Restricted fantasy invasion

Chapter 44 43. Accomplices, keep secrets from each other

"Auntie, the room is on the sixth floor. There is no elevator. Please climb up."

"Good~"

After dinner, Ye Lan still wanted to go and see the house that Yan Huan rented, and Yan Huan couldn't refuse.

He simply agreed and took them to the downstairs of his rental house.

Although Ye Lan was wearing high heels, she and Ye Shiyu had very good physical strength and climbed to the sixth floor with ease.

If you don't even breathe hard, you must be exercising regularly.

If Vice President Sakuramiya came here, he would probably start panting before he even reached the second floor.

Ye Lan looked around and found that the environment was quite acceptable. The facilities were not too old, dilapidated or small. It was completely different from other difficult-to-evaluate environments in the South District.

So he raised his eyebrows in surprise and asked Yan Huan,

"The environment here looks pretty good, Xiao Huan."

"Ah, it's public housing after all, the rent isn't expensive, but the application is a bit troublesome."

The so-called public rental housing is actually affordable housing promoted by the Linmen government, with limited living standards and rental levels.

It is managed by the government and requires special conditions to apply for rental.

Yan Huan, an orphan, happened to meet the application requirements.

The environment here is good and the rent is cheap, so Yan Huan’s housing rental pressure is actually relatively small.

Yan Huan’s real financial pressure comes from tuition fees.

I still remember that when Principal Hermes was talking to Ye Lan before, he mentioned that the scholarship of Yuanyue College can only offset two-thirds of the tuition fee at most.

At first glance, it seems a bit unreasonable that Yuanyue Academy, as one of the only two top elite schools in Linmen, cannot even cover the tuition of Yan Huan, the top student council president in the grade.

But in fact, this statement is not accurate.

In fact, the scholarship can cover the full tuition, but the problem is that there are many other expenses besides tuition for studying at Totsuki Academy.

School buses cost money, right? It would cost several thousand per school year.

There are also payment items such as two seasons of customized school uniforms, various supplies fees, and health insurance.

Then there are textbooks, which is an important topic that cannot be ignored.

Linmen’s printed materials are extremely expensive. The math book Yan Huan is using now costs several hundred yuan.

This is just a math course, and there are four other main subjects and occasional elective courses that require buying textbooks.

All added up, it’s so expensive that Yan Huan wants to vomit blood!

These miscellaneous expenses are not covered by scholarships and together account for almost one-third of the total tuition fee, and must be paid in full before the start of the school year.

However, these hard-core figures may be considered a little less afterward.

After all, Yan Huan has now converted to the compassionate Ye Lan religion.

"This is it."

Yan Huan smiled and looked back at Ye Lan behind him, took out the key and opened the door, revealing a 40-square-meter space.
"Auntie, Sister Shiyu, just come in. We don't usually have outsiders coming to our house, so we don't have any slippers or shoe covers prepared."

"Sorry to bother you then~"

"..."

After turning on the light, Yan Huan walked in first.

Ye Lan and Ye Shiyu followed closely behind and walked around the tidy rental house. Miao Jiang also ran out to greet them.

After all, during the previous handicraft class, he asked Ye Shiyu to make a small scarf for it, and the cat food and canned food he bought were still on the shelf, so it was easy to tell that Yan Huan had a cat.

Cute creatures can always easily attract women's attention. After introducing Miaojiang's name, Ye Lan couldn't let it go and held it in her arms and rubbed it for a while.

I originally thought that it looked like a black ball because its hair was more abundant.

As soon as I picked it up, I realized that this black cat was completely solid.

"What a fat cat!"

Ye Lan covered her mouth and sighed.

"Meow?!"

Miaojiang was shocked.

However, a flaw was still revealed!
"What a cute kitten, but Xiao Huan, why is there no litter box at home?"

Ye Lan stroked Miao Jiang and suddenly asked this.

Hearing her mother say this, Ye Shiyu also cast a curious look.

"Ah, this."

Yan Huan glanced at the cute Miao Jiang in Ye Lan's arms, and then explained,

"Miao-chan often goes out to play by himself, and usually takes care of himself outside."

