Is it a problem to have a harem in a stranger heroine?

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Sayuri Sawamura never let go of the fan, which she tapped on her thighs to create a rhythm, and a smile appeared on her face.

"Hello too, Hui-chan. It's rare to see you smile~"

Kato Megumi blinked, still smiling, but there was less liveliness in her eyes. She realized that Aunt Sawamura's words were not just a greeting, but contained a hidden meaning.

Is it because I secretly ate Byakuya-kun and ignored Sawamura-kun's feelings?

At this time, Shiyu also got off the bed with a straight posture, and the little devil attitude she had just shown to Bai Ye disappeared in an instant.

She had no intention of displeasing Sayuri Sawamura, she just wanted to take the opportunity to tease Bai Ye and see his funny look in panic. She didn't expect Aunt Sawamura to act so quickly, leaving her no time to react.

By the time she realized she had to stop, Bai Ye had already come up with Ying Lili in his arms.

"Auntie, long time no see."

Sayuri Sawamura twisted her fingers together and the fan unfolded to form a barrier.

"Hello too. Shiyu seems to be very busy lately. I haven't chatted with you for a while."

Shiyu also blinked, vaguely understanding some of his thoughts.

Could it be the truth about the "Bunny Girl Incident"?

"If Auntie wants to chat, I'd be happy to."

Sayuri Sawamura covered her mouth with a fan, and Bai Ye couldn't tell what her smile meant from her facial muscles.

Just when Bai Ye wanted to change the subject and was about to bring up the matter of Tanaka Commercial Street, Sayuri Sawamura spoke first.

"Eri, are you having a good day today?"

Eriri pouted and puffed up her lips, followed by a tsundere and arrogant accusation.

"I'm not happy. You saw it, Mom. Bai Ye threatened and used me."

"He kept teasing me, making fun of me, and deliberately not helping me."

"Let this kind of guy fend for himself."

Sayuri Sawamura never took off the fan, and her expression didn't change at all, except that her eyes darkened slightly.

"Xiao Jun, you saw it. Ying Lili said she was unhappy."

"Yes, auntie..."

Bai Ye's smile froze.

Sayuri Sawamura's words can be interpreted simply or in a more complex way.

Bai Ye tends to think in a complicated way, because thinking more can always reduce the number of mistakes.

He turned his head to look at Eriri in his arms. The latter still had a pout in her mouth, and a hint of strangeness flashed in her blue eyes, the same as Bai Ye's.

It seems like something is wrong...

"Since Xiao-jun knows, I have nothing more to say." Sayuri Sawamura put away her fan, revealing a face even more shameless than Kato Megumi. "I'll leave Eriri to you. It's dinner time now, so I won't bother you anymore."

As the word "Goodbye" reached their ears, the screen suddenly went black, and by the time everyone reacted, the video dialog box had disappeared.

“Huh?!”

Ying Lili was the first to react, her confusion was beyond words. She suddenly sat up from Bai Ye's arms, looked at the screen in disbelief, and then looked back at everyone.

"Did the chat software...crash?"

The tone of her voice made it clear that even she didn't believe it.

"There is no crash or lag, that's all I can tell you." Shiyu replied.

“Hey hey hey——!”

Ying Lili was stunned and felt that things were different from what she had imagined.

When she opened the video call, she understood that Bai Ye had something to ask her mother.

Those arrogant and complaining words were half-joking. She thought her mother would see through her thoughts and just laugh it off as she did in the past. Who would have thought that her mother would actually hang up the phone.

She panicked.

"What, what's going on...Bai Ye..."

The atmosphere fell into silence for a few seconds.

Bai Ye looked left at Shiyu, then looked at Xiaohui, and received a shrug and a tilt of the head respectively.

"Shiyu, it's fine if you just shrugged, but you also made a face."

"It's obviously fitting for the occasion~"

Eriri turned to look at them again, feeling uneasy. Her twin ponytails were tucked up, and she no longer had the arrogance she just had. Her subtle expression seemed to express that she was a little puppy who had done something wrong.

"Hey... am I..."

Shiyu immediately dispelled her concerns.

Now is not the time to tease her, now is the time to explore Aunt Sawamura's actions.

"Auntie is just using you, Eriri-san, to get off the stage. Relax and continue being tsundere. It's okay. You can't even hide your true feelings from Xiaobai-kun, so how can you expect to hide them from your family who you spend every day with?"

Ying Lili thought that what the other party said made sense, but this still could not solve the confusion in her heart.

At this time, Kato Megumi picked up an apple from the untouched fruit bowl and handed it to her.

"Oh, thank you." Ying Lili chewed the food with a crunch, and her mood improved a little.

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"It seems that Auntie guessed that we wanted to ask her for help, so she politely declined in this way before we even asked."

"Why?" Ying Lili picked up a few more pieces of apple and shared them with the others. "Didn't Mom tell him that if he needs help, he can just ask. Why won't she agree now?"

Shiyu also chewed the apple: "This is your mother, shouldn't you know better than us?"

"How would I know? My mom manages the family business. I don't understand her management strategy. Maybe helping this guy will hurt the family business?"

"Maybe it's not as complicated as you think." Bai Ye took a bite of half an apple and handed the remaining half to her mouth.

Eriri looked back and ate the apple in her mouth.

"So, Bai Ye, you know a lot?"

"At least when it comes to business, I understand it better than you. My aunt's family is big and powerful, so why would she care about the impact of my little trick?"

Bunny girl incident, summer festival, publicity...

