Jenai is tired after a week

She could hear the rapid heartbeat, but couldn't tell whose it was.

She wasn't even sure Vulcan understood her.Because he answered naturally: "You can't walk over like this, can I, I will carry you?"

"..." Zenai fell into deep thought.

Why did he bring the subject back?That's clearly not what she said.

The two looked at each other.

Probably her dress today is really special, Vulcan's eyes soon became less firm, he turned his head first, and asked calmly, "Well, aren't you looking for shoes?"

Zhe Nai sighed, it seemed that it was useless to take the initiative.

She doesn't take the initiative every time.

As soon as the time passed, Zhenai's mind became sober, and the inexplicable impulse gradually faded away.Just as she was about to say, forget it, Vulcan also broke away from her hand at this moment, but grabbed her wrist before she retracted it.

"Okay, I admit, what I said just now was actually wrong." He said slowly, mustering up the courage, "I originally wanted to say, you...you look good today."

"The dress is pretty," she said.

"It's not just a skirt." Vulcan followed quickly, his eyes resolute.

For a moment, he just looked at the framed wall on the other side of the corridor, and didn't look directly into her eyes. The reddish ears were exposed under the dark red hair.

"Well, that..."

Zhe Nai's patience was almost worn out by him, and he asked directly: "What do you want to say, Lord Vulcan?"

Finally Vulcan said, "You really don't want to go to the ball, do you?"

A moment of silence.

Zhenai felt that she should say something, but her thoughts were a little confused.

Don't want to?She never said so, only somewhat annoyed.But just now, in a single thought, she suddenly thought, since it is something that bothers her, why can't she just leave it behind and act on her intuition?

... It's really hard for her to try to learn the key to balancing water, not to mention, her IQ in this area doesn't seem to be enough.

Once stopped and asked her to open the last door of the branch line in "Think Cool", it does nothing at all.

Zhe Nai was still in a daze, but Vulcan had already made a decision: "Then let's go."

She raised her head, looked at his face, looked at it seriously for a while, and showed a faint smile.

"Looks like I guessed it right..." Zhe Nai breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Vulcan Lord really likes me."

Although it has always been very inconspicuous, every intersection seems to stay at a very subtle boundary, as if he is worried about something.Therefore, it is difficult for her to determine whether her judgment is correct.

His hand trembled slightly, and he retracted it concealedly.

"You... You said it too directly! But, let's be like this." Vulcan seemed to have given up, and his expression was not broken. He met her eyes and asked, "Is it not possible?"

His coat was dark red, and his skin color was not fair, but his cheeks were hot now, but it didn't look too abrupt.

Zhe Nai stared blankly at the light-colored bow tie on his chest, as if distracted.

"Are you still listening, Heizi? Zhe...?"

Vulcan tried to call her name, a simple "NA" pronunciation lingered on the tip of his tongue for a long time, and he was a little stage frightened.

He thought of Akashi, and called out the name gently every time, as naturally and skillfully as if showing off the special relationship between the two of them.

However, it was her who made him regain his confidence to stand here... crossed that boundary, and held her wrist.

"Yeah." Zhe Nai responded and said, "Then take me away."

She calmly repeated the previous request, as if she was just chatting about the daily breakfast types in a very ordinary way.

Vulcan looked at her, most of the light at the top of the corridor was blocked by himself, she stood in a small shadow area in front of him, her bare-exposed arms were white and transparent by the gorgeous sea blue dress, without any A particularly outstanding appearance, but when those soft eyes stared at him, it was easy for people to fall into it.

Like a little mermaid about to turn into foam.

However, it may also be the legendary Siren Siren, who lures others to deviate from the right track with a few words, and also controls his own mind so precisely...

Vulcan suddenly changed his mind. Originally, he wanted to turn his back and let her come up, but at this moment he took a step back, bent down, and hugged her directly.

Zhe Nai suddenly lost his center of gravity, stretched out his hand naturally, grabbed the collar of his chest, and the shimmering skirt slid down along the inclination of his legs, revealing a section of his calf.

The satin was too smooth, and Vulcan didn't want to pay special attention to it at first, but he was afraid that she would fall from his arms, so he could only increase his strength, wrapping one hand around her waist, holding her up from below, while the other hand went around her knee socket.

He didn't forget about Alex, and was about to turn around to tell her, when the door of the bathroom was suddenly pushed open, and the blond woman walked out quickly with her skirt lifted, and was startled by the two of them who were standing in front of her.

"--what?"

"that--"

Vulcan wanted to explain, but before he could say anything, Alex's eyes lit up.

"Is it so exciting?" She raised her tone slightly, clasped her hands together, and quickly stirred her fingers together, as if suppressing her over-excited mood, before he could speak, she calmly waved her hand and said, "Go, I'll open the way! —Don’t go through the front door, climb up the window!”

"..."

Hey, do you really understand what's going on?

