Regarding how to compensate Kato Yusuke.

Until the end, Yinglili could not get the answer from her mother.

Because of this, she had to think hard all night and summarize a set of action plans on her own.

On the second day, she took action.

…

"Yusuke, I brought snacks, these are for you to eat!"

"Hmm...?Thank you for your kindness, but I don't eat snacks much."

"These are the specialties my dad brought back from abroad. They are delicious."

"Oh? What's there?"

“There are butterfly puff pastry, yogurt-flavored dried strawberries, rice pudding and chocolate marshmallows.”

"Sounds like a snack that girls like."

"Are you interested?"

"No, I don't usually eat sweets. You can share it with Mayu and the others."

"Then I'll feed you!"

"Um--?"

…

"Yusuke, are you thirsty?"

"Well?"

"I brought you oolong tea for you to drink!"

"Oh, thank you...why did you take so much!?"

"Don't you like drinking?"

“Then there’s no need to move a whole box, right??”

"If I really can't do anything to you, then I'll feed you."

"Um--??"

…

"Yusuke, what are you doing?"

"As you can see, I'm drawing a picture, and aren't you watching me all the time?"

"I see, you like painting very much."

"It's just work."

"Speaking of which, the fanzine you helped me draw earlier was very well received. Many fans on SNS praised me."

"That's good."

"What do you usually do at home?"

"Part of the time is studying, part of the time is dealing with student union affairs, and part of the time is doing studio work, and the other part is taking care of Xiao Hei."

"So you plan to be an animal tamer."

"Um--???"

…

"stare--"

"..."

"stare--"

"..."

"stare--"

After being stared at for an unknown number of times, Kato Yusuke put down the digital pen in his hand.

Although he tried his best to ignore that gaze, he was finally defeated when an idol-level beautiful girl stared motionlessly at her with her big round eyes for more than thirty minutes.

"Let me tell you, Yinglili...?"

While rubbing his eyebrows with a headache, he asked: "What happened to you today?"

"Huh……?"

Yinglili blinked in confusion, tilted her head to one side, and her expression seemed to be asking "What are you talking about inexplicably?".

"So, is there something weird on my face?"

"What's the meaning……?"

"Why else are you staring at me?"

"Guan, observation diary?"

"Pfft——"

Mayu Sagara beside her suddenly burst out laughing, and then immediately leaned on the table to suppress her laughter, her shoulders shaking non-stop.

Kato Yusuke looked at Eiri with a black look on his face, and said speechlessly: "I won't complain about your erroneous dialogue. Are you feeling uncomfortable in any way today?"

Eiri's eyes were wandering, and she glanced hesitantly at Mayu Sagara next to her, then took a piece of dried strawberry and ate it.

"...I'm fine."

It was really rare for her to look like this, even her usually dazzling blond hair looked a little listless.

Kato Yusuke thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't guess what his master was thinking, so he sighed and said, "Well, do whatever you say, I'll go to the bathroom."

When he arrived at the bathroom, he was about to close the door, but...

--boom.

A figure suddenly squeezed in and leaned against the door.

At this moment, the air seemed to freeze.

Immediately afterwards——

"Eiriri...?"

"What, what...?"

Kato Yusuke's face was blank, and he asked, "No, what are you doing?"

Yinglili stared down at her feet, then raised her head hesitantly, and said, "I, I have something to tell you..."

After a brief silence, Kato Yusuke twitched the corners of his mouth, "Before that...did you realize that this is a men's toilet?"

"Now is not the time to talk about that kind of thing—!"

Yinglili stomped up, put her left hand on her hips and raised her right hand, stretching out an index finger to poke his chest.

"What I'm going to say next is very important, you should listen carefully."

"Even so, what's the point of running into the men's room as a girl—"

"Shh! Keep your voice down! If someone notices me here, how will I see anyone in the future?"

Kato Yusuke pushed away her hand covering his mouth and complained vigorously: "You should have thought about that kind of thing before coming in, right?"

"Ah, you're so loud again. Anyway, you're not allowed to speak yet!"

Seeing that the warning was useless, Yinglili hurriedly tried to gag him again.

Kato Yusuke, who was on guard, naturally couldn't let her do what she wanted, so he moved aside with a slight movement of his feet.

"...Okay. No matter what you want to say, let's go out first and talk about it. This is not the place to talk."

As he said this, he was ready to check the situation outside the door to prevent any accidents.

"--no!"

The girl ran up with a bang, opened her arms to block the door, and blocked the young man's way, "We can't go outside... let's talk here..."

"Talk here...?"

"No, that's right, because I don't want to be heard..."

"..."

Kato Yusuke looked around with difficulty, and found it hard to agree that this was a suitable place for conversation. However, there was no point in continuing this stalemate.

He scratched his hair depressedly and asked: "...So, what do you want to say?"

Yinglili held her chest with one hand, her eyes wandering around uneasily, and finally bit her lower lip gently, as if she had made some kind of determination.

"Well... just wait for me, I need to make some preparations."
To be continued...