Kurashiki Reina glanced briefly at Hayato, but she seemed too lazy to speak, and didn't respond to Kobayashi Ayaka's deliberately provocative tone.
She just gave a sidelong glance at the orange-haired boy.
The orange-haired man's awkward face turned green, and the teasing look in his eyes towards Kobayashi Ayaka now turned into provocation.
But who was Kobayashi Ayaka?
She was someone who practically wanted to stick her eyes to a handsome guy's face.
This orange-haired man was at most a little handsome, far inferior to Hayato.
So, she barely gave him a second look, and his provocation was naturally ignored.
You play your dirty tricks and then ignore them, you really know how to annoy people. Hayato thought to himself.
The orange-haired man obviously noticed that Kobayashi Ayaka's thoughts weren't on him at all, so he also looked at Hayato, just like her.
He took a deep breath, suppressing his anger in his chest, then grinned at Hayato, revealing a set of relatively white teeth.
"I'm Reina's boyfriend, are you friends with Reina? Are you also Shiraki students?"
"Not friends, at most classmates." Hayato said, then he chuckled and reached out to pat Kobayashi Ayaka's head: "Sorry, my girl here is just joking with you, please forgive any rudeness."
Kobayashi Ayaka glared at Hayato.
She was about to say, "Who told you to touch my head?" but seeing Kurashiki Reina looking at her coldly, she closed her mouth.
Not only did she not say a word, but to allow Hayato to pat her head better, she even bent down slightly.
The orange-haired man also wanted to say, "You think you can just insult me and get away with it?" But with Kurashiki Reina beside him, he had to maintain a refined and gentle demeanor.
The orange-haired man smiled calmly: "I am Hachisuka Xiudao, may I ask your name?"
Then he extended his hand towards Hayato.
Hayato looked at his palm, the ring on his finger sparkling with silver light, he didn't know if it was iron, silver, or platinum.
"Hayato." Hayato said.
He also extended his hand, and they shook.
Hayato?
The orange-haired man furrowed his brow, feeling like he had heard this name somewhere, and was still wondering which young master it was, when a memory suddenly flooded his mind.
Hachisuka Xiudao smiled grimly:
"So it's Kobayashi."
Then, he suddenly exerted force with his hand, confident in his strength, which wasn't the dead strength gained from a gym, but genuine combat power.
With that sudden burst of strength, even if he couldn't break the brat's hand, at least making him cry out in pain wouldn't be a problem.
Looking at the brat's thin, weak, and pitiful appearance,
Hachisuka Xiudao already saw the slight twitching of the brat's facial muscles.
Then...
"Awoooo!" Hachisuka Xiudao screamed repeatedly, even bending at the waist and nearly jumping.
He didn't actually jump because he held back, but because Hayato let go in time.
But even after Hayato released his hand, Hachisuka Xiudao's palm still hung suspended in the air, veins popping out on his hand.
After trembling for a while, he belatedly pulled it back behind him, the muscles on both sides of his cheeks twitching violently, as if enduring immense pain.
As for the hand hidden behind him, he rubbed it repeatedly, trying to alleviate the pain.
"...What's wrong with you?" Kurashiki Reina asked with displeasure, "Can you stop embarrassing me here?"
He... he secretly attacked me!
Hachisuka Xiudao complained endlessly, but of course, he couldn't say such a cowardly thing to Kurashiki Reina.
Instead, he forced a smile:
"...It's nothing."
Damn it.
He cursed inwardly, "How can this brat's grip be so strong!? How many years has he been single?"
And Hayato acted as if nothing had happened, neither apologizing nor saying anything.
Kobayashi Ayaka frowned, realizing that things were not simple.
This guy and that orange-haired man were definitely competing in secret, and at the same time, her gaze swept around, trying to find a handy weapon.
If it really came to a fight, even though the other side had more people, the two of them might not be afraid of these disorganized few.
After most of the pain subsided, Hachisuka Xiudao smiled coldly and said,
"I think I've heard your name, Kobayashi-kun. Didn't you pursue Reina before?"
Hayato:...
So everyone knows about this kind of thing, huh?
"I didn't say anything." Kurashiki Reina said subconsciously.
She also didn't know why she felt the need to explain.
But thinking about it, she had indeed hardly mentioned this matter to anyone.
If we use the time when Yamamoto Sakito complained and she went to find Hayato as the dividing line... this division is because Kurashiki Reina felt that Kobayashi on the day of the confession and Kobayashi afterward were completely different people...
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