Crossover Anime: Miss, please don't do this, I still have a silly cat to raise.

Wow! He actually slacked off without me!

"You said before that you don't have a girlfriend yet, right?"

Chapter 297 A Failure

"You said before that you don't have a girlfriend yet, right?"

Lu Nan's hand froze the moment he was about to open the door.

"That... there really isn't one..."

"That's perfect."

Lu Nan raised an eyebrow, surprised that it was a direct confession...

"Um...I..."

Otoya Naomi's voice was interrupted by Busujima Sakurako.

"If you don't have a girlfriend..." Sakurako Busujima pursed her lips, "...with me—"

Lu Nan clicked his tongue, "Just as I thought."

He turned and walked towards the front desk.

Forget it, I'd better just go to work. Looks like I won't be able to get an ice-cold beer today.

……

"Oh, you're back~"

What was the result?

Cai Zhai and You Ji asked excitedly.

Sakurako Busujima paused, then smiled helplessly: "It won't work."

"Oh dear."

"What a pity."

"Haha, yes."

“But now…” Cai Zhai smiled, “you must feel a lot more relaxed, right?”

"Exactly, exactly, because you only like her looks, right?"

"Keep looking, you'll find the next one soon!"

As Busujima Sakurako listened to these words, the corners of her mouth slowly curved downwards, but she quickly put on an indifferent smile: "That's true, it's just as you all said!"

"Right—" ×2

Sakurako Busujima stretched and yawned: "Oh dear, now I have to go find a new boyfriend again."

"That's it! That's the speed at which you can get back on your feet!"

"As expected of Sakura!"

"Anyway, crying and making a fuss isn't in my personality." Sakurako Busujima shrugged, looking completely indifferent.

That's exactly what I meant!

"Indeed~ That's probably the only reason I fell for him, isn't it?"

"So, Sakurako, you didn't actually use your full strength, did you?"

"Haha! Well said!" Sakurako Busujima said smugly, "If I had used my full strength, I would have finished it a long time ago!"

"It's your fault, Sakura, for not giving it your all!"

"Haha, that's going too far!"

Lu Nan, who was standing behind the stage, looked at Sakura Dokushima and her silently clenched fist.

Didn't you use your full strength...?

……

"Off work, off work!" Lu Nan changed out of his work clothes, whistling as he locked the door.

Because he had to work overtime today, he had to call Iori in advance to have Daimiao pick him up from school. Otherwise, the gym would probably be closed by the time Lu Nan got off work, and he didn't want the little guy to be locked out waiting for him.

I didn't want to work overtime, but the boss offered too much. The price was so high that Lu Nan would voluntarily stay and clean the store without any complaints.

As Lu Nan opened the door and was about to step out, he heard a sudden sob.

Lu Nan turned his head and looked at Busujima Sakurako, who was sitting on the steps with her head buried in her hands and knees, and fell silent.

Is there something wrong with this woman? Why can't she go home instead of crying? Is she...?

Lu Nan looked around warily. Could it be that there was an ambush? Were they planning to knock Shanghai unconscious and take him home?

But didn't Shanghai leave a long time ago? Could it be...?

Lu Nan hugged himself in terror.

Sakurako Busujima seemed to have heard another noise besides her own.

She first glanced up slightly out of the corner of her eye, then lowered her head to wipe away her tears before looking up and asking in a muffled voice, "Why haven't you left yet?"

Lu Nan looked at her, somewhat bewildered: "Are you out of your mind? It's my turn to stay behind and clean today."

"Oh." Sakurako Busujima buried her head again. "If there's nothing else, you can go now."

“Okay.” Lu Nan lifted his leg to walk out of the alley, but unsurprisingly, his trouser leg was grabbed.

Lu Nan sighed: "We agreed beforehand that I have to get home early, otherwise the buses will stop running and I'll have to run home."

Sakurako Busujima didn't say anything, but she pulled even tighter.

Lu Nan sat down helplessly, and with a touch of heartache, opened his small bag and pulled out a large wad of towels.

Sakurako Busujima stared blankly until Lu Nan opened the towel, took out a can of ice-cold beer, and handed it to her before she reacted.

"This is?"

