I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

Chapter 347 My heart is not made of stone, it cannot be turned

The sunlight in Gion was as hazy as usual, but because it was summer, the heat it cast was no less intense than that of the outside world. In the small room at the innermost part of the library, the carved wooden windows were wide open, allowing the bright sunlight to shine entirely on the black-haired girl.

The cascading black hair shone with crystal brilliance under the scorching golden sun. Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami seemed to be unable to feel the temperature as she sat here alone, as if she wanted the heat from the sun to burn away the wandering thoughts and indecision in her heart.

Occasionally he would use a handkerchief to wipe the fine beads of sweat from his forehead, and with the pen in his hand he would quickly write in beautiful tiny characters on a notebook. The desk was full of old scrolls and some messy paintings. The paintings showed some strange monsters with notes next to them.

From time to time, he would stand up, put away the scrolls he had finished reading and put them back on the bookshelf next to him. His slender, jade-like fingers would point at a pile of scrolls, pick one out, pull it out, and sit back to continue writing the information he needed.

Ding ding.

The cell phone on the desk rang a simple ringtone. She glanced at it and saw it was Asumi Sanae. She picked up the phone and answered it. Before she could say anything, Asumi Sanae's elegant voice, like reciting a poem, came from the other end of the line.

"Your Excellency the Inquisitor, his shadow is gradually disappearing in the light of the mirror moon."

Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami translated the useful information on the scroll into modern language and wrote it down, saying softly, "If you keep talking like that, I'll hang up."

"He's going to run."

Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami's writing suddenly stopped. He was about to ask something, but the words stopped at his lips.

We have already decided to part ways, so why bother to provoke him again?

"Well, I see."

She answered in a cold voice, and the stopped brushstrokes moved forward a distance of two words to avoid the smudged ink.

After saying this, Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami felt that he could let go more easily, as if a stone was gradually sinking, and he felt depressed but relieved.

"Ajing would indeed say that." Liuli in her heart smiled.

Asumi Sanae had expected her to say that. Having grown up together, she and her sister Ruri knew Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami's character very well.

Don't be fooled by her cool appearance and rational and efficient behavior. However, if she encounters a problem that is really difficult to solve - not those visible problems in reality, but those invisible problems related to human hearts.

When faced with such a situation, her first choice is to think about solving it, and then when she finds that she can't solve it, she retreats back to her comfort zone, curls up in a ball and does nothing.

Just as her sister Liuli said, Jing's personality will cause her to miss out on a lot.

The reason why Asumi Sanae was not worried about Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami and Higashino Yu was because they knew her well enough and she would never do something that would betray her friends and go against her life creed.

Therefore, she had complicated emotions towards her childhood friend. She felt angry and betrayed that Ajing fell in love with Ayu, but she was also relieved by her final choice. She did not misjudge her and she was indeed a very good friend.

But now that the guy is about to run away, the conflict can be put aside for the time being and the fox can be kept for now.

This fox monster is certainly greedy, but this is his only shortcoming.

My heart is already with him. Even if I meet someone better, we will never feel this compatible and like each other again.

This fox monster is so abominable.

Not only was her sister harmed by a monster, but she was also harmed by a monster.

Asumi saw Sanae gritting her teeth. She imagined a future with him in it. She couldn't imagine a future without him. And he just walked away. What would she do? !

Bang!
Asuhi saw Sanae pound the table hard, as if she was punching someone in the face, but then her expression changed and she quickly rubbed her hands.

"what happened?"

"nothing."

Asumi Sanae took a deep breath and said, "Your Excellency the Knight has already told me about you."

"Well." Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami paused here, "I'm sorry."

"If you really feel sorry for me, please help me keep him."

"It can't be done."

"His Excellency the Knight said that he can't leave you either."

"There are a few people he can't leave."

When Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami said this, his expression was stunned for a second, and then he reacted. The feeling just now was not that he had really let it go, but more like the joy and gloating after knowing that he would not choose anyone.

Would I also have such bad emotions?
It turned out that the idea of ​​staying away from him was right.

Asumi Sanae sneered upon hearing this.

"So what are you going to do? Practice and study in the family, then marry someone you don't like, occasionally think of him, and hide in a small dark room alone and feel uncomfortable?"

Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami lowered his brows and pursed his lips.

"You are wrong. I will not think of him again, and I will not marry."

"What if the family needs it?"

Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami fell silent, the fingertips holding the pen gradually turned white, and the round pen body began to deform.

"Is this outcome better than if we kept him together?"

".Yes, at least I can have peace of mind."

"What if I said, I don't mind?"

laugh!
Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami stared in amazement at the brushstroke that flew out diagonally. She knew what Sanae meant by "not minding", and her heart that had fallen into the abyss seemed to beat again.

There was a voice in my heart that kept urging me to agree, as if as long as I agreed, I would get everything I wanted.

However, there is another feeling that makes me speechless, that is a sour resentment.

Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami understood that even though her feelings for him shouldn't exist, she still hoped that he would only respond to her, which was unreasonable.

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"It must be difficult for Ajing to make a choice now." Liuli sighed.

"It's difficult for me, okay?" Asumi Sanae complained, feeling more bitter in her heart than anyone else.

"Sister, do you really not mind? Then I——"

"That's fake." Asumi Sanae snorted, "Who wouldn't mind? But the fox is about to run away, so we have no choice but to leave him here for now. We'll have a long time to solve the remaining problems."

"Aren't you afraid that you will have no choice but to compromise like this in the end?"

"There will always be a way."

Asu saw Sanae mumbling, she was of course afraid of the situation her sister was talking about.

But now she was more afraid that when she went to Dongye Yu's room later, she would only see a tuft of fox hair. If both the fox and the luggage were gone, that would be despair.

"It was difficult for me to make this decision, and I feel just as bad as you do, but this is the only way now. Just think of it as something you owe me, and think about it carefully." "Du——"

There was a busy tone on the phone. Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami sat there for a long time. Suddenly, he felt a shadow cast down. He looked up suddenly and saw his mother Jinguji Akiko standing at the window looking at him.

"Did you hear that?"

The fair face of Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami turned red, and he felt ashamed for doing something shameful and being caught.

"Sorry, I accidentally overheard your conversation with Sanae while passing by." Jinguji Kiko showed an apologetic expression and bowed slightly to apologize.

She looked at her daughter with some distress and sighed, "I noticed that you were not in a good mood since you came back. So this is what happened."

Jinguji Hiiragi lowered her head, her princess-style bangs casting a shadow on her forehead: "Do you think I'm shameless?"

Jinguji Xizi hated third parties, and now that she knew her daughter had become a third party, she felt complicated.

Of course, she is her own daughter after all, and Higashino-kun is indeed an outstanding boy, so it is natural for her to like him.

She thought about it and did not try to comfort him directly. Instead, she asked, "Have Sanae and Higashino announced their relationship before?"

Jinguji Hiiragi shook his head, then hesitated for two seconds: "But I can vaguely feel that they have a good relationship."

Strictly speaking, this is not a third party, at most it is a competition for a partner.

Jinguji Xizi nodded thoughtfully, a little puzzled: "So you are actually hoping for the best and letting your feelings develop, waiting passively until the end before confessing?"

"After confirming Sanae's feelings for him, I was ready to bury this feeling that should never have been born deep in my heart."

Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami's voice dropped.

"How did it turn out like this?" Jinguji Xizi was a little surprised.

Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami was silent for a moment, "He was the one who confessed to me."

Jinguji Xizi was stunned. What does this mean?
"He said that he likes me, Sanae, and Miko, and he doesn't want to let go of any of them."

Jinguji Xizi: ".???"

She looked at her daughter with pity.

Ah Jing, how dare you say such things openly?

This is no longer an ordinary scumbag.

Simply shameless.

"How much do you like him?" the mother asked seriously.

When Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami heard her question, he raised his head slightly, facing the sunlight, unable to see his mother's face clearly, his eyes as dark as night were blank for a moment.

"I do not know."

It’s over.

Jinguji Xizi knew at a glance that she couldn't get out at all, and sighed: "Sanae said she doesn't mind."

"But I can't forgive myself."

"It's more than that, right?" Jinguji Xizi shook her head: "I gave birth to you and raised you. I know your temper. You want more, right?"

Seeing that her daughter didn't say anything, she said helplessly.

