The moment he sat down, a look of confusion appeared on Nakajima Yohei's face. He touched the surface of the chair with his hand and felt warmth in his palm.
"Has anyone been here?" the man asked.
“Hmm…” Nakajima Reina felt embarrassed. She glanced at the closet out of the corner of her eye. The door was tightly closed and the boy inside showed no signs of coming out.
Although she didn't understand why the boy wanted to hide, since he did so, it was because he didn't want to meet her father.
Should I hide it from my father
"Is it the doctor? Did she say anything?" Nakajima Yohei asked.
"I didn't say anything, I just asked casually." Nakajima Reina lowered her head. It was not the first time that she concealed something from her father, but it was the first time that she told her father a lie that was not true.
Her face turned red.
Nakajima Yohei interpreted her blushing as the inappropriateness of the topic. He thought that the doctor must have said something that only girls could hear.
He thought he had grasped the truth and considerately changed the subject.
"This hydrangea is very beautiful. Was it given to you by the doctor?" he asked.
"Um."
"That serious-looking woman also has such a clever mind."
Her father’s sigh made Nakajima Reina even more ashamed, and she lowered her head even more.
The ward fell quiet. Nakajima Yohei thought his daughter was not in the mood to chat, so he skipped other topics and went straight to his trump card.
"I heard something about Minami Yuki from Mr. Tanaka..."
In the past, Nakajima Reina enjoyed such conversations. Every time her father said something about Minami Yuki, she would have a new image of the boy in her mind and another piece of the puzzle she could play with in her mind.
But now, she couldn't concentrate. She was troubled by the fact that there was a teenager hiding in the closet and the two lies she told her father.
She interrupted her father and said, "I want to read a book. Can you help me borrow it from the library?"
Nakajima Yohei was overjoyed when he was interrupted. His daughter, who was always calm and composed, had not made such a straightforward request for a long time!
This is not a book, but a rare passion of my daughter!
He immediately stood up and said, "What book do you want? I'll go to the bookstore and buy it."
Nakajima Reina didn't want to read the book at all. This was just her way of getting her father out of the way. She learned this method from a TV series whose name she had forgotten.
When her father agreed, she began to think of a title for the book.
"The Boy in the Closet," she said to her father.
"I'll go buy it now and come back in half an hour!" Nakajima Yohei stood up and strode out of the ward.
After his footsteps completely disappeared, the closet door opened a crack.
Nan Youxi made sure it was safe and walked out of the closet.
"The boy in the cabinet that Reina-sama ordered is here." He came to Reina Nakajima's bedside and chatted with the girl, "Does your highness want it fried or steamed?"
"Am I the royal family of the cannibals?" Reina Nakajima chuckled as she placed the hydrangea in her hand on the bedside table.
The pure white and somewhat desolate ward has a much gentler atmosphere with the addition of this sky blue embellishment.
"Why are you hiding?" the girl asked Nan Youxi.
"Actually, I am a star who will die if seen by an adult."
"Then the front desk nurse must have killed you many times."
"Okay, that was a lie. Now, I'm going to tell you the cruel truth."
Nan Youxi frowned and lowered her voice: "In fact, I don't exist at all. I am just the delusion of lonely Princess Reina. If Princess Reina had introduced me to my father just now, my father would have told you in astonishment that there were only the two of you in the ward, and there was no boy at all!"
"So it was my delusion. Then when I can't sleep at night, can I summon you out?"
"It's obviously a delusion, but there are still energy restrictions?"
"If Reina-sama has any objections, please look for your own problems. I am just a delusional creature."
"Can you please stop calling me Your Highness? It feels weird."
"I think this title suits Reina-san very well."
"How can they be a good match? It's so embarrassing."
Reina Nakajima sat on the hospital bed. Her clear voice and elegant face made her rebuttal powerless.
"In order to prevent Sister Reina's delusion from being shattered, I have to leave before father comes back. See you tomorrow." He waved to Reina Nakajima and walked out of the ward.
[You asked the girl why she liked the hydrangea, which had no fragrance. The girl replied that she was in bed and could not smell the fragrance of the flowers in the garden below. You then wanted to invite her to the garden, but before you could say anything, you were interrupted by Nakajima Yohei who suddenly arrived.]
[You hid in the closet. After Nakajima Reina sent her father away, you hurriedly said goodbye to the girl and left the ward.]
[After you left, Nakajima Reina lay back on the bed, leaning sideways to admire the hydrangea on the bedside table. The image of "Minami Yuki" in her mind overlapped with the hydrangea, and the shadow of the boy was hidden under the light blue petals, which startled her.]
Minami Yuxi looked at the simulated text and thought, what the hell, this Nakajima Reina actually thought of Minami Yuxi with the hydrangea I gave her! Is this reasonable
Wait, I think I am Minami Youxi.
never mind.
He recalled the memory scene again. This time the atmosphere seemed good and it was much smoother than when the last simulation just started. However, this was not enough.
He compared the two simulations. In the last simulation, his meeting with Nakajima Rena was very formal, with compliance procedures and complete formalities, and there was also Nakajima Yohei as an introducer. This simulation was completely the opposite. The meeting was very informal, without following any procedures, submitting any application, and not even introducing himself.
However, the informal meeting actually made the atmosphere much better. In other words, the girl who looked as elegant and dignified as a princess was actually not a serious person!
I didn't expect you to be this kind of Nakajima Reina!
So the question is, how should we launch an offensive against such a seemingly serious girl
Nan Youxi had an idea and he continued to look at the simulation interface.
[After returning home from the hospital, you sit in front of your laptop and look up medical journals to find out what is wrong with Nakajima Reina. You contact medical professionals online, hoping to get more cutting-edge news.]
[At night, you lie in bed, the light of the fluorescent lamp is very white, which reminds you of the pure white hospital room and the girl sleeping on the hospital bed.]
[The next morning, after you registered with the nurse at the front desk, you did not rush up.]
[You borrowed a wheelchair from the nurse.]
[You take the elevator to the third floor and push open the door of Nakajima Reina's room. The girl is surprised to see the wheelchair in your hand.]
[You invited Nakajima Reina to go to the garden with you, but the girl hesitated for a moment and then rejected you. ]
[Faced with the girl's resistance, you choose...]
[1. "Woman, how dare you reject me!"]
[2. "Since she doesn't want to, I can only give up."]
[3. “Refusing is agreeing, shaking your head is consenting, and resisting is cooperating.”]
[4. Free simulation]
(End of this chapter)