Aunt Xiangzi, how did you manage to live?

And now, Su Shi hysterically emphasized it to him again.

"Xiao probably just found it by accident, right? Hehe, it's okay. Auntie will give you a good lesson."

In my memory, the ever-smiling Hatsune Miku showed no sign of blaming him for his young age. Instead, she smiled and gave Xiao a little lesson on the differences between boys and girls.

"Xiaojun probably just stumbled upon it by accident, right? Hehe... It's okay, it's okay... Or do you need someone to teach you a lesson?"

At this moment, Chu Hua, with a blank expression, uttered words that were utterly chilling.

—They are saying almost the same things, so why do they give off such different vibes now?

Kazama didn't investigate further, and ultimately, he didn't dare to.

He had just been dragged out by Chu Hua and Su Shi, and was now sitting obediently at the table, waiting for the judgment of these two adults.

"You said you would explain properly, but I really want to know why you were holding my freshly washed underwear in your hand... Xiaojun."

Su Shi seemed to be trying her best to suppress the anger and embarrassment that was showing on her face with a polite smile, but in reality, the veins on her forehead were about to burst, and the embarrassed blush on her cheeks was hard to ignore.

"Hehe... I'm actually more curious about why Xiaojun was at Su Shi's house. Can someone answer this question for me?"

Chu Hua's smile was as eerie as ever. Although Kazama knew that this guy often followed him home or out, following him all the way to the Su family's door was still a bit too scary.

"Also, Xiaojun, were you hiding in the bathroom just now? Why would you hide in the bathroom when I came to visit...? It's so hard to understand..."

Even assuming that Chu Hua didn't install any GPS tracker on himself, did he really not?

"Well...it's a long story..."

Xiao rolled her eyes and finally came up with a way to temporarily get rid of the target of everyone's criticism.

"—Su Shi invited me to her house!"

"?"

With a flick of his soul finger, Chu Hua also turned his gaze to Su Shi.

Trying to divert attention by shifting blame, Hagiwara, you bastard...!

"Uh, it's because... because there's something very private that I need to talk to Xiao about in person..."

On the contrary, Su Shi was deflated. Knowing she was guilty, she lacked confidence and stammered a couple of perfunctory replies before finally thinking of a more perfect response—

"In short, I know all his secrets! Now no one can keep me in the dark anymore!"

Finally, Su Shi confidently placed her right hand on her budding breasts.

"...?"

Chu Hua completely ignored her overly theatrical performance, and instead turned her gaze to Kazama with some confusion.

"Ahem, Su Shi found out about [my secret]. Although I don't know how she found out."

Kazama cleared his throat and then gave a concise explanation to Chu Hua.

"Ah, so that's how it is...

Chu Hua suddenly realized that Su Shi's contradictory and seemingly pretentious behavior made sense now.

Therefore, she instantly understood what Su Shi's provocative actions meant.

The next second, Chu Hua smiled and moved her chair to the side—she reached out and pulled the boy's arm into her embrace.

"I'm so sorry, Xiaojun, for causing you trouble, Su Shi."

Now that Su Shi's phase of asserting sovereignty has ended—shouldn't it be her turn now?

Volume Four

Chapter 1 Who wants Auntie's underwear?!

"Ha...another weekend of doing nothing."

Shiina, Ritsuki was lying on his bed, idly fiddling with his phone, diligently listening to 107 bpm rhythms to find creative inspiration while refreshing the pages of online forums and media.

On days when the band wasn't rehearsing, this was basically how she spent her free time.

Since no one needs her for the time being, and Kazama hasn't contacted her either, it means he must have his own things to do—Shiina Tatsuki briefly returned to her solitary, slacking-off state.

If your ears are bored, listen to something like a metronome to get a feel for it. If your eyes are still looking for something, find some news about recent band tours to broaden your horizons.

Wearing headphones, she casually browsed posts on forums related to the girl band.

As luck would have it, her beautiful brows furrowed slightly as she came across an article on a forum, and her eyes paused for a moment as she noticed the keywords in the title.

[I think I've discovered the legendary puppeteer behind Ave Mujica! I took this photo from behind the scenes when I happened to pass by the performance hall a few days ago!]

Upon seeing this sentence, Shiina Tatsuki's heart suddenly tightened as if it had been gripped, and her fingers trembled slightly for a moment—before clicking on it without hesitation.

The puppeteer from ave mujica... Could everyone be talking about that guy?

Li Xi thought of a certain person, and couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

Kazama hasn't revealed his identity in Ave Mujica to any media outlets, nor has he publicly disclosed his relationship with the members on any public platform—so this secret identity is the key reason why the members of Mujica and even MYGO are tacitly helping him conceal it.

If someone accidentally takes a picture of his face, paparazzi will probably be staking out his house tomorrow.

Fortunately, when she nervously clicked on the image to zoom in and examine it closely, she could only see a blurry silhouette of a boy from behind.

"call."

Lixi breathed a sigh of relief.

[Damn it, does this puppeteer really exist? I thought it was just a rumor all along~]

She scrolled down the post and saw many netizens commenting and interacting under this tweet.

[Hehe, there's no smoke without fire. Judging from the back view, he looks like a handsome guy. Are you sure he's not a guest member of some boy band? If the puppeteer is also part of the Ave Mujica project, then I can totally accept it!]

[Did any of you guys even go check things out? Couldn't you just stake out outside the livehouse and verify their identities?]

[Who would do something like this, upstairs? Is it a stalker or something? If it's part of a plan, why don't we just sit back and wait for this puppeteer to reveal their true identity?]

The discussion about the puppeteer ended there. Although no one came to a conclusion, it was clear that someone had their eyes on Kazama, who frequently appeared with members of Ave Mujica.

