Itsuki raised his eyebrows, feeling as if he had forgotten something.
"It's over!"
He still has to work at night!
But it was almost six o'clock.
Besides, in his current state, it is questionable whether he can take a bus to a convenience store.
With no other options, Itsuki endured the pain in his body, picked up the phone, and called Sakura, who was on duty that day.
"Moshi Moshi, Fujii-kun, what's the matter?"
The call was quickly connected, and Sakura's pleasant voice came from it.
"Ah, Yuko-senpai, I'm not feeling well today; could you help me cover for a bit tonight?"
"Please, I'll cover for you next week."
Sakura on the other end of the phone was silent for a few seconds.
He originally thought that she would decline or reject it outright, because she was essentially a playful girl who knocked off on time every day and went straight to the nightclub after work.
He is totally on a different wavelength from an ordinary, honest, and ordinary short-term college student like him.
"Okay, no problem." She agreed very readily.
He was naturally very grateful for this and didn't think much about it.
"Thank you for your help, Yuko-senpai!"
"Thank you very much."
"Oh, it's just a small matter." She said it politely.
"Fujii, take a rest. I'm going to hang up now."
"Well, thank you for your concern, Yuko-senpai."
After hanging up the phone, he breathed a sigh of relief.
He lay flat on his back in bed, looking up at the ceiling.
When will he be able to get rid of the identity of a hard-working worker?
It is only the second semester of his freshman year, and there are still more than two years before graduation. How can he support himself if he doesn't work?
With that meager living allowance, it would be a miracle if I didn't starve to death.
The more he thought about it, the more confused he became.
Why didn't his damn father leave some money for his biological son before making the will?
Now, all the family property is in the hands of Eiko, a woman from another family.
Not to mention getting married; it was even a question whether his biological son could guarantee that he would not starve to death.
Even his home was occupied by those three women.
"Never mind."
He couldn't summon his dead father through the impure world reincarnation.
Even if he did, it would be useless, as he might even be biased towards the mother and daughter.
It's better to save money and leave this family as soon as possible.
He sighed.
Or he could defeat them and regain control of the Fujii family.
Thinking of this, he became thoughtful.
…
10pm, Ogiwara's house.
After taking a shower and changing into light pink pajamas, Saki glanced towards her mother's room, then returned to the bedroom and quickly got into bed.
Turning off the lights, the room instantly fell into darkness.
After a few seconds, a white light appeared faintly in the darkness and shone on her face.
She lay on her side, holding the phone in both hands, adjusted the screen brightness, and opened the Line app.
Finding Itsuki's profile picture among her few friends, she clicked on the chat box, her finger hovering over the phone keyboard, thinking about how to start the conversation.
[Are you there, Fujii-kun?]
After typing a line and quickly deleting it, she felt that her way of chatting up people seemed a bit too old-fashioned.
[Fujii-kun, are you asleep? ]
She typed a new line, even considering whether to add punctuation marks, bit her lip, and clicked send nervously.
Half a minute later, the message status changed from [Delivered] to [Read].
"Not yet."
At the same time, in the bedroom on the second floor of Fujii's house, the lights had already been turned off.
With the moonlight outside the window, he pressed the send button.
"Fujii-kun replied to me!"
Staring at the words on the phone screen, her heart leaped with joy, and she quickly continued typing and asked, "Fujii-kun, Are you feeling better?"
"Yeah, much better. It doesn't hurt anymore."
This statement was true, and he was not just trying to show off.
The debuff time of the potion has passed now.
He is not as energetic and refreshed as before, but his spirit and energy have undoubtedly improved, and only a few superficial injuries remain on his body.
From this point of view, the medicine produced by the system is definitely stronger than adrenaline.
[That's good.]
She felt relieved for Itsuki in her heart.
Her fingers tapped the screen, her eyes wandering, and for a moment she didn't know what topic to talk about.
After holding it in for a long time, Saki wrote down a sentence: [What did Fujii-kun eat in the evening?]
When she typed the words, she was a little stunned.
She was as embarrassed, shrinking her neck, trying to tear open the quilt cover and get into the cotton core of the quilt.
"Stupid, what on earth do you want to do?"
"Why do you always ask Fujii-kun some boring questions?"
God have mercy on her. She has had very limited interactions with the opposite sex in the past 18 years of her life.
The most recent one was two months ago, when her Japanese teacher praised her for her excellent writing skills. She replied, "Thank you, Sensei."
Due to the influence of her mother, she not only has never been in a relationship, but she doesn't even have a single friend of the opposite sex.
Except for Itsuki, who was chatting with her online.
[I ate beef donburi, what happened? ]
[No, nothing…]
[What's up?]
[fine.]
[Are you really okay? ]
[Um.]
[Then I will sleep ]
[Wait…]
The atmosphere fell into an eerie silence as the two of them asked and answered each other.
Compared to the quiet, shy, and even embarrassed Saki, Itsuki on the other end of the phone had a look of confusion.
"Why is she cute?"
"Is it something difficult to talk to me about?"
"How about teasing her?"
He raised the corner of his mouth and typed three words in the chat box: Answer the phone.
Next second.
Beep, beep, beep.
The phone suddenly rang in the quiet bedroom. She was startled and quickly turned down the volume and covered her head with the quilt.
She pressed the answer button, put the phone to her ear, and said softly, "Hello."
"Is it Ogiwara?" She heard the youthful voice of Itsuki.
"Yes, it's me, Fujii-kun."
"Are you asleep?"
"Not yet, I just finished taking a shower."
"What's for dinner?"
"Huh? Chicken, tofu, and miso soup. What's wrong, Fujii-kun?"
"Nothing, just asking, haha."
His laughter came through the phone, and she realized that all the words he said just now were hers earlier.
It's over. Now her nervousness and embarrassment were exposed.
She blushed in the bed.
"Fujii-kun, you did this on purpose."
At a certain moment, she had the urge to hang up the phone and ignore him.
But her inner voice told her: You can't bear to let go.
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