Hikigaya Hachiman is still in the dark

No matter what, you are underestimating my intelligence. With my personality, I can go wherever I want. You alone can't stop me.

I looked out the window and saw bright lights flickering in the dark city. Because of the distance, the lights in the city windows looked like candlelight burning in the night wind to me.

In a dark night like this, everyone I know is busy and living happily!

With my chin propped up by my hands and leaning against the window, I stared at the world outside the window in a trance.

Maybe it wasn’t the peak period of my relationship, so I quickly returned to my apartment and opened the electronic lock of the apartment while yawning.

Recently, I have become accustomed to this apartment, which I was not very comfortable with before. People's adaptability is really amazing. No matter how high-end or luxurious it was before, I will naturally get used to it after living there for a long time.

When I returned to the apartment, the expected darkness did not come. Instead, as soon as I opened the door, I was dazzled by the dazzling lights inside. Seeing me coming, Yuigahama ran out of the living room wearing an apron, took the briefcase from my hand, and helped me adjust my suit tie.

"Welcome back, Xiaoqi, the food is ready, you can eat anytime!"

In direct proportion to Yuigahama's happiness, my level of stupor was almost reaching the sky! What kind of strange situation is this now?

"Wait, Yuigahama..."

"Eh? What are you waiting for? There's no problem with the food. I've already heated it up in the microwave!"

"Before that, there should be something else you should pay more attention to, Yuigahama? For example, your clothes and your tone of voice; don't you think the current situation is a little bit wrong?"

"Eh, is there something wrong? I think it's not bad. I often wear an apron when I learn cooking, so I don't have any discomfort." Yuigahama turned around in a circle in the apron, and it seemed that she was very satisfied with her outfit.

This is not the problem I'm talking about, but it's too profound for Yuigahama to understand with her IQ.

"Dear...Xiaoqi, why are you still standing there? If you are ready, go and eat quickly."

"That was definitely a slip of the tongue..."

Since I'm a little tired, I won't dwell on these strange slips of the tongue.

At the table in the living room, Yukinoshita was quietly working on something on her laptop. She seemed so engrossed in it that I didn't say hello to her.

"Eh? You're back? No wonder I suddenly felt the air in the room became a little strange."

Maybe the noise I made moving the chair was too loud and startled her, so Yukinoshita glanced at me sideways.

"If I really had such strong fighting ability, I would have been isolated long ago..."

I shrugged, not taking Yukinoshita's words seriously. Indeed, if I were really strong enough to be used as a biological weapon, then I would have been considered an important strategic weapon by the country and would have been under surveillance.

"Huh?" Yukinoshita raised her eyebrows slightly and looked at me in disbelief.

"I always feel that you are unexpectedly obedient today."

"I say, do you really want me to have a fight with you and then die from overwork?"

My current level of fatigue is not comparable to yours, who only does some trivial things at home. It can be said that my current physical strength has completely been reduced to zero.

"Well, that's not the case..." Yukinoshita was obviously flustered, but soon regained her composure and smoothed her hair with her hands.

The atmosphere became subtly awkward. Yukinoshita opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she gave up and continued typing on the keyboard.

"Xiaoqi, your coffee."

Yuigahama handed me the brewed coffee. Because her current appearance was so unfair, I didn't dare to look her in the eye.

"Why are you dressed like this?" Yukinoshita finally noticed Yuigahama's strange wife-like dress. She frowned and asked.

"Hey, this?" Yuigahama looked at Yukinoshita in confusion and asked, "Didn't you ask me to wear this?"

Yukinoshita asked Yuigahama to wear it? When did this person develop such a bad taste? Even if Yuigahama is a fool, she still has human rights. Is it really not a crime to play with her like this?

"Some kind of fungus over there! Don't you know that your sight right now is extremely disgusting? What on earth is going on in your brain?"

If she says it out loud, she will definitely die, so let's just ignore her for now...

Seeing that I didn't respond, Yukinoshita turned her gaze back to Yuigahama.

"Yuigahama, I don't think I told you to wear an apron at all times at home."

"Eh!"

"Why are you more surprised than me?"

"Because Yukino said so, we should be serious about service and always think about how to serve customers."

Yukinoshita thought for a while, and finally looked at Yuigahama with an apologetic look.

"I'm really sorry, but no matter how hard I try I just can't understand what my words have to do with your current situation..."

“You must have said something outrageous just now! “I was just stating the facts…”

"It's that attitude again." Yuigahama pouted her lips and complained in dissatisfaction.

"So what's going on?" Without paying too much attention to Yuigahama who was acting coquettishly, Yukinoshita continued to question her.

