Laid-Back Life in Tokyo: I Really Didn't Want to Work Hard
Chapter 58: Uesugi Sakura Utterly Defeated by a Young Girl

Chapter 58: Chapter 58: Uesugi Sakura Utterly Defeated by a Young Girl

The weekend should be as leisurely as the fluffy white clouds in the sky.

But for some reason, the atmosphere has become a bit strange now.

Seeing Ayaka Rie’s figure slowly disappear around the corner outside the door, Uesugi Sakura couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

17:35:26

The afternoon passed quite ordinarily, he taught and they learned, without much conversation.

However, Uesugi Sakura could sense that Ayaka Rie’s attitude towards him had softened a lot, not as confrontational as before.

Perhaps she had mistaken something he did for Goto’s sake as his own actions.

Resulting in her being so overbearing every day.

Actually, Uesugi Sakura didn’t know about this matter before, but now he understood a bit.

The "Rainy Day" account wasn’t even his, it was only used to deal with assertive girls persistent in their pursuit of love.

The account belonged to Goto, and for the girls unwilling to give up, Uesugi simply had him reject them in his name.

When the girls were rejected, they’d give up, and Goto would try to get them to add his main account.

How would those newly rejected girls add someone else again?

... But of course, there are exceptions.

Though this lousy method hardly ever succeeded.

As for why there was a misunderstanding...

Uesugi Sakura guessed that someone intentionally spread bad rumors about him among the girls out of revenge.

"Uesugi-kun... don’t you really dislike Rie-chan?" Asked Hanamaru Hanabi at the entrance.

"Dislike? Not really, I just didn’t understand her personality before."

"Then... Uesugi-kun..." Hanamaru Hanabi seemed hesitant, "Do you want to hear it?"

"About her? Didn’t you say not to talk about it casually?"

"If it’s Uesugi-kun, it should be fine."

...

Uesugi Sakura turned to look at her, a pair of bright and clear purple eyes were right in front of him.

"Hanabi."

"Do you want to hear it, Uesugi-kun? Rie-chan is actually a good person," Hanamaru Hanabi said, meeting his gaze, "She always takes care of me, her personality is because of her father, Rie-chan only has her mother, Rie-chan said her father is....."

"Hanabi."

"Uesugi-kun?"

Hanamaru Hanabi found Uesugi Sakura looking at her softly.

Uesugi Sakura looked at her blushing, cute face, at her eyes glinting with slight confusion, calmly said:

"I never blamed Ayaka for anything, she hated me so much before probably because she thought I was like Murakoshi, not wanting someone like that near you, not wanting someone like that to hurt you."

"Uesugi-kun... do you know?" Hanamaru Hanabi felt a bit guilty, "Sorry, Uesugi-kun, I never explained it clearly to Rie-chan."

"Silly girl."

Uesugi Sakura reached out a finger and gently tapped her nose,

"Don’t apologize to me."

Hanamaru Hanabi was extremely sensitive to this gesture, she looked down shyly, quietly waiting.

Uesugi Sakura gave a usual smile: "A strong character like Ayaka’s isn’t something Hanabi alone can explain."

"You’re too easily trusting, and I’m your childhood friend, no matter what, you would stand up for me."

"Whether I’m a scumbag or sincere."

"In Ayaka’s eyes, you are just a naive girl deceived by me, the ’scumbag-kun’."

"That’s why she protected you so much and hated me so much."

"Uesugi-kun... do you understand?"

Hanamaru Hanabi cautiously asked, "Do you still want to hear about Rie-chan?"

"No need," Uesugi Sakura looked at the door blown open by the wind, "She’s from a single-parent family, right? It’s probably not a pleasant story, knowing she has reasons for her personality is enough."

"Alright, it’s getting late, I should head home, see you tomorrow, Hanabi."

"Hmm....."

Hanamaru Hanabi answered quietly.

Uesugi Sakura glanced at the girl in front of him and stepped down from the entrance.

But as he took the first step, a small soft hand held him back.

"Hanabi?" Uesugi Sakura turned to look at her.

"C...can Uesugi-kun stay with Hanabi a bit more?"

"Spending the whole day wasn’t enough?" Uesugi Sakura laughed.

"B...b...because Rie-chan was also there... Hanabi... Hanabi wants to be alone with Uesugi-kun for a while....."

Hanamaru Hanabi hesitated, clinging tightly to his right hand with a pleading look, timidly.

"Hanabi, you’re not still angry about what I did to you before, are you? Even though Ayaka called me out."

"No... not at all..."

Hanamaru Hanabi was so nervous her heart was about to jump out, "U...Uesugi-kun must... must have seen it accidentally, can’t blame Uesugi-kun..."

Baseless trust.

Uesugi Sakura didn’t want her to think like that: "I told you, it was intentional."

"Uesugi-kun... didn’t do it on purpose..."

"I did it on purpose, Hanabi."

Hanamaru Hanabi, head down, in a weak voice said: "It must... it must be Uesugi-kun remembering wrong, that day I was wearing clothes, Uesugi-kun couldn’t have seen..."

Still deceiving herself?

Uesugi Sakura shook his head with a smile, placed his hands on Hanabi’s soft shoulders, and shook her firmly, making her look up into his eyes.

"Hanabi!"

"Uesugi-kun!?"

Hanamaru Hanabi froze under the strength of his hands.

He looked into her slightly fearful eyes, seriously and solemnly said:

"I did it on purpose! Hanabi! That day I peeked at your chest, very fair! Very soft! I really liked it!"

This sentence made Hanamaru Hanabi’s face instantly so red, her trembling eyes fixed on his eyes, her mouth stammering uncontrollably:

"Ha...Ha...Hana....Bi....."

"Understand now? I’m that kind of person."

The strong sense of shame made Hanabi’s anxious heart beat to the limit, her rigid body softened, and her mouth gradually closed tightly.

She was stunned in place, quiet for a long time, unable to say a word.

Clearly scared.

Indeed, with such a timid and shy nature, how could she not be scared by such straightforward, embarrassing words?

But like this, it should make her accept reality.

Accept that her childhood friend is half a scumbag by nature.

Uesugi Sakura let go of her soft shoulders, "So, do you still want me to stay with you more, Hanabi?"

Hanamaru Hanabi, so red even her ears, lowered her head, didn’t respond, only murmured softly:

"Uesugi-kun... on purpose... Uesugi-kun really likes to look at Hanabi... Uesugi-kun was on purpose... Uesugi-kun really likes to look at Hanabi..."

The faint voice repeated countless times.

Is she... crashing?

Uesugi Sakura shook his head helplessly, waved his hand and said:

"I’m going home first, Hanabi, your mother should be back soon, see you tomorrow."

He turned and walked out the door again.

This was the first time he had said such words to Hanabi, and saying it did feel a bit better.

But at this moment, he harbored a little fantasy.

No... in this state, Hanabi would still call for him, right?

No way.

He told himself this once more, shook his head again, and stepped out of the entrance again.

At that moment,

"Sakura-kun!"

Uesugi Sakura’s body completely froze because of that faint voice, his right leg having just stepped out from his slippers, suspended in the air.

As expected,

He really... lost to her.

With a sigh in his heart, he turned around again to face the incredibly earnest, blushing girl before him.

"Alright, I promise you."