"All right."

The other party has said so, Bai Lu has no reason to continue to insist.

She could see that Chiwei Jingzhi really didn't need the girl to pay him such a small expensive thing, and the system also judged that the behavior of the two was qualified, which meant that the matter of paying back the money was over.

The world will not stand still again because of the original choice.

[System: The current favorability of the strategy character "Kyoji Chiwei" is 87.3%~]

"System: Player, he is about the same as Black Tail Tetsuro back then! He's also pretty nice, didn't you think his appearance was in line with aesthetics before, how about it, don't you really want to try it!"

...Heiwei Tielang's current favorability is basically stagnant, even if it is added, it is only a value like 0.1, 0.01.

This proves that if their favorability reaches a certain level, it will be difficult to go up again, right?

Is there any difference?

Although Chiwei is indeed more generous than he imagined...

"System: Cough, yes, there are some exceptions."

Without responding to the system's guilty nonsense, Bai Lu followed Chiwei Jingzhi and left the LTOYA Stationery House without responding. The young man walking beside him still slowed down and asked patiently:

"Student Bai Lu, do you have any plans for the future?"

The moment his voice fell, the world suddenly turned gray.

The option panel appeared again in the air——

"System: DokiDoki~two! I went to the couple's jewelry store with Akawei Jingji, and faced with the boy's question, do you decide?"

A. Go back to LTOYA and continue shopping

B. Invite him to watch a movie in a private cinema

C. Invite him to dinner at an ordinary shop

D. go straight home

"..."

go home.

After failing to repay the money, Bai Lu no longer has the desire to continue shopping.

And the other party has said that before, she doesn't need to worry about stepping on the broken pen, it's a bit strange to insist on returning the favor, since he doesn't care, she must not care.

The big deal is to have a better attitude towards this guy in the future.

"Well...there's something else to do next."

"Sorry, I obviously accompanied Chiwei to pick up the pen, but I didn't help at all."

The girl raised her index finger to scrape her cheeks, lowered her eyes slightly to stare at her own toes, and slightly pursed her pink lips.

Anyway, avoid his sight.

"That's it."

Chiwei Jingzhi obviously had nothing to do with her evasion, but his tone remained the helplessness just now, and he said gently: "It's okay, fortunately, I have Bai Lu with me, otherwise I might not be able to think of the shop here."

"It feels like our relationship is one step closer, and that's enough."

"May I call you Bai Lu?"

"Eh?"

"Ah...wouldn't that be very rude, because you called Bai Lu before, you didn't deny it, I think we should be students at the same level?"

"Yes, I am also a third-year junior high school student."

Bai Lu also looked up helplessly at the handsome boy in front of her. She nodded in agreement and said, "You can call me whatever you want."

She really doesn't care much about these.

In addition to being indifferent to the title, the girl also has a built-in immune system in her heart, because she has received various pursuits since she was a child, and she is basically immune to the interaction between men and women.

"Then, Lulu?"

...

Um?

"Sorry, it's really too familiar." Chiwei Jingzhi smiled lightly at the girl's bewildered reaction, and raised his palm against his lower lip: "Because I remembered that Lone Claw-san called you like this before, so I justtry."

...This person is quite mean-spirited.

But forget it, let him go.

"System: Hee hee, young lovers are flirting and cursing."

Gun.

Ignoring the system of being self-closing after being scolded, the girl soon separated from Chiwei Jingji.

The two families are not on the same side, one has to take the subway and the other has to take the tram, so there is no way to go back together. Fortunately, it is still early, and it can't even be called evening.

Bai Lu was very happy about this, and after parting with the other party, he directly followed his memory to the subway entrance where he and Hei Zizhe went yesterday, and went to the automatic ticket vending machine to buy a subway ticket.

However.

She seemed to see the familiar figure she saw yesterday in the crowd again, the woman in a dark coat who looked very similar to her mother.

The other party obviously didn't notice this side, seeing that she was about to leave the subway station along the escalator... Bai Lu frowned her beautiful eyebrows, and suddenly had a very strong desire in her heart, wanting to follow the other party to have a look.

If the first time was a coincidence, then the second time is not sure.

"System: uh."

"System: Play... player, you can meet the target of the raid and No. 2 when you take the subway now!"

Black Tail Tetsuro They?

Bai Lu froze for a moment, and was immediately attracted by the system's prompt... 1 second, nonsense, she didn't want to meet them in the car at all, and it would be difficult to explain why she was here.

Compared to this, the girl's gaze returned to the direction where the woman disappeared just now.

