Chapter 666

The next day.

The morning train platform was shrouded in cool air and the sound of the rushing crowd.

Natsume Chikage shook his head slightly, politely and clearly refusing another strange girl who walked up with blushing cheeks wanting his contact information.

After that girl turned and left with some disappointment.

Natsume Ruri beside him puffed up her cheeks slightly, like a little pufferfish hiding something on her mind.

She always felt that her brother now was simply too popular!

Clearly, in the past, even if he were placed in a crowd, people might not even look at him twice.

Now, he gets hit on almost every day on his commute, what exactly is going on?!

However... in all fairness, now that her brother has changed his gloomy long hair, he is indeed very handsome.

It's just that she doesn't know what type of girl her brother will like in the future?

Is it Yukimura Suzune, Fujiwara Aoi, or Saionji Nanase, or...

Natsume Ruri hummed and hawed, thoughtful.

And Kaga Reisa stood quietly beside Ruri, her gaze lowered.

Seeing Brother Natsume refuse even that fashionably dressed and outstanding-looking sister just now without hesitation, she couldn't help but feel a bit complicated.

Worry, like a tiny vine, quietly wrapped around her heart.

In this situation, will Brother Natsume one day suddenly fall in love at first sight with some girl he meets by chance, and then fall in love quickly?

If such a thing happens before she grows up and can stand by his side as a high school student...

Kaga Reisa became more distressed the more she thought about it, her slender fingertips unconsciously twisting the strap of her school bag.

In the confusion of her thoughts, she suddenly couldn't tell whether she hoped Natsume Chikage would become a "brother" more, or...

At this moment.

Accompanied by the rhythmic "clanking" sound and broadcast prompts, a commuter train slid slowly into the platform and stopped precisely in front of the white line.

Natsume Chikage turned and instructed his sister and her good friend:

"Be safe, if anything happens at school, call me immediately."

"Yeah, yeah, I know, Brother, then we'll go first!"

Natsume Ruri nodded vigorously, took Kaga Reisa's hand, and boarded the train with the crowd.

Kaga Reisa also turned back and said goodbye softly:

"See you tonight... Brother Natsume."

Watching the train doors carrying the two girls close and slowly drive away from the platform.

The train belonging to Natsume Chikage's school route also came from the depths of the tunnel, bringing its unique wind pressure and sound, and stopped steadily.

The moment the door opened, Yukimura Suzune seemed to sense something and raised her head from the pages in her hand.

Her gaze passed through the bustling crowd getting on and off, and happened to capture that slender figure preparing to step into the carriage—Natsume Chikage.

The moment she saw him clearly, her breathing stalled slightly, imperceptibly.

Her gaze seemed to be pulled by an invisible thread, staring blankly at him, and her heartbeat skipped a beat uncontrollably at that moment.

She was far from the only one who felt amazed.

Inside the carriage, many gazes also quietly focused as this outstanding teenager entered.

This train line passed by many schools, and at this time, the carriage was crowded with students wearing different school uniforms.

Several female students from neighboring schools looked at him and couldn't help but whisper in low voices.

"Look at that boy... is he from Private Moonlight Academy? He's too good-looking..."

"Since when did Private Moonlight have such a handsome boy? He's so tall, is he a senior in the second or third year?"

"Neither! I heard from my friend that he's a first-year, named Natsume Chikage."

"So handsome... he must have a girlfriend, right?"

"No! Can you believe it? He seems to be single for now!"

"Really?! Such a handsome boy is still single, impossible..."

Finally, two or three bold girls couldn't hold back their joyful mood, pushed each other, and gathered the courage to strike up a conversation.

But without exception, they were all politely but distantly declined by Natsume Chikage.

His gaze swept calmly over the slightly crowded carriage, seemingly looking for something.

Yukimura Suzune, whose view was blocked by the crowd, witnessed this scene, and a trace of hesitation flashed in her cold eyes.

She hesitated for a moment, and then, like some morning in the past, moved forward half a step without a trace, making herself slightly more conspicuous.

Afterward, she lowered her head again, locking her gaze back on the open pages, as if everything around her had nothing to do with her.

And Natsume Chikage's gaze also crossed the crowd at this time and landed beside the familiar figure who was reading with her head down—there happened to be an empty seat there.

He walked over and stood still beside her.

"Morning, Yukimura-san."

Yukimura Suzune, who heard this familiar voice, raised her eyelids.

Seeing Natsume Chikage ignore the other girls' attempts to strike up a conversation and come only to her side, a fluctuation passed imperceptibly deep in her clear eyes.

But there was still no expression on that peerlessly beautiful face, and she just responded with her unique, slightly cold voice:

"Morning... Natsume-kun."