Anime Heart

Girls in Japan like to wear short skirts, and the spring nights are still a bit chilly, which is why Arima Kento was so worried.

Kaori Miyazono's eyes gleamed with an inexplicable light as she looked at Arima Kenjiro as if she had made up her mind, and said, "Come to my house at eight o'clock tomorrow morning! I will tell you everything you want to know."

Since he had nothing planned for tomorrow, Ma Xiandong nodded in agreement.

After making the appointment, Kaori Miyazono smiled and waved, while Arima Kento disappeared at the end of the road.

Chapter Thirty-Three: Eating Chicken

Back home, unusually, the two brothers didn't sit together to chat; instead, they both went back to their respective rooms.

Arima Kousei's mind was filled with the sound and image of Miyazono Kaori playing the violin on stage today, and he couldn't shake it off no matter what, as if it were growing in his brain.

That kind of performance style is really captivating and infectious. Even if the score is low, the performer must be very happy!

Isn't music created to bring joy to people? For a moment, Arima Kousei even questioned the musical path he had adhered to under his mother's guidance.

But this doubt didn't last long. Kousei Arima remembered what Tsubaki had said earlier that day: "Kousei, now you see! They have feelings for each other. As a friend and family member, you should give them your blessings."

"I know Xiao Xun is a good person, but isn't our friendship the most important thing?"

"Yes! Friendship is the most important thing. Besides, doesn't Kaori Miyazono also like Hito? So why am I still feeling so bad?"

In any case, Kaori Miyazono's appearance turned Arima Kousei's unchanging and depressed life upside down, and gave him the possibility of getting out of his predicament.

After returning to his room, Ma Xiandong began his routine of writing. Many readers were already following his book, and he didn't want to disappoint them.

He was not unaffected; he still vividly remembers what happened today.

Whether she's the girl next door, happily playing with children, or the one radiating youthful energy on stage in a white dress, she's always so captivating.

The girl who truly captured his heart, but why would she like his brother?

Arima Kento doesn't know.

However, things should be clear by tomorrow. She's a good girl; Ma Xiandong can tell that. She probably wouldn't lie to anyone.

Since I can resolve my doubts tomorrow, there's no need to dwell on it today. However, I must keep it a secret from my brother for now, since all of this is for his sake.

After finishing writing, he worried that he might forget to publish the chapter, so every night after writing, he would upload it to his drafts and set the chapters to be published the next day to be published automatically. This way, he wouldn't forget to publish the chapters and make his readers anxious.

He closed the webpage, opened his music player as usual, randomly selected a playlist and chose to shuffle, then opened his mobile game to begin his journey to climb the ranks.

As he entered the game, he couldn't help but think that using such an expensive computer only for typing, listening to music, and watching movies was a bit too extravagant.

Why not download a few great PC games? Even if you don't play them often, you can still test your computer's performance.

He did whatever came to mind, opened his browser, and after a quick search, he discovered that a new term, 'chicken dinner', had suddenly become popular.

The term has two origins. One is a movie, the plot of which he hasn't seen and is not clear about, but the protagonist's prayer in the movie is "Good luck, have chicken tonight".

Another example is a line from a strategy shooting game called "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds". In each game, 100 players are dropped onto an island, and when you win first place, a line will appear: "Winner winner, chicken dinner".

This piqued Arima Kenji's interest in the game, and after watching some highlights, he decided to buy it.

After purchasing and installing the game, Ma Xiandong tried it out, but as a complete newbie, it was too early to "win" in PUBG.

Not long after the game started, he was killed by someone lying in the grass. It was also because he liked to wander around and didn't know how to pick up equipment. He only had a dagger that he happened to have.

This is the playstyle of some experienced sneaky players, known as "Voldemorts," who lurk in the bushes, waiting for newbies to appear before killing them.

There's another way to play called 'Welcome Tank,' which is similar, but involves crouching in low bushes and not easily spotted without good binoculars.

However, neither of these two playstyles is very useful for skilled players, who know how to quickly find equipment and loot boxes, and have excellent marksmanship.

You might be able to fire the first shot, but if the opponent doesn't die, then you'll be the one who dies.

However, none of this has anything to do with Arima Kento now; he is currently staging a show called 'Watch My Many Different Ways of Dying'.

Jumping from a plane and opening the parachute too late results in death; opening the parachute too early results in being shot by someone who has already found the equipment; finding a motorcycle but speeding too fast leads to crashing into a wall and dying; and jumping off a building with low health results in death.

For Arima Kento, this was essentially a game of watching how he would die.

An hour and a half had passed without him realizing it, and he still hadn't eaten a single chicken.

He was killed by the 'Welcome Tank' and was about to start another game when he suddenly remembered that he had made an appointment to play games with 'LXADYZ' yesterday.

He then canceled the match and closed the game.

This game is great! Although I'm not very good at it right now, there's still room for improvement. It seems a bit boring to play alone, so I'll see if I can get some other people to join in.

The computer resumed its original function as a 'music player'. You Ma Xian Dong opened his phone. He had just logged into "Honor of Kings" and started downloading and playing "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", so the system prompted him that the connection had been disconnected due to the screen being locked for a long time.

After reconnecting, he discovered that his friend information showed 99 entries.

Upon opening it, I found it was a message from 'LXADYZ'. The other party had been waiting since 9 o'clock, but I hadn't logged on by 10 o'clock, so they were very worried and asked if something had happened.

Although it felt a bit strange, he knew the other person cared about him, so when he saw that 'LXADYZ' was still online, he went into the ranked match interface and added her to his team.

As soon as I joined the team, the other person started typing questions, expressing concern for me and asking if I had any problems.

