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The milky aroma, mixed with Oreo cookie crumbs, rushed into his mouth. The popping candy mixed in was reactivated by the stimulation of saliva, jumping wildly in his mouth and causing waves of stimulation, making Lu Zijun subconsciously close his lips tightly.
She looked at Ren Yuyin in surprise.
Ren Yuyin smiled and looked at Lu Zijun in front of her, her eyes showing a hint of heartache, and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to have such a heavy heart."
Lu Zijun wiped the tears from her face with the spoon in her mouth. Ren Yuyin tried to pull the spoon away, but found that Lu Zijun was holding it tightly and she couldn't pull it out at all.
Helpless, Ren Yuyin could only shove the McFlurry in her hand into Lu Zijun's arms, smiling indulgently, "Alright, you can have it all, okay?"
After finishing the ice cream on the spoon, Lu Zijun pulled the spoon away and snorted. Suddenly feeling a little deflated, she felt ashamed of her childish behavior.
"how about you?"
Ren Yuyin tilted her head and looked at Lu Zijun.
Lu Zijun repeated, "And what about you?"
"What? What about me?" Ren Yuyin raised an eyebrow.
"What are you doing in Tokyo? I can tell you're a wanderer too."
Ren Yuyin touched her face sheepishly: "Is it that obvious? Hehe..."
"I wasn't praising you!" Lu Zijun frowned immediately, grabbed Ren Yuyin's collar and said, "It's not fair that I'm the only one talking about so many embarrassing things about you! You should tell us yours too!"
Ren Yuyin patted Lu Zijun's hand calmly and said with a smile, "Actually, I already told you."
"It's not a good thing to meet someone you haven't seen for a long time again."
Lu Zijun continued to frown.
Ren Yuyin removed Lu Zijun's hand, revealing a somewhat melancholy smile, and said, "Sometimes, you suddenly realize that for the people you care about, you are already a thing of the past... That person will have their own new life and new happiness. Your appearance may not be a good thing, and may even destroy everything that exists."
"It sounds like you were dumped by a jerk," Lu Zijun retorted sharply.
Ren Yuyin quickly shook her head: "No, no, no, it's not that kind of thing!"
Lu Zijun was somewhat puzzled: "But that's clearly what you meant."
She thought for a moment, then guessed, "So...you have a..."
After finding the person you longed for, you realize you shouldn't have gone to acknowledge them?
"Yes and no."
Ren Yuyin picked up a drink from the side, opened it, and took a sip. She treated the drink like mouthwash, making a slurping sound in her mouth. Then she tilted her head back and swallowed it. In terms of her unconventional behavior, she was very similar to Dou Tang, and quite different from the image Huaiyin had seen in her dream.
After clearing her throat, she continued, "It's not that I don't want to acknowledge that guy, it's just that the time isn't right yet."
"My goal is similar to that guy's, but it's not my turn yet... If I had to say, I'd say I'm an insurance policy."
"Insurance?" Lu Zijun was even more confused: "You're speaking so vaguely...you're clearly a riddle teller!"
Ren Yuyin shrugged.
"Fine, don't tell me if you don't want to..." Lu Zijun poked at the McFlurry in front of her in annoyance, while wiping away the tears in her eyes.
The two sat on a bench. As dusk fell, the streetlights beside them came on. Lu Zijun noticed a man in a black suit emerging from the crowd on the roadside not far away. That guy was one of the corpses protecting Ren Yuyin.
"Looks like you should go." Lu Zijun gestured with his chin towards the direction of the corpse.
Ren Yuyin nodded, stood up with her drink, and stretched her neck, saying, "Ah, it's about time."
"Hey," Lu Zijun suddenly called out.
Ren Yuyin turned her head and gave a puzzled "hmm".
"Are we friends now?" Lu Zijun asked.
"...We've talked so much." Ren Yuyin's expression suddenly turned strange: "You don't actually think we should be friends now, do you?"
Lu Zijun blushed slightly and turned her head away, saying, "I was just asking... After all, you're such a riddle-maker, who knows what you really think?"
"Of course it counts!" Ren Yuyin said, feigning anger.
Lu Zijun shrank his neck, then smiled a little foolishly.
Ren Yuyin waved his hand and snorted, "Alright, little vagrant, eat your food. I have to go now."
Lu Zijun nodded.
Ren Yuyin crossed the pedestrian crossing, stepped into the crowd, and gradually disappeared from sight. Lu Zijun stared at the direction she left in until she completely lost sight of her before slowly lowering his head.
As Ren Yuyin walked through the crowd, the man in the black suit beside her approached, his face unnaturally pale, and said in a very low and humble tone, "The incident is over. That man... he killed Taira no Masakado, and Taira no Masakado's head has been returned to the shrine for worship."
"But no one will know that there is no soul in that head, and Taira no Masakado can never be resurrected."
