The Hikigaya couple's youthful love story is definitely not a problem.

No, no, no, I refused without even considering it at all.

Imagining this dialogue in his mind, Hubu felt incredibly tired, and his previously good mood plummeted.

...Did I say something wrong? Yukino looked at the stubborn Hobe walking away and suddenly felt a pang of pity.

It's okay. This guy isn't the type to get down easily; he's the kind of guy who's optimistic to the point of being a fool.

That's exactly why I have such a headache.

After seeing Tobe leave, Hina walked up to the two of them, her eyes fixed on Hachiman.

Hachiman's gaze wandered, avoiding eye contact with Hina, since she was completely the victim in this matter.

If you don't accept the commission, given the Ministry of Revenue's personality, he simply won't dare to confess.

He's always like this; whenever something happens, the first thing he does is ask Ye Shan, and he'll only proceed after getting his approval.

Hachiman strongly agrees with this. Sometimes people think of one way to do something, but when it comes to actually making a decision, they are forced by reality and their bodies instinctively choose another way. This is probably a human self-protection mechanism. When they know the harm of something, they will instinctively choose the way that is least harmful to themselves.

Does Hikigaya-kun's nod mean he agrees with what I said? But even so, you didn't consider my thoughts back then.

Himeko crossed her arms and spoke calmly as always.

I'm sorry, it was my oversight.

What's the point of saying all this? I'm the only one who's unhappy.

Seeing Hina coming over to interrogate him, Hachiman couldn't say anything and could only respond with silence.

"Hachiman, you owe me one. When I ask you for help, you won't have any reason to refuse." Hina said, ignoring Yukino beside her, and then turned and left.

Ha~ Yukino's eyes darted back and forth between Hachiman and Hina with an unfriendly glint in them.

Hachiman felt extremely annoyed after sensing Yukino's gaze. He hadn't expected Hina to retaliate so quickly and hit his weakness right on the head.

He sighed silently to himself, thinking that tonight was probably going to be another tough night.

Chapter 127 The Grass

...Huff~ Hachiman was panting heavily, his face flushed, and large drops of sweat dripped from his forehead.

Yukino sat on Hachiman's body, rising and falling with his movements.

Unlike the guy beneath her who looked like he was about to die, the girl's face was full of pleasure.

"Keep going! Weren't you just bragging about how great you are? What happened? You've become a coward now?" Yukino sneered at Hachiman, getting up from the guy who was lying on the ground.

Hachiman rolled his eyes like a dog that had just returned from frolicking in the summer but was forbidden from entering the air-conditioned room by its owner because it was covered in mud, sticking out his tongue and looking utterly desperate.

Although Yukino weighs just over 90 pounds, it doesn't mean that Hachiman can let the girl sit on him and do push-ups with ease. Normally, if Hachiman makes Yukino angry, she won't make sarcastic remarks or ignore him and give him the cold shoulder.

With just a glance, Hachiman knew exactly what awaited him.

To date, Hachiman has endured various forms of physical punishment.

This includes things like hugging her and doing deep hip thrusts, or being ridden on by a girl while doing push-ups.

He was even forcibly pulled by Yukino, Rumi, and Komachi, who pulled his legs and did a split. Hachiman's face was so painful that it was distorted, and for the next few days, his walking posture was like he had wet his pants in winter.

However, just as there are punishments, there are also corresponding rewards. Once, in order to get rid of Hachiman's weak and frail appearance, Yukino had been trying to make him exercise. After browsing around online, the girl forcibly pulled Hachiman off his chair while he was playing Hearthstone, and then forced the pitiful Hachiman to lie flat on a yoga mat.

She sat on Hachiman's ankles, pulled the boy's head to measure the distance, and then sat obediently without moving, urging Hachiman to do some sit-ups. Hachiman did one as the girl instructed, and then suddenly realized that he could kiss the girl's delicate cherry lips while doing a sit-up. However, Hachiman didn't know what the point of doing this was. After all, Yukino insisted on waiting until their marriage to allow him to have sex, and kissing her like this would only make him feel uncomfortable. Therefore, Hachiman couldn't muster any motivation at the time. He picked up the bewildered Yukino and ran straight to the room.

