"Thank you for the compliment. I hope you like it, Miss Shinjo. In fact, Iwanami-san... I mean, Yusuke also likes to drink miso soup."

A faint blush appeared on Sayu's fair cheeks, and she felt a little embarrassed for what she said carelessly.

Shinjoka stared at her face and drank the miso soup quietly. Finally, she poured the rice into it and ate it all like rice with soup. The hunger in her belly was replaced by a feeling of fullness.

"I'm full, thank you for the treat."

"No, simple meals are disrespectful."

Sayu put away the tableware and stood up.

"...Then I'll wash the dishes first. I've changed the water in the basin here. If you need to wipe your sweat, Miss Shinjo, use this, but remember to wet the towel and wring it out before wiping."

Shinjoka first looked at the towels and basin next to her, and then asked Sayu who was starting to wash the dishes:

"You mean Miss S, are you trying to bribe me now~?"

"...Huh? No, I don't have that kind of idea. These things are all done voluntarily by me. Miss Shinjo doesn't need to care. I will remember your kindness well."

"But, Miss S, doesn't it matter if you came here to take care of me? Your bodyguard seemed to have been beaten badly by the president that day~ Doesn't it matter anymore?"

Sayu stopped moving his hands and turned his head with a wry smile.

"Thank you, Miss Shinjo, for your concern... Mr. Lin is fine now, and Yusuke was merciful at the time."

Shinjou raised the corner of his mouth sarcastically and said sarcastically: "President, he is not an ordinary person. It's all your bodyguard's fault that he didn't have the nerve to provoke him. It's his own fault for getting hurt."

Sayu silently turned around and whispered: "Well...it's all my fault, I caused trouble for everyone."

The room fell into silence.

One of them washed the dishes and the other wiped the sweat with a towel.

Perhaps it was the effect of the medicine that had taken effect. Although the fatigue on his body still did not subside, as his body temperature dropped, Shintiao Xiang felt that his thoughts were much clearer than before going to bed.

At this time, Sayu suddenly spoke.

"...Miss Shinjo, can I ask you something?"

"What's up?"

"Miss Shinjo, what is your relationship with Yusuke?"

Shintiao raised his eyebrows slightly and asked instead of answering: "About this, Miss S, what do you think~?"

"...I think you should be more than just ordinary classmates or friends, but it's not that kind of relationship, right?"

"bingo~"

Shinjoka playfully snapped her fingers and said deliberately: "If I told you that the president and I have done it countless times, would you be jealous?"

Sayu was silent for a moment: "...No, I don't have that qualification."

"Hehe~ That's true. After all, Miss S, to everyone, you are just a country woman who ran away from nowhere. Everyone absolutely hates you."

"Everyone……?"

"Well~these are the girls who were with the president that you saw the day before yesterday. Do you want to know their relationship with the president~?"

"..."

Sayu put the washed dishes into the drain basket, turned around and asked, "If I want to know, Miss Shinjo, will you tell me?"

Her expression was very calm, as if she had some suspicions in her heart.

Shinjoka lazily leaned against the bedside, "I can tell you, but what do you want in exchange?"

"What does Miss Shinjo want?"

"You actually let me say it~?"

Shinjoka pretended to think for a moment and then said straight to the point: "Then I want to know what happened between you and the president, and why you called the president Iwanami-san."

Sha Qi was stunned for a moment, then showed a hesitant expression and remained silent for a while.

"this……"

"Forget it, if you feel embarrassed, just give me a cup of hot milk with a little more sugar in it."

"Eh--?"

"Can't you hear me?"

"No...I heard it, it's just...Miss Shinjou, do you think this is okay?" Sayu asked doubtfully.

As a condition of exchange, this request is too childish.

Shinjoka lowered her eyes slightly and said calmly: "...It happens that I am in a good mood now, so I will treat it as a reward for the cooking you just made, so I can."

So Sayu didn't say anything more, quickly heated a glass of milk in the microwave, added sugar, and then sat down on the chair next to the bed.

"...The milk is still a little hot. Miss Shinjo, do you want to drink it now?"

"Put it there first, I'll drink it later."

"good."

Shinjoka looked at Sayu who was sitting seriously on the chair, and felt very funny for no reason.

She thought about it for a moment, then started telling about that person and weaving the inextricable threads of last September.

What happened after being taken back to Tokyo by Shiyu.

That time of self-destruction.

Various behaviors that hurt others and yourself.

In fact, we don’t face it alone.

A gentle and generous teacher.

The mysterious royal sister.

A determined senior sister.

A girl who silently supports.

The duplicitous sister.

And the person who was supported and saved by everyone and successfully walked out of the shadows.

After everything was said, Shintiao Xiang concluded.

"——In short, these are things that I know from my own perspective. Only the president and them themselves know how some things actually work. I can only tell you what I know."

Unknowingly, Sayu's eyes were wet. Tears filled her beautiful amber eyes, which turned red, and she resisted the tears.

Seeing this, Shintiao Xiang said rather speechlessly:

"I can't stand it. You really love to cry. The last time was the day before yesterday and it's the same now. You made it seem like someone was bullying you."

Sayu quickly wiped his eyes with his sleeve, sniffed and said: "...I'm sorry, I just hate myself so much, I feel so disgusting."

"Yes~ It turns out you are self-aware."

"Miss Shinjou, do you... hate me too?"

"Yeah~ I hate you, very much."

As if he was frightened by her blunt words, Sayu choked, "...Miss Shinjo, you are really straightforward."

"Yes~"

Shinjoka didn't care about this, she looked as if she were looking somewhere in the distance, and said softly:

"Anyway, except for the president, I don't care what other people think of me."

She paused here and then continued:

"So? Miss S, now that you know everything, what are you going to do next? Stay? Or leave? By the way, I personally recommend you choose the second option~"

"--I do not go."

"Hey...?"

Sayu let out a breath of "huh-", looked directly into her eyes, and bent down to bow.

"Thank you, Miss Shinjo, for telling me this. As I said the other day, I must wait for an answer, until he is willing to admit me and look at me. Before that, I will never give up."

"But in your current situation, Miss S, you are basically being ostracized by everyone including the president... But forget it, these things have nothing to do with me anyway, so just do whatever you want."

Sayu straightened up and suddenly asked seriously: "What about you, Miss Shinjo?"

"...Huh?" Shinjoka blinked and tilted his head, "What am I?"

"Miss Shinjou, among the things you just said, you don't seem to have mentioned anything about yourself. Between you and Yusuke...how do you view him?"

She asked so many questions, this girl is so annoying.

Shinjoka tucked the right side of her hair behind her ear, pursed her lips and smiled, "Miss S, can you come closer?"

"Huh? Is it like this...?"

"Hmm~"
To be continued...