After breaking up, my ex asked me to win her back

Chapter 187 End of This Relationship

The two of them finished sharing the chocolate bread and bento on the rooftop.

Ai Cheng Hua Lian still had remnants around her lips, due to her eating too fast, yet she seemed unsatisfied, her gaze lingering on the now empty bento box.

In this era, cooking in the household was no longer limited to women, and the number of men proficient in cooking among ordinary people had increased significantly.

But someone on the level of Kagura Hikaru, Ai Cheng Hua Lian believed, even measured on a nationwide scale, would be among the very few.

Admittedly, she didn't possess any high-end culinary evaluation skills, and her taste buds were just of an average person's sensitivity, merely distinguishing between fragrant, smelly, salty, light, sweet, bitter, and spicy.

Yet, this further illustrated that Kagura Hikaru's cooking skills had reached a level where even laypeople could recognize them as impressive.

That bento, although made with ordinary ingredients and accompaniments, without any novelty, was somehow delicious when put together, with a great texture, and even surpassed the quality of meals from restaurants outside, with the only downside being that it was cold.

"How did you practice, did your stepmother teach you?" Ai Cheng Hua Lian asked curiously.

"Self-taught," Kagura Hikaru answered.

Transferring knowledge from someone else's head to one's own, such an act was like force-feeding education, yet without relying on someone else's instruction, so it was roughly equivalent to self-study, case closed.

"That's amazing..." Ai Cheng Hua Lian murmured in admiration, "Kagura, it seems like you're strong at everything. You play the guitar well, your academic performance is good, you're strong in swimming and long-distance running, and you can also cook... Is there anything you're not good at?"

"That's not true, there are many things I don't understand," he replied.

"There you go, showing the humility that only those who are truly knowledgeable can," she said.

"...Rather than that, let's talk about something more interesting," he proposed.

"More interesting?" she echoed.

"Yeah, like, the thing you told Kiryu Hina," he suggested.

Ai Cheng Hua Lian broke out in a cold sweat, her glance shifting awkwardly under Kagura Hikaru's calm stare.

"Ah, you, what are you talking about, I don't understand..." she fumbled.

"Kiryu Hina told me herself, you were the one who told her," he stated.

"I'm sorry!"

Ai Cheng Hua Lian promptly bowed her head to apologize.

Kagura Hikaru raised his index finger and lightly tapped her on the head.

"Ouch!"

"I warned you not to tell her about that, this is the punishment for treating my words like wind passing by your ears," he reminded.

"Hmm..."

With her hands covering her head, Ai Cheng Hua Lian mumbled hesitantly, "I, I struggled for a long time about whether or not to tell, but in the end, I thought I should..."

"The truth is the one thing in this world that can most hurt people, and because of what you've done, me, Kiryu Hina, and Suse, all three of us will be affected," he said.

Kagura Hikaru propped his hands on the floor behind him, looking up at the blue sky.

The light breeze stirred his bangs, revealing a clean but completely expressionless face.

Ai Cheng Hua Lian drew her legs in, hugging her knees, and watched him warily, "Kagura... are you angry at me?"

"No," he replied.

"You're clearly angry," she retorted.

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"Not really, if I had to put it into words, it's probably more like a nuisance," Kagura Hikaru exhaled softly, "Ai Cheng, you weren't planning to try and matchmake me with Kiryu Hina again, were you?"

"Eh? That... of course not," she said.

Ai Cheng Hua Lian's gaze shifted slightly.

Truth be told, she certainly did not wish to see Kagura Hikaru dating someone else, yet if she turned a blind eye to the matter, he would always remain as a cheating scumbag in Kiryu Hina's memory, an outcome Ai Cheng Hua Lian also did not desire to witness.

However, she had anticipated that once the misunderstanding was cleared, Kiryu Hina would undoubtedly fall for Kagura Hikaru once again.

The greater the guilt she harbored towards him, the deeper the love that would rekindle.

When she saw President Hina dash out of the Student Council office, Ai Cheng Hua Lian knew her guess had been correct.

If all went well, Kagura Hikaru would likely get back together with President Hina, and the lovers would be reunited at last. She would clap and congratulate them with a smile in the crowd, perhaps earning a grateful glance from them, and that would be enough for her.

But it seemed the course of events was far from smooth.

To speak frankly, it was despicable.

At this moment, realizing that Kagura Hikaru had not started dating President Hina, what flashed through Ai Cheng Hua Lian's mind was not regret, but a guilty sense of schadenfreude.

Feeling such vile emotions, rejoicing in the misfortune of others, struck Ai Cheng Hua Lian hard.

"Ai Cheng, perhaps you think you're acting in my best interest, but that's because there's something you don't know yet, leading you to misjudge the situation and make that decision. Before that, you should have talked to me again,"

Hearing Kagura Hikaru's sigh, Ai Cheng Hua Lian had an ominous feeling.

"The thing I don't know about... what is it?"

"I have started dating Ayakoji Chiyoko."

"........"

How should I say it? It was sort of expected, wasn't it?

A little surprising, but not at all surprising.

President Hina had already told her that Kagura was pursuing President Ayakoji.

Both of them were exceptionally outstanding individuals, so it was only natural for them to be attracted to each other.

Moreover, Kagura recently joined the Discipline Committee out of character, even though he previously had been the most orthodox of all students heading straight home after school. Why would he deliberately join an organization like the Discipline Committee, which required so much work?

The mystery was now solved.

That must be when they started dating.

"Really, such an important matter, you should have told me earlier. You've made things difficult for me..."

Ai Cheng Hua Lian, with the help of a passing breeze, pretended to be blinded by the dust and quietly wiped away the half-dropped tears from the corner of her eye, lamenting, "President Hina must be quite disappointed, don't you think? Now that you're with President Ayakoji, she doesn't stand a chance of getting back together with you."

"Hmm."

As for what Kiryu Hina thought now, Kagura Hikaru could not offer a judgment, nor did he want to concern himself with it.

They were far from calling each other friends now, let alone partners in cooperation.

They had made a deal before: if Kagura Hikaru would date Ayakoji Chi to help her achieve a certain goal, Kiryu Hina would reconcile with Suse, even if it was pretense, and continue to be friends.

This would be beneficial to her condition and also distract Suse, so the latter wouldn't always be fixated on her.

But now, Kiryu Hina had completely ignored the content of the deal, her attitude towards Suse was anything but friendly.

It was her way of retaliating after knowing the truth, and also revenge for Kagura Hikaru breaking free from her control and not obediently ending their plan.

Whether Kiryu Hina wanted to get back together with him, or whether she had fallen for him again, none of it really mattered anymore.

Her thoughts belonged to her, Kagura Hikaru just wanted to end that relationship.

Whether it was with Kiryu Hina, or with Kohinata Suse, and also, with Ayakoji Chiyoko.