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He was not stupid, so he could naturally see that Senior Omi made this request not because she cared about the yearbook at all, but to create a "reasonable" excuse for him and Asana to be alone.

Senior Omi is a good senior, but I am stumped by her request.

“Omi-senpai really likes to play tricks on me…” As if she had seen through the struggle in Mogami Jun’s heart, Izumo Asana gently lowered her head, “It’s okay. If you find this unreasonable request troubling you, just ignore her…”

"No...that's not what I meant. I just said..." Mogami Jun hurriedly explained.

"Hey, isn't it wrong to be so slow?" Mei Gong Xia Fei seemed a little impatient, and said coldly, "When you came here, we entertained you with the greatest enthusiasm. Now that we are here, you find excuses not to take us to visit your school, but you refuse to agree to such a small request? Isn't this too much?"

"That's right!" Aoki Yuu, who is in the same grade as Asana, immediately agreed, "Repaying a favor is a basic principle of life, right? Omi-senpai gave you such a thoughtful gift. If you are unwilling to do even this little thing, how can you feel good about it?"

...These girls sang the same tune and soon shook Mogami Jun's position. He suddenly felt that it would be a bit unfair if he was unwilling to do such a small thing.

In that case, then agree to it.

"You misunderstood me. I didn't mean to disagree—" Mogami Jun smiled bitterly, "Of course I am very willing to fulfill Senior Omi's wish... but we still have to go to class later. Besides, if we walk around the school during the day, it may affect other students... So I think it's better to do it after school. What do you think?"

"This isn't a problem, is it? When you were with us, we didn't care about affecting other students—" Umemiya Xia Fei was still a little dissatisfied, "It's obviously you who took advantage, why do you seem to have to hide? What are you dissatisfied with?"

"Don't say that, senpai..." Before Mogami Jun could reply, Asana came to his rescue, "Actually, it's fine to go in the afternoon. I don't really like running around when there are a lot of people around. That's all!"

"You can't do this. If you like to speak for others so much, you will definitely be bullied in the future. There are very few people who are grateful these days..." Umemiya Natsuhisa looked at Asana and sighed, as if she was a little disappointed with him.

"It's just a small matter, there's no need to make everyone unhappy, it's okay!" Izumo Asana replied with a smile, "It's settled!"

Looking at Izumo Asana's smile, Umemiya Natsuki and others could no longer insist and had to accept this approach.

Seeing that Asana was so easy to talk to, Mogami Junya felt very grateful.

"Thank you, Asana." He nodded to Asana, "Please rest assured, I will definitely take good care of it for Omi-senpai, and by the way, I will take good care of you guys to have fun."

No one would have taken such polite words seriously, but the smile on Izumo Asana's face instantly turned into surprise.

"…What did you call me just now?"

"Eh...?" It was only then that Jun Mogami realized that he had unknowingly called the other person by his name.

“Oh, sorry!” He quickly apologized to Asana, “I just kept hearing Umemiya-senpai calling you that, so I didn’t understand it right away - sorry.”

“It’s okay. But it feels a bit weird to keep calling me Izumo. No one calls me that at school—” Izumo Asana shook her head to show that she didn’t mind. “It feels a lot better when people call me by my name… If it’s okay, please call me that in the future. Thank you!”

"Well, since we are all friends now, it's fine to call each other by our names." Mogami Jun nodded, and then he couldn't help but tease the other party. "When you called me Mogamiden before, I also felt uncomfortable. Now you understand how I felt at that time-"

"At that time... At that time I just didn't know how to deal with strangers. After all, I had no experience in getting along with boys--" As soon as this matter was mentioned, Asana blushed with embarrassment, "I asked my mother, and she just said to show respect, so I had to do that... You must be laughing at me in your heart, right?"

"No, how could that be? I'm just surprised. After all, in this day and age, there are still people doing that - hahahaha..." I don't know why, but it always feels funny when I tease Asana, so Mogami Jun laughs especially happily, "Well, it's all in the past, so don't mention it anymore."

Regardless, it was really pleasant to be with Asana.

"You two have been chatting for so long, it's time for you to enjoy yourself—" Umemiya Natsuki, who had been watching from the side, finally urged, "Don't keep everyone waiting too long..."

"Well, okay." Mogami Junya timely ended the conversation between the two people, "Okay, let's take you to a place to rest first--"

In this way, Jun Mogami brought a group of people to the administrative building in the center of the school.

Because they had been notified in advance, they did not encounter any obstacles and entered the building directly.

However, when the girls waved goodbye one by one and stepped into the elevator to go upstairs, Umemiya Xia Fei stayed alone.

