"Did you look at the house from yesterday? What do you think?"
It was a Saturday afternoon off from work. South Ward, Yan Huan's public rental housing.
Sakuramiya Hitomi looked at the tablet showing the news about the second season of "Girl Group Clash" announcing a change in guests, raised an eyebrow, and withdrew her gaze.
At the sa ti, however, she suddenly thought of sothing. She turned to look at An Le, who was drawing manga line art, and asked this question.
"Hmm, Vice-President Sakuramiya, I think it's best for Xiao Huan not to move for now."
Listening to An Le's answer, Sakuramiya Hitomi narrowed her eyes and sized up An Le's side profile.
Pausing for a second, she continued,
"...Why?
"No matter how you look at it, the president's room is barely enough for two people to live in.
"Plus, you have to spend so much ti commuting every morning... You've also been going to the Jinshi Group recently, right? Aren't you tired..."
Actually, Yan Huan had taken the initiative to suggest moving last night specifically for Sakuramiya Hitomi.
Sakuramiya Hitomi was an Eldest Miss. Yan Huan had been to her Western-style Mansion in Kyogo Ward more than once.
One had to know that the area of her boudoir alone was larger than Yan Huan's public rental housing.
It was naturally inappropriate for her to keep squeezing into this cramped public rental housing, not to ntion having to travel back and forth from Kyogo Ward every day.
Therefore, Yan Huan had a sudden whim last night.
However, Sakuramiya Hitomi wanted to move, but not for these rigid conditions.
When she was a child at her grandfather's place, she drilled into the wardrobe every day. Her fantasy of a beautiful family was not a big house or a grand villa.
As long as she could be with her lover and raise a cat, she would already feel content and satisfied.
Thus, you could see that Sakuramiya Hitomi basically chose apartnts instead of villas.
And the real reason she wanted to move was very simple:
Initiative.
In the rental apartnt in the South Ward, she always felt that An Le was more like the so-called "hostess."
Actually, it was hard to describe why Sakuramiya Hitomi felt this way, because this feeling was completely reflected in the minor details.
For example, when the clothes were dried, she would help you put them away, and you had to ask her where she put them when looking for clothes.
For example, her toiletries had her own favorite patterns, while her own toiletries were just the spares in the drawer.
For example, her slippers clearly had a dedicated pink pattern, a couple's set with the president, while the ones she wore were just newly bought neutral gray slippers...
Is this right?!
Sakuramiya Hitomi did not like this feeling, so the mont Yan Huan ntioned it, she imdiately started looking for housing listings, trying to break free from this situation.
But now...
An Le actually disagreed?
In other words, she refused to hand over the so-called "initiative"?
"..."
Sensing the aning in An Le's words, Sakuramiya Hitomi's rhetorical question actually carried a bit of a gunpowder scent.
Previously she even said things like "I don't actually expect Xiao Huan to choose
in the end" and "Just giving
a little bit of affection is enough"...
Could it be that those were all An Le playing hard to get?!
"Yeah, it really is a bit troubleso. Actually, I also think Xiao Huan should move to a better environnt to live in..."
But An Le just smiled shyly, expressing agreent.
But...
Well, her sixth sense told Sakuramiya Hitomi that this harmless to humans and animals An Le in front of her was definitely up to no good.
Sure enough, the very next second, An Le pursed her lips and hesitated,
"However, think about it, Vice-President Sakuramiya, we are both secretly living with Xiao Huan right now, right?
"My mom and dad have no idea about this, and I believe if Vice-President Sakuramiya's parents knew, they definitely would not agree either...
"Xiao Huan moving is a completely abnormal action. On the surface, Xiao Huan should be living alone. If he suddenly moved into a big house, it would inevitably make people wonder why."
An excuse!
Hearing this, Sakuramiya Hitomi imdiately stood up, ca to An Le's front, and retorted,
"As long as we aren't found out, won't it be fine? Isn't it like that right now? We are living together and nobody else has noticed. It doesn't affect anything..."
Seeing Sakuramiya Hitomi standing in front of her, An Le also slowly stood up.
The mont she stood up, due to the difference in height and cup size, a shadow imdiately fell over Sakuramiya Hitomi's face.
Sakuramiya Hitomi was slightly stunned and tilted her head up a little, just in ti to see An Le smiling gently, answering calmly,
"But moving is not a small matter... Even if we could hide it from our parents, could we hide it from Ye Shiyu's mother? Don't forget, Xiao Huan is her adopted son whom she cares very much about.
"The Modifier hasn't been resolved yet. If Ye Shiyu notices sothing is wrong through Auntie Ye Lan, I'm afraid it will be detrintal to resolving the Modifier..."
Damn it!
