Rui Tachibana's poker face could hardly be maintained. She averted her gaze, her face slightly red. "Sister, this should be enough!"
At this moment, Lin Ye, who was sleeping with his eyes closed, was still wearing a pair of black briefs. Although Rui Tachibana had averted her gaze, her eyes couldn't help but wander back, a certain thought popping up in her mind from time to time.
Hina pursed her lips, looking at Lin Ye with a gaze slightly filled with heartache. At this moment, Lin Ye still showed no signs of waking up. She realized that Lin Ye had likely gone through something extremely exhausting that consumed a massive amount of spiritual power.
This student of hers, she feared, had already embarked on a dangerous "path of no return."
Having experienced a strange incident and encountered the Strange, Hina had specifically looked up relevant information. She collected information from the internet, distinguishing between the true and the false, and also gathered a lot of information through occasional casual chats with friends and colleagues in reality.
Now, she treated a lot of news she previously regarded only as jokes as the truth.
For example... the occasionally heard "Strange Player." In this world, a portion of people were selected to become "Strange Players," standing at the forefront of dealing with the "Strange."
Combining this with Lin Ye's deep sleep and relaxed state this time, she realized that this student of hers, who had once protected her, was a "Strange Player."
Hina felt that Lin Ye had probably become a Strange Player a long time ago, perhaps even a year ago. His poor performance and bad grades during his first year of high school were because Lin Ye's energy and time were all spent on dealing with the "Strange."
A person's energy is limited. If Lin Ye was busy dealing with the Strange, how could he study properly!
Hiratsuka-senpai had wrongly blamed Lin Ye.
Hina felt increasingly heartbroken for Lin Ye. She noticed the stains on Lin Ye's face and hands. "Let's wipe his dirty hands and face!"
After Hina finished speaking, she walked to the bathroom, took a towel, dampened it, and returned to the bedside. Holding Lin Ye's hand in one hand and wiping with the other, her gentle appearance made Rui Tachibana, who was standing dazedly on the side, feel as if Lin Ye lying on the bed was her brother-in-law.
No, this absolutely cannot happen.
"Sister, let me do it."
She absolutely could not allow this kind of thing to happen.
In Japan, this kind of thing is strictly prohibited.
Rui Tachibana walked over quickly and snatched the towel from Hina's hand. "Leave the rest to me. Sister, go help me get a basin of water."
"..."
Hina Tachibana looked at her sister who had squeezed her out and gave a hum of acknowledgement.
A few minutes later,
Rui Tachibana finished her work.
With the cooperation of the two sisters, they straightened Lin Ye out and covered him with the quilt.
"Phew..."
Rui Tachibana let out a breath.
She stretched her muscles and bones, and suddenly saw the dirty clothes scattered on the floor.
Rui Tachibana squatted down and picked up the clothes and trousers, preparing to send them to the bathroom to soak temporarily.
She habitually checked the pockets for items like wallets or IDs to prevent them from being soaked in water together.
However,
The black object taken out subsequently made Rui Tachibana fall silent.
This object could absolutely not be a man's thing; it could only be a woman's.
"Sister."
"What is it?"
After Hina voiced her confusion, she immediately noticed the black object in her sister's hand. "Yours?"
She swallowed. Could it be that Lin Ye's special ability had activated again and worked on her sister?
"Not mine. It was taken out of his pocket."
Fortunately, her sister's panties weren't taken away.
Hina felt relieved.
"Pervert. A pervert who steals girls' panties."
"Don't say that, Rui. The actual situation might be different from what you think."
Hina immediately spoke up to interrupt her sister, telling her not to think wildly.
"Then what other possibility is there? It can't be that a girl gave it to him!"
But to Rui Tachibana's astonishment, her sister Hina actually nodded. "That is a possibility."
"Sister, you..."
The blue-haired girl, facing her sister who constantly defended Lin Ye, had fallen into a state of annoyance and helplessness.
What exactly happened between her sister and him? Why did her sister have to defend Lin Ye so much?
"Rui, what you're thinking now is all speculation. If you really want to know, ask him directly when he wakes up!"
Saying that, Hina took the black object from her sister's hand and walked toward the bathroom, placing the object in the storage box in the bathroom.
She hadn't thought about disposing of it privately, but after thinking about it, she felt it wasn't very appropriate.
Hina quickly returned to the bedroom. Looking at the side profile of Lin Ye, who was sleeping soundly, she felt both heartache and worry.
