Their restricted abilities are refreshed every week.

The father is a puppet for the entertainment of Japanese society and holds the authority at home; the mother is the father's puppet and carries out his orders.

Ruoye Mu knows nothing, she is a small puppet made by two big puppets...

I wish I could be like Shirakawa Haru. Even when facing the passionate Momiji, Shirakawa Haru can hold a glass of cold water to extinguish her passion.

Ruoye Mu raised his head, looked at Baichuan Qing with his eyes downcast, and said in a soft voice: "I really envy you."

I envy you for being able to say no to others, I envy you for being a real person and not a puppet, and for being able to express your feelings freely.

Chapter 4.8: Xiangzi, You Can't Beat Him (k)

Tokyo is very cold in the early morning, but it is very hot at noon.

Shirakawa Haru was walking on the streets of Tokyo carrying a paper bag.

After selling the books he had read and several collectible CDs at a used bookstore, he bought several reference books on music creation.

He also bought a lot of recently released albums, and among them, his favorite was the one by the idol group "Sumi".

Shirakawa Haru could feel the gazes of passersby frequently cast at him, filled with surprise and envy. He stood still and slowly turned his head to look behind him.

The girl in front of me wore an indigo plaid skirt with a classic design. The hem was ruffled, and she wore an off-white bow at the chest. The shoulders were trimmed with solid lace. The collar around her neck was also lace, with a deep black center and pure white pleats radiating outwards on either side. The overall look was delicate and layered.

"Excuse me, Miss Ruoye Mu, how long will you follow me?" Baichuan Qing looked at the girl who had followed him all the way with a normal expression.

Shirakawa Haru knew this light-haired girl. She used to be a member of CRYCHI, and he had seen her activities on CRYCHI's videos.

He sat in the second-hand bookstore for a while, during which time Wakaba Mu sat next to him and read a book. When he walked out of the second-hand bookstore, Wakaba Mu followed him out, and until now she has been walking behind him.

In every sense, Wakaba Mu is a charming woman. She is very beautiful, with long and thick eyelashes, each one distinct, as if carefully painted with the softest brush, and as exquisite as a doll in an antique shop.

Because Ruo Yemu always followed behind Baichuan Qing closely and did not actively communicate with him, passers-by thought that the two were in a boyfriend and girlfriend relationship and had some conflict.

This kind of thing would naturally attract people's attention. When they saw that the girl following behind Shirakawa Haru was so beautiful, they wanted to cut Shirakawa Haru into pieces with their eyes.

After all, Ruoye Mu's charm is too great, and his inhuman exquisiteness is too amazing.

Wakaba Mutsu lowered her head and remained silent, not choosing to answer Shirakawa Haru's question. She didn't know how to answer him. According to her original plan, she would ask Shirakawa Haru directly about Toyokawa Shoko after she followed him out of the second-hand bookstore, but she always fell behind Shirakawa Haru and didn't talk to him.

"Do you know me?" Ruo Yemu spoke, her voice was very soft and a little weak.

"I know you, Miss Wakaba Mutsu. You used to be a member of CRYCHI." said Shirakawa Haru.

"Yeah." Wakaba Mu nodded, quickened her pace and walked to Shirakawa Haru's side. Because she had a solid foundation in ballet, she was able to control her stride precisely.

Ruoye Mu raised her head, her long light green hair dancing gently in the breeze. A strange idea suddenly flashed through her mind, and her eyes widened slightly. At this moment, the doll princess in the mall suddenly came to life: "Please... help me draw a sheep."

"What?" Baichuan Qing didn't quite understand what Ruoye Mu was saying. Ruoye Mu looked at Baichuan Qing and put his hands behind his back.

Shirakawa Haru saw that there was a copy of "The Little Prince" in the bag in her hand. Ruoye Mu was flipping through this book in the second-hand bookstore just now.

"Please... please draw a sheep for me." Ruo Ye Mu whispered softly, she lowered her head and did not dare to meet Shirakawa Haru's gaze.

Just now, she suddenly thought of the plot of "The Little Prince". If she were the little prince, would Shirakawa Haru draw her a sheep? She liked the story of "The Little Prince" and also liked the little prince himself.

When Shirakawa Haru saw Wakaba Mu carrying a copy of "The Little Prince", he knew why she said such strange things.

