"Give me a beer…" Kuroki Ya coughed while weakly extending his hand.
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka kindly took a bottle of beer from the refrigerator, and before he could open it, Kuroki Ya snatched it, bit off the cap with his teeth, and after several big gulps, he finally recovered a lot.
"What did you put in the drink?" Seeing that Kuroki Ya was fine, Ayanokoji looked at Kurume in exasperation.
"Oh, I made a mistake.
I originally wanted to add lemon juice, but I added chili juice instead." Kurume Laiwei said lightly.
She really added chili water for him!
Kuroki Ya was truly afraid of Kurume; wasn't it just revealing a bit of her dark past?
Maybe Ayanokoji would see it as a cute point, but she wanted to directly act maliciously and get rid of him!?
"Forget it, I'd better go.
If I stay any longer, I'm afraid I'll lose my life…" Kuroki Ya reluctantly got up, preparing to leave.
Really, did Kurume have to be so vicious towards him?
Her "connection" with Ayanokoji should have been at the previous matchmaking party; if he hadn't brought Ayanokoji there, could her relationship with Ayanokoji have progressed so quickly?
Logically speaking, he was Kurume's matchmaker, yet she treated him with such an attitude…
As Kuroki Ya felt indignant, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka casually took out a black card from beside him and threw it to Kuroki Ya.
"Oh, this is for you."
"What is this?" Kuroki Ya curiously looked at the black card in his hand.
The front of this card had a red cocktail, and the back, like a "membership card," showed a stack of chips.
On this card, the golden words "VIP Card" were written.
This also seemed to be an IC card; he took out the membership card he had obtained from the opposite side.
"What's the difference between these two cards?"
"This is a VIP card.
With this card, you don't need to queue when you come here, and you can drink beverages for free." Ayanokoji said with a smile: "It's a card that can only be obtained by spending over five hundred thousand in this Cooking Room.
It's a bargain for you, consider it an apology."
Although Kuroki Ya had spoken out of turn first, it was still wrong for Kurume to put chili water in the cocktail, so Ayanokoji Kiyotaka still had to apologize for her actions.
"We're friends, it's nothing." Kuroki Ya waved his hand indifferently, shrugging and smiling: "Besides, even if I accept this card, I probably won't have the guts to drink here anymore."
Kuroki Ya wasn't angry in the first place, as he knew he had said the wrong thing, but he had been a bit depressed.
Now that he received this "VIP card" from Ayanokoji, he felt flattered, and his mood instantly improved.
However, before leaving, he didn't mind annoying Kurume Laiwei a bit.
Kuroki Ya put away the card and deliberately said: "Ayanokoji, in my opinion, whether it's Saotome Meari or Hanatemari Kazura, they are both good women.
If you want to find someone to date, there's absolutely no need to find a delinquent…"
Although he didn't name names, Kurume Laiwei immediately became anxious: "Who are you calling a delinquent? Explain yourself!"
Kuroki Ya didn't dare to linger here; seeing that he had angered Kurume, he quickly ran away.
Kuroki Ya ran off, and Kurume had no one to vent her anger on.
She could only suppress the anger in her heart and quickly grabbed Ayanokoji's arm to explain.
"Ayanokoji, don't overthink it.
Kuroki Ya is just a fence-sitter who says what people want to hear and what ghosts want to hear.
Don't take his words seriously; he's completely slandering me!"
"Really?" Ayanokoji looked at her with a half-smile.
Kurume looked away guiltily: "Maybe his description matches me a little bit…"
Kurume felt that saying this was unconvincing, and she explained in a low voice: "My personality is actually very easy to get along with; what he said is just my superficial disguise.
After all, my family has no money or power, so if I don't pretend to be very strong, someone might bully me… Look at Hanatemari Kazura; she's clearly a young lady, but before she met Meari, didn't she fall to the level of livestock?
It's just because her personality was too weak…"
"Anyway… I'm not a delinquent." Kurume seemed very concerned about leaving that impression on Ayanokoji, she emphasized.
"Hmm, I know." Ayanokoji said softly.
"You really know?" Kurume secretly looked up at Ayanokoji.
"Yes, I know."
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka poured out the "heavy-flavored" cocktail Kurume had made for Kuroki Ya, and while washing the glass, he said calmly:
"On the night you willingly came to my room, you said you'd let me do whatever I wanted with you, as long as I liked it. But when I touched your arm just now, your body trembled, clearly out of fear."
"That day, I realized you were a pure and innocent hot girl who talked dirty but had no actual experience, freezing up at just a touch on your arm."
"...Was it because of my reaction back then that you said you'd let me exchange my body for an equivalent amount of money?"
"What else?" Ayanokoji glanced at her. "If you hadn't instinctively resisted, do you think I would have given up the meat at my lips?"
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka had already "eaten" Hanatemari Kazura. If Kurume Laiwei had truly been willing to give herself to him, he certainly wouldn't have given up the meat at his lips.
But Kurume's reaction at the time was clearly unwilling; she was smiling on the outside but sad in her heart. After all, she had gambled her body, and a gambler must accept their losses, so she couldn't go back on her word.
Although Ayanokoji didn't consider himself a "gentleman," he didn't want to make a girl cry.
Even if she cried, it should be tears of satisfaction in bed, not tears of pain in private.
He was willing to let Kurume off, but he couldn't let Kurume get away without paying any price. At the very least, she had to compensate him for his "losses." After all, this was something Kurume had already lost to him on the gambling table, and the due price still had to be paid.
That's why Ayanokoji made her work for him to repay these "debts."
Kurume Laiwei was both surprised and delighted. Surprised that Ayanokoji had seen through her thoughts, and delighted that Ayanokoji Kiyotaka seemed to genuinely care about her.
Who would care if people they didn't care about cried?
Indeed, at that time, Kurume was indeed afraid and unwilling to give up her body.
But now, her thoughts had completely changed—if Ayanokoji became her boyfriend, perhaps it wouldn't be bad... No, not bad, but she'd be super willing!
However, Kurume Laiwei also knew from her observations over the past week that Ayanokoji Kiyotaka was a "hot commodity."
Saotome Meari, needless to say, already considered herself the "boss's wife," and she felt every expense of Ayanokoji's as if it were her own money, aching for it.
Although Hanatemari Kazura didn't show any signs of liking Ayanokoji, her expression always became a bit flustered whenever Ayanokoji was mentioned, so she was temporarily placed in the pending category.
Sado Mikura, Sachiko Juraku's little follower, was also someone to watch out for.
Mikura had been at this school for a long time, and Kurume had interacted with her a few times. She had always appeared as a loyal dog, putting "Juraku-sama" first, but recently, the name she mentioned most often was "Ayanokoji Kiyotaka."
Although she always acted as if she was at odds with Ayanokoji whenever she came here, Kurume Laiwei was too familiar with this trick—it was a disguise; she definitely harbored some feelings for Ayanokoji as well.
And there was also Ikishima Midari, who appeared out of nowhere, also a formidable opponent...
In short, with enemies all around, Kurume Laiwei knew it would be difficult for her to stand out.
However... Kurume's heart stirred.
Regardless of what feelings other girls harbored, as long as she seized the initiative, she might still be able to gain Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's favor.
Now was the perfect time, with no one else around. If she confessed here, she might be able to end the game directly!
"Ayanokoji, actually, I..." Kurume Laiwei, having made up her mind, didn't hesitate and spoke on the spot.
But before she could finish, the room door was suddenly pushed open, and Saotome Meari, wearing a baseball cap, burst in, shouting, "Ayanokoji, do you have any more membership cards over here? The ones over there are all used up!"
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