Why are all the heroines falling for me, the villain?

"If you can take over the position of heir to the Sakurai family within a year, then there is room for maneuver. At that time, you can continue to be affectionate with your boyfriend, and I will not interfere."

Is what you're saying true?

Upon hearing this, Yuko abruptly raised her head, a dark emotion gathering in her eyes momentarily fading. She didn't even address him as "father," asking in a tone that felt unfamiliar.

"If you can take it from Kui, I'll certainly agree." The man's tone remained teasing.

Yuko's unfamiliar reaction surprised her father, but so what? His real purpose in bringing Yuko to Eisei was simply to use her as a tool for a marriage alliance.

As for believing that this good-for-nothing can surpass Aoi?

What a joke! Even if you gave her ten times the time, it wouldn't work.

laugh-

It would be quite interesting to see this good-for-nothing realize his shortcomings and become utterly despondent.

"Okay, it's a deal." Yuko clenched her fist, her fingertips turning white, and watched her father leave.

She heard her father's sneer before he left, a blatant mockery that suggested he never truly considered Yuko his daughter.

After all, in his eyes, Yuko was a worthless bastard born of that bitch, and it was already a favor that he hadn't thrown her out of the house.

At this moment, Yuko was isolated and helpless in this house. She seemed somewhat helpless and weak, with a half-smile on her face, as if she had completely lost the last bit of attachment to this family.

No wonder Yuko's personality is so distorted and morbid in her view of love; growing up in such an environment must have been very difficult for her.

After the man left, she went upstairs, locked the door from the inside, and didn't turn on the lights.

If it were before she met Li Zhu, she might not have asked any questions and would have silently accepted her father's orders.

The saying "A scholar should be viewed with new eyes after three days of separation" applies to everyone.

She's no longer nobody; her name is now Yuko Sakurai.

Yuko lay in bed, contemplating how to become the heir and how to snatch the opportunity to meet Zhu from her sister.

She licked her lips, her expression somewhat frightening, as all sorts of dark thoughts began to fester in her mind.

She discovered that she was perfectly at ease in the dark environment, which greatly enhanced her thinking speed and physical abilities, even while in the haunted house at the amusement park.

She suddenly realized that although her father had made her the heir, her status was still below his. What if he used everything from the Sakurai family to threaten her or Riki again, to prevent them from meeting...

She knew that her "father" might actually have such a perverse sense of humor, and the thought of his face made Yuko's expression one of extreme disgust.

Then a terrible thought arose in her mind.

"There are far too few heirs..."

If she becomes the true head of the Sakurai family, then no one should be able to stop her.

hehe--

Low, suppressed laughter echoed in the room.

"Please give me some time, and I will remove all those obstacles in our way!"

……

at the same time.

the other side.

Riku received a call from Dr. Kato and rushed to the hospital.

"Dr. Kato, you said my test results are in?"

"You're here. Please sit down. I was just about to tell you about this." Dr. Kato, holding the test results, frowned as he spoke to Riki.

"The test report shows that you have taken a certain drug that stimulates the body within the past month, and continued use of this drug will cause irreversible changes to your body."

"Huh? I haven't taken any medication recently."

Li Zhu was completely bewildered. Apart from the few IV drips she received during her hospitalization and the application of some medication for external injuries, she hadn't taken any other medicine.

"Are you sure you haven't taken any medication? But what if the medication is in the food you eat?"

Dr. Kato hit the nail on the head, giving Riki a meaningful look. Based on his years of experience, he figured that since the boy was so good-looking, he might have been drugged by someone without Riki's knowledge.

Before Li Zhu could process the information he was about to share, Dr. Kato continued speaking.

“You are not the only patient who has taken this medication. Many years ago, a man came to our hospital for treatment, and I was his attending physician at the time.”

“His condition is much more serious than yours. Based on his own account, we speculate that the drug can strengthen the body, but it is highly addictive and has a very high probability of causing hallucinations or brain degeneration.”

"During the full-body examination, we also found signs of abuse on the patient's body, but the patient was unwilling to reveal any information to us."

"And he only received treatment here for a short period of time before he stopped coming back."

"Unexpectedly, a month later, the police rescued him from a secluded basement, and the person who imprisoned and abused him turned out to be his ex-girlfriend."

Dr. Kato seemed somewhat grave, looking at Riki as if she were the next unlucky person to make the news.

"Is it really that terrifying?" Li Zhu asked, his expression somewhat unnatural, though he tried to remain calm.

He remembered Yuko's bento box and the strange bottle of water she gave him. Besides the food at home, the food he ate most often from outside was what Yuko gave him.

It seemed that everything strange could be explained.

"This is by no means an exaggeration, but your condition is still very mild. At present, your body is only showing some signs," the doctor continued, handing over the report.

I don't understand a bunch of numbers above.

Li Zhu took it, glanced at it a few times, nodded, and then returned it.

"Doctor, what should I do next to treat this illness?"

"Stop taking the medication, drink more hot water, and exercise more. Drinking more water will help your body metabolize the medication gradually, and more exercise will improve your physical condition."

"It's that simple?" Li Zhu was a little surprised. No need to take medicine?

"Because we don't have any drug samples, we don't have any effective treatment options. The above suggestions are just a treatment method that relies on the body's self-compensation to recover."

"Note that stopping the medication is the key! Then, with proper rest and recuperation over a long period, you will recover. After all, your condition is still in what can be considered the early stage, and it is not suitable to use other methods to intervene."

