designer who lives in the next room

Natsume Haruko, who looked at the photo for a long time, suddenly sighed. She put the photo frame on her chest, and she could feel the beating of her heart because it was pressed down.

"Li Zixi..." Natsume Haruko called Li Zixi's name to herself, "Is the relationship between you and Nanako still broken?"

The sound of cicadas chirping outside was very loud, it was already midsummer, and the sound of cicadas chirping was very shrill. Natsume Haruko sat up and put the photo frame back, this time it was not fastened.

A bad smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, she walked to the window and lowered her head on the window frame.

A cicada fell on the window frame, and she didn't know why it landed here.

"Hey, little guy, will you be called Nanako from today on?" She spoke to this and that cicada, but of course there was no way she could respond, "If you don't speak, I'll take it as your consent."

After Natsume Haruko finished speaking, she smiled and picked up the newly bought fruit knife from the table. It was very sharp. When she was peeling apples last night, Natsume Haruko accidentally cut her finger.

"Then, annoying Nanako." Natsume Haruko raised the knife, stared at the cicada, and stabbed it down before it could react. "Go to hell."

There was no one on the street in midsummer, and even the puppy from the pet store who usually likes to run wild outside lay motionless under the air conditioner.

If Li Zixi hadn't insisted on going out to buy shaved ice, Nanako felt that she would be like this too.

"Ah!" Nanako sneezed suddenly, which startled Li Zixi.

"Wow, what's wrong with you?" Li Zixi almost dropped the shaved ice in her hand, she turned to look at Nanako who was holding her nose, "Cold?"

"No." Nanako sniffed, "I don't know, suddenly there was a chill behind my back..."

"Hey, if this is in China, it means that someone is scolding you behind your back." Although Li Zixi didn't believe this, but she heard it from a young age, and she would occasionally tease Nanako just like her mother.

"Really?" Nanako was dubious, "Then who is scolding me behind my back?"

"I don't know about that." Li Zixi took a small bite of shaved ice, and since she just took a big bite and got a headache, she only took a small bite each time, "Who knew you hooked up before?" Which girl is scolding you."

"Hey..." Nanako scratched her head, "No way... how long has it been..."

"That's not necessarily true." Li Zixi walked forward, she didn't want to stand in the sun, and she didn't wear sunscreen when she went out today, and she would turn dark if she continued to expose herself to the sun.

"So it shouldn't be possible..." Nanako ran after Li Zixi, "I wasn't so annoying before, was I?"

"Ah? What do you think..." Li Zixi glanced at Nanako.

"This... well... I admit that I used to be an annoying guy..." Nanako compromised, she put her hand on her forehead, and without looking at the road, she bumped into Li Zixi's body.

"Why did you stop all of a sudden?" Nanako asked, she bumped her nose and it really hurt.

In front of Li Zixi was a convenience store, and she was facing the place where magazines were sold in the convenience store.

"Nanako, if I remember correctly, the person I met here that day was Natsume Haruko, right?" Li Zixi pointed with her finger, and there was an empty space in the middle of the magazine, which was the one she bought, and it has not been there until now. was made up.

"Yeah." Nanako nodded, "It's her, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Li Zixi frowned slightly, "I just suddenly felt a little worried. I haven't seen her for a long time, and I always feel a little bad."

Every time Li Zixi thinks of Natsume Haruko, she will make such an expression, it can be seen that Natsume Haruko has left her too much shadow.

So Nanako held Li Zixi's hand.

"Maybe she doesn't like you anymore." Nanako said this just to reassure Li Zixi, "I will protect you."

"Nanako said the same thing last time." Li Zixi turned around and smiled, "I really like you so much, dear."

"Little idiot..." Nanako pulled Li Zixi out of here, "Hurry up and eat the shaved ice, it's almost melted."

"Ah!" Li Zixi remembered that the shaved ice in her hand was about to melt into water due to the high temperature, "Wow, my shaved ice!"

The cicada on Natsume Haruko's window sill had stopped moving, as if she was sending her companion to die, and the sound of the nearby cicadas never stopped.

