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It's time to end this evening; continuing like this isn't good for anyone.

Thinking this to herself, May walked upstairs step by step.

Some questions should be kept to oneself. Even if one feels disappointed and confused, this is not one's own business, but someone else's private matter, and one has no right to inquire.

So just go back to your room and sleep. Once the night is over, everything you saw tonight will be as if it never happened.

May thought quietly, and then... stopped walking.

We really can't pretend we didn't see it.

May suddenly turned around and looked in Hayakawa's direction with an almost impulsive gaze.

She is a girl who studies hard every day. The harder she works, the more determined she is, and the braver and more fearless she becomes.

May's behavior in life reflects this. She is often more decisive and assertive in her actions, and prefers to act alone. For example, her ability to eat so many snacks every day at school seems ordinary but is actually quite extraordinary. In the environment of a Japanese high school, a girl eating so much every day is likely to be looked at differently, and it wouldn't be surprising if she were given a nickname like "big eater." But May never cares about that. She eats happily in class and in the school cafeteria as usual. This ordinary scene actually reveals her specialness.

Compared to Nino's usual arrogant and fierce demeanor, May is actually more decisive in her behavior and personality, even somewhat like a boy. Unlike Yotsuba, who is only boyish in her love of sports and cheerfulness, May is closer to a boy in terms of personality.

She wasn't an indecisive person, so she came downstairs, lowered her head, and walked back to the sofa, looking down at Hayakawa.

Is there anything else?

Hayakawa had already lain down when a shadow fell on his face. When he opened his eyes, he found that May had returned and was looking at him with a hateful gaze. He asked in confusion, "Did you forget to take the cup back?"

May shook her head silently, then said out of the blue, "I saw it."

"See?"

Hayakawa was immediately taken aback: "What did you see?"

May said, "I saw you kissing Ichika."

"..."

The once quiet living room instantly fell silent, with only the barely audible breathing of the two people.

Hayakawa stared blankly at May in front of him, thinking to himself, "I asked you what you saw, but you didn't have to answer like that. It's so shocking, what am I supposed to say?"

"Uh…"

Hayakawa remained silent for a long time before tentatively saying, "You must have seen wrong. Is it possible that Ichika and I just accidentally used body positioning to make it look like we were kissing?"

"I just saw you and Ichika talking privately on the stairs after you finished studying, and then you pinned her against the wall, and then she kissed you."

May had already decided to speak, so she didn't hesitate, and her series of words left Hayakawa speechless.

"Um…"

Hayakawa remained silent for a long time, feeling that his silence at this moment was longer than any he had ever been before.

"There might be some misunderstanding between us," Hayakawa said after thinking for a moment. "My relationship with Ichika isn't what you think."

"Oh, really? It seems I misunderstood."

Unexpectedly, May readily believed Hayakawa's words. However, before Hayakawa could even show any joy, May added, "So, the fact that you and Ichika Yotsuba checked into a love hotel on the night of the typhoon was also a misunderstanding?"

"..."

Another long, almost imperceptible silence followed, leaving Hayakawa utterly bewildered.

How did you find out about such a private matter?

Seeing Hayakawa's empty eyes, May directly answered his question: "When I was eating ramen with you today, I saw Keiko go out for a bit. When she came back, she accidentally went into the wrong room and was mistaken for Ichika and Yotsuba by the hotel receptionist, so she knew."

"what?"

Hayakawa thought to himself, "What a coincidence! Just how much is the world going against me? Is the heavens jealous of my talent?"

"So what exactly is your relationship with Ichika? What is your relationship with Yotsuba? And what is your relationship with Nino?"

May bombarded him with a barrage of questions: "Are you and Ichika a couple? When did you get together? Does anyone else know about this? You must have been hiding it from Nino, right? And..."

"Stop, stop, stop, one at a time,"

Hayakawa quickly stopped May. Seeing that everything had been exposed, he stopped hiding and said directly, "Ichika and I are not lovers, nor are we together."

"Then why did she kiss you?"

May frowned and said, "It was still the initiative."

