Chapter 127 The Second Player
"Ha, although I am indeed very handsome and charming, Yuuki, you can't have that kind of feelings for me - eh, and do you want to like two people at the same time? That's too much, Yuuki."
Gojo Satoru didn't run away or get angry this time.
He took Saikai Haruto's words as compliments and accepted them all without hesitation. Like a cat that had its fur stroked, he walked back triumphantly and began to boast about himself.
After praising himself, he walked in front of Geto and excitedly put his incredibly delicate face in front of Geto: "Geto, look at my face - don't you feel moved? I don't believe it! I'm so good-looking! Look at me a few more times!"
He didn't believe it. Even Yuki was attracted to him because of his handsome face. How could Jie not be attracted to him at all? It must be Jie's problem!
Xia Yujie was startled by his action. The face that seemed to be sculpted by a god and without any flaws suddenly came close to him. Xia Yujie's body leaned back reflexively, and his heart beat faster unconsciously - this time he was really "heart-beating".
He twitched his lips, stretched out his hand and pushed Gojo Satoru's big face away, showing that he couldn't bear it any longer: "What are you doing, Satoru? Hey, stay away from me, I don't have a fetish for liking men."
"I don't have that kind of fetish!"
This made Gojo Satoru so angry that he rolled his eyes. He blinked as if he remembered something and raised his eyebrows: "I just saw it. When you stepped back, your heartbeat must have accelerated, right? Ha, I knew it! So being moved doesn't mean you like someone!"
"Is this just a simple rapid heartbeat?"
The way Geto Suguru looks at Saikai Haruto and Gojo Satoru now is no different from looking at them as fools.
“This is not a heartbeat at all.”
"Jie, do you know them well? You don't even like Lian Wu and Haruna. I'm saying, Jie, could it be that you are..."
Xi Haiqing Dou slowly uttered the second half of the sentence: "... Narcissistic, right?"
"Ah, so you like Narcissus, Jay?" Gojo Satoru was surprised, and suddenly realized: "I didn't expect you to be this kind of person!"
The veins on Xia Yujie's forehead twitched involuntarily.
"You two!" He sneered and strangled Gojo Satoru and Saikai Haruto, "I'm normal! It's you two who are abnormal."
"...Ahem! Anyway, isn't it normal to feel 'heart-beating' when seeing beautiful things?"
After the joke was over, Xi Haiqingdou sat up straight, and acted as serious as possible: "But a momentary 'heartbeat' doesn't necessarily mean love... Otherwise, wouldn't I become the kind of person who likes many people at the same time?"
"…So Yuuki, you are really a scumbag in the making, right? You are just making this up to excuse yourself, right?"
Summer Oil Jie complained, "You and Satoru, you are both like that."
"Being moved is being moved, that's love!" Xia Yujie said firmly, as if he was a teacher: "When I saw her, my heart was moved because I liked her. When Satoru suddenly appeared in front of me, the frightened heartbeat that was a reaction to danger and unexpected conditions was not being moved - listen to me, both of you!"
"And the behavior of a scumbag who is attracted to many people is called being unfaithful. It's not the kind of thing that happens in an instant. Do you understand?"
"Eh hey hey? How is that possible?!"
Before Gojo Satoru could even raise a rebuttal, Saikai Haruto was immediately shocked. "Jay, how do you know so much? Do you have a lot of experience? No way, how could I be a playboy? Wait, if you say that, could it be that I really like Haruna?"
The black-haired, green-eyed baby-faced boy's eyes instantly lost their luster, and even his hair drooped down in frustration. He began to fall into self-doubt - could he really be that kind of bad guy?
He looked just like a pitiful, depressed big dog...Kaguya Kei and Gojo Satoru could even see the non-existent ears drooping on the boy's head.
Oh no… I refuted both of them and forgot for a moment that Yuuki said he was attracted to Hanayamain Haruna. If his attraction was really due to “liking”, wouldn’t that mean “Igarashi Yuuki actually also likes Hanayamain Haruna”?
A series of annoying conversations between his two annoying friends made his blood pressure rise, causing him to completely forget that Nishimi Haruto had said before that "he had felt attracted to Hanayamain Haruna". Kagyu Ken, who failed to react in time, fell into a trap in an instant.
But Haruna and Satoru...
Xia Yujie's heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously frowned and looked at Gojo Satoru.
However, Gojo Satoru didn't show any sign of being angry at all. He just frowned and looked unimpressed, with a look of surprise but also a hint of depression and unhappiness: "Huh? Yuuki, you like Haruna? Can't you see? Yuuki, why do you like Haruna? Eh, it's not love at first sight, is it? So weird... No way, Yuuki, you don't really like Haruna, do you?"
