Chapter 593

She could clearly notice that today, Midou Orihime was in a better mood than any other day when having breakfast.

Although her expression was still flat, the habitual coldness and alienation surrounding her seemed to have faded a little.

After discovering this subtle but indeed existing change, Konoe Hitomi couldn't help but be silent for a long time, a trace of extremely complex light flashing in the depths of her emotionless eyes.

After Midou Orihime simply filled her stomach, she put down the tableware.

She noticed that it was getting late, so she picked up the napkin and gently wiped her lips gracefully.

Then she stood up slowly and said to Konoe Hitomi, returning to that habitual tone carrying a faint sense of distance.

"Hitomi, after he finishes eating, you send him away."

Konoe Hitomi nodded slightly and responded.

"Understood."

Upon hearing this, Midou Orihime didn't say a word of farewell or pleasantry, as if the short time spent together and observation just now was just an ordinary item on the schedule.

She turned around, her long black hair drawing a graceful arc in the air, and went straight out of the dining room, her figure disappearing around the corner of the corridor.

Soon, a slight sound of the vehicle starting and driving away came from outside the window.

Seeing this, Xia Xia Xia Mujun was a bit unable to understand the thoughts and behavioral patterns of this young lady of the Midou family.

Always like this, appearing suddenly, leaving suddenly.

However, that was not his business, and he didn't need to speculate.

He was just someone brought here to paint, and by paying the price of a few paintings, he could exchange for a high-quality apartment with extremely low rent, and today he could even mix in a high-spec expensive breakfast.

From the results, it was still... not bad.

He accelerated his eating speed and quickly finished breakfast.

Konoe Hitomi stepped forward at the right time, her voice steady and waveless.

"Xia Xia Xia Mujun, please follow me."

The train, with its unique "clattering" sound and regular vibration, stopped slowly at the familiar platform.

The carriage door slid to both sides with a "hiss."

Like a tide flowing, some people squeezed in hurriedly, some poured out from inside.

Yukimura Suzune leaned against the inner wall of the carriage, holding a miniature library book in her hand, but her gaze did not fall on the pages.

She looked up at the right time, her cold gaze sweeping quickly through the crowd pouring into the carriage, trying to find that tall figure that had become somewhat familiar.

However, after sweeping her gaze back and forth several times, she didn't see him at all.

She paused, her slender eyebrows furrowing imperceptibly, thinking that Natsume Ruri was occasionally late today, so Xia Xia Xia Mujun didn't appear on this train on time as usual.

While thinking, Yukimura Suzune couldn't help but turn her head, her cold gaze looking through the slightly reflective carriage window toward the opposite platform where they usually boarded.

In her heart, she only felt that she shouldn't be able to see the figures of the brother and sister either, after all, they might not have arrived yet.

But the result made her fall into a long silence.

Only to see on the opposite platform, Natsume Ruri and Kaga Reisa were gathered together, seemingly chatting happily about something.

Kaga Reisa was smiling shyly, nodding from time to time.

The figures of the two were clearly visible.

However, Xia Xia Xia Mujun was nowhere to be found beside them.

After witnessing this abnormal situation, Yukimura Suzune was silent for a long while, her thin lips pursed tightly.

She took out her phone, the cold light of the screen illuminating her expressionless face, her fingers clicking on the address book quickly, sending a message to Natsume Ruri.

【Yukimura Suzune: Ruri, I see you, but why can't I see your brother?】

【Natsume Ruri: Brother? I don't know, when I woke up this morning, I didn't see him. But he did leave me a message, saying he had something to go out for, and let me go to school by myself today.】

Yukimura Suzune looked at the reply on the screen, her fingertips pausing on the cold screen for a moment.

【Yukimura Suzune: ...I see.】

After replying briefly, she put away her phone.

But her thoughts couldn't help but become somewhat chaotic.

Couldn't help but wonder, what exactly was the thing Xia Xia Xia Mujun had to do today?

