Anime Heart

However, we'll have to wait until tomorrow to see how Ma Zhigui resolves the trouble his son caused. Maybe tomorrow will be a pleasant surprise!

On Saturday morning, Ayako got up early, washed up, ate breakfast, and went back to her room. Arima Shiki thought Ayako had changed her clothes specifically for going out today, but he didn't expect to wait for an hour.

Unable to wait any longer, Risa Taneda pushed open Ako's door, only to find Ako frantically tapping on her phone.

Seeing that it was a mobile game, Risa Taneda didn't pay much attention. Getting Ako to quit gaming wasn't something that could be done overnight, and switching from PC games to mobile games was a good change.

"Ayako, didn't we say we'd go to the amusement park together today? Why are you staying in your room playing games?" Risa Taneda tried to soften her tone as much as possible so as not to sound too angry.

"No, I want to rank up, you two go ahead!" Yako said without turning her head, continuing to control her game character.

"But didn't you already make an appointment with your uncle? A person can't break their promise. You agreed yesterday, how can you go back on your word today? Your uncle has been so good to you, is it really right for you to do this? Think it over carefully. I'll give you five minutes. If you don't come out in five minutes, you'll have to bear the consequences."

Persuasion and threats combined, and if that didn't work, she would resort to violence. Risa Taneda was already very skilled at this method.

She stepped out of the room, frowning, recalling the information she had obtained through someone from the game company about the communication between Ayako and that 'Lucian'.

The other party clearly thought it was just a game, and Ayako was just a game friend. But Ayako didn't think so. She had become confused between reality and the game, and she actually believed that the player was her husband.

Risa Taneda had no good solution to this. She even considered having 'Lucian' meet with Ako and shatter Ako's illusions. But in the end, she gave up on the idea.

Investigating players' private conversations in games is not a good thing to begin with, and now you're involving the main character being investigated—what will they think?

Sigh, it's my own fault. If Ayako wasn't so lonely, why would she go looking for a 'husband' in a game?

If she and her deceased ex-husband had spent more time with her, she wouldn't be in this state now.

Zhigui is right, we have to take it slowly.

Risa Taneda was thinking outside the door when Shiki Arima came over to ask about her condition. After learning about the situation, Shiki Arima didn't have any good solutions and could only wait for Ako to figure it out herself.

When Risa Taneda left the room, the game had just ended. Ako thought for a moment, then turned off the game, wondering if she should also try letting her family into her world.

All the characters in the game have parents, but I only have Lucian.

Ugh! Never mind, time to change!

Five minutes later, Ayako changed into her favorite pleated dress, wore the white leather boots her mother had bought her, tied her hair up, and walked out of her room.

"Yoshi, everyone's here! Let's go!" Arima Shiki waved happily when he saw Ako come out, and Taneda Risa did the same. She was very pleased that Ako had taken the initiative to come out.

On the other side, because it was Saturday, Arima Kento rarely slept in. It was almost 10 o'clock when Arima Kousei came to wake him for the third time before he finally got up.

If Kosei Arima hadn't come in carrying a kitchen knife, he probably would have stayed a few more minutes!

While eating bread and bacon, Arima Kento said softly, "It's just sleeping in once, is it really necessary to take a knife? That's so dangerous! Besides, wasn't the agreed time two o'clock? What's the rush!"

"Staying in bed is unhealthy, so don't even think about it! Next time I see you doing this, my knife won't be in my hand, it'll be moving around inside you."

Arima Kousei said expressionlessly, his gaze drifting towards the space between Arima Kento's legs.

Arima Xiandong couldn't help but shudder. His older brother actually had the potential to turn to the dark side! That was terrifying.

After dinner, Ma Xiandong volunteered to wash the dishes, hoping to calm his older brother down.

This is also a habit between the two brothers: one cooks, and the other washes the dishes.

After washing the dishes, Ma Xiandong returned to his room and, unusually, wrote a short novel during the day. Although "A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality" was not yet signed, its quality meant that people were adding it to their favorites and voting for it every day, and the book review section was very lively.

