How can my simulation be a real love?

"So what exactly do you want, and why are you waiting at my doorstep?"

In fact, she had guessed Kazami Mei's purpose, so she had been waiting for him to rebuke her.

After all, having done this again and again, even the gentlest person would never forgive themselves.

When Kazami saw Nagasaki Motoyo lose her usual gentleness and pretense, revealing an incredibly cold and sharply aggressive true side, she relaxed and smiled.

Just as Nagasaki Motoyo was feeling puzzled, he spoke softly while holding his black tea—

"Actually, I knew it from the very beginning."

As soon as she finished speaking, Nagasaki Motoyo's delicate body trembled slightly.

"What do you mean?"

"Su Shi, you actually planned to find Toyokawa Shoko and revive CRYCHIC, and you also planned to use Aine and me from the beginning and then abandon us."

Kazami Mei openly and honestly confronted Nagasaki Motoyo.

The calm look in her eyes as she said those words made Nagasaki Motoyo unable to maintain her indifferent expression any longer. She stared at her in disbelief, her long, slender fingers trembling slightly.

"...Is that Xiao Mu?"

"No, this has nothing to do with Xiao Mu."

The matter of 'Xiangzi' and the resurrection of 'CRYCHIC' is indeed unrelated to Xiaomutou, but it's hard to say about other aspects.

Kazami Mei was able to successfully open the Nagasaki family's box and successfully execute 'Blitzkrieg' thanks to Wakaba Mutsumi's help.

Xiao Mutou told Kazami Naruhiro everything that happened between her and Nagasaki Motoyo at the coffee shop, and also revealed the location of Motoyo's house.

In the end, Little Wood still softened his heart.

Because of Momo's humble request, Momo was still somewhat soft-hearted and unable to truly harden her heart to completely refuse Nagasaki Momo's request. So after leaving, she specially sent a message to ask Kazami Naru to comfort Miss Momo.

This is what led to our current predicament.

"The reason I knew your purpose from the beginning was simply because you made it too obvious."

"Then why are you still—"

Nagasaki Motoyo, who had been holding back for a long time, couldn't help but ask, but she suddenly stopped herself from speaking the next moment.

Faced with Kazami Naruto's ambiguous smile, the girl felt for the first time that her thoughts could become so chaotic, with various complex emotions and ideas constantly interfering with each other.

Her own 'hypocrisy' was completely exposed in front of him.

Kazami Mei knew from the very beginning that she was just using him.

Including the time she used Xiao Mu's name to extract information about Xiangzi from him, he already knew her purpose, but even though Feng Jianming knew all this, he seemed not to care at all, and was still willing to gently guide and comfort her.

"Su Shi, are you happy to be in a band with everyone?"

"..."

Nagasaki Motoyo seemed somewhat surprised that Kazami Naru would suddenly ask such a question.

She clenched her fists tightly on her thighs, as if this gesture could boost her courage and determination, because she already subconsciously had the answer to this question in mind.

However, she refused to say it directly.

Silence is essentially a tacit agreement.

Kazami Mei picked up the fragrant black tea and took a sip. The smooth tea, with a hint of fruitiness, flowed down his throat and into his stomach, instantly warming him up and making him feel cozy all over.

Even when he was speaking, a hint of a smile crept into the corners of his eyes.

"I think the same way you do."

How could you not be happy forming a band?

It is precisely because CRYCHIC was so wonderful that Nagasaki Motoyo still misses it so much.

All those meticulously planned schemes she devised in private were solely for the purpose of rebuilding CRYCHIC and regaining her 'place'—that was all!

But now, she's starting to not understand.

Nagasaki Motoyo looked at the black-haired boy in front of her, at a loss. The emotions surging in her heart made her not know how to speak. The gentle smile on his face seemed to pierce her heart, making her clench her fists to suppress this inexplicable emotion.

Kazami Mei didn't notice Nagasaki Motoyo's change. He simply swallowed the rest of his black tea in one gulp and gently placed the exquisite and expensive teacup on the plate.

After a brief pause, he spoke to Nagasaki Motoyo in a calm tone—

"Afterwards, I will try to contact Xiangzi."

Nagasaki Motoyo's body trembled slightly, her eyes still filled with disbelief.

She doesn't understand.

"...Why, why did you help me?"

Kazami Mei knew perfectly well that he was simply using him. Of course, a band can't have two keyboardists. When he pulled Toyokawa Shoko back into the band to rebuild CRYCHIC, did he not think about what would happen to himself in the end?

What on earth is this guy thinking?

Nagasaki Motoyo's chaotic thoughts prevented her from continuing to think.

Kazami Mei's casual, unassuming words were like a last straw for Nagasaki Motoyo, who was already on the verge of despair, clinging to it desperately like someone about to drown.

Kazami Mei didn't answer her question, but just continued to nibble on her family's premium cookies.

……

After having a heart-to-heart talk with Nagasaki Motoyo, her almost desperate mood improved significantly.

Kazami Meiya was indeed planning to let Toyokawa Shoko and Nagasaki Motoyo meet again, because if he didn't do this, Nagasaki Motoyo would never give up, and she wouldn't understand the point of all the effort he put into rebuilding the new band.

After all, her desire for everyone to reunite the band was actually for the revival of CRYCHIC.

"It's all thanks to Xiao Mu, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to catch anyone."

Kazami Mei slowly picked up her phone, smiled, and sent several thank-you messages to Wakaba Mutsu's Line account. At the same time, she told Komaki that she had temporarily calmed down Ms. Suze's emotions.

I need to ask Xiangzi again if he can meet with Su Shi so they can have a calm and peaceful talk.

certainly--

There are still a lot of problems that haven't been solved.

