My Classmate Yukino Is Definitely Crushing On Me

[Side Quest, Host can choose whether to complete it.]

That's good. The task of dominating the entire school, while lacking in follow-up, is acceptable as a supplementary mission. As for the dating one, let's forget it.

Although Yukinoshita is bound by the unscrupulous System, she still has her bottom line. She cannot do such a scummy thing as using other people's feelings.

The car finally stopped in front of the Yukinoshita Residence, and the butler at the entrance opened the door for them.

"Welcome home, Second Miss."

Before Yukinoshita got out of the car, she saw Mr. Ito, who opened the door for her, give her an encouraging smile.

"Miss, I will take my leave now."

Yukinoshita let out a soft sigh. As she slowly walked to the door, a maid, dressed in a formal maid outfit, opened the door for her.

Although neither Mr. Yukinoshita nor Madam Yukinoshita were accustomed to having many people around, with a mansion as large as the Yukinoshita family's, if there were no maids or butlers, Madam Yukinoshita would likely be trapped by the household chores of this villa.

Madam Yukinoshita, who was so arrogant that she believed only the starry sky above was worthy of her gaze, didn't even have time to worry much about her own daughter. How could she possibly allow herself to be bothered by trivial matters like groceries and cleaning supplies?

"Second Miss, Madam is waiting for you over there."

The unfamiliar maid, somewhat nervously, pointed towards the living room for Yukinoshita.

She had only recently started working for the Yukinoshita family. She had heard that the Second Miss Yukinoshita had a peculiar personality and was not easy to get along with. Seeing her for the first time, she was indeed a little nervous.

The maid secretly glanced up at Yukinoshita, then quickly averted her gaze.

She thought the Second Miss indeed looked cold and unapproachable.

However, she was so beautiful!

Yukinoshita handed her schoolbag to the maid. She saw her mother leaning on the sofa with her back to her, flipping through a blue-covered folder. There was also a large stack of folders of various colors on the coffee table.

"Come sit down when you're back. Dinner will be soon."

Madam Yukinoshita's voice was calm, but it carried an undeniable tone of authority.

And Yukino Yukinoshita, who was brilliant and unique at Sobu High School, transformed back into just Yukino Yukinoshita the moment she returned home, before her mother.

She sat in silence opposite her mother's sofa.

"Why are you still so quiet even though you're so grown up?"

Madam Yukinoshita looked up. Although she was prepared, she was still taken aback when she saw Yukino, "...I haven't seen you look like this in a long time."

Yukino had always been distant from her parents since childhood.

The birth of their second daughter coincided with the Yukinoshita family's dual push in politics and business. Both Mr. Yukinoshita and Madam Yukinoshita were stretched thin, almost unable to keep their feet on the ground.

From childhood, the eldest daughter, who was three years older than the second daughter, raised her.

Every time she came home, the little dumpling, so small, would hide behind her older sister, or cling to her sister's waist and look over timidly, as if looking at a stranger.

Madam Yukinoshita placed the folder back on the coffee table, "Yukino, you like sweets, don't you? I asked the housekeeper to make mango mille-crêpe this time..."

"Mom," Yukino said softly, "I'm allergic to mangoes."

There was a moment of silence in the Living Room.

Just then, the maid's welcoming voice came from the main entrance again.

Yukino looked up and saw her sister, smiling brightly, stepping inside.

She casually handed her bag to the maid and trotted over to sit next to Madam Yukinoshita, "Oh Mom, I told you not to bring work home, it gives me a headache just looking at it."

As soon as she appeared, the quiet and dead house seemed to come alive and brighten up.

Haruno Yukinoshita possessed such charm.

Madam Yukinoshita smiled, "It's easy for you to say, slacking off like this. Be careful, those old guys at the company will complain about you again."

They were the intimate mother and daughter.

Yukino seemed like a passerby who had stumbled into this place by accident.

Haruno then seemed to notice Yukino, and said with a smile, "Oh, Yukino is home?"

She leaned over, grabbed Yukino's finger, and said happily, "You're coming home and you didn't even tell me, Yukino, you're so mean~"

A subtle sense of dissonance arose in Yukino's heart.

Haruno, who was terribly, maliciously, and excessively fond of teasing her.

She had never smiled at her so warmly before.

Mr. Yukinoshita was in America negotiating a contract and did not return that night.

After dinner, from daytime to evening, only Haruno chattered, with Madam Yukinoshita occasionally responding.

Yukino skillfully turned on the TV embedded in the living room wall, trying to appear less awkward.

She wasn't too affected by this atmosphere of being excluded; after all, she had always been the silent, overlooked figure in her home since she was little.

If silence and indifference were water, then Yukino was a fish accustomed to swimming in the deep sea.

To be honest, Yukino had already breathed a sigh of relief that the atmosphere was so harmonious this time.

She had thought that her mother would be so angry upon seeing her that she would have to take her blood pressure medication.

It seemed okay for now.

Madam Yukinoshita's gaze occasionally fell on her second daughter.

She felt as if, despite only seeing her for a little over a month, a vast distance had grown between herself and Yukino.

When Yukino was in elementary school, she herself would only return home a few times a month. Later, Yukino attended middle school abroad.