"So that's how it is. Is it still wild? What a cute kitten."

Ye Lan touched Miaojiang's chubby face, then put it down and continued to visit Yan Huan's little house.

However, the house was only 40 square meters in total, and there was nothing special in it. After looking at it for a while, Ye Lan and Ye Shiyu prepared to leave and return to Jinghe District.

"Then Xiao Huan, Auntie and sister will leave today. If you have anything in the future, please feel free to contact Auntie, and come home for dinner often."

At the door, Ye Lan turned around and said goodbye to Yan Huan.

"Sure, Auntie."

Ye Shiyu's expression was calm as always, but her eyes did not miss any corner of the small house where Yan Huan lived.

It was not until she was about to leave that she withdrew her gaze from following him and said goodbye to Yan Huan.
"See you at school next week, Xiao Huan."

"Okay, Sister Shiyu."

I didn’t ask Yan Huan to send me off again since the car was parked downstairs anyway.

After Yan Huan closed the door, Ye Lan and Ye Shiyu walked towards the stairs.

As they walked, Ye Shiyu looked at her mother who was humming a song and seemed to be in a good mood, and suddenly asked,

".Is it really okay, Mom?"

Ye Lan looked back in confusion.
"What doesn't matter?"

"Mom, you obviously want Xiao Huan to come back home, right?"

"Yes, that's true."

"Then, is it really okay to let Xiao Huan stay in the South District?"

Ye Lan was slightly stunned, then smiled and said,
“I do think so, but”

"but?"

Ye Shiyu showed an expression of incomprehension.

"Well, although it may be a little early for you, Shiyu, just think of it as a little life experience that your mother is passing on in advance~"

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Ye Lan reached out his hand, touched Ye Shiyu's black hair, and said softly,

“People are the best at treating the people they care about as their own property, and then arbitrarily attaching expectations to them.
“Parents regard their children as their own property, so they expect them to obey them and choose their own life plans.

“Children view their parents as their property, so they expect them to be selfless and always available to help them.

“This is true for lovers, friends, and probably most intimate relationships.

"And when people do this, they often don't realize it themselves, because we all think about things from our own perspective."

Ye Shiyu blinked, and after a moment of silence, she asked,
"Isn't this right?"

Ye Lan shook his head and continued as he walked forward.

“There is nothing wrong with this, on the contrary, it is the right thing to do.

"It is precisely because we have feelings for a specific person that we have expectations and hope that the other person will do something and not let us down."

His steps gradually slowed down, and Ye Lan had already reached the stairs.

She turned around and looked at her daughter who was still standing there.
“But in poetry, you must also realize that the person you place your expectations on belongs to him first, and to you secondarily.

“We have to understand this and respect this so that we don’t hurt each other.

"If you put too much expectation on others and regard them as your own, you will only be disappointed in the end because you don't get the feedback you want."

Ye Shiyu's eyes narrowed slightly, but her lips opened slightly.

“Xiao Huan, he is himself first, and then Yu Lu’s child, the one I hope to confide my feelings to.

"Shiyu, you are the same to me~"

Standing in the shadow, Ye Shiyu looked at her smiling mother in confusion.

Incomprehensible
I totally cannot understand my mother's thoughts.

But at this moment, Ye Shiyu suddenly remembered the confusion she had experienced this week.

Whenever I noticed that other people at school cared about or liked Xiao Huan, I would feel unhappy.

That must be the disappointment that my mother mentioned, right?
Because when you cannot see that the other person belongs only to you and may be possessed by someone else, it goes against your expectations.

But what's wrong with this?

I want everything to be to my liking, to belong to me forever, and never betray me or leave me.
Is there anything wrong with this idea?
As for disappointment, she is not afraid to face it.

Because she has a hypnosis APP.

Thinking of this, Ye Shiyu's stunned expression was shattered by some terrifying existence in her heart, and she became expressionless again.

It was night time, and the wind from the South District crushed the unspeakable complexity.

Ye Lan's gentle voice melted like bubbles in the complex neon lights, turning into colorful lights that seemed to be polluted by paint.