For example, there are many messages in Mygo's group of six, mostly Chihaya Aine sending out all sorts of emojis, and a bunch of messages tagging Nagasaki Motoyo. Occasionally, you'll see Tachibana posting a few messages about practice.

However, I always felt that she was a bit resentful, and she hasn't been chatting with Kazami Naruto privately lately to exchange ideas on music theory and melody.

Gao Songdeng, as always, doesn't send many messages in the group chat.

Little Light is probably in a rather uneasy state right now. If Vegan continues like this, she might turn into Little Light again. At that time, it's hard to say how effective it will be for Kazami to hug and comfort her.

"In any case, let's ask Xiangzi about his situation first."

Having made up his mind, Kazami Mei opened Toyokawa Shoko's Line private chat interface.

They haven't seen each other since the other party broke down and escaped from RiNG. Kazami Naru has been dealing with Nagasaki Motoyo's matter these past two days and hasn't gone to work, so she doesn't know the other party's current situation.

【Want to be used as fertilizer? Are you there?】

[Toyokawa Shoko: Naru, what's wrong?]

Such a fast reply!

Kazami Mei didn't expect to get a reply so quickly after he just said "Are you there?" It was as if the cute little Xiang was lying on the bed staring at her phone, waiting for him to send her a message.

Is this kind of plot, which seems like something out of a science fiction movie, actually real?

Since even the "Are you there?" message works smoothly, why not try sending "I like you" and chaining it together?

[Toyokawa Shoko: Mei hasn't come to the shop these past two days. Is she not feeling well?]

No, why are you able to move during my turn?

Are you a narcissistic mermaid?

[Want to be fertilizer?: No, I've been dealing with band matters lately.]

The message was immediately marked as 'read' after it was sent, but Kazami Naru waited for several seconds without receiving a reply.

Just as he was about to send another message with some doubt, his phone suddenly started vibrating with a 'buzz'.

[Toyokawa Shoko: Has Nagasaki Motoyo done something again?]

Teacher Da Xiang is being a bit too perceptive; that's not good!

[Want to be fertilizer? Actually, I was also planning to ask you, Xiaoxiang, if you've considered meeting up with Nagasaki Motoyo? She's always been very interested in CRYCHIC.]

[Do you want to be fertilizer?: If Xiao Xiang, you're willing to have a calm and rational talk with her, Su Shi might give up bothering you afterwards.]

It's really enviable.

Looking at the six words she had typed in the chat box, Toyokawa Shoko's slightly raised eyebrows seemed to carry a hint of sorrow. After hesitating for a moment, she deleted all the words in the chat box, slowly typed out another message, and sent it.

[Toyokawa Shoko: I understand]

She also felt that she couldn't keep running away like this. Sooner or later, she would have to talk to Nagasaki Motoyo face to face. Her problems had already affected Kazami Naruto, and Toyokawa Shoko felt that she couldn't cause him any more trouble.

Kazami Mei had helped her so much, so Toyokawa Shoko naturally wanted to do the same for him.

However, she still felt somewhat depressed.

Whether it's Takamatsu Akari or Nagasaki Motoyo, they were both helped by Kazami Mei because of the band.

If one day, Toyokawa Shoko also needs help—

Will Ming do the same thing?

22

Chapter Twenty-Two: Matcha Parfait

The following day, RiNG—

Kazami Mei, who had arranged a meeting time with Shoko, arrived at RiNG as usual.

Although Kazami Mei also tried to persuade Nagasaki Motoyo to come and participate in the band training camp as before, the other party seemed to be reluctant to see the other members of Mygo, so the matter had to be left unresolved for the time being.

Despite the hot summer vacation, LiveHouses still have many guests, and many band members are preparing for their performances. Due to the impact of their studies, many bands can only train and perform live during the summer vacation.

The band hasn't been very active during this holiday, at least not yet in formal training for a live performance.

"Tsk..."

Shiina Tatsuki, who was working at RiNG as usual, suddenly frowned her delicate eyebrows.

When she saw that Kazami Naruto had come to RiNG with an expression that said 'nothing happened,' and was even sitting in a chair with an expression that looked like he was about to order, she started to feel inexplicably annoyed.

Rinko Maji, standing beside her, seemed to have noticed something as well. She covered her mouth and chuckled, saying, "Tachiki-chan, Tachiki-chan, aren't you going to order?"

"what?"

Why did she have to go over and order for that guy?!

Clearly, Miss Lixi was still sulking because of what happened before.

"This is work, you know. We can't just leave the 'guests' waiting, can we?"

Rinko Shinji was well aware of Shiina Tatsuki's tsundere personality and knew that there must have been some reason why he had a falling out with Kazami Naru. Just hoping that Naru-san would take the initiative to apologize would probably not be effective.

It would be better if she helped give it a push.

Sure enough, Shiina Tatsuki's expression gradually stiffened when 'work' was mentioned.

"……I see."

Shiina Tatsuki clicked her tongue slightly, but ultimately chose to compromise.

Kazami Mei, who had been sitting still, naturally noticed Shiina Tatsuki's change. He glanced thoughtfully in Shinji Rinko's direction and immediately saw her meaningful smile.

She even secretly made a lively peace sign by her ear, and looked at Feng Jianming with a smug look, trying to curry favor.

Kazami Mei was still considering what reason to use to talk to Shiina Tatsuki, but with the reliable Rinrinko-senpai by her side to help, she immediately saved herself the trouble. Rinrinko-senpai was much more reliable than Tachibana-senpai who was just watching from the side.

What would you like to order?

Shiina Riki stood coldly in front of Kazami Mei.

Holding a menu and a pen, she coldly glanced down, then slowly looked away when her eyes met Feng Jianming's. Her icy face now appeared even more stunning.

Seeing his good friend still acting so coldly, Kazami Mei slowly said, "Two mochas, with sugar."