I wanted to be a bad actor in the anime, but I failed.

As a student, waking up at home in the middle of the day is an endless blessing during the school day.

The last rays of sunlight in late autumn shone through the window, illuminating the ice-white infirmary.

The golden light makes that beautiful face look sacred and inviolable.

The girl with long black hair sat beside the bed and read quietly.

She was always focused, but now she was absent-minded, and she would glance at the boy on the hospital bed from time to time.

"Um……"

A low cry made her put the book down quickly and look at the boy who slowly opened his eyes in surprise.

He was injured so badly, but he woke up in less than half a day?

"Mulin-kun?"

Yukinoshita Yukino stood up and helped the boy sit up.

"How long have I been unconscious?"

"Half a day, do you want to sleep a little longer?"

"No, I had a really silly dream. It's kind of nostalgic but kind of stupid."

"……Um."

Although she couldn't understand what he was saying, Yukinoshita Yukino still responded gently.

"Are you feeling better?"

"I'm totally fine. Let me take a break."

Mu Lin raised his hands to check the injuries on his body, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he found that only his left hand had burn marks that could only be seen clearly upon closer inspection.

If I didn't have any scars on my body, Hui and Naoko wouldn't worry.

In the quiet infirmary, the two of them were in awkward silence.

The boy looked down at his hands in confusion, and the girl was a little anxious because she didn't know what to say.

"I'll get you a glass of water."

Soon, Yukinoshita Yukino took the glass of water and handed it to Mu Lin.

After seeing the latter take a sip, she said, "Why...are you so fearless of death?"

Mu Lin gave her a strange look.

After realizing that she had said the wrong thing, Yukinoshita Yukino panicked and waved her hands and said, "Sorry, I'm just curious, why would you save me at the risk of your life?"

"I don't know... maybe it was just a spur of the moment thing."

"Um……"

After receiving a disappointing answer, Yukinoshita Yukino forced a smile and said, "Thank you for saving my life again. I really don't know how to repay you."

"Yeah, how are you going to repay me?"

Mu Lin leaned lazily against the head of the bed, with his hands behind his head, looking at the ceiling.

This carefree yet worried look startled Yukinoshita Yukino.

The young man in front of her seemed to really be thinking about her.

I was thinking about how to repay such a great favor so that she could let it go completely.

"Very handsome." Yukinoshita Yukino said ramblingly with a slightly blushing face.

"what?"

"The scene when you saved me was really cool, even more shocking than those movies. You held the fire in one hand and drove away all the evil to save me."

"Oh! Why do you say such embarrassing things?"

Mu Lin waved his hand in disdain and picked up his phone to see if there was any message.

However, Yukinoshita Yukino noticed his huge change.

If I had my weird personality before, I would have said some meaningless words to annoy her and change the subject.

"You seem to have changed a lot."

"Why do you say that, too?"

Mu Lin was speechless when he thought about how Kato Megumi had said the same thing before.

To him, he has always been like this.

"Maybe you were saved by me, so you looked at me with a grateful perspective and found many of my strengths. Others look at me with tinted glasses."

"That's not the case."

"Don't dwell on such meaningless things."

"……kindness."

Although Mu Lin was a little uncomfortable with Yukinoshita Yukino being so well-behaved, he felt it was pretty good.

When he saw the only message on his phone, he couldn't help but chuckle and hum, reaching out to touch her head.

But after realizing that something was wrong, his hand, which was stretched out in the air, froze.

The other party was also obviously stunned.

A strange awkwardness enveloped the entire space.

Especially the girl who subconsciously lowered her head to respond, clenched her fist in front of her mouth and coughed to cover up.

"This is the message you sent. I just received it now."

Mu Lin showed the screen of his mobile phone to Xueshita.

The above is exactly the message that the latter had not successfully sent before.

【Save me.】

"You should be saved, right?"

When hearing Mu Lin's question, Xueshita's bright eyes flashed with a gleam.

She didn't answer, but took out her phone and typed a message.

After a while, Mu Lin's cell phone vibrated.

[Thank you for saving me. It's hard to repay your kindness, but I will do my best to repay you! Even if it means using my...]

"What are you using?" Mu Lin looked at the girl who was staring at her phone in a daze with curiosity.

The latter came back to his senses and said in panic: "Nothing."

"You're trying to mess with my mentality, aren't you?"

"more or less."

Yukinoshita Yukino, who had given up everything, said this in a carefree manner, not caring whether Mu Lin would be angry or not.

She looked at the two words in the message input column on her phone, hesitated for a long time, and finally did not have the courage to send it.

She deleted it silently, thinking to herself: Even with my life, I can't repay you... Besides, the relationship between Hui and Nozomi and Mu Linjun is not clear yet, so it's not wise to rush in rashly.

"Huo? Almost?"

