Substitute Toyokawa Shoko, you can become stronger by breathing

There was silence on the other end of the screen for a few seconds, and then a message with a clear rejection popped up:

"Eh? Didn't Xiaoxiang tell you?! Then I definitely can't tell you..."

As expected. Chu Hua curled his lips.

She has a strong possessiveness towards Xiaoxiang.

However, she was prepared.

She took out a photo that she had treasured for a long time from her mobile phone album and sent it.

The photo shows a little girl who looks only seven or eight years old. She is wearing an exquisite white lace dress and her hair is tied into cute twin ponytails. She is holding a big rabbit doll and giving the camera a somewhat shy but extremely cute smile.

The outline between the eyebrows and eyes is exactly the young version of Toyokawa Shoko.

After sending the photo, Chu Hua added another message:

"Here... I have a whole set of photos of Xiaoxiang when he was little."

The other side of the screen fell silent again.

But this time, Chuhua could almost imagine Miao Meng's eyes wide open, breathing rapidly, and the struggle between his conscience and his conscience.

After a long while, Miao Meng sent a message with obvious hesitation:

"...Where did you get it?"

"Well... a secret~"

Chu Hua deliberately kept it a secret, then softened his tone.

"I really just wanted to send Xiaoxiang something. I made some cookies myself and wanted to give them to her while they were still warm. Maybe she just didn't see the message or her phone was out of battery, so I came to ask you."

Sure enough, after a fierce inner struggle, perhaps because he felt that even if he didn't give it to her, she could find out the information from other places, Ruomai finally "surrendered".

"...Okay! I'll send you the address! But! Send me all the photos! All of them! Not a single one left out!"

Chu Hua smiled victoriously.

...

Time goes to the present.

The doorbell rang persistently.

Jiujo Liansi looked through the peephole at Sanjiao Chuhua outside the door, who was holding a huge gift box, smiling brightly, but with a hint of nervousness and inquiry in his eyes, and felt speechless.

He opened the door.

"Xiaoxiang! Good evening!"

When Sanjiao Chuhua saw the door open, he immediately revealed an even sweeter, more impeccable idol-like smile and handed forward the beautifully decorated box in his hand.

"I-I made some cookies and wanted to give them to you to try! Did I bother you?"

Jiujo Renji's eyes swept across her face and the biscuit box that looked quite substantial, and he asked helplessly:

"How do you know I live here?"

"Huh? Ah...that..."

When asked the key question directly, Chu Hua's smile froze for a moment, his eyes flickered, and he stammered:

"Yes... Ruomai told me..."

——It can not only shift the responsibility, but also undermine the enemy's favorability towards Xiaoxiang, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone!

Kujo Renji: "..."

He immediately wanted to love cats.

Stepping aside, the girl with blue hair and twintails said expressionlessly, "Come in."

"Thank you, Xiaoxiang!"

Chu Hua felt as if he had been pardoned and hurried in holding the biscuit box.

However, when she changed into slippers and walked into the living room, she glanced around as usual and suddenly froze.

On the sofa in the living room, Wakaba Mu was holding her iconic rag doll, sitting there quietly watching TV.

Hearing the noise, Mu just glanced at her indifferently, then turned back expressionlessly and continued to stare at the screen.

Eh?

Mu...why are you here?!

Sanjiao Chuhua felt her brain freeze. She looked at Mu, then at the calm "Xiangzi" beside her. An explanation that she couldn't believe, but seemed to be the only reasonable one, suddenly came to her mind.

Xiaoxiang...living together harmoniously...?!

The two of them... live together?!

This realization made Sanjiao Chuhua's expression instantly more exciting.

Shock, sudden enlightenment, envy, jealousy...all kinds of emotions flashed across her face, eventually turning into a forced, slightly stiff smile.

"So Mu and Xiaoxiang live together...haha..."

She laughed dryly, holding the huge biscuit box, looking a little helpless.

Kujo Renji motioned for her to sit down.

Chu Hua sat down on the single sofa stiffly, placing the biscuit box on his lap, like a student visiting his teacher's home for the first time.

The atmosphere in the living room was a little stagnant for a moment.

Mu was still focused on the TV screen, as if he had no interest in this sudden "guest".

Chu Hua was fidgeting, looking away, trying to find some topics to talk about, but he didn't know where to start.

"That...Xiao Xiang,"

Chu Hua finally mustered up the courage to open the biscuit box on his lap, trying to break the awkwardness with some delicious food:

"I made some cookies, would you like to try some?"

She picked up a carefully decorated bear cookie and handed it carefully to Kujo Renji.

Before Jiujo Liansi could reach out his hand, Mu next to him suddenly moved.

She turned her head, her eyes fell on the biscuits in Chuhua's hand, then looked at Jiujo Liansi, and said in a very natural tone, as if it were an everyday conversation:

"Saki, eat less sweet food."

Kujo Renji: "..."

Triangle Chuhua: “Huh?!”