After explaining the situation honestly, the other party finally understood and felt relieved. At this point, Ma Xiandong took the opportunity to recommend PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) to the other party, hoping that they could play the game together.

The other party is not short of money, so buying games shouldn't be a big deal for them.

However, upon hearing that the game also required voice chat, the other person said they hoped to reach Diamond rank in "Honor of Kings" before enabling voice chat.

Yu Ma Xian Dong thought the other party wanted him to help them in ranked matches, which was not difficult for him, so he agreed. However, he made a request that he could add each other's contact information.

It's quite rare to meet a compatible friend in a game, and Ma Xiandong even plans to become friends with the other person.

At least we can play games together.

Chapter Thirty-Four Breakfast

To be honest, Ako had a very happy Saturday.

Uncle, well, in her mind he's already at the level of 'dad'. And Mom played with her today too, so she's very happy.

If it weren't for the fact that she was thinking about playing duo queue with Lucian that night, she would have wanted to play all day.

As night was about to fall, Ako expressed her desire to go home, and Arima Shiki and Taneda Risa agreed, taking Ako home with them.

After dinner, Ayako said to Arima Shiki, "Thank you, Uncle. I'm very happy today!" After saying that, she gave Arima Shiki a gentle hug.

This made Arima Shiki extremely happy. His relationship with his stepdaughter had always been something he cared about, and now that their relationship had improved, how could he not be happy?

Looking at her husband, who was laughing like a child, Risa Taneda also smiled sweetly.

This home is her everything now, and she is naturally happy because her family is harmonious.

Yako returned to her room, opened the game, and instead of playing alone, she waited for Lucian to log in. She was afraid that while she was in the game, Lucian would come online and, seeing that she was already playing, would stop waiting for her to join the game.

Although he knew he was Lucien, he didn't know he was Yazi! This possibility is quite real.

And so, Ako stared at Arima Kento's profile picture until the agreed time of nine o'clock, but Lucian still hadn't come online!

Don't rush, wait a little longer, maybe he's just delaying the release.

At that moment, Lucian's avatar suddenly lit up, and Yako quickly entered the ranked duo queue interface, wanting to pull Lucian into her team.

Hey, why hasn't he agreed yet? Does he not want to hang out with me anymore? What's going on?!

Yako waited patiently for a while longer before realizing that Lucian had gone offline.

Oh no! Did I send him too many invitations and he got annoyed? How could this happen? I should have waited for him to invite me! Ugh! What a disaster it would be if Lucian stopped playing games with me!

God! I had just had a happy day, and now this global catastrophe has befallen me! Why did you have to do this to me?!

After wallowing in self-pity, Ako began sending messages to Arima Kento's game character, one after another, as if only in this way could she win back Lucien.

Finally, at 10:30, Lucian came online again.

It seems my prayers worked! Ako thought happily.

At this moment, Yako saw the apology message sent by the other party, who explained that he was a little fascinated by a game called "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" and that's why he was late logging in.

After being persuaded by this recommendation, Ayako became somewhat curious about the game that Lucian was so fascinated by.

However, when she realized that the game required voice communication, she quickly said, "Let's play this game together after we both reach Diamond rank!"

When Lucian proposed exchanging communication numbers, she was overjoyed, but she still didn't agree, saying the same thing: wait until after reaching Diamond rank!

Yako values ​​promises. She said she would look for Lucian after reaching the Diamond rank, meaning she would wait until she reached Diamond level before doing so.

Otherwise, there will be retribution.

Although Ayako wasn't afraid, she was worried that Lucian would be affected. However, with Lucian's and her own abilities, reaching Diamond rank should be quite easy!

Lucian is already Platinum II, and I'm already Platinum V. If I win another 25 games, I'll be Diamond!

Lucian very understandingly agreed, and then the two started playing games. They played a little longer today as an exception, as compensation for skipping him for an hour and a half.

With 'LXADYZ' winning five games in a row, Yuma Xiandong's rank has reached Platinum I, and 'LXADYZ' has reached Platinum IV. Looking at the time, it's almost midnight.

Arima Xiandong greeted the other party, said goodnight, and then logged out of the game.

Ako, with Lucien's "Goodnight" in hand and a very peaceful smile, washed up and went to bed. This left Risa Taneda, who was secretly observing her daughter, completely bewildered.

She was prepared to go in and force Ako to sleep if she didn't fall asleep by midnight, but Ako went to sleep before midnight just like yesterday.

It seems I need to update my information about my daughter, otherwise it might be bad if she runs into bad people.

After shutting down his computer, Arima Kento planned to go to the bathroom, wash up, and then go to bed. He had to get up early the next day; he had arranged to meet Miyazono Kaoru at eight o'clock, and he didn't want to be late.

Upon opening the door, Ma Xiandong found a glass of milk placed at his door.

I was touched. Even though the two of them were having a bit of a tiff, my brother still made me a glass of hot milk every night as usual.

It should have been delivered around 9:30. I remember there was a knock on the door around that time, but Ma Xiandong didn't notice.

At that time, he was engrossed in playing PUBG and didn't care about anything else.

Picking up the now-cold milk, Arima Kento drank it all without the slightest disgust.

Take the cup to the kitchen, wash it clean, and place it on the coffee table in the living room.

Arima Kento then went to the restroom.

After coming out, Arima Kento arrived at Arima Kousei's door. He hesitated for a while but did not knock on the door. Perhaps his brother was already asleep.

He wanted to tell his brother about going out tomorrow, but he was afraid of bothering or upsetting his brother, so he decided not to say anything.

I turned off the lights and went to sleep; nothing happened that night.