"Sister, we can go back now!"
Rui Tachibana spoke up.
It was already approaching ten o'clock at night. If they didn't go back now, they might miss the last few train services.
But Hina remained motionless, her gaze still fixed on Lin Ye. "Rui, you go back! I'm staying here tonight to take care of Lin Ye-kun. I'm not really at ease."
Rui Tachibana: ???
When you get drunk outside or at home, I'm the one who takes care of you every time.
Now you actually want to stay overnight in a boy's apartment to take care of him?
"Sister, are you joking with me?"
Rui Tachibana's tone was somewhat cold; she was a little angry.
"I'm not joking. I really can't rest easy."
"Is it really necessary to go to this extent?"
"Yes."
Hina Tachibana answered very seriously.
The blue-haired girl's red lips moved slightly. Several times she wanted to speak to persuade her, but she swallowed the words back because of her sister's serious expression. "I'll stay too."
Staring at her sister's astonished expression, Rui Tachibana continued, "I want to stay too. I don't feel safe leaving you here alone."
"This... Lin-student won't hurt me."
"Either we go back together, or we stay together."
Hina Tachibana finally accepted it with a sigh.
"Okay."
A few minutes later,
Hina found spare bedding in the closet. The floor was cleared, and a floor bed was laid out.
Click...
The apartment lights went out.
The two sisters lay down. In the small apartment bedroom, only the sound of light breathing remained.
Moonlight spilled in from the window, bringing a bit of cold light.
Tonight,
Whether for the older sister Hina Tachibana or the younger sister Rui Tachibana, was a special night.
It was the first time the two sisters spent the night in a member of the opposite sex's apartment.
Rui Tachibana developed an even stronger curiosity and interest in what happened between her sister and Lin Ye.
Even if Lin Ye saved her sister, surely her sister wouldn't go to this extent!
Lin Ye wouldn't tell her, and her sister wasn't willing to say either.
Why be unwilling to talk about saving someone?
This didn't align with common sense, unless it was some other unspeakable matter.
Rui Tachibana always had a worry.
She opened her eyes and looked out of the corner of her eye at her sister on the right. Her sister closed her eyes to rest, her long eyelashes trembling slightly with her breathing.
She also emptied her mind. Her consciousness gradually faded, and she entered a deep sleep.
April 27, 2024, Saturday.
The sleeping Lin Ye's consciousness gradually recovered, but his head hurt slightly, and his spirit had an indescribable sense of fatigue. He felt very lethargic.
He got up groggily and walked toward the bathroom.
He had been woken by the need to pee and had to use the bathroom.
Thump, thump...
Feet stepped on the floor, making soft footsteps. Lin Ye arrived at the bathroom and directly opened the bathroom door.
The next instant,
A delicate blue-haired girl was reflected in his field of vision.
At this moment, the girl was standing. Blue and white intimate apparel hung at the knees of her fair legs, while those beautiful eyes slowly widened, filled with an astonished look.
The girl's red lips slowly opened wide, a scream about to shout from her throat.
And the groggy Lin Ye finally flashed a trace of clarity. His body reacted instinctively; his right hand quickly covered the girl's mouth, and his other hand tightly hugged the girl.
"Wuwuwu..."
The girl made whimpering sounds.
"Why are you here?"
"No, don't scream."
Even now, Lin Ye was still in a confused state. Why was Tachibana-sensei's sister, Rui Tachibana, in his apartment?
Could it be that he came to Tachibana-sensei's home?
Lin Ye glanced around and found that this was his apartment's bathroom. No problem there.
"Wuwuwu..."
Rui Tachibana struggled.
Lin Ye covered the girl. Accompanied by continuous breathing, the girl's faint fragrance lingered constantly, stimulating and teasing a heartstring deep inside his heart.
Rui Tachibana's expression changed. Feeling a change in a certain place, the amplitude of her struggle became even greater.
This guy, early in the morning, actually...
Lin Ye looked at the girl, and at the current situation where he was still a bit confused about the circumstances, so he used "Time Stop" to let himself calm down.
"Not a hallucination."
Lin Ye poked the girl's cheek. The elastic and delicate tactile sensation indicated a real person.
He turned and left the bathroom, discovering Hina Tachibana, who was sleeping on the floor in the bedroom and hadn't woken up yet.
"Tachibana-sensei is here too."
