Chapter 468

It wasn't a massage, it was a body scrub.

This was too thorough.

"No need."

Lin Ye refused.

"I understand."

The maid left carrying the laundry basket.

Lin Ye continued to soak in the bath comfortably, enjoying this moment of leisure and ease.

……

On the other side,

The maid carried the laundry basket to the mansion's laundry room.

She took out the clothes placed inside.

There were only a coat and a t-shirt.

She was already used to this, but... soon, her expression changed.

She clearly took out an object that didn't belong to a man from the pocket of the top.

"This..."

This wasn't a question of whether to wash it or not.

After a moment of thought, the maid went to Yukinoshita Fumino, the current head of the Yukinoshita family.

"What is it?"

She looked at the maid who had her sleeves rolled up.

"Madam, it's like this."

She lowered her head and reported the matter.

"Just pretend you didn't see anything."

"Understood, Madam."

The maid left.

Yukino's mother's aura became increasingly cold.

"It must have happened at that time!"

She had a terrible headache.

Her eldest daughter was no longer worry-free. Knowing her thoughts, and now that she had confirmed Yukino's relationship, she, as an older sister, didn't even show any restraint and was playing around in the backyard?

If this were bumped into by a servant, where would the Yukinoshita family's face be?

"It seems I must have a good talk with Haruno. I absolutely cannot continue to let her be."

Yukino's mother could no longer trust Haruno as she had in the past.

……

Meanwhile, Haruno knocked on her sister's door and successfully entered her bedroom.

"Yukino, where is Lin-kun? Why isn't he here?"

She looked around, deliberately crawled down to look under the bed, and opened the wardrobe, as if suspecting Lin Ye was there.

"He is in his own room."

"Eh, you're practically a quasi-fiancé and fiancée, shouldn't you be in the same bedroom, sleeping together?"

Haruno blinked and said with a brilliant smile.

"We are only quasi-fiancé and fiancée, not even officially engaged."

"Wow, so as long as you become engaged, you can sleep together? I'm so envious of Lin Ye. If Lin-kun knew this news, he'd probably be so excited he couldn't sleep!"

He knew.

And he expressed little interest.

Although Yukinoshita Yukino couldn't be sure if Lin Ye really wasn't interested or if he was just putting on a performance.

"Say it, sister, what are you doing here? If there's nothing, please go back. I want to rest."

Yukino had finished washing up and bathing, and sleepiness was beginning to emerge.

She was wearing loose beige pajamas, her long black hair scattered like a waterfall, and her dark blue eyes were watching her older sister who had arrived.

"How cold. Sister is worried that Lin-kun will come for a night raid on Yukino, so I plan to sleep with Yukino to protect her well. In a critical moment, I've decided to sacrifice myself to protect Yukino's safety."

Upon hearing this, Yukinoshita Yukino could only feel helpless. "He wouldn't do that."

"You trust Lin-kun that much?"

"I have a certain understanding of his character; he is a man who can be trusted."

"Wow! It seems some things have happened between Yukino and Lin-kun that I don't know about. I'm so envious!"

Haruno looked full of envy.

"Sister, I'm sleepy."

"I know, I know. I just wanted to ask why you didn't refuse, but instead proposed the 'interaction and exchange' suggestion."

She had already received Lin Ye's answer.

Now she came to ask her sister Yukino's answer.

"I already said it at the dinner table."

"I am your sister, after all. Do you think I can't guess that you must have hidden reasons you didn't say? If Yukino doesn't say it, I'll just stay here tonight and not go back."

After she finished speaking,

Haruno sat on the bed, staring at Yukino with a smile, waiting for her sister's answer.

The black-haired girl revealed a trace of helplessness.

"Mother told me before..."

Yukino recounted the conversation her mother had with her last weekend, the two days when Haruno and Lin Ye went to Aocheng.

"I have never been in love, and I don't know how to get along with a male of the same age. I lack experience in this area."

"At dinner tonight, Father talked about being rejected when he was in high school. I felt a bit uncomfortable, and Mother also hoped I could try."

"So I thought, let's try it. Give him a chance, and give myself a chance. Even if the interaction isn't suitable, we can end it."

She said another reason.

This was a point she hadn't told Lin Ye.

"Yukino wants to fall in love too."

"..."

She wanted to refute it; she subconsciously wanted to refute it, but she held back. "Sister, if you really want to think that, you can."

"Stubborn Yukino."

Yukinoshita Yukino bit her lip and said nothing.

"Alright, I know your thoughts. I was worried that you made this decision under the pressure and thoughts of our parents. Since that's not the case, I'm relieved."

Haruno stood up and walked in front of her sister. "In the blink of an eye, Yukino has also grown up. In two more years, Yukino will probably be married off."

"Sister, you'll definitely be earlier than me."

"Hahaha, who knows! Interact and exchange well with Lin-kun. If it's not suitable, then so be it. I'll help with our parents."

"Mm."

"Yukino in a kimono today was so beautiful. It's a pity Yukino isn't wearing one now, otherwise I'd have to give you a good hug."

After she finished speaking, she hugged her sister, who was wearing pajamas. "Yukino, goodnight."

"Goodnight."

Before letting go, Haruno took a deep breath.

Yukino was already used to it.

She watched Haruno leave and close the door for a long time before she withdrew her gaze.

There was a question she wanted to ask her sister, but in the end, she didn't ask it.

The girl who had gone to bed didn't fall asleep for a long time; a question was still bothering her.

Why were her parents so desperately promoting her engagement to Lin Ye?

This could absolutely not be just because Lin Ye saved her.

This debt of gratitude wasn't enough to make her parents go to such lengths.

Therefore, there must be a key piece of information hidden in the middle that she didn't know and hadn't grasped yet. ===== CHAPTER 469 =====