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Chapter 1601: The name of the disease is love (please vote for me in the new month)

The next day, Kurokawa Akane appeared at the practice venue again, which made everyone feel relieved.

"I'm so sorry, I will try harder!"

The return of Kurokawa Akane did indeed show more courage than before. Seeing that she did not relax due to several days of rest, rehearsals were back on track again.

Well, at least that's how it looks on the surface.

But from Arima Ganai's point of view, this is not the case.

"Ah, Xiao Ai, I want to practice this scene again..."

Looking at Kurokawa Akane who was excitedly looking for Duanmu Huai with the script in hand, Arima Kanae frowned slightly and showed a strange expression.

"How strange."

"Strange? What's strange?"

Her co-star Daiki Himekawa asked curiously.

"Don't you think that after Kurokawa came back, he and Xiao Ai got a little too close? Although they have to play sisters and have many rivalry scenes, it's not right to always be together!"

"I think it's nothing. It's just a sign of a better relationship between girls."

"It's definitely not that simple!"

Seeing that it didn't make sense to Himekawa Daiki, Arima Kana could only roll her eyes helplessly, gritting her teeth and staring at the side. Not only during practice, but even in the office, Kurokawa Akane is always very close to Duanmu Huai these days. In the past, the most I could do was say hello when I came and went, but now I not only say hello to Duanmuhuai when I come to the office, but I even invite Duanmuhuai to go out for dinner or even go shopping, even if Duanmuhuai doesn't want to go. , she will also attack in another direction...attack?

Wait, this woman shouldn't be interested in that!

Thinking of this, Arima Ganai felt a chill run through his body.

No, I must remind Xiao Ai that she is always careless in interpersonal relationships and not careful at all. She might be eaten by someone who doesn’t know what’s going on!

Soon, the day's practice was over, and Duanmu Huai planned to go home, and at this time, Kurokawa Akane also came over.

"Xiao Ai, do you want to go have dinner together?"

"Well...today...let me see..."

Duanmu Huai picked up her phone and scrolled through the messages. Ruby was going to attend a handshake meeting, and Jingzi had to take care of Ruby... It seemed like there was no hope of having dinner together today.

"That………"

"Little love."

At this moment, Arima Kana suddenly appeared from the side and quietly inserted himself between Duanmu Huai and Kurokawa Akane.

"I have something to talk to you about. Do you have time?"

"Oh, there is indeed some."

"Then let's go."

As he spoke, Arima Kanai hugged Duanmu Huai's arm with a smile, and at the same time glanced proudly at Kurokawa Akane, who just stood there, staring at her in silence.

However, Arima Ganai would not care at all about this level of hostility.

After all, she still has important things to do!

"......You said Kurokawa Akane is not normal?"

Sitting in the coffee shop, Duanmuhuai stirred the coffee at hand and looked at Arima Ganai in confusion.

"Yeah, don't you think?"

"No, I think she's been quite normal since she came back. There's nothing wrong with her performance, and she's coordinated well with the performance. What's the problem?"

"It's not about acting. Don't you think Kurokawa Akane has been very close to you recently?"

As he spoke, Arima Ganai opened his palms and counted.

"I will specially ask you to have lunch and dinner together..."

"It's just eating."

"I will wait for you to finish practice and go home together."

"It's only a short walk to the station."

"Now when I enter the office, I greet you first and then the president. In the past, I always greeted the president first!"

"Uh... maybe it's because I'm lying on the sofa closer to the door?"

“I’ll bring you water every day!”

"…………"

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai was stunned, while Arima Ganai looked at him proudly.

"How's it going? I'm right!"

"No...how should I put it? It's quite scary."

"Yeah, yeah, you know you're scared too?"

"No, I mean you..."

Looking at Arima Ganai, Duanmu Huai was speechless.

"I didn't even notice that you are so concerned about Kurokawa Akane. What you said is impossible for someone who doesn't usually pay attention to her to notice it. Even I didn't?"

"Ugh...!"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's answer, Arima Ganai's face suddenly turned red.

"I don't pay special attention to that annoying guy! It's just that those adults always ask us to act together, so we will care even if we don't care! Speaking of which, I heard Ruby say that you went to her house to take care of her before? Could that be it? What happened?"

"It doesn't matter if something happens. They are all girls and nothing will happen."

