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"Then, just listen to me," the boy said softly, then turned to Xiangzi on the other end and said, "Hey, Xiangzi, have you ever heard of phone sex?"
"Huh?" Both Xiangzi over there and Hatsune over here couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
***
The following morning, Hatsune Miku would instinctively avoid Toyokawa Yu every time she encountered him.
She would recall the ambiguous and outrageous events of the previous night, her heart would race, and an overwhelming sense of guilt would wash over her.
She dared not look him in the eye, much less approach him; she just wanted to find a place to hide.
Toyokawa Yu clearly noticed her evasiveness and deliberately walked in front of her several times, but Hatsune Miku made excuses to avoid her each time.
When Toyokawa Yu blocked her way again, Hatsune quickly came up with a solution: "Young...Young Master, the kitchen is running out of ingredients. I'll go out and buy some."
Hearing his address, Toyokawa Yu seemed a little displeased, but did not stop him.
She fled the Toyokawa residence as if escaping, hurrying towards the nearby supermarket.
But as soon as she reached the street corner, she froze—at the entrance of the dessert shop not far away, the young maid who had taken leave a few days ago was strolling arm in arm with a middle-aged man, chatting and laughing. The man looked energetic and showed no signs of illness.
The two look alike and appear to be father and daughter.
Hatsune's heart sank suddenly.
She remembered clearly how the young maid had cried her eyes out when she asked for leave, saying her father had suffered a stroke and was in the ICU in critical condition, needing her to go back and take care of him. But the scene before her eyes didn't resemble that of a family member of a critically ill patient at all.
She strode forward, her voice tinged with urgency as she questioned, "Ms. Hui, didn't you say your father had a stroke and was in the ICU?"
The little maid turned deathly pale upon seeing Hatsune Miku, and her father also looked puzzled, asking, "Megumi, what's wrong?"
The maid hurriedly let go of the man's hand, pulled Hatsune to a secluded corner, and said in a very low voice with a hint of fear, "Miss Hatsune, I...I'm sorry, I didn't mean to lie to you."
“It was Young Master Toyokawa. He approached me privately and asked me to take a few days off.” The maid bit her lip, her eyes darting around. “He gave me some money and said that if I didn’t do as he said, he would fire me. I… I don’t know why he did that.”
With a thunderous boom, those words exploded in Hatsune's mind. Her face instantly turned ashen, and her fingertips turned icy cold.
She suddenly remembered the scene from that day—it was because Hui took leave that she was assigned to clean the master bedroom, that she accidentally broke Mizuho's photo, and that so many things happened between her and Toyokawa Yu.
If all of this wasn't an accident, but rather... something he had planned all along?
A chill ran from the soles of her feet to her entire body, and Hatsune's body trembled uncontrollably.
She dared not think any further and turned to run toward the mansion next to the Toyokawa family home—the place where her father, Toyokawa Sadaharu, was temporarily staying.
She pushed open the mansion's gate, ignoring the servants' attempts to stop her, and ran straight to the living room, where she saw Toyokawa Sadaharu sitting on the sofa reading documents. Hatsune rushed to him, her voice trembling uncontrollably: "Father, you...you really hired someone to shoot Yuuki?"
"Xiao Xi?" Toyokawa Sadaharu put down the documents and looked at her with a puzzled expression, clearly not understanding what she meant.
But when he saw Hatsune's pale face and panicked expression, his eyes instantly turned serious, and his tone was somewhat reprimanding: "What nonsense are you talking about!"
Toyokawa Sadaharu frowned, his tone returning to its usual coldness and indifference, as if he were talking about a trivial matter: "That was done by someone from the branch family. Back then, the branch family wanted to seize power and secretly attacked Yuu, but that person was executed by Yuu herself long ago."
"This is no secret; everyone knows it."
He said this in a terrifyingly calm tone, without the slightest ripple of emotion.
But she didn't know, and neither did Miss Xiangzi...
Hatsune stood frozen in place. The lie woven by Toyokawa Yuu had left Hatsune dazed and her mind blank.
She didn't know how she said goodbye to her father, nor how she left the mansion.
She walked listlessly along the roadside, her steps unsteady, her heart filled with immense panic and despair.
Just then, a cold gaze fell upon her, carrying an undisguised sense of oppression. Hatsune subconsciously raised her head and followed the gaze—Toyokawa Yu stood under the shade of a tree not far away, wearing a black suit, his figure upright.
His eyes were as cold and icy as a deep pool, devoid of any warmth, churning with a possessive, obsessive desire that, like an invisible net, trapped her firmly.
"You... you were targeting me from the very beginning, weren't you?" Hatsune asked in a slightly trembling voice.
Chapter Nineteen Xiao Xiang: Heaven's Way Has Its Cycles, Who Can Heaven Forgive?
The two walked back to the master bedroom one after the other. The heavy wooden door closed behind them, isolating them from all outside noise and trapping this secret confrontation within a small space.
