After deciding to give up, I became popular

“Thank you for the meal.”

He respectfully addressed the chef who prepared the dish, not Fujiwara Chika.

“I’m going back,” Kanasawa So said.

Being inexplicably brought to the Fujiwara household and inexplicably labeled as a 'groom,' no one could possibly be very happy, right? At least, he felt very tired and even thought about staying away from Fujiwara Chika in the future to avoid being misunderstood by her family again.

“Eh? So soon? President, chat with me a bit more?!” Fujiwara Chika, who had been by his side, spoke up at the right time.

Perhaps because it was the first time a male of her age had visited her private residence, she seemed very excited, asking questions non-stop while he ate.

“Now that we finally have such an opportunity, let’s just stay up all night and have a slumber party!”

“If you want to go crazy, don’t drag me into it,” Kanasawa So refused directly.

He still had to go to school tomorrow; otherwise, it would be too much to take a day off on the first day of his term as student council president, right?

“Ugh…” Fujiwara Chika pouted, looking a little unhappy.

Maybe it was because she was at her house that she became more candid. Normally, this idiot president would never answer every question so readily. She still had so many things she wanted to hear and didn’t want him to leave so early…

“It’s so late, why don’t you just stay over, President?” Fujiwara Chika suggested.

“Could you please be a little more mindful of my gender?” Kanasawa So sighed helplessly. This idiot was just like that, saying whatever came to her mind without thinking at all.

“A boy staying at a girl’s house will definitely cause gossip, right? And your parents definitely wouldn’t agree.”

And the most crucial point—he felt like something bad would happen if he stayed over.

“Oh, it’s okay, no one will know anyway,” Fujiwara Chika waved her hand, not caring at all. “My parents don’t live here; it’s just me and Moeha.”

“…”

Wasn’t that even worse?! Three young girls facing a high school boy in his prime could fill a whole book!

Especially after discovering that the bodyguards guarding the front gate had no intention of entering the mansion no matter what, this strange thought became even stronger. He even couldn’t help but complain about that old man who used to be the prime minister.

He was able to rest assured and let an outsider like him get along with his three precious great-granddaughters. Was he not afraid that three great-great-granddaughters would suddenly pop out in 10 months or so?

“Listen, Fujiwara…”

“Is the president talking about me? Or Moeha?” Fujiwara Chika tilted her head, looking at him questioningly.

“...Chika, listen carefully,” Kanasawa So took a deep breath, grabbed her shoulders, and said, word by word, “I am, for the time being, a normal high school boy! Don’t underestimate me too much!”

Fujiwara Chika froze, then her face visibly flushed red, and she stammered, “Th, that kind of thing, it’s impossible for me to help you even if you tell me! Idiot president!”

“…”

Is she an idiot? Is she an idiot, right?! That’s not what he meant at all! He didn’t need her help at all; he was saying that he might attack her, you idiot!

Although attacking an idiot is indeed against the law, shouldn’t you have some sense of vigilance?! Don’t think of him as some harmless herbivore boy!

“I’m going back.” Realizing that he couldn’t reason with her, Kanasawa So prepared to leave.

“But… there shouldn’t be any trains at this hour, right?” Fujiwara Chika reminded him. “If you go back, President, you’ll have to walk for at least half an hour? It’s too dangerous alone!”

“I’m not some girl; there’s no such danger, okay?” Kanasawa So retorted.

It would be more dangerous to stay. Facing the already 'awakened' Fujiwara Chika and her sister, Fujiwara Moeha, who was not good in many ways, his purity might not be preserved!

“President, don’t be too arrogant! Look at this.” So Fujiwara Chika came closer and showed him the news on her phone.

“Today, a pervert has appeared in Maihana Town. According to eyewitnesses, the person is an adult woman about eight feet tall who likes to act at night and attacks male high school students. Nearly 20 people have been victimized. Please, citizens, especially male high school students, be careful and do not go out alone at night, as you may be attacked…”

“…”

Are you sure this isn’t some fake news you just photoshopped? This is clearly the real world, so why is there even an Eight-Foot Woman?! And why are the targets male high school students? Go attack younger children to maintain your urban legend!

