I have pure love with them

"..."

Quan was also helpless.

I've already given her so much information, but she still asked.

"As expected, you are still just a high school student..."

222. Shuangshi, this is for you

"For Ms. Toyokawa right now, she doesn't need someone who can't understand her pain, but she also doesn't need someone who sympathizes with her. She is psychologically very fragile right now."

He felt that if he communicated with Nagasaki Souyo in an obscure way, the other party might not understand what he meant, so he changed to a more straightforward approach.

"In short, Miss Toyokawa currently cannot stand people who live better than her. She has taken out her own misfortunes on other people around her. If you want to gain her friendship, you have to become more miserable than you are now and encounter greater misfortunes to touch her closed heart."

Sankaku Hatsuka is indeed an exception, but she and Toyokawa Shoko have known each other for a long time, and for Toyokawa Shoko, Sankaku Hatsuka's role is probably the Toyokawa Shoko in Nagasaki Shoyo's eyes.

"So, my suggestion is to make you, Shuangshi, appear to have made a huge sacrifice for Miss Toyokawa, so as to attract Toyokawa Shoko's attention and even touch the dusty feelings deep in her heart."

Now I understand.

Nagasaki Shoyo looked at the spring in front of her, pursed her lips slightly, and stared at the spring in front of her. She felt a little conflicted.

"But, given what Izumi-kun suggested last time, it seems more like you were teasing me. There's no point in wearing that, right?"

Even though she felt that what Izumi said did make some sense, Nagasaki Shoyo still felt a little repulsive about this matter. She really wanted Shoko to come back and become the person she used to be, but if the price was to sacrifice her dignity, she became hesitant.

"Everything needs preparation. Not everything can be accomplished in one go. We need to let Ms. Toyokawa realize that something is wrong little by little. After her attention is drawn, we can let her find out what happened. This way, the shock will be greater."

"..."

Looking at Izumi in front of her, Nagasaki Shoyo pursed her lips. She was still hesitant in her heart, but she slowly walked in front of Izumi. She straightened her body, and as she raised her head, her gaze became gradually firm.

"Will Xiangzi get what she needs?"

"Yes, because I care a lot about how she will react after she finds out about the sacrifices you made for her, and whether all you have done for her is meaningful."

Staring into Izumi's eyes, a faint mocking smile appeared on Nagasaki Shoyo's face.

"I, it seems that I still don't know enough about Quan Jun. I didn't expect you to have such a bad interest."

"It's not too late to refuse now."

Looking at Nagasaki Soyo standing in front of him, the distance between them was enough for Quan to smell the light and unique fragrance of the girl. Her curvy figure made Quan's mouth curl up with a smile inadvertently.

'If she knew I made a huge sacrifice for her, would she be grateful? Or... regret it?'

Now Nagasaki Shoyo herself doesn't know what she is pursuing, but her reluctance to leave Toyokawa Shoko made her make her own choice when facing the spring in front of her.

"Is the collar from last time still there?"

Quan reached into his pocket and pulled out the jewelry box that contained the necklace.

"...Quan-kun, you're not carrying this with you, are you? Are you always ready to put this on a girl?"

Looking at the collar that Quan took out, Nagasaki Shoyo was not completely without opinion about Quan in front of him. Thinking that he would be "insulted" by the person in front of him, it was hard not to feel some shame and annoyance in his heart.

"No, this is a collar specially prepared for you, Shuangshi. In order to avoid being too conspicuous, I chose this style that looks more suitable for your skin tone."

"Can Xiangzi notice it?"

Looking at the collar that was connected in a circle like a flower, Nagasaki Shoyo slowly closed her eyes, and used her slender index fingers to gently smooth her hair behind her shoulders, and then gently pressed the collar of her Tsuki no Mori school uniform.

"Please, Izumi-kun."

She gently moved her cherry-smooth lips and begged Quan in a soft voice.

He unfastened the buckle of the collar, held the collar, and moved closer to Nagasaki Souyo in front of him. Then he took the collar with both hands, put it around Nagasaki Souyo's fair neck, and gently buckled it for her.

Looking at the girl in front of him with her eyes closed, Quan's mind suddenly thought of those famous paintings, and some special feelings arose in his heart.

'When she's quiet, she's still a beautiful girl.'

Izumi tied a collar for Nagasaki Souyo, and then looked at Nagasaki Souyo who opened his eyes, and the two of them looked into each other's eyes.

Looking at Izumi who was so close to her, Nagasaki Shoyo felt inexplicably nervous. The inexplicable nervousness and hesitation in her heart made her avoid Izumi's sight. She took a step back slightly, and gently touched the collar on her fair neck with her left hand.

Feeling of restraint.

She had just put on the collar and had not yet adapted to it, so the discomfort was very obvious.

"You can take it off in your daily life. You don't need to wear it all the time."

