"Confess your feelings?"
Akemi was stunned, her beautiful face full of confusion. "Hasn't Kōyū confessed before?"
This answer was beyond her expectations. Her previous interactions with Ai made her think that Kōyū had already confessed his feelings, but it turned out that he had only confessed yesterday.
She had hoped to get some more juicy gossip from the two of them, such as whether they had finished what she had interrupted last time, but unfortunately, they hadn't.
The fire of gossip seemed to have been doused with cold water, and Mingmei suddenly felt bored.
"Um."
After Xiao Ai hummed in agreement, she naturally put a mouthful of rice in her mouth, which showed that she didn't care whether she confessed her feelings early or late.
"I thought after yesterday's heroic rescue, you would..."
Akemi raised her hand and gestured in the air twice, while giving Ai a playful and suggestive eyebrow raise, "Tsk, right~"
Ai looked up and saw Akemi pouting slightly and raising her eyebrows at her. The hint was so obvious that Ai knew exactly what Akemi meant.
"No."
Ai ate her meal with feigned composure, trying her best not to let her inner shyness show on her face, while telling herself some suggestive words, "Yesterday it was just the corner of my lips, it doesn't count at all."
"Yes, it doesn't count at all!"
Thinking about it this way, Ai felt much more justified and looked up at Akemi, saying, "Nothing happened yesterday, so you don't need to make things up."
When she said this, Ai's expression remained calm and unchanged, showing no emotional fluctuation.
"Sigh, Guangyou is so clueless about how to seize opportunities."
Mingmei's face showed a look of disappointment. She picked up her chopsticks, took a piece of meat, and bit into it hard. She mumbled, "Such a good opportunity! Just say a few sweet words, act pitiful, and that would have been perfect!"
"Sister! He was just being respectful to me. Please don't think of him like other men, okay?"
After grumbling, Ai buried her head in her food, seemingly unwilling to acknowledge Akemi.
"Okay, okay, you know he's different, alright?"
Mingmei deliberately feigned disappointment, sighed deeply, and said, "She's not even married yet and she's already speaking up for him like this. In the end, she's no match for her husband."
Ai replied, "Just telling the truth."
"Let's not talk about this anymore, let's eat."
Mingmei stopped teasing her younger sister and lowered her head to concentrate on eating.
...
It was past 7 p.m. when the two sisters finished eating. Akemi took over the dishes on the table, while Ai was forced to rest on the sofa.
Akemi, who was washing dishes in the kitchen, was humming the tune of Kōyū's song "Snow Flower" and seemed to be in a good mood.
Mingmei always felt that her younger sister had someone else in her heart, as if "someone else had taken away the vegetables that had just grown up in her own garden."
On second thought, the person who took the vegetables was Guangyou, and his attitude towards his sister was impeccable. Thinking about this, Mingmei felt much less uncomfortable.
Moreover, her younger sister was also deeply immersed in it. Recently, she had seen more smiles on her face than in the previous ten years combined. What else could she say besides offering her blessings?
She was definitely happy; this was a life she never even dared to dream of.
The best-case scenario in her dream was that she and her sister could escape the organization's control and live a life of hiding and running away from home. But that was already a good outcome!
Now, as long as you're careful, you don't have to worry about being discovered. You can enjoy the sunshine and read books during the day, and sleep soundly at night, even having a sweet dream.
She never dared to imagine this kind of life before, so how could she not be happy?
Thinking this, Akemi's humming tune changed slightly, losing some of the sadness of the original and becoming more cheerful.
...
The night deepened, and the cloudless night sky was dotted with twinkling stars. Neon lights a kilometer away were clearly visible, and vehicles flowed endlessly on the streets.
Ai stood by the window, her eyes reflecting the bustling night scene of the city and the starry sky.
None of the programs on TV appealed to her; she would rather look at the deep, mysterious starry sky and think about things like what had happened last night.
Thinking of these things, Ai squinted her eyes and looked up at the starry sky.
"I wonder if he's awake yet?"
Ai turned around and leaned against the edge of the window, reaching into her pocket to take out her phone and skillfully opening the contacts interface.
Her social circle is small; she only has a few people's contact information saved on her phone. The contact at the top is labeled "A. Mr. Sakura."
It seems she wanted to put this contact information in the most prominent position, so she added an "A" in front of it for sorting purposes.
After selecting the recipient, Ai tapped a few keys on the keyboard, and the message "What are you doing right now?" appeared in the message box.
"Wouldn't that make me seem too unreserved?"
Ai's girlish thoughts made her hesitate for a moment, but not for long. In just a few seconds, she made up her mind, "I don't want to think about it anymore."
Just as she pressed the send button and the text message displayed "Sending" next to it, a line of black characters suddenly popped up on the screen.
What are you doing right now?
This wasn't sent by her; it was sent by the original recipient.
In other words, Ai is now the recipient of the letter, while the other party has become the sender.
The next second, the "sending" message next to her text message disappeared, which meant that the message had been successfully sent.
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