Chapter 2583: Chapter 1727: Chance Encounter

"You...!"

"Matcha parfait."

Watching Yao Lenna stretch her hand for dessert, the black-haired girl was at a loss for words, but soon she realized that this time the little wildcat didn’t seem to be addressing her?

At that moment, a voice came from behind the black-haired girl.

"Didn’t you just eat? Aren’t you afraid of getting a stomachache?"

"......?"

Hearing this voice, everyone curiously turned their heads, and then they saw Duanmu Huai, Hei Chuan Chi Yin, and Yahata Miru walk in and come to their table.

"Ah————!"

At this moment, the pink-haired girl saw them and screamed, then hurriedly covered her mouth.

"What’s wrong with you? Shouting like that?"

The black-haired girl glared fiercely at the pink-haired one, who was now just covering her mouth, staring ahead with wide eyes.

"It’s Miss Duanmu! And Miss Heichuan! How did you guys get here?"

"Eh? Duanmu... ah..."

Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned, then they reacted and looked at Duanmu Huai and Hei Chuan Chi Yin with surprise. No wonder they were startled, after all, Duanmu Huai was a national-level movie star, and Hei Chuan Chi Yin was also a popular actress. The fact that both appeared here was indeed surprising.

Moreover, judging by their attitude, they seemed to know Yao Lenna?

"Lena said her band has a performance, and since we had free time, we came to check it out."

Duanmu Huai reached out and patted Yao Lenna’s little head, the latter squinting her eyes like a stroked cat.

"Are you Lena’s band members?"

Duanmu Huai asked while observing the group in front of her. Among them, she had seen three when Fukawa Shoko said goodbye, including Takamatsu Akari, who was previously in a band with Fukawa Shoko and Ruoya Mu. The cheerful and lively pink-haired girl Duanmu hadn’t seen before, so she probably joined later?

"Ah, yes!"

Faced with Duanmu Huai’s inquiry, the pink-haired girl hurriedly answered, then started introducing them.

"We formed a band called MYGO with Lena! It means moving forward even when lost! Don’t you think it’s great? Ah, I’m the guitarist, Chihaya Aion..."

With the introduction by the pink-haired girl—Chihaya Aion—Duanmu Huai learned the names of the others. Besides the already known Takamatsu Akari, there was the bassist Nagasaki Sushe, who looked like she had the aura of a divorced woman, and the fierce-looking black-haired girl was the drummer Shiina Rikishi.

Duanmu Huai also introduced himself, finding out they also knew each other.

For instance, Duanmu Huai knew Takamatsu Akari, and on their side drummer Shiina Rikishi knew their bassist Yahata Miru.

Truly a ’mysterious yet wonderful connection.’

Since MYGO had practice and LIVE coming up next, Duanmu Huai and Hei Chuan Chi Yin didn’t disturb them too much. After a few words of encouragement, they said goodbye and left. Watching them leave, Chihaya Aion was grinning so broadly her face was almost melting—hmm, looking at the autograph board she held like a treasure explained the reason.

"Wow, who would’ve thought we’d meet Miss Duanmu and Miss Heichuan here? They even came to watch the LIVE? How lucky!"

Seeing Chihaya Aion smile so broadly she seemed to melt, Takamatsu Akari tilted her head in confusion.

"Is it... that exciting?"

"Of course! Don’t you know, Tomorin? Not to mention Miss Heichuan, Miss Duanmu is notoriously hard to approach. Ah, I don’t mean she’s difficult to get along with, but she seldom appears in public, never does public events, her autograph is incredibly rare, and it’s much harder to get than drawing a rare card! I heard online her autograph can sell for hundreds of thousands, with a photo it’s even more expensive! Of course, I would never sell it, I’ll keep it as a family heirloom!"

"Is it really that exaggerated?"

Upon hearing this, everyone was quite shocked. It’s just an autograph photo, if it were a world-famous movie star, it’d make sense, but Duanmu Huai... she hasn’t reached that level, right?

Although Chihaya Aion wanted to enthusiastically explain to the others, by then Yao Lenna had already stood up.

"LIVE, soon."

"Ah, fine, fine, whoo, I must work hard, especially since Miss Duanmu and Miss Heichuan came to watch, I absolutely cannot mess up!"

Chihaya Aion took a deep breath, energizing herself, then looked at Yao Lenna.

"Hey, Little Renai, tell me how you got to know them later, okay? I’m really curious!"

By this time, Yao Lenna had already entered the practice room with her luggage and guitar.

Meanwhile, as MYGO members went to practice, Duanmu Huai was making mature comments as usual in the LIVEHOUSE venue.

"Youth is wonderful."

"Xiao Ai, you’re their age too?"

Hei Chuan Chi Yin pointed out helplessly.

"It’s a mindset issue, after all, youth brings endless possibilities, you can act recklessly, in this aspect I’m quite envious."

"Speaking of recklessness, no one beats Xiao Ai in that department."

"There’s a difference between reckless without considering consequences and reckless with consideration of consequences."

Duanmu Huai shook her head, gazing at the venue, and the girl band singing and dancing on stage.

"Like singing joyfully like them, I can’t do that."

".........."

Hearing Duanmu Huai’s lament, Hei Chuan Chi Yin remained silent. She knew why Duanmu Huai suddenly wanted to form a band. She could sense Duanmu Huai was indeed working hard, but his "goal" was entirely different than most people’s.

How to describe it... Hei Chuan Chi Yin could feel that Duanmu Huai was acting for a vast, suffocating goal, everything he did was fundamentally for that. What he encountered in the other world was just the tip of the iceberg. Though he’s returned to his familiar world, where there’s no Evil Dragon, nor any terrifying catastrophes that could destroy an entire city, Duanmu Huai hadn’t relaxed because of it, on the contrary, he remained tense, steadfastly walking the path of his plan.

Even when spending time alone with Hei Chuan Chi Yin, she could feel that Duanmu Huai was mostly comforting her, not relaxing himself.

Conversely, Hei Chuan Chi Yin felt that Duanmu Huai was most relaxed when with the girl named Yao Lenna.

No, strictly speaking, he saw Yao Lenna as someone else. Is it related to Little Renai’s eyes? Hei Chuan Chi Yin admitted that Yao Lenna’s gold and blue heterochromatic eyes were indeed captivating. Could it be that someone Xiao Ai knew had the same eyes? Is this why Xiao Ai cared for Yao Lenna so much? Who was that person? What was their relationship with Xiao Ai? Would Xiao Ai meet that person again?

How many secrets did Xiao Ai hide?

Who did he see Yao Lenna as?

If she continued to follow him, would she eventually encounter all these? Those secrets Xiao Ai didn’t share, about The Tribunal, and even more secrets...

Observing Duanmu Huai, Hei Chuan Chi Yin silently resolved.

No matter what, she’s made her choice.

With that thought, Hei Chuan Chi Yin reached out, gently touching her abdomen, feeling the warmth of the soul sleeping within.

She won’t regret it.