For some unknown reason, this pair of sisters came to his place last night and spent the night here.
Without time to think too much, Lin Ye turned and walked toward the bathroom. He saw the girl with her lower body exposed at a glance.
Welfare!
Lin Ye withdrew his gaze and walked quickly into the bathroom, closing the bathroom door and covering Rui Tachibana's mouth once again.
What he had to do was stop Rui Tachibana from screaming and attracting Hina Tachibana's attention.
The Time Stop ended, and everything resumed flowing.
"Tachibana-sensei is right outside, don't scream."
"This was an accident. Regarding the matter of you threatening me last time, I let you off."
A low voice sounded in the girl's ear. Rui Tachibana's eyes widened, and instinct was finally overtaken by reason.
She finally remembered her sister sleeping outside.
She closed her mouth.
Lin Ye slowly loosened his hand, and Rui Tachibana didn't scream anymore.
She lowered her head, and a calm yet slightly angry voice sounded, "Get out."
Lin Ye didn't hesitate and immediately opened the bathroom door to leave.
After Lin Ye left, the blue-haired girl left alone in the bathroom had a thick blush dye her fair face.
She saw the panties that had fallen to her ankles.
Just now, she had faced Lin Ye in a vacuum state!
The moment she thought of this point, Rui Tachibana trembled with shivers.
She was almost seen completely!
If she had been seen completely, what should she do in the future?
She hurriedly squatted down and put on her panties.
After a bout of tidying up, Rui Tachibana walked out of the bathroom with a straight face.
She glared coldly at Lin Ye. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed her sister was still sleeping with eyes closed, and she breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Lin Ye nodded to signal her, then stepped into the bathroom.
This guy really went to use the bathroom.
Rui Tachibana couldn't help but think. She suddenly thought of another point: if her sister had seen that scene just now, it would completely lead to her sister lowering her favorability toward Lin Ye.
Lin Ye didn't want her sister to know even more than she did.
Missed it! Why didn't she think of that just now?
The blue-haired girl was endlessly remorseful, and her whole person was unhappy.
Lin Ye, having washed his hands and come out, looked at the girl. Because Hina Tachibana was still sleeping, he didn't have the nerve to speak up and wake the teacher.
This silence didn't maintain for much time.
Hina Tachibana slowly opened her eyes. Waking up, she hugged the quilt and turned over, seeing Lin Ye sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Good morning, Teacher."
Lin Ye greeted her with a smile.
"Morning..."
Hina Tachibana blinked. A shiver went through her as she reacted, hurriedly hugging the quilt to instinctively cover her body and prevent exposure.
"Teacher, you are wearing clothes." Lin Ye pointed helplessly.
Did you sleep so groggily that you forgot you slept in your clothes?
"Uh!"
Hina Tachibana was embarrassed.
She remembered.
She put down the quilt, trying to act natural.
"Teacher, tell me! Why did you come to my place?"
"This... it was because I received your text message last night and thought something happened to you, so I rushed over."
Speaking of this, Hina Tachibana thought of something. "Ru-Rui..."
Where is her sister!
While calling out, Hina looked all around.
"I am here."
The blue-haired girl was sitting on a chair behind Hina Tachibana.
"Rui, at least make a sound!"
"I didn't want to disturb you and Student Lin catching up."
She was thinking about whether she could hear any special intelligence, but unfortunately, her sister thought of her before she even said anything.
Lin Ye took his phone and found it was out of power. He found the charger and plugged it in to start charging the phone.
"Teacher, I have spare toothbrushes and towels here. You guys wash up first!"
"Mm."
But Hina Tachibana intended to organize the floor bed first. Lin Ye indicated he could do it himself.
Just like that, Hina Tachibana went to wash up, and Lin Ye organized the floor bed.
Rui Tachibana walked lightly to Lin Ye's side. "If I tell my sister what happened in the bathroom just now, what do you think my sister will think?"
This girl, surely she didn't want to threaten him again!
"Student Tachibana, do you want to..."
"Tell me 'what happened between you and my sister,' and 'how you saved my sister.'"
She was still fixated on this matter.
If Rui Tachibana didn't clear this matter up, she would feel itchy all over, uncomfortable in every way.
"You really don't learn your lesson."
"Speak."
She lowered her voice and urged.
"Go tell Tachibana-sensei! She won't believe it."
"I... I'll really go."
"Please."
Lin Ye gestured, which made Rui Tachibana increasingly sullen.
