I went all in on Group C

"Sushi-san, have a piece of candy before you go. The sweetness will help you forget the bitter memories."

"It just so happens that I have to go with you from now on. I can't say bon voyage to you, so I'll use this as a blessing instead."

However, Nagasaki Suyo was slow to reach out to take it. Instead, she stared blankly at the candy, not knowing what she was thinking.

Ito Kaiji also looked down at the candy in his hand...

Although it is not the most common candy that can be bought for a few yen, it is still just cheap stuff. The brand is not an international brand, but a small brand sold in local snack shops.

Obviously, it is far inferior to the high-end food that young ladies like Nagasaki Suyo usually eat.

Come to think of it, it would be very detrimental to the young lady's image if she ate this kind of candy. She was probably just considering his face, so she was hesitating about it.

This time, good intentions led to bad consequences.

How about pretending to drop the candy?

Just when Ito Kaiji was about to take action, Nagasaki Suyo moved.

.........She didn't choose to take it with her hands, but directly lifted her hair and ate the candy with her mouth.

Very sweet, just like the rich sweetness in my memory.

It's exactly the same as when I was a child, feeling helpless when my parents quarreled, and I felt comforted when I used my limited pocket money to buy candy...

"Kaiji-kun...why did you suddenly think of buying candy? Is it a gift for Mu-chan?"

No, not this, that's not what she wants to ask!

Why should we feel unnecessary jealousy at a time like this?!

Just say thank you normally, no matter why he suddenly bought candy!

"No, I just had a nightmare yesterday when I saw Xiao Deng like that. I thought Su Shi-san might have had a nightmare too, so I bought it."

"Is it because it tastes bad? Sorry, the clerk said this candy is popular with children, so I bought it. Maybe it's a little too sweet."

.........Do children like...?

Nagasaki Motoyo originally thought she had grown up a lot, but it turned out that she was still a willful child.

But now, she no longer needs to buy the candies to comfort her.

He shook his head slightly and looked back at the closed door.

For some reason, I felt like I had finally woken up from a very long nightmare that started with my parents' quarrel.

Those were just lies I told myself before, but now... they have become true because of Ito Kaiji...

She is no longer the little kid who was left behind the door and had nightmares.

Nagasaki Suyo held Ito Kaiji's hand with her Band-Aided hand, and spoke in the most ordinary and sincere voice, looking into his eyes.

"I like it very much, I like it very much, I like it the most!"

"Thank you........"

"Let's go!"

"...as long as you like it."

Ito Kaiji looked strangely at the stock of Nagasaki Suyo which had hit the daily limit again, and suddenly felt a little confused. Was there something strange mixed in this candy?

Could it be a dark snack?

Otherwise, how could someone make a profit by eating cheap candy?

Well, seriously speaking, the nightmare she had was probably really scary, and the redemption she talked about before was not just empty talk, it was the truth.

The cheap candies she ate now also gave her a very novel feeling, allowing her to break through the invisible constraints of being a young lady.

As a human being grows again, the stock price reaches its daily limit.

...Now it is really becoming increasingly difficult to reveal the truth. Once happiness built on falsehood collapses, people might even die.

.................................

At the same time, at the Wakaba family.

A girl with long green hair was quietly looking at the chat messages on her mobile phone screen.

[Xiao Mu, my friend and I will be there soon. Is there any gift you would like?]

She looked up, glanced at her parents who had suddenly returned home, and listened to their arguments about whether to arrange for her to practice ballet or acting during the summer vacation...

She sent a reply.

【You don’t come.】

041 The Cold Wakaba Mu

Shopping Street.

Two people who were walking and drinking milk tea stopped in front of a store selling small accessories, intending to go in and pick out a gift for Ruoye Mu later.

If possible, Ito Kaiji also wants to give one to Nagasaki Suyo. He plans to see what she is interested in later and then buy it secretly.

What’s strange is that after receiving the text message from Wakaba Mutsu, Nagasaki Suyo froze on the spot, looking like she had suffered a great shock.

........Is there really a problem?

Quietly walking behind Nagasaki Suyo, Ito Kaiji saw the reply displayed on the phone and also fell silent.

He rubbed his eyes and pinched himself, using the pain to make sure he wasn't hallucinating.

So why!

Who would answer "Don't come" when asked what gift they want?

Does this mean that not being able to see Nagasaki Suyo would be the best gift for Wakaba Mutsu?

But...didn't Nagasaki Suyo say that she could easily win over Wakaba Mu as long as she asked? If their relationship had become that of enemies, she shouldn't have that kind of confidence, right?

Looking at Nagasaki Suyo, whose expression was gradually beginning to distort and seemed about to break down, Ito Kaiji spoke in as gentle a tone as possible to avoid irritating her.

"Well, um, Su Shi-san, did Ruo Yemu accidentally send it to the wrong person?"

"Or maybe she just wanted to see you so badly that she decided to come find you herself, but she's just not very good at expressing herself."

"How about you send it again and see how it goes?"

Upon hearing this, Nagasaki Suyo felt that perhaps the truth was indeed the same as what Ito Kaiji said. After all, Wakaba Mutsuki really didn't talk much, so it was normal for him to have some defects in his ability to express himself.