Duanmu Huai yawned, while Arima Ganai was stunned for a moment, and then slammed the table hard.

"Really, I'm worried about you!"

"Worried that I will be pushed down by Akane Kurokawa? Do you think she can do it?"

"this………"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, Arima Ganai suddenly recalled the previous scene where she easily picked up the White Ghost weapon with one hand - that thing was difficult for the strongest boy to lift with both hands!

Speaking of which, even if Kurokawa Akane has such a traitorous heart, he probably doesn't have the courage to do so.

Arima Kanai felt that Duanmu Huai could easily lift Kurokawa Akane with one hand.

"That's true."

After thinking about it, Arima Kana breathed a sigh of relief and sat back on the chair.

"Indeed, your small body is so deceptive, I even forgot that you are a powerful woman."

"That's called Kung Fu. Kung Fu is not a super power."

Duanmuhuai waved his hand and picked up the phone at the same time.

"By the way, you seem to be quite busy recently. I always see you holding your phone. Are you watching any videos?"

"No, just some small things that need to be taken care of."

Duanmuhuai shook his head, and then focused his eyes on the mobile phone in front of him again.

After having a partner, it was not difficult to conduct a paternity test. It didn't take long for Duanmu Huai to get the paternity test from Shenmu Guang and Ruby - well, the reason why he didn't use his own was mainly because he was not interested. The identification results also showed that the two were indeed father and daughter.

In other words, Hoshino Ai's mistress is undoubtedly Kamiki Hikari.

Although there is no evidence that all this is Shenmuguang's plan, but...he does have suspicions and motives.

After getting the appraisal report, Duanmuhuai went to Saito Ichigo to "report the good news", but the latter did not look relaxed at all.

"Even if this is the case, there is nothing we can do. It has been so long, and there is nothing we can do with just a piece of identification. Even if we go to the police, the statute of limitations has expired. And after so many years, he must have taken everything They were all picked clean. Anyway, the murderer who assassinated Ai has committed suicide, and we can't find any more evidence..."

"We don't need evidence either."

Duanmuhuai coldly interrupted Saito Ichigo's lament, joking, when did the trial court arrest people and tell evidence. If I think you are suspicious, you have to prove that you are not suspicious. If you cannot prove your innocence, then you are guilty.

After all, the judge is too busy to prove a person's innocence.

"As long as he is suspected, that is enough, nothing else matters."

"Then what are you going to do? Are you going to come directly to the door and ask?"

"It's not necessary."

Duanmuhuai shook his head.

"I don't care about his lies or what he thinks. He is the culprit of all this, so he must pay a price."

"...You should have seen the DVD Ai gave you, she..."

"Those were love's thoughts, not mine."

Duanmu Huai narrowed his eyes.

"Who she wants to forgive and whom she hates is her business, not mine. And what do you think, president? If I play that DVD to him, what will he do? Will he burst into tears? Will he change his ways? Change your mind? Turn over a new leaf? Frankly speaking, I am not interested in any of this. He caused the situation at hand, so he has to pay the price. Doesn’t that make sense if the criminal admits his mistake in court? "

What Duanmuhuai was talking about was the DVD that the president had given him before. It was taken by Ai a long time ago and he said that he would give it to Duanmuhuai and Ruby when they were fifteen years old. Duanmuhuai didn't know what was said in the DVD given to Ruby, but Ruby worked harder after that.

And the DVD that Hoshino Ai gave Duanmu Huai... mainly tells the story of her and that man. To sum up, that man is also very pitiful. It was not him who abandoned them in the first place, but Hoshino Ai's active choice for that man. left......

How can I put it, every time he sees something like this, Duanmu Huai wants to complain, why do women always like to torture themselves by treating themselves as the heroines of tragedies?

In fact, the story of Hoshino Ai and Kamiki Hikaru was very familiar to Duanmu Huai from the pocket romance novels written by the girls in his class when he was in junior high school. In order to save the male protagonist, Bai Yueguang chose to let go and suffer alone. The male protagonist worked hard despite losing Bai Yueguang, turned his grief and anger into strength, and finally achieved something successful.

Of course, in this kind of romance novel, it is usually the male protagonist who finally discovers the heroine's hard work, and then rescues the heroine from falling into the abyss, and the two get back together.

