"Mayi Asuka?" Kiyono Lin asked Dubian Che, who had just hung up the phone.

"Uh-huh."

"Since the day on the yacht, it's exactly half a month; it's their turn," Kiyono Lin, her hand supporting her chin, mused very reasonably.

"I... although..." Dubian Che started to speak twice but couldn't find the right words for a moment and had to softly say in the end, "This matter doesn't seem to require your permission."

"Some people just lack sufficient self-awareness," Jiutiao Meiji said as she stretched and sat up.

Her gorgeous, beautiful long hair cascaded down her shoulders like dark water.

"You're saying I lack self-awareness?"

"People who have self-awareness wouldn't be losers."

"Losers…" Even today, hearing that word, Kiyono Lin was so angry she couldn't speak.

Dubian Che turned into air.

At this moment, even he wanted to stay far away from Kiyono Lin.

"Pfft~"

"Hehe~"

The three turned their heads toward the sound, where the two Mrs., lying together in their sleep on the sofa, were trying hard to suppress their laughter.

Mrs. Kiyono even hit Mrs. Jiutiao to make her restrain herself a bit.

Both had their eyes closed, pretending to be asleep, with an attitude of, "you three keep talking."

Kiyono Lin shifted her gaze from her mother and Mrs. Jiutiao back to Jiutiao Meiji:

"Does agreeing to Mr. Dubian and Xiaoquan Aonai regarding Mayi Asuka's matter, in exchange for a temporary relationship, really make you so proud?"

The digging up of each other's scars began, cruelly salting them.

In other words, the two really knew each other inside out, aware of all each other's strengths and weaknesses.

"Not only lacking in self-awareness but you've also lost basic judgment?"

Jiutiao Meiji walked over, her hands resting on either side of Kiyono Lin's chair, leaning over her as if to embrace her.

She stared intently into Kiyono Lin's eyes:

"A trade? Ridiculous! That was originally something I owed him, repaying him while simultaneously taking the opportunity to gain all of him."

Kiyono Lin raised her head; even in a position of looking up, her presence was no less imposing as she met Jiutiao Meiji's gaze.

"If it weren't for a series of accidents, do you think you could have beaten me?" she said coldly.

"Accidents, accidents, can't you just admit defeat?"

"Because I really can't think of anything other than luck that you could rely on to beat me."

"I'm as beautiful as you, as excellent as you, have bigger breasts than you, and have a more normal personality. I remember, when you and Dubian Che first started out, didn't you dislike each other because of your 100% honesty? If so, how can you guarantee that if you met Dubian Che normally, it wouldn't lead to the same outcome as now?"

"I advise you not to anger me," Kiyono Lin snapped her book shut.

"And what if I did anger you?" Jiutiao Meiji said with a smile.

Kiyono Lin pushed her away and stood up; the two faced each other in the sunshine by the French windows.

"Don't let me agree to him being with Xiaoquan Aonai and Mayi Asuka; it would make you lose your only chance of winning."

Kiyono Lin's voice was calm and composed, yet filled with an unprecedented deterrent force.

When the situation actually became tense, Dubian Che could no longer remain silent.

"Even if you agree, I won't leave Meiji," he said.

Kiyono Lin glanced at him before turning to Jiutiao Meiji with a smile, "Want to know if that's true?"

"Stop playing mind games with me," Jiutiao Meiji retorted coldly, then scoffed, "Never mind if it's true or not; just agree and let's see."

"I don't need to cross my moral line to deal with you."

"Alright, alright," Dubian Che quickly separated the two, "stop arguing, or you'll wake the two ladies."

Don't entertain the two Mrs.—they instantly understood what Dubian Che meant.

The two young ladies looked at each other, both snorted coldly, one sat down to continue reading, and the other returned to the sofa.

Dubian Che followed Jiutiao Meiji back to the sofa.

Just as he sat down, Mrs. Jiutiao, sleeping on the long sofa, kicked his shin with her foot.

Dubian Che looked over, and Mrs. Jiutiao, opening just her left eye, peered at him, "Mr. Dubian, it's tough, huh?"

"I think he's quite happy, proud to be fought over by Lin and Meiji," Mrs. Kiyono opened her right eye.

They were still pretending to be asleep.

"That's not the case," Dubian Che said, his voice tinged with helplessness, "I've never considered myself coveted, with a choice among us three."

"Liar," Mrs. Kiyono said.

"Don't scare me," Dubian Che was genuinely startled.

Their mother-daughter voices were so alike, and Kiyono Youko deliberately mimicked Kiyono Lin's way of speaking, coupled with "liar" being Kiyono Lin's catchphrase, he didn't react for a moment.

"So, what do you think?" Mrs. Jiutiao asked.

"I feel like the three of us, no, the five of us, are like five gears, independent yet influencing each other, advancing in love, on the journey of life. If this were an anime or a light novel, the development of the story would probably rely on the collision between gears. Eventually, compromising and caring for each other, meshing together in some way," Dubian Che summarized.

Finally, a brief silence filled the living room, the faint sound of a commercial from the TV audible—Hokkaido sea urchin rice bowl, summer special price of 1500 yen.

"He said the five of us," Mrs. Kiyono whispered to Mrs. Jiutiao, her voice audible to everyone.

"So bold of him, we must teach him a lesson for daring to think that way," Mrs. Jiutiao responded similarly "quietly" to Mrs. Kiyono.

"What I mean is... never mind," Dubian Che no longer cared to explain to the two pretending to be fools.

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