The strategy of the other world of the love game

"It seems that you are still unaware of what you have done, you scumbag who is unaware of it."

Ryoma Esaki did not refute. For one thing, he was indeed too harsh on Kasumigaoka Utaha yesterday. In order to deal with the members of the End Band and Ijichi Hoshika who suddenly appeared, he completely threw Kasumigaoka Utaha aside.

Secondly, he is indeed a scumbag, and Kasumigaoka Utaha was not wrong to call him that.

After what happened yesterday, the level of resentment that Kasumigaoka Utaha was only this level was already considered very good-tempered. Most people would be better off just enduring this kind of situation.

But Ryo Esaki is no ordinary person.

"It's not that I can't accept it, I'm just worried that you might get hurt, Kasumigaoka-san."

Ryoshin Ezaki spread his hands.

"You know, the bones in your calves are much harder than your toes. If you get excited and kick me, I won't be the one who gets hurt."

"Ryoushin-kun, are you insulting my intelligence?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha's face was gloomy.

"Why would I kick you knowing that I would get hurt?"

"Because I think you will definitely kick me if you hear my explanation."

"...Then can't you come up with some reason that won't make me angry?"

"So Kasumigaoka-san wants me to lie to you?"

Seeing Ryoma Ezaki's impassive look, Kasumigaoka Utaha gritted her teeth in anger.

"Just tell the truth. It's my business whether I get hurt or not!"

"That won't work. The pain in your foot is in my heart."

Ryoma Ezaki shook his head and said with concern.

"If your leg gets hurt from kicking me, at least let me rub it for you. That's all I can do."

"..."

Kasumigaoka Utaha was speechless for a moment. She had no doubt that Ryosuke Ezaki could do it, as he rubbed her own feet in public.

Ryo Ezaki is so shameless that she still wants more!

Kasumigaoka Utaha had no choice but to withdraw her foot in shame. She had come here today to call for an explanation, but ended up getting thwarted before she even started.

Feeling the little foot on his calf being retracted, Ryoma Esaki showed a slightly disappointed expression.

The opportunity to play with Kasumigaoka Utaha's black silk jailer openly is not so common.

"Now you are satisfied, can you tell me?"

After retracting her foot, when she pressed the issue again, Kasumigaoka Utaha's momentum involuntarily weakened a lot.

"Actually, there's not much to say. I just happened to help the owner of that livehouse solve some problems before, and by the way, I introduced that band to a producer from a record company, which helped them debut smoothly."

Ryoma Esaki said it nonchalantly, as if he had only done a small job.

"That's all."

"That's all..."

The corner of Kasumigaoka Utaha's eye twitched.

"Why didn't I know when you, Master Liang, became so capable?"

"Kasumigaoka-san, you said that as if you know me very well."

Ryosaki Esaki smiled.

"..."

Kasumigaoka Utaha was speechless for a moment. She bit her lips, and the unwillingness in her eyes could not be concealed.

She really didn't understand Ryoma Ezaki. Even though she had been very proactive in getting close to and contacting him, she always felt that there was an invisible wall between her and him.

It can be said that the reason she didn't understand Ryoma Ezaki was not because she didn't care about Ryoma Ezaki enough, but because Ryoma Ezaki himself was deliberately concealing things and trying to hide himself in front of her.

Normally at school, Ryoma Ezaki gives people the impression that he is no different from an average male high school student, just a little withdrawn and not having many friends.

Of course, this is also due to the reasons of Kasumigaoka Utaha. Before she transferred here, Esaki Ryoma still had a normal social circle.

Ever since Kasumigaoka Utaha transferred to the school and started pestering Ezaki Ryoma like a nympho, all his friends have been scared away.

Although Ryoma Esaki himself doesn't care about it, Kasumigaoka Utaha has always felt guilty towards Ryoma Esaki because of this.

After all, Ryoma Esaki helped her improve her novel, but she scared away Ryoma Esaki's friends instead. Although it was not intentional, it felt a bit like ingratitude.

However, what Kasumigaoka Utaha didn't know was that before he met her, Esaki Ryoma had no friends either.

After all, he is a man with a mental age of over 30, and it is difficult for him to have any interest in socializing among high school boys.

If you must say, he is more interested in JK.

And those friends of Ryoma Esaki were actually the ones she made temporarily after Kasumigaoka Utaha told her that she was going to transfer to her school.

Although it is difficult to accommodate new members once the Japanese high school student circle is established, high school students are high school students after all. Those unspoken rules and social methods are as tender as an undeveloped anus in front of Ryoma Ezaki. He used a little tricks to win over several classmates to become his "friends".

Then, when Kasumigaoka Utaha transferred to the school, she started to pursue him relentlessly as he had expected.

So he took the opportunity to distance himself from those friends, creating the illusion that he had become estranged from his friends because of Kasumigaoka Utaha's entanglement.

The purpose, of course, is to use this guilt to tie Kasumigaoka Utaha tightly to him.

Of course, Kasumigaoka Utaha was unaware of all this, and her inability to conquer Ryoma Esaki made her increasingly anxious.