"Senior, is there anything else?" Mogami Jun was a little surprised.

"Well, I have some personal matters to attend to. Can I take up a little of your time?" Mei Gong Xia Fei looked around.

Although they didn't know what Umemiya-senpai was thinking, Hanyu Hirofumi and Okabe Kaoru were certainly not stupid, so they all took their leave, leaving the two of them alone.

"Is there any place to talk here?" asked Xia Fei of Meigong.

This question stumped Jun Mogami, after all, he didn't have many opportunities to come to this building.

Judging from Meigong Xia Fei's expression, she had something important to say, so he looked around and finally found the tea room next to them, and then took Meigong Xia Fei over there.

It seems that this is where the employees in the building eat lunch. It is not lunch time yet so it is very quiet.

The two of them found a table and sat down.

"Senior, you specifically asked me to stay here. Is there something you want to tell me?" Mogami Jun asked as soon as he sat down.

"Did the idol named Takasaki Mayu sign any agreement with the association before?" Umemiya Natsuki asked directly without delay, "Yesterday I suddenly received a call from Professor Ying Si, asking me why I interfered with their agreement - I was confused at the time, and the only thing I could figure out was that this matter must be related to you."

"Wow... I didn't expect the professor would find you. This is really too much." Mogami Jun answered meaningfully.

In fact, he did it on purpose.

He deliberately wrote Umemiya Natsuki's name on the blackboard before Sakai Mitsui was called over. He was sure that when Sakai Mitsui came over, he would see it and would naturally report it back.

There is no other purpose for doing this, I just want to see what the relationship between Umemiya Natsuki and the association is. If she is the mastermind behind the series of events, then asking her for help on Zhenyou's behalf would be like sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth and sacrificing myself.

"What's going on with her?" asked Princess Umemiya. "How is she related to the association?"

"Speaking of this matter, it's actually related to me, so I also bear a certain responsibility..." Mogami Jun sighed, and then explained the matter of Zhenyou to Umemiya Xiafei in general.

"I was quite confused at first. The association is obviously looking for elites, so why would they look for someone like Ai Doulu to discuss cooperation? Now I understand. It turns out it's because of you..." After listening quietly, Umemiya Xia Fei spoke leisurely, "I think Professor Ying Si thinks that as long as she becomes a collaborator, it will be easy to convince you."

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"I think so." Mogami Jun nodded gently, "So because of this, I can't let her get too deep into it, so I decided to do my best to help her."

"Oh, then what on earth is going on here? A hero saving a beautiful girl?" Mei Gong Xia Fei smiled sarcastically, "If you want to do anything, that's your freedom, but it's not good to cause trouble to others for no reason."

"Why, senior sister's attitude suddenly changed, is it because of the pressure from Professor Ying Si?" Mogami Jun asked cautiously, "He didn't allow you to help?"

That's the point.

Jun Mogami focused all his attention on Umemiya Natsuki, trying to find clues about her true relationship with Professor Takashi from the subtle changes in her expressions and movements.

"He did give me an order, but I don't care. After all, it's not his turn to control what I want to do or not." Umemiya Xia Fei answered in a friendly manner, "But it doesn't seem to be in line with my usual style to fall out with Professor Ying Si for a simple-minded person like Ai Doulu. What good will it do?"

Although on the surface Senior Umemiya seemed to be backing down, Mogami Jun was relieved.

Because from this sentence, although Umemiya Natsuki should be under Professor Takashi, she seems to have relative independence, at least she is not afraid of the professor.

There’s nothing to worry about now, Jun Mogami breathed a sigh of relief.

"Actually, this is a very easy matter to handle. If you think this request is too much trouble, then it's okay to withdraw now. I won't blame you. After all, everyone has their own concerns." He immediately replied, "I just want you to clearly choose a side in this matter. Either stand with them or stand with me. Don't try to please both sides. It's not good for everyone. Anyway, I want to stick to it to the end."

"Oh no... I've known that you think highly of yourself, but I didn't expect it to be this high..." Umemiya Xia Fei's smile was a little sarcastic, "What do you mean by choosing between you and the association? Are these two sides on the same level? No matter how you look at it, it's more advantageous to choose that side. Can you afford the price they are paying to bribe me?"

"If you say so, I admit that this may be true." Mogami Jun nodded without making any unreasonable arguments, but he quickly changed the subject, "But I didn't ask you to break up with the association. I just asked you to stand on my side on this matter. As long as you are willing to do this, we will be friends in the future. I have always been dedicated to my friends. Although the association can give you generous benefits, do you dare to trust anyone in it? But I am different. If we are friends, you can trust me. So far, I have never done anything to let my friends down. I am confident in saying this."