But even so, it’s definitely better not to do that, because male high school students are definitely more resistant than children…

In the end, it’s still debatable whether this is true or not? And even though they’ve issued a notice, why have 20 people been victimized? It can’t be that those idiots are actively approaching her, right?

But after taking the other person’s phone and looking at it left and right, he couldn’t see any signs of photoshopping. Clicking on the link below really led to the corresponding news column…

“I was too presumptuous. Please, Lady Chika, be sure to take me in for the night. I am eternally grateful.”

The Eight-Foot Woman was too terrifying, especially one inclined toward that area. He had to protect his purity no matter what!

“Mmm, mmm! Then without further ado, President, go take a bath! Tonight, I want to have a heart-to-heart with the president!”

“Not too late,” Kanasawa So replied.

He had to get up early tomorrow to take office, and all sorts of things were waiting for him to do. He definitely couldn’t keep her company.

Seriously, he didn’t know what Fujiwara Chika was suddenly up to today, becoming so interested in his personal history. He just tried to pursue a few girls in the past, so why was she so curious that she wouldn’t even sleep?

He could only say that Fujiwara Chika was extraordinary, being too curious about gossip related to romance.

As for him, it didn’t matter much. He regarded her as a friend, so it was okay to reveal some things, but when he saw Fujiwara Chika’s grinning expression “taunting” him for failing to pursue them, he couldn’t help but get angry and want to pull her face hard to punish her.

080. Fujiwara Family Precepts

Rather than taking a bath, it would be more accurate to say that he was just wiping himself down a bit, given that he still had an injury on his back.

Although he had indeed sweated a lot today, he didn’t plan to take off the gauze wrapped around his upper body, so he just wiped his arms and stomach.

But someone didn’t think so.

“Fujiwara Chika, don’t you have any sense of shame?” Sitting in front of the showerhead, covering a certain area with both hands, Kanasawa So turned around and looked at Fujiwara Chika, who had inexplicably barged into the bathroom, with a dark line on his face.

This was the bathroom, how dare she?!

“O, of course I do!” Although she looked embarrassed, Fujiwara Chika’s expression was quite firm. “It’s just that as a child of the Fujiwara family, I remember the family precept—take responsibility for your mistakes!”

“Isn’t the president’s back injured? So I’m here to help you treat it! Al, also to bring a new towel!”

Because she was going into the bathroom, she didn’t wear that nightgown anymore. She just tied her long hair up in a knot and wrapped herself in a bathrobe before coming in, holding a white towel in her hand to give to him.

Kanasawa So took it and quickly covered it on his lap, feeling a little better.

“I don’t need your help! Get out quickly.”

“President, don’t be willful! You have to be obedient at times like this!” Fujiwara Chika put her hands on her hips, looking very smug. “If the wound isn’t cleaned, it will be very uncomfortable if it gets inflamed and suppurates, so I’m here to help the president wipe his back.”

“It’s okay to leave it alone, it’ll be fine in a few days at most…” Kanasawa So said stubbornly.

“You can’t!” Fujiwara Chika immediately retorted. “Leaving it alone is basically gambling! Only by changing clothes frequently and keeping it clean can you avoid deep infection.”

“…” Kanasawa So knew that he couldn’t fool her. He didn’t expect Fujiwara Chika to even know this kind of knowledge.

The so-called leaving it alone refers to “dry therapy,” which means doing nothing and letting the wound heal naturally by air-drying. After the wound scabs, wait for the scab to fall off, and the wound inside will heal. However, this method is only suitable for small wounds and not for deep wounds.

Kanasawa So himself didn’t know what the wound on his back was like. He couldn’t guess based on the feeling from his back, so he prepared to use that method, but in reality, the best solution was definitely to ensure the cleanliness of the wound surface, frequently clean the surrounding bacteria, and maintain hygiene.

