After Ayumi left with her camera in her arms, taking small, quick steps, Kōyū finally said what he hadn't said before.

"What does this have to do with me?" Ai's eyebrows furrowed slightly, clearly puzzled by Kousuke's words.

“When I asked her if she wanted to take pictures, she seemed perfectly normal,” Guangyou said, recalling the scene.

"But when she mentions you, her speech becomes halting and disjointed."

As he spoke, Kōyū even imitated Ayumi from back then.

"Um, I wanted to ask, oh...oh..."

He imitated it quite seriously, not only the voice but also the tone of voice, which was about 40-50% accurate.

That's why Ai was a little distracted by the second half of the sentence.

After listening to Kousuke utter "Ai... Ai..." in Ayumi's voice and tone for a while, Ai couldn't help but gently pat Kousuke with her hand.

When Kōyū came to his senses, he looked at Ai and paused for a moment before realizing why she had hit him.

He was immediately at a loss for words, explaining, "I was just imitating Ayumi, there's no need for this."

"It's necessary, but it feels awkward." Ai nodded seriously.

"Okay, then I won't imitate it," Guangyou said with an indifferent shrug.

"Go on," Ai said, seeing that Kousuke had stopped imitating, and felt much less awkward. She then let Kousuke continue.

"Hmm." Kōyū didn't say anything, nodded, and then got back to the main topic, "Ai, you should have noticed that Ayumi was acting a bit strange when we were taking the group photo earlier."

"It seems like it was when you mentioned me."

After thinking it over and connecting it with what Kousuke had said before, Ai had to admit that what Ayumi was thinking about was very likely related to her.

But she didn't know why.

Aside from Ai, Kousuke couldn't figure out why either.

"Is what Ayumi is thinking about related to your name, Ai?"

The idea had barely crossed Guangyou's mind when he dismissed it.

“That shouldn’t be the reason,” Guangyou said with a smile and a shake of his head.

We've known each other for a long time, how could it be because of our names?

If it were truly because of Ai's name, Ayumi would have done this a long time ago.

"Name?" Ai frowned slightly after hearing Kouyu's guess, but did not immediately deny it. Instead, she was still pondering.

But soon, she shook her head.

It wasn't that she thought it was impossible, but the moment she learned of Guangyou's idea, she felt like she understood why.

Unfortunately, she failed to grasp that feeling.

She shook her head just now because she hadn't grasped that fleeting feeling.

Standing there for more than ten seconds, Ai couldn't recapture that feeling.

Seeing Ai frowning, Kōyū knew she was thinking and didn't disturb her until she came to her senses, then he asked.

"Ai, what's on your mind?"

After regaining her senses, Ai's furrowed brows relaxed a little. She gently shook her head and confessed, "I think I thought of something just now, but I can't remember it now."

"Then let's not think about it for now." Judging from Ayumi's reaction just now, Kōyū guessed that what she was thinking about wasn't anything important.

If it's something important, Ayumi won't keep it to herself.

"Yes." Ai knew this too, and she was also aware that she couldn't recall the feeling that had just flashed through her mind in a short time, so she nodded.

"Let's keep setting up the tent, otherwise the two of us will be out in the open tonight." Guangyou glanced at Xiao Ai, said this, and immediately strode over to the tent.

"Hmm." Ai responded, but then suddenly felt something was off. What did she mean by both of them having to be outdoors? She hadn't explicitly agreed to it!

Looking at Kōyū, who had already started setting up his tent not far away, Ai shook her head with a hint of helplessness and muttered to herself, "He's just talking to himself..."

After her gaze lingered on Kōyū for a few seconds, Ai's lips curled into a faint smile as she muttered to herself, "Let's set up the tent first, and settle the score with him later..."

She said she wanted to settle accounts with Guangyou, but her tone and expression didn't seem like she wanted to settle accounts with him.

After talking to herself, Ai walked over to Kousuke and helped him set up the tent.

...

In just a few minutes, the two of them had set up the tent.

Setting up a tent isn't difficult to begin with, and with two people working together, it takes even less time.

After setting up the tent, Kōyū and Ayā prepared to sit down and chat for a while, while Ayā prepared to "settle accounts" with Kōyū.

But before they could take a single step, a voice called out from not far away.

"Ugh!!"

The two stopped in their tracks. Kōyū turned his head and glanced over there, and saw Fukuura Reiji riding a pink...magenta bicycle, speeding along the riverbank.

Having a less than favorable impression of Reiji Fukuura, Mitsuyu glanced at him and then looked away.

He accepted Haruka Tendo's apology, but accepting it doesn't mean his impression of Reiji Fukuura will change.

Ai also turned her gaze away.

The two then sat down in front of the tent and started chatting.

...

"Ugh!!" Fukuura Reiji gripped the handlebars with both hands, leaned forward, and pedaled rapidly, looking as if he had used all his strength.

At that speed, it only took him a few seconds to ride his magenta bicycle past Shirafuji and the others.

After riding a few more meters, he pressed the brake and slowly brought the bicycle to a stop.

As soon as the bicycle came to a stop, Fukuura Reiji couldn't wait any longer and turned to look at Iiji Takuto. After catching his breath, he asked, "How was it?"

"Let me see..." Takuto Iihei glanced down at his watch and said, "What a pity, 10.31 seconds, just a little bit short."

"Looks like you still haven't broken through to under ten seconds." Shirafuji Yasumi looked up at Fukuura Reiji not far away and said.

"Really?" Fukuura Reiji leaned on the handlebars, panting, and said regretfully, "I was so confident."

"Hehe." Shirafuji Yasumi chuckled twice and said, "The result is a pity. I was just a little bit away from breaking into the ten-second range."

"Damn it!" Fukuura Reiji clenched his fist and slammed it on the handlebars, shook his head, and sighed.

At that moment, Ayumi inadvertently saw Shirafuji Yasumi's belt. After thinking for a second or two, she pointed at the belt and said...

"This belt is the same one that Ms. Yoko Okino wore not long ago."

"Yes, this is her stage outfit for her new song." Shirafuji Yami smiled when she saw that someone had noticed the special feature of the belt.

"However, I was the first person to find this belt."

...