Hatsune's feet stopped behind the door, but she refused to move forward even an inch.
The air in the room was eerily still, with only the two people's slightly rapid breathing remaining.
She raised her head, her voice broken but incredibly clear: "Xiao Xi... no... Young Master Fengchuan, I moved into the Fengchuan family not because of my father at all, but because you... you deliberately designed it, didn't you?"
Since her father didn't hire anyone to harm her, the guilt that initially sustained her in staying there and willingly enduring his harassment was never there in the first place.
Everything was a carefully woven trap by the sinister boy in front of her—from arranging for the maid to take leave, to making her clean the master bedroom, to using lies to evoke her guilt, he gradually pulled her into a gentle cage, all in order to completely control her.
When confronted with questions, Toyokawa Yuu remained completely calm, as if he were not the one whose lies had been exposed.
He slowly turned around, his possessiveness terrifying: "You want to ask why I did this, right? I've already told you the answer."
Hatsune's pupils contracted slightly as she recalled his obsession with the blood from her fingertips, a look of pure fascination that was no pretense.
Her heart skipped a beat, and her voice carried a hint of uncertainty: "Is it because... I have Mizuho's blood in my veins, right?"
Toyokawa Yu stepped closer to her, his gaze fixed on her face, his voice as soft as a whisper, "Mitsune Misaki, did you think the day you moved in here was the first time we met?"
Hatsune looked completely bewildered.
“Actually, I heard about you from my mother when I was little.” Feng Chuanxi’s breathing became rapid. She walked up to her, grabbed her hands suddenly, and squeezed them so hard that it seemed like she wanted to crush her bones. “My mother said that I have an aunt who is the same age as me. She is gentle and kind. When we grow up, we will be able to meet.”
"Eh..." Hatsune's heart was instantly stirred by ripples.
These words were exactly the same as what her mother had once told her—her mother had also said that she had an older sister, and her sister had a son, and that when they grew up, they would be able to meet him.
So, Xiao Xi knew about his existence a long time ago?
So, they've known each other for a long time, childhood sweethearts?
Toyokawa Yu leaned down, forehead to forehead, his hot breath falling on her face, his tone full of frantic possessiveness, "Mitsune Misaka, your skin, your voice, your eyes, your lips, your body, and your soul, they are all mine. I will not allow you to leave, not even for a second."
He held her hand tightly, as if trying to meld her into his very bones: "You must stay with me forever, stay with me until we grow old, sleep with me, and comfort me like a mother would."
It's your fault. You imitated your mother so well that I can't live without you.
Everything you have belongs to me, even your cessation of breathing requires my permission.
Seeing the madness and passion surging in his eyes, this twisted yet sincere confession did not frighten Hatsune; instead, it stirred a bittersweet warmth in her heart.
Xiangzi's words echoed in his ears again: "Does that mean I can't love him just because he doesn't love the real me?"
Hatsune's heart was filled with love and infatuation.
Never before has there been someone who needs me so much.
From a young age, Hatsune knew that she was an unwanted person in the Triangle Family.
If Mom hadn't given birth to me, and only had Hatsune Miku, the Mikazuki family would be much happier.
Her father wouldn't have died in a shipwreck while fishing at sea, Hatsune wouldn't have hated herself for it, and her mother wouldn't have fallen seriously ill while trying to support them both.
And her biological father wouldn't have to worry about being attacked by others because of his existence.
Just as Xiaoxi once said, she is a superfluous person in this world, someone who will bring bloodshed and misfortune to others.
But now, Xiaoxi is so eager for me, so eager for everything about me.
Toyokawa Yu suddenly pulled her into his arms, the force so strong that she could hardly breathe, but it also made her feel a sense of security she had never felt before.
Never before had she felt so clearly that she was needed.
She willingly reached out her hand, allowing herself to be captured by this spider web named Toyokawa Yu, willingly becoming his prey.
But the next second, she instinctively placed her hands on his chest, her voice tinged with hesitation and guilt: "SAKI-chan... what should we do? She trusts us so much..."
Feng Chuanxi's eyes stiffened slightly, his grip on her tightened for a moment, then tightened again, his tone cold and domineering: "You and Xiao Xiang are both mine."
Suddenly, the atmosphere in the room cooled down, and Hatsune's eyes dimmed slightly.
Toyokawa Yu gripped the other person's hands tightly, revealing a fear-like emotion for the first time, as if afraid the other person would leave.
But the next moment, Hatsune's hand took the initiative to place on Toyokawa Yu's fingers, their five fingers intertwined and held together, Hatsune whispered, "Yu, I am yours... but don't let Saki-chan know."
Hatsune knew she was about to fall into hell, but she jumped in willingly.
Their fingers began to intertwine tightly, and then Hatsune whispered in Toyokawa Yu's ear, "Call me Auntie, okay?"
Even though she was sinking into the dark abyss, Hatsune Miku so desperately craved to be needed by someone.
They would both go to hell, but as long as they could be with him...
