Chapter 287: The Awakened Heart of Love

"So, you hope to take this opportunity to get closer to Ren Amamiya?"

Kaguya Sigong stared with wide eyes at Aisaka Ai.

She was not truly a naive fool; she understood the meaning of that sentence.

An inexplicable flutter in her heart, yet her voice trembled uncontrollably.

"Aisaka, what do you mean by this?"

In response, Aisaka Ai's voice still carried a hint of a smile.

"Don't you know?"

"Your attitude when facing Ren Amamiya is different."

"Different... how?"

Kaguya Sigong feigned composure, yet at this moment she could not remain composed.

"It seems that when you saw the diary content earlier, your attitude toward Ren Amamiya changed."

"It was probably when the diary mentioned the words 'female neighbor', right?"

"I even reminded you back then that you should take some care of that female neighbor, didn't I? And you refused directly."

Aisaka's words made her recall it; it seemed there was indeed such a matter.

"If it were the past you, would you have chosen to ignore it?"

"I..."

Kaguya Sigong found herself unable to speak.

To achieve her own goals, doing some preparatory work was only natural. 13 Seizing someone's weakness was one tactic, while helping others so they naturally owed her a favor was another.

If it were the past, Kaguya Sigong felt she would not have hesitated at all and would have chosen to do both simultaneously.

Seize the weakness, and make them owe a favor.

Only by doing both simultaneously could one ensure precise control.

But the last time, when facing that female neighbor issue, Kaguya Sigong hesitated and chose to do nothing.

Why?

Stated in lofty terms, it should be that she did not wish to use tactics to win Ren Amamiya's friendship.

Stated directly, it was that she did not wish for Ren Amamiya to discover her tactics and dislike her.

Kaguya Sigong's hesitation was not because she did not want to seize the opportunity, but because she knew seizing the opportunity was equivalent to being disliked.

So after hesitating, she chose to give up.

If it were merely a relationship of pure interest, then Kaguya Sigong's choice was undoubtedly wrong.

But if some personal emotion was involved in this, then Kaguya Sigong's choice was undoubtedly correct.

So what is this personal emotion?

"It is because you care, right?"

Aisaka's single sentence made Kaguya Sigong's heart tremble again.

"If you did not care, you would rationally choose the option beneficial to yourself."

"But precisely because you care, you feel that this beneficial option is wrong."

"The variable in this must be Ren Amamiya, right?"

Seeing Young Lady Kaguya unable to speak, Aisaka Ai knew her purpose was achieved.

Today it was necessary to make Young Lady Kaguya realize some thoughts in her heart, thereby changing her attitude toward Ren Amamiya.

"I... but... it's too fast..."

At this moment, Kaguya Sigong's face was full of conflict.

She understood Aisaka's meaning; wasn't this asking her to admit that she was actually starting to care about Ren Amamiya, which was a precursor to liking him?

But her past reserve made her feel only that the feelings were coming too fast?

This kind of speed also seemed somewhat lacking in reserve.

It was as if she was starting to... care about Ren Amamiya for some reason.

Seeing Young Lady Kaguya's conflicted face, and the words she had just revealed, Aisaka Ai roughly understood the reason for Young Lady Kaguya's conflict.

Reserve.