Every time I read this novel, the girls in the class burst into tears.

But in Duanmu Huai's view, wasn't this all done by the heroine herself?

Usually in this kind of plot, the male protagonist is obviously willing to sacrifice for the female protagonist, but the female protagonist chooses to let go in the name of "for the male protagonist's good", acting as if she is the most painful in the world. The same person.

This is like the boss TV series. The mother-in-law throws out a five million card to the heroine. This money is for you. Stay away from my house.

Isn’t it still up to the heroine to decide whether to take the five million?

Generally speaking, in this case, you either don’t get the money or break up. Either take the money and walk away.

This is all understandable.

But in romantic dramas, the heroine usually makes the third choice - not taking the money, breaking up, and walking away.

He also said, "I'm not doing it for your money, I just want him to be well."

But isn’t that your choice?

It’s not that people don’t give you money, it’s that you don’t want it yourself! You made the decision yourself to maximize negative returns. Isn't it natural to be unlucky?

In Duanmuhuai's view, Hoshino Ai also has this virtue.

She confessed that the reason why she chose to break up with the other party was that she hoped that he would not be involved in her and could go higher.

Look, it’s the same virtue as the heroine’s “I’m doing it for his own good” in romantic dramas. In the final analysis, it’s just cheap self-impression, and it’s not others who are affected.

Moreover, after watching the DVD, Duanmuhuai was very doubtful whether Hoshino Ai loved Shenmu Guang or not.

He discovered that he and Hoshino Ai were actually quite similar.

That is...a bit...indifferent towards love.

That's right, indifference.

Duanmu Huai has not discussed marriage with An for this reason, because he has always doubted whether he loves them or not.

Like and love are never the same.

At least not in Duanmu Huai's opinion. It's normal for you to like a puppy, treat it as a family member, and be sad when it dies. But...is this love?

No, when it comes to love, shouldn’t it be the kind of thing where you risk everything for the person you love?

At least this is how it is described in the TV series, novels and animations Duanmu Huai watches. The protagonist is willing to be the enemy of the world for his lover.

But Duanmu Huai is very sure that it is impossible for him to achieve this level. As a judge, making an enemy of the world for the sake of his lover? This is a heresy!

So the question is, if this is the case, then... what is love?

Duanmuhuai still remembers the future he saw in the fragments of Manalia's world. An and Gu Leiya did have the same feelings for each other, but from the standpoint of their respective countries, they had to fight against each other in the end. See. An really likes Gu Liya very much, but when she really wants to kill her, she will never show mercy.

So can we say that An doesn't love Gu Leiya?

Duanmu Huai felt that even if he asked this question, he might not have an answer.

So what about Hoshino Ai?

She worked so hard to explain her love with that man in the DVD, but in Duanmu Huai's view, it was more like a performance and a lie.

Hoshino Ai wants to convince herself that she "loves" that man.

Rather than confessing to Duanmu Huai, she might as well say that she was convincing herself. From this perspective, Duanmuhuai can actually understand Hoshino Ai's thoughts.

She was willing to bear the pain and choose to break up for the sake of the other person's career, and took care of her two children alone, hiding their efforts to become idols.

Then she must love that man, so she made such a sacrifice.

She has made such sacrifices, how could she not love that man?

Hoshino Ai wants to convince her child that she loves that man.

She also wanted to convince herself that she loved that man.

This reminded Duanmu Huai of a famous saying on the Internet before time travel.

It's okay to lie to your buddies, but don't lie to yourself.

Now Duanmu Huai feels that this sentence is appropriate for Hoshino Ai.

.........Perhaps, this is the reason why I came to this world.

After watching the ending of Hoshino Ai, Duanmu Huai felt that he should talk to them when he went back.

At least he doesn't want to be a clown like Hoshino Ai.

"All in all, I won't let this guy have an easy time. He's just too busy now and has time to do things. In this case, I'll just keep him busy."

Shenmu Guang does have strong financial resources and background in the entertainment industry, but Duanmu Huai's ten years in the entertainment industry were not in vain.

First, let’s knock this aloof man down into the quagmire and see how dirty and embarrassed he is.

Thinking of this, Duanmuhuai ignored Arimagana's curious gaze across from him, stared at the phone, and sent another text message.

I have no shortage of money and power.