Kitahara Sosuke silently remained still for a long while before turning his gaze back to Yoshida Saki. His eyes stared directly at the combination of pigtails and glasses, casting aside the psychological trauma of the past. His stare made the girl uncomfortable.
"Thank you for telling me about this. Consider this my owing you a favor this time."
After a long pause, Kitahara Sosuke suddenly expressed his thanks. Yoshida Saki was taken aback, then waved her two hands back and forth in front of her chest. Sosuke's praise filled her heart with pride, but she didn't quite dare to show this emotion.
"It's nothing. I just saw you among the people in the photos and thought Kitahara-kun might not know about this, so I tried to tell you."
She said this, but inside, the girl was actually quite proud. After all, this was a thank you from the person who always made her feel frustrated.
"Hmm… I understand. Let's use your help this time to offset your rent for the next half a year."
Kitahara Sosuke thought for a moment and then suddenly spoke those words.
Hearing him say this, the girl's mood instantly shifted from excitement and happiness to dumbfoundedness.
"Eh?"
A somewhat bewildered sound came from her mouth. Yoshida Saki had obviously completely forgotten about the rent. Sosuke's care for her had made her take not having to pay rent for granted.
"Is there a problem?"
Kitahara Sosuke frowned and asked, puzzled. He had never promised her that he wouldn't collect her rent. He had only considered that she didn't have much money right now and was worried she might go astray due to financial reasons, so he hadn't immediately asked for it.
"N-no…"
Yoshida Saki could only answer like that. Asking her to say something against the boy in front of her was making things difficult.
Kitahara Sosuke didn't know the girl's thoughts, nor did he have the mind to ponder them. What this girl had shown him earlier had truly shocked him. In his heart, Kitahara Sosuke also held a similar idea of making Tomoya Aki's affairs public. But he only hoped to replay the so-called "betrayal" incident that had happened between Eriri and Tomoya when they were children.
But what these people were doing now had clearly exceeded normal limits. The chat content on the software was too filthy, making him not want to continue reading. Sosuke didn't know that this was because one of the girls in the coffee shop earlier had done many unnecessary and exaggerated things to get the baseball club upperclassman who had a crush on Utaha to agree to go on a date with her.
At this moment, Kitahara Sosuke wasn't worried about Tomoya Aki. He didn't care what happened to that guy, as long as he didn't appear in front of him. But the situation of the upperclassman and Eriri made him slightly concerned. After all, they were the paper figures he liked in his previous life.
The seemingly cruel criticism he had given them in the coffee shop that day was also because he felt very uncomfortable seeing the two girls belittling themselves. However, after careful consideration, Sosuke quickly discarded the extra thoughts. Eriri's father was a diplomat, so probably not many people would dare to openly cause her trouble. At most, she would have to overcome her own psychological pressure. The upperclassman was a top student in the grade and received special care from the teachers to some extent. She could sleep in class and had privileges. Neither of them were ordinary high school students.
"It's useless to think about these things now. We'll have to see the situation next week before we can start further action."
Tomorrow was the weekend. Sosuke temporarily put these things out of his mind and looked at Yoshida Saki again. He had originally come to her today for other matters, wanting to talk to her about her future and make some life plans. After all, saving her now was only a temporary solution. If he abandoned her and didn't care about her, it would be treating the symptoms but not the root cause. Who knew when this girl would be deceived by someone again?
In that case, what Sosuke had done before would be equivalent to doing useless work. So, a goal had to be set, and this girl had to work hard for it for things to be completely resolved. But because of the seemingly out-of-control situation he had just seen, Sosuke really didn't have much mood for it. His brain felt a bit muddled, so he started chatting idly about random things.
"How are you doing here? Are you getting used to it?"
"I'm doing very well, thank you for your care, Kitahara-kun."
Yoshida Saki replied like a well-behaved child, but Sosuke's casual movements made her extremely anxious.
"Say what you need to say quickly, and then hurry up and leave!"
These were Yoshida Saki's inner words; she couldn't possibly dare to say them out loud. Watching Sosuke plan to return his arm to the computer desk again, the girl's eyes widened in fright.
"Hmm?"
Kitahara Sosuke wasn't a dense male protagonist. Of course, he noticed the other party's strangeness. So he followed Yoshida's gaze… It was the laptop placed on the side of the desk, the large headphones, and a 27-inch external monitor connected to it.
"There's nothing there!"
Before Kitahara Sosuke could say anything, the girl had already started denying it, flustered.
"…"
Staring at the other party's face, which could be called that of a beautiful girl, Sosuke first remained silent for a while, then looked at the opened laptop.
"Snap."
He picked up the mouse without hesitation. He couldn't respect this person's personal privacy. Following this silly girl's lead was absolutely not going to work. If she messed up again, it would be too late for regrets.
"Stop it!!"
Yoshida Saki screamed and directly pounced over, forcefully hugging Sosuke's arm, wanting to stop him. But this was clearly futile. Her weight of less than 100 pounds couldn't pose much of an obstacle for Kitahara Sosuke.
Kitahara Sosuke quickly found what Yoshida Saki was desperately trying to hide, even daring to resist him.
"Honey~"
A magnetic male voice, and a male character illustration with an overly beautiful art style that Kitahara Sosuke couldn't appreciate. Although Sosuke hadn't played it, he knew what this was... an otome game.
Speaking of which, he had smelled a strange odor when he first entered this room. It was probably Miss Yoshida… That's right, Yoshida Saki was a hardcore otaku, comparable to Tomoko Kuroki, the ultimate loser woman.
Sosuke's mouth opened, but he didn't know what to say, so he could only close it again. As long as it didn't hinder others, he expressed understanding for other people's hobbies, but…
Looking at the girl hugging one of his arms, her face red, silent, and looking like she was about to cry.
"Get some rest early."
Sosuke's face was still expressionless as he awkwardly said this in his heart. He gently pushed away the girl hanging on his arm, stood up, and walked away without looking back.
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