The colorful lights from the billboard on the other side of the public rental building spread little by little into the shadow where Ye Shiyu was standing, making the purple screen in her hand, which suddenly brightened, become a corner of this neon world.

It seemed that the screen was the world of feasting and revelry itself.

It also seemed that the world of feasting and revelry was in Ye Shiyu's hands.

"Okay, Shiyu, stop thinking about it. I'm exhausted today, so go home and rest~"

"it is good"

Ye Shiyu nodded, and finally moved out of the shadows and walked towards the stairs.

Before leaving, she looked in the direction of Yan Huan's rental house again and silently memorized his room number in her mind.

Then, he followed Ye Lan's footsteps and went downstairs.

It can only be said that Ye Shiyu is not the only one who feels confused tonight.

"Why. Why is this happening?"

In a western-style house in Jinghe District.

Sakuramiya Hitomi, who was wearing a nightgown, widened her eyes, was silent for a moment, and then silently pressed the bell on the corner of the table.

"Ding Ding~"

"Click."

The next second, the door opened, revealing a charming black-haired woman in a black suit outside.

After seeing the figure in nightgown sitting motionless in front of the computer screen at the end of the huge boudoir, her expression changed to one of “as expected”.

She pressed a button on her phone, and the "Emergency" warning displayed on the screen was silently cleared.

"My dear Miss Sakura, haven't you heard the story of 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf'?"

Then, the mature woman smiled charmingly and asked,

"Although I knew this was the case, as your personal bodyguard I still have to remind you not to press the bell unless it's an emergency." "It's already an emergency, Nara!!"

Sakuramiya Hitomi blushed and turned to look at the woman behind her.

"Eh~"

The woman called "Nara" responded perfunctorily, then closed the door behind her and came to Sakuramiya Hitomi's side.

"So, how urgent is the situation?"

"look!"

Sakuramiya Hitomi turned around, clicked the mouse to enlarge one of the countless surveillance screens, and then moved the progress bar.

In the picture, a scene of Yan Huan, with a smile, leading Ye Lan and Ye Shiyu into the house in the corridor of a public rental housing in the southern district was called out.

Nara looked at the screen, then turned to look at Sakuramiya Hitomi, who was puffing out her cheeks and holding her hands, looking very angry.

After a second of silence, she turned into a repeater and asked again,
"So, what's the emergency?"

"Can't you see it? You still have the nerve to call yourself a 'virgin killer'?!"

Sakuramiya Hitomi clenched her fists and looked at Nara with disdain in her eyes, which made it even more difficult for Nara behind her to understand.
"Huh? What does this have to do with me?"

"Haven't you figured it out yet? The president has never invited anyone to his rental house! But, today, that Ye Shiyu actually went in?! The president's first time actually...actually..."

"Can you please not use such strange terms?"

Nara's expression gradually broke down as he listened attentively, but Sakuramiya Hitomi was totally unaware.
"Besides, it's not just Ye Shiyu. There are elders with us too. How can this be considered an emergency?"

"You're not a woman yet?!"

Sakuramiya Hitomi bit her thumb nail, looking very anxious.

"She obviously knows the president, stays by his side, and noticed him. I was the first one to come here, and he even made me pudding, but she definitely never ate it. How can she enter the president's house when I haven't even been there!!"

"So, if you want to go, why don't you just tell Yan Huan that you want to visit her home?"

"How can it be so easy? Are you stupid?"

Sakuramiya glanced at Nara and analyzed rationally.

“I’ve researched the layout of the president’s home, but it’s only 40 square meters. If I want to find a legitimate reason to go, the other members of the student union will definitely go as well.

"Forty square meters, how can we accommodate five people as guests? Wouldn't that make the president very embarrassed? There's no way it will work."

Nara was already lying on Sakuramiya Hitomi's big bed bored, he took out his cell phone and started watching cute pet videos.

At the same time, she glanced at Sakuramiya Hitomi and asked,

"What I mean is, can't you just tell Yan Huan that you want to go to his house alone?"

"Varied"

Sakuramiya Hitomi's face suddenly turned red, she waved her hands and quickly refused.