——His attitude looked more like he was upset because his best friend fell in love with someone else and their friendship was reduced, rather than being upset because someone was coveting his fiancée. If someone didn't know, they would think that Hanayamain Haruna had nothing to do with him.
Xia Yujie twitched his lips, feeling that he was worrying about nothing, and couldn't help but feel a little tired: "Wu, don't you think there's something wrong?"
This guy Wu——did he forget that Haruna is his fiancée?!
And Yuuki——did he forget about this, too? Is it really okay for him to just say it right in front of Satoru?! Isn’t this guy too innocent?!
Geto Xia felt tired and looked at Saikai Haruto and Gojo Satoru, who were still confused and didn't realize there was anything wrong with them hearing "my best friend likes my fiancée" and saying "I fell in love with my best friend's fiancée" in front of the people concerned. He had the illusion that he was raising two little kids who knew nothing and hadn't yet opened their minds.
——He is tired. Let this world be destroyed as soon as possible. Seriously, let it be.
"Is there anything?" Gojo Satoru said in a confused tone, "I don't think I forgot anything."
Gojo Satoru, who was still puzzled, turned to his friend to seek empathy, frowning: "Hey, Jay, do you think Yuuki has suddenly become stupid? Otherwise, why would he suddenly like Haruna?"
What he said... His confusion about the fact that Saikai Haruto "liked" Hanayamain Haruna was almost overflowing from his eyes, as if he was saying "Anyone who likes Hanayamain Haruna is a fool." Suddenly, Kagome Ken had an inexplicable feeling that Gojo Satoru was disliking Hanayamain Haruna.
——Is this a mistake? What right does Wu have to dislike Hanayamain Haruna?! At least Haruna is much better than him, right?!
And although he clearly said "Igarashi Yuuki", Geto Suguru actually had a vague feeling that he was also shot.
Xia Yujie shook his head suddenly.
"Hey, you're being too harsh, aren't you, Wu?"
After being "attacked", Haruto Nishimi came to his senses and protested: "I didn't say that I liked Haruna-san, that was what Jie said! So if there is anyone who is stupid, it should be Jie who is stupid, right?"
"Yuuki, if you don't know how to talk, you can just shut up. A guy who can't even tell the difference between being moved and liking someone has no right to call others stupid."
Xia Yujie smiled and slapped Xi Haiqingdou's mouth tightly.
After seeing Saikai Haruto shut up obediently, he turned to look at Gojo Satoru and opened his mouth: "Satoru, do you still remember that you are Haruna's fiancé?"
"But I said I don't like Haruna."
Gojo Satoru pursed his lips, exuding an unhappy low pressure: "So, even if Yuuki or Jie likes Haruna, it has nothing to do with me, right?"
"Hmm... is that really the case?"
Xi Haiqing struggled to remove the hand covering her mouth and said uncomfortably: "But Wu, you seem a little angry, eh?"
"So, Wu, you're really not acting like this because you're jealous?"
Xia Yujie spoke softly.
Therefore, this is another reason why he firmly believes that Gojo Satoru also has feelings for Haruna - before, including this time, when mentioning the matter of "someone likes Hanayamain Haruna", Gojo Satoru was always in a bad mood.
You can’t blame him for thinking too much, but the way Gojo Satoru is acting - it makes sense to say that he’s “angry” because he’s “jealous”, right?
Saikai Haruto then asked sincerely, "Why are you angry, Satoru? Is it because you think I like Haruna-san?"
Gojo Satoru scratched his hair, looking a bit irritated for once: "I just feel really unhappy - why do you like Haruna? What's so good about that guy? There's nothing good about that guy, right?"
Gojo Satoru's face became more and more irritable and depressed.
Not only about the fact that "Igarashi Yuuki might have fallen in love with Hanayamain Haruna", but also about the fact that he knew that he would mention later that "he was unhappy about this because he liked Haruna".
——But the problem is, it is true that he is "unhappy" about this matter, but why must the reason be because "he likes Haruna"? Xia Yujie's inexplicable determination on these things also deepened his inner depression.
But Gojo Satoru doesn't like Hanayamain Haruna.
No matter what others say or think, at least Gojo Satoru firmly believes this.
Hesitation, bewilderment, confusion, incomprehension, frustration, dilemma... these are Gojo Satoru's true emotions when facing Hanayamain Haruna.
