In the early morning, the sunlight shone into Ain's room through the crooked glass, followed the footsteps, and came to Ain's face.

As if she could feel the sunlight, Aine frowned slightly and slowly opened her eyes, a trace of weariness still lingering in them: “Hmm…”

Because Aiyin was sleeping on her side, she subconsciously wanted to raise her left hand to rub her eyes. Unfortunately, things were not as she thought. After she raised her left hand slightly, it stopped and could not move up at all.

“Hmph…” Aiyin hummed softly, as if in protest or dissatisfaction. She lay back down and rubbed her eyes with her right hand.

After Aiyin had been lying on the bed for who knows how long, she slowly opened her eyes and let out a moan. She reached out and grabbed the phone that was placed beside her.

Let me see what time it is.

Nine and a half… …

Aine woke up instantly, her eyes full of weariness: "Huh? Nine o'clock? Oh no!"

I made an appointment with them to meet at nine o'clock!

By the time Aiyin arrived at RiNG, it was already past ten o'clock.

She stood at the door of RiNG, watching the time ticking on her phone. In her heart, she was actually rejecting the idea. If she went there now, would she be beaten to death by them?

But... I'm so cute, they probably won't want to let me go.

Thinking of this, Li Xi's expressionless face instantly appeared in her mind.

However, although the other people won’t, but... Rikki... forget it, just face it calmly. Tomorin will definitely stand on her side anyway, I don’t believe Rikki can say anything.

Thinking of this, Aiyin walked into RiNG and came to the second floor. As expected, the other nine people were already waiting there.

The moment Aine saw those people, the others also noticed her.

It cannot be said that it was exactly what she thought, but it could be said that it was completely consistent. Several people did not express any dissatisfaction.

Su Shi stood up and asked Aine to sit next to her: "Aine-chan, I just called my aunt, and she said you were still sleeping."

“I…” Aiyin blushed slightly and coughed twice to ease the embarrassment. “This… today was an accident.”

"An accident?" Xiangzi leaned in front of Aiyin, his face full of disbelief. "Based on my understanding of Xiao Ai, the so-called accident is the fact, right?"

"Sakki!" Aiyin snorted and turned her face away, no longer looking at Xiangzi.

"You, what time did you go to bed yesterday? Why are you here so late?" Li Xi's voice sounded behind Aine.

Aine turned her head and looked at Lixi in surprise. According to her thinking, Lixi should be furious at this moment, while Deng was comforting Lixi.

But now... it's obviously different from what Aine thought.

However, she couldn't deliberately run into the gun. Aine raised her right hand and scratched the back of her head: "Um... I went to bed around ten o'clock yesterday."

"After ten o'clock... After ten o'clock!?" Li Xi paused for a moment when she heard this. After a moment, she came to her senses. "I slept for eleven hours, which is more than two days' sleep."

Hearing this, Aine sighed: "Rikki, I told you, get some rest. Your body can't handle this."

"I understand." Li Xi nodded and then closed his eyes.

Deng gently pulled Li Xi's clothes and said weakly: "Li Xi...it's better to listen to Aine-chan. She is thinking about you..."

"lamp……"

Hearing Deng say this, Lixi hesitated for a moment. She opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.

“See, Rikki.” Aine nodded, looking at the light in agreement. “Tomorin said so.”

Chu Hua looked confused as she scrolled through the group messages: "Xiao Ai, you called us all out here. Is there something important you want to tell us?"

"Yes, there is."

Chuhua's words made Aiyin put away her playful heart. She looked around, her eyes lingering on everyone's face.

"I plan to have surgery early."

This short sentence silenced everyone else. Only Su Shi, who knew about it in advance, maintained a calm expression.

"Surgery ahead of time?" Xiangzi shook her head. She clutched Aine's clothes tightly. "I don't understand. Why, Ai? Why surgery ahead of time? We don't even know the success rate of the surgery yet."

"Because... I went to NCNP for a checkup last week, and Dr. Yamada said my condition was progressing faster... He gave me a choice: should I continue to wait until there's new progress on surgery, or should I ask him to apply for early surgery."

