"If you don't want to practice tea ceremony, you don't have to do it. I'm not asking you to do so!"
Seeing Izumi Toru drinking the tea he handed over again, he covered his mouth and frowned as if in pain. Jinguji Kiyohime finally became angry.
Izumi Toru swallowed the tea with difficulty, and then looked at her with surprise mixed with innocent eyes.
"Didn't you say that you have to be sincere in your heart and sincere in tea? I do feel that tea is difficult...ahem, not so delicious. Therefore, the discomfort arises from the inside out and is reflected on the face. Isn't that what you mean by being sincere to your heart?
,Are you sincere about tea?"
"you......"
She knew that he was talking nonsense, but she couldn't find anything to refute for a while, which made Jinguji Kiyohime helpless. Not to mention, Izumi Toru looked righteous and confident.
She wasn't going to talk to him anymore.
So, she lowered her head and started to pack the tea sets.
"Huh? Aren't you going to continue practicing today?"
"snort!"
Seeing that the girl was unwilling to talk to him, Izumi Toru laughed instead.
Igarashi Mika waited until her friend went to the water house before speaking.
"Izumi Tetsu, you look so happy. Is it because you went to Aomori this time and captured an older woman with a good figure and a silly figure like Asazuki Qianna?"
Upon hearing this, Izumi Toru coughed twice with some guilt.
"Well, um... Yuhua, you look so beautiful today and you smell so good. What perfume are you using?"
Seeing that he was going to deal with it, the girl rolled her eyes at him.
This glance was filled with a bit of disgust and charm.
Izumi Tetsu's Adam's apple couldn't help but move up and down.
So, he turned his face sideways and slowly approached her lips.
"Wait a minute," Igarashi Mika put her index finger on his lips to stop Izumi Tooru from getting closer, "Tell me first, did something happen between you and Kiyohime?"
The sneak attack failed, and Izumi Toru was not upset, but opened his mouth and bit her finger.
The girl's fingers are soft and elastic, and have a nice fragrance.
"ah!"
Igarashi Mika exclaimed and hurriedly withdrew her hand.
Izumi Toru then said with a smile: "What did happen? Do you want to take a guess?"
His words made Mika Igarashi stop wanting to beat him.
She began to think about Izumi Toru's problem.
When Jinguji Kiyohime suddenly wanted to go to Aomori, she still felt that something was wrong with Izumi Toru.
What's more, her friend didn't give her any explanation, she just said she wanted to see Hoshino Haruka.
The purpose of meeting her is just to bring her and her daughter Asazuki Hongyin back?
In this way, besides benefiting Izumi Toru, she couldn't think of any other benefits.
Coupled with the fact that Izumi Toru's attitude towards Jinguji Kiyohime was obviously more enthusiastic after his return, she came up with the answer.
"Qingji, have you confessed to you why she pretended to have amnesia?"
However, Izumi Toru shook his head.
"No, not really. On the contrary, I have confirmed one thing. Qing Ji has indeed lost her memory."
"This is impossible!" Igarashi Mika retorted without thinking.
Then, she was afraid that Jinguji Kiyohime would hear it, so she lowered her voice and said, "You said it yourself. Kiyohime definitely does not have amnesia."
Izumi Toru smiled bitterly and said: "I made a mistake."
Igarashi Mika was stunned for a moment.
"What?"
Izumi Toru organized the words, and then explained: "In the time loop, I don't have those memories, but I can still feel the changes in myself. I guess that Kiyohime is the same as me at that time. Although I have lost my memory, I
Everything that happened to her still had an impact on her. This is why Qing Ji is abnormal."
Izumi Tetsu's guess can explain some things, but Igarashi Mika still has questions.
"No, if it's like you said, then Qingji's relationship with you shouldn't be like this. She used to like you so much, and even if she was affected, she should want to get closer to you. How could she always want to leave?
Are you farther away?"
Izumi Tetsu didn't answer her, just stared at her.
Igarashi Mika was a little confused, "Why don't you..."
Suddenly, she thought of something.
"You, you mean... because of... me?" The girl said this with a trembling voice.
Izumi Tetsu nodded.
"Qing Ji has discovered the mismatch between memory and reality, and has even believed your words, but what next?
Retrieve her memory and snatch her fiancé from her best friend? Finally, I will exercise my right as the main palace and tell you: [Mika, I allow you to be with Izumi-kun], do you think she will do this?"
He paused for a while and continued: "Because of me, Qing Ji is very tolerant to Mei and the others, but this tolerance is based on her absolute status. But you are different, she can do this to anyone
, but only for you...you are her best friend, the only person she can face, and the only competitor."
Igarashi Mika's heart suddenly trembled.
At first, she and Izumi Toru pretended to be boyfriend and girlfriend in order to stimulate Jinguji Kiyohime to regain her memory.
But after the two people experienced the time loop, after establishing a false relationship, they immediately started to fake it.
With the legitimate reason of helping Jinguji Kiyohime regain her memories, the two of them put aside all their scruples and devoted themselves wholeheartedly to this love.
Igarashi Mika regrets it now.
If he could have chosen other reasons, would Qingji be with him now...
Thinking of this, she suddenly felt a little reluctant.
Izumi Toru liked her first, and she also liked her the most. Because Jinguji Kiyohime was her best friend, she did not respond to the relationship at first.
But......
I like him too.
When I was a child, I would give you whatever you liked, and Izumi Toru did the same.
However, once, twice, countless times, I will also want to be willful...
Izumi Toru looked at the girl's sometimes guilty and sometimes sad expression, and silently thought to himself: I'm sorry, this is the last time I lie to you.
I still need some clues to determine why Qingji pretended to have amnesia.
So, please let me take advantage of the relationship between the three of us.
After a while, Igarashi Mika raised his head and asked: "If everything you guessed is true, what are you going to do?"
Izumi Tetsu looked at the water house.
The sound of rushing water could be heard vaguely, as if the girl was still cleaning the tea set.
but.....
Cleaning took too long.
"Ohana, do you still remember when you asked Qing Ji to inspect me?"
Igarashi Mika asked with some uncertainty: "You mean, the scoring system?"
Izumi Tetsu nodded.
"I plan to let Qing Ji deduct all my points."
Igarashi Mika was a little puzzled.
"But, the inspection is over."
"End?" Izumi Toru said with a slightly louder voice: "I am going to confess to her that I am approaching you just to get her. What do you think she will do?"
Bang!
Suddenly there was a slight and extremely loud collision at the door.
Igarashi Mika was attracted by Izumi Toru's words and did not hear it, but Izumi Toru noticed it.