"Had Chiba already left?"
In the vast, rainy night, Chiba's figure flashed several times before vanishing from He Yin and Hyuga Yukyō's sight. As Yu Ze and Zong Mi came out one after another after opening the door, Yu Ze looked out at the rain-filled darkness and quietly asked amid the soft sound of Zong Mi closing the door.
"He left."
Hyuga Yukyō answered instinctively.
"Chiba is an unforthcoming guy too."
He Yin pursed her lips in a smile and spoke.
"An unforthcoming guy?"
Hearing what sounded like a sigh from He Yin, Hyuga Yukyō, Yu Ze, and Zong Mi all froze.
"What happened just now?"
Yu Ze was the first to ask.
"Unforthcoming? Chiba?"
Zong Mi, meanwhile, spoke a beat slower.
Unforthcoming? Does that guy even have an unforthcoming bone in his body? Probably not. If someone mocks him, he mocks them back. If someone hits him, he hits back. If someone targets him, he schemes against them. Everything he does is straightforward, isn't it?
How was he unforthcoming?
Hyuga Yukyō was already mulling it over, utterly perplexed. In his impression, Taki Chiba was absolutely not the unforthcoming sort. He had always been so frank he was practically blunt.
"Yes. Chiba was clearly saying goodbye to me just now, but he deliberately said it twice. The first time was for me, and the last time was obviously for Snow Eagle. It might have looked like he completely ignored Snow Eagle and couldn't be bothered to say goodbye to him, but he still said farewell to Snow Eagle."
Seeing the questioning looks on their faces and hearing their puzzled words, a smile slowly spread across He Yin's lips as she explained.
"So that was it."
After exchanging a glance, Yu Ze and Zong Mi nodded in understanding. "That does sound