Heavy girl? I feel worse than Black Hole Trigger!

"—This surname, 'Toyokawa,' is assigning value to everyone."

"Even family members connected by blood will be abandoned the moment they lose their value."

"That is the eternal rule. It is the reason for Fengchuan's prosperity. It is also the threshold that Grandpa and Uncle once crossed. Therefore, they must uphold it."

"And in their eyes, I still have 'value'."

"As long as I follow their instructions and take the 'road destined for success,' I can become one of them."

“…I don’t want to become like that.”

She turned back slowly.

It was as if she had finally taken off her disguise. Her smile in the sunlight was exactly the same as in my memory, yet it was also beautiful and a little sad.

"I don't want to abandon you as worthless beings."

So, it’s better to cut off the connection between each other before that.

You are just unlucky to have met a treacherous, selfish and evil person. You are the victims.

"So, this is my final advice... Please don't get involved with me anymore."

Forget about that guy who is destined to be a villain and live the happy life you deserve.

"Before I became 'that'."

"...That's it."

Su Shi blinked. She put her hands behind her back and walked forward with brisk steps.

Xiangzi recalled that not long ago, the other party also approached her seemingly casually, and then... She felt the stinging on her cheek and couldn't help but take a step back.

Fortunately, this time, Su Shi did not raise his hand to her.

The girl still had her hands behind her back, her head tilted slightly, and with the same cheerful smile on her face, she said softly:

"Xiaoxiang is still the same Xiaoxiang after all."

Xiangzi always felt that the other party had bad intentions. "W-What do you mean?"

"It used to be 'fate', but now it's 'value' and 'villain'." Su Shi hummed, his beautiful eyes watching her expression change from alert to embarrassment, and then he curled his lips: "Always immersed in your own fantasy world, presumptuously thinking of yourself as a great villain hero..."

"It's so cute."

"babble……"

Xiangzi uttered an unspoken sob and hung his head in frustration.

“…I can’t refute that.”

[I, carrying the sin on my shoulders, am so dark! So handsome!]

She did have this tiny, insignificant thought. ...Although, even though it was only a tiny bit!

"—So, I feel relieved now."

"Eh?"

Su Shi still had a smile on his face and opened his arms to her.

Xiangzi subconsciously shrank her shoulders - but the girl in front of her just hugged her tightly in her arms.

“——…….”

The early summer wind is still cool.

The girl's arms were not wide, but they were enough to block the cold for her.

Her hands were raised in bewilderment. Only when the warmth gradually permeated her entire body did she slowly lower her palms and gently grasp the man's clothes...

"It's okay if you don't try to be so stubborn."

Nagasaki Suyo's words echoed softly in her ears.

That voice. That warmth. Those arms that held her tightly, as if afraid she would fall into the abyss at her feet.

Really...

"Xiao Xiang, I will definitely not become 'that' that you're afraid of."

Su Shi loosened her arms slightly, looked at Xiangzi's dull expression, smiled slightly, and said:

"Can you give us, yourself a little more time?"

...You're really, so high and mighty.

But I don't feel angry at all.

just.

"Why..." Xiangzi said with difficulty, "Why can you all be so..."

—Powerful. Beautiful. Noble.

No matter how many fancy words I use, they seem indescribable.

That confidence is not built up by talent and achievements.

It was just an empty wish, but there was also the will to carry it out.

I want to be that kind of person. That's why I don't want to be in the same boat with my family.

I want to do everything perfectly, but I can only choose the side that causes less damage.

He wanted to be a hero who could easily defeat all evil, but he could only push himself into a desperate situation before he was completely eroded by the evil.

I am really inferior to others in that situation.

So even if she was just watching them from afar, she felt from the bottom of her heart...

"Envy?"

Xiangzi blinked, "...Huh?"

Su Shi smiled and said, "But I won't give it to you."

She loosened her arms and took Xiangzi's hands instead.

Her palms were just as warm.

"...I am, at heart, a bad guy just like you."

"I never made many friends, and my parents divorced when I was young, leaving only my mother. At one point, I even had no interest in anything other than her. Now that I think about it, I might have been an even more extreme egoist than you are now."

She whispered dark words, but the smile on her face was as bright as the morning sun.

"But I'm luckier than you."

"I met Zheli."

