The slight vibration sound seemed exceptionally piercing in the silent room.
Yukino Yukinoshita's eyes widened as she looked toward the front right. The field of vision was empty, without any trace, but she was certain she hadn't heard wrong.
It was definitely the sound of a phone vibrating.
Less than a second after she sent the message, the sound of a phone vibration rang out in the Service Club.
What did this represent?
Yukino Yukinoshita's face sank with a swish.
"Come out, Lin Ye."
This bastard.
Yukino Yukinoshita suppressed the anger in her heart. Her right hand holding the phone tightened, and a chill like winter constantly permeated the air.
This guy actually used invisibility to tease her deliberately.
The black long-haired girl gnashed her teeth in hatred.
Perspective.
Stealing.
And now Invisibility.
He had become an 'invisible man'.
Good, very good.
This guy was full of these strange and weird abilities.
He was absolutely qualified to be a hentai protagonist.
"Lin Ye, come out. If you come out now, I won't hold it against you."
Seeing that Lin Ye's figure still didn't appear in the Service Club, Yukino Yukinoshita promised.
She concentrated her attention, listening in all directions, but heard no sound.
"In that case."
Yukino Yukinoshita grasped her phone, opened the communication interface, and pressed the dial button to call Lin Ye.
Beep...
Beep beep...
The call waiting tone.
However,
Yukino Yukinoshita heard neither the call connection tone nor the phone vibration sound nearby.
She was stunned.
What was the situation?
Click...
The call connected very quickly.
"Yukinoshita, are you okay! I'm rushing to the Service Club right now. Protect yourself, I'll be there immediately."
What came from beside her ear was Lin Ye's anxious and worried voice.
Could it be that she guessed wrong?
No, this guy very likely jumped out the window to escape.
Yukino Yukinoshita immediately walked to the window and looked down, but she didn't see any figure.
The Service Club room door was closed. From the time she sent the message until now, it hadn't been opened again.
'He' either jumped out the window to escape or was still inside the Service Club.
The girl's heart trembled, and she became a little more nervous.
Upon realizing that 'he' might not be Lin Ye, Yukino Yukinoshita inevitably became nervous again, and the fear that had subsided began to emerge once more.
"Senpai, what is it! What happened to Yukinoshita-senpai? Wait for me!"
Isshiki Iroha's voice rang out from the other end of the phone.
Isshiki Iroha was with Lin Ye?
Asking Isshiki Iroha later would confirm Lin Ye's location.
If Lin Ye had been with Isshiki Iroha the whole time, then 'it' shouldn't be Lin Ye.
The girl, not yet at ease, remained vigilant.
Thump thump thump...
A burst of running footsteps rang out in the corridor.
Clatter...
The Service Club's classroom door opened immediately.
"Close the door."
"Okay..."
"Senpai, wait for me!"
Isshiki Iroha also quickly barged in.
At this moment, the girl was panting, sweat beading on her forehead. Due to the short sprint, her whole body emitted a wave of heat.
Lin Ye walked quickly to the girl's side, his sharp eyes holding a touch of worried concern.
"Are you alright!"
"No."
Yukino Yukinoshita's bright navy blue eyes reflected Lin Ye's posture, her gaze scrutinizing.
She still held a shred of suspicion toward Lin Ye.
The coincidental phone vibration sound, combined with the special abilities Lin Ye had displayed before—when these two were put together, Lin Ye was the number one suspect in her heart.
"What happened?"
Lin Ye looked left and right, as if confirming the situation in the Service Club and looking for the source of danger.
Yukino Yukinoshita pursed her lips and didn't speak.
Isshiki Iroha keenly perceived Yukino Yukinoshita's reaction of seemingly not wanting to speak. Her eyes flashed, and she thought of something. "Senpai, trouble you to go out for a moment first. I'll talk to Senpai. Some things can't be known by boys."
"This..."
Seeing Lin Ye standing in place without leaving, Isshiki Iroha pushed Lin Ye, sending him out.
With a clunk, the Service Club's classroom door closed again.
"Senpai, could it be that there's a pervert? Tell me who it is, we'll call the police and have him arrested."
She thought Yukinoshita-senpai had encountered a pervert and was too embarrassed to explain in front of Lin Ye.
Yukino Yukinoshita looked at this lively and cute junior.
