Can Lixi look at me alone?

“All of those things were done by Xiang alone. Whether it was forgetting about Jieyue or constantly saying... that Jieyue had an illness, it was all done by Xiang alone.”

Mu's words, which shifted all the blame onto her, made Xiangzi hesitate to turn around. She could only talk to Mu with her back turned.

If someone else had said that, she would have refuted them fiercely until they had nothing to say and could only consider the issue from Xiangzi's perspective.

But harmony is different.

Mu doesn't lie, nor does she have any communication skills.

She was just stating her thoughts.

In other words, in Mutsuki's eyes—in the eyes of a close friend who has always been there for her—the entire responsibility for Yuzuki becoming this way rests on Mutsuki's shoulders.

She doesn't think so, but she will give Mu a chance to explain.

If it really is all because of her, then she will bear more responsibility.

If she is only one of the accomplices, then she will make Mu share the responsibility with her.

It's that simple.

"Tell me, Mu. Tell me... why do you think it's all my fault?"

She asked with elegance and composure, as if a deity were giving humanity an opportunity to pray.

The blue-haired girl clenched her fists.

She hated Xiang like that.

"It was Xiang who forgot about Jieyue, not me."

Xiangzi skillfully deflected her attacks.

"Is it just because I forgot her? Yes, I admit... I forgot some things. But Yuzuki's current state is likely a problem with the treatment plan, not with me..."

Mu reached out and grabbed Xiang's collar, the most violent action she had ever taken.

"Jieyue has always given Xiang the best."

She spoke each word carefully, her eyes fixed on Qingmei's gradually rippling pupils.

"Jieyue would always give Xiang the food that Xiang liked to eat. Jieyue would also always give Xiang the dolls that Xiang loved."

Her words evoked Xiangzi's childhood memories.

but…

How could that be? That guy, Yuzuki, didn't he always...

"If Sho is unhappy, Yuzuki will deliberately act silly to cheer him up! She's gotten herself wet, deliberately fallen down, and even deliberately fallen into a mud puddle..."

Xiangzi did realize that something was wrong.

In her memory, Yuzuki always argued with her, but she always lost. And she was clumsy... and she especially liked to deliberately make funny performances in front of her.

She had always thought of Yuzuki as an idiot, but upon closer inspection, she realized that there were clearly many things that were not right.

If she were really that stupid, how could she have kept me and Mulan unscathed every time?

"Yue did all this just to make Xiang happy..."

This is impossible.

"That's impossible. We were so young back then, and besides, what was Yuzuki's purpose in doing all that? Why was she so determined to make me happy..."

Mu loosened her clothes and took two steps back.

"Because Yuzuki didn't want to be abandoned by Sho, she has always been... taking care of Sho."

The young girl with blue hair straightened Xiangzi's clothes.

Abandoned?

"How could I possibly abandon a good friend..."

She remembered that she had forgotten Yuzuki, which was no different from abandoning her.

However, even though Yuzuki has always taken care of me.

"So what? Yuzuki did all this because she wanted to, didn't she? I didn't ask her to do these things. So, I'm not wrong."

Mu took out her phone, which contained a photo.

It's a group photo of the three of them.

"Xiang shouldn't have kept saying that Jieyue is mentally ill."

She shoved the phone into Xiang's hand, hoping it would bring Qingmei to her senses and make her confront the problem.

"Because Xiang kept saying it, that's why Jieyue's parents..."

Lixi quietly interjected into the conversation.

"Excuse me, why was Yuzuki sent to the hospital? Was she a patient when she was a child...?"

If Yuzuki has always been like this since she was a child, Riki doesn't think there's any need to forcibly correct her.

Lixi thinks Yuzuki is very gentle and cute, and she wouldn't do anything to harm others...

Why send someone to a mental hospital, a place whose very name sounds like a prison?

Her question inspired Xiangzi to retaliate: if you're sick, you should go to the doctor.

"Yue locked herself in her room and muttered to herself. If that wasn't enough to get her to the hospital, was it right to let her condition worsen?"

Mu and Lixi nodded.

Xiangzi's statement is correct; if you are sick, you should seek medical treatment.

but…

"Has Xiang ever thought about why Jieyue got sick?"

