"Because of my visit to Yuan Yue last time... I slandered him at Bell Tower, and later when I got lost, he helped me, so..."
Sakuragi Hitomi rubbed her head with some distress and said,
"Then you should just directly thank him, and not make it so complicated, nor involve me in this needless confrontation..."
"And you, Hitomi sister, why don't you just directly tell President Yan Huan that you like him? Can you do that?"
"I..."
Sakuragi Ryou pursed her lips, looked up at the stunned Sakuragi Hitomi, and then said quietly,
"While he was helping me, I wondered if it was for money or something else... Later, when I realized it was not, I felt even more ashamed...
"Hitomi sister, you understand, right? The more inferior you feel, the more you need to regain face on the outside, to cover up those fragile parts."
As she spoke, she looked down at her princess dress and said,
