The girl with light green long hair lowered her eyes, remained silent for a long time.
'Although it might sound hurtful to say so...'
But, she always felt that Soyo would mess up all the romantic relationships one day.
Rather than cooperating with Soyo, she would rather choose Sakiko.
Of course, thinking Soyo was unreliable was only one of the reasons.
The more important point was, Mutsumi really didn't have big ambitions.
She didn't seek much, just wanted to stay beside the person she liked, and find a small place of belonging.
And now, that goal was already halfway achieved. Referring to them living together.
'Although there is still a three-month time limit but didn't Kaito-kun also never say it can't be renewed?'
This was the first time Mutsumi was most grateful for the family she was born into.
At least, having a famous actress as a mother and a famous comedian as a father meant she didn't have to worry about expensive rent.
Nagasaki Soyo was very disappointed.
In her eyes, Mutsumi's refusal was undoubtedly a sign of lacking ambition.
A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier. A girlfriend who doesn't want to be the official one is also not a good girlfriend.
Just being satisfied with such a simple degree, content with the status quo...
'Forget it, a melon forced off the vine won't be sweet. If you're unwilling, then you're unwilling.'
'Even without your help, I can still eliminate all the homewreckers.'
Besides, although Mutsumi was lying flat, lying flat also had its benefits.
At least, if she wasn't willing to cooperate with her, then she definitely wouldn't cooperate with others either.
Her alertness level could be lowered a bit more.
"In that case, let's treat today's matter as if I never said anything," Nagasaki Soyo didn't try to force her. Although the result wasn't as smooth as she expected, it also wasn't particularly bad.
The matter with Mutsumi could be set aside for now.
Next...
The brown-haired girl rallied herself, full of fighting spirit.
She would first put all her focus on that pink-haired vixen outside.
With a gentle smile for business back on her face, Nagasaki Soyo had just taken Mutsumi out of the restroom when a commotion was heard from the direction of the hall.
After clearly seeing the scene not far away, the smile on the girl's pretty face completely froze.
A white-haired girl she didn't recognize was clinging to Kaito's shoulder, rubbing her face against his like an affectionate cat.
"Raana! You can't be so rude!", Store manager Ririko was trying hard to pull the white-haired girl clinging to the customer off, 'Even I haven't done that!'
The girl with short white hair and rare heterochromatic eyes looked at her, but still didn't stop her action, only seriously said, "His scent... is delicious. I like it."
"No matter how much you like it, you can't just jump on him! Isn't this already sexual harassment?"
Even Anon at the side was a little stunned, 'What kind of place is this Livehouse? Has the atmosphere become too rock and roll?'
'First the store manager secretly gropes someone, and then a mysterious girl passing by acts like a face-hugging parasite. This isn't just some ordinary pervert, it's time to use force.'
"Sorry, sorry! Raana is a good child, it's just... she's a bit free-spirited sometimes, but she really means no harm," Manager Ririko was exhausted, and finally managed to pull the heterochromatic girl off Kaito, and before catching her breath, she hurriedly bowed to apologize.
"It's fine,".Kaito didn't mind much. Though his face had been rubbed, he had a good impression of the suddenly appearing heterochromatic girl.
Although she was just an ordinary person... she felt more like a lazy cat without ears and a tail.
For some reason, he felt she would have a lot to talk about with his fat cat back home.
"Thank you very much for your understanding," Ririko patted her chest, 'Thank goodness the guest doens't mind.'
"To apologize, tonight's expenses will be covered by the store. Please enjoy your meal," The incident happened so suddenly. She had originally intended to bring out the matcha parfait, but never thought Raana would walk in at that moment, drawn by the scent of the parfait, and followed it all the way over.
Then, after seeing the indescribably handsome boy, she immediately forgot about the parfait and made a move that could be called "throwing herself into his arms."
If it were another woman doing this, one might suspect she was trying to take advantage.
But Ririko knew Raana well, the girl was still in high school, young and pure, with none of those messy thoughts. She really was like a self-willed cat, unpredictable.
What bad intentions could a cat have? The cat just wanted to get a sniff of someone.
