Aunt Xiangzi, how did you manage to live?

"Well, that's right."

Unaware of Chu Hua's ulterior motives, Le Na nodded. At least when it came to playing tricks, she was no match for Chu Hua.

"Hmm...so that means..."

The blonde girl looked troubled and took a step or two back.

"In other words... even Rakuna was blessed by heaven and has memories of spending time with Akatsuki... but I have absolutely no recollection of it, which is so unfair...!"

"Wait, Chu Hua, is this your focus?"

"Well... there's one more thing! Lena-kun!"

Hatsuka ignored Kazama's rambling, which had become nothing more than a吐槽 (tu cao, meaning to roast or criticize), and instead turned to face Rakuna.

"Besides this memory, what else do you remember?"

"Other things...qun? yaoqi liuyi shan? jiu'er ju'er."

Lena mimicked Kazama's usual eyebrow-raising gesture, gently raising her eyebrows and then shaking her head at lightning speed like a rattle.

"I don't remember any of it."

"...Is that really the case?"

Chu Hua carefully lowered her voice and confirmed again.

"Yeah, I only remember what happened in the video."

"Hu—婩韭韒流揪?〤衣mix8〗々?鏏—"

After receiving Lena's affirmation, Chu Hua finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Why are you suddenly acting like, 'It's good that you don't remember too much, Miss Chuhua'?"

Kazama asked directly, somewhat puzzled, "Could it be that the conflict between Hatsuka and Rakuna has escalated to the point where they're even arguing over such trivial details?"

"Cough, cough. No, of course it's not because of that."

Chu Hua coughed once or twice, using her gentle and friendly voice to cover up the guilt she had inadvertently revealed.

In fact, she was secretly delighted, knowing that Lena hadn't done much better than her in the past.

In this way, she still has the advantage.

Chu Hua thought her facial expressions were perfectly controlled, but little did she know that Le Nai had seen through her subtle expressions of joy.

The next moment, Rakuna took Kazama's hand.

"Xiao, do you like me, your aunt, more, or Aunt Chuhua?"

Chapter Thirty-Six: The Shura Field of Two Aunts

What's the current development?

Feeling the slightly cool temperature from Renai's palm, Kazama looked up in disbelief.

In front of him was a white-haired girl who looked self-righteous and demanded an answer from him, while behind him was a blonde girl who appeared gentle and remained silent, but whose purple eyes seemed to pierce through Lena.

What the hell is this?

"Xiao, do you prefer Aunt Lenai or Aunt Chuhua?"

Seeing that he hadn't answered yet, Lena repeated the question that had just amazed her.

It was this very question that made Chu Hua's smile completely vanish.

Before Kazama could answer this difficult question, Hatsuka tried to interrupt the process.

"Wait, why are you suddenly asking Xiaojun such an abstract question?"

Chu Hua waved her hand with a forced smile, trying to brush the question aside. Her interruption of Le Nai's question wasn't just because she couldn't bear to see Xiao caught in the middle, torn between the two sides—

It's also because she's currently unsure of what to do.

If Kazama were to say something like, "Of course I like Aunt Rakuna more, because only Aunt Rakuna remembers me," she would definitely go crazy.

Therefore, Chu Hua, whose plans were still far from being finalized, did not want to hear Kazama's answer and had no choice but to resort to this last resort to change the subject.

"It's okay, it's not a difficult problem."

To everyone's surprise, Renai was completely unmoved and unaffected by Chu Hua's words, which were made in accordance with the atmosphere.

She still kept her clear, heterochromatic eyes fixed on the boy, but the words that followed revealed all of Chu Hua's secrets.

"Chu Hua, you're feeling guilty."

"I……"

"Haha, because Chu Hua has no memories of spending time with Xiao, she's afraid she'll be eliminated."

"I—I'm not—"

Who would have thought that the seemingly lazy, casual, and unreliable Lena could see right through what Chu Hua was truly afraid of, and then bluntly point it out, throwing Chu Hua into disarray.

"Because it's obvious that Xiao is happier when she's with me."

"It's clear that Lena only remembers that video! That claim is completely untenable!"

"Hmm, so Chu Hua is really feeling guilty."

"I--"

Chu Hua was stunned and remained silent for a long time.

Despite her meticulous planning and flawless strategy, she never expected to be outmaneuvered by Le Nai.

"Humph."

Lena also revealed a confident expression of certainty, and her usually dazed and listless face was now full of a handsome and cute smile.

That was the joy of successfully defeating the enemy.

"Now, am I the only one who remembers my future with Akatsuki?"

The white-haired girl didn't let go of the boy's hand; instead, she naturally used a force to pull him towards her.

"In other words, I am Xiao's only aunt right now."

"...No, that's not true."

