After their confessions were rejected, they regretted it for the rest of their lives.

Xia Weichan pressed his brow, feeling extremely agitated by the lingering memories that surfaced in his mind.

This is causing internal conflict...

If it follows the path of some melodramatic romance movies...

Here, you should light a cigarette and reminisce about the past.

And when something touches the softest part of your heart, you silently shed tears.

But this is just a waste of time.

Xia Weichan doesn't smoke, nor does he like to waste his energy internally; he doesn't like unnecessary emotions affecting him.

Now his mind is filled with only two words.

--nerve.

When people are extremely agitated, they will feel angry.

Just like the cicada in summer now, it is anger that arises from an extremely unfair feeling.

What does Tsuruo Kurimaki take reality for?

Would the world stop turning if there were no people?

Xia Weichan's logic remained consistent throughout: he wanted to live a good life...

To live a high-quality life.

The ideas expressed by Kurimaki Tsuruo are clearly those of the type of person that Natsumi Michan dislikes the most.

He values ​​his life and also has a bit of a fondness for money.

This is challenging his values ​​and logic; how can someone not value their own life?

Just because he died?

So you want to die with us?

Last time, I painstakingly cultivated "Kurimaki Tsuruo" into this idol to such an extent that her assets and reputation are more than enough for her to live a life of ease.

and then?

The life Xia Weichan wanted most, this guy just says he doesn't want it?

So what was the point of all those years of replaying the game and working so hard to develop this broken system?

Xia Weichan opened the window wide and cursed a national treasure at the outside of the company.

Then, with a flick of his arm, he slammed the open window shut, so hard that even the glass trembled.

"Ring ring—"

Just then, Xia Weichan's phone rang. He exhaled and answered the call.

"Hey, boss, Tsuru is back."

"No need to emphasize it to me! It was me who called her."

Xia Weichan's voice startled Le Yi on the other end of the phone. In her memory, both bosses spoke in gentle voices, especially the second-generation boss.

But today it seems... the new boss isn't in a good mood.

"Uh, boss... what's wrong?"

"It's alright, don't rush to work over there. I'll look for Tsuruo Kurimaki later."

.........

Sometimes, it's only when someone completely disappears that the remaining people realize their importance.

Whether someone is a fleeting passerby or a pillar of support, only becomes clear some time after their loss.

After saying those words to Xia Weichan, Kurimaki Tsuruo felt much better than before.

Perhaps because the other person was the closest to Xia Weiyu,

That's why the girl said those things to him; it was like a performance to fill the emptiness in her heart.

Or perhaps, because Xia Weichan understands Xia Weiyu better, Kurijuku Tsuruo can make up for it in this way, telling the man who is his younger brother, "I care about him more than you do."

But whatever the motive, looking back, it all seems ridiculous to Tsuruo Kurimaki.

I'm ridiculous.

Summer was not yet over…

It became her memory.

But the girl didn't have the ability to face the rest of her life without him.

"Miss Kurimaki".

A staff member's call pulled Tsuruo Kurimaki back from her chaotic thoughts.

Looking at the crumpled lyrics in her hands, she still had her own things to do…

"I…"

"Wait a minute, stop for a second, I need to find Tsuruo Kurimaki."

The sound of the door being pushed open rang out almost simultaneously, and the next moment, before anyone could react,

Without any warning, Xia Weichan, who interrupted everything, grabbed Kurimaki Tsuruo's arm and prepared to pull her out.

By the time the girl realized what was happening, she had already been dragged along for some distance.

"Let go of me..."

"Last time when I accompanied Zhou Juzi to training, didn't you also try to pull me out by pushing open the door like this?"

Xia Weichan looked at the furious Kurimaki Tsuruo in front of her and used her other hand to grab the girl's hand that was about to slap his arm.

Amidst the bewildered gazes of many in the rehearsal area,

Xia Weichan pulled the struggling Kurimaki Tsuruo away as if she were carrying a kitten.

.........

"Let go!"

Xia Weichan held onto the arm that Kurimaki Tsuru had scratched, pressing it against the wound; the sensation was very painful.

A girl who is already in a state of sub-health has little strength to break free.

Then she met Xia Weichan's somewhat impatient gaze. Kurimaki Tsuruo had never been treated like this by this face before.

In an instant, the disgust in his eyes was replaced by blankness.

Xia Weichan pulled the struggling girl to a corner.

"Okay, I need to talk to you."

"What do you want to do?"

"That's a question I should be asking you."

Xia Weichan squinted at the repulsive look in Kurijuu Tsuruo's eyes, and repeated it in a girlish tone:

"What do you want to do?"

"I've made myself perfectly clear to you..."

Now, facing that familiar face with an indifference that had never been shown to her before, Kurimaki Tsuruo's tone softened noticeably.

Xia Weichan was amused by this rice cake-like attribute and retorted:

"Oh, I'm Xia Weiyu's younger brother. I try my best not to show negative emotions to others. What's your stance? What's your relationship with me that makes you treat me this way?"

What do you think?

"Xia Weiyu" has completely cooled down, and now you're telling me you can't live without him.

"Back then, my brother confessed to you, and you rejected him. When I found out, I felt you didn't like him at all. And now you're telling me all this? Where were you all this time?"

"I…"

A series of rhetorical questions,

The question left Kurisu Tsuru speechless, and she even had the illusion that Xia Weiyu was blaming her.

The girl staggered back a few steps.

In a panic, she tightly gripped her still aching arm with one hand, not daring to look at Xia Weichan, pursing her lips and avoiding eye contact.

The words that Kurimaki Tsuruo had just said in the office also brought up Natsumi Chan's complaints about the "GG ending" in the first three playthroughs.

How come he didn't notice last time that this guy, like rice cake, gets softer and softer the more he was tortured?

Last week's story involved a failed confession and the girl's subsequent self-destructive behavior.

All of this has greatly angered Xia Weichan.

"Come on, speak up. I'm asking you, do you have any legitimate reason for committing suicide for love?"

"..."

Every word was like a thorn, piercing precisely into Kurimaki Tsuruo's heart, even making her feel a little breathless.

"I'm telling you, you're living a stable life now, with wealth and status, all of which Xia Weiyu gave you. And you're just going to say you don't want it anymore?"

Xia Weichan remembered that he had been saying these kinds of things since the beginning of this cycle, and it had even affected his own mood.

"You mean you think what Xia Weiyu did was worthless? You can just throw it away whenever you want?"

"I…"

Kurimaki Tsuruo lowered her head, biting her lower lip until it turned white, and stammered a reply, her voice barely audible.

Her original aura was like thin ice, easily shattered; now, what's revealed is the inferiority complex beneath the sharp edges.

"Not good enough for..."

"..."

Upon hearing these words, Xia Weichan looked up and covered his face with his hands, a sign of his utter speechlessness.

It's always like this.

"So all he did for you over the past six months is worth just this one sentence?"