"No, I just wear it like this to prevent anyone from noticing the loophole."

His fingertips touched the collar that was gradually assimilated by his body temperature, and his lowered eyes slowly looked at the spring in front of him.

"No one knows here?"

"For now, the only people who know about this place are you and me."

Nagasaki Shoyo looked at Izumi's face, met her eyes, and a charming smile appeared on her soft face.

"Quan Jun, you actually like me, right?"

But Izumi, who was standing next to Nagasaki Soyo, did not feel shy at all after hearing Nagasaki Soyo's question. Instead, she looked at Nagasaki Soyo in front of her calmly.

"..."

Seeing that Izumi didn't react at all, the smile on Nagasaki Shoyo's face slowly faded.

"Although I am not completely without some small thoughts, but generally speaking, I will not do anything that you don't want to do."

"Then why did you bring me to this place that no one else knows about?"

Without any light in his eyes, Nagasaki Shoyo stared at the spring in front of him and asked why he brought him to this unknown place.

"To get dopamine, to satisfy myself, and to gain recognition from your surprise, and to prove that I have the ability to change Toyokawa Shoko's current situation. However, your reaction was a little disappointing."

Nagasaki Soushi was a little stunned. She didn't expect Quan's answer to be so straightforward and yet so... subtle.

"Izumi-kun, is this to see my surprised reaction?"

"Well, Shuangshi probably doesn't know much about this, so it's normal that he's not surprised."

After all, Nagasaki Soyo is a young lady who lives in a penthouse apartment in Roppongi. She is somewhat naive about the world, so it is normal for her not to be surprised. Izumi shrugged slightly.

"You can come find me here later."

223. If there were no spring, I would...

"Izumi, I can't find my socks."

The door was pushed open, and Aine poked her head into Izumi's room.

"You should ask your mother, or look in the clothes rack, instead of coming to me."

Without even turning his head, Izumi was sitting in front of the computer, typing a series of characters that Aine couldn't understand on the keyboard. His cold reaction made Aine frown immediately. She walked into Izumi's room, closed the door, and walked over to Izumi.

Her eyes were fixed on Quan's screen, looking at the characters that Quan kept typing out. She couldn't help but move her eyes away and rubbed her eyes gently with her hand.

"What are you doing?"

The characters that kept popping up made her eyes swell.

She didn't understand programming and couldn't tell what Quan was doing, so she just asked what Quan was writing.

"...a small program."

He stopped what he was doing and looked back at Aine who was behind him. She was holding a pair of white cotton socks in her hand.

"Lost one?"

"…This is the only sock I saw. I don't know where the other one went."

Standing in Quan's room, seeing Quan looking at her, Aine shook the socks in her hand at Quan, then moved in front of Quan.

"Did you see the other one?"

"Could it be that it fell into a crack? Didn't you go to the bathroom to look for it?"

"Wait, I'll go check it out."

A thoughtful expression appeared on Aine's face, and she threw the socks into Izumi's arms and left Izumi's room.

Looking at the socks falling lightly into his arms, Quan reached out and picked them up. After taking a look, it seemed that they had just been washed and dried today. They looked very clean, but the white cotton socks looked very small, much smaller than him.

'Are Aine's feet that small?'

Izumi, who was holding the socks, looked at the socks that belonged to Aine, and gradually recalled the things that happened when they were young.

At that time, the two of them had not yet slept separately, but still slept in the same room. Quan had to wake up Aine, who was always lingering in bed, every day, and prepare clothes and socks for her. He would then wake her up from her dream in his own way and accompany her to go to school.

"You are no longer a child."

Looking at Quan's socks, he sighed softly, shook his head slightly, and stopped reminiscing about the past.

The door was pushed open again, and Aine returned to Quan's room with a helpless expression on her face, while Quan threw the socks in his hand back to her.

"found it?"

"Well, it fell in the bathroom and hasn't been dried yet."

"There are other socks, right? It won't matter if they don't get exposed to the sun, right?"

Quan didn't think it was anything special just a pair of socks.

Looking at the socks in Aine's hand, he didn't think that the socks had any special meaning to Aine.

"That's what I said, but...Isn't it true that people feel more comfortable when two socks are neatly placed together?"

Having found her socks, Aiyin looked at Izumi in front of her. She didn't have any thoughts about Izumi's casual attitude, but just explained her own thoughts.

"Well, now that the socks have been found, is there anything else?"

"There shouldn't be anything else...right?"

Tilting her head to think for a moment, Aine didn’t think of anything that would require her to trouble Izumi.

"Then go back to your room. Come back if you need anything."

"Ah... But there's nothing to do in my room. Izumi, don't you feel lonely being alone in your room?"

Ai Ne, who was wearing pink pajamas, walked to the edge of Izumi's bed and sat on it skillfully. Then, she kicked and swung her snow-white legs and started chatting with Izumi.