Chapter 64: 5000 Nutrient Solution Added The sky is still dark and there is no trace of it...

It was just a screenful of emails, but Rei Furuya spent the whole night reading them.

He had a cup of grape oolong brewing in his hand, a tea bag that Scotland had handed to him long ago when he noticed the scent of grape oolong in the safe house.

At that time, Bourbon had just found out that the top leaders of the organization wanted to bring him and Scotland together, and he was extremely angry with Scotland.

With his acting skills, he was able to maintain a normal attitude towards Scotland on the surface, but he wanted to throw away this "little gift" from Scotland. In the end, he put it aside because he was in a hurry to complete the mission.

Fortunately he didn't throw it away.

The computer screen went dark because it had not been used for a long time, and was then lit again by Jiangu Ling.

Just checking emails?

Through these cold words, what Fūya Rei saw was the equally cold life in Scotland.

He entered the organization at a young age, grew up in blood like a Gu, and became a gun of the organization. When the second gender was differentiated in the youth, he became the organization's experimental subject. It seemed that he became a favorite of the boss and was treated preferentially and promoted step by step, but in fact he was just a gene container that would be destroyed after use.

No one cares whether the container is free or in pain, a container is just a container.

Life in Scotland is cold, but Scotland is alive.

He would mischievously give me the nickname "Zero," would specially cook celery dishes for me and then gently mediate when I and Lei argued, would send me daily photos when we were in Europe even though I rarely responded, would tenderly and lovingly tell me that the sky in Nagano was beautiful, and would cherish the cat hairpin I gave him even though I guessed it was bugged and had a transmitter inside...

I would ask myself with such a heartbreaking expression, "Do you know how important you are to me, so you are so confident?"

In fact, Furuya Rei was aware of how his heart was beating at that moment.

But I also remember more clearly how much I hated the heartbeat at that moment.

That was evidence that Furuya Rei had betrayed his vow to marry that person.

But who would have thought that the "cat" was Scotland, and the person he wanted to marry... was also Scotland.

On the night when he and Kato Hiroyuki were controlled by Pisco's men, Rei Furuya clearly heard the anxious and frightened "zero", so he dodged the fatal bullet.

He took off his blindfold too late, and his eyes couldn't adjust to the situation immediately, so he could only see a very blurry figure from behind.

But it was this back figure, whose outline was so unclear that Ling Furuya instantly connected him with the childish back figure in his vague memory.

In the next call with "Cat", Furuya Ling really wanted to ask directly, Mr. "Cat" obviously knows everything about me, so can you at least tell me who you are and how you have been doing over the years?

However, he was an undercover investigator who had infiltrated the organization. He was used to being suspicious and cautious about everything, so he could only ask the other party more obvious questions: Was it you who saved me last night?

During the brief time of waiting for an answer, Furuya Rei felt more nervous than any life-and-death situation in the past. He couldn't help but think that as long as the "Cat" admitted it, he would take a risk no matter what and be frank with the "Cat" whose position was already very obvious.

But in the end the "cat" denied it.

He denies saving Rei Furuya.

Thinking of the countless attempts to test "Cat" in the past that had all ended in failure, and thinking of how just now, Rei Furuya had clearly stated that he heard the sound "zero" but "Cat" still chose to deny it, Rei Furuya's brain cooled down again.

At that moment, he was indeed disappointed. The promise of "going to Nagano to see the sky together" was postponed again and again. Furuya Rei could already sense from this trend that the possibility of this promise being fulfilled was probably very low.

Rei Furuya admitted that when he first heard "Cat" mention Nagano, he was indeed touched, but he wanted more to open the other party's heart based on this place that was obviously very important to "Cat" in order to obtain more organizational intelligence and more about the other party's true identity.

But he is a human being after all, and he also has his own thoughts. During their almost daily calls, he felt that the "Cat" was actually trying his best to overthrow this dark behemoth. So the agreement that he repeatedly mentioned as an excuse at the beginning slowly entered into Furuya Rei's heart.

He really looks forward to that day, and he will feel sad, disappointed, and even a little resentful because of it.

However, Jiang Gu Ling could feel the helplessness of "Cat" from time to time, so he thought that he should not force the other party to answer. When the organization was destroyed, they could always face each other with their true identities, and the promise would be fulfilled one day.

...Why couldn’t the attitude at that time be tougher?

This regret slowly fermented over the past month, almost becoming a demon in Fūya Rei's heart.

Why didn't he think deeply about the reasons why the "cat" was helpless? Why didn't he think that the "cat" knew him so well and was able to save him accurately because the "cat" had always been by his side?

From the moment he met Scotland, Rei Furuya developed an arrogant prejudice. Even though he could occasionally glimpse a hint of tenderness underneath him, he just looked down on him and thought that he was not as hopeless as others and was still a criminal in essence.

Even after Furuya Rei temporarily marked Scotland and confirmed that the person he really liked was Scotland, he originally wanted to persuade Scotland to rebel, but he finally postponed it because of the fake death of Miyano Akemi and Akai Shuichi.

