The moment they heard Kiyohara Jun's question, both Dazai Osamu and Nakahara Chuuya paused at the same time.

Although they already knew that Kiyohara Jun had doubts about what Morobushi Kagemitsu said, even Dazai Osamu, who had an extraordinary grasp of people's hearts, did not expect that Kiyohara Jun would ask this question.

[I feel so sorry for Jun…]

[Jun is really feeling negative emotions for alienating himself from the pianist and his adjutant.]

[Chunbao, my Chunbao, why are you so pitiful? qaq]

[I suddenly feel that the saying that Chun does not understand human nature is no longer valid. I think Chun actually does understand human nature.]

After a pause, the aura around Nakahara Chuuya became softer. He reached out and rubbed his hair, with a look of helplessness on his face.

"Jun, you are such a complete fool. Why don't you understand at this time?" Nakahara Chuuya looked at Kiyohara Jun, whose aura was filled with confusion, and spoke with a smile.

Nakahara Chuuya, who knew Kiyohara Jun very well, already knew the answer to that question when Kiyohara Jun asked that question.

What a slow idiot you are, Chun.

With a smile in his eyes, Nakahara Chuuya opened his mouth and was about to tell Kiyohara Jun the answer to his previous question when he was stopped by Dazai Osamu.

"Let me say it." Dazai Osamu shook his head at Nakahara Chuuya who was looking at him with some dissatisfaction. Nakahara Chuuya hesitated for a moment, but after thinking of Dazai Osamu's superb words that could make the dead come alive, he finally chose to back down.

"You, you must explain it to me clearly." In front of Kiyohara Jun, Nakahara Chuuya waved his fist at Dazai Osamu, "If you can't explain it clearly, you know the consequences."

In the face of the threat from Chuuya Nakahara, Dazai Osamu remained silent.

Dazai turned to look at Kiyohara Jun, and went over the words he had just organized in his mind. Dazai was indeed good at rhetoric, and could even be called a person who was very good at sweet talk, but when he was about to use his rhetoric on Kiyohara Jun, Dazai still chose to organize his words.

It's like a coward facing the cotton that belongs to him and won't hurt him. He's afraid that his every move will hurt the cotton that he got with great difficulty and make it feel pain.

This is probably how Dazai Osamu felt towards Kiyohara Jun.

"Jun, I have two answers here, one is a lie and the other is the truth. Which one do you want to hear first?" Dazai Osamu looked at Kiyohara Jun with a smile. He blinked his iris-colored eyes at Kiyohara Jun, looking very frivolous.

At least when Nakahara Chuuya saw Dazai Osamu's extremely improper look, he became eager to fight and even began to regret giving Dazai the chance to tell Jun the answer.

Come to think of it, how could Dazai Osamu, who has always used words to deceive others, be good at this kind of thing?

When Nakahara Chuuya was secretly regretting, Kiyohara Jun hesitated for a while and chose to listen to the lie.

If it was the decisive Kiyohara Jun in the past, he would definitely choose to listen to the truth without hesitation. But at this moment, Kiyohara Jun felt hesitant in facing this matter.

What if Dazai gives an answer that he doesn't want to hear?

What if he really is someone who doesn’t understand human nature?

After much hesitation, Kiyohara Jun finally chose to listen to the lie first. If the truth was really the answer he didn't want to hear, then hearing the lie first would allow him to prepare himself mentally in advance.

He was like a coward. Qingyuan Jun lowered his eyes slightly, and rarely felt self-deprecating.

"It's a lie. People are close to each other. I'm going to make a big promise. The reason why Jun-kun is still friends with me and Chuuya after he became the leader is because Chuuya and I are Jun-kun's best friends." Under the shocked look of Nakahara Chuuya, "What nonsense are you talking about?", Dazai Osamu smiled and said, "The pianist and his friends don't have as much status in Jun-kun's heart as Chuuya and me. Under the stable balance with the port mafia, Jun-kun naturally gave up on them."

When hearing what Dazai Osamu said, Kiyohara Jun's heart seemed to skip a beat.

People are close or distant... ?

Kiyohara Jun looked at the smiling Dazai Osamu in a daze. Although what Dazai said was a lie, he actually felt that what Dazai said made sense.

Could it be that he really chose to give up on the pianist and his friends because they were not close enough, but continued to be friends with Dazai Chuuya?

When Kiyohara Jun was obviously stunned, Nakahara Chuuya finally got angry.

He grabbed Dazai Osamu by the collar, looked at Dazai Osamu's eyes, which were still smiling even though he was forced to bend down and look at him. There was fire burning in those cobalt blue eyes. He said to Dazai Osamu word by word: "You bastard, what nonsense are you talking about! I should have known that you have bad intentions!"

