Kyou Fujibayashi didn't necessarily think that her sister, Ryou, and Lin Ye would confirm their relationship today. She was just harboring a tiny sliver of worry. In the unlikely event—she was just worried about the 'what if'—that something really happened between her sister and Lin Ye tonight, and they became lovers, what would she do?
Therefore, today was absolutely out of the question.
At least, absolutely not before she fulfilled her promise.
She needed to seize the time. Although her sister had a soft personality, if some unexpected situation arose, like her sister laying her cards on the table and confessing, and Lin Ye accepting... this wasn't an impossible scenario.
"Just you wait."
Kyou Fujibayashi clenched her fist and waved it, demonstrating her attitude.
Tap tap tap...
The sound of light footsteps was not loud.
Kyou Fujibayashi followed not far behind her sister. At this moment, she was wearing a hat and had changed into loose black clothes she didn't usually wear to trail her.
She noticed her sister turning around several times to look over. Her gaze had lingered on Kyou, but Kyou couldn't be sure if her sister had discovered her.
However, since her sister hadn't exposed her face-to-face, she continued her actions as if she hadn't been discovered.
Clack-clack...
Clack-clack...
The train made rhythmic driving sounds.
Thirty minutes later, the train slowly came to a stop.
Kyou Fujibayashi kept watching her sister. After confirming that her sister had gotten off the train, she immediately got off as well, maintaining a distance of a dozen or so meters as she followed.
But at this point in time, there were many people in the Chiba business district, and many people at the train station as well.
Kyou Fujibayashi quickly discovered that her sister was obscured by the figures of several passersby, which made her involuntarily speed up her pace.
But after chasing a few steps, she found that she had already lost sight of her sister.
"She ran?"
Sure enough, she had been discovered. It was just that Ryou couldn't find a good opportunity to shake her off earlier, so she pretended not to notice. Only now, upon arriving at the train station, did she choose to use the crowd to quickly break away.
Kyou Fujibayashi was shocked!
When did her weak and delicate sister learn this?
"Is there any place to eat nearby?"
Kyou Fujibayashi turned around in a circle but didn't see her sister's figure. So, she thought about the nearby business district and walked forward along the passage.
But when she walked to the exit, she still didn't see her sister's figure.
She pursed her lips, thought for a moment, and took out her phone. "Better to ask Lin Ye where he is."
She had an ultimate last resort.
Very quickly, a message was sent to Lin Ye's phone.
On the other side,
Ryou Fujibayashi sat on the returning train.
This time, she had deliberately ridden past two extra stations to achieve the goal of shaking off her sister.
Although her sister said she wouldn't stop her, Ryou Fujibayashi couldn't completely set her mind at ease.
"If Sister hadn't followed secretly, I would have believed her. Even if she explicitly told me 'I want to follow in secret,' I would have believed her too."
But the point of 'secretly following' was the only thing she couldn't believe.
Out of caution, Ryou Fujibayashi ultimately decided to shake off her sister.
Before long, the train arrived at the station.
Ryou Fujibayashi saw the exit and followed the crowd along the passageway to the surface level.
Under the illumination of the bright sunshine, a cute young girl wearing a white one-piece dress with a small black vest draped over her shoulders radiated youthful vitality.
As she walked on one side of the street, pedestrians cast their gazes over one after another. Just like during that time on the train, Ryou Fujibayashi was the focus and center of the entire venue.
The girl with shoulder-length purple hair had gradually gotten used to the gazes of the crowd. What she cared about more was the person she was about to meet.
There were still five minutes before the agreed time; she could still make it.
Walking across the crosswalk, she arrived at Chiba Mall. Ryou Fujibayashi saw the main entrance at a glance and walked over quickly.
Finally, she saw that familiar figure waiting at the mall entrance.
Ryou Fujibayashi involuntarily quickened her pace, avoiding passersby one by one.
Meanwhile, Mai Sakurajima, standing beside Lin Ye, had also been scanning the situation of the surrounding passersby with her eyes.