As he spoke, Meigong Xia Fei's smile gradually faded.

"That does make sense. Sometimes, some things really need to be done by someone you can trust." She asked again, "Then, Mogami-kun, why do you have to go to such lengths for her? Are you in love?"

"It's not that serious..." Mogami Jun replied, "But I am indeed a good friend of hers, and I am quite happy when I am with her."

"You're a little scary that you can go this far just by being good friends." Umemiya Natsuhi let out a long sigh, "Then what about Asana? What do you think of Asana?"

"A friend, of course, if she is willing to see me that way." Mogami Jun answered immediately.

"Considering that you were willing to ride a bicycle in a skirt for her, I do believe what you said..." Umemiya Xia Fei nodded.

When this matter was mentioned, Jun Mogami's face immediately turned red.

"You planned this against me! How dare you say that?!"

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Meigong Xia Fei couldn't help laughing again, not feeling any guilt at all.

After laughing for a while, she continued, "Okay, this one is a friend and that one is also a friend, but even if they are all friends, there has to be a distinction between the better and the worse, right? I am too competitive, and I have to have a winner no matter what happens..."

"What does this mean?" Mogami Jun was a little confused.

"Asana and I have a very good relationship. I'm afraid you can see that. To be honest, I have always regarded her as my own sister, so I can't bear to see her suffer any grievances." Umemiya Xia Fei replied softly, "So, I don't care what position this idol holds in your heart. I just hope that you can be worthy of Asana. If you can't do that, let alone being friends, I'm afraid you can't even be enemies--"

……

Mogami Jun was speechless.

"Asana and I are not in that kind of relationship." He answered after a moment's silence. "The blind date is over."

Umemiya Natsuki just looked at him with a strange smile, as if she was looking at a child.

"Hey, really? You are more or less a person from our world, why do you think that the affairs between two families can be changed according to one person's ideas?"

180, Thoughts and Threats

"Hey, really? You are more or less a person from our world, why do you think that the affairs between two families can be changed according to one person's ideas?"

Umemiya Natsuki's complaints left Mogami Jun speechless for a moment.

Yes, my grandfather and father have been planning this for so long, how could they give up just because of my momentary reluctance? From ancient times to the present, such matters are not decided by one person.

He had previously avoided this problem subconsciously, but the real world is not something you can avoid by simply running away.

Jun Mogami felt his lips were a little dry and couldn't help biting them.

"What else did they do? You seem to know something?"

"I don't know much, I just heard some gossip about Asana..." Umemiya Natsuhi replied, "With your brain, you can figure it out if you just think about it, right? They must have told them that you are just too busy with your studies to handle it for the time being, and you will be able to do it after a while, so the marriage plan should go ahead as usual."

"But since I haven't agreed to anything, how can they force me?" Mogami Jun shook his head. "No matter what they plan now, it will be meaningless if I don't agree, right?"

"Hey, you're going too far!" Umemiya Natsuhi frowned, a little unhappy. "Mogami Jun, what do you mean by this? Do you look down on everything the previous generation gave you? Do you think that everything given to you must be cheap? Open your eyes carefully and look around. When can you meet a child as cute as Asana? If it weren't for a special fate, maybe you would never have met each other. As a result, you don't cherish this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and you insist on stiffening your neck and saying you won't agree... Don't you think you are just gambling with your own happiness and the happiness of others? What's the point of this?"

Being lectured by Umemiya-senpai like this was not polite at all, but Mogami Jun found that he had no way to refute it.

Yes, from any perspective, Izumo Asana is an ideal marriage partner - except that she is a little young.

In addition to her family background, her appearance and talent can be said to be outstanding, and even her personality has no flaws.

Generally speaking, this kind of young lady would be a bit overbearing, not to mention the domineering type like Hyodou Takako, even Umemiya Natsuki has a bit of a bad taste in playing tricks on others, but Asana's personality is quite gentle, even too docile. At least when Mogami Jun was getting along with her, she almost never refuted her opinions.

Putting it this way, even Jun Mogami himself felt that it was really ungrateful to reject her.

However, just because "she is an ideal marriage partner" does it mean that you have to entrust your whole life to each other?

He asked himself carefully, but could not find the answer.

"What? Aren't you always eloquent? Why are you speechless now?" Meigong Xia Fei asked with a hint of mockery.

