Being alone with Lin Ye,
Miura Yumiko couldn't help but keep flashing back to the scene from yesterday at noon, and it made certain parts of her body tingle faintly with remembered sensation.
Displeasure, revulsion—and yet, mingled in, a subtle, strange emotion too.
But in the end, it was the negative feelings that held the upper hand.
And now Lin Ye had come looking for her again, showing up here again, this... nine times out of ten he was going to take advantage of her again!
This guy—so sexually frustrated.
Wasn't Iroha Isshiki plenty interested in him? Why not just be decisive about it, take that little junior straight to a hotel and do whatever he wanted with her.
Miura Yumiko had already slapped that label onto Iroha Isshiki. The way Miura Yumiko saw it, Iroha Isshiki had already thrown herself at him to that degree.
If Lin Ye put forward a request, Iroha Isshiki would absolutely be unable to refuse in the end.
So,
Miura Yumiko now very much wished Lin Ye would put more of his attention on Iroha Isshiki, and not on her.
"What do you want?"
Seeing Lin Ye walking toward her, Miura Yumiko shifted half a step and spoke warily.
As far as she was concerned, keeping her distance from Lin Ye was the right path, but she also knew that outright running was useless—this guy was frighteningly capable when he decided to be a bastard.
Lin Ye watched her. He easily caught Miura Yumiko's wariness and dissatisfaction—a dissatisfaction directed at him, as if he'd done something bad.
During the day he'd already sensed it, only back then he'd assumed Miura Yumiko was targeting someone else. But now it seemed the target was him.
"Can't I come find you if there's nothing going on?"
Since Miura Yumiko wasn't going to give him a pleasant face, Lin Ye's attitude wasn't going to be any better either.
"As I recall, publicly at Sobu High, the two of us still have the status of a couple."
The moment he brought that up, it stirred Miura Yumiko up even more. She wanted to shift her position, to put a little more distance between herself and Lin Ye, but faced with Lin Ye looming over her, she could only abandon the idea of backing away.
"What on earth do you want?"
"You guess."
Miura Yumiko was furious.
This bastard wouldn't say it, and still wanted to force her to say it—what a thoroughly wicked taste he had!
"If you won't say it, I'm leaving."
The golden-haired young girl tossed out those words and prepared to leave, but her shoulder was pressed down—Lin Ye reached out and laid his hand on Miura Yumiko's shoulder, stopping Miura Yumiko from leaving.
"What on earth do you want?"
Miura Yumiko's tone was forceful, and a trace of anger even burst from her eyes.
"I'm the one who should be asking you. Giving me such a lousy attitude right from the start of the morning—do you think that's appropriate?"
I should give you a good attitude?
You've got to be kidding.
"I've always been like this."
"Student Miura, do you actually believe that yourself?"
Lin Ye shot back with a question and went on, "Speak up—why this attitude toward me? I'd really like to know."
"Heh heh."
Now Miura Yumiko had a mocking smile too. "You really are vile."
She laughed, "What you did to me yesterday at noon—surely you don't think it wouldn't provoke my disgust and loathing!"
Yesterday at noon?
That was when Haruno was controlling his body.
Yesterday at noon, did Haruno take the time to do something to Miura Yumiko too?
That woman—a master of time management, huh? Not only did she do this and that to Isshiki, she made a move on Miura Yumiko as well.
Lin Ye was furious, and the consequences were serious too—only, the debtor Haruno had now vanished to who-knows-where.
"What did I do? I don't remember."
Miura Yumiko: ???
After a brief moment of stupefaction, she then revealed a fierce anger.
This bastard was actually pretending nothing had happened at all.
Playing dumb, playing innocent—this really was the worst kind of man.
"You dare to do it but not admit it?"
Miura Yumiko shot back.
"You tell me first what I did, and I'll see whether it's right."
She'd seen shameless people, but never anyone this shameless.
That was exactly what Miura Yumiko was thinking right then. Toward Lin Ye, on some level, she even felt she couldn't help but be impressed.
To be able to reach such a degree of shamelessness—Lin Ye truly deserved to rank first.
"Obviously, there's nothing."
Miura Yumiko gritted her teeth, her eyes fixed on him. "I'll just make you realize exactly what you did to me."
She squeezed the words out through clenched teeth and continued, "Yesterday at noon, you took me over there, and to me you..."
She recalled the humiliation of yesterday at noon, recounting it slowly.
Within it there was humiliation, and indignation, and a considerable amount of resentment.
Especially the fact that in the end, under Lin Ye's half-coercion, she'd had to kiss Lin Ye on the cheek—that stirred up the anger and unwillingness in the deepest part of her heart even more.
Miura Yumiko—from childhood to now, when had she ever suffered such great indignity?