In the second-hand bookstore, it was not only Wakaba Mu who was observing Shirakawa Haru. Shirakawa Haru would also observe Wakaba Mu during her breaks. She was holding "The Little Prince" in her hands and reading it. Occasionally, her eyes would reveal some emotions that he could not understand but were very touching.

He could see that Wakaba Muzhen really liked "The Little Prince", so he prepared to answer Wakaba Muzhen with the words of the pilot in "The Little Prince".

"But I don't know how to draw. I've only drawn a python digesting an elephant before, and I even drew what the inside of the python looked like. But adults suggested that I shouldn't draw. Because they think my drawings are too ugly and they can't understand them." Shirakawa Haru said impatiently.

Wakaba Mu blinked, and she became more energetic and a little happy. She knew that Shirakawa Haru had also read the book "The Little Prince": "It doesn't matter. Just draw me a sheep."

"But I didn't bring a ballpoint pen or white paper today, so I can't help you draw a sheep." Shirakawa Haru dug into his pocket and turned the bag inside out to show Wakaba Mu. "I'm going to the shopping mall to buy something. If Miss Wakaba doesn't have anything to do, let's say goodbye."

"Okay." Ruoye Mu lowered his head again and stared at Baichuan Qing blankly. She remained silent. Baichuan Qing didn't know what she was thinking.

Shirakawa Haru turned and walked towards the nearest shopping mall. The street was filled with the aroma of delicious food: ramen, tempura, barbecue... He touched his stomach and felt a little hungry. He thought that since he was going to the mall, he might as well go there to eat something.

After walking around a street corner, some of Shirakawa Haru's eyes were still fixed on the previous intersection.

Not far away, Ruo Yemu did not leave and still followed him stubbornly, with no expression on his delicate little face.

Shirakawa Haru squatted beside the flower bed with his head down, waiting for Wakaba Mutsu to catch up.

There are beautiful cosmos flowers in the flowerbed. They are small and delicate, with silky petals and beautiful yellow stamens, reminiscent of sunflowers or the afternoon sun.

White mid-calf socks suddenly came into view, and Shirakawa Haru saw a pair of tight and delicate calves. He raised his head and looked at Wakaba Mutsu, and she was surprised.

"Ms. Ruoye, I'm going to the shopping mall to eat something later. Do you want to come with me?" Baichuan Qing stood up and patted his thigh.

"Okay." Ruo Yemu thought for a while and agreed.

"Miss Ruoye, you came here today, so you must have something to say to me, right?" Shirakawa Haru wasn't one to express himself. "Don't be so quick to deny it. Your gaze was very pointed back in that second-hand bookstore."

Shirakawa Haru had noticed Wakaba Mutsu stalking him long before. Tokyo's streets are full of shops with display cases, which reflect light like glass, and he'd often see Wakaba Mutsu on them. It was quite scary, the thought of a girl, delicate as a doll, silently following you. You had no idea what she was up to, and even though you subconsciously felt she wouldn't hurt you, your nerves were always on edge.

"Xiangzi." Ruoye Mu said.

"I see. I'm here to ask about Xiangzi's recent life." Baichuan Qing blinked, "Let's go."

Shirakawa Haru took Wakaba Mutsu into the shopping mall. The shopping mall was crowded with people, just like a train full of passengers. Everyone was like a sardine in a can, squeezing others and being squeezed by others.

"Ms. Ruoye, is there anything you want to buy?" The sixth floor of this large shopping mall is mainly responsible for catering, and the fifth floor is responsible for entertainment and games, with all KTVs and various cinemas.

Baichuan Qing meant that before they went to the sixth floor to eat, if Ruoye Mu wanted to buy anything, he could accompany her to take a look.

"I... want a sheep." Wakaba Mutsu opened the book "The Little Prince" in his hand and showed the illustrations in Chapter 02 to Shirakawa Haru. "I don't have paper or pen."

"Then go buy some paper and a pen," Shirakawa Haru said. "With paper and a pen, I should be able to help you draw a sheep."

"Okay." Ruoye Mu nodded.

The two of them took the elevator to the fourth floor, which served young children. The elevator exit faced a huge inflatable castle, and next to it was a small trampoline where many children were playing.

The stationery store has the most traffic, selling all kinds of stationery, including pens, school bags, calligraphy books, and even light novels.