What's more, no matter what, she should still have a good relationship with me. We are all students of Yuezhisen, and we see each other every day. Although the communication has decreased a lot recently, it has never stopped.

So, with anticipation in his heart, he sent a message to Ruoye Mu again with a slightly trembling hand.

[Soaring Lovebirds: Xiao Mu? Did I send this by mistake? Or does it mean you're coming to see us and want me to arrange a meeting place right now?]

After a while, the reply came.

[Ruoye's daughter: I didn't send it by mistake. Don't come over here. I'm going to practice.]

Afterwards, Ruo Yemu's chat avatar dimmed and showed that he was offline.

It's like the feeling where a cool goddess finds the lickspittle too annoying, so she issues an ultimatum, and ends it with something like "going to take a shower," telling him to stop harassing her...

So this is the relationship between Nagasaki Suyo and Wakaba Mutsu?

No wonder she was so confident that Ruo Yemu would be easy to deal with, but she was slapped in the face in the face.

After all, having a good relationship with the goddess is a common illusion for bootlickers.

.......No, such a good person like Nagasaki Motoyo is actually someone else's bootlicker. This must be fake!

Kaiji Ito can't accept it!

Ito Kaiji patted the shoulder of Nagasaki Suyo, who looked shocked and doubting her life, and stretched out his hand to her.

"Well, Su Shi-san, can you let me see the chat history between you and Ruoye Mu? Maybe you accidentally made her angry. As an outsider, I might be able to see the specific reason."

Taking the phone that Nagasaki Suyo handed to him tremblingly, Ito Kaiji began to scroll up the chat history.

But he didn't even need to look at the specific messages. Just by seeing Nagasaki Sushi send more than a dozen messages, and Ruoye Mucai occasionally sending short phrases like "OK" and "Hmm", he already knew that what he thought was right!

Humble, you are too humble, Su Shisang!

How could such a thing happen?

Looking at the chat logs more carefully... the whole thing is filled with Nagasaki Suyo asking about Xiao Mu's well-being, and occasionally saying things like "It's not Xiao Mu's fault"...

Quack! He doesn’t want to see it!!!

After returning the phone to Nagasaki Motoyo, Ito Kaiji felt his mind was in a mess. He wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say.

There was just a feeling that emerged from my heart and became more and more intense.

An urge to meet Ruoye Mu right now and see who she is!

"Sushi-san, Wakaba Mu told you not to go over there, but he didn't tell me, Ito Kaiji, not to go over there, right?"

Something is wrong, Nagasaki Suyo frowned and rubbed her fingers. Now Ito Kaiji looked like he was going to the battlefield.

She shook her head to refuse. She felt that she couldn't be impatient now and had to slowly figure out what was going on with Ruo Yemu.

Besides, Ruoye Mu is not the kind of person who would suddenly turn against you...

I’ve never been happy playing in a band.

In a trance, the voice that Nagasaki Suyo would probably never forget in her life sounded from her heart again, making her begin to hesitate about her judgment.

Only now did she realize that she seemed to be really unfamiliar with her teammates.

I can't even figure out what's going on in their minds. Only Shiina Tatsuki is relatively simple-minded, and the rest are Takamatsu Touma.

......It was not until now that she was rejected so ruthlessly by Ruoye Mu that she clearly realized this fact.

The good memories she had in crychic really made her start to doubt more and more whether they were all illusions she had imagined.

After all...there is a comparison.

"Kaisi-kun, today's situation was an accident. Xiaomu wasn't like this yesterday."

"Something must have happened. Let's give her some time."

"How about we go wandering around today and see where it's easier to relax, and then invite Xiao Mu over to play later?"

Looking into Ito Kaiji's eyes again, Nagasaki Suyo watched Ito Kaiji's expression gradually change from struggle to confusion, and finally to determination.

"Sushi-san, if I fail this time, please cut me off and just say I'm an inexplicable fan."

"There are some questions I must ask Ruoye Mu clearly."

"If she's in trouble, I'm going to help her solve it."

"If we keep dragging it out, there will be absolutely no good outcome!"

There's no way to persuade him to give up.

Even if I force him to leave, his mind will definitely not stay with me.

Alas...When encountering a problem, you have to rush to solve it immediately. You are too impatient.

But perhaps it was because she was too unhurried that she only realized that she was beyond redemption when the band imploded.

The real thing is the real thing. This genuine concern for one's partner is the biggest difference between him and a fake like her.

After all, if you really care, how can you not be anxious?

If, when Toyokawa Shoko didn't come to practice for the first time, he had done the same as Ito Kaiji, and directly forced Wakaba Mutsu to give him the address and rushed to her house to find her.

Now...will everything be different?

042 The Dolls of the Wakaba Family

He carefully helped Ito Kaiji with his clothes and told him all the information he knew about Wakaba Mutsu.

However, when Ito Kaiji wrote down all the information in his mobile phone, nodded to her, and was about to leave, she grabbed his arm and said.

"Kaisi-kun, I won't say anything like 'rest in peace' to you."

"Now that you've brought me out from behind the door, I won't just wait there obediently."

"Don't tell me stupid things like cutting in the future, otherwise, I will be angry~~~"