Uneasy daily life

Angelina: (ˉ﹃ˉ).

A moment later, Angelina snapped out of her monotonous, repeating state and said in a daze, "I was just thinking about the people who disappeared... Oh no! I shouldn't be thinking about that!"

Angelina suddenly clutched her head and shook it violently: "I can't think about it, I can't think about it, I can't think about it! Keep thinking about who that disappeared person is, whether it's related to the fortune teller, whether the disappeared person is Growth A... STOP!"

Angelina: (ˉ﹃ˉ).

Toyohama Kazuka and Sakurajima Mai exchanged a knowing smile, their expressions suggesting a complicated situation...

"excuse me."

A cool, clear voice came from inside. Yukino Yukinoshita and Haruno Yukinoshita entered the private room and met the gazes of the three people.

"Oh? You guys are here too." Angelina snapped out of her daze and said with a forced smile, "Um... I don't have a mental illness, you know."

Yukino Yukinoshita said calmly, "Don't worry, Taichang Bu Nian, your reputation at school is beyond repair. At most, it will go from 'maybe a mental patient' to 'you really are a mental patient'."

“…” Angelina changed the subject, “Speaking of which, we were just discussing whether someone had disappeared…”

"You guys feel that way too?" ×2!

The Yukinoshita sisters looked at the Sakurajima Toyohama sisters in unison.

Mai Sakurajima and Kazuka Toyohama were stunned, one with a strange expression and the other completely bewildered.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly turned somber.

Angelina turned her head from side to side.

The four people looked at each other.

"Interesting." Yukinoshita Haruno's smile became playful. "That person seems to have principles. Aren't sisters supposed to avoid flirting?"

Yukino Yukinoshita said coldly, "I don't think I would get close to someone like that."

Mai Sakurajima rubbed her temples: "Whether we're close or not isn't determined by our current memories... Yukino is the type who's easily fooled, isn't she?"

"?" Feng Bin and Hua asked unhappily, "What's your relationship with that bastard?"

what relationship?

Yukino Yukinoshita was quite annoyed: "I don't know."

"Hmm..." Yukinoshita Haruno's tone was subtle, "A mistress like Waka-chan?"

Mai Sakurajima: "?"

Toyohama Kazuka: "?!"

"so……"

While eating the melon seeds, Angelina couldn't help but ask, "Were you guys deceived in your feelings by a scumbag?"

“Impossible.” Yukino Yukinoshita denied. “It’s probably just that we have a good relationship… well, like Hachiman and Yuihama. I don’t have many friends, so each one is important to me, but you can only know a person’s face but not their heart.”

Yukinoshita thought to herself, "Maybe I should steal Yukino-chan's boyfriend? Since that person lied to Yukino-chan, when I get him back, I'll just give him to Yukino-chan! Liars with liars, it seems like a perfect match!"

Yukino swallowed her "no" back, her face cold and silent, feeling that she might be a little sick herself.

"Were we tricked?" Mai Sakurajima speculated. "But something doesn't feel right. I think the kissing scene I filmed was with that person... Since we're making a movie, how could we possibly hide something like this?"

Feng Bin and Hua asked in surprise, "Are we both that bastard's girlfriends?"

"Maybe so, after all, he's a conman who juggles multiple relationships," Yukinoshita Haruno chimed in casually. "Although Sakurajima made a movie about it, and I composed the music for it, neither Yukino nor I seem to have seen it... There's a high probability that everyone gets deceived by a scumbag."

"No, no, no, I didn't mean deception," Toyohama Kazuka quickly shook her head. "Is it possible that we know?"

Yukino Yukinoshita and Mai Sakurajima both sent question marks at the same time.

“Indeed.” Yukinoshita Haruno stood next to Toyohama Kazuka with great interest. “Out of my feelings for Yukino-chan, I wouldn’t mind too! Toyohama, right? Anyway, your feelings for Sakurajima aren’t exactly normal either.”

"Hmm..." Feng Bin and Hua gave each other an elbow strike with annoyance, "You're the one who's not normal!"

The scene instantly shifted from a group of biological sisters to a group of half-sisters.

"Um..." Angelina grumbled, "So who exactly is that scumbag?"

The group, who were trying to correct the older sister, teasing the younger sister, suffering from headaches and remaining silent, and complaining in frustration, quieted down.

"Speaking of which, what's your relationship with that bastard?" Feng Bin and Hua suddenly realized a blind spot. "When we were talking about the missing person, you seemed to be..."

