Early the next morning.

Kato Yusuke knocked on the door next door.

"Good morning, Mr. Yoshida, I'm here to pick up Xiao Hei."

"...Morning, you came really early."

"After all, I can't bother you for too long, so I want to take it back as soon as possible."

"Oh...then you wait here, I'll bring Xiao Hei out."

"Okay, time to work."

"fine……"

Yoshida waved his hands listlessly and shuffled back into the house. After a while, he came to the entrance carrying a pet flight box, which contained the equally sleepy Xiao Hei.

"Hua~~...Here, you cat."

"Thank you. Did it cause any trouble for you yesterday?"

"...Well, it's nothing, you're welcome, huh..."

As he spoke, he opened his mouth exaggeratedly and yawned.

"?"

Seeing his reaction, Kato Yusuke asked casually: "Mr. Yoshida, you don't look good. Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"

Unlike him who was feeling refreshed and refreshed, Yoshida now had a pair of dark circles under his eyes, his eyes were red and bloodshot, and he looked depressed.

Facing his inquiry, the master showed an expression on his face that he wanted to say something, scratched his messy hair irritably, and sighed heavily.

"...Let me tell you, Kato, are you too indulgent?"

"……What??"

Kato Yusuke looked confused and couldn't figure out the situation for a while.

Somehow, Yoshida sighed again.

"Basically, I have also been around your age, and I understand that this is the period when your mind is full of thoughts about girls... However, you should pay more attention to the impact."

"Huh? Mr. Yoshida, what are you talking about??"

"Ah, you don't have to be embarrassed. In fact, I have dated a senior girl from the baseball club before. I was obsessed with that senior girl at the time, ahem... I have done that kind of thing many times, so I can understand it.

Your mood."

Yoshida said, raising his head and looking at him distressedly.

"But... you are still growing, so you need to be more restrained in that kind of thing. You can't just give in to desires and impulses, otherwise you may damage your body in the future."

"ah……"

Kato Yusuke twitched his eyebrows for a moment, uttered meaningless modalities, and vaguely understood.

"Uh... before that, I want to ask, Mr. Yoshida, do you have a habit of listening to people in corners..."

"——There is a ghost!"

Yoshida frowned slightly angrily and said with a dark face:

"I told you beforehand that I don't have that kind of bad taste! It's just because the noise you made was so loud that even if you ask people to cover their ears, they can't stop it!

Not just last night, but also last time and the last time! Your kid has been so messy several times... You must understand the mood of your neighbors to some extent! Please pay attention to the impact!"

Kato Yusuke couldn't help but be startled when he heard this, and then touched his nose awkwardly, with a look of confusion on his face.

To be honest, he hadn't paid much attention to this problem before, but now that Yoshida had said it so openly, he finally realized a problem.

——Then this apartment is too old!

Although the property will hire a specialized company to perform maintenance every once in a while, this is only limited to the exterior and will not change the internal structure of the house.

With the thin walls in their room, the sound insulation effect is basically useless. Even when using a vacuum cleaner, it will be transmitted to the next door, let alone other things...

As for the reason why Yoshida was clearly troubled by this before but didn't find any reason to tell him——

Considering the other party's bad-ass character, it's not hard to understand.

'Maybe it's time to change your house...'

This thought flashed through Kato Yusuke's mind, and he said with some shame: "Well... I'm sorry, Mr. Yoshida, I have caused you trouble. I will pay attention to it later."

"oh oh……"

Seeing that he spoke so seriously, Yoshida showed embarrassment on his face, scratched his cheek and said:

"Well...it would be nice if you could understand.

It's fine if it takes only a moment, but you'll be busy all night long, and I can't keep running outside to get some fresh air, so I'm begging you."

"Huh...? Have you ever gone out before?"

"Yeah, after all, you don't want me to hear this kind of thing, right? Plus, I feel embarrassed myself, so I usually go to a convenience store to buy some cigarettes, beer, etc., and walk outside for a while."

"...It's strange, I always thought people like Mr. Yoshida should have become extinct..."

"Hey! Be careful, I'll kick your ass——!"

Yoshida glared at him fiercely at first, and then said: "However, I am worried on one side, but you kid must also pay attention to your health. Excessive indulgence is not a good thing."

"...Neither do I?"

Kato Yusuke shrugged his shoulders disapprovingly and smiled heartily.

"Thank you for your concern, Mr. Yoshida, but my health is actually very good and I have been exercising."

"Does the exercise you talk about mean the kind of posture exercises you practice outside the balcony every night? Is that thing really effective?"

"That is called the Strengthening the Foundation and Peiyuan Zhuang Gong. It is really good for the body if you persist for a long time. The only problem is that you can't practice it for too long, otherwise there will be side effects."

"Right……"

Yoshida was deeply suspicious of this, but he didn't bother to ask further, yawned and waved his hands.

"Huh... Anyway, you just have to know what's going on. So be it. I'm going to squint for a while and then go to work. You can go back."

"You can take a day off if you want."

"No need-"

Bang~

The door was closed.

Kato Yusuke carried the flight case and planned to return to his side, but...

"Ah~ Good morning, Katozai."

A slightly exaggerated voice suddenly came from downstairs.

Looking down, a girl with long dark blond hair was waving her hand high.

"Oh...good morning, Asami."

"Hmm~Katozai, what are you doing?"

"It's nothing, it's just that my cat was fostered by Mr. Yoshida yesterday, and I'm about to take it back now."

"That's it~"

Asami put one hand on her hips and raised one hand high, lowering her waist to one side as if doing stretching exercises, her blond hair flowing with the movements of her upper body.

Considering that it would not be good to just leave like this, Kato Yusuke took the initiative to ask.

"Aren't you taking exams recently? What are you doing?"

"As you can see, I am doing gymnastics. People are studying until their bodies are rusty, so they come out to relax."

"Did the unified examination go well a while ago?"

"It's so easy, it's a piece of cake! The next step is to prepare for the college exam next week!"

"Good luck."

"Oh~ It's rare for you to say something like this, thank you."

"Then, if nothing happens, I'll go back first."

"Ah, wait a minute! Katozai."

"Is there a problem?"

Facing his questioning look, Asami said with a smile: "I said, do you still remember what we talked about last time~?"

"What happened last time...?"

"Hmm~ It's the association you founded, Katozai. Didn't we agree that after I finish the exam, I'll go there to volunteer?"

"Oh...it turns out to be this."

"Ah, you have simply forgotten about this! How annoying!"
To be continued...