I have pure love with them

"..."

Nagasaki Soyo's heart seemed to be pressed down by a heavy stone, and his heart sank again.

But soon, the other party's brows relaxed, his eyes settled slightly, he raised his head, looked at her, and smiled as he was about to speak -

"Tea."

Shiina Riki placed the cup of black tea ordered by Nagasaki Soyo in front of the other person, and then his eyes fell on Izumi.

She didn't hear the specific content of the conversation between the two, but just looked at Nagasaki Shoyo's lip movements, which seemed to be about Toyokawa Shoko.

She knew that Nagasaki Shoyo had always cared about Toyokawa Shoko. In the entire band, everyone was connected by Toyokawa Shoko, but among the band at that time, Nagasaki Shoyo's closeness to Toyokawa Shoko was the most obvious and enthusiastic one.

"No, I never got close to that girl from the beginning. I was simply invited by her to join the band as her drummer. That's all. Anyone who hurt Deng... cannot be forgiven!"

His eyes were fixed on Quan.

Shiina Riki really wanted to ask the other party what his relationship with Toyokawa Shoko was, but Nagasaki Soyo was still there, so she suppressed the concern in her heart, put down the tea, stared at Izumi for a while, and then turned and left.

"..."

Silently watching Shiina Ritsuki's departing back, Nagasaki Soyo couldn't help but pursed his lips slightly, suppressing the displeasure in his heart, and pressed the index fingers of both hands tightly together, with the fingertips slightly white.

'Have you reached your limit?'

Izumi noticed Nagasaki's happy state and no longer had any thoughts of teasing him.

"As long as Ms. Nagasaki doesn't ask me to reveal Ms. Toyokawa's privacy, it doesn't matter."

"Yes?"

Nagasaki Soyo, who was in a bad mood, couldn't help but slightly open her lips and take a deep breath after hearing that Izumi agreed. She rationally suppressed the excitement in her heart. The smile on her face became more real. She stopped fiddling with her fingers, and clasped her hands in front of her. Even Shiina Ritsuke, who was working and glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, could feel the other party's unstoppable joy.

"Really?"

"Yes, but I don't have much interaction with Miss Toyokawa. We only run into each other occasionally, so there's not much I can tell Miss Nagasaki about you."

"Aren't we in the same school? Oh, by the way, he seemed to have told me last time that they just happened to meet... It's okay, as long as I have news about her, it's enough."

Based on the answer given by Quan, Nagasaki Shoyo analyzed it in his mind, speculated some situations, and confirmed that Toyokawa Shoko was not in Xiuhua.

When she heard the news about Toyokawa Shoko from Quan, she had doubted whether Shoko had gone to Xiuhua. Even though she didn't think that Shoko would go to a school like Xiuhua with his status and grades, she still couldn't help but doubt it.

Just like a person who falls into the water, even if he grabs a straw, hope will arise in his heart.

But now, she was sure.

"Isn't Xiangzi at Xiuhua?"

"Ok?"

Even Quan, after hearing what Nagasaki Souyo said, couldn't help but be stunned. He didn't expect that the other party would have such an idea.

"No, although I can't tell Miss Nagasaki which school she is in, I can answer with certainty that it is not in Xiuhua."

'Do you know which school it is?'

"Can't the school tell me?"

"This is already a private matter, Ms. Nagasaki. I will only tell you things that are not private."

Although she did not get the answer she wanted, Nagasaki Shoyo did not care about it. She smiled and nodded, and her behavior and attitude seemed very cultured.

"I am sorry for being so presumptuous, Chihaya-kun. I just care too much about Xiangzi's affairs... So, in order to better exchange information, Chihaya-kun, can you exchange contact information with me?"

The girl pulled out her cell phone, the latest smartphone on the market. Although the brand she used controlled 53% of the market, only a small number of people would buy and use the latest model.

After a glance, he knew that Nagasaki Soushi was from a wealthy family, so he didn't care. He took out his own mobile phone - the same brand as Nagasaki Soushi, but an older model.

'Although I still prefer flip phones.'

But unfortunately, flip phones are now only a sentimental thing, and their functions and portability are not as good as the mainstream smartphones on the market.

The two exchanged contact information, and Quan sent her a smile in front of Nagasaki Shoyo.

In front of him, although Nagasaki Shoyo was not very willing, he still responded with a smile.

'She is eager to get news about Xiangzi, so she probably won't delete me. So can I just send her messages to harass her whenever I want?'

After staring at the screen for a while, Quan raised his eyes and looked at Nagasaki Soyo who was drinking black tea elegantly opposite him. The other person closed his eyes, as if he was feeling the taste of the tea, and did not notice his gaze.

"Forget it. If I go too far, it will probably be deleted. Then she can use the excuse of being harassed as an excuse to get news about Xiangzi from me."

After Nagasaki Soushi put down his teacup, she was ready to get more information from Izumi, so she took the initiative to ask and show concern about Izumi.

Izumi had nothing to do, so he didn't hesitate to talk about anything that didn't involve Toyokawa Shoko, and he chatted with Nagasaki Shoyo with a smile.

It was during such casual conversation that Nagasaki Shoyo discovered that the other party's words did not seem as poor as he had imagined, nor was he as hesitant as when he was talking about Toyokawa Shoko just now. It was as if they were two different people, which made Nagasaki Shoyo feel a little confused for a moment, and his impression of Izumi felt strongly split.

64. I only need to do a little bit

"Chihaya-kun, you're amazing. I didn't know about these things."

A soft voice, accompanied by a hint of surprise and admiration.

