You are Toyokawa Shoko, then who am I?

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A certain golden-haired lady started it, and so did I.

"You bully me..."

Mana Junda finally realized that these two subspace demons were deliberately picking on her, but she had no effective attack to fight back.

After joking around for a few hours.

The time came to half past nine in the evening.

Toyokawa Sho picked up his coat and walked out of the house with Junda Mana. When they reached the downstairs of the community, they could still hear Sankaku Hatsuka greeting them from upstairs. The two of them waved to each other downstairs and then walked towards the station together.

"Hey, we'll get off at one station."

Mana Junda asked Toyokawa Sho where he was going, and then learned that he could take the same train as her and get off at the same stop.

"But after I get off the bus, I have to find another one."

"Oh, yes, Xiang-kun lives in a very remote place. Ah, now I remember, my grandfather also lives here."

"Grandpa?"

Fengchuan Xiang was a little surprised, then said with a smile, "Maybe my boss knows your grandfather. She goes to the park every morning to play chess with a bunch of old men and women. Sometimes she loses and comes back with a gloomy face for the whole day."

"My grandpa would do the same!"

Junda Mana looked surprised, as if she hadn't expected that they would have something in common in this regard, and then she began to talk incessantly.

"When I was little, I stayed at my grandpa's house and often saw him coming home with a chess set. Whenever I wanted to play with him, he would glare at me fiercely. Then my grandma saw me and grabbed my ear and said angrily, 'Who allowed you to be mean to Mana? What if Mana cries? Apologize!' Then my grandpa would hold me in his arms and buy me lots of delicious food—"

Done.

She seemed to realize that she had said too much in one breath, so she slapped her lips and smiled apologetically at Toyokawa Sho.

"Hey hehe... I've said too much. Sorry, Xiang-kun, I just kept talking about me. Did I make you feel nagging?"

"No, I quite like hearing you say this."

Toyokawa Sho shook his head.

He rarely interacted with Junda Mana in the previous timeline.

Well, even a small amount is considered a lot.

He had almost no contact with the other party and only knew about this person from Sankaku Hatsuka, which led to Toyokawa Sho not knowing Junda Mana at all.

After getting in touch with the other person and finding that she is a very nice and kind girl, I naturally want to know more about her.

"really?"

Mana Junda blinked, bent forward, and swayed in front of Toyokawa Sho to confirm.

The girl's ponytail floated in the air, forming a beautiful trajectory under the light and moonlight.

It has the subtle fragrance of green orchid.

There is also the unique romance and ambiguity under the night sky.

"What, you don't believe me?"

Toyokawa Sho glanced at her.

"No, no, I absolutely trust Xiang-kun 100%!"

Junda Mana quickly expressed her loyalty, drawing a large circle in the air with her hands. "Look, I trust you so much."

"That's all I have to trust Mana-chan."

Taking advantage of the fact that he is a man, Toyokawa Sho drew a circle bigger than Junda Mana.

Mana Junda seemed to have not expected that the calm Toyokawa Sho would do such a childish thing with her, and she couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.

"Okay, Mana-chan, snicker at me. My trust in Mana-chan has shrunk to this much."

Toyokawa Sho narrowed the circle a little.

"Eh? Can it get smaller?"

Junda Mana crossed her arms and said in a dissatisfied tone, "I don't want this..."

"Of course it will become smaller. Human emotions are always fluctuating. Only a few people can cultivate their inner emotions to the point where they won't be affected by anything the other person does."

Toyokawa Sho spoke his own twisted ideas, most of which were extra products that he had memorized in his mind when he was thinking about his composing inspiration.

"Then how can I keep Xiang-kun's trust in me?"

Junda Mana asked curiously.

"Are you so greedy right from the start? Mana-chan really has big ambitions."

Toyokawa Sho joked with a smile.

Mana Junda was stunned for a moment before she realized that her remarks were somewhat ambiguous. Her cheeks felt hot and she complained in her heart that she had been led astray, then asked Toyokawa Sho.

"So, how can I restore Sho-kun's trust to its previous level?"

Mana Junda roughly gestured at the circle that Toyokawa Sho had just made.

Toyokawa Sho didn't expect that Junda Mana would take this matter so seriously.

He blinked and said casually.

"Hmm...how about telling each other a secret? Anything is fine. Some relationships are so precious because of shared secrets."

"It's a secret..."

Junda Mana looked up at the sky.

Looking at the full moon hanging in the sky, she stretched out a finger and spoke in a very serious and solemn tone.

"Actually, I'm the princess of Donut Planet."

"I see. My mother told me about your planet's ecological environment. It's a beautiful donut-shaped celestial body. Let me introduce myself. I'm the prince of Piano Planet. Our planet is a giant piano. From now on, we'll all be compatriots living together on this alien planet. We should all take good care of each other."