"Stop!" Angelina said seriously, "Don't say it! Don't make me think about it! I don't want to say anything, like 'disappearing people growing up'..."

Angelina: (ˉ﹃ˉ).

The four of them stared at each other speechlessly as the other person continued to babble.

Bang bang bang.

There was a sudden knock on the door.

How many are there?!

A thought flashed through their minds as they noticed a rather refined and handsome young man standing at the door.

"Complex emotions and clashes between characters represent the conflict-ridden atmosphere of the story..."

The young man pushed up his glasses: "Does it seem like I've arrived at just the right time?"

"Huh?" Angelina snapped out of her daze. "You are...?"

"playwright."

Chapter 103 Character Portrayal

playwright?

The group was somewhat puzzled.

Angelina briefly introduced herself: "From the Scarlet Theatre Company."

The group immediately realized what was going on.

"Even though we've never officially met, surely you can recognize my voice?"

The playwright smiled and said, "At least I helped you out."

Oh, you helped out! Who was it?

Angelina glanced around instinctively and, noticing everyone staring at her, gave a knowing look: "Well, then we're even."

Playwright: "When have I ever owed you a favor?"

Angelina: "When did I ever ask you for a favor?"

"They're very skilled at dismantling bridges after crossing the river, but they've dismantled them too early before they've even crossed the river."

The playwright chuckled, reached for a small, black-covered booklet, on which was written Azusagawa Kaede: "Didn't you ask me to send this little girl to the dark room?"

He was met with a strange and suspicious stare.

"My superpower is to lock things in a dark room. In more logical terms, it's to isolate things from the outside world and seal them away like a book." The playwright shrugged. "Didn't you ask me to lock Azusagawa Kaede up?"

Angelina was completely bewildered: "Huh? What are you talking about? I didn't do anything to illegally imprison anyone!"

"Azusagawa Kaede?" Yukino Yukinoshita couldn't help but ask, "Wasn't she supposed to disappear along with Kaede's awakening...? Could the playwright use his superpowers to preserve her?"

"Through complex experiences and emotional journeys, the ethereal personality develops a strong sense of independence, thus becoming a person, rather than an experience with a beginning and an end but no future..." the playwright said leisurely. "I remember your plan was like this, right? To make Azusagawa Kaede think as much as possible, experience different emotions, and be deeply moved, so that she can develop feelings she doesn't want to disappear... No matter what decision she makes in the end, the important thing is that through this experience, she can be connected to my superpower."

"A name given by others can be a starting point, but life is something that belongs to oneself."

The playwright remarked with great interest, "I must say, your plan has been very successful."

Angelina leaned back, nearly hitting the wall on her head: "No way! Am I that powerful?!"

“Not bad, not bad, you’ve already reached the average level of the Crimson Troupe.” The playwright was quite satisfied. “I’m optimistic about the day you get your code name. How about we call you The Deceiver?”

"You're kidding me!" Angelina waved her hands hastily. "I didn't! I didn't! How could I... um? Was it me?"

Angelina frowned, realizing that things weren't so simple. Come to think of it…

Angelina: (ˉ﹃ˉ).

"Huh, are you trying to renege on your debt?"

The playwright smiled and commented, "The acting is good. The lifeless eyes and the drool that naturally appears at the corner of the mouth are a stroke of genius. To achieve this level shows that you..."

"This means she's having an episode."

Yukino Yukinoshita interrupted, "Playwright, Anshinin-kun went to the psychiatric ward of the hospital."

The playwright dismissed it: "If it were about gynecology, it could be an interesting plot."

Yukino Yukino was speechless for a moment, and suddenly felt that Anshin-in was incredibly serious.

"If someone disappears and creates a strong sense of unease among some people, wouldn't that be considered an interesting plot?" Haruno Yukinoshita asked. "Playwright, perhaps you are connected to that missing person?"

"This plot structure is somewhat boring."

The playwright shook his head slightly: "There are many similar scripts. They are nothing more than trying to depict some touching stories through the process of regaining memories. Amnesia is also a common way to increase plot conflict, but I don't like this kind of technique. It would be better to describe how a person actively 'loses their memory' because they encounter something unacceptable and unavoidable... For example, a person's childhood, student days and adulthood are themselves a kind of unavoidable amnesia story."

"It is interesting that we constantly lose our memories, whether actively or passively, because of demands, growth, inevitability, pain, endurance, and desires."