"I know what you said is right. I also know that my grandfather and father are actually doing this for my own good. I am not a fool who is completely incapable of feeling the good intentions of others, Senior Sister." After a moment's silence, Mogami Jun finally spoke, "Yes, the looks, the talent, and the huge fortune waiting to be inherited, everything is in front of me, and all the considerations are perfect. However, in the end, who has ever considered the thoughts of the person involved? This kind of tragedy created by the previous generation is everywhere in reality, not to mention on TV and in novels!

My own father and mother went through this, and I... in the past ten years, I have witnessed how these two completely unsuitable people quarreled with each other. They did nothing except causing pain to each other. Isn't it scary to think about it? If Asana and I were to replicate the same thing once - who should be responsible for it then? Grandpa or myself?"

Jun Mogami became more and more excited and spoke faster and faster, almost sounding like a question in the end.

This was the first time that Mogami Jun revealed his thoughts about his family in front of other people. Before, he remained tight-lipped even in front of Senior Sagihara. He himself didn't know why he said it in front of Umemiya Natsuki.

But after saying it, he suddenly felt relieved.

This is a rare opportunity to vent.

His words made Meigong Xia Fei also ponder.

"So, is this how your parents got together?"

"Yes, my grandfather was my father's boss, and then the previous generation arranged for them to get married, and not long after that, I was born." Mogami Jun laughed, but there was not much laughter in this smile, "This couple looks glamorous enough on the outside, right? The marriage between bureaucrats, many people will be envious, but what about the result? And then for more than ten years, I have been receiving negative energy from them. They quarrel with each other almost every few days, for various topics. Is there any meaning in such a life?"

After a pause, he spoke well of his parents again, "Of course, I'm not cursing them. Apart from not being suitable for each other, they are all great people. They did their best to raise me. I have always been very grateful to them, really very grateful. I just don't want to repeat such a life again."

"So, because of the shadow of your parents, you don't want to be assigned a marriage from the bottom of your heart...right?" After listening quietly, Umemiya Natsuhime concluded, "You are afraid of repeating this life again, so even if Asana is so good, you don't want to give it a try?"

"I think that what you choose is always better than what others choose," Mogami Jun replied. "Even if you are wrong, you won't blame others in the end. You will only take responsibility for yourself, right?"

"You have the right to practice your own ideas. This is your freedom. I have no right to interfere." Umemiya Xiafei frowned and replied, "You rejected Asana for this reason... This doesn't seem fair to Asana, right? It would be fine if she thought the same as you, but she obviously cared about you, but you rejected her from the beginning because of some of your own ideas. This can be said to be cruel-"

"So what on earth is Asana thinking?" Mogami Jun asked back. "This is very strange."

"What's so strange?" Meigong Xia Fei was a little confused.

"Logically speaking, she doesn't need to be so enthusiastic, right? Given her conditions, she will never lack people who are willing to get along with her, right?" Mogami Jun looked at the other person seriously.

"Although I admit that I may be quite handsome and easily admired by others, but -" he boasted shamelessly, "I don't think I have the ability to make people fall in love with me at first sight. Although Asana and I get along well, we have only met a few times in total. She has no reason to immediately assume that I am a good person or even fall in love with me, right? So why is this? What is she thinking?"

“Hahahaha, you still brag about yourself at this time. Only an arrogant person like you can do that.” Umemiya Natsuhime laughed. “But your question shows that you are still clear-headed. Well, actually, Asana is not obsessed with you. This is natural. You have only met a few times? But in her opinion, you are already the best choice, because her parents don’t leave her many options——”

Then she continued to explain, "You should know the situation in her family. Her parents are now anxious to choose a future husband for her, but they can't find one who is too low-class. This is for the so-called family tradition... But how can it be so easy to find one these days? The reputation of the Izumo family has long been dim in the past few decades, so after choosing and choosing, they finally chose you the most. If you are not suitable, her parents will look for someone else, and God knows what the result will be. Maybe it might be an uncle... So, Asana considered various situations and finally decided that you are the best choice... This is what she told me herself."

It turned out to be the case.

Jun Mogami finally understood.

That is to say, there is no one who can't move his legs when he sees himself.

"So, rather than saying that Asana is in love with me, it's better to say that she was afraid that after excluding me, the remaining ones would be even more terrible, so she simply chose me who looked the most pleasing to the eye?" Mogami Jun smiled bitterly, "It sounds like I should feel honored, but I can't be happy."

"What's wrong with that?" Umemiya Natsuki asked back, "Are there many people in this world who get together because of the so-called perfect love? At least I haven't seen many. With Asana's personality, if you are really together, she will definitely be wholeheartedly devoted to you. Does it matter what the motive is for accepting you at that time?"