"What scum!"

Only Shota and Yukino were in the empty room, and Yukino's cold voice kept echoing. With the other party's eyes that went straight to the bottom of people's hearts, Shota's face also became embarrassed.

"I'm just subconscious...... Well, my behavior is really bad. ”

Shota, who just wanted to defend a few words, bowed his head helplessly and admitted his mistake after being stared at directly by Yukino. After all, Shota's most convincing words have always been that 'people don't lie when they act subconsciously'.

"Oh, so you don't have a scumbag yet." Although he was sarcastic, Yukino breathed a sigh of relief, "However, although I am very reluctant to admit it, Shota, you don't look like someone who would behave like this." ”

Using another girl who doesn't like at all and just has a nominal fiancée relationship to hurt another girl, this doesn't quite look like what Shota has always done.

"Moreover, such a method is not useful to Senior Sister Hui. She's not a fool, and she knows very well that you're going to do nothing but make her feel bad. ”

Although he didn't like Shota's approach, Yukino was still able to suppress his preferences and analyze calmly. But because of the lack of information, she is unlikely to guess the true situation.

"That's because ......"

That's because Megumi confessed after knowing that I liked you a little, and as soon as these words came to his mouth, he was swallowed alive by Shota, and he still didn't know how to talk about it to Yukino, who was bent on breaking off his marriage contract.

Thinking about it carefully, Shota blamed his behavior just now on the reason why his expression in front of Megumi was too ambiguous. At that time, Shota said to Megumi, 'I seem to like Yukino a little bit', maybe it was because he hadn't decided yet, and Megumi made up her mind to convey her heart to him?

Looking at Shota's hesitant appearance, Yukino raised her eyebrows and asked, "Because?" Because of what? What changed you? What's the matter for your birthday? ”

"No, it may be because of the impact of meeting with Akasaka Zhuyin yesterday."

"Akasaka Zhuyin? She also talked to you about emotional matters? ”

Shota shook his head, it wasn't an excuse he had made up for a while. Holding the idea that he doesn't like to drag it out and hurt others so badly, Shota at least subconsciously thinks that it doesn't matter if he hurts others now, as long as he can figure out the relationship.

"I can't say much about the details, because her privacy has already been involved. Anyway, I was confused this time, and I will apologize to Sister Hui. ”

"Apologize, tsk, what a cheap apology. If you do something wrong, you just need to smile softly and apologize verbally? You're really getting more and more like Hayama. ”

"Uh......"

Shota froze in place, not only the sentence 'It's getting more and more like Hayama', Yukino's words also reminded Shota of the words Zhu Yin said last night when his emotions were a little out of control, he had to smile wryly and said, "Even if that's the case, I still have to apologize properly." ”

"Instead of thinking about apologizing all the time, why not think about it when you do something that hurts someone?"

"That's true, but it's always easier to say than to do, and you're not doing the same mistake yourself."

"What do you mean?"

"Is your phrase, 'We are only acquaintances at best,' something you said after much deliberation? If so, I don't know what to say. ”

Shota shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands. After a moment of silence, Yukino touched her cold earlobe, then turned the moving seat in a different direction and turned her back to Shota.

"In that case, then we don't have much to say."

“…… Rest well, call me if you have something. ”

After leaving such a sentence, Shota, who also had a somewhat unsightly face, left Yukino's room. However, Shota, who closed the door and walked out of the room, did not hear the faint word 'stupid' in the room.

In the kitchen, Megumi was still cleaning the dishes and chopsticks, and she didn't seem to pay attention to what she had just done. After seeing Shota come out, Megumi smiled and said, "Shota-san, did you have a good talk with Yukino-san?" ”

"Huh?"

"The phrase 'we can only be regarded as acquaintances at best', Shota-san, you won't take it seriously, will you?"

"Uh, I just didn't expect Senior Sister Hui to talk about this first."

Shota turned his head to the side, embarrassed in his heart, he didn't know what expression to use to face such a considerate and tolerant Sister Hui.

"Xue Nai-san actually doesn't like to express his true feelings, but it's actually very easy to understand."

"Hmm...... Snow is completely iceberg and proud.,It's okay if it's arrogant.,It's not cute at all if you're only proud.。 ”

Somewhat reluctantly responding to Megumi's concern, Shota's heart became more and more bitter. The more Megumi behaved so considerate and tolerant, the more Shota regretted his actions just now.

"Sister Hui......"

"No need to apologize, Shota-san."

"Huh?"

Shota looked up at Megumi in surprise, only to see her with a natural expression, and said flatly, "Because I'm liking Shota-san, you don't have to apologize." ”

"But I can't respond."