Hayakawa hesitated for a long time before finally saying helplessly, "She... probably likes me."

After saying that, Hayakawa silently lowered his head. For him, admitting such a thing was still too difficult.

"You should remove that. Ichika isn't that kind of girl; she wouldn't kiss someone she didn't like."

May said expressionlessly and decisively, "She definitely likes you."

"…oh."

"And then, what's the story behind you two booking a hotel room together?"

May pressed on relentlessly, demanding, "Give me a reasonable explanation."

"What's there to explain? You can figure it out yourself."

Hayakawa said somewhat helplessly, "That day after school, the two of them invited me to dinner, but then a typhoon hit, and we had to get soaked in the rain to go to the hotel next door. There was only one room left, so we had to stay together."

"Ha, how could there only be one room left? What a coincidence!"

May looked at him with disbelief and suspicion, wondering if this man had used some tricks.

"real."

Hayakawa said, "I had to pay extra to get the last room available; otherwise, the three of us would have had nowhere to stay and would have had to sleep on the streets."

Chapter 536 May Wants to Go to Tokyo University

"Is that so?"

Upon hearing Hayakawa say that she had paid extra, May, who had initially been skeptical, began to believe it. She had spoken with the receptionist, who seemed unreliable, which matched Hayakawa's description.

“That’s how it is. If you don’t believe me, you can go to the hotel and ask that person,” Hayakawa said after thinking for a moment. “But she definitely won’t say that she took the money. She’ll probably say that there was only one room left for us, but actually there weren’t any rooms left at the time.”

May believed it this time and nodded, saying, "Alright then, let's leave it at that. But why did Ichika kiss you?"

"Didn't I just say that...?"

Hayakawa was unusually embarrassed: "Because she likes me."

May paused slightly, then subconsciously asked, "When did Ichika start liking you?"

Hayakawa looked at her, somewhat annoyed, and said, "How should I know?"

May's frustration was compounded by his statement: "Don't you even know when a girl who likes you will develop feelings for you?"

"I already said I didn't know."

Hayakawa scratched his head impatiently: "I just figured it out myself."

May paused for a moment, then looked at Hayakawa with a subtle expression: "What about Nino... what are you going to do? She's still pursuing you. If she finds out about these things, she'll definitely be very sad."

Hayakawa said helplessly, "You think I haven't thought about this, but I just don't know how to solve it."

"Irresponsible."

Nakano Satsuki's expression changed, becoming extremely disgusted. She thought Hayakawa was trying to escape after hearing this.

"Ha, why should I be the one being told that by you?"

Hayakawa frowned and said with dissatisfaction, "Besides, when did I ever say that I had feelings for either of them? Let me make this clear: I don't know about the future, but at least for now, they're both the ones who like me. I don't even know what happened to make things like this."

"You mean you don't like either of them?!"

May finally understood, and her eyes widened in shock. She stammered, "How...how could this be? They're both so good, beautiful, have great figures, and wonderful personalities, why..."

"Where is it?"

Hayakawa replied expressionlessly, "Your brain is so slow, you need to be told the problem three or four times before you can understand it, and your grades are still at the bottom. What's so good about you?"

Upon hearing this, May's face immediately turned red with anger.

We five sisters are so stupid, we're so sorry!

May puffed out her cheeks, looking at the person in front of her with a mixture of embarrassment and anger. She felt that what Hayakawa said did not only include Ichika and Nino, but also her, and even openly and secretly, all five sisters. It was a general attack on the whole group.

"You don't need to be angry. How about we consider this from a practical point of view?"

Hayakawa ignored May's anger and said calmly, "Ichika and Nino's grades are not very good, and it will be difficult for them to get into an ordinary university. I am an excellent student who can get into the University of Tokyo. Even if I get together with them, we will still separate when we get to university. You can't expect them to get into the University of Tokyo, can you? What will happen during the four years of university? Can this relationship be maintained?"

May was speechless. In the eyes of Japanese high school students, the name Tokyo University was as majestic as Mount Fuji, especially for May, who truly wanted to learn. It was sacred and inviolable, and her pride could be easily crushed.