Natsume Haruko didn't have any expression on her face at this time, she pulled out the knife, flicked it casually, and the dead cicada flew out, and it didn't know where it landed.

"It's so noisy." Natsume Haruko closed the window, but she still couldn't resist it, "Li Zixi, what are you doing now?"

The first volume#It was actually discovered

"Nanako?" The boss of the newspaper office called Nanako several times but didn't answer, so he had to knock on the table with the corner of his book.

"Ah... um... what's wrong?" Nanako panicked for a moment, and dropped the document she was holding on the ground, and she hurriedly bent down to pick it up.

"Why have you been absent-minded these two days?" The boss put down the book in his hand, and handed the materials at hand to Nanako, "Has anything happened to you recently?"

"Ah, no, not at all." Nanako shook her head, she has been like this for the past two days, ever since Natsume Haruko was mentioned when she bought shaved ice with Li Zixi that day, she could always feel a chill behind her back, but Maybe it was because she was thinking too much, if Natsume Haruko still wanted to find something, it would be impossible for her to stay silent for such a long time, "I'm sorry, I was distracted just now."

"Really, it's good if you're really fine." The boss took off his glasses and wiped them. Xia Tian's hands tend to sweat easily, and his glasses frames are also loose. "I guess you didn't listen to anything just now, let me tell you again."

"I'm really sorry..." Nanako apologized again. She blamed herself a bit for being distracted when her boss arranged work for her.

"Next, you are going to interview a person. This person is very powerful. When you are with her, you must not do things that you shouldn't do, because this person has a special identity, so you must remember this." The boss pointed at the document in Nanako's hand. Nanako hadn't had time to open the copy he just gave her, so she didn't know who the "powerful person" the boss was talking about.

However, the people that this kind of tabloid can interview must be around here. Nanako thought about it for a long time, but she didn't think that there was anyone around here who could be called a "powerful person."

"Are you distracted again?" The boss shook his hand in front of Nanako who was in a daze, and snapped his fingers by the way.

"Ah, no, no." Nanako shook her head, "I was just wondering who this person could be..."

"This is all written in the materials, you can just take it back and have a look at it, you can set the interview time yourself, anyway, don't be too late anyway." The boss poured himself a glass of water while talking, "Would you like some water? "

"I don't need it..." Nanako stood up and put back the stool she had pulled out to sit on. "I want to interview this person earlier. I don't have any work on hand right now."

The boss seemed very satisfied with Nanako's work attitude. He nodded, "Really, if other people have your work attitude, I think our newspaper office will be called the best newspaper office in Tokyo."

Hearing such a compliment, Nanako was still a little shy, she smiled and waved her hand, "The boss is really flattering me, and I'm just a very ordinary guy, so I'll just prepare if I have nothing else to do."

"Okay." The boss nodded again, with a friendly smile on his face, "Thank you for your hard work, and I will give you a raise after this time."

"Ah, thank you so much." Nanako bowed to the boss, and closed the door softly after going out. Everyone else was busy with their work, probably because it's summer and people tend to get sleepy. Many people were yawning while typing on the keyboard.

Yawning is really contagious, Nanako watched them yawn and yawned herself.

She returned to her seat, by the window, which she liked so much.

Wiping away the tears shed from yawning with her hands, she opened the information that the boss gave her, and after only a few glances, Nanako jumped up from the chair, and everyone in the newspaper office was frightened by her.

Although she said sorry and sat back on the chair, she was still shocked in her heart.

Because she now knows who this "powerful person" is, and this person is Natsume, the head of the underworld who is well-known around here.

She seems to be discussing with others recently about building a joint venture nursing home. Anyway, that's what it says in the information. The newspapers will definitely report on such a person who contributes to society with his own money.

Nanako now understands why the boss said not to mess with this person. It turned out to be Natsume, but this is not what Nanako is worried about.

The boss and other people in the newspaper office didn't know that she and Natsume knew each other, so he reminded her.

