Chapter 40: Frost and Warm Water

  Since the announcement of the engagement between the four of them, the entire hall fell silent, with everyone's reactions being different.

  The most shocked person is Irie Yūshi, the most helpless people are Katsuragi Tantan and Shizuka Ryōko, the angriest person is Katsuragi Tōru, and the calmest... are Katsuragi Ayafu and Irie Sōta. But who knows if there will be any complex emotions in each other's hearts?

  What was Irie thinking, Akagami didn't know, her heart had a complex thread, she never thought that this warm family would have such an event, setting up other people's marriages, but not necessarily enclosing happiness...

  "I promised..."

  Just as everyone was silent, these three low and mournful words suddenly rang out, striking several people like a thunderbolt.

  Everyone was shocked and looked at Akagi Hiroshi, did he agree?! Is he the kind of person who would compromise?!

  They couldn't believe that this was their son. How come he agreed so readily? It seemed like they hadn't even heard him utter a word of resistance! They wanted to breathe a sigh of relief because their precious child was safe, but they couldn't bring themselves to do so. Akagi and Shizuka felt guilty as parents because their son had agreed without putting up any resistance at all.

  Wow, son is so well-behaved this time!

  The aloof son's rare obedience was wasted just like this!

  "You..." Yu Jiang's teacher swallowed hard, could she refuse? But when he shot her a sharp and cold glance, the refusal was completely swallowed back down, humph! She didn't believe that Mu Linfeng would agree just because he had a good impression of her! Yet, it was precisely because she didn't believe it that she found it unbelievable, hey! What was he doing?!

  "Brother..." Yūshi was about to cry as she looked at Sōta Irie. She didn't want to get involved with a cold-blooded man! It's going to be the death of her! Even if he is a handsome guy... But she had always believed that icy handsome men were the hardest to deal with!

  Irie Sōta ruffled her hair, of course he understood his own sister, Kiriya Kaito didn't have feelings for Yūshi, and Yūshi couldn't possibly have feelings for him...

  "I think it's not bad to have a fiancée..." Irie Souta's gentle voice was as smooth as silk, and he didn't mind the icy gaze of Kamiki Kojirou at all, his eyes behind his glasses were calm and unruffled.

  Tanaka Tsubasa and Shizuka Ryoko, even Tanaka Ayako were taken aback. "Is Irie Souma trying to maintain a relationship with her as an unmarried couple?"

  "What I have decided, no one has the right to change!" The unusually cold voice of Akagi Kojiro was pressing on people's nerves, and from this moment on, the relationship between the four became subtle.

  The reason why Kaito answered was unknown to anyone but himself, and whether Ichijou Sousuke really wanted to help his sister escape, even if it meant sacrificing his own marriage, or if he genuinely had feelings for Kaito Akane, no one knew except for him.

  These two young men both wanted to maintain a pre-marital relationship with another girl, and when their eyes met, it seemed like neither of them would give in. One was cold and one was warm, one sharp and the other gentle, and as the ice fell into the warm water, it was unclear whether it would stir up ripples or be enveloped by the warmth, and at this moment, the atmosphere seemed to surge with turbulent emotions, with no one able to predict who would emerge victorious.

  Others didn't seem to mind, but Yui Irie was getting increasingly irritated by the suffocating atmosphere, her heart racing. Ugh, she's really afraid of this kind of big shot aura! But she really admires her own brother, who can actually clash with such a scary iceberg and not back down!

  "What I want to do, no one else has the right to change..." The gentle words of Ichijou Souta seemed to have opened up a gap in the already tense atmosphere, and the even more terrifying cold air seemed to rage even more fiercely. The icy blue eyes of Kiriya Kujo grew darker and deeper, as if they were swirling into a vortex.