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After hesitating for a moment, Banami still didn't mention that Su Shi's mother had deliberately hung the underwear on the balcony to attract his attention, otherwise he was really afraid that Teacher Daisho would go berserk.
Xiangzi pouted and continued rummaging through her bag. Then, she saw a bag-like object. Because it was dark inside the bag, she couldn't see it clearly, so she muttered, "What is this?"
As she spoke, she took out the small square bag.
But by the time she realized what was happening, it was too late, because Banami had already seen it too.
Suddenly, as if he had touched something dirty, Xiangzi flung the small object away.
She could even picture Su Shi saying in her mind with that fake smile, "Even if you become a couple, you can't get pregnant, okay?"
Motoyo Nagasaki!
Xiangzi shouted in his heart.
Chapter Two: Stars, Railway, and the Girl's Smile
Compared to Xiangzi's expression of shame and anger when she saw the condom, Banami's eyes widened when she saw the small bag, and she even felt a surge of excitement.
Perhaps it's time for me to take off my magician's hat too.
Ke Xiangzi narrowed her eyes slightly, looking intimidating, and said, "Yana Miyu, what are you thinking?"
"I miss you," the boy said bluntly.
Xiangzi had become somewhat immune to it, and snorted, "Are you thinking about me? You're thinking of something bad!"
Sure enough, boys are all creatures with lewd thoughts in their minds. Even when they're on the run, they're still thinking about these kinds of things.
“Yes, I want to do bad things with you.” Banami mentally gave Suze’s mother a thumbs up.
Xiangzi panicked for a moment. It wasn't that she didn't want to, but the two of them had only just started dating. Shouldn't they take things step by step? Besides, she had heard that girls who were too easily given to someone wouldn't be cherished.
Moreover, the girl's imagined first time was filled with all sorts of romantic scenes, not at all like her current disheveled and fleeing state.
But Banami looks so expectant, and well, there's also the Toyokawa family matter to deal with.
Seeing the girl's conflicted expression, Banami couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Hmph, you clearly want to do something bad too, but you insist on blaming it all on me."
Xiangzi couldn't stand this; she was a pure young girl.
In her excitement, she tore open the small bag and threw it into the nearby trash can.
"Hmph!" I'll let you use it, let's see if you still want to.
Banami couldn't help but laugh and said, "You'd better not regret it."
"Huh? You're just being stubborn because you can't do anything wrong." Xiangzi rolled his eyes at him.
Then, Banami couldn't help but hug the girl.
"Oh my, my girlfriend is so cute, I can't resist."
"!!!!" Xiangzi gasped, looking somewhat panicked.
After all, it was her first love, her first time dating someone, and she was still a little unaccustomed to the boy's directness and intimacy as they had just become a couple.
"Oh, how did I end up with such a tasteless boyfriend?" Xiangzi sighed, with a sense of self-pity about his own fate.
"Who says otherwise? You're unlucky to have met me, but anyway, you're mine now," the boy said smugly.
Then, Xiangzi couldn't help but laugh. Why was he always so happy when he was with him?
She gently pursed her lips and said, "I'm sorry, I was too impulsive and tore that thing off..."
"It's okay, it's not worth much, just tear it off and buy another one." Banami gently blew on her bangs.
The girl couldn't resist the urge to pinch him again, just as the announcement of their arrival at Kobe Station came on.
Banami quickly grabbed her luggage and said to her, "Let's go, let's get off now."
"Huh? Isn't our destination Hiroshima Prefecture? There are still a few stops to go..."
Then, as if realizing something, Toyokawa Shoko seemed to understand something.
Banami said, "Right now, there should be people your grandfather sent to ambush us at the train stations in Hiroshima Prefecture."
Therefore, the two still need to exploit the information gap, get off at Kobe Station in advance, and it must be at Kobe Station before moving on to the next station. Old Deng should then realize the flaw and start arranging manpower along the entire route.
It should probably start now, but even for the Toyokawa family, it's impossible to deploy manpower all over the country as easily as they can in Tokyo.