"There are quite a few pretty girls in Chiba."
At least from the time they started waiting here until now, she had seen more than a double-digit number of high-value girls. This was an evaluation made by a big star who had stayed in the entertainment circle for years.
"Usually there wouldn't be this many people. It's the Golden Week holiday now. I think quite a few people from surrounding cities came to Chiba for vacation, that's why there are so many pretty girls."
Lin Ye gave an explanation.
"Oh, isn't Student Yukinoshita quite pretty? She is a Chiba local."
"But she isn't here today, is she?"
"Is that not her?"
"Hmm?"
Lin Ye subconsciously looked in the direction Mai Sakurajima pointed, but he didn't see that aloof figure with long black hair.
"Senpai, you saw wrong, right!"
After speaking, Lin Ye noticed the corner of Mai Sakurajima's mouth rising, unable to be concealed.
In this instant, he realized he had been deceived by Mai Sakurajima.
"I probably saw wrong! Sorry."
But this apology was relatively casual. Obviously, Mai Sakurajima knew from the beginning that Yukino Yukinoshita hadn't come to Chiba Mall.
"Senpai, lying to me isn't good."
Seeing Mai Sakurajima's smile, Lin Ye decided to retaliate.
"I saw wrong."
"Do you think I'll believe that?"
"It's a fact."
"Hehe, girls who lie have to accept punishment. So tonight, Senpai, just you wait! Wait for my punishment."
'Tonight' and 'punishment' were heavily emphasized by Lin Ye.
That faint, seemingly non-existent smile made Mai Sakurajima feel flustered. She knew Lin Ye wouldn't act recklessly, but there wasn't just a few ways to punish someone.
"I really looked wrong."
"Still need punishment. Because of Senpai's behavior, I was startled just now."
You were startled? How come I can't tell at all?
Mai Sakurajima had originally expected a reaction of shock and worry from Lin Ye, but she hadn't seen it at all.
"What I said is true. In that instant just now, my heart beat accelerated by 1. So, Senpai has to be responsible and bear the corresponding responsibility."
"You should at least say 10 to make people believe it!"
At this moment, Mai Sakurajima couldn't help but retort.
"Hahaha."
Lin Ye chuckled lightly.
Mai Sakurajima's attention returned to judging the surrounding passersby. Before long, a young girl wearing a white dress with a cute and pure style entered her field of vision.
"That girl is quite nice."
Seeing Lin Ye had no reaction, Mai Sakurajima even patted him. "Really, not lying to you. If a girl like that is willing to be your girlfriend, you should be thanking your lucky stars."
Only then did Lin Ye turn around to look. He saw the girl in the dress who had appeared. That exquisite face immediately caused a smile to form on Lin Ye's face.
Today's Ryou Fujibayashi was dressed up in her finest.
How nice!
A girl willing to put on exquisite makeup for him showed the importance she attached to this date.
"I feel she's not bad."
"You're actually taking it seriously!"
Mai Sakurajima was surprised.
"Of course. Isn't making a girl like that fall in love with me a very interesting thing?"
Words were said like that, but Mai Sakurajima didn't believe at all that Lin Ye could make such a girl fall for him.
"In one sentence, I can hold that girl's hand."
Mai Sakurajima was stunned.
"If I can't do it, tonight's punishment can be cancelled. I can refrain from punishing Senpai."
The girl with long black hair was tempted upon hearing this.
"And if you succeed?"
"Double it!"
Mai Sakurajima: "..."
"Fine. But the girl must extend her hand proactively. You can't force it."
She actually wanted to see how Lin Ye could make that beautiful girl willing to shake hands with just one sentence.
"Deal."
Lin Ye smiled.
This Senpai seemingly hadn't realized that the girl he was meeting today was exactly the girl she said was very nice.
Lin Ye walked straight toward Ryou Fujibayashi, who was walking over.
