1000 chapters: Peers

"I just want Kawako to take me. If Miss Reiko comes along, she would probably dislike everything I do along the way. Wouldn't that make the journey a lot more depressing?"

Li Yifei made it clear that he didn't want Aoki Reiko to come. This matter was so important that an additional person meant an added risk of information being leaked, and he genuinely did not want Aoki Reiko to join.

"I'm good friends with Kawako, and I want to go because of her, not because of you. Surely, Kawako can't refuse to let me come along just for your sake?" Aoki Reiko glared at Li Yifei. The more he didn't want her to go, the more she wanted to.