Chapter 1957 Turning an Easy Situation to a Difficult One

Chapter 1957 Turning an Easy Situation to a Difficult One

Blocking my way and questioning me where I went or what I was up to... Should I call her unreasonable for this?

Sure, I could. But thinking about it, it’s quite reasonable for her to do this. I wasn’t supposed to be here, after all.

Behind her was the bridge connecting to the other hill. If only I didn’t run into her, things wouldn’t be this troublesome.

How should I answer her? Make up a lie or give her some excuses while only grazing upon the truth?

Unfortunately, Setsuna-nee wasn’t going to give me time to think.

As soon as she noticed me slowing down in my steps, she walked forward and approached me instead.

In less than a few seconds, we’re now standing face to face, her inquisitive gaze seemingly trying to drill a hole in my cheek. There was no one nearby, or at least, the closest to us was at a considerable distance and was walking away from the area. No one would be able to hear our conversation.

“Can I not sightsee here, Nee-san?”

Answering her question with another question, I drew an immediate frown which obviously indicated that she was not pleased to hear that.

With a sarcastic grin, Setsuna-nee drew closer and irately grunted, “Oh! Of course, you obviously can, shameless bastard. I know it’s impossible to get an honest answer from you.”

If you knew then why block me? I muttered that question in my head. There’s no way to voice that out since it would just trigger her further.

Nonetheless, being this close, I could observe her more clearly. This girl... she’s possibly more concerned that I came here to this hill without looking for her.

“I’m being honest here, Setsuna-nee-san. I went to the peak to see if it was any different from the one there on our hill. I also managed to run into Juri. Too bad, she said she’s going to stay longer there. I even offered to escort her back here.”

As always, I put in a sprinkle of truth there. I even mentioned Juri since she might’ve suspected that her best friend ditched her to meet up with me.

Sure. She already got the idea that something was different with me because of the dance last night. However, those were still her suspicions without any confirmation from me. Whether she could accept it as the truth or not was still up in the air. That’s why at this moment, I’m still only the annoying guy she cannot pull out of her mind and her little sister’s boyfriend.

“You offered to escort her? Young man, you’re being too promiscuous. Juri isn’t some easy woman. She favors you a lot but doesn't think you can lay a hand on her.”

This girl... Now she’s trying to warn me about touching Juri. Too late.

I nodded in pretense, acting like I was agreeing with her.

“Mhm. I’m aware of that. But Nee-san, can I not return the favor of her being so good to me? That’s how I see it. She’s taking care of me a lot so I should at least reciprocate that.”

“Huh? Why?”

I managed to raise a question but she’s not having it. She’s keen on bringing me somewhere with her.

“Just shut up. If they see you with me, I won’t be able to hear the end of it.”

This... Is she jumping to conclusions here? It’s not like they’ll know that I’m one of those brats they’re talking about. We can just step away from each other and act like we’re strangers since they haven’t emerged from the path yet. Or at least, they are just about to.

Now, if they happen to turn in our direction, they’ll definitely catch sight of us.

No. They already did.

“Oi, is that who I think it is?”

“Yo! You’re right! Is she holding that guy’s hand? What the... Is he that brat?”

Those were the last coherent words that reached my ears as we crossed the bridge.

Setsuna-nee didn’t try to glance behind us and just continued running in a certain direction.

However, not long after arriving at the other side, I heard loud, running footsteps echoing on the bridge.

Yep. There’s no doubt. They started chasing after us.

If I have to guess, their objective is to confirm our identities.

Setsuna-nee... Instead of easily dodging them, she made the situation more difficult for herself.

Unfortunately, it’s now too late for me to help her get away from this situation.

Ah. Not really too late. It's just... I don’t think it’s wise to separate from her when she’s this determined to drag me with her and get away from them.

Furthermore, I’m not losing out here and despite my original intention to get past her and go back, a thought rose in my head.

I’d like to see what she’s planning to do next or where she’s going to take me.

“Setsuna-nee, they’re chasing after us.”

“I know! You don’t have to remind me! Just follow along. I’m going to hide us somewhere.”