Chapter 192 Do you want to go together?

The door to the ward was pushed open.

Standing at the door, Sakurai Shio stared in amazement at Shimizu Mi and Sakurai Haruka who were in close contact. Then she blinked two or three times, said "Sorry to bother you", and closed the door.

"..."

"..."

The two of them silently watched Sakurai Shio's back disappear into the corridor.

"Go quickly."

Sakurai Haruka pulled the quilt over her body in shame and anger.

Qing Shuijian quickly got up from the bed and opened the door.

"Senior sister..."

As Shimizu walked out of the ward, she saw Sakurai Shio, who was wearing clothes that were not quite in keeping with the hospital, standing at the corner of the corridor.

It's summer now, but she's wearing a soft-looking pink sweater, with her long, beautiful legs sticking out from her split pants. This incongruity is because Sakurai Shio has been busy preparing for the filming of a movie promotional poster.

Although Shimizu Mi had not met Sakurai Shio since her last birthday, he still heard about Sakurai Shio's recent situation from Sakurai Haruka.

From that time on, even though Shimizu Mi came to visit Sakurai Haruka every day, he never met Sakurai Shio once.

Maybe he was overthinking it, Shimizu Mi always felt that Sakurai Shio seemed to have been deliberately avoiding him recently.

However, as long as he thought about what Sakurai Shio did to him on his birthday, he could roughly understand the reason.

But to be honest, Shimizu Mi really had no idea why Sakurai Shio would behave like that.

If you want it as a birthday gift, then this gift is really too precious.

"It's not what you thought just now."

Shimizumi called out to Sakurai Shio who was about to leave through the corridor.

Although he didn't feel that he had betrayed anyone, what happened just now was seen by Sakurai Shio, and Shimizu Ken couldn't ignore it.

"Oh……"

Sakurai Shio said this very perfunctorily without stopping.

"Is there anything you want to talk to me about, Senior?"

Instead of letting the topic continue to linger on what happened just now, Shimizu Mi directly asked Sakurai Shio why she came.

Hearing Shimizumi's question, Sakurai Shio couldn't help but stop.

"…I just came to visit Haruka."

"Senior, do you mean that just now was a coincidence?"

Shimizumi walked forward, but did not walk in front of Sakurai Shio. Instead, he stopped behind her, keeping a distance that was just within reach.

Gazing at Sakurai Shio's back, one can't help but sigh that she is worthy of being a model.

The elegant back continues the beauty of lines, and the soft curves outline a perfect curve on the back, from the delicate neck to the two wing-like light shoulder blades, to the graceful waistline, each part looks like a carefully carved arc, like a fairy walking out of a scroll.

"Of course it's a coincidence, what else could it be?"

Sakurai Shio made a somewhat awkward sound.

"But hasn't Senior been avoiding me intentionally or unintentionally these days?"

Shimizu visits Sakurai Haruka every day during this period after school.

Knowing this in advance, Sakurai Shio wanted to avoid Shimizu as much as possible while visiting Sakurai Haruka, which can be said to be very simple.

On the contrary, it would be very easy for Sakurai Shio to happen to meet Sakurai Haruka when she was visiting Sakurai Haruka in Shimizu.

"Can you please turn around first, Senior, or do you want to talk to me from your back?"

"…The scumbag who stole my first kiss."

Sakurai Shio turned around speechless, with a hint of resentment in her awkward voice.

"You were the one who took the initiative to kiss me, so I should be the one complaining."

"Well, that's... because..."

Sakurai Shio half-swallowed the answer, then turned away in a huff: "You're taking advantage of me."

It's very rare to see Sakurai Shio looking as ashamed and angry as she is now, but her stubborn look is really similar to Sakurai Haruka, so she looks a little cute.

"But Senior is an adult, so kissing someone younger than me shouldn't be a big deal."

Shimizu Ken was the first to block Sakurai Shio's retreat route.

"That's true..."

Sakurai Shio seemed a little hesitant, but since she was trying to be strong, she had to go along with what Shimizu Michi said. At the same time, her cheeks were flushed with red, which was very pleasing to the eye.

"So, Senior has never done a kissing scene?"

Sakurai Shio heard a word that could not be ignored, so she turned her head back.

"Kissing scene? Why would I want to film something like that?"

"Because nowadays, aren't most romance movies like this?"

"There is no rule that actors must do kissing scenes. Although it is possible that some people with dirty minds are eager to get kissing scenes, not everyone is like that."