She clenched her fists, wishing she could really rush over and complain to her sister, but after repeatedly weighing it, she finally gave up.
This guy had a rascally look and would absolutely not admit it. And her sister was clearly biased toward him, so even if she complained, it wouldn't have any impact on this guy.
She had already missed the best timing.
"Rui, come wash up quickly."
Hina finished washing up.
"Mm."
The blue-haired girl went over too.
Hina Tachibana came to Lin Ye's side and whispered, "You're okay, right!"
"I'm fine."
The smile Lin Ye raised reassured Hina Tachibana. As for more matters, she decided to ask when she was alone with Lin Ye.
With her sister in the apartment, it was very inappropriate.
Ten minutes later,
Lin Ye looked at the two sisters. "Teacher, Student Tachibana, I'm going to the convenience store to buy breakfast. What do you want to eat?"
"How about we go back first!"
"Go back after eating!"
Under Lin Ye's insistence, Hina agreed.
Lin Ye went to the nearby convenience store to buy sandwiches, fresh milk, and fruit juice, then returned to the apartment.
The dining table had been tidied up, glasses sitting quietly.
"Juice or milk?"
"Juice is fine for me."
Rui Tachibana didn't answer. Lin Ye defaulted to giving the girl milk; for a girl still in her developmental period, drinking more milk was never a problem.
Rustle...
The three sat in the small apartment and ate breakfast.
Hina Tachibana suddenly spoke with a smile, "Student Lin, you slept with Rui for a night last night. Shouldn't you take responsibility!"
"Cough cough cough... Sister."
The blue-haired girl choked on her food, coughing vigorously.
Hina concernedly patted her sister's back, helping her sister find relief.
"I'm speaking the truth."
"Sister, aren't you the same?"
"It's different. Rui, you slept closer."
I did that to guard against you! Rui Tachibana couldn't help but say in her heart.
"Student Lin, answer!"
"This responsibility, I can't take it."
"Sigh! My sister is really nice."
"Student Tachibana is a good girl, but how should I say it! A certain point isn't very good."
"A certain point? What is it?" Hina Tachibana was curious.
But Rui Tachibana knew what Lin Ye was talking about—threats.
She stared at Lin Ye, hinting for Lin Ye not to speak.
Lin Ye smiled, making Rui Tachibana feel uneasy.
And when he slowly opened his mouth, Rui Tachibana's heart leaped to her throat.
Knock knock knock...
A knock on the door sounded.
The eyes of the three people in the apartment unconsciously looked toward the door.
Knock knock knock...
"I'll go open the door."
Rui Tachibana was closest and got up the fastest.
Click...
Rui Tachibana opened it.
The next second, the moment she saw the visitor clearly, she was stunned.
The girl in her field of vision wore a pure white short dress with a fitted blue coat draped over it. A white hairband tied up her beautiful hair, making her look pure and cute.
Such a beautiful girl.
Ren Nanase was also stunned.
A girl she didn't know.
She hadn't been to Lin Ye's apartment; the address was obtained from Lin Ye before. This time she didn't receive a reply from Lin Ye, so she decided to come to the apartment where Lin Ye lived to take a look.
The result was that she... had the wrong place!
"Sorry, I found the wrong place. Very sorry."
Ren Nanase immediately apologized in embarrassment.
After speaking, she immediately planned to turn around and prepare to leave.
"Who are you looking for?"
"Lin, Lin Ye..."
Upon hearing this, Rui Tachibana gently pushed open the room door. "You didn't find the wrong place."
She stepped aside, signaling for Ren Nanase to enter.
This shocked Ren Nanase.
Didn't find the wrong place? This girl is cohabiting with Lin Ye?
No way!
Lin-kun is cohabiting with a girl!
Ren Nanase walked in dazedly. Seeing yet another woman inside the room, her brain was even more confused and impacted.
Lin Ye is cohabiting with two girls!
Both such beautiful girls.
Hina Tachibana looked back and forth. "She is..."
"My friend, Ren Nanase."
Lin Ye was surprised that Ren Nanase had come to his door.
"This is my teacher, Tachibana Hina-sensei. She is Tachibana Hina-sensei's sister, Student Rui Tachibana."
"Hello, Student Nanase."
"H-Hello to you both."
Teacher, student?
Is Lin Ye a university student in school?
Ren Nanase blinked, her eyes full of confusion.