Ren Yuyin nodded and said, "Hopefully this matter will make Huang Quan a little more obedient."
The man in the suit followed Ren Yuyin and asked, "So... what should we do next? Boss?"
Ren Yuyin suddenly stopped and looked at the roadside. The man in the suit followed her gaze and saw a brother and sister playing and fighting as they passed by the shopping street. They seemed to be the children of a merchant in the shopping street, chasing and playing.
Ren Yuyin swallowed, then suddenly laughed self-deprecatingly, shook her head, and continued walking.
The man in the suit beside him dared not speak. Although the girl in front of him usually appeared unpredictable and calm, sometimes her emotions were no less intense than those of ordinary girls; she just habitually suppressed them.
Just like the Mr. Ren I had met...
"Don't overthink it," Ren Yuyin suddenly said, her voice clear and sharp.
The man in the suit quickly lowered his head, not daring to have any wild thoughts, and followed closely behind Ren Yuyin without saying a word.
"Next, let's continue to infiltrate the evil spirits throughout the country and find a way to gather them all in Tokyo."
Chapter 132 Did they choose to fall into depravity?
"Keizaki-nee, Keizaki-nee, are you there?"
Keisaki Kuroki was watching TV at home when she suddenly heard a knock on the door and a boy's shouts.
Kuroki Keisaki got up and opened the door. As soon as she saw the person outside, she smiled and said, "Yohei-nii, you've come to see me again?"
Outside the door stood a bald boy, half a head taller than Kuroki Keizaki. It was Yangping. He scratched his head sheepishly and said with a smile, "Yeah, Keizaki-nee, I just happened to be passing by, so I bought some gifts to come and see you."
Through Dou Tang's introduction, Kuroki Keizaki is now considered an unofficial member of the Bald Group, an outside helper. Yang Ping also seems to want to get closer to Kuroki Keizaki, and often visits her, so the two naturally become familiar with each other.
Kuroki Keisaki stepped aside to let Yohei in, saying, "Why are you carrying so much stuff again?"
Yangping chuckled, placed the bag on the living room table, bent down to take things out of the bag, and said, "I bought freshly baked egg tarts and oden! They're all things you like, Jingxiao-nee."
Kuroki Keisaki stood beside him, rubbed his bald head, and said, "Hmph, you want to feed the fat older sister?"
"Don't mention it! With a figure as good as yours, even if you eat something delicious, you can't possibly gain weight." Yangping blushed slightly, dodged Kuroki Keisaki's hand, and sat down on the sofa next to her.
Keisaki Kuroki sat down on another sofa and smoothed her long hair, which was as smooth as perfect silk with a bright sheen.
Kuroki Keisaki rolled her eyes at Yohei and said, "Alright, Yohei-nii, what are you doing here today?"
What do you want from me? Play games with me again?
Yangping coughed twice, embarrassed, and said, "Keizaki-nee, actually I wanted to ask... about Kiryu-nii."
"Kiryu-kun..." Kuroki Keisaki murmured, then shook her head regretfully, "Kiryu-kun just finished dealing with something very important, so we can't let you bother him yet~"
Yang Ping was very disappointed and lowered his head: "I see..."
Seeing his expression, which revealed all his feelings, Kuroki Keisaki couldn't help but laugh and said, "Speaking of which, I'm curious, how did you little bald guys end up together with Kiryu-kun?"
"Uh..." Upon hearing this question, Yang Ping felt embarrassed and sat awkwardly on the sofa, finding it difficult to speak.
"What, do you not want your sister to know?"
“No, that’s not it…” Yangping paused, then lowered his voice several octaves, and said, “Actually, we got beaten up by Kiryu-nii.”
They beat him up...
Kuroki Keisaki immediately became interested, her eyes sparkling.
"Oh? Quickly, tell me in detail!"
Yang Ping couldn't persuade her otherwise, so he reluctantly began to slowly recount his experiences on Ghost Island, then how he waited for Dou Tang at the school gate for a long time afterward, and how the Bald Group was officially established.
After telling his story, Yangping sighed, "I'm not a very good fighter, nor am I particularly smart, but Kiryu-nii still made me the leader of the Bald Gang, saying he would lead us delinquents to a new life..."
"In my opinion, Kiryu-nii is an exceptionally kind person... Many of our brothers have overcome their difficulties by helping each other, and some have even said they're going to start working hard now and aim to get into a good university..."
Kuroki Keisaki asked curiously, "There are quite a few people who tell you to strive for improvement, whether they are teachers or classmates, so why didn't we see such significant results before?"
At this point, Yangping sighed again, his expression helpless, and said with a bitter look, "Because... Kiryu-nii isn't just a peer."
"Kiryu-nii is not only a peer who encourages us to strive for success, but also...our older brother."
