Zongman: Nagasaki Sushi's adopted brother

"You're a jerk whose mind is solely focused on yourself!"

"Why are you pretending to forget everything now..."

"Have you forgotten?!"

Su Shi pressed Xiangzi heavily on the bed, and Xiangzi's body was deeply buried in the quilt, unable to move.

tick, tick-

Su Shi's tears were like beads that had broken off the string, dripping down Xiangzi's cheeks, and their number was still increasing.

"Stand up straight, Xiangzi."

"Where on earth did you go, the sunny and gentle you of the past?!"

"Wake up soon, okay?"

"Where is Xiangzi, the man who gave us a wonderful past?"

"Where is Toyokawa Shoko who once shone like the sun?!"

Su Shi's tone began to carry a different emotion, that of despair and grief over Xiangzi's current condition.

Tears with this emotion kept dripping into Xiangzi's lifeless expression.

Finally, Shoko Toyokawa responded.

A complicated expression flashed across Xiangzi's face. She slowly raised her head and took a deep breath, as if trying to calm herself down.

Then, in a slightly hoarse voice, she said, "Is that all you have to say?"

"Having said that... you can go now."

Xiangzi pushed Su Shi, who was pressing her, away with both hands. Her movements were a little stiff, but full of determination.

Then she slowly stood up and began to straighten her already messy collar, her movements mechanical and slow, as if she was trying to regain a bit of dignity.

Xiangzi turned his back to the three people, lowered his once proud head, and his tone was trembling.

"Su Shi, Li Xi, Deng, you guys are really amazing..."

She smiled bitterly, her shoulders shaking.

“Keep moving forward…”

Xiangzi raised his head, revealing his expressionless face, and confessed to everyone: "And I already...can't try any harder."

"But, Pochi said that it doesn't matter if you fail... Xiangzi, you can definitely do it again..." Deng put his hands behind his back and leaned forward to advise Xiangzi.

However, before Deng could finish his words, Shoko Toyokawa raised her hand to interrupt him.

She slowly raised her head, forcing a bitter smile on her face, and said to the lamp: "Deng, please give up on me..."

"That's enough, leave me alone."

Shoko Toyokawa's hands were shaking wildly. She crossed her arms over her chest, curled up her body, and her tone became extremely humble.

"Looking at you, I feel so ashamed..."

"Please, please disappear..."

"Just leave me completely, okay?"

After Xiangzi's desperate words fell, the whole room fell into deathly silence.

Su Shi and Li Xi exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with helplessness. They both sighed deeply at the same time, then turned around and left the room without any regrets.

"Xiaoxiang..." Deng wanted to say something, but Lixi grabbed her arm tightly and pulled her away forcibly.

"Don't worry about her, she's completely hopeless." Li Xi resisted the urge to beat someone up and said to Deng and Xiangzi with gritted teeth.

The lamp was forcibly pulled away by Li Xi.

Su Shi, who was the last to leave, gripped the door handle tightly, pulled it hard, and slammed the door shut.

when--

The door made a deafening noise as Su Shi moved.

It hurt Xiangzi's eardrum and her heart.

At this moment, Toyokawa Shoko was the only one left in the room.

She stood alone by the bed, surrounded by silence, as if the whole world was isolated from her.

“Woo woo woo woo, woo woo woo…”

Xiangzi raised his head and burst into tears, tears pouring out like a flood, his voice filled with endless pain and despair.

His legs lost support and he knelt on the ground.

Her hands trembled as she tried to wipe away the tears that kept flowing, but every time she touched them, she felt the scars on her cheeks again.

Pain, regret, sadness, self-loathing... these complex and heavy emotions came like a tide, drowning Xiangzi in an instant.

Her heart seemed to be shrouded in endless darkness.

【I...】

It's no longer possible to become a human being