After school, Oda Yota stood at the school gate. He looked carefully at the faces of the passing students, trying to recognize Minami Yuki at the first sight. He soon found that this was a futile task. The combination of Minami Yuki, Chiju Kazumi and Ibuki Yuko was extremely conspicuous and there was no need to deliberately distinguish them.
Seeing her cousin at the door, Chizumi Chizumi was confused, and her reaction reassured Oda Yota that Minami Yuki did not lie and the boy did not tell Chizumi Chizumi.
Nan Youxi briefly explained that he and Oda Yota had made an appointment to go to Oda's house together.
Chiju Kazumi looked at this not-so-remarkable cousin in astonishment. She felt sad. Her cousin could even ask Yuki to play in his room, but she couldn't even go out with Yuki alone.
Her eyes couldn't help but be filled with resentment.
Oda Yota sensed the resentment and was confused, not knowing how he had offended his cousin.
He thought about how another girl had given him the same look in the morning.
Girls are really troublesome. He sighed in his heart, if Chishou Kazumi wasn't his cousin, he wouldn't have been involved in this matter.
He thought that it would be good to have a relationship with Nan Youxi so that he could find out the situation. If something was wrong, he would tell Yimei's parents.
The late spring sun had already shown its scorching heat. Most of the students had opened their coats, revealing their light blue undergarments and youthful necks.
The four of them walked to the subway entrance together and split into three groups. Ibuki Yuko and Chiju Kazumi each took one group, while Minami Yuki followed Oda Yota.
Oda's house is in a residential area two stops away, so the subway ride is short, but the walking time is longer.
On the way, Oda Yota took the opportunity to ask, "What is your relationship with Kazumi?"
"Friends." Nan Youxi replied.
"Yimei has a lot of brothers, and some of them are not as weak as me. If you do something excessive, there will be at least four or five adults to stop you."
"I don't think I should worry about this. Do you trust me so much? Aren't you afraid that I'm lying to you?"
"I've been observing you for a while. You've joined Ichinose's club and are close to the second-year student Ibuki. If you want to date, I don't think there's much hope for Ichimi. As long as you don't lie, there won't be a problem."
Nan Youxi turned his head to look at the boy next to him. He didn't expect that Oda Yota had such a meticulous side.
"If you had been so calm before blocking me, you wouldn't have had to take so many hits." Nan Youxi sighed.
"I didn't think so much at that time," Xiao Tianyang looked at Nan Youxi with shame and anger, "I saw that you dared to reject Yimei, so I wanted to teach you a lesson first!"
Minami Youxi thought that it turned out that the reason Oda Yota was causing trouble for him was not because Kazumi confessed to him, but because he rejected Kazumi.
"I don't hate your personality, but you'll get yourself into a lot of trouble if you do this." He gave Oda Yota a little advice.
"Stop talking nonsense. What on earth are you doing here? What do you want me to do?"
Oda Yota stopped. His home was just ahead and he didn't want to bring Minami Youxi home.
"Let's go in and talk." Nan Youxi walked towards the house with a sign with Oda's surname hanging on the door.
It was a two-story building, half new and half old, with a style that was neither foreign nor local, and was the most ordinary single-family house.
The furnishings in the room were also very ordinary. There was a baseball magazine on the shoe bench in the entrance, and a pink puppy doll hung on the shoe cabinet.
They walked through the first floor corridor, came to the second floor, and entered Oda Yota's bedroom.
The four walls of the small room were covered with posters, mostly of movies and rock stars. There was a blue guitar next to the desk and many albums on the bookshelf.
Nan Youxi sat down beside the bed.
"Would you like a drink at least?" He looked around.
"No."
"Is there anyone else at home? Dolls in the entrance hall don't seem like your style."
"No comment."
"How cold."
Minami Yuuki thought that if Oda Yota had not been mentioned explicitly in the two Sims, and clearly stated that they got along well, he would never have come. With this time, it would be better to lie on the sofa at Asano's house or lie on the bedside of Chikusa Hospital to see Nao or Reina.
He looked out the window and saw a bird flying over the electric pole. The black shadow quickly went away, as if escaping, and disappeared behind the roof in front.
He thought, perhaps it was because of Nao, Reina and Yuko that he was willing to come to Oda Yota.
Compared to Na Xiling's emotional troubles, Oda Yangta's indifference is as warm as the spring breeze.
However, he didn't intend to continue to endure the indifference.
He picked up Yota Oda's guitar.
