Crossing over, and then being blocked by a rich JK.

Chapter 487 Coaxing and Being Coaxed
For the students at Seongnam Private High School, the occasional bad weather does not affect their normal rhythm, and everything is progressing in an orderly manner.

For Watanabe Yu, the most gratifying thing was that after getting off to a good start that day, the progress of the task involving Eda Akane had been steadily increasing over the past few days.

Although it's still a ways off from 100%, seeing the progress increase by 5-8% after each dinner is quite rewarding, giving me a feeling of playing a MMORPG character development game.

Meanwhile, the online buzz surrounding "First Love," Watanabe, and Jay finally subsided.

After all, since he, the person involved, has neither come forward to clarify nor publicly refute the allegations, and has instead allowed the matter to remain relatively quiet, even with the most vivid imaginations, without substantial evidence, it's impossible to definitively conclude the story.

—We can't just arrest 'criminal suspects' based on conjecture, can we?

Aside from the music gradually calming down, things at Akiha Publishing House also quieted down. At least Kitashin Ichiro stopped urging him to write a new book as before, and instead advised him to rest and not rush the book.

Clearly, Kitashin Ichiro intended to give him a break.

Well, it's pretty good.

"Sometimes I wonder why you always want a stable and quiet life, Yu."

That night, looking at the streetlights lit up on both sides of the road, Ryoko Hamabe, carrying a bag of daily necessities, took the initiative to start a conversation.

After dinner tonight, she suddenly remembered that she was running out of household supplies, so she thought she would make a trip and get them sorted out today.

then……

Her beloved, Watanabe Yu, who wished to remain anonymous, came along with her.

"Because I had repeatedly questioned myself in the dark and gloomy, I realized that true happiness lies in the ordinary and calm."

Watanabe Yu, carrying plastic bags in both hands, smiled and sang a couple of lines with great enthusiasm.

The more experiences you have, the more you understand how true those two lines of lyrics are.

Unfortunately, the more you experience and the more interests become involved, the harder it is to extricate yourself. When you're deeply involved and want to leave, those who are on your side won't be willing, and those who are hostile to you will be even less willing.

This is the direct reason why the 'protagonists' in early Hong Kong films who wanted to retire from crime always failed and ended up with bad endings.

"What do you mean?"

Ryoko Hamabe turned her head and looked at him with a puzzled expression.

It's true that she's been learning Chinese on her own, and her understanding of the language has improved to some extent, but she still can't fully grasp the meaning of such a fast-paced speech.

"It means that a simple and ordinary life is the best." Watanabe Yu slowed down his speech and said the sentence in Japanese, "No matter how impressive you are in front of others, it's not as good as living your own simple life well."

After all, glamour is only temporary; in life, loneliness is the main theme from beginning to end.

As things stand right now, it seems he's destined to be 'unlucky'.

"You want to retire?"

Ryoko Hamabe changed her handbag.

Actually, this weight isn't much. In the past, she could have carried it directly from the supermarket home and back, making at least two round trips. But now, as long as he's around, she feels like she's become more affectionate and clingy.

You could also say that she has become 'weak'.

"You've had that idea in mind..." Watanabe Yu drawled, then glanced at her, "Or maybe I should do it?"

He had mentioned this when they left the supermarket, but Ryoko refused to agree no matter what. After a long argument, they arrived at this 'result'.

"I'll take care of it." Ryoko Hamabe shook her head, suppressing her urge to act spoiled, and then asked, "If, I mean if, after graduating from university, where would Yu choose to go?"

Generally speaking, most young people in high school and college should be full of hope for the future and have boundless ambition.

As for Yu, he is indeed ambitious, but he's a bit... how should I put it, too easily satisfied.

In her grandmother's words, You is a person who can manage a household, but in her aunt's words, You is a bit too lazy and has no idea of ​​making a big business out of it.

The only thing that could motivate him to take action was Ayana's situation.

Well……

I'm a little jealous.

"I'll choose to deal with the Amamiya family's matter first, and then I'll just lie down and relax."

Watanabe Yu gave his answer without even thinking.

"Jealous."

Ryoko Hamabe deliberately pursed her lips and gave a soft snort.

