They are in the music show, but I am a stranger to them

"Li Xi? Or Soyorin? Or that three-cornered Chuhua? Hong Xia? Liang?"

Gao Songdeng still shook his head, but lowered his head a little lower.

However, just as Aine was at a loss for words, wondering who else could have the same thoughts about her brother, Takamatsu Deng could no longer suppress his emotions, and whispered to Aine in front of him with a trembling voice:

⒉ "It's... me."

⑼ “…Hmm?” Aine thought she had misheard for a moment, but she never expected that Takamatsu Touma, who lowered his head, would answer more clearly and fiercely:

"It's me who doesn't want Aine-chan to like brother, because... I like brother too! I like him more than Aine-chan!"

０ "So, please don't make it difficult for me... I don't want Aine-chan to get hurt."

4 However, when Gao Songdeng raised his voice slightly, but it was still no louder than that of an ordinary person, the small courtyard fell into a strange silence...

⒊For a moment, in addition to the chirping of insects in late summer and the sound of the breeze blowing through the grass, even the accelerated heartbeats and heavy breathing of Aine and Deng could be heard clearly in the courtyard.

Wu didn't know how long it took before Chihaya Aine, whose pupils shrank slightly, came back to her senses from her trance. But what Gao Song Deng didn't expect was that Aine, who looked at him, actually smiled strangely, took Deng's hand, and smiled softly:

Six "Tomorin, today is not April Fools' Day. It's not nice to play a joke like this."

⒋ "Or are you too tired from today's performance? Tomorin does look very tired, so you should rest early. I'll go back to my room and take a bath. There were too many things to do today, and I'm even hallucinating~"

After saying that, Chihaya Aine also walked towards her home on her own. Behind her, Takamatsu Deng looked at Aine's attitude that seemed unwilling to accept the current situation, and felt a little bitter in his heart.

However, Takamatsu Deng still bit his lower lip and insisted on whispering to Aine’s back:

“Aine-chan, this is not a joke, and Aine-chan didn’t hear it wrong.”

"I like my brother, just like Aine-chan likes my brother. I also want to date my brother and hope that he will marry me."

"..."

However, Takamatsu Deng's words forced Aine to stop in her tracks. After a moment of silence, the cheerful and lively pink-haired girl's face no longer had a single smile on it. Her eyes trembled slightly, and she stared at Takamatsu Deng behind her with a pale face.

In mid-air, the eyes of the two girls collided fiercely, until Aine completely understood Takamatsu Deng’s seriousness, she said in a dry voice:

"Tomorin... do you know what you are talking about?"

"Brother Qi, he's your brother, right? Why do you still say that you like him?"

"——My brother and I have no blood relationship, so why can't I like him?"

However, since the words had already been spoken, Takamatsu Deng, who had made up his mind, no longer hesitated, and took a few steps forward and said to Aine word by word:

"I like my brother who gives color to my world. What's wrong with that? Why can't I feel the same way as Aine-chan?"

"It's impossible to find it without any search!"

However, no matter how much Deng's tone didn't sound like a joke, Chihaya Aine, who had been suppressing her inner turmoil, could no longer ignore it. Aine's reaction suddenly became extremely intense, her pupils shrank slightly, and her voice became a little sharper as she said:

"Brother Qi - there is no way he can accept you, Tomorin! He, he has always treated you as his sister! Brother Qi can't accept such love!"

“…What if I say that my brother has accepted me, Aine-chan?”

However, looking at Aine who still couldn't accept the truth, just like her brother in the past, who couldn't accept his feelings, Takamatsu Deng's eyes flashed with pity and guilt... He prayed silently in his heart that Aine could give up at this time.

But unfortunately, everything did not develop as Takamatsu Deng hoped. Although Aine did not say anything, her trembling eyes and her stubborn and slightly gritted teeth proved that she was unwilling to accept Takamatsu Deng's words.

In the end, with a long sigh in her heart, Takamatsu Deng still said to Aine the words she least wanted to say, as well as... the method of verification.

“…Aine-chan, if you don’t believe me, you can go back to the room on the second floor. You should be able to see my brother and me there.”

"When the time comes, you will see that my brother has already accepted my feelings... Proof in progress⊙＾转群：#＾⑵⑨四∨℃隣4③５↓；liu四."

Aiyin: “…”

In front of Takamatsu Deng, Aine did not respond to her at all. She just saw Aine walking quickly towards her home without saying a word. With the sound of hurried footsteps, Deng felt extremely bitter in her heart and sighed helplessly.

Why... did it turn out like this?

I really don't want to hurt you, Aine-chan... You were the first person to lend a helping hand to me when my brother left. If possible, I also hope to be friends with you for life.

But why do we like the same person? Why do we have to be so confrontational?

