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"Hey, I have a question but, I am scared if I should ask you or let it go as it might anger you."

Susumu replies in a normal voice, "Don't worry.

I will not be mad but, I will not be able to assure you if you will not ask me the question after trying to raise it.

I will get anxious if you do not ask me now."

Mali questions her doubt, "Okay, I hope you will not be mad.

You told me that you two had shared at least an image of each other through the internet,

You genuinely might have sent her your real photos but, what about her?

Did she genuinely send you the actual photo of her too?

How can you be so sure that you were not involved in fraud as you have never tried to search for her on other social media platforms?"

"Sir, madam, what would you like to have?"-Flight attended asks politely.

Susumu politely asks the flight attendant,' Would you mind showing it to me at first?"

"Sure, sir."The flight attendant replies.

She shows him the food.

Susumu replies while pointing, "This, that one and these."

He looks at Mali and asks her, "What about you?"

Mali looks at Flight attended and replies with a smile, "Same as him."

The flight attendant serves the food to them and takes leaves after that.

"Woah! I did not know we did have the same taste."-Mali replies while looking at the food.

"Yeah, I was surprised when you ordered the same food as mine."-Susumu replies and holds the chopstick.

They begin to have their meal.

While having lunch,

"Miss Wang, I wanted to confess you something,"-Susumu asks.

"Okay, I am all ears."-Mali replies.

Susumu replies, "You asked me, how was I so sure that you were not a Japanese like me.

I told you because of your dressing sense.

But that was not the only reason for identifying your true nationality.

I was able to identify because you were having trouble communicating.

And the way you were pronouncing the words made me identify you as a Thai.

I have been observing Thai culture for more than seven years.

And when we first met, I did not want to explain it to you.

I was afraid you might misunderstand me.

I will choose to be rude rather than being misunderstood by others while trying to explain."

"It is alright.

And sorry for being stubborn.

I wanted to talk with someone, or else I would have gotten anxious."-Wang Mali replies.

They talk about everyday things.

While talking,

Inside Susmu's mind."Sigh! Now, I will not have to explain to Miss Wang why am I so sure the photo was real.

Soon enough, she will not remember what she has asked me."

After 15 minutes of casual talk,

"So, Mister. Back to my question, why are you so sure that you were not involved in some fraud?"-Wang Mali returns to her questions.

"Well."-Susumu hesitates to answer.

Mali looks at him with a smile and curiosity.

Susumu asks with a serious face, "Would you believe me if I say I believe she was genuine and decided to search for her?"

Mali shook her head, "Nope, I will not."

"Why will not you?"-Susumu asks her.

"Would you believe me if I say it is my gut feeling?"-Mali questions.

"Nope, I will not as the gut feeling is not possible to achieve this easily."-Susumu replies.

Wang Mali explains, "Exactly, the person who thinks this much will not be travelling to another country on a search for a girl whom he had never seen.

And puls, there was a high possibility of being cheated.

Even if you had believed her being genuine when she shared her photo, there must be some evidence that made you trust her even more.

I believe there is still something that you want to hide from me."

"You got me, miss.

The reason I know she is genuine is because of my private detective."-Susumu confesses.

"Private detective?

Now, are you trying to copy some novel story to make me believe it?

Oh, come on! Mister."-Wang Mali disappointedly replies.

"See, that was why I chose not to explain myself to you."

Mali does not speak.

Furthermore, she waits for him to talk.

Susumu explains," My Phī̀ s̄āw *which means older sister in Thai* was my detective whom I assigned to search for her info when I repaired this phone a few months back.

We met on the same app and, for a few weeks, I had some suspicion about her being the same girl with whom I had lost contact in the app.

I thought she might be checking me for a few weeks but, as the time passed, it made me believe she was not the same girl whom I encountered before.

She was someone else.

I have found the girl once again because of her help.

I now know where does she work that will help me to get close to her as I had promised back then."

"Oh, now I get it.

So, now you have got the information about her.

Would you mind showing the picture of her to me?"-Mali asks.

"What if I say No?"-Susumu asks her back.

"It's okay, Mister.

I guess you are trying to protect her as if things don't go your way.

You do not want to be the reason for disturbing her life."-Mali understands his concern.