A guide to survival in a heavy girl's world

"But at least I firmly believe that my brother has never cheated on me! Unlike you guys who are wondering if he has other women outside!"

"I also think that Tetsuya definitely didn't cheat, so I said he might have just gone to Mr. Jean's studio."

Wow.

While the two were still arguing, Shoko Toyokawa suddenly flipped through the design drafts and saw the musical notation on the back.

"Is this... discarded sheet music? They're using the back of the sheet music as manuscript paper. How haphazard..."

Toyokawa Shoko widened her eyes slightly.

"Hmm? This melody and this beat..."

She first hummed a few lines according to the music score, and then raised her eyebrows slightly.

"It feels a little familiar. Could it be a song I've heard before?"

After muttering something to herself, Shoko Toyokawa began to study the pieces of music in her hand more carefully.

On the other hand, Hoshino Ai, who had originally planned to interrogate Chihaya Tetsuya, finally relaxed her guard in front of these design drawings and picked up the bag she was carrying.

"Now that Zhe's suspicion has been cleared, I can go back to work with peace of mind... Su Shi, let's follow the schedule we agreed on."

After that, Hoshino Ai came to Chihaya Tetsuya and said to him very honestly:

"I'm sorry, Zhe, I was still wondering if you had another woman outside last night..."

"Eh? Ah, there's absolutely no need to apologize, Ai. After all, that message I sent yesterday was a bit too vague!"

Chihaya Tetsuya quickly shook his head and said:

"Rather than trivial matters like this, you should focus on your recording work today."

"Yeah, I will...eh?"

Halfway through her speech, Hoshino Ai suddenly looked up, her expression full of confusion.

"Did I mention before...are we going to do some recording work today?"

"what……"

Chihaya Tetsuya opened his mouth wide after hearing this. His eyes wandered wildly for a long time before he said in an extremely guilty tone:

"Indeed... I haven't mentioned it before. Should I say I understood it from the atmosphere... or maybe we just have a tacit understanding... Ahaha, ahahaha..."

"..."

The overly awkward smile and the strange reaction, which clearly suggested something was wrong, only deepened the confusion on Hoshino Ai's face. However, considering the upcoming work and the design drawings that served as evidence, she finally accepted the "telepathy" explanation and prepared to go out to work. Seeing that she didn't intend to pursue the matter, Chihaya Tetsu finally breathed a sigh of relief and patted his chest gently.

As a result, the next second, when Hoshino Ai passed by Chihaya Tetsuya, she suddenly stopped -

"kindness?"

She first widened her eyes slightly, and then, seeing Chihaya Tetsuya's helpless expression, she suddenly approached Chihaya Tetsuya and sniffed his scent a few times.

"..."

After confirming the lingering scent of sweet osmanthus, she took a half step back with a thoughtful expression.

Seeing her look like a detective who had found a key clue, Chihaya Tetsuya asked with a guilty conscience:

"Um... Love? Is work... okay?"

"..."

After hearing this, Hoshino Ai immediately raised her head and carefully looked at the expression on Chihaya Tetsuya's face. After staring for nearly ten seconds, she finally slowly looked away.

"Yeah, that's true."

After that, she picked up her bag again and walked to the door to change into her sneakers.

At the same time, Toyokawa Shoko, who had been staring at the music score, suddenly raised her head, looking as if she had just woken up from a dream, as if she had just remembered something very important...

“…”*2.

The two people who noticed some clues almost at the same time looked at each other briefly, and then swallowed the words they wanted to say tacitly.

"I'm going."

Before leaving, Hoshino Ai spoke to everyone as usual, and this time, Toyokawa Shoko was the first to respond:

"Well, have a nice trip!"

In this way, Chihaya Tetsuya's "sudden overnight stay" full of doubts and complaints ended peacefully with the tacit understanding of the two. After this terrifying inspection, Chihaya Tetsuya also became more determined to never lie to anyone in the future.

Fortunately, he finally got through this stage without any danger. Since everyone has believed his words, then if he goes to Chuhua again in the future, as long as he can still produce the corresponding design drawings, he should not be suspected by anyone!

With this incredibly naive thought, Chihaya Tetsuya took back the design drawings under Toyokawa Shoko's pensive expression and prepared to return to his room to continue perfecting these semi-finished products...

8

Chapter 8: The ambiguous reaction is even more stimulating.

When Hoshino Ai arrived at the recording studio and saw Mikado Hatsuka who had arrived earlier than her, the first thing she did was not to greet her, but to move closer to her and sniff her scent.

“…Yeah, as expected.”

After confirming that everything was correct, Hoshino Ai immediately raised her head and said to Sankaku Hatsuka, who looked a little surprised:

"Zhe should have gone to your place last night, right?"

"……Why do you say that?"

"Because I smell him."

Hoshino Ai stared into Sankaku Hatsuka's eyes, as if trying to capture all the changes and details in her eyes.

"That sweet osmanthus scent is exactly the same as the scent you normally have on you."

"Eh...it wasn't because he let it slip, but because he confirmed it by smell?"

Sanjiao Hatsuka couldn't help but sigh at Hoshino Ai's behavior which was like a police dog.

"Really? I should have sprayed a little perfume on Mr. Tetsuya before leaving."

"That's true."

Faced with Sanjiao Chuhua's answer that was almost equivalent to an admission, Hoshino Ai frowned slightly and took a half step back.

"So, what's the matter with those blueprints?"

