I am the emotional sustenance of your deceased

"I... believe you..."

The intermittent voice was so firm. When Qiansui used his fingers to push the hanging hair behind his ears, Lixi discovered the clue in his hand.

She was sweating in her heart without showing it, even though she had never experienced it herself.

But there is no mistake, the scar on Chitose's wrist seems to be...

It seems that she is having a bad time. Most of the time, her smile seems to be just for show.

God knows how Chitose Noshiro, who suddenly became deaf, has been living these years.

Li Xi grabbed Chitose's wrist and walked out, which made Chitose, who had just entered the role, a little distracted.

What is this stupid trash Shiina Riki going to do now?

As if afraid that Qiansui would be frightened, Li Xi had to stop and write a few words.

"Xiao Sui, can I take you out for some good food? I see you're quite thin, and I think your health is important if we're going to play music together, right?"

Qiansui shook his head to refuse, but in Lixi's eyes this turned into shyness and embarrassment.

She took a breath and continued to walk forward carefully holding Qiansui's arm.

"There's a coffee shop up ahead, and a dessert shop further on... Never mind, let's just take whatever's more expensive."

Even if this was just a childish way for him to make up for Qian Sui, or to make amends for his conscience—

It's better than doing nothing, right?

Occasionally, she would observe Qiansui's expression out of the corner of her eye and found that he would always notice her peeping and then respond with a bright smile.

These smiles are truly shocking.

At least Li Xi would feel more guilty after seeing this, that's how it is.

...... ...... ......

Ch199. The most memorable day in the world

Chitose Noshiro is a well-behaved girl who is as cute as a little animal.

Sitting in front of Shiina Riki, Chitose was eating a small piece of sea salt butter toast in small bites.

Her lips are so small that even eating in such small bites will leave the corners of her mouth covered with bread crumbs.

【so cute. 】

Shiina Riki swore that she didn't like girls who were as cute as small animals, she was just easily aroused by their protective desire.

Well... maybe it's because of the guilt.

Li Xi stared at Chitose until he finished the whole piece of toast, and then he realized that his eyes seemed very rude.

[Can I help you wipe the crumbs from the corner of your mouth? ]

This is what Li Xi wrote.

Although Chitose looked a little confused, she nodded and agreed to Riki's request.

The crumbs stuck to his fingers, and Li Xi subconsciously began to rub his hands under the table, and finally let go, and all the crumbs disappeared.

"It's getting late now, and I have things to do. Lixi, let's meet again next time."

The sketch paper handed to Li Xi was already in Chitose's notebook, which means that Noshiro Chitose had already prepared to say goodbye.

Li Xi, who had no reason to continue dragging Qiansui to accompany him, could only nod his head.

[Do you want me to give you a ride? ]

Chitose shook her head and waved to Lixi as she turned and left. The bell at the shop door rang a few times, and the crow-like girl disappeared again.

"Ugh."

She is so good looking.

The scent of the other person could still be found in the air. Li Xi stared blankly at Qiansui's figure outside the window until he was completely swallowed up by the bustling crowd.

Today is the day she will never forget.

She met Chitose Noshiro, the girl she had met once before at the bottom of the lake...

……

Go around a few alleys, cross a large intersection, turn right at the mailbox on the corner, and you will reach Chitose's current residence.

It was a small house with ivy growing outside. Chitose's deceased parents in this life left their daughter a relatively good living environment.

There was rarely any light in the house, and the curtains, doors and windows were all closed. Chitose liked this quiet and dim environment.

[Humble Tun: Limited to once per day, you can view the target's inner voice once, obtaining their real-time status to facilitate your attack. Required lifespan is one month.]

Yes, she had already heard Li Xi's inner thoughts once when they were together just now.

Overall, it met her expectations, including the fact that the signs of injury were discovered by the relatively careful Li Xi.

The whole person lay on the piano, and irregular noises suddenly sounded, but gradually the tranquility in the room returned.

[Stupid Li Xi, should I stay with you for a few more years this time? ]

【Um…】

Second year of junior high school, third year of junior high school, first year of high school...first year of college.

This is Chitose Noshiro's plan this time. She will embed herself into Riki's youth and integrate herself into every daily life of the other party.

"Last time, it was just too short... Wouldn't it be better if it was longer?"

Although he couldn't hear his own voice, Chitose still wished he could speak more often.

Otherwise, by the time the simulation is over, I might forget how to start.

