After breaking up, my ex asked me to win her back-Chapter 242 - 241 Women Compete

"That guy said, ’She wants you to come home this weekend for a face-to-face talk.’"

After hanging up the phone, Ayakoji Chiyoko returned and spoke to Kiryu Hina, her face bearing expressions she had never shown before: disdain, loss, and confusion, all mixed in an awkward manner.

Apparently, she had gotten confirmation and answers from the conversation with her father.

Ryoma Ayakoji was evidently aware of what she had done.

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"It seems you really are my ’older sister,’ so funny." Ayakoji Chiyoko’s right hand, raised in front of her, clenched into a fist, probably imagining putting the ’iron fist of justice’ into practice when she got home.

It wasn’t long before she noticed the unusual silence from Kiryu Hina, thinking that the other party was also lost for words due to the absurd drama.

"What kind of person was your mother?"

Ayakoji Chiyoko, setting aside her combativeness for once, made an overture to Kiryu Hina.

Even if she despised her, Ayakoji Chiyoko couldn’t deny that her own family owed the other party.

If Kiryu Hina was willing to accept her real blood relatives, then in the future, they might even share a meal at home.

Although that scene was hard to imagine.

Kiryu Hina shook her head and looked away: "My mother died when I was born, I’ve never seen her, only photos and some stories from my father."

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"Did he ever mention my father?" Ayakoji Chiyoko asked.

"It’s probably best not to let them meet; they’d definitely argue."

"..."

Indeed, Ayakoji Chiyoko felt she had also lost her composure, asking such a foolish question.

Unable to advance the conversation, the two fell silent again.

Suddenly, Ayakoji Chiyoko thought of something and lifted her head: "Wait, when you called me here, you said you wanted to talk about something related to Kagura Hikaru, but now it’s turned into reconciliation. Was that a lure?"

"...No," Kiryu Hina fidgeted with the hem of her clothes, "This is the second matter, and it involves not just Kagura Hikaru but you and me as well."

"?"

Sensing a shift in the atmosphere, Ayakoji Chiyoko slowly furrowed her brows, "What are you trying to say?"

"Do you remember the day you confessed to Kagura Hikaru?"

"How do you know about that?" Ayakoji Chiyoko’s eyes narrowed.

She had never told anyone; it was her who confessed her feelings.

"I was nearby and heard it, you just didn’t notice," Kiryu Hina said, lowering her gaze slightly, "After you confessed, Kagura Hikaru said he’d think about it and then left the old school building for a while, right?"

"...So what?"

"At that time, it was me who called him out."

Ayakoji Chiyoko made a move to stand up, but before her bottom could leave her seat, she sat back down, lowering her raised leg and crossing her arms, asking calmly, "What did you tell him, to not be with me?"

"Quite the opposite."

Kiryu Hina turned to face her, meeting her gaze: "I was the one who told him to go out with you."

As soon as the words fell, her vision suddenly blurred.

Slap!

Her face felt like it had been struck by something, burning painfully.

She turned her head to the side, touched the corner of her mouth with her hand, then looked at it closely.

She was bleeding.

Kiryu Hina turned around and saw Ayakoji Chiyoko standing up, her face flush with rage, her body radiating anger.

"What do you think you’re doing... First, you use a paternity test to evoke my compassion, then you use this nonsense to shake our relationship? Ridiculous, do you think I’m such an easy woman to deal with?"

"Whether you admit it or not, what I said was true."

Kiryu Hina, covering her cheek, kept a calm face, like a French queen ascending the scaffold: "Back then, I made a deal with Kagura Hikaru, no, it was more like unilateral oppression. I told him if he didn’t date Ayakoji Chiyoko, I would expose Kohinata Motoyo’s affair and ruin her reputation..."

To Ayakoji Chiyoko, this meant only one thing—

Her relationship with Kagura Hikaru was a sham.

"Shut your mouth!"

Her collar was grabbed, and Ayakoji Chiyoko, clutching her clothes, lifted her up with such force that her feet almost left the ground, her furious face nearly touching hers.

"I don’t believe anything you say, but if your purpose was to anger me, you’ve succeeded."

Ayakoji Chiyoko forcefully pushed Kiryu Hina to the ground, stepped over her, not wanting to listen anymore.

But the latter still didn’t stop talking as she sat up: "At that time, facing a desperate situation in the Student Council election, I came up with this dirty trick, perhaps I wasn’t thinking clearly. I only began to regret it after I accidentally learned the truth about Kagura Hikaru’s past infidelity, but it was already too late!"

Ayakoji Chiyoko stopped, breathed heavily, and turned back to look at her: "Even if what you’re saying is true, what of it. We truly love each other, we like each other, and our hearts are in tune; even if the process is wrong, as long as the result is right, that’s all that matters!"

"But what if the result is also wrong?"

"..."

Kiryu Hina, supporting herself with her hands, slowly got up, feeling like her body was falling apart.

She could already imagine how she was going to be treated if she continued, but she still didn’t plan to back down: "You’re a smart person, Ayakoji Chiyoko, perhaps you’ve already realized, haven’t you? Kagura Hikaru doesn’t like you, he’s just been pandering to you. But for the sake of this relationship, you’ve blinded yourself, convincing yourself it’s an illusion, that there’s true affection between you, and that Kagura Hikaru really likes you—"

"Shut up!!"

Ayakoji Chiyoko turned fully around, pushed Kiryu Hina again, pointing at her as she staggered back and yelled, "Don’t put words in my mouth, what do you know about me!? You know nothing!!"

"Of course I understand, you idiot!" Kiryu Hina raised her head, eyes wide with anger, and shouted back: "I like him too, so of course I understand!!"

"..."

"Because of you, Kagura Hikaru is now planning to cut ties with me. I’ve tried many times to mend things, but it’s useless, he’s completely disappointed in me."

Kiryu Hina, her eyes red, glared at her: "I even secretly envy you, Ayakoji Chiyoko, you two can be together normally, but I even have to resort to hurting myself to get a bit of his attention! Do you understand that feeling!! It’s what I used to think I deserved naturally, but now, now it’s....."

"Then don’t interfere with us anymore."

Ayakoji Chiyoko stepped closer, her gaze cold and condescending: "I will continue dating Kagura Hikaru, whether he truly likes me or not, I will continue to love him until he falls for me. And you, just watch from the sidelines, wishing us happiness, that’s your ’just deserts’."

"...Your resolve is touching, but unfortunately, your wish is unattainable."

Kiryu Hina’s lips curved in a smile, not knowing whether it was mockery or self-mockery: "Because Kagura Hikaru has already made up his mind to break up with you."