My System Always Wants to Force Me to Confess-Chapter 272: Blooming Season

Tachibana and her two friends walked along the riverbank, step by step searching for any trace of Shirakawa Sawahei. The fireworks festival had already ended, and people were gradually leaving in small groups, making the riverside more and more empty.

"Do you think Shirakawa and Konatsuori are watching the fireworks somewhere?" the slacker girl said, frustrated. "We’ve been looking for a while now, but still no sign of them... Konatsuori should be slow, right? How could she possibly run faster than us?"

"Could it be that Shirakawa is taking advantage of Kaori again?" Tsukimi Sakurazawa said angrily. "That perverted old man, I knew it was suspicious for him to take Kaori to treat her wound alone!"

"I don’t think so..." Tachibana said quietly. "Shirakawa might also be looking for us and just missed us..."

"Hmm... It’s not impossible..." cute little Ise Yu said, touching her chin. "Since there are fewer people now, why not just call him?"

"Oh right, Shirakawa’s phone should have signal now." Tsukimi quickly took out her phone and dialed a number.

The phone lingered by her ear for a while before the whimpering girl ended the call irresolutely, saying, "Shirakawa didn’t pick up."

"Did he block me or something? How annoying!"

"Let me try!" the slacker girl volunteered.

In less than ten seconds...

"Nani, Shirakawa hung up on me! Worse than you, Tachibana! Your turn!"

"Maybe not," Tachibana said softly. "Since he didn’t answer, it probably means he’s busy... Let’s wait a little longer before trying again?"

"Well... that works too..." the slacker girl said. "So we’ll wait here for him then... Hey, Sakurazawa, what’s that on your ear? New earrings?"

The slacker girl, with her keen sense of style, noticed the shimmering rose-shaped earrings on Sakurazawa’s ears and exclaimed excitedly, "Isn’t that the prize from one of the stalls? I really wanted them... too bad Shirakawa isn’t here..."

The whimpering girl gently touched the exquisite earrings, seemingly recalling the sensation of Sawahei’s fingers brushing against them, blushing slightly as she stammered, "Well... he got them pretty easily..."

"Sakurazawa, why are you blushing while talking..."

Previously, when she was with Sawahei, the whimpering girl had tried hard to suppress her shyness. When he took the Black Hearted Lolita away, she relaxed a bit, but Ise Yu pointed it out again.

Tsukimi Sakurazawa felt like her luck was running out today.

"I’m not blushing at all! It’s just... it’s just the weather is hot, don’t you think?"

"No, not really, there’s a breeze by the river. Right, Tachibana?"

Tachibana nodded honestly.

"Anyway... I’m just more sensitive to heat..." Tsukimi covered her face and pretended to be fierce, "Koorikin, stop staring! Or I’ll show you how these hands can make girls weak in the knees!"

"???"

Since when did Sakurazawa have this heat-sensitive attribute... and making girls weak-kneed... do her hands really have such power?

Could it be... Sakurazawa has a relative... with the surname Kato?

"Why hasn’t Shirakawa called back yet..." the whimpering girl quickly changed the topic, "And Kaori too, could they have secretly gone on a date..."

"..."

"Right, we can call Konatsuori!"

"Yes, and put it on speaker~"

The call quickly connected to the Black Hearted Lolita, who was in a car heading to the hospital, sounding a bit listless when she answered.

"Hello~"

"Ah? Got through... Konatsuori, where are you now?"

"I’m now..."

Black Hearted Lolita was about to say she was on her way home, but then something felt off.

Why! Why should I cover for that pretty boy! He’s clearly watching the next round of fireworks with some woman! How can I speak for my enemy!

No, I can’t be naive anymore!

Black Hearted Lolita brewed up a bit of emotion and said pitifully, "I’m on my way to the hospital... I might have sprained my ankle when I fell earlier..."

"What? Is it serious?"

"I don’t know yet... I’ll have to wait for the X-ray to be sure..."

"Which hospital are you at? We’ll come see you now."

Black Hearted Lolita paused, quickly replying, "No need to visit... My parents are coming. Thank you for your concern... I’m doing fine on my own, but hopping to the hospital on one foot made my leg sore..."

The slacker girl paused too, seemingly puzzled about why the little Lolita had to hop on one foot...

"Shirakawa isn’t with you?"

Black Hearted Lolita finally twisted the topic in the direction she intended, immediately saying pitifully, "Shirakawa? After dropping me at the service center, he left with some girl to watch the fireworks..."

"I don’t know who the girl is, but he looked pretty happy... Did he meet up with you guys to watch the fireworks~"

"That’s so nice~ I wish I could watch the fireworks with everyone~"

Asano Nazuki’s loaded statement left the slacker girl and the whimpering girl speechless in confusion.

What girl? Shirakawa invited a girl to watch fireworks? frёeωebɳovel.com

We went shopping together just before, and now he’s running off with another woman! Good grief... Shirakawa Shidao? A master of time management!

Are we the backups, or is the other girl?

The Black Hearted Lolita, pleased with the desired reaction, hung up with satisfaction.

Even if she couldn’t thwart the Black Hearted Woman’s scheme right now, it felt good to mess with the pretty boy every once in a while...

The three girls silently pondered Shirakawa Sawahei’s player antics with strange expressions.

Tachibana timidly said, "Shirakawa wouldn’t just ditch Asano, right..."

Shirakawa Sawahei’s top supporter, Little Miss Transparency, was evidently not entirely convinced.

"Hard to say! Shirakawa is a seasoned player!" the whimpering girl said furiously. "And we’re still out looking for him! Forget it! Xiao Mo! Let’s go home!"

"Ehh~ Are we really not looking for Shirakawa?" If that’s the case... how about we get some drinks from the cold drink shop? The shaved ice didn’t really quench thirst..."

...

After parting with her friends, Tachibana came home alone. The quiet environment echoed with a soft "I’m back," causing a ripple in her heart like a pebble dropping into a still lake.

She gently placed her shoes aside, closed the door, and sat down. But her mind kept replaying the conversations from the fireworks festival, along with the final lonely silhouette.

She had said it... the words she had buried deep within her heart...

Her finger swiped twice on the phone screen and stopped at Sawahei Shirakawa’s line account. The conversation was from the day they planned to buy flowerpots. Little Miss Transparency stared at the simple chat log and suddenly used her phone to cover her face, collapsing onto the sofa.

Does saying it mean she can no longer deceive herself?

And the relationship with Shirakawa... Can she keep avoiding it?

As for Ishihara... talking might be hard from now on...

In the future... she may have to face something different from before...

Tachibana’s cheeks reddened slightly, and the phone screen covered half her face, leaving only her watery, lovely eyes visible. She sat up from the sofa, dazed for a while, when a faintly sweet aroma suddenly caught her attention.

In the clear moonlight, the plant labeled "Demon King Shirakawa’s Second Harem" on the windowsill had quietly bloomed, the small, delicate white flowers emanating a fragrance in the night, beautiful as a dream.

The flowers have bloomed.

Little Miss Transparency said to herself.

Then, she picked up her phone, typed a few lines in the chat, closed her eyes, and pressed send.

[Shirakawa, did you get home?] (unread)

[I really enjoyed the fireworks festival today] (unread)

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