Then, when Yukino was about to start high school, she learned from her husband that Yukino planned to move out.

They were mother and daughter, yet how had they become so estranged?

Although she never admitted it openly, Madam Yukinoshita did feel a sense of guilt towards her younger daughter.

So, even though Yukino had been acting out for the past year or so, she believed it was just a brief phase of adolescent rebellion.

Now, it seemed the rebellious phase was over?

"Yukino, there's a banquet tomorrow evening. You should go too."

Madam Yukinoshita's words were like a fishing net cast into the deep sea, pulling Yukino out from the depths.

Although a little surprised, she nodded, "Okay."

After all, she was a daughter of the Yukinoshita Family, and Yukino had attended social events with her family before.

At this moment, Haruno, who had been chattering incessantly, stopped.

She still had a smile on her face, "I'll go with Yukino tomorrow."

Madam Yukinoshita glanced at her, "As you wish, as long as you don't cause trouble."

"Mom, you're so mean! How could I cause trouble!"

Haruno could always act spoiled towards her parents so naturally.

As they went upstairs to rest, Haruno smiled at Yukino and said, "You need to be careful at this banquet, especially with that young lady from the Shijo Family there."

The young lady from the Shijo Family?

Yukino's mind, like a wicked system, was triggered by the keywords.

Shijo. This was a surname far too familiar to Yukino Yukinoshita.

The Shijo Group was a family that had branched off from the Shimiya Group, one of the four major financial groups that controlled Japan's entire economy.

Unlike the local influential Yukinoshita Family, the Shijo Family was a true behemoth with considerable influence over all of Japan.

Of course, there were countless influential young masters and daughters of high society across the country. The reason Yukino had an impression of the Shijo Family was entirely because Maki Shijo, that rich young lady, was on Blonde Yukino's list of victims.

Yes, she had been cuckolded by Blonde Yukino too.

Yukino was almost numb.

She had traveled all over the country, and everywhere she went, she found victims of her own misfortune?

Even more embarrassing was that this terrible situation was laid bare before her older sister.

Yukino had been competitive since she was young and was even more unwilling to admit defeat in front of her older sister. It was for this reason that she had stubbornly refused to contact Haruno first.

Yet now, she was losing face unprecedentedly in front of her older sister.

How hateful!

Yukino said with a stern face, "I will resolve this matter."

Haruno looked amused, "How will you resolve it?"

"I will go back and eliminate Miss Shijo's hostility towards me," Yukino answered instantly.

She continued, "The company business you've been in charge of lately hasn't been going smoothly, has it?"

Haruno scoffed inwardly.

It wasn't just not going smoothly; she was hitting a wall everywhere.

Of course, Haruno felt this was nothing to her.

Haruno smiled and shook her head, "You've misunderstood. Although that Miss Shijo is difficult to deal with, she has never let her personal emotions affect the two families."

Yukino: "Miss Shijo might not, but those who want to curry favor with her definitely will do something, perhaps even more excessive than Maki Shijo herself would do."

"If this kind of provocation and harassment continues, won't it eventually bring trouble to the Yukinoshita Family?"

Haruno was almost speechless.

Since when had Yukino become so quick-witted?

Neither the Yukino of the past nor the blonde Yukino had been particularly interested in these matters.

Had she "grown up"?

Haruno didn't know what she was thinking, her eyes turned slightly cold, but the smile on her face became even sweeter, "Is that so, is that so? Yukino, you're amazing, keep it up~"

Although she said "keep it up," her expression, devoid of even a shred of trust, made Yukino grit her teeth in anger.

Haruno Yukinoshita, as the Eldest Daughter of the Yukinoshita Family, possessed both beauty and outstanding ability. For several years, she had already begun to worry the Yukinoshita Family parents.

Under the guise of an inspector, she entered an inconspicuous branch company under Yukinoshita Corporation to hone her skills.

At that time, she was probably still in high school, an underage girl with a childish face. When she first joined the company, she was looked down upon by a bunch of veteran elders, who mocked her as "a smiling vase with only a pretty face."

However, it only took a few months for those company elders to wish they could kneel and beg for their lives when facing this vase's smile.

While other people her age were still worrying about failing their exams, Haruno had already made people several times her age tremble in fear.

Her social skills, her methods of control, and even her business acumen were all impeccably excellent.

In the past, Yukino thought that she would probably never be able to compare to the excellent Haruno.

But now, it was different.

She had cheated! [Hands on hips, righteous and unapologetic]

"Then you just watch."

Yukino crossed her arms. If no one knew her now, she would look like a childish child eager to win.

"What Haruno can't do, I will do and show you."

After speaking, she turned and returned to her room, leaving Haruno stunned on the spot.

She looked at her sister's proud back, like a proud little bird about to spread its wings, and for a moment, she almost thought she saw the proud and stubborn little Yukino of the past.

---Fool.

She mocked herself freely in her heart.

When she returned to her room and closed the door, the sweet smile on Yukino Yukinoshita's Eldest Daughter's face completely vanished, her expression freezing like an Asura demon.

She should have realized this long ago.

She could no longer find her little Yukino.