The strategy of the other world of the love game

Kurokawa Akane blinked.

"..."

Ichichi Hoshige narrowed his eyes in displeasure.

She suddenly felt that, could it be that Kurokawa Akane was actually a natural black?

"Sister Xingge, if you're willing, I can tell you what I encountered."

Kurokawa Akane did not notice anything unusual and looked at Ijichi Hoshige with a sincere tone.

"Would you like to hear my story?"

"Of course, I wouldn't ask if you didn't want to."

Upon hearing this, Yidizhi Xingge quickly put aside the messy thoughts he had just had and prepared to start listening to the gossip.

However, just as Kurokawa Akane was about to start telling the story, suddenly, the door of the box was pushed open.

"Here we go! Two servings of teppanyaki eel, eight skewers of grilled bird, and your drinks!"

The proprietress personally brought the dishes ordered by the two people into the private room.

After placing the dishes on the table one by one, she did not leave immediately. Instead, she sat down on the empty seat.

"Oh~! I'm so tired after working all day. Fortunately, there are not many customers now."

As the proprietress spoke, she poured herself a cup of tea and looked like she was planning to take a rest there.

Ijichi Hoshika looked at the proprietress who interrupted Kurokawa Akane's story with displeasure, but she couldn't say anything because after all, the whole store was her territory.

"By the way, Xiao Xingge actually brought other people here today. Didn't you say before that you didn't want your sister and the others to know about this place?"

After drinking a cup of tea in one breath, the proprietress breathed a sigh of relief and chatted with Ijichi Xingge in a very leisurely manner.

"Why don't I want to bring them here? Don't you have any sense at all?"

Yidizhi Xingge glanced at the proprietress and said.

"What does it have to do with me? Isn't it your fault that you came to our store with a man before, got drunk and said some weird things?"

The proprietress laughed.

"If you don't want your sisters to know your ugly appearance, why don't you just not do such stupid things?"

"I...I have my reasons..."

Yidizhi Xingge really had no words to grievance. She was clearly forced that day, and she got herself drunk to numb herself.

"Alas, I actually don't care about what happened that day. I even feel quite sorry about it."

The proprietress sighed in a pretentious manner.

"After all, I haven't seen that boy since that time. I can guess without thinking that it must be you, Xiao Xingge, who didn't seize the opportunity and let the man run away, right?"

"You said you are not young anymore. It's not easy for a man to fall in love with you. Why didn't you seize this opportunity? If I were to ask you..."

"Alright, alright! Madam, we still have something to discuss. Can you please not disturb the guests' meal?"

Seeing that the proprietress was about to start chattering again, Yidizhi Xingge hurriedly interrupted her and issued an expulsion order.

"Ah~ Sorry, I was careless."

The proprietress didn't bother any more and stood up quickly.

"Then I won't disturb you two guests. Please enjoy your meal."

After finally expelling the gossipy proprietress from the box, Ichichi Xingge finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, her affairs had almost been revealed by the boss lady.

Looking at Kurokawa Akane again at this time, the look in his eyes looking at him, in addition to the trust and admiration just now, also contained a bit of sympathy.

Ijichi Xingge took a deep breath, adjusted her expression, and tried to retain the last bit of her dignity.

"Okay, the people in the way have left, let's move on."

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Half an hour later.

Kurokawa Akane's story finally came to an end.

She picked up the untouched juice and drank half of it in one gulp, lubricating her throat that had been filled with juice for half an hour.

Across the table, Yiji Zhixingge was holding a bamboo skewer of yakitori in his mouth, and his brows were furrowed as he listened.

"Akayin, are you saying that... the boy named J was pursuing other girls while flirting with you, and in the end, he ended up being with you?"

In order to make the story easier to tell, Kurokawa Akane replaced the names of the characters in the story with their first letters.

"That's just a plot in the show..."

Akane Kurokawa tried to defend Ryoma Esaki.

"But the show you recorded was a reality show, right? Are you all acting according to the script given by the production team?"

"No, it's mostly our own doing..."

Kurokawa Akane said truthfully.

"Isn't it still the same?!"

Ichichi Xingge said indignantly.

"That boy... Bah! That stinky man was so blatantly playing with other people's feelings on the show, what would happen if he did it in private?!"

"He's not that kind of person. In fact, he has his reasons for doing this."

Akane Kurokawa continued to try to save face for Ryoma Esaki.

"You can't play with other people's feelings like this for any reason! And they are two girls. That guy is really...really too much!"

Ijichi Hoshika originally wanted to say bluntly "What a piece of shit", but when she saw Kurokawa Akane's expression looked a little unhappy, she quickly changed her words.

"Alas, Chiyin, you are just too indecisive. What's good about a man like this?"

Seeing that Kurokawa Akane seemed to still have feelings for the boy she mentioned, Ijichi Hoshika gave her earnest advice.

"If it were me, if that boy dared to show up in front of me after doing this to me, I would definitely make him pay for it!"

As he spoke, Ichichi Xingge clenched his fists, as if he really wanted to punch the man.

"Sister Xingge, he is not the kind of person you think."

"Chiyin, it's not a question of what kind of person I imagine him to be, it's a question of what kind of person he is based on your description."

Ichichi Hoshige said righteously.

"In short, based on what you just said, the boy you mentioned is an absolute scumbag. This is my conclusion."

Seeing that Ijichi Hoshika made such a decisive judgment, Kurokawa Akane hesitated for a while, but finally decided to vindicate Esaki Ryoma.

"Okay, then I'll tell you the truth. I just concealed some sensitive information because it involves other people's important privacy, so I didn't say it."

As he spoke, Kurokawa Akane's tone became very serious.

"Sister Xingge, what I said before was at best my own business. I don't mind if you tell others or use it as a topic of conversation. After all, it was my own decision to tell you."

"But please don't tell anyone what I'm going to say next, okay?"

Seeing Kurokawa Akane's serious expression, Ijichi Hoshige also nodded very solemnly.

"Yeah, I promise."

"Actually... that J did this to help girl X find the murderer who killed her mother."

"...?"

The story took such a sudden turn for the worse that Ichichi Hoshige was stunned for a moment.

"In fact, J's target has always been girl X, and I am just more familiar with him because we are in the same troupe."

As he spoke, Kurokawa Akane's eyes became a little lost.

"And as I said earlier, from the beginning of the show, he told me directly that he would distance himself from me on the show. In fact, it was me who was entangled with him on the show."

"Um...it seems to be the case..."

Ijichi Hoshika was a little embarrassed. When she heard that boy J was jumping back and forth between Kurokawa Akane and girl X, she arbitrarily labeled him a scumbag in her mind, completely forgetting that Kurokawa Akane said that she was the one who pestered boy J in the beginning.

"In the end, he chose me on the show to protect girl X, that's all."

"So, he's not the scumbag that you imagined, Sister Xingge. Do you understand?"

Seeing Kurokawa Akane being willing to belittle herself in order to restore the reputation of boy J, Ijichi Hoshika realized that it was impossible for her to change her mind.

Kurokawa Akane has fallen too deep.