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.
In fact, Gojo Satoru has always been a person of strong character. He doesn't have any worries or troubles. If he encounters any troubles, he just walks straight ahead and crosses them, and if there are any obstacles, he just destroys them. But unfortunately, Hanayamain can be said to be the embodiment of his greatest worries and troubles.
And the most disturbing thing is that he can't solve this problem. Nothing can be worse than this. Gojo Satoru thought, maybe this is the deep reason why he wants to avoid Hanayamain Haruna?
As expected, Xia Yujie sighed and said in a helpless yet affirmative tone that Gojo Satoru was familiar with: "So, Satoru, you are indeed--"
"So, Satoru, you really do hate Haruna!"
Xi Haiqingdou responded quickly and spoke out, cutting the nails on the railroad.
"Huh?!" x2
Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru both widened their eyes and spoke in unison, a rare coincidence.
Xi Haiqingdou blinked his eyes and said, "What's wrong? If Wu said that, it must be because he hates me, right?"
Xia Yujie shook his head: "No matter how you look at it, it's because you like it, right?"
"Yes, it's annoying!" Gojo Satoru said with a smile on his face, which looked a bit weird - saying "annoying" with a smile on his face, this look makes people feel weird no matter how you look at it, right?
Saikai Haruto pretended to know very little about relationships, but thought he knew a lot about them - the so-called "pretending to know" look: "Jay, are you stupid? Look at Satoru - he looks angry!"
Gojo Satoru nodded repeatedly and said confidently, "Two to one! Jay, you lose!"
Xia Yujie was so angry that he laughed and let out a deep breath: "This is not the time to see who wins with the most people, right?"
"But why do you think, Jay, that Wu is like this because he likes me?"
Saikai Haruto tilted his head, looking very puzzled: "Although I admit that Haruna is a very good person, but if you like someone, you like them, and if you don't like someone, you don't like them. You can't force feelings, just like how Satoru and I feel about Haruna."
Gojo Satoru heaved a sigh of relief. With the help of Saikai Haruto, he instantly changed from being listless to being in high spirits. His complexion couldn't be better. He even had the energy to tease Geto: "I say, could it be that you, Geto, are the ones who like Haruna?"
...Did Wu discover something?
...Should I just say it directly? Just say it directly like Yuuki did.
Xia Yujie's heart was beating fast. He pursed his lips. Countless thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant. He was about to say something.
Then I heard Gojo Satoru continue, "Is that why you said that Yuuki and I also like Haruna, so that you don't seem so lonely?"
"That's possible." Saikai Haruto and Gojo Satoru looked at each other and smiled, "Wow, Jay, are you an elementary school student? Are you so afraid of loneliness that you even need me and Satoru to accompany you when you like someone?"
The two bastard DKs said in unison, in perfect tacit agreement: "Jay, you are too despicable!"
——It’s confirmed, these two bastards are just blind cats catching dead rats, they are just guessing, right?
The complicated thoughts in his mind were shattered in an instant. Xia Yujie was even a little angry and laughed. Suddenly, he showed a smile that was empty of everything and said calmly, "No, I like you two."
He curled his lips and asked gently, "Wu, and Yuxi, are you happy?"
Both the expression on his face and the look in his eyes couldn't be more serious, and couldn't be more gentle.
“…Are you kidding?”
Xi Hai Qing Dou froze, twisted his body back, and made a "crackling" sound. Then he said, "Ah, am I dreaming?"
"...Hey, Jay, are you kidding?"
Gojo Satoru froze, waved his hand in front of Geto's eyes, and laughed dryly: "Ha, haha... am I dreaming?"
"Hey, Wu, is Jay crazy?"
"I think so too! What should we do, Yuuki? Should we go find Nozomi? Can reversing the technique heal the brain?"
Saikai Haruto and Gojo Satoru huddled together in fear, a thousand miles away from Kayuki Gyou: "What should we do? What should we do? Gyou is going crazy because of us!!"
"Hey, Yuuki, you're driving Jie crazy! Come up with a solution quickly!"
"It's obviously your fault, isn't it? You're the strongest, come up with a solution quickly, Wu?!"
"I can let you be the strongest in this area!!"
“Puff.”
Xia Yujie put his hand on his forehead, but still couldn't help laughing out loud.
"Ah, sorry... But I didn't expect that you two, Satoru and Yuuki, were so easy to deceive in this regard."
He said with a light smile, all the depression on his face was gone, and he looked refreshed.
"As expected, seeing you two like this really makes me happy."
The black-haired boy sat on the sofa, with one leg crossed over the other, his chin supported by one hand, his eyebrows curved in a smile, his eyes forming a crescent shape, and his whole aura of being extremely relaxed and happy, one could tell at a glance that he was in a very good mood.