五條悟其實一直都是一個性格堅定的人，也沒有什麽煩惱和困擾，遇到有什麽麻煩的東西直接一路直行跨過去、有什麽阻礙直接摧毀掉就好了，但很不巧的——花山院可以說是他最大的煩惱和困擾的集合體。
而且最讓人心煩意亂的是，他無法解決掉這個煩惱。再也沒有比這更糟糕的事情了。五條悟心想，或許這才是他想要躲掉花山院春奈的深層原因？
果不其然，夏油傑嘆着氣，用一種五條悟熟悉的、無奈又肯定的語氣說：“所以說，悟你果然是——”
“所以說，悟你果然是讨厭春奈同學吧！”
西海晴鬥搶答一步快速出聲，斬釘截鐵道。
“哈？！”x2
五條悟和夏油傑同時睜大了眼睛，難得異口同聲道。
西海晴鬥眨巴眨巴眼睛：“怎麽了麽？悟這麽說，那肯定是因為讨厭了吧？”
夏油傑搖頭：“怎麽看都是因為喜歡吧？”
“是讨厭啦！”五條悟眉開眼笑地說着，看上去還有幾分詭異——一臉笑容地說着“讨厭”的話，這個樣子不管怎麽看都讓人覺得很詭異吧？
西海晴鬥只裝作明明對對感情一知半解、卻覺得自己有十分的懂——俗稱“不懂裝懂”的模樣：“傑是是不是傻了？你看悟——這種狀态，一看就是在生氣吧！”
五條悟跟着連連點頭，理直氣壯地：“二比一！傑你輸了！”
夏油傑被氣笑了，沉沉吐出了一口氣：“這個時候不是看人數誰多誰贏的時候吧？”
“但是傑你為什麽會覺得，悟他這個樣子就一定是因為喜歡呢？”
西海晴鬥歪了歪頭，一副十分疑惑不解的模樣：“雖然我承認春奈同學人是很好啦，但是喜歡就是喜歡，不喜歡就是不喜歡，感情這方面的事情這也不是可以勉強的，就像我和悟對于春奈同學的感情一樣。”
五條悟長出了一口氣，有了西海晴鬥的“狼狽為奸”，整個人瞬間從萎靡不爽變得神采飛揚，臉色好得不能再好了，甚至還有餘力來調侃起夏油傑來：“我說，該不會傑你才是喜歡春奈的那個吧？”
……是悟發現什麽了麽？
……要就這麽直接說出來麽？就像悠希那樣直接地說出來好了。
夏油傑心跳得飛快，抿了抿唇，腦海中一瞬間閃過無數思緒，剛想開口說些什麽。
接着就聽到五條悟接着說：“所以才這麽說我和悠希也喜歡春奈，好讓自己顯得不那麽孤獨麽？”
“也有可能哦。”西海晴鬥和五條悟對視一眼，笑眯眯地：“哇，傑你是小學生麽？這麽怕寂寞的麽，連喜歡都要我和悟陪你一起？”
兩個混蛋DK異口同聲、默契異常：“傑你也太遜了吧！”
——确定了，這兩個混蛋家夥就是瞎貓碰上死耗子，随便瞎蒙的吧？
原本內心複雜的思緒一瞬間破碎掉，夏油傑甚至有點被氣笑了，忽然露出了一個四大皆空的——擺爛式的微笑，心平氣和地出聲道：“不，我喜歡你們兩個。”
他彎了彎嘴角，溫聲問：“悟，還有悠希，開心麽？”
臉上無論是表情還是眼神都認真得不能再認真、溫柔得不能再溫柔了。
“……開、開玩笑的吧？”
西海晴鬥僵住，将身體扭回來，“咔咔”作響，聲音飄忽：“啊，我是在做夢麽？”
“……喂，傑，你在說笑話吧？”
五條悟僵住，伸手在夏油傑的眼前揮了揮，幹笑：“哈、哈哈……我在做夢吧？”
“喂，悟，傑他瘋了吧？”
“我也覺得！怎麽辦悠希，要去找硝子麽？反轉術式可以治腦子麽？”
西海晴鬥和五條悟驚恐地抱作一團，離夏油傑十萬八千裏遠：“怎麽辦怎麽辦！傑他被我們氣瘋了！！”
“喂，悠希，你把傑氣瘋了！快點想想辦法啊！”
“明明是悟你的錯吧？你可是最強啊快想想辦法啊悟？！”
“這方面的最強我可以讓給你啦！！”
“噗嗤。”
夏油傑伸手扶額，還是沒能忍住笑出聲來。
“啊，抱歉……但是我也沒想到，悟和悠希你們兩個在這方面這麽的好騙呢。”
他笑意輕松道，臉上的表情一掃之前的郁悶，堪稱神清氣爽。
“果然，看到你們兩個這個樣子實在也很讓人心情愉悅呢。”
黑發的少年坐在沙發上，單腿翹起在另一條腿上，單手托腮，笑得眉眼彎彎，眼睛都完成了月牙的形狀，整個人都帶着再輕松愉悅不過的氣息，讓人一看就知道心情極好。
“吓死了……”
西海晴鬥和五條悟松了一口氣，對視了一眼後忙嫌棄地分開了對方，埋怨：“好過分啊傑！”
“我剛才差點連傑你萬一被我們拒絕傷心過度、決定要獨孤一生的話要怎麽辦才好都想好了……”
“啊，我也是，我還在想要不要帶傑你一起去看看醫生，如果實在沒辦法的話勉強試一下讓你開心開心也不是不可以……”
