Why are all the heroines falling for me, the villain?

Li Zhu got up and walked to the door. He didn't open the door immediately, but first cautiously peeked through the peephole.

"Hinata Kotone?"

A black luxury sedan was parked by the roadside. Qin Yin, who had changed into a pink dress, looked much gentler and was just like a princess in a fairy tale, dignified, elegant, and beautiful.

As for Chika, who was carrying things behind her, she was completely ignored by Riyu.

"What are you doing at my house at this time?" Li Zhu asked, opening the door in confusion.

"Finally, the door is open! My mother said she'd bring you something as a thank you gift for accompanying me shopping today," Qin Yin said happily.

"A thank-you gift for shopping?"

Qinyin took the exquisitely packaged box from Qianhua's hand. It looked like a birthday cake box, but it probably wasn't a birthday cake, since the box was square.

"I think you'll love this gift."

"Since you're already here, why bring a gift? There's no need to be so polite," Li Zhu said, but she readily accepted the gift.

The box was quite heavy.

The gift was received, and the two gazed at each other affectionately at the door.

"Um, it's nothing, I'll go in first..." After saying that, Li Zhu made a move to close the door.

"Wait, hasn't Mom come back yet?" Qin Yin's composure was immediately shattered, and she hurriedly grabbed him.

"It'll probably be a while longer." After replying, he continued to close the door.

"Can we go in and sit for a while?" Qin Yin glanced inside a few times, looking somewhat eager.

"Young Miss?" Qianhua hurried over and whispered a reminder, "Didn't we agree to come back after delivering the things? They're still waiting for us."

After all, today is a special day. Qin Yin's grandfather was discharged from the hospital, and they have a very important family dinner tonight. Otherwise, Qin Yin would not have specially changed her clothes.

"You should be home for dinner by now. You should come to visit at a more appropriate time." Li Zhu looked at her helplessly. "Of course, I don't mean to say you can't stay for dinner, it's just that I just woke up and haven't prepared anything."

“…Alright, then we’ll head back.” Qin Yin said slowly.

"Bye~" Li Zhu raised her hand to say goodbye, appearing much more carefree.

"Am I really leaving?"

Qin Yin took a few steps and then turned back, like a child who couldn't move when they saw candy or a toy, her reluctance and sadness written all over her face.

"Okay, bye-bye, have a safe trip."

Perhaps no one understands that feeling. For Qin Yin, who is like a blank sheet of paper when it comes to matters of the heart, just seeing Li Zhu makes her so happy, and she can't help but want to spend more time with him.

And just today, after holding hands with Li Zhu, she suddenly understood what it felt like to feel as sweet as if she had eaten honey.

Riding in Sister Qianhua's fast car all the way, even the cold wind blowing in felt sweet.

"If you're so happy, why don't you bring him to our family dinner?" Chika couldn't help but laugh when she saw Kotone staring out the window in the rearview mirror.

"No, let's forget it. Li Zhu will definitely reject me." Qin Yin waved her hand in a panic.

"Yeah, that kid has a really weird temper. He always likes to contradict people, and he likes to target me." Qianhua said noncommittally, just pursing her lips.

"No wonder, I think his low-key and trouble-avoiding personality is the best." Qin Yin seriously refuted her words, she couldn't stand anyone saying anything bad about Li Zhu.

"Wow, so Miss really doesn't love me anymore now that she likes someone else! She even yelled at me for this jerk, waaaaah~" Chika puffed up her cheeks angrily, "Tell me, is he more important or am I more important!"

"..."

Isn't this person just humiliating themselves?

Kotone's silence saddened her deeply. On the way home, Chika's sighs and complaints, along with Kotone's words of comfort, could be heard constantly.

At the same time, Li Zhu received an unexpected message.

〔How are you?〕

……

Chapter 149 Loving and Caring People

The next moment, Li Zhu's eyes narrowed sharply.

His hands were trembling as he held the box; he even doubted his own eyes.

[Are you alright?] Yuko, my little cutie.

"Yu, Yuko?!" Riyu's incredulous voice echoed throughout the living room.

Yuko's account is online, and she has removed Riku from her blacklist and greeted him. Most importantly, he is not dreaming!

[Yuko, where did you go? I miss you so much. But why did you block me? Why did you agree to transfer schools? Your father forced you, didn't he? He even said something about us...]

As I was typing, I realized this passage was too silly, so I deleted it all and started over.

[Yuko, I don't quite understand what you meant by sending that letter through the maid, but I know that your sudden departure without saying goodbye, and even cutting off all contact with me, must have its own reasons. I actually miss you a lot.]

No, no, that's too sentimental. Li Zhu deleted the long paragraph again.

He even forgot to put down the heavy box, and just stood there in the entryway, organizing the words he wanted to say to Yuko over and over again.

In the end, all the words I wanted to say boiled down to one sentence: "I'm fine, how about you?"

Li Zhu breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the sofa, sat down, and waited for Yuko's reply.

It's funny, really. The people on the other side just said "How have you been?" after a long time apart, and the people on this side were completely distracted.

Perhaps those words that were typed and then deleted were the true feelings that had always been hidden in my heart.

At that moment, the woman on the other side of the screen smiled slightly, feeling a long-lost sense of joy.

From the moment her message was marked as read, she kept staring at the screen. The five-minute "typing message" status on Li Zhu's screen made her smile.

I'm fine too.

She then quickly turned off her phone.

"Please wait for me a little longer, this nightmare will be over soon." The woman murmured, gazing out the window, just as the maid came in carrying some things.

Li Zhu was unaware of all this; he was still struggling with the question, "How should I respond now?"

Okay, let's talk about something ordinary.

?!〔Have you got a meal yet?〕

Li Zhu scratched her head: "???"