Mu Lin pulled back the quilt in annoyance and unplugged the infusion tube and the electrocardiogram line from his hand.

"What are you doing?" Yukinoshita Yukino tried to stop her in panic.

"We still have to save your sister."

"Eh?"

"You do not know?"

"what do you know?"

"Your sister was kidnapped by the Shinomiya chaebol, and I still don't know if your mother has found out where she is."

"How could this be..." Yukinoshita Yukino couldn't believe it.

"Speaking of which, your family and Sadako have a strong affinity. Perhaps the Shinomiya Zaimiya group noticed this and planned to use you to achieve some purpose."

The two left the infirmary and followed the servant's instructions to the office where Xue's mother was.

"Mother."

Seeing her mother busy at her desk, Yukino Yukinoshita greeted her respectfully.

"kindness."

Mother Xue responded and looked at Mu Lin in surprise and asked, "Awake?"

"The location of Yukinoshita Haruno." Mu Lin stated his purpose directly.

"We are incompetent, but we haven't found her location yet."

Yuki's mother's apologetic look made Yukinoshita Yukino beside her unbelievable.

It feels like... my mother and Mu Linjun are on equal terms...

"Really?" Mu frowned, "Where are my clothes?"

Hearing this, Xue's mother put down the pen in her hand and walked aside, taking out a tattered black robe from the drawer.

"The blood stains on this dress have been washed clean, but it is badly damaged. It will take a lot of effort to repair it. If you really need it, our Yukinoshita family can sew a new set for you."

"Then let's do it."

"Ok."

"But if this continues, you may not be able to find your eldest daughter when she dies. I'd better find a way to find her."

"Thank you for your help!" Snow Mother bowed and expressed her gratitude.

This dignified behavior of Yamato Nadeshiko always makes people feel inexplicably comfortable.

Mu Lin, on the other hand, felt very uncomfortable.

How come I have to be treated like this again after just returning to an ordinary life?

But after all, in order to make others loyal enough, this kind of superficial respect is still very necessary.

So he nodded and turned away.

Yukinoshita Yukino, who remained silent, looked at his receding back, wanting to say something but stopping herself.

After Mu Lin left, Yukinoshita and her daughter were alone again.

The air freshener in the office emits a pleasant fragrance.

No matter how comfortable it was, there was still a girl who felt uneasy.

"Mother, Mu Linjun has just recovered. Do you really want him to save my sister?"

"If what you described about what happened when he rescued you is true, then he is the only one among us who can save your sister."

"But we can also help, right?"

"Too many people will only lead to unnecessary sacrifices and will distract him. He is more suited to acting alone."

"You...know him well?"

"You only know him as a lone wolf. You know him better than I do in daily life."

"... How long has my sister been kidnapped?"

"long time."

"What happened last night?"

"kindness."

After getting the answer, Yukinoshita Yukino thought that the accident happened just after she went to Shinomiya's house last night.

She couldn't help but feel uneasy and asked, "Could she have already..."

"Now we can only think on the bright side."

Seeing her mother's cold expression, Xue Noi couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you worried about your sister's safety? With our family's strength, it should be easy to find her, right?"

A rational attitude towards things is always likely to cause misunderstandings from others.

This is the most obvious family problem of the Yukinoshita family.

The three most important members of the family are all rational and very intelligent people.

Similarities cannot serve as the basis for mutual understanding, so there are countless misunderstandings between the three people that have accumulated since childhood.

For example, right now, Yukinoshita Yukino, who was sent to purgatory by her mother herself, has a feeling of resentment in her heart.

She believed that her mother did not care about her and her sister's lives and only wanted to use them to strengthen the family's power.

And the respect he showed to Mu Lin just now was just a pretense in order to use him.

The true causes of all complex events in the world are always buried deep and difficult to discover.

What is despairing is that the arrogant mother who always does things out of necessity to find the best solution does not care about being misunderstood or hated by others, even if these others are her relatives.

She showed her usual strong attitude and did not intend to go into the topic, but said indifferently: "Go down."

"......Yes."

Forced by the habit of respecting her mother that she had developed since childhood, Yukinoshita Yukino bit her lip and turned around to leave.

"By the way, after this is over, you can always go back to Sobu High School."

"Yes."

……

Old Mori Office.

Hojo Junichi, who had completed all the tasks assigned by Mu Lin, was slacking off and joking around. He would watch short videos on his mobile phone from time to time and laugh out loud when he saw something funny.

His useless appearance disgusted the blonde girl who was always serious in her work and had the professional qualities of a maid from a big family!

"Hahahahaha!!"

Hojo Junichi was slapping his thigh and laughing wildly.

Hayasaka Ai finally couldn't stand it anymore and asked, "Where is your boss? How long will he take to come back?"

"..."

"Hey!"

Hayasaka Ai's cold question frightened Hojo Junichi.