"Beer, are you stupid?" Lu Nan opened a can himself, and with a popping sound, Lu Nan's mood brightened.

Lu Nan downed more than half a can in one gulp, wiped his mouth, and said, "Why are you looking at me like that? This is my due compensation for my work. The manager himself said I could drink as much as I wanted, so what's wrong with me taking two cans home to drink?"

Lu Nan felt a little guilty: "We agreed beforehand that I only took two cans, and one of them is in your hands now, so you're not allowed to report me."

Sakurako Busujima's drooping brows lifted at some point, and she stopped crying. Looking at the beer in her hand, she smiled helplessly and scolded, "You bastard, I haven't even drunk any, so I'm not your accomplice, am I?"

"Hey, that's not right. I only stayed to comfort you out of kindness. You can't be that heartless, can you? You're not really going to report me, are you?" Lu Nan gulped down the remaining half can, tossed it into the trash can with a long throw, and then smacked his lips.

His gaze involuntarily fell on the ice-cold beer in Sakurako Busujima's hand.

Sakurako Busujima raised an eyebrow. Good grief, so that means she hasn't had enough to drink and wants to go back.

Sakurako Busujima pulled the tab and gulped down a big mouthful.

Are you feeling better?

Seeing Sakurako Busujima drink her beer, Lu Nan looked at the starless sky with some disappointment.

"What are you talking about? When have I ever been in a bad mood?" Sakurako Busujima retorted stubbornly.

"So you mean you didn't go home late at night but instead hid in the alley behind the shop crying because you were unhappy? Then my guess is that there's something wrong with your head."

"Go to hell!" Sakurako Busujima punched Lu Nan, but it was weak and had little force.

"So are you heartbroken because you were rejected, or are you just acting out of your mind and putting on performance art here?" Lu Nan asked.

"...You knew all along?" Sakurako Busujima asked sullenly.

"Ha, how novel! You weren't whispering, your voices could be heard clearly in the hallway." Lu Nan felt that this guy was really a bit dumbfounded.

In fact, Sakurako Busujima did feel that she had been a bit slow today. She shouldn't have confessed like that, but she did anyway, and she didn't know why.

Perhaps it was to confirm something, perhaps it was to let go of something, perhaps...

Sakurako Busujima rested her head on her knees, tilted her head and looked at Lu Nan: "Really? I didn't expect you to have the habit of eavesdropping."

"Hey, don't slander me out of thin air. I ran away the moment I found out." Lu Nan pouted, "Don't make baseless accusations. I don't have that kind of strange fetish."

"So you're comforting me now?" Sakurako Busujima asked softly.

"Otherwise, why would I be begging while sitting here?" Lu Nan rested his head on his knees and looked at Busujima Sakurako.

Chapter 298 You Idiot (Bonus Chapter for Bounty, Thank You Everyone)

"Don't you think our relationship is getting a little ambiguous?" Lu Nan asked.

"Is what you mean by 'ambiguity'?" Sakurako Busujima replied.

“It’s all the same, but you’re a bit ugly now,” Lu Nan said bluntly.

Sakurako Busujima did look rather disheveled; her hair was a bit messy, her eyes were slightly swollen, and her delicate makeup was smudged.

"You really know how to ruin the mood," Sakurako Busujima said with some dissatisfaction.

"What a coincidence, other people often compliment me like that too."

"I wasn't praising you!"

The two remained silent for a moment, before Lu Nan asked, "So why are you here?"

"Why do you ask that?" Sakurako Busujima replied, "It's normal to be upset when you're rejected and hide here to cry secretly, right?"

"Ha, don't make your brother laugh, Dokushima-sama. Everyone knows that you, Dokushima-sama, are not like this. I thought you would go home, take a shower, lie in bed, and cry under the covers."

Lu Nan looked at the alley, which was relatively clean but also rather eerie: "Not here."

Sakurako Busujima didn't speak, but her eyes flickered as she looked at Lu Nan.

Does everyone know? Actually, not necessarily.

Sakurako Busujima looked up at the sky: "This little thing isn't enough to make me feel down."

"Really? Is that true?"

"Yeah, it's not a big deal anyway. It's just that I was rejected. I rejected someone who only liked my looks."