Because of the concert, the song "Tuanzi Family" has become popular again recently, and even ordinary people who are not otakus have noticed it.
Takadanobaba, Sayu's room.
Asami asked while tweeting:
"Hey, Sayu, I heard that Katozai will be exhibiting tomorrow. Why don't you go and have a look then?"
"Hey, going on an exhibition...?"
"Yeah, it's that activity that all the otakus are passionate about, called...what's it called?"
"arket?"
"Yes! That's the one!" Asami slapped her thigh excitedly.
"Mr. Yoshida told me that everyone in their studio will be present tomorrow, which means Katozai must be there too! What do you think? Why don't you go and see him?"
Sayu stopped writing the report, raised his head from the laptop screen, and hesitantly smiled with a smile.
"This...I haven't thought about it yet."
"What? Isn't this answer too straightforward?"
"Because, Yusuke is going to work. I don't know if I will cause trouble to him if I go there suddenly..."
"You don't want to see him?"
"Of course I..."
"Of course you~?"
"...I just wanted to." Sayu muttered with a slight blush, her eyes becoming erratic.
"Haha." Asami laughed heartily: "Then you go, why are you hesitating? Just think of it as going out to have fun."
"Well, but the association still has a lot of work..."
"Idiot, don't think about this at this time. It doesn't matter if you take a vacation for yourself occasionally. Anyway, our association is not short of manpower now."
"..."
Sayu unconsciously looked at the desk.
The calendar placed above records the schedule of each day, and there is such a reminder below August 15th.
——"Yusuke's game is on sale~"
It was she who wrote this reminder.
In fact, she didn't think that she had to go there, but habitually marked this special day, which was similar to the feeling of an anniversary.
But to say that she will definitely not go is not that way.
"Hmm...otherwise I'll ask Xiaoxiang and Xiaoxi if they want to go together."
As she was talking, she took out her phone, but for some reason Asami snatched it away. What was even worse was that the other party knocked her on the head.
"Asami!?"
"Are you stupid?"
"Eh??"
Asami sighed feebly and raised a long voice:
"Let me tell you, it's okay if you call Xiao Xi, but now you are going to meet the boy you like. Is it really okay to call Xiao Xiang too?"
"Ah, so that's what you're talking about." Sayu suddenly realized, and then complained with puffed cheeks: "Really, even if you do this, you don't need to hit me on the head, right?"
"I'm just reminding you that it's best to have a good balance between love and friendship. Be careful that you won't even be friends in the end."
"What?"
"I know you have a good relationship with Xiaoxiang, and I don't want to provoke conflicts between you, but Sister Sayu, you should think about yourself sometimes. After all, you like the same boy."
"Even if you say so Asami...but there is a connection between Xiaoxiang and Yusuke that belongs only to them, why should I pretend not to see it?"
"...Hmm~~"
Asami twitched her brows and said earnestly: "Is this really good? If you go with friends, you basically have no chance to be alone with Katozai, right?"
"Well, I think that's fine, but thank you for your concern, and..." Sayu paused here, then smiled bitterly.
"Being alone with Yusuke or something like that, even if I make that kind of request, it's impossible for him to agree to it."
A brief silence.
"Idiot." Asami put her fist on top of her head, knocked it twice, and then changed the subject to a joke.
"Well~ But that's true. After all, there are four beautiful girls around Katozai. Your enemies, Sayu-chan, are ridiculously strong~"
"I don't think about enemies or anything like that."
"Ahaha, I made a mistake, I should be a love rival~~"
"Forget it, it's up to you to understand it as Asami, by the way, it's about time you returned the phone to me, right?"
"Oh, here it is, here it is, I almost forgot."
Sayu took her phone back and sent Shinjouxiang a LINE, telling her about her plan to go to Xia I.
By the way, the reason why she contacted him via mobile phone instead of asking at home was because the person involved was not in the apartment at the moment.
Because she was selected by her dance class teacher to dance at the Summer Festival, Shinjoka has been busy receiving training recently.
Almost a quarter of an hour passed before Sayu received a reply.