Moreover, it is very easy to interview Natsume. It is better to say that because of the frequent meeting, Nanako and Natsume are already friends and have a good relationship.

What Nanako is really worried about is Natsume's daughter, Natsume Haruko who has caused her a lot of trouble.

Lately, I've been getting chills behind my back, wondering if Natsume Haruko would do something, and said that I haven't seen this person for a long time, but I didn't expect to give her a chance now.

Going to interview at Natsume's house now, in a sense, is a bit like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth.

Although Nanako is not sure what Natsume Haruko will do after seeing her, she has some bad feelings.

Because of the reason I have been worrying about for a long time, Nanako didn’t feel the heat when she arrived at Natsume’s house in the car. It may also be the reason why she took a taxi with air conditioning at public expense. In short, Nanako is standing at the door of Natsume’s house and has not pressed the button Ring the doorbell.

She was hesitating, whether to call Natsume first, if Natsume Haruko was there, she would ask Natsume to change places, but she felt bad, anyway, Natsume Haruko is Natsume's daughter, it would be wrong if she said that It will make Natsume feel that she dislikes her daughter...

"Why? Don't you dare to ring the doorbell?" Just as Nanako was hesitating, someone behind her suddenly spoke, which made her tremble. Nightmare, "Nanako Kuriyama."

Nanako looked back, her face was not pretty, she frowned, and looked at Natsume Haruko with very vigilant eyes, she never expected to meet her in this way here.

"Don't show such an expression..." Natsume Haruko shook her head, "I won't kill you, right Nanako?"

It's hard to tell whether Natsume Haruko casually said it to entertain the atmosphere or deliberately said it to Nanako to provoke her, so Nanako did not relax her vigilance towards Natsume Haruko.

If you want to be tough, Nanako is really no match for this guy.

But Natsume Haruko sighed, she didn't seem to have any plans to do anything else, as if she had lost interest in Nanako, she turned to face the door, and took out the key from her bag.

"I don't think you came to look for me." Natsume Haruko knew that Nanako definitely didn't come to look for her. Since she can show such an expression, Natsume Haruko already understands it very well. If there is nothing wrong, she will definitely avoid it. To myself, "you'd better wait a little bit, my mother has gone out, and she will probably be back soon."

"Then I'll come back another day..." Nanako took a step back, since Natsume was gone, she would have no reason to stay here.

She regretted why she didn't call Natsume first, and she ran away for nothing, and now she met Haruko Natsume, who she didn't want to meet the most.

"Really? It's up to you..." Natsume Haruko walked into the door, "But my mother will go to Osaka from tomorrow, about a week, if it doesn't matter, you can go back now..."

one week?It's absolutely too late, no matter how you say it's too late.

Then there is only one way left, wait here for Natsume to come back, and be with Natsume Haruko.

Seeing Nanako's expression, Natsume Haruko knew that she chose to stay, so she made a welcome gesture like a young lady, "Then, Miss Nanako, please come in."

Nanako didn't want to say anything more to Natsume Haruko, she just followed Natsume Haruko to the hall, which is usually where Natsume and Natsume Haruko used to rest.

Nanako sat down neatly, while Natsume Haruko threw her bag aside casually, then opened the refrigerator to search, she took out two bottles of drinks, not of the same flavor, she said to Nanako, "Which one do you want?" Taste?"

"Whatever." Taste doesn't matter to Nanako, she's just curious, she wonders if this Natsume Haruko in front of her is real, that Natsume Haruko who used to be very anxious about herself is actually going to get her a drink now.

"Then, I'll give you the orange-flavored one." Natsume Haruko handed the orange-flavored soda to Nanako, "I like grapes better."

Nanako was not in a hurry to open the drink. Although she was a little thirsty, she still did not open it.

Natsume Haruko, who drank half of it in one gulp, looked at Nanako, "Don't you want to drink?"

"Don't drink for now..." Nanako shifted his gaze elsewhere, he didn't want to meet Natsume Haruko's eyes very much.

"Are you here to interview my mother?" Natsume Haruko asked her, "Because of the nursing home?"

