Aiya Hiroshi felt the atmosphere was a bit oppressive.
It was already May, but the dining table seemed to be shrouded in a blizzard.
And this blizzard all came from... Yayoi-nee, which is his sister-in-law's eyes.
Yayoi-nee was glaring intensely at his Xiaolin-ge, who sat across from him.
Xiaolin-ge, on the other hand, remained unfazed, continuing to leisurely eat his rice as if no one else was there, tapping away at his phone's virtual keyboard as he ate.
"Clack, clack."
Aiya Hiroshi sat to Hayato's side and could vaguely see Xiaolin-ge's screen.
He seemed to be chatting with someone via text message.
It wasn't very clear, but he still understood two sentences.
"No, Menako-chan's figure is the best!"
"Not fat, it's curvaceous, that's what's most popular~~~"
...and so on.
Oh, so he was chatting with a girl, and the topic seemed quite open.
But "curvaceous" and such. Alas, it seems even Xiaolin-ge doesn't understand that only a petite and delicate physique can be called "woman"—Aiya Hiroshi thought with regret.
But fortunately.
If Xiaolin-ge's preferences were the same as his, then he definitely wouldn't be able to compete with Xiaolin-ge.
Besides, in that case, wouldn't Yayoi-nee be a mismatch?
...Eh, eh?
It was only then that Aiya Hiroshi belatedly realized... Wait, was Yayoi-nee not jealous?
Not jealous.
Aiya Yayoi defined her current emotion.
How could it be jealousy?
She already knew what kind of scoundrel this kid was; she had seen him with Ayaka on the left, Miyajima on the right, and Shigen Ryouka in the middle.
She had no expectations for this brat.
She just felt... how could this kid be so despicable, insisting on doing such things in the infirmary?
Didn't he know the infirmary was her territory?
The disgust she felt now was like... this kid had slept with other women in her bed. Damn it, in my bed, you can only be with me... *cough*, no, I'm getting off-topic.
"Aiya Hiroshi," Yayoi suddenly smiled.
Aiya Hiroshi was startled; how could Yayoi-nee still smile?
But in fact, Yayoi's smile was very sweet.
"You, you should learn more from your Xiaolin-ge. He can get three or four girls' phone numbers just by skipping class~~~" she said.
Aiya Hiroshi's heart skipped a beat, it *is* jealousy!!
Hayato typed on his phone's virtual keyboard and replied, "Pure slander, it was just one."
"You still admit there was one!" Yayoi erupted like a volcano, slamming her chopsticks onto the table with a "bang" and standing up: "I thought you'd forgotten about it! You said you'd give me an explanation, where is it now!?"
Hayato unhurriedly pulled out a roll from his pocket,
"Tape."
Yayoi: ?
She looked at Hayato in disbelief: "Are you taking me for a fool!?"
"Humorous, right?" Hayato said, then chuckled softly: "Sorry, I amused myself, couldn't help but laugh."
"Go to the spa! You bastard!"
Yayoi grabbed the tape, intending to throw it at Hayato's head.
Hayato calmly stepped back, causing his chair to scrape against the floor with a "creak."
"A gentleman uses words, not fists!" Hayato said.
"I'm a woman!" she said.
"This is gender discrimination! How can you assume a gentleman's gender!?" Hayato said again, then looked at Aiya Hiroshi, "Aiya Hiroshi, Yayoi and I have some adult matters to discuss, you go back to your room first."
"Oh." Aiya Hiroshi quickly nodded and stood up.
Fortunately, he ate quickly today, otherwise, seeing Yayoi-nee's posture, he wouldn't be surprised if she flipped the dinner table today.
"Stay!" Yayoi commanded, "Today, I'll let you see what kind of person Mr. Hayashi is!"
Aiya Hiroshi was startled.
Damn it, caught between a rock and a hard place.
Hayato helplessly said, "You'll scare the child like this..."
"When you do something wrong, aren't you afraid of corrupting the child!?" Yayoi questioned loudly.
"I already said, it's not what you saw. Sigh, what exactly do you want from me?" Hayato spread his hands.
"Who is that woman!?" Yayoi asked, gritting her teeth.
"Just a classmate relationship, a normal classmate relationship," Hayato said.
Yayoi obviously didn't believe him. She turned her head away, "If you don't explain everything properly today, don't even think about sleeping."
Hayato looked at Yayoi for a long time, then sighed leisurely, "Are you forcing me like this because you want a divorce? Don't you ever think about how tired I am working outside every day!?"
"You're tired outside, am I not tired toiling at home!" Yayoi retorted, "Divorce then! The house is mine! The child is yours!"
She pointed at Aiya Hiroshi.
Aiya Hiroshi looked utterly bewildered.
Wait a minute, you two can argue, but don't involve innocent people, okay?
"Look, the child is scared by you." Hayato pulled a disc from his backpack and quickly handed it to Aiya Hiroshi, "You play for a while, I'll come play with you after I finish talking with your mom."