"Chuya, you should pay more attention to Jun-kun than me right now." Facing the angry Nakahara Chuya, Dazai Osamu just waved his hands. Even though he was grabbed by the collar by Nakahara Chuya, he still had a smiling expression and looked as if he didn't care at all.

Nakahara Chuuya frowned and stared at Dazai Osamu for a while with murderous intent. Seeing that Dazai Osamu seemed to be indifferent, he finally chose to loosen Dazai Osamu's collar and let Dazai Osamu continue talking.

Although Nakahara Chuuya and Dazai Osamu dislike each other, there is an inseparable bond between them, and Nakahara Chuuya can be said to have an incomparable understanding of Dazai Osamu's every move.

Therefore, Nakahara Chuuya saw through the truth behind Dazai Osamu's indifferent smile and finally chose to believe Dazai Osamu.

After Nakahara Chuuya released his collar, Dazai Osamu did not show any surprise. It should be said that he had expected Nakahara Chuuya's reaction. He just straightened his collar that was torn, and then continued to look at Kiyohara Jun with his smiling expression.

Even though Dazai knew that his smiling face might hurt Jun Kiyohara, he was used to putting hedgehog spines on his shell, so he was afraid of hurting his cotton, but he was used to doing it. Moreover, Dazai believed that Jun Kiyohara would not be hurt by his appearance. If you want to ask why, there is only one reason, that is Jun Kiyohara understands him.

Jun Kiyohara came back to his senses from his daze and returned to his expressionless look. He raised his eyes and looked at Dazai Osamu, only to see that Dazai Osamu was also looking at him.

The two pairs of eyes collided in mid-air, and the two people stared at each other quietly for a while.

In the end, Dazai Osamu was the first to look away, but it was Kiyohara Jun who spoke first.

"Dazai, what about the truth?" Kiyohara Jun asked in a rather slow voice, with rare emotion in his voice, but the emotion he revealed did not seem to be noticed by either Dazai Osamu or Nakahara Chuuya.

It should be said that the two people who knew Kiyohara Jun very well did not fail to notice it, but they pretended not to notice it, leaving Kiyohara Jun with the respect he deserved.

Both Dazai Osamu and Nakahara Chuuya believed that Jun Kiyohara, who rarely revealed his emotions, did not want his weak emotions to be seen by them. Even though Jun Kiyohara himself did not realize that there were emotions revealed in his voice.

"If it's the truth, Jun-kun, are you sure you want to hear it?" Dazai Osamu restrained his expression, and his face suddenly became serious, "I can guarantee that the truth is definitely not what Jun-kun thinks."

"I want to listen." Qingyuan Jun said every word without hesitation and with great determination.

When hearing Kiyohara Jun's expected answer, Dazai Osamu smiled, and that expression called smiling face appeared on his face again.

"The truth is, Jun-kun, you stay away from them to protect them." Dazai Osamu said with a smile, but his voice was serious in stark contrast to his facial expression. "I know Jun-kun values ​​feelings, but sometimes this can become your weakness."

"For example, the lie I just told, I said it was because of the closeness of people. If Chunjun had maintained his usual calmness, he should have realized it quickly. If it was really because of the closeness of people, then Chunjun would definitely not be alienated from Xiaoju. But Chunjun didn't realize it, which means that Chunjun has lost the judgment that should have been there because of emotions."

After hearing what Dazai Osamu said, Kiyohara Jun, who was unconsciously playing with the pen on the desk, paused, and the pen slipped from his hand, then rolled along the desk and onto the ground.

"Atsushi Jun, you distanced yourself from them because they don't have the strength to be the leader's friend." Dazai Osamu bent down to help Kiyohara Jun pick up the pen, but he didn't return it immediately. Instead, he held the pen and said seriously, "Atsushi Jun is willing to get close to Chuuya and me, although there is a reason that you have a closer relationship with Chuuya, but more importantly, it is because Chuuya and I have enough strength."

"Jun-kun, you attach too much importance to feelings." Dazai Osamu stared into Kiyohara Jun's eyes that were without a trace of emotion. Anyone who saw them would think that the owner of these eyes was a cold person, but he said these words to the owner of these eyes.

"Dazai..." Kiyohara Jun looked at Dazai Osamu, who rarely opened his heart to him and said the "straightforward" words from the bottom of his heart, which he would never say according to his personality, and his expression was stunned.

"Finally, what I want to say is that no matter whether it is true or false, it means that Jun-kun, you are not someone who does not understand human nature." Dazai Osamu said softly. He took a step forward and returned the pen to Kiyohara Jun. "You just closed your heart for too long and did not realize your own heart for a while."