For the next few days, Haruko lived a monotonous life.
Yuna left, leaving her two thousand yuan for living expenses.
She herself would go to Inari's coffee shop to sit for a while during the day, then come back in the afternoon and space out in her room, and in the evening, Ichiko would come on time to have dinner with her.
She didn't want to overplay the Yandere persona, so Dr. Kaito's alternate identity also reduced conversations with Ichiko using the excuse of being "busy recently."
No longer actively interfering with Ichiko's life.
No longer forcing her to make a certain choice.
The information she occasionally learned was actively conveyed by Yuri, that informant.
Black, whether an illusion or truly existing, would only occasionally appear wearing a dress when the night was deep and quiet.
Not speaking, not pressuring, not inducing.
As if adding a touch of warmth to the empty, cold house.
And as if constantly reminding her that Ichiko was drifting further away.
The mundane daily routine continued like this for half a month. Under various high consumption expenses that were unavoidable even without going out, Haruko, whose finances were difficult to support, also began to earn money using her hacking skills.
Naturally, with only a set of ordinary hacking tools, she didn't do anything illegal, just strengthening firewalls for some companies, enterprises, or small workshops; or if someone was doxxed, she would counteract and protect them.
Taking on some smaller jobs online.
Earning a few hundred to a thousand a week.
Even ordering takeout every day was enough to be self-sufficient.
December 20th.
The temperature was close to zero. Amidst the pushing of the vast snow, the windows began to carve scratch after scratch on the ice surface.
Due to the heavy snow, reports of traffic accidents and gas explosions occasionally appeared in the television news.
As her phone rang, Haruko, holding Big Wang, received a message from Yuri again.
"Damn, that woman surnamed Lynn came looking for Ichiko again. This time, they say the Dean of Students even got involved!"
"If it weren't for Inari supporting Ichiko on the school's side, I'm afraid the Dean of Students wouldn't have helped Ichiko. This morning, the two almost came to blows."
Haruko looked at the message and quickly typed, "Is Ichiko hurt?"
Yuri: "Not really, but that woman surnamed Lynn was constantly aggressive. I felt like I saw my old self in her, it was disgusting."
Haruko breathed a sigh of relief. After a hint of strangeness flashed in her eyes, it was quickly suppressed.
Familiar with the early development of the original work, she knew who this person surnamed Lin was.
Lynn Fangya, the unfavored daughter of a medium-sized family in Kyushu City.
Unlike Haruko, who even as a villain had a role intertwined with Ichiko in the original work,
Lynn Fangya was a pure cannon fodder villain who appeared just to be slapped in the face.
Aggressive in the early stages, then pulling some stunts, before being severely slapped in the face by the female lead, Ichiko.
Lynn Fangya was unfavored at home and had low status. After meeting Sento at a certain banquet, she had long wanted to use the power of this CEO to climb up.
Chasing him naturally wouldn't make Sento fancy her. In the original work, she targeted Ichiko out of jealousy.
This time, with Sento hospitalized, Lynn Fangya naturally became hostile towards Ichiko and began targeting her and playing little tricks in her daily life.
This is the worldview of a female-oriented novel. As the big female lead, Ichiko would not have a smooth journey herself.
By her side, Black, still in that elegant dress, appeared again and asked curiously, "This Lin Fangya dares to target your Ichiko like this, aren't you going to knife her?"
In the past, Haruko would definitely have been angry.
To play the Yandere role, she had etched the idea "Ichiko is mine" into her mind, using it to show her possessive pathology and make Ichiko have to focus her attention and thoughts on herself.
But now, Haruko was unmoved by the black figure's instigation beside her, "Ichiko didn't tell me about this, she definitely doesn't want me to worry or get involved."
"This female supporting character can't hurt Ichiko."
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