I'm in a real religion, why are all the people who confess to me girls?

Such a person can probably only change after encountering a true genius, but the price will definitely be high. They will either be defeated and never recover, or they will face reality and be reborn after experiencing setbacks.

What kind of person would she be?

"That's impossible."

Amane's decisive answer made Sakayanagi subconsciously let out a puzzled "Eh."

According to Sakayanagi's guess, Amane and Horikita should have only known each other for a short time, so how come Amane seems to know Horikita Suzune so well? Something feels off.

"Amane, you seem to know a lot about Horikita Suzune?"

"How could that be? I've only met her twice, including yesterday, and I can't even remember her name. How could I possibly know her? But compared to Horikita... I know a person named Sakayanagi Arisu better. It's precisely because I know her so well that I'm certain that no one like her will appear."

"Oh? What's the reason?"

"Of course, it's because there's only one Sakayanagi Arisu."

Amane looked intently into Sakayanagi's eyes and uttered those words that made Sakayanagi's heart race.

That's really unfair... Why say such embarrassing things in such a serious manner? Doesn't Tianyin feel ashamed at all?

Sakayanagi lowered her head shyly, not wanting Amane to see her with such a flushed face.

But ironically... she was completely powerless against Tianyin's earnest and romantic words to her.

To make herself look less embarrassed, Sakayanagi quickly came up with a good idea.

Just as Sakayanagi was about to get up, Amane immediately supported her back and helped her sit up, then moved the pillow up a little so that Sakayanagi could lean on it more easily.

Seeing how considerate Amane was, Sakayanagi didn't want to embarrass Amane anymore. However, she still wanted to see Amane in a difficult position, so she could only apologize to Amane in her heart first, and then showed a mischievous smile.

"Since you know me so well, Tianyin, do you know what I'm thinking right now? You only have one chance to answer~ If you really know me... Tianyin, you'll definitely be able to guess."

hiss.

When Amane heard the question Sakayanagi had given her, she subconsciously swallowed.

Anyone who truly understands Sakayanagi would have guessed it...

What if I guess wrong...

Tenon secretly glanced at Sakayanagi, hoping that Sakayanagi could give her a hint. As long as there was even the slightest hint, Tenon was confident that she could guess what Sakayanagi was thinking.

However, Sakayanagi had already made up his mind that he would not go easy on Amane this time, so he just looked at Amane with a smile.

Seeing that Sakayanagi ignored her hints, Amane's face fell in frustration. She knew Sakayanagi very well, but Sakayanagi was no ordinary girl. In the blink of an eye, countless ideas could come to mind for her, and Amane had to hit the mark with a flawless answer.

This was even more difficult than carrying Sakayanagi for 120 kilometers, which made Amane sweat profusely. Because when carrying Sakayanagi for 120 kilometers, the starting point and the finish line were already clear, and all she had to do was run.

But this is about guessing what girls are thinking. Amane is basically clueless when it comes to matters of the heart. Let alone guessing what they are thinking, sometimes she can't even see through Sakayanagi's hints. Now, asking her to directly challenge herself with a hellish difficulty level is really a bit too much for her.

"Arisu, um... could you give me a hint?"

Amane scratched her cheek sheepishly and shamelessly asked Sakayanagi for a chance to give her a hint.

Sakayanagi originally wanted to make things difficult for Amane, but when she saw Amane's haggard face, she felt a little sorry for her.

"I'm only reminding you of one thing, and it concerns you."

"Me?"

Tianyin was stunned for a moment, and then her cheeks flushed slightly.

She didn't know much about this, but her body's instincts conveyed Sakayanagi's feelings to her.

Could it be that Sakayanagi is thinking...?

Tianyin vaguely guessed an answer, but... it was so embarrassing to say it out loud.

"What? Tianyin, are you lying to me when you say you understand me?"

Seeing that Amane's cheeks were starting to turn red, Sakayanagi knew that Amane had already guessed the answer. The next step was for Amane to say the answer herself.

"Of course not, it's just... what if I answer incorrectly? What kind of punishment will I be given?"

Tenon's unusually hesitant expression made Sakayanagi's lips curl into a wide smile.

"Of course, I'll punish you by making you eat a fat-loss diet for a week, the kind without any meat."

"Ah? No... Arisu, you're too... bullying me..."

Just as the two were chatting, the door to the ward opened.

"The cup noodles are here! I searched for ages before finally finding a vending machine that still had cup noodles. How are you going to make it up to me? Hey? You're awake?"

