"I believe you."
Sharon smiled at Luo Shu as she spoke, then looked at Mahiru Shiina's receding figure.
"I saw that girl at the convenience store just now. She was out in the rain."
"Hm?" Luo Shu was somewhat surprised to hear that.
He lowered his head to look at the transparent umbrella in his hand, then looked up and immediately noticed that Sharon was holding the same kind of umbrella.
"What happened?" Luo Shu asked curiously.
"After I saw her, the eyes you granted me alerted me to how special she was, so I deliberately struck up a conversation and mentioned that she could borrow an umbrella from the convenience store."
"Oh, right. The convenience store provides these umbrellas for free. You just have to return them yourself."
At this, Sharon waved the transparent umbrella in her hand and smiled at Luo Shu.
"That girl will probably come back for the umbrella, won't she? Or buy an identical one nearby to return?"
"Well? Want to bet on a fateful encounter?"
Luo Shu rolled his eyes at that.
"All right, all right. I remember promising to go shopping with you, so you don't need to keep reminding me."
The first possibility, coming back for the umbrella, was somewhat plausible. The second was purely half a guess and half a reminder to him.
Wasn't it just that I came to the park to handle something after promising to go shopping with you?
What a petty woman.
"You're welcome to forget," Sharon said, though her eyes held a smile.
"Haah."
Luo Shu sighed and stood up from the sofa as he spoke.
"We're buying daily necessities next, right?"
He asked because every unit in Sakura Apartment came with the same furnishings: a refrigerator, washing machine, and air conditioner. All residents probably needed