"Hey? What, what—let someone else take over? It's not impossible to arrange... Mr. Lan should be able to, I'll check his schedule, but Mr. Quan—"

"Sorry - you can punish me however you want afterwards, I have to leave now, I'm sorry." Izumi Sena hung up the manager's phone after a straightforward response.He held his mobile phone in his hand, his uniform jacket was draped over his arm, and the zipper of his backpack was not zipped properly, and he rushed out of the studio while running wildly all the way.The elevator of the building was still more than ten floors away. He didn't care about waiting, so he simply ran into the stairwell, ran all the way down, and rushed out of the building.

He didn't heave a sigh of relief until he took the first taxi passing by, and tried to dial Leo's phone again, but it turned out that he was in the middle of the call—probably contacting the police station or other relevant people?Can that guy really figure it out by himself?Quan turned off and on the screen of the phone, repeated several times, but couldn't dispel the anxiety in his heart.

Yes, uneasy.To put it more bluntly, he was frightened by the distraught Leo on the phone earlier. The guy who was always full of energy sounded as if he was about to breathe in the next second, his voice was trembling, and he couldn't talk. They say incoherent.Quan also managed to hear an important point: Ruka is missing, so far there is no clue.

"Where are you?...Then wait for me to pass." Quan said bluntly and hung up the phone.

This is super troublesome.

Sitting on the back seat of the taxi, Quan frowned involuntarily as he watched the fast-moving scene outside the window.Only then did the thought flash through his mind.

It's super troublesome, he always hates troublesome things, but this time it's different, he doesn't seem to have any other choice... There's no way to pretend nothing happened, and there's no way to leave it alone.A thought emerged, why did he do this?It disappeared in the next second.Quan sighed anxiously, closed his eyes, and leaned back on the back seat.

Ruka disappeared—that Leo guy, although he was not serious at ordinary times, would never be negligent in matters related to his sister, let alone make such a joke.Since the word "disappeared" was used, it seems that all the places where the child should be now have been ruled out... Quan glanced at the time, and it has been more than three hours since the girl's school time in my impression. If she is not at home If not at school...nearby parks and businesses?Could it be that I went somewhere else with my friends?

On the phone, Leo said that he was in Ruka's school, so maybe...has it reached the point where the school needs to help investigate?

The taxi stops at the intersection not far from the school, and it takes a lot faster than taking the tram—fortunately, there is no traffic problem in this area.After paying the money in a hurry, Quan ran to the school gate that he was not familiar with.Where are we going to find someone here? Just as he was thinking about it, he saw the familiar orange.Yueyong Leo was sitting on the steps in front of the door. When he heard the noise, he stood up abruptly, but he didn't take a step at all. He just stood there watching Quan walk over and stop in front of him.

Before Quan could speak, Leo had already firmly grasped his forearm.His shoulders kept shaking, as if he had to use all his strength to get the words out.

"I—" He reluctantly squeezed out the words word by word, "It was because of me that something happened to Ruka..."

Quan subconsciously raised his hand to support Leo's body, wanting to ask, but frowned because of Leo's current state that he absolutely couldn't explain clearly.When he was about to continue to ask how Ruka was doing now, a man in police uniform ran out from the rear school building, obviously heading in this direction, still waving at them.

"Yueyong-jun——I found your sister! She's safe and sound!"

The moment Leo heard "It's safe and well", Leo's legs were obviously weak. While supporting his companion with great effort, Quan also waved to the police officer who was running over: "Sorry-I'm This guy's...friend, can you explain the situation to me a little bit?"

From Mr. Police, Quan finally figured out the whole story.

There was no group practice that day, and Leo came home very early. He realized something was wrong after the sky darkened—the siblings who have always lived together have always had the habit of reporting special plans to each other. Ruka has always been well-behaved, Even if I have something to do after school, I usually get home before dark. Leo dialed his sister's phone, originally wanting to ask if there was any arrangement, but no matter what he called, he couldn't get through.

Feeling anxious, Leo called Ruka School, but got the news that the school had already closed normally. Leo immediately went out, went to the school along the way his sister went to and from school every day, and forcefully asked the staff on duty to call out the school's surveillance video when school was over, but unexpectedly discovered that Ruka was taken from school by a boy wearing Yumenosaki's school uniform. Take it away directly at the school gate.

"...Wait a minute," Quan made a somewhat surprised voice when he saw the video, "Isn't this guy just..."

"Ah." Leo stood beside him, showing a gloomy expression he had never seen before, "It's him."

Neither of them uttered that name—it was not unfamiliar to either of them, rather it was quite familiar not long ago.That man was a member of the Knights predecessor group, one of the losers who had been swept out in a series of previous "trials".Then, the reason why he would act like this is obvious.

"In short..." I don't know if it's because he sensed a certain atmosphere between the two, but the policeman opened his mouth at this time and made a follow-up explanation: After receiving the report, the police station called a number of people on the street. The video was checked one by one according to time, and it was finally found that Ruka was taken to the station and boarded the Shinkansen with the abduction suspect. Get off at the next stop accompanied by you, and then take the nearest bus back.

"Don't worry, it's all right—your sister will be sent home safely, but it will take a few hours," the policeman patted the shoulders of the two young men, and made a very pertinent suggestion. "Just go home and wait for a while? If there are any special circumstances, I will contact you again."

