"Does a Quasi-fiancés relationship even count as an engagement?"
Mai Sakurajima opened fire directly as well.
"The two of you aren't even dating, you're merely in contact—Yukinoshita miss, don't try to morally guilt-trip me. When Lin-kun and I confirmed our relationship as lovers, the two of you weren't dating, so there's no problem at all, and besides…"
Mai Sakurajima smiled. "Lin-kun formally confessed to me, and I accepted his confession. Yukinoshita miss, has Lin-kun confessed to you, and did you accept his confession?"
That last sentence struck Yukino Yukinoshita dumb.
She really hadn't accepted Lin Ye's confession.
Yukino shot Lin Ye a deeply displeased glare. It was all Lin Ye's fault—because of him she didn't even have the confidence to retort.
My bad.
Lin Ye felt quite helpless.
There had been a confession, just not by him; ever since transmigrating here, he had never confessed to Yukinoshita.
"There will be one soon."
"Oh ho, so that means there isn't one now. See? You haven't even accepted Lin-kun's confession."
"I'm already his girlfriend, his fiancée."
"I'm Lin-kun's first girlfriend, and you came later. Yukinoshita miss, just because I didn't use that one word doesn't mean I acknowledge your relationship."
"The relationship between Lin-kun and me requires no acknowledgment from you."
The two women contested fiercely, their momentum aggressive, their words trading back and forth in a flat tone that nonetheless concealed the boundless emotions of them both.
Listening to the whole thing, Lin Ye couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
They were this ferocious even over the phone; if it were face-to-face, there was no telling what would happen.
Lin Ye began to worry.
He made up his mind that he could not let the two of them meet. If they really met, it would be bad if a fight broke out.
Lin Ye certainly didn't want some front-page headline like "Mai Sakurajima Gets Into a Catfight With a Woman Out of Jealousy" to appear.
If that kind of news came out, Mai Sakurajima's career would likely be ruined.
Lin Ye did not want to see that scene.
"Lin-kun, this weekend, I've prepared a big, big surprise for you."
In the end,
after the two of them ceased fire for a moment, Mai Sakurajima called out directly to Lin Ye.
"You'd better look forward to it!"
That one sentence immediately made Lin Ye think of something.
It couldn't be, right!?
Yukino's eyes darkened. "I'm very curious too. I'll go together with Lin-kun."
She was resolutely refusing to give Lin Ye and Mai Sakurajima any chance to be alone together.
If she hadn't known, then so be it, but now that she did know, she absolutely had to do her utmost to prevent that kind of situation from arising.
"Yukinoshita miss, acting like this—don't you think it's terribly rude? I never even invited you, yet you want to come?"
Mai Sakurajima didn't want Yukinoshita coming along in the slightest.
It would be no fun at all.
"Of course. I'm going together with my boyfriend. Is there a problem?"
Mai Sakurajima gritted her teeth.
She was unwilling to accept it. She wanted to speak up and have Lin Ye reject Yukino Yukinoshita, but she also felt that begging Lin Ye to say it would be like losing to Yukino Yukinoshita.
Her competitive spirit was fierce, and therefore she absolutely did not want to lose to Yukino Yukinoshita.
"Yukino, this weekend I'll go to Tokyo alone, and next weekend I'll keep you good company."
Lin Ye spoke up, and made his decision as well.
This weekend, he would spend it with Mai—even if it would make Yukino unhappy, even if he'd have a hellish time of it tonight, he was going to do it. He couldn't actually let Yukinoshita come along.
Hearing this, Mai Sakurajima revealed a smile.
Lin Ye had said it, he really had said it, which proved that Lin Ye did care about the feelings and thoughts of her, his girlfriend, and that he wanted to spend time living in their own little world for just the two of them.
Heh heh heh.
At this moment, Mai Sakurajima couldn't stop the smile tugging at the corners of her mouth.
This round of clashing, the final victor was her.
'Beep…'
The phone was hung up.
Mai Sakurajima was stunned. "This woman—gets angry and just hangs up the phone, hehehe."
The angrier Yukino Yukinoshita got, and the more agitated and excessive her behavior, the more she was actually harming herself, diminishing her own favorability and impression in Lin Ye's heart, and conversely pushing Lin Ye even further toward choosing her.
Mai Sakurajima instead grew even happier.
"Bzzz bzzz bzzz…"
Soon,
the phone began to vibrate.
The moment she heard it, Mai Sakurajima knew it was Lin Ye reaching out to her of his own initiative.
"Yukino Yukinoshita, you've lost. I'm Lin-kun's first girlfriend. Even though you met Lin-kun earlier than me, what good is meeting him early? We confirmed our relationship first, so you can just go line up at the back and wait!"
Mai Sakurajima grew increasingly certain of her victory.