In the instant the two's eyes met, Lin Ye shook his head gently, his eyes signaling the girl not to make a sound.
The two still had this tacit understanding.
Ryou Fujibayashi didn't take the initiative to greet him, but continued walking with a slightly puzzled look.
Very quickly, the two converged and stopped their steps.
"Shake hands, beauty."
Lin Ye extended his hand.
Mai Sakurajima, a few meters behind, watched in stupefaction.
Just this?
What kind of joke is this?
But in the next second, she saw that beautiful girl with shoulder-length purple hair extend her hand and hold Lin Ye's hand. The two's hands touched and held together.
They even maintained it for several seconds.
Mai Sakurajima was completely dumbfounded.
After a good while, upon seeing the two let go, she suddenly thought of another possibility. "Lin Ye, you know hypnosis."
"Cough cough cough..."
In this instant, Lin Ye almost couldn't hold it together.
Senpai actually suspected he knew hypnosis.
"Or do you have the ability of mandatory command?"
Mai Sakurajima thought of yet another possibility. Besides this, she also thought of many other possibilities, but without exception, they were all related to Lin Ye's abilities.
Only in this way could it explain why this girl gripped the hand Lin Ye extended without a shred of hesitation.
"Lin-kun, what's wrong?"
Very quickly, Ryou Fujibayashi inquired with concern.
When the voice fell, Mai Sakurajima understood. This wasn't Lin Ye's ability at all, but because this girl was Lin Ye's acquaintance, the girl Lin Ye was dating today!
Mai Sakurajima felt a bit unwell.
She had overlooked this point and was pitted by Lin Ye.
"The bet..."
"Girls who don't keep their word aren't likable. Don't you think so, Ryou?"
Lin Ye's sudden sentence left Ryou Fujibayashi completely confused, but she also approved of this sentence.
"Promises made should still be fulfilled to the best of one's ability. Otherwise, it's better not to make the promise from the start."
Mai Sakurajima knew Lin Ye's words were spoken to her.
Originally, she had thoughts of arguing with Lin Ye, but now she didn't have that impulse.
Punishment it is then!
Double it is then!
She actually wanted to see what punishment Lin Ye would bring out.
Moreover, tonight...
Mai Sakurajima looked at this girl who had come dressed in her finest with exquisite makeup. Would this girl go home tonight?
She harbored a certain amount of doubt.
"Ryou's thoughts are the same as mine. Either don't promise, or strive to complete it. Of course, if it really can't be completed, it's not unacceptable. But giving up directly without even doing it, or quibbling, that's not good, right!"
"Mn."
Ryou Fujibayashi thought about the agreements between her and Lin Ye.
She recalled carefully for a moment but didn't think of any unfulfilled agreements between her and Lin Ye.
That date was also a promise Lin Ye made to her, which Lin Ye had postponed again and again due to unexpected events.
"Let's go, Ryou. Let's go eat lunch! What do you want to eat?"
"Lin-kun decide!"
Ryou Fujibayashi handed the right of choice to Lin Ye.
"It's better if Ryou decides!"
The girl didn't decline anymore. "Let's go see what good food there is first."
She decided to look while walking.
"Okay."
The two walked into Chiba Mall shoulder to shoulder.
Meanwhile, Mai Sakurajima watched the backs of the two departing, a wonderful flavor in her heart.
"Following others, watching others date... this experience is also a first."
She maintained a distance of three or four meters, following the two.
She actually wanted to see what content Lin Ye and this cute girl's date would have today.
Eating, watching a movie?
What else!
Speaking of which, she hadn't dated a boy yet either!
If she couldn't return to normal next week, she feared she wouldn't even have this opportunity to date a boy.
In this moment, Mai Sakurajima's gaze landed on Lin Ye's back. Lin Ye, as if sensing it, looked back and met her eyes for a second. That smile made Mai Sakurajima helpless.
Ryou Fujibayashi looked left and right, wanting to choose a restaurant, but after looking around, the impulse to enter and taste wasn't strong.
