Travel through the daily life of the dragon clan

Chapter 565, I will reject you harshly then

"Why are you sitting here all the time? Tonight's Fate Zero and the nightly rerun of Gundam 00 are about to start."

[Okay, let’s go and see it now.]

"Wait, wait, there's actually no rush. Although it's called the beginning, excluding the commercials and the opening and ending songs, each episode is only fifteen minutes long. We still have time... to chat?"

【it is good. 】

Zhuo understands that dealing with conflicts and mutual understanding are not one-sided, and unconditional communication and honesty are the key.

So, Zhuo chose the time when there were finally no customers in the store and found Uesugi Erii, who was sitting alone by the window looking at the sky, and prepared to have a detailed discussion with her about their respective ideas.

Zhuo didn't intend to tell her his original plan rashly.

However, Zhuo had received a note from Eri in the morning saying that "she already understood and would be obedient." At that time, she had already realized Zhuo's general thoughts, so Zhuo had almost no hesitation when he talked to her about this matter.

After Zhuo finished speaking, he paused for a moment and observed Eri's expression.

Eri was also silent, with no emotion flowing in her two deep red pupils, like an emotionless puppet - obviously she was better before.

"Don't look at me like that, and don't lower your head. Okay, okay, I know I was wrong..."

I remember that Eri had this look in her eyes when I first met her. She was standing obediently in the rain with a transparent folding umbrella. Her skirt and hair fluttered in the wind, and she looked like a figure from an anime.

But at that time, she had an indifferent look on her face, as if she wanted to kill anyone she saw. But when I walked towards her like a scoundrel and put my arm around her shoulders, she was extremely obedient, leaving when I told her to go and stopping when I told her to. Except for not knowing to share an umbrella with this street scoundrel, she was extremely obedient, as if taking him abroad would also mean leaving at any time.

"...I've realized my mistakes. It's all my fault for acting on my own. But I don't really have any intention of forcing you to do anything. If you don't like someone, you can tell me instead of just blindly obeying me... At least when it comes to liking someone, it's not something that can be solved by just obeying me."

Perhaps because Eri had been sitting here for a long time, the milk in her cup had cooled down and a white film had formed on the top.

Zhuo picked it up with chopsticks and threw it into the trash can. He looked up and saw Eri looking at him and blinking. Although she didn't say anything or pass a note, Zhuo could still feel her "I'm listening".

Zhuo smiled, reached out and pinched her cheek, then said:
"I know you've been in a bad mood lately. Don't bow your head. There's no need to hide what has been discovered. And the reason I said before that you can't hide your feelings was not to help you hide it better... Hey, little mute, I know you may like me a little, but I'm already married, and the person I'm married to is the one I like, so I won't like anyone else, and I can't like anyone else."

Perhaps her learning target is either Zhuo who is not good at hiding things, or Ling who never hides things but has a blank expression. So even though Eri knows that her feelings can be easily seen, the only solution she can think of is to lower her head.

Zhuo Ziran stopped her when she did so.

"My previous thought was that you should like someone more suitable, not me. Of course, I can't and shouldn't control who others like. Now I'm just telling you what I need to say. Eri is an adult, right?"

After saying this, Zhuo just stared at Eiry. If she lost control, Zhuo would hold her down, coax her and continue explaining; if she cried, Zhuo would hand her a tissue; it would be good if Eiry could understand this, although it was unlikely.

In short, no matter what, Zhuo can comfort the baby and hand him tissues, but he can't do more.

Zhuo wanted to tell her that we would still be friends and could always be friends, but we could only be friends.

Honestly speaking, doing this might be a bit cruel to Eri, but just like Jude Mai said, some things are better to suffer a short pain than a long one, and dragging it out will only hurt people more.

However, after looking into his eyes for a long time, Eri lowered her head and finished writing, then handed him the small notebook:

What is like?

If we really want to discuss this issue, Zhuo had already explained it on the first day he met her.