And now, still under this man's coercion, she had to open her mouth and recount yesterday's events. To her, the sense of humiliation was unimaginable.
Lin Ye noticed the tears welling up in Miura Yumiko's eyes; his eyelids twitched slightly, and he felt a little embarrassed.
Yes,
this was Haruno's mess to answer for—strictly speaking it didn't have much to do with him,
but who told her to use his body to commit this wicked deed.
Damn it,
it really was infuriating.
That woman Haruno truly loved stirring up trouble.
"Now, are you satisfied?"
After a good while of talking, Miura Yumiko flung these words at Lin Ye.
This man's wicked taste had been satisfied at last, hadn't it!
But seeing the man before her utterly unmoved inside, Miura Yumiko grew furious. "What's your deal—that silent face. Don't tell me what I said still isn't enough?"
"..."
Lin Ye, for the moment, didn't know how to open his mouth about this.
That woman Haruno really had the nerve.
"That's more or less it, though it's missing some details."
Lin Ye replied, putting on an act.
Miura Yumiko gritted her teeth, on the verge of exploding. "Missing details—you're not thinking of doing it one more time, are you?! Pervert, degenerate—you don't actually think I won't call the police and have you arrested, do you?!"
She really would call the police—she really would go all in, mutual destruction, and that wasn't something she was incapable of doing.
"I'm not in the mood for that at the moment."
Miura Yumiko felt her anger hadn't weakened much at all—if anything, it showed a tendency to intensify.
Not in the mood?
You weren't in the mood yesterday, were you?!
In that case, there was absolutely no need for me to endure all sorts of humiliation and let you take all sorts of advantage of me.
"Since you're not in the mood, what did you come find me for?"
As she spoke, Miura Yumiko prepared to leave.
She stepped and moved off, and Lin Ye didn't make any move to stop her, which threw Miura Yumiko into a fit of bewilderment, utterly astonished.
Why had he simply let her go?
Hadn't this guy come to find her at noon precisely because he wanted to do something to her?
"Go ahead. Yesterday at noon—all I can say is that it was a tiny accident."
That was an accident too?
Miura Yumiko thought silently to herself.
She hadn't blown up—partly out of worry that if she did, it might provoke Lin Ye, which in turn would invite some agitated action from him.
"I'm leaving."
Her tone still held something probing.
"Go ahead."
Lin Ye waved his hand.
Half-believing, half-doubting, Miura Yumiko in the end still set off and left.
She had no reason whatsoever to keep staying here.
'Ta-ta-ta...'
Miura Yumiko walked a few steps to the corner, where she met up with Hina Ebina.
"Let's go, Hina!"
"Mm-hm, okay, Yumiko."
Inwardly, Hina Ebina was full of confusion too.
She had no idea what Miura Yumiko had just been saying, and Hina Ebina was certainly interested—only she didn't know how to ask and probe.
Given the angry look Miura Yumiko had right now, she figured asking would just be asking in vain.
Before following Miura Yumiko away, Hina Ebina cast one more glance at Lin Ye, adjusted the glasses on the bridge of her nose, and left.
"Hina."
Not long after they'd left, Miura Yumiko cautioned Hina Ebina, "From now on, stay a bit further away from Lin Ye."
"Uh,"
Hina Ebina was startled. "Why?"
"Could it be you're worried Student Lin Ye has some designs on me, which would affect the relationship between you, Yumiko, and Student Lin?"
Hina Ebina naturally knew that was impossible, but at this moment she could only put forward this one relatively reasonable guess, in order to draw out the truth in Miura Yumiko's heart.
"No,"
Miura Yumiko immediately said. "He's dangerous. Don't be fooled by his outward appearance. In short, just stay away from him—that's the right thing to do."
She patted her friend Hina Ebina on the shoulder, only hoping Hina Ebina would take some of it to heart.
She'd cautioned Yui Yuigahama as well, but given Yui Yuigahama's perception and impression of Lin Ye, she'd also realized that Yui Yuigahama's impression would be rather hard to change.
"I understand."
Hina Ebina gave a little "mm,"
but in truth, inwardly she grew all the more mindful and curious.
On one hand, she knew Yumiko wouldn't say such things out of thin air—there had to be some factor for her to speak that way about her boyfriend Lin Ye. But on the other hand, women have curiosity, and her own curiosity was all the stronger.
Especially after Miura Yumiko's deliberate warning, her curiosity grew all the more intense.
At this moment, Hina Ebina was brimming with interest in Lin Ye.
On the other side,
after Miura Yumiko and Hina Ebina had left,
Iroha Isshiki briskly walked up in front of Lin Ye. "Senpai, Senpai, what did you and Miura-senpai talk about?"