"Huh?" Megumi blinked, tilted her head and asked, "How tired is Shota-san?" Haven't many people confessed to you? ”

"Because Senior Sister Hui is different!"

Shota's unthinking thought made Megumi pout slightly and visibly, expressing her dissatisfaction.

"Shota-san, it's too much! While saying that he couldn't respond, he said something like this. ”

"I understand it's excessive, but ......"

When Shota was about to say something, Megumi's index finger was pressed against his lips, stopping him from talking further.

"Actually, Shota, you don't have to pay too much attention to me. I'm on your side for the time being. And, not only Shota, but everyone in the club is someone I like very much. ”

With a faint smile, Megumi said this very seriously.

For the club he joined for the first time, for the friends he made for the first time, Megumi is also very concerned about it. Compared with the boy Shota I liked for the first time, the two are on the same footing.

Although it doesn't show it, and although it's a little hard to understand, Megumi is the person who wants the club to continue steadily the most. So Megumi knew that Shota couldn't talk about liking himself at all except for the first impression, knowing that Shota and Yukino's 'marriage contract' would last for three years, and knowing that Shota still had a certain affection for Saiyu, the most important reason why he still decided to confess to Shota.

Just when Shota was still figuring out the meaning of Megumi's words, Megumi looked down at his phone and said a little apologetically, "I'm sorry, Shota, I have something I want to talk to Yukino-san right now." ”

“…… Senior Sister Hui doesn't want a showdown, right? ”

"What! Didn't you say it, I'm on Shota's side, how could I do such a thing? Megumi muttered, as if complaining that Shota hadn't listened to her explanation properly, "It's something else, I just received an email from my sister out of the blue, and now I have to go over." ”

"Sister? Is that the one who was going to get married not long ago? ”

"Well, something happened...... Anyway, I'm going to say hello to Yukino first.,The dishes have been washed.,I'll ask Shota-san in the afternoon.。 ”

After nodding noncommittally, Megumi walked to Yukino's door, knocked on the door, and walked into Yukino's room.

"I'm always a little worried......"

Watching Megumi walk into Yukino's room, Shota always felt a little unsteady in his heart, as if he had made a mistake.

Wait a minute...... Didn't I already make up my mind to apologize to Senior Sister Hui and politely reject her? Why is the topic completely controlled by her...... How can such a senior sister Hui be inconspicuous all the time, and also, what does Senior Sister Hui mean by asking me in the afternoon?

Shota is only now realizing that after he walked out of the room, Megumi had been controlling the pace of the conversation.

……

……

Megumi, who entered Yukino's room, quickly walked out, and after saying goodbye to Shota, she left the apartment where Shota and Yukino lived, and it seemed that she had to rush over now because there was something going on with Megumi's sister.

And after that unfriendly conversation with Shota, Yukino stayed in the room and didn't come out, and of course the injured right ankle was also one of the reasons. It wasn't until the afternoon that Shota understood what Megumi meant by 'I'll leave you in the afternoon'.

In the rooms that had been opened up and seemed to have been specially renovated, Shota stood aside with Yukino in his arms, watching the four porters remove the cardboard box and the wooden strips that were used as fixes in the box, and something that Shota did not expect at all appeared in front of him.

"Piano?"

Shota's expression was a little surprised, but also a little nostalgic. It's been several years since he last played the piano.

"I remember, you didn't know how to play when you were in China, right?"

"I studied abroad, because my roommate was learning piano at that time, so I learned it by the way."

"It's definitely not just by the way, how far have you practiced?"

Yukino said lightly, but although it was said by the way, Shota knew very well that Yukino must have mastered it to a certain extent, otherwise it would be impossible to buy a piano specially. Piano grade 10 is actually just getting started, and Shota has already reached it in elementary school.

Although it was abandoned after that.

Moreover, after carefully looking at the decoration in the room, Shota found that this was not a whim. Because the room is full of soundproofing and sound-absorbing facilities and decoration, it is obvious that Yukino has prepared it from the beginning.

"To the extent? I don't know, I haven't taken the grade. It's just that a professor at the Birmingham Conservatoire once invited me to learn from him. However, I had to go back to China because of my marriage contract with you. ”

"Huh? Birmingham Conservatoire? Is that the one? ”

"Of course."

Xue Nai was a little proud, but she had every reason to be proud, after all, it was the Birmingham Conservatorium, which was an international music palace, and the greatest musicians in Britain came from the Birmingham Conservatorium of Music.

"It's just that I didn't expect you to give up the piano."

“…… Because the piano was just a hobby at the time, I soon fell in love with something else. ”

Yukino shook her head and didn't say anything more, but the expression on her face was slightly subtle.