I have pure love with them

"I don't know much about Quan...his...things. If nothing's wrong, he's probably at home...or maybe he has other things to do. Do you have anything to ask him?"

For some reason, Aiyin suddenly became alert and gave a perfunctory answer in an unclear tone. Then she couldn't help but ask why Nagasaki Soushi suddenly talked about Izumi.

Facing Chihaya Aine's unclear answer, Nagasaki Shoyo didn't care. He placed the slender white fingertips of his hands in front of him and looked at Aine in front of him with hesitation, as if hesitating whether to say what he was thinking. This shy look set off alarm bells in Chihaya Aine's heart!

"In fact, I have something very important to ask Izumi-kun. If possible, I would like to meet him today... So... Aine, can you let me meet with Izumi-kun?"

The 'sincere' gaze and earnest tone made Chihaya Aine feel awkward all of a sudden.

If Nagasaki Soushi wasn't so serious, Chihaya Aine wouldn't mind agreeing to him, but looking at Nagasaki Soushi's expectant eyes in front of her, Aine felt conflicted.

"Shuangshi has Youquan's contact information, right? He doesn't need me..."

"Please! This is really important to me, I want to confirm it in person with Izumi-kun!"

The heavy atmosphere made the smile on Chihaya Aine's face look forced, especially when her eyes met Nagasaki Soushi's eyes. His gray-blue pupils were like black holes, which seemed to suck her in and made her dare not look directly at him.

"Shall I... ask him first?"

"please."

Looking at Aine who had agreed in front of him, Nagasaki Shoyo heaved a sigh of relief, his eyes staring deeply at Aine who had dialed Izumi's number.

Aiyin, who was asked to do something by Nagasaki Soushi, felt that Soushi in front of her seemed to be somewhat different from the calm young lady in her impression. However, she did not have much time to think about it, and the call she made to Izumi was connected——

"...Quan, where are you now?"

177. I can do anything!

"I'm in Tokyo, just got off the plane, what's going on?"

As soon as he saw Ijichi Hongxia entering the store, Quan was still thinking about how to talk to her when the cell phone in his pocket buzzed. He took it out and took a look, and found that it was from his sister. He stared at it for a while, then slowly left the store and came to the relatively quiet street.

"Huh? Don't say something you can't understand. Shuangshi wants to meet you now. Is that ok?"

Aine's lovely voice came from the phone, and Quan Gang's soul, which was polluted by the metallic noise in the store, was purified at once, and his slightly frowned brows relaxed.

"Soyo see me? Now?"

"Now."

Looking back at 'STARRY' standing on the street behind him, Izumi thought for a while and agreed.

"So, where shall we meet? Are you meeting in Shibuya?"

"Just came out of 'RiNG', where are you now?"

Chihaya Aine glanced at Nagasaki Soushi who was beside her. She pursed her lips slightly and was also a little curious about Izumi's current location. Judging from the voice she heard on the phone, he should not have returned home yet.

"Shimokitazawa."

Although he really wanted to answer Aine with "Hmmmm ahhh", Izumi felt that his sister would not understand the meaning of this sentence and would only think that her brother had methane in his brain.

"He is in Shimokitazawa now. Do you want him to come over?"

After learning the current location of her brother, Chihaya Aine looked at Nagasaki Shoyo.

"It is I who wants to see Quan Jun. It would be rude to ask Quan Jun to come over. I'd better go see him myself."

Facing Aine who asked him a question, Nagasaki Shoyo responded with a smile.

Afterwards, the two parties agreed on a meeting place, which was set at a coffee shop near Shimokitazawa Station, and Chihaya Aine hung up the phone.

"…It's about Toyokawa Shoko."

When he heard that the person who wanted to see him was Nagasaki Soyo, after a quick thought, Izumi guessed that the other party must have met Toyokawa Shoko and did not get the result she wanted, so she chose to come to see him.

