Chapter 180
Eli bit her thin lip tightly, her beautiful eyes flickering with a clear luster as she stared intently at Mineo.
In truth, she only wanted to hear one sentence from Mineo's mouth.
If Mineo had come to Tokyo just to see her, Eli might truly feel so happy right now that words couldn't describe it.
Even if Mineo told a lie, it would be fine. I'm actually a very easy person to satisfy, aren't I?
But why was it that for this scoundrel, the first person he went to visit was someone else?
She clearly considered him her best friend, but in his heart, she wasn't the only one.
Mineo could fully understand Eli's current feelings.
It was just as Nozomi had said before.
To Eli, aside from Nozomi, he was the only person she could fully share her heart with, the "only one" she could give her one hundred percent trust.
But to Mineo himself, Eli wasn't the only one.
Whether it was Minami Kotori, Honoka, or Nozomi, each of them was someone precious to Mineo.
Because of this situation, Eli felt a deep sadness in her heart.
After a few seconds of silence, Mineo looked up and met Eli's eyes.
"Eli.... I like you."
That one simple sentence caused the expression on Eli's face to freeze.
At that moment, Eli's breathing and heartbeat seemed to stop for a heartbeat.
Mineo had said "I like you" to Eli more than once before.
He had even said things like "Eli is my wife" countless times.
Every time she heard Mineo declare his love, Eli would be filled with boundless embarrassment and anger, and she would scold him.
But as time passed in this situation, Eli herself didn't realize that she had unconsciously grown used to being teased, bothered, and teased by Mineo.
Even though she was used to being teased by this scoundrel, having a confession of love directed straight at her face still caused a tension in Eli's heart that was hard to put into words.
"You, how can you say something like that..."
"Mineo, you...."
Before Eli could finish her sentence, she felt her small hand being grasped by a pair of large, warm hands.
"Eli!"
"Even though I've said similar things to you in the past, let all of that be considered void."
"Now, in front of you, I want to seriously convey the feelings of my heart once more."
"I like Eli. Please go out with me!"
"This feeling has been there for a very long time."
"That phrase, 'Eli is my wife'—I really want to make it a reality."
A few light gusts of wind blew against their faces, and the hair on Eli's forehead swayed with the breeze.
At this moment, Eli lowered her head.
Her grip on the hem of her skirt tightened.
"Is Mineo-kun serious about saying those words?"
"Of course I'm serious. Even though Eli used to say I was a scoundrel or something like that... I still like you! The kind of like that is very, very deep."
That one simple sentence from Mineo instantly pierced through all the defenses in the depths of Eli's heart.
At this moment, she suddenly felt her heart in total chaos; she didn't know what to do with herself.
"Mineo, you... don't joke with me."
"You're definitely not being serious this time either."
"We've only just officially met, you don't understand me at all..."
"To say something like this, it's really... really very rude!"
"But Eli, I feel that I am very serious."
Seeing Mineo staring at her with a burning gaze, Eli hurriedly shifted her eyes away.
"Mineo, you... I already told you not to joke like this with me."
"There is absolutely no way, absolutely no way I would date you... eh...."
Eli's words weren't even halfway finished when she couldn't continue anymore.
Because just as she turned her face away, she felt her shoulders being grabbed.
Mineo forced Eli to turn back and face him directly.
In the next second, he leaned forward and kissed Eli on the mouth.
At that moment, Eli's body suddenly became incredibly stiff and tense.
Even her pupils suddenly constricted and froze.
Held tightly in Mineo's embrace, Eli's mind instantly went blank.
Resistance, stubbornness—it all vanished without a trace.
After kissing Eli, it was only after ten seconds had passed that she snapped out of her mental void.
In the next instant, Eli's body began to struggle violently.
She wanted to push Mineo away, only to find that her strength wasn't enough at all.
Eli panicked!
Without thinking, she bit down hard on Mineo's lip.
"Eli, why did you bite me?"
Mineo looked at Eli with a slightly pitiful gaze.
Meanwhile, Eli stared at Mineo with eyes that flashed with a burning anger.
"You.... how dare you say that."
"You... do you know what you just did to me?"
"You.... how could you, how could you treat me like this!!!"
"I only wanted to close the distance between us."
Mineo looked into Eli's eyes and said somewhat helplessly:
"I told you just now, I like you, and you like me too."
"If that's the case, why do we have to make things so complicated and messy."
"Isn't it better to just bravely state our feelings?"
"You... you're truly shameless!"
Eli stood up, her chest heaving with anger.
"From what part of me did you see that I liked you?"
"You scoundrel, who would want to like you!"
"I absolutely.... absolutely hate you the most!!"
"Hate me the most? Eli's reaction just now was the exact opposite of what you're saying!"
Mineo took Eli's small hand and pressed it against her own chest.
"Eli, feel it here, and then tell me seriously, in your heart.... do you truly hate me?"
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