I have pure love with them

Under Nagasaki Soushi's gaze, Aine suddenly fell silent after speaking, which made her heart suddenly heavy, and she didn't dare to speak casually for a while.

The two of them were staring at each other, but their minds were not on each other. The two of them were absent-minded and fell into a strange silence...

243. Nagasaki Shoyo: What if I feel guilty?

"Ah, Chihaya-kun?"

A mature voice, different from that of a young girl, sounded from behind, causing Quan, who was walking on the street, to stop and look back behind him.

"Ms. Nagasaki?"

When he heard the voice, Quan already knew who was calling him, but when he turned around and really saw Nagasaki Soyo's mother, he couldn't help feeling a little surprised. He didn't expect that they would meet again.

"This is the third time, right? So, is there any overlap between our schedule and route?"

Meeting once could be considered a coincidence, but meeting her three times in a row on the street made Quan somewhat concerned. He stared at Ms. Nagasaki who was walking towards him, and he nodded politely to her.

"meet again."

Unlike her daughter's personality, Ms. Nagasaki's character is more straightforward than Nagasaki Soyo. She walked to Izumi with a smile, looked at the handsome boy in front of her, and said with a smile.

"I didn't expect to meet Ms. Nagasaki here again. Are you working?"

The two of them basically had no common topics other than Nagasaki Soyo, but when they saw each other, they started talking about each other's daughter as soon as they opened their mouths. This was obviously not a polite behavior. After thinking about it for a while, Quan just found a topic at random.

"No, if it was work, I wouldn't be here. I just finished my work and was just about to find a place to rest. By the way, Chihaya-kun, you just got out of school not long ago, are you going home?"

Looking at Chihaya Izumi in front of her in her school uniform, Ms. Nagasaki's eyes were full of curiosity.

Generally speaking, after school, high school students either participate in club activities or hang out with their friends. They may go shopping together or just sit somewhere for a while.

In Ms. Nagasaki's eyes, Chihaya Izumi in front of her did not look like an unwelcome person at all. She seemed a little strange walking alone on the street, but it was not easy to ask her directly such slightly sensitive questions as "Why are you alone?" and "You don't have any friends with you?"

So, she used a more tactful approach.

"No, I just plan to stroll around the street for a bit."

"You don't want your lovely girlfriend to accompany you?"

"Ok?"

"The girl who watched the live show with me last time is close to Chihaya-kun, right? Would you consider dating her?"

Ms. Nagasaki stared at Izumi in front of her and asked tentatively.

"Does Ms. Nagasaki think that Ichiri and I are in a relationship?"

Izumi realized that Ms. Nagasaki was testing her, so she smiled and did not give a direct answer. Instead, she asked the other party in a subtle way.

"Well... I really like Chihaya Izumi, but unfortunately, I'm not young anymore. How do Chihaya-kun and Souyo get along?"

Jianquan did not answer the question directly, and Ms. Nagasaki did not ask any further questions. The relationship between the two could not be considered as familiarity, but just acquaintance. Under such a relationship, she did not think she had any qualifications to comment on the emotional issues of the boy in front of her.

So, in order to prevent the atmosphere from becoming awkward, she took the initiative to shift the topic to her daughter.

"Getting along with Shuangshi... huh? Just so-so?"

"Well, if you don't have anyone to date, why don't you consider my family's Shuangshi?"

Ms. Nagasaki said this with a smile and narrowed her eyes slightly, observing the expression on the boy's face in front of her. She was very curious about how Quan would react after hearing this.

"I personally prefer girls with more mature personalities. Ms. Nagasaki, are you still single?"

"..."

But in response to Ms. Nagasaki's question, the boy was not shy at all. Instead, he chuckled and gave an answer that she did not expect, which made Ms. Nagasaki stunned for a moment.

Staring blankly at the smiling boy in front of her, Ms. Nagasaki couldn't guess for a moment whether the other party was retaliating because of her previous question or he really meant it in this way. She was stunned for a moment, and then chuckled.

"Chihaya-kun is indeed... not like an ordinary boy. However, I prefer boys who are more mature, not only mentally, but also physically."

Ms. Nagasaki tapped her fingers lightly on Izumi's chest and chuckled as she gave an adult response.

"Then, I won't disturb you from enjoying your alone time. If you ever start dating Shuangshi, remember to tell me. I will support you."

Ms. Nagasaki felt her heart was quieting down and seemed to be a little shaken. She did not continue chatting with Izumi. She made up a reason and said goodbye to Izumi and walked forward.

Izumi, who was left behind, looked at Ms. Nagasaki's leaving back, chuckled, and then looked away.

"It seems that becoming Shuangshi's father is not a difficult thing... Is Shuangshi a good father?"

He slowly raised his head and glanced at the sky, only to find that the figure of Toyokawa Shoko appeared before his eyes.

"Let's do Xiangzi's work first."

……

"Shuangshi often meets Quan now, right? I know everything, so I want to know what Shuangshi thinks of Quan?"

