Zongman: Dream with me

"Hmm? Have you met before?"

"I don't know," Tianmu and his daughter shook their heads gently. "Every time I get close to him, I always feel a familiar feeling. Especially his eyes tell me that they know me and we will become good friends."

"And I don't know why, but I always feel like he has a faint glow emanating from him, blingbling! So beautiful!"

Nagisa Ichiha looked at her sister helplessly and began to recall the past, but found nothing.

On the other side, Mu You looked at the figure in the photo album and fell into deep thought.

“It turns out we’ve actually met before.”

The photo shows him holding an insect net and posing with a little girl in a shrine maiden's costume. His indifferent expression forms a sharp contrast with the little girl's bright smile.

More importantly, Mu You clearly saw a pendant hanging on the little girl's chest from the photo.

For a moment, it was as if the key had finally been found, and a lost memory began to emerge.

They were childhood playmates who met when Kasugano Yuu went up the mountain.

Lover of adventure, he discovered a desolate shrine and met a lonely shrine maiden in the shrine, and their fate began.

After that, he often came to see her and brought gifts, sometimes snacks, sometimes wild flowers he picked on the road, beautiful stones found by the stream, and insects he caught.

Later they became friends, and he took her to run and play all over the mountains and fields. In the end, he lost her necklace.

But later on, I seemed to be trying my best to find it, and some other things happened. What were they?

Mu You looked at the photo and thought for a long time, but had no clue.

After silently putting the photo album away, Mu You briefly counted his grandmother's diaries and found that one was indeed missing. After putting everything back in its place, he left the hospital and started walking back.

There is a snack shop at the foot of the mountain of Chayohime Shrine. The owner, Ifukube Yahiro, is the current guardian of Tennome and is also a guy who is very afraid of trouble.

But at this moment, she was looking at Mu You with an unhappy expression, or to be more precise, she was staring at the dark kimono on Mu You.

"Are you the guy Ying brought back?"

"Is this news already known to everyone?" Mu You felt a little tired, but still kept a smile on her face.

"Tsk, you damn kid, get out of here!" He turned around and left without looking back.

"what?"

"What?" Ifukube turned around unhappily.

"Nothing, I thought you would warn me or at least say something harsh..."

"..."

"..."

"I don't care about that guy. He smiles every day and tries to please others, but in the end he still gets bullied!"

"……I see."

Mu You thanked the store manager and returned to the shrine with a big bag full of snacks.

"Ah, You-kun bought a lot of things! Let me see, is there my favorite ice cream?!"

"Hey, at least pay attention!" Zhu Yiye, who was standing next to him, couldn't stand it anymore and stopped someone who was about to pounce on Mu You.

"Yeah, you should pay more attention. Haven't you been taught a lesson enough?"

"Hehe - got it!" Facing the accusations from the two, the goddess Mu Ying still laughed and tried to get away with it.

……

"Hello, Mr. Mu You, I'm sorry about what happened this morning.

Also, my name is Nagisa Ichiha, and I’m Ying’s… friend.”

"Hello, Nagisa-san. I understand that you're doing this out of concern for your friend. But I'm sorry I can't talk to you for long. I'm here to say goodbye."

"Hmm? You're leaving, Yu-kun?"

"Yeah, didn't I say that last night? We've done everything we needed to do, and it's getting late. If the train is late, we'll be late for school tomorrow."

Of course, the more important thing is that Qiong hasn't replied to his messages since last night, and the call was also hung up.

If I don’t go back soon, I’m afraid there will be no place for me in this family!

"Yu-kun is still a student?"

"Ah."

"Isn't the train in the afternoon? Let's have lunch first."

"……All right."

At Nagisa Ichiye's enthusiastic request, the three of them had a meal together. During the meal, they went through the usual household registration check. Fortunately, after hearing that Mu You's parents were not there, they tacitly stopped asking questions and turned to other topics.

If they asked if there were other family members, Mu You felt that it would be wrong to tell the truth or lie.

After all, he is now meeting them as Mu You.

Before leaving, Mu You left his phone number to the reluctant goddess Mu Ying and made an appointment to meet next time.

"Don't be so sentimental, like I'll never come back."

"Hehe, this is the only way to impress Yuu."

"..."

Mu You waved goodbye to the two sisters, rode back to the station, returned the bicycle, and then took the train back to Chiba.

Of course he knew that flying was faster, but he also needed time to think about how to respond to Qiong's interrogation.

The result was that there was no way out. From the initial concealment to the sudden accident that prevented them from attending, a huge mess was thrown on the heads of this newly formed band.

As the captain, Qiong would never let Mu You go easily, even if it was to vent her anger on the band members. She just hoped they wouldn't come up with any weird ideas.

To be on the safe side, Mu You tried pressing the doorbell.

“Ding Dong——” No response.

Huh? Not home?

Mu You opened the door with the key and said, "I'm back."

no respond.

Really not here? Impossible.

Mu You took out his cell phone and looked at it again. He had clearly sent Qiong the approximate time of his return a long time ago.

Mu You was muttering to himself and planned to call Mashiro.

He walked along the entrance and into the living room, where he saw an embarrassing scene.

In fact, Qiong and Mashiro had been in the living room the whole time, one staring at her phone and the other holding a picture album. No one knew how long they had been waiting.

The three of them just stared at each other, and Mu You didn't know what to say.

Just then, a ringtone broke the awkward situation. It was Mashiro's phone ringing.

Mu You reacted and quickly hung up the phone. He was about to say something, but Qiong suddenly stood up, stepped on the wooden floor with her soft and lovely jade-like feet, and walked away from Mu You without mercy.

"What's wrong with her?" Mu You had no choice but to turn his gaze to Shiina Mashiro who was sitting on the sofa.

"You, that's too much!"

"Yes, I know."

"Qiong, sad!"

“???” Mu You looked at Mabai in surprise. Although his face still had no expression, Mu You seemed to see a hint of anger.

"Mashiro, are you angry?"

The girl nodded seriously, then froze again, as if realizing the unusual emotion she had just felt.

"There's no need to panic," Mu You rubbed the other person's head skillfully. "There's nothing wrong with Mashiro being angry with me because of Qiong. This shows that Mashiro cares about Qiong and can feel Qiong's feelings..."

After Mu You comforted the confused little girl, he stood up and walked towards Qiong's room.

After knocking on the door, Mu You grabbed the door handle and pushed the door open, but before Mu You could finish his apology.

A petite figure rushed towards him, and when Mu You turned around to close the door, Qiong threw herself into his arms. The unique milky fragrance of the girl came to his face, enveloping him completely.

Mu You also reached out and hugged her tightly. That was all, no more words were needed.

After an unknown amount of time, Mu You was a little tired of standing, so he suggested, "How about going to bed?"

The girl's body trembled slightly and she lowered her head deeply, but she seemed to agree.

So, Mu You picked up Qiong by the waist and walked towards the girl's bed.