On the one hand, she was worried that her entanglement would disturb Ryoshin Ezaki's normal life, but on the other hand, she was unwilling to let go.

This kind of self-pull is exactly what Ryosuke Ezaki wants.

Under this kind of anxiety and guilt, Kasumigaoka Utaha's demands on him will become lower and lower.

When her goal was reduced from monopolizing Ryoma Ezaki to being satisfied with just staying by Ezaki Ryoma's side, that was when Ezaki Ryoma's goal was achieved.

"I understand. I don't want to ask how you met them."

Kasumigaoka Utaha took a deep breath, calmed herself down and continued.

"But yesterday you suddenly left me halfway through watching a live show, and when you came back you wanted to send me home without any explanation, but ended up leaving me again halfway through."

"You should explain these actions, right?"

This issue is actually what Kasumigaoka Utaha cares about the most. She knows that she has neither the ability nor the position to stop Ryoma Ezaki from getting to know other girls, but if Ryoma Ezaki puts other girls before her, that would cause her the greatest sense of frustration.

After all, at least in the past six months, she has spent the longest time with Ryoma Ezaki.

"Well...I really am sorry for you."

To the surprise of Kasumigaoka Utaha, Ryoma Esaki decisively admitted his mistake.

"I left halfway through the live show yesterday. I was actually taken away by the store manager."

"Store manager?"

"Yes, it's that livehouse, the manager of STARRY, and the sister of the last band member Ichichi Hongka, Ichichi Hoshika."

Ryoma Esaki explained.

"Didn't I tell you that I helped that live house before? After that, the manager has been looking for opportunities to repay me."

"I had been avoiding her before, but this time I went back to take a look occasionally, and she caught me red-handed."

"I left halfway when I was sending you home to meet the store manager."

"So you mean to say that you left me twice yesterday to accept the reward from the store manager?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha looked doubtful.

"If the store manager really wanted to repay you, why are you hiding from her?"

"Well... it's a little hard to talk about."

Jiang Qiliang scratched his head embarrassedly.

"Actually, it's because I'm not very satisfied with the way she repays me."

"...Are you helping her just to get something in return?"

"That's not true."

Ryoshin Ezaki spread his hands.

"But I've helped her, so it's not too much to want to get some of the rewards I want, right?"

"If I have to ask her to repay me with something I don't even want, I'd rather she not repay me."

Ryouma Ezaki's outrageous words stunned Kasumigaoka Utaha.

This sentence may sound a bit harsh, but if you think about it carefully, there is really nothing wrong with it.

Yes, when you help others, you are providing timely assistance and giving them what they want most.

But if the other person repays you by giving you something you don't want, wouldn't that be a loss?

How can it be possible that you do good things and still suffer losses?

But before this, Kasumigaoka Utaha had never heard of anyone who would refuse a reward after helping others because the way the person being helped repays was not what he wanted.

After all, today's social atmosphere calls for helping others without asking for anything in return.

But this is a false proposition. Why should people give without asking for anything in return?

Isn't it true that reasonable rewards can better motivate people to help others?

Helping others without expecting anything in return is a noble virtue, but now it has developed to the point where asking for something in return after helping others is despicable.

Faced with this kind of atmosphere, more people choose to become indifferent and give up the idea of ​​helping others.

Letting go of the desire to help others and respecting the fate of others has become a principle that people respect more.

People like Ryoma Esaki, who choose to continue to lend a helping hand to those in need and then speak out about how they want to be rewarded, are almost rarer than pandas.

"Ezaki-kun, I now understand why you have no friends."

Kasumigaoka Utaha spoke out of inspiration.

Ryosuke Ezaki is so unique, so unique that she can hardly imagine that someone can accept all his ideas and style and become his true friend.

But such a person who has difficulty making friends is surrounded by a bunch of beautiful girls.

Are you angry or not?

"Eh? Isn't it because you scared away all my friends?"

Ryosaki Esaki teased with a smile.

"This...is not the same thing."

Kasumigaoka Utaha changed the subject somewhat awkwardly.

"So, you followed the store manager this time because he gave you the reward you wanted?"

"Well, you could say that."

"So, how did she repay you?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha asked curiously.

She also received a lot of care from Ryoma Ezaki, but she was always at a loss as to how to repay him, and could only clumsily pester Ryoma Ezaki.

If she could know how the store manager repays Ryosama Ezaki, it would be very valuable for her.

"Well... I'm sorry, I can't say."

Ryoshin Ezaki's expression suddenly became serious and he shook his head seriously.

"This involves the store manager's personal privacy. I can't make the decision for her and tell you."

"If you want to know, you can ask the store manager yourself. She will tell you if she is willing."

"That's it, I understand."

Seeing that Ryoma Ezaki was speaking so seriously, Kasumigaoka Utaha didn't dare to ask any further.

"So, Kasumigaoka-san, do you have any questions?"

After dealing with Kasumigaoka Utaha's questioning, Ryoma Esaki's expression became much more relaxed.

"Now that you've asked me, I'm actually quite free today, so I can spend more time with you as an apology for abandoning you yesterday."