"The woman who made Nagasaki Souyo so persistent, Toyokawa Shoko... is a terrible woman."

With a light chuckle, Quan put away his phone and headed towards the place he had agreed to meet with Nagasaki Souyo.

……

Since she was already in Shimokitazawa, it didn't take her long to get to the coffee shop. As for Chihaya Aine and Nagasaki Soyo, it was a while after Izumi ordered coffee that they entered the store and came to Izumi's table.

Nagasaki Soyo naturally sat opposite Izumi, and Aine, who came with Nagasaki Soyo, looked back and forth between the two seats for a while, and she sat down quietly beside Izumi.

Looking at Izumi sitting opposite him, Nagasaki Shoyo pursed his lips.

"Is it about Miss Toyokawa?"

Since Aine is also there, Nagasaki Shoyo is thinking about how to start the conversation, but she didn't expect that Izumi, who is sitting opposite her, would be the first to talk about this matter, and she is surprised that Izumi knows that it is related to Shoko.

"I... met with Xiangzi today, but she didn't agree."

Her slender, soft and white left hand couldn't help but clench. There was a sense of powerlessness in Nagasaki Shoyo's words. She had thought that Toyokawa Shoko would reject her, but she didn't expect the other party's reaction to be colder than she imagined.

"But she has already given an answer, right? Even if I wasn't there, I can probably imagine what she said... 'It has nothing to do with me', 'It's over', 'Don't bother me again', right?"

After a moment of silence, Nagasaki Shoyo raised his head and looked at the boy in front of him. There was no expression on the other's face, but the words he said were as if he had heard what Toyokawa Shoko said in person. Even the tone was so similar.

Aiyin, who was sitting next to Izumi, didn't really understand what the two were talking about, but the heavy atmosphere and Nagasaki Soushi's sad expression made her dare not say a word for a moment. She lowered her head silently, trying to find ways to reduce her presence.

'Should I wait outside?'

Looking into Izumi's eyes, Nagasaki Shoyo pursed his lips.

"Why... Quan Jun said 'she might have encountered some changes'? You... No, what did Xiangzi hide? Why didn't she want to tell me?"

The lost expression, sad eyes, and low voice, just by looking at her, you can know how the girl feels at the moment.

"I probably know something, but even if I tell you, it won't be of any use, because in my opinion, Shuangshi, you don't have the ability to solve this problem at all. She is no longer the Toyokawa Shoko you know. It would be better to give up."

Looking at Nagasaki Soyo in front of him, that expression of sadness was probably 70% true and 30% false. Even though he had known Nagasaki Soyo for a while, Izumi still didn't think that the other party would reveal his true feelings to him, especially when Aine was right beside him.

"No... Xiangzi is Xiangzi. If Quan Jun knows what problem Xiangzi has encountered, please tell me. As long as it is something I can do, I will try to help Xiangzi."

With her hands clasped together, Nagasaki Shoyo stared at the boy in front of her. She finally heard what she wanted to hear. All her questions about Shoko would be answered as long as Quan told her.

"Are you willing to do anything?"

Nagasaki Shoyo was stunned for a moment, not knowing what Quan meant. She was silent for a moment and nodded slightly.

“…I will try my best.”

"Then, Shuangshi, can you donate 10 million yen to one person for free?"

With these words, not only Nagasaki Soushi was stunned, but Aine, who was pretending to be a wooden man, could not help but look at her brother.

"Eh? You want to have fun for 10 million yen?"

Turning his head to look at his sister, Quan looked at his sister with eyes full of love.

"Okay, order whatever you like on the menu, and don't interrupt my conversation with Shuangshi."

"..."

She felt a little depressed, but considering that she had no idea about the conversation at the moment, she still opened the menu and decided to order the dessert she was interested in first, and then ask Quan after Quan and Shuangshi finished chatting.

"Ten million yen?"

Nagasaki Shoyo looked embarrassed and repeated the conditions proposed by Quan.