"If you can't beat Kiryu-nii in a fight, and you can't reason with him either, and you don't even have a little bit of ambition, then you wouldn't have joined the Bald Guys!"
Kuroki Keisaki chuckled, her laughter ringing out like silver bells, her long legs propped up on the table and occasionally kicking them.
"Hahaha... How lame. You can't beat them in a fight or argue with them, so you got a beating to wake you up?"
Young Yohei's eyes were fixed on Kuroki Keisaki, unable to look away. He swallowed hard, shook his head, and said, "Uh, I guess so... Actually, the most important thing is... Kiryu-nii gave us a real future."
He clenched his fingers, his face no longer showing the fierceness of a delinquent, but a warm smile.
“In the past, classmates were afraid of us, and teachers and parents would only tell us what we did wrong and what the punishment would be, but no one would think of... helping us out.”
"When we do something wrong, we are punished, severely reprimanded, or even verbally abused, which leads to even more intense resistance. In this way, we are getting further and further away from a normal life."
"It's not that I haven't thought about changing, but I don't know who to show this to, and who would be happy because of my efforts? For delinquent teenagers like us, we probably will never even have anyone to brag about our efforts."
Yangping suddenly felt like crying, his eyes reddened, and he looked up at Kuroki Keisaki, his mouth agape as if he was about to burst into tears, and said, "Keisaki-nee, we really didn't know what to do back then..."
“I come from a divorced family, but sometimes I feel no different from being alone.”
“I still remember when I was little, my father had to go on a business trip for a week and asked his friend to take care of me.”
“That uncle only came once, on the first day, to ask me if I had money for food. At that time, I only had two thousand yen on me, but what did I know as a child? I just said I had money.”
“After that day, that uncle never came again. I went to and from school alone and ate alone. The two thousand yen was gone in no time, so I started eating food from home.”
Kuroki Keisaki slowly stood up, sat down next to Yohei, and put her arm around his shoulder.
Despite being half a head taller than Kuroki Keisaki and having grown into a tall and upright young man, his shoulders were trembling uncontrollably.
Yangping continued in a low voice, "Back then, we had run out of everything at home except for a bag of flour. I kneaded that flour into dough, boiled it, and ate it with salt... I still can't forget that taste..."
“Even when my father came back, he just threw me some money, told me to go out and get a meal first, and then left home again… He was in a hurry to go find his girlfriend.”
“I went out by myself, found a ramen shop, sat on the counter by myself, and when the ramen came, I wolfed down several bowls. Then I knelt down on the street and vomited... I vomited until my stomach was empty.”
"I haven't eaten ramen since that day."
Chapter 133 Looking
Come from enmity
"So what's the point of my ambition?" Yang Ping smiled bitterly.
"Who should I brag to? And who would care about someone as lowly as me? So I became a delinquent and joined Ghost Island."
"At least this way, there will be people at school who will call me senior, and there will be people on Ghost Island who will treat me like a brother. At least I can find a group that will accept me."
"I just want to experience even the slightest bit of warmth."
"When Kiryu appeared, I was actually very flustered. After the destruction of Onigashima, I didn't know how to continue my life, so I could only choose to become Kiryu's henchman and keep flattering him. At that time, I was still just as humble, thinking that maybe I could... find a new group to accept me and make me no longer lonely."
Yangping blinked, tears falling. Kuroki Keisaki, standing beside him, reached out and wiped away his tears with her sleeve. Yangping blushed, but did not stop her.
"Fortunately, I made the right bet," Yangping said with emotion. "Kiryu-nii does care about us."
"Now, even if I get one more math problem right today, I can brag to my brothers. No one will laugh at me for working so hard, and no one will mock me for not achieving anything even if I make progress."
"The Bald Guys are my new home. It's the same for every member. We help each other and have become a new big family."
After saying this, Yangping choked up a little. He took a few deep breaths to calm himself down, then looked at Kuroki Keisaki in front of him, grinned, and looked a little silly.
"Thank you, Keizaki-nee, for listening to me talk about so many boring things."
“This is no boring thing.” Kuroki Keisaki rubbed Yohei’s head and said, “Yohei, it takes great courage to be able to confide your feelings and past to others.”
"Thank you..." Yangping said shyly in a low voice.
Once Yangping had calmed down, the two chatted for a while longer. Yangping asked curiously, "So, how did Kiryu-nii and Keisaki-nee meet? I'm very curious."
Kuroki Keisaki thought for a moment and smiled, "You could say we became friends after a fight?"
Although Yangping had never witnessed Kuroki Keisaki using evil powers, Kuroki Keisaki had demonstrated extremely strong fighting abilities in the previous battle against Kujiro Kubinashi. Although he did it purely through physical strength, it was enough to make these delinquents feel awe.
There are even rumors that Kuroki Keizaki is actually Kiryu Toudou's girlfriend.