Very quickly, her gaze landed on a shop.
The floor area of this shop was very small, with only one window, but there were quite a few people lining up.
"Lin-kun, for lunch today, let's eat crepes!"
Lin Ye slowly typed out a question mark.
You want to eat crepes too?
Even Mai Sakurajima, a few steps behind, was surprised. If she didn't know the girl didn't know beforehand, she would really have thought the girl knew she and Lin Ye had just eaten crepes.
"No... good?"
Hesitating, Ryou Fujibayashi looked at Lin Ye.
"It's not that it's no good, it's just... is this cuisine okay?"
"Of course it's okay. I don't prioritize what I eat anyway."
Prioritizing the person accompanying the meal, right!
Mai Sakurajima thought silently.
Subsequently, she remembered her function here. "Translated, it means 'She prioritizes who she eats lunch with'."
The girl continued to explain, "Her favorability toward you is quite high. Perform well, work hard, and carrying the beauty home tonight won't be a big problem."
Lin Ye glanced at Mai Sakurajima.
Senpai's explanation was very on point, but that last half-sentence was said for Senpai's own sake, right!
"No good?"
Seeing Lin Ye still hadn't answered, Ryou Fujibayashi asked again, slightly hesitantly.
"It's fine. Let's go buy crepes!"
It was just crepes; eating one more was absolutely no problem.
However, very quickly, Lin Ye faced the grilling from the young man who was the owner of this crepe shop. "Little Brother, you and your girlfriend really like eating crepes!"
"Just ate two, and now you brought your girlfriend to eat again. For these two crepes, I'll give you a thirty percent discount."
The young man spoke enthusiastically, completely failing to notice Lin Ye's slightly changed expression.
This shop owner indeed recognized him. Recognizing him was one thing, but why did he proactively mention the matter just now?
This would definitely make Ryou misunderstand.
Lin Ye looked toward Ryou Fujibayashi out of the corner of his eye, seeing Ryou Fujibayashi's expression change slightly. Her gaze involuntarily shifted to Lin Ye, and the two made eye contact.
Very quickly, the girl proactively averted her gaze.
In Ryou Fujibayashi's view, the owner wouldn't recognize the wrong person. Lin Ye definitely had already bought crepes just now.
In this moment, Ryou Fujibayashi's heart plummeted, sinking into low spirits.
So today, before this, Lin-kun was dating another girl!
Did her contact during the day disturb Lin-kun?
Would it have been better if she hadn't proposed the invitation?
"Here."
After maintaining silence like this for three minutes, two freshly made crepes arrived in Lin Ye's hands.
"Ryou, here."
"Thanks."
Her tone sounded normal, but it was hard to conceal a trace of sorrow and loneliness.
The girl who had arrived with a heart full of joy today was currently in a very bad mood. Even consciously concealing it couldn't stop that touch of faint gray sorrow.
"Something on your mind?"
Lin Ye asked directly.
"No."
Ryou Fujibayashi denied it instantly, but no one believed these words.
Mai Sakurajima interjected at this time, speaking up, "Explain simply! For example, say you were hungry when you came, so you bought two separately before and after, but because you were embarrassed, you said you bought them for a friend."
She provided a reason.
Mai Sakurajima also hadn't expected such a coincidental thing to happen; a misunderstanding had appeared.
She looked at Ryou Fujibayashi, this pure girl. If such a beautiful girl took the initiative and threw herself at him, she wondered if Lin Ye would refuse.
Probably... wouldn't refuse, right!
Lin Ye, hearing Mai Sakurajima's suggestion, proactively explained to Ryou Fujibayashi, "Ryou, actually you misunderstood. I did buy two crepes earlier, but I bought them separately."
"Mn?"
Why buy separately? That's not normal, right!
Ryou Fujibayashi awaited the answer.