“What’s there to be jealous about? If we switched roles, and you were in a similar situation, I would make the same choice.” Watanabe paused for a moment. “So, how about we go sit in the park?”

It's still early; there's plenty of time to sit in the park and chat.

"They'll be worried."

Ryoko Hamabe pursed her red lips, somewhat hesitant.

"Hasn't everything at home been taken care of?" Watanabe Yu mimicked the tempting devil. "And Ayana and Yuki are keeping an eye on Akane's side too."

"And there's Risa too."

Ryoko Hamabe looked away and gave a calm answer.

But she could hear her own wavering.

"Sister Risa is already lying on the sofa listening to TV programs, so dizzy that she doesn't know what the world is like."

When talking about Risa Yasuhara, Yu Watanabe felt a sense of helplessness that was hard to describe.

What kind of teacher acts like this? After having a meal at a student's house, they hog the sofa and even tried to take over the TV remote.

"Is she really okay?"

Ryoko Hamabe lowered her eyes, her tone filled with worry.

These past few days, Risa Yasuhara has been staying at their house until around 11 PM before driving home.

Several times she wanted to suggest staying overnight, but she held back.

Of course, it's not that I'm afraid someone will stay here and not leave; it's just that I feel that even if she stayed, Risa wouldn't agree.

Because it's not good to say this out loud, and besides, it was my own words, not Yu's.

If it was Yu who said it, then it's hard to say.

“Who knows?” Watanabe Yu shrugged, and the plastic bag he was carrying rattled. “The hardest thing for a person to see is themselves. She seems much more relaxed here than at home.”

Eda Ikumi said that she had never heard Risa snore.

It was the same kind of soft snoring he sent her.

"Is it because it's more lively with more people?"

Ryoko Hamabe asked a question.

“Maybe.” Watanabe Yu turned her head and glanced at the park walkway that was just a stone’s throw away, then said to herself, “I can’t carry it anymore, Ryoko, let’s go inside and sit for a while.”

After saying that, he didn't give her time to react and strode into the park first.

“…Really.”

Watching his retreating figure, Ryoko Hamabe muttered something in annoyed, but her body betrayed her and followed in his footsteps.

This kind of secret rendezvous behind everyone's back, should that count as a date...?

In short, that's the feeling; it definitely gave her an indescribable sense of excitement.

Walking along the park path, Watanabe Yu stopped at the central fountain. After switching the plastic bag he was carrying in his right hand to his left, he took Ryoko's small hand and led her to sit on the bench directly opposite the fountain.

Where were we?

After sitting down, Ryoko Hamabe started talking as before.

"Let's not talk about that anymore, let's talk about something else." Watanabe Yu coughed lightly, "Like, another friend of Kiriyama's, about being rejected after confessing his feelings."

In his opinion, this kind of atmosphere is perfect for gossiping.

The desire to be a bystander is something everyone is born with. It's just that things are different in Japan than in China. Otherwise, during the Spring Festival every year, he would at least have a place in the village's intelligence center.

"I don't want to talk."

Listening to the quiet sounds of the night and the occasional sounds of cars rolling over the road outside the park, Ryoko Hamabe closed her eyes, indulging in a rare moment of pride.

"Then what do you want to talk about?"

Watanabe Yu gently squeezed her hand and asked curiously.

"Let's continue with what we were just talking about."

Ryoko Hamabe gave her answer. To be honest, she didn't know how to be unreasonable, or rather, such an option had never been part of her choices.

"Ryoko, do you know?"

Watanabe Yu didn't respond, but went straight into his own words.

"uh-huh?"

Despite knowing that someone was deliberately changing the subject, Ryoko Hamabe still dutifully continued the conversation.

Who told her to be the one who gets subdued in the "one thing subdues another" scenario?

"When I was in junior high school, I had a study session with some friends one weekend, but it didn't go very well, so it dragged on until midnight, and then..."

Watanabe Yu kept everyone in suspense.

"Then?"

Ryoko Hamabe tilted her head and raised her eyebrows to look at the city skyscrapers not far away.

Unlike the torrential rain that day, after the thick rain curtain was lifted, the city's high-rise buildings finally revealed their true appearance.

