That woman Yukinoshita—couldn't she have been successfully persuaded by Lin Ye?
"So, Senpai, you understand now, right!"
"Understand what?"
Mai Sakurajima finally spoke up.
"Understand that I didn't choose to cast you aside, Senpai,"
"I don't understand. Only if you sever your relationship with Yukinoshita can I feel that steadfast heart of yours toward me."
Mai Sakurajima gave a 'hmph.'
Though she was still a little unhappy, compared to a moment ago when she'd sunk to rock bottom, feeling as if the whole world had abandoned her, her mood now really was much, much better.
"I won't sever ties with my girlfriend."
"Are you talking about me, or her?"
"Both,"
"Greedy man."
"A man should be greedy. In any case, Senpai is now my girlfriend, and Yukino has become my girlfriend too. You're both my girlfriends now—neither of you should think about breaking up with me."
Lay out the firm attitude first—show the girl an attitude of absolutely refusing to compromise, so that he could reduce some of the girl's wishful thinking.
"She'll accept it?"
"She accepts it; will you accept it too, Senpai?"
"No."
"Then I get it—Yukino won't accept it, so you, Senpai, will accept it."
"That's not it."
"Then Yukino accepts it, and you, Senpai, don't?"
"..."
Mai Sakurajima thought it over and gave an 'mm.' "Right, there's no way I could accept it. I can't accept that you have another girlfriend,"
"Since you put it that way, Senpai, I'll tell Yukino, 'I'm ending the boyfriend-girlfriend relationship with her.'"
That single sentence briefly crashed Mai Sakurajima.
Lin Ye would so decisively choose to break up with Yukinoshita for her sake?
"Really?"
"Yes, so I want compensation from you, Senpai."
Mai Sakurajima's cheeks flushed; she'd thought of something.
"Fine."
No matter what compensation Lin Ye wanted, she could agree to it.
"The compensation I want will be a bit excessive—you might not be able to accept it, Senpai."
"It's fine,"
Various excessive demands surfaced in Mai Sakurajima's mind, and her cheeks flushed even redder.
Men, they're just like that, hmph.
But her heart was warm and cozy.
Lin Ye took a deep breath and slowly spoke. He'd already braced himself for the moment of receiving Mai Sakurajima's stormy fury.
"Yukino has already upgraded and designated our relationship as a fiancé relationship. I didn't object. I hope you, Senpai, can calmly and frankly accept this matter."
Stillness, dead silence.
Mai Sakurajima's mind went blank, falling into a short circuit.
Fiancée, fiancé relationship.
This was an entirely different concept from Quasi-fiancés,
and even more so a different concept from boyfriend and girlfriend.
"You..."
Mai Sakurajima's words carried a sliver of madness,
"Bastard..."
"Mm, I am a bastard, Senpai. Having chosen a bastard like me as your boyfriend, Senpai, don't even think about running away—just be prepared to stay by my side for a lifetime."
"..."
These sweet words should have made her happy,
but Mai Sakurajima couldn't be happy no matter what.
"Explain it to me clearly, from beginning to end—the content of your conversation with Yukinoshita,"
Mai Sakurajima was certain there was definitely key information in there that Lin Ye hadn't told her yet.
That woman Yukino Yukinoshita could not possibly have agreed so simply, willing to share her boyfriend with her.
"Let me say first—no getting angry,"
"Fine,"
I'm not angry,
I'm furious.
Mai Sakurajima added in her heart.
And Lin Ye began to recount it simply.
"Actually, it's like this,"
Mai Sakurajima listened.
When she heard that Lin Ye had accepted the 'breakup' Yukino Yukinoshita proposed, she'd even been happy, but the next sentence left her dumbfounded.
It turned out that woman Yukino Yukinoshita had actually misunderstood, thinking Lin Ye meant to break up with her and be with Yukinoshita.
And this misunderstanding led Yukino Yukinoshita to be willing to become Lin Ye's girlfriend,
She saw through the reason in an instant—this came from Yukino Yukinoshita's compensation toward Lin Ye. Lin Ye might not be able to tell, but she, as a woman, saw it at a glance.
And as the misunderstanding emerged,
Lin Ye finally clarified it,
and just as she'd thought, Yukino Yukinoshita strongly objected.