"Yeah." Nanako nodded, just "hmm" and didn't say anything else.

"You are really cold." Natsume Haruko put the drink bottle on the table, stood up and stretched herself, "Didn't you realize that I have changed? I am no longer the original me."

"Really?" Nanako was finally willing to take a look at Natsume Haruko, just as she said, now it seems that Natsume Haruko's expression is very kind, with a smile that should be at this age, and her personality has changed a lot. Now Haruko Natsume gives a very polite feeling.

"Believe it or not." Natsume Haruko picked up her bag from the ground, "I'm going back to my room, call me if you need anything, my mother should be back soon."

Looking at Natsume Haruko like this, Nanako's guard was also slightly relaxed. Maybe she really changed after not seeing her for such a long time.

After opening the drink, Nanako walked into the yard. The yard of Natsume's house was really beautiful, and she was waiting anyway, so she planned to walk around.

While walking, Nanako suddenly saw a few dead cicadas under a tree, without exception, every cicada's corpse was directly penetrated by something.

There was something on one of the feet, like a note, Nanako leaned down to take a look, but she broke into a cold sweat from fright.

She now knows why she has been feeling cold behind her back recently, because the note on the cicada's foot reads nothing but "Nanako"

"Oh, oh, oh..." That devilish voice suddenly came from behind Nanako, "Really, I was discovered..."

Volume [-]#You'll be fine

When Nanako raised her head, the sunlight penetrating through the gaps in the leaves hit her eyes directly.

For a while, Nanako couldn't see things clearly, so she had to block the sunlight with her hands and backed away, but after only one step back, her entire back leaned against the tree.

"What are you going to do?" When her vision recovered, Nanako saw Natsume Haruko walking towards her, the smile on her face was not so friendly, a sense of oppression slowly rose, Nanako was now covered in cold sweat.

Natsume Haruko walked to Nanako's side, she reached out and picked up the dead cicada behind Nanako, the cicada with Nanako's name was now in Natsume Haruko's hands, in front of Nanako.

"Are you scared, Nanako?" Haruko Natsume said to Nanako who was older than her, she didn't have any honorifics. It has always been like this, just like that time, "Do you feel scared when you see this?"

Nanako didn't answer her, but her trembling lips already said it all.

"Hmph." Natsume Haruko snorted coldly, threw the cicada into the grass, and disappeared in an instant, "You don't have to be so afraid, I'm not a fool, I know that if you kill someone, you will go to jail."

"What do you mean?" Nanako stood up straight, and unconsciously fell back a little because of Natsume Haruko's momentum, "Are you trying to kill me?"

"Maybe I wanted to kill you before." Natsume Haruko turned to look at Nanako, she put her hands on Nanako's shoulders, exerted some strength, Nanako felt the pain and frowned, "But now I don't want to do that, or Said that the cicada had died for you."

"Why do you guys speak the wrong words?" Nanako knocked Natsume Haruko's hand off. Although she was a little scared, this was Natsume Haruko's home, a home full of underworld backgrounds, but she couldn't lose in terms of momentum. She definitely Natsume Haruko cannot be made to feel that she is a weak person.

"The lips of the donkey are wrong? Is it a Chinese saying that I learned from Li Zixi?" Natsume Haruko nodded, wondering if she really understood what this sentence meant, "Oh, by the way, how is Li Zixi recently?"

"What's none of your business?" Nanako stared into Natsume Haruko's eyes, "What else do you want to do to her?"

"No, no, don't be so excited, Nanako." Natsume Haruko rubbed her neck, she has a stiff neck recently, and her neck has been uncomfortable, "I just want to say hello, don't look at me like an enemy okay?"

"Aren't we still considered enemies?" Nanako asked her back. Since a few months ago, Natsume Haruko and Nanako have been considered enemies.

Natsume Haruko was silent for a while, "You are right in saying that."

Nanako looked back at the corpses of the cicadas under her feet. There were several more. Maybe these cicadas were also called "Nanako", but Natsume Haruko didn't give them a name.

Nanako clenched her fists so that she wouldn't tremble.