Actually, her intention was that it wasn't appropriate for Isshiki Iroha to listen, but Isshiki Iroha sent Lin Ye out instead. This led her to ask another question.
"Have you been with Student Lin the whole time before this?"
"Eh, ah, yes!"
What's wrong with Senpai?
Why did she want to ask this question?
"Were you together the whole time before you followed him running over here? Ten minutes, twenty minutes, were you together the whole time?"
Yukino Yukinoshita changed to a more explicit way of asking.
"Th-that's not the case. I was in the courtyard over by the teaching building and just saw Senpai running over hurriedly from the school gate direction, rushing toward the club building. I stopped Senpai out of curiosity and asked him what happened, and then... Senpai, your call came."
Yukino Yukinoshita estimated the distance and calculated the time.
From the time she sent the text message to the phone contact, no more than fifteen seconds had passed. It was almost impossible for Lin Ye to leave the Service Club silently and then appear over at Isshiki Iroha's side.
She was afraid she had really guessed wrong.
The matter this time wasn't him.
Unless... this guy knew some other special ability, such as... Teleportation.
Only in this way could Lin Ye reach Isshiki Iroha's location from the Service Club in a short time.
"Senpai, what's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"Senpai, tell me! I will keep the secret. I can provide help."
Isshiki Iroha's curiosity and worry were mixed together.
"I'm fine. Let Lin Ye come in! I want to talk with him alone."
Talk alone?
Doesn't this mean letting me stay outside?
Isshiki Iroha's heart shattered instantly.
And to think she was so worried about Yukinoshita-senpai's safety!
"I, I understand."
Isshiki Iroha turned around with a whimper, slightly disappointed, and walked toward the classroom door dejectedly.
"Isshiki, thank you for caring about me."
The words of thanks coming from behind instantly made this cute junior's heart float with joy, and the permeating gloom dissipated by more than half.
"Mm."
She quickly arrived outside the club room. "Senpai, Yukinoshita-senpai is asking you to go in."
"Do you know what happened?"
Lin Ye asked in a whisper of concern, seeming to avoid being heard by Yukino.
"I don't know, she didn't tell me. Senpai, you ask, but you must pay attention to your wording. Don't provoke Senpai."
"I know."
After Lin Ye entered and closed the classroom door, Isshiki Iroha looked at the Service Club's door and immediately made a decision.
"I'm just leaning on the door to rest for a while, I'm exhausted."
The distance wasn't far, but sprinting the whole way, she was tired too!
"Yukinoshita, what happened?"
The first moment after closing the door, Lin Ye asked again.
The instant he heard Yukino shout his name earlier, he realized that the person sending him the message wasn't anyone else, but Yukino Yukinoshita.
He had been exposed.
Therefore, he used Time Stop immediately and left the club building at the fastest speed, rushing toward the teaching building.
He was confident Yukino Yukinoshita would call him to further confirm it was him.
Everything went as he predicted and arranged. Next, as long as he behaved normally, he could dispel the girl's final doubts.
"..."
Lin Ye looked at the girl who was just gazing at him and continued to speak, "You can trust me. I want to help you."
"Here, there is someone else."
Lin Ye looked confused. "Someone else? No, right!"
He looked around once and discovered nothing.
"An invisible person."
"..."
Lin Ye walked quickly to the girl's side. "Why do you think so? Did he attack you?"
He became nervous.
Yukino Yukinoshita briefly recounted the events, from the Service Club door opening suddenly, to the back of her hand being poked, and then to the phone vibration sounding suddenly.
Only, she didn't mention that the moment the phone vibrated was exactly when she sent the message to Lin Ye.
"Invisible person? Why does it sound so much like a Ghost!"
"..." This time it was Yukino Yukinoshita's turn to be stunned.
Ghost?
Yukino Yukinoshita recalled some information she had looked up on the internet.
Half true and half false, but since she had encountered such an abnormal thing herself, it wasn't impossible for Ghosts to really exist in this world.
"If it were a Ghost, it couldn't be just poking my hand."
If a Ghost sought her out, it definitely had a purpose. Generally speaking, shouldn't it be to kill her?
Otherwise, why find her? It couldn't be just to deliberately scare her!
"That's true too."