She blinked her eyes, which sparkled with a star-like smile. "Tell me, won't you? I'll definitely keep it secret—please, trust in my trustworthiness."
"It was nothing."
"Eh, eh?"
"Don't be curious."
"Could it be, Senpai, that you made some outrageous demand of Miura-senpai again? Cough cough cough—no, it should be that the hard-to-read Miura-senpai made some outrageous request of you again? Like yesterday at noon—Miura-senpai wants to do it one more time?"
A few key phrases instantly made Lin Ye realize that Iroha Isshiki had seen 'him' and Miura Yumiko's business yesterday at noon with her own eyes.
This girl—always with that sense of being everywhere at once.
"I'd completely forgotten you saw it."
Iroha Isshiki caught a whiff of something bad.
"Let me help you forget it, then."
"No no no, don't don't don't, really, don't."
Iroha Isshiki shook her head vigorously and even stepped a tiny bit further away from Lin Ye, to avoid being suddenly Hypnotized by Lin Ye again.
Having gone through it once, she had an extremely deep trauma, and absolutely did not want to experience it a second time.
"I'll let you off."
"Heh heh heh, Senpai's the best, the best to me."
Iroha Isshiki's smile was radiant.
"Stop stirring up trouble, and you won't have any trouble."
"Mm-hm, mm-hm."
She nodded vigorously, though to be honest, she really didn't have much of an urge to do anything.
Lin Ye wandered around Sobu High, with Iroha Isshiki following along.
Now and then they ran into Sobu High's teachers and students.
The current Lin Ye had further become a celebrity of Sobu High—basically every student knew him now.
The rooftop.
Lin Ye stepped in.
He planned to catch some breeze here and gaze out over the scenery of Sobu High.
Only, the rooftop wasn't unoccupied.
A graceful, lovely figure clad in the Sobu High uniform stood there.
Rui Tachibana—her blue tresses fluttering in the wind.
She sensed Lin Ye's appearance and turned slightly to look over.
After making out that the newcomer was Lin Ye, her heart stirred, but upon seeing Iroha Isshiki appear following behind Lin Ye, her expression changed slightly.
The thought she'd originally had was pressed back down.
Rui Tachibana pursed her lips and thought for a moment, then set off, stepping toward the direction where Lin Ye and Iroha Isshiki were.
"I won't disturb the two of you."
As they passed each other, she spoke in a calm tone, yielding the rooftop to the two of them.
Very quickly, Rui Tachibana's figure vanished at the rooftop's entrance.
"Senpai, Senpai, you and Student Tachibana seem pretty close, huh!"
"Her older sister is the school's Tachibana-sensei."
"Mm-hm, mm-hm."
That was something she knew.
"Tachibana-sensei has helped me a lot—and of course, I've provided help too, so I am somewhat acquainted with Student Rui Tachibana."
"So that's how it is—I'm so happy."
Facing Lin Ye's puzzled expression, Iroha Isshiki went on with a smile, "Because in the past, Senpai never used to explain, and this time Senpai explained it all clearly, looking so afraid I'd misunderstand—I'm so happy!"
Lin Ye was left speechless.
He really hadn't had any ulterior thoughts—he'd simply explained the moment it occurred to him.
"You really are something—you can always find just the right angle for your words."
"Hahaha, I am Iroha Isshiki, after all—Senpai's most, most, most intimate junior."
Lin Ye shook his head and walked to the edge of the rooftop.
"Senpai, does Student Tachibana, toward you..."
Lin Ye didn't answer, said nothing at all—with this junior, keeping his mouth shut was the best way to respond.
Sure enough, after she'd asked several times without receiving any response, Iroha Isshiki gave up on saying more, and instead stood quietly at Lin Ye's side.
A quiet Iroha Isshiki at a time like this—Lin Ye actually felt there was a kind of gentle, refined beauty to it.
It was just that the moment Iroha Isshiki opened her mouth, it would ruin that sense of beauty.
In the afternoon,
classes proceeded as normal.
Nothing particularly special happened.
The dismissal bell rang.
And it was after the other students had left that Lin Ye and Yukino Yukinoshita rose one after the other.
Since there was nothing else today, Lin Ye decided to go to the Service Club today and take part in whatever club activities there might be.
Only, he'd just left the classroom
when Lin Ye spotted an acquaintance.
Meguri Shiromeguri,
the Student Council President of Sobu High.
She stood in the corridor outside the International Class, her expression somewhat tense, and the instant she saw Lin Ye appear, she jumped as though electrocuted.
Lin Ye was puzzled.
This was a bit too tense.
Had something come up?
Even if Meguri Shiromeguri had run into some difficulty and needed help, shouldn't she go to the Service Club to ask Yukinoshita for help? Rather than waiting outside the International Class?
So Lin Ye thought.
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