"Then wouldn't it be too obvious if I said that?"

"What's wrong with being obvious? What's wrong with taking the initiative? You do like the other person anyway, right?"

“That’s right, but.”

Sakuramiya Hitomi turned her head and looked at the countless cameras in front of the computer screen in front of her, the countless photos of Yan Huan placed next to them, and the countless notebooks that recorded the other party's words and deeds.

"This is totally inconsistent with the character I usually create. This initiative came too suddenly. It's easy for him to notice the flaw."

The more I looked at her, the paler her expression became.
"Once this happens, will the president soon find out that something is wrong with me? Even if we are together, will he become disappointed little by little and eventually be scared away by me? If that happens, I will definitely want to die!"

".Ah, forget it. I don't want to lose my job yet. Miss Sakuramiya, you should wait until I quit before you die."

"What the hell are you talking about, Nara?!"

Nara sat up and yawned. Her charming expression was made speechless by the troublesome things.
"So, why don't you just stop doing this kind of thing? You asked me to put so many cameras to monitor the other party closely, and now we were just one step away from being together, but now it's become very troublesome."

But Sakuramiya Hitomi blinked and said as if she was looking at an idiot.
"Are you stupid? If there are no cameras, how can I know the president's every move?"

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Nara wanted to die a little, but he always felt that someone else should die.

She lay down with her arms and legs spread out, as if ready to be buried at any moment, and looked at Sakuramiya Hitomi and commented,

"You win, Miss Sakuramiya."

"Did I win?"

Sakuramiya Hitomi came to the bedside, looked at Nara who was lying on the bed chatting with someone, and said with her hands on her hips,
"Isn't it the key now that you want to help me?"

"So, how can I help?"

Sakuramiya Hitomi touched her chin and looked prepared.

She walked back to the computer desk and took back a stack of pamphlets.

"Here, look at this."

"What is this?"

"Introduction to some household products: this is for TV line, this is for WIFI, this is for air conditioning installation, this is for water heater replacement, and this is for water purifier"

"Wait wait wait, what are you going to do?"

Nara sat up and watched Sakuramiya Hitomi place the lists in front of him.

Sakuramiya Hitomi picked up a list and pointed it at Nara.
"You can pick a pretext at random, say you're here to install an air conditioner or a TV for free. In short, find an excuse to enter the president's room and secretly install a camera there. No, one is not enough. One in the living room, one in the bedroom, and one in the bathroom."

"Are you completely crazy?"

"despair!"

Nara slapped the list out of Sakuramiya Hitomi's hand, then reached out and gave Sakuramiya Hitomi a slap on the head.

"Da~"

A slight head collapse that couldn't be any lighter, but the pain made the delicate Sakuramiya Hitomi cover her forehead and groan.
"Uoo Nara!"

"Miss Sakura, if you keep going like this you'll definitely be finished. Forget about being with Yan Huan. If you're discovered, you'll be ruined for the rest of your life."

Sakuramiya Hitomi was such a weakling that she was almost crying after being hit on the head by Nara with a simple blow.

She looked up with tears in her eyes and blushed, and said anxiously,

"What should we do? That damned Ye Shiyu actually..."

"You were quite calm in the afternoon, saying nothing to worry about in front of me, but how come you were defeated by the enemy at night?"

As a personal bodyguard, Nara helped Sakuramiya Hitomi do many things like installing cameras.

There are more than a hundred cameras, and many of them are very tricky professional viewing angles, and they require regular maintenance.

Just think about it and you will know that it is impossible for Sakuramiya Hitomi to accomplish so many things with her weak physique. It was all thanks to Nara Gang.

He has been meddling in this matter all the time, and now even the boring adult Nara has started to pay attention to the progress of their relationship.

It's like watching electronic cricket fighting, there's fun every day.

When she came back from school in the afternoon, Sakuramiya Hitomi had just made a contemptuous comment on the performance of her "potential rival" Ye Shiyu at noon.

"EZ", "Accepting Apprenticeship", "Transfer to Manual Worker".

