First of all, of course, you have to ask for the consent of the other party. "Ono, I want to ask you something, is that okay?" I held his two "tentacles" in each of my hands and looked at him sincerely.

He nodded.

"Thank you." I couldn't help but smile, let go of my right hand and touched his head—really good—and then squeezed his "tentacles" again, "So the next question I ask, if I nod at you, and shake my head if I don't, okay?" ”

He nodded.

I cleared my mind and began to ask the first question: "Did you see who pushed me down just now?" ”

He shook his head.

I was a little disappointed, but I kept it from showing it, and asked again, "Are you separating us from me when my brother and I have left the team?" ”

He shook his head.

"Oh...... So you followed us into the secret passage? I tilted my head.

He nodded.

"Did you choose to go up the stairs at the beginning?" I asked tentatively.

He shook his head.

I was a little surprised: "You're going down?" And how did you know there was a secret passage here?! "I think if I hadn't had Xiaomo with me at the beginning, and I had already had this subconscious hint in my heart, it would have been really hard to think that there would be a secret passage hidden in this secret passage.

He still shook his head.

Hey? I'm a little confused. At this time, he said something "tuckle", and then gently pulled me with the two "tentacles" that I was holding.

My mind moved, and I guessed with some uncertainty: "...... You mean...... You were taken away?! ”

He nodded.

My heart froze, my body couldn't help but lean forward a little, and I asked urgently, "Then do you know who took you?" ”

He nodded, and stretched out a few tentacles to gesture in the air, "cooing" as if trying to say something.

I motioned for him to be calm. "Yes...... Little ink? "I don't want to doubt her, but she's the only one who knows her best. And she disappeared as soon as she entered, and it is likely that she had abducted Ono through the secret passage during that time, although the purpose of this move was not clear.

Sure enough, he nodded. Then he looked at me with a hint of apology in his eyes - he was probably worried that telling me about this would divide the relationship between me and Xiaomo.

I was silent for a while, I didn't want to believe it, but combined with the previous statements of my parents and my younger brother, coupled with Xiaomo's attitude towards my brother and their indifferent attitude in the secret passage, I had to face this problem.

I continued to ask with a serious expression, "Then did Xiaomo take you into the secret passage next?" ”

He nodded, this time a little cautious.

Probably my expression frightened him, and I quickly relaxed my facial muscles a little: "I'm sorry I suddenly have such a serious expression......"

He quickly shook his head, indicating that it was nothing. And he gently touched my arm with another "antennae", as if to indicate "I understand".

My gaze softened a little, and I reached out to touch his head again, and continued to ask, "So did she bring you here?" ”

He began to hesitate, did not nod or shake his head, but began to say something again, as if there was something else hidden.

I guessed, "You don't know who brought you here?" ”

He shook his head, still "babbling" something.

Is this not knowing or knowing? ……

I was also a little unsure, and the disadvantage of not being able to speak was inevitably highlighted.

I thought about it for a moment and changed the question: "Are you pushed down like me?" ”

He still shook his head, but this time he was a little anxious, as if he wanted to say something to me, but he couldn't.

I hurriedly signaled him not to worry, and then I didn't ask questions about what happened to him before, but asked in a different direction: "Then can you tell me that Xiaomo is ...... to you in private?" Isn't it unfriendly? ”

He fell silent for a long time, and after a long time, he secretly looked at my face and nodded a little hesitantly and carefully.

I was silent too. In the car, Xiaomo clearly said that she believed in me and Crush, and believed that Ono was a safe existence, but she took Ono alone behind her back and treated Ono with a very unfriendly attitude...... Is this still the little ink I know? The Xiaomo I know can't do this kind of double-faced thing, she has always been a good girl in my heart who is cold on the surface but softer than anyone else.

Maybe it's my subconscious refusal to accept more changes. That's why I have been avoiding believing all the negative information about Xiaomo, even if there are more and more close people around me who say this to me, I have to understand it as a misunderstanding.

Perhaps, it's time to break something that's long overdue......

I was a little sad because from the moment I made up my mind, my life was truly completely gone. I was like a little girl who had been pretending that the world was beautiful, and only then would she look at the laceration on the back of the doll I was holding and the exposed cotton, and then I had to suppress this feeling of being betrayed by the whole world, in order to counteract the stinging sensation of being forced to tear apart and hand over a part of my body - all very powerless.

Ono seemed to sense the low air pressure I was emanating from, and hurriedly stretched out his "tentacles" to comfort me. I felt a shock in my heart, and after feeling the soft temperature coming from my arm, I suddenly felt inexplicably relieved: at least...... I still have Ono with me at the moment...... Hasn't he been comforting me since the beginning? With such a cute little friend as him, what else am I missing! …… The discomfort in my heart was suddenly dispelled a lot.

It's just that what makes me feel a little strange is that this time the "tentacles" seem to be flatter and wider than usual......

I stared blankly at the palm that was not my own, and then looked down at the long, jointed hand on my left hand, and then looked up sharply with more than a beat of my reaction.

In front of me was a young man with beautiful eyebrows and bright eyes, with slightly fluffy and scattered hair, and his eyes were as soft and clear as I imagined, and he was looking at me worriedly with the corners of his mouth pursed, and his eyes seemed to flow with some kind of fine light.

The corners of my mouth trembled, pointing at him as if he had lost his voice and couldn't speak for a long time, and finally found his voice, and immediately opened his mouth and screamed: "Ono, you, you, you, you have changed back!! ”

He seemed to have only just discovered this fact, looked down in disbelief, saw his hand at a glance, and stared at it for a long time, before he touched his cheek trembling and complicated - I could tell from his shocked expression that he was sure that he had indeed fully returned to his normal human form.

"I ...... It's really changed back......" he muttered, his tone was dazed, his eyes were ethereal, and then he looked up at me stunned, and the corners of his eyes suddenly turned red, and two lines of tears flowed down his cheeks.