"Then let's call and ask."

After hearing Yukishita and Hachiman's speculation, the atmosphere seemed to suddenly become tense, and Sakura immediately took out her mobile phone to dial Yubihama's number.

"Knock~Knock~Knock~"

"Hey~"

"Hey, Yui, where are you now?"

As soon as she heard that Yuhihama answered the phone, Sakura immediately asked nervously.

"Hey, who are you?"

After hearing the voice of Yubihama from the other side, but a mature female voice, Sakura couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"Hey, may I ask anyone?"

"Yes, someone, I'm Yui's classmate, Sakura~"

After hearing the other party's voice, Sakura quickly came back to her senses and replied.

"Oh, it's Yui's friend, I'm Yui's mother, and now Yui is out. Can you tell me anything about it~"

"Then I want to ask why Yui didn't come to school today?"

"Hmm... I don't know much about this, but it seems like I'm going to meet someone~"

Yubihama's mother thought for a while and said.

"Sure enough~"

After hearing Yubihama's mother's words, Hachiman's heart couldn't help but sink~

"Do you know where she went?"

Sakura asked again.

"I don't know about this~"

"Okay, thank you Auntie~"

After saying this, Sakura hung up the phone.

"What to do? Yui seems to have really gone to find that boy~"

Sakura said as she looked at Hachiman and Yukishita.

There was silence under the snow for a while, and finally spit out two words stiffly, "Wait~"

"Huh?"

"Now we don't know where Yui-san's gone, so all we can do is wait, and we'll find a way to contact her tomorrow~"

Snow explained aloud.

After hearing the words under the snow, a strong unwillingness surged in Hachiman's heart~

"If I were a little stronger, Yubihama wouldn't have to do this kind of thing~"

"As long as I'm a little stronger~"

At this time, Hachiman remembered the transaction with the system again.

"Hachiman, Hachiman, Hachiman~"

"Eh, what's the matter?"

Hachiman replied slowly.

"It's nothing, it's just that Hachiman's expression was a little scary just now, as if you were going to do something serious~"

It turned out that when Hachiman thought about trading with the system just now, his expression couldn't help but become a little hideous, and he didn't even notice it.

"Uh... I just thought of something bad~"

Hachiman said with a haha.

"Hachiman, promise me~"

Sakura stared at Hachiman with a serious face.

"Promise what?"

"Promise me - don't force yourself, we can find a way to solve the problem together, don't always think about taking it alone, okay?"

"What do you say? When did I ever think about taking it on my own~"

Hachiman continued to laugh confusedly.

"Promise me!"

Ignoring Hachiman's smile, Sakura said solemnly again.

This time, Hachiman seemed to feel the seriousness and seriousness in Sakura's tone, and the smile on his face gradually converged, and he replied solemnly:

"Okay, I promise you, I won't take it myself, I will definitely discuss it with you if there is something."

"Good"

After hearing Hachiman's answer, Sakura's face bloomed again.

………

However, the current situation is still not good, and although Hachiman has decided to give up the deal with the system, the most critical issue is still unclear.

"There are always more ways than difficulties."

Thinking about this famous saying, Hachiman has been thinking about a solution to the problem since he left the ministry.

"Oh, by the way, Komachi seems to have asked me to buy some ingredients and go back~"

Walking to a store, Hachiman just remembered the task that his sister had told him in the morning.

"Alas, let's think about it later~"

Sighing alone, Hachiman walked into the store.

Ten minutes later~

"Deng~"

Hachiman walked home with the ingredients he had bought.

Passing another park, Hachiman felt as if he had caught a glimpse of a familiar figure.

"Hey! Yuhihama"

When I looked closely, I noticed that Yubihama seemed to be sitting alone on a swing in the park with his head bowed.

Seeing this, Hachiman shouted excitedly.

"Hmm..."

After hearing Hachiman's voice, Yubihama did not respond to Hachiman as usual, but immediately turned around and ran.

"Hey, what are you running!"

After watching Yubihama run, Hachiman immediately put down the ingredients in his hand and chased after Yubihama.

"Small business, don't chase after me, let me be quiet alone~"

Seeing Hachiman chasing after him, Yubihama said loudly to the back.

"No, unless you stop first~"

Hachiman definitely refused to give up just like that, and continued to chase after him.

"Okay, then you can stop and stop chasing me."

Seeing that Hachiman was getting closer and closer to him, Yubihama reluctantly compromised.

"Okay, I'll count one, two, three, let's stop together~"

"One~"

"Two~"

"Three~"

"Stop~"

After hearing Hachiman's count to three, Yuhihama subconsciously stopped~

"Okay, I got it~"

However, Hachiman played a "scheming" trick and did not stop, but did not stop until he grabbed Yubihama's hand.

"Small business, you are a big liar, you are actually cheating, and you obviously said that everyone will stop together~"

Yuhihama waved this arm and struggled, but for Hachiman, who was already an intermediate physique, how could this struggle be shaken off.

"Okay, it's not good for me this time, after all, what if I don't do it and you run away again?"

Hachiman said as if comforting a child, touching Yubihama's head.

"Mo... I'm not a kid anymore~"

Dodging Hachiman's hands, Yubihama blushed and whispered.

"Since you're not a kid anymore, can you tell me why you ran away just now?"

After hearing Hachiman's question, Yubihama fell silent again, and the expression on his face became a little depressed.

"Actually, after I saw that video today, I went to find Kiritani at night~"

After being silent for a long time, Yubihama said as if he had made up his mind.

"We've already guessed this~"

Hachiman said unsurprisingly.

"Eh, is that so~"

"I want to know what the outcome of your meeting was?"

Hachiman asked again.

"He refused my request~"

Yubihama bit his lip and said with some sadness.

"Why? It was just an accident last time, wasn't it? ”

Hachiman said puzzled.

"I told him so, but he didn't believe it, I saw that since the last time, he has always maintained a strong sense of vigilance against me~"

Yubihama shook his head and said helplessly.

"Huh? Doesn't he like you? Why do you keep a sense of vigilance again~"

Hearing this, Hachiman was even more confused.

"I don't know this very well, but I don't think Kiritani-san is a very bad person, and she feels more like a kind of... A...... Self-protection~"

"Well, that's right, it's self-preservation."

Yubihama thought for a long time, and seemed to have found the right words, and said with some emphasis.

"Not bad? Are you kidding? She's ruined our reputation, and the school doesn't know how many people want me to drop out. ”

Hachiman said in disbelief as if he had heard some joke.

"But... Small business, you don't seem to have any reputation in the first place~"

Yubihama muttered quietly as if reminding Hachiman.

"What? How can I say that he has also harmed my interests? ”

After hearing Yubihama's muttering, three black lines instantly appeared on Hachiman's forehead.

"It would be nice if there was a way to find out what Kiritani-san had experienced, I think Kiritani-san should have experienced something?"

Yubihama ignored Hachiman's complaints, but lowered his head and muttered to himself.

"Have you forgotten? Don't we have the means? ”

Hachiman licked his lips and said as if reminding.

"Huh? What means ......"