This Japanese Monogatari Isn't Lame
Chapter 248 - 200. Shinkai and Beichuan’s Daily Life (8000 Word Goal Achieved!)_2

Chapter 248: Chapter 200. Shinkai and Beichuan’s Daily Life (8000 Word Goal Achieved!)_2

"Well then, Hui Li and I will take our leave now, Miss Nakajima."

"...Ah... have a smooth journey."

Nakajima Michika touched her head, feeling that something was a bit off.

Why did this scene feel like it was repeating from yesterday?

She shook her head, pushed down the clutter of thoughts, grabbed an apple from the fruit plate, and started to munch on it.

What to do with the rest of her time?

Nakajima Michika wasn’t too clear herself.

"It’s still so early... why not go out for a walk?"

She quickly finished the apple, went back to her room, and scooped up her duckbill cap, oversized sunglasses, and mask. Taking her wallet and keys, she left the house.

On the other side, at Kyubei High School.

"Miss Nakajima has been lacking motivation?" Shen Gu Mirai tilted her head, looking at her companion Beichuan Si.

"Pretty much, but I can understand her," Beichuan Si nodded.

Rumors about Nakajima Michika stopping her singing career were rampant.

The most widespread speculation was about her health.

Just as the fans conjectured, Nakajima Michika indeed fell ill with acute leukemia, which forced her to stop her singing activities.

Moreover, according to Qianye Yuki, Nakajima Michika’s family situation seemed to be part of the reason, which caused her psychological state to deteriorate rapidly in recent times.

As the saying goes, mental state can influence physical well-being.

Nakajima Michika had a bone marrow transplant surgery scheduled six months later. The success rate wasn’t low, but her current death wish made it seem like she wouldn’t make it through the ordeal, and this attitude might even lower her good chances of surgical success.

Furthermore, even if a compatible marrow was available now, Nakajima Michika still needed to overcome potential postoperative rejection. But with her current mindset, what good would the surgery do even if it was successful?

"The outlook is worrisome," Beichuan Si commented succinctly.

However, Beichuan Si felt that since he had accepted the money, he had to give it his all and couldn’t just watch his employer die.

Exorcism treatment... Even if it couldn’t cure leukemia, could it resolve the issue of postoperative rejection?

Beichuan Si looked at his empty hands.

It was worth a try...

"Mr. Temple, if it’s as you mentioned earlier, I think I can be of help," Shen Gu Mirai moved closer. "If you trust me, I can find out the real story behind Miss Nakajima’s family background. I’ll help with the investigation, though I don’t know if it will be useful. But if we could find out the truth, it should make solving the problem easier, right?"

"If Mr. Temple trusts me—"

Shen Gu Mirai’s eyes gleamed with a beautiful luster, causing Beichuan Si to subconsciously look over.

"If Mr. Temple trusts me, I feel like I can accomplish anything."

After saying that, Shen Gu Mirai’s fair and delicate cheeks flushed at an astonishing speed, but her large eyes still intently gazed at Beichuan Si.

Under such a compelling gaze, Beichuan Si didn’t avert his look, and he requested:

"Then I’m counting on you, Shen Gu."

"There’s one more condition!"

Shen Gu Mirai raised her index finger to her cherry-pink lips.

"If I can help you this time, I hope to make a request."

Beichuan Si acknowledged Shen Gu Mirai’s words.

Throughout their association, Shen Gu Mirai had been of great help to him. It was only natural for her to want compensation.

Beichuan Si considered her a friend and naturally wouldn’t take advantage of her.

"Of course, Shen Gu, you’ve indeed been of great help to me. Let’s call it repaying a favor. How about a 60/40 split of twenty million yen?"

Beichuan Si offered a relatively fair way to divide the earnings.

"..." Shen Gu Mirai.

Shen Gu Mirai’s lips twitched, her gaze became indescribably wistful as she spoke in a ghostly voice, "Mr. Temple, do you think my request only concerns money?"

Hmm?

Beichuan Si’s gaze faltered, not quite understanding, he asked, "You don’t like money?"

Is there anyone in this world who doesn’t like money?

You say you’re indifferent to "money," I can believe that, but if you say you don’t like money, that’s just pushing it too far.

"I do like money," Shen Gu Mirai’s big eyes swiveled around as she pouted and said, "But with the kind of... the very maidenly lines I just spoke, is money all you can think of, Mr. Temple? How about the relationship between us—"

"Our relationship?" Beichuan Si narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking before he spoke, "You and I have been inseparable friends for a long time, which is why I told you about Miss Nakajima’s matters."

Inseparable... inseparable relationship?!

Shen Gu Mirai’s lips quivered when she heard these words, and she quickly turned around so Beichuan Si wouldn’t see the overly radiant smile on her face.

She thought to herself with satisfaction:

Is that so? Is that so? We’ve had this kind of relationship for so long—then there’s no helping it, since we’re ’inseparable friends,’ helping out is only natural, right? Right. After all, it’s Mr. Temple! Helping out is only proper!

Shen Gu Mirai cleared her throat, then turned back around: "Since that’s the case, I think Mr. Temple should give me a new address. ’Shen Gu’ is just too formal. Why not call me Mirai?"

Her big eyes that could speak were fluttering.

"Mirai? If that’s what you want, I don’t see much of a problem."

It was just a change of address for Shen Gu Mirai, Beichuan Si didn’t think much of it.

"Then there’s the issue of the reward... I don’t have any use for money right now, and most of the exorcisms are done by you alone, Mr. Temple. So for me to take forty percent, I personally don’t think it’s right, since all I do is gather information and analyze, and anybody could do that."

Shen Gu Mirai made a suggestion:

"Mr. Temple, why don’t you just hold onto it for now. If there ever comes a time I need it, I’ll ask you for it then. And if that time never comes, you can use it for yourself."

She said these words with much implication, with her little scheming mind deliberately bringing it up.

If that day ever came, Beichuan Si’s money would be her money, and her things would be Beichuan Si’s things, so no matter how it was kept, there was no need to worry about that money.

"..." Beichuan Si didn’t reply, only nodding in agreement.

He didn’t expect that Shen Gu Mirai would be so generous as to trust him with such a large sum of money.

Beichuan Si had no intention of taking her share of the money either, and if the time ever came to use that money, he wouldn’t be stingy about it.

Moreover...

He felt that Shen Gu Mirai seemed a bit too excited?

Something wasn’t quite right here.

Shen Gu Mirai had always been a girl full of whims and quirks, so why was she showing such excited emotion now?

Beichuan Si didn’t ask for reasons, but greeted her as usual:

"Then I’ll be troubling you, Mirai."

At Beichuan Si’s gaze, Shen Gu Mirai’s body trembled and she then feigned indifference as she spoke, "Mr. Temple, could you call me that again."

Hm?????

"Mirai."

"Cough cough... one more time... one more time, Mr. Temple!"

But this time, Beichuan Si refused.

He looked at the girl in front of him with a strange gaze, and his tone carried a sense of non-negotiability: "No."

"Eh? Why?! It’s just calling a name, right?"

Shen Gu Mirai panicked, and her expression fell apart.

"I could ask you the same, why do you keep insisting I call you by your name?"

"Because I want to hear it!"

Shen Gu Mirai replied fiercely, her spirits undiminished.

Confronted with her high-and-mighty demeanor, Beichuan Si responded simply, turning his gaze away indifferently:

"But I don’t want to call you."

"Hey—don’t be so mean, Mr. Temple."

Shen Gu Mirai followed the retreating figure of Beichuan Si.

Her crisp voice echoed on the small rooftop.

"One more time, please! Just once! Mr. Temple!"

"No."

"..."

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