Chapter 1987 Retreating Dog

Chapter 1987 Retreating Dog

The audacity to come into someone else’s house and bully a girl who's a few years his junior. Not to mention, it's his blood-related little cousin. How atrocious can one spoiled brat be?

Granted, he’s the heir of the Ichihara Construction but does he think he owns them because they’re within this compound? What a load of bullshit.

This is just Ichihara Jun being an asshole to everyone because he has never been reprimanded by his daddy dear. He can always get away with it because someone will keep wiping his ass for him.

The future of their company is grim if he ends up inheriting it. Either he's going to be a tyrant and flunk their reputation or he'll be surrounded by bootlickers who will do his work for him in exchange for benefits.

In any case, I don't really care about the fate of their company. It may be better if he leads it to ruin and regrets losing everything. However, imagine how many people will have their lives destroyed because he gets that kind of authority. It'll be disastrous.

I may not be chivalrous to care about the fate of strangers but as someone who's already cultivated animosity against him, his vengeful ass will definitely come to hound me once he gets that chance.

If I don't want to see that kind of troublesome future, I must pull him down and lose his right to inherit an undeserved power.

Anyway, I shouldn't think that far ahead yet. I should just deal with this present situation.

Knowing this guy, either something happened that pissed him off so he went to look for someone who he could win against or he was still venting his anger towards me. That incident in Marika’s clubroom and the fact that I once again repelled his attempt to teach me a lesson through those thugs surely frustrated him.

But to choose his little cousin to vent, this guy is truly an irredeemable jerk.

“M-mom! Onoda-sensei!” Koharu called and ran to us, slipping past the idiot.

Ichihara-san received her daughter and immediately checked on her, making sure that she was not hurt anywhere.

Once again, she looked pitiful like this. A cold husband, an obnoxious nephew, and an overall restrictive family. Her only luck is probably the lack of in-laws who may or may not be that pleasant to deal with.

Since Koharu also shouted my name, Ichihara Jun’s reaction to that was what I expected.

Almost like he heard the name of his archnemesis, the idiot seemingly tensed up on the spot as he slowly turned around, disbelief apparent in his eyes.

As soon as he confirmed that I was the same Onoda whom he had a grudge against, a vein instantly bulged on his forehead. His ‘decent’ face contorted into boundless anger as though he was already cursing me in his head.

It doesn’t add up. Koharu and Ichihara-san can just tell on him, right?

Something else is definitely at play here. His uncle doesn’t care about his family, maybe?

Ah. Scratch that. I won’t be able to figure that out unless I hear it directly from Ichihara Jun or Ichihara-san’s husband.

After a few minutes of silence, Ichihara Jun’s visage looked like he was about to erupt albeit he held himself back. I mean, even if he channeled the energy of the world, he wouldn’t be able to win against me in a fistfight. Not to mention, he couldn’t find any words to argue anymore. With the mention of his uncle, he seemingly lost his sword in this fight.

Before long, he straightened his back and stepped forward.

He’s not going to approach me but the door.

Understanding that, I stood my ground and blocked him.

“What? Are you going to run away? Don’t you think you owe Koharu-chan an apology?”

“Shut up. Don’t stick your nose somewhere it doesn’t belong. Onoda. I don’t care what your business here is but I assure you, you’ll regret coming here.”

Upon saying that, the idiot evaded me and hurriedly jumped to the door.

Looking at how unsightly his retreat was, I could only shake my head. He's really like a dog with his tail tucked between his legs. If I kicked his butt, he's only going to dash away. What a spineless idiot. He only amounts to this and he still has the gall to leave that kind of threat.

“Onoda-sensei. Thank you for standing up for us. But I think we should cancel the lesson today. I’m sorry. I’ll deal with the aftermath. He’ll be back to bring someone that can deal with you. And I will be powerless to stop them...”

Before I could turn around to check on the mother and daughter, Ichihara-san already appeared behind me. I could sense the regret in her voice. Maybe she’s blaming herself that I put myself in this mess for them.

I turned around and faced her.

From the distance, I saw Koharu-chan peeking out from the corridor leading to her room, biting her thumbnail. She’s looking at us worriedly. Is she going to blame herself for this? I don’t know. But that girl is smart. She knows the struggle of her mother.

Haa... What to do here? Should I just accept the cancellation? What can I do in this situation anyway? Beat him up in their compound and then involve his whole family in this mess?

Nah... If I back away here, how can I even think of taking Marika away from their influence? Since our clash is inevitable, I shouldn’t run away here and face him – even if it meant shouldering some of Ichihara-san’s burden. Besides, I’m standing up for my adorable student.