Tokyo: They say it's just dating, but they're serious about it.

She thought Katsuhiko's speech at her own wedding a few days ago was quite good. She thought Katsuhiko had changed a lot, but she didn't expect him to still be such a blockhead.

No wonder he's been single since school. He left the wedding early that day, saying he was going on a date with his new girlfriend. What a face-saving excuse, right?

"What's wrong?" Katsuhiko asked, putting the coin into his pocket and putting one hand in his pocket.

"I'm too short, could you help me carry Sister Yingdai upstairs?"

"Wasn't she quite capable when she was on the phone just now?" Katsuhiko raised an eyebrow at Eiyo, who was stealing a glance, and then asked, "Do you need any help? Just say so."

Yingdai's oval face flushed red instantly, her eyes filled with tears, and she bit her lower lip, staring at Shengyan without saying a word.

Qinye couldn't help but blink.

This was the first time she'd ever seen Eiya with this expression; it didn't look angry at all, it seemed more like she was shy...

The seven guys were still tied to the machine with ropes and begging for mercy... Did a hero save the damsel in distress?

And the way Katsuhiko-kun is winking at her... Could it be... Oh dear!

"Katsuhiko-kun, please help me out!" Kotoha said, pulling Katsuhiko next to Eiyo, then running towards the rest room, "I'll get Eiyo-neechan a change of clothes."

She believed she was right, and even if she was wrong, this kind of help was understandable.

After Qinye ran away, Yingdai stood on one foot, her hands on the wall, panting with her head down. She was still biting her lower lip, her eyes somewhat unfocused.

Katsuhiko stretched out his arm in front of her and said, "Hurry up!"

Yingdai didn't move. She pursed her lips and whispered in a trembling voice, "Why did you touch my chin and pat my face just now?"

"Who knows? Maybe they saw someone with a good figure and looks and wanted to take advantage of them."

Yingdai's hand, which was supporting her against the wall, trembled slightly. She kept her head down, her ears flushed pink, and whispered, "You, you're sexually harassing me. I, I'll sue you."

"Whatever. Arrest those who should be arrested, fine those who should be fined, and jail those who should be jailed."

Seeing that her leg, which was supporting her on one foot, was trembling, Sheng Yan put his hand under her armpit and grabbed her arm with his other hand, supporting her as she walked up the stairs. He continued, "If you really sue me and I get arrested, I will continue to harass you after I get out of prison. I will escalate the harassment until you dare not sue me again."

With Katsuhiko's help, Eiyo hopped onto the steps on one foot. As soon as she landed, her legs buckled, and she fell backward with a look of astonishment on her face.

Sheng Yan quickly stepped forward, wrapped his arm around her lower back, and pulled her back.

In her dizziness, Eiyo suddenly lunged forward, her chest slamming directly into Katsuhiko's face.

There was still paint on her clothes, and when Sheng Yan looked up in surprise, there were two paint marks on his face.

Eiyo froze again, feeling a tingling sensation in her chest. She was immediately overcome with shame, but she couldn't help but laugh at Katsuhiko's comical appearance.

I want to apologize and I want to thank you at the same time; I'm so conflicted, I just can't say what I want to say.

All she could do was bite her lip tightly and turn her face to one side.

Katsuhiko wiped his face, his hands covered in paint, and his clothes were also covered in paint. Now he didn't have to worry about his clothes getting dirty anymore.

Seeing Yingdai's ashamed expression, as if she wanted to disappear into the ground, he didn't bother to say anything more. He immediately bent down, put one arm around Yingdai's knees and the other around her back, and lifted her up in his arms.

Yingdai suddenly gasped, her tense body tilting outwards, her arms hanging limply in the air.

"Are you an idiot?" Sheng Yan said irritably. "Move closer, it's too heavy to hug like this. Put your arms around my neck."

After all, it's a staircase in a factory workshop; one floor of stairs is equivalent to climbing three floors.

"Oh...I'm sorry..."

Eiyo seemed to realize the problem as well, and whispered something in a trembling voice. She wrapped her arms around Katsuhiko's neck, her face still flushed and turned away. She was breathing heavily, and under her clothes, it looked like two balloons that were constantly being inflated and deflated.

She seemed to have never been hugged like this before...

The washroom is in the form of a public bathhouse, mainly provided for employees in the production workshop when they go to and from get off work.

Perhaps due to the holiday, the area was not fully open to the public, and only one private room was available.

When Katsuhiko carried Eiyo to the washroom, Kotoha had already come up from another staircase and was sitting on the chair at the entrance of the washroom, waiting.

Next to her were two brand-new "Watanabe Food Processing Plant" employee uniforms and a worn-out wooden cane.

Eiyo stiffened again, quietly pulling her arm away from Katsuhiko's neck. She lowered her head, which had been tilted outwards, burying it in his chest, and whispered, "Please, please put me down...please..."

It was quite tiring for Sheng Yan to carry her like this; she wasn't cooperating at all, and all 120-plus pounds of her flesh were pressing down on his arms.

I helped her to the washroom.

"You guys..." Qin Ye looked like she was trying not to laugh, blinking rapidly as she asked, "Are you alright?"

Just now, when she was on the first floor, she saw Sheng Yan look up with his face covered in paint. The two of them stared at each other in a daze for about five seconds!

Qinye even thought that the two of them would kiss under those circumstances, since the atmosphere was just right.

Unfortunately, Yingdai avoided it; she was too shy. It was the first time I'd ever seen her act so girlishly.

That's right. My mother-in-law said that Yingdai had a blind date, a whirlwind marriage and divorce. Her ex-husband was gay and just wanted the identity of a married man... which is equivalent to never having been in a relationship...

