Only I Follow the Law: An Unorthodox Tokyo Cultivation Routine

Chapter 104 Masako Yagyu: He really loves me!

Seeing the boy so flustered, she felt a pang of inexplicable guilt.

What an innocent young man! His flustered and disorganized explanation gently touched a chord in her heart.

For a boy who had never been in love before, such a passionate confession and courage to charge forward for love moved her deeply.

But she rejected him, causing his first crush to end without fruition—she suddenly felt a pang of regret.

If, just if, there wasn't this relationship between Tsurune and Anna, perhaps I really would have—

No, she shook her head inwardly.

That's impossible.

Yu-kun is a classmate of Tsurune and Anna, and he and I are really not a good match.

"Really? It seems Auntie misunderstood. I've embarrassed myself in front of you. Of course, you can have my necklace."

She gave an apologetic smile, as if accepting his explanation, and raised her hand behind her head, preparing to untie the necklace and hand it to him.

It's just a sapphire necklace. Although it's worth more than five million yen, if it can make up for the boy's unrequited love, it's worth the price.

However, the necklace's connection was designed to be quite complicated for stability, and Masako Yagyu fiddled with the metal clasp for quite a while but couldn't remove it.

With such a powerful magical artifact about to be obtained, Han Chuanyou couldn't contain himself and stood up to offer his help: "Let me help you, Aunt Yako."

When Yagyu Masako met the boy's eager gaze, she hesitated for a moment before finally nodding.

"Okay, thank you for your help, Yu-kun."

Han Chuanyou circled around behind her, while Yagyu Masako maintained a proper kneeling posture, her feet, covered in white socks, crossed under her buttocks—a very orthodox kneeling position.

The woman's neck was exceptionally white, contrasting sharply with her silky smooth, glossy black hair. He gently parted her long, fragrant hair and carefully picked up the necklace around her neck.

Masako Yagyu lowered her head to make it easier for the boy to move.

His hand inevitably touched the soft skin on the back of the woman's neck.

As Yagyu Masako felt the boy's fingers touch her, her body trembled slightly, as if she had been electrocuted. A blush rose on her cheeks, and her toes unconsciously rubbed against each other a few times. Her crossed legs tightened slightly.

Han Chuan You quickly took off the necklace.

The dazzling gemstone lay in his palm, still warm from Yagyu Masako's body. Thinking back to how it had just fallen against the woman's chest, he couldn't help but ponder.

After calming down from the shock, the subtitles in front of me changed, and I successfully obtained the Earth-rank magic weapon!

To express his gratitude, my fellow Daoist gifted you a magical artifact:

The Star-Locking Chain, a high-grade Earth-rank item, allows you to leave star imprints in multiple locations (up to three). Activating one of these star imprints via the necklace will grant teleportation access.

I finally got it! I can never repay Aunt Masako's kindness!

The boy's gaze toward the woman grew even more intense.

Masako Yagyu felt her heart burning under that gaze.

She couldn't help but wonder, what if Han Chuan You and Xian Yin got married in the future, but Han Chuan You still had feelings for her?

What if Chordin gets married just to be closer to her?

Wouldn't rejecting the boy's confession indirectly ruin both of their lives?

What if Yu-kun can't suppress his love for him and his heart gradually becomes twisted, and he threatens him with some outrageous reason?

He said things like, "You don't want Xuan Yin to know about us, do you?" trying to get me to give in to him. Should I agree or not?

If she doesn't agree, Xianyin will hold a grudge against her, and their happy family will be broken up.

If she agrees, she might have to endure Yu-kun's torment every day and secretly engage in this immoral and abnormal relationship.

In the end, she might even completely succumb, constantly compromising and hiding it from Tsurin, becoming a tool to satisfy Yuuki's desires when Tsurin is pregnant.

In the end, she might get pregnant along with Yu-kun, but Yu-kun wouldn't allow her to abort the pregnancy. So she would have to disappear for a while and secretly give birth to the baby, lying to Tsurune that it was twins. She would raise them together without telling her and continue this immoral relationship forever.

The more she thought about it, the deeper she went.

They have even foreseen a dark future of being constantly exploited, treated as someone they can't afford to offend, and with no end in sight.

Masako Yagyu suddenly felt that she had been too decisive in her refusal today.

Is it better to sacrifice one person's happiness or the happiness of two people?

This is a perplexing train problem.

Is it for Tsurune's happiness, to fulfill their wishes, but the result will immerse her in false happiness, or to fulfill Yuuki's wishes, thereby hurting Tsurune?

No matter how you look at it, there is no optimal solution.

"Yu-kun."

Yagyu Masako suddenly spoke, her expression carrying a hint of the demeanor of a head of the family who believed she had no one else to rely on.

"Um?

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Han Chuan You, who was enjoying himself, looked up in confusion.

"Hmm—I feel like we haven't spent enough time together, and we need to get to know each other better."

In the end, Masako Yagyu gave the boy a glimmer of hope, which was also a way out for herself.

If, just if, we can't think of a way to have the best of both worlds in the future, then we'll have to sacrifice ourselves.

"ha?!"

Han Chuan You didn't understand what Aunt Masako meant at first.

What do you mean by "understand" or "don't understand"?

Thinking back to how Aunt Yako had tried to matchmake him and Choron, Han Chuan You thought it was a test of whether he could become her son-in-law.

He nodded firmly: "Really? I will try my best to make Aunt Yako truly approve of me."

The boy's eyes showed no evasion, so sincere that it was hard to look directly at him, and Yagyu Masako felt a tremor in her heart.

He really loves me.

How should I deal with his feelings?

She felt that her heart, which had been closed off for so many years, was about to be shattered by the simple, straightforward, and sincere pursuit of the young man in front of her.

"Senior, dinner's ready! Two of these dishes were made by me, and two were made by my sister. Guess which one was made by which sister later, and don't guess wrong!"

Anna Yagyu carried the dishes out of the kitchen, breaking the awkward atmosphere between the two.

"Don't underestimate me. My tongue is very sensitive; I guarantee I'll guess them all."

Masako Yagyu stood up with a smile, her demeanor still gentle and graceful: "Then I'll benefit from Yu-kun's good fortune too."

At the dinner table, Han Chuanyou, with his keen perception, naturally guessed everything, which greatly pleased everyone.

Looking at the group of people getting along well, Masako Yagyu seemed somewhat absent-minded.

Anna Yagyu noticed that the necklace around Masako Yagyu's neck had suddenly disappeared and couldn't help but ask.

Masako Yagyu instinctively concealed the truth, explaining naturally, "I felt it was a bit inconvenient to wear the necklace all the time, so I took it off."

"Yeah?"

Anna Yagyu didn't think much of it, but Genne Yagyu was a little puzzled.

This necklace was a favorite of Masako Yagyu, and she had worn it for many years. It seemed a little strange to take it off suddenly, but she only did so because she genuinely felt it was inconvenient.

Masako Yagyu was feeling conflicted at the moment; even this small suspicion made her somewhat uneasy.

Perhaps, for the sake of family harmony, it is necessary to sacrifice oneself when needed.

How should we deal with the boy's sincere feelings?

For the first time, Masako Yagyu was troubled by matters of the heart.

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