"What do you mean? It can't be sent?"

He tried several more times, and it was the same every time.

"Hiss, Yuko must be in trouble. She's afraid of revealing something, so she had to end the chat quickly?"

Riri's guess was pretty accurate; Yuko still has a lot to consider.

However, he could never have guessed how much Yuko had changed. Perhaps in the near future, she would amaze everyone, including Riyuki.

"It's really too short, just two sentences."

Li Zhu felt like she was being gently scratched by a kitten; it didn't hurt, but it made her feel incredibly itchy.

"I wonder how she's doing. I really want to see Yuko..."

Hinata Kotone didn't come the next day, so Riki was happy to have some free time and even went out to buy some self-defense items.

……

on Monday.

Winter arrived overnight, and heavy snow swept across the entire world.

Early in the morning, her mother, Risako, excitedly woke Risa up to see the snow.

Although snow is not a rare occurrence, Li Zhu was still amazed by the snow scene outside the window.

"Such heavy snow."

"The last time I saw such heavy snow was nine years ago, when we were still living in our ancestral home in the countryside." The old woman, wearing an apron, stood beside Li Zhu, filled with emotion.

Back then, Li Zhu was still in elementary school. Nine years have passed in the blink of an eye, and that mischievous little girl is now even half a head shorter than her mother.

“A-Zhu, let’s go back to our ancestral home,” Ri Ayako suddenly suggested.

"Go back to the ancestral home in the countryside?"

Li Zhu looked at her mother in surprise. After all, during the time she lived in the ancestral home in the countryside, her vague childhood memories showed that her maternal grandparents and mother did not get along well.

So much so that my mother moved out in a fit of anger, and no matter how hard or tiring life was for her outside, she never went back.

"Okay, we'll set off when you're on vacation."

"it is good."

Seeing her mother's determined look, Li Zhu knew it wasn't just a whim, so she could only silently estimate how much time she had left on vacation.

There are about two weeks left until winter break.

……

As soon as you go out.

"Phew, it's so cold. This damn snow should have snowed even harder. I wish the school would lose power so I wouldn't have to go to school."

Li Zhu followed the snow-clearing machine slowly towards school.

It took a lot of effort to finally reach the main road in front of the school gate.

The elegant gentlemen and ladies who calmly disembarked from the car occasionally looked at him with strange eyes. Li Zhu, dressed in bulky clothes, also looked at them and couldn't help but wonder if the weather was not as cold as he had imagined.

But the howling cold wind, mixed with snowflakes, dispelled his idea of ​​taking off his mask, hat, and scarf to blend into the group.

All the boys were wearing thick school uniform jackets, probably with thermal underwear and linings underneath, black pants and leather shoes, looking dashing and handsome. Li Zhu thought they might even have some kind of heat pack stuck to their feet and bodies.

The girls wore pretty cotton hats and scarves, with only a few layers of clothing under their thick school uniform coats, skirts, and various colored tights, making them look slender and beautiful.

"Hey kid, are you really that cold?"

Just then, a girl passing by curiously poked his down jacket with her finger.

"..." Li Zhu.

"He looks quite good with the mask on, I wonder what he looks like without it," another short-haired girl said with a smile.

The boys traveling with them were somewhat dissatisfied, thinking to themselves, "Why aren't you looking at such a handsome young man? Why are you looking at someone who's practically wrapped up like sushi from head to toe?"

"I know, you don't have kidney deficiency, do you? Otherwise, why are you wearing so many clothes?!" he said loudly, half-jokingly, trying to attract the attention of the students around him.

Li Zhu ignored him.

"Could it be uterine cold?"

“Your mother has uterine coldness, and her eyesight is so bad she can donate them,” Li Zhu said coldly as she looked up at him.

It's not Gotham City, so why do clowns appear out of nowhere?

"You!" Li Zhu immediately insulted his parents, and the guy's face turned ashen, the words stuck in his throat and he couldn't say them for a moment.

"You guys are so funny, hahaha~" The short-haired girl patted Li Zhu on the shoulder and brushed the snow off him.

Upon seeing this, the young man named Si Jun was immediately enraged and began to make sarcastic remarks, "Hehe, I just said it casually and he got angry, spewing vulgarities. He's obviously a commoner with no upbringing, and only commoners would dress so old-fashioned, hahaha."

"Isn't it a bit inappropriate to say this? We're all students at Ouran High School Host Club." The short-haired girl spoke with a worried tone, but quietly pulled another girl away from him.

"A commoner will always be a commoner. A guy who can't even afford tuition is like a beggar being given charity, filthy from head to toe." Si Jun wished everyone around him would look over and see how he mocked this commoner.

"You said the word 'dirty,' didn't you?" Li Zhu turned around abruptly, her face frighteningly dark.

"So what?"

A sudden, unexpected "friendship punch" landed squarely on the kid's nose, sending him sprawling to his knees, clutching his face and howling in pain.

Li Zhu didn't want to pay attention to this clown, but what could she do if he brought this on himself? Once she mentioned certain words, she shouldn't blame him for turning hostile.

"How dare you! Do you know who my father is? I will make you wish you were dead! I will make you suffer a thousand times more than I have! You, you filthy beggar! A beggar should..." The guy knelt in the snow, covering his nose, threatening and cursing. If it weren't for the girl there, he could have said even more nasty things.

Li Zhu grabbed his collar, ready to show him what a dirty trick was, "With such a foul mouth, were you raised on shit?"

"You're just an ill-mannered commoner, aren't you? You feel superior, don't you? Even if your dad is Li Gang, I'll still beat you up!"

Li Zhu slapped him twice, and this spineless coward, all bluster and no substance, began to beg for mercy.

"Hey, you over there wearing a mask, come here!"