After that soft, warm feeling left, Kōyū's gaze remained fixed on Ai's face.
He smiled, said nothing, and just looked at her.
As Ai took the initiative to do this, she felt her cheeks getting slightly warm. After noticing Kōyū's gaze, she felt her cheeks seem to heat up even more.
Originally, Ai only felt her cheeks getting hot, but Kousuke couldn't tell.
But now, with the moonlight streaming in from outside the tent, Kōyū could see a faint blush rising on Ai's cheeks.
After lingering on Ai's pretty blush for a few seconds, Kōyū looked away.
He couldn't keep looking at her, otherwise the girl in his arms would start scolding him.
"Actually, what I was talking about wasn't the case from today." Kōyū put his arm around Ai and tried to distract her by bringing up the previous topic.
Knowing full well what was going on, Ai asked cooperatively, "So what are you talking about?"
"I just feel like this case has disrupted my original plans," Kōyū shook his head and explained to Ai with some regret.
“I actually wanted to take you to the top of the mountain to enjoy the scenery, instead of staying in the tent, but I didn’t expect that case to happen today. There are still traces related to the case on the mountaintop.”
"Given the current situation, we have no choice but to postpone the plan until tomorrow."
"You bought the moisture-proof mat and thin blanket for this plan, right?" Ai noticed the details in the words.
"..." Kōyū hadn't expected Ai to think of this. He didn't hide it, and after regaining his senses, he nodded and said.
"Those things were indeed prepared for that plan."
“I asked you this question when we bought the tent,” Ai said, looking at Kōyū. “But you didn’t admit it then.”
It's normal to buy these two items, but because Guangyou had asked her several times before "Do you want a tent?", she thought of these things.
"I was planning to tell you when we went camping," Guangyou replied earnestly.
"The night view from the mountaintop is quite beautiful; I want to keep that a surprise for you."
This reason...
Of course, that's just Kōyū making things up.
He didn't tell Ai at the time because Ai hadn't explicitly agreed yet.
The reason I'm not hiding it now is because of Ai's kiss just now.
Since things have already come to this, Ai shouldn't disagree.
However, now that I think about it, the reasons he gave Ai seem to make a lot of sense.
His reasoning convinced Ai Haibara.
Thinking back on the past, Ai felt it wasn't impossible.
Besides, it's not a big deal, so it doesn't matter even if the reason is false.
"But now that you mention it, I also think it's a pity for her," Guangyou sighed.
You should know that Haruka Tendo is only twenty-one years old this year, and she originally had a lot of youthful years ahead of her.
But now, she may spend her entire youth in prison.
If you have to say she was wrong, then what she did was indeed wrong.
If you were to say she's pitiful, she really is quite pitiful.
The lifestyles in the countryside and Tokyo are different, and the economic levels they exhibit also differ significantly.
This led Haruka to come to bustling Tokyo, where she was captivated by its dazzling nightlife.
This is a very common situation.
This situation can lead to a few possible outcomes:
The first type is that some people will go astray in pursuit of this kind of life.
Good-looking women might go down to the sea, or they might voluntarily go to places like Tobita Shinchi.
Or perhaps it's about making a deal with a "successful person" to discuss their monthly salary or something similar.
The man might become a male escort, or he might join a violent gang and get involved in underground illegal transactions.
The second type is people who, although they haven't gone astray yet, have already changed their mindset.
Some people may feel inferior because of this, believing that they are from the countryside and are inferior to so-called "city people".
Another group of people will be inspired by this kind of life, and they will work hard and strive to live such a life.
Tendo Seika belongs to the former category of the second type.
Perhaps it was due to certain experiences in childhood, or it could be influenced by the family environment.
After arriving in Tokyo and witnessing this lifestyle, Haruka Tendo's mindset changed.
However, unlike most other people, Haruka Tendo wasn't thinking about how to live the life of a "city dweller," but rather how to make friends in Tokyo.
But she believed that she came from the countryside and was born into a different social class from "city people".
If she has no money, no one will want to be her friend.
In order to make friends, she, who was insecure, came up with a plan: to create the persona of a rich person.
As long as no one knows, she appears wealthy to outsiders, which means that people will be willing to be her friend.
To outsiders like Guangyou, her view of friendship is distorted.
But she herself was unaware of this.
She's pitiful because her views on friendship have become distorted, and she's also pitiful for meeting the wrong people, like Shirafuji Yasumi and Fukuura Reiji.
Just then, Kōyū suddenly remembered what Ai had said earlier, "I just feel like I'm pretty lucky." He also recalled her earlier comment that it was a pity about Tendo Haruka.
Immediately, Kōyū understood the meaning of Ai's words.
He thought about it and agreed. In a way, some of Haruka's experiences were similar to Ai's.
Coming to his senses, Kōyū silently hugged Ai a little tighter.
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