"After buying one, I felt a bit hungry still, so I went to buy another one. The shop owner misunderstood, thinking I came with a girlfriend, but I don't have a girlfriend, you know that."
He indeed didn't have a girlfriend.
But the closest relationship in name should be Yukino Yukinoshita's quasi-fiancée.
"Mn. Since Lin-kun actually ate two crepes already, you can completely say it directly. You don't need to force yourself to eat again."
Ryou Fujibayashi's mood improved a bit. She looked at the crepe in Lin Ye's hand, thought for a moment, and reached out to take it. "These two, let me eat them both! Lin-kun."
Since Lin Ye had eaten two and was already full, she would finish these two. It would look fairer this way.
"If you can't finish it..."
"I can."
In this moment, Ryou Fujibayashi's attitude was very resolute.
Finally, holding two crepes, Ryou Fujibayashi arrived with Lin Ye at the bench where Lin Ye and Mai Sakurajima had sat before, and began eating the crepes in her hands.
Lin Ye went to buy a bottle of milk tea.
"Thanks, Lin-kun."
Ryou Fujibayashi thanked him.
She was indeed choking a little from eating now; this milk tea came very timely.
"No need to be polite. Eat slowly, no need to rush."
Lin Ye signaled the girl to take her time.
"Mm-hm."
Ryou Fujibayashi responded, but her speed of eating the crepe didn't slow down in the slightest. She wanted to save more time to be with Lin Ye.
Today, she wanted to cherish it.
Three minutes later, Ryou Fujibayashi finished eating. She patted herself, tidied her clothes, stood up, and said to Lin Ye, "Lin-kun, I'm ready. Where are we going this afternoon?"
"Does Ryou have any ideas?"
"How about we go to the park?"
She offered a suggestion.
But this suggestion made both Lin Ye and Mai Sakurajima react abnormally.
They had just returned from a park with great difficulty last night.
Mai Sakurajima didn't want to go to a park at all. At least for the recent period, she didn't want to go to a park at all; she needed to abstain for some time.
"Let's change the place! The seaside? Amusement park? Or the zoo?"
Ryou Fujibayashi actually wanted to go to the amusement park, and also wanted to go to the zoo. These were all good places for lovers to travel. It was just that considering the exploding number of people during the Golden Week now, she felt the latter two were still inappropriate.
"Let's go to the seaside. Let's walk over! The weather is nice today too, and I'm not in a rush to do other things."
"Watching a movie is okay too."
"We can watch at night. With such nice weather in the afternoon, let's go for a walk to the seaside!"
Since Ryou Fujibayashi said so, naturally Lin Ye had no reason to refuse.
Walking was good too.
Today, he would accompany Ryou Fujibayashi, and as for Mai Sakurajima, she would follow along in automatic stealth mode.
The three left Chiba Mall, two in front and one behind, and walked toward the nearest beach for a stroll.
The May sunshine was dazzling. Bright rays sprinkled over the earth.
Ryou Fujibayashi couldn't quite open her eyes. She took out the hat she brought. "Lin-kun, how about you..."
"I'm fine, you wear it!"
"Go help her put it on."
Mai Sakurajima patted Lin Ye to remind him.
After she finished speaking, her mood was a bit strange.
Lin Ye took action, taking the sun hat from the girl, placing the hat on the girl's head, and adjusting it.
"Thanks."
"We're all friends, no need to be polite."
She still wanted a relationship that went a step further.
Tap tap tap...
On the clean path on one side of the street, Lin Ye and Ryou Fujibayashi walked shoulder to shoulder. Mai Sakurajima followed behind. And about twenty meters behind the three, there was another girl following.
Kyou Fujibayashi, after obtaining the location from Lin Ye, had immediately headed to Chiba Mall. After finding Lin Ye and her sister Ryou Fujibayashi, she followed while maintaining distance.
"Didn't hold hands. Not a big problem."
Watching the two stroll until now without holding hands once made Kyou Fujibayashi realize that the relationship between the two didn't have any breakthrough progress.
