It wasn't until the distant mountains disappeared into the night that Wu Geng and Beichuan looked back.

"Beichuan-san, I'm going up first. Everyone should be waiting soon." She bowed a little before leaving. Because her words with her father touched her heart, she was not in a good mood at the moment, and she didn't plan to be here.

Be polite when dealing with adults.

"Fifth watch." But Beichuan called her in a familiar voice, "Do you have anyone you cherish?"

Wu Geng's heart moved, and he didn't quite understand the meaning of Beichuan's words, "Are you talking about my father?"

Beichuan just looked at her without speaking.

Wu Geng pondered for a moment, "If you are talking about the members, they are all people I cherish. If I am with them, I feel like I can go anywhere."

Beichuan smiled and shook his head, "That's not what I meant."

Wu Geng is actually a little confused. Why is a big shot in operations at the same level as Konno here, as if waiting for him, and deliberately asking such incomprehensible questions.

"I see that the chat between you and your father was not pleasant. What happened?"

This has nothing to do with you.

Beichuan's words were like stirring up the little emotions in Wu Geng's heart. They were very inflammatory, and Wu Geng felt a little unhappy. After all, this was her family matter. No matter how high Beichuan's status in the operation was, for Wu Geng

He's just an outsider.

Seeing Wugeng's serious and slightly hostile expression, Beichuan moved slightly, "You are really in trouble..." He whispered as if sighing.

"Kitagawa-san, what's the matter with you?" Wu Geng unconsciously increased her tone. Maybe she didn't realize how inappropriate it was to speak with someone like a superior in such a tone, especially in Japan where there is a clear hierarchy between superiors and subordinates.

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But Beichuan didn't seem to care about this. He took out an envelope from his pocket and handed it over casually. Wu Geng, who was opposite, paused and stared at the envelope for a long time before taking it and opening it.

"..."

The envelope contained photos that Fujiki secretly took of Wu Geng and his group. This shocked Wu Geng and stopped breathing for a moment. His palms were sweating slightly, and it seemed as if an electric current passed through his back and exploded in his scalp.

"This is a photo secretly taken by a reporter from Wenchun."

This is also the most frightening thing in the fifth watch.

Every time her relationship with Nishino progresses, an unknown premonition about the future always appears in her mind. She has preset many endings, yearning for a happy ending where everyone is happy, but she can never get rid of that kind of ending.

A fleeting bad idea.

The spotlight in the entertainment industry is too bright, and the shadows are always drawn deep and long. It is difficult for her not to think about these things. The more pure Nishino is and the less he thinks about these things, Wu Geng feels that he has a greater obligation to protect her.

Affected by disturbances, ideals and reality must always be balanced to achieve stability.

As if she had fallen into water, breathing became difficult. The numbness spread from her fingers to the point where she could not even feel the touch on her hands. Her vision became distant and narrowed, and the world became a twisted and collapsed tunnel.

Beichuan's voice continued, with a calm indifference, calling Wu Geng out of panic:

"We collected this from the reporter. Wenchun should not have a backup."

But such a sentence did not bring much comfort to Wu Geng.

She raised her head slightly stiffly and said in a dry voice, "Beichuan-san, why are you showing me these...is this a warning?"

"Even if it's a warning, it's not appropriate for me, the person in charge of Keyword Edition."

"..."

Beichuan looked at the girl in front of him, his eyes reddened stubbornly, the fingers holding the photo turned white, and his profile showed the ups and downs of his mood.

There were very few people in the reception area of ​​the museum. After the red and white song performance, the staff were even more in a hurry. Few people would notice it. Kitagawa was not worried about their conversation being overheard.

"Wugeng, are the things in the photo important to you?" Beichuan asked.

The fifth watch was silent and did not speak.

"Let me tell you this, even if I didn't take action in this matter and the news over Wenchun was released, just based on these few photos and the press release there, the commotion caused by this matter would not be very big.

In other words, the operation may be happy to see the results, hype up the popularity, and explain it on Twitter after the new single is released. You should be able to understand what I say.”

The photo in the girl's hand unconsciously made a few creases. Even though she was in the museum with the heating on, she felt that her body temperature was passing faster than in the cold wind.

"People pursue novelty and excitement. News of this level is just like pebbles thrown into the sea and cannot make much waves. This is especially true in the entertainment industry where capital controls the market. It's like a circus world here, dazzling.

There are various props and stunts, and the audience who enters the venue actually don’t care much about the authenticity. But you are different..."

Beichuan paused for a long time for the next sentence.

"Wugeng, are you serious?" he asked, "Do you really want to live with Nishino, like an ordinary lover?"

"...can't it?"

Wu Geng bit her lip, her gaze raised up as sharp as a bow and arrow ready to go.

"Can't I like Nishino? It's all my wishful thinking anyway. Regardless of breaking the rules or being punished, I admit it. Isn't that enough?" She didn't know what would happen to her in the future, but she subconsciously picked Nishino out of it.

go out.

The girl's gaze was so cold that even Beichuan was overwhelmed by her aura for a moment. But he soon realized that this was just the girl's fierce lust, but it was her last defense method, and she curled up and spread her spikes.

Hedgehogs are no different.

"No one said I'm going to punish you, I'll punish you." Beichuan was a little stunned. This man still looked so stubborn.

"Then what's the matter with you? If the big shot in operations stopped me alone, he wouldn't just let me see these things and express his magnanimity, right?" She said with a thorny tone.

I was originally under pressure because of Nishino's incident, and the conversation with my father was not smooth, and then the love affair was exposed, which made the string that had always been tight in Wu Geng faintly appear to be cracking.

But Beichuan seemed to be stunned by the question. He was stunned for a moment and his expression became complicated.

That's right, there's no need for him to come.

It was unnecessary and superfluous to stop Wu Geng. He actually had some arrangements when he returned to Japan from China. It was not a big conspiracy or a big move. It was just a simple desire to set up a stage where Wu Geng stopped his wish.

Now everything has just begun, but the criminal in the story has revealed his clues before the detective's investigation, and the carefully arranged crime has turned into a farce full of mistakes.

Looking at Wugeng's unyielding eyes, Beichuan couldn't tell what kind of answer he wanted.
Chapter completed!