Now that I think about it, Scotland would of course act ruthless. Since he is the "cat", he would have known about Ley's undercover identity a long time ago, and he could also guess that it was actually a fake death, and Bourbon might even be behind it.

That was just proof that Scotland once again rejected the helping hand because of his identity as an experimental subject who might be manipulated by the organization.

Scotland considered Tennessee, Jinpei Matsuda, Rei Furuya, and even the public security forces behind Rei Furuya... but he never considered himself.

When the clock struck "4" and the computer screen dimmed once more, Furuya Rei finally lifted his gaze from the screen. He lifted the now-cold cup of grape oolong beside him. The aroma of the tea had long since vanished, but the blond still drank it slowly and cherishingly.

Nearly twenty days had passed since the temporary marking, and Fūya Rei could no longer catch a trace of the scent of Scotland's Grape Oolong from any place or object, just as it was still impossible to confirm Scotland's life or death.

It was as if this person had never appeared in Rei Furuya's life.

The caffeinated grape oolong was supposed to be invigorating, but the blond public security officer, who hadn't rested for nearly four days, finally fell asleep in the scent he longed for most.

*

"Toru, wake up, the gallery is about to close."

In his sleepy state, Amuro Toru heard someone calling him. It was a very gentle and pleasant voice. He opened his eyes and found himself asleep on the table, with a thin blanket wrapped around him.

The young man with cat eyes had probably been calling him for a while, and it was really tiring to keep bending over, so he simply half-crouched down, resting his right elbow on the edge of the table and his chin on his arm. With the beret on his head and the cat hairpins on both sides, he looked more like a freshman than the new painter in charge of Amuro Toru.

Amuro Toru sat up a little embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, Wei-kun, your first art exhibition is tomorrow, but I fell asleep at this time——"

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Midorikawa Yui's action.

Her slender, powerful fingers, perfect for holding a paintbrush, rested lightly on Amuro Toru's lips. Her blue cat eyes revealed her disapproval of his words. "Toru, you haven't had a good rest in the past three or four days preparing for my exhibition. When I came back to get something I left behind last night, I found the light still on. I knew it was you."

I don’t know if it was because of the care in the words or because of the close distance, but the young but already experienced art agent just stood there in a daze without replying.

Only then did he realize that his action was too intimate. Midorikawa Yui quickly withdrew his hand, and his fair face seemed to have a more flushed face than usual: "Anyway, Toru should get a good night's sleep tonight."

After coming to this conclusion, the young man with cat eyes noticed a light blue lunch box on the side of the table and asked, as if to change the subject, "Does Tou, who is so busy, still bring his own lunch box to work?"

"This... I don't know who stuffed it into my drawer. I didn't want to touch this food of unknown origin, but it was so delicious that I ate it all without realizing it." Those droopy purple-gray eyes revealed genuine distress, but after glancing at the slightly unnatural expression on Midorikawa Yui's face, he paused, "Do you know who made the bento?"

Midorikawa Yui unconsciously avoided Amuro Toru's sight: "Toru is really popular..."

His lips moved, but he didn't say anything else. He stood up and walked out: "I'm going back first. Tou should also go back and rest."

The next day, the lunch box didn't show up.

On the third day, the lunch box didn't show up either.

…

On the sixth day, the lunch box still didn't appear.

The seventh day was the first day of Midorikawa Yui's exhibition. Unexpectedly, the intense emotions in the paintings of this little-known artist attracted many young people to the exhibition, and later even some professionals.

Amuro Toru, who planned all this and should have been proud of the success of the exhibition, did not focus on this. Instead, he could not help but look at the balcony on the second floor - Midorikawa Yui should be there sketching facing the lake not far away.

The reason why Toru Amuro has achieved his current success at such a young age is not only because of his strong business skills, but also because of his excellent emotional intelligence and EQ.

Considering Midorikawa Yui's behavior a week ago and the disappearance of the bento this week, if he hasn't discovered her feelings until now, then he has wasted all this time with her.

During lunch break, Toru Amuro was finally able to get away from the social interaction with the art critic. The first thing he did was to go up the stairs to look for Midorikawa Yui, but on the middle platform he met Midorikawa Yui who was walking down with painting supplies and a small bag.

It didn't seem like something urgent had happened, it was more like he wanted to leave here completely... and leave Toru Amuro.

Although Amuro Toru has not yet figured out what kind of feelings he has for Midorikawa Yui, he is truly panicked in his heart. He only knows that he cannot let the person in front of him leave him.

So the blond young man, who was originally good at dancing, blurted out: "Don't you want to make a lunch box for me, Weijun?"

The previous helplessness, shyness and nervousness were no longer in those sea-blue cat eyes, leaving only calm but deep sadness.

"Haven't you been ignoring my feelings time and time again... Zero."

Furuya Rei opened his eyes.

The sky was still dark and there was no light.