I just wanted to cultivate immortality, but I was forced to open a harem

"It's okay now, it happens occasionally, but it was worse before. There were even sasaeng fans who stalked me for a long time." Sakurajima Mai had a calm face, as if she was talking about something that had nothing to do with her.

“It’s not easy to be a star.”

"There is no such thing as easy in the adult world."

Lin Hezhen raised his eyebrows: "Are you an adult?"

"I'm not yet 18 years old, but I debuted very early and have been working in the entertainment industry for more than ten years. Psychologically, I'm no longer a child."

"If I wasn't here today, what would you do?"

"Of course we should find the station staff. With the photos as irrefutable evidence, they will deal with this pervert who took the photos."

"Don't you consider calling the police?"

Sakurajima Mai was silent for a second, then said, "If you call the police, you will probably see all kinds of absurd rumors on the Internet tonight."

Recalling the many unsightly rumors that came up when searching for "Sakurajima Mai" on the Internet, Lin Hezhen nodded thoughtfully: "Being too famous is not a good thing."

"Right? So I have had a wish since I was a child, to go to a place where no one knows me."

"Does your previous invisible state have anything to do with your wish?"

"I don't know..." Sakurajima Mai lowered her head and played with the hem of her skirt, neither admitting nor denying.

"Do you have any idea why it became like this?"

"Why should I honestly answer the questions of a junior from the same school? Are you a plainclothes policeman from somewhere?"

"Because Mai doesn't want to continue like this, living alone in the world like a transparent person."

Sakurajima Mai jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on: "You actually called me by my name? We are not that close yet, are we?"

Lin Hezhen said nonchalantly, "Aren't names just for people to call you?"

"How rude! You're incredibly frivolous." Mai Sakurajima blushed slightly, still looking aggrieved.

"Oh." Lin Hezhen sighed helplessly.

People in this country always get caught up in trivial matters and put aside the really important things.

"So Ms. Sakurajima, could you please tell me how you ended up in this state? I'm very curious."

"I have no reason to satisfy your curiosity." Sakurajima Mai smiled slyly.

She glanced around the carriage and saw a movie poster on the advertising column, and she couldn't take her eyes away.

It was a big IP movie adapted from a highly popular novel. The heroine was a rising star in the industry. Her image and acting style were very similar to Mai Sakurajima. Thanks to Mai Sakurajima's retirement in recent years, she has received many opportunities.

Mai Sakurajima stared at the heroine, her lips tightly pursed, her eyes filled with both nostalgia and reluctance, her emotions very complicated.

"Anyway, forget about me and don't get involved with me. This is for your own good, I mean it. You don't want to get dragged into trouble that you can't solve because of a momentary curiosity."

When the train arrived at the station, Sakurajima Mai said this and got off without looking back.

Lin Hezhen shrugged and said that he couldn't solve the problem, which was really an underestimation. But Sakurajima Mai didn't know that she was a cultivator.

He slowly got out of the car behind her.

Lin Hezhen and Sakurajima Mai live in the same apartment and take the same route home, but it’s not that he wants to be a stalker.

In short, Hayashi Kazuma watched Sakurajima Mai leave the station, stop in front of a small bakery, and say to the old lady selling bread, "Please give me a butter bun."

However, the old lady completely ignored her existence. She could neither see her nor hear her voice, as if there was nothing in front of her.

Mai Sakurajima showed a look of surprise and distress, repeating over and over again: "Please give me a butter bun."

However, the old lady still did not respond.

However, a few more customers came later and they all successfully bought the bread they wanted, proving that there was no problem with the old lady's hearing or vision, she simply couldn't see Sakurajima Mai.

Mai Sakurajima stood lonely on the side, like a kitten abandoned by its owner, tasting despair alone in the wind and rain.

"Please give me two cream buns, separately." Lin Hezhen walked up and said to the old lady.

"Ok."

After paying, Lin Hezhen handed one of the breads to Sakurajima Mai and said, "Take it. Don't you want it?"

"Thank you." Mai Sakurajima took the bread with mixed emotions.