Looking at Chuhua's shocked and shaky appearance, Kujo Renji felt that if he didn't explain, this idol lady might really "break" on the spot.

He looked at Mu helplessly, then explained to Chuhua:

"Mu means...well, she thinks I might be a little tired lately and need to pay attention to a balanced diet."

At the same time, he reached out and took the bear biscuit from Chuhua, took a bite of it as if nothing had happened, then picked up a rabbit-shaped matcha biscuit and handed it to Mu:

"Mu should also try it, Chuhua's cooking skills are very good."

Mu looked at the biscuit in his hand, then looked at Chuhua, silently took it and started eating it in small bites.

Although the girl was somewhat bewildered by the shock just now, she still explained with a smile:

"This one has cranberries in it. It's sour and sweet, perfect for girls!"

"This one is coffee flavored, a little bitter, but very fragrant!"

"And this one! It's a limited-time sakura flavor! I tried several times before I finally got it right!"

As she spoke, she attentively handed various cookies to the two of them.

After tasting a few pieces, Jiujo Renji gave a fair evaluation:

"It tastes great, Chuhua is amazing."

"Really? That's great! As long as Xiaoxiang likes it!"

She smiled with her eyes curved, and picked up a heart-shaped strawberry biscuit:

"Then this..."

She was about to hand it to Xiangzi when Mu spoke again, still in that calm tone:

"Saki, strawberry. You said you didn't like it last time."

Kujo Renji: "..."

When did he say he didn't like strawberry flavor?

This clear targeting made Chu Hua feel like all kinds of spices were overturned in his heart, bitterness, sorrow and jealousy mixed together.

She even felt that the look she gave Mu was filled with an indescribable...hostility and vigilance.

Jiujo Renji felt like he was having a headache.

He also felt it.

Why is Mutou so aggressive towards Sui Chuhua?

I didn’t see her like this when Teacher Da Miao came before?

He quickly took the strawberry biscuit and said calmly:

"Yeah, Mu remembered it wrong. The strawberry one is good too."

Then he quickly stuffed the biscuit into his mouth, ending this dangerous topic.

Seeing Xiangzi "deny" Mu's statement and eat the strawberry biscuits, Chuhua's mood rebounded from the bottom like a roller coaster.

She secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Just like that, with mixed emotions of "shock", "jealousy" and "relief", Sanjiao Chuhua finally ended the visit.

Before leaving, she left behind the box of cookies, which was still quite full.

"That...Xiao Xiang,"

She stood at the door with just the right amount of concern and thoughtfulness on her face:

"You must be very busy lately with all the performances and work at the agency. I'll leave these cookies for you... Harumi-chan, as a snack."

She tried to make her tone sound more natural and less sour.

Her gaze moved between Kujo Renji and Mu, and finally landed on Kujo Renji. She said sincerely:

"You've worked really hard during this period."

Looking at her forced smile and the inner drama, Kujo Renji nodded:

"Well, thank you, Chuhua. Be careful on the road."

"Okay! Well... I'm leaving now! Goodbye, Xiao Xiang! Mu-chan... Goodbye!"

Chu Hua waved to the two of them and fled out of the apartment.

After seeing off the lead singer with a rich inner drama, Kujo Renji looked at the box of colorful cookies on the coffee table, then looked at Miss Wakaba Mutsu who had picked up a cookie and continued to eat it with an innocent look on her face, and couldn't help but press his temples.

When the door of the apartment closed gently behind her, isolating the space that made her uneasy, Sanjiao Chuhua stood in the slightly cool corridor at night and let out a long sigh.

She walked down the stairs slowly, her steps heavy. The scene in the living room just now kept replaying in her mind...

An indescribable feeling of inferiority quietly surged into my heart like a tide.

She recalled the scene many years ago when she first met "Xiaoxiang" on that small island surrounded by blue sea and blue sky.

At that time, she was just an island girl who was curious about the outside world but ignorant.

And "Xiao Xiang", the Tokyo lady who wore a beautiful dress and was as delicate as a doll, was like an angel who came to her by chance and brought her an unprecedented shock.

"Xiao Xiang" would tell her about the bustling Tokyo, the fashion brands, the dazzling shops, and the wonderful performances she had never heard of; he would play her complex and beautiful piano music she had never heard before; and he would talk to her in an elegant and confident way she had never experienced before...

In the eyes of young Chuhua, Xiaoxiang, who came from the big city, seemed to be glowing, representing a new world that she had never imagined, colorful and out of reach.

From that moment on, a strong desire took root in her heart - she wanted to be closer to that world and become a shining person like Xiaoxiang.

To achieve this goal, she put in countless times more effort than the average person. She studied tirelessly, practiced guitar, and honed her singing voice, hoping to catch up in the field of music with the figure who had once enlightened her. Then she left the island and ventured alone into the unfamiliar world of Tokyo, experiencing countless setbacks and hardships...