"Pat, pat!"
"Pat, pat!"
"Pat, pat!"
"Slow down, not so fast."
"Didn't Chairwoman tell me to work hard?"
Deep in the night.
Because his phone battery was only about 15% left, Hoshino Jun turned off his flashlight to ensure he could contact Asu Mei tomorrow.
He carried Yamada Ran to the second floor where there was a light source.
Because the hallway was eerily quiet, and he was carrying Yamada Ran, who was 166 cm tall and weighed over 100 jin (approx. 50 kg), Hoshino Jun's every step echoed with a "pat, pat" sound.
Perhaps it was the fever, making her too dizzy.
At this moment, Chairwoman Yamada's eyes were hazy, her red lips slightly parted, breathing in small sips, her hands tightly wrapped around Hoshino Jun's neck, to prevent her soft body from falling out of Hoshino Jun's arms.
'To be carried by Hoshino Jun while going upstairs.'
'It's really too embarrassing.'
'However, his strength is really great. These muscles aren't for show. If it were my husband, he wouldn't be able to carry me at all.'
Soon, they reached the second floor.
But the sound-activated light in the hallway was still flickering, Yamada Ran bit her lip, then suddenly tilted her head back and rolled her eyes.
A sweet, soft moan escaped her lips, uncontrollably.
"Mm~!"
"Don't work so hard anymore."
"That's enough!"
Hoshino Jun was also catching his breath, his hands moving up her thighs, finally stopping at Yamada Ran's ribs, feeling the soft skin through her thin shirt.
Then he gently set Yamada Ran down, kneeling in front of her.
Looking down, he inadvertently glimpsed a butterfly in black, white, and pink.
To be honest, carrying a woman weighing over 100 jin up a flight of stairs was quite tiring.
However, seeing the previously arrogant Chairwoman Yamada now looking pitiful with tears in her eyes, Hoshino Jun felt that it was all worth it.
Who told her to threaten Hoshino Jun just now?
And even dared to steal his lines.
"Chairwoman, you wouldn't want us to be discovered here, would you?"
"Please pull yourself together a bit more."
No.
Cannot be discovered.
Yamada Ran's delicate body stiffened, and she glared fiercely at Hoshino Jun.
She needed to finish the important business quickly and then go back into hiding.
---Time advanced to around 3 AM.
Hoshino Jun thought of a solution: he would jump out of the second-floor hallway window and then find a way to open the door for Yamada Ran from the outside.
Listening to Hoshino Jun's words, Yamada Ran stared intently at Hoshino Jun, frowning: "You're not trying to escape and leave me here alone to be discovered tomorrow, are you?"
Perhaps because of the long warm-up exercise, Yamada Ran's body temperature had already dropped, although her head was still a bit unclear due to fatigue.
But it was much better than when she had a fever earlier.
At this moment, she already felt some regret for impulsively doing these things with Hoshino Jun.
And she was the one who forced him.
'If Hoshino Jun had discovered the second-floor window earlier, perhaps this situation wouldn't have occurred.'
'But now, what should have happened, and what shouldn't have happened, has all happened.'
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
The night wind roared outside.
Hoshino Jun stood at the window, feeling the breeze:
"Chairwoman, if you're unwilling to give me this little bit of trust, then it's not impossible for me to stay and accompany you."
Saying this, Hoshino Jun actually stopped moving, and didn't touch the window again.
Yamada Ran pursed her red lips, then began to peel off her shirt, which was already soaked with her sweat.
Her fair skin, glowing with a rosy hue, reflected the light.
Hoshino Jun's gaze shifted to outside the window, and he swallowed.
No more.
It was already very late.
It was time to leave.
If he delayed any longer, who knew if Chairwoman Yamada would get a fever again, or what if she did?
Just as Hoshino Jun was thinking about how to refuse Yamada Ran, she suddenly threw her shirt at Hoshino Jun.
"Put on your clothes. Otherwise, it would be quite troublesome if the surveillance camera at the entrance caught you shirtless."
"Find a rock and smash the camera, that will also make it easier for me to get out."
Hoshino Jun had overthought it.
A clear-headed Yamada Ran was still very rational; she had no intention of dragging Hoshino Jun down with her to await discovery. One option was to hide indefinitely in the hallway, praying not to be found.
The other was to trust that Hoshino Jun would return.
No, not trust.
Rather, Hoshino Jun *would* definitely return. Yamada Ran was confident that Hoshino Jun wouldn't dare not to.
If she were discovered, she might not survive, but similarly, Hoshino Jun would also have a very difficult time.
Hoshino Jun nodded: "Okay."
After their in-depth discussion, he and Chairwoman Yamada were in the same boat, so Hoshino Jun naturally wouldn't abandon her.
Besides, he still had several tens of millions of yen deposited with Chairwoman.
According to the original plan, after Hoshino Jun jumped out of the second-floor window, he would go to the roadside to find a rock, throw it hard to smash the surveillance camera, and then open the lock on the first-floor main door.
The door was only latched, not completely locked with an additional lock.
When he saw Yamada Ran again, her voluptuous body was already re-dressed in her clothes.