Lin Ye said in agreement, "But if it were a human, if I had this kind of magical ability to disappear and become transparent, I definitely wouldn't stop at just poking your hand, Yukino."
Yukino thought about it and agreed. Compared to a hand, other parts were obviously more attractive, even...
"You are indeed lecherous and bold."
The black long-haired girl looked up and said, revealing a trace of dissatisfaction in her words.
The humiliation and shame caused by having her body seen and her underwear taken were things she could never forget in her life.
"This... accident, accident, it really was an accident. Wait,"
Lin Ye suddenly thought of something and immediately stared at the girl. "Yukinoshita, you aren't suspecting me, are you!"
"..."
Yukino Yukinoshita was astonished, and even a bit at a loss, because she hadn't expected Lin Ye to speak out so bluntly.
Lin Ye showed a flash of anger, but quickly became disappointed and regretful. "True, the unpleasant events before give you reason to suspect me, not without cause."
His expression became increasingly uncomfortable. "But is it necessary for me to do that to you?"
Facing the girl's gaze, Lin Ye continued, "We are already in contact and communicating. I can openly request to hold hands with you, so why would I need to sneak around and poke your hand?"
It seemed... true... Lin Ye had no such necessity at all.
"If I say no, do you believe me?"
Standing in front of the girl, Lin Ye placed both hands on her shoulders, looking down into her eyes.
Yukino didn't answer for a long time. A touch of sorrow appeared on Lin Ye's face.
"Since you don't believe me, just treat it as me! That way you'll feel better psychologically. Do you want to call the police to arrest me, hit me to retaliate, or..."
"Really... not you?"
"You really suspect me."
One sentence made Yukino Yukinoshita's heart tremble, a kind of indescribable guilt spreading constantly.
"Sorry, I, I just..."
"Understood."
But the next sentence astonished Yukino.
"But I can't completely accept it."
Lin Ye gazed with a slightly sorrowful expression. "I believe what you said. This isn't your illusion. I will help you find him. Daring to scare you, I won't let him off. But... forget it, I'll return to the classroom first. He probably isn't here anymore."
After speaking,
Lin Ye turned around and stepped toward the classroom door.
But before he walked three steps, the black long-haired girl followed and blocked Lin Ye's path.
At this moment, the girl stared at Lin Ye's lonely expression, her heart feeling a stinging pain spreading bit by bit.
"Lin Ye, I just..."
Yukino Yukinoshita's cool voice revealed a touch of anxiety.
"No need to speak."
But the girl remained motionless, staring tightly, her eyes revealing a look of indebtedness for her suspicious behavior.
"It poked your hand, right!"
"Mm."
"I have a method, but you might not be too willing."
"What method?"
Lin Ye extended his hand. "You know what happens if you touch my hand."
Yukino Yukinoshita was stunned.
She knew. She had experienced it even more.
"Forget it, this method isn't appropriate either."
Lin Ye withdrew his hand, but this provoked the girl. She took two steps forward, pursed her lips, plucked up her courage, and grasped Lin Ye's hand.
The instant they touched,
Yukino Yukinoshita only felt a chill.
She knew what had happened.
In the flash of a spark, Yukino Yukinoshita snatched the item from Lin Ye's left hand.
"It's not you."
"Mm, believe me now?"
"I apologize to you for my suspicious behavior. I hope you can accept it."
"I accept."
Lin Ye answered solemnly.
His goal was achieved, but his mood was inexplicably complicated.
"I will treat you to a meal as an apology."
"A date?"
"No."
She denied it instantly. "But it can count as one of my methods of contact and communication."
"Okay, Yukinoshita is treating me to a meal, I have no reason to refuse."
The matter was settled.
Yukino Yukinoshita temporarily put down her suspicion of Lin Ye.
All the evidence and information so far indicated it had nothing to do with Lin Ye; she had suspected the wrong target.
The greatest possibility was that the phone vibration at that moment was just a coincidence, happening exactly at the moment she sent the help message.
But could there really be such a coincidence in this world? Thinking of Isshiki Iroha and Lin Ye's words, she felt it probably really was just a coincidence!
"If he dares to appear again."
If 'he' appeared again, she would definitely make 'him' reveal his true form.
In her heart,
Yukino Yukinoshita silently made a decision.