With so many factors coming together, it is not an exaggeration for Sayuri Sawamura to guess what Bai Ye is thinking.

The reason why Bai Ye needs Sayuri Sawamura's help is not just to act as a middleman, but more importantly, it's about funding.

He smiled.

"Are you asking me to eat myself?"

Reward progress report: 69 (4726/10000), 2 updates are owed, this is a normal update.

Thanks to [Dian Niang I Hate You] for the 3 spicy strips.

I have to get up early tomorrow morning to do the nucleic acid test, and it seems that I am getting nervous too.

Chapter 530 Is money everything?

Eat yourself.

Desire drives Bai Ye to explore Sayuri Sawamura's thoughts, but reason tells him not to do so.

Although Sayuri Sawamura's refusal was tactful enough and left enough face for Bai Ye and the others, Bai Ye still couldn't help but purse his lips, and Eriri looked even more embarrassed.

If you insist on viewing all this as a test...

Bai Ye scratched his forehead, and his distressed expression was replaced by relief. He patted the shoulder of Eriri in his arms, and his tone returned to his usual half-joking tone.

"Okay, okay, I understand everyone's desire to explore this, but dinner is more important right now. Xiaohui, could you please take care of the ingredients? Eriri, please help too. Let's have dinner early and we can discuss this later."

"I see."

Kato Megumi stood up and patted her apron, followed closely by Eriri.

"Then I'll help peel it."

If you have something to do, you won't have any random thoughts.

When people first encounter setbacks or difficulties, they will inevitably have incomplete thinking due to emotional fluctuations. At this time, divert your attention, eat your favorite food, or simply take a nap. Take the opportunity to clear away the cumbersome, heavy and useless thoughts, and you may suddenly see the light.

Bai Ye considers himself to be a person who is good at thinking. Although he cannot "examine himself three times a day", he still has the ability to reflect and realize that he has problems.

He felt a slight warmth in his upper abdomen and realized it was the effect of adrenaline.

He is tired.

I had a crazy night with Kato Megumi last night and slept less than 4 hours. Then I drove home and played crazy with Eriri in the afternoon. I was almost exhausted, and the only thing left was my consciousness, which remained at a minimum level of wakefulness due to the stimulation of adrenaline.

As we all know, adrenaline strengthens instincts and weakens rationality. Continuing to force yourself to think will only lead to a vicious cycle.

"Shiyu, I want to take a nap. Wake me up when it's time for dinner..."

"Don't worry~" The black-haired girl tapped the keyboard lightly, "I'll go help them after I finish my work."

Bai Ye's snoring gradually calmed down. Shi Yu finished her tasks for today, gently closed her notebook, and went to the kitchen to take down the last apron she often used from the hook.

"What's for dinner tonight?"

"Meat." Kato Megumi lowered the thinly coated meat slices into the oil pan. After a crackling sound, the aroma of oil and meat filled the air. "I heard from Bai Yejun that this dish is called sweet and sour pork in China. I often make fried meatballs, and I feel that the two dishes have similarities... This is my first time making it, so be careful not to burn it."

Kato Megumi talks a lot when she cooks, but Shiyu can't get a word in, which is the opposite of their daily interactions.

"After frying, you need to pour the sweet and sour sauce on it and stir-fry it in the pan, but I plan to skip this step because everyone's taste is different. So I'll leave the sauce to Sawamura-san, and you can help her."

"no problem."

Shiyu rolled up her sleeves and came to Eriri's side.

There are many bottles beside Ying Lili, including orange juice, white vinegar, rock sugar... There is a small copper pot on the gas stove, and she is measuring the ingredients, apparently preparing to make sweet and sour juice.

"What flavor do you want, Kasumigaoka?"

"Just like usual, salty is fine. Xiaobai-kun likes it salty and fresh."

Eriri turned to look at her and picked up the other bottles.

Shiyu leaned against the stove, her eyes filled with interest.

"Hey, Eriri-san, you haven't been talking much today. Don't you want to argue your case?"

"I know Bai Ye's taste even without him telling me."

Eriri's taste is sweet, while Kato Megumi's taste is light. If Hyodo Michi stays, spicy seasoning should be prepared.

It is difficult to satisfy everyone, so the solution they came up with was to prepare dipping sauces of different flavors when cooking fried dishes.

Although this sweet and sour pork dish does not meet people's "authentic" requirements, it is good enough to be suitable for this little world.

Eriri is very familiar with preparing dipping sauces. Before Kato Megumi brings the dishes out of the kitchen, four dipping sauces are neatly arranged on the stove. In addition, there are all-purpose dipping sauces such as ginger, onion, garlic, etc.

After completing the task, she tiptoed back a few steps, retreating behind the two of them. Her hands behind her back were intertwined with each other's fingers, and the veins were faintly blue.

Shiyu was using chopsticks to dip the sauce and taste it when she suddenly heard her say:

"Hey, I'm talking about Kasumigaoka..."

After waiting for a few seconds without any response, Shiyu put down her chopsticks and did not look back.

"If you want to discuss what happened with Aunt Sawamura just now, I have nothing to say for now."

"Hey—" Ying Lili's tone was a little dissatisfied, she had finally mustered up the courage.

Shiyu turned around, her eyes showing no regard for her protest.

"I'm not going to be a girlfriend who doesn't listen to her boyfriend. What about you?"

Ying Lili glanced sideways and secretly hid her slightly blushing face.

This Kasumi Hill...

Doesn't this sound like everyone here is Bai Ye's girlfriend?

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Dinner has been served and the girls are enjoying a break from their busy schedule.