Thinking of the white cloth satchel she found on the shoe rack before going out today, her sense of unreliability intensified. She decisively stopped walking towards the inside of the subway, turned around and chased in the direction of the escalator.

Let's take a sneak peek, and come back after confirmation, at least for peace of mind.

Bai Lu pulled the scarf around his neck, covered a part of his cheeks with the fabric, stared at the dark brown figure, made sure that the other person would not leave his field of vision, and cleverly followed the other person through the skill of avoiding the pursuer before.

The further she walked, the more she felt the shadow of the other party was familiar. It was probably the mother in the game.

...What is she doing here?

Work?

The girl who was thinking this way noticed that the figure not far away had entered a strange small agency.

Bai Lu hurriedly quickened his pace, hurriedly approached the door of the store, and sneaked to the side to look in through the glass. The environment inside the agency was clean and tidy, and there were several professional service personnel standing at the front desk.

Apparently, quite normal.

This should be an ordinary employment agency, a very formal place.

"System: Don't worry, player, you read that right."

"..."

So, why did her mother come to the employment agency here in Sumida District?

Could it be that she encountered some trouble in her last job? Thinking about it carefully, Bai Lu doesn’t even know where the other party’s last job was or what she did. Her impression of her mother is still that of a housewife.A rich lady with too much work to do.

The girl couldn't help looking at the room with a bit of worry. Her mother seemed to have finished talking with the staff, and she walked towards the door with an uneasy expression.

She subconsciously hid in the alley next to the agency, and came out cautiously after her mother left.

"System: Oh... Player, if you are really worried, you can go inside and ask."

"That's what I thought."

Bai Lu peeled down the scarf to make sure that there was no one around, and that her mother had really left. She didn't follow up to recognize her, but instead took the initiative to push open the door of the agency.

"welcome"

"What's the matter with this lady?"

"Hello, I'm looking for some part-time jobs..." Bai Lu locked on the person who communicated with her mother just now, and said in a hesitant tone: "It's similar to the job that person just said."

"Eh?"

The staff member was obviously stunned, and looked at the girl with a funny tone: "Are you still a student?"

"Well, sister, you can tell that the person just now is my mother."

Bai Lu softened his tone a little, and his voice was a little pleading: "I think she is working too hard, so I want to work with her..."

"This classmate, your mother's job is definitely not suitable for you."

The attitude of the staff eased. Faced with the girl's sincere tone, she stood up helplessly, flipped through the information on the table and handed it to Bai Lu: "According to the information provided, your mother only recently started to return to society.I've been a housewife."

"We also want to provide her with some jobs with good conditions, but in the current environment, she has been derailed from society for too long, and coupled with the age limit, only some domestic jobs are suitable for her."

Home, housekeeping?!

"I know, because of the problem of the last owner's house, your mother has already come to see us. There is nothing we can do. Even if we change again, it will be a similar job."

"Student, go back and persuade your mother well."

...

………

Bai Lu was very silent until she took the subway home, which was completely different from what she had expected.

What is the situation now?

What is the problem with the previous owner?

My mind was a little messy thinking about these questions, thinking of my mother's tired dark face a few days ago, and the fact that she often came home from overtime work, her father's complaints about her mother not knowing where to work are still vivid in my memory...

"System, the second day I just wore it here, you said that my parents are talking and don't suggest going back."

"What did they talk about?"

"System: Er..."

"System: It's nothing, it's something like an agreement. Your father stopped paying his salary, and your mother started to go out to find a job."

"System: The marriage of two people is maintained until the player passes through the critical period of junior high school/high school entrance examination."

"..."

Bai Lu returned home with no expression on her face. She looked around the empty living room. She came back later than her mother, but the other party was not at home.

Recalling the list that the staff member handed me just now, Toshima District Higashi-Ikebukuro Honmachi 1-2-2, take the Seibu Ikebukuro Line tram, get off at Higashi-Ikebukuro Station and walk for a few minutes.

Toshima District and Nerima District are both neighboring districts on the north side of the city.

"System: I'm finally home! After a day of dating, you have nothing to do when you get home, so you decided to do something to pass the time?"

A. Go to the study and play games with KODZUKEN

B. Go to the next door to find Hei Zizhe and also do homework

C. Go to Huishan Park to sit for a while

D. to sleep in bed

...

The option panel that appeared in the daily routine popped up, and Bai Lu directly chose D - lying down and sleeping.

She quickly returned to the room, lay down on the bed and closed her eyes. At the moment the system judged success, she lifted the quilt and got up, went back to the entrance, and put on the shoes she had just taken off.

"System: Huh?"

"System: Wait, player, why are you in such a hurry to go out?"