"If it's always this distance, the problem won't be very big either."
Kyou Fujibayashi slowly exhaled a breath.
Ahead, Ryou Fujibayashi's eyes sized up the surrounding environment. There weren't too many passersby around anymore.
Her gaze moved from Lin Ye's cheek downwards, seeing Lin Ye's hand.
Several times she had the impulse to actively hold it, but she was a bit shy and didn't dare to hold it.
She also wanted to try touching, hoping Lin Ye would actively hold hers, but the shyness in her heart was truly difficult to overcome at this moment.
"What is Ryou doing during the holiday? Working overtime at the hospital?"
"Mn, Chiba Hospital needs nurses on duty. I was on the 1st and 2nd, and I'm off tomorrow and the day after. What about you, Lin-kun? What did you do the first two days? Did you go play with friends?"
She wanted to say was it Ren Nanase, but remembering Ren Nanase was also on duty yesterday, and simultaneously considering she might hear a heartbreaking answer—Lin Ye dating and playing with other girls—she ultimately chose to use 'friend' to refer to it.
"I guess so! Went to Tokyo."
Her relationship with Yukinoshita was relatively complex.
Mai Sakurajima took a glance and continued walking.
"Lin-kun seems to have gone to Tokyo last weekend too. I... I heard Sister say it."
That anxious look made Lin Ye exclaim internally that Ryou Fujibayashi didn't even know how to lie.
"Mn, went to Tokyo. Strolled around Akihabara with a friend."
Lin Ye confessed directly.
He already learned from Kyou Fujibayashi that Ryou Fujibayashi knew about this matter. The best method at this time was to confess honestly.
"It was a female friend. She and I also experienced similar things to Ryou."
Instantly, Ryou Fujibayashi understood.
So she had also experienced Strange events together with Lin Ye!
In that case, it was understandable that the girl had a close relationship with Lin Ye.
"Mn."
She gave a hum. She wanted to inquire further about Lin Ye's favorability toward that girl, yet found it difficult to speak.
Mai Sakurajima captured and analyzed this, speaking to Lin Ye, "She probably wants to know your current true relationship with that girl."
Like Ryou Fujibayashi, Mai Sakurajima was also curious.
"It's Ai Hoshino, right! If you have a good impression of this girl and want to date her, I suggest you draw a clear line with Ai Hoshino temporarily. That way, if you confess to her today, I estimate you can win this girl over."
It was in the bag; Mai Sakurajima had this certainty.
She looked at Lin Ye, waiting for Lin Ye's decision.
"It was Ai Hoshino. I don't know if you've heard of her, Ryou."
Ryou Fujibayashi recalled for a moment. She had some memory of this name.
"Seems to be an idol!"
"An idol from the Tokyo idol group B Komachi. Very pretty, very cute. My relationship with her surpasses that of ordinary friends, but we haven't confirmed a romantic relationship up to now."
Haven't.
A touch of surprise surfaced in Ryou Fujibayashi's eyes.
She believed what Lin Ye said. Lin Ye had no reason to deceive her. If he really wanted to deceive her, Lin Ye could have completely avoided mentioning Ai Hoshino's matter.
Now Lin Ye confessed; this was opening his heart to her, not wanting to hide things from her.
In Ryou Fujibayashi's view, this was a good thing.
But there was still one question.
"Does Lin-kun want to date her?"
"Can I not answer?"
"You can, but I want to know."
Ryou Fujibayashi gazed intently, hoping Lin Ye could give an answer.
"To date a pretty and cute girl, of course I want to."
Lin Ye revealed a hearty smile. "Ryou is also a pretty and cute girl."
In an instant, Ryou Fujibayashi blushed crimson from his words.
Mai Sakurajima watched and gave a thumbs up.
This guy, an absolute scumbag.
Full of tricks.
Seized the initiative with one sentence.
She feared Ryou Fujibayashi was going to fall for it.