It's just that...
according to Lin Ye, under his pleading and persuasion, Yukino Yukinoshita ultimately accepted his dating other women—except that Yukino Yukinoshita would eliminate and kick out the other women one by one.
"I'll be the most suitable partner to marry and spend a lifetime with you,"
This sentence left the deepest impression on Mai Sakurajima.
This was the Yukino Yukinoshita she knew.
"Very well,"
In this moment,
Mai Sakurajima's fighting spirit was intense.
Facing this provocation from Yukino Yukinoshita, she too would resolutely counterattack.
She, Mai Sakurajima, could not possibly compromise.
"Senpai, that's roughly how it is."
"Hmph,"
she gave a soft 'hmph.' "I'm quite certain you still have information you haven't told me, but I won't pursue and pry into the details,"
Even if she asked, Lin Ye probably wouldn't say.
"Don't think I'll accept it. I'm telling you, I won't accept it,"
Just as expected!
"But rest assured, I won't force you to make a choice right now. I'll make that woman obediently bow out on her own."
She, Mai Sakurajima—who had she ever feared?
As a Japanese female star of ultra-high popularity, she had full confidence when it came to feminine charm.
"Whether it's becoming your girlfriend, kissing you, or accepting your confession, I was first in all of them. There's no reason I would lose to that woman,"
These words,
how familiar they were!
Lin Ye caught a whiff of White Album.
"Be prepared, Lin Ye! I'll change that twisted way of thinking of yours too."
Even through the phone, Lin Ye could feel the intense, stifled emotion in Mai Sakurajima's heart at this moment.
"I'll hold true to my own heart."
Mai Sakurajima said no more. This guy's way of thinking—trying to change it with just a sentence or two was harder than reaching the heavens, and she knew it. Even saying it to his face couldn't make Lin Ye change, let alone saying it over the phone.
"The only thing about this whole incident worth praising is that you really did intend to break up with Yukinoshita—of course, only for a few short minutes,"
This praise left Lin Ye helpless.
"Next time we meet, I'll give you a reward. Look forward to it!"
There's a reward too?
Lin Ye's imagination ran wild.
"Understood, I'll look forward to it. I'm very much looking forward to what reward you've prepared for me, Senpai."
"You'll be satisfied."
"Mm-hm."
In this moment, Mai Sakurajima curled up a smile—a very cold one.
"The reward's been given, so next comes the punishment. With both reward and punishment, it's fair—don't you agree, my dear boyfriend-kun?"
Lin Ye fell silent.
So the trap was here,
he'd been played.
"Senpai, I don't want the reward anymore,"
"Fine, you voluntarily give up the reward, but the punishment still stands,"
"It shouldn't be like that!"
"It is like that."
"Then I still want the reward."
"Fine, please look forward to it, my boyfriend-kun,"
Mai Sakurajima didn't seize on Lin Ye's earlier words to withhold the reward after all.
Senpai really is a good person after all!
But that punishment—he had no idea what it would be.
Lin Ye couldn't help feeling a bit worried,
though in Lin Ye's view, as long as the content of Senpai's punishment wasn't too excessive, he'd choose to cooperate, to let Senpai vent and be happy.
After all, because of this matter, Senpai's mood had surely suffered a wound.
As her boyfriend, making Senpai happy—wasn't that a perfectly normal thing!
Mai Sakurajima recalled the original purpose of her call.
"Boyfriend-kun, it seems I haven't yet said the reason I was unhappy, have I?"
"Uh!"
Lin Ye was startled. "Wasn't it because of the matter between Yukino and me?"
Wait,
thinking about it that way, Lin Ye spotted the problem—if Mai had known before she called, how could she possibly have been angry to such a degree because of it?
Grr (｀Д´),
he'd fallen into a fixed mindset.
"What I'm angry about is that my boyfriend, who's been dating me for less than two days, after parting from me, didn't even send a single message or make a single call,"
Mai Sakurajima's words were full of resentment. "Do you know how late I waited last night? I even thought my boyfriend-kun might be entwined and sleeping together with your new girlfriend, enjoying a wonderful night."
You've got it wrong,
nothing happened between Yukino and me last night.
"H-how could that be! Yukino and I aren't at that step yet."
"Hmph, I know you wouldn't dare."
Mai Sakurajima knew Lin Ye wouldn't either. If this guy really had sexual needs, he wouldn't be holding back with her.