Aine lowered her head as she spoke. “Because both outcomes are uncertain, I chose to apply for early surgery… I’ll wait one to three months, and if my application is approved, I can go for the surgery.”

"Submitting an application..." Hailing stood aside, "Are you worried that your condition will progress faster and you won't be able to wait for the safe surgery you want?"

“Yes.” Aine nodded. “Besides this, there’s also the reason…if the condition gets really serious later, my body might not be able to support me getting off the operating table…”

"Huh? That means..." Miao Meng was stunned. That means... if the condition becomes serious, Ai Zi will die on the operating table?

Aine Shen 3 Si Ling (VII) II Shi (IV) Yue/Yise looked at Miao Meng calmly, she didn't say anything.

Miao Meng also knew in her heart that she understood without Aine saying anything.

“Then… Aine-chan…” Deng’s eyes were filled with tears, “Isn’t this… just a gamble?”

“Yes, it’s a gamble.” Aine nodded, “But at least this way, I can give it a try… If I really just keep waiting, maybe… I won’t even have a chance to try.”

Looking at Aine's determined eyes, Riki stood aside without saying a word.

It was hard for her to imagine what kind of change in mentality Aine would have gone through after knowing this, which would have made her expression so calm and her eyes so determined.

It seems that Su Shi went with her.

“Aine-chan…” Mu sat down next to Aine, her eyes filled with worry and heartache, “Aine-chan, have you really decided?”

"Yeah, really." Aine wiped the tears from Mu's eyes, "It's okay, I'm so strong, I will be fine."

Mu nodded: "Well, then... I will pray silently for Aine-chan, and hope that the surgery can be successful. I believe in you."

"Thank you, Mumu."

Aine looked around, sighed softly, and stood up. "Alright, everyone, don't be so disappointed. I want you to cheer me up more than you feel sad for me."

"Is that so?" Su Shi also stood up and walked to Aine's side. "Everyone, this is Aine-chan's own choice. All we can do is to fully support her behind her back instead of making her sad and worried."

Chapter 287 I like you

Xiangzi stared at Su Shi blankly. The Su Shi in front of her seemed a little unfamiliar to her.

It seems that Su Shi... went to the hospital with Xiao Ai last week. But come to think of it, among the three of us, Mu and I don’t have time, so only Su Shi can accompany Xiao Ai.

Su Shi must have made up her mind for a long time before finally letting go and choosing to believe Xiao Ai. In that case...

"Indeed, since it is Xiaoai's choice, I said that I will always support you behind you." Xiangzi stood up and expressed his attitude.

Aiyin didn't expect Xiangzi to be so decisive. She thought Xiangzi would try to let her take another path like Su Shi did.

I had already thought of how to refute it, but the result was like this...

"Sakki..." Aine stared at Xiangzi blankly. When she met Xiangzi's gaze, she smiled and said, "Thank you."

"It's nothing. I believe you. It's what I should do."

Seeing Xiangzi's statement, the other people in Mujica didn't know what to say and also expressed that they would always support Aine.

Lenai came to Aine and handed her a matcha candy: "Aine, come back, let's have matcha parfait together..."

"Yeah, sure, Lenai-chan."

Lixi looked at Aine's back, and her heart was complicated.

I finally found someone who acknowledged me... But in the end, Aine, if the surgery application is successful, I must...

Thinking of this, Li Xi lowered her head and didn't dare to think any further. She was afraid that the gap between reality and fantasy was too big and she couldn't accept it.

However, Aiyin noticed something was wrong with Rikki early on. She came up to Rikki and smiled, "Rikki, won't you support me for a moment?"

"Huh?" Riki looked at Aine's playful expression, her cheeks slightly red. She crossed her arms over her chest and turned her face away. "Why do you have to have my support?"

"Well, since Rikki is a good friend, I'll definitely be more confident if you cheer me up."

After saying that, Aine extended her right fist: "How is it?"

"Tsk, trouble."

Although Riki said this, he still stretched out his fist and touched Aine's hand.

