Unable to resist

Feeling the steady breathing of the handsome boy beside her, Hasebe let out a deep sigh.

This guy really had come here just to sleep...

With nothing else to do, she lay on her side next to him and looked up at his exceptionally handsome profile. After only a few glances at those elegant features, her heartbeat suddenly quickened.

Her gaze gradually grew hazy. Unable to resist, she reached out to touch him, but the moment her fingers brushed his skin, his eyelid twitched. Startled, she quickly pulled her hand back.

"What am I doing...? No, what am I scared of? What's there to be afraid of? He's just little Bai Ye..."

Hasebe pressed her lips together. Seeing that Bai Ye was still fast asleep, she steeled herself, reached over, and pinched his cheek, giving it a gentle tug.

"..."

Bai Ye opened his eyes and found her face very close to his. Feeling a slight sting in his cheek, he said, looking rather speechless,

"Trying to murder me?"

Hasebe sounded a little petulant. "Didn't we agree to talk? You fell asleep after only a few words. I guess talking to me really is boring."

"Even if it's interesting, I still need to sleep. I'm exhausted after walking around with you for so long... So, what did you want to talk about? I'm awake now."

He glanced down and saw that Ichinose and the other girls had already left. Only then did he speak.

"Didn't you recommend Sakura from our class to me last time? I think I saw her while I was shopping just now."

Hearing that, Bai Ye suddenly remembered something.

"Did you notice which store she went into?"

"I think it was an electronics store..."

"Then... let's go take a look."

"Go now? She must've left already," Hasebe said, puzzled.

"I'm not going to see her. I want to check out the clerk."

"Huh?"

"Anyway, let's go. I'll explain later."

Bai Ye took her back to the shopping center.

After finding the electronics store, the two of them walked in side by side.

The clerk quickly came over to greet them. He wore a hat, and beneath it sat a pair of black-rimmed glasses that made it hard to see his eyes.

That made him look even more suspicious.

Looking at the glasses, Bai Ye wondered: if this man really was the one secretly harassing Sakura, then he wore them so he could spy on girls without being recognized.

Sure enough, after they entered, the clerk spoke to him, but Bai Ye could tell that the man's attention was focused on Hasebe.

The occasional lecherous gleam in his eyes made Bai Ye frown slightly.

He gestured for Hasebe to wait outside, then pointed to a camera in the corner and said to the clerk, whose expression had grown rather uneasy,

"I'd like to take a look at that one."

"I'm sorry, sir, but that one isn't for sale." The clerk lowered his head slightly, but Bai Ye could hear the panic in his voice.

"Then why display it?"

"...There's a problem with that product, so perhaps you could look at the ones over here instead."

"No. I like that one. Move."

He stepped around the clerk and headed over, but the man turned and blocked his way again, his voice tinged with anger.

"If you keep this up, I'll have to kick you out."

He chuckled. "We'll see who gets kicked out, Mr. Peeping Tom."

Realizing he'd been exposed, the clerk rushed straight for the camera, apparently trying to destroy the evidence.

But the next second, Bai Ye, who had been ready for him, grabbed him by the clothes and drove a knee into his stomach.

The knee was one of the most damaging weapons the human body had. Some professional competitions even banned the move, and the stomach was one of the most vulnerable parts of the body.

With Bai Ye's strength, the clerk's frail body couldn't withstand the blow. He collapsed to the ground, clutching his stomach and rolling around, foam spilling from his mouth.

The commotion drew Hasebe inside. She found the clerk looking terrified and Bai Ye standing some distance away, fiddling with the camera. His expression was so casual, as if he had nothing to do with what happened.

But Hasebe knew there were only two people in the store, and nobody had come in while she was standing guard. That meant Bai Ye was the only one who could have attacked him. She instinctively took a step back, covered her mouth, and stared at Bai Ye in disbelief.

"Bai Ye... what, what did you do?"

"Why are you looking at me like that? I did a good deed. This guy's a pervert."

As he spoke, Bai Ye showed her the footage from the camera.

It clearly showed the customers, with most of the shots focused on areas below their necks. Anyone could guess the purpose behind the secret filming.

Only then did Hasebe relax. "I thought you were robbing the place. You scared me to death."

He joked, "What would you do if I were robbing it?"

Hasebe glanced at him, then lowered her head. "Of course... I'd rob it with you."

"You wouldn't report me? You might even get a reward."

"What would I report you for? I don't care about that little reward. And I don't want to lose you... as a friend."

"Jiajia, you're so nice." Bai Ye couldn't help reaching out to tuck the hair by her ear behind it.

The intimate gesture startled Hasebe into swatting his hand away. Her beautiful face flushed slightly as she said, "If you know I'm so good to you, show me some respect. Come on, call me big sister."

"..."

He cleared his throat and changed the subject as Hasebe gave him a dissatisfied look. "Let's contact Chabashira-sensei first, then the Student Council president. I want to make a deal with him."

"A deal?"

"Yeah. We're getting rich." Bai Ye raised the camera in his hand.

The deal went smoothly. To keep the matter under wraps, the Student Council gave him one million as a reward and told them to keep quiet.

If this got out, it would be a disaster for the stores run by the school.

At the start of the school year, the school gave every student 100,000 points. That was a huge expense for the school, and since students weren't allowed to leave campus, they did most of their shopping there, too.

The school could recoup some of its losses from the profits.

But if the students learned about this, they'd be afraid to shop at school and would shop online more often.

That would make it even harder for the already-struggling stores to stay in business.

So the one million hush money was well worth it.

Night had fallen. Bai Ye opened his account on his phone and showed Hasebe.

"Jiajia, I'll transfer 500,000 to you."

"Huh...? I can't take that. I didn't do anything. How could I accept your money?"

Hasebe waved her hands in a panic.

"Didn't you keep watch for me? And you helped make this work. I wouldn't have been able to confirm he was a pervert so easily without you."

"What do you mean by that, Bai Ye!" Hasebe protested, pressing her voluptuous body against him. "Are you saying my body is erotic?"

"Well..."

He only had to take one step forward to enjoy the softness of her body, but he instinctively stepped back.

Honestly, it really wasn't easy to act normally around Hasebe.

He had to endure the torment her alluring body inflicted on his mind every moment. If he didn't have such strong willpower, and if he didn't value emotions far more than desire, he wasn't sure he could have stopped himself from making a move.

Only someone with Ayanokouji's desireless personality could ignore her charm.

Of course, the reason he felt stirred was that he had some affection for Hasebe. If she were a stranger, or even a prostitute on the street, he wouldn't feel a thing, no matter how good her figure was.

He'd only find it disgusting.