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

Yanming sat down cross-legged: "Sorry to keep you waiting."

Mu shook his head.

This time, it should mean "not long after all".

"Wakaba-to..."

"Mutsumi is fine, that's what Xiang calls me too."

Yanming helped Xiang, and he also helped Soyo.

Therefore, we are friends.

"Ah, okay, but... is it progressing so fast? We've only met twice, haven't we?"

Yanming paused for a moment, then quickly recovered and smiled as he continued the conversation.

Mu raised his empty eyes slightly and looked at the young man in front of him with a deep gaze: "Yanming clearly took away my most precious thing, yet he is saying such things."

"Uh……"

That statement is a bit off, but it also seems perfectly reasonable. After all, he did eat the cucumber in front of the person and knew how important it was. "I admit it... but please don't say that in front of Xiao Xiang. If you're going to say it, at least say it in a different way."

"Another way?"

Mu tilted her head, then, as if she had thought of something, looked away, her expression turning somewhat dejected. "I can't do it."

Chapter 105 The Art of Harmony in Speaking.

"Ah? Why?"

Yanming couldn't understand why he had suddenly become so depressed.

Although she doesn't seem to have any major ups and downs on the surface, just as Xiao Xiang said, Mu is a child with a very rich inner world... In other people's eyes, she might just be the kind of person who is difficult to approach.

Even someone as skilled at reading people's expressions as Mu felt a bit overwhelmed by this situation.

"Because... I can't speak."

It is a sad thing to have the desire to express oneself but not be given the talent to match it.

Mu can play guitar, ballet, and piano. In these fields, she is no worse than anyone else... But these are not her own, but rather to meet her parents' expectations of her.

She doesn't really want much.

She understands her and is willing to look at her "friend" with gentle eyes.

as well as.

The "talent" to express one's inner thoughts freely.

That's all.

That was all she wanted.

She is not a wooden person.

It's not a wax doll either.

Ruo Yemu's heart was pounding just as hard as everyone else's, and his blood was burning just as fiercely...

A girl as vivid and complex as this.

How can you use the term "doll" to describe it?

"Want to learn? Then I'll teach you."

"...Yanming?"

"Don't get excited. I'm just a dabbler, and I can't actually teach you much."

Yanming was very self-aware, so he quickly spoke up to dispel the other party's overly high expectations.

"No... Yanming, you're very good at talking."

Wakaba Mutsu spoke earnestly.

Yanming was the most skilled person she had ever met at using "language" as a tool to achieve his goals; even Xiang couldn't compare to Yanming in this respect.

At least Xiang would never be able to maintain the situation while also taking care of Su Shi's feelings in that situation.

Ke Yanming did it, and even did it with remarkable ease.

With just a few simple words, before he could even react, Su Shi's nerves, which were on the verge of collapse, were temporarily stabilized, and half of the sadness from Crychic was successfully transformed into anger towards him.

Therefore, in Mu's opinion... Yanming is very capable.

Just like an omnipotent god.

"I never thought I'd be praised for my communication skills."

Yanming scratched his chin awkwardly. "Mu, to be honest, I'm not very good with words. After all, I didn't really go to school properly before."

Yanming has never been confident in his speaking skills. He boasted that he would be Mu's language tutor, but he himself was not sure about it.

Rather than a well-thought-out solution, this was more of a decision made on a whim because he couldn't bear to see Muna's disappointed expression.

But if Mu accepts it.

He will certainly do his best to help this troubled girl.

"It doesn't matter,"

Mu shook his head again. "I believe you."

"……it is good."

Looking directly into Muna's clear yellow eyes, which were nine-tenths similar to Xiangzi's, and confirming her thoughts again, Yanming agreed.

Then, he extended his little finger towards Mu.

The latter stared at it silently for a while, then also stretched out a finger and placed it on it:

"Yanming, how childish."

Yanming felt as if an arrow had struck his heart, but he managed to stay upright.

He's practically a superman.

"...Now I understand what Xiao Xiang really meant when he said 'Mu says whatever comes to mind'."