Is it because we have all experienced the tenderness of being cared for wholeheartedly by our brothers? Therefore, even if this tenderness weakens a little in us, we are so reluctant...

"Tou? I heard Aine's voice just now, what were you talking about?"

However, just as Deng was constantly thinking in her heart, Chen Qi's voice suddenly sounded behind her without any warning, which immediately made Deng, who was already in a state of confusion, even more confused.

The lamp, which could no longer ponder, could only follow its last instinct - that was to protect its only treasure.

My brother, you are my treasure.

I won't let anyone take it away from him.

Such a thought flashed through his mind in an instant. When Gao Songdeng turned around, he immediately reached out and held Chen Qi's cheek behind him. While his brother didn't react, he slightly pulled him in front of him.

The next second, Gao Songdeng stood on tiptoe slightly, and without any hesitation, pressed his lips on Chen Qi's lips again.

"Bang!"

⑦ This sudden attack also made Chen Qi somewhat unresponsive, but after a while, his brain went blank, but he heard a dull sound, faintly coming from above him...

6 It seemed like something fell to the ground, and there was also a faint sound like porcelain breaking... Was it an illusion?

However, on the second floor of Chihaya's house, in her own room, Chihaya Aine, who witnessed the kiss between Deng and Chen Qi through the window, felt as if all her strength was taken away from her in an instant, and she collapsed to the floor with a pale face.

㈢Ain tightly covered her mouth, afraid that she would scream out because of this scene... But drops of tears as big as beans fell uncontrollably from Ain's pupils, like falling rain...

Si Deng...didn't lie to her.

She actually really likes her brother...

⑵Why...why is this happening? Why is it the lamp?

For a moment, Aiyin covered her mouth tightly, but she still couldn't accept this absurd reality, just like she couldn't stop the uncontrollable tears and her heart ached as if a hole was pierced through it.

Chihaya Aine, when she saw her favorite man kissing her favorite friend passionately, her already tense rationality was completely broken at once...

This scene, perhaps more shocking to Aine's heart and mind than the kiss between Xiangzi, Mu and Chen Qi.

It was because Aiyin knew very well that Takamatsu Deng was the man she loved the most, the one she would never let go.

In this war called "love", she has to face an invincible "opponent"...

How can I possibly win...

PS: Today is the second chapter! Although it’s late, I still posted it! I will update it as usual tomorrow!

Because I don’t have any drafts saved, I can only write and post now. If I hadn’t worked overtime yesterday, I wouldn’t have been able to keep up with the update this morning…

Volume 101: Chapter 100 Chapter : Aine's awakening, Mu's hostility towards Takamatsu Touma

However, no matter how heartbroken Chihaya Aine on the second floor was, Chen Qi in the courtyard would not know it.

And Takamatsu Deng, the only one who knows the truth, will not tell the truth to his brother at this time.

Love is supposed to be a romantic long-distance race, but when a new competitor appears on the track, everything changes... What everyone is looking forward to is not when they can reach the finish line, but who can reach the finish line first.

To this end, everyone on the track will try their best, even at all costs, to become the winner. This is a game where "if you are not first, you are a loser."

Takamatsu Deng didn't want to be the one who would do anything to win on this track, having to hurt other competitors in order to win.

In particular, the other contestant is a good friend that Takamatsu Deng also cherishes. Apart from Toyokawa Shoko who hurt his brother, he is the only person who makes him want to "be good friends for life and form a band for life."

However, Takamatsu Deng finally made up his mind and did something that he would never think of or do before. And everything he did was just to drive Aine out of this track.

It was because, Takamatsu Deng could see that if he didn't do this, as long as he left a little hope for Aine or new competitors who might appear in the future, they would just be like him, getting deeper and deeper into the warm sunshine of their brother until they couldn't extricate themselves.

By then, I am afraid that even if the champion is decided in this game, the second and third place players will not accept such a result, and may even have to play overtime endlessly until they win.

In the end, the elder brother will not know how to make a decision... In the end, I am afraid that everyone will be exhausted physically and mentally by the endless competition and infighting, and in the end no one will stay with their elder brother. The elder brother may be so hit by the final separation that he will never be able to recover.

Gao Songdeng, I don't want to see this ending.

Therefore, Deng chose to make a decisive decision and would rather be the one to hurt everyone and tell the truth.

If possible, Deng didn't want to hurt Aine in person like this...but she couldn't think of a better way.

But since we are going to do it, we might as well do it to the end.

Having made up his mind, Gao Songdeng no longer hesitated, and once again closed his eyes without hesitation, and deeply kissed his most beloved brother in front of him.

This kiss lasted for five or six minutes. Although it was a little better than the first time, Gao Songdeng still didn't master the art of breathing while kissing, and soon collapsed into his brother's arms with a red face.

"…What's wrong? The light?"

