Chihaya Aine will not fall into the Shura field, never!

"Welcome back to everyone."

After the team activity ended, Ai Yin took everyone to her home.

"Please sit down and rest for a while. I'm going out to buy some things; we don't have much food left at home."

Looking at her refrigerator, Ai Yin realized that she had acted on a whim that morning and forgotten that she didn't have much food left.

"Wait a minute, Aine, I'll go with you."

At this moment, Li Xi hurriedly spoke up.

"Huh? No need, Riki just needs to rest."

"No, I'll go with you. It's perfect timing, I have something to tell you."

"Uh, okay then."

Seeing that Lixi insisted on going with her, Aiyin had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Lenai was sitting obediently to the side, accepting Su Shi's feeding. However, she looked at Li Xi with a somewhat unreadable expression, as if she sensed that Li Xi wanted to say something but was too embarrassed to say it in front of everyone.

Ai Yin looked very confused. Didn't Li Xi say he had something to tell her?

They've walked quite a distance already, why haven't they said a word yet?

Unbeknownst to Aine, Lixi received a message from Su Shi at that moment.

Su Shi: Li Xi, you must resolve this matter before you come back, otherwise I won't wait for you.

"Tsk."

Upon seeing this message, Li Xi clicked her tongue in displeasure.

"Um, Riki."

Ai Yin stood behind Li Xi, watching her cautiously. She wondered if she had done something wrong during the matchmaking in RiNG that had upset Li Xi.

"Just say what's on your mind. Don't keep it bottled up inside; it's bad for your health."

"call."

Lixi stopped in her tracks.

"Yes, I do have something to tell you."

Lixi turned around to face Aiyin behind him. Remembering Su Shi's ultimatum, Lixi knew that he could no longer hesitate.

"Aine, I like you."

"Eh?"

Upon hearing this, Aine's mind went blank. After experiencing Xiaodeng's confession, Aine had a new understanding of the word "like" and would not respond to someone's "like" without thinking.

"Um, Riki, if it's a misunderstanding on my part, I apologize. So, I wanted to ask you first, is the kind of 'liking' you're talking about the same as 'tomorin'?"

"Yes."

OO

Li Xi's unhesitating answer left Ai Yin completely dumbfounded. At first, Ai Yin was secretly pleased with Li Xi's confession, but then Xiao Deng's face flashed through her mind, and she mentally slapped herself.

"Um, Riki, when did it start?"

After hesitating for a moment, Aine didn't know what to say. She had so much to say, but in the end, only this one sentence came out.

"It was probably during the underground Tokyo Stock Exchange, when I first became a real person, that I came to understand my own heart."

Lixi touched his chest.

"Aine, I like you."

As if to reaffirm her feelings, Lixi spoke again.

Did it start so long ago?

Aine was stunned.

"Wait, wait a minute, Riki, does Tomorin know about this?"

Ai Yin was once again struck by Li Xi's blunt words. If she didn't consider herself to be very devoted to her feelings, she would have wanted to reciprocate Li Xi's feelings immediately.

After all, although Li Xi was putting pressure on her at the beginning, Ai Yin knew that Li Xi was doing it for her own good and for the good of the team.

She has always cherished my go.

Therefore, deep down, Aine also really liked Riki. If it weren't for Kodama, Aine thought she might have reciprocated Riki's feelings.

But not now, because she already has a small light.

"The lamp already knows."

"Oh, Tomorin knows."

Ai Yin nodded, then suddenly woke up with a start.

"Huh? She found out?"

"Yes, Deng is very sensitive about relationships. She noticed it a long time ago. I talked to her about it before. Deng said that as long as it's us, there's no problem because we want to be together for life. Those are her exact words."

"Ah, this..."

Aine didn't know what to say, but she definitely had Kodama's style; she truly wanted to spend her whole life with everyone in My Go.

"Actually, I don't necessarily need you to give me an answer right now. I just hope I can have a chance, no matter what the outcome is."

Li Xi, with his hands behind his back, slowly backed away.

"At least, at some point in the future, I won't regret it."