Unlike his plain guitar named 'Yoshimi', this blue guitar has a more trendy shape, which matches the color of Yota Oda's hair.
He looked at Oda Yota, who was reaching out to him to take back his instrument, and his mouth opened as if to scold him for touching other people's things.
Nan Youxi picked up the pick on the table, and the flexible plastic pick slid across the strings, producing musical sounds.
Oda Yota closed his mouth and put down his hand that was about to grab the guitar.
For many musicians, their favorite instrument is like their lover, and they will not let others touch it easily. Yota Oda is one of them.
So, when he saw Minami Youxi hugging her lover secretly, Oda Yota wanted to stop her, but he was surprised by Minami Youxi's skillful way of playing his lover, and he stopped. He didn't expect that Minami Youxi could actually play the guitar.
However, playing the guitar is not a rare skill in Japanese high schools. After being surprised, he wanted to take his lover back. At this time, the second, third, fourth, and fifth surprises attacked him one after another.
First, there was the beauty and strangeness of the melody, then the lyrics hummed softly by Minami Youxi, then there was the superb performance technique, and finally there was the amazing degree of completion and beauty of the entire song.
The music stopped and the bedroom was silent.
After humming a song from memory, Minami Yuki put down the guitar and looked at Oda Yota.
There was no expression on Oda Yota's face. He turned around and walked out of the room.
Two minutes later, he came back with a tray with two cups of oolong tea and a plate of biscuits.
He placed the tray in front of Nan Youxi, sat on the floor, and said in a serious manner: "Please use it."
Nan Youxi picked up a cookie, took a bite, and it tasted good.
He asked, "Handmade cookies?"
"My sister made it. She was the one who insisted on hanging the doll in the entrance hall."
"Sister, you're so nice." Nan Youxi had an occupational disease and asked, "Can I see a photo of your sister?"
Oda Yota took out a family photo from the drawer. Minami Yuxi took a look and saw four people in the photo. A middle-aged couple stood in the back, two young people stood in the front, Oda Yota stood on the left, and on his right was a college-age woman. This should be his sister. His sister's appearance was comparable to Chishou Kazumi's.
Not a mock object.
After feeling sorry for himself, he had a bad intention. Looking at the respectful Oda Yota in front of him, he asked, "Can you introduce your sister to me?"
"Hey, don't go too far!" Oda Yangta clenched his fists and looked at Minami Youxi angrily.
Although he admires Minami Yuuki's skills and wants to get closer to him, Oda Yota is still a man of principles.
"Just a joke." Minami Yuxi was in a good mood after successfully teasing Oda Yota.
Oda Yota picked up the oolong tea and took a sip, then glanced at Minami Yuxi's expression.
After showing off his skills a little, Nan Youxi was no longer in a hurry to speak, and the one who was anxious became Oda Yota.
"I haven't heard that song." He asked hurriedly after finishing half a cup of tea.
“Because I haven’t published anything, and I haven’t performed anything.”
"So it was you who wrote it! It's amazing! How did you write these lyrics and melody that are so faintly sad but lingering?" Oda Yota asked in surprise.
Minami Youxi recalled the creative scene in her memory. She couldn't remember the details, but she could guess based on her feelings at that time and the lyrics.
It was probably one summer when Miyu was tall enough and no longer had to sit on his lap to play the piano. He wrote this song in grief.
"It was an ordinary afternoon, and I suddenly realized that time will change everything, and what I used to be used to will also leave me." He took a sip of oolong tea and sighed: "Everything will be gone, and no one can control it. This is how we live."
He quoted a sentence from his previous life, and Oda Yota was stunned by it. He opened his mouth and wanted to ask, but he couldn't.
Oda Yangtai thought that Minami Youxi must have lost someone or something very important and experienced too much sadness.
He quickly changed the subject: "I have written a song too, can you help me take a look?"
He took out his notebook from the drawer of his desk, picked out the one he was most satisfied with, and handed it to Nan Youxi.
Minami Yuxi had a brief discussion with him and also took the opportunity to test Oda Yota's musical skills.
He thought that he couldn't possibly form a band and become a singer every time he simulated life, and there was no point in keeping those songs in his head, so he might as well give them to Oda Yota and let him make his debut. In this way, he could not only get a large sum of money, but also gain connections in the entertainment industry.
After staying at Oda's house until five o'clock, Minami Yuki took the subway back to Asano's house. At this time, there were many office workers and students who had finished their club activities walking on the road.