As a result, at night, when they saw the enemy "sneak across Yinping and head straight for Shu Han", their defenses were completely broken and they lost their minds.

How do you think Miss Sakuramiya gets so much work in a day?

Although Miss Sakuramiya is also cute when she is angry in private.

I feel like I shouldn't pretend to be so serious and sensible in front of Yan Huan. If I were to act like this, I would have been killed a long time ago.
Sakuramiya Hitomi clenched her fists and tried to hit Nara in frustration, but her punches were so fast that Nara could block them with one hand.
While defending against Sakuramiya Hitomi's continuous punches with one hand, Nara yawned while holding his cheek and said,

"Ms. Sakuramiya, instead of going to someone else's house and setting up a camera, I think we should think about what to do at the game show on Sunday."

"Game. Exhibition?"

Sakuramiya Hitomi was stunned for a moment, then immediately came to her senses.

Yes, their student union will go out for team-building on the weekend!
By then, the president and I will be there too!!

"Yeah, I still have to think about what's going on at the game show on Sunday, if there's a chance."

Looking at Sakuramiya Hitomi who had finally calmed down, Nara clenched her fist with one hand.

Then he pushed gently, and actually made Sakuramiya Hitomi stagger up from the bed.

"However, Miss, before considering the game exhibition, I think you should think carefully about how to deal with your feelings for President Yan."

"What do you mean?"

Nara sat up, propped up her chin and smiled charmingly.
"You are planning to be with President Yan, right?"

"Of course."

"But you rely on the persona you create to attract the other person, hoping that he will express his love for you. Even if you succeed in the end, is the person he likes the you who is acting or the real you?"

Sakuramiya Hitomi was slightly stunned, but then she looked at Nara as if he were a fool.
"Are you stupid?

“I can create a persona that the president likes, and he will feel satisfied when he is with me; on the contrary, I can get him and know his every move at all times, and the real me will also feel satisfied.

"This kind of thing has the best of both worlds. Wouldn't it be great if it could continue forever? The fake persona is me, and the real me is me too. There is no difference."

Having said that, Sakuramiya Hitomi, who had already recovered from her defense breakdown state, completely regained her rationality.

After a pause, she suddenly looked at Nara in front of her and asked in a chilling tone,
"Nara, you are the person I trust most in this world, so I will tell you everything about me.
"And you, who know all this, will never tell my secret to anyone, right?"

Hearing this, Nara raised an eyebrow.

With a charming smile, she stretched out her hand and stroked it in front of her lips, just like zipping up a zipper.
"Of course, I will keep it a secret for you, Miss Sakuramiya.

"On the contrary, you have to keep my secret and not let anyone in my family know about me, okay?"

Sakuramiya Hitomi smiled slightly, showing a matter-of-fact expression, and at the same time extended her hand to Nara.
"Ah, I won't let my family know that you impersonated my personal bodyguard~"

"That's good, Miss."

Nara reached out and held Sakuramiya's small hand.

Then he stood up and asked Sakuramiya Hitomi,

"So are we going to start preparing for the game show this weekend? I'll bring you the information, and then you can figure out what to do."

"Okay, I'll think about it."

Nara nodded and turned to leave.

But when she was about to leave, Sakuramiya Hitomi suddenly grabbed her sleeve, causing her to look back in confusion.

But Sakuramiya Hitomi blushed and pointed at the lists of indoor equipment on the bed with some embarrassment.

"."

The meaning should be obvious.

She still wanted Nara to use this excuse to install cameras in Yan Huan's room.

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Nara was silent for a moment, then smiled charmingly.
"No way~"

"Huh?! Why?"

"This is for your own good, be obedient."

“Ahhhh, but I really want to see what the president’s room looks like!! The way he eats, sleeps, studies, and takes a bath.”

"I'll take my leave now, Miss."

Nara quickly covered his ears. Although he was an adult, he was afraid of hearing something inappropriate for children. He turned around and left Sakuramiya Hitomi's room in a hurry.

Sakuramiya Hitomi, who was left alone in her boudoir, yelled in frustration.

"Nara! Really!"

(End of this chapter)