Can Lixi look at me alone?

Even her closest friends are the same.

What's more, she hasn't even figured out... what her relationship with Yuzuki is yet...

Yuzuki slammed her hand on the iron gate.

"Don't waste your energy, Yuzuki."

It's confirmed, it really is Xiao Xiang's voice.

"Go back, and be careful on your way. I will not accept your peaceful help... Please don't come looking for me again."

If I can't explain it clearly on Line, then I'll explain it here, right in front of you. That way, you'll understand what I mean no matter what, right?

"Be careful on the road...? What do you mean, 'be careful'?!"

Yuzuki turned her head to look at her house window.

Volume 1 Crychic! : Chapter 140 Kizuki, Attack!

"What do you mean, 'Be careful'?!"

Xiangzi covered her ears; she didn't want to hear Jieyue's worried cries to her from here.

"Don't you want to see how thin you've become? And you're still reminding me to be careful?! What childish game are you playing?! Or do you think Xiao Mu and I will both think you're cool?! And that we'll just let you get away with it?!"

After being angered by Chu Hua all night, Jie Yue found an opportunity to vent her frustration. After banging on the iron gate again to no avail, she heard Xiao Xiang's response.

"Why do you have to care about me?! I'm just your friend, aren't I?! Didn't I tell you not to come looking for me? Why are you being so selfish, Yuzuki, completely disregarding my feelings..."

What brought her to an abrupt halt was a knocking sound coming from her bedroom.

She's going to smash the window.

Upon realizing this, Xiangzi immediately ran back to his bedroom and called out to the girl outside through the curtains.

"I don't need your peaceful concern! Going back to your own life is the most important thing for you, isn't it?!"

Jieyue picked up a stone and smashed it against Xiangzi's bedroom window with all her might.

Seeing that she had successfully created some cracks, Yuzuki put all her strength into smashing the glass in front of her again and again.

"You don't need it? If you really don't need it, why don't you break off all ties with me and Xiao Mu? Why are you still maintaining contact with us? Why don't you tell us properly what happened to you?!"

With each shout, she slammed the glass. Fueled by adrenaline, Jieyue felt no fatigue or aches; all she wanted was to rush in, grab that little octopus, and give it a good dressing down!

Looking at the glass that had been smashed with a large hole, Jieyue threw the stone aside and used her bare hands to break off the sharp glass shards bit by bit, gradually widening the opening so that she could pass through.

Keep hitting it with stones! Don't do that, it will hurt!

It was unclear whether the angel was trying to dissuade Yuzuki or Yuzuki was trying to dissuade the angel; in any case, they both received the same answer.

It's okay, whatever happens... just don't let this guy get away again!

Even if their hands were covered in wounds and blood, they didn't care.

"Enough already?! Stop this! How many times have I told you I don't need your concern? Have you ever listened?"

Yuzuki shook the blood off her hands and carefully made her way through the path she had created.

Despite her calf being scratched, she managed to get into Xiangzi's bedroom.

After glancing at Xiangzi, who had hidden to the side, Jieyue went to her bathroom to wash her blood-stained hands.

Without bandages or asking Xiangzi for any hemostatic supplies, Jieyue could only rely on platelets to stop the bleeding. Fortunately, her wounds weren't deep, and soon only a few scratches were still bleeding.

She walked out of the bathroom.

The effects of adrenaline were waning, and the discomfort from blood loss and pain made Kizuki feel somewhat dizzy.

After hearing the sound of the lock being put on, she confirmed that Xiangzi had run back to his bedroom and locked her out.

"Yuzuki, you...you should go back now..."

Her voice was almost a plea.

Looking at the large hole in the window and the smell of blood that wafted into her nose on the evening breeze, Xiangzi covered her head.

It's not my fault.

she said to herself.

It was Yuzuki herself who kept worrying about me; it was Yuzuki who insisted on breaking the window and coming in despite my objections, which is why she got hurt.

This is because Yuzuki already has a mental illness. It's not my fault; it's because Yuzuki can't control herself...

She tried to calm herself down... Although she was still not ready to confront Yuzuki face-to-face, her heart began to soften...

"Yuzuki? Are you listening? Please, go home... hurry, or else..."

She looked at a bloodstain on the floor.

This amount of bleeding... is really worrying.

"Why should I go back? What I do has nothing to do with Xiao Xiang. Why should Xiao Xiang care about me?"

His golden eyes narrowed.

"Haven't I said it many times? I don't need Xiao Xiang's concern. I just came to see what's wrong with Xiao Xiang. Is that not allowed?"

Retorting, Yuzuki wiped her hands with a tissue, realizing why Sho was unwilling to meet her.

Her nasal cavity was filled with the smell of alcohol.

This was a smell that she...really, really loathed.

Using the light from her phone, she fumbled for the light switch, and only after pressing it did she realize that the floor was littered with aluminum cans and trash.

Xiangzi, who also heard the sound of the light switch, realized that her secret had been discovered by Yuzuki. The pain and repression that she had been suppressing all along rushed into her mind as Yuzuki discovered her secret.

