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Volume 1: Chapter 15 Will You Be My Friend for Life?

After the bell rang for the end of the fourth period in the morning, Shirakawa gently tapped the light on Takamatsu's desk in front of him.

"Dengjiang, can we have lunch together today?"

Gao Songdeng nodded in agreement first, then spoke with some doubt.

"But I didn't bring a lunchbox like Ze-jun did. Are you going to eat in the cafeteria with me?"

Shirakawa Sawa took out two bento boxes and two sets of cutlery and placed them on the table.

"I made these myself. The two bento boxes have different dishes. You can see which one suits your taste better."

Gao Songdeng looked at the boy in front of her, feeling both surprised and delighted.

Surprisingly, she had assumed that the lunchboxes the other person brought every day were made by their family members, but it turned out that they were made by the person themselves, and they looked quite good.

The good news is that the other person is sending a signal that they want to get closer to me, indicating that they approve of me and want to continue being friends with me. Otherwise, they wouldn't be thinking about making our relationship closer.

She likes this signal.

Correspondingly, she also wanted to respond to the signal.

"I……"

Takamatsu Akari looked at Shirakawa Sawa, as if she wanted to say something.

Suddenly, a scene from a certain day last year flashed before my eyes.

That day, she looked at a girl who was radiating light and said to everyone, "We must become a community with a shared future."

She remembers clearly that everyone present had high hopes for the future.

The days that followed were indeed as happy and wonderful as they had hoped.

Then, the scene shifts, and it starts raining in front of her. The sky outside the practice room is covered with dark clouds, but the air pressure is even lower inside.

The door opened, and a girl, soaking wet, appeared.

"I'm here today because I have something to say."

"Please let me quit CRYCHIC..."

"Click——"

It was as if glass had shattered; everything before my eyes, carrying with it the beauty of the past, had been destroyed.

Panic, self-blame, fear...

A series of emotions arose and began to linger in my heart.

Looking at the bento box in front of her, Takamatsu felt as if she were standing under the eaves of a house, with the entire world being poured downpours except for the place she was standing on.

Holding her lunchbox, she looked at the rain in front of her, her heart filled with uncertainty.

She didn't want to step into the rain again, nor did she want to see her beautiful memories shattered once more.

Takamatsu Akari pulled herself out of her memories, but just looked down at the bento box in front of her and remained silent.

Shirakawa Ze felt his gravity radar was sounding an alarm, urging him to escape as soon as possible.

But he ignored the alarm and continued to stare at Takamatsu Akari.

"Light-chan?"

Upon hearing the sound, Takamatsu Akari hurriedly pulled herself out of her reverie, but continued to keep her head down.

After a while, she slowly spoke.

"Zejun, would you like to be my friend for life?"

Shirakawa Sawa smiled warmly, opened the lid of the bento box in front of the other person, and set out the cutlery.

"Of course I would."

"But once you have this idea, you have to eat well and stay healthy, and try to live a little longer."

Takamatsu suddenly raised her head, tears glistening in her eyes.

“Ze-jun…”

If Takamatsu Akari's world had been stuck in that rainy day ever since CRYCHIC disbanded, then the appearance of Shirakawa Sawa was what stopped that rain that had been falling for months.

At this very moment, not only did the rain stop in Takamatsu's world, but the sun also came out.

"It's so warm and cozy..."

As if basking in the sunlight, Takamatsu Akari said softly, and then began to show off the bento box that Shirakawa Sawa had made.

Goto Ichiri, who had been secretly observing the two, was now filled with fear, and inwardly groaned in despair.

"This is bad! This is bad! This is bad!"

"Why do I feel like the ambiguous feelings between young boys and girls in campus romance stories are sprouting before my eyes?!"

"This is terrifying!"

Goto Ichiri suddenly wanted to take out her guitar and sing in a dark corner.

"I'm just a small, pitiful, lonely person..."

Meanwhile, at the Moon Forest Girls' School on the other side of the city, students were also enjoying their leisurely lunch break.