"I was so scared..."
Saikai Haruto and Gojo Satoru breathed a sigh of relief, looked at each other, and quickly separated from each other in disgust, complaining, "That's too much, Jie!"
"I almost thought about what to do if you get too upset by our rejection and decide to be alone for the rest of your life..."
"Ah, me too. I'm still thinking about whether I should take you, Jake, to see a doctor. If there's really no other way, I might as well give it a try to make you happy..."
Xia Yujie's smile froze: "There's no need for that... You two are overthinking it, aren't you?!"
Gojo Satoru stuck out his tongue: "It was just a joke."
"Jie, you are in a much better mood now." Xihai Qingdou laughed.
"What?" Xia Yujie was stunned.
Did the two of them...actually "perform" like that just now?
"Don't worry, Jay, even if you really fall in love with someone, we won't discriminate against you."
Gojo Satoru said with a smile, not the slightest bit of surprise: "You have to believe in our feelings for you - ah, not the kind of romantic feelings, but pure friendship! There is nothing that cannot be solved - after all, we are the strongest!"
"If you ask me, you should stop thinking about so many troublesome things and just follow your feelings and heart. Jay, you should also relax a little..."
Saikai Haruto said, in a relaxed tone: "I always feel like you have a lot of things hidden in your heart. Is it because of your feelings? You won't be stumped by these things, right?"
...Ah, those two, they were acting like that on purpose just now.
Looking at it this way, these two are indeed considerate yet troublesome bastards, right?
Xia Yujie closed his eyes, lazily lying on the sofa, with a faint smile on his lips, and said casually: "Well, maybe?"
"Eh, is that really the case? Then you are really inferior, Jay."
Gojo Satoru was talking lazily, but suddenly stood up and said, "Wait, Jay, you don't really like me and Yuki, do you? Yuki, if Jay likes you, would you like to save him by giving yourself to him——"
Saikai Haruto was puzzled: "Huh? Why isn't it you who goes up?"
"What are you dreaming about, Wu?" Xia Yujie kicked him in annoyance, and rarely claimed to be impolite: "Get lost, I don't like men."
"Hey, Yuuki, did you hear that? Jay swore!"
Gojo Satoru said to Saikai Haruto with a tone as if he had discovered a new continent.
"I heard it, I heard it. You must have pissed me off. Even a good-tempered person like Jie was pissed off by you and behaved so rudely. You should reflect on yourself quickly, Wu."
Xi Haiqingdou didn't even raise his head: "I am a little curious, Jay, what exactly is bothering you so much... Is it because of emotional failure?"
"Hey, Satoru, what if Jie falls in love with Nozomi or Haruna and gets rejected?" He poked Gojo Satoru with his elbow.
Xia Yujie was speechless and choked: "Yuuki, your assumption is a bit too weird, isn't it?"
——Although Saikai Haruto mentioned Hanayamain Haruna, after what happened just now, or perhaps because his emotions were so turbulent just now and he is still calming down, Kagome Jie is particularly calm at the moment——and it’s obvious that his question was just a casual thought, and he didn’t take it seriously.
Gojo Satoru felt wronged: "Yuuki, why did you kick me?"
"And why do we have to assume that Jie's confession failed? That's too much. Why did Naoko and Haruna reject Jie?"
He genuinely felt sorry for Geto because of Saikai Haruto's problem.
Summer Oil: "Shouldn't the main point be why it's Nozomi and Haruna? And citing two people at once makes it seem like I'm confessing to both Nozomi and Haruna at the same time... No matter how you look at it, isn't that a bit of a scumbag?"
Xi Haiqingdou nodded in agreement: "That's true...it turns out that you are the scumbag, Jie!"
"Where am I a scumbag?"
Xia Yujie smiled with a fake smile: "Obviously, Yuuki, you are making up a lot of examples, right?"
"Oh, okay, sorry Jay, you're not a scumbag. I was just giving you an example."
Nishimi Haruto said righteously, "After all, the only girls that the three of us know are Naoko-san and Haruna-san, right? This way, it will make it more immersive. If we only mention one person, wouldn't it be unfair to the other person who was not mentioned?"
Gojo Satoru nodded in agreement: "Yuuki, what you said makes sense!"
"Yeah, I think so too."
After receiving the approval of his friend, Xi Haiqing Dou became proud: "And if you are troubled by emotional problems, wouldn't the failure of confession be a good starting point? Go, please answer my question quickly."
"But I can't imagine Jay confessing his feelings to Naoko or Haruna and getting rejected."
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."
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