...Go to Toshima Ward to have a look.

She really cared about what she saw before.

Don't worry, won't break into other people's houses to disturb or anything, just looking for a way to take a look at the so-called master's house.

"Excuse me, is the Honmachi 1-chome convenience store in front?"

Arriving at the so-called Ikebukuro Honcho, Bai Lu asked a stranger to confirm the way. The address was next to the convenience store.

"Eh? Yes, little girl."

Because of her polite question and answer, the uncle who was stopped answered quickly.

Before she could thank her and leave, she caught sight of a familiar figure coming out of a distant apartment building from the corner of her vision, and quickly turned sideways, using the telephone pole to block her figure: "So that's how it is."

"Thanks."

The strange uncle followed the girl's gaze, and also noticed the woman in the dark coat: "Oh."

"..."

Bai Lu originally wanted to turn around and leave, but he couldn't help but stop when he heard his sigh, and the smile on the corner of his mouth couldn't hold back: "What's wrong, uncle?"

"It's nothing, it's just a feeling, you young people must study hard."

The uncle shook his head: "That person is the nanny hired next door to my house. He should have come to resign. Their family has always been in a bad temper. I heard that the master drank heavily the night before yesterday. I don't know if he hurt anyone. That nannyIt’s not easy, and I often go to the elementary school next door to work as a cleaner at night.”

Bai Lu: "..."

Her feet were glued to the ground and she didn't want to lift them at all.

The uncle just said a few words of emotion, and left quickly. There was hardly anyone walking on the empty street, and occasionally one or two people passing by would glance at her strangely.

After a few seconds of silence, the girl turned around and left the area before her mother found her.

"System: uh."

"System: Player, do you still want to go to that apartment?"

Bai Lu didn't speak.

She was thinking about the Bundy she got from the shoe rack yesterday.

At that time, in order to increase the effect of the strategy, she wrapped OK Bang on her fingers, but it was a coincidence, Bai Lu did not dig out Bondi from the medicine box in her room in advance, and I can think of this incident entirely because of going outSaw that by accident.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, did you put Bondi on the shoe rack before?

No.

At the moment of hearing the old man's explanation, all the hazy mist came to light, and the vague impression became clear. You can know without guessing that the box of Bondi was probably put by my mother.

Is the other party injured?In other words, he was accidentally bumped into something, but he didn't tell his family.

... She should have noticed sooner.

Why is mother so tired every day?

Not only did she act as a babysitter for others, she also worked as a cleaner in the school, and she was looking for a job in an agency every day. probably went to Miyagi Prefecture that day to contact related matters.

"System: Player..."

"System: Are you going to visit the elementary school next door? According to the test, your mother is going there."

no.

Bai Lu's eyes were slightly lowered, she didn't want to see the other party cleaning the hall, wiping the stairs and handrails at all.

Just imagining that scene made nose sore... was about to cry.

...

The air is a little quieter.

Until he took the tram home, Bai Lu remained silent. When he returned to the community, it was still dark, and at most it was normal school time.

According to the previous routines of the game, some options will definitely appear at this time, and try to create some plots so that the girl can stay outside to trigger the raiders.

It's a pity - no, even the chattering system didn't come out to speak.

And Bai Lu was uncharacteristically, walking around the neighborhood very calmly, and even walked through the alley behind the convenience store.

don't want to go back.

Passing by Huishan Park on the way home, she saw a red swing not far away with no one there, so she simply stopped, walked over there and sat on it.

"Squeak - squeak -"

The rope of the swing made a slightly harsh sound, Bai Lu stared down at his toes, his beautiful and delicate cheeks were just like the last time he sat here, his expression covered by Liuhai/bangs was cold, flat, and even a little dazed.

What the hell is she doing?

All kinds of things that happened today played out in his mind, for some reason, such a sentence suddenly came out of Bai Lu's empty mind.

My thoughts are gradually intertwined like threads, and carefully recalled all the things so far. It has been about a week since traveled to this so-called Raiders world, and a whole week represents 7 days...

What did she do these 7 days?

Avoid all kinds of things if you find it troublesome, and follow the progress of the game as you like. If you are in a good mood, you will attack, and if you feel bored, you will give up decisively.

——She was acting badly and expressing her dissatisfaction in a small way.

Deal with all the characters with a half-baked attitude.

Is this wrong?have no idea.

To be honest, Bai Lu’s experience from childhood to adulthood has been smooth sailing. She has never suffered any hardship. She can always get what she wants as long as she grinds it hard.Crooked, but the heart is actually indifferent to everything.

Why do you feel indifferent?Because it's the same everywhere.

