I have pure love with them

“No, this is part of the job.”

Toyokawa Shoko did not look directly into Izumi's eyes and answered slowly, while Izumi's eyes fell on the girl and he just smiled gently.

"That's all for today. Thank you for your hard work."

"..."

Just as Toyokawa Shoko stood up and prepared to leave.

"Oh, yes, this is for you."

"..."

Shoko Toyokawa looked back at Izumi behind her and found that he had walked to the side of the living room, took out a paper bag from the cabinet and handed it to her.

"What's this?"

She glanced at the paper bag in front of her, then looked at the Izumi in front of her, but Toyokawa Shoko did not reach out to take it.

"Hand cream."

"..."

"There are still some uses for it in winter, right?"

"..."

A look of hesitation appeared on Toyokawa Shoko's face, but she still reached out and took the paper bag from Izumi.

Hand cream is not an expensive gift. Even if Toyokawa Shoko accepted it, she could give Izumi a gift in return. So after thinking about it, the girl accepted Izumi's gift.

The girl, who was thinking about what gift to give to Quan in return, left the apartment. Quan watched her leave, took out his mobile phone and looked at the message he had just received.

"Let's go back."

On the way back to her apartment, Izumi passed by a convenience store. The clerk was Fujita Kotone, who had already started work. When she saw that the customer entering the convenience store was Izumi, she noticed the girl's head and lowered it instantly, not daring to look directly at Izumi.

'Am I already an unspeakable monster?'

While chuckling in his heart, Quan took two bottles of drinks and handed them to the cashier in front of Fujita Kotone.

When the girl noticed that the items purchased by Quan were only drinks but no small box, a look of obvious surprise appeared on her face, but she still did not dare to look up at Quan.

"Have you quit all your other jobs?"

"……Um."

When she heard Izumi's question, Fujita Kotone became nervous.

When she slowly raised her head and was about to look at Quan, she found that he had already left the convenience store. The girl's hesitation turned into surprise. The girl standing at the cashier had a helpless expression. Thinking of the agreement between her and the other party, her mood became complicated.

'Have I made a pact with the devil?'

But when she thought about the rewards she could get, she just sighed.

'But this will improve the conditions of the little ones at home. It's just a small sacrifice... It doesn't matter! '

481

Chapter 481: Shiina Riki’s gentle gaze (wrong.

With her long hair tied up, Nagasaki Soyo, who was wearing pajamas, slowly came to Izumi's side, rested her cheek lightly on Izumi's shoulder, and looked at the notebook on Izumi's legs.

"I'm watching these international news again. I always feel that Quan's interests are a little special."

His fingertips slid lightly across the touchpad as he flipped through the news on the web page. After hearing what Nagasaki Sose said, he tilted his head slightly and rubbed the girl's hair with his cheek.

"It's not an interest, I just want to know something."

“Hmm…I see.”

Nagasaki Shoyo was not very interested in these things. Her eyes stayed on the screen in front of her for a moment, then she retracted her gaze and asked Quan why he contacted her mother today.

"Is there something urgent?"

Izumi had no intention of hiding the fact that he had contacted Ms. Nagasaki from Soyo Nagasaki, but he did not expect that Ms. Nagasaki would tell her daughter so soon.

Feeling the curious gaze of Nagasaki Souyo looking at him, Izumi, who was sitting on the bed, slowly closed the computer in front of him and looked at Nagasaki Souyo who was leaning on his shoulder.

"It's nothing particularly important. I just haven't seen your mother for a long time and I want to maintain a good relationship with you."

“…Just like that?”

After hearing Izumi's answer, a look of doubt appeared on Nagasaki Shoyo's face. She always felt that things would not be so simple, but when she looked at Izumi's face, she could not see anything wrong on it.

“Then, can we talk about why Aine often looks at me today?”

Nagasaki Shoyo didn't care about Izumi's desire to meet his mother and maintain a good relationship with her. Instead, he seemed to be more concerned about the fact that Chihaya Ai kept looking at him today.

If nothing happened related to her, she was sure that Chihaya Aine would not look at her so frequently, but nothing special happened between her and Chihaya Aine during this period of time.

So, after she thought about it for a moment, she was sure in her heart that something must have happened to Quan.

"..."

He had been speculating in his heart about something, but after it actually happened, even Quan fell into silence.

'Murphy's Law?'

Any bad thing that can happen will definitely happen when you least expect it.

"Maybe her eyes are dry."

"Are you going to keep it secret?"

