Kato Yusuke felt a complex emotion well up in his heart, so he remained silent and allowed the blank time to pass by.

Sayu smiled softly, her eyes sparkling with joy and tenderness, and she just stared at him quietly.

The afterglow of the setting sun fell down, and the gentle breeze caressed their cheeks. Wild cats passed by them leisurely, and the shrill cries of crows could be heard in the distance.

Kato Yusuke put away the expression on his face little by little and whispered to the Mangkhut brothers beside him.

"Sorry, Yamaguchi, Takei, I have to deal with something next, can you go back first?"

The two looked at each other, didn't ask anything, patted his back gently to express understanding, and then left together.

Kato Yusuke steps forward...

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Tick ​​tock, tick tock~

The sound of water dripping sounded quietly in the bathroom, and Shinjoka, lying in the bathtub, gently opened her eyes.

There was no light on in the bathroom, but a few scented candles were lit.

She would either look at the flickering candlelight in a daze, or rest her head on the edge of the bathtub, while also thinking about something.

For example, school, class placement, newly enrolled interest classes, and that lingering person.

She was thinking about Kato Yusuke, and the message she sent a few days ago that was never heard of—

"President, I have something to report to you. Can I go find you?"

The other party didn't block her, didn't read it and couldn't reply, there was absolutely no reaction at all.

She would check her phone every day, but the status of that message never changed. If Xiao Xi had not contacted that person using LINE, she would even wonder if the other person had abandoned that account.

Fortunately, such a thing did not happen, but——

"In the end... I was the only one who was abandoned..."

She laughed at herself a few times, her voice echoing in the dim environment, looking particularly sad.

Involuntarily, she suddenly thought of the two girls who had visited her house before and what one of them had said——

"I think Shinjou-san must have seen Yusuke's previous period. It took a lot of effort for him to recover to his current state. I don't want him to return to his previous state."

"Heh~"

Shinjoka couldn't help but laugh again and murmured to himself: "If you want to eat alone, eat alone. Why are you talking so high-sounding..."

As someone who had seen a rarely seen side of that person, she naturally knew that it was not recovery at all.

Most people who are not good at letting go are good at burying things. But once the opportunity comes, what should sprout will still sprout.

While thinking about this, I suddenly felt an itching sensation on my left arm.

In the dim candlelight, a tattoo of a small black cat appeared on the girl's arm.

This cat's figure is soft and agile, and its posture is quite provocative, like a black mist roaming on her skin.

Its eyes shimmered, revealing a hint of elusive cunning, which made people want to take a peek into its inner world.

There is a delicate silver chain tied around the cat's neck, and a silver moon pendant hangs on the chain, showing a style that is both cute and mysterious.

Shinjoka glanced at her left arm, her thoughts wandering wildly.

It was a tattoo she got on a whim.

After taking a dance class a while ago, when she passed by a tattoo shop, she immediately fell in love with this little black cat tattoo.

To be more precise, she liked the necklace around the cat's neck. It gave her a feeling of being cared for, which resonated with her.

She closed her eyes gently, touched her neck, and imagined that there was a collar there, but she accidentally broke it.

When I thought of this, a sigh escaped from my mouth.

Shinjoka opened her eyes again, picked up a handful of hot water, looked at herself floating in the palm of her hand, and murmured softly.

"President...will there ever be a day when you can forgive me...?"

No one responded, only the sound of dripping water continued to echo.

"Really annoying……"

She smiled bitterly and sighed, burying the part below her nose under the water, and slowly expelled the air from her lungs through her mouth, expelling the accumulated things in her chest.

But as soon as the word sad came to mind, real sadness followed.

Dance, yoga, boxing, she used these things to fill her time, trying not to let herself be idle as much as possible, and she did not plan to relax even if school started.

This kind of arrangement is very tiring, but it is the best. Because at least it will keep her busy and reduce the time to think about things.

She could be so tired that she would fall asleep after returning home. Occasionally, she would fantasize about the feeling of being held by that person in her dreams, and then she would be disappointed when she opened her eyes the next day, and continue to repeat the new day, and so on. Looking forward to one day

Be summoned.

And as time went by, she became more and more giving up...

Having said that, what happened recently is not all bad. Today's split-class seating arrangement allowed her to sit closer to that person, which felt good.

"You should be able to talk to some extent...?"

Shinjoka whispered uncertainly, stepped out of the bathtub, dried her hair and body with a towel, then put on home clothes and came to the living room.

"Xiao Xi, I've finished washing, now it's time for you - Huh?"

Halfway through her words, her attention was suddenly attracted by something extra in the center of the room. There were some various gifts piled there, and Serizawa Yui was squatting on the ground studying them.

"Ah, Xiaoxiang, you came just in time! Someone just sent such a large amount of things, saying that they are specialties brought to us by Miss Sayu. What should we do?"

"...Miss S sent it? Who sent it? Where is the other person?"

"Well, the person who delivered the things was the somewhat scary man in black suit last time. He put down the things and left. I was shocked at the time and couldn't refuse him." Serizawa Yui explained weakly.

Shinjoka frowned lightly, but without saying anything, she took out her mobile phone and started calling Sayu using LINE.

After waiting for about seven or eight seconds, the call was rejected by the other party and a message was delivered to the mobile phone.

[Ms. S: Sorry, wait a moment. (Place your palms together)]

Just as Shintiao Xiang was about to edit a message to ask about specialties, the doorbell rang "Ding Dong~".

Then, the voice of the person involved came from outside the door——

"Miss Shinjo, are you there?"
Chapter completed!