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Ichika hurriedly avoided Hayakawa's indifferent gaze, looking somewhat flustered. She didn't know why she had suddenly called out to Hayakawa, but she had just done so as if possessed.

"that…"

Without giving a reason, and seeing Hayakawa's gaze gradually turning unfriendly, Ichika bent over, feigning pain: "My knee still hurts, and it seems swollen... Could you take a look at it for me?"

"Hmm? It's swollen?"

Upon hearing this, Hayakawa frowned and immediately walked over to Ichika and squatted down again: "Did I wrap it too tightly? Let me open it up and take a look again."

"...Thank you, you've been a great help."

Ichika felt a little ashamed. She looked down at Hayakawa's black hair, her face gradually softening. After a while, she cautiously reached out and ruffled Hayakawa's hair.

Hayakawa was about to untie the gauze around his knee to check if it was properly bandaged when someone suddenly touched his hair. He frowned and said, "What are you doing?"

"I thought your hair looked really good before,"

Ichika blushed slightly, but said casually, "So I just wanted to give it a little rub."

"Don't touch it."

Hayakawa said coldly, dissatisfied.

"What does it matter..."

Yihua pouted, her nose tingled, and she felt inexplicably wronged.

“I’m untying the gauze,”

Hayakawa said, "If you move around randomly, I might not be able to control my strength properly and your wound will be torn."

"Oh, that's how it is."

Ichika widened her eyes slightly, then said nonchalantly, "It's okay, I'll just be more careful."

Hayakawa was helpless. Normally, he would never allow anyone to touch his noble head, but now it seemed that Ichika's wound had not been treated. If it was bandaged too tightly, it might get infected later, so Hayakawa was too lazy to pay attention to her and planned to untie the gauze first.

"Hmm,"

A small sense of pride welled up in Ichika's heart. She then gently patted Hayakawa's head with both hands and whispered, "Thank you, Hayakawa-san. You didn't even get to finish the physical fitness test because you were bringing me to the infirmary..."

"nothing."

Hayakawa unwrapped the gauze and carefully re-bandaged it.

"You're a good child..."

Yihua's expression was gentle, and the golden sunlight shone on her neat short hair, making it sparkle.

Hayakawa remained silent, focusing on treating her wound.

Looking at the boy in front of her, who was half-squatting with a focused and serious expression, Nakano Ichika suddenly felt her heart beat faster for no reason, as deafening as the sound of a temple bell ringing in the early morning.

"I…"

She looked at Hayakawa and murmured.

"Ichika, I'm here!"

The infirmary door was flung open, and a panting Yotsuba rushed in, her face full of worry. "How are you...?" she asked.

Her voice trailed off as she saw Ichika and Hayakawa's bodies overlapping.

Ichika was sitting on the bed, with one of her legs extended to Hayakawa. Hayakawa was half-squatting between Ichika's legs, sitting "sneakily" about something. Ichika covered Hayakawa's head with both hands, her expression ambiguous and gentle.

Yotsuba: "..."

What were you two doing in the infirmary just now?

"what…"

When Ichika saw Yotsuba suddenly enter, her eyes widened and her pupils shrank to the microscopic level. Her face burned, and her hands, which had been resting on Hayakawa's head, jerked up as if electrocuted, flailing wildly in the air like cat paws, as if she had encountered some unseen enemy: "Yotsuba! What are you doing here?"

Yotsuba stared blankly at the two without responding, standing there listlessly as if she had lost consciousness.

"Four-leaf clover..."

Upon seeing her younger sister in front of her, Ichika hurriedly tried to explain, but didn't know what to say.

She was so embarrassed that she wished she could disappear into the ground.

"Four leaves?"

Hayakawa looked up when she heard the door open, and was immediately puzzled when she saw the girl who had come in: "Why are you here?"

Yotsuba, who had been silent just moments before, immediately snapped out of her daze upon hearing Hayakawa's words. She stammered awkwardly, "I heard from my friend over at the playground that Ichika was injured, so I came to the infirmary to find her."

"..."

Nakano Ichika felt a sharp pain in her heart upon hearing this. She had asked Yotsuba to go to the playground to find Hayakawa, but Yotsuba came to the infirmary instead. It was clear that she had come specifically for her. Between Hayakawa and her sister, she had chosen her sister.

Yotsuba gave up on her relationship because of her injury, but what did she do...?

He secretly met with the man his sister liked in the infirmary... and even touched Hayakawa's head and did intimate things in front of Yotsuba.

Ichika: "..."

I might as well just die.

"Oh, you've come at the perfect time."

Hayakawa, unaware of Ichika's inner turmoil, said bluntly, "Ichika injured her leg while running just now. I think I didn't bandage it properly when I was treating the wound, and I'm re-bandaging it now. Could you take a look for me?"

"Hey, is Ichika's injury that serious?"

Yotsuba was startled and quickly walked from the doorway to Hayakawa's side, squatting down. Looking at Ichika's cut on her knee, she first breathed a sigh of relief, then showed a worried and distressed expression: "This will probably leave a scar..."

Looking at Hayakawa and Yotsuba squatting side by side with her legs apart, Ichika felt inexplicably complicated. She smiled and comforted them, "So what if you have a scar? Nobody cares about your knees anyway."

