Perhaps that's why Kazuha didn't turn on the lights.

He asked, puzzled, "And what is it that we have to avoid them for?"

"I remember Heiji, you said you wanted to say something to me during the day." Kazuha recalled Ran's encouraging words, took a deep breath to calm her somewhat agitated emotions, and asked, "I just want to ask, what do you want to say to me?"

"Huh?"

After Kazuha mentioned it, Hattori Heiji suddenly remembered that he had indeed said something like that.

After she spoke for the first time, Kazuha became less nervous and even somewhat expectant.

Taking a small step closer to Hattori Heiji, Kazuha asked, "What is it? What is it you want to say to me, who's trembling behind you?"

After a moment of hesitation, Hattori Heiji stammered, "I think it's better if you don't know, Kazuha."

Upon hearing this, He Ye's last bit of tension vanished instantly, and she took a few more steps closer.

As Hattori Heiji watched Kazuha approach, he subconsciously took a small step back.

"Didn't you say you wanted me to hear something impatient?" Kazuha looked at Hattori Heiji, frowned, and asked, "What exactly do you want to say to me?"

"Well..." Hattori Heiji lowered his head, stretched out a finger, and scratched his slightly flushed face, unable to utter a single useful word for a long time.

It was as if he was thinking about how to deal with it.

"What is it?" Kazuha's eyes were full of anticipation. When she got closer, she could clearly see Hattori Heiji's shy expression.

Although she was a little shy and felt her face getting hot, and couldn't help but want to look away, she knew that now was not the time to be shy.

After all, she had already mustered up the courage to speak first, and hearing the answer was more important than being shy.

Meanwhile, the three eavesdroppers outside the door were thinking to themselves, "What is it?"

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