My daily life in love is too contrary to my character.

"You can't blame me for this. You want me to provide the lighting, but you also want me to keep the butterflies. Even capitalists don't act like this. Do you understand why butterflies can fly, Chairman? This is the reason: they can see into people's hearts."

Shiraishi Sawah ran behind Soga Kirei to dodge Ichiyo's bag-throwing attack.

There are trees on both sides of the road, so there's no need to worry about falling down the mountain.

The three of them were playing around, or more accurately, Chiyo Ichiriki and Hideaki Shiraishizawa were playing around, while Kirei Soga was in charge of mediating their relationship.

The physics aspect is in the middle.

Because the mountain wasn't very high, the group reached the summit around 4:00 AM.

Shiraishi Sawa looked around and finally found his target: a pavilion facing east.

Just after four o'clock, the sky was already turning a pale white, and Shiraishi Sawa could even feel the dawn eagerly leaping out from the distance.

"Hurry, hurry, or we'll miss the sunrise, everyone!"

"Family members?" the two girls uttered the same word in confusion.

"Um...it's hard to explain," he blurted out the word. Even if he explained it as "old buddy," he wouldn't understand. After thinking for a moment, Shiraishi Sawa said, "It's popular now. In short, it means that we have feelings for each other, so we're family!"

Seeing the two girls' understanding expressions, Shiraishi Sawa thought he had explained it correctly, but he didn't know why he always felt that they were a little guilty.

The mountain path is separated from the pavilion by a stream a few meters wide, with a path paved with seven or eight small stone bricks in between.

Although it was called a stream, it was actually extremely shallow, only a few centimeters deep. Shiraishi Sawa felt that if he stepped on it, the soles of his shoes wouldn't even go under.

The stream was exceptionally clear, but there were no fish or shrimp swimming around. I don't know if they were asleep or if there were never any to begin with.

But just like the ritualistic feeling that boys have that "stepping on the line will kill them," even though he could simply step across the stream, Shiraishi Sawah insisted that he step steadily on the stones and absolutely not touch a single drop of water, otherwise he would "die."

To this end, they avoided jumping over several stone slabs that had water stains on them.

Suddenly, a chilling sensation shot from his neck to his brain, and Shiraishi Sawah couldn't help but shudder.

Turning her head, she saw that the source of the prank was still dripping water from Chiyo's five fingers, and a bright smile appeared on her face. "This is the meaning of me getting up at two o'clock."

Combined with the sense of ritual just now, the boy realized he was already dead, and the person who had tried to kill him was right in front of him. His fantasy turned tragic.

"Once you enter the mulberry grove, could you perhaps learn something..."

Upon hearing this, Chiyo immediately revealed a smug smile. She took a step to the right, and immediately ten more fingers, dripping with water, splashed towards her. Standing in the middle of the stone bridge, Shiraishizawa Hide had no way to dodge and was forced to passively endure the stream's bath.

Before the word "chairman" could be uttered, the other culprit simply tilted his head slightly, looking at Shiraishi Zexiu with a somewhat innocent gaze, and the corners of his mouth were also turned up.

Damn it, the president has gone bad. Once you enter the Fox Clan, you become a huge source of pollution.

But sometimes, a fussy child gets to eat more candy.

"I knew you wanted to compare me to Soga-san, you'd planned this all along." Chiyo Ichigo, holding Soga Kiriren's arm, became even more smug.

"This is intolerable! Take this slap from my ten fingers!"

Shiraishi Hideya quickly dipped himself in the stream and shook the water at the two girls, but they were prepared and didn't even step onto the stone bridge. Instead, they took a few steps back and dodged the water.

Shiraishi Zexiu smiled, shook his head, and sighed. He showed no intention of blocking the bridge, easily taking a few large strides to the other side. Turning around, he called out:

"Come on over, the sun's about to come up, don't miss it."

"Okay, family."

Chapter 144: Story Chain Relay (Prelude)

The area around the pavilion was filled with morning mist. Shiraishi Zexiu put down his large bag on the ground, set aside his flashlight, took out a pack of tissues, and began wiping the surrounding area.

When Chiyo and Soga Kirei arrived, the three spots had already been cleaned.

"Please have a seat, ladies."

"She is a young girl."

"Alright, you two beautiful young ladies, please take your seats. The performance is about to begin." Shiraishi Zexiu looked at the distant mountain peak, where a warm yellow light was already shooting upwards.

This is a sign that the sun is about to rise before everyone's eyes.

"Shiraishi-kun, put my phone over there and set it up so it can record the screen. I'll take screenshots when I get back." Chiyo Ichigo handed over her bag directly.

"understood."

The outside of the small bag is covered with LV logos, but Shiraishi Sawa Hide doesn't really appreciate it. Opening the bag, there aren't many items: a wallet, earphones, a mobile phone, tissues, and a square pack of feminine hygiene products.