Thinking that there was a transparent, invisible existence beside her, watching her, staring at her, Yukino Yukinoshita's back felt cold, and her heart felt creepy.
She must avoid being alone in the future to give the villain a chance to attack.
It was fine during the day,
But at night... what to do?
The girl looked at Lin Ye's back and fell into deep thought.
Lin Ye walked to the classroom door at this time.
His conversation with Yukino was in a position near the window, far from the classroom door. Both of them controlled their voices because they both knew the possibility of Isshiki Iroha eavesdropping outside, so they tried their best to avoid being heard by the girl.
Now,
Lin Ye placed his hand on the classroom door and pulled it open with a clatter.
"Uh, wuu wuu..."
Isshiki Iroha immediately stumbled off balance. It was Lin Ye who supported the girl.
"Junior, how was the eavesdropping?"
"No, no no no, I didn't eavesdrop at all, I really didn't eavesdrop."
Isshiki Iroha shook her head vigorously and denied it. "Senpai, you have to believe me! I really didn't eavesdrop on the conversation between you and Senpai."
"I believe you... like hell."
The final twist immediately made the face of the overjoyed Isshiki Iroha droop.
"I really didn't. Senpai doesn't trust me. I, I'm really too sad. I'm clearly Senpai's most, most, most intimate Junior."
She tilted her head up fifteen degrees, her slender finger pointing at her own cheek. "Senpai, Senpai, cute, right!"
"Not as cute as Yukinoshita."
"Wuu, uncomfortable, sad. Not ignoring Senpai anymore. Senpai doesn't understand a girl's heart at all."
After speaking,
Isshiki Iroha turned and ran away, her figure quickly disappearing at the corridor corner.
"She likes you very much."
Yukino Yukinoshita, who had come to Lin Ye's side at some point, suddenly said such a sentence out of the blue.
"Jealous?"
"I am just stating my analysis."
"Then your analysis is wrong. Don't you feel Isshiki is somewhat similar to your sister?"
Very similar.
Yukino also had this feeling.
"If I really believed Isshiki's words and tried to establish a dating relationship with her, she would definitely refuse, without a trace of hesitation."
"You really understand her."
"This is the life experience of a man who has been rejected by women's confessions many times."
Yukino Yukinoshita was helpless.
She felt Lin Ye was deliberately talking about her, because she had rejected Lin Ye's confessions several times.
This man held grudges too.
The lunch break was nearing its end.
Lin Ye and Yukino Yukinoshita returned to the Class J classroom one after another.
The afternoon classes began.
Lin Ye looked at the blackboard, focusing on thinking about his invisibility ability.
The series of tests at noon still hadn't found the flaw of 'Invisibility'.
In Sobu High, the girls who were close but hadn't been tested yet were Isshiki Iroha and Yui Yuigahama.
"Find a time to test later."
In the second period of the afternoon,
Lin Ye claimed to the teacher that he was unwell and went to the restroom.
He visited the class where Yui Yuigahama was and the class where Isshiki Iroha was.
He poked them, creating short-term physical contact. The parts were no longer limited to hands, but cheeks and necks.
The test results for both girls were the same.
They couldn't see him.
"Try prolonged physical skin contact later."
After eating with Yukino tonight, he would go find Ren Nanase for help!
Finding Ryou would highly likely lead to encountering Kyou Fujibayashi.
To avoid trouble, Lin Ye decided to find Ren Nanase for help.
If that failed, he would find Haruno.
Haruno and he knew each other inside out.
Having an extra invisibility ability would also further increase his value in Haruno's heart and her wariness of him.
Ding-a-ling...
The school dismissal bell rang.
The students left one after another.
Lin Ye left the classroom a step ahead and walked toward the office.
He had sent a message to Tachibana-sensei in the afternoon—asking if dinner could be arranged for tomorrow night.
During the day, he had extended an invitation to the Tachibana sisters for a meal, saying 'these two days,' and at noon today, Yukino Yukinoshita proposed treating him to dinner tonight as an apology.
But because the teacher hadn't replied to his message, he needed to find the teacher specifically to inform her so it would be appropriate.
In case the teacher thought it was tonight, it would be awkward.
"Student Tachibana."
Lin Ye saw the blue-haired girl who had just come out of the classroom.
"What is the matter?" The girl looked at the arriving man.
"About the meal."