"Student Nanase came here to..."
"..."
Ren Nanase didn't say 'date' immediately. "I agreed with Lin-kun to go out and play together, but I couldn't contact him, so I came over."
Hina Tachibana looked at the exquisitely dressed girl and realized that this "play" wasn't ordinary play; it must be a date!
Girls only pay such attention to makeup and dressing up carefully for boys they have an ambiguity with.
So that's how it is.
No wonder Lin Ye would reject Rui; it turns out there's already a girl he's ambiguous with.
Hina Tachibana was a little disappointed.
"So that's how it is. I had originally thought Student Lin could take my sister out to play today. Looks like there's no chance for that."
Ren Nanase didn't know how to reply, but she couldn't help glancing at the girl standing quietly to the side.
Does this girl like Lin-kun?
"Sister, you can abandon your idea now. Student Lin already has a girlfriend."
To Rui Tachibana, this was a good thing. At least her sister wouldn't try to set her and Lin Ye up anymore.
"No, not girlfriend, not girlfriend!" Ren Nanase blushed and waved her hands vigorously to deny it.
But this reaction fell into Hina Tachibana's eyes, and she knew it was only a matter of time before this girl became Lin Ye's girlfriend.
Her sister had no chance. She thought her sister had a chance since Lin Ye suffered a setback in front of Yukino Yukinoshita, but there were other girls staring from the outside!
"Student Nanase isn't a student of Sobu High, right!"
"Ah!"
Ren Nanase opened her eyes wide and froze.
"I, I am a nurse at Chiba City Hospital."
It was Hina Tachibana's turn to be shocked.
Nurse.
At least twenty years old, right!
Lin Ye likes older women?
"Um, isn't Miss Tachibana a university teacher?"
"Me? No, I am a teacher at Chiba Sobu High School. My sister is also a student at Sobu High."
Ren Nanase was astonished. Her gaze landed on Lin Ye.
"I am a student at Sobu High. I haven't found a suitable opportunity to tell you. Sorry."
It's actually true!
Then Lin Ye is at most eighteen years old!
At least a four-year gap with her.
Ren Nanase felt a little uncomfortable.
This age gap is a bit big! A woman being four years older than a man, this... this is a huge problem.
The Tachibana sisters realized that Lin Ye had concealed his student identity from Ren Nanase.
In an instant, she felt her sister's chance had come again.
In terms of age, her sister was obviously more suitable than Ren Nanase.
"Have you eaten breakfast?"
"No..."
She came over first without eating breakfast.
"If you don't mind, I'll go buy you a sandwich as breakfast!"
"No no, I'll just drink milk. I'm dieting recently."
With Ren Nanase's figure, there was absolutely no need for dieting to lose weight. The daily workload at the hospital consumed a large amount of her physical energy.
Lin Ye fetched a glass and poured fresh milk for the girl.
The group continued to eat breakfast. Hina Tachibana actively found topics, chatting and asking Ren Nanase about hospital matters. The two soon chatted openly.
In the end,
Ren Nanase and Hina Tachibana even exchanged contact numbers.
"Well then, Rui and I will leave first. Student Lin, accompany Miss Nanase well. However... don't bully Miss Nanase. If I find out, as a teacher, I won't let you off."
Before leaving, Hina Tachibana warned him with a joking tone.
Leaving one unable to tell if it was true or false.
"I won't, Teacher."
"Mm, that's good. Miss Nanase, if he dares to bully you, contact me. I'll seek justice for you."
"Mhm mhm mhm, I understand, Tachibana-sensei."
Hina Tachibana bid farewell, leaving with her sister Rui Tachibana. Before closing the door at the end, Rui Tachibana glanced at Lin Ye.
She was pondering if she could start from Ren Nanase's side to pry Lin Ye open and make Lin Ye confess honestly!
Click...
The apartment door closed.
In the small bedroom, only Lin Ye and Ren Nanase remained.
Neither of them made a sound.
"Um..."
Ren Nanase spoke carefully. "Did I come at a bad time?"
She felt that her arrival might have disturbed Lin Ye's good thing.
"No, you're overthinking it."
"They..."
"They really are my teacher and classmate. Did you think they were my girlfriends?"
Immediately, Ren Nanase lowered her head awkwardly.
She really did have that thought, that the teacher and classmate identities were just excuses used to deal with her.
"Ren, let me tell you a secret, a huge secret."
"Hmm?"