Xiangzi couldn't help but look at the boy. Just a moment ago, the two of them were like a silly couple, but in the blink of an eye, he had to calculate step by step to fight against the behemoth that was the Fengchuan family. It was as if he was walking on a tightrope, and one wrong step would lead to unacceptable consequences.
At this moment, the girl's heart was filled with pity for the boy, and she even regretted impulsively tearing up the small bag.
At this moment, Banami had no idea what Xiangzi was thinking. He simply took his girlfriend's hand and, when no one was paying attention, got off the train at Kobe Station.
Then, as if realizing something, Banami pulled Shoko off the platform and hid in a corner of the station.
Soon after, a group of strangers entered the train to search, and they did not look like passengers.
This scene immediately filled Xiangzi with lingering fear.
If it weren't for Banami's vigilance, their escape would have ended before it even began.
Banami said, "We're leaving along the railway; we can't just leave the station directly."
The Toyokawa family's actions were even faster than he had imagined. As expected of you, Toyokawa, old man.
Xiangzi nodded slightly, and the two of them quietly left the station via the railway under the cover of night.
Fortunately, there weren't many of them, and they didn't have time to thoroughly check the carriages when the train started moving. This should have misled the other person for a while, making them think that the two were still passing through the direction of Hiroshima Station.
Xiangzi broke out in a cold sweat; it was the first time she had ever faced the terror of the Toyokawa family.
"It's alright. They don't know our exact location or which direction we left in. We can breathe a sigh of relief for now," Banami comforted her.
Even so, they were only one step away from being caught.
Seeing the girl's still tense expression, Banami gently patted her shoulder, then pointed lightly to the sky above and said, "Look."
Xiangzi looked up and saw a sky full of stars. After leaving Tokyo, perhaps the air quality had improved, and the sky here was even comparable to the island where Xiangzi used to live, Chuhua.
"So beautiful." Xiangzi's eyes seemed to be adorned with twinkling stars.
At this moment, Xiangzi seemed to have dispelled the tension he had just felt, and subconsciously looked at the Milky Way cascading down from the sky.
Then she shouted, "Hanami, did you see that? Isn't that the Summer Triangle?"
The girl pointed excitedly at the bright stars above her head, but soon she saw Banami smiling with a hint of amusement. It was then that Xiangzi remembered that she was able to watch the Summer Triangle thanks to the two of them's first fan creation, in which she was not Banami's heroine.
Xiangzi should have been angry, but for some reason, she smiled and said, "Xi, we, you, Chuhua, and I, are the Summer Triangle, right?"
The autumn wind, carrying the call of owls, ruffled the girl's hair.
The stars in the sky, the railway tracks on the ground, and her smile were reflected in Banami's eyes, a scene he could never forget for the rest of his life.
Chapter Three: Parents' Love
In the darkness, strolling along the railway tracks under the starry sky, the two fugitives found themselves somewhat enjoying the moment.
Moreover, having temporarily escaped the pursuit of the Toyokawa family, they were all somewhat relaxed at the moment.
Xiangzi seemed to have heard something and said, "Hanami, didn't you hear something?"
"What?" the boy asked, puzzled.
"It's the sound of the ocean tide."
As soon as they finished speaking, the two saw the beach beneath the railway tracks, and beyond the beach stretched an endless, dark sea.
"I remember Kobe is connected to Osaka Bay, right?"
Now that we're already here, there's no reason not to go down to the beach and take a look.
Then, Xiangzi said excitedly, "Xi, look, the waves are glowing!"
At that moment, Banami also saw the tide lapping against the beach, which was faintly glowing with a blue-green light, as if it made people feel like they were in a fairy tale dream.
"How beautiful." Xiangzi seemed to be mesmerized by the sight.
As the tide recedes, the spray trails like fireflies, outlining shimmering light on the fine sand.
"Is it the gods seeing how hard we're working and blessing us?" Xiangzi said with a smile.
"No, it's just that the Noctiluca scintillans washed ashore; it's a normal natural phenomenon," Banami remarked from the side.
Xiangzi said with slight dissatisfaction, "I'm telling you, Banami, my grades are actually pretty good too, so I don't need you to explain it to me."