***
The illusory memories receded like the tide. Hatsune raised her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, turned to look at Junda Mana beside her, and asked with a choked voice and solemnity, "Do you remember everything from the past?"
Junda Mana was already crying her eyes out, her hands tightly gripping the hem of her clothes as she nodded vigorously, her voice trembling uncontrollably: "I...I remember! Hatsune-chan, you and Toyokawa-kun are truly a pair of star-crossed lovers!"
Hearing this, Hatsune's tears flowed even more fiercely, and a strong sense of self-pity and self-deprecation welled up in her heart.
Upon hearing this, Hatsune Miku, with tears in her eyes, was deeply moved, or rather, felt sorry for herself.
Ah, natural beauty is hard to ignore, and so is my unfortunate fate; these are all tests from heaven.
The next moment, Junda Mana tightly grasped Toyokawa Yu's hand and said, "Toyokawa-kun, I'm sorry, I've misunderstood you all along. So... so you... uh, you're still a mama's boy?"
Banami's lips twitched wildly as he thought to himself, "My image in Hazuki's heart has been completely ruined by this big blondie!"
He used to be the one making up jokes to annoy others, but today he's the one being thoroughly disgusted.
The thought of his former self—that wicked, arrogant, and mama's boy—made him feel extremely uncomfortable.
Banami clutched her chest, deeply repenting in her heart: I'm sorry, Sho! I shouldn't have made up those weird fanfictions that disgusted you before. It really hurts, sob sob... I was wrong...
They'll do it again next time.
Meanwhile, Hatsune, seeing Junta Mana's moved expression and Yanami's "painful" look, felt that she had perfectly achieved her goal.
She wiped away her tears again, her eyes filled with self-pity: Ah, how pitiful I am, but thankfully someone understands my deep feelings.
Chapter Twenty: So, if you've been with Gao Songdeng, does that mean you've been with Yang Gongfei?
Banami collapsed onto the sofa, feeling as if all the strength had been drained from her bones. She felt utterly exhausted, both physically and mentally, and didn't even have the energy to go back to the Toyokawa family home.
He took out his phone and dialed Xiangzi's number, his voice filled with undisguised languor: "Xiao Xiang, I'm not going home tonight. I'll just stay out for the night."
Xiangzi on the other end of the phone sounded like he had just woken up; his voice was slurred and still a bit groggy: "Um... okay. By the way, Xi, I just had a weird dream. In the dream, you were so cool, arrogant, and awesome. Were you secretly doing some fan fiction again?"
Seeing this, Banai froze, instantly becoming much more alert. Her tone immediately became resolute: "No! Absolutely not! You must be delirious from a dream! How could I possibly be that kind of charmingly arrogant mama's boy!"
"Uh..." But before Xiangzi could answer, Banai immediately hung up the phone.
Banami covered her face tightly, her mind already filled with the image of Xiaoxiang laughing hysterically on the other end of the phone.
It hurts, it hurts too much.
On the other side, light, cheerful sounds came from the kitchen.
Without Xiangzi as an "obstacle," Hatsune Miku acted like the lady of the house, happily tying on her beige apron and rolling up her sleeves as she busied herself in front of the stove.
She hummed a song as she chopped vegetables, her eyes brimming with undisguised sweetness. Being able to cook a meal for her lover alone filled her with energy.
Junta Mana stood to the side, helping to hand out bowls and chopsticks, but her eyes held a complicated expression.
Looking at the undisguised love in Hatsune's eyes, and seeing how carefully she prepared a meal for someone, she felt a pang of sadness and bitterness in her heart.
"Mana-chan, you didn't tell anyone about me and Xiaoxi, did you?" Hatsune suddenly turned her head, her tone light and cheerful, with a hint of girlish boasting, her fingertips still covered in flour.
Mana shook her head heavily, having personally felt the weight of their memories and their feelings; she simply couldn't bring herself to do anything to hurt them.
"But..." Mana didn't know how to say the next words.
She can accept their twisted relationship, but that doesn't mean the world can accept it.
Hatsune-chan, it's not this relationship that ruined you, it's this world that ruined you!
"It's okay." Hatsune smiled, her eyes crinkling, her voice sweet. "I've made up my mind. No matter what happens, I'll stay with Yu-kun."
It was a rare opportunity for her to openly flaunt her "lover" in front of other women, and this feeling was wonderful for Hatsune Miku.
Looking at her happy expression, Mana could only manage a forced smile, quietly suppressing the bitterness in her heart.
The meal went fairly well, with Hatsune serving food to Banami the whole time, her eyes practically overflowing with affection.
After dinner, Hatsune suggested, "Yu-kun, why don't you sleep in my bed tonight? I'll sleep with Mana-chan. I have a lot to say to Mana."
Banami was completely speechless at this blond guy who was so hopelessly stuck in his tragic heroine persona.
Te, shrimp-headed woman.
After he finished washing up in the bathroom, he was about to push open the door to the bedroom when he bumped into Mana, who was about to return to her room.
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