Soon, Mai Sakurajima pressed the answer button, and only then did she realize this wasn't a voice call, but a video call.
The next moment,
she saw the image on the phone's video.
It was Lin Ye, as well as Yukino Yukinoshita, and at this moment the two of them had their shoulders bared, leaning against each other intimately. Lin Ye looked somewhat uncomfortable, as if he wanted to pull away, but Yukino Yukinoshita had wrapped an arm around him, giving him no chance to escape.
This was inside a bedroom, this was on a bed.
Mai Sakurajima realized what the two of them were doing.
You bastards!
These two had actually already slept together.
In that instant, Mai Sakurajima's heart filled with fury, and furious words nearly burst out of her mouth, but at the very last moment she held them back.
Lin Ye and Yukino Yukinoshita were lovers, were in a Quasi-fiancés relationship; they had already had an intimate relationship before, had already slept together. For her to fly into a rage and hurl abuse now would only lower her impression points and favorability in Lin Ye's heart—it was utterly meaningless.
And besides, this was obviously Yukino Yukinoshita's revenge, her counterattack.
Faced with such conduct, she absolutely could not fall for the scheme, absolutely could not fall into the trap; she should instead treat it calmly and absolutely must not lose her rationality.
Seeing that the Mai Sakurajima on the other side of the video didn't immediately explode, Yukino Yukinoshita secretly praised her in her heart—this woman was more rational and controlled than she had imagined.
This method of hers wasn't quite enough to provoke Mai Sakurajima.
"Lin-kun, please be gentler afterward."
One sentence was enough to hint at what the two of them were going to do afterward.
But though Mai Sakurajima was endlessly jealous in her heart, having already calmed down, she would not fall for Yukino Yukinoshita's successful provocation.
"Lin-kun,"
Mai Sakurajima spoke up, drawing the attention of them both.
"In a little while, enjoy yourself thoroughly. With Yukinoshita miss to warm your bed, I feel reassured too—at least she's clean, no need to worry about you going outside looking for some shady women."
"Health is still very important—health in every sense."
Yukino Yukinoshita: ???
She had once said similar words to Mai Sakurajima, treating Mai Sakurajima as a 'tool' Lin Ye used to satisfy his own desires.
Now the boomerang had come back around.
But she didn't care. Yes, she didn't care, and she couldn't care—the moment she cared, it would mean she had lost.
"It's you who should, Miss Sakurajima. Entertain Lin-kun well this weekend. As a big star, you must surely be even more able to display the charm of a female celebrity and satisfy Lin-kun. Oh, that's right—you'd better be careful to keep it secret, don't get caught. If something like spending the night with a man got out, your acting career would be…"
"Yukinoshita miss seems to have forgotten one thing. The matter of my accepting a confession and dating a boyfriend has already been made public, and I even held a special press conference about it. The fans all know. For my boyfriend and me to appear spending the night at a hotel—isn't that the most normal thing in the world? Lovers spending the night together—is there even a problem with that?"
No problem. Not a single problem.
It was just that Yukino Yukinoshita couldn't quite accept it.
Even this threat still failed to affect Mai Sakurajima, which showed that Mai Sakurajima had already prepared herself for the things that would come from dating.
Although their relationship had already been made public and the fans all knew they were dating, if the matter of the two of them spending the night together were really leaked, it would still affect Mai Sakurajima's acting career to some degree.
But her attitude clearly showed that she no longer cared, no longer minded.
"Of course, Yukinoshita miss may also do so,"
Mai Sakurajima said with a smile. "Leak the news of our love triangle. I think that if this piece of information were leaked, it would still deal a blow to me to some extent, wouldn't it?"
She was worried too, but she knew even better that if Yukino Yukinoshita did this, it would be spinning a cocoon to trap herself, making it forever impossible for her to be with Lin Ye.
Her acting career would suffer a heavy blow, perhaps even be lost entirely, forcing her to withdraw from the entertainment industry—but it could let her be with Lin Ye.
Mai Sakurajima wished for the best of both worlds, wished to grab both with both hands; she was very greedy, choosing to want it all. But if Yukino Yukinoshita wanted to do this, she could completely accept it too.
Between her acting career and her love with Lin Ye, she chose the latter—this was the resolve of her, Mai Sakurajima.
Yukino Yukinoshita also knew Mai Sakurajima's aim.
Forget Mai Sakurajima saying it; even if Mai Sakurajima hadn't said it, even if she had thought of it, she wouldn't do it, because she too knew the consequences of doing so. If she did it sneakily, without Lin Ye knowing she had done this thing, her own heart could not forgive her, could not accept the self who had committed such an act.
Yukino Yukinoshita had her own conduct and principles.
She would not do such a thing.
On the battlefield of love, she wanted to win—but it would be an aboveboard victory, limited only to the contest of love, and she would absolutely never use despicable, shameless tactics.