Although her expression was calm, judging by the frequency of her calves trembling, Yamada Ran's mood today was probably complex.
"Chairwoman, the camera is down. Please go ahead."
"Mm~!"
The two did not choose to leave the school but instead took the elevator back to the top floor, heading to Yamada Ran's office.
Because Yamada Ran's attitude suddenly turned cold, Hoshino Jun was sensible enough to keep silent.
The atmosphere along the way suddenly became heavy and quiet.
Through the reflection of the elevator's metal panel, Yamada Ran watched Hoshino Jun's face, her legs unconsciously rubbing together.
It wasn't a flutter of the heart.
She was afraid of leaking.
Everyone is terrifyingly calm after the fact.
Including Yamada Ran.
Now, with the crisis averted, Yamada Ran's mind wasn't replaying the pleasure she had just experienced, but rather thinking about how to keep this secret forever.
If this secret were accidentally exposed by Hoshino Jun, the blow to Yamada Ran would be extremely severe.
'I'm sorry, Hoshino Jun.'
'Although I forced you.'
'But, who told you to meet me at this time?'
'Honestly, your luck is terrible; you met me at the most muddled time of my life. I must put an end to this muddle.'
Whose lips are the tightest?
The answer is, dead people.
'The aunt you mentioned, I will give her a large sum of money, enough for her to live richly for her next life. You can rest in peace.'
Just as Yamada Ran was thinking about how to send Hoshino Jun away, the young man's large hand suddenly wrapped around Yamada Ran's slender waist.
At the same time, he leaned closer to her.
Yamada Ran's body trembled violently, and she frowned, intending to scold Hoshino Jun.
However.
At this moment, Hoshino Jun suddenly unlocked his phone and, with a silly grin, opened LINE:
"Chairwoman, there's a signal!"
"Why did Kaoru send me so many messages again? I actually don't want to reply to her at all. I don't think we're suitable."
"I'm a bit unworthy of her, but she just likes me."
"What's more, now that Chairwoman and I have developed this kind of relationship, it's even more impossible for me to be with Kaoru."
"Chairwoman, what do you think? If Kaoru found out about our relationship, would she do something crazy? It's so annoying."
What do you think, if Kaoru found out I died, would she do something crazy?
In Yamada Ran's mind, Hoshino Jun's incessant complaints automatically transformed into this sentence.
She knew her stepdaughter, Yamada Kaoru, all too well.
Yamada Kaoru was a person who desperately lacked love. If she finally fell for a boy and then found that the person she liked had suddenly disappeared, she would probably search the entire world for him.
At that time, if Yamada Kaoru, with her considerable financial resources, paid to search for Hoshino Jun, the chances of exposure might be much higher than if Hoshino Jun were alive.
No, Hoshino Jun must stay alive.
She watched in the reflection of the mirror as the young man embraced the voluptuous, beautiful woman, bending his head to whisper intimately.
There was a strange sense of déjà vu, somewhat foolish.
He had been unwilling before, but now, after their intimate relationship, this big boy had actively clung to her.
'Hoshino Jun, he shouldn't be threatening me through Yamada Kaoru, right?'
'Looking at his foolish demeanor, he seems to have become intoxicated with female charms after getting a taste of it, as if he's treating me as his girlfriend.'
'Could I be his first time?'
Unconsciously, Yamada Ran suddenly recalled how Hoshino Jun had looked earlier, by the second-floor window, when he said he could stay and accompany her if she didn't trust him.
Yamada Ran's tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly.
If Hoshino Jun could keep the secret, then keeping him wouldn't be impossible.
She would observe him for a while to see if the risk would outweigh that of Yamada Kaoru.
"Then I'll trust you this once."
"Hmm, Chairwoman, what did you just say?"
"Nothing. I told you to remember to keep your mouth shut. If you talk about what happened today, I'll send you to prison."
"Damn it." Hoshino Jun raised his hand and heavily slapped Yamada Ran's plump, upturned buttocks.
It made a crisp sound.
"Smack~!"
Yamada Ran's face flushed with embarrassment, and she glared angrily at Hoshino Jun: "What are you doing?!"
Hoshino Jun's hand skillfully kneaded her soft, smooth, plump thigh, and he grumbled: "Chairwoman always threatens me, so it's okay if I act a bit presumptuous occasionally, right?"
Yamada Ran gritted her teeth: "Oh, so you don't want the ten million yen compensation I originally planned to give you, do you?"
Hearing this, Hoshino Jun was stunned for a moment, then immediately released his wandering hand and sincerely bowed in apology to Chairwoman Yamada.
"Sumimasen, Chairwoman, please forgive my rudeness."
"Too late!"
"If not ten million, then five million is fine."
"Not a single yen."
After getting off the elevator and seeing Yamada Ran's elegant retreating figure, Hoshino Jun was truly a bit numb.
If he had known Yamada Ran was going to give him money, he wouldn't have pushed his luck just now.
Just as Hoshino Jun was regretting, Yamada Ran, who was walking ahead, suddenly turned around and snapped:
"Aren't you going to catch up? You really don't want the ten million yen, do you?"
Thanks to "Iris Blossom, A Petal of Heart's Fragrance" for the generous donation of the Hall Master.