Yanming clutched his heart with one hand and gripped her little finger tightly with the other.

Mu was taken aback: "Huh?"

Did she say something wrong again?

But that's exactly what she really thought.

Making pinkies is so childish.

In reality, would anyone really be obligated to fulfill the terms of an agreement just because of a verbal guarantee that has no real binding force?

If so, Mu believes he can't quite understand those kinds of people's thinking.

But if that person is Yanming... perhaps she would want to try to understand even a little bit.

Of course... it's only a little bit.

After all, they were just friends.

[Triggering the strategy quest]

【Name: Wakaba Mutsumi】

【Intimacy Level: 68 (Friendship)】

[Current Task: Help Wakaba Mutsumi learn how to properly communicate her thoughts.]

Current completion rate: 0%

[Current prompt: Mu is a very pure person, so there's no need for unconventional methods. Approaching her heart step by step with care and understanding is sufficient.]

Oh

Ohhhhhh——

[Host, did you see that? Finally! Finally, there's someone with a normal relationship! So normal! [Friendship]... It's actually [Friendship]!]

[Little cucumber, I love you to death! Muuuuuuua!]

【Host, you must cherish this opportunity!】

The system found the doll-like, delicate, and well-behaved girl in front of it increasingly pleasing to the eye, and wished Yanming could go and take her home right now.

Finally, after encountering various targets with unique skills, such as chuunibyou (middle school syndrome), black holes, cats, internet celebrities, and old-fashioned people, I have finally met my first "normal" target.

What a bright future! (Exclamation)

……

"Before we officially begin, I need to ask you a few questions to ascertain your situation. Of course, these questions will not involve your privacy, and you can refuse to answer any of them."

Since lunch and lunch break weren't over yet, Yanming could spend some more time alone with Mu to get to know her better.

"First of all, and very importantly, Mutsu wants to learn how to express himself in order to make friends and manage relationships with them, right?"

Mu didn't tell him this, but based on Yanming's previous intentional or unintentional observations, Mu spent far more time looking at Crychic and the others... or more accurately, at Su Shi and Xiao Xiang, than she looked at other places.

Therefore, it can be inferred that Mu's learning to express himself is very likely for the sake of his friends.

Mu lowered her head and paused for a moment: "Um... I want everyone to like me more..."

That way, perhaps I can be observed.

“But I can tell that Xiao Xiang already considers you almost as important as family.”

"wrong……"

Mu shook his head. "Xiang likes you more, Yanming, than me."

Yanming blushed: "Ahem, well... Mu, feelings can't be measured by 'more'."

"...?"

Mu realized that she might not have expressed herself clearly enough, so she spoke again, trying to express her thoughts more completely, "That's not what I meant."

"Xiang and I are childhood sweethearts, Yanming, you know that, right?"

Chapter 106 What to do if your child can't speak?

Yanming knew about this, of course. He had heard Xiaoxiang talk about Mu more than once at home, and he could also feel from these few words how much Xiaoxiang valued his childhood sweetheart, which was no less than that of a blood relative.

"Ah."

Yanming nodded, waiting for Mu to continue.

“We were inseparable from each other when we were very young… Xiang himself said that we were each other’s ‘half’.”

When Mu said this, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, as if he was enjoying the memory.

"But later, Xiang downplayed the relationship. However... I don't blame her, because it was Xiang's own choice."

Yanming frowned and asked, "Why do you say that?"

Xiao Xiang would never intentionally distance herself from Mu, even if the other party did something to annoy her.

The fact that Xiangzi concealed her current situation from everyone else in Crychic, but told Mu this alone, shows that they were still each other's "half-body" without reservation.

“From that day on, Xiang’s gaze fell on me less and less.”

"That day?"

Mu nodded: "Crychic, the day it was founded."

Yanming immediately understood.

So that's what happened.

"Xiang devoted all the time he used to spend with me to the band. Because of this band, my only friend was split into four unequal parts, and I only got about a quarter of it."