"Lin-kun, playboy."
"Sigh, can't help it. There are too many cute girls in this world. Daily life is a desperate struggle, fighting so many instances. Who knows when I'll lose my life? What's wrong with liking pretty girls? Just allow me to be slightly philandering!"
If an ordinary person said this kind of thing, Ryou Fujibayashi would have to at least retort and complain a few sentences in her heart. But if the object was Lin Ye, she felt it wasn't unacceptable.
Lin Ye was engaged in confronting dangerous Strange events. Looking at pretty and cute girls more often, what did that count for!
Ryou Fujibayashi couldn't help but think.
Mai Sakurajima had seen scumbags, but she hadn't seen a man like Lin Ye who spoke so frankly and openly, without doing a shred of concealment, confessing directly.
"You really are amazing, Playboy Student Lin."
"Senpai is also very pretty and cute."
This sentence made Mai Sakurajima take a step back.
This guy, was he really starting a chaotic 'killing' mode?
"Uh, Lin-kun, are you talking to me?"
Ryou Fujibayashi hesitated.
She forgot to look in the direction Lin Ye had looked just now, but she didn't see anyone.
"Suddenly thought of a Senpai I knew before. Felt she was also quite pretty and cute. Ryou, don't mind it. I was just talking to myself just now."
How can I not mind!
But minding it more seemed meaningless.
Ryou Fujibayashi let go of her troubled heart. She felt that focusing on getting along with Lin Ye right now was enough.
Matters of other women, actually, it was meaningless for her to think too much about them.
The girl with shoulder-length purple hair had Lin Ye's countenance reflected in her eyes, and her mind also recalled Lin Ye's phrase 'Who knows when I'll die'.
Yes!
Who knew when Lin Ye would die.
Lin Ye, constantly dragged into Strange events, could die at any time.
Although she had successfully survived a Strange event, would she definitely not be dragged into a Strange event again in the future?
Ryou Fujibayashi held a skeptical attitude.
Under this threat of death, she felt that caring about the present, caring about what was in front of her, and caring about the matters between her and Lin Ye was enough.
"Lin-kun, if you get dragged in again in the future, you must pay attention to safety and protect yourself well. As long as you survive, it's fine. Actually..."
There was a sentence she knew she shouldn't say, but she decided to say it now.
"Lin-kun is too kind, liking to protect others and provide help. But if you really encounter a very dangerous situation, Lin-kun needs to make your own safety the first priority. In reality, there are many, many people who care about you. They all hope you can return safely."
She gazed at Lin Ye with sincere eyes. "I... me too. I hope... Lin-kun can return safely."
This sentence used up the courage Ryou Fujibayashi didn't have much of to begin with.
With a flushed face, she expressed her emotions, very obviously.
"Thanks, I will. My life is absolutely the first priority consideration."
Ryou Fujibayashi gave an 'mn'.
But Mai Sakurajima felt Lin Ye's words were more words of comfort. Lin Ye wouldn't abandon his companions. Such a person really shouldn't perish within a Strange instance; he should live.
Whether out of regard for Lin Ye's character, or out of personal friendship with Lin Ye and his help to her, Mai Sakurajima also hoped Lin Ye would be safe and sound.
"Consider yourself more. With so many girls liking you, you also don't want to make them sad after you die, right!"
Mai Sakurajima spoke up, and even sighed lightly.
But she noticed Lin Ye's gaze. That slight movement of his lips immediately let her know what Lin Ye was asking.
"No, I don't have any thoughts about philandering men. Don't be full of yourself."
Mai Sakurajima hugged her chest, raised her small head, and said.
"I, Mai Sakurajima, dislike philandering men the most."
Finally, she added a sentence.
But regarding this final sentence, it would have been fine if Mai Sakurajima hadn't said it. Once said, Lin Ye only felt a thick 'flag'.
This often went contrary to wishes, advancing in the opposite direction.
Lin Ye had a considerably high premonition about this.
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