Chapter 13
Looking at the aquarium that she had been to twice but never looked at carefully, Mai Sakurajima shook her head helplessly and followed Long Yi out of the aquarium.
"Since it is neither the company nor the place where the symptoms were first discovered, it must be where she usually lives, right?"
Long Yi analyzed and gave his two guesses: "One is near the home address, and the other is the school you are in... Speaking of which, where are your family members, Mai?"
Others dare not say, but her family must remember her, right?
As a result, Long Yi keenly noticed that Mai Sakurajima's expression froze and there were some obvious changes.
"Let's go to those places later..."
She hesitated for a while and still spoke, without answering Long Yi's question.
"Eh? I think it's still early now." Long Yi knew it was a pit but still jumped in.
"I said, I'll go later."
Mai really didn't have a good face, and there was a little more refusal in her tone.
Long Yi couldn't help but stare at the girl for two seconds, and after seeing the little displeasure on her face, he shrugged.
"Okay."
He was too lazy to ask questions, but he could see that Mai was struggling.
If you think about it carefully, Mai Sakurajima seemed to have been avoiding the topic of family members.
Could it be that the relationship with her family members had become strained?
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18, frankness in the literal sense
Perhaps realizing that there was something wrong with her attitude, Mai Sakurajima became silent.
She walked forward silently, without saying where she was going, and the two of them just walked forward aimlessly.
Long Yi naturally didn't care. He had the whole day free today, so it didn't matter if he wasted more time.
At this time, the sound of the engine came from behind them. A motorcycle was coming quickly from behind them.
Long Yi avoided the motorcycle behind him early, but Mai Sakurajima seemed to be in a daze and didn't dodge in time.
And the driver on the motorcycle couldn't see Mai Sakurajima's existence at all, and almost ran straight towards her.
At the critical moment, Long Yi reached out his hand without saying a word and pulled Sakurajima Mai into his arms.
The motorcycle rushed past the two people with a noisy roar and soon disappeared from their sight.
Holding Sakurajima Mai's slender waist, Long Yi lowered his head and met the girl's eyes.
After looking at each other, Long Yi calmly let go of Sakurajima Mai and said softly:
"This situation is really dangerous."
Sakurajima Mai nodded. This situation is indeed too disturbing.
"Thank you."
Waving his hand to indicate that it's okay, Long Yi continued to walk forward with Sakurajima Mai.
"In addition to the situation just now, there will be many other inconveniences." Long Yi slightly turned his eyes and his eyes fell on Sakurajima Mai's beautiful profile.
"Yes, it's also very troublesome not to be able to eat the cream bread from that store."
Sakurajima Mai said softly while looking at a bakery not far away.
The inconvenience of not being seen is of course far more than just not being able to buy bread. Mai Sakurajima just gave the most unimportant example in the most relaxed tone.
Long Yi glanced at the bakery, suddenly took Mai Sakurajima's hand and stepped forward.
"Two butter buns, please."
The clerk immediately smiled, "Okay, please wait."
Soon, the two butter buns were handed to Long Yi.
From beginning to end, the clerk did not look at Mai Sakurajima's position, and obviously could not see Mai Sakurajima at all.
"Here."
One of the buns was handed to Mai Sakurajima.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome, a total of 200 yen, cash or transfer?"
Mai Sakurajima: "......?"
The girl looked stunned and speechless.
Seeing this, Long Yi blinked and added:
"I've put so much thought into this today, it's not too much to treat you to lunch, right?"
Mai was speechless:
"Is there such a way of treating someone without asking for permission?"
"As long as someone else pays, it can be called a treat."
Long Yi's mouth corners rose, with a nonchalant expression on his face.
Mai would not fall for this, and quickly reacted, saying calmly:
"I'll treat you next time."
Does that mean I'll treat you this time?
"...Okay." Long Yi shrugged.
The two of them also walked to the river, and stood on the river bank, watching the river flow while eating butter bread.
At this time, a new advertisement happened to be played on the advertising screen on the office building on the other side of the river, and the image on it happened to be Mai Sakurajima.