"Want to eat?", Remembering that this heterochromatic girl had originally been attracted by the matcha parfait, Kaito simply pushed the cup in front of her, as if feeding a stray cat.
But Kaname Raana didn't even look at the matcha parfait.
The parfait was delicious, but to her right now, the man in front of her was even more delicious.
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Chapter 116: Nagasaki Soyo (Already Fallen to Darkness)
"No parfait."
The cat-like girl named Raana displayed an extraordinarily indifferent attitude toward the matcha parfait she once loved the most. She didn't even glance at it, only stared with those extremely rare blue-and-yellow heterochromatic eyes, sparkling as she looked at the boy in front of her, like a cat who had spotted her own catnip, as if she were going to pounce at any moment.
"Man, so fragrant!", Since birth, this was the first time she had ever smelled such a pleasant scent from a human. It was a hundred times more delicious than matcha parfait.
"Raana, don't say that to a guest," Ririko couldn't help but give her a firm forehead flick and corrected her, "That's too rude!"
Saying he's handsome, saying he's good-looking, she could understand that, and even agree deeply.
'But 'so fragrant'? What kind of bizarre description is that?'
'Could it be that, in your eyes, he's something like a cat treat?'
"Hmm?", Raana tilted her head and looked at her innocently.
'But, it really does smell good.'
Ririko was defeated by her pure, innocent gaze and couldn't help but hold her forehead, inwardly reminiscing about a certain unnamed drum team member.
In the whole RiNG, only little Taki could get Raana to behave a little bit.
However, Taki seemed to have fallen ill recently and had asked for two days off. With this stabilizing force gone, Raana had instantly become hard to manage.
Ririko was about to try and properly educate her, but just then a few more customers walked in, and she simply didn't have the time.
Seeing her caught in a dilemma, Kaito went along with the flow and said, "Miss Manager, if you're in a hurry, it's perfectly fine to attend to the other guests first."
"Mm I'm terribly sorry! Then I'll have to trouble you to watch over this child for a bit. I'll be right back!", Miss Ririko was nearly moved to tears, 'Not only is he handsome, but also so considerate and understanding!'
If not for fearing she'd be reported for sexual harassment, she'd really want to scoop the beautiful boy into her arms and smother him with affection.
Hmm Thinking like that, she suddenly felt so jealous of Raana. Able to do whatever she wanted without a care. Even after acting like a facehugger for so long, she still hadn't been rejected.
'Perhaps this is the privilege of being a cute cat?'
After all, who could resist a well-behaved, luxurious cat flipping over to show its belly, acting spoiled and rolling around?
After Ririko the manager left, even the last supervisor was gone. Raana was like a prisoner who had broken free from her cage.
The girl shamelessly scooted up beside Kaito, her perky little nose twitching as she showed a satisfied expression.
It was like the faint scent of grass after being warmed by sunlight, warm and reassuring.
"Like!"
The pure cat voiced her honest feelings without hesitation.
'This girl Isn't her aggression a little too high?'
From the moment she appeared, she had been throwing fastballs, leaving Anon dumbfounded on the sidelines.
And yet Raana wore a sincere, forthright expression, clearly meaning every word from the bottom of her heart.
'But I'm not going to lose!'
Anon clenched her little fists, grayish-beautiful eyes burning with fierce determination.
'A chance encounter with a stray cat at a live house, I am all offense, no defense, strong like a monster, I'll give it my all and defeat her!'
"Let go of that boy and let me no, no, anyway, let go of Kaito-kun first."
"?", The cat tilted her head in confusion, glancing at the girl next to her whose face practically screamed jealousy, like a pink-haired big dog whose bone had just been stolen.
She then very calmly ignored her existence and even tried to go a step further, reaching out with her two pale, tender arms like lotus roots, aiming to hug Kaito.
"Nope~", A gentle voice suddenly rang out from behind.
A brown-haired girl reached out and easily grabbed the cat's fate-bound scruff of the neck, making it impossible for her to take a single step forward no matter how hard she tried.
"Ugh"
The girl's smile was radiant, and her voice was as soft as could be.
But for some reason, the cat-like girl seemed to see behind her a thick, almost tangible black mist
She confirmed with her eyes, this was someone not to be messed with.