From discussion to brainstorming in his own words, the playwright seemed to gradually sink into his own world.

Yukino Yukinoshita smiled slightly and said, "What if the person who disappeared was a scumbag who deceived other girls' feelings?"

"Hmm? Interesting. Deception and disappearance, true feelings and false intentions... After a person who deceived everyone with a false mask dies, his friends and lovers begin to realize that he was not so good, thus overturning their impressions... It's an interesting perspective."

The playwright reached out and pulled over a chair. He looked around the people in the ward and became interested: "How about we do a character profile? You can all tell me which character you like, and I'll refine that character and try to help you find the missing person."

The intention wasn't really to help, but rather to gather material from the play.

Although he's a bit unserious and always rambling about plot characters and stories, he's still a superpowered person, and...

The group exchanged glances, each secretly trying to find that person.

Yukinoshita Haruno pointed and said, "Let's start with Yukino-chan!"

The playwright looked up and asked with a smile, "Miss, have you realized that the other party may have deceived you, and do you still want to find out who it is?"

“Of course.” Yukino Yukinoshita said coldly, “I’m a pretty vengeful person. How can I settle scores if I don’t find that person? As for what kind of person I like, I don’t really like anyone.”

The playwright produced a pen and paper from somewhere: "In other words, he doesn't like anyone but that person..."

"?" Yukino Yukinoshita's voice grew even colder. "Please don't make wild guesses based on your so-called storyline. I don't think I would fall in love with anyone, let alone someone who has intimate relationships with many women. My involvement is only out of basic humanitarian concern. After all, scum is still a human being."

The playwright explained, "Although the other person's behavior of cheating on him with several women is intolerable, what's even more unbearable is that his feelings are not being reciprocated. He's still willing to try to win them back; he just can't ignore his own feelings..."

Yukinoshita Yukino: "#!"

"Ahem, this has already gone off-topic, hasn't it?" Mai Sakurajima coughed, interrupting for Yukino's blood pressure, "Weren't we talking about that person's character?"

"I don't know what that person is like, so I can only judge from those of you who are connected to them," the playwright said as he wrote. "For example, from this young lady, we can see that the person is skilled at acting and communicating, and has the ability to understand and see through other people's thoughts, which is why this young lady, who doesn't show much emotion and is emotionally sensitive, was deceived, deeply trapped, and unable to extricate herself..."

You've been deceived in your feelings, you're deeply trapped in it, and you can't extricate yourself!

Yukino Yukinoshita's head was buzzing, and she felt her fists clenching. She was about to retort...

"Miss, what kind of person do you like?"

The playwright has shifted his focus to Yukino Yukinoshita.

"Me?" Yukinoshita Haruno glanced at her sister, who was struggling to speak, tilted her head and pondered for a moment, then said with a smile, "First of all, you have to be rich enough to support me, and then you can't be too controlling. Probably because of my family, I really hate people who are particularly controlling."

The playwright wrote with his head down: "I like people who let me show my true self, who care about me but are decisive, and who can stop me from indulging myself..."

“?” Yukino Yukinoshita did not deny it, but instead followed up on what the other person was saying, “In that case, he has to be a serious and earnest person.”

The playwright nodded slightly: "He is someone who does not conform to common sense and has a unique self. Only this kind of unconventional uniqueness can make the young lady feel a sense of longing and attraction."

Yukinoshita: "Do you really need me to express my views on choosing a partner?"

“Of course you need one,” the playwright smiled. “You like a romantic person; someone too realistic would bore you. But you’re also someone who often doubts yourself, subconsciously wanting someone to guide and restrain you—not too deeply, but precisely enough, so that you can feel at ease…”

"Next, next!" Yukinoshita Haruno pointed, "Sakurajima, it's your turn!"

Mai Sakurajima sighed: "I should like someone gentle, preferably someone whose dreams overlap with mine, someone who can walk through life with me, someone with perseverance and courage."

“A gentle person?” the playwright murmured. “Hmm…meaning meddlesome, altruistic in a worldly sense, possessing a certain wisdom and courage, doing things that ordinary people are unwilling or unable to do…and finally, having the relevant professional skills in the performing arts…Alright, next one.”

The Yukinoshita sisters both looked at Sakurajima Mai.

Mai Sakurajima shrugged: "Of course, my judgment might be a bit off; I didn't get to see the whole picture of that person... So, I'm just following in my mother's footsteps after all?"

Then they both looked at Toyohama and Hana, who were frowning.