"Hehe, Rikki just likes to say one thing and mean another." Having said that, Aine turned her head to look at Suyo, just like Soyorin at the beginning.

The moment Aine set her eyes on her, Su Shi had already seen it, and the corners of her mouth twitched.

What? Why were you looking at me when Aine-chan said that? Are you thinking that I was also saying one thing and thinking another before?

Without waiting for Riki to speak, Deng came to Aine's side and said, "Aine-chan, can you follow me to a place later?"

"A place?" Aine looked at Deng's nervous expression as he lowered his head, and finally nodded, agreeing to Deng's invitation, "Okay."

If it's tomorin, then he should be calling me to go to the planetarium or aquarium, right? Other places... I really can't think of them at the moment.

"Really...that's good." Deng forced a smile, with visible panic in his eyes.

"Everyone, I called you out for another thing besides this."

Aine's words attracted everyone's attention again. What just happened was already a big deal to them, but they didn't expect that there would be more now.

"What?" Sushi asked. "One more thing?" Why didn't Aine-chan tell me? Is it... something else as important as this?

"Everyone, it's already past March, right?"

Aine's words once again made everyone's heart hang in the air. Seeing everyone nodding, Aine continued, "Then... let's go see the cherry blossoms together in April?"

Silence, the second floor of RiNG fell into an eerie silence.

Seeing that everyone was just looking at her silently and had no intention of speaking, Aine became confused: "What's wrong? Doesn't everyone like cherry blossoms?"

"No." Su Shi was the first to shake her head and replied, "It's just that after you, Aine-chan, told me such important news, everyone thought it was something important, but they didn't expect..."

Hearing this, others nodded.

Although Sushi didn't finish her words, Aine already understood what she meant: "Well, everyone, I'm sorry, and... seeing the cherry blossoms is pretty important, right?"

Not important.

Su Shi complained in his heart, but his face remained kind: "Yeah, indeed, let's go and see it together when the time comes. Does everyone have time?"

Xiangzi opened his phone and checked the band's schedule: "There will be time around mid-April."

Hai Ling nodded: "In late March and early April, we still need to go on tour."

"I see..." Su Shi turned to look at Li Xi, "Li Xi, when will our MyGO show start?"

"Next Wednesday," Lixi replied. "The company said they'd try to stagger our schedule with Mujica's."

Su Shi nodded: "Yeah, very good."

"So... where does the show start?" Aine's eyes lit up with interest when she heard Riki's words. "I want to go see it, too."

"In a gymnasium." After saying that, Su Shi sent the gymnasium's location to Aine, "Of course, Xiao Mu and I will take you there when the time comes."

"Uh-huh."

After saying goodbye to everyone, Aine prepared to follow the lamp to "that place" she mentioned.

"Tomorin, where are you taking me?" Following beside Deng, Aine gently pulled her hand, "Aquarium or planetarium?"

"aquarium."

"Eh? But my season pass has expired."

Deng's eyes looked a little lonely. She now knew why Aine wanted to get a quarterly pass instead of an annual pass. "Then... let's go to a quiet place. Is there anywhere you'd like to go, Aine-chan?"

“A quiet place…” Aine instantly thought of a place and nodded, “Yes, come with me.”

Not long after, the two came to a small river. This was the river where Aine first comforted Mu and where Mortis threw away the cucumber doll.

Looking at everything familiar, Aiyin couldn't help but feel some emotion. It has been a long time since she came here. There are good memories here, but also bitter past.

The two sat by the river. The breeze passed over the river, carrying moist air onto their faces and into their nostrils.

"This place... is so beautiful, and the wind... is so comfortable." Deng was a little surprised that Aine actually knew such a nice place, "Aine-chan, how did you know about this place?"

"At first, when I was trying to comfort Mumu, I brought her here. I just happened to know about it at that time."

"Really..." Deng lowered her head, her fists clenched, looking extremely nervous.

"Tomorin, you called me out, is there something you want to tell me?"

"Yes." Deng took a deep breath, raised his head, and looked at Aine, "Aine-chan... I like you."

Chapter 288 Penguins are carnivores

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