I really don't want to have a girlfriend.

Yuu Tenkuji shook his head and sighed, then patted Yui Yuigahama's shoulder, who was staring blankly with a bewildered expression, and said with a smile, "Snap out of it, Yui, what are you spacing out for?"

"..."

She stared blankly at his relaxed and cheerful smile, then stared blankly at Yukino Yukinoshita's departing figure.

—You still dare to ask me why I'm spacing out?!

Yui Yuigahama suddenly realized that what she had missed was not her lunch break, but the entire contents of a novel.

Chapter 47 You have his own style of speaking

into the night.

It's still that luxury apartment building.

She took the committee's work home to handle, and around 7:30 p.m., Yukino Yukinoshita finished her dinner and put the dishes away in the kitchen.

Her long black hair was tied into a convenient ponytail, and after putting on a beige apron with cat paw prints, her cell phone suddenly rang in her pocket.

At this point, they will call themselves...

For some reason, Yukino Yukinoshita suddenly felt a sense of anticipation.

With feelings she herself couldn't quite understand, she took out her phone, glanced at it, and the slight smile on her lips vanished instantly as she answered the call expressionlessly.

"Is something the matter now, sister?"

"Ugh, this is the first thing you say to your girlfriends..." the woman complained, then clicked her tongue in the most annoying way, "You looked so lifeless yesterday, but you're so energetic today? Let me guess, is it because of someone..."

"If you guess again, I'm hanging up." Yukino Yukinoshita didn't give her a chance to tease her at all.

She put her phone on speakerphone on the shelf next to her, looked at her slightly reddened ears in the mirror, took a deep breath to calm herself, and then turned on the tap, letting the cold water run over the dishes and her hands, which were covered in plastic gloves.

"How heartless." A listless sigh came, and Yang Nai's voice returned to its flat tone, "Although I'm very curious about what happened between you two, even if I ask you, you won't tell me, so I can only... call Xiao Youyou later to ask."

"up to you."

At this point, Yukino was completely uninterested in what this guy was planning to do.

As for how Yuu Tenkuji would answer after being asked... I can roughly imagine it, so I don't feel flustered.

In any case, she hadn't done anything with him that she couldn't tell outsiders. If Yukinoshita Haruno wanted to ask, she could ask, as long as she didn't bother him.

Suddenly, the act of washing the dishes paused.

The moment Yukino Yukinoshita realized that her older sister was actually the perverted suitor of her male friend, her expression was so complicated it was as if she had swallowed a handful of weird-flavored beans.

Is this a tragic fate...? Of all people to like, I had to like him, and now I'm stuck in the middle. It might become increasingly difficult for me to get along with people in the future.

Now, as the snow falls, Xue Nai Nai can't help but sigh deeply about this.

One can only hope that her sister isn't serious, that her interest is just fleeting, and that she'll move on to someone else to "play" with, instead of constantly bothering her and her few friends.

"...Yukino, are you even listening to me?"

"Of course."

Bringing her scattered thoughts back, Yukino Yukinoshita turned off the tap and picked up a towel to dry the dishes.

"There's a party this weekend, and you guys all have to go. I heard that quite a few presidents of foreign companies will be attending."

After finishing her statement with disinterest, she asked疑惑地, "Isn't this a very common thing? What does it have to do with me?"

"The Natsukawa family's jewel, and your classmate Natsukawa Masuzu, will also be attending that party. I just wanted to let you know so you could see if you wanted to go," Haruno said casually. "Although the answer is obvious, it's definitely..."

"Don't go."

For Yukino Yukinoshita, that hypocritical place filled with lies and scheming, where everyone wore masks, was like an acidic hell; staying there even for a few minutes was torture.

Although it's not unbearable, she wouldn't act willfully when the time comes, but... she'd rather not go if she can avoid it.

“I knew it.” Yang Nai said without any surprise, “What if Mother asked you to go home for a visit?”

Upon hearing this, Yukino hesitated for a few seconds, looking at her phone which was showing a call.

"...Please tell my mother that I'm going to a friend's house this weekend, and if there's no emergency, I'll go back next time."

“Friends?” Yang Nai immediately grasped the key word. “Yui? That’s rare. That aloof and cold Yukino actually went to her friend’s house to play.”

"It's quite rare." After placing the clean bowls and plates on the shelf, Yukino tried her best to keep her voice from sounding strange, and said casually, "It's not really playing around, you could say it's a cooking lesson?"

"Oh? Yui can't cook?" Haruno laughed with interest.

Yukino looked up at the sky and explained calmly, "Although I know some basic dishes, there is still a lot of room for improvement."

"I get it, she wants to make a bento for Xiaoyouyou, right? Hmph, what a simple and easy way to win her over..."

"It shouldn't be. No matter how you cook it, it won't taste as good as what he makes himself."

"Then why would I want to learn cooking from you?"

Yukino rubbed her stiff face and silently exhaled.

"How would I know... Anyway, I have something to do this weekend, you guys can go to the party."