"You're welcome. Just remember to give me the money. I want to double it. As a middleman, I have to make the difference."

Sakurajima Mai suppressed the emotion she had just felt and said unhappily, "I know. I definitely won't take advantage of you."

"I'm just kidding, it's only 130 yen, consider it my treat."

"No, I'll return it to you now." The girl took out her wallet and took out some change, not willing to accept Lin Hezhen's favor at all.

Seeing this, Lin Hezhen no longer refused and took the change and put it in his trouser pocket.

He took a bite of the cream bread. The crust was soft, the cream was sweet and the taste was great. No wonder Sakurajima Mai was so persistent in wanting to buy it.

"You said before that you wanted to go to a place where no one knew you. Actually, this feeling is very uncomfortable. Being ignored by everyone makes life very inconvenient. You can't even buy the bread you want to eat."

"I didn't expect things to turn out like this. It's completely different from what I wished for..." Sakurajima Mai said in a low voice, the second half of the sentence was almost inaudible.

However, it still couldn't escape Lin Hezhen's ears, and he caught the key words.

"Make a wish?"

"Nothing." Sakurajima Mai decisively avoided the topic.

The two walked on the road side by side in silence.

The setting sun cast a golden glow on the figures of the two people. The streets were bustling with cars and pedestrians bathed in the sun, and the entire city seemed to be covered with a golden gauze as white as a cicada's wing.

"Om-"

Mai Sakurajima's phone vibrated. She took out the phone with the rabbit cover, glanced at the caller ID, immediately hung up the call, and put the phone in her pocket.

With his extraordinary eyesight, Lin Hezhen clearly saw that the caller's note was "agent".

I remember Murakami Maki once said that Mai Sakurajima's agent is her mother. It's interesting that the note for her mother is "agent" instead of "mom".

"When did it start to become like this?"

"Why do you keep asking about this?"

"Because I want to get to know you better."

"Confession? Sorry, I'm not interested in boys younger than me." Sakurajima Mai refused skillfully. It seemed that she had said similar things many times before.

Unfortunately, Lin Hezhen didn't want her body at all, and patiently explained: "It's not a confession, I just want to know the inside story. And in terms of mental age, I am definitely older than you."

Sakurajima Mai glanced at him, thinking that this guy was mocking what she said at the station.

Considering that Lin Hezhen helped him buy the butter bread, he would reluctantly satisfy some of his curiosity.

"I realized something was wrong on the second day of spring break, when I went to the aquarium on a whim."

“There are elephants in the aquarium, right?”

"How is that possible?"

"Oh, I thought you went to the aquarium in the Kaidan Zoo."

"I've never heard of anything like that."

"Okay, please continue." Lin Hezhen made a "please" gesture.

So, Mai Sakurajima continued to tell her story.

Chapter 18 Sakurajima Mai's Invisibility

"In the aquarium, no one could see me. At first I thought it was an illusion. After all, I had stopped my acting career for almost two years, and everyone was concentrating on watching the fish."

The two walked side by side, and Sakurajima Mai recalled her previous experiences, and her tone gradually became heavy.

"But on my way home, I walked into a cafe and no one said 'welcome' or showed me to a seat. From that moment on, I was sure something strange was happening to me."

"Maybe it's a self-service coffee shop, or even an unmanned coffee shop? These kind of concept stores are very popular now."

"How is that possible? It's just an ordinary old-fashioned coffee shop. Apart from the bar, there are only four tables left. There is only one barista and one waiter in the shop."

"It's also possible that you did something to offend the boss, so you were denied entry."

"That's not possible. This is my first time going to that store. You're the one who told me to tell you, so just listen carefully and don't argue with me!"

Mai Sakurajima raised her foot angrily and stepped hard on Lin Hezhen's leather shoes.

Of course, her little feet could not cause any harm to Lin Hezhen. Rather, this feminine action made Lin Hezhen feel a little novel.

"Mai, feet."

"I told you not to call me by my name!"

"My feet."