"Nothing like that,"

Yotsuba blushed and retorted, "It's fine to wear long pants now that it's autumn, but what about wearing skirts in the summer? If you have a scar, you won't be able to wear skirts anymore."

"Okay."

Upon hearing this, Ichika's heart tightened, and she looked at Hayakawa with pleading eyes: "Hayakawa-san..."

"Generally speaking, it won't leave a scar,"

Hayakawa said expressionlessly, "It's not particularly serious. It'll get better with time."

"That's fine, that's fine."

Yotsuba patted her chest in relief, immediately regaining her energetic self, and rolled up her sleeves, saying, "Hayakawa-san, what can I do for you? Just tell me!"

"Um…"

Hayakawa thought for a moment and said, "Could you help me raise Ichika's trouser legs a bit? It's a little inconvenient like this."

He had thought of doing it this way when he was dealing with it, but it would be impolite for a boy to touch Yihua's thigh, so he only touched her knee.

"Ok!"

Yotsuba nodded and reached out to help.

……

With Yotsuba's help, Hayakawa quickly finished re-treating Ichika's wound.

"How is it now?"

Hayakawa tied a knot and looked at Ichika, asking, "Does it still hurt and swell?"

"I feel much better. Thank you, Hayakawa and Yotsuba."

Ichika guiltily avoided Hayakawa's serious gaze, knowing she had lied and caused trouble for the two of them, all because of a single, inexplicable remark she had made.

"If there's nothing else, I'll be going now. Good day."

Hayakawa nodded, then picked up the mop by the door, mopped up the water on the floor, and left, eager to go to the library to study.

"boom…"

The sound of the infirmary door closing echoed inside, and the room instantly became completely silent, with only the ticking of the clock and the barely audible breathing and heartbeats of the two girls.

"Gudong..."

Ichika swallowed hard, her neck stiff and motionless. She didn't dare to look in Yotsuba's direction at all. After all, today's events were too embarrassing for her, making her wish she could dig three feet into the ground and hide herself.

He meant to help his sister with her relationship, but ended up getting caught red-handed himself…

Why did she suddenly call out to Hayakawa? Why did she ruffle Hayakawa's hair? Why did Yotsuba appear at that exact moment? It wouldn't have mattered if it had been a little earlier or later, but it just so happened to be that she caught them in the act, causing a misunderstanding.

Ichika remained outwardly calm, but inwardly she was starting to panic. She even hoped that Hayakawa would suddenly return to the room and take her away, so that this awkward situation could be avoided.

"Ahem, um..."

After a long silence, Ichika finally couldn't hold back any longer. She coughed lightly twice, pretending to be calm, and looked at Yotsuba as if she was about to say something, but she found that Yotsuba was looking down at the spot where Hayakawa had just mopped the floor, with a strange expression and a hint of daydreaming.

"Ichika..."

Yotsuba looked at the watermark on the ground, raised her head, and asked in a strange tone, "Why is there so much water on the ground?"

"water?"

Ichika was momentarily stunned, then noticed Yotsuba's strange expression and froze for a second before blushing furiously: "What...what are you thinking? It's not that kind of thing!!"

Lewdness!

Ichika stared at her younger sister in disbelief, as if she were seeing her for the first time.

How could she even think of that? Is this the Yotsuba I know? Can the loneliness of unrequited love really transform a person like this?

"Uh... what are you saying?"

Yotsuba tilted her head, looking completely bewildered, and asked, "What kind of thing? What is that thing?"

Huh? So she didn't think that way. Did I misunderstand?

Upon hearing this, Ichika's expression stiffened, and she immediately felt as if ants were crawling all over her body. She turned her head away and changed the subject, saying, "Don't worry about it..."

"Ok?"

Yotsuba looked suspicious.

Seeing this, Ichika quickly changed the subject, saying, "The water on the ground is actually water I brought earlier; I used it to treat my wounds."

"So that's how it is,"

Yotsuba nodded, then looked at Ichika and smiled slightly: "Ichika...you and Hayakawa have become very close."

The girl chuckled: "So you messaged me to come over just so I could see this?"

Ichika: "..."

"Ahhhhh, no, that's not it!"

Ichika was shocked and shook her head violently, saying in a panic, "You've misunderstood. There were actually many uncontrollable factors involved. Ultimately, it was because my leg was injured and I had to leave, and then..."

"that is really good!"

Four Leaf said excitedly.

Ichika paused: "Hmm?"

"What? Ichika and Hayakawa's relationship has improved too? Isn't that great news? Hayakawa is such a nice person, so I'm happy that my sisters are getting along better with him."

Yotsuba waved her little fists in mid-air and exclaimed joyfully, "Yay! The five sisters have won a great victory!"

"This... sigh,"

Seeing Yotsuba's reaction, Ichika was initially bewildered, but then couldn't help but laugh.

Oh dear, Yotsuba is still as clueless about relationships as ever, she won't misunderstand at all.

Chapter 240 Let's Go Eat Hot Pot Together

She really is my innocent little sister, Yotsuba.

Ichika looked at the cute girl in front of her with satisfaction. As expected, she still liked her the most.

"Ichika, does your leg still hurt?"

Yotsuba asked with concern, "Can you walk by yourself?"

"Ah, I'm fine. Hayakawa bandaged it up very well, so although I walk a little slower, I can still walk, it's like I just twisted my ankle,"