Sakurai Shio's implication seemed to be that Shimizu Mi was the kind of person with ulterior motives.

However, Shimizu Miki doesn't know much about the entertainment industry, so he apologized for the misunderstanding.

"But, in the next scene..."

Sakurai Shio muttered softly to herself, making it impossible for Shimizu to hear what she was saying.

"Senior, what did you just say?"

"No, nothing... By the way, this is for you."

"This is?"

Shimizu Mi took a heavy folder from Sakurai Shio.

"This is the result of your second audition last time."

Some time ago, Shimizu Mi went to Kanagawa to participate in the second audition for the movie as agreed with Sakurai Shio.

Although Sakurai Shio had been avoiding him and Shimizu Ken had to go alone in the end, he was familiar with the process because he had been there once before, so it went smoothly overall.

"So what's the result?"

There were too many documents and Shimizu was too lazy to look through them, so he simply asked Sakurai Shio.

And Sakurai Shiogami mysteriously asked him to close his eyes.

"Close your eyes first."

"What are you going to do when you close your eyes?"

Sakurai Shio made this unexpected suggestion. Since Shimizu had been teased until now, he thought that this might also be a trap.

"Just shut it first."

Sakurai Shio refused to explain and just asked Shimizu to close his eyes.

"Now?"

"Can't you?"

"All right……"

It seemed that if he didn't do this, Sakurai Shio would not give up, so Shimizu simply agreed to her request and wanted to see what she was going to do.

At the moment when Qingshuijian closed his eyes and waited, his heart was beating loudly for no reason.

Let down your guard in front of others and completely surrender your senses and trust to the other person. The darkness and the unknown often make people feel vulnerable and uneasy.

Shimizu could feel Sakurai Shio slowly approaching, because there was a warm breath brushing his cheek, and Sakurai Shio's body temperature was so close.

What is she going to do?
His skin sensed that Sakurai Shio was leaning her upper body towards him. Even though he couldn't see anything, Shimizu could feel that Sakurai Shio was a little shy.

"Senior?"

Shimizu asked anxiously, but Sakurai Shio didn't respond.

Because he was too concerned about the current situation, Shimizu had to open his eyes to confirm it.

When he opened his eyes, he found that Sakurai Shio's pink lips were pressing against Shimizu Mi's lips - no, actually there was a distance of less than two centimeters.

Because the distance was so close, it gave the illusion that Sakurai Shio was kissing her.

so close……

"congratulations."

Shimizu could clearly feel the breath exhaled by Sakurai Shio and the slight tremor of her lips.

"Congratulations for what?"

Compared to Shimizu Ken's confusion, Sakurai Shio smiled slightly and took two steps back. "Of course, congratulations on passing the audition, my leading actor."

Hearing this, Qing Shuijian did not make any further moves, but just stood there quietly.

I always feel that if I had opened my eyes a second later, Sakurai Shio would have kissed me.

"Junior, are you thinking about all sorts of things now?"

"What are the miscellaneous things?"

"How dare you ask? You and Yao were planning to do that kind of thing in the ward just now, right?"

Sakurai Shio grabbed her cheek mercilessly.

"Senior, it hurts..."

It didn't really hurt, but I felt it was more polite to pretend.

"You deserve it. How dare you do that to Yao in a place like this."

Sakurai Shio pouted as if she was upset.

"Could it be... that Senior is jealous?"

"How, how is it possible?! Why would I be jealous? And I'm jealous of you and Haruka."

Before Shimizu could open his mouth again, Sakurai Shio pinched his other cheek again.

Both cannons fired at the same time, and this time it really hurt.

"I always feel that Senior is becoming more and more difficult to understand."

Qing Shuijian rubbed his slightly red cheeks.

"Really? Who would be stupid enough to be jealous of their own sister?"

"is it?"

"...Of course."

"It's so quiet."

"What did you say?"

In an attempt to hide her awkwardness, Sakurai Shio released a threatening look for a moment, so Shimizu Mi shut up obediently.

Then, there was a sudden silence between the two.

Then, Sakurai Shio slightly turned her head and stole a glance at Shimizu Mi, as if she was hesitating about how to start the conversation.

"just……"

"what?"

"That is to say, if I hadn't come just now, would you still be planning to do that with Yao..."

"What do you mean, Senior?"

Shimizumi naturally knew what Sakurai Shio was referring to, but because he suddenly wanted to see some funny expressions on her face, he decided to play a little joke on her.