The distance between this school and Tsukinaga's house is not far - if you take the tram, it is about one stop away.However, there is no suitable tram line in this direction, so Ruka has always walked back and forth.

But now, it was Quan and Leo who were walking on this road.

Probably because the whole thing was full of surprises and shocks, and his emotions fluctuated several times, Quan felt that he was really too lazy to speak.But the surroundings were so quiet that it was abnormal. After thinking about it, he realized that it was because Leo also remained silent.Usually when the two of them are together, in short Leo is more noisy.

Quan walked a little ahead, and could hear the footsteps of another person behind him, not the brisk and rhythmic steps that he usually has - he could almost hear the hesitation and fatigue in the footsteps, There is something else... there is a very depressing and slight sound.Hearing the voice, Quan walked forward for a while, then stopped abruptly, and turned around.

He realized it was Leo crying.

It's not sad, regretful, sad... or rather some kind of tears, Leo looks almost confused, and the tears flow from his eyes in continuous, big drops, down his cheeks go.He frowned slightly, covered his mouth and nose tightly with one hand, and didn't make a sound of crying—Izumi couldn't explain what sound he heard before—but the whole shoulder blade was hurt by it. And trembling.

After Quan stopped, Leo didn't continue to move forward, he stopped one step away, didn't raise his head, didn't make a sound, just cried all the way.His figure looks smaller in the dark sky, making people want to put their hands on his shoulders

Quan tried to read the other person's expression, and found that Leo might be more confused.He recalled what happened before for a while, opened his mouth, and spoke vaguely.

"...will protect you."

"Hey." Leo made a short, unintelligible sound, he suddenly became completely quiet, and looked at the spring beside him.The moment their eyes met, Quan felt completely uncomfortable.

However, no matter how bad you are at it, there are some things that must be said.

Because it is at such a time.You have to face the other person and finish speaking well.

"I'm fine, and the guy in the sleeping room is fine too..." It's probably because it's really hard to express such words, Quan showed a very awkward expression, and it was already very difficult to force himself not to look away... …He didn't even notice that he accidentally said the nickname he had given his new teammate in his mind before, "There will be other teammates who will be recognized by you in the future. Are we the one, 'Knight'? Otherwise, the king will have to What are the knights doing... and the king is infallible."

He looked at the light in those green eyes, which gathered again after being out of focus for a short time. Although there were still some ripples of watery light, they already showed a firm gaze that was almost cold.It was as if the original glass coat had been shattered and then peeled off. He was still thin and small, but at this moment, that person could make people feel that he looked like a sharp sword with a cold glow. .

"Our Knights will be the strongest combination," Yueyong Leo said, "I will let it be."

It was already dark when we got home, and only the light at the entrance that Leo forgot to turn off when he went out was still on. They both lay side by side on the floor of Yueyong’s living room—as if neither of them had the strength to leave. Get up to turn on the light and then sit on the sofa.

Quan made a few phone calls after the short break, to his family, and to his agent, who angrily reprimanded him for a while.He held the phone and frowned, showing a very reluctant and tired expression, and then he agreed honestly—"Okay, yes, I understand.... Well, it won't happen again. I will ask that Thank you guys—ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…

Yueyong Leo was lying beside him, looking up at him on the phone.The tears that had criss-crossed her cheeks had almost completely dried up, but those blue eyes still looked a little wet.He watched Quan sighed very hard after hanging up the phone, and with a look of impatience on his face, he turned around and wanted to throw the phone on the sofa behind him.

... But probably because of too much force, they all heard the sound of the mobile phone touching the ground.

Quan Da let out a groan from his throat.He obviously struggled a bit, hesitating whether to check the phone, but in the end he let himself go and lay down directly on his back.And Leo couldn't help but let out a soft laugh, and then it got bigger and bigger, and finally became his trademark big laugh.

"It's too loud," Quan said, "Shut up."

Leo didn't shut up, he was still laughing, and suddenly leaned over, turned over, supported his body with his arms, and leaned in front of Quan.He is a little shorter than Quan, but the slight height difference is almost negligible in the current posture.

...this posture is bad.Quan just wanted to speak, but couldn't speak because of Leo's words

"Sena," Leo murmured after pausing his laugh, "you're really pretty."

From a very young age, Quan has been praised by countless people for his looks.Family members, relatives and friends, teachers, work partners... and the words he just heard, among the compliments he has heard, can be regarded as the most simple and the least convincing.

But he felt a sudden jump in his heart.

Leo didn't say anything more.He raised one hand—the posture became a little crooked because of this movement, and then gently, almost cautiously stroked Izumi's hair, and then his fingers fell on Izumi's cheek, hesitating. Undecidedly going up, it rubbed the end of the brow bone, then slowly moved down, stroking across the contours of the cheeks, and finally stopped at the corner of the lips.His hand stood there for a long time, and when Quan was already thinking about whether to slap the other's hand away, there was a movement again: Leo wiped Quan's lower lip with the pulp of his thumb, not lightly. Wipe it back and forth gently.

Then Leo turned over abruptly and lay down beside Quan again.Quan turned his head to look at him, only to see those emerald eyes looking at the only lamp in the room, the warm light dancing in the water-like waves.

He probably thought of a new song.Quan guessed in his heart, but didn't say it out loud.

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