"What kind of fresh young hunk is that?" Misaki Kirihara frowned.
"I heard it from Kaguya. I have no idea what it means, but it sounds impressive."
"Oh." Misaki Kirihara nodded as though it sounded impressive despite not understanding it, then abruptly raised her head and stared straight at Jiu Ming. What she said next was even more abrupt. "Do you think BK201 is Li Shunsheng?"
"Hey, even if you don't see each other every day, you've run into him now and then, right? Is it really okay to talk about him like that?" Jiu Ming's expression was flawless. Mai Kashiwagi, watching from the side, even used the motion of wiping a glass as an excuse to turn away.
He... he was putting on such a convincing act!
As though he knew absolutely nothing.
"..."
Misaki Kirihara, who had been staring intently at Jiu Ming's face, shook her head in disappointment. She could not detect the slightest abnormality in his expression. Did that mean he really had nothing to do with it?
As for why she had suddenly asked, it was because there seemed to be a vague impression in her mind—something similar—but she could not remember what it was at all. It was as though she had lost a piece of her memory.
"Forget it, I'm leaving. It really hasn't been easy for this place to stay open peacefully until now." Saying something completely different from when she had come in, Misaki Kirihara stood, paid the bill, and walked outside, still looking somewhat weary. "Don't let me hear any bad news about you!"
"Hmm, would you even be able to arrest me when the time comes?" Jiu Ming asked with his arms folded and a soft chuckle.
Misaki Kirihara frowned, suddenly recalling something Jiu Ming had once said. "You'll