In the darkness of the night, the windows of distant buildings lit up, casting a slightly cold white light.

"That classmate's family lived in an apartment building with an elevator, so we took the elevator downstairs. However, since it was already past midnight, the hallway was very quiet."

As Watanabe Yu spoke, he naturally adjusted his voice to make it sound more story-like.

"Well, then what?"

Ryoko Hamabe instinctively sensed something was wrong, but she didn't think too much about it and continued the conversation.

"The air conditioning in the hallway was blasting, so strong that it felt like being in an ice cave." Watanabe paused for a moment. "The hallway lights were also strange. Even though it was a newly built apartment building, the lights in the corridors kept flickering."

"..."

Ryoko Hamabe bit her red lips, a hint of unease creeping into her brows, and the hand he was holding tightened unconsciously.

She wasn't a saintly young lady; she wasn't interested in these supernatural phenomena that were somewhat supernatural, and you could even say she had a low tolerance for them.

This is especially true when the environment is an empty park.

“We got into the elevator.” Watanabe paused, then gave a mischievous grin. “He suddenly said, ‘It’s so quiet.’ I replied, ‘It’s usually quite lively in this elevator.’ Then the elevator fell into an eerie silence.”

In a sense, he was indeed indulging in a bit of perverse humor.

"Then what……"

Ryoko Hamabe covered her mouth, her fingers clenching even tighter until her knuckles turned white.

"Then, when the elevator reached the first floor, I took off running!"

Watanabe Yu uttered the last sentence with a mischievous grin.

"??"

Upon hearing this, Ryoko Hamabe turned her head and looked at the person's profile with a surprised expression.

The result is that people are scaring people?

"Of course, what else did you think?"

Watanabe Yu raised an eyebrow and asked a question in a matter-of-fact manner.

"I thought……"

Ryoko Hamabe bumped his shoulder with her head in an annoyed manner.

Knowing full well that she wasn't good at handling this, this person still deliberately sabotaged her.

"What else did you think?"

Watanabe Yu asked a question he already knew the answer to.

"I thought it was that kind of plot."

Hearing this, Ryoko Hamabe got even angrier, grabbed his hand, and gently bit it.

"hiss!"

Watanabe Yu cooperated perfectly by letting out a cry of pain.

"Hmph, now you know you were wrong?"

Seeing his expression, Ryoko Hamabe calmed down. She gently blew on the back of his hand while giving him a disgruntled glare.

"I know I was wrong, but..."

Watanabe Yu's Adam's apple bobbed, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

"but?"

Ryoko Hamabe frowned.

"Don't you feel like there are a lot of people around?"

Watanabe Yu lowered his voice and said nervously.

"Where is it?"

Ryoko Hamabe raised her eyebrows, glanced around at the empty park benches, and then instinctively pursed her lips.

Even though she knew some bad guy was doing it on purpose, she still felt a chill.

Subconsciously, she moved closer to him.

then.

She heard his laughter, a sound of a successful prank.

"It must be a joke."

Watanabe Yu gently patted her back, offering words of comfort.

"You're so annoying!"

Ryoko Hamabe buried her head in his chest and gave him a couple of nudges.

"Sorry."

Watanabe Yu chuckled awkwardly and tried to smooth things over.

"..."

Ryoko Hamabe didn't respond, but just hummed in response.

"Look, the stars."

In the past, Watanabe Yu would definitely not have known how to handle this situation, or rather, he could only silently admit his mistake.

But now.

Under the guidance of the saintly young lady, he has learned a more effective way to admit his mistakes.

However, this way of admitting fault requires one primary condition: the other person must want to be coaxed by you.

"Stop joking, you can't see stars in Tokyo, and it didn't rain last night."

Ryoko Hamabe replied irritably.

She's not a child; how could she be so easily fooled?

"It's true."

Watanabe Yu put on an extremely confident look.

"Really?"

"Really?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, she hesitated for two seconds, but still raised her eyebrows.

then.

Just like an eagle that has been lurking in the sky searching for its prey, the hunter disguised as the prey finally swooped down and firmly grasped its prey.

As their lips met, a soft breath dispelled Hamabe Ryoko's resolve, softening her tone and making her speak gently.

(End of this chapter)