"Sorry, I don't know you…"
"Huh? Really? We feel like we've seen you a few times…"
The blond man in the middle snapped his fingers with a "snap."
"It's fate that we met you here. Would you like to hang out with us? There's a VIP private room upstairs with good stuff! Most people can't get in, but we can just show our faces and get through."
"No, I can't, my companions are waiting…" Saying this, Xiyuan Temple tried to run away.
"Oh, it's fine, your friends can come too if they want. Come with us~" The blond man took a big step and grabbed the young girl's arm.
What should I do now? Ito, hurry and come here.
Xiyuan Temple looked into the distance with a pleading heart, but Ito's figure was nowhere to be seen within her sight.
I'm so foolish, still thinking about Ito at a time like this, when he clearly likes men.
"Saionji Sekai!"
Just then, Lin Feng grabbed the blond man's wrist, and under the immense, iron-vise-like force, the bones inside the blond man's wrist made a "creaking" sound.
"Ah, Lin Feng…"
The moment she saw Lin Feng, Xiyuan Temple almost collapsed to the ground. A sense of relief that permeated her heart slowly spread through her body.
"Who are these guys…?"
"Um… they seem to be connected to this place, and they asked me if I wanted to go to the VIP room upstairs to play."
As soon as Saionji Sekai finished answering, she saw a sharp expression appear on Lin Feng's face.
"Tsk, isn't this the most common trick to pick up girls?!"
"…Damn it, kid, don't get too cocky!?"
"It's not good to use violence," Lin Feng said indifferently.
"Don't think it's over just like that!"
Another man tried to rush up and hit Lin Feng, but Lin Feng grabbed the blond man's wrist and swung him towards that man.
Bang!
Their bodies collided, letting out a tragic wail.
Then, the remaining man also threw a punch, but Lin Feng easily kicked him away.
Lin Feng walked up to the fallen blond man, stepped on his chest with his big foot, and said with a cold expression,
"I'm in a good mood today, and I don't want to hit anyone. You'd better scram! Otherwise…"
Lin Feng pressed his foot hard on the man's ribs and smiled.
Although he was just a high school student, Lin Feng's smile was terrifyingly scary.
"Ah…! I, I understand… Let's go!"
"It's good that you understand."
Lin Feng released the hooligan, who had lost all will to fight, and kicked him towards his two companions.
After the three of them got up, they stared at Lin Feng with resentful faces and ran away.
"Hmph..." (I'll turn all three of you into gays in a bit!)
"Thank you so much, Lin Feng. I thought you were just a pretty boy... er... I didn't expect you to be so good at fighting."
Saionji Sekai looked at Lin Feng; though he usually seemed unreliable, the Lin Feng standing before her now was completely different. She hadn't expected his fighting skills to be so impressive, sending those hooligans running in just a few moves.
Looking at Lin Feng's cold eyes, Saionji Sekai finally noticed how handsome he was...
Oh no, why was her heart pounding so fast...?
Ding! [Saionji Sekai Affection +20]
"...Actually, I've simply learned some self-defense. After all, I'm a transfer student from China, with no relatives or support here. So I can only rely on my own strength to protect myself.
If those hooligans thought I was weak, they would definitely bother me again in the future, so I had to act a bit ferocious," Lin Feng explained.
"Aiya, I really hope you pay attention to yourself." Saying this, Lin Feng looked at Saionji Sekai's prominent chest and her fair, long legs.
"Yes, thank you for your help."
"...And... the way you taught them a lesson just now... was really handsome..."
"What?"
Lin Feng didn't hear the last part clearly because Saionji Sekai had lowered her head and whispered it.
After chasing away the hooligans, Saionji Sekai's heart gradually calmed down.
"Oh, where did Katsura Kotonoha go?"
"Katsura Kotonoha... she probably went to buy drinks."
"What the hell? I thought you two were together."
"But how did you two get separated?"
"That's because..."
Lin Feng hesitated for a moment.
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing... I just accidentally touched... touched Yan Ye's chest, and got a bit too carried away... so I startled her..."
"Huh?" Just as Saionji Sekai was puzzled,
"Lin Feng--! Where did you run off to?!"
Just as Lin Feng was about to continue, Yan Ye ran over from the other side.
Lin Feng stepped a few paces back from Saionji Sekai, creating some distance, and raised his hand to wave at Yan Ye.
"Honestly, you made me look everywhere for you. I wanted to go play in the pool with you."
"Ah, ah, sorry," Lin Feng said with a smile.
"Hey--are you guys hungry? Let's go eat," Saionji Sekai said.
"Not hungry, I want to play in the water first~. Let's go, let's go."
Yan Ye only glanced sideways at Saionji Sekai, then immediately pulled Lin Feng's arm and walked towards the pool. Lin Feng seemed to want to say something to Saionji Sekai, but in the end, he said nothing, hurriedly following behind Yan Ye and leaving...
On the return bus, Saionji Sekai, contrary to her usual lively personality, remained silent.
Occasionally, she would secretly look towards Lin Feng, but once she met his gaze, she would turn her head away.
But when they got off the bus and parted ways in front of the station,
"T-today, thank you very much. That... in every aspect."
Katsura Kotonoha spoke, her cheeks flushed.
"Ah, yes, yes..." Lin Feng waved at Katsura Kotonoha.
"Yes. Bye bye." Saionji Sekai also waved goodbye to Katsura Kotonoha.
...
...
After Yan Ye left, neither of them took a taxi, but instead walked along the roadside in tacit understanding.
As they walked, Lin Feng told Saionji Sekai various jokes, but for some reason, Saionji Sekai was never in the mood to respond to him, instead feeling a bit stifled by the atmosphere.
"Yan Ye has a really good figure..." Lin Feng said about Yan Ye in front of Saionji Sekai, and even more excessively, he actually compared her to Saionji Sekai. Saionji Sekai finally couldn't bear it anymore.
"We should part ways ahead," she said in a very firm tone.
"Oh? Really?" Lin Feng feigned surprise. He didn't believe that with his handsome face, plus the hero-saving-the-beauty act he'd pulled today, if Saionji Sekai still had no reaction, then he would truly have failed.
So when Saionji Sekai got angry, Lin Feng not only wasn't angry, but secretly felt pleased.
"Yes, so it's best to part here."
Watching the girl, devoid of joy or sorrow, about to turn and leave, Lin Feng suddenly felt he had miscalculated. Indeed, a girl's heart was not so easy to guess.
Just as Lin Feng smiled and bid Saionji Sekai farewell, suddenly, Saionji Sekai turned sharply, her feet slightly lifted, and she actively kissed Lin Feng on the lips.
This was... Saionji Sekai's first kiss!
"Don't think too much, I just don't like owing people things. This is to thank you for your help today! You... you better not overthink it!"
Having said that, Saionji Sekai ran off with a flushed face.
Saionji Sekai's kiss was so sudden, yet it didn't exceed Lin Feng's expectations.
Finally, Lin Feng could confirm that Saionji Sekai had forgotten Itou Makoto and had fallen into the large net he had woven. Now she couldn't escape! Soon he would have Saionji Sekai's entire body and mind.