Yingdai remained silent, her head bowed towards the concrete floor. Her eyes darted around, she breathed heavily, and her head swayed in a trembling manner.

"I'm asking you." Katsuhiko nudged Eiyo's arm again.

"I...no, it's nothing." Eiyo shuddered as if she'd been electrocuted, her hand trembling as she reached for the chair. "Kotoha-chan, please, please give me your cane, I'll go in myself..."

Kotoha suppressed a laugh and handed the cane to Eiyo. Eiyo's legs were still trembling as she took the cane, so Kotoha helped her into the small private bathroom.

As soon as she was helped inside, Yingdai chased her out and then closed the thin wooden door to the bathroom.

Katsuhiko was washing his face with cold water at the sink next door.

Kotoha took out a bar of soap, walked over, and said, "Katsuhiko-kun, please use this!"

"Oh, thank you."

Katsuhiko casually took the soap, touched it with his fingertips, and saw: [Assets: -4221000 yen], liabilities: 4.2 million yen.

When I touched Eiyo's chin before, she was about three million yen in debt. I wonder how much debt Kenta will have when he comes back...

Another cheat device also malfunctioned; the countdown timer, which was increasing in seconds, suddenly turned gold the instant it made contact with the device, changing from a transparent color.

It was just a flash, like a blur.

Of course, Katsuhiko has no feelings for Kotoha right now, and Kenta is a good brother to him, so it's impossible for him to grab his good brother's wife's hand to test anything.

Anyway, once the seven days are up, they'll move on to the next person, grabbing anyone regardless of gender.

"The Vanished One" was indeed still obsessed with Qin Ye, and even produced a "Golden Legend" after touching her.

Sheng Yan washed off the paint and walked out of the washroom.

Qinye sat on a lounge chair by the bathroom door, head down, unpacking a plastic bag containing a work uniform.

The sound of running water could be heard from the bathroom.

Katsuhiko sat down, his work clothes placed next to Kotoba.

"I designed this myself!" Qin Ye said with regret, her slender white fingers stroking the words "Watanabe Food Processing Factory" printed on the back of the clothes. "It's a pity that they haven't been distributed to the employees yet, and they probably won't wear them in the future."

Light green work clothes, a complete set of tops and bottoms.

Sheng Yan picked up his work clothes from the chair and said, "The quality is quite good."

I did want to casually mention something else, but I didn't know the actual situation of her family's factory, and Qin Ye seemed to be just venting, so I could only chat perfunctorily.

"Sigh..." Kotoha sighed as if relieved, put the clothes on her lap, blinked and tilted her head to ask, "Katsuhiko-kun, what do you think of Eisho-neechan?"

The sound of rushing water behind the bathroom door suddenly subsided.

"Apart from her personality, she's great."

“Let me tell you,” Kotoha leaned closer to Katsuhiko, “Eiyo-neechan has never been in a relationship.”

"You're not trying to set us up, are you?"

Katsuhiko was quite surprised. In his memory, he learned from Kenta that his sister had returned home after getting divorced.

Of course, Katsuhiko didn't care at all. At this moment, his feelings for Eiyo were like glancing at a beautiful woman with a great figure on the street with an appreciative attitude.

“I think you two are a good match,” Qinye nodded and continued, “If you think it’s good, you can consider it. Actually, Eida is a very gentle woman, but she was deceived by her gay ex-husband.”

When Katsuhiko was in school, he was quite thin. Now, he's much stronger, with a good height and build. He can even carry me up three flights of stairs without batting an eye, looking incredibly strong, reliable, and reassuring.

Katsuhiko tilted his head and looked at the bathroom where the water had stopped, and said, "Where is she being gentle? I didn't see it."

"She's just shy, shy! How could she suddenly be gentle? You need to be nicer to her."

Why is Kenta saying "I'm sorry" in Chapter 31?

Qin Ye had no idea what kind of person Sheng Yan was, who was determined to push her sister-in-law into a pit of fire.

Actually, Kotoha has a very good impression of Katsuhiko now.

Shengyan already knew more about the situation at her family's factory. If they weren't really close, he would have kept his distance long ago.

Now, all of Kenta's relatives have either run away or gone into hiding, and all contact has been severed. The gates are locked, and no one answers when they call out.

As for Katsuhiko, he's just a classmate, yet he came all this way to help, and even fought with a gang of thugs collecting debts... he can't be all that bad.

"Just now I touched her chin with my finger to show that I liked her, and guess what she did? She's going to sue me for sexual harassment."

Katsuhiko shouted at the bathroom door, complaining loudly.

Kotoha almost covered Katsuhiko's mouth, waving her hand anxiously and whispering, "Girls should always be reserved. After all, you're not familiar with each other yet. What did you say?"

Judging from Yingdai's shy demeanor just now, she definitely wasn't serious.

"I said, I'll never do it again," Sheng Yan lied through his teeth.

"No, you can't do this," Qin Ye said, exasperated. "You need to be bolder and more courageous."

"Then how do we do it?" Sheng Yan asked humbly, seeking guidance.

"I'll ask her to have dinner with me later, and after dinner I'll take her to see a movie in Shibuya. There's a new animated film called 'Ocean Waves' that just came out..."

"Oh?"

Katsuhiko raised an eyebrow, recalling that he had seen that novel at Yuma Kanzaki's place before.

I subconsciously wondered how much money a novel adapted into a movie could make? How much in royalties would it generate?

Further, my thoughts drifted to the manga industry within the broader anime and manga sector, given that the Japanese anime and manga industry is poised for its most glorious period over the next twenty-odd years…

Could I snatch it away? The thought suddenly popped into my head, but before I could feel any joy, I immediately sighed with regret.