Her family currently has a fairly high income, and the monthly rent for the apartment they live in is over a million yen, but that is all earned by her mother's hard work. Her own living expenses, even if she saves up, are less than 500,000 yen.

Nagasaki Souyo pursed her lips, had a vague guess, but did not dare to confirm it. She lowered her head and remained silent.

Looking at Nagasaki Soyo who had fallen silent on the opposite side, Izumi had a new idea.

"I want to use the method of exploding gold coins to make Toyokawa Shoko a maid and sing Kasuga Shadow every day. It is not possible at present, but will Nagasaki Shoyo in front of me be willing to agree to become a maid for Toyokawa Shoko? After all... he can do anything?"

178. What should I do to make you willing to come back?

"You came back a little late today. Were you with friends?"

As the footsteps sounded, Shuangshi's mother, who was lying on the sofa and browsing the economic news, turned around and looked at her daughter with a depressed expression, with a hint of surprise in her eyes. She had not seen her daughter show such a vulnerable side in front of her for a long time.

Nagasaki Soushi, who had forgotten how to say goodbye to the Chihaya siblings and left, returned home. He slowly raised his head, pursed his moist lips, and his eyes fell on his mother who was leaning on the sofa.

"Yes... I didn't notice the time, sorry... Um, do you need me to prepare dinner?"

"I used it when negotiating with a customer before coming back. Are you okay, Shuangshi? If you haven't finished your dinner, let's go to the restaurant downstairs together—"

Living in Roppongi Hills in Minato Ward, the surrounding area is a bustling commercial district. As long as you leave the apartment, there are large commercial facilities around you, and high-end restaurants and food stalls can be seen everywhere. For Shuangshi's mother, who has been focusing on work and has not cooked for a long time, instead of wasting her time and energy cooking, she might as well use a negligible part of her income to accompany her daughter to the restaurant to solve the dining problem.

"No need... I've already used it."

Nagasaki Shoyo answered with a smile towards his mother, his eyes lowered. Nagasaki Shoyo, who used to live in an ordinary family, has not yet completely adapted to his current life. He does not want to go to a high-end restaurant just for a meal, nor does he want his mother, who is already tired from work, to accompany him out and make her even more tired.

"Really……"

Shuangshi's mother leaned on the sofa, gently pouting her pink lips, and put her hands under her chin like a girl, looking at her daughter with a caring and concerned look.

"You look like you have something on your mind. Do you have a crush on someone?"

"..."

The object of your affection.

Nagasaki Shoyo was silent for a moment, and the gentle and cheerful Toyokawa Shoko who had been in the band activities emerged in her mind. She could not deny that she had a deep attachment and affection for her, but... thinking of the current Toyokawa Shoko, her heart sank.

Shuangshi's mother, who had been observing her daughter's expression, also felt a little surprised. Judging from the changes in her daughter's expression, it seemed that she really had someone she liked.

"What kind of boy? Did you confess? Did you find someone you like and your confession was rejected?"

'Boy?'

Suddenly waking up from her memories, Nagasaki Souyo looked at her mother. She slightly opened her pink and soft lips, wanting to give a negative answer, but suddenly thought that denying it seemed more serious than admitting that she had a boy she liked.

The soft cherry lips that had just opened closed again.

"It's okay to have someone you like, but... you have to be careful to keep your emotional distance and not let yourself get hurt, understand?"

"……Um."

After seeing her daughter obediently give a positive answer, Shuangshi's mother stretched her arms and stood up.

"I'm going to the bathroom to soak for a while, and then I'll go to rest. You should also remember to rest early. Ah~ Do you want to take a bath with mom? I haven't checked Shuangshi's body for a long time~"

After taking two steps, she turned around and looked at her daughter behind her. Shuangshi's mother's gaze paused on her daughter's well-developed and graceful figure. A subtle light appeared in her eyes. She was a little concerned about which lucky boy her daughter would be born to in the future.

"No, no need... I'll go rest later... Um..."