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"Hey, I thought you would agree to it."
"Is that an invitation?"
"What else could I do? Why would I joke with you for no reason? Since you refuse, then good night." Yukino waved her hands proudly, feeling very comfortable having teased him.
If Natsume Rin had really agreed at that time, the second young lady would definitely have given a different excuse.
After all, if she invited a boy home at this time, something strange might happen, which was a very dangerous thing in her eyes as she was extremely vigilant.
"Damn, I feel cheated." Natsume Rin shook her head without much disappointment.
Being sent by Shiina Mahiru to escort Yukino has already been a great favor to me. If I stay any longer, Shiina-san who is waiting for me at home will definitely get angry.
"Who knows? The answer is never certain."
"so?"
"Try a few more times, maybe there will be a different ending."
Yukino looked at him so tenderly as she got on the elevator.
Chapter 257: Do you still want to persevere?
"Are you back? Wash your hands and get ready for dinner."
When he opened the door and listened to Shiina Mahiru's gentle voice, Natsume Rin felt a little guilty. He felt like a husband who had cheated on his wife and had to face the condemnation of his conscience when he returned home.
Even though it was Shiina who asked him to go and she knew all the circumstances, it did not affect his guilty conscience.
"I tried to recreate the lunch dishes. How about giving it a try?"
After finishing all the preparations that a company animal needs to do after returning home, Natsume Rin sat at the dining table and looked at the sumptuous food in front of her, praising it sincerely: "As expected of Shiina-san, it tastes delicious even just by smelling it."
"It's the truth~"
"Of course."
Shiina Mahiru, who was dressed like a housewife, did not take off her apron. After drinking a sip of the soup with him, she was very satisfied with the taste and turned around to prepare other dishes.
Looking at the girls working in the kitchen, Natsume Rin felt a strong sense of happiness in her heart.
"What are you looking at?" Mahiru sat down with the soup.
"Guess." Natsume Rin lowered his voice, "I was looking at my wife."
"It's too early to talk about that." Shiina Mahiru looked at him teasingly.
After they had almost finished eating, they cleaned up the things on the table together and then sat on the floor of the bedroom to watch TV.
"Why do you like watching this kind of soap opera?" Natsume Rin grabbed her hair and played with it.
"Because that's the kind of girl I am." She lay on Natsume Rin's lap, holding the remote control in her hand: "After graduation, I want to stay at home and do housework, and lie on the sofa and watch TV when I have time. If Tokyo University has a homemaking department, I will definitely apply for it."
“Don’t look down on the University of Tokyo!” After all, it is a top institution of learning, and after you graduate you will at least start out as a white-collar worker.
"Don't look down on doing housework!" Shiina Mahiru pinched his thigh, making the boy realize that the future school would be nothing compared to Shiina.
"Mahiru is right." Natsume Rin stroked her hair in defeat, "But shouldn't this kind of thing be left to someone else at the time?"
"No, I have to do it myself."
Looking down at Shiina Mahiru lying on her legs, Natsume Rin couldn't figure out whether she was born a young lady or not.
"I thought you would take over your uncle's business after graduation."
"That kind of thing is so troublesome, you are not allowed to get involved." She pinched her boyfriend's thigh and firmly asked Natsume Rin not to get involved in troublesome things.
"I'm not interested in the first place, stop pinching me."
"Then why are you asking me this?"
"You are the eldest daughter after all, so I am a little confused by your obsession with housework and neglect of things at home."
Shiina Mahiru slapped his thigh, very dissatisfied with what the eldest lady said.
"Not Missy!"
"Then what should I call you? You are not the Second Miss."
"It's just Mahiru, idiot."
"Mahiru is Mahiru, can you please stop calling me stupid? What if I really become stupid?"
"That proves that I was right." She laughed happily.
"It seems that you are the one who is right." The boy sighed and ruffled her hair.
Tonight, Shiina Mahiru refused to stay overnight. After watching TV, she just left, leaving Natsume Rin alone in the empty room.
Lying on the empty big bed, he looked at the ceiling and recalled what Shiina Mahiru did at the station and what Yukino said.
[Try a few more times, maybe you can get a different ending.]
Should I let him continue to persevere?
Will Yukinoshita Yukino really change her mind?
She is such a principled girl, but when Natsume Rin was about to give up, she actually showed a relenting attitude.
Yukinoshita, what on earth are you thinking?
