I save a pathological girl with a twisted love story.

This was Chiho's own request.

Aoi looked dejected, but she felt no warmth from the sunlight outside.

Chiho looked at Aoi Asahi, not understanding why Aoi Asahi was still acting this way even though she had clearly gotten the better deal.

But deep down, I felt fortunate.

She smiled and asked, "Asahi-kun? What's wrong?"

Aoi, of course, understood why Chiho would ask that question, and she composed herself.

With a calm smile, she said to Chiho, "It's nothing, I was just a little tired from organizing the books."

"Are you implying that you destroyed something?" Chiho tilted her head, smiling like a little devil.

Aoi Asahi, however, said calmly, "It's not an implication."

"Oh~~"

Chiho looked as if she had just realized something.

The atmosphere instantly seemed about to descend into chaos, becoming almost unbearable.

"We should still be considered friends, right, Asahi?"

Chiho asked a question that surprised Asahi.

Asahi looked at Chiho, but Chiho's face was full of seriousness.

“If you’re trying to use this to threaten me into doing something, I won’t agree.” Aoi hesitated for a moment before continuing, “However, we are indeed friends.”

"That's great since we're friends." Chiho smiled happily and said, "Then we'll still be friends from now on, and we'll always be friends."

Aoi was taken aback; she had considered all of Chiho's possible reactions.

But she never expected Chiho to react this way.

“It’s too heavy,” Aoi Asahi said to Chiho. “Talking about forever and such right now is too heavy.”

"It felt like my soul was being pulled into the ground. The gravity was just too much!"

Aoi felt a little uncomfortable, but she still said, "We will be friends when we can be friends, and if we really become enemies for some reason, then we will just be strangers."

She felt that what she said was absolutely correct.

But Chiho patted her on the back and smiled slyly; "How cautious you are, Asahi."

He then whispered to her, "But your answer is telling others that you're already prepared to become enemies."

Asahi was taken aback, but Chiho had already distanced herself.

She was just walking normally, but her scarlet eyes were sparkling.

Chiho smiled as she looked at Aoi Asahi.

It was as if she hadn't said those words just now: "What's wrong?"

Aoi shook her head and said, "It's nothing."

The two of them, each harboring their own secrets, knew everything but said nothing.

They were just using vague words to test the other person, but what good did that do?

"I will never give up on Xia Wu."

Asahi Aoi told herself in her heart that she hadn't done anything wrong.

"I've already said that I wouldn't make a move if you were lovers. But you're not lovers right now, so it's perfectly reasonable for me to pursue Xia Wuzhao."

Aoi felt she should be assertive and confident.

Yet, I always feel inexplicably guilty.

Looking at Xia Wuzhao's figure ahead, she felt a pang of resentment and sorrow.

"Summer mist, oh summer mist."

"You stuffed the lion's heart into my chest, but I always look down at you at the foot of the mountain."

My heart was filled with mixed feelings, and I felt extremely uneasy.

But looking at Chiho beside her, she did feel a little guilty.

"If I interfere with Natsugiri and Chiho's relationship, will Chiho's situation slip further into the abyss and mire?"

She was thinking, but then she lowered her eyelids.

He took a deep breath and looked at Xia Wuzhao in front of him.

The excitement and thrill in the girl's heart had gradually faded.

"Perhaps I should make Natsugiri and Chiho a couple. That way, Chiho can be saved like I was, but why do I feel so uneasy?"

"I am so reluctant to part with Xia Wu. Just seeing him become a couple with someone else breaks my heart."

"Do I really have to give Natsugiri to Chiho? Even if Chiho sinks into the mud and the abyss, what does it have to do with me?"

"But can I really ignore Chiho?"

"She's like me by the sea right now, needing Xia Wuzhao's help."

"If I disrupt this process, wouldn't that be the same as me pushing my alternative self into the abyss?"

Aoi was deeply conflicted.

Love and kindness made it impossible for her to make a choice, and she couldn't ignore the suffering Chiho had endured.

Taking a deep breath, she finally made up her mind.

She whispered to Chiho, "If you can make Natsuki Kai your lover again, then I will give up automatically."

Chiho looked at Aoi Asahi with a puzzled expression, finding it somewhat unbelievable: "You really are kind, Aoi Asahi."

Aoi Asahi shook her head, not answering Chiho's question.

She simply said, "This time it's just a fair competition. It's not like I'm just watching you do nothing. I'll also take action, Chiho."

Chiho didn't mind hearing these words.

