About thirty minutes later, all of Luo Zhen's acquaintances had gathered in the Nangong Family's hall.
"You finally came back, you bastard."
The one who said this while letting out a sigh of relief was Kojo.
As it turned out, Asagi and Kishiki were also beside Kojo. The three of them had been Luo Zhen's classmates at school and were his closest friends, so they had all come here.
Shion and Astarde, meanwhile, were standing beside Yukina.
"Thank goodness, Senior has finally returned."
Shion looked relieved. As gentle as ever, she was practically an angel.
"Confirmation: the target has returned."
Astarde remained expressionless.
As for Asagi and Kishiki, they were much harder to deal with.
"What the hell were you playing at? How could you just disappear without a word? I almost thought someone had sunk you to the bottom of the sea!"
Asagi glared fiercely at Luo Zhen. It seemed that the genius computer expert had resorted to no small number of extraordinary measures to find him.
"Even I was scared this time, Yao."
Kishiki scratched his head, looking helpless.
"Nagisa and Aurora were worried sick too. They even grew haggard. If my house hadn't already been repaired and my dad hadn't come back recently, taking Nagisa home to visit our grandmother and bringing Aurora along so they could get some fresh air, those two would probably have fallen ill from refusing to eat or drink."
Even Kojo began complaining.
"Where did you go, exactly, Senior?"
Yukina demanded sternly, her face taut.
Luo Zhen was surrounded by his many friends and forced to sit in seiza by Natsuki. Sitting on the sofa in front of him, Natsuki stared coldly at him.
He looked utterly pitiful.
However, Luo Zhen knew that he was completely in the wrong this time.
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