夏油傑笑容一滞：“這些就不用了……你們兩個未免想得也太多了吧？！”
五條悟吐舌：“開個玩笑啦。”
“傑你現在的心情不就好多了麽。”西海晴鬥笑。
“什麽？”夏油傑一怔。
他們兩個……剛才是故意這麽“表演”的麽？
“放心放心，就算傑你真的喜歡上了誰我們也不會歧視你的。”
五條悟笑嘻嘻地道，沒有絲毫異樣：“你要相信我們對你的感情——啊，不是戀情的那種，是單純純粹的友情啦友情！沒有什麽是不能解決的——畢竟我們可是最強！”
“要我說，還是不要去思考那麽多麻煩的事情啦，就順着感覺和心走好了，傑你也放松一點嘛……”
西海晴鬥說，一派輕松：“總覺得你心裏好像藏着什麽很多的事情一樣。也是因為感情麽？不會因為這些就把你難倒了吧？”
……啊，他們兩個，剛才的那個樣子果然是故意的呢。
這麽一看，這兩個果然是貼心又鬧心的混蛋人渣吧？
夏油傑閉了閉眼睛，懶洋洋地躺在沙發上，嘴角勾起一抹淺淡的笑意，散漫道：“唔，或許是吧？”
“诶，居然真的是這樣麽？那傑你真的有點遜诶。”
五條悟也懶洋洋說着，忽然又猛地一個起身，警醒：“等等，傑你不會真的是喜歡我和悠希吧？！悠希，萬一傑他喜歡你，你要不要以身相許拯救他一下好了——”
西海晴鬥莫名其妙：“哈啊？為什麽不是悟你上啊？”
“悟你在做什麽夢呢？”夏油傑沒好氣地踢了他一腳，也難得自稱不太禮貌起來：“滾啦，老子不喜歡男的。”
“喂，悠希你聽到了麽？傑他爆粗口了耶！”
五條悟用像是發現了新大陸般的語氣，看向西海晴鬥說。
“聽到了聽到了，是被悟你氣得吧，連傑這麽好脾氣的人都被你氣到這麽不禮貌，悟你快點反省反省自己啦。”
西海晴鬥頭擡也不擡：“我倒是有點好奇，傑你到底是因為什麽什麽這麽困擾……不會是因為情感失敗了吧？”
“喂，悟，你說萬一傑是喜歡上了硝子同學或者春奈同學，然後被拒絕了怎麽辦？”他拿胳膊肘捅了下五條悟。
夏油傑無語凝噎：“悠希你這個假設也太奇怪了點吧？”
——雖然西海晴鬥提到了花山院春奈，但經過了剛才的洗禮，或許是因為剛才情緒波動太大目前還在冷卻中，夏油傑此刻心裏格外平靜——而且他的這個問題一看就是剛才随口想的，格外不用心。
五條悟委屈：“悠希你幹嘛踢我。”
“而且為什麽要假設傑表白失敗啊？好過分啊，硝子和春奈為什麽要拒絕傑？”
他真情實感地因為西海晴鬥的問題為夏油傑不平起來。
夏油傑：“重點不應該是為什麽要是硝子和春奈麽？而且一下子舉例兩個人，這樣顯得好像我在一起向硝子和春奈兩個人表白一樣……不管怎麽看也太人渣了一點吧？”
西海晴鬥點頭贊同：“說的也是……原來傑你才是人渣啊！”
“我哪裏人渣了？”
夏油傑皮笑肉不笑：“明明是悠希你胡亂舉例的問題吧？”
“哦，好吧，對不起傑你不是人渣。我只是随便舉個例子啦。”
西海晴鬥義正詞嚴：“畢竟我們三個都認識的女生，現在也只有硝子同學和春奈同學了吧？這樣的話才會顯得更有代入感嘛。如果只提到一個人的話，這樣不顯得對另一個沒有提到的人很不公平麽？”
五條悟點頭表示贊同：“悠希你說得很有道理嘛！”
“對吧，我也覺得。”
得到了小夥伴的認可，西海晴鬥得意起來：“而且如果是被情感問題所困擾的話，表白失敗不是一個很好的切入點麽？悟你快點回答我的問題啦。”
“但是完全沒有辦法想象出來，傑對硝子或者春奈表白，然後被拒絕的場景啊。”
Saikai Haruto asked casually, and Gojo Satoru answered casually: "As for Naoko, in her eyes, Jie... oh no, the three of us are all 'scumbags', right? It's normal for you to refuse, right? I advise Jie that you should find someone else to like, otherwise you will definitely be beaten by Naoko and squeezed to death by her!"