Several girls from Rui Tachibana's class showed astonished expressions after hearing this.
They didn't stop their steps, but whispering sounds of communication rang out.
"Isn't he the Xia Country international student from the International Class?"
"Treating her to a meal, he wants to pursue Student Tachibana, right!"
"Good taste. Student Tachibana is actually quite cute, but a pity, Student Tachibana is a bit cold."
"But definitely much better than Yukinoshita."
...
...
Rui Tachibana heard most of it, but unlike the shy and embarrassed reaction of average girls, her expression was calm, a poker face, seeming completely indifferent to the discussion of other classmates.
"Want to cancel?"
"No, I sent a message to Sensei setting the time for tomorrow, but Sensei didn't reply to my message, so I wanted to inform Sensei and confirm the time."
"I will tell Sister."
"Thanks."
After speaking, Lin Ye prepared to leave, but Rui Tachibana spoke again, "Can I ask you a question?"
"My answer is still the same."
"Not asking about you and Sister."
Rui Tachibana explained.
"Then ask! I'll try to answer." Lin Ye didn't make a guarantee.
"Have you ever been in love?"
Lin Ye: ???
Full of mockery!
He subconsciously felt Rui Tachibana was deliberately mocking him.
But looking at the girl's serious poker face, he thought Rui Tachibana probably wasn't mocking him.
"Why ask this suddenly?"
"Please answer me first."
"Strictly speaking, no."
Being in love required confirming a romantic relationship.
But up to now, he hadn't confirmed a relationship with any girl.
Yukino was a contact and communication relationship; according to her, it was a quasi-fiancé relationship without a marriage contract.
Ai Hoshino and Ren Nanase—he held hands with both girls, and the relationships were ambiguous, but no formal lover relationship was confirmed either.
Ryou Fujibayashi was even less worth mentioning.
As for Haruno, that was securely a collaborator relationship.
"Student Tachibana, do you want to mock me for never having been in love?"
Lin Ye said with a light smile.
"No, it's that I want to fall in love."
"Oh! Good luck."
This girl was ditzy and cute; why did she suddenly want to fall in love?
Who provoked her?
"I hope you help me."
Lin Ye opened his eyes, suspecting for a moment that he heard wrong.
Why did it have a feeling of a weakened version of the original work?
Did he accidentally become the male protagonist?
"Student Tachibana..."
Lin Ye raised his hand and pointed. "You don't mean you want to date me, do you!"
The next second,
Lin Ye saw Rui Tachibana nod.
It really was so!
This girl had the feeling of the original work.
"Not appropriate."
"Won't know if it's appropriate until we try."
"Why find me?"
"You are the only male I know."
She answered.
Of so many boys in Sobu High, she actually knew Lin Ye a bit more.
"What happened?"
"Nothing."
"Since nothing happened, I won't agree to your request either."
Lin Ye shrugged and said.
"I'm leaving first. I'll trouble you with Tachibana-sensei's side."
But just as Lin Ye turned around, Rui Tachibana's calm voice came again, "I don't want to be a child. I want to become an adult."
Lin Ye: ???
You want to climb the steps to adulthood?
"Sister said I 'haven't even been in love, still a child.' I... don't want to be treated as a child anymore."
So that was the meaning!
Lin Ye figured it out.
This plot was very similar to the original work!
"Student Tachibana, personal suggestion: don't fall in love for the sake of falling in love. Finding someone you mutually like to date is the best choice. Otherwise, you will regret it."
"Won't regret."
Lin Ye ignored the girl.
This girl wasn't looking for someone to date at all; she just wanted to achieve her own goal and become the 'adult' in Tachibana-sensei's mouth.
Should he tell Tachibana-sensei?
Lin Ye thought about it and decided to talk to Hina Tachibana about Rui Tachibana's problem when he was alone with the teacher later.
After all, Hina Tachibana-sensei took such good care of him.
He didn't want to watch helplessly as Rui Tachibana went down a crooked path.
Service Club.
After Lin Ye knocked and entered, he saw an uninvited guest.
Not the unofficial member Isshiki Iroha, but... Miura Yumiko.
Why did this blond woman come here?
"Student Lin, let me introduce you. This is my classmate, Miura Yumiko."