Horikita Suzune closed the door with her foot, then came to Amane's side and handed her a cup of instant noodles that looked like it had something added to it; it was quite heavy.

"Nice to meet you, my name is..."

“Her name is Kiryuin Arisu, and this is Horikita… Horikita…”

"Horikita Suzune!! What's wrong with you? Why can't you remember my name? My name is so easy to remember."

Horikita Suzune glared angrily at Amane.

Amane knew she was in the wrong, but she didn't refute Horikita Suzune; she just smiled apologetically.

When Sakayanagi heard Amane say her name was Kiryuin Kaede, she immediately understood Amane's intention, and even her hostility towards Horikita Suzune lessened somewhat.

Taking this opportunity, Amane recounted in detail to Sakayanagi how she met Horikita Suzune and how Horikita Suzune's father agreed to lend her his car.

Upon hearing that Horikita Suzune insisted on coming to the hospital with Amane after losing to her, Sakayanagi guessed what Horikita Suzune was planning. However, she was just a child and might be too naive.

Despite being the same age, Sakayanagi extracted all the information related to Horikita Suzune from Amane's few words and finally came to a conclusion.

An innocent and harmless little girl.

"By the way, what were you talking about just now? I noticed that Aya looks worried. Is something wrong?"

While eating her cup noodles, Horikita Suzune asked curiously.

Something that can cause trouble for Aya must be quite extraordinary!

Sakayanagi Arisu parted her lips slightly. Originally intending to explain that she was joking with Amane, Sakayanagi's eyes lit up and she came up with a good idea. She deliberately told Horikita Suzune about the game she had just played.

The young Horikita Suzune was also very interested in this game of guessing what others were thinking, so she turned her attention to Amane.

Feeling a little uncomfortable under Horikita Suzune's expectant gaze, Amane looked up and saw Sakayanagi's smirking face, and instantly felt a surge of anger.

Sakayanagi has already learned to bully her with others; I can't even imagine what will happen in the future...

However, complaints aside, the questions still need to be answered.

but……

'Do I really have to tell Horikita... that Arisu is thinking of me right now? It feels... so embarrassing.'

Chapter 130: The Promise

"Aya, why didn't you guess?"

Seeing that Aya's face turned pale and then red, and that she was occasionally biting her fingertips but refused to answer the question, Horikita Suzune couldn't help but urge her on.

She'd already finished her cup noodles, but there was still no sign of Aya. By the time Aya figured out the answer, she'd probably fallen asleep.

"I'm thinking."

Amane turned her head away awkwardly. Even if Amane was slow to react, she could guess what Banyan was thinking. She was certain that the correct answer was that Banyan was thinking of her right now.

The real problem is how to say this answer.

Giving such an embarrassing answer in front of outsiders would make Amane feel ashamed even if it turned out to be correct. Not to mention... what if, what if Sakayanagi didn't actually think of that answer... then she would be utterly humiliated.

Amane's perfunctory answer did not satisfy Horikita Suzune. She first looked at Sakayanagi, who was looking at Amane with doting eyes, and then at Aya, whose forehead was starting to sweat from her struggle.

The naturally intelligent Aya keenly noticed something unusual. Aya's expression wasn't one of deep thought, but rather one of hesitation. Her hesitant expression suggested that Aya had guessed the answer but didn't want to say it outright. It seemed that Arisu knew Aya had guessed the answer and was waiting for her to say it herself.

Considering the subtle relationship between the two, the answer seems obvious in front of Horikita Suzune.

Should we help Arisu out?

Horikita Suzune had her own reasons for choosing to help Arisu instead of Aya, with whom she was more familiar. If she helped Aya avoid this awkward topic, Aya would definitely reduce the number of times she spoke and played games in order to avoid encountering the same problem again in the short term, thus stalling for time.

However, if she chooses to help Arisu get the answer, she can overhear some gossip. Arisu, having gotten the answer, will definitely be happy to share Arisu's story with her, and she can also gain some useful information from it.

For example... the method to defeat Aya.

Horikita Suzune was still bothered by that game. She admitted that she lost because of her lack of skill, but she was unwilling to be defeated by Aya, who suddenly appeared, with such an overwhelming level of play.

So she hopes to get more information about Aya from her, and maybe find something that Aya is not good at but she is good at. If she can have another match and win... does that mean she is already better than her brother?

Horikita Suzune, harboring her own thoughts, showed a suspicious look on her face.