At half past six, he lay on the bed in his apartment, holding up his mobile phone, chatting with Reina Nakajima about daily life for a while, sharing a few landscape photos, and then got up to do his homework.
At half past seven, Ibuki Yuko arrived on time and explained the knowledge points to Minami Youxi.
She was a top student who could be admitted to Misaki University with certainty. With her help, Nan Youxi's study became much easier. He was unwilling to spend too much time and energy on self-study, as high school knowledge was of limited use except for exams.
At nine o'clock, Minami Yuxi sent Ibuki Yuko home, took a quick shower, and lay down in bed.
There was an unread message on the phone, sent by Asagiri Mizuki.
"Asagiri Mitsuki: Are you free this week, senpai? Ai and I are going to go shopping."
"Minami Yuuki: Weekend? I'm not sure if I'll be free yet."
"Asagiri Mitsuki: I see. Let me ask you first, this isn't a polite refusal, right?"
"Minami Yuuki: Of course not. I'm probably free, but I can't rule out the possibility of accidents. I'll give you an answer in two days."
"Asagiri Mizuki: It's okay if you don't reject me politely. I was rejected by a senior like this once before. She could have just said no, but she had to be so 'gentle'. It took me a long time to prepare. The Japanese are really troublesome!"
"Minami Yuuki: You're talking like you're not Japanese yourself."
"Asagiri Mitsuki: I am an awakened Japanese!"
"Asagiri Mizuki: sticking out tongue and knocking head.jpg"
Nan Youxi chatted with her for a while and they said good night to each other.
Putting down the phone, he couldn't help but sigh. The girl looked lively and straightforward, but in fact, she was a liar. No matter how you look at it, she was not straightforward. Her various behaviors were not related to liveliness, but rather some dark things, such as walking away in the midst of passionate love, and seducing Asagiri Saki.
Lying down in bed, he turned on the love simulator.
[Dating Simulator]
[Bound player: Nan Youxi]
[Number of simulations remaining: 4 (Number of simulations can be restored over time, or acquired actively)]
[Possible objects to simulate: Minami Ruri, Minami Kokoa, Minami Kobato, Asano Nao, Ibuki Yuko, Nakajima Reina, Asagiri Mizuki]
In the conversation with Asagiri Mitsuki, he said that he was not sure if he would be free on the weekend, which was a lie. In fact, he was not sure whether he should associate with Asagiri Mitsuki.
He said that he would give Asagiri Mitsuki an answer in two days. He planned to complete the simulation of the girl in these two days, and then determine whether he was free based on the situation of the simulation.
[[Asagiri Mizuki] has been selected, do you want to start the simulation? ]
yes.
[During the simulation, you may become confused. It is recommended to move to a safe place]
[Simulation starts]
[Number of simulations remaining: 3]
[Simulation object: Asagiri Mizuki]
[Initial relationship: acquaintance]
[Half a month has passed since you came into this world. You have become friends with Asano Nao, Chizu Kazumi, Ibuki Yuko, and Nakajima Reina, and they all care about you.]
[You are not going to choose any of them. This is your way to escape from guilt and entanglement. However, they are there. They are by your side, never leaving. You cannot escape from the circle of love with them.]
[Your relationship with them is like the grass and trees after the spring rain, growing vigorously and cannot be easily stopped. You went shopping with Asagiri Mitsuki and Komori Ai, and played music with Oda Yota, which only slightly slowed down the progress of your relationship with Na Xiling.]
[You realize that if you continue like this, your love for Nao, Yuko, and Reina will reach a dangerous area, which will drag you into the same abyss of depression as in the previous world line.]
[Faced with this situation, you decide...]
[1. "Yota, introduce your sister to me!"]
[2. "Aunt Honoka, I've actually had a crush on you for a long time!"]
[3. "Asagiri, you don't want Komori to know about you, right?"]
[4. Free simulation]
If this continues, will the relationship with Na Xiling reach a dangerous point? Nan Youxi looked at the simulated text.
He thought, this is it, he only has one heart, and if he falls in love with three people, he will have to suffer.
At this time, you must choose one person and formally date him or her, half to restrain yourself, and half to restrain Na Xiling, especially Xizi.
In this world line, only Lingna vaguely knows the truth. It might be okay to choose one of Naxi and Ling, but he is not sure, so he decides not to choose them.
Then the ones left are the three people in the options.
Yota's sister, Yuko's mother, and Asagiri Mitsuki.
Actually, there is no beauty at all.
Nan Youxi clicks option three.
(End of this chapter)