After Transmigrating to Become Lady Skylark - Chapter 22

Chapter 22

After delivering the documents, Kusakabe suddenly remembered he had left his phone in Hibari’s office. He turned back, knocked on the door, and, hearing a response from inside, he pressed the doorknob down and said politely.

” Kyoya Hibari, I—”

Mid-sentence, he saw his phone propped up on the corner of the desk, facing Hibird who was bouncing on the table. A particularly weak explanation came from the phone:

“So, is there a possibility that we just have separate family rankings when it comes to Hibird…”

“Madam?”

Tetsuya Kusakabe took two steps closer and instinctively greeted the person speaking.

The very next second, the video call was abruptly cut off.

“?”

He stared blankly at the man sitting behind the desk. The man seemed to be in a good mood. He looked up at him, the slight curve of his lips still present. “Tetsuya, you can take your phone now.”

Tetsuya Kusakabe instinctively said “Yes” and picked up his phone. As he left the room, he wondered in his mind, Did Mr. Kyoya just use his phone to make a video call to the madam? Why not use his own phone? Is this some new kind of couple’s game?

Chiyoda Apartment.

Jin Chaoyan tucked her knees to her chest and buried her head, playing the role of a turtle for a long time to recover from the embarrassing situation. After that, she had the energy to inspect the shiny rhinestones that had fallen off her phone case from the fall. After picking a few up from the floor, her heart started to bleed again.

“Big sister!”

Kazuko’s voice came from the doorway. She was pulling on the door frame, her wrist wrapped in a neat, thin bandage, but she looked very energetic. “I just saw your bags. Wow, you actually collected all the colors of a limited edition!—Huh, why is your face so red? Are you allergic to unboxing?”

She walked into the room curiously, wanting to get closer and check on Jin Chaoyan’s condition.

The person sitting on the carpet touched her cheek with the back of her hand and shook her head. “No, I’m not. You continue.”

“Oh,” Kazuko Kin obediently returned to the topic. “Your bags are so cute. Can I borrow them to take to school? I’ll take good care of them and promise not to let them get a single scratch!”

She had even planned out the matching hair accessories and watch colors for these bags, promising a different look every day of the week!

“Hmm? But you’re still a student. Can you take these valuable accessories to school?”

Kazuko Kin looked at her with an “of course” expression. “I go to an elite school.”

“Then do as you please.”

“That’s great! Then I’ll take the blue one to the Host Club tomorrow. I must win Prince Tamaki’s heart!” Kazuko Kin had a look of great yearning on her face.

“…Wait a minute, Host Club?” Chaoyan wondered if she had been with Kyoya for too long and had been infected with something, causing her first reaction upon hearing the name of such a disreputable club to be, Doesn’t that violate the disciplinary rules?

She shook her head hard, trying to pour the water out of it.

Kazuko Kin nodded, looking very proud. “Yes, our Ouran High School Host Club is the most famous club in an elite school! Especially the young master who started it, Tamaki Suoh. I don’t know how many girls from other schools sneak into our campus every day just to get a glimpse of his glorious face!”

Ouran, High School, Host.

Chaoyan finally managed to connect these keywords. After a moment, she let out a dry laugh. “Alright, then.”

I can be the wife of Kyoya Hibari from ‘Katekyo Hitman Reborn,’ so is it really that strange to have a sister in the plot of ‘Ouran High School Host Club’?

With Kazuko’s Host Club story as a distraction, Chaoyan completely forgot about the earlier incident. She finished unboxing half the packages and came out to see a table set with exquisitely crafted sushi.

“I heard that ‘Take-sushi’ opened a branch in Tokyo. Didn’t you stay in Namimori, big sister? Do you want to try if the taste of the branch is the same as the original?”

Since coming to her house, Kazuko Kin was like a fish in the ocean, swimming freely and acting as if everything was new and exciting, making Chaoyan feel as if she had acquired a large, energetic dog.

She didn’t really like sushi, but she couldn’t resist her sister’s enthusiasm. She sat down at the dining table with her phone and, while there, checked today’s app store.