"I just want to be with someone forever. I want to possess him/her, but I can't bear to possess him/her. I will be unhappy when I see him/her getting close to other people of the opposite sex. But I would rather be unhappy than restrict him/her, because if he/she is unhappy, I will be even more unhappy. He/she is more important than myself." - This was Zhuo's answer at the beginning.

If Zhuo were asked to repeat the answer now, he might add some words, but the general idea would remain the same.

So Zhuo didn’t know what to say.

Because Eri had been watching his and Ling's daily life for three years, if she liked me, she would definitely be unhappy to see me and Ling so close, but she didn't say it. Zhuo was happy, so she was happy too. In general, if Eri liked him, then her liking was exactly the same as what Zhuo told her.

If this is love, does it mean that it is wrong to be happy when seeing the person you like is happy? Is it wrong to be unhappy when seeing the person you like is unhappy? Or is it wrong to obey the person you like just because he or she is happy?

Or is this kind of liking something wrong?

"...It's not wrong to like someone. To be honest, I'm probably happy that you like me. But this happiness comes from male vanity, just like when the boy across the street liked you, you were also very happy. This shows that you are beautiful."

【Brother Santa, the world outside is so big! 】

"That's right. But there's a bigger world you haven't seen, and there are many better boys you haven't met. You just met me first."

【Brother Santa, I want to go back. 】

After writing this for Zhuo to see, Eiry took off her shoes, put her white socks on the seat, hugged herself, and lowered her eyes, like a cat that had done something wrong.

At this time, she still remembered what Zhuo said, "Don't step directly on the seat."

"I said..."

[I have caused trouble for Sister Ling and Brother Santa. ]

"Wait a moment..."

[I was too willful and had to run away from home. ]

"I haven't finished what I want to say..."

[I am very happy here, thank you Sister Ling, thank you Brother Christmas...]

"..."

Eri was writing to herself, as if she was writing for herself, with her head down and writing furiously. But when she noticed that Zhuo suddenly stopped talking, she suddenly stopped, raised her head, and met Zhuo's eyes.

Zhuo held his chin with one hand and tilted his head to look at her, but said nothing.

Even though Eri continued to write in a panic, at first she would show it to Zhuo after she finished writing, but in the end, the words became longer and longer, and the time she kept looking down became longer and longer... because Zhuo did not look at the words, but kept looking into her eyes.

Until he saw Eri lower her head again and grab the hem of her skirt, Zhuo couldn't help but reach out his hand. Eri probably thought Zhuo was going to hit her, but she didn't dodge, she just closed her eyes, and her long eyelashes trembled slightly. She is the strongest hybrid in the world. When she is angry, she can completely tear down half of Japan. This statement is not an exaggeration.

But now she is like a child who has made a mistake.

"Listen to what I have to say first."

Zhuo just reached out and touched the hair hanging on her side. Eri's hair was soft and smooth, and the touch was so good that people couldn't let it go, but Zhuo didn't feel any romance in his heart.

He met those crimson eyes again, which showed obvious panic.

Zhuo always felt that Eri was very similar to him. From the outside, they looked like super scary monsters, strong enough to fight against three or five mechanized divisions. As for Zhuo, he might be even stronger... But Zhuo thought that he was just an ordinary person, and others only saw his external power, not him. The same was true for Eri. Without the abilities given by her bloodline, she was just a fragile little girl.

"It may sound a bit selfish, but I won't let you go back for now. I'll stay with you until the weather clears up. After that... you can go home or continue to work here, and you can even continue to like me, but I won't stop others from approaching you unless that person is really a scumbag.

"You've read Caesar's letter. I share the same view as him. Every man is a sailor. Some sailors are shocked by the waves and attracted by the sparkling white light under the sun when they first go out to sea. Then they remove the mast and decide to stay there. But the sailor doesn't know that every sea has waves, which can reflect light under the sun. The sailor finally discovered this after staying there for many years. If he is lucky, he will stay contentedly. If not, he may want to secretly set sail again and never come back."

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"Do you think Eri has met enough sailors?"

Eri pricked up her ears and folded her hands on her knees, looking like she was listening to the class attentively.