Seriously, this big idiot, this clueless straight man, can't you just praise me in the same way I'm saying it?
Banami couldn't help but laugh. After gently poking the girl's cheek, she continued walking along the coast. Not far away, there were town lights, though they couldn't compare to the bustling city of Tokyo.
The girl wasn't really angry. She took off her shoes and socks and followed behind the boy, stepping in his footprints one by one, as if she were a child playing hopscotch.
Whether it was the stars in the sky, the shimmering seawater on the ground, or the footprints left by the boy, Xiangzi even had a feeling that he didn't want this journey to end.
"Xi, I think I will never forget tonight for the rest of my life."
The boy stopped and said, "Let's take a break."
"Is it alright?" Xiangzi blinked.
"Anyway, nobody's chasing us now."
Xiangzi answered in a lighthearted tone.
The two sat on the deserted beach at night. If they were alone, they would probably feel a little scared, but now, Xiangzi seemed to be reminiscing about something.
She leaned on the boy's shoulder and said, "Xi, back then, before... before Mom got sick, when Dad was... working so hard..."
Perhaps it was this dreamlike scene that made Xiangzi fall into his past thoughts, while Banami just listened calmly.
“I really feel that our family is very happy. Although Grandpa is very strict and doesn’t smile much, and often criticizes Dad, as long as Mom is around, Grandpa’s attitude will eventually soften.”
My father really loved my mother. I think even he himself knew he wasn't suited to be the heir to the Toyokawa family, but he really put his heart into it for my mother.
No matter how busy she is, she will still take my mother and me on trips regularly.
Once, when we were on a beach trip, on a night like this, my mother suddenly had a whim and dragged my father to the beach, leaving me in the hotel room.
Mom thought I was already asleep, but I wasn't.
I was a little angry, so I secretly followed behind the two of them.
At this point, the girl's eyes became somewhat unfocused, as if recalling a scene that had left a similarly deep impression on her.
"At that time, all I heard was the sound of the tide and the bright moonlight overhead. The bluish-white moonlight fell on the beach, reflecting the silhouettes of my parents. Then, my parents danced on the beach."
Perhaps it was a little bit of romance that the Toyokawa couple wanted when they wanted to be alone together.
That scene deeply affected Xiangzi, making her yearn for love for the first time.
She gently rested her head on the boy's shoulder and said, "Xi, I...I miss my mom."
For Shoko Toyokawa, losing Mizuho Toyokawa did not simply mean losing her mother; it was also the beginning of the Toyokawa family's twisted nature.
The father who works harder and harder, yet becomes more and more stubborn.
And then there's the grandfather, who's become even more indifferent.
Toyokawa Shoko has always wanted to find the happiness she saw on that moonlit night. Whether it was forming and leaving Kulai Xiku, or forming a new band with Yutenji Wakame and the others, it was all based on this desire for happiness.
In reality, that was impossible; this kind of substitute affection could not fill the emptiness in Toyokawa Shoko's heart.
“It’s not that there’s no way…” Banami said softly.
The girl was slightly surprised when she saw Banami take out something that looked like a projector.
Then, on the beach, the projector began to clearly project a young couple dancing together.
Product Name: Holographic Projector
※Effect: It can extract important memories from the target's mind and then reproduce them.
Price: 20,000 Cat Coins
He had clearly stated that the cat coins were for safekeeping, but he still spent this unnecessary expense without hesitation.
But Xiangzi couldn't scold the other person because she overheard her parents' conversation.
"Isn't it a bit too much for us to run away on our own like this?" The slightly gentle voice belonged to Xiangzi's father, Toyokawa Kiyokazu.
"Hmph, how come you can't even be away from your 'little lover' for a moment?" The gentle voice, feigning anger, was exactly the same as the voice Xiangzi thought he would never hear again.
"What kind of mother is jealous of her own daughter?" Toyokawa Kiyoshi said regretfully.
"Yes, it's right here," Mizuho Toyokawa said softly, while slowly dancing a ballroom dance with her husband in her hand, her face full of a happy smile.
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