Chapter 756 - 211: The Enemy at the Sakuragi Residence
"Come on, brother, wipe your face and clothes..."
"I don’t need it!"
Outside the East Great Temple, a semi-open, rustic tea house by the street.
Inside, Sakuragi Hitomi helplessly put down the wet wipe.
Raising her eyes again to look at him, her elder brother was standing with arms crossed, trying to maintain a haughty expression with one side of his slightly swollen handsome face, not knowing what to say.
In stark contrast, across the wooden table, Yan Huan was all smiles, yet with earnest apology,
"Sss, Kagami bro, this is all a misunderstanding. You charged in too fast, I didn’t realize it was you! I thought it was a madman trying to attack me and my classmates, I acted on reflex, just reflex."
"Who’s your Kagami bro?! I haven’t even confronted you about kidnapping Hitomi in the dead of night at Linmen before! Pretty boy!"
"...Yeah, die-hard sister complex. Those who know understand Hitomi is your sister; those who don’t might think she’s your property!"
Hearing such impolite words, the veins on Yan Huan’s forehead bulged uncontrollably as he retorted with a skin-deep smile,
"Get it clear, if she hadn’t agreed to leave with us back then, that would have been kidnapping. It’s not kidnapping just because you didn’t agree."
"That’s the Sakuragi family rules; unmarried women can’t leave their chambers at night, and what gives an outsider like you the right to comment?"
"What, is Linmen your family’s business? Do I have to follow your family’s rules too? Who do you think you are?"
"Screw you! Before my sister went to Linmen, she was so well-behaved, so obedient, such a lady! It’s all because of you she’s been led astray!"
When Yan Huan said this, Sakuragi Kagami’s eyes turned red, pointing directly at Yan Huan and cursing,
"She not only learned to run away from home in the middle of the night and go out alone with boys! Even the letters from her brother overseas barely get a word in response...
"Yan Huan, it’s all your fault! Give me back my obedient and cute little sister, the one who used to chase after me calling ’Oniichan’!!"
The entire tea house fell silent for a moment, Yan Huan across the table and Sakuragi Hitomi on the side were staring blankly at the furious Sakuragi Kagami...
Soon after, they both showed expressions of disdain simultaneously.
"Brother, you’re disgusting..."
"Don’t coordinate with this pretty boy by showing the same expression without talking and then saying such things to Oniichan!!!"
Seeing his sister showing such an expression, Sakuragi Kagami clutched his heart in despair.
Clearly, this blow was even more painful than the slap Yan Huan gave him.
Looking at her brother’s pitiful appearance, Sakuragi Hitomi rubbed her temples helplessly and explained,
"So, brother! I’ve told you many times, I went with the President voluntarily! And it wasn’t just with the President; there were other student council members too!"
"Bullshit! You think I can’t see that you just wanted to go with him?!"
"I... you... you guys... really... geez!"
Hearing her brother say that, Sakuragi Hitomi was both embarrassed and furious, her head nearly exploding.
As she slightly withdrew from the battlefield, tensions between the pink-haired youth and black-haired teenager across the wooden table grew increasingly uncontrollable, seemingly about to erupt and lash out at each other.
As Sakuragi Hitomi emphasized many times before, Yan Huan and her brother really didn’t get along.
Since they met on her birthday party day, especially when they went out to watch fireworks that night, it drove a wedge between Yan Huan and her traditionalist brother.
The process was too complicated, anyway, all you needed to know was "Sakuragi Hitomi wasn’t sneaking out".
Otherwise, Sakuragi Kagami wouldn’t have used a grave term like "kidnapping right in front of me".
Outside the tea house, Ye Shiyu, Bai Yi, and Spencer, three onlookers, were not idle either.
Each of them held a pancake bought from the tea house and peeked inside at the confrontation, stealthily eavesdropping.
This scene was quite amusing.
As Bai Yi, having understood a bit of the inside story, listened, she couldn’t help but bite into her pancake with dissatisfaction.
Looking at the flushed Sakuragi Hitomi inside, she jealously remarked,
"Oh, looks like she has a lot of stories with Yan Huan she hasn’t told us about, even ’abducted’ to watch fireworks, so sweet~"
"..."
Ye Shiyu said nothing, but the untouched pancake in her hands revealed something about her mood.
"But didn’t Sakuragi say her brother is great? How did he get floored by a slap from Yan Huan? I think he’s just a die-hard sister complex, overdramatic."
Bai Yi pursed her lips, chewing the sweet pancake yet feeling like she was chewing on lemons.
But glancing at Spencer beside her, who blinked his clear blue eyes and only cared about enjoying his snack, she couldn’t help but question,
"It’s strange, seeing how close Sakuragi and Yan Huan used to be, how come you have no reaction?"
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Spencer turned his head, unconcerned,
"I know well that Sakuragi Hitomi and Yan Huan used to be close oh."
After all, she initially intended to snatch Yan Huan away from Sakuragi Hitomi.
Until now, the more she knew Yan Huan and Sakuragi Hitomi used to be close, the more Spencer felt joy and excitement.
Though with her clumsy brain, she couldn’t quite figure out where this joy and excitement originated from.
"Ha, then why are you..."
"So yeah, they used to be so close, and yet Sakuragi Hitomi could mess everything up by doing such bad stuff, why should I worry oh?"
"..."
Come to think of it, really!
Looking at Spencer, who was innocently saying such things, Bai Yi couldn’t help but feel she was really wise.
She forgot that with Sakuragi Hitomi crumbling like this, Spencer in front was not exactly the culprit, but definitely the catalyst.