In the final analysis, it was because the amount of bacteria on the wound surface was far greater than that in the water, and wounds that healed in a moist environment would not scab, and the bacteria would not be suffocated inside, but could be removed at any time.

“Then be gentle…”

“Leave it to me!” Fujiwara Chika patted her chest confidently, then moved a small stool and sat behind Kanasawa So.

“President, quickly give me the towel, I’ll soak it in water first.”

“…Can’t you change to another one?”

“There are no extra towels like that! Don’t tell me the president wants to use mine? Absolutely no way!” Fujiwara Chika looked embarrassed and made a big × with both hands in front of her.

“…” Helpless, Kanasawa So had to hand over the towel that was originally covering his lap to her, while he sat upright, not daring to move at all.

Before long, Fujiwara Chika came back with a warm towel and began to untie the gauze on his body.

“President, you have to change your clothes frequently, and you have to wash your back often.” Fujiwara Chika instructed.

There were still many blood stains on the gauze that was taken off, but the amount was not large. The wound on his back also showed a gradual recovery trend. It should heal normally in a few weeks.

“Ugh…”

It seemed that Fujiwara Chika’s movements were a little too heavy. Feeling the pain from his back, Kanasawa So groaned.

“Did it hurt? Sorry…”

“It’s okay, continue.” Kanasawa So shook his head. He wasn’t so weak that he couldn’t bear this little pain. It was just that he was caught off guard.

“…”

“…”

To Kanasawa So’s relief, Fujiwara Chika really didn’t do anything this time, just seriously cleaning his back for him.

“Huff… mission accomplished!”

With a smug hum, Fujiwara Chika stood up.

“Now that you’re done wiping, hurry up and get out, I want to take a bath.”

“You haven’t washed your hair yet! President, don’t be impatient.”

“Only my back is injured, not my hand! I don’t need you to do it.” Kanasawa So turned around and looked at her with a dark line on his face, reaching out to grab the towel in her hand.

However, Fujiwara Chika dodged slightly and shook her finger at him, saying, “You can’t, if the president does it himself, he’ll definitely pull on the wound, right?”

“I just finished wiping your back! Don’t let my efforts go to waste.”

“It has nothing to do with that, it’s just a little pain, I can bear it, give me the towel.”

“Guh, no way!”

“Give it to me.”

“…”

The two of them, being on edge, probably forgot that they were in the bathroom. Facing Kanasawa So’s constantly attacking hand, Fujiwara Chika dodged very easily, but accidentally slipped.

“Ugh!”

Just as she was about to fall again, she was suddenly pulled into a warm embrace.

“Are you planning to prank me again?”

Opening her eyes, Fujiwara Chika saw Kanasawa So’s speechless expression. The little heart that was still pounding suddenly calmed down after he said that.

“President, you big idiot!” She cursed him softly, then reached out and pushed him away. She originally wanted to say something more, but saw Kanasawa So looking at her in a daze, his cheeks gradually turning red.

What happened?

Thinking so, she followed his gaze and saw that the bathrobe wrapped around her body had fallen to the ground at some point.

“…”

Eek!!!

In an instant, Fujiwara Chika’s skin immediately turned an unparalleled pink color. She hugged her chest with both hands, and just as she was about to shout loudly, she realized that she seemed to have forgotten something, and squatted down in shame.

“Waaah! President, turn around quickly! Don’t look anymore!”

Not only did he see a strange big snake, but she herself… couldn’t get married!

Whether it was because the bathroom was too hot or something, steam was constantly rising from her head, making her whole person red and extremely cute.

“S, sorry…” Kanasawa So quickly turned around and apologized.

Don’t look at him seeming quite calm, but in reality, his heart had already started racing wildly, his body was even reacting, and the scarlet color on his face couldn’t stop at all.

“Y, you calm down first, this is all a misunderstanding, an accident…”

But he said for a long time and didn’t hear any movement from behind. A little scared, he glanced back slightly, only to find that Fujiwara Chika had disappeared.

“…”

At least, leave the towel behind…

081. Caught