Mygo! My sister has been a vegetarian for a long time and has a huge treasure chest

That's probably what people in Mutou would think. Qinghe would only feel a headache seeing this bunch of keychains...

But if Ye Mu doesn't mind, then give it all to her.

After entering two stores, Kiyokawa realized that Wakaba Mutsu didn't want to transform into his shape.

Perhaps he wanted to transform himself into her shape...

I used to have only one cucumber, but now I have three...

I wonder if she'll continue adding cucumbers to her body...

Anyway, I'm almost turning into the shape of a cucumber...

……

Oh, and I need to get the remaining balance from the gashapon machine back.

After clicking the refund button, the remaining unused money was returned as change.

It feels quite convenient...

……

Next store.

So, we ended up at a plush toy store after all...

Now it's pretty much confirmed that Mu Tou must have found out something from Xiangzi before arranging today's itinerary.

But the truth doesn't matter anymore; Qinghe is quite happy today anyway.

So this is what dating your girlfriend should feel like?

The date wasn't even over yet, and Qinghe was already thinking about the next one...

As long as I can play with Wakaba Mutsu, it seems like I'll never get tired of it.

But after visiting this store, I guess that's about it for today...

"what happened?"

However, after browsing around the store, Mutouren pulled Qinghe out.

"Let's go to another store."

After hearing the head-man's answer, it meant that she hadn't found the doll she wanted...

I wasn't even aware of it while I was lost in thought, but it seems the store really didn't have any cucumber plush toys...

However, Qinghe didn't mind, as this way he could spend more time with Ruoye Mutsu.

……

After visiting several stores, Mu Tou still couldn't find the cucumber she wanted...

"Mutsumi, what do you think of this octopus?"

Although they couldn't find the cucumbers that the Mutou people liked, Qinghe unexpectedly discovered an interesting doll.

A blue octopus plush toy...

I don't know why, but it looks a bit familiar...

"...Buy it."

You could sense that Mu Tou was still a little hesitant; perhaps she still wanted to find the cucumber doll.

But after some hesitation, she finally accepted the blue octopus.

"May I take a picture of mutsumi like this?"

After leaving the store, Qinghe found it quite amusing that the man from Mutou was holding the blue octopus.

I just wanted to take a picture as a souvenir.

"can."

……

Chapter 64 The Conservative Young Lady, Toyokawa Shoko

After the date, all Qinghe got was a photo of Wakaba Mutsu holding a blue octopus doll.

I also got a photo with Wakaba Mutsu.

In this group photo, they are hugging each other, and there is that blue octopus plush toy in the middle.

This photo is obviously much closer than the one Su Shi helped take last time.

Then, Wakaba Mutsu specifically asked Kiyokawa to set this new group photo as his desktop wallpaper.

She watched Qinghe set up the image before leaving.

However, she didn't ask Qinghe to do anything intimate on this date, not even a kiss on the cheek.

But hugging and cuddling are fine...

When Qinghe first had her arm around his, he thought Mutouren was already prepared.

The result was that they were only ready to accept some physical contact, but they didn't seem ready for things like kissing.

Otherwise, given how proactive she was today, why didn't she let Qinghe kiss her...?

Actually, Qinghe really wanted to kiss her today...

However, the Mutou people seemed to have maxed out their senses, and they dodged ahead of Qinghe just as he was about to take action.

They wouldn't avoid hugging or cuddling.

But they wouldn't let Qinghe hug her too much.

He was probably worried that Qinghe would force himself on her after he had her under control...

……

After that, Mutouren, who went back alone after the separation, posted the two photos and a new photo on his social media not long after.

It was also accompanied by text.

[A gift from my boyfriend~]

The new photo is a close-up of the blue octopus plush toy.

Although it wasn't Mutou's favorite cucumber, she did like the look of the blue octopus doll.

……

[It's over with Mutsumi, right?]

Are you free to meet now?

It was a message from Xiangzi.