"Rest assured, I won't. I can promise you that."
"Oh, although I don't need Yukinoshita miss's promise, since you've put it that way, I'll express my thanks to you."
"No need to thank me. I, Yukino Yukinoshita, will defeat you in an aboveboard manner and seize the final victory."
"Is that so? I think the same way. The final victor will be me."
In this moment,
across the display screen, the two of them locked eyes, sparks flying wildly, an invisible contest.
"It's getting late. Lin-kun and I are about to rest."
Yukino spoke up.
This call could end now; she had to let Mai Sakurajima taste the pain of insomnia as soon as possible.
Back on that day, upon learning that Lin Ye and Mai Sakurajima had spent a night together, how had she felt? Even now it remained vividly before her eyes, fresh in her memory.
She would absolutely never forget it.
All the more reason she had to make Mai Sakurajima profoundly experience it once tonight as well.
"That won't do. The one I contacted wasn't you, Yukinoshita miss, but Lin-kun."
Mai Sakurajima looked toward Lin Ye, who had been lowering his presence the whole time. "Lin-kun, don't forget our weekend promise."
"I remember it, rest assured."
"Mm, I'll look forward to our weekend date."
Having received the affirmation, Mai Sakurajima felt at ease, and Yukino Yukinoshita didn't cut in again, which indicated that Yukino Yukinoshita too had already accepted the fact of her and Lin Ye's weekend date.
"Enjoy yourself well tonight, but please exercise restraint—otherwise you won't have the energy to keep me company this weekend, and I'll be very, very angry."
At the end, she even pouted to express her dissatisfaction.
That adorable manner made even Yukino Yukinoshita have to admit that this was the charm of a top female celebrity.
"Yukinoshita miss, the rest is up to you now. If you can't satisfy my man, I think it would be best for you to leave sooner rather than later."
"There's no need for Miss Sakurajima to worry."
Mai Sakurajima switched off the video call with a smile.
The very instant the call ended, Mai Sakurajima rolled over and hugged her quilt, kicking her legs furiously. "Aaah! That woman, that hateful woman!"
Her wails of grievance rose and fell as she ceaselessly poured out the bitterness in her heart.
Baby's heart is so bitter!!
She looked at her own fair legs,
those slender, lithe long legs that would make any man's heart flutter,
as well as her own ample certain parts.
Thinking of this, Mai Sakurajima suddenly realized her greatest advantage.
In terms of looks and facial appearance, Mai Sakurajima knew that she and Yukino Yukinoshita actually weren't all that different, but in terms of figure—mm, especially in a certain area—she completely trounced Yukino Yukinoshita.
Unless Lin Ye had some special fetish, then surely bigger was still better, right!
But the moment she thought of what Lin Ye and Yukino Yukinoshita were doing right now, her heart felt as though slashed by a knife, her heart bleeding—it was agonizing!
Even though she knew this absolutely wasn't the first time for the two of them, the place that should ache still ached unbearably.
"I just hope they don't end up making a life,"
On this point, she figured Lin Ye and Yukinoshita should be careful, right? At the very least, Yukinoshita, being a girl, would be careful, right? If they really made a life, would they keep it or not?
Yukinoshita was a prestigious family in Chiba too; if word got out about a pregnancy before marriage, that reputation would be ruined. Therefore, she believed the two of them would definitely be careful.
Mai Sakurajima thought how nice it would be if she were just two years older, but she still had her acting career, still had to work, and her career was on the rise; therefore, there was no possibility of this and that.
Besides, Lin Ye was young too, and surely didn't want to be a father yet, right?
Mai Sakurajima closed her eyes, but what surfaced in her mind was the two of them, Lin Ye and Yukino Yukinoshita. She regretted it—regretted why she hadn't forced herself on Lin Ye back then, losing that single best chance, and as a result being beaten to the punch by Yukinoshita.
"Can't sleep,"
Mai Sakurajima sprang up out of bed and walked over to the window, gazing into the distance at the Tokyo night view.
The flickering lights, the flowing stream of vehicles, the bustling city—
but the one thing this place lacked was the person she loved.
It'll be fine once Lin-kun graduates.
But a certain idea also surfaced in Mai Sakurajima's heart.
"I'm going to transfer schools."
She was an actress, but she was also a High School Student. It was only because of her career that she held a nominal status at school, but when her career and work entered a slower period, she still needed to return to school for classes, ensuring a certain amount of study time, as well as not detaching from high school campus life.
Rather than returning to her original high school, she might as well go to Sobu High, where Lin Ye was—that way she could have more time to spend with Lin Ye.
Speaking of which,
Mai Sakurajima took out her phone and began contacting her manager.
There was no time to lose; she'd arrange it right away.
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