after that.

The two walked out of the school along the route they came from and returned to the school gate.

"It took quite a while."

Yi Sa, who was leaning in front of the car, raised his hand and looked at his watch. The hour and minute hands pointed to "10" and "3" respectively.

Then he looked at Sayu, his eyes briefly lingering on the red eyes, and asked softly: "Are you okay?"

"Yeah...it's okay." The girl nodded slowly and got off Kato Yusuke's back.

"so……"

The three of them got into the car again and fastened their seat belts.

"Then...can we go home?" Yi Sa asked silently.

Sayu was startled when he heard his words and swallowed a mouthful of saliva, but nodded vigorously.

"Um...please."

"knew."

After starting the engine, the car started moving again.

Silence filled the car.

Kato Yusuke held Sayu with one hand and patted her arm gently as if to comfort her.

As the distance gets closer.

Both Yi Sa and Sayu looked obviously nervous.

Under their influence, even Yusuke kept it secret.

After thinking for a moment, Kato Yusuke took out his mobile phone from his pocket and began to edit the message silently...

After driving for about ten minutes, the car entered a quiet residential area and stopped in front of a certain house.

"arrive."

After saying this, he paused and got out of the car first.

Yusuke and Sayu also walked down.

What appeared in front of me was a small white bungalow with an elegant appearance.

It's neither big nor small, with a total of two floors.

Although it looks a bit small and exquisite, it is actually quite spacious for three people to live in.

After getting out of the car, Sayu looked up at home timidly, with an obviously nervous expression on his face.

"Are you okay?" Ogiwara Kazusa looked over with moderate concern on his face.

"Um……"

The girl nodded weakly in affirmation, but she didn't seem to be okay.

But when things came to an end, there was no way out.

The three of them walked to the door together.

Yi Sa, who was walking in front, slowly inserted the key into the door lock, opened the door with a click and walked in.

Kato Yusuke was the second to enter, and Sayu was the last with her head lowered and her mouth pursed.

Although it was not etiquette to enter someone else's house without permission, in order to reassure Sayu, he had nothing to worry about.

"Mom! I'm back!"

After taking off his shoes at the entrance, Kazusa Ogiwara called loudly into the house.

Upon hearing this, Sayu moved subconsciously and hid half of her body behind Yusuke.

A moment later, the sound of footsteps came from the house.

Then, a female office worker with disheveled hair, thin-rimmed eyes, and gray business attire appeared at the entrance.

"Mom, I'll take Sayu back to—"

Before Yi Sa finished speaking, the middle-aged woman's eyes were directly attracted to Sayu with half of her head exposed, and she quickly walked up in slippers...

Immediately afterwards——

She raised one arm high, with a condescending aura, heavily, straightly... and waved it towards Sayu's cheek.

Snapped.

A dull sound sounded in the entrance hall.

The woman's hand stayed in mid-air and was tightly clamped by another slender hand.

"what are you doing?"

Kato Yusuke asked in a deep voice.

However, the other party seemed to not hear it. His eyes never left Sayu's face, who was trembling with his eyes closed in fear. Then he raised his other hand again and continued to swing at Sayu!

"Mother!" Ogiwara Kazusa on the side tried to stop him, but his body stayed in place.

The next second——

Snapped!

A crisp sound echoed through the entrance hall.

"Woo..."

Then there was another sound.

Snapped!

The thin-framed glasses on the bridge of her nose fell to the ground with a clatter, and the woman's body fell back.

"Mother——!" Ogiwara Kazusa exclaimed and hurriedly caught her from behind.

Two clear palm prints appeared on the woman's fair cheeks.

As if she was awakened by the pain, she turned her eyes to the other person in confusion.

He saw a handsome black-haired boy looking at him coldly, his face seemed to be covered with a dark cloud.

Faced with all this, everyone except Yusuke was shocked.

Until Ogiwara Kazusa broke the silence angrily and asked: "What are you doing! Kato-kun——!"

"What?"

After hearing his words, Kato Yusuke whispered, looked straight at the woman covering her cheek, and spoke slowly.

"How dare you attack someone who I can't even bear to say a harsh word to?"

A deep voice came from his mouth and echoed in the entrance hall.

"Who are you? What does my teaching my daughter have to do with you?" the woman shouted with her eyes wide open.

"Excuse me for our first meeting. Let me introduce myself. I am Sayu's boyfriend, Kato Yusuke."

"……Boy friend?"

When he said this, the other party immediately showed an expression of extreme astonishment, then moved his gaze to his side, and asked in a stern and inward tone: "What the hell is going on! Yisha!"

Facing the inquiry, Yi Sa first whispered something about mother, then took a deep breath and explained: "Kato-kun is the one who has always taken care of Sayu. I insisted on inviting him here..."

Then he turned his attention to Kato Yusuke and said with a stern face: "No matter what, you have gone too far, Kato-kun."

Yusuke said nothing to this, and just stared at them calmly, his expression unwavering.

A feeling of regret arose in Ogiwara Kazusa's heart, causing him to frown tightly.

At the same time, I finally realized how unpredictable this person's behavior is when it comes to matters related to Sayu.

Just when the atmosphere was a little deadlocked...

"that……"

Sayu slowly walked out from behind, placed his hands on his chest extremely uneasily, and then lowered his head deeply.

"I'm sorry, mom...it's all my fault..."

"Sayu..." Looking at Sayu standing in the middle, Yi Sa murmured, her eyes a little indescribable.

And because of this, the woman naturally looked at Sayu, and her eyes immediately stared in disgust.

"Where the hell have you been!!"

Gu You

She was filled with rage and shouted without caring about her image: "It's all your fault. There are some false rumors everywhere in our family. I don't know how hard it is for me——!!"

"I'm sorry..." The girl lowered her head deeper and her voice was slightly trembling, but it only fueled the other party's anger and made her even more indifferent.

"What's the use of apologizing! And you brought such a dishonest brat home! What on earth are you thinking!!"
To be continued...