I actually have no way to refute!?
Sakuramiya Hitomi only realized today that the usually soft and sweet An Le was actually quite skilled when it ca to arguing?!
"..."
Sakuramiya Hitomi silently shifted her head a little, allowing her face to see the light again, so her gaze could cross the 'mountains' to et An Le's eyes.
One had a warm smile on her face, while the other puffed out her cheeks.
Where their gazes t, sparks inevitably flew.
Knock-knock-knock~
Right at this mont, the door sounded, interrupting their standoff.
An Le glanced at the entrance and was slightly taken aback,
"Hmm? Did Xiao Huan forget to bring his keys?"
Sakuramiya Hitomi glanced at the entryway cabinet next to them. Seeing no sign of the keys, she could not help but wonder,
"The president should have brought them..."
Usually, Yan Huan liked to leave his keys there, making it easy to grab them when going in and out.
Hearing this, An Le walked to the entrance and glanced through the peephole.
She saw a red-haired woman at the door who looked like she ca with ill intentions.
Click~
Seeing that it was Tong Yingying, An Le imdiately opened the door.
The smile that was about to appear on Tong Yingying's face imdiately collapsed when she saw that the person opening the door was An Le.
"...Where is Yan Huan?"
"Xiao Huan went out to buy groceries... Sister Tong, didn't you contact him on Plane?"
"I told him I was back when I returned at noon... I was busy with so things this afternoon and happened to pass by on my way back, so I just ca upstairs to find him."
Tong Yingying swept her gaze behind An Le and ended up spotting Sakuramiya Hitomi's figure.
Looking past Sakuramiya Hitomi, Tong Yingying also seed to spot won's undergarnts hanging on the clothes rack.
She instantly realized sothing, and the smile on her face beca a few degrees more dangerous,
"What are you guys..."
An Le instantly caught the displeasure on Tong Yingying's face, so she looked back at Sakuramiya Hitomi, passing her a signal.
Sakuramiya Hitomi did not know about Tong Yingying's situation, but she also knew that one man and two won living together was not sothing to share with an outsider, so she understood An Le's signal.
"Ah, we are discussing helping the president move."
"Xiao Huan and I invited Vice-President Sakuramiya over to participate in dealing with the Modifier..."
The two spoke at the sa ti, then froze simultaneously.
They turned back to look at each other again, their slightly widened eyes full of questioning toward the other party.
An Le did not expect that at a ti like this, Sakuramiya Hitomi was still thinking about moving and their infighting...
And Sakuramiya Hitomi did not expect this either. Wasn't Tong Yingying an outsider? Why would she be allowed to get involved with matters regarding the Modifier?
Although she had seen the Modifier back in Sakura Country, she should have undergone mory Correction afterward.
"Heh..."
Looking at their terrible, pig-like coordination, Tong Yingying was so angry she laughed.
Mainly, she actually knew nothing about what these two were talking about.
First, she did not know Sakuramiya Hitomi had joined the "Modifier subjugation group"—after all, it wasn't ntioned in the chat!
Second, she didn't know anything about Yan Huan moving, which made it even more hard to bear.
Hadn't she only been back in the country for less than a week? How could she have fallen so far behind in progress, as if her internet had been disconnected?!
"...Um, Sister Tong, why don't you co in first? There are so things you don't know, and I can slowly explain them to you later."
"Enough, Yan Huan can sum that up in a few sentences later. I didn't co here for that, but for Bai Yi."
Tong Yingying was actually not surprised that An Le and Sakuramiya Hitomi were here.
One she had long known had an ambiguous relationship with Yan Huan, and the other had danced with him right in front of her at the High Table Dinner.
These two—one was a childhood sweetheart, and the other was Yan Huan's first love—and both were hosts of a Modifier.
In terms of their bond, Tong Yingying felt ashad of her inferiority, so she could only pinch her nose and plan for the long term...
She would lay low under the banner of "resolving the Modifier" first; who knows, maybe she would be the one to get a chicken dinner in the end.
This was the offensive strategy of this old woman, Tong Yingying.
Click~
Tong Yingying closed the door and walked into the house.
"Bai Yi?"
Sakuramiya Hitomi and An Le looked at each other, their faces full of confusion.
Seeing this expression on their faces, Tong Yingying sneered,
"You two have been staying here all this ti and didn't know? And you need , soone who just returned to the country, to remind you?"
Slap!
Saying that, Tong Yingying took out a folded newspaper from her pocket and slapped it onto the coffee table.
"Here, see for yourselves."
"..."
An Le and Sakuramiya Hitomi both gathered around to sit down, looking at the article on the coffee table reporting on Bai Yi "privately pledging her life."