Please don't look... Yuzuki, stop looking. Pretend nothing happened, you didn't see anything, and then leave this room...

She even started praying, praying that Yuzuki would suddenly lose her memory and not remember anything, and also praying that Yuzuki would pretend nothing had happened and leave quickly, basically praying that Yuzuki would treat her as the young lady she used to be.

But the sound of Yuzuki cleaning up the trash overwhelmed her reason, and she realized that her friend not only saw through her predicament, but even... helped her clean up the trash with her own hands.

Overwhelmed by shame, she lost her last shred of reason. Fear, anxiety, shame, and anger intertwined, causing her to completely break down.

She buried her head in her hands, huddled in a corner of her bedroom, and cried uncontrollably.

However, Yuzuki didn't have the heart to call her.

Because it's really... a complete mess.

She couldn't even understand why Xiao Xiang would do this.

There was so much trash that she thought she was hallucinating when she looked at a huge pile of empty cans.

Is Xiao Xiang deliberately messing with me?

Is this some kind of silly prank that Xiao Xiang likes to play?

However, Xiao Xiang's condition doesn't seem fake... Did he starve himself for so long just for a prank?

After tidying up the trash, Jieyue placed it at the doorway, then washed her hands again to remove the dirt and prevent infection of her wounds.

Simply cleaning up the trash isn't enough...

She had left a lot of blood on the floor during the process... With trembling hands and gritting her teeth, Yuzuki picked up the mop and cleaned the floor little by little.

When Xiangzi had recovered a little, she heard a painful retching sound.

Yuzuki seems to be vomiting in the bathroom…

Finally mustering her courage, Xiangzi saw the ground that Yuzuki had cleaned up. Although there was still some fresh blood, it was generally clean...

It's to a degree that she herself would be satisfied with... But, does Yuzuki faint at the sight of blood?

She quietly approached the bathroom.

"How disgusting...the smell of alcohol..."

The pale-faced girl seemed to be talking to someone.

"This is so disgusting, I can't stand it..."

Xiangzi heard it clearly; it was the sound of a young girl crying.

Yuzuki is crying.

Why was she crying? She was cleaning her room, taking out the trash, and couldn't stand the smell of alcohol…

Volume 1 Crychic! : Chapter 141 Ambulance

Jieyue had come to ask Xiaoxiang if he could control his dog, but she looked at herself in the mirror.

And it really did... she almost couldn't resist.

How could Xiaoxiang be living like this? What exactly happened to her?

How could Xiao Xiang, who was sunny, warm, caring, and had a natural leadership quality, have turned out like this?

Yuzuki couldn't understand it, but she knew... she was being soft-hearted again.

Even though she had never liked this guy, except when she asked Xiang to do her homework for her when she was little, she always thought he was annoying.

But no matter how much they disliked each other, they were still friends.

If it's her fault that she can't let go of Xiangzi, and it's also her fault that she can't bear to see Xiangzi living such a life, then she's willing to continue making that mistake.

Wiping the saliva from the corner of her mouth, Jieyue slowly walked out of the bathroom, supporting herself against the wall. She briefly met Xiangzi.

"Xiang...?"

She was pulled to sit on the old sofa by the girl with tear stains on her face.

Xiangzi, pale-faced, covered her mouth and reached out to check the wound on her hand.

"Don't talk, you're in worse shape than me."

That's true; after all, Xiangzi was only tired and hungry, while Jieyue was suffering from blood loss and dizziness—these aren't things that can be compared on the same level.

Even though her self-esteem had completely collapsed, Shoko couldn't just leave Yuzuki alone, so she sighed.

Her family didn't have any bandages, so they had to let Jieyue rest for a while.

"Xiao Xiang, why do you care about me?"

Xiangzi glanced at her pale smile and then gently looked away.

"Because I can't bear to see you, you idiot, hurt yourself like this."

Yuzuki winked playfully.

"So, does that mean I can just watch Xiao Xiang live this kind of life?"

Xiangzi couldn't help but argue with her again.

"This is different! I can take care of myself! At least I won't try to get into your house by hurting myself when you've clearly rejected me!"

Are you taking good care of yourself?

Are you taking care of your mother?

After comforting the angel, Yuzuki licked the wound on her hand.

It feels terrible when sweat gets into a wound.

"What was Xiao Xiang's mindset when he said that?"

She sneered and tossed her phone to use as a mirror.

"Your weight must have changed quite a bit since the last time we met, right?"

Having already phrased things very tactfully, Yuzuki sighed and pointed to her lunchbox placed by the bathroom door, asking Xiangzi to fetch it and put it away properly.

"Is this how you take care of yourself? Not eating, coming home late at night... living in a place like this, you think that's taking care of yourself...?"

Shoko opened the lunchbox and placed it in front of Yuzuki, handing her the cutlery as well.

"What happens to me is my own business. Your worries are unnecessary. If it weren't for the fact that you're hurting yourself in this way, I would never care about you."

Thinking she hadn't eaten, Xiangzi swallowed hard at the delicious taste of the food, and involuntarily looked away, continuing to talk about Yuzuki's wrongdoing.