Chapter 24: Sexy Board Chairman

For the sake of learning her good friend’s secret, Ruri Hosokawa was actually willing to set aside her young lady’s pride and bow sincerely to Quillan!

From this, it seemed that despite her tsundere tendencies, Ruri Hosokawa wasn’t completely worthless.

Quillan said: "It seems Madam Class President really does care about Himuro-san. Since you’ve begged me like this, I’d feel bad not telling you the truth, wouldn’t I? However, regarding Himuro-san’s secret, I actually don’t know much. I only know that Himuro-san didn’t come to school this morning because she was out looking for a place to rent."

"Looking for a place to live?"

Ruri Hosokawa covered her mouth, a worried expression appearing on her face. "Quillan, may I ask—did something happen with Haruka-chan’s family? Otherwise, why would she need to go out and find a rental?"

"That, I’m not sure about!"

Quillan smiled mysteriously. In truth, he knew exactly why Haruka Himuro needed to rent a place, but how could he possibly tell the incredibly curious Ruri Hosokawa?

Besides, what happened in Haruka Himuro’s family was a personal secret. Quillan knew it, but he had no right to make someone else’s secret public!

So after that smile, Quillan left Ruri Hosokawa with nothing but the sight of his back.

Ruri Hosokawa stared blankly as Quillan left the classroom. At that moment, the only thought in her mind was... she’d been played!

Yes, that detestable Quillan clearly knew Haruka-chan’s secret, yet he’d deliberately revealed only that tiny bit of information—he was obviously just stringing her along!

And on top of that, Ruri Hosokawa had even bowed to him for this! And all she got in return was that one sentence. What Quillan had said barely even counted as a secret, because as long as Haruka Himuro wasn’t in serious trouble, Ruri Hosokawa could just ask her once she got to school and find out everything.

Although Haruka Himuro wouldn’t reveal the secrets in her heart, something like renting a place outside couldn’t be hidden from Ruri Hosokawa. As good friends, Ruri Hosokawa used to walk home with Haruka Himuro all the time after school, and sometimes she would even visit her house when it was convenient.

So at this moment, Ruri Hosokawa’s hatred for Quillan only deepened. In her view, Quillan wasn’t just a pervert—he was also utterly despicable for using something like this to deceive her and make her bow to him!

"Quillan, you! Just you wait!"

Ruri Hosokawa clenched her small fists, her stunningly beautiful face filled with resentment, looking ready to explode!

Seeing Ruri Hosokawa like this, the other students quickly averted their eyes, afraid of becoming the target of the class president’s fury!

Miyuki Sakurai was holding her books too, but she was secretly giggling with her head down. And it wasn’t just her—other students in the class were also hiding their laughter. ℯℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

After all, it wasn’t every day you got to see the class president get put in her place like that!

After leaving the classroom, Quillan happened to run into Norika Harada, who was coming to teach. Quillan casually greeted her: "Hey, Miss Harada, what a coincidence—this is your class?"

Norika Harada nodded. Seeing that Quillan had arrived at school, she asked: "Have you gone to see the board chairman yet? When she came looking for you this morning, it seemed like she had something very important to discuss!"

"I’m heading there now!"

Quillan nodded and headed toward the administrative building.

What even Quillan didn’t notice was that today, Norika Harada’s demeanor around him had become much more natural.

This was something that never would have happened before yesterday. Back then, Norika Harada would have been gritting her teeth at the sight of Quillan at best!

Norika Harada hadn’t even noticed this subtle change in herself. She just felt her cheeks burning a little. The homeroom teacher, who was normally so proper and composed in front of her students, had actually blushed when coming to class today. This naturally struck many students as odd, and they began speculating whether Miss Harada had fallen in love!

Back to Quillan—the school board chairman wanted to see him, but he didn’t think too much of it. He figured it probably had something to do with his status as an international student and the fact that he was the only male at St. Sakura Girls’ High School. This was something that had been puzzling him for the past couple of days.

Just what kind of connections did Gavin have to get him—a male student from America—into a place like St. Sakura Girls’ High School?

With that question in mind, Quillan pushed open the door to the board chairman’s office, giving a symbolic knock on the door as he did so.

The office was very spacious, furnished with a coffee table and sofa—clearly the board chairman was someone with refined taste.

Behind the desk hung a massive piece of calligraphy artwork with many characters on it, but Quillan paid it no attention. His gaze had already been drawn to the person sitting at the desk.

The board chairman of a girls’ school—Quillan had previously assumed that even if the board chairman was a woman, she would probably be quite old, at least mature and seasoned, forty at minimum, right?

But... the beautiful woman sitting in the office now, with her straight black hair, bright, intelligent eyes, and stunningly beautiful face, made Quillan wonder if he was seeing things!

This... was clearly a more mature version of Ruri Hosokawa! She looked absolutely no older than twenty-five!

"Please, come in!"

The beauty spoke, and even her voice had a soft, melting quality to it.

Quillan glanced at the sign on the door that read "Board Chairman’s Office" to confirm he wasn’t in the wrong place, then walked up to the beautiful woman and chuckled: "Hello, Madam Chairman. I’m Quillan, an international student from America. Uh... you really are the board chairman, right? Not the class president in disguise playing a prank on me?"

The board chairman, who had been maintaining a serious expression, suddenly burst out laughing at Quillan’s words.

That stunningly beautiful face bloomed like a flower with that laugh!

"Quillan, it’s a pleasure to meet you for the first time!" The young and beautiful board chairman actually showed a playful expression as she looked at Quillan and said: "My name is Ruri Hosokawa..."

The board chairman stopped mid-sentence and looked at Quillan with a smile, but Quillan’s face began to twitch.

Ruri Hosokawa...

Ruri what?

Ruri Hosokawa?!

Quillan nearly fainted. Could the board chairman in front of him really be Ruri Hosokawa in disguise after all?