Facing Qing Shuijian's question that he already knew the answer to, Sakurai Shio glared at him coquettishly, but after some hesitation, she still opened her red lips and asked in an almost inaudible voice:

"That's it... I plan to do it to the end..."

"maybe."

"Huh? Why are you unsure?"

The flustered Sakurai Shio's voice was shriller than usual.

"Because this kind of thing also requires Haruka's consent."

"Well, that's true..."

Hearing this, Sakurai Shio seemed to have nothing to say.

"Senior, do you care about this kind of thing?"

"Well, of course..."

Shimizu Mimoto thought that Sakurai Shio would say that it was because Sakurai Haruka was her sister, or that she was not allowed to touch my sister.

After all, judging from their previous experience in Sakurai Haruka's heart world, the two of them actually valued each other more than anyone else. Unexpectedly, Sakurai Shio's answer was -

"Because of that kind of thing...if Haruka gets there first, as a big sister, I always feel...it would be embarrassing."

"Senior sister's sense of shame is really strange."

"What can I do? If I get there first, Haruka will definitely..."

Sakurai Shio seemed to realize that she had said something out of turn and quickly stopped talking.

However, Qing Shuijian still heard some other meaning from these words.

"Why would Senior Sister agree to follow me..."

However, Sakurai Shio simply ignored what was said and turned her head away.

To be honest, these two sisters are really comparable in some aspects.

"By the way, Senior Sister seems to have no interest in finding a boyfriend?"

"How dare you say that..."

Sakurai Shio's eyes revealed a look that said "It's all your fault" as she stared at Shimizu Ken blatantly.

Qingshuijian was confused by this sudden look.

If he had indeed met Sakurai Shio when she was a little girl in Sakurai Haruka's world of heart before, and Shimizu Mi at that time corrected some of her distorted ideas, it is possible that the young Sakurai Shio had developed different emotions.

But that is just the world in Sakurai Haruka's mind, not reality.

Even if Shimizu Mi had intervened at that time, it would not have been possible to change the past that had already happened in reality.

However, the memory fragments and scenes that emerged in Haruka Sakurai's inner world are essentially constructed based on Haruka Sakurai's memories. Therefore, it is very likely that due to the vagueness or deviation of her memory, there will be errors in details and slight changes.

Subjectively, human memory is plastic.

Before the brain develops the ability to store personal memories, some memories are likely constructed based on photographs or descriptions from parents and others.

For example, in the memory fragment of the dinner party, Sakurai Haruka herself did not appear there, but that fragment really exists in Sakurai Haruka's mind.

Perhaps, it was through someone's oral narration, or perhaps Sakurai Haruka saw it somewhere else, which led to that fragment of memory.

"Senior, could it be that... we have met before?"

When Qingshui heard this, a trace of surprise flashed across Sakurai Shio's face: "You..."

"I?"

Sakurai Shio looked at Shimizu Ken's confused expression, and a hint of annoyance appeared in her eyes.

"No, it's nothing."

Although Shimizu didn't say anything wrong, he always felt like he had angered Sakurai Shio.

"Anyway, about the movie... you'll be in it, right?"

"Well, after all, I promised you before."

Although Shimizu Mi had no interest in acting in a movie and had never thought that he would be able to pass the second audition, this was something he had promised Sakurai Shio himself.

Seeing that Shimizu agreed, Sakurai Shio's face showed a little joy.

"By the way, the movie is expected to be shot during the summer vacation. I have sorted out the contract and some specific script content and put them in a folder. You can take a look at it when you have time."

In fact, Qingshuijian himself had also learned some relevant information in advance.

In fact, this movie is mainly based on the heroine Sakurai Shio as the leading actor. Although he has an important role, there are not many plots in the script and the filming work will not be very heavy.

Shimizu nodded and gently closed the folder, but his eyes inadvertently caught a trace of worry on Sakurai Shio's face.

"Senior, is there anything else you can do?"

"Well, didn't you and Haruka agree to travel together during the summer vacation? I'm worried about the filming schedule..."

"So eavesdropping is a virtue?"

"I told you it was just a coincidence."

Since Sakurai Shio insisted on saying so, Shimizu Mi could only treat it as a coincidence.

"But even if you want to take photos, you shouldn't be unable to spare a few days."

"Um……"

Sakurai Shio responded softly, but the worry on her face had not completely disappeared.

Qing Shuijian looked at her and seemed to understand something.

"Senior, when the time comes to travel, do you want to go with me?"

(End of this chapter)