Nagasaki Motoyo sat on a bench, with a beautiful girl with long light green hair and golden eyes standing beside her. The girl was carrying a watering can and watering the seedlings in the flower bed, whose species were not yet clear.

"Xiao Mu, I saw Deng Jiang yesterday."

Nagasaki Motoyo's eyes were fixed on the distance, her tone flat, revealing no emotion.

The girl known as Mutsumi, whose full name is Wakaba Mutsumi, is the daughter of a popular comedian and a famous actress. Her childhood friend is Toyokawa Shoko.

Ruoye Mu gave a soft "hmm" and continued watering.

Nagasaki Motoyo spoke again.

"I saw Deng Jiang walking with a boy, and they were behaving intimately."

"It's really rare. Since that day, Tou-chan has hardly interacted with anyone, and she even avoids us. But now she seems to be getting along so well with a boy."

If Ye Mu stopped watering the plants, she would look at Nagasaki Motoyo with a hint of doubt in her eyes.

"Are you jealous?"

Nagasaki Motoyo glanced at her, her expression a half-smile.

"Xiao Mu, you really do say whatever comes to mind."

"What I mean by this is that perhaps we can use this boy to build a bridge to communicate with Deng Jiang."

"Everything will be alright if we can talk face to face."

"If Dengjiang also wants to return to the band, then Lixi won't be a problem either."

"At that time, you, me, Dengjiang, and Lixi will all be together."

"Finally... only Xiangzi is missing..."

Nagasaki Motoyo's eyelids drooped, and her expression became inscrutable.

"Xiao Mu, you know which school Xiangzi went to, right?"

"Still unwilling to tell me?"

If Ye Mu did not answer, he continued to pick up the watering can and water the seedlings.

Nagasaki Motoyo looked at Wakaba Mutsu, her eyes showing a hint of weakness.

"Xiao Mu, when you contact Xiangzi again, could you please convey my message to her? I want to talk to her in person. Is there anything we can't sit down and discuss properly?"

"I really want to go back to the past, to the time when the five of us were together. Weren't we happy?"

"Xiangzi, there's no need to blame yourself, and neither is Xiaomu. Neither of you is wrong, and no one is wrong. As long as we sit down and talk, we can definitely solve all the problems."

"please."

Wakaba Mutsu looked at Nagasaki Motoyo without saying a word.

After staring at Wakaba Mutsumi for a while, Nagasaki Motoyo looked away, sighed softly, and thought to herself,

"So, we still have to rely on that boy named Shirakawa Ze?"

Volume 1: Chapter 16 Nagasaki Motoyo Begins to Observe You

After watering, Wakaba Mutsumi sat down next to Nagasaki Motoyo.

"I don't need to practice the piano after school this afternoon."

Nagasaki Motoyo didn't reply, but just rubbed her fingers together. Her eyes were looking straight ahead, but unfocused.

She did hear what Wakaba Mutsu said, but chose not to reply.

At this moment, she is gradually clarifying her inner thoughts.

To ensure that the Shirakawa River Bridge was sturdy enough, she decided to test it in her own way.

This is the first cornerstone supporting the entire plan, and we absolutely cannot afford any mistakes.

As her thoughts raced, Nagasaki Motoyo turned to look at Wakaba Mutsumi, apologetic smile on her face.

"I'm sorry, Xiao Mu, I have something to do after school this afternoon."

After saying that, she got up and left. She needed to think things through on her own to clear her mind.

Wakaba Mutsu's gaze followed Nagasaki Motoyo's retreating figure, her face completely devoid of emotion.

Back in the classroom, she skillfully donned a smiling mask, exchanged pleasantries with her classmates, and then sat down in her seat. Turning to look out the window at the clear blue sky, her mind was filled with mixed emotions.

"The first step is to confirm just how close the relationship is between that person named Shirakawa Sawa and Tou-chan."

"If he doesn't hold a very important place in Deng Jiang's heart, then it doesn't really matter."

"I have to observe this step myself."