Although I don't know if this situation was part of that guy's plan... well, it's better to be safe than sorry.

With the mindset that she absolutely could not let anything happen to Kazama, Riki carefully took a screenshot of the current screen and forwarded it to her pinned message list with one click.

[This is what I saw on the forum today. They're talking about you, right? Was this part of your plan? If not, be careful; more than one person is watching you.]

Not wanting her concern to sound too ambiguous and tender, nor too stiff and rigid, Li Xi struggled for a long time before finally typing out this long, rambling string of instructions that sounded just like a mother's constant nagging.

Sometimes she actually dislikes her affected and pretentious self, but she can't stay calm when it comes to this guy's issues, and Lixi is also very troubled by this.

What's even more frustrating is that she's been tossing and turning in her bed for almost ten minutes now, and Kazama hasn't given her a definite response.

This is not like him at all.

"...Could it be that this guy has turned off my notifications?"

Li Xi became suspicious and anxiously waited for a response from the other end of the line.

Of course, what she didn't know was...

"........."

At this moment, Kazama had no time to pick up his phone and check messages.

He looked left and right, and both Chu Hua, who was close to him and even took his arm, and Su Shi, who was sitting directly opposite him with a dangerous smile, were giving him extremely unfriendly looks.

Li Xi's last sentence was correct; there were indeed more than one pair of eyes staring at him now.

"So, it seems Xiaojun hasn't explained things to me clearly yet. Why did you appear at Su Shi's house... and why were you clutching her underwear so tightly?"

From the left came not only the warm, soft touch of the girl's flesh on his arm, but also a terrifying gaze that seemed gentle and considerate but was actually sharp enough to make one afraid to look directly at her.

Chu Hua spoke with a smile, but her words were completely devoid of any genuine laughter.

"Or has Xiaojun reached the age where she's interested in girls' underwear?"

"Ahem... Although it's a misunderstanding that's hard to explain, I guess I'm just at the age where I'd be interested in girls' underwear."

Kazama coughed to feign composure, after all, he was best at putting on a brave face.

He had initially thought that Hatsune would appear gentle on the surface but be seething with anger inside, since in his memory, Hatsune was the kind of person who thought she was someone who didn't show her emotions, but whose expression would become very ugly once she got angry—

But this time, Chu Hua showed no sign of anger whatsoever.

"If you like this kind of thing—you should have told me sooner."

She still didn't let go of the boy's hands, and even tightened her grip on him.

“………Eh?”

"what?"

Even Su Shi, who had truly mastered Li Xi's teachings, couldn't help but exclaim "Huh?"

"If Xiaojun is interested in this kind of thing... I can give you everything I have! There's no need to steal it from Su Shi!"

Chu Hua's face was flushed with an obvious blush, and her expression was far from carefree—yet even so, she still made the righteous and stern suggestion that she would agree to anything to satisfy Xiao.

"As long as I have it, as long as you need it... I won't question how you use it, Xiaojun!"

"What does this usage method mean, you idiot?!"

Besides, who would want to use their aunt's personal items? That's just too abnormal!

Chapter Two: The Great Female-centric Diss Battle is About to Erupt

Frankly speaking, it's perfectly normal for teenagers to have some fantasies about the opposite sex's body and underwear during puberty.

But even the most intense fantasies of a young boy are extinguished by the harsh reality when faced with the aunt's tolerance and generosity.

Chu Hua blushed and patted her chest, uttering the most human-like words Kazama had heard in a long time.

"As long as I have it, and as long as you need it—I won't question how you use it, Xiaojun!"

"Don't be so generous in such a strange place!!"

Even Su Shi, who usually likes to be sarcastic, couldn't stand it anymore and spoke up in time. If she didn't stop him, Chu Hua would probably say something even more terrible and audacious.

"Ahem... Chu Hua, you definitely have a problem with how to maintain appropriate distance when interacting with the opposite sex!"

The brown-haired girl was somewhat indignant. Although she spoke righteously and sternly about these criticisms, her eyes kept glancing unintentionally at the physical contact between the two people sitting opposite her.

However, even if she cared, she couldn't bring herself to say it directly and bluntly, so she could only try to keep the two guys at a distance with seemingly fair and impartial words.

"It's okay, Xiaojun isn't just anyone. Besides, I wouldn't do this to other men."

Unexpectedly, Chu Hua easily resolved the crisis caused by Su Shi without changing her expression, and even leaned closer to the boy without caring.

"Su Shi, now that you know our secret, you should be able to understand how I feel, right?"

"........."

Looking at the blonde girl in front of her who was unconsciously asserting her dominance without any awareness, Nagasaki Motoyo's eyebrows twitched involuntarily.

"...Chu Hua, what are you referring to?"

Although she really disliked Chu Hua using the phrase "our secret" to isolate her from them, she still smiled and followed Chu Hua's lead, asking a reasonable question.

"Yes, it's the secret you originally planned to use as a bargaining chip to exchange with me. Actually, you already know Xiaojun's true identity, right? He's just someone who accidentally traveled to our era under special circumstances...our nephew."

Chu Hua smiled as she recounted the whole story, and at the end, she tilted her head with a smile.

"So Xiaojun can't be counted as a friend of the opposite sex."

"So that's what you wanted to emphasize?"

Su Shi felt a little embarrassed. In her memory, she had never become such a sharp-tongued critic in front of others before—it seemed that this had always been Li Xi's job.

"Uh... the whole bra/underwear thing was just a minor accident, and I don't actually have any strong fantasies about girls' underwear. Whether you two believe me or not, I have to say this."

Just as the conversation was about to veer off in an inexplicable direction, Kazama reached out his other hand, which wasn't being held by Hatsuka, to stop the conversation from continuing.

"Well, now that we're all sitting here together—can we have a proper chat about the topic you two have been avoiding?"