With the experience of the first time, Chen Qi was much calmer this time. Being suddenly kissed by his sister in the courtyard, Chen Qi was also very worried about being discovered, but fortunately he was lucky that no one saw this brother and sister, a taboo relationship that was enough to shock people...⑹

Since he had not been discovered, Chen Qi heaved a sigh of relief and began to pay attention to his sister's situation.

After all, based on Chen Qi's understanding of Deng, his sister is not the jealous type like Su Shi. Her actions this time were so abrupt, and it must be that something irritated Deng.

“…Aine-chan, you kissed your brother at that time.”

However, Gao Songdeng, who fell into Chen Qi's arms, buried his blushing cheeks deeply in his brother's arms and asked Chen Qi sullenly:

"Brother, how do you feel about Aine-chan? Do you like Aine-chan too?"

"Why do you ask this suddenly?"

Chen Qi had not expected that Deng would actually care about Ain and himself. But because of Deng's question, Chen Qi could not help but think of Ain's intimate smile that he had seen most often in the past six months.

After a moment of silence, Chen Qi also changed the subject and said:

"Should we go back and rest? Lights."

"...Brother, you like Aine-chan too, right?" Deng was not so easily fooled. Now that he understood his feelings for his brother, Deng was a little less obedient to Chen Qi than before and continued to ask in a sullen tone.

This time, Chen Qi, who had no choice but to face his sister in his arms, was silent for a moment. He rubbed Xiao Deng's gray hair and whispered with a wry smile:

"If I admit this, Deng, is this the result you want to hear?"

"If I tell you that I like Aine, what will you do? Will you forget our kiss and your confession to me?"

lamp:"……"

However, in response to Chen Qi's question, Gao Songdeng, who was lying in his brother's arms, said nothing. He just grabbed his brother's clothes with his little hands, and seemed to use a little strength.

At this moment, the two of them only had eyes for each other, and they did not notice that the sound of their conversation quietly reached the ears of Aiyin who should have lost her judgment upstairs.

Aiyin, who had been sobbing uncontrollably, stopped crying all of a sudden after vaguely hearing Chen Qi's words, and immediately struggled to get up from the ground.

But then Aiyin was afraid that if she stuck her head out, she might be discovered by the lights below and Chen Qi, so she grabbed the window sill with both hands and carefully stuck out only half of her head, just enough to see everything happening in the courtyard downstairs.

If she heard correctly, did Brother Qi admit that he liked Aiyin?

Brother Qi, do you like me too?

Does that mean I still have a chance?

Could it be that Brother Qi wanted me to be his partner? Was Brother Qi simply bound by his sister's confession and the kiss, so he couldn't bear to reject Deng? :

With such thoughts in mind, Aiyin also tried hard to hold back tears, and looked towards the courtyard with the last glimmer of hope... and there, Chen Qi once again spoke to the lamp in his arms.

"Deng, you can't do it, right? I can't do it either, to treat your confession and that kiss as a joke." Hiss

"So, Deng, from the moment you confessed your feelings to me, it no longer matters whether I like Aine or not. I will not let you down, nor will I let down my promise to you. This is what matters most."

"I said, from now on, I will never leave you again, so no matter what kind of feelings you have for me, I will never refuse or escape again."

Even though this ending was somewhat beyond Chen Qi's expectations, he no longer regretted it. What he wanted to protect now was the love that had already been confirmed. If he continued to hesitate, he was afraid that nothing would be able to protect him anymore.

Now, Chen Qi at least wants to protect the lamp and Mu who has nothing now. ③

As for Aiyin, Chen Qi will try to reveal the truth to Aiyin in a more gentle way, so that this neighbor girl, to whom he has also made a promise that he will "never ignore her again in his life", can maintain the same trusting relationship with him as in the past.

The only thing Chen Qi was thankful for now was that although Su Shi and Li Xi were somewhat dependent on him, they were not as dependent on him as Deng, so it would be much easier to maintain their friendship.

As for Xiangzi...

When he thought of the blue-haired girl, Chen Qi's eyes couldn't help but dim a little. However, at this moment, what flashed through his mind was the scene half a year ago when he and Mu were waiting in the heavy rain for Xiangzi to explain the truth to them.

That day, Chen Qi and Mu waited for Xiangzi for two hours in the heavy rain, but Xiangzi chose not to show up.

And now, even though Chen Qi has tried his best to make Xiangzi speak up, the final result is not satisfactory.

Perhaps, I should give up now? Why should I be so persistent in knowing Xiangzi's secret?

After the "breakup" that day, Xiangzi and I can still get along as friends now. Isn't that enough? I don't have to hope to win her back anymore.

Helping Xiangzi to set up Ave Mujica and improving Xiangzi's current family difficulties would be the last thing he could do for Xiangzi.

Maybe I should calm down and protect everything I have...

But...can I really do it?