Raana decisively followed her instincts and ceased her struggles, carefully lowering her head, now looking like a white-haired kitten caught red-handed after pulling a prank.
Seeing her finally settle down, Nagasaki Soyo released her grip, still wearing a gentle and kind smile as she observed the girl before her.
Short silver-white hair, a slightly baby-fat yet exquisitely cute face, and heterochromatic blue-yellow eyes shining like gemstones. But, she looked quite young.
She didn't know Raana personally, but had heard rumors about her.
It was said that near RiNG, a certain self-willed silver-haired girl would occasionally appear. She would strum her guitar alone, eat parfaits alone, and never talk to anyone. Like a lone, proud stray cat.
But no matter how proud a stray cat may be, it could still be captured by a charm as dazzling as the sun.
"Raana-chan, I understand how you feel," Soyo reached out gently, tidying a stray lock of silver hair beside the girl's ear, and said with a smiling face, "But as a girl, you should still be a little more reserved, okay?"
Raana really wanted to ask, 'What does 'reserved' mean?'
But her feline instinct to avoid danger made her swallow that question and obediently nod her head.
Seeing the Soyo, who had just been driven away earlier in defeat, now effortlessly subduing the stray cat, Chihaya Anon looked a bit dazed.
'She only went to the restroom for a moment, how did things change this much?'
"Raana, do you really like Kaito-kun?", Following behind Soyo, Wakaba Mutsumi also tilted her head slightly, sounding a bit puzzled.
What puzzled her was, 'Kaito-kun doesn't seem to dislike Raana either?'
Kaito easily read her thoughts and smiled slightly, "That's right."
The reason he didn't dislike Raana wasn't because she looked cute.
It was because this girl possessed a rare heart of 'non-duality.'
Or to put it more plainly: she had no distractions. When hungry, she ate; when thirsty, she drank; when tired, she slept; when bored, she played guitar. She never burdened herself with unnecessary people or matters, nor wasted energy on them. She lived joyfully and without worries.
This was a very rare inborn trait, difficult to cultivate later in life.
People with this trait were often excellent cultivation prospects and were rarely disturbed by inner demons.
Back when Kaito was in Courting Death Sect, one of the Supreme Elder's disciples was like that. Though often mocked as scatterbrained, she never took it to heart and broke through to the peak of the Golden Core stage in just 200 years. In terms of seniority, she was even his junior martial sister, bold, straightforward, and well-liked.
However, whenever she saw him, she would act as if avoiding a deadly beast, always stuttering and running away red-faced after saying only a few words, as if a mortal enemy was chasing her.
At that time, Kaito was still cultivating the Path of Ruthlessness, and the cold aura around him could freeze people to death.
Seeing his junior sister so afraid of him, the only thing he could do was stay as far away from her as possible. Even when they met by chance, he would silently turn and leave to avoid startling her.
But what confused him was, even though he tried to avoid her, her eyes would inexplicably turn sorrowful.
Thankfully, his master later advised him, saying he had done the right thing, that he should keep his distance from all his junior sisters to avoid frightening them.
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Chapter 117: Picked Up a Cat, She Wants to Come Home With Me!
'Those distant pasts, in the end, can never return.'
Kaito shook his head, tossing the chaotic thoughts to the back of his mind, and casually scratched the silver-haired girl's smooth chin.
He just subconsciously used the technique of petting cats at home, but it still made Raana involuntarily place her chin in his palm, then contentedly squint her eyes, letting out a comfortable "purr purr" sound.
One man, one "cat", this harmonious scene made Soyo's beautiful eyes darken.
But she quickly hid those deep emotions from the depths of her pupils and said with a smile, "Speaking of which Mama has been mentioning Kaito-kun recently, hoping you could visit our home again."
A simple sentence, but it held many layers of meaning.
It shifted the topic, broke the harmonious atmosphere between the man and the cat, and also subtly expressed her longing under the guise of Mama. At the same time, it faintly pointed out, they've already met each other's parents.
This was Soyo's greatest confidence, and also the reason she believed she would never lose to these sneaky cats in front of her.