"Promise me, you can't tell anyone else."
"Mhm mhm mhm." Ren Nanase nodded vigorously.
She was very curious about the secret in Lin Ye's mouth.
What secret could it be?
"I have been single up to now. Add up several lifetimes, and I'm still single. I haven't dated a single girlfriend."
"Where do you get several lifetimes."
Ren Nanase was amused.
"At least this lifetime is, and the previous lifetime too. Really, truer than real gold."
Lin Ye had a serious face.
"Hahaha."
She didn't believe it! Not speaking of past lives, just the feeling Lin Ye gave her now, Ren Nanase felt Lin Ye definitely had rich experience dating girls.
In this life, definitely.
After the laughter passed, Ren Nanase, who was sitting, drank a mouthful of the bottom-of-the-glass milk and couldn't help but speak up again. "Tachibana-sensei, she hopes her sister and you..."
She remembered Hina Tachibana's sentence about "letting her sister date Lin Ye."
"Mm, setting me and her sister up, but I didn't agree."
Lin Ye didn't hide it and said it directly. There was no place that needed hiding either.
He and Rui Tachibana were currently only in an ordinary classmate relationship, at most considered classmates who threatened each other.
"W-Why?"
"She wants me to pursue her sister? I thought about it and that won't do. How can I go pursue her sister! It should be her sister pursuing me."
"Hahahaha..."
Ren Nanase laughed again, her smiling face like a flower.
Lin Ye admitted that the way a beautiful girl looked when laughing was truly very good-looking.
Ren Nanase shyly averted her gaze gently. "T-Truth?"
"It is the truth."
So it was true!
Ren Nanase immediately thought of the exchange when she and Lin Ye met, and instantly felt Lin Ye would totally do that.
"Student Tachibana is also quite cute."
Dazed, moe, but a cute girl. Ren Nanase felt a girl like Rui Tachibana definitely had many boys secretly crushing on her at school.
"Not as cute as you, Ren."
Ren Nanase's ears instantly burned.
"No way."
"Really. If you let me choose, I'd definitely choose Ren."
She didn't dare look at Lin Ye anymore.
The quiet apartment slowly saw an ambiguous atmosphere emerge.
Lin Ye knew the girl's exquisite dressing up today was all for him.
This sentiment, he felt it.
A woman dresses for the one who pleases her; that's exactly what this saying meant!
Lin Ye stood up to organize the cups. "No need, I'll do it."
A few minutes later, Lin Ye changed into outdoor clothes.
Ren Nanase borrowed the bathroom, but after finishing, she saw at a glance the black women's panties sitting quietly in the storage box.
Her burning joy and shyness were instantly doused by half.
The older sister, or the younger sister, or even the sisters must have spent the night here.
Otherwise, why would there be a pair of used panties ready for washing here at Lin Ye's place!
Her heart felt low and uncomfortable.
She clenched her fists.
"Ren."
"Coming, I'm coming right away."
Ren Nanase responded. She adjusted her mood, making herself look a bit more normal.
The two went out.
This time, the plan was determined by Ren Nanase.
She chose the Chiba Zoo.
Lin Ye bought two bottles of mineral water on the way and put them in his shoulder bag.
On this Saturday,
The weather was sunny, the sun shining brightly. Clouds drifted in the azure sky.
Lin Ye and Ren Nanase took the train to the nearest station and walked the rest of the way.
There were many people going to the zoo on the weekend. A couple taking three children, elderly people accompanying grandchildren, and lovers holding hands.
Ren Nanase's exquisite dressing up attracted the gazes of many male passersby, and even quite a few young girls cast looks of admiration.
The two arrived at the zoo and lined up to buy admission tickets.
Ten minutes later,
The two finished ticket inspection and entered the zoo.
Lin Ye took a photo of the zoo map.
"Ahead are the elephants. And the most popular are the pandas, located at the very back. Shall we stroll through one by one, or go queue to see the pandas first?"
"I'll listen to you, Lin-kun."
"Let's stroll through in order! The panda pavilion will depend on luck!"
"Mm."
In his past life, Lin Ye had also been to the zoo, but with friends—male ones.
Coming to the zoo with a girl this time counted as a first.
There was a novel feeling, a fresh experience.
The two walked shoulder to shoulder. Lin Ye's peripheral vision fell on the girl beside him from time to time. Ren Nanase noticed it too, but most of the time she pretended not to see.