"There is no perfection in this world, so compromise is a skill that people must learn. Just like your father, he is not tall, nor handsome, and he even kept a mistress outside a few years ago, but I still forgave him."

"I'm not saying this to make you give up everything you insist on. I'm telling you that sometimes you have to lose something to gain something."

Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami pursed her lips. She would only show a hint of grievance in front of her mother.

"I just want to be loyal to him."

"But the world is such a tease. You don't like the person who can be loyal to you, and the person you like can't be completely in love with you."

Jinguji Kiko seemed to be able to feel her confusion and pain. Tears welled up in her clear eyes and she felt heartbroken about what happened to her daughter.

"what should I do?"

"Just follow your heart, but don't make decisions too quickly. You need to know yourself first."

Jinguji Xizi leaned over, reached out and touched her daughter's forehead, then slowly walked away.

The blazing sunlight enveloped the girl again. She sat there in a daze for a long time, until the angle of light and shadow cast through the window gradually changed, until there was a little noise coming from the library and then it became quiet again.

At a certain moment, she came to her senses, but she still couldn't make a decision in her heart. But as her mother said, she didn't need to make a decision in a hurry and had to look into her own heart first.

She picked up her phone, clicked on the hateful Q-version white fox avatar, sent a message, then glanced at the notebook, tore off the stained page, and started writing again.

ding~~
The long and clear sound of a tuning fork rang out. Higashino Yu, who had just finished lunch and was about to take out the pear to share with the Iori family, opened his phone and saw that it was a message from Hiiragi Kagami.

"I need time to think."

Did Hiiragi Kagami change his mind?
Higashino Yu was stunned at first, then he reacted and subconsciously looked at Sanae. Seeing her glaring back at him fiercely, he understood at that moment.

My brainstorming is not as good as a genius' phone call!
Higashino Yu was very curious about how Sanae convinced Hiiragi Kagami, but everyone was waiting at the dinner table, so they could talk about it later.

So he thought for two seconds and replied seriously: "My heart is not made of stone, it cannot be turned."

It not only expresses one's own feelings, but also expresses the determination to never give up and the shameless resolution to achieve happiness for all.

He put down his phone, stretched out his hand, and took two pears from the jade plate that appeared out of thin air in his hand under the curious gaze of the Iori couple. Miko lowered his head and stroked Meowth, not looking at this side - she hadn't looked at him since dinner.

Dong Ye Yu has no other choice for the time being and can only wait and see. As long as the Moon Witch takes action, everything will be fine!
With a sigh in his heart, Higashino Yu, Iori Tadamichi and Tomoko's grandmother introduced the origin and function of the Jiaoli pear.

Upon learning that this was a fruit from the fairyland, and that eating it could not only improve one's cultivation but also prolong one's life, the old couple looked at each other, knowing each other's intentions, and smiled without any greed in their expressions.

Iori Tadamichi saw that Higashino Yu was about to take the cut fruit after the introduction, and hurriedly stopped him: "Wait a minute, Yu."

Dong Yeyu looked over with doubt in his hand, holding the demon-slaying fruit knife: "What's the matter?"

Iori Tadamichi shook his head: "Since it is a fairy fruit, and it is very useful for cultivation, you can eat this precious treasure yourself, Ayu. Now that demons are lurking in the world, you don't know when they will cause trouble. You need this fairy fruit to improve your cultivation."

As he spoke, he looked at Grandma Tomoko with a smile and took her wrinkled hand, as gently as when he was a teenager.

"Your grandmother Tomoko and I have lived for seventy or eighty years. We knew each other when we were ten years old, grew up, got married, had children, and now, we are content to be together until old age. Now I only have one wish, that is, Miko can grow up happily. There is nothing else I want."

He is truly a role model for pure love war gods like us!
Dong Ye Yu was filled with awe. He could imagine the happiness of the two elders throughout their lives and even felt that their corpses were warm.

Then he smiled and explained, "You don't know that the way I practice is the righteous way of longevity. I don't seek external things and focus on cultivating myself. If I rely too much on elixirs and immortal materials, I'm afraid I will become lazy. If I unknowingly go astray, it will be detrimental to my practice."

(End of this chapter)