Ever since he had met Setsuna, Fang Zheng had never been able to figure out what she was thinking.
This quiet, reticent girl always stood silently at the side without saying a word, yet whenever she needed to speak, she could make a decision quickly. Especially when she was class representative—at first, there had always been people unwilling to accept Setsuna, but after being "struck" in their weak spots by her several times, they had all obediently fallen in line.
Honestly, if Fang Zheng had to describe her, Setsuna was more like a sniper. She usually lay low in silence without uttering a word, only to deliver a fatal blow when necessary.
So Fang Zheng followed Setsuna across pedestrian bridges, through streets, past shops, through parks, and along the Entertainment District, until they arrived at...
"Hm?"
Seeing the words "LOVE HOTEL" before him, Fang Zheng was completely dumbfounded.
"Setsuna, did you take the wrong way?"
"No."
Even standing at the entrance to the hotel, Setsuna still looked perfectly calm.
"Aren't we going in?"
"Wait, come over here with me first..."
As he spoke, Fang Zheng grabbed Setsuna by the arm and pulled her straight from the entrance to the opposite side of the street.
"Don't you have something you want to say to me?"
"Of course I do."
This time, facing Fang Zheng's gaze, Setsuna finally blushed slightly.
"I like you."
"Uh... huh?"
Honestly, Fang Zheng had somewhat expected that answer. It was unexpected, yet reasonable—after all, he was so handsome and charming that women were bound to like him. But the fact that it was Setsuna truly caught him off guard. Whenever she had interacted with him before, she had acted completely normal, unlike Yukina, Kazusa, or Sekai, who had shown more or less some signs.
So all this