Zongman, gain super powers after helping others

No.

Lin Qianshu saw no anger or doubt in Mai's mother, only confusion and impatience.

"Could you please repeat that? Who asked me to come here?"

"Sakurajima Mai, my girlfriend."

"That's it."

"Yes."

Mai's mother pressed her temples and finally voiced her doubts.

"So who is this person named Sakurajima Mai?"

"!"

Upon hearing this, even Lin Qianshu couldn't help but show surprise on his face. He looked at Mai beside him, whose expression was exactly the same as his, and she began to exude an emotion called 'panic'.

It's only natural to have these feelings.

After all, Mai's biological mother was actually asking, 'Who is Mai?'

Chapter 81 That’s it, let’s eat first

"It's your daughter!"

Faced with this absurd scene, Lin Qianshu couldn't help but raise his voice a few decibels.

It's as if they're trying to awaken the other person's consciousness in this way.

However, such efforts were destined to be in vain. Mai's mother's attitude grew colder and colder, and her tone seemed to have completely lost patience.

"I don't have a daughter named Mai, don't joke around!"

"Who's joking?!"

Lin Qianshu seemed to be about to say something, but was interrupted by Mai's mother.

"Hey, if you want to join my agency, go through the proper channels. You're pretty good-looking, so you have a good chance of getting in. But with this kind of attention-seeking behavior, I have no way of letting you through!"

"No, who wants to join your agency?" Lin Qianshu was a little embarrassed. He didn't even want the family business, let alone join an agency.

He doesn't want to be a star!

However, looking into Mai's mother's seemingly genuine eyes and the emotions emanating from her, Lin Qianshu knew clearly that the question, "Who is this person named Sakurajima Mai?" was not a joke. The other party was genuinely asking who "Sakurajima Mai" was, and she was asking because she didn't know, not out of anger or sarcasm.

"By the way, the email! Since you've come all this way, you must have seen that email, right?"

"Email? If you mean this email, then after I show it to you, this inexplicable farce will be over, right?" Mai's mother had had enough of this inexplicable harassment and decided to issue an ultimatum.

She took her phone out of her handbag, turned it on, and showed the screen to Lin Qianshu.

"……Why?"

This sentence came from Mai Sakurajima, who was watching from the side.

Mai's mother naturally couldn't hear the sound. She just held up her phone, while Mai, standing in front of her, stared blankly at the content on the phone.

The email content was exactly the same as the one Mai had shown to Lin Qianshu before, without a single word changed.

The sender's name was clearly written as 'Mai', and there was nothing strange about it, whether from Mai's perspective or Lin Qianshu's perspective.

But Mai's mother was different. She said with some doubt, "The sender is unknown, but I remember writing this trip into my memo, and I barely managed to squeeze out time to keep the appointment. I even turned down several important meetings for it... What's going on?"

From what the other person said, we can tell that Mai's mother really couldn't see those two words.

The name 'Mai' on the phone seemed to be forcibly blocked by some mysterious force, so Mai's mother had no way of recognizing it.

Her prior arrangement of time to come here for the appointment proves that the other party actually knew that the sender was her biological daughter, Mai.

However, at some point before arriving at the agreed location, Mai's mother forgot about Mai. Not only could she not see or hear her, but she completely forgot about Mai.

What kind of power could make a mother forget her own child?

Lin Qianshu was unclear, but he clearly realized that Mai's problem was far more serious than he had thought. If it was just that she was unobservable, it at least proved that she had once existed.

But now... the world is erasing Mai's existence.

Her memories, experiences, the people and things related to her, everything could be lost.

Mai had no way to deal with this.

"To think that it could be done to this extent..." Lin Qianshu unconsciously revealed his inner thoughts. The supernatural phenomena on Mai's body completely exceeded his original expectations.

"Yes, it's amazing that they can do that."

Mai's mother picked up where Lin Qianshu left off. She looked coldly at the young man in front of her and said, "This kind of self-recommendation is novel, but at least consider others. You should gain more experience in society and start over."

Without waiting for Lin Qianshu's reply, he turned and left the coast.

“Start over…” Lin Qianshu’s eyes began to flicker. He wondered if he should wait until Mai’s current state ended before inviting Mai’s mother out to ask her about her impressions of what happened today.

This serves as a comparison to better understand the current situation.

However, before that, Lin Qianshu had something more important to do.

"Are you okay?"

Lin Qianshu looked at Sakurajima Mai, who seemed somewhat lost and dejected, and spoke.

Mai reacted noticeably slower, and after a long while, she slowly shook her head and said, "It's nothing."

Her voice sounded like she was about to cry at any moment, not at all like she was alright.

“How could you be alright in this state…” Lin Qianshu walked up to Mai.

"..."

Mai kept her head down and did not reply.

Seeing this, Lin Qianshu didn't know what to say, because whatever he said now would be like rubbing salt into Mai's wounds.

"Let's go get something to eat."

Because of the appointment, Lin Qianshu and Sakurajima Mai didn't eat anything. They had originally planned to find a nice restaurant to eat alone after Mai finished talking with her mother, but who could have imagined that this would happen...

But you still have to eat.

Lin Qianshu wouldn't let Mai leave at this time, not to continue their date, but because he felt that if he let Mai leave, she definitely wouldn't eat dinner tonight.

