Su Chen froze. "You didn't open it?"
At that, Shinobu Kocho's delicate brows immediately furrowed. "What are you thinking? Is your Sister Shinobu that sort of person?"
Shinobu Kocho said earnestly, "These are your things. Of course I need your permission before opening it!"
Su Chen breathed a sigh of relief, but only a small one.
His throat still felt tight.
But the bag remaining unopened meant there was still a chance to turn things around!
Still, Su Chen could not figure it out. "How did you get this backpack?"
"This?" Shinobu Kocho smiled sweetly. "I didn't get it. Aoi found it."
Aoi Kanzaki?
Su Chen was taken aback.
How could that be? I remembered hiding it!
Then, a moment later, Shinobu Kocho answered his question.
"Aoi found it while cleaning. Honestly, why did you bring gifts for everyone but not take them out?"
There was a hint of reproach in Shinobu Kocho's tone.
But her words were full of tenderness.
Indeed, Shinobu Kocho had already taken this backpack to be Su Chen's gift to her.
And with the backpack being so big, that meant there might be something for everyone at the Butterfly Mansion.
At the thought of receiving a gift, Shinobu Kocho's face blossomed into a smile.
Meanwhile, Su Chen wanted to die.
What the hell was all this?
So Aoi Kanzaki was the death of me!
Everyone knew Aoi Kanzaki was famously hardworking.
Even in the show, Aoi Kanzaki was always either washing clothes or airing out bedding.
In any case, she was always working.
There was no need to think about it. Aoi Kanzaki must have found his hidden backpack during one of her exhaustive cleanings.
"Don't blame Aoi, either." Shinobu Kocho looked at Su Chen and explained, "She told me Tanjiro brought it back. He