"Huh? Could it be that Aya can't guess what Arisu is thinking? Aren't you two on good terms?"

"Of course I can guess... it's just... the answer is a little hard for me to say."

"Really? I don't believe you, Aya, can guess what other people are thinking. If you really can guess what other people are thinking, why don't you try to guess what I'm thinking right now?"

Horikita Suzune placed the cup noodles aside and sat there demurely.

Amane's eyes quickly swept over Horikita Suzune.

"You are eager to defeat me."

"Ok?"

Horikita Suzune looked at Amane with surprise, her brows slightly furrowed.

She didn't know how the other person had seen through her thoughts at a glance, but there was no doubt that the answer was correct.

Arisu's questioning gaze also turned to Horikita Suzune.

Although she was reluctant to admit that she still held a grudge about that matter, Horikita Suzune could only nod reluctantly since it had been guessed.

Seeing Horikita Suzune admit that Amane guessed her thoughts correctly, Sakayanagi Arisu's smile grew even brighter.

“My daughter…Aya is very outstanding.”

Sakayanagi Arisu's boastful remarks made Horikita Suzune feel a little uncomfortable, but she couldn't refute them. Looking at the two of them gazing at each other with love, Horikita Suzune felt like a superfluous person at that moment.

“I suddenly remembered that I haven’t told my mother Arisu’s room number yet. I’ll go out for a bit, you guys chat first. If there are still cup noodles in the vending machine when I come back, I’ll bring one for Arisu too.”

"Thank you for your help."

"It's nothing, just something I did on the spur of the moment."

Horikita Suzune fled the ward as if in a panic.

Amane gazed thoughtfully in the direction Horikita Suzune had left.

"Go ahead and thank me if you want. I'm not a stingy person."

Just as Amane can see through Sakayanagi's thoughts, Sakayanagi can also see through Amane's thoughts. Although Amane uses her cold face to prevent people from using cold reading techniques to peek into her heart, Sakayanagi can read Amane's emotional changes from her eyes.

Amane knew that Horikita Suzune left because of the atmosphere in the hospital room, and the possibility of her returning was almost zero. On the one hand, it was illogical that Horikita Suzune had a cell phone but did not contact her mother. It was highly likely that Horikita Suzune had already communicated with her mother when she went to buy instant noodles, and that the two of them would probably stay somewhere tonight and wait for Horikita Suzune's father to arrive tomorrow to meet them and then drive away.

So her coming here this time is actually a farewell. After all, she and Tianyin didn't have much interaction. It was just helping others for fun. At most, it was like playing a game of chess. They were just passersby in each other's lives.

The reason why Horikita Suzune sat there for so long without saying goodbye to Amane was probably because she did not expect that Sakayanagi, who had a high fever half an hour ago, had already woken up and was able to chat and joke with Amane. Horikita Suzune, who was not familiar with Sakayanagi, could not join the conversation at all.

Having finally managed to exchange a few words with Amane, Horikita Suzune felt incredibly awkward as Amane immediately exposed her inner thoughts. Feeling out of place in the atmosphere, Horikita Suzune's only option was to leave.

Amane saw all of this. She felt guilty for not being able to take care of Horikita Suzune's feelings, and she also hoped to thank Horikita Suzune and her parents in person again.

But if I leave now, what will Sakayanagi think? What if Sakayanagi's condition worsens and she needs me again?

If a smart person's strength is resourcefulness, then their weakness is that they overthink things and often end up in a situation that is irreversible without them even realizing it.

Sakayanagi Arisu noticed Amane's concerns, which is why she spoke up and made the decision for her.

"Thanks……"

"Don't thank me, whether it's our relationship or... You don't need to thank me. I just made the choice you wanted to make on your behalf. Go quickly, otherwise she might not have time to thank me. Oh, and please thank her and her parents for me too. If it weren't for their help, I might not have been able to get timely treatment. I will repay this favor to her."

"Arisu, do you mean she'll wait for me?"

"Of course, my Tianyin is very charming."

"I'm not from your family. You have the surname Sakayanagi, but I have the surname Miyako."

"Oh, why be so stubborn? Why don't you just take my surname, Sakayanagi? Doesn't Sakayanagi Amane sound nice?"

Sakayanagi Arisu's eyes lit up instantly, as if she really liked the name.

"Hmph! I don't want to. Why can't you take my surname, Miyako Arisu? I think that name is pretty good too."

Amane retaliated without backing down, but to her surprise, Sakayanagi nodded after thinking about it seriously.