[Xiao Xiang: I don’t have time. If you want to go, you can go by yourself. If you are afraid that the president will ignore you, ask Xiao Xi to accompany you. That way, other people will be scrupulous and will not embarrass you. ]
[Sayou: Wow, this statement makes Xiao Xi look like a referee. 】
[Xiao Xiang: It’s my younger sister. The president’s guardian also agreed, although Xiao Xi is actually the same age as you (laughing)]
[Sayu: Can you tell me about Yusuke’s guardian? 】
[Xiao Xiang: Ask Xiao Xi, she basically chats with Aunt Mina every day. No one knows this matter better than her. 】
【Sayu: Got it~!
Thanks, Doraemon.
(つ′▽`)づ hug~】
[Xiaoxiang: What's wrong with you? I won't tell you anymore, I have to practice dancing. 】
【Sayu: Come on~~!
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Sayu couldn't help but put down her phone, and Asami asked curiously.
"What's going on? Sister Sayu, has anything good happened to you?"
"Hmm~ Not really, I just talked about some interesting topics with Xiaoxiang."
"Hey~~ Xiaoxiang is indeed a well-rounded girl, but she is a bit elusive."
"Is this a bad thing?"
"No~ I just find it difficult to get along with such a smart girl, who is not as naive as Sayu."
"This doesn't seem like a compliment, does it...?"
"Oddly enough, I have a strange feeling of closeness to Sayu. The two of us hit it off right away~"
"You already talked about this when we first met!" Sayu complained in a fit of laughter and tears: "Also, are you changing the subject now?"
"Ouch, were you discovered by accident~?"
Asami laughed heartily, then stood up with her thighs on her legs.
"Well, anyway, let's stop talking here. I have to collect vlog materials next, so let's go first~?"
"That, Asami."
"What's the matter?"
"Remember to be careful when interviewing everyone? Especially Xiaoling, don't irritate her."
"Oh~ Is she the girl with the nightmare? It's very interesting to talk about dreams with her, and it should be good material. Ah~ my writer's soul is burning."
"Asami!"
"Okay, okay, I'm just kidding, don't worry."
After Asami said this with a playful smile, she turned around and left in large strides.
Sayu stayed in the room by himself for a while, and then went to the "Room 202" next door.
Inside the room, Serizawa Yuu was wearing a set of cool home clothes.
The combination of a black halter top and denim shorts is very eye-catching, showing off the fair and delicate skin to the fullest, and highlighting the unique sweetness and vitality of girls of this age.
When she saw her coming to the door, the girl curiously asked what she meant, so Sayu told her about Xia I.
"Hey, Xia I? It sounds interesting. Sister Sayu, do you want to invite me to go with you? Yes, I'm happy to, but is it just the two of us?"
"Yes, Asami doesn't seem to be interested in this kind of activity. Xiaoxiang said it's because the dance class can't get away, so it's just me and Xiaoxi."
"Ah, so it seems that the festival Xiaoxiang is going to attend is this weekend? That's great, I want to go see it."
"Then the two of us will go to Xia I first, and then we can invite everyone to go shopping together on the day of the Summer Festival, okay?"
"Yeah~ Just do it!" Serizawa Yu nodded her head repeatedly and agreed happily.
"Well, Xiao Xi, actually there is one more thing I want to tell you..." Sayu scratched her cheek in embarrassment.
"I heard from Xiaoxiang that you have a good relationship with Yusuke's guardian. Can you tell me about that elder?"
"Elder... ah, does it mean Aunt Mina? Sure, what does Sister Sayu want to know?"
"Actually, I don't know. You can say whatever you want."
"Hmm~~If the target is Sayu-san...do you want to hear what happened when Brother Yu was a child?"
"—Listen!"
Sayu raised his voice for a moment, then reacted immediately, pretending to be calm and coughing: "Um, I mean... this is fine, please."
As if she thought her reaction was funny, Serizawa Yu covered her mouth and snickered, even the twin ponytails draped on Xuebeixiang's shoulders twitched.