"How many times have I told you this? The boss comes and goes without a trace. Who knows when he will come back? Ask, ask, ask. Just ask all day long!"

"So you plan to let the young lady and I stay here for the rest of our lives?"

"How can it be."

"It's impossible for you to destroy the Shinomiya Zaiba!"

"Yes, yes, you are right."

Hojo Junichi responded perfunctorily and continued playing with his phone with a smile on his face.

With no other options left, Hayasaka Ai came over and said coldly, "Give me your phone!"

"What do you want to do?"

"call him!"

"Oops, I said..."

Before Hojo Jun could finish his words, Hayasaka Ai snatched his phone away.

Due to the opponent's strong force, Hojo Junichi dared to shout angrily: "Give it back to me! How dare you snatch my phone? You are looking for death. When my boss comes back, I will make you pay!"

"I can make you pay right now!!"

Hayasaka Ai clenched her fist in protest, turning Hojo Junichi into a dumb dog.

Seeing that he had calmed down, Hayasaka Ai walked to the side and was about to look through the address book on her cell phone, but was interrupted by the sound of a door opening.

What followed was Hojo Junichi's shout of surprise.

"Boss! You're finally back! Hurry up and teach this blonde slave a lesson! She actually dared to threaten my life while you were away! If you had come a few seconds later, I would have died in her hands!!"

The way this villain exaggerated the facts made Hayasaka Ai not know what to say.

She could only throw the phone to him and look at Mu Lin coldly.

The latter did not pay attention to her immediately, but went straight to the point: "The eldest daughter of the Yukinoshita family has been kidnapped, can you help find where she is?"

"Huh?" Hojo Junichi was a little overwhelmed.

"Go quickly and use your eccentric and strange network of connections to find him."

"Stop, but you must teach this blonde slave a lesson! She really pissed me off when you were away!"

After saying that, Hojo Junichi glared at Hayasaka Ai, picked up his things and hurriedly left the office.

The only two people left were staring at each other.

Mu Lin sat on the sofa, and the latter saw this and sat opposite him.

"Blond slave? Ha, so you don't intend to let me help you, but want me to be your slave." Hayasaka Ai sneered.

"You can be a slave if you want."

"...How long will it take for Missy and I to go home? She's very upset now."

"It won't be long."

"I heard from that Hojo that you plan to destroy the Shinomiya Zaibatsu?"

"Just saying it casually. If this kind of indispensable existence of the country is eliminated, new ones will appear, so I plan to disperse the power of this autocratic chaebol a little and help them clean up their mess at the same time."

"…It's good that you have this confidence." Hayasaka Ai said lightly.

Mu Lin placed a map of Tokyo on the coffee table and asked, "Did you hear what I just said to Hojo?"

"I'm not deaf."

"It seems that Hojo is right. You really do need a lesson."

As he said that, Mu Lin rolled up his sleeves and prepared to take action.

"I heard you! So what do you want me to do?"

Hayasaka Ai admitted her mistake suddenly. She was so arrogant just now, but now she is sitting upright, the funny contrast makes Mu Lin speechless.

"Help me outline the territory belonging to the Shinomiya Zaibatsu."

After a while.

"It's done. Let me make it clear first, from what I know, these plots of land belong to the Shinomiya Zaibo!"

“Then draw the real estate that has a basement.”

“…It’s finished.”

Mu Lin took the map and looked at the markings on it, then tore it apart suddenly, which scared Hayasaka Ai.

"I didn't lie to you!"

Hayasaka Ai was very afraid that Mu Lin would teach her a lesson. She still could not forget the strange feeling of her joints crackling and her bones turning into cold sticks last time.

If she hadn't been having nightmares about what happened in the basement recently, she would definitely have dreamed of her being tied up by Mu Lin.

"I know."

Mu Lin's tone was somewhat helpless, because the marks on the map basically covered most of Tokyo. It was too large to be checked out in a few days.

No wonder no one can be found even at Yukinoshita’s house.

"I am naive. I am leaving now. You stay here and behave yourself!"

After saying that, Mu Lin stood up and prepared to leave, but was stopped by Hayasaka Ai.

"The eldest daughter of the Yukinoshita family was kidnapped by the Shinomiya chaebol?"

"kindness."

"Isn't her current situation the same as mine?"

"possible."

"..."

Hayasaka Ai was silent for a long time, but how much could a little maid like her know about such things? So she simply asked the question she wanted to ask the most.

"Although I doubt whether you have the ability to deal with the Shinomiya Zaibatsu, if the Shinomiya Zaibatsu is like this, I hope you can. If you really succeed, it's not impossible for me to help you, but there is still a key... that is, how do you plan to deal with the problems between our Hayasaka family and the Shinomiya family?"

"You'll know then."

With Hayasaka Ai speechless, Mu Lin waved goodbye and left without taking a cloud with him.

Hayasaka Ai