The Heroines Can Read My Secret Diary

Regarding Eri's behavior, Hakuto just smiled, then followed along and teased: "Acting like this is typical choosing your best friend over your man. Can your best friend accompany you for a lifetime?"

Eri rolled her eyes fiercely at Hakuto and said helplessly: "Isn't it just because you seemed to have some ulterior motives? Do you have to be so petty about it?"

"I feel like it!"

Hakuto rolled his eyes and didn't want to bother with Eri. Eri's eyes narrowed immediately as she looked at Hakuto and said: "Am I too nice to you?"

Mrs. Yukiko, sitting to the side, was silent for a long time before finally speaking up: "So, what are you planning to do with me next?"

As Yusaku's legal wife, Mrs. Yukiko would be implicated no matter what Yusaku had done. So Mrs. Yukiko asked what Hakuto wanted her to do.

"I think you're overthinking things. You seem to always think I have some designs on you, right? Let me ask you, do you even have a brain? If you don't need it, you can donate it to someone who does. If I really had any designs on you, do you think I would need to use any methods?"

Hakuto walked up to Mrs. Yukiko, pinched her chin with one hand, and looked directly into her eyes with a gaze full of intense mockery.

"Remember, there's nothing I want that I can't get. So I don't need to go to great trouble to scheme anything. Do you understand?"

Hakuto particularly hated this kind of narcissism in Mrs. Yukiko, or rather, arrogance. So he wanted to strike hard, to crush all her dignity, confidence, and pride, to see if she could still be arrogant afterward.

Eri sighed helplessly from the side. She didn't know what to say about Hakuto's behavior. Although Hakuto appeared gentle with them, he was actually a famously tyrannical ruler.

To think that such a person didn't have cruelty in his heart—was that possible?

It was just that when facing them, Hakuto put away that cruelty, usually disguising himself with gentleness. But once someone touched his reverse scale, they would have to face his wrath.

And Mrs. Yukiko was currently in this situation. Her overconfidence led her to repeatedly believe that Hakuto had designs on her, that everything he did was to possess her. This arrogance directly made Hakuto explode.

She was just a woman. Did she really think she was all that?

Mrs. Yukiko's eyes reddened slightly, her grievances having nowhere to go.

In the end, Eri's heart softened, and she asked Hakuto on her behalf: "Everything Kudo Yusaku did has nothing to do with Yukiko. I hope you won't implicate her."

"Involved or not isn't determined by words. I'll have it investigated. If Mrs. Yukiko wasn't involved, then for your sake, I won't punish her by association. But if she was involved in these matters, then there's no room for sentimentality!"

"I can guarantee on Yukiko's behalf that she absolutely was not involved in such matters!"

Eri affirmed her guarantee to Hakuto. Hakuto neither said he believed it nor that he didn't.

"Shinichi wasn't involved in these matters either. Can you let Shinichi go?"

"Impossible. Weeds must be eliminated by the roots. If not for Eri's sake, do you think I would have let you go? I would have eliminated you as well. That would be the most reliable approach."

Hakuto stood up and stretched: "Alright, I won't stay here any longer. I wouldn't want some self-righteous woman thinking I have designs on her again."

Eri rolled her eyes at Hakuto, 'This man was really petty!'

After Hakuto left, Mrs. Yukiko was somewhat silent.

"Alright, don't overthink it. These things have nothing to do with you."

Mrs. Yukiko smiled bitterly, then asked Eri: "Is there any way to make Hakuto completely believe that I wasn't involved in these matters?"

"I've already told you before. Becoming Hakuto's servant would gain his trust. But becoming his servant requires paying a certain cost. And besides, Hakuto may not be interested in you now."

"Right now, I estimate he'd rather crush you, make you fall into the dust, shatter all your self-respect and pride. He's a very arrogant person, and your previous actions undoubtedly provoked him. So..."

Eri didn't claim to know Hakuto extremely well, but at least she understood the general idea.

So Eri knew why Hakuto was targeting Mrs. Yukiko.

Mrs. Yukiko was arrogant before Hakuto, so Hakuto would shatter all her arrogance, leaving her unable to be arrogant anymore.

After learning this, Mrs. Yukiko fell silent.

"I beg you. I don't care what happens to Yusaku, but Shinichi..."

Eri was somewhat speechless: "You can barely save yourself right now, do you understand? And you still want to protect Shinichi?"

"And from my understanding of Hakuto, he won't let Shinichi go. You'd better give up on that idea completely."

"I still want to try."

The corner of Eri's mouth twitched. No wonder Hakuto wanted to target Mrs. Yukiko. Even Eri herself felt like targeting her now.

"I can't do this. Although Hakuto might let you off for my sake, that idiot Shinichi is clearly not within the scope of being let off. Hakuto will definitely eliminate the roots, because he won't leave any future trouble for himself."

Mrs. Yukiko fell into silence.

"Don't keep thinking about these things. Forget about Kudo Yusaku and Shinichi. If necessary, I can ask Hakuto to make you forget these painful memories."

Empathy born of shared suffering, plus their past friendship, made Eri willing to lend a hand to help Mrs. Yukiko. But this was also limited. If Mrs. Yukiko remained stubborn, then Eri would forcefully make her forget all these memories.