Mygo, you guys seem to be getting a bit heavy-hearted.

Miaomeng interrupted Xiangzi and eagerly announced, "Alright! Chuzi gets one vote, and I get two votes! Next!"

Harmony: *Element Perception*

“I have no objection; I agree with this person’s statement.”

"Xiao Mu, what happened to you too?!"

"Xiang, I'm sorry." Mu didn't explain, only leaving his good sister with a cold back view.

...As long as I can be grouped with Yanming, and then go to some haunted houses or something, I can steal a lot of things while Xiang is away...cough cough cough.

Wakaba Mutsumi: A determined expression (similar to Nagasaki Motoyo's).jpg

"Three votes! Next!"

"Fine, fine, you've all betrayed me, haven't you!" Xiangzi was furious, then looked pitifully at Hailing, who hadn't yet spoken, "Hailing, I know you must..."

however

Hai Ling kept one eye open and the other closed, arms crossed, clearly indicating that she already had a plan.

"I'm sorry, Xiangzi, but you know... my profession is a mercenary."

The subtext is already obvious

That means MeowDream's offer was higher.

"Crack." Something seemed to shatter inside Xiangzi's heart, betrayed and abandoned by everyone.

"...Uh..." Yanming couldn't stand it anymore and raised his hand, saying, "Miss Xiangzi, I support you, okay?"

"As expected, Yanming, you're the best to me!"

I go!

Xiao Xiang, don't pull me up now! Chu Hua is still watching, you idiot!

Yanming dodged Xiangzi in a flash: "Miss Xiangzi, please have some self-respect."

"Crack, crack." If the thing had only cracked a little before, it was now shattered into pieces.

Caw! Yanming! Why, why?!

Today, my hands are shaking.

Today, my heart aches.

Yanming, I really, I really want to cry—

"Stop fooling around, I'll give you a reward when we get back," Yanming said in a low voice.

"Okay, sure." Xiangzi quieted down.

"Well then!" The one who had succeeded in his scheme let out a wicked, cackling laugh. "The final vote is four to two. Everyone, come and draw lots!"

Now that things have come to this, even if Xiangzi still has any grievances, he can only wait until autumn to settle accounts with Miaomeng.

However, this was not a big deal. At most, it would just involve adding some more drumbeats to her sheet music, so Miaomeng was completely fearless.

"Gunnunu—" Xiangzi made a reluctant sound, and was the first to step forward, taking a stick from Miaomeng's hand.

Please! At least be in the same group as Yanming!

...Wait a minute, it seems like I'm the one who's profiting this way? Anyway, we'll still be doing something as a group this afternoon.

Thinking of this, Xiangzi suddenly became less resistant and craned his neck to wait for the lottery results to be announced.

Chu Hua followed Xiangzi and pulled away the branch.

'Xiao Xiang, Xiao Xiang, Xiao Xiang, Xiao Xiang... Please, please, please!'

As Hailing was taking the branch, she secretly exchanged glances with Miaomeng. After they smiled at each other, Hailing pulled away the branch that she had already tampered with.

As agreed, she would be paired with Miaomeng, and all she needed to do was cooperate with Miaomeng and not give herself away. After that, she could allocate her time freely.

Apart from those two, everyone else's signatures were without any problems.

In other words, who gets paired with whom depends entirely on their own luck.

However, from Hai Ling's perspective... apart from Mr. Yan Ming who doesn't seem to care, the other three seem to have their own ulterior motives.

Hehehe, this band is really interesting. I'll tell Lixi about it as a joke later.

Soon, Yanming and Mu also stepped forward and took the last two branches from Miaomeng's hands.

Then Miaomeng called out, "Okay~ I'll count to three, two, one, and everyone will reveal the answer together."

"Three~"

"Two~"

Those present heard three swallowing sounds.

Someone is nervous.

"One!" Meow Dream started with zero frames, revealing the mark made on the lower part of the branch. "Wow! My aibo is actually Hai Zi! How surprising! Please take care of me~"

What a terrible performance.

Hai Ling was speechless and dropped the branch in her hand, walking over to Miao Meng's side.

Fortunately, the group of people with ulterior motives did not notice Miao Meng's clumsy acting.

Yanming did discover the truth, but he was actually the one who cared the least about the lottery results, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

It doesn't really matter to him who it is, right?

It's nothing more than taking care of children.

"Yanming..." Mu eagerly moved closer to Yanming, expectantly handing him the branch in his hand, "Is it... the same one?"

Yanming looked down at his branch and shook his head helplessly: "Sorry, Xiaomu."

"Gulp..." Mu lowered his head.

disappointment.

Not only here, but when Chu Hua saw the result in Xiangzi's hand, a look of unwillingness also appeared on the half of her face that wasn't covered by a mask.

Wait a minute! So if that's the case...

Yanming was startled, thinking of the one-in-half possibility, and quickly pulled Mu's hand closer to check the result.

Xiangzi also noticed the problem: "...Yanming? The branch in your hand?"

correct.

Judging from the markings, Yanming's and Chuhua's branches are a pair.

All of their schemes, guided by fate, came to naught.

...Apart from Teacher Da Miao, she's made a fortune.