——Because of Alex's proposal, they soon fell into a dilemma.

Alex first jumped onto the grass with his skirt in his arms, and turned around to help.

And just as Vulcan was holding the man with one hand, and climbing the railing of the balcony with the other, and was about to turn over, the light from the corridor behind rushed in, reflecting their shadows in front of the woods outside the house.

"Little Heizi! I took caviar and truffle—" Kise's joyful voice stopped abruptly.

For a moment, he didn't know whether to look at the few people in front of the window who were obviously about to run away, or stay away from Akashi at the door.

Akashi raised his eyebrows, bent down and put the paper bag containing the shoebox by the wall, and after standing upright, he slowly asked, "Where are you going?"

……"well."

Zhe Nai sighed deeply, turned around quietly, let herself jump off Vulcan's arm naturally, and stepped barefoot on the cool floor tiles of the balcony.She shook the wavy skirt to smooth out the folds.

If it wasn't for the hesitation just now, it shouldn't be a coincidence that this scene happened, right?

It's too late to think about these things at this time.

She tidied her clothes pretending to be calm, but she actually wanted to give herself some time to think.The other four people all focused their gazes, waiting for her answer persistently and probingly, and the inside and outside of the balcony were eerily quiet.

—So, did you choose him?

But Zenai didn't want to say anything.

In front of them—especially when several people appeared together at the same time, it was difficult for her to convince herself to ignore certain disappointed gazes.She didn't want to admit defeat, and acted very guilty, letting people find a chance to catch her.

What to say.

She lowered her head, staring at her toes.

The system had no way to answer her, but in the silence, it whispered quietly, and asked carefully in a voice that only she could hear: "How about the player apply for offline protection?"

Zenai didn't think it was such a good idea.

In the next second, the system suddenly changed its tone, and made a fluctuating electric sound in shock: "Account logout failed? ... What is the situation, and there is such an operation?"

It clicked a few times and then disappeared quickly.She also froze for a moment when she heard it, and glanced aside from the corner of her eye, she was surprised to find that the system interface that floated up with her thoughts also disappeared completely.

Really gone?

Zhe Nai stretched out his hand unconsciously, touching the air on his fingertips.

Of course, the air has no sense of touch. The virtual world she lives in has lost the tool of judgment, and suddenly becomes indistinguishable from reality.

The surroundings were still quiet, but she vaguely felt something, raised her head, walked across most of the room, and looked at Akashi.

But he avoided his gaze and moved a few centimeters slightly.

"Actually, I'm not surprised," Akashi said unhurriedly, "Vulcan is bigger than me."

Vulcan frowned when he heard his name being read word by word.He didn't like the condescending attitude of the other party, who had a certain chance of winning, and Akashi didn't wait for his answer, and continued in a slightly cold voice, "But I'm afraid you can't take her away."

Kise also turned to Akashi in shock.

Already expected?Then let it go on, and now it has developed to this point...for what?

Kise felt a little dazed, and suddenly noticed that his fingers were trembling slightly, as if he was unwilling to be provoked, and trembled because of it.

The tray in his hand was full of meals, if it fell... He sighed, moved it away from him, and placed it on the empty desk by the wall.

There was a click, and the slight sound of the metal tray and the wooden table top seemed to wake Zenai from his contemplation.

"You think I'm leaving..." She tilted her head slightly, looking at Akashi's tense jaw, thoughtfully, "No, it should be said, what you're worried about is my disappearing from this world, right?"

Just like last time.

Akashi looked at her with the same eyes.

"It's just a guess." The corners of his lips were lifted up, his smile was light, his voice was unhurried, and when his magnetic and gorgeous voice was lowered, there was a breath of wind and rain, "And my premonition has always been precise."

Zenai stared at him for a while, then nodded; "So, it wasn't Akashi-kun who did it."

"..."

The sudden change of title did not attract any attention at this time.

Zenai took Akashi's silence as a default, frowned slightly, and then let go.Then, without warning, she sat down on the spot, leaning her back against the balcony railing, her legs curled up and tucked under the skirt, not caring how much this action conflicted with her current attire.

"I understand."

She couldn't log out, and the system suddenly left because... it couldn't work.Emotions cannot be measured numerically, and artificial intelligence cannot explore people's hearts.

Perhaps in the beginning, this game was doomed to failure.

Zenai was slightly distressed.

But how do you tell them this kind of thing?

The only one who noticed was Akashi, but he didn't know what happened, he just instinctively felt...

"Last time," Akashi said, gazing into her face with a slight accusation, "when you left me in the garden... that's how it felt."

The emptiness in his heart made him suddenly think of the mermaid story, at the end, the foam rising from the sea under the sun.

It's as if everything is fake.

Zhe Nai looked at him without blinking, and finally made sure that she was right.

Those were a pair of bright, burning red eyes, a change that only she could detect.

Her Akashi-kun is back.