Chapter 402: I will continue to deceive Morikawa Riho
In the bathroom, water was running continuously.
Leaning on the bathtub, Sawayama Haruno narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the milky white ceramic wall tiles. He was wondering with interest how Morikawa's mother would "test" him and Morikawa Riho next.
If nothing unexpected happens, the only option left should be "sleeping together".
Fortunately, this had been discussed in advance and was part of the plan, so Sawayama Haruno was not too worried about his rest tonight. However, the sight of a very mature beauty bathing behind him inevitably made his thoughts confused.
No, no, you have to be firm in your faith at times like this!
Sawayama Haruno shook his head gently, trying to clear out the messy thoughts in his brain. He didn't know if it was because he had been in the bath for a little too long, but now he was prone to having random thoughts.
If that's the case, think about something else.
Sawayama Haruno recalled what had happened during this period, and it seemed that apart from the lives of Esaki Suguha and Ayano Yui in college, there was nothing else worth noting.
Mana Miyazawa went back to the University of Tokyo to study as usual, but he was recuperating for the literary award competition in April and was preparing for another business trip at the end of March, so he applied for a long vacation from the school early on.
As for Miyazawa Maki, she is still the same as always, playing video games at home all day long. Her appearance of enjoying it makes people wonder whether she is really pregnant.
If the signs of pregnancy had not become more and more obvious as the months progressed, Sawayama Haruno would have even begun to doubt himself. Calculating the time, almost half a year had passed, and by the middle of the year, he might really become a father.
"Washed"
Just when Sawayama Haruno was still daydreaming, the voice of Morikawa Riho suddenly came from behind him.
Sawayama Haruno turned his head reflexively, and then he noticed that the other person had wrapped a bath towel around himself at some point, thus avoiding the awkward moment of eye contact between the two.
Despite this, there was still an lingering charm on the mature female editor's face. Her slightly flushed cheeks and ears seemed to be telling of the other party's suppressed emotions. During the unintentional eye contact, Morikawa Riho suddenly bit her lips.
"Come and take a shower. It's my turn to take a bath next."
"Ah, um."
Sawayama Haruno immediately came to his senses, coughed lightly, and took his bath towel from the basin beside him. After letting Morikawa Riho turn around again, he quickly wrapped her up and then exchanged positions with her.
"Even if I was mentally prepared before coming in, I still feel a little awkward." Sawayama Haruno muttered to himself.
I don’t know what’s wrong with Morikawa Riho today. Her eyes look weird and her attitude is much softer than before.
Logically speaking, after something like this happened, Morikawa Riho should have joked and asked the person who took advantage of her to find a way to compensate her, and then he and the other party would have joked with each other for a few more times, and finally, as an adult, calmly let the matter go.
However, in fact, this does not seem to be the case. What went wrong?
Sawayama Haruno didn't know that he silently exchanged positions with Morikawa Riho, then took off his bath towel and turned on the shower.
The warm water immediately flowed down over my head, but before I had time to relax and enjoy it, a woman's faint voice came from behind me.
"Kiriyama Haruno, what do you think of my family?"
She rarely called Sawayama Haruno "Teacher Kiriyama", but the latter did not notice this.
After hearing Morikawa Riho's question, he said without thinking, "Not bad. Your family must care about you, otherwise they wouldn't keep urging you to go on a blind date or something."
"Besides, you and your cousin have a pretty good relationship. Apart from Ayano Yui, my relationship with other cousins is average."
"You are that kind of person." Morikawa Riho muttered.
"It has nothing to do with anyone. I just want to say that your family treats you very well." Zeshan Haruno suppressed the urge to look back and continued, "Then, what should we do next?"
"What should I do?"
"I didn't want to tell you, but since you asked me that question just now, I might as well tell you here. I can't keep it a secret forever, what if your family finds out one day?"
Sawayama Haruno paused, then added: "Even if you use the excuse of 'we broke up' to explain, your family may not accept it, right?"
“That’s true.”
I heard a faint sigh from Morikawa Riho behind me, and it was obvious that she had never thought about this at all.
Sawayama Haruno was also helpless. He had just told her yesterday to think it over carefully, but not only did she not consider anything, but today he even rushed to drag her over here.
Even though I can understand that she was pushed into a corner by her family, she can't make a decision on impulse, right?
"I said."
"I said."
They spoke in unison, but stopped abruptly the next moment.
After a few seconds of silence, Morikawa Riho was the first to react.
"I'll say it first!"
"Okay, then I'll go first. Hmm? Do you want to speak first?" Sawayama Haruno swallowed back the words he had not finished.
Morikawa Riho doesn't play by the rules. In the past, when there was a situation of "speaking with one voice", shouldn't she let the other party speak first and then decide whether to say what she originally wanted to say? ?
"I'll say it first because I feel like I can't say anything more since you said it first." Morikawa Riho whispered. Complex and worried emotions kept interweaving and lingering in her heart, but the fifteen minutes she stood under the shower was enough for Morikawa Riho to think clearly. The previous hesitation was just because she was afraid that what she said would scare Sawayama Haruno.
But no matter how hesitant she was, she still planned to speak out.
I am already 27 years old this year, Morikawa Riho laughed at herself in her heart.
