Because of someone's sudden stop, Shinjoka couldn't help but stop.

"President...?"

She asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

However, the young man remained silent and just stared straight ahead, with an obscure light flashing in his ink-like eyes.

Follow his gaze and look over.

A lone, slender figure was squatting under the telephone pole with his knees in his arms.

The girl has long black hair, a delicate face and a slender figure, giving people a fragile feeling.

She was wearing a black sailor suit, a blue scarf on the chest, and an equally thin-looking gray cardigan jacket.

At this time, he was curled up and hugging himself, as if to resist the chill of the night.

However, although Tokyo is not too cold in November, the average temperature at night is only 10 °C. It is not possible to maintain body temperature just by dressing up at that level.

Including the action of hugging one's knees to keep warm, it is actually just a drop in the bucket of spiritual comfort, and does not help the current situation at all.

If we really want to talk about the actual effect, it is better to go and sit in a nearby McDonald's restaurant.

For girls like this who would rather stand outside and suffer the cold, Shinjo-ka would usually indifferently classify them as those who take over their father's job.

On the streets of Shinjuku, there are countless girls waiting to be approached like this.

But this raises a new question.

That is, after all, this is a secluded place off the beaten track. If you really want to be talked to, you should at least choose busy places like the pedestrian street and in front of the station instead of squatting here alone.

——That's what only homeless people do.

But to say that the girl is a tramp, the other person does not have that insensitive and empty feeling of losing hope in life.

Moreover, for a homeless man, the external conditions of this innocent little white rabbit are too good.

If it had been left in Kabukicho, I'd probably have been tricked into doing a dangerous job long ago.

"...So you ran away from home?" Shinjoka murmured with understanding.

In a sense, this phenomenon was also not uncommon and nothing unusual. She really didn't think there was anything worthwhile about such a person.

But unfortunately, things developed in an unexpected direction...

After observing the girl for a while, Kato Yusuke silently walked up.

"...Hey, that JK over there."

He said so that the other party would be aware of his arrival.

"...?"

The girl raised her face buried between her knees and chest and looked up blankly.

As if she didn't expect to be spoken to, her reaction was a little slow, and she muttered to herself unconsciously: "...Uh-huh, he's a handsome guy...?"

He had a pair of big eyes that were very clear, but full of weakness. His slightly pale complexion looked a little weak, and he didn't know if he was cold.

"..."

Ignoring her reaction, Kato Yusuke put his hands in the pockets of his jacket and continued to ask condescendingly.

"……May I have your name?"

As if being dragged back to reality by his indifferent attitude, the girl blinked twice nervously, her expression tightening unconsciously. …

"...Before that, were you a police officer?"

"no."

"That's it..."

"So, why are you sitting here alone?"

"Um……"

Hearing that he was not a policeman, the other party relaxed a little, then whispered for a while, and replied hesitantly: "Actually... I'm very troubled now."

Kato Yusuke looked at her quietly, waiting for the follow-up.

"Well, my name is Xiao Xi... Serizawa Yu, can you help me?"

"……What help?"

"One week..."

The girl named Yu Serizawa said hesitantly: "Can you take me in...until next weekend morning?"

Kato Yusuke's eyes quietly became much deeper, "...Why don't you go home?"

"If you ask me why...it's not a big deal. I just...don't want to go home."

"runaway?"

"...Ahaha, that's pretty much it. You understand it very well."

The girl showed a forced smile and said tentatively: "In return, I will cure you...?"

"cure……?"

"Well...yes, I won't live and eat for free, I'm very good at housework.

If you are willing to take me in, you can leave all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, etc. to me at home."

"…………"

Hearing this answer, Kato Yusuke couldn't help but be silent for a while.

However, the girl misunderstood his reaction and thought that her conditions were not enough to get a place to live.

"In addition...and..."

Serizawa Yu stood up from the ground with her knees up, her eyes wandering around uneasily, and she whispered with a red face.

"Well... as long as you take good measures, you can do what you want to do. You can do anything..."

When he said the last sentence, his voice was almost so weak that Yusuke Kato could hardly hear it.

"...How many times have you brought this up to someone?"

"Huh? Ah... well, this is my... first time... ah haha..."

The girl smiled awkwardly while looking over with embarrassed and pleading eyes.

"……Is this okay?"

Didn't wait for an answer.

Silent silence permeated the air, making the already secluded alley even more deserted.

Maybe it was ten seconds in the past, or maybe a few minutes.

Gugu...

The faint but clear sound of abdominal rumble suddenly drifted into their ears.

"Ah, this...um...I'm sorry..." Serizawa Yu hesitated, covering her stomach in embarrassment.

The silence at the scene was also broken.

Kato Yusuke closed his lips tightly, took out his wallet from his trousers pocket, took out all the cash containing about 90,000 yen, and handed it over.

"...I'll give you this money. It'll be enough for you to get through tonight. Then you can go home."

"Eh--?"

With the girl's stunned expression, he just put the money into her hand, then turned and walked towards the brightly lit station.

"Let's go, Shintiao."

"Ah~ I'm coming, President."

Shinjōka, who had been silently observing from behind, trotted up to him and looked back curiously at Serizawa Yu, who was staring blankly at the money in his hand, and then turned his face back to normal...

"Hey, President, do you know her?"

"do not know."

"Do you believe what she said? There are actually a lot of girls who take advantage of other people's kindness to deceive."

"It doesn't matter."

"Hehe, that's it! The president is surprisingly gentle sometimes."

"Have you said enough?"

The indifferent voice sounded, causing Shinjoka's footsteps to hesitate.

"...Ah, um...I was wrong."

"..."

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