"Didn't you say that you should always think about serving your customers? I just thought about it. I've been cooking for the apartment recently. If I wear an apron all the time, will it be better?"

Hi, the answer to the question is now very obvious, and it is entirely because Yuigahama’s IQ is so touching.

"How pitiful..." Yukinoshita and I looked at Yuigahama with worry. Is this girl really planning to start her own business? With her IQ, she will probably be crushed by those ruthless competitors.

"What are you looking at? I'm super awesome! Look, haven't I been responsible for the apartment's meals and lodging recently? It seems like there haven't been any major problems."

Yukinoshita looked at Yuigahama with an uncomfortable look and said, "Yuigahama-san, to be exact, you were the one who took care of the meals by yourself and didn't let me help at all. Also, you always cooked a lot of food, and I don't know if you really cared about our appetite..."

Come to think of it, I was forced to eat until I almost died. With such a passionate look and such a large amount of food, Yuigahama is really a very scary person at times!

"W-what? I'm working very hard." "Speaking of which, Yukinoshita, the things we discussed before..."

"Hey! Are you just ignoring me?"

Yuigahama's unwilling voice echoed.

Chapter 117 Hikigaya Hachiman is looking forward to Yukinoshita

After I automatically ignored the creature next to me named Yuigahama who was actually a fool, I chatted with Yukinoshita about the progress of the preliminary preparations for opening the flower shop.

I told Yukinoshita about my work at school in the past few days, and she frowned and thought for a long time.

"That is to say, the most critical publicity work has been prepared, and the student union is basically on friendly terms, right?"

"That's about it." I nodded to confirm Yukinoshita's situation.

"Oh, so that's it." Yukinoshita supported her chin with her hand, and her frown relaxed slightly.

"You, don't you feel hard lately?" I lowered my head, trying to make it look like I was just saying it casually. I always feel embarrassed to say such caring words to her, but Yukinoshita has been really worried lately. Should I stand on the side of a friend? Or on the side of an old classmate? Emmm, it seems that neither is right. Well, I will stand on the side of a creditor. It is also necessary to care about the health of my debtor occasionally.

"What's wrong with you all of a sudden?" After hearing my questioning gaze, Yukinoshita looked at me maliciously: "Is this the latest language trap?"

"Why do you make me feel like a liar? Every word you say is a trap." I held my forehead and remembered clearly that the situation could be described as neither laughing nor crying.

"That's not what I meant..." After hearing what I said, Yukinoshita immediately responded to me in a panic, and explained in an anxious tone as if she was afraid that I would misunderstand her.

"Don't you have a lot of work to do? Not only as a teacher, but also as a stage play and a novel that you prepared. So I thought you were mocking me with ulterior motives by saying that I was working hard..."

As Yukinoshita spoke, she slowly lowered her head and stopped looking at me, but I always felt that her eyes were always secretly glancing at me.

Why did she suddenly become soft... My Yukinoshita can't be that soft, I must be in a dream now!

I pinched my thigh hard with my hand, but it still hurt like hell. If I had known, I wouldn't have pinched it so hard. It seems that I am indeed in reality...

"Although I really want to complain about you, I'm too tired to say another word."

Please give me a clear understanding of the current situation. I am too tired to say another word, and I don't have the extra energy to set any new language traps to trick you.

"Yeah, that's right. The workload has been really heavy recently."

As we said this, Yukinoshita and I both looked around, and finally focused on Yuigahama-san, who was now lying on the table with her cheeks puffed up as if she had been very upset.

"Eh!" Yukinoshita and I sighed at the same time.

"What do you mean? I didn't do anything just now, why am I being blamed? I must have been hurt by the verbal violence even when I was lying down, right?" Yuigahama slammed the table in anger, but after Yukinoshita and I looked at each other, we ignored the noisy Yuigahama again.

"Then the preliminary preparations are almost completed. The next step is to look at the data in the investigation report and determine the types and quantities of goods to be purchased. By the way, Hikigaya, how is the design of the trademark that we agreed on before going?" Yukinoshita nodded and looked at me, as if she noticed that she had asked me to do it a long time ago, but there was still no definite news about the trademark design.

"I was just about to tell you that Tamasaka-san has hit a wall in her recent creations. I plan to take her to a newly opened park in a few days to look for some inspiration."

"You seemed to have mentioned something like this before. It seemed like it was using public funds, right?"

"You are focusing on the wrong thing. Besides, we have a budget for producing the school magazine, okay? Please be careful with your wording!"

"It's the same as when I went out with Isshiki to eat, drink and have fun in the second year of high school, right?"

"That's pretty much what I mean. Well, no way! This is legitimate material." I looked at Yukinoshita guiltily. Her half-smile always seemed more terrifying than before!