Li Xi smiled slightly, the evening breeze blowing through their long hair. At that moment, Ai Yin was gradually drawn to Li Xi's violet eyes.

"Let's go, Deng and the others are still waiting for us."

Aiyin and Lixi quickly returned with the groceries. After preparing dinner and eating together, they started cleaning up.

On the balcony, Aiyin leaned against the balcony railing.

"Huh."

Thinking about what Riki had said earlier, Aine sighed.

"Master, you are still young. Sighing too often will make you look old."

The voice of the Crown Heart appeared in Aine's mind.

"You still dare to talk! If you hadn't misled me before, I wouldn't have only just realized Riki's feelings now!"

Aine's voice sounded somewhat exasperated.

"I will not take responsibility for Master's terrible comprehension skills."

?!

"Someone's coming, Master. You'd better deal with her first."

Then, the voice of the Crown Heart never rang in Aine's mind again.

anyone?

Before Aine could even turn her head, the sound told her who had come.

"Aine, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, just a little thing happened, I came out to think it over."

Ai Yin turned her head.

"Soyorin, what are you doing out here too?"

"Deng, Lixi, and Lena were all busy tidying up, so I couldn't get a turn and came out to check on you."

Well....

Aine could understand why Xiaodeng and Lixi were vying to clear the dishes, but Lena would do it too.

?

Why does Ai Yin seem so skeptical?

"What were you thinking about just now? You look so troubled."

Su Shi walked to Aine's side and looked at her tenderly.

"It's not Riki yet, she gave me a difficult problem."

When facing Su Shi, Aine would always discuss any troubles she had with her.

After all, Su Shi's true personality has been exposed to her. Ai Yin is very relaxed in front of Su Shi. In My Go, apart from Kodama, only Su Shi can do this.

"What problem?"

"Riki said she likes me."

Aine scratched her hair.

"And then, what are Aine's thoughts on this?"

When Su Shi heard Aine say that, she involuntarily clenched her fists. Then, afraid that Aine would notice, she pretended that nothing was wrong and asked in a controlled voice.

"Does Aine not want to accept Riki?"

"It's not quite like that."

Aine was very distressed.

“It’s not that I’m unwilling to accept Riki, it’s just that I already have Tomorin, and I feel that accepting Riki would be unfair to both of them.”

Didn't they say they didn't mind being around you?

"Riki did say that Tomorin doesn't care about this kind of thing."

"So, Aine, that's what you care about?"

"No... well, I don't even understand what I'm thinking right now. I've always thought that being with one person for life is very romantic, and I don't want to be too fickle."

Aine rested her chin on her hands.

"But I can't bring myself to refuse Riki."

It's not a matter of whether she can be ruthless or not, but rather that the moment Aine has that thought, the next moment, the thought that she doesn't want to do it at all will surface.

"I see. Aine, you also like Riki, don't you?"

"like?"

Ai Yin stared blankly at Su Shi.

"is that so?"

"Of course! If it weren't like that, Aine wouldn't be so conflicted, would she?"

Yes, it's precisely because she has feelings for Li Xi that she's so conflicted. If she didn't like Li Xi, she would have rejected him long ago when he confessed his feelings to her.

"So, I do like Riki."

Ai Yin pursed her lips, feeling a little devastated. Oh no, she was going to become a womanizer like Chloe and Shiro!

Chirp

Just then, Su Shi gently pecked Aine's cheek with her lips.

"soyorin?"

"Sorry, Aine was just so cute, I couldn't help myself."

Su Shi crossed her arms and smiled at Aine.

"Ugh?"

Suddenly, Aine sensed that something was off. Wait, Suze's expression looked familiar!

Looking at Su Shirou's gentle face, in Aine's eyes, her expression gradually overlapped with that of Xiaodeng from back then, and Lixi not long ago.

"Spyorin, you wouldn't happen to be... too..."

"So, Aine is really oblivious when it comes to matters of the heart. You don't actually think that when you forcefully barged into my 'world,' you didn't leave any 'trace' behind, do you?"

"I...."