His mind was filled with Yukino's image, the white shirt, the black pleated skirt, the proud smile, and the lonely back when she turned around.
I want to see Yukino showing a helpless expression in front of him, I want to see Yukino happy, I want to see Yukino shy when she puts on a wedding dress...
Now, because of Yukino's words, he has fallen into an irredeemable abyss and is waiting for her to save him.
Yukino, what are you thinking?
……
In a high-end apartment not far away, Yukino, who had no one at home to cook, just made some dinner. After eating, she sat at the desk in her pajamas.
The girl's eyes were wandering as she subconsciously wrote something with the pen in her hand. When she came to her senses, she looked at the scratches on the white paper and smiled bitterly.
Natsume-san, did you understand what I said?
In fact, no matter how cold and pure a flower on the mountain is, its heart is still longing for a warm embrace. But in your current situation, how can I hug you without any scruples?
Sometimes I have some unrealistic fantasies that you can really abandon everything and fly away with me. Now it seems that the other party has given up more than me.
So what should I do?
Sacrifice yourself for love?
Or are you just watching from the sidelines alone?
If you hadn't given me a beautiful illusion, I could have pretended nothing had happened, but why would you have to have a fake wedding?
When he was little, he considered himself a big brother and paid special attention to his sister's social life. He got angry when he found out that he was being bullied...
During the time we spent together at school, he was so cautious that he was obviously trying to make me angry, but he ended up being worried first...
After confirming the relationship, he clearly wanted to keep his distance from her, but before he knew it, he got entangled with her again. He looked embarrassed when he found something was wrong...
The sadness after being rejected, the confidence that was regained, the persistence when looking at my own back late at night, and the persistence of giving up the carefree...
Natsume-san, don’t you always like to call yourself the smartest high school student?
Hurry up and use your invincible intelligence to come up with a solution.
No matter what, don't let your youth end like this.
Her pen was still moving on the paper. Yukino supported her cheek with one hand, her eyes fixed on the mobile phone beside the bed. As long as she picked it up, she could send a message to the boy she missed.
The proud girl tried to reach out her hand, but each time she pulled it back firmly halfway.
Her heart instigated it, her pride resisted it, and the cycle continued over and over again. In the end, the phone was locked in the drawer, and Yukino lay on the table looking at the night scene outside the window.
The little man she made with her fingers marched back and forth in front of her, trying to hypnotize herself to sleep.
Natsume Rin, who also couldn't sleep, walked to the balcony and looked at the scenery outside alone.
Both of them were missing each other and trying to figure out what they were feeling, not knowing what to do to achieve the final outcome.
Yukinoshita-san, should I continue to persevere?
Chapter 258 Teacher, please listen to my explanation
November has arrived.
The cold wave from the other side of the ocean hit the island country, and the impact was that pedestrians on the street wore thicker clothes. On the way to school, Natsume Rin saw many JK girls changed their deliberately shortened uniforms and wore warmer clothes obediently.
"There's good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?" Ayaka Totsuka, who was sitting next to him, was flipping through a travel magazine.
"Bad news." Natsume Rin yawned, lying on the table and looking listlessly at the empty seat in front of him.
This guy Totsuka has actually learned how to keep people in suspense.
"I knew you would choose this." Totsuka Ayaka closed the magazine. "This year's school trip will still be in China."
"What kind of bad news is this? Do you still want to go abroad?" Natsume Rin perked up, wanting to see if he had any inside information.
"But the international class is said to be going to Europe."
"Leave this problem to me. You are responsible for lobbying your classmates to pay the class fees, and I will take care of the teacher's side." Natsume Rin yawned.
“…Never mind. Hokkaido is pretty good, too.”
When Totsuka Ayaka thought about the rumored difference in class fees, she no longer insisted on this idea and also told him the good news that came later.
"Hokkaido?" Natsume Rin perked up.
"Yeah, it should be snowing season there, it looks like it will be fun."
Natsume Rin knocked on the table. The girl sitting in front of him walked in, and he quickly retracted his arrogant foot.
But the school trip was set in Hokkaido. Does Mr. Hiratsuka want to play in the snow again?
'But for those who have a shadow of skiing, this trip may not be so pleasant.'
"What are you daydreaming about?" Shiina Mahiru looked at him.
After sharing the news, Totsuka Ayaka slipped back to her seat, leaving the others to discuss the trip.