CHAPTER 428: CHAPTER 422: THE WAY OF ARGUING ETCHED IN DNA

As a Neon person, Little Invisible Study Girl naturally wouldn’t have any strange DNA reactions to those two sentences above. She glanced at Asano Nazuki and then at Shirakawa Sawahei, feeling a bit puzzled inside.

Asano looks... a little angry, doesn’t she? Did something happen?

"Wait for me here for a moment."

After saying this to Tachibana Tomoku, Shirakawa Sawahei pulled the furious Asano Nazuki aside.

"Don’t touch me, pretty boy! You actually teamed up with that Black Hearted Woman to stab me in the back! I used to think you’d turn over a new leaf! But you still refuse to wake up!"

"Is it about the school trip later?" Shirakawa Sawahei nodded: "I see, actually I’ve advised your sister, but she wouldn’t listen..."

"Don’t change the subject! What I’m talking about is you being so... so nice to me before... listening to me, and lowering my guard!"

"Did I?"

"You did! You just did! You teamed up with that Black Hearted Woman to bully me..." Asano Nazuki said, wiping her eyes, aggrievedly saying, "I clearly came first, but you two messed it up."

With a bit of impatience, Shirakawa Sawahei retorted, "You have the nerve to say that! You didn’t think ahead at all. If your sister hadn’t found out, the students would’ve had five people per room."

"So what! Can’t the other students squeeze a bit! Besides! Five people in a room, you could stay with me and Tsukimi Sakurazawa and the others, wouldn’t that be nice!"

Shirakawa Sawahei: "?"

It actually... kind of makes sense...

Five people in a room might be tough for others, but with the arrangement from the Little Lolita, it’s just like staying at the Sea House during summer vacation for me!

Who was it that set the flag earlier? Saying they’d play strip poker when there were more clothes in winter... Could it really happen so quickly?

Hmm, could it be that Little Arrogant thought of this, which is why she wants me to help stop Little Lolita’s scheme...

An intricate plan within a plan! I thought I was at the fifth level, but Hayakawa Kashi is at the sixth!

The old rogue Shirakawa Sawahei, being tricked by Little Arrogant, couldn’t help but fall silent. Seeing this, the Black Hearted Lolita sneered, "Now you know you’ve been sold out, who’s delivering benefits to you and who’s stopping you from receiving them, now it’s clear, right!"

"..."

Hayakawa Kashi, grudge +1...

"I’ll deal with your sister’s grudge later... As for you... You and your sister sharing a room shouldn’t be a problem, right?"

"Problem! A big problem, okay! Where are you staying, pretty boy?!"

"With the male classmates in my class," Shirakawa Sawahei said speechlessly, "that’s the normal accommodation arrangement for a school trip... Your method of staying with me earlier would have infuriated the single dogs in our class."

"So, you’re not staying with Tsukimi Sakurazawa and the others?" The Black Hearted Lolita finally let out a breath, snorting, "The matter of you teaming up with the Black Hearted Woman to bully me isn’t over yet."

"What isn’t over, isn’t this all resolved?"

"??? You backstabbed me!"

"It was Hayakawa Kashi who backstabbed you."

"You were in it together!"

"I wasn’t, I was backstabbed by her too, you just said it yourself."

When the old rogue starts brushing things off and shirking responsibility, it undoubtedly results in the Black Hearted Lolita’s even greater anger.

"You’re bullying me..." The Black Hearted Lolita began wiping her tears again.

"I’m not."

"You’re bullying me."

"I truly didn’t."

"You’re yelling at me... you just yelled at me..."

Shirakawa Sawahei: "???"

Is this the quarrelling style etched in a girl’s DNA? The same all over the world?

"Alright, alright... It’s my fault... How should I make it up to you?"

The Black Hearted Little Girl huffed, continuing to wipe her tears without saying a word.

"This should be okay." Shirakawa Sawahei sighed, helplessly saying, "Today we’re going to the ski resort, it’ll probably be a while on the bus, I’ll take you to play somewhere else first, and then we can head back later."

"How about a snowy hot spring? It’s where your sister suggested accommodating other tourists."

Asano Nazuki’s eyes were slightly red, she raised her eyes suspiciously and asked, "Are you really willing to play with me alone first?"

"Since it was my fault, it’s only right that I spend time with you."

"Pretty boy, why does it feel like there’s a whiff of rogue about you when you say this?"

"..."

"Are you really willing to leave behind Tsukimi Sakurazawa, Ise Yu Yuzhijin, and them to spend time with just me? You’re not going to backstab me again, are you?" The Black Hearted Lolita asked incredulously again, "You’re not going to continue being inconsiderate, right?"

"..."

What can I say, the fact that Black Hearted Lolita repeatedly confirms this shows that normally I’m really not that considerate...

Silently lamenting in his heart, Shirakawa Sawahei then added, "Even though I’m taking you out, you’re paying for the hot spring."

Asano Nazuki nodded: "This level of audacity is more like you... Sure, it’s not like wanting to keep you is new... Let’s go then."

"At least make an excuse to Tachibana and Tsukimi first." Shirakawa Sawahei replied, "And I’ll handle the teacher, you can hop on the bus first, right? Can you call your family driver?"

"Then, you can’t sneak away later, okay."

"Okay."

"Don’t lie to me."

"..."

Seeing the Little Lolita about to flare up again, Shirakawa Sawahei had no choice but to say, "I won’t lie to you, I said I’d accompany you, and I will. I’m still somewhat reliable in this respect, right?"

Only then did Asano Nazuki leave Shirakawa Sawahei’s side with satisfaction and went to call her family’s driver, asking him to pick her up and take her to a hot spring lodge a bit farther from the ski resort.

Shirakawa Sawahei walked towards Little Invisible Study Girl.

...

"Everyone sit tight, we’ll start calling attendance by class... Luggage and clothing will be managed by number..."

The class teacher, Takagi Shinling, was smiling as she informed a group of excited students about the school trip precautions. This year’s school trip was chosen to be in winter, just the ski season. Although compared to summer, the winter school trip lacked perennial events like tests of courage, the students’ enthusiasm was still high.

In the distance, Uehara Shigeo looked at the scene around Takagi Shinling, unable to help but shed two lines of bitter tears...

Last year... I also arranged Shirakawa’s school trip so warmly...

Uehara Shigeo recalled life’s grievances and couldn’t help but sigh again, lamenting how the gods love to play tricks on people...

After experiencing Shirakawa... no matter what with other students... it all seems bland...

Hmm? Wait, Shirakawa seems to have never appeared?

This question arose not only for another class teacher, Uehara Shigeo, but also for Tsukimi Sakurazawa and Ise Yu Yuzhijin, who asked the soul-searching question after getting on the bus.

Where’s Shirakawa? Where’s my Shirakawa?

After asking the only person who knew, Tachibana Tomoku-senpai, the two girls received the answer they hoped for.

"Shirakawa said... Asano was sick, and he had to take her to the doctor..."

Tsukimi Sakurazawa: ?

Ise Yu Yuzhijin: ?

"Xiao Mo, you didn’t raise any objections then?"

"No, Asano’s face did look a bit red at the time..."

"Oh no... It’s hopeless... Shirakawa must have been seduced away by Hayakawa Kashi... Little Konatsuori must have discovered their plot and been kidnapped together!"

"Makes sense... This speculation is quite logical..."

If a certain Black Hearted Lolita heard this discussion, she’d surely wear a puzzled yet silent expression.

?

Could it be that there’s a day when the Black Hearted Woman helps take the blame for me?