I said Ichika and Nino were great... but can they be better than getting into the University of Tokyo?

I simply can't resist... The overwhelming pressure from the top university in Japan is something May-chan just can't handle!

Nakano Satsuki's little bit of pride was crushed by the words "University of Tokyo," and she instantly lost all confidence to resist. She stammered dejectedly, "What... what's so great about it? It's just a university. If we work hard, we can get in too. Don't be so smug."

She mumbled on and on, but in the end she didn't have the courage to say that she was capable of getting into the University of Tokyo, and even omitted those two words altogether.

"Actually, I don't necessarily have to go to the University of Tokyo,"

Hayakawa said, "I might also choose not to go to university in Japan, but to study abroad. Anyway, I can go to most universities, so I have many choices."

May fell completely silent, staring intently at Hayakawa with a strange look in her eyes.

We need to find a way to drag this Versailles guy down with us.

"What university we go to isn't the point; the point is that we can't go to the same university, so we can only have a long-distance relationship."

Hayakawa tapped her finger on the table: "Don't tell me you can handle a long-distance relationship. That was a full four years. I know you're a rational girl. Any feelings would probably be worn away after four years apart."

May didn't say anything; she felt that Hayakawa was right.

She's a girl who's easily swayed by romance, and usually focuses her energy on studying and eating. Unlike Nino, she doesn't love watching idol dramas, nor does she yearn for love like Ichika. Therefore, she can view emotions from a more rational perspective, so she has to admit that Hayakawa is right: long-distance relationships are unlikely to have a happy ending.

"Well…"

I don't know what to say in May.

Do you support Hayakawa? Some might say you did the right thing—a relationship destined to fail shouldn't begin—but that's betraying your two older sisters.

Are you against Hayakawa? Putting aside whether romance is beautiful, I don't know how to resolve a love triangle.

“That’s why you shouldn’t have come to ask me in the first place, because you don’t know anything and can’t help,” Hayakawa smiled at May and comforted her. “Don’t think about these things anymore. You have exams tomorrow and for several days to come. You need to rest well and concentrate on the exams. Don’t think about these things that don’t concern you.”

How could it have little to do with me...?

This is very important to Ichika and Nino, and I am their family, so their affairs are my affairs.

And... there's you too.

May glanced at Hayakawa quietly, then pursed her pink lips, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back.

Seeing this, Hayakawa reached out and placed his hand on her head, bending her distinctive red ahoge (cowlick), and said softly, "Get some rest."

"…All right."

After a long silence, May finally decided that tomorrow's exam was more important and decided to rest first. She stood up and walked towards the stairs: "Good night, Hayakawa."

"Good night."

Hayakawa responded.

May couldn't help but secretly glance back, only to see Shadow standing next to the sofa, those two gazes fixed on her as if they could pierce through the darkness to reach her.

In May, she walked upstairs and arrived at the second floor.

The moment she opened the door and entered the room, an unrealistic idea suddenly popped into her head.

If I could also get into the University of Tokyo…

Chapter 537 Results Announced

The few days of final exams passed quickly, neither too long nor too short. Ichinose High School's rules were relatively humane; after the exams, students were sent home directly, only needing to return to pick up their results on the day they were released. This was much better than other high schools where students had to attend classes after their final exams.

After receiving their final exam results, teachers assign homework, students go home, and the three-month winter break begins.

On the last day of the semester, Hayakawa returned to school with many other students to prepare for his final exams.

My life ends today…

Hayakawa looked at the bustling school gate in front of him and thought to himself.

His wonderful school life came to an abrupt end, leaving Hayakawa feeling utterly lost and disoriented. Leaving school felt like a bird leaving the sky, a fish leaving the water, or a horse leaving the grasslands where it could roam freely—a painful experience that left him feeling utterly devoid of purpose.

This is unacceptable... What is the education department of this country doing? Why does winter vacation even exist? Students are young, strong, and full of energy. Fatigue is just psychological. It's okay to go to school for a couple more days!