"He made me realize that even I had tried. Even I would one day resolve to break free from my own self-destruction. Even I could become what I wanted to be."

"And you—"

Su Shi giggled and raised her hands, pressing them lightly against Xiangzi's cheeks.

His still slightly sore cheek throbbed with the sudden touch, causing Xiangzi to express a distressed expression. Sushi, on the other hand, simply stared at his face, chuckling as if she found it hilarious, like a wind chime ringing in a backyard in the heat of summer.

"It's a shame you're not as lucky as me. Only someone like me gets to say this to you."

"————."

Yeah. ...I'm sure you'll be envious.

If I had met that person first.

So, can I laugh as happily as you do now?

"—Alright. Enough with the dark topics!"

Su Shi finally let go of her hand and took a step back. "I already know what Xiao Xiang is thinking. But..."

In the sunlight scattered like gold foil, in the shadows of swaying trees.

She looked at Xiangzi deeply, and then laughed loudly -

“This weekend is CRYCHIC’s second LIVE.”

"……Um."

Xiangzi, who had never missed even a single message on the CRYCHIC official website, knew everything clearly.

"So, even if it's just once," Su Shi said, "I hope you can participate, Xiaoxiang."

"--Even if it will eventually end, I want it to end at the most exciting moment."

She smiled in the light and in the wind.

"Please write the full text of this story yourself."

Lost Star Chapter 120 Summer Time Record: Chapter Look at me, don't just look at the ceiling

After finishing a day's class and simply packing up the teaching materials, Baodeng Zheli quickly set off to return to Nascita.

The advantage of being a trainee teacher is that, compared to regular teachers, he doesn't have as many tasks to attend to after school. Even if he does, with his efficiency, he can easily handle them in the short break time.

He became a role model for the majority of workers to clock out on time.

Back to his familiar post, he was preparing for business. Not long after, he heard the crisp sound of a bell and the door of Nascita was pushed open.

At the same time, "Zheli~" a soft voice came into Baodeng Zheli's ears.

It was Nagasaki Suyo who brought Wakaba Mutsu into the cafe.

——Ever since he knew that Su Shi’s classmates started talking about him, he no longer waited at the school gate.

Most of the time, we waited at a distance from the school gate, just like last time.

After handing the key to the cafe to Su Shi, they chose to meet in the cafe more often.

It wouldn't be a big deal if only he was being talked about, but it was another matter when it came to Su Shi: a student who was locked up in school for six or seven hours straight became the center of public opinion, and the pressure on her campus life must have been enormous.

Although she herself may not care.

"I heard from Toyokawa-san's class..."

After Nagasaki Suyo and Wakaba Mutsu took their seats, Baodeng Zheli went straight to the point.

"Sushi, did you go talk to Fengchuan-san at noon?"

"Yeah." Su Shi said with a smile. Mu beside her glanced at her sideways.

Zhe Li nodded in understanding, "I see. So, did everything go smoothly?"

"It went smoothly... well, about half and half, right?" Su Shi tilted her head in thought for a moment, a look of embarrassment on her face. "I managed to convince the girl to confess her feelings to me. However, we talked for a long time in the infirmary, but in the end, she still didn't agree to come back."

……

It's not just about showing off.

Toyokawa Shoko made her decision with her heart after careful consideration.

"Thank you, Suyo-san. But, I'm sorry."

"Now, I can no longer play a song that matches the song of the lamp."

……

Su Shi stroked his cheek and sighed: "What a stubborn guy."

After exposing Xiangzi's disguise, overturning her argument, and playing all the cards in his hand, he still couldn't get past the hurdle in her heart.

Call it hypocrisy or pride, both can more or less describe a part of her. However, Su Shi felt that the more accurate word should be "trust" - just as Su Shi herself unconditionally trusted Zhe Li to keep his promise, Xiangzi also unconditionally believed that Gao Songdeng would be able to sing her ideal song.

However, compared to her ideal self, she excessively belittled her real self.

"She feels that she is not worthy of CRYCHIC now."

"...Hmm." Zheli showed a serious expression.

Su Shi glanced at him, put her hands on her hips, and said unhappily, "Just laugh it off."

Zhe Li shook his head with a stern face, "That's too rude."

"What does it matter? I was just smiling directly at Xiaoxiang."