He grabbed Xiaoru, who was playing on her phone in the room, by the back of her collar and threw her out. He then locked the door and, in the middle of the day, began doing some unspeakable things.

Thus, Yukino was unaware that her third attempt to get Hachiman to exercise resulted in her choking again.

Today, Yukino's punishment for Hachiman is fifteen push-ups. While the number may not seem like much, people usually practice self-weight training. For Hachiman to do push-ups while carrying a weight of over 90 pounds is essentially self-harm.

Although Yukino still felt sorry for Hachiman and stretched out her foot to step on the ground to share some of her weight, Hachiman still felt a considerable weight on his back, about the weight of a bucket of pure water.

Even so, after doing fifteen push-ups, Hachiman went from being a salted fish to a completely dead fish.

Yukino felt a pang of heartache looking at Hachiman lying at her feet, unable to speak. She took out her own towel from her bag and wiped the sweat from Hachiman's forehead.

Let's see if you dare to speak carelessly again.

After wiping away the sweat, Yukino pinched Hachiman's nose with her toes and pulled it back and forth.

However, Hachiman is a typical example of someone who never learns from mistakes. No matter how many times Yukino tormented him, he remained incorrigible.

Even with his nose pinched between the girl's bare lotus feet, Hachiman could still stick out his tongue and lick Yukino's soft, warm soles.

"Eek~ I've been curious for so long, don't you find it dirty? I've been walking all day and haven't washed yet~" Yukino asked curiously as Hachiman licked the soles of her feet.

Aren't you the same? You don't even mind getting dirty.

Hachiman lay on the ground, speaking gently.

"Hey, the Ministry of Revenue sent the address!" Yui took off her headphones, looked up from behind her laptop, and was stunned to see Yukino and Hachiman's interaction.

"Wow!" Tuanzi exclaimed in surprise. She had never imagined that it could be played like this.

It's so late, I'm already a little sleepy.

Yukino pulled her foot out of Hachiman's mouth, wiped the saliva off it on his shirt, and walked barefoot to Yui's side.

Perhaps it's because no one else will be passing by when it's late at night, so it's best not to let too many people know about a confession, let alone a confession like the one from the Ministry of Revenue that is bound to fail.

Hachiman, who had gotten up from the ground, shook his hands and felt a tingling numbness, causing him to grimace.

That's true.

Yukino nodded in agreement with Hachiman's suggestion.

Alright, hurry up and get dressed. It's still a bit chilly in Kyoto at night, so don't go out in your school uniform.

Hachiman said to the two women who were leaning against each other.

But all my clothes are in the room~ Yui sat on the bed with her legs crossed, looking very distressed.

Yukino silently walked over and pinched Yui's leg with her hand. She breathed a sigh of relief after finding that the thickness was not much different from her own.

He picked out a pair of relatively loose pants from his suitcase and gave them to Yui, indicating that she should try them on first.

Yui took the pants from Yukino's hand, took off her skirt on the bed, and tried on Yukino's pants.

With great difficulty, I squeezed my pert buttocks into the pants, and after zipping them up, they felt very tight.

It's alright, but my butt is a bit uncomfortable.

Yukino completely forgot about hip circumference, since the two were about the same height. Yui's extra 10 or 20 pounds compared to Yukino were concentrated in the areas where women have more subcutaneous fat.

However, Hachiman felt that the most comfortable part of Yui's body to touch was not her two big breasts, but her flat little belly due to her slightly muscular tummy.

After the two girls had changed their clothes, Hachiman sneaked out of Yukino's room, avoiding most of the students and Taira no Shizuka and Atsushi. When they encountered a situation that they couldn't avoid, the three of them quickly separated and pretended not to know each other. They made their way to the place where Tobe and Hina had agreed to meet without any major incidents.

Upon arrival, Hachiman discovered that only Tobe was present; it seemed that Hina had not yet arrived.

Looks like it's not time yet, let's find somewhere to hide.