"My f*cking mom" — Aiya Hiroshi originally wanted to retort like that, but what Mr. Hayashi gave him was the masterpiece "The Ryuo's Work is Never Done!"!
He was excited, he trembled, he felt it was all worth it.
"Thank you, Dad." Aiya Hiroshi immersed himself in the role and happily ran back to his room.
Once Aiya Hiroshi closed the door.
Hayato chuckled and asked Aiya Yayoi, "Are you having fun with role-playing?"
Aiya Yayoi was still huffing, arms crossed, but she was no longer aggressive, instead turning her gaze elsewhere.
"You're really getting into character, great acting." Hayato gave a thumbs up, "...Why are you angry?"
...Aiya Yayoi didn't answer.
She also didn't know how to answer.
Rather, precisely because she didn't know why she was angry, she was even more so.
"Oh, I see." Hayato nodded, "You're afraid your bandit queen will be snatched away, right?"
How many times are you going to use that joke!? Yayoi was secretly annoyed, but after careful consideration, she looked coldly at Hayato.
"Then why don't you quickly confess to this Great King? What kind of illicit affair do you intend to have with that woman!!" Yayoi questioned, narrowing her eyes, a dangerous light in her beautiful gaze, "And what you just slipped to Aiwu Guang was a loli-porn, right? So you prefer girls with that body type?"
"You know about that too?"
This was truly unexpected for Hayato.
"I was young once too," Yayoi said, emphasizing the word "young" as if she cared about it a great deal.
"Old otaku, old otaku." Hayato cupped his hands in admiration.
"Stop changing the subject," Yayoi said.
"Oh, where were we just now?" Hayato recalled for a moment, then cleared his throat, "Oh~~ Great King! What you see is not what you see, and what you hear is not what you hear! Your humble servant, your humble servant is so wronged, I can only throw myself into a well to prove my innocence. Great King, your humble servant is leaving~~~"
"Come back!"
Yayoi shouted. If she didn't stop him, Mr. Hayashi would probably cover his face and cry all the way home.
"Tsk." Hayato.
Almost got away.
So the act had to continue:
"Great King~~ You have truly wronged your humble servant~~ Your humble servant can explain, but if Great King gets the true answer, how will you apologize for wronging your humble servant so greatly?"
"Just tell me! I will judge for myself!" Yayoi's eyes were wide.
"Your humble servant refuses, your humble servant needs Great King to first give your golden word—"
As he spoke, Hayato's gaze began to wander over Yayoi.
From her ample bosom to her perky backside.
His gaze was like a hand; where he looked felt like she was being touched, which made Yayoi uncomfortably clench her legs.
C-could this kid want her to agree to some strange condition?
Hayato held up two fingers.
Two times?
Yayoi thought, did he want her twice?
"Two million yen for emotional compensation, thank you," Hayato said.
"Go to hell!" Yayoi said, "No money, just my life!...At most, I'll kiss you once."
Aiya Yayoi dared to say this not because she truly wanted to propose this condition.
But because she wanted to disgust Hayato.
If nothing unexpected happened, the latter would immediately show a look of disdain and then complain, "Who wants something like that?"
As expected, Hayato showed a look of disdain.
"Not emotion, all technique."
"Huh?" Yayoi was stunned.
"That girl is named Hinata Sae, and besides her, there's also a Sanada Minako. They both have ill intentions and want to deceive my friend...Mr. Hayashi, you don't know him, and Aiwu Guang's feelings. I'm just fighting fire with fire." Hayato said lightly, "If you don't believe me, you can ask Aiwu Guang if a big-chested girl has looked for him these past two days, but he cleverly saw through her..."
Yayoi was still in a daze and only reacted after a long while.
Her gaze also began to turn unfriendly, "Someone wants to bully Aiwu Guang!?"
Yayoi was, after all, a woman who had been part of a biker gang in middle school. Although she was older now, she still had some fierceness.
"Pretty much." Hayato nodded and said, "So I'm going to bully them now. Are you satisfied with this answer?"
...
After Yayoi nodded, she was still a bit uneasy, "Are you sure you're not going there to take advantage of them? You won't bully them and then end up bullying them into bed, will you?"
Hayato smiled bashfully, "I'm very pure, I can't do such a thing."
Yayoi, of course, wouldn't believe such a thing.
Hayato then had to explain to her why he went to the love hotel, naturally omitting the "scalding water" incident. That matter was a bit too bizarre to explain, and he was too lazy to elaborate.
Aiya Yayoi was still suspicious, "Are you serious?"
"Yes." Hayato said, "Please, teacher, use your brain. How could I possibly get a room with two girls at once? What virtue and ability do I have?"
Hayato was now sitting in a chair, and Yayoi, standing, looked down at him.
That fresh, delicate face, that harmless demeanor.
And that thing...
Honestly, she believed him, and even until just now, she had implicitly trusted him.
However, there was no point in Hayato lying to her now, so she didn't speculate further, just nodded.
"So, when's the kiss?" Hayato looked up, watching Yayoi with amusement.
...Yayoi gasped.
She almost forgot that this time, the "no surprise" had a surprise.
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