Tokyo landlord: why is the panties of the lady next door in my house?!-Chapter 598 - 412: The Calm Before the Squawk

If you don't know how to explain it, can you only try to cover it up?

Chiba Shimizu sat up from the bed, her gaze calmly fixed on him, "Do you think I'm easy to deceive? What exactly are you going to do by asking Otome Mizuko to go to Tokyo Bay tomorrow night?"

Haruka Yuzan lay on one side, thought for a while, and said, "I just want to take Yumeko to have dinner near Tokyo Bay, don't overthink it."

Chiba Shimizu remained silent, just quietly watching him.

Feeling somewhat guilty under her gaze, Haruka Yuzan still forced himself to say, "Shimizu, don't overthink it, I wouldn't actively march to my death."

He laughed and scratched his head, as if speaking to himself.

Chiba Shimizu still did not respond.

"..."

The scene fell silent for a moment, and the only thing that could be faintly heard was the rustling of the treetops as the night wind blew through the courtyard.

"Let's... not talk about this topic anymore, okay?"

His voice was deep and slightly hoarse, almost pleading, he was afraid. After pondering for a long time, if Chiba Shimizu saw through him, he feared he might not have the courage to start over again.

After all, no one wants to give up their life when they are in the prime of their youth and have bright prospects.

Even though one could be resurrected... but who would want to die even once?

Chiba Shimizu looked down at him, her expression cold yet deep enough to sink into, the surrounding air seemed to solidify, and time also quietly stalled.

After a long while, the girl finally nodded, "Mmm, I believe you."

Haruka Yuzan breathed a sigh of relief, sighed, and then uttered two words, "Thank you."

The two continued to sleep, but the atmosphere had become somewhat awkward, each lying on one side, and neither speaking again.

Tonight, Haruka Yuzan suffered from insomnia.

Tossing and turning in bed, what he had was endless worry, until the latter half of the night when Chiba Shimizu hugged him from behind, her cool, delicate body finally allowing Haruka Yuzan to relax.

The next morning.

When it was still barely light, Haruka Yuzan woke up.

Carefully, he moved the jade-like arm of the girl from around his neck and cautiously got up, dressed in two layers of clothing and left the bedroom.

He started brushing his teeth and washing up in the public bathroom on the ground floor.

"At this hour, no one else should be up yet."

He muttered to himself but suddenly heard a light tapping of footsteps from the stairs, slow and rhythmic, as if someone was cautiously testing the silence of the early morning, and also as if afraid of disturbing the sleeping world.

Haruka Yuzan walked out of the bathroom, and Reiko Onodera, wearing a nightgown, also came down from the second floor.

"Mr. Haruka?"

The elegant lady opened her rosy lips slightly in surprise, even though Haruka Yuzan had been rising early before, he had not been doing so for quite a long time recently.

"Good morning, Sister Reiko," Haruka Yuzan responded with a smile.

"Hmm, Haruka, why did you get up so early today?" Reiko Onodera smiled gently, her brown lace nightgown adding a touch of elegant gentleness.

"What would you like for breakfast? I'll make it."

"Just something simple," Haruka Yuzan chuckled dryly. So the lady of the house has been getting up this early recently?

But then again, that makes sense, with so many people in the villa, preparing meals every day does take effort.

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"Okay, sure."

The two of them were alone on the ground floor, their minds drifting slightly as if they had returned to half a year ago.

"Haruka, are you going for a morning workout today?"

"No, I'll rest a bit more."

Haruka Yuzan moved to the cabinet, used the coffee machine to make himself a cup.

"An early morning black coffee."

Reiko Onodera busied herself in the kitchen; the villa seemed gray and tranquil without the lights on.

About fifteen minutes later, Spice Girl came yawning down from the second floor, "Good morning."

"Good morning."

Slowly, the other members of the villa began to wake up.

Misaki Saki, in order to find her normal writer's state, now insists on going to bed early and waking up early. Chiba Shimizu also came down from upstairs, her expression still cold and emotionless.

After breakfast, Haruka Yuzan glanced again at the people packing up in the villa, a hint of reluctance in his eyes.

"What's wrong, Haruka?"

Reiko Onodera, who was bending over to tidy up Rika's clothes, suddenly sensed something and raised her head, her eyes tender like a spring pond.

"It's nothing."

After saying goodbye to several people, Haruka Yuzan walked to school with Chiba Shimizu.

"You have been really weird these days."

"Maybe it's because I'm getting older."

"..."

When they arrived at school, Haruka Yuzan attended classes normally, but Mizutani Nozomi still hadn't come, so the school arranged for another class's English teacher to substitute.

"Hey, Mr. Haruka, how come Teacher Mizutani hasn't been here for several days in a row?"

Heisuke Yonchu asked.

"Maybe... she's sick."

"Should we go visit the teacher?"

"Let it be."

At noon, he went to the long-unattended activity room, eating alone.

Classes proceeded as usual in the afternoon.

At 2:20 PM, school was over.

However, no students left; they all wore red and green ribbons, busy preparing for the cultural festival.

As ethereal as a light cloud veiling the moon, as fluttering as the wind sweeping back snow, from afar shining as brightly as the sun rising among dawn clouds; from close up, dazzling as lotus blossoms emerging from clear waves.

The visage of a fairy, supreme and solitary, as if descending from the Turquoise Pool to the mortal realm.

Lin Ran was stunned. Were there others?

Just as he was about to hide and observe from the shadows, the laughing fairies noticed him.

The laughter abruptly stopped, the fairy maidens whispering softly to one another, occasionally glancing in Lin Ran's direction, their eyes pure and watery, flickering with infatuation.

But Lin Ran was sure.

This wasn't the look of lovers, it was more like... a plate of delicious food?

"Master, something's off with them," the voice of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner rang in his mind.

Lin Ran narrowed his eyes, "Can you defeat them?"

"Master, I will protect you, even if it means self-destructing."

"Let's observe for now." Outnumbered and unaware of their strength.

According to the teachings of the Stability Scripture, if there is an option to avoid battle, it is always the best solution.

Lin Ran's fingers already reached towards his sword gourd at his waist; if things went south, he would immediately use the Escape Technique to flee, the pressure from these people was simply too great.

Even when facing Fu Kaining and Jun Chen, he had never been so cautious.

Just then, the fairies seemed to have reached a decision.

A fairy in a purple fairy dress stepped forward, her waist slender, her tender body reminded one of a willow tree by the riverbank, igniting an impulse to torment her.

Lin Ran bit his tongue lightly, clearing his mind.

Seeing this, the fairy smiled charmingly: "I presume you must be the new land deity of the Immortal Peach Orchard?"

Land deity?

Lin Ran was startled.

The fairy didn't continue

The strength of those fairies opposite, absolutely unfathomable!

For some reason, even though the fairies were very beautiful, being stared at by them made Lin Ran feel a chill down his spine, somewhat hair-raising.