"Anyway, I'm going to take her out this weekend to look for creative inspiration, and I also want to take you to meet them this time, so that I can convey my design ideas to them."

To put it bluntly, the boss meets with his employees and conveys his opinions and guidance, but unpaid volunteers should not be able to give too high a gesture.

"Hey, is there a party? I want to go, I want to go!" As soon as she heard that they were going to play outside, Yuigahama swept away the haze from before, and shouted happily with full blood on the spot. I never thought of considering this person's opinion. From the beginning, this person's energy was so abundant that Yukinoshita and I couldn't cooperate.

"Going to the party? But I'm busy with a lot of things lately..." Xue Zhixia said with difficulty.

Very good answer, this reaction is expected, and similarly, I have expected the solution!

Go ahead, Yuigahama, use "Jiu Wan Aegyo".

"Hey, what's wrong with that? Yukino has been busy lately, right? What's wrong with us taking a break? It's not good for our health if we only work. We need to relax once in a while!"

Yuigahama said this and ran to Yukinoshita's side, took Yukinoshita's hand and shook it, her body pressed tightly against Yukinoshita's. It felt like Yuigahama was like Yukinoshita's close-fitting cotton jacket at this time.

"Yuigahama, we're too close. And do you think starting a business is such a simple thing? If you don't consider all aspects of the relationship carefully..." Yukinoshita was still struggling and trying to get rid of Yuigahama's entanglement. However, according to the statistics since high school, Yukinoshita's success rate in getting rid of her was zero.

"Hey, what's the matter? Don't you say you have to learn to relax before you can learn to work? Only proper rest can improve work efficiency, right Xiaoqi!" Yuigahama said, looking at me.

This kind of wink seems to be asking me to cooperate with her.

"Indeed, there is such a saying. There is also an old saying that sharpening the knife does not delay chopping wood, bah, woodcutter." I nodded to Yukinoshita. After all, I was the first to come up with this idea. I also wanted to take the opportunity to go for a walk outside. After all, my tense nerves do need some relaxation.

“Even you say that…”

I said this at the beginning, and I was the one who proposed it. Did you get your position wrong?

"Then I'll reluctantly agree to it. Let's first say that it's mainly about the trademark..."

Before Yukinoshita could finish her answer, she was interrupted by Yuigahama's happy "That's great". Seeing this scene, Yukinoshita could only look at Yuigahama with a wry smile.

Thank you for your hard work, Nanny Yukinoshita.

Noticing my rude gaze, Yukinoshita looked at me sharply.

"Now that Yuigahama's matter has been resolved, let's talk about you, Hikigaya."

"Hey, don't you want to eat first?"

Yukinoshita and I couldn't help but think of the shocking amounts of food Yuigahama cooked, and we both rushed to speak.

"We'll talk about this later."

"Yuigahama-san, please wait a while before discussing this topic again."

"Eh? Is that so? You guys have other work to discuss, right? In that case, I'll take this opportunity to make some delicious desserts."

“Oh, that’s not necessary.”

"Yes, Yuigahama-san, just go and make some tea for us. I just had a party outside and ate a lot, so you don't have to worry so much."

Yukinoshita and I panicked again. Even though I like sweets, I couldn't accept the sweets made by Yuigahama. The cloying sweetness was just too terrible! Just like some idiot.

"Is that so? Well, I'll go make you some tea then."

Yuigahama said as she ran to the kitchen humming a happy tune.

"Yuigahama, although her cooking skills have improved, it's great, but it seems to have turned into another problem." Yukinoshita rubbed her temples with a headache and said. I nodded to Yukinoshita in agreement.

"Then let's continue with the previous topic. Now that Yuigahama's work has been discussed, let's talk about your matter."

"My business? I don't think I have anything worth discussing..." I stopped talking before I could finish my words, because Yukinoshita was staring at me. The terrifying questioning aura made me swallow back the words I wanted to say.

"Are you sure there's nothing wrong?" she asked me again.

Being stared at like that, I couldn't lie even if I wanted to, so I smiled bitterly and said:

"It is indeed a big problem. To be honest, my workload has been a bit too heavy recently and I may be a bit overwhelmed."

"You do so many things by yourself. Do you think you are a triathlete? There should be a limit to how reckless you are..."

Listening to Yukinoshita's sarcastic words, I surprisingly didn't want to refute her today. Because what she said was true, and I was indeed doing things that were far beyond my ability. Even in my darkest period of rushing to finish my manuscripts, I was not as tired as I am now.

"It's the same for you. Didn't you almost single-handedly take care of Yuigahama's store?" After thinking for a long time, I finally had to sigh and speak.

"As far as the current situation is concerned, it is indeed a very urgent situation."