Choose to Forgive Her!

Fujino silently watched as the other person entered the classic confession phase.

The person you like is going to marry your friend, and out of jealousy, you decide to kill them. But you fail to kill them and are instead tricked by your best friend.

Ah, this...

Girl, take my advice, go back to Gotham. Mikael is too evil!

I'll tell my fellow countryman Batman to stop hitting you.

Didn't they tell you this was an act?

Terumi Hoshino crouched down and patted Yuki Takeyano on the shoulder, her expression somewhat complicated.

"No."

Yuki Takeyano shook her head, sobbing, "Yangzi just told me she wanted to give her a surprise..."

If she had known, she would definitely have turned a blind eye and played along.

Where would such a thing possibly happen...?

Thinking of this, she looked at Hoshino with teary eyes. "Kimi-nee, aren't you and Kaoru's relationship quite strained? How did you know about this plan?"

"Well..."

Terumi Hoshino hesitated for a moment before explaining.

Actually, when the band broke up, her argument with Xiao Xun was also an act, with the purpose of encouraging everyone to move towards a better future.

And in order not to make anyone feel embarrassed, the two of them did not reveal this matter.

So, although she and Kaoru Kusano are outwardly at odds, they actually have a good relationship in private.

Kaoru Kusano had previously discussed this engagement party with her, but due to public relations issues, the handover between Yoko Okino, and Shu Kenzaki was entirely handled by Kaoru Kusano.

She didn't know that Kaoru Kusano hadn't told Yuki Takeyano...

"..."

Fujino stood to the side, listening silently, his eyebrows twitching involuntarily. He couldn't help but recall Yoko Okino's earlier cutesy act, and thought to himself, 'Well, so the blame lies with you!'

To be honest, Yoko and Kaoru Kusano really acted rather unethically this time.

If you're going to act, then act! Why did you have to keep it a secret from Yuki Takeyano? Everyone else knows except her, which is just forcing her to become a clown... And Yuki Takeyano, who would have thought you also have a crush on her? You had to get so jealous that you went and stabbed her in the head, only to end up as a rice flower clown.

If we're talking about who's wrong, both sides are a bit wrong.

But it wasn't a big mistake; it was all a misunderstanding.

So who is at fault?

That's a good question.

Yes, it's definitely this world!

On the other side.

"Xiaoxue, what exactly did you use to drug her?"

Terumi Hoshino stood up, walked to the bathtub, and helped Kaoru Kusano out of the tub with concern. She then asked Yuki Takeyano a question.

"It's just anesthesia..."

Yuki Takeyano said guiltily, "I only wanted to make her unable to make a sound, so I drugged her."

'That's a classic killer technique.'

Terumi Hoshino, a voracious reader of detective novels, silently complained to herself. Then, looking at Kaoru Kusano in her arms, she scratched her head and sighed, "I told you this plan wouldn't work. It's gotten to this point and it's hard to clean up the mess..."

"But isn't this still achieving the goal?"

Fujino silently turned away, deliberately avoiding suspicion. "You just want that Makuma to reveal his feelings, so let's keep acting. Miss Takeno's current state is perfect for reminding them. If even this can't make him reveal his feelings, then I really don't think it's necessary."

Fujino felt that Kaoru Kusano's plan was unreliable to begin with, and if Makuma really liked her, he would probably silently offer his blessings because of the engagement.

Yuki Takeyano's sudden disruption of the plan and subsequent probing was quite good, after all, life and death reveal true feelings—he felt this was genuine enough.

If we can't trick the Makuma even after all this, then there's no point in trying.

After all, you can never wake someone who is pretending to be asleep—and you can never wake someone who is dead either.

After a pause, Fujino continued, "But it would be better to get Ms. Kusano dressed before that, since Mr. Kenzaki and I are both men..."

The two actresses agreed with Fujino's suggestion.

After all, if it weren't for him, probably two out of the three would be in trouble now.

Without any objections, the plan began. Terumi Hoshino helped Kaoru Kusano put on a yukata, Yuki Takeyano ran back in tears and called everyone to the bathroom.

Under the combined influence of the detective and the two actresses, the overly worried Makuma successfully confessed, uttering a long string of cheesy words to express his feelings.

After a while, the anesthesia wore off, and Kaoru Kusano woke up.

"Xiao Xun!"

Yoko Okino leaned closer, looking at her with a resentful expression, and said, "Why didn't you tell me you had extra plans? I was so worried!"

"Additional plans?"

Kaoru Kusano was taken aback by what she heard.

"Yeah yeah!"

Shu Kenzaki nodded, glancing at Makuma: "That Makuma guy was worried to death, crying and saying things like 'You're the most important person to me,' 'Don't go,' and so on..."

"..."

Sitting by the hospital bed Makuma blushed shyly and stammered, "Xiaoxun, you... you don't actually need to do it this way... I actually, I've liked you for a long time."

"Well?!"

Kaoru Kusano looked completely bewildered.

The plan was completed after just one night's sleep?

And when did she have any extra plans?!

She remembered that it was Xiaoxue who had drugged her before...

After thinking it over, she agreed, saying softly, "It's all your fault for being so timid. If you had spoken up, I wouldn't have had to put on this whole act!"

"Now that everyone is awake, let Miss Kusano rest alone for a while."

Fujino stood up, took a voice recorder out of his pocket, tossed it to Kaoru Kusano, and walked towards the door. "After all, anesthetics do have some harmful effects on the body. By the way, I recorded what we just said. Let her enjoy it by herself!"

"Get some rest, Xiao Xun!"

Yoko Okino smiled, waved, and followed him out.

After everyone left the bedroom.

"Xiao Xun, I'm sorry..."

Yuki Takeyano secretly returned, and, ashamed, lowered her head in front of Kaoru Kusano's window, explaining the whole story.

Although Kaoru Kusano was a little surprised, she realized that the main reason was still her own fault...

He also helped her trick her into revealing the target of this plan.

Of course, I'll forgive her!

"But what are your plans?"

Having just recovered from the effects of the drug, Kaoru Kusano looked at Yuki Takeyano again and asked gossipily, "If we don't hurry, Kensaki might be snatched away by Terumi-nee~"

"Huh? How could that be?"

"Doesn't Sister Hui really like reading mystery novels and stuff?"

Kaoru Kusano explained in a serious tone, "If we're talking about mystery, the only person we know who has played the Detective Saburou is Mr. Kenzaki."

"Impossible! He was brutally rejected when he confessed to Hui Mei before!"

Yuki Takeyano shook her head and continued, "If you ask me, after all, she's Hui Mei. She probably likes those young, pretty boys!"

"Call!"

Outside the door, Terumi Hoshino breathed a sigh of relief.

Both of them are her friends, and she doesn't want things to fall apart because of this.

But then her expression turned strange.

What do you mean she likes pretty boys!

Is she that kind of person?!