"Okay." Li Zhu seemed a little confused but impressed.

I left the hospital.

Li Zhu, who had been walking with her head down, accidentally bumped into a raised stone slab and stumbled.

When he looked up and gazed ahead, he realized that the road in front of him was long and dark.

He had been kept in the dark all along, but even though he knew the truth, his heart grew increasingly confused, unsure of which way to go.

……

Chapter Seventy-Five: A Love Letter That Connects the Past and the Future

The pear tree standing at the crossroads has attracted a lot of attention.

This handsome young man looked dejected, as if he had suddenly lost his purpose in life, like a puppy that had forgotten its way home in the wind and rain, making people want to hug him and comfort him.

Although everyone stared at him in surprise, no one dared to approach him for a moment.

Not long after, a beautiful female office worker driving a luxury car passed by and was attracted by the boy standing at the intersection's stunning appearance and melancholy and dejected demeanor.

Her heart was pounding. She mustered her courage and stepped forward to ask Li Zhu if he was facing any difficulties in life. She told him that he could run into her arms and she could help him solve all his problems.

That sounds incredibly tempting.

However, Li Zhu politely declined her offer, then clutched the "love letter" tightly, put it in her pocket, and hurried to school without saying a word.

The female office worker gazed at that lonely figure and sighed. It was such a great regret in her life that she couldn't keep such a handsome young man as her sugar daddy.

However, she did not insist. Instead, she drove back to her empty and lonely 500-square-meter villa and went there alone, feeling sad and heartbroken.

to the place.

Instead of going directly into the school, Riku turned and went to the usual spot, the park next to Ouran Academy.

He opened the envelope and saw a single flower inside—a white rose.

Li Zhu remained silent, because he happened to know the meaning of white roses.

I am worthy of you, and you are the only one worthy of me.

He wasn't sure if that was the right interpretation; perhaps Yuko wanted to say more than that, but he could only discern some superficial aspects.

Nothing was left inside except for the flowers.

He took out the flowers, examined them carefully for a while, then put them away and placed the envelope in his pocket.

But the faint scent of roses lingered around Li Zhu's nose for a long time.

A sense of sadness gradually permeated the air from the fragrance of pure white flowers.

For some reason, he suddenly felt a pang of sadness in a throbbing spot in his chest, a feeling he had never thought he would experience again.

The last time he was this upset was when he decided to break up with his ex-girlfriend.

This time, Yuko left him without a word, just like she did with her ex-girlfriend, leaving him with the words "Let's break up" before departing.

Should we say that karma is a cycle, and has this person finally gotten their just desserts?

Li Zhu thought to herself with a touch of self-mockery.

He took out his phone, opened his memos, and scrolled through them one by one, a look of reminiscence on his face.

[I secretly helped her out today. This nobody seems to have a problem with her brain; she's a bit dim-witted and doesn't even know how to fight back when others bully her.]

This happened when they were still unfamiliar with each other. Li Zhu secretly stood up for her, which was his instinctive reaction when he encountered school violence again.

[Nagasaki, Fujii, and Aoki are the three who bully the least noticeable ones the most. Don't they claim to be friends?]

It was only then that Riki realized that Yuko had been bullied by her friends all along.

[I got confessed to by a nobody today. Did she find out? Or did the news leak out?]

This was after he rejected Yuko's confession.

[Today, Hina-sensei and I went to the little nobody's house and saw her. Has she gone dark? She looked so scary. I don't remember what happened last night, but it seems like she's back to normal.]

This was after he narrowly escaped death at Yuko's house.

[That nobody comes to have lunch with me every day, and it's really delicious.]

Rejected, Yuko launches another offensive against Riki.

[Yuko seems to still like me, but Shimazuga doesn't seem interested in women, so I have to be careful.]

[I always feel like it's a bit difficult to talk to Yuko. Am I out of touch?]

I promised to go out with her, but I don't know if she likes going to internet cafes to play games.

[After accepting Yuko's confession, I felt something was off; there was a sense of unease in our relationship.]

By this time, they were already a couple.

[I saw a quote today: "Thinking someone is nice and then saying yes to them is different from liking someone and then saying yes to them." I realized then that I felt the former towards Yuko. No wonder I had this strange feeling.]

From that moment on, Li Zhu always felt it was his fault, believing that he didn't love his girlfriend enough.

In fact, both of them were wrong. One mistook his distorted possessiveness for love, while the other used others as a shield for other women and a substitute to get out of the past.

Mutual love is the foundation of a relationship. A romantic relationship without love is abnormal, full of distrust, and unreliable, and is destined to have problems.

I've finally memorized most of Yuko's preferences.

Yuko likes to eat carrots, onions, and lean meat cut into very small pieces.

She hates eating celery and green peppers.

Yuko loves wearing white dresses and hates wearing orange and red.

She likes to watch art films, especially youth romance films. Although Li Zhu doesn't like them, he has to patiently watch some to have something to talk about with her.

Yuko doesn't like idolizing celebrities, nor does she like long jump or long-distance running.

Oh, she likes it best when I call her Yuko.

This is based on his observations and conclusions about his girlfriend's preferences.

I don't even know if what I'm feeling now counts as falling in love with Yuko. Dating is such a headache. How do you even know if you've fallen in love with someone?!

This is the last memo about Yuko in Li Zhu's phone.

Since Riki realized that he hadn't accepted Yuko's confession out of genuine love, he began to earnestly fill the void and learn how to love someone.