Chapter 236 The Heaviest Person in the World

In an instant, three people present showed disappointment and were very dissatisfied with the result.

"Um... how many people?" Xiangzi asked somewhat awkwardly, holding the tree branch.

Although I didn't draw Yanming, I realized that it had been a long time since I had played with Xiaomu alone. So, this result seems acceptable... Wait, Xiaomu, what's with that disgusted look you gave me?

You think it's beneath you to stay with me?

Our relationship of over ten years, and you're doing this all for Yanming? ...Oh, it's for Yanming, then it does seem like there's nothing wrong with that.

But whatever!

Sneaking out and eating alone is unacceptable! Not even Xiao Mu's!

If you're going to eat something, at least eat it in front of yourself! (Sound)

"Chuhua... I'll trade with you... okay?" Mu handed the branch to Chuhua, her eyes full of pity.

Such harmony is something no one could refuse.

Chu Hua would do the same, of course. Besides, even if Mu hadn't brought it up, she would have done it anyway.

Struggling to suppress her excitement and maintaining the most basic expression control expected of an idol, Chu Hua smiled and said, "Since Xiao Mu says so, then I will..."

"Xiao Mu~" Xiangzi suddenly grabbed Mu's neck from behind, "This is the result of a lottery, which means—it's fate! So... you'd better come over here obediently!"

"Uuuuuuu..."

Mu looked very resistant, but she was still dragged away by Xiangzi little by little.

"Well," Miao Meng said, draping her arm around Hai Ling's shoulder and waving at the two still standing there dumbfounded with a hint of schadenfreude, "Yan Ming, Chu Zi, we're leaving now too. Have fun!"

This girl... she was probably trying not to laugh when she turned around!

Yanming shook his head, threw the branch in his hand into the grass, composed himself, and said to Chuhua, who had suddenly become dejected, "Chuhua, it seems I'll have to trouble you to come with me."

“…Eh?” Hearing his words, Chu Hua, who had been feeling a little regretful, suddenly panicked. “No…no, it’s not like I feel wronged or anything…”

"You actually really want to go shopping with Xiangzi, don't you?" Yanming said bluntly without beating around the bush, "Is it because you haven't been close to your friends for a long time, so you really want to take this opportunity to rediscover some of the intimacy you used to have?"

"This...that's how it is." Chu Hua, whose words had been described so precisely, could only admit it.

Xiao Xiang said... Mr. Yanming seems to have the superpower to read people's minds, and now it seems... it really is true.

"So-called friendship is such a troublesome thing." Yanming closed his eyes and shook his head. "Not only do you have to consider how to build it, but maintaining and warming it up afterwards is also a very mentally and physically exhausting thing... That's why I don't really like socializing."

"Eh……"

Yanming opened the amusement park map on his phone and glanced at it: "Let's go, Chuhua, I'll treat you to ice cream."

"Ah... yes."

Chu Hua quickly followed in his footsteps.

Halfway there, Chu Hua couldn't help but ask, "...Um? Mr. Yanming?" when she looked at the mature young man in front of her.

"Yanming is fine, that's what Xiangzi calls him too."

“Hmm… Yanming.” Chu Hua took a deep breath and pulled her mask up a little more. “I… I want to know about you and Xiao Xiang… because she really talks about you to me a lot, and I really want to know how she’s been doing during the time we’ve been apart.”

"Between us?" Yanming glanced at Chuhua indifferently and said casually, "We just happened to meet, happened to become friends, happened to have common topics, and then... after I did some things within my power, we became the relationship we are now."

At first glance, it seems to be no different from saying nothing at all.

But Chu Hua noticed something different.

"...'Do what you can't'? Is Xiaoxiang facing some difficulties?"

"As expected, she didn't tell you."

Yanming's answer made Chuhua's mood sink even further.

She and Xiao Xiang... are best friends.

She believed that even if they separated temporarily, their relationship wouldn't change...

But will things really never change?

Chu Hua had no confidence to give a definite answer.

"That child is very strong. Even without me, she can get through it all on her own, both before and in the future." That's all Yanming could tell Chuhua.

As for the rest, since Xiangzi didn't choose to tell her, she couldn't make the decision for him.

“There are many kinds of strength. One is to forget the past. The best way is to find a new place for your soul to rest. For example, this Ave Mujica may still have a little bit of that consideration in it.”

"Another approach is what Xiangzi is doing now—carrying on the memories of the past, doing what he should do and what is right, and then going back to deal with the mess he made and make up for his regrets."

Yanming spoke calmly about topics that were difficult for high school students to understand.

"Chu Hua, what are your thoughts and opinions on this band? As far as I know, besides the band, you also have a duo idol group called Sumimi, right?"

"I..." Chu Hua hesitated for a moment, "I'm also continuing my activities with Sumimi. As for Xiao Xiang and Mana, they are both people I can't part with."

"Excuse me," Yanming looked at her questioningly, "who is Mana?"

Why did he suddenly bring up a name he'd never heard of?

Chu Hua was a little confused and subconsciously replied, "Uh, it's another member of sumimi."

"Oh, I think there was such a person." Yanming remembered.