——When talking about "scumbag", this guy actually showed a somewhat smug look on his face, and even a look of "not feeling ashamed but proud".
Saikai Haruto kicked Gojo Satoru speechlessly: "I'm not a scumbag. Glass-classmate never said that about me - Go and Jie, don't take me with you."
"Do you think you can escape? It's too late, Yuuki - you have become one of the 'scum' in Nazaki's eyes, along with us."
There was a deliberately fake sympathy and smile in Xia Yujie's eyes.
"Jay is right!"
Gojo Satoru cheered, and then continued to protest: "As for Haruna - why did Haruna reject Jie? I can't think of it. It's normal for Haruna to like Jie, right?"
“Enlightenment!”
Xia Yujie also kicked Gojo Satoru speechlessly, reminding him: "I said, have you forgotten that Haruna likes you?"
Gojo Satoru moved his legs in grievance: "Jay, why are you learning from Yuuki? You've changed!"
"Haruna, do you like me? I don't feel that way. Maybe you are wrong, right? Ah, now that you think about it, it seems normal for you to fail in love. After all, you often make mistakes in this regard."
"But speaking of it, if it was Haruna——" Gojo Satoru's brows wrinkled unconsciously again, and he was a little annoyed, and even his voice became a little deeper: "Oh, even if it's just a hypothesis, it's still unpleasant. Jay, why don't you change to like Nozomi? Nozomi is also very good!"
This guy...
Xia Yujie was almost laughing at him: "Didn't you just say you didn't like Nitro? And how can you change your mind so easily if you like someone?"
No, he almost got fooled - and how could he have "failed in confessing his love"?
"No, I've always said that glass is also very good. You must have heard me wrong just now, Jake."
Gojo Satoru said this seriously, nodding as he spoke, trying to make his argument more convincing: "It's much better than Haruna anyway!"
Xia Yujie raised his eyebrows: "Satoru, do you really dislike Haruna?"
It was rare for him to start to re-examine this issue.
All along, regarding Gojo Satoru's attitude towards Hanayamain Haruna, Geto Xiayu has always speculated that "Gojo Satoru likes Haruna".
Although it is not good to interfere in other people's emotional issues, one of them is his best friend and the other is his best friend's fiancée, also a girl he may have a crush on. In addition, Gojo Satoru can talk to Geto Suguru about anything and never avoids any problem - including emotional issues. It is difficult for Geto Suguru to ignore it.
Xia Yujie asked himself, even if he put aside any external factors and his own subjective factors, and looked at Hanayamain Haruna with the most fair eyes, she was a girl who was impeccable and not disliked. Gojo Satoru's dislike for Hanayamain Haruna was completely unreasonable - even Gojo Satoru himself couldn't explain the reason.
Coupled with the influence of Hanayamain Haruna, the complex relationship between them, and his own influence, it is difficult for Kagome Ken to look at Gojo Satoru's words and actions without any bias, which leads him to always habitually think in terms of "liking" him - because no matter how you look at it, the fact that Gojo Satoru "hates" Hanayamain Haruna is a bit strange.
However, Gojo Satoru and Saikai Haruto's joint rebuttal, their conversation and attitude, and their denial of his ideas, all made Geto Suguru unable to help but waver - could it be that he was really wrong?
"Not really?"
Gojo Satoru's answer was ambiguous, but he had no intention of perfunctorily answering Kagome Ken. He said, "I don't dislike Haruna, I just don't like that you all say I like her - that's not true! Why should I like Haruna?"
He couldn't have asked this last question more sincerely.
"I didn't know anything about this engagement. It has nothing to do with me, right? Why should I marry someone? I'm only 15 years old and underage! I don't want to. What's good about dating? I don't understand."
Gojo Satoru grumbled, "If I had that much time, I would definitely surpass both of you and become the strongest."