Could it be that a girl would exchange for this kind of thing in the middle of nowhere? Shiraishi Zexiu didn't understand, but he was greatly shocked.

He took out his phone, unscrewed the phone holder on the back, and placed it opposite him.

"Phone password."

"Six zeros."

"That's simple and straightforward enough."

He first took a few close-up photos of his own face, then turned on video recording and placed it on the other side.

"President and Fox-san, wait for me a moment," Shiraishi Sawa took out a thermos from his backpack, opened it, and the steam mixed with the mist on the mountaintop. He then took out three disposable cups and poured out their contents.

Pure white, steaming milk.

Although the recording was still going on, Shiraishi Sawa took out his phone and held it out as far as he could.

Two young girls surrounded him, and he couldn't tell whether the fragrance was from the mountains or from the girls themselves.

"cheers!"

Three glasses of milk clinked together in front of the camera, and the three people laughed happily.

If Takanashi were also there, the second stage of that photo-taking task would probably be completed by now.

"coming!"

Although he was the one who wanted to see the sunrise, when a red arc actually appeared on the horizon, the two girls were clearly more excited than he was.

Needless to say, once you enter Chiyo, even Soga Kiriren gripped her phone tightly, pointing it at the eastern arc.

The clouds drifted by slowly, but they couldn't block the sunlight behind them; instead, they stained themselves reddish-yellow.

The process was not slow; in just over two minutes, the sun had fully risen above the mountains.

"Perfect!" Shiraishi Sawah finished the last mouthful of warm milk and sighed with satisfaction.

Two hours of preparation, all for two minutes.

A flock of pigeons flew into the sky from not far away; they must be kept by the priest of a nearby shrine.

"Let's go, let's go back to sleep." Shiraishi Sawa said to the two girls who were still taking pictures. "Thank you so much for coming to do this with me today."

If Chiyo and Soga Kirei hadn't come, Shiraishi Sawa Hide was certain he wouldn't be as happy as he is now.

"It's okay, I'm happy too."

"Simply saying thank you isn't enough; we need to get real."

Foxes are really not cute.

"I understand, President and Fox-san. Consider it a favor I owe you. Whenever you suddenly feel like doing something, you can ask me to accompany you, and I'll definitely go, okay?"

"That's more like it."

--

Once the sun comes out, we don't need to use flashlights anymore.

The group of people who came down the mountain had nothing to do, so they started playing a game of story relay, with each person taking turns telling a one-line story.

"Once upon a time, there was a dog." — Shiraishi Sawa Hide

“Its name is Laifu.” — Suwo Wulian

"Later, he cultivated himself into a human and changed his name to Shiraishi Sawashu." He entered the world of Chiyo.

"...This scholar, Shiraishizawa, is incredibly talented, handsome, and dashing... He has won the hearts of countless young women."

"But he never dates."

"Then he was killed by the enraged girl."

"Hey baby fox, isn't this how you play story relay?!"

After Shiraishi Sawah and Soga Kirei switched places, the story's leaps in Chiyo's world became somewhat more restrained.

It was supposed to be a random story, but now the story relay has clearly turned into the fantastical life of Shiraishi Sawa.

.......

"Nobody knows why Shiraishi Zexiu has changed so much; nobody can figure him out." - Soga Kirei.

“Shiraishi Sawah must have his own little secret.” Shiraishi Sawah said.

"It's so selfish of him not to share his little secrets with his best friend." - Chiyo Ichiyo

“Indeed.” Suwo Wulian.

“Indeed.” Shiraishi Sawah.

Noticing that the two people were staring at him after he finished speaking and stopped telling the story, Shiraishi Zexiu waved his hand and said, "We were talking about Shiraishi Zexiu in the story. Why are you staring at me? I don't have any secrets."

“But,” Soga Kirei looked at Shiraishi Sawa, “Shiraishi-kun, you’re just as hard to figure out as the characters in the story.”

“Shiraishi-kun,” Chiyo couldn’t suppress the curiosity on her face, “you are completely different from when I first met you, but you haven’t encountered any major setbacks or adventures. Please don’t keep any secrets from us.”

"How could that be? Boys change a lot as they grow up, it's normal."

Seeing the two girls' completely disbelieving looks, Shiraishi Sawa could only shake his head with a smile.

Perhaps there will be a chance. The system didn't say it couldn't reveal its existence to anyone, so will there come a day when it reveals it to itself?

--

It was already six o'clock when we got back to the villa, and there were only a few people on the street.

“0000.” Shiraishi Zexiu took a step forward, walked to the villa door, and entered the password.

"Incorrect password".

"Damn it, once we enter the villa, why are you behaving so unpredictably?"

"Are you stupid?" Chiyo sighed, looking at him like he was an idiot. "I rented the villa, and of course someone else set the password, 1001."