In the picture, Mai Sakurajima is wearing a white long dress, with a lively and lovely smile on her face. She stands in a sea of flowers, her long dress fluttering, and then reads a matcha advertisement...
Long Yi is too lazy to complain about the content of the advertisement, but he can compare the difference between Mai Sakurajima's real person and the video.
If this is for her fans, it must be a very happy thing, right?
I have to say that Mai is really photogenic, and her temperament in real life is more mature and sharp.
Mai Sakurajima on the side is also staring at herself on the opposite screen in a daze.
Long Yi suddenly curled his lips.
...Although I don't know what happened to her, the unwillingness in her eyes is about to overflow.
"It's really strange. The ads are still there, but no one remembers you."
Long Yi quickly finished the remaining butter bread, squinting his eyes and speaking lazily.
Sakurajima Mai didn't say anything, just staring at the ads opposite.
It seems that drastic measures are needed.
Long Yi slightly lowered his eyes and said casually:
"Although I don't know what you are avoiding, you still want to return to the entertainment industry, right?"
"...When did I say such a thing?"
"The look you gave away when you looked at the poster." Long Yi calmly dismantled the girl's defense.
"I just pay more attention to this aspect."
"By the way, I miss the feeling when I was filming before."
...The voice was accurately spoken.
Sakurajima Mai looked at Long Yi steadily, and couldn't help wondering if the devil has the ability to see through people's hearts?
However, as if he really knew what she was thinking, Sakurajima Mai didn't say anything, Long Yi had already spoken:
"I don't have the ability to read minds, it's just that you are too easy to understand. Are you sure you don't want to try to return? There should be a lot of people waiting for you."
Sakurajima Mai: "..."
This feeling of being seen through is really annoying.
"What do you know? You are not human." The girl retorted expressionlessly.
From her action of raising her eyes and glaring at her, it can be seen that she has already had some anger in her heart.
"Hehe... I am indeed not human, but it is a big mistake to say that I don't understand."
Long Yi smiled faintly and said softly: "It was influenced by your family, right."
Knowing that it was a pit, Long Yi jumped in. He was also very brave.
As expected, Mai couldn't help but explode.
"You are annoying."
As she said, she turned and walked towards the steps of the river bank towards the road.
"Don't you go to investigate nearby?"
"Go back!"
Sure enough, she was very angry.
The anger in her tone was about to burst out.
Long Yi followed behind Sakurajima Mai slowly, no matter how fast the girl walked, he could always keep up with her calmly.
Sakurajima Mai also found that Long Yi was following her, so she walked and stopped for about ten minutes, but still couldn't get rid of him, so she had to stop and turn around.
Looking at Long Yi's relaxed look with his hands in his pockets, she was angry and amused.
"Are you a devil or a dog-skin plaster?"
Long Yi didn't care about her sarcasm, just chuckled, and said leisurely with a leisurely smile: "Are you angry?"
"I'm not angry."
She refused to admit it in a blink of an eye.
Her temper is really a bit cute.
Long Yi smiled secretly and cleared his throat:
"I don't want to expose your scars, but I still hope that you and I can be honest with each other."
After saying that, he added: "Well, it's literally honest with each other, no other meaning, don't get me wrong."
Sakurajima Mai was speechless: "... You can avoid talking nonsense if you can."
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19, accompany me tomorrow
Mai's anger subsided quickly. She is a calm and composed person, so Long Yi would expose her scars so directly.
"Aren't you obsessed with signing the contract? Why do you care whether I want to return to the entertainment industry?"
The girl's eyes were very sharp. She seemed to have a kind of spiritual pressure with displeasure, making people dare not look directly into her eyes.
"Because I suspect your current symptoms are also related to this matter, and if you are still in this state, it will be difficult to return, right? So first of all, you have to correct your mentality, otherwise who knows whether your influence will continue to expand."
Such speculation is not unreasonable, leaving the girl speechless.
Sakurajima Mai was silent for two seconds before she spoke gloomily:
"Let's just assume that what you said is true, but I'm still upset."
"...Why?"