The "source" that drove her to deal with the system and make some raiding behaviors was just out of her sense of responsibility, because she really didn't read the opening clauses carefully, because she had a feeling for this kind of "holographic game" that she had only seen in novels.There was a trace of hidden curiosity, because she always felt that it didn't matter, so she could deal with things here with a casual attitude.

What's more, there is not much difference between the environment here and reality.

Bai Lu is still a halo that has not expired, and can easily get whatever he wants... a spoiled darling.

But she forgot that she was able to grow up so healthy because of the solid and reliable arms of the people around her. She can get what she likes because of the unconditional love given to her by her parents.

She can treat everything around her indifferently, not only because of her own superior conditions, not only because of her smart head, but also because... there is a backing behind her that she can rely on at any time.

But here is not.

The supposedly harmonious family will collapse at any time. The mother who should be enjoying the life of a rich wife at home is working hard to find a job.Not return.

Even though she respected their wishes, Bai Lu felt a real resistance in her heart at this moment—she really cared.

want to go back.

Never wanted to go back at this moment.

I don't want this kind of fragmented family, and don't want to see mother working hard and working hard in other people's homes. don't want to see parents quarreling.Going on, she has had enough of the world always turning gray.

For the first time, the mentality of indifference was greatly shaken at this moment.

This is not her world.

I don't want to see that kind of scene that can't accept just by imagining it in mind.

Bai Lu slowly raised his arms, covered his cheeks with his closed index fingers, and couldn't help asking the question again in his heart.

What has she been doing these past 7 days?

"Pa-ta"

A drop of rain suddenly fell on the toe of the girl's shoe.

The dark clouds rolled in the sky, and thunder began to roar overhead in the distance. The raindrops just now seemed to be just a starting point. The gray sky soon began to rain heavily, and it hit the gloomy ground with a crackling sound.

...

It's raining.

Bai Lu maintained his original posture, feeling the raindrops falling on his body, and it wasn't just rain that flowed out from his fingers along his cheeks.

All the scenes seemed to reappear.

Because, she saw the tall black-haired boy, who was wearing a red coat that she had seen a few hours ago, with a slender figure, tall and strong, holding something in his arms, just like last time, and rushed homeJust passed by here on the way.

...

"Heron?"

The voice of Black Tail Tetsuro rang in his ears uncertainly.

This time he took a black umbrella, and hurriedly ran from the park to the swing. The wide umbrella moved to the top of the girl's head, and the corners of his raised eyes were full of surprise.

Bai Lu maintained his original posture without moving.

"What’s wrong with you?"

Looking at the girl with her hair drooping down and her slender hands trembling pale, Black Tail Tetsuro's voice was a little shy, even cautious.

"Senior..."

Bai Lu put his hand down.

She didn't show a mischievous or gentle smile as usual, but just stared at her toes calmly: "What a coincidence, are you also here to buy dinner this time?"

"...It doesn't count, because I lost a bet with the guy who grinds, I came out to buy snacks for playing games. Compared with this, you..."

Black Tail Tetsuro paused for a moment. He looked down at the thin and slender girl. There was obviously distress in his eyes, and he gave all the area that the umbrella could cover to the girl he liked.

The rain that hit the top of his head disappeared, but Bai Lu's heart was still very silent.

That question continued to linger in the mind.

Will she continue to act badly?

The figure of the black-haired boy is reflected in the blurred vision, but all the things that have happened so far are recalled in his mind, the tired look of his mother and the impatience of his father, the gray and white scenes are repeated again and again.

Tears couldn't help but flow out of his eyes again, and his half-baked strategy mentality crumbled little by little.

She raised her head, pursed her lips and said, "Senior...can you please leave me alone?"

...

"Feel sorry."

Accompanied by Black Tail Tetsuro's deep voice, the other party's broad palm pulled him up slightly, and the girl uncontrollably rushed forward with inertia.

Feeling that his slender body was covered by solid and broad shoulders, and the scorching body temperature was transmitted through the clothes wet by the cold rain, the boy's voice was full of unbearable: "I can't do it."

"..."

Bai Lu didn't speak, and let the other party hug her, with strong arms around her waist, and the warm palm of black-tailed Tie Lang gently comforting her on his head.

"I'm sorry, senior, I will do this..." Bai Lu whispered, burying his face on the young man's solid and reliable chest, not knowing whether it was rain or something else, quietly soaking the other party's clothes.

She raised her hands and tightly clenched the clothes on Heiwei's chest with five fingers, but there was only a calm look in her slightly red eyes.

Sorry, but—

She's getting serious.