The female clerk was very hospitable. As soon as she saw Shirakawa Haru and Wakaba Mutsu coming in, she took the initiative to walk towards them, put on a genuinely happy expression on her face, and asked them what they wanted to buy.

"Paper and pens for drawing," Shirakawa Haru asked. "Do you have any creative stickers? Ideally, ones with sea animals or stars?"

He thought that Gao Songdeng liked these things very much. She gave him a pencil case full of thoughts last time, so he had to give her something too.

"Yes," the saleswoman said, "please follow me."

The various stickers in front of him made Shirakawa Haru a little dazzled. He sighed in his heart that it was worthy of being a large stationery store that occupied half of the space on the fourth floor. It really had everything. The colored pencil box and various band-aids that Takamatsu Deng gave him, Shirakawa Haru found the same ones here, and even more exquisite upgraded ones.

He asked the female clerk to pack up the colorful pencil case, and then took out a set of Band-Aids and stickers printed with different elements and patterns.

When he walked to the counter to pay, he saw a wall full of panda dolls in various poses. He remembered that Shiina Ritsuki liked pandas very much, and thought that he had made Shiina Ritsuki angry at that time, so he bought a panda doll for her to make her happy.

This is what is called a man coaxing a woman. Although Shirakawa Haru knows that Shiina Ritsuki is the kind of girl who is straightforward and does not hold grudges, it is definitely right to coax a girl when he is free. After all, he is now the agent of their band, and he will inevitably deal with several problem girls in the future.

Shirakawa Haru asked the female clerk to get a panda doll, and was also given two small panda pendants.

After buying things, Shirakawa Haru found that Wakaba Mu was not with her.

He walked around the store and saw that she was still selling paper and pens. There was a boy dressed like a student standing next to her, chattering something to her.

The boy, dressed like a student, was holding a box of ballpoint pens. "Miss, the ballpoint pens we have here are of very good quality. Would you like to buy a box? A pack of ten is only 1,500 yen, which is a great deal."

So he's a salesman. Baichuan Qing walked to Wakaba Mu's side and saw that she was very distressed. She wanted to refuse the boy's sales, but it was always difficult to say it out loud. Maybe she would refuse him soon, but Baichuan Qing felt that there was no need to waste time.

"She doesn't buy your ballpoint pen," Shirakawa Haru said. "The basic Super Knock by Pilot is only 160 yen here. How can a cheap pen like yours be sold for that price?"

Baichuan Qing's tone was very impolite. He had been fooled like this before.

The other party said that he was unable to pay tuition and could only make money by selling this kind of stationery and getting a commission. Although the price of this kind of pen is relatively high, the quality is absolutely guaranteed.

Seeing how hard it was for him to sell ballpoint pens late at night, Shirakawa Haru bought a box for himself, thinking of it as helping others improve their lives. However, the pens he bought stopped producing ink after just a few days of writing. He tried several pens in a row, but some of them even stopped writing at first.

Only then did he realize that he had been cheated.

"It's like this, pens like ours..." His expression was dull, because the personality displayed by Shirakawa Haru was too strong for him.

"What do you think? No matter how good the pens you sell are, have you ever considered that others don't want them at all?" Baichuan Qing looked at Wakaba Mu.

Under Baichuan Qing's gaze, Ruoye Mu rejected the boy's sales pitch. She spoke slowly but in a firm tone.

The male salesman walked away dejectedly.

"Have you picked it out?" Shirakawa Haru flipped through the music reference book he bought.

"Yes." Wakaba Mu walked towards the counter, grabbing a Pilot ballpoint pen and some paper. "Thank you."

"Thanks?"

"What happened just now, and what happened this morning."

"You're welcome." Baichuan Qing felt that it was just a piece of cake.

"Please... help me draw a sheep." Wakaba Mutsu took out the book "The Little Prince" and showed it to Shirakawa Haru.

"Let me try." Shirakawa Haru drew one of the two pictures from Chapter 01 of The Little Prince for Wakaba Mu. It was the one with the python with its belly closed.

"No, no, I don't want a python..." Wakaba Mu read the lines from the book. She glanced at Shirakawa Haru's face, which was expressionless. But the expressions of the others around her were very rich. They looked at Wakaba Muu passionately. Wakaba Muu's cheeks flushed slightly. She couldn't continue, feeling a little ashamed. "Please, draw... a sheep."