That won't do. People need food to survive; if you don't eat properly, you'll run into problems.

Especially at times like these, the feeling of fullness from food can effectively alleviate the impact of negative emotions.

"I..." Mai wanted to say that she didn't want to eat right now.

However, after seeing Lin Qianshu's concerned gaze and remembering what she had promised him, she finally pursed her lips and nodded gently.

Lin Qianshu didn't ask such a foolish question as what to eat. Knowing that his female companion was in a bad mood, it was clearly not a wise decision to make her make a choice.

So Lin Qianshu took Mai directly to a seafood restaurant with good ratings. Considering that Mai didn't have a good appetite, Lin Qianshu didn't order too much, just a few signature dishes, and finally added a seafood porridge.

The dishes were served quickly. During this time, Lin Qianshu asked the waiter for another set of cutlery. The reason was simple: because he couldn't see Mai, only one set of cutlery was served to his table.

However, Mai didn't care about this at all, and even when delicious-looking dishes were placed in front of her, she didn't react at all.

Seeing that the other person was distracted, Lin Qianshu had no choice but to personally serve Mai a bowl of seafood porridge, and coughed lightly as he said:

"That's it for now, let's eat first."

Chapter 82 Miss Mai Agrees to Spend the Night

Lin Qianshu and Mai's first date dinner was spent in a rather dull atmosphere, which was somewhat different from what he had expected. However, since there was an even bigger difference in the future, it didn't matter.

Mai didn't have a good appetite, but she still finished every last drop of the seafood porridge that Lin Qianshu served her.

When paying the bill, Lin Qianshu specifically asked the waiter about 'Sakurajima Mai', and unsurprisingly received a negative answer.

—I don't know you.

Afterwards, Lin Qianshu approached people of different ages, including uncles and aunts, local elementary and middle school students, and elderly people, under the guise of street interviews. After asking more than a dozen people, she received the same answers.

—I don't know you.

No one claims to know Mai Sakurajima, and no one can see Mai Sakurajima.

It's as if the name of this once-popular superstar has never appeared in everyone's lives.

To this end, Lin Qianshu also sent text messages to Yuihama, Hikigaya, and Yukino Yukinoshita to inquire about Mai Sakurajima, and even sent a message to Haruno Yukinoshita.

But in the end, the result was still no different.

—I don't know you.

Patting her cheeks, Lin Qianshu, unwilling to give up, decided to stop another passerby to ask about the situation.

But this time Mai stopped her.

“That’s enough,” Mai said.

"Won't you try again?" Lin Qianshu stared straight into Mai's eyes as he said this. If she hesitated even slightly, he would immediately look for the next passerby to ask her about the situation.

However, Mai shook her head firmly and said, "No need. Trying again will only give the same answer. You should know that too."

"..."

This time, it was Lin Qianshu's turn to remain silent.

Mai seemed unwilling to let the atmosphere remain so dull, so she forced a smile and said, "Thank you for today."

Is this a farewell?

"It's already so late, the date should be over, shouldn't it?"

"That's true."

"So, goodbye."

After saying that, Mai turned and walked out of the station at a pace that was neither fast nor slow, just like always.

However, Lin Qianshu's state of mind was completely different from before. He didn't know why he was so interested in Sakurajima Mai. Perhaps it was because he coveted Sakurajima Mai's wish request, perhaps it was because Sakurajima Mai was beautiful, perhaps it was...

He feared that what happened to Mai Sakurajima would happen to him as well.

But no matter which possibility it was, Lin Qianshu knew that if things continued like this, he might never see her again.

Even though Lin Qianshu uses his photographic memory throughout his recent meetings with Sakurajima Mai, no one can guarantee that his photographic memory can completely negate Sakurajima Mai's cognitive abnormalities.

So, before his brain could make a decision, his body moved first.

"Mai-kun, wait a minute!"

Lin Qianshu took three steps at a time and walked up behind Mai, grabbing her wrist.

Mai stopped but didn't turn around; she just stared down at the ground not far away.

"Walk with me a little longer."

"..."

Mai's eyelids trembled slightly, then she asked, "Where are we going?"

"I don't know, but perhaps someone somewhere still remembers you."

"That's as if everyone has forgotten me except you."

Mai gave a forced smile, as if she were telling a joke that wasn't funny at all.

But both of them knew very well that this was not a joke, but a highly probable event.

Now, apart from Lin Qianshu, probably no one remembers that there was ever a person named Sakurajima Mai.

"We need to confirm it; only through practice can we truly learn."

Lin Qianshu thought that perhaps this phenomenon only occurred in Chiba City and the surrounding area. If she went to a distant city, or even a country, perhaps everyone there would recognize Mai, see her, and point at her, saying, "Look, isn't that Sakurajima Mai?"

"And then what? Knowing that no one but you can see it, knowing that everyone but you has forgotten me, and then what?"

"At least for this period of time, I will stay with you, be able to see you, and remember you."

"!"

Given what happened, it was impossible for Mai not to feel uneasy. In fact, from Lin Qianshu's perspective, the feeling of 'unease' had been accumulating around Mai ever since he met her mother, almost to the point of overwhelming her.