If Yuzuki did not develop a mental disorder in a mental hospital, but had symptoms before that, then...

So... who was it because of Yuzuki back then?

Xiang stared wide-eyed at Mu in disbelief.

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Volume 1 Crychic! (4000) Chapter 157: The Baking Begins

"No, I don't believe such a thing!"

Xiang wasn't just being stubborn; he genuinely didn't believe that these things were his fault.

She... is too well protected.

She even forgot the meaning of her surname and how much real significance the title of heir to the Toyokawa family held.

In her view, even if she had done something... what ability did a child have to lock Yuzuki in a mental hospital? She simply couldn't do such a thing!

Did she really decide Yuzuki's fate with just two sentences?

"This is utterly absurd no matter how you look at it! Mutsuki, please explain why you keep accommodating me?"

She learned that if she felt uncomfortable, she should speak up.

If you've been feeling unwell throughout your period, why don't you say so?

No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't figure out the logic behind Yuzuki's actions. This made her feel a sense of unreality about the situation, and she refused to accept that she had caused such consequences.

But Xiangzi is not afraid of responsibility.

She turned and walked deeper into the corridor, raising her phone to call her mother, who was still at home in Toyokawa.

Mu pulled Lixi a little further away, giving Xiangzi enough private space.

"Xiangzi? Do you want to go home? Mom has been very worried about you. Where are you now? Mom can come pick you up..."

Upon hearing that gentle and familiar voice, Xiangzi, who had intended to question her about why she had driven her father out, couldn't help but soften his tone.

That was her mother's care, and she couldn't treat her mother with a harsh tone.

"I'm sorry, Mom."

After a brief silence, the mother's voice came through the phone again.

"It's alright, Mom won't force Xiangzi to do anything. Do you miss Mom?"

Xiangzi glanced to the side and only after seeing that Mu had obediently led Lixi away from her did she raise her voice slightly to reply to her mother.

"I will not go back until you give me a reasonable explanation for why you treated my father this way. Your image in my mind has changed a lot."

She spoke very clearly, and she also knew very well that her mother could not give her an answer.

Without reason or cause, they kicked her father out of the house. And they expect his child to be indifferent? This goes against human nature; at the very least… there needs to be a reasonable explanation.

To avoid embarrassing her mother, she deliberately skipped the topic and explained the purpose of her call.

It wasn't for any financial aid or any other help. She simply wanted to hear what her mother thought of Yuzuki, her childhood friend.

"So, does Mom still remember Jieyue? She was just like me, a good friend of mine."

Xiangzi, who had thoughtfully given his mother a hint because he was worried she might not remember, heard her incomprehensible reply.

"You must stay away from her. Xiao Xiang, you absolutely mustn't get hurt because of her."

Xiangzi opened her mouth, wanting to ask more. But her mother had already hung up the phone... Before hanging up, she kept telling her to stay away from that mentally ill person.

As he watched the phone screen in his palm gradually dim, Xiangzi patted his cheeks and gathered his thoughts.

Mom knows about Yuzuki, and she also knows about her illness. She probably says this because Yuzuki chased her with a knife before, so that's why she said it.

That should be all...

She comforted herself, her mother remembered everything... If she really did something to Yuzuki, how could her mother not tell her at all?

Mom wouldn't be so biased towards me...

She took a deep breath.

I'm sorry, Mom.

She didn't believe her mother, so she picked up her phone and called someone else.

I don't believe you.

After waiting for a while, she felt a slight vibration from her phone.

This is a signal that the phone has been answered.

"Father."

"It's good that you're alright. I was about to call the police to find you."

Her father's voice was still dejected, but she could still detect a hint of concern in it.

Although this concern made her feel somewhat uncomfortable.

"How much do you know about the Thousand Flowers and the Moon?"

She asked her father directly, wanting to hear an answer from him that was distinctly different from what her mother had given her.

At least give me a little more information.

She closed her eyes, waiting and praying that her father really knew something.

"..."

She heard her father sigh.

"She was a playmate that the Toyokawa family found for Shoko. She was a playmate that the family exchanged with the Chika family by using some benefits."