Shirakawa Haru drew sheep for the "Little Prince", and his drawing skills are much better than the pilot in "The Little Prince".

Wakaba Mutsu was unable to continue the conversation because she couldn't point at the lamb drawn by Shirakawa Haru and say that the sheep was very sick.

Is this a bad intention?

Wakaba Mu held the drawing paper with the sheep in her hand, and looked at Shirakawa Haru's expressionless face like an iceberg. She handed over another piece of drawing paper, and Shirakawa Haru drew a new sheep. This sheep was better than the previous one. It was young and not sick. Because Shirakawa Haru's drawing was a sketch, it was very realistic and lifelike.

"Bad intentions." Ruo Yemu muttered softly, and she accepted the two sheep.

Shirakawa Haru pretended not to hear clearly.

"Give me two more sheets of paper," Shirakawa Haru said, "and I'll draw two pictures for you. There's also the portrait of the little prince and the box that I haven't drawn yet."

After taking the paper, Shirakawa Haru completed the painting with just a few strokes compared to before.

He borrowed a paintbrush from an art student who was painting for free near the elevator and added color to the painting.

There is nothing interesting about the painting "The Box with a Sheep". Shirakawa Haru completed it in less than ten seconds. What is important is the painting "Portrait of the Little Prince".

Wakaba Mu picked up the painting, tucked his chin in and smiled gently.

She was a little unsure before whether Shirakawa Haru had "bad intentions" and deliberately drew the two sheep so beautifully and realistically using sketching techniques. Now she is sure that he did it on purpose.

Wakaba Mutsu's portrait was painted "badly" by Shirakawa Haru.

Shirakawa Haru drew Wakaba Mutsu's portrait strictly in the style of the illustrations in The Little Prince book, and he colored it with crayons afterwards.

Even a kindergarten kid can draw this picture. In the painting, Wakaba Mu's skin is yellow, and her clothes don't have as many details as in reality. The three black and white lines represent the collar on her neck, and the colors of the clothes are painted on her face.

"Bad intentions." Ruoye Mu looked at Baichuan Qing.

Although Baichuan Qing's expression remained unchanged as before, she could feel that he was definitely laughing at her now.

Wakaba Mu is very sensitive to changes in emotions.

Shirakawa Haru blinked innocently.

"Let's go eat." Ruoye Mu said.

That's how Xiangzi fell in love with Shirakawa Haru. Ruoye Mu had a sudden realization in her heart. In her eyes, it was obvious that Shirakawa Haru was very good at stirring people's emotions. He was witty, humorous, and insightful.

Although she never explained why she said the lines and stories from the book "The Little Prince", Shirakawa Haru knew why she did it. She liked the little prince and wanted to be like him.

Shirakawa Haru twice guided and helped Wakaba Mu to reject others, drew a few pictures for her, and talked to her about the story of "The Little Prince". In fact, she had already developed some feelings for Shirakawa Haru at this time, but she didn't know it yet.

She was worried about Shoko Toyokawa.

Xiangzi, how could you fall in love with a boy of this level? You can't beat him.

Chapter 4.4: I Give You Five Thousand Cucumbers (k)

After Shirakawa Haru finished drawing the picture for Wakaba Mutsu, the two of them took the elevator to the sixth floor.

The sixth floor is responsible for food, where various styles of food from all over the world are gathered. Shirakawa Haru can recognize more than a dozen spices just by smelling them.

"What are we having for lunch?" Shirakawa Haru stood in the center of the sixth floor, looking at each shop. "If you don't know what to eat, how about going to that buffet restaurant? It looks clean from the outside, and the price per person for lunch is not cheap, so the quality of the ingredients should be guaranteed."

"Yeah." Ruoye Mu nodded.

After paying their bills separately, the two followed the waiter into the buffet restaurant and sat down in the corner.

Shirakawa Haru ordered a shuangyuan hotpot and went to the ingredient area to get a lot of meat slices for boiling. When he returned to his seat, Ruoye Mu had also got the ingredients, all vegetables and fruits, with only a small amount of meat, and the most common being cucumbers.

"Just eat these?" In front of Ruoye Mu was a dish of vinaigrette and salad dressing. The vinaigrette was made by her just now. He could tell that Ruoye Mu was making a vegetarian salad. "Eat more meat."