Yukimura Suzune, who felt her thoughts were somewhat inexplicably messy today, shook her head gently, a few strands of hair brushing against her fair cheeks.

She felt that it was better for her not to think too much.

Why did she have to think so much about Xia Xia Xia Mujun?

His affairs... what direct relationship did they have with her?

Right... shouldn't think too much, this didn't conform to her consistently calm and rational style of doing things.

Yukimura Suzune took a deep breath, the cool air injected making her a little calmer, stabilizing her somewhat drifting thoughts, and temporarily suppressing those groundless guesses.

Soon.

The train arrived at the station, she got off with the crowd and walked toward the Private Moonlight Academy.

She arrived at the door of Class 1-A.

Quite a few classmates had already arrived in the classroom, and the noisy laughter and the sound of moving tables and chairs were mixed together.

However, just as she walked into the classroom.

Her gaze subconsciously, almost habitually, swept first toward that seat by the window.

Immediately, she saw Saionji Nanase sitting beside Xia Xia Xia Mujun.

The two were leaning very close, their heads almost touching, looking at the same shoujo manga spread out on the table together.

Saionji Nanase was puffing her cheeks slightly, a hint of small complaint in her lively eyes, her voice soft and glutinous.

"Xia Xia Xia Mujun, you're reading too fast, I haven't finished reading that page yet, and you've already turned the page."

Xia Xia Xia Mujun's reaction and visual processing speed were now much faster than ordinary people, and it was indeed easy to ignore others' rhythm when reading.

After being reminded by her, he realized this and apologized with a somewhat embarrassed smile.

"Oh oh, sorry sorry, I didn't notice."

Saying this, he reached out and turned the page back.

After witnessing this scene, Yukimura Suzune's footsteps at the classroom door stalled instantly.

Subsequently, her eyes, which were always calm and cold, narrowed slightly, and she pursed her red lips tightly.

She walked toward her seat without saying a word, taking off the schoolbag slung over her shoulder, and the action of putting it into the table was not restrained at all.

The schoolbag collided with the table, making a "thud" sound that was not very loud, but seemed exceptionally crisp under her deliberate control.

Saionji Nanase and Xia Xia Xia Mujun, who heard this abrupt movement, subconsciously looked up toward the source of the sound.

Saionji Nanase blinked her big eyes and greeted naturally.

"Good morning, Suzune."

Xia Xia Xia Mujun also saw her and nodded.

"Good morning, Yukimura-san."

Yukimura Suzune had already sat down, she turned her head, her cold and fair face seemed to be covered with a layer of thin ice, even colder and more expressionless than usual.

She just squeezed a short monosyllable from her throat.

"Morning."

After saying this, she looked at Saionji Nanase who was still sitting beside Xia Xia Xia Mujun, frowned imperceptibly, her tone carrying a hint of questioning that she herself hadn't noticed, different from usual.

"The copy of 'The Devotion of Suspect X' I lent you yesterday, have you finished reading it?"

Saionji Nanase heard this and immediately remembered the important matter, an excited expression appearing on her face.

She gave an "ah," quickly stood up from beside Xia Xia Xia Mujun, returned to her seat, bent down, carefully took out the carefully packaged novel from the desk cabinet, and returned, handing it back to Yukimura Suzune with both hands.

"I kept reading it when I went back last night, I read it until very late, I've finished it, returning it to you."

Her voice carried the satisfaction of completing the reading.

Yukimura Suzune paused, looked at the book handed over by her friend, was silent for a moment, and then reached out to take it.

And Xia Xia Xia Mujun blinked and asked curiously.

"What do you think of this novel? Saionji-san."

Saionji Nanase blinked her lively eyes thoughtfully, then gently clapped her hands, a natural and simple smile that was unique to her and without any ulterior motives appearing on her face.

"It's really, really good."

"Especially the final reversal and ending, I never expected it would be like that, I got goosebumps when I read that part."

Her tone was full of praise.