Just as he was about to pick up the pen, Zhuo continued:

"Okay, I know what you're going to say. Those frivolous guests are not sailors but pirates. They just want to sleep with you and then leave. Although it's a bit of a appearance thing, that's what I think. I don't want to chase you away, and Zero doesn't hate you either. We don't think you're a bother. You're not a bother, we're friends. To be honest, you've helped us a lot, and I'm glad you're here. Because Eri is a beautiful and kind girl."

"You can stay here and continue to work. During this time, I hope you can make more friends. Although we haven't been in touch for a long time, those people will definitely be happy to know you. Well, I will also introduce my friends to you. In this process, you may slowly find someone who really likes you and can live together forever. At that time, if you say these words again, I will definitely give you a big hug, and then you will avoid me for his sake. That is the separation that should happen."

"If you haven't found it, just stick to today's result. Then you can come to me and formally confess your love to me..."

Under the incandescent light, only half of the faces of the two people sitting in the corner were illuminated.

Eri's glass-like eyes became brighter and brighter as she heard Zhuo say these words, and finally became completely alive and brighter than ever before.

then……

"...Then I will ruthlessly reject you and prevent you from ever having such unreasonable thoughts! Humph!"

Eri was stunned.

The vigilance and expectation on his face seemed to be stuck to his face with high-strength glue. The whole person was frozen in that moment and turned into something like amber.

Zhuo felt that she would never have expected such a result, but even so, Zhuo felt that this was the right choice.

He crossed his arms over his chest and tilted his head, pretending to be a cold and ruthless school hunk. In fact, Zhuo knew that he didn't look like that, but he had no such experience after all, and he had never seen with his own eyes how a real school hunk behaved, so there was nothing he could do if he didn't look like that.

"Okay, okay, stop staring at me, it's scary... and don't be angry. Pat my head, pat my head. By the way, this is what it feels like to be heartbroken. How does it feel? From today on, Eri is your little sister. You're welcome to confess your feelings anytime in the future. I can always reject you."

Zhuo saw that the expression on Eri's face was like a statue slowly breaking and peeling off, and the last look was one of wanting to cry but being confused and shocked.

In short, it looks super complicated.

Judging from the expression, sadness is probably not as good as several other more bizarre emotions, so that's good.

As for the possibility of secretly dropping little pearls at night later...

"... Let's go back to Izu in a few days and cry there. I can lend you Zero for one night, and then you can just hide in her arms."

Zhuo smiled and wanted to rub Eiry's head, but then, unexpectedly, after lying motionless for a long time in the offline state, Eiry suddenly stood up, and the hand that was stroking her head had to fall.

【Good night, Christmas brother. 】

Eri ran out of the store with her notebook in her arms and walked towards the hotel across the street.

Zhuo still looked at her with some worry, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he found that she opened an umbrella before going out.

It should be okay. If not, I'll just stay here tonight and observe. Suspicious about the various emotions that might be in Eri's heart, Zhuo stared over there.

However, with the arrival of an undisguised sound of footsteps, a figure attracted Zhuo's attention - following the scattered shadows, Zhuo raised his head and looked at its owner.

Unexpectedly, Chu Zihang was standing there.

His face was expressionless as always, but his eyes were mixed with some complexity.

"...You just eavesdrop on other people's conversations like this."

"Feel sorry."

Zhuo knew that Chu Zihang was not the type of person who would deliberately eavesdrop on other people's conversations, but he didn't expect that he would actually walk out after eavesdropping. He couldn't help but give him a reproachful look.

Chu Zihang apologized frankly, then picked up the almost eaten pizza and cold hot milk on the table, cleaned them up and came back here. After asking for Zhuo's consent with his eyes, he sat on the chair opposite Zhuo.

Seeing this, Zhuo almost understood that he was preparing to clean up the tables and chairs, but he overheard it by accident.

Zhuo knew there was nothing he could do about it, so he drooped his eyelids and said listlessly:
"So, is it your turn to be the next emotional guest? Okay, I get it."

(End of this chapter)