She must have seen the post from Mutouren, which is why she contacted me at this particular time.

I wonder if she was secretly watching me when I was on my date with Mu Tou Ren...

Sure, where shall we meet?

I'm currently in Akihabara.

I didn't agree to Xiangzi's request yesterday because I had already made an appointment with Mu Tou, and I didn't know how much time it would take.

It's not that Qinghe didn't want to meet Xiangzi.

Now that my date with Wakaba Mutsu is over, I can naturally meet with Shoko, since I still have time today.

After all, before becoming Mu Tou's boyfriend, Qinghe and Xiangzi were just pretending to be a couple.

Even Mu Touren knew about this, and it was she who insisted on having two relationships, so Qinghe going to see Xiangzi doesn't count as cheating, right...?

I went to see Qinghe-jun.

If he's coming to find me, that means Xiangzi isn't nearby, right?

It seems my guess that she would be hiding nearby and observing was wrong.

That makes sense. As a young lady from a wealthy family, Xiangzi probably wouldn't do something like stalking someone.

After all, when she was at Haneoka Girls' Academy, she always maintained the demeanor of a young lady, making her stand out from the crowd.

She's so conscious of her image, why would she secretly follow Wakaba Mutsumi on a date with her?

If I really did that, I should be able to easily find her, right...?

……

About half an hour later, Qinghe met with Xiangzi.

They randomly found a shop to rest in, since Akihabara is a busy area and it's very inconvenient to be outside.

"Saki, are you planning to discuss our matter first, or the topic of Mutsumi?"

Even though they had met, Xiangzi didn't speak first for a while.

I guess they don't know where to begin asking questions, given all that has happened since yesterday.

So Qinghe gave her a choice: one was the issue of cooperation between them, and the other was the situation of her relationship with the headman.

In short, Xiangzi only needed to confirm these two things with himself.

"Of course it's Mutsumi's business."

"Qinghe-kun, please explain clearly what you meant by 'ki, kiss' yesterday!"

As expected, they chose Mutouren after all; this was exactly what Qinghe had anticipated.

After all, she could talk about her own affairs anytime, but the topic of the Mutou people was not so easy to bring up.

"Didn't Saki find out anything from Mutsumi?"

"You two must have talked yesterday, right?"

Xiangzi messaged me twice yesterday, both times about Mutouren.

And every time it ends, Xiangzi is in a state of exasperation.

It seems we should contact the head of the organization immediately to confirm the situation.

"Why does Qinghe-kun think we talked yesterday?"

However, Xiangzi did not admit to this.

It seems that after she finished her conversation with Qinghe yesterday, she really didn't do anything else.

"Of course I'll know. (The rest of the text appears to be gibberish and unrelated to the preceding sentences.)

"Does Saki know what Mutsumi and I did on our date today?"

Even if they deny it now, it's useless. Even if Qinghe doesn't ask Mutouren to confirm, he's pretty much guessed it.

That's what Mu Tou Ren dragged me to do today.

Of course, the gashapon machine should be an exception.

"What...did you do?"

Hearing Qinghe say that, Xiangzi seemed to realize something as well...

But she never expected that Wakaba Mutsu would actually do it!

It can't be what I think, right...?

"We took some photo booth pictures, picked out some couple ornaments, and finally bought that plush toy. Saki must have seen it too, right?"

"Why would such a coincidence happen?"

When the topic of couple ornaments came up, Qinghe held up his phone, showing Xiangzi the cucumber that the foreman had helped hang up.

“That’s good, Saki didn’t tell Mutsumi about the convenience store.”

Thinking back to the shopping trip with Xiangzi, I've almost forgotten what we did before.

After all, those were just things I bought casually; it felt like I was just going through the motions.

However, Qinghe wasn't entirely without memorable moments. At least, going to the convenience store with Xiangzi to buy that box of three 0.05ml TT sticks left a deep impression on Qinghe.

If Xiangzi told Mutou about this, would Mutou also drag him to the convenience store to buy one today...?