Chapter 87: This boy is strange

"Mmm~"

Early the next morning, Okino Yoko opened her eyes, feeling full of energy.

After a wonderful sleep, she felt her mental state was much better.

Once her vision came into focus, Okino Yoko noticed that she was sleeping on Ren Amamiya’s lap.

I didn't sleep on his lap yesterday, did I?

After a moment of chaotic thoughts, the memories from before she fell asleep yesterday returned bit by bit.

She only remembered being pulled to sleep on his lap, and then his hand pressed against her head, making her feel exceptionally sleepy.

After closing her eyes, she had no further memory of what happened.

This left Okino Yoko feeling a wave of embarrassment.

She, a 22-year-old adult, had actually slept for an entire night on the lap of a boy six years her junior.

How is it that compared to him, I feel like the child?

However...

Although sleeping on a boy's lap for a whole night made Okino Yoko feel a bit awkward.

She had indeed slept very soundly yesterday; it was likely the most comfortable day of sleep she had ever had.

Aside from the slight awkwardness, everything else was top-notch.

"..."

Just as Okino Yoko woke up, the subtle movement caused Ren Amamiya, who had been sleeping sitting up, to twitch his eyelids, and the next moment he opened his eyes instantly.

"Awake?"

Ren Amamiya moved his shoulders casually; his body was incredibly stiff from sitting all night.

Fortunately, he worked part-time often, so his body wasn't as weak as his peers'.

"Mm..."

Okino Yoko felt slightly awkward, but she answered him, not pretending to be asleep.

"How do you feel?"

"What?"

Okino Yoko, whose consciousness was still half a beat slow, didn't react immediately.

"Your mood."

Reminded, Okino Yoko realized that not only had she slept comfortably today, but her mood had also become refreshed.

"Much better."

Yesterday, she could still feel that her whole person was exhausted, even feeling like she wanted to stop completely.

But now, that feeling was completely gone.

That intense sense of fatigue had vanished along with it.

"It's like I've turned into a different person."

And wasn't she a different person?

Using spirituality and gray mist to help adjust her mental state, smoothing out those messy emotions bit by bit.

Honestly, even a True God of Sequence 0 wouldn't get such treatment.

It was practically the same as being a different person.

"Glad to hear it."

This sentence caught Okino Yoko's attention.

She knew her own emotions were in a terrible state, not something that could be adjusted in a short time.

Yet, after just one night, just one night of resting on his lap, she had fully recovered.

This was nothing short of a miracle.

This was definitely his doing.

This discovery didn't make Okino Yoko want to expose him; instead, it left her feeling a bit regretful.

She had originally intended to take care of him as a neighborly older sister, but in the end, she, the "sister," was the one being taken care of.

"Mmm... taken care of for a whole night."

Okino Yoko braced herself and sat up from his lap.

"Alright, I'll go prepare breakfast this morning."

She looked at the clock in the room; it was 5:43, still quite early.

"You go rest for a bit; it's my turn to do things now."

To this, Ren Amamiya, whose legs had lost all sensation, did not refuse.

What he needed now was complete relaxation for his body.

At the very least, he needed to let his numb legs regain feeling.

He could also take this time to get some thorough rest.

"I'll leave it to you, Miss Entertainer."

"Leave it to me, don't worry."

Okino Yoko patted her chest, immediately went to her room, and brought over some ingredients for breakfast.

She started preparing breakfast right away.

Ren Amamiya returned to his own room to catch up on sleep.

This time, the nap lasted quite a while.

He slept for an hour and a half.

Ren Amamiya still had a good sense of time.

His biological clock woke him up directly from his dreams when it reached its limit.

Opening his eyes, he saw Okino Yoko, who had been standing by his bed for a long time.

"What are you doing?"

"Mm... I was doing some mental preparation to wake you up."

Ren Amamiya rubbed his forehead, feeling a slight headache.

Why did he feel like this entertainer had become unreliable at this moment?

Okino Yoko smiled and lightly tapped his face with her finger.

"Breakfast is ready, get up quickly."

"Mm."

After getting up and washing his face, Ren Amamiya went to the living room.

They sat opposite each other just like the night before.

Okino Yoko looked at the boy across from her.

Sometimes she could really feel this boy's reticence.

But at other times, she could feel that it wasn't that he couldn't speak, but that he wasn't good at it.

"Ha... sitting across from you, I increasingly feel like I'm sitting across from my father."

"I'm not that serious."

Ren Amamiya looked up and retorted.

"I know."

Okino Yoko rested her chin on her hands.

"But I always feel like your mental age is much older than mine, and I feel like you are more reliable than me."

"So, are you saying you're unreliable?"

"No, I'm just saying you are better at taking care of people."

"Am I?"

Ren Amamiya didn't know he had such a talent.

He didn't talk much usually and lacked concern for others' affairs; he didn't seem like the type to take care of people at all.

"Yes, you are, yes you are."

Okino Yoko could feel that he was truly good at taking care of people.

But it wasn't the kind of help that involved material things; rather, it was like he did things silently.

He didn't want any praise; it was just like a habit, something he did in passing.

If he was discovered, it didn't matter; if he wasn't, he wouldn't point it out.

Just like what happened that night; he had clearly saved her, yet he didn't ask for any reward, and didn't even have the intention to initiate contact with her.

It was as if he had just done something very casual.

Judging by his later reactions, he didn't even know who she was.

It was definitely not help given for personal gain.

And then there was the matter from last night.

Okino Yoko didn't know what method he used, but the result was that her mental state was much better.

As someone who had been in that state for years, she knew too well how much time it took to adjust.

It was definitely not something that could be fixed in one night.

So, he, who was capable of doing this, still didn't mention a word of it.

In short, Okino Yoko felt this boy was strange.

However, she didn't dislike the way this boy interacted; there was no scheming, it was very pure and simple.

— Author's Notes —

PS: Apologies! I was late updating because I was watching the Cangjian livestream yesterday; I'm making up for it now.