As of now, five days after the haircut, he has already gained 1000 favorites (I feel like crying for no reason while writing this lol). Many people are also encouraging him to keep writing, and they will come to support him every day.

This was a scene that only appeared after Ma Xiandong became a minor god in his previous life. In this world, the first book has already caused this situation. It really shows that the quality of the book determines everything!

After writing for an hour, Ma Xiandong shut down his computer. It was already midnight. He was a little sleepy because of overusing his eyes, so he decided to close his eyes and rest for a while while there was still time.

When he woke up again, he was shaken awake by Arima Kousei.

"It's already 1:30, Xiandong, hurry up and get up! Otherwise you'll be late, Xiaochun is still waiting in the living room!"

"Hmm, it's already this time? Okay, I'll get up right away." Having already promised, Arima Sento didn't intend to break his promise.

There are still 30 minutes left. My home is not far from Shishenjing Park, so I still have enough time.

After getting ready, the three of them kept walking, despite Xiaochun's complaints, and finally arrived at the entrance of Ishigami Park at two o'clock.

From afar, the sound of a harmonica could be heard. The person playing it must be quite skilled at the instrument. Ma Xiandong thought it sounded very good.

However, I didn't see the girl I was supposed to meet. She must be in the park!

On the way into the park, Ma Xiandong noticed two shoes and a girl's pantyhose hanging on a tree.

Although Ma Xiandong discovered it, Zebu Chun blushed and shouted to put those things away so that the two brothers wouldn't see them.

At that moment, they finally saw a girl named Kaori Miyazono.

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Kaori Miyazono

The lawns in Shishin-i Park are widely distributed, almost everywhere in the park, and each lawn is quite large, enough for a dozen or so people to stand on.

This is because Ishigami Park is a free park open to the public, and people in Japan will specifically look for a park or other quiet place to eat their bento boxes.

Ishigami Park is most crowded at noon. Sitting on the lawn, watching the cherry blossoms fall, and eating a bento box made by someone important to you, isn't that wonderful?

When Arima Kento saw Miyazono Kaori, she was on a lawn. The girl with a single golden ponytail was standing on a children's playhouse, holding a harmonica in her hand, her mouth and fingers moving constantly as she played a beautiful melody on the harmonica.

Accompanied by music, white doves flew freely around, and pink cherry blossom petals danced in the wind.

For a moment, Arima Kento was also stunned.

This scene is so beautiful.

As the music ended and the birds dispersed, the girl's song stopped, and the pigeons around her flew away into the distance. Contrary to expectations, none of the pigeons landed or approached humans.

The girl seemed to notice their arrival, and tilted her head slightly to look at them.

Upon seeing the three people, or rather, upon seeing Arima Kousei, a tear rolled down the corner of the girl's eye, hitting the ground and splashing up a speck of dust.

"Sorry, I blew too hard." This was the girl's explanation for her tears. She reached out to wipe away her tears, and her touching expression moved even Arima Kento.

At this moment, Ma Xiandong noticed that the girl was barefoot, with fair skin and delicate feet. If someone had a foot fetish, they would definitely be unable to resist rushing over.

This is a girl with a story, and Arima Sento could tell from the first moment they met.

Moreover, the girl's story is probably inextricably linked to her slow-witted older brother.

Upon seeing the three arrive, the girl did not immediately come down to greet them, but instead made a gesture to wait a moment.

"Big sister, no pigeons landed! You're lying!"

A clear child's voice rang out. Just now, Yu Ma Xian Dong was too focused on the blonde girl with a single ponytail, so he didn't notice that there were three children standing in front of the children's playhouse.

They were all around eight or nine years old, the cutest age ever.

“It must be because it’s not a trumpet!” one of the three children analyzed, but another girl countered, “That’s called a trumpet.” “After all, the older sister is using a harmonica!”

"Relax, listen to me, music knows no borders, races, or environments, everyone should give it a try!" As she spoke, the girl raised her fist in a gesture of encouragement.

The three adorable children seemed touched by the girl's words. They looked at her in surprise, their mouths agape, and simultaneously took out their respective musical instruments, exclaiming, "Great!"