"This is the costume we might use next. I let him listen to my demo in advance and asked him to draw a few concept sketches."

Sankaku Hatsuka was not at all nervous about being interrogated. Even though Hoshino Ai's expression at the moment could be described as unhappy, Sankaku Hatsuka's tone was still extremely frank and generous.

"Well, have you taken a good look at those design drawings?"

"I didn't watch it. I couldn't understand it anyway."

As Hoshino Ai spoke, she took out the lyrics book and throat lozenges from her bag. Then, she picked up the lyrics book and began to read...

“…Huh? That’s it?”

Sanjiao Hatsuka couldn't help but feel a little surprised by the abrupt end of Hoshino Ai's interrogation.

"Are these the only questions you want to ask?"

"What else? What else do you want me to ask?"

"There are still many things to ask, right? For example, where did he sleep last night, and what did we do——"

"Given Yizhe's personality, he'll definitely be sleeping on the floor in the living room or on the sofa."

In response to Sankaku Hatsuka's question, Hoshino Ai said with an extremely confident tone:

"As for what he did... I'm a little concerned, but judging by Zhe's reaction, he probably just spent the entire night drawing designs. Otherwise, he would have apologized to us before we could even ask him any questions."

The confidence that Hoshino Ai showed in making these judgments came entirely from her understanding and trust in Chihaya Tetsuya.

Even though Chihaya Tetsuya's many reactions this morning had completely exposed his panic and concealment, if he really made a mistake that went against his principles, his reaction would definitely not be so simple.

and……

"If it was someone else, I would probably ask a few more questions, but if it was Chuhua..."

Hoshino Ai tilted her head slightly, then said:

"Well... Anyway, let's leave it at that for now. After all, we went too far, so it can't be helped."

"Varied……"

Faced with Hoshino Ai's calm reaction, Sanjiao Chuhua felt a very subtle sense of frustration in his heart.

In fact, she had already expected that the fact that Chihaya Tetsuya stayed overnight at her house last night would be exposed. After all, with Chihaya Tetsuya's eloquence and acting skills, it was basically a pipe dream to expect him to safely pass through the layers of interrogation by the four girls in the house.

In order to deal with the possible questioning, Sanjiao Chuhua had already thought of countless ways to fight back. However, when Hoshino Ai came to her with the truth that she had already seen through, she simply gave up asking questions after a brief confirmation, and even showed an indifferent attitude.

"Aren't you worried at all? I might secretly attack Mr. Tetsuya or something?"

"……Worry?"

After hearing this, Hoshino Ai raised her head slightly from the lyrics book, then she glanced at Sankaku Hatsuka's expression before saying:

"Instead of worrying about this kind of thing, you might as well think about how you're going to get past Zhe first."

"Gu..."

It turned out to be the case.

Whether it was the relaxed attitude just now or the contempt shown after being pressured by himself, it all came from Chihaya Tetsuya himself.

Even though he had already fully ascended to adulthood under the combined pressure of the four girls, that didn't mean he had abandoned his integrity. Furthermore, judging by his uneasy reaction at his home yesterday, he hadn't made any significant mental progress. So, considering all these factors, Hoshino Ai's confidence in the two of them wasn't entirely unfounded...

But even so, Sanjiao Chuhua still felt an lingering unhappiness in his heart.

The reason she deliberately had Chihaya Tetsuya send that flawed notice about staying away from home, and left so many flaws in Chihaya Tetsuya, was largely because she hoped to attract the attention of Hoshino Ai and even Toyokawa Shoko, and even to warn them. However, the reality was that Hoshino Ai still didn't see her as a threat or a rival. Not only that, she even believed that she would never be able to have a relationship with Chihaya Tetsuya further...

Even though this is true, Sanjiao Chuhua still feels very unhappy!

squeak--

Just as Sanjiao Chuhua was still struggling with her position, the door of the recording studio suddenly opened and the figure of her agent appeared in front of her.

"Chuhua, come with me for a moment."

The agent took the initiative to talk to Sanjiao Chuhua:

"I have something important to inform you."

After saying that, she turned around and walked out of the recording studio, and Sanjiao Chuhua hurriedly followed her and walked out the door with her...

"..."

After the two left, Hoshino Ai couldn't help but raise her head again and looked at the place where Chuhua had just sat. At the same time, her mind once again recalled the question that Chuhua had just raised -

"Aren't you worried at all? I'll secretly attack Mr. Tetsuya or something?"

……

“…People really do change.”

Hoshino Ai shook her head and swallowed the thought in her mind that didn't need to be mentioned yet.

……

After the two left the recording studio, the agent got straight to the point and said:

"Because Ai already has a job at the [First Look], with the unanimous agreement between me, the president, and the [TGC] organizers, the finale position for this [TGC] has been decided—Chuhua, you will be the finale."

As Sanjiao Chuhua's expression remained frozen, the agent said:

"Next, do you have the confidence to walk a better catwalk than love?"

9

Chapter 9 Adolescence and rebellious psychology.

First, he took over the arrangement of [Ave Mujica] from Xiangzi, and then won the finale position of [TGC] from Ai.

Everything happened so suddenly, yet everything happened so naturally.

Xiangzi's reason was that she didn't have enough time to complete the project, and she had to spend some of her time studying fashion design. As for Ai's reason, it was because she already had a job at [First Look], and her catwalk performance was slightly inferior to hers.

Although it seems that they are all due to personal reasons, if you think about it carefully, these personal reasons are all due to the influence of that man.