After laughing for a while, Serizawa Yu began to talk.
As time went by, Sayu also gradually learned about someone's childhood.
"I see……"
She nodded slightly, and the corners of her mouth turned up unconsciously, "Yusuke, he still has such a past~ It feels so strange."
"wonderful?"
"Hmm~ I have an incredible feeling that I am touching his life."
"Is that so?" Serizawa Yu tilted her head in confusion, "This is the first time I've heard this saying about touching other people's lives."
"How should I put it? The reason why we are who we are today is not because of those past experiences. Through your narration, Xiao Xi, I seem to be able to feel the weight of the soul behind it."
"Wow... I always think Sister Sayu's words are so profound."
"Ahaha, that's not the case. I just read it in a novel."
"novel?"
"That's right~ It's a suspense novel written by Mr. Ryunosuke Nagumo. It talks about the exploration of "me" as an individual. If you are interested, I can lend you the book."
"No, let's forget about this. I have no idea about such profound and difficult things."
Serizawa Yu waved her hands indifferently, then seemed to remember something and said, "However, I remember that Aunt Mina said something similar."
"Something like that?"
"Yes~ She said that we are who we are today precisely because of the things and memories we have experienced together. It's like... it's like... strange, what is it like?"
Sayu thought for a moment and then said something like a ghost: "Like a knot?"
"This is it!
"
Serizawa Yu nodded excitedly.
"Those threads made of memories are intertwined one by one, and then tied into a knot, forming a bond between people! That's what Aunt Mina said~"
"Is this...?"
"By the way, Sister Sayu is too smart, isn't she? How did you think of it all at once?"
"Huh? Ah, no...I just didn't realize it..."
Sayu rubbed his head in confusion and explained uncertainly.
She couldn't explain why, but what Serizawa Yu said just now felt inexplicably familiar to her, as if she had heard it somewhere before, so she subconsciously gave the answer.
The person involved said solemnly: "The new girl named Youai had a conflict with her roommate, and the other girl left in anger. Come down and take a look."
"
What--!?""
Sayu and Serizawa Yu looked at each other and hurriedly put on their coats and went out.
When we got downstairs, the scene was already in chaos.
Asami was standing in front of the open space of the apartment, giving instructions to a group of volunteers.
"Group A goes to the station."
"Group B goes to the park."
"The child shouldn't have gone far yet. Let's search separately. If anyone finds the target, remember to contact me as soon as possible!"
"
"
"learn."""""
The volunteers responded in unison and took action immediately.
Seeing this, Sayu and Serizawa Yuu hurried up and stopped Asami, who was also about to leave.
"Asami, what happened?"
"Sorry, I'll explain it to you later. It's important to find someone now."
"Where is Yuaita?"
"In the room, you can just go to her and ask. I'll leave first."
"Sister Asami, then I'll go with you too!"
"OK."
Asami and Yuu Serizawa settled the matter in a few words and left together at haste.
Chiaki Shinjo took the remaining volunteers and went separately to comfort the other girls who ran out after hearing the noise.
Sayu took a deep breath, forced down the worries in his heart, and then entered a room on the first floor.
Inside the house, Yuai, who was well-dressed, was sitting alone on the bed, playing with her mobile phone without any business related to her own business.
"Miss Youai, may I ask what just happened?"
"Ah? It's nothing. The girl ran out for no reason."
"Miss Youai!" Sayu emphasized her tone and pressed every word: "Please tell me the truth."
As if taken aback by her serious attitude, Youai's body trembled visibly, and then she put down her phone unhappily.
"Tsk... I just accidentally got sick. It's not my fault. Why did you tell me that the medicine you gave me was not enough, so I couldn't control myself."
"What have you done?"
"Because I was so manic at the time, I accidentally scolded the girl for half an hour, and then she left shouting, 'I can't take it anymore.'"
Youai spoke nonchalantly, as if nothing happened and she felt no guilt for her behavior, as if she had long been accustomed to it.
Sayu, who witnessed this scene, couldn't help showing a troubled expression and felt a headache.