After Hachiman finished speaking, he pulled the two girls and tried to hide behind the bushes nearby, but suddenly discovered W, who was already crouching there.

Chapter 128 Hachiman Hikigaya Remains the Same

Hachiman saw Hayama crouching suspiciously in the bushes and was immediately seized by a mischievous impulse.

After gesturing for the two women to be quiet, he took a pen out of his pocket and tiptoed toward Ye Shan.

Although the plants in the courtyard are very lush.

However, thanks to the hotel cleaners' frequent sweeping, there were no branches or leaves on the ground, so the melodramatic plot of stepping on a branch and being discovered, which often appears in TV dramas, did not occur.

After crouching down and walking a short distance behind Shiyama, he suddenly accelerated, reaching out to cover Yeyama's mouth while pressing the pen against his lower back.

Don't move, or I'm not sure if my hands will shake.

With a gruff voice, Hachiman's tone carried a deliberately feigned tension and excitement.

Hayama was startled and instinctively tried to turn around, but Hachiman held him so tightly that he couldn't move.

With his pupils contracting, Ye Shan appeared quite panicked, as he had not heard of any malicious kidnapping incidents occurring in Kyoto during this time before he arrived.

Hayato Hayama, right? Your father is the legal counsel for the Yukinoshita family, and your mother is a doctor. Nod if I'm not mistaken.

Hachiman lowered his voice and asked in his not-so-fluent Kansai dialect.

Hayama didn't think much of it, assuming that Hachiman's halting speech was due to nervousness. He nodded obediently and waited quietly for Hachiman to continue.

Ye Shan was also very curious as to why the guy behind him had investigated his family background so thoroughly.

Do you know how much pain others have suffered because of your mother's small act of leniency? Hachiman suppressed a laugh, admiring himself for being able to come up with a reason so easily.

Ye Shan was completely bewildered, as he had never heard of his mother ever having any medical malpractice.

On the contrary, she was very popular with patients in the hospital.

Sensing that Hachiman's control over his movements was loosening, as if he was distracted by memories, Hayama, who had received some physical training and self-defense skills at home, was not about to let this fleeting opportunity slip by. He immediately used all his strength to send his elbow toward Hachiman's ribs, as if he wanted to strike straight at the heart of the enemy. However, Hachiman, who had been watching Hayama's movements closely, was not about to let him succeed. He threw the pen in his hand and caught it steadily in his palm. The force from the pen made Hachiman raise an eyebrow.

If he were hit squarely, he probably wouldn't have any ability to resist at all.

Do you really think that the result of all the torment I endured by Yukino for so long is a joke?

Hachiman sneered, using Hayama's own strength to lift his arm behind his back, and with a slight push, he pinned Hayama's hand down. Then, with a light tap on his groin, he firmly pinned Hayama beneath him.

Ye Shan, who was firmly captured, was even more confused. He thought to himself, "This isn't how the script is supposed to go. Shouldn't I be the one to make a brilliant counterattack and subdue the kidnapper behind me? Alright, stop playing around."

Yukino couldn't stand it anymore. If Hachiman continued to play like this, Hayama would probably develop psychological trauma.

Upon hearing this, Hachiman obediently released his grip, freeing Hayama from his restraints.

Hayama, who was inexplicably controlled and then inexplicably released, quickly turned around. When he saw Hachiman and his group, the expression on his face was just like when he came home from school one day and saw his parents sitting on the sofa looking at him with complicated expressions for a long time, and then telling him a secret that had been hidden for more than 10 years.

Hikigaya-kun, how can you be so bored?

Looking at Hachiman's innocent face, Hayama's expression was full of resentment.

How was I supposed to know you'd fight back? When I first saw someone squatting there looking rather sleazy, I assumed they were up to no good.

Hachiman looked up at the sky, appearing completely indifferent.

"You mean this is my fault?" Hayama, who had been trying to capture Hachiman for a long time but was kicked in the process, could only sigh and accept his bad luck when he saw the shameless Hachiman.

"...You're here to watch the show too?" Hachiman awkwardly tried to change the subject, asking Hayama a question he already knew the answer to.