She didn't feel disappointed, or anything like that. She had expected this all along, even though she didn't know why Asahi suddenly liked Natsugiri so much.

However, she was serious, and she wasn't just saying it to lower her guard.

"But since you've already said those things, talking about fair competition is ridiculous. You've already given up on this. You just feel it's such a waste to give up such a hard-won opportunity so easily."

"That's why I said something that seems so contradictory."

Chiho said softly, "Okay, Asahi. Let's compete together and see who becomes Natsugiri's lover first."

She chuckled lightly, "I'm very confident, after all, I've already succeeded once."

But Aoi only said to her, "If you were truly confident, you wouldn't have said that. If you were truly confident, you should be going to find Natsugiri now and becoming lovers again."

"Instead of saying such things to me, such demonstrations are just a way to intimidate the other party. And there are only two possibilities for intimidation. One is that the cost is too high and the choice is too difficult. Or it is simply impossible to do it, and they are just bluffing."

"I think you're the latter, Chiho."

Chapter 160 Flusteredly tossing her hair

Chiho ultimately did not answer Aoi Asahi's question.

"What's the point of answering such a question?"

"Answering would seem like making excuses, or like being frightened."

"Because what she said is actually a form of intimidation."

It's as if it's saying—see, I've seen through your intentions, so you'd better watch out.

The three of them entered the classroom, and the students seemed used to seeing them.

Even so, I was still a little jealous.

The girls were jealous of Chiho and Aoi, while the boys were jealous of Natsugiri Kai.

But neither Xia Wuzhao nor the girls seemed to care much about the other girls' opinions.

He acted as if no one else was around, which made people envious.

"If I were in their situation, I definitely wouldn't be able to remain so calm."

Many people feel this way.

Sitting in their seats, Chiho and Aoi Asahi both made up their minds.

They all wanted to be Xia Wuzhao's lover, but it wasn't all just liking and love.

Rather, it is something deeper, like oxygen, like water.

"I can't leave Natsugiri anymore."

The girls thought the same thing to each other and exchanged a glance.

They both felt that the other person thought exactly the same way they did.

However, everyone's determination is different.

"I don't need to rush, because I have a backup plan—once Chiho's problem is resolved, she might lose her memory, and then I can act more freely."

"So now all I need to do is lay a solid foundation and wait for this moment."

"I just wanted to get closer to Natsugiri, that's why I said those things to Chiho."

Asahi Aoi thought about it, a slight sense of pleasure welled up inside her.

"But Chiho must be very nervous."

"I'm very sorry, but this is the consequence and price you pay for competing with me for Xia Wu."

Her smile was like a refreshing breeze on a hot summer day, or a warm ray of sunshine on a cold, rainy day.

This left other students who were paying attention to the area speechless.

—Aoi Asahi is usually a girl who doesn't have many emotions.

She even seemed too unapproachable. She gave a speech on behalf of the freshmen at the freshman ceremony and did not make any mistakes while working in the library. In fact, she did a very good job.

Despite the harsh environment where he had to work to support himself, he still managed to maintain his third-place ranking in his grade.

That's enough to make everyone look at them with new eyes.

Most people believe that if it weren't for working at the library interfering with Aoi's concentration, she would definitely have been number one.

Her smile made Chiho a little nervous.

"Did Asahi come up with some good ideas?"

Neither Chiho nor Aoi had any experience in pursuing a boy.

Chiho felt a little sad when she recalled how she and Natsumi became a couple.

"That wasn't really a pursuit, it was just a promise."

Chiho racked her brains but couldn't find any inspiration. So she decided to pursue Natsugiri Kai in the simplest way she had heard about.

— Delivering bento boxes.

Having made up her mind, Chiho let out a breath and suppressed her unease.

"Alright, let's begin class today."

The teacher walked in and stopped the students who were still making noise.

"Although the exams are over, don't relax too much," the teacher said. "You are not like the other classes; you are all preparing for college entrance exams, so when others relax, you are the only ones who cannot relax."

"Most of the students in other classes go to work after graduating from high school. They may not care about grades, but you can't afford to be indifferent to grades."

The teacher's nagging managed to somewhat quell the relaxed atmosphere.

However, when she was lecturing, only Chiho and Aoi listened most attentively.

This made the teacher sigh again, "Those who are good at studying are still working hard!"

The differences between people are too great.

Xia Wuzhao looked out the window, her umbrella hanging next to the table.

Normally, people leave their umbrellas outside instead of bringing them into the classroom.