The two glanced at it, then raised their heads and spoke in unison,
"Fake news."
"This is fake news, right?"
"..."
Tong Yingying didn't say anything, but simply pointed at the photo below.
The aning was obvious: "A picture is worth a thousand words."
But looking at the picture, Sakuramiya Hitomi shook her head and said with complete reassurance,
"It's fine. We know Bai Yi. Generally speaking, the happier she smiles, the more it proves that nothing happened between her and the president."
"?"
"Before we went to Sakura Country, she also said that the president liked her the most. At that ti, the smile on her face was exactly the sa as the one in this photo."
"?"
Sakuramiya Hitomi pinched her chin, then continued to murmur,
"On the contrary, it seed like she and the president had an argunt before, and she kept an aloof and cool expression. In the end, the president didn't even co ho last night just to go help her..."
"?"
Tong Yingying's expression gradually beca abstract, and upon hearing the end, she couldn't help but doubt herself.
Could it be that the reason she didn't beco a Modifier host back then was precisely because she was too normal?
"...But the problem right now isn't Bai Yi."
However, at this matter, An Le beside them pinched her chin and murmured with so worry.
Sakuramiya Hitomi and Tong Yingying both looked at her, only to see An Le pursing her lips, her face full of concern,
"What I an is... If we can all see this news in the newspaper... there's no reason Ye Shiyu wouldn't see it..."
"You an..."
"Although Ye Shiyu also knows what kind of person Bai Yi is, I'm just afraid she won't take that chance..."
At this mont, the clock on the wall happened to point to "4:44" P.M.
Knock-knock-knock~
The instant An Le said that, soone knocked on the door once again.
The three people in the room looked back at the sa ti, involuntarily swallowing a mouthful of saliva.
It was still An Le who quietly got up and walked toward the entrance.
Knock-knock-knock
The door was still sounding, but An Le silently pressed against the peephole, observing the scene outside.
She saw Yan Huan standing empty-handed at the entrance outside, knocking on the door,
"Open the door, Sakuramiya. I forgot to bring my keys..."
Honestly...
He actually called out Vice-President Sakuramiya's na...
Seeing this, An Le pouted but still gently let out a breath.
So, she pressed her hand on the door handle and gently twisted it to unlock the door.
"Who is it?"
Behind her, Sakuramiya Hitomi swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked nervously.
"It's Xiao Huan, he forgot to bring his keys. Didn't you hear him call out?"
Click~
However, hearing An Le's words, Tong Yingying suddenly frowned and abruptly reached into her jacket.
Sakuramiya Hitomi's small face paled, and she frantically shook her head at An Le,
"No... I didn't hear him..."
"Huh?"
An Le was slightly startled. However, behind her, the door was already slowly opening.
A tall shadowy silhouette seeped into this not-so-spacious rental apartnt along with the light from outside the door.
Engulfing the three young girls in the room, the rice cooker steaming away, the won's undergarnts hanging on the clothesline pole, and the spare Infant Annihilator sitting on the entryway cabinet...
Shrouding all of it completely.
"..."
An imnse chill instantly devoured the senses along An Le's entire spine, causing her heart to stop.
Her eyes trembled slightly as she subconsciously turned her head back.
Then she saw Ye Shiyu standing at the entrance with an expressionless face, her eyes wide, staring blankly at this rental apartnt that had been reduced to "Xiao Huan's sweet ho."
Compared to the desolate emptiness when she last visited and Xiao Huan was living alone, the current place was like a lovers' honeypot...
When...
Just when... did this happen...
At this mont, she was finally certain:
What Yezi AI had made a prediction of earlier...
Was real!
Hum!!
"Careful, An Le!!"
The next second, Little Finger on her shoulder suddenly materialized, shouting out as if facing a formidable enemy.
Inside the room, Tong Yingying instantly stood up and pulled a taser from in her arms.
Sakuramiya Hitomi also narrowed her eyes and pressed her hand onto the floor.
Crackle-crackle-crackle!!
Imdiately after, the entire room instantly plunged into dead silence.
"That will be one hundred and ten yuan..."
At this mont, inside a supermarket in the South Ward.
Yan Huan walked out of the supermarket carrying a large pile of newly bought groceries, instantly stuffing his mobile phone and the receipt into his pocket after paying.
The sky was gray and overcast, always making one feel a bit gloomy.
'...I should just go ho early.'
Yan Huan thought.
But after taking just a few steps, an illusory interface suddenly floated in front of him.
"You can now use the Skeleton Key to replicate a key. Do you want to use it?"
'Hmm?'
Looking at the interface that suddenly popped up before him, Yan Huan was slightly taken aback.
He had previously obtained a consumable item called the "Skeleton Key
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