A flute, a castanets, a harmonica, and a melodica—the four instruments together create a harmonious ensemble.

It was still the same song about pigeons, but Arima Sento didn't know its exact name; he wasn't very familiar with these things.

But seeing the children join in, he couldn't help but worry; after all, there were only three children. He was already prepared to hear a somewhat chaotic ensemble.

However, the ensemble continued in an exceptionally harmonious, orderly, and infectious manner. The three children were surprisingly quite skilled, and compared to them, Arima Sento felt as if he had wasted two childhoods in two lifetimes.

Although they are still not as good as their current older brother, Arima Kousei, they are already much better than normal people.

After the song ended, pigeons actually landed around the girl and the children; the pigeons seemed to be infected by their joy!

Only then did the girl jump down from the children's playhouse and say to the three children, "Alright, you guys go play! I have things to do, let's play together another day!"

"Oh." Although somewhat reluctant, the three children were still very sensible.

After the children had walked away, the girl came over and apologized: "Sorry to keep you waiting. How was my playing?"

As she spoke, the girl looked at the three men, hoping to get their evaluation. To be precise, she wanted to get Arima Kousei's evaluation.

At this moment, Arima Kento noticed that from the very beginning, Arima Kousei had been staring intently at the girl, and the girl did not seem to find his gaze repulsive; on the contrary, she was looking back at him.

"It sounds beautiful, you played it...you played it wonderfully." Realizing the girl was looking at him, Arima Kousei panicked a little.

This scene successfully made the girl laugh.

At this moment, it was as if Arima Kousei and the girl were the only couple, while Arima Kento and Sawabe Tsubaki were outsiders who could only watch them quietly.

Fortunately, the girl suddenly realized her purpose for today and quickly came up to Arima Kenjiro, saying, "Nice to meet you! Hello, my name is Miyazono Kaori!"

Despite feeling somewhat uncomfortable, Arima Kento still politely replied, "Hello, I am Arima Kento."

The girl reached out to shake hands with Arima Kenji, who did not refuse, but his attitude suddenly became somewhat cold.

If we replace this with a blind date scenario, it means the woman didn't like the man, but instead liked the person who accompanied him.

However, out of politeness or for other reasons, the woman tried her best to restrain herself and forced herself to talk to the man.

At 2:40, the 'performance' that just took ten minutes had moved Arima Kento, who originally wanted to reject her outright. However, when he realized that the other party actually liked his silly older brother, he decided to back out.

Kaori Miyazono said she had other things to do at 3 o'clock, so she had 20 minutes of free time.

Upon hearing this, Tsubaki Sawabe pulled Kousei Arima aside, leaving space for Arima Kento and Kaori Miyazono.

Arima Kousei was somewhat conflicted. When he saw Miyazono Kaori, the theory of love that Sawabe Tsubaki had told him earlier came to mind.

“Miwa told me, ‘The moment I met him, my life changed. Everything I saw, heard, and felt, everything within my sight, began to become colorful. The whole world began to shine!’”

If he had a higher emotional intelligence, he would have realized that he was in love. He had fallen in love at first sight with a girl named 'Kaori Miyazono'.

Although he doesn't understand his current state, he is unwilling to leave Miyazono Kaori's side like this; she seems to have touched a chord deep within him.

Seeing Arima Kousei like this, Tsubaki Sawabe felt a little unhappy for some reason, but she still advised, "Miyazono Kaori likes your younger brother, Arima Kento, give up! You're just a friend A."

"But, it was only the first time Xian Dong had met her, and she just wanted to be in a relationship..." As he spoke, Kousei Arima suddenly lowered his voice.

Would any girl like me looking like this? Or rather, would she want to spend time with me?

It's definitely more fun being with my younger brother!

Chapter Twenty-Nine: 'Confronting' Kaori Miyazono

Seeing Kousei so downcast, Tsubaki Sawabe felt even worse. She quickly said, "Kousei, don't overthink it. In my opinion, you're no worse than anyone else! I've always believed that."

"But today is the day Xiaoxun and Xiandong are meeting, so it wouldn't be appropriate for us to go!"