"Pfft... Xiang-kun, you accepted the setting so quickly..."

Junda Mana couldn't help laughing.

Just laughed out loud.

She seemed to like smiling with her eyes closed. Her eyes were curved like a moon. If her eyes were the moon, her cheeks would be soft clouds, warm and beautiful.

"I thought you were going to call Mana an idiot."

"It's really stupid."

"That's because you're too smart, Xiangjun, so you think Mana is stupid."

Why is this person so good at talking?

Master Xiang, who almost caught a black carp again, complained silently in his heart.

"Actually, I'm not stupid at all. On the contrary, I'm quite smart."

"People who say things like that are generally idiots without exception."

"Hehe... now's the time to allow Mana to brag a little. At least Mana thinks she's not stupid."

After saying this, Junda Mana paused and was silent for about ten seconds before she spoke again.

"I can tell that Xiaochu is no longer the same Xiaochu as before, or rather, she seems to have become a different person."

Toyokawa Sho's breathing stopped.

Unexpectedly, his gaze fell on the girl next to him.

"Sorry, did you think I was telling you a horror story? I'm sorry if I scared you, Mana, it wasn't intentional. Rather... I'm a little afraid of ghosts... Thinking about these things at night makes me very scared..."

Mana Junda hid behind Sho Toyokawa, pulling his sleeve with only two fingers. It can be seen that she was indeed afraid of such supernatural things.

"If you're scared, I'll walk behind you and help block it for you?"

Toyokawa Sho asked.

"Is that okay? Thank you so much..."

Junda Mana walked quickly to the front, but soon turned her head and asked timidly, "Um... If I walk in front, I'm afraid you'll disappear as soon as I turn around."

"I'll lend you my hand."

Toyokawa Sho stretched out his dog paws confidently.

"Eh……?"

Mana Junda looked at the hand that was handed to her, and countless thoughts flashed through her mind in an instant. According to common sense, as a friend, she should have put an end to such ambiguous behavior, but perhaps there really was a devil whispering in her ear, and when she came to her senses, she had already held it.

Even though it's just a very ordinary grip.

But this was already a heart-pounding thing for her.

puff.

The sound of the beating heart drowned out the surroundings.

It’s time to think about all those weird things.

Instead, I didn't have the energy to feel scared at all.

"Mana-chan."

"Ah! I, I'm here!"

Mana Junda was startled and looked up at Sho Toyokawa nervously.

"Could you please tell me more about Chuhua?"

"Does Xiangjun also think that Xiaochu has changed?"

I can't help but know.

I also know that she feels guilty towards you and wants to rent Sumimi from you for the rest of her life.

Toyokawa Sho complained silently in his heart.

"I do feel a little bit, but I can't put my finger on where it is."

"That's because whether it's this Xiaochu or the previous Xiaochu, their feelings for you, Xiangjun, are the same."

Junda Mana said softly.

"When I first met Xiaochu, I felt that she was a very hardworking child. Because she didn't grow up in Tokyo, but came from a remote island by herself, she didn't understand a lot of things, and no one liked to partner with her."

"But Xiaochu progressed incredibly quickly and was a quick learner. She quickly figured out everything in Tokyo, even surpassing some of the veterans who had been training long before... But even so, Xiaochu still had her moments of awkwardness, or perhaps... a bit of a naiveté. The immaturity and confusion of arriving in Tokyo alone was clearly evident in her."

"But now Xiaochu no longer has that youthful and confused look in her eyes. She knows exactly what she wants to do. Her temperament has changed, and her feelings have changed. This is not something that can be changed in just one day. That's why I think Xiaochu may have changed."

"However, I don't hate this change, nor do I want to figure out why it happened. Because I can feel that Xiaochu is still the same Xiaochu, but perhaps because he has experienced more things, his personality has changed a little bit. Naturally, there is no special reason to pursue the truth."

Mana Junda talked about a lot of her own speculations. She often stayed with Sankaku Hatsuka and could be said to be the person who could see most clearly what was happening to Sankaku Hatsuka.

But some words still seem too far-fetched when spoken out loud.

Mana Junda knew this, so she slowly lowered her head, waiting for Toyokawa Sho's criticism or accusation.

"I see."

However, surprisingly.

Toyokawa Sho didn't say anything extra.

I just said lightly, "I know."

"Don't you think I'm talking nonsense, Xiang-kun?"

Mana Junda stared at Toyokawa Sho's face in a daze.

"I trust you so much, how could I possibly doubt what you say."

Seeing Toyokawa Sho draw a semicircle with his remaining hand, Junda Mana covered her mouth and laughed happily.

"Thank you for believing in me, Xiang-kun."

This is also the time.