"I understand~ It's rare for Xiaoxue to go to her friend's house, so Mom probably won't force you to come now. Don't worry."

"Okay, thank you. Goodbye."

After saying goodbye insincerely, Yukino Yukinoshita quickly ended the call.

He held the phone to his chest, his chest heaving, and his breathing became inexplicably rapid.

She leaned against the refrigerator and looked at herself in the mirror.

A bright blush crept onto her fair face, and her eyes darted away slightly, like a child lying and afraid of being caught.

Yukino Yukinoshita couldn't help but give a bitter smile.

"To evade the question, to avoid telling the truth in order not to lie, and to divert other people's attention to unimportant matters..."

He always speaks like this; it's unbelievable that he doesn't feel any remorse for deceiving people.

However, to avoid causing more trouble for her sister, and because she didn't want to lie and was even less skilled at it, she could only temporarily imitate someone's speaking style and barely manage to fool her quick-witted sister.

"But even though I'm imitating, why is my heart beating so fast...?"

Thinking about his affairs, thinking that I shouldn't have given anything away just now, and thinking that his speaking style should be even more cunning.

With barely perceptible joy, Yukino Yukinoshita untied her ponytail, tossed her long, lead-powder-like black hair, and prepared to go to the bathroom for a bath.

……

Yukino put down her phone and stared thoughtfully at her sister's contact avatar.

Something's strange...

As for what was strange about it, she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

However, this is the strangest part.

No one knows her sister better than herself, not even Yukino Yukinoshita herself—Yukino Yukinoshita always held this confidence.

I can sense something is wrong just by listening to my sister's tone of voice. I can guess five or six parts of the truth just by a few words. When we're face to face, I can read her mind instantly and guess what she's thinking.

Of course, not having to worry about Yukino lying is also a key factor.

But ever since she said she was going to a friend's house, Yang Nai suddenly couldn't guess what she was really thinking—it all sounded like the truth, but there was also a feeling that she was deliberately blurring the focus and playing a little trick on him.

how to say……

It looks very familiar.

Is this way of speaking an imitation of oneself, or...?

As the guess gradually took shape in his mind, he unconsciously tightened his grip on the phone in his palm.

Yukinoshita slowly narrowed her eyes, a meaningful smile curving her lips.

"It shouldn't be what I think..."

Chapter Forty-Eight: The Culprit That Broke Me Down

The Yuki family.

After dealing with her mother's endless lectures, Asuna Yuuki left the living room and headed to her room on the second floor.

"After all the effort we put in to get them to agree to the transfer, is the only option left for the international liberal arts program...?"

The girl, her chestnut hair tied into a long braid, couldn't help but sigh as she walked on the cool marble steps in soft cloth slippers.

Since she was neither of mixed race nor had she studied abroad for a long time, it would be easy for other students to look at her if she spent money to force her into the international education class... But her mother did not agree to her transferring to class F, and she could not give a convincing reason.

You can't exactly say that you transferred schools just to get closer to a certain boy and that being in the same class as him would make it easier to observe him, right?

I wonder if my mother would approve of the title of national kendo champion...

The moment that thought popped into her head, Asuna Yuuki quickly shook her head, her face flushing slightly—she was thinking too far ahead! She transferred schools simply to uncover the 'truth of the world,' not to chase after her future husband!

I could never fall for a guy I've only known for two or three days, no matter how charming he is...

However, I am somewhat concerned.

Thinking of something, Asuna Yuuki's expression gradually darkened. She stopped by her brother's room to make sure he wasn't tipping off anyone again before returning to her own room.

If it were my mother in the past, even if I had won the national championship, she would never have agreed to my request to transfer schools.

Because it's meaningless.

Even though Soubu High School has a high deviation score, in terms of environment and connections, it is definitely not comparable to a prestigious school like Kuroyuki Girls' High School. Moreover, the fact that she was born into an all-girls school and has little experience interacting with men is also convenient for her to use as a resume for marriage, giving her an edge in front of those more traditional family scions.

At some point, Yuuki Asuna began to understand the intricacies of the situation and could also comprehend the meaning behind her mother's words, "I will find you a good family where you will have no worries about food and clothing." This meant that she would choose a good marriage partner who could bring benefits to the Yuuki family.

I don't know when it started, but my mother stopped thinking about elite breeding. She only cared about my grades and was very lenient about other things. As long as I could give her a reason that could convince her, she could usually make my own decision.

Ask her when she became such a nice person, and you'll only get a glare and a cold reply like, "How should I know? I just can't be bothered with you anymore."

That's not different from before.

"It's definitely not my imagination... Something must have been changed without anyone knowing."

After pondering the question repeatedly, Asuna Yuuki closed the door, sat on the bed, and touched the streamlined, silver helmet.

The various moments spent in the game world flashed through my mind—freedom, exhilaration, unrestrained joy, and reflections—all the emotions of happiness and sorrow... making a smile unconsciously spread across my face, and gradually filling the emptiness in my heart with warmth.