Sanako put the piece of paper back into the kimono and obi, and continued with a cold expression:

"When Mr. Ju comes, we will know what is going on."

That's it... As soon as Sanako finished speaking, someone's breath came to them in a rapid rhythm.

"Sorry for keeping you waiting."

Upon hearing this, Kinoshita Mai and Sanako turned their heads to look in the direction from which the male voice came, and looked at Qingden who had just arrived.

Aoto, Sanako, and Mai Kinoshita...a man and two women, the three of them looked at each other and intertwined with each other.

Seeing the two girls arriving, Qingdeng suddenly looked relieved and nervous.

"Tangerine-kun."

At this moment, Sanako was acting decisive and strong.

As soon as Qingteng showed up, Sanako asked him quickly and bluntly before Qingteng could take any rest:

"Miss Kinoshita and I were suddenly invited to this place. Do you have something to tell us?"

There was a sharp reverberation deep in Sanako's tone of voice, like a sharp blade cutting sharply.

Kinoshita Mai stood upright as if she had come to her senses, her expression was tense, and she exuded a reserved aura.

Qingden felt Kinoshita Mai's gaze that wanted to ask questions.

Kinoshita Mai pretended to be calm, trying to be considerate and not ask questions, trying hard to hide it so that doubts and other strange emotions would not appear on her face.

But this attitude of pretending to be mature actually portrays her true heart.

Her complicated and unspeakable eyes had betrayed all her true thoughts.

"..." Qingden silently cast an embarrassed look at Sanako.

It's shameful to say that Sanako's "head start" just now disrupted Qingden's rhythm...

Qingdeng was already very nervous.

Ever since he left the imperial examination hall, Qingdeng felt a little more nervous every time he got closer to the agreed-upon river embankment.

After being aroused by Sanako's preemptive question, the tension accumulated in Qingto's heart instantly "exploded", running along Qingto's chest and neck, and straight into his brain.

In an instant, my head went blank.

He had prepared a lot of docile opening remarks in advance...and now he can't remember any of them!

correct.

Not just a prepared opening.

The carefully planned steps, the meticulously designed words he wanted to say to the two girls... all of these disappeared without a trace from Qingdeng's mind in just an instant.

——Forget it! Just can’t remember it!

Qingden gritted his teeth and squeezed his hands that were naturally hanging on his sides.

After all... In this kind of situation, it seems that it is unnecessary to go through all the red tape about what is and what is not!

Qingdeng exhaled all the turbid air in his lungs with a "ha" sound.

Now that the matter is over...just rely on your momentum and emotion to land on the ground in one breath!

There is no strategy...or rather, there is a strategy, but because I am so nervous now, I can't think of any of these strategies.

Just make up your mind.

He just let his momentum and his emotions for the two women drive his body.

Stop thinking about the messy, troublesome things.

Ms. Okita is right.

I am a decisive person.

I have always been proud of my resolute and decisive approach.

I am a person who hates twists and turns and likes to "frontally attack" things.

Lao Shizi's opening remarks and carefully designed words that were thought out in advance...just disappear if they disappear! If you can't remember it, you can't remember it!

Just follow your own desires.

Just follow your own thoughts and act!

Qingdeng spread his feet slightly and planted his feet firmly.

Take a deep breath and let the energy settle in your Dantian.

Then... he looked into the eyes of the two women in front of him and spoke loudly:

"Miss Mai Kinoshita! Miss Chiba Sanako! I like you!"

Qingdeng's voice echoed in the quiet river embankment where no one passed.

There was silence all around.

The wind blowing from the distance gently swayed the branches of every big tree on the river embankment, as well as the tips of Mai Kinoshita's and Sanako's hair and the hem of their clothes.

But the two women were unaware of all this.

Even Sanako, who had always been calm and composed, lost control of his expression at this moment.

She and Kinoshita Mai's eyes widened, and they stared blankly at Ayoto with shocked glances, as if their souls had left their bodies.

They subconsciously thought Qingdeng was joking with them.

However, Qingdeng's expression at this moment was filled with determination.

There is no room for joking... Qingden is serious.

Before the two girls came to their senses, sonorous and powerful words full of emotion emerged from Qingdeng's lips and teeth again.

"Ah Wu, to be honest, when I first met you, I thought you were very difficult to get along with."

Qingden turned his attention to Kinoshita Mai.

Kinoshita Mai, who felt Qingto's gaze, suddenly trembled a few times.

"Introverted and afraid of strangers."

"When I talk, I don't dare to look at people, and my voice is as low as a mosquito's moan. And I don't know how to pick up other people's topics. It's so tiring to chat with you."

"Except for being cute, you don't have any merits worth mentioning - this is my first impression of you."

"But gradually, as I spend more and more time with you, I discover more and more charming things about you."

"Your kindness, your warm-heartedness...all make me feel intoxicated."

"When I come back to my senses, you already occupy a very important position in my heart."

Qingdeng continued to say words that were completely out of his mind.

Because the mind is blank, the brain has lost its basic thinking ability.

I am unable to study my words carefully word for word.

At this moment, Qingdeng was not so much "speaking"... as he was pouring out his passion.

"Miss Sanako too!"

Qingto tilted his head and shifted his focus from Kinoshita Mai to Sanako.

It was his turn to be called... Sanako showed a rare expression of being at a loss.

"My first impression of you, Miss Sanako, was also very bad."

"Always have a cold face, as if you are rejecting people thousands of miles away."

"Chatting with you is more tiring than chatting with Ah Wu."

"In fact, for a while, I didn't even want to deal with you."

"But also, in the process of slowly becoming friends with you, I found many 'glitters' in you that I had never noticed before."

"These 'sparkling' places on your body attract me deeply."

"Unconsciously, I can no longer treat you as an ordinary friend."

Qingdeng no longer knew what he was talking about.

The voice doesn't feel like my own, but the person speaking is indeed me.

After pouring out all the accumulated emotions in his chest, Qingdeng paused and pursed his lips.

He wanted to give the above-mentioned release of his heart the strongest note and have a perfect ending.

But for a moment, I couldn't think of suitable words.

Emotion and reason are engaged in the final battle.

At this moment, Qingden suddenly recalled the discussion he had with Komaki Goro yesterday about the "Unparalleled Sword" and the "Living Sword" - the last bit of rationality, under the onslaught of the overwhelming sensibility, Completely eliminate bait.

ha……
To be continued...