Band members, girls with fermented bean curd, step forward!

"The two people you met are the remaining employees of the Yoshinoya restaurant where Chen works. They are also the bassist and keyboardist that Chen arranged for us."

After so many meetings and the last time Chen was collectively interrogated, they had already exchanged contact information. She dialed Rupa's number.

Miss Anhe and Wu Yiqi Ba, along with Lin Qiliu and Ling Meng, seemed oblivious to the situation.

"What?! My little brother is lying unconscious in the hospital?!"

On the other end of the phone, even the usually mature and calm Rupa was completely flustered; her excited voice caught Ash's attention.

After hearing that Taoxiang would send her the hospital's address, she immediately hung up the phone and checked the hospital's location.

"What's wrong, Rupa?"

Ash heard Rupa's noise and came out of the room.

Xiaozhi was in their music-making room, and because the soundproofing was excellent, she didn't hear anything specific.

She had already posted the music Chen had given them online, and she was confident it would garner a lot of attention and income. She had put in 200% effort to revise and find problems.

But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't find a better way to make changes, and she could only marvel at her younger brother's talent.

"My brother is in the hospital now, still unconscious..."

Rupa's voice trembled slightly; this was still too terrifying for her. Her past experiences haunted her like a persistent thorn in her side, leaving her helpless and at a loss.

The distortion in information transmission, coupled with Momoka's unreliability and her own lack of understanding of the specifics, made Rupa feel that things were becoming even more serious.

"what?!"

Xiaozhi's concern for Chen was no less than Rupa's. Having never experienced anything like this before, she was stunned. Then, urged by Rupa, she changed her clothes and hurriedly went to the address sent by Momoka.

When Nina knocked on Momoka's door, two people rushed out and pulled her away.

Before she could ask who the other person next to Momoka was, she was forced to keep up with the two of them and run.

"Chen is injured and unconscious in the hospital, so we're going to see him now."

Nina became even more agitated upon hearing the news. She ran much faster than Momoka, An, and Subaru, the lingering memories of being bullied in her hometown of Kumamoto urging her to quicken her pace.

Moreover, this time, her friend had suffered even more severe injuries; how could she not be anxious?

Moreover, Nina had been left out in the cold for a week, without any interaction with anyone. At this point, she was already going all out.

Only when Momoka and Miss Anwa called out to her did she realize that she didn't know where the hospital was, and she returned to their side dejectedly.

Under these special circumstances, it seems that the new Kawasaki (tentative name) and Red Ginger will have to split up and merge into a thorny and thornless product.

However, the reason they gathered this time was only because of one person.

Miss Liang shooed Xiangzi away from the hospital bed and told her to go to the hospital entrance to greet the girls who were about to arrive.

In the ward now, only Chen and her remain unconscious.

She locked the door, drew the curtains, and carefully avoided Chen's injured areas before sitting on him.

No one knows what happened in the room.

Xiangzi, who had been kicked out by Miss Liang, waited at the hospital entrance.

In the two taxis that arrived almost simultaneously, a familiar face appeared as soon as the door opened.

There were three people on one side. She recognized the blonde, but she didn't recognize the other two who came with her.

On the other side were those two shop assistants.

Two groups of people, who had disembarked from different vehicles, first confirmed each other's presence before joining together.

Momoka, rupa, Xiaozhi

All three of them had vivid memories of Miss "Toyokawa Shoko," especially Momoka.

This morning, she was the one who moved the girl into Chen's room.

The sudden appearance of Ms. Toyokawa Shoko at the hospital entrance prompted them to make some guesses.

No way, it was that Ms. Toyokawa Shoko again who hurt their Chen, wasn't it?!

Under the intense, oppressive gazes of the three men, Xiangzi slowly walked up to the five of them.

Ms. Anwa and Nina were still confused; they didn't understand why Momoka and the two Yoshinoya employees were glaring at a stranger like that.

Nina didn't even know why Ash and Rupa were there.

"Come with me, I'll take you to see Chen... It's my fault that he's like this..."

Seeing that Xiaozhi was about to attack her again, she stood still without flinching.

Rupa stopped her and whispered in her ear that checking on her younger brother's condition was the most important thing.

"I will explain everything to you truthfully. Now, let me take you to the ward."

Xiangzi turned around and led the group, each with their own thoughts, to Chen's hospital room.

"Oh, what brings you all here?"

Having regained consciousness, Chen greeted the group of thorny and thornless people who had gathered. He hadn't expected that Nina, An, and Subaru would also be there.

The original plan for tonight was to bring Momoka, Anwa-san, and Rina into the group, but this arrangement has ended up gathering the entire Thorn Group.

Ms. Ryo sat to one side and gave a slight nod to Satoshi, Rupa, and Momoka.

As for Nina and Anwa Subaru, they were sizing each other up with Ryo.

児IX Cage Dance (8) - "Little brother..."

Rupa was the first to break down; she saw the bandage wrapped around Chen's head and the blood-soaked clothes he hadn't had time to change.

The bandage on my right hand looks like it's been changed as well.

She rushed to Chen's side and gently stroked his cheek.

She hated her younger brother; she hated that Chen didn't care about her health.

Her heart was in her throat the whole way.

She couldn't imagine what she would do if something serious happened to Chen.

He absolutely could not let his newly adopted younger brother, whom he considered family, repeat the same mistakes in front of her.