Miura Yumiko looked at Lin Ye with an arrogant aura, nodded slightly, and actively spoke to greet him. "Hello, I am Miura Yumiko, Yui's classmate."
"Hello."
Lin Ye replied. "Student Miura is here for..."
A new commission for the Service Club?
"A commission."
Miura Yumiko said slowly, "I heard from Yui that one can submit a commission here at the Service Club, and the Service Club can help complete it."
"Please note,"
The ever-quiet Yukino Yukinoshita spoke. "First, we can refuse your commission. Second, the Service Club will do its best, but cannot guarantee that your commission will definitely be completed."
"..."
Miura Yumiko was slightly unwilling.
Coming here to submit a commission to the Service Club, she had struggled and hesitated for a long time.
Because she had always found Yukino Yukinoshita an eyesore. Although there was no conflict between the two, she just found Yukino an eyesore. Moreover, she found out that Hayato and Yukino were elementary school classmates and there was a connection between their families, which made her feel even more uncomfortable.
However, considering that matter,
Miura Yumiko finally chose to come to the Service Club, preparing to submit the commission.
Even if she would be refused by Yukino, even if she would be mocked by Yukino, she was mentally prepared to come here.
She gazed at Yukino Yukinoshita, her eyes reflecting this ice-cold beautiful girl of Sobu High.
"I understand."
"Then, please speak! Student Miura, what is your commission?"
Straight to the subject.
Miura Yumiko opened her mouth slowly. "I want to know what Hayato is worrying about recently."
"Eh, eh, eh, Hayama-kun?"
Yui Yuigahama was surprised. "What's wrong with Hayama-kun?"
She felt Hayama-kun seemed quite normal recently!
"Hayato's state recently isn't very good. He zones out multiple times when we chat. Yui hasn't been with us recently, so naturally, you didn't notice."
Yui Yuigahama was immediately embarrassed upon hearing this.
She had been running to the Service Club recently, so the time spent with Miura Yumiko and the others had dropped linearly, and the time interacting with Hayama Hayato was even less.
"Have you not asked him?"
"I asked, but Hayato didn't tell me, saying he was fine and I was overthinking it. But I don't believe it. During soccer practice, he made multiple errors. Even the soccer club members noticed his mindset problem."
This looked like there really was a problem.
Yukino Yukinoshita hadn't learned about Hayama Hayato's situation, but from the class girls' conversations about Hayama occasionally, she also obtained some news about Hayama Hayato.
She knew Hayama Hayato was the ace of the soccer club, trained seriously, and would lead Sobu High's soccer club a step further.
An ace frequently making mistakes during training obviously meant he had encountered some matter.
"Anything else!"
Miura Yumiko recalled and recounted the abnormal reactions of Hayama Hayato she had noticed one by one.
Lin Ye listened in his ears, expecting in his heart.
Could it be... Hayama Hayato encountered a Strange event?
'Performance' delivered to the door; this couldn't be let go.
"That's roughly all."
"You care about him very much."
Yukino Yukinoshita made a concluding statement.
Miura Yumiko suppressed the urge to retort.
Having a request for someone, she couldn't continue to be arrogant; she had to lower her stance.
"I heard Student Yukinoshita and Hayato were once..."
"I am not familiar with him."
Yukino Yukinoshita said in one breath.
After speaking, she even glanced at Lin Ye, seeming to care about Lin Ye's reaction.
"Student Miura, I know your commission, but our Service Club has limited ability. Please seek someone else."
She refused.
This stunned Miura Yumiko repeatedly.
The blond girl at least thought Yukino would accept, even if just pretending to try.
But now she directly said she couldn't do it.
What was the meaning of her saying so much just now?
Could it be that her last sentence caused Yukino's aversion?
Yui Yuigahama was also surprised.
She also thought Yukino would at least accept it.
"..."
Miura Yumiko gritted her teeth in anger.
"How about I try!"
Lin Ye suddenly spoke, attracting the attention of the three girls present.
"I am a boy. Approaching and inquiring about Student Hayama should be a bit more convenient. However, I can't guarantee whether I can find out the real reason."
Lin Ye looked at Miura Yumiko.
The blond girl's eyes reflected Lin Ye's figure. "Thank you."
At least someone was willing to help her.
Yukino Yukinoshita was very confused about the reason Lin Ye agreed, because in her view, Lin Ye should be the kind of person who disliked trouble.