Even though Izumi, who was sitting opposite Nagasaki Souse, knew that this was just the other party's ordinary social etiquette, when she heard it, although it was not as good as Aine's simple greeting, it still made Izumi feel comfortable.

"Ms. Nagasaki's words and actions give people the impression that she is in line with everyone's imagination of a Tsukinomori student. She is an outstanding person."

After some business compliments, they both smiled, subtle and elegant.

Although Quan made Nagasaki Shoyo feel comfortable during the conversation, she was still more concerned about Xiangzi. After knowing that Quan could not get any information about Xiangzi for the time being, she took the initiative to end the conversation.

"It's almost time. I had a great time chatting with Chihaya-kun, but I have other things to do. Let's stop here for today."

"Are you going back?"

"Yes."

"So, bon voyage."

Looking at Nagasaki Soushi who stood up, Izumi smiled and nodded at her, but did not stand up with her.

Holding the bag in her slender hands, Nagasaki Souyo's eyes fell on Izumi, she nodded slightly at him, and walked towards the door. Izumi was sitting at the table, and after the other person left, he picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"You're too concerned about yourself and don't consider Xiangzi's feelings...?"

Thinking back to what Nagasaki Shoyo had said to him just now, it now seemed that the other party did not seem to have that awareness and was still immersed in her own world.

"Maybe... I have considered it."

But we cannot hastily assume that Nagasaki Shoyo has no regard for Toyokawa Shoko at all, and is only thinking more about her own affairs. She wants to resume the band simply to give herself a place to live.

'It's really pitiful to see this.'

He held back his laughter, as he was worried that Nagasaki Sose might not have gone far, and it would be inappropriate if the other party heard his laughter.

Maybe Nagasaki Soyo was right on the road nearby. The transparent glass window was enough for the other person to see the expression on his face. His fingertips gently stroked his upper lip, hiding the smile that couldn't be stopped on his face.

"What did you and her talk about?"

Before Izumi could hide the smile on his face, Shiina Riki came to him again and asked about the content of the conversation he had just had with Nagasaki Soyo.

"Ms. Shiina cares?"

"Just asking."

Without waiting for Izumi to answer, Shiina Tachibana put away Nagasaki Souse's teacup and turned to leave.

Watching her leaving, Quan was unable to react for a moment, not knowing whether she came over to clean up the cups or to ask him a question.

Izumi, who was sitting in the hall, originally planned to wait until Hachiman Kailin finished her practice and chat with her for a while, but he didn't know when she would finish her practice. In addition, he already had her contact information. After sitting in the hall for a while, he didn't see Hachiman Kailin come out. Thinking that she might be performing in other bands later, he didn't wait any longer. After saying goodbye to Shiina Tatsuki, he went home.

"After that day, there was no contact."

After returning home, Quan entered his room, sat down in front of the computer, opened his social account, and looked through the private messages. Quan did not see the message from Dongyun Huiming, so he slightly curled his lips.

Although there were no surprises, I felt a little lonely during the time when Aine was away, and I still hoped that my old friends would contact me more often - except for Sendo Xiaodou.

"Come to think of it, she seems to have her own account as well. Does she follow me?"

After looking through the list of followers, I found an account called 'Enanan'. The name of the 'drawing name' is 'ena'. I clicked on it and saw the selfies she posted.

"It really is."

I casually flipped through Higano Eina's tweets, and they were basically some of her own selfies, with the occasional photo of food. There were quite a few likes, basically hundreds of them, and some longer selfies even had thousands of likes.

"There are no paintings of her."

Quan, who had long been baptized by various "chat records", had no interest in selfies like those posted by Dongyun Huiming. Compared with these conservative selfies with only the upper body and deliberately pretending to be cute, he wanted to see her current paintings more.

After scrolling through dozens of tweets, he finally saw a painting that Higane had made a long time ago, and the number of likes suddenly dropped from thousands to just over a hundred.

“…Is this a little too real?”

But I have to admit that her painting... level is really average.

"There are problems with the lines, and the same goes for the color... I only noticed the brightness, but not the hue."

After clicking on Dongyun Huiming's painting, Quan looked at it carefully for a while, then turned on his computer. After saving Dongyun Huiming's painting, Quan opened the painting software, made some modifications based on the original painting of Dongyun Huiming, and described the problems in detail. After clicking on Dongyun Huiming's private message, he sent it to the other party.

"She won't take it as a provocation then, will she?"

Recalling the way Dongyun Huiming looked at him in the painting classroom, Quan thought about it and felt that the possibility of being misunderstood was not small.

But if you think about it carefully, being stared at by someone with disgust and anger is inexplicably exciting.

As long as the person who dislikes him is not Aine, it doesn’t matter!

After sending it to Dongyun Huiming, Quan thought of something he saw when he was reading his private messages just now...

Quan reopened his private messages, flipped through them, and saw a piece of business information.

"I am Kenjiro Toki, the editor of GF Bunko. I would like to discuss cooperation with you. If you are interested, please contact me at 080-xxxx-xxxx."

"Library editor?"

Quan, who was sitting in front of the computer, was not surprised. He was probably asked to be an illustrator. Editors from other libraries had contacted him before, but Quan was not very interested. He personally preferred to create freely and become the second party, creating according to the requirements of the first party...

Although there are still commissioned works, there are basically no restrictions. At most, the other party will provide a vague general framework, and then he will draw. This kind of commercial manuscript is much more troublesome, and the remuneration is not high.

The last person who contacted him wanted to invite him to draw illustrations for a light novel about a different world, but after looking through the content of the novel, Quan decisively chose to refuse.

"Let's get in touch first and see what the subject is. If it's a subject that interests you and the remuneration is appropriate, I might consider it."