Seeing that Quan didn't seem to be prepared to tell him and gave a rather perfunctory answer, Nagasaki Shoyo felt a little disappointed.

"Guys with secrets are attractive, right?"

"But boys with too many secrets can also make girls feel distressed. Just like until now, there are still many secrets in Quan's heart that he is unwilling to tell me, right?"

Reaching out and gently putting his arm around Izumi's shoulders, Nagasaki Shoyo slightly raised his face and stared at the boy in front of him.

Izumi put the computer on her lap on the cabinet beside her, and her eyes fell on Nagasaki Shoyo's face which was looking at her. It was indeed Izumi who had many secrets. Under the gaze of the girl, she smiled gently.

“Will it be annoying?”

"Occasionally."

Nagasaki Shoyo lowered his eyes and answered softly.

"Izumi, will you hate me?"

"will not."

After hearing Izumi's answer, Nagasaki Shoyo silently hugged Izumi, buried his cheek in Izumi's arms, and said nothing.

……

On the day when the Halloween event started, since the Live would continue until late, Izumi accompanied her sister and explained the situation to her family. After learning that Izumi would accompany Chihaya Aine, her family had no objection.

"Is it okay for me to stay at your place tonight?"

Chihaya Aine, carrying a guitar on her back, walked with Izumi on the way to 'STARRY'. While walking, she started to reserve a bed in Izumi's apartment.

"I'll meet Shuangshi later. She'll also stay at my place tonight."

"Have you ever thought of preparing a folding bed? Sleeping on the sofa all the time is not good for your health."

"Does it mean I'm supposed to sleep on the sofa?"

Walking on the street with his sister, listening to the "judgment" that Chihaya Aine had given him in advance, Izumi couldn't help but sigh, and then his eyes fell on her guitar bag, and he was a little curious about how long she could use it.

"It's three of us lying on one bed again... It's too crowded. It was already very difficult last time. If it happens again, I can't bear it."

Thinking back to the last time when three people were lying on one bed, Chihaya Aine's expression suddenly fell. Being able to hold out until sunrise was already a great effort on her part to endure. If it happened again, she would rather sleep on the sofa by herself.

"Then I'll think about changing it to a bed that can sleep three people."

"..."

For some reason, the figure of Takamatsu Deng suddenly appeared in Chihaya Aine's mind. Thinking of Izumi's complicated interpersonal relationships, her eyes suddenly became strange.

"I think... why don't we just change it to a bed that can accommodate five people... No, it would be more convenient to just spread tatami all over the room and let everyone sleep on the floor?"

It was difficult for Quan to imagine what kind of images appeared in his sister's mind, so he did not ask, but instead asked about the whereabouts of other people.

"They're basically on their way, and will gather at the store soon. After the sound check, we'll just wait for it to start. If you're not participating in the performance, you're not going to stand down there the whole time, are you?"

After a pause, Chihaya Aine's eyes fell on her brother, and she thought of something else.

"You're less than halfway through your first year of high school. When you're in your third year, you'll have to prepare for further studies and employment. There's only a little over a year left. Wouldn't you consider forming a band?"

The issues that have already been discussed were brought up again by the other party.

"Am I not enjoying my youth now?"

"...Youth has gone too far, and you can smell the rotten smell of middle age."

"Being young is a good thing, but being too young is not a good thing. The decaying smell of middle-aged people can just neutralize it."

"..."

Chihaya Aine had nothing to say to her brother who had none of the youthful energy, and the two of them quietly came to the entrance of 'STARRY'.

"No matter how many times you think this entrance is too dark?"

“The rent is cheap.”

"..."

Accompanied by Izumi, Chihaya Aine continued walking down the stairs.

Completely different from 'Ring', the dim and depressing environment made Chihaya Aine subconsciously lean towards her brother.

Although preparations for today's Halloween event had already begun, on the day of the event, the store manager, Ijichi Hoshika, was still very busy and had no energy to pay attention to Izumi who entered the store.

'I'm still a little uncomfortable with this.'

Chihaya Aine, who was standing next to Izumi, looked at the environment in the store with a subtle expression on her face. After a quick glance around and not seeing anyone familiar, her eyes stopped on her brother.

"Ichiri, haven't they arrived yet?"

Under the current circumstances, Chihaya Aine felt that it would be more convenient to ask her brother than to ask about Goto Ichiri's whereabouts.

"They should be in the recording studio. They were already in the store this afternoon, or maybe they went to rest. But the other members of your band, haven't they arrived yet? Especially the 'Stray Cat' in your band?"