A hearing aid engraved with a pirate sailboat pattern lay quietly on the desk not far away.

Qiansui deliberately didn't use it much today. Besides, she couldn't wear it for a long time.

After staying in the lying position for a long time, Chitose seemed to remember something. She jumped in front of the large floor-length mirror and started to fix her hair in front of it.

[Speaking of which, if it leaves one with lifelong regrets, isn't it just a superficial friendship? ]

If, Chitose means if.

[If I leave this world as my girlfriend or wife, will she cry even louder?]

“Hahaha…”

So cruel.

But, well, it's not a big problem.

That's the way it is.

……

By the way, every year on the day that Riki drowned, his mother would take him to the suburbs to worship the wood carving of Umibozu.

It is said that Umibozu is a monk in the sea. In some areas, Umibozu is believed to be the messenger of the sea god or the incarnation of the dead.

Even now, some fishermen throw rice, salt or wine to appease it and avoid disaster.

It was already dark when we came down from the shrine. Time is so cruel that it took more than an hour to go back and forth.

In the past, Li Xi would have found this very troublesome, but today she was surprisingly calm.

"Ugh."

With endless sighs, Shiina Riki finally returned to the downstairs of his home.

"After all this hard work, you still haven't been able to apologize."

Could his actions that day really be forgiven? Perhaps, Chitose looked like the kind of girl who was easy to bully and talk to.

But this is the kind of girl Li Xi definitely doesn't want to bully.

"If you want to be responsible for the other person's life, then it's better not to say it, right?"

It’s interesting to say that Lixi, who is only a teenager, has already started thinking about how to take responsibility for someone else’s life.

But Lixi knew that this was what she had to do.

After all, people have sacrificed their hearing for their lives, and you owe them everything.

My steps were heavy as I went up the stairs, and every step I took felt like it was filled with thousands of pounds of sand and stones.

"I am back."

"Huh? You came back so late today, was there anything that delayed you?"

My mother and sister poked their heads out of the kitchen, and my father, who was reading a newspaper on the sofa, put down the papers. Sukiyaki was cooking on the stove, and the aroma was so fragrant that it could hardly be concealed even outside the door.

The warm family atmosphere once again reminded Lixi that her happiness was due to Qiansui's sacrifice.

"Nothing...I..."

The words came to her lips but she didn't know how to summarize them. She thought that briefly describing them would be the best strategy, but Li Xi was so tired that she didn't know where to start describing her magical day.

【Crows, girls, scars, music, my day.】

"Go wash your hands and have dinner. Leave your bag to your sister and she will hang it up for you."

The mother took the slippers that had been washed today back from the balcony, and the sister helped take the bag off Lixi. Lixi stood at the entrance and finally couldn't help but say:

"I think I have made a good friend today who I can spend my whole life with."

"Huh?" Shiina Maki blinked. "Ritsuki has a girlfriend? That's great. How many times did you kiss today?"

"Sister! You bastard!"

The sound of her parents' teasing laughter was heard in her ears, and Maki rubbed Lixi's little head to help her smooth out her frizzy hair.

"Humph."

Lixi really enjoyed this day.

Really.

Although my sister is a bad guy.

But it doesn't prevent today from being a day worth taking out and savoring carefully in every lonely and uncomfortable day and night in the future.

...... ...... ......

Ch200. A new song dedicated to Shiina Riki

[Do you like my outfit today? 】

The next day, Tuesday, Shiina Riki met the girl again in the wind band club.

Unlike yesterday's outfit, the girl made some minor adjustments to her school uniform today.

For example, the mid-calf socks were replaced with long stockings, and the shiny thighs in front of Li Xi looked very unremarkable.

Li Xi, who had practiced sign language for five or six hours after returning home yesterday, did not choose to continue writing.

She gestured awkwardly in the air:

[I like it, very cute.]

It only took half a day to learn so many words... but it's still not enough to fully communicate with Chitose.

Chitose was like a frightened little rabbit, and the expression on his face quickly changed from surprise to joy.

She also began to use sign language proficiently:

[Great, did you know this before? ]

[No, I learned this for you. Is it okay?]

"Ah!" Qiansui exclaimed in a low voice.

It’s great, really.

[So, can I hear your piano today? I really want to hear it.]

For some reason, whenever Li Xi recalled the piano piece that was a thousand years old yesterday, he would imagine a surging vitality.