She no longer had time to squander, unlike Sawayama Haruno's other girlfriends who were young and had plenty of time to slowly get entangled with him.
Riho Morikawa was eager to convey her inner feelings to the other party.
"May I speak first?"
".Go ahead." Sawayama Haruno hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed.
He had a strong premonition that the other party would say something terrible in the next second, but he had no way to refuse the other party's "request". The two of them were obviously taking a shower with their backs to each other, but he felt an inexplicable sense of throbbing in his heart.
Goose bumps suddenly appeared on his body. Sawayama Haruno moved his body extremely uncomfortably and wanted to increase the water temperature. However, as soon as he stretched out his hand, Morikawa Riho's next words made him stop abruptly.
"If you're worried about being exposed in front of your family, just lie to them for the rest of your life."
Morikawa Riho's voice was very low, but her tone revealed a certain firmness that even Sawayama Haruno was extremely concerned about.
He had a feeling that someone was staring at his back, and he really wanted to turn around to confirm whether Morikawa Riho was really looking at his back and talking to him. Oh, wait, he was taking a shower naked now, she wouldn't really do that, would she?
Zeshan Haruno swallowed his saliva. He cursed himself for still being in the mood to think about such inexplicable things at this time. After sorting out his inner emotions, he asked tentatively: "What does it mean to lie for a lifetime?"
"Literally. Because it's troublesome to find a new 'boyfriend', and your family likes you very much, so it feels like this will save trouble, right?"
Morikawa Riho fiddled with the water and said in a gloomy tone, "As for marriage, it doesn't matter. I can just put it off for now and find an excuse to get away with it later. Anyway, after I have a 'boyfriend', they should stop forcing me."
"is that so."
Sawayama Haruno stared at the water temperature controller and suddenly asked, "Are you serious?"
"Oh, seriously, of course. You don't have to agree to me. After all, you're married and have other secret girlfriends. It's normal for you to reject me. I've been mentally prepared for this."
Morikawa Riho suddenly changed the subject and pretended to be indifferent and said, "Anyway, I just thought it would be more convenient to find you at the beginning, but it would be too unfair if it was only convenient for me, so it’s okay if you want to refuse."
"I am also worried about whether this plan will cause trouble to you and your other lovers, so no matter what perspective I stand on, there is no reason to force you to keep lying to me."
Riho Morikawa spoke very quickly, but beneath her seemingly nonchalant appearance, she was actually extremely uneasy inside.
The bathroom suddenly became quiet, with only the sound of running water.
The two of them stood back to back, staring at the milky white wall, each in a daze.
In these few short minutes, Sawayama Haruno thought about a lot of things. The little moments of his past interactions with Morikawa Riho began to replay rapidly in his mind, and finally stopped at the other person's slightly red cheeks as she finished bathing and was about to exchange places with him.
So that’s it.
No wonder I felt that Riho Morikawa was acting weird tonight.
Sawayama Haruno pursed her lips, feeling a little complicated. Now that things have come to this, she couldn't not respond.
Although they had always regarded themselves as adults, Morikawa Riho was her "first love" after all. As it was her first time encountering such a situation, she probably didn't know how to deal with it, so the key decision fell into her own hands again.
But if you think about it carefully, Editor Morikawa is pretty good, isn’t he?
She had big breasts and a mature, peach-like figure. She was always willing to work hard and help him solve all kinds of problems. The two of them had long been more than just an ordinary working relationship.
Even if we exclude this point, going back to what Morikawa Riho said just now, Sawayama Haruno had no reason to refuse the other party.
Since this is the case, there is nothing we can do. Sawayama Haruno sighed heavily.
I will definitely be "beaten" by Miyazawa Maki and the others when I get back.
"Aren't you going to say something?"
Feeling the slowly cooling water in the bathtub, Morikawa Riho asked softly, "Or do you want to refuse but are too embarrassed to say it?"
She was just about to start from the identity of the two as "friends" and advise Sawayama Haruno to speak up if he had anything to say, and she would not blame him if he really didn't want to help.
However, before she could open her mouth, Sawayama Haruno suddenly interrupted her.
"Lie for a lifetime? That's a really big lie. It should be more thorough than the plan you came up with on the spur of the moment, right?"
As he finished his answer, he couldn't help but look back, but happened to meet the eyes of Morikawa Riho, who was obviously stunned where she was.
Sawayama Haruno looked at her carefully, then smiled helplessly.
"Even if I agree to your request, I'll feel embarrassed if you keep staring at me like that."
Oh no, does the relationship between me and the mature female editor count as an older-than-I relationship? Even if it’s “fake”, I feel like she will have me completely dominated by her.
Sure enough, the corners of Morikawa Riho's mouth raised into a beautiful arc.
Feeling the emotions stirring up again in her heart, she said with a smile: "At worst, I can let you read it again. Maybe it can help your creation, Mr. Kiriyama."
It was still the familiar name from before, but this time the tone seemed particularly intimate.
The mist in the bathroom had already slowly dissipated. Although it was clearly a fake relationship, the two of them looked like a real couple. They closely followed themselves in each other's eyes and finally laughed at the same time.
(End of this chapter)