A few minutes later, Lin Ye stopped his steps. Ren Nanase also looked at that burly creature in the distant field of vision—the elephant.
At this moment, the elephant was using its trunk to roll up food and stuff it into its mouth.
"Mom, it's an elephant! It's so big!"
"Its nose is so dexterous."
...
A family next door was happy and harmonious.
Lin Ye looked at the girl gazing at the elephant. He stared at that exquisite and beautiful side profile, and a thought surfaced in his heart.
Since he was here,
Since he came to the zoo with a girl.
How could he not...
Thinking of this, Lin Ye reached out and touched the girl's hand.
Swish! In an instant,
Ren Nanase's hand went stiff as if electrocuted, but she didn't shrink back. Instead, she remained still in place.
Finally, Lin Ye held the girl's hand. He clearly felt the girl's trembling, and there was even hand sweat.
At this moment, Ren Nanase turned her head away in embarrassment, not daring to look at Lin Ye. Her exquisite ears were already red and burning.
"Ren, let's go to the next stop!"
"Mm."
She let Lin Ye lead her, stepping to follow Lin Ye forward. Her shyness could not conceal her happiness and joy.
Many people around noticed and revealed knowing smiles.
"Youth!"
"I really want that too! Ow ow ow..."
"Are you saying I refused to hold hands with you back then?"
The man awkwardly apologized quickly.
...
...
"It's a seal!"
"Its chubby appearance is so cute."
"Lin-kun, lions."
"So many people. Why are so many people lining up to see the pandas!"
Looking at this long line, Ren Nanase's eyes were disappointed.
"Lin-kun, there are too many people. Let's forget it!"
She planned to give up queuing to enter the panda pavilion.
"I'll take you to see them."
"Eh! Um... cutting in line isn't good, right!"
"It's not cutting in line. No one will notice."
"Uh..."
"Don't believe me?"
"I believe you." Ren Nanase said immediately.
"Then, Ren, close your eyes! Witness the miracle I bring to you."
He signaled for the girl to close her eyes.
"Mm."
Ren Nanase was skeptical, but obediently closed her eyes in the end.
"Time Stop, activate."
Lin Ye carried the girl and entered from the exit. In just a few seconds, he successfully entered the panda pavilion.
In a suitable place that wouldn't attract attention, the Time Stop ended.
"Ren, open your eyes!"
Ren Nanase opened her eyes and sensed the change in location.
Outside the guardrail, black and white chubby giant pandas were reflected in her field of vision.
Actually got in.
And the surrounding people didn't have any strange expressions.
"Amazing, right!"
"Mhm mhm, Lin-kun is too amazing."
She shimmered with brilliance. She was curious, but didn't ask much. Regarding matters involving the Strange, she uniformly didn't take the initiative to ask.
If Lin Ye was willing to tell her, he would take the initiative to tell her.
"Lin-kun, you close your eyes too."
"To do what?"
"Just close your eyes!"
Under the girl's urging, Lin Ye closed his eyes too.
The next second, he felt a fragrant breeze hit him. A sweet scent, very pleasant. A touch of moist softness touched his right cheek, passing by like a dragonfly skimming water.
He was kissed.
Lin Ye opened his eyes and saw the girl leaving him with a blushing side profile.
"Is this a thank-you gift?"
"Mm, a thank-you gift. Thank you for letting me see the pandas."
"Then... do it a few more times!"
Ren Nanase's shyness became even more intense.
Is this the feeling of visiting the zoo with a girl?
Feeling the joy and relaxation coming from deep within his heart, Lin Ye pondered repeatedly.
This feeling really wasn't bad.
...
Chiba Zoo wasn't big. Before noon, the two finished and left the zoo.
12:30 PM.
Lin Ye took the girl to an Italian restaurant.
"Order."
Ren Nanase took the menu.
Lin Ye admired the girl sitting opposite him.
There wasn't much time to accompany the girl in the afternoon.
Around four o'clock, the Yukinoshita family's driver would come to pick him up.
How about just not going!
He couldn't help but think.
But ultimately, this was just a thought. It was already agreed upon, and he had sent a message to Haruno Yukinoshita last night. The whole Yukinoshita family was waiting; it wouldn't be appropriate for him to flake out at the last minute.
The Yukinoshita home—he still had to go.
Next time, he would ask Ren out again.
But at a seat not far from the restaurant, a girl noticed the two and revealed an astonished expression.
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