In the delicate atmosphere, seeing that Nagasaki Soyo didn't say anything, Chihaya Aine, after enduring for a moment, still couldn't suppress her inner curiosity and concern. She looked at Nagasaki Soyo opposite her and asked the question that had been on her mind recently.

"……Eh?"

Nagasaki Shoyo was stunned for a moment, and felt surprised when he saw Chihaya Aine's serious expression and eyes.

"So... it's not related to Xiangzi's matter, but you just know that I met with Quan Jun?"

If she thought about it carefully, if the other party knew about it, he wouldn't have come to ask her, and still asked this...delicate question.

"How do I view Quan Jun?"

This was a question that was not that important to her. After being stunned for a moment, Nagasaki Shoyo folded his hands under his chin under the gaze of Chihaya Aine, and a thoughtful look appeared on his face.

“Aine… did you want to ask what I think of Izumi-kun?”

"Although Quan didn't admit it, Shuangshi has liked Quan before, right? Does he still like Quan now?"

Feeling Aine's gaze on him, Nagasaki Shoyo seemed to understand something about the current situation.

"Because the brother you care about often meets me, he is concerned about the relationship between me and Izumi-kun... and suspects that we are dating?"

It wasn't a complicated situation. After Nagasaki Shoyo temporarily blocked Toyokawa Shoko from her mind, she regained her sanity and used the existing clues she knew to immediately analyze what the girl in front of her wanted to confirm.

244. Are you doubting the pure friendship between Ichiri and me?

"Would an ordinary brother and sister care about each other so much?"

Nagasaki Shoyo, who has no brothers or sisters and is an only child, cannot understand Chihaya Aine's thoughts, but when facing her gaze, she knows that she is not thinking about Toyokawa Shoko.

'A little...disappointed?'

Nagasaki Shoyo herself didn't know what she was thinking. She suddenly hoped that Chihaya Aine in front of her knew everything. She hoped that she knew that she joined the band just to get Toyokawa Shoko back.

"What kind of eyes will she use to look at me at that time? I might as well... just end it all."

Facing Chihaya Aine's gaze, Nagasaki Shoyo slowly lowered his eyes, but a smile slowly appeared at the corner of his mouth.

“I haven’t given up yet.”

Under Chihaya Aion's gaze, Nagasaki Shoyo slowly raised her head, looked at Chihaya Aion in front of her seriously, and gave her answer.

"Although I was rejected by Quan Jun before, it doesn't matter... it's just a failure. Quan Jun said that we didn't know each other well enough and rejected me, so I asked Quan Jun to help me so that we can spend more time together and get to know each other better. When the time is right, I will ask again."

Looking at Nagasaki Soyo in front of her, Chihaya Aine's mind went blank. She stared blankly at her serious gaze and expression, not knowing how she should react.

The tea and juice for the two of them were brought in front of them. The sound of the cups falling on the table brought Chihaya Aine's consciousness back to reality.

“Aine, what do you think?”

Seeing the girl in front of him fall into silence, Nagasaki Shoyo looked at her with a smile.

"I……"

"You two are here so early, what are you doing?"

Just when Aiyin was struggling over how to answer, Shiina Ritsuki's cold voice rang out. Shiina Ritsuki came into the cafe and looked at the two people who seemed to be chatting, her brows furrowed.

I didn't listen to what they were talking about, but just looking at the atmosphere between them, it didn't seem very harmonious.

"Hmm? We were just chatting about something related to Izumi-kun. Riki is already here, so we can rent a recording studio. Let's go, Aine."

"……Um."

Facing Nagasaki Soushi who was looking at her with a smile, Chihaya Aine silently lowered her head and followed the two to the recording studio.

Along the way, Shiina Riki's eyes kept wandering between the two of them.

"Forget it. As long as it doesn't affect the band's activities, no, as long as it doesn't affect the lights, it doesn't matter what happens."

Unable to analyze any situation, Shiina Riki decisively chose to give up thinking.

After Takamatsu Touma and Kaname Rakuna arrived, Shiina Tatsuki, who had already composed the band's first song, handed the music score to everyone and began the first performance...

A thick envelope, heavy weight.

Gently tossing it in his hand, Izumi was a little curious whether Toyokawa Shoko's father would take it away after she received it.

"Give it to my father... She shouldn't do such a thing. After handing it over to the other party, she must leave decisively without any hesitation... And, will she return this to Shuangshi?"

Quan, sitting alone in the room, gently tossed the envelope in his hand.

"Toyokawa Shoko..."

Boom, boom——

There was a knock at the door.

He stopped throwing the envelope, slowly opened the drawer, put the envelope in it, and then looked towards the door.

"come in."

"..."

It was very quiet at the door, but after a moment, there was some movement, and Quan's door was slowly pushed open, a little pink head poked into his room, and Aine with a conflicted look on her face appeared in front of him.

"Do you have time?"

"Basically nothing happened, what's the matter?"

"Again...you really don't want me to appear in front of you?"

Aine, with a dissatisfied look on her face, entered Izumi's room and gently closed the door.

"I just don't want to answer your stupid questions. You came here today, aren't you going to ask about my relationship with a certain girl again?"