To everyone's surprise, Chu Hua still refused to give up. She reached out and grabbed Kazama's other wrist, pinning him firmly in place.

"In the near future, I'll also be Xiaojun's aunt, right?"

No, no, no, decades is still quite a long time.

"But Mingchu Hua doesn't remember anything. I, on the other hand, remember everything."

"This kind of memory... doesn't prove anything!"

Chu Hua still showed no sign of backing down, so Le Nai just shrugged and pouted.

"Whatever. If Chu Hua is willing to treat something as if it existed even though her brain doesn't remember it, then let's treat it as if it existed."

"Well……!"

Her casual remark completely extinguished Chu Hua's will to argue any further—or rather, it was precisely because Le Nai was unwilling to continue playing word games and getting stuck on trivialities that Chu Hua felt so powerless.

A victor's posture of complete ease and control.

If this contest needs to be decided, then the victor must be Lena in her current state.

She didn't even care whether her identity as Aunt Xiao was threatened; she just kept pulling on the boy's arm to express her affection.

"Xiao, you won't even call me 'Auntie'?"

"I really did yell it just now."

However, Chu Hua suddenly interrupted the touching scene of the aunt and nephew recognizing each other.

"Alright, alright, anyway, you two—stop arguing here."

Kazama, who was caught in the middle of two women and had a terrible headache, spoke up in time and brought the situation under control.

Rather, he felt that if he didn't step in and take control of the situation, the relationship between Lena and Chuhua would likely develop in a negative direction and eventually collapse beyond repair.

This is not what he wants to see.

"It would be difficult for me to choose between either side, or to ignore either side, because you are both the aunts who raised me."

He smiled and stretched out his arms, patting the girls standing on his left and right sides respectively.

"Don't fight, don't fight."

In Xiao's memory, Aunt Lenai and Aunt Chuhua actually got along quite well.

Rather than saying they get along well, it's more accurate to say they're in a state of peaceful coexistence.

After all, Aunt Lena didn't care about his daily life, such as food, clothing, shelter, or his interpersonal relationships at school; as long as she could play guitar with him and have a blast, that was enough for her. And Aunt Chuhua didn't care about Xiao's progress in learning instruments; as long as she could accompany him throughout his entire growth journey, she would be content.

As adults, the two could not be said to be particularly close, but at least they were comrades who raised Xiao together without interfering with each other.

If Lena and Chuhua in this timeline were to have a major falling out because of him, then he would probably be the real culprit who ruined the aunties' relationships, even more so than Xiangzi.

"Okay, let's not argue. Who do you like more?"

To everyone's surprise, Lena remained undeterred, as if she hadn't heard his explanation at all.

"Uh……"

"Xiaojun... if you could choose someone else, I wouldn't be sad."

Chu Hua, in a pitiful state, used a retreat as a tactic to further put him in a precarious position, roasting him in the fire.

...What's going on here?

So even aunties, when they're young, are so sensitive about who gets to be the first in line for family ties?

Kazama cleared his throat, finally making up his mind.

"In short—there's no such thing as 'favorite' or 'most favorite,' you're both people I like!"

He deliberately raised his voice a little so that he could express his feelings to the two of them more clearly.

Of course, he was referring to his nephew's affection for his aunt.

He wasn't sure yet whether Lena and Chuka had sensed his feelings, but a long-haired girl with black hair standing in the RiNG store in the distance had seen his "confession."

"………ha?"

With a thud, the menu that Lixi was about to serve to the next table of guests fell to the ground.

Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Teenage Aunt Who Wants to Be a Mother—Do You Like It?

"In conclusion, if the two of you can't shake hands and make peace, I'll be very sad."

On a bustling commercial street under the scorching sun, Kazama solemnly placed the two girls' hands together.

Still slightly dizzy from his declaration of love, Chu Hua offered no resistance. In fact, she somewhat enjoyed the domineering feeling of Kazama holding her hand tightly.

If the boy hadn't placed his palm on Lena's hand the next second...

The white-haired girl's face didn't reveal any strong resistance to this action; she simply resigned herself to letting Kazama place his hand under Hatsuka's palm, her eyes fixed on him the whole time.

"Because we're both the aunts Xiao likes?"

"Yes, that's right."

Although it was really strange to call the two young girls in front of him "auntie," it was the only way Kazama could use that term to let them know how important he was to them at this stage.

"Therefore, this kind of comparison is completely unnecessary."

In my memory, we were a happy and supportive little group, and we would only do our best to defeat each other on stage.

If possible, he hoped that this friendship could continue in this time and space with his help.

Auntie isn't someone he can only have for life. Everyone is his wings—cough, no, everyone is his guardian angel who has watched him grow up. How could Xiao possibly abandon one of them and throw himself into the arms of the other?

"Well, that's it."