This seemed to have nothing to do with him. Both attraction and rescue were utter nonsense.
Mirai did not want to point out that Hiraki's beauty-seeking request should have been for him to gather one hundred people, so after thinking it over, he felt it was right to reject Wenrou and Ming Chuan's idea.
As for "Ye Nan" behind Mirai, she knew the full story. Her face had turned red, and she could not hide her smile, causing "Ye Nan" immense suffering.
"Little Brother Mirai, what you saw was a sense of justice, not some hero afraid of power. And although the other side's large-scale search for people looked perfectly normal, in the eyes of an upright person like you, it was anything but normal! They guessed—or gambled—that you would save those beautiful women!"
The humble Mingchuan said he did not believe such nonsense. In truth, he was merely trying every possible way to dump dirty water on the Hiraki family, purely to make Mirai stand against them.
However, as he spoke, Akihito gently noticed that Mirai's expression was strange, and that his explanation was riddled with holes. She also felt that she might have chosen the wrong approach...
Yet he was already riding a tiger and could not get off, so Mingchuan could only continue lying with his eyes wide open.
"Oh, um... Mr. Mingchuan, I know about this. I won't do something only an idiot would do."
Mirai rolled his eyes at Mingchuan irritably, leaving Mingchuan embarrassed. Fortunately, a maid entered just then and called Mingchuan and Mirai to dinner.
At that call, Mingchuan let out a long breath and hurriedly answered before leading Mirai to another room.
As they walked, Mingchuan sighed, regretting how hasty his actions had been.
In fact, someone like Akihito had thought it