Only when she pushed open the door to the ward and heard Chen's reluctant greeting did her heart finally settle down.

"I'm sorry, please don't blame Ms. Toyokawa. I went to help her of my own accord."

He raised his voice and apologized to everyone who had worried about him.

"In a sense, she brought it on herself; she deserved it. Rupa, please don't blame her."

"I don't blame her, I blame you..."

Rupa's response surprised Chen.

"Why are you being so stubborn, little brother?! Do you know how many people are worried about you now that you're injured?"

She pointed at everyone in the room except Xiangzi and reprimanded Chen.

"You need to understand how important you are to everyone. Don't do such dangerous things anymore... I beg you, little brother..."

Her tone shifted from unusually firm to pleading. Her younger brother was a stubborn man, and she had no other choice; she didn't know how to change his mind.

Rupa grasped Chen's left hand tightly with both hands and placed it in front of her.

The tears glistening in her eyes tugged at Chen's heartstrings.

He never imagined that he held such a high position in everyone's hearts.

Aside from Nina and Anwa, who haven't interacted much lately, he could clearly see the emotional turmoil in everyone's expressions.

Chen felt he couldn't live with himself without giving them an explanation.

But can Xiangzi really accept that she should reveal her family affairs?

Chen's gaze instinctively shifted to Xiangzi, who was standing behind the crowd, unsure how to explain it to her.

Xiangzi, who had been keeping a close eye on Chen, noticed his troubled look.

At a time like this, is he still concerned about his ridiculous pride?

Xiangzi's guilt towards Chen grew stronger and stronger; his own weakness, his laughable pride.

In front of Chen now, she had already made up her mind to abandon him.

We can't let him shoulder any more burdens for us; it's my turn to take on the responsibility for his life.

She stepped forward and bowed deeply to everyone, ignoring Chen's calls for her. She then recounted the entire story to them.

Her calm words painted a picture of her bleak daily life.

She simply described everything her father had done objectively, without shielding him or vilifying him.

She no longer cared about this person.

Hatred, or any other kind of affection for his father, no longer existed in Xiangzi.

She simply didn't care anymore, so she calmly recounted everything to everyone.

It's safe to say that a father could be this awful; it's truly an eye-opener for everyone.

Even Nina, who had the strongest grudge against her father, was shocked by Shoko's family situation; she hadn't expected there to be anyone even more detestable than her father.

This is no ordinary scumbag father; we must take decisive action!

Upon hearing Xiangzi's description of the fight she overheard outside the door, Rencai, seeing Chen's injuries, fiercely declared that she wanted Xiangzi to take her to her house so she could give that person a good beating.

When Xiangzi calmly pointed to the pile of things his father had thrown out of the building in the ward, everyone fell silent.

After her explanation, Taoxiang, Xiaozhi, and Rupa all understood that today's events really had little to do with Xiangzi; it was simply that Chen had deliberately caused trouble for her.

Xiaozhi's mother is similar to Xiangzi's father in that she can deeply empathize with Xiangzi's situation.

She felt a little embarrassed about her attempt to hit Xiangzi at the hospital entrance and awkwardly hid behind Rupa.

Although Chen was impulsive, he did do a good deed, so the three of them couldn't directly criticize him in front of Xiangzi and Liang.

When she mentioned that she had promised Chen to be her family for life and that she would take responsibility for him for the rest of his life, an eerie silence fell over the room.

Everyone was looking at Chen with strange expressions, making him extremely uncomfortable.

After an awkward cough, he gestured for Xiangzi and Liang to leave first, as he had something to say to the five members of the Thorn Gang.

Xiangzi left decisively, while Miss Liang stared at him for a while before leaving, which inexplicably stirred a sense of crisis within him.

He had a nagging feeling that Miss Liang was going to do something earth-shattering; his intuition was screaming at him.

After Miss Liang and Xiangzi left, the interrogation by the Thorn Gang began.

"To become family with her for life? You really have the nerve to say something like that!"

Momoka gave Chen a forced smile, who was guiltily avoiding everyone's gaze. The death stares from Rupa and Satoshi only added to his pressure.

In Rupa's eyes, she was the one who first brought up the idea of ​​becoming family with her younger brother, but he had been vague and hadn't given a direct response.

As it turned out, he made this request to someone he had only met for less than a day.

The crucial point was that Ms. Toyokawa Shoko actually agreed, which greatly frustrated Rupa, and the resentment in her eyes deepened.

She bit her lip tightly, trying her best not to show any sign of wavering.

My younger brother is injured after all. Let her and Xiaozhi go to his house to take care of him tomorrow morning.

At that time, it's crucial to make him understand your and Xiaozhi's feelings.

"Does Chen realize what saying such things means?"

Miss Anhe also had a lot of opinions about his actions. Behind her, Renna clung to her shoulder, peeking out and nodding incessantly.

"Does this mean you have to take on everything she has to do? Are you really prepared for that? Or are you just fooling her for fun? If so, that's just awful!"

Miss Anwa had a very good first impression of Chen, which is why she was willing to visit him today with Momoka and Nina.

If Chen is the kind of person who talks nonsense, then she should consider whether she should break off contact with him.

Her deep purple eyes were fixed on Chen, awaiting his response.

"No, Subaru..."

Momoka's helpless words came from beside her.

"We're worried about completely different things..."