"What's wrong with my foot?" Sakurajima Mai looked innocent and seemed to have "no idea what happened". Can we say that she is indeed a talented actress?

"No, I'm honored to be stepped on. It's more like you are rewarding me by doing this." Lin Hezhen was so thick-skinned that he was invulnerable to swords and guns.

"What a weird sexual taste."

Seeing this, Sakurajima Mai lost interest, withdrew her foot in disappointment, and walked forward first.

Before they knew it, the apartment where they lived was right in front of them.

"Just a joke." Lin Hezhen shrugged.

"I think it's at least somewhat serious." She smiled slyly.

"I can only say that, as a normal man, I don't hate this feeling."

"Okay, we can't continue this conversation, just shut up. What were we talking about just now?" Mai Sakurajima forcedly changed the subject.

She seemed to be indifferent, but her ears were getting redder and redder. Her forced maturity and shy look were so adorable that it made people want to continue teasing her.

"Speaking of you being banned from the coffee shop."

"I'm getting angry." Mai said this with a sharp look in her eyes, and it was obvious that she was angry.

To express his attitude of reflection, Lin Hezhen made a "shut up" gesture.

Mai maintained an unhappy expression and continued, "I spoke to the clerk but got no response. Other customers also ignored me, as if I didn't exist. I was stunned at the time, and by the time I came to my senses, I had already fled."

"Where did you escape to?"

"It was a station near my home, but when I got there, it was as if nothing had happened. Everyone could see me, and they all looked surprised, as if they had run into Mai Sakurajima. So I thought what happened before was probably an illusion... But it still concerned me, so I went to investigate whether the same thing would happen in other places."

"So-called investigation means wandering around in that bunny girl costume?" Lin Hezhen remembered her previous seductive looks in the cinema and library.

"If I dress like that, anyone who can see me will definitely stare at me, right? If no one notices, it can't be called an illusion." She stepped lightly onto the stairs in front of the apartment.

"Having said that, have you not considered the consequences? Once the 'invisibility' state is invalidated in public, you will be watched by everyone, and even photographed and videotaped and posted online. Wouldn't that cause trouble?"

Even though Mai Sakurajima has retired from the entertainment industry, she is still a well-known figure. Her huge popularity has caused her every move to be magnified and studied by unscrupulous media in an attempt to attract traffic by sensationalizing the public.

From the fake news such as "pillow business", "depression" and "attempted suicide" that were previously found in search engines, we can see how people view her maliciously.

Sakurajima Mai said disapprovingly: "Actually, I had a premonition before entering that state. Somehow, my sixth sense reminded me that I would soon enter the 'invisible state'. Similarly, I would have a similar premonition when exiting, reminding me that I should change clothes. You are the only one who can see me after I enter the invisible state."

"So that's why there were no other witnesses." Lin Hezhen nodded.

This explains why there are no rumors like "Sakurajima Mai having sex in a bunny girl costume" on the Internet.

"You must have done a lot of tests during this period. Have you found any patterns?"

"The farther away from my activity range, the greater the probability that people will not see me and the longer the duration. And the closer I am to a place where I usually move around, the more normal people will behave and the shorter the duration of my invisibility."

"Is that so? Then when you are invisible, will you be photographed by cameras, cell phones, cameras, etc.?"

"I once tried to steal the spotlight when others were taking a group photo, but the photo didn't show me at all. I have to say it's amazing. Hey, did I awaken some incredible superpower?"

She looked at Lin Hezhen with her big eyes, which were big and bright, as if she had crushed a handful of starlight and scattered it into a deep pool.

Lin Hezhen was speechless. He stepped into the apartment elevator, pressed the button for his home's floor, and also pressed the button for Sakurajima Mai.

"Do you think you're the 'Invisible Woman' from the Fantastic Four? Don't overthink it. How can something you can't even control be considered a superpower?"

Sakurajima Mai pouted and said unconvincedly: "Maybe if I work hard, I can fully master this ability."

Lin Hezhen smiled and said, "If you insist on thinking so, I can only wish you good luck."

"Hmph, I think you're saying citric acid when you can't even find a lemon."