Abilities – Cero (Uses: 0/1)

Items – Greed Island BOOK

Huh?

She clicked on Cero—

Bad Luck Edition: 5,000,000 yen

Description: The Eighth Espada’s heartfelt guarantee. The pinker the Cero, the more ruthless the attack. Understand?

Good Luck Edition: 10,000,000 yen

She hadn’t had time to read the description when Chinatsu gently reminded her to eat her meal properly to avoid indigestion. So, Chaoyan thought about the balance on her card and decided not to look. She added both the Cero and the Greed Island BOOK to her cart and checked out.

“Wow? This sushi is actually pretty good.”

Chaoyan, who had casually picked up a piece of caviar sushi with her chopsticks, was attracted by the texture of the slightly seared caviar. Her attention was now completely on the dining table. After trying several kinds of cooked sushi, she told Chinatsu, “Next time, let’s go directly to the restaurant. The fresh-made sushi there will definitely taste even better.”

Kazuko, who was burying her face in her food, raised her hand. “Take me with you!”

The words “Namimori Dessert Sharing Group” were constantly popping up on her phone.

After dinner, Jin Chaoyan, who was studying the BOOK ability, saw the pictures that were sent one by one in the group chat. She ignored the empty, floating book and sat on the sofa in her bedroom’s leisure area, opening the photos Kyoko had sent.

Kyoko: [Image][Image] “I found them. Chaoyan, you’ve really changed so much from how you used to be in middle school.”

Haru: “Wow! Chaoyan used to have such a delicate and pitiful aura. But why is everyone else wearing the Namimori summer uniform, and you’re the only one in the winter one? I remember the scary Disciplinary Committee Chairman from your school was super strict about appearances!”

In the photo, the girl standing in the corner of the class picture was wearing a thick winter uniform. She had a very straight, heavy fringe and wasn’t looking at the camera. If Tsunayoshi Sawada in the middle looked shy and uncomfortable, she looked… terrified.

Chaoyan tried to zoom in on the picture. On the edge of the original owner’s neatly tied-up collar, she saw a wound on her neck.

—It looked similar to the one on Kazuko’s arm.

She began to look through her purchased list in a bad mood, wondering how much money she should spend on the original owner’s abusive father to make it worthwhile to take his life.

But no matter how she thought about it… wouldn’t spending a single cent on a scumbag be a loss?

Meanwhile, the other two sisters in the group chat were still talking about the topic.

Kyoko: “The main thing is that I couldn’t connect Chaoyan with how she looked in middle school before. But speaking of Hibari-senpai, I remember he knew about this, so Chao-yan was allowed to wear the winter uniform all year round at Namimori Middle School.”

Haru: “Huh? Really? That school-obsessed fanatic who even changed his birthday to be on the same day as the school’s anniversary would make an exception for someone’s appearance?”

Chaoyan was also shocked by the information Kyoko revealed.

So she couldn’t help but send a “?” in the group.

At the same time, the floating book next to her, which she hadn’t turned the pages of for a while, fell from mid-air and landed right on the original owner’s safe.

She looked at the safe, which couldn’t be opened with the original owner’s birthday. Then she looked at the messages in the group chat revealing the original owner’s strange connection with Kyoya in middle school. Her expression became conflicted for a few seconds. She then asked a question:

“Kyoko, the Namimori school anniversary… what day is that again?”

“It’s May 5th, the same day as the Dragon Boat Festival and Boys’ Day,” Kyoko replied quickly, thinking she had joined the nostalgic chat and not questioning her reason for asking.

Chaoyan stared at the safe, which was the only thing that might hold the original owner’s secret. After thinking for a long time, she tried to enter the password “0505”—

“Verification successful. Beep.”

The safe door popped open.

Inside was a stack of neat white A4 papers bound together as a document.

Chaoyan couldn’t control her curiosity. As if possessed, she reached out and took the only carefully preserved document from the safe, looking at the title on the cover:

Marriage Agreement

“…?”

She felt that her earlier extinguished curiosity about the reason for the original owner’s marriage to Kyoya was now rekindled.

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