"Since club member Lin Ye has accepted your commission, we, the Service Club, also accept your commission. The holidays start the day after tomorrow. Whether your commission can be completed or not will require considerable time."
"I can wait."
Miura Yumiko expressed her thanks to the three, then bid farewell and left.
"I'll go see Yumiko off."
Yui Yuigahama followed.
The Service Club was left with only Lin Ye and Yukino Yukinoshita.
"Why agree to her?"
The black long-haired girl gazed with her navy blue eyes.
"As a Service Club member, does finding pleasure in helping others need a reason?"
"..."
She didn't believe it one bit.
"You wouldn't be thinking that blond woman is pretty, so you couldn't resist showing your macho side, right!"
Lin Ye couldn't help laughing.
"What's so funny."
"The you from before definitely wouldn't have proposed this kind of conjecture. Even if you thought of it, you wouldn't say it."
Yukino Yukinoshita, realizing Lin Ye's meaning, showed a flash of shyness.
She knew what Lin Ye said was true. She actually also knew the reason for her change.
Because her positioning of her relationship with Lin Ye was already different.
"So, is it?"
"No. How could Miura be as pretty as Yukino."
Because Yui Yuigahama wasn't there, Lin Ye used a more intimate address for Yukino.
"The real reason!"
"Want to contact Hayama Hayato."
"Contact him?"
Yukino Yukinoshita thought about it and a conjecture emerged.
Could it be that because of her sentence 'Not familiar with Hayama', Lin Ye wanted to contact Hayama to understand the relationship between her and Hayama?
This guy, completely unnecessary to do this.
During dinner tonight, she would actively tell Lin Ye!
Seeing Yui Yuigahama returning, Yukino Yukinoshita swallowed the words she prepared to explain.
"Yukinon, Student Lin, thank you, thank you so much."
The first thing Yui Yuigahama did upon coming in was to express gratitude.
Miura Yumiko was her good friend.
She also didn't want to see Yumiko continue to be troubled.
"We can't guarantee finding the reason for Hayama's worry."
"Being willing to help is already very good."
Yui Yuigahama understood that if Yukino agreed, she would definitely help with all her might and absolutely wouldn't muddle through.
So, in her view, as long as there was a sliver of possibility, it was entirely possible for Yukino to achieve it.
She held extremely high confidence in Yukino Yukinoshita.
"Don't hold too great a hope. Hayama isn't a person who opens up so easily."
Yukino would exert effort, but the main force had to be Lin Ye.
"I know. I also told Yumiko to be mentally prepared for no result."
Next,
Yui Yuigahama explained the basic intelligence regarding Hayama Hayato.
Lin Ye's understanding of this blond handsome guy was truly too little.
"Hayama is very popular in our Sobu High. Many girls like him."
"Quite a few girls confessed to him, but no one was accepted."
"We asked who he likes, but he hasn't answered either."
Lin Ye thought silently in his heart: the one Hayama Hayato likes is a person destined to be only a one-sided love.
Club activities ended.
"Goodbye, Yukinon, Lin-kun. Be careful on the way back."
Yui Yuigahama waved goodbye and left.
Lin Ye and Yukino Yukinoshita walked shoulder to shoulder toward the train station.
Tonight's dinner was Chinese cuisine. A Cantonese restaurant was decided upon, and this was even actively proposed by the girl.
The restaurant wasn't located in the liveliest commercial district of Chiba,
But at this hour, people were still queuing.
The combination of Lin Ye and Yukino, two high school students wearing high school uniforms, appeared relatively conspicuous here.
Many customers thought Lin Ye and Yukino were dating. Even if not dating, they were at the stage of an ambiguous period.
"Youth!"
Occasionally, middle-aged people exclaimed.
The two sat silently on one side waiting.
The staff called numbers, and the customers in the front entered in an orderly manner.
About ten minutes later,
Bzz bzz...
Lin Ye received a message. He clicked it open and was stunned by the content.
A few seconds later,
Ai Hoshino's call came.
Lin Ye answered immediately.
"Lin-kun, my mandatory mission is here."
On the other end of the phone was Ai Hoshino's slightly tearful, worried voice.
Ai Hoshino's monthly mandatory mission had appeared.
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