She didn't believe she hadn't produced even a bit of physical attraction in Lin Ye.
In the end, the conclusion she reached was that Lin Ye was rather forbearing—the atmosphere of the emotional relationship wasn't there yet, so he didn't want to take that step.
Men all clearly want that sort of thing, yet Lin Ye really was a maverick, not the least bit alike.
She'd even been worried that giving herself to Lin Ye too early might not be a good idea, but it turned out Lin Ye didn't want it at all—if anything, the later the better.
Mai Sakurajima had no idea how to even evaluate it.
"If I hadn't contacted you today, you wouldn't have sent me a message either, would you?"
Lin Ye felt awkward.
Under normal circumstances, he really wouldn't have.
He'd just finished washing up and was about to lie down in bed and sleep.
He hadn't expected that because of this matter, Senpai would call to hold him accountable, leading him to blurt out his current situation with Yukino himself.
But overall, this outcome wasn't unacceptable.
Senpai's reaction was within what he could bear. Senpai hadn't firmly told him they were breaking up, hadn't insisted on parting with him—that was the greatest victory.
Though Senpai didn't accept it, her behavior was basically tantamount to tacit acceptance.
Up to this point, it counted as going smoothly.
"I'll definitely take the initiative to contact you tomorrow, Senpai,"
"Just tomorrow?"
"Every day, unless I'm very busy,"
"Good,"
Mai Sakurajima replied.
"Senpai, is there anything else?"
"No, but can't we just chat casually?"
"Of course that's no problem,"
"The agency will be preparing a livestreamed press conference tomorrow. I'll appear to explain and clarify,"
Lin Ye realized the pressure the girl was about to face. "I'll be your greatest backing, Senpai. No matter what you do, I'll support you."
That single sentence dispelled the gloom and vexation that had accumulated and lingered in the girl with long black hair's heart that day.
What she wanted was support and understanding from her boyfriend.
She too wanted someone to care for, cherish, and support her.
Earlier, hearing about the matter between Lin Ye and Yukinoshita, she really had almost exploded with anger, her composure nearly collapsing.
But now,
everything was fine.
"Mm,"
"We made a promise—whatever Senpai can't handle, leave it to me to handle,"
"Mm."
Mai Sakurajima's heart was warm and cozy.
Enough—this one call today was enough.
The call lasted ten minutes.
"Get some rest early, Lin-kun,"
"You too, Senpai, rest early. Good night,"
"Good night,"
the call ended.
Lin Ye set his phone aside.
John was already sleeping soundly in his own corner, showing no reaction whatsoever to Lin Ye's phone conversation just now.
"Tomorrow, off to school."
There'd be no avoiding a scolding from Shizuka Hiratsuka-sensei.
Last night's incident really had exceeded his own expectations.
All he could do was bring back good grades to make Sensei happy.
With superpower skills in hand,
he could always get high scores.
Lin Ye closed his eyes to rest.
The next day,
Lin Ye, having risen early, on the train edited a message to Haruno, asking her to help gather information about Sora Kasugano.
'Bzzt, bzzt, bzzt...'
——Received, understood.
Very soon, the next message arrived right after.
——Looking at that cute, pretty little sister again—Lin-kun, you're too fickle. Watch out for the hatchet.
Lin Ye simply ignored this message from Haruno.
As long as Haruno agreed to look into the information about Sora, that was enough.
"But come to think of it, there's still no information on Asuna even now,"
Lin Ye thought of Asuna. "Could Haruno be deliberately stalling?"
He had to give her a nudge.
Though he didn't know the real situation, if it was Haruno, she really might do such a thing.
At the entrance of Sobu High,
Lin Ye took an iron fist from Shizuka Hiratsuka-sensei, but Lin Ye reacted quickly and dodged it at once.
"Violence is forbidden,"
"Good kid, not bad reflexes. After school, let's have a little spar,"
"That's not a good idea, is it!"
"Afraid you'll lose?"
"No, I'm afraid I'll knock you to the ground searching for your teeth, Sensei—how embarrassing that'd be for you,"
"Get lost,"
Lin Ye headed off to the academic building with a chuckle.
This rascal of a kid.
And at the entrance of the academic building,
Lin Ye ran into a familiar person.
That posture—
there was no doubt she was waiting for him.
...
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