I save a pathological girl with a twisted love story.

Xia Wuzhao glanced at it and said, "Then let's leave it at that."

So the two of them went into the festival again. The first time they strolled around, they looked at the stalls on both sides, but the second time they mainly looked at the passersby.

Some of these couples were newly in a relationship; they blushed easily just by holding hands. Some even deliberately kept their distance, as if afraid of being discovered as a couple.

However, their unnatural posture and the way they kept glancing at the girl all proved that they were a couple.

"Youth is truly wonderful."

Chiho looked on and said with a sigh.

Xia Wuzhao retorted, "Aren't you in the prime of your youth right now?"

“My youth is different from theirs,” the girl explained. “Their youth was so beautiful, while mine was so tragic.”

"So, we're different."

She seemed somewhat sad, but Xia Wuzhao remained unmoved.

He knew Chiho would continue to say something.

Chiho replied, "However, it's also because of this that I met you, Natsugiri. After meeting you, I feel that I can be called happy. It's all because of you."

She expressed her feelings directly, her crimson eyes fixed on Xia Wuzhao.

"Natsugiri, how will you react?"

The girl thought to herself, "I'm looking forward to it."

"What does this have to do with me?"

Xia Wuzhao said, "It has nothing to do with me. What you do is what you want to do, and it has nothing to do with me."

Chiho was taken aback, not expecting Natsumi Kage to say such a thing.

Even though she had mentally prepared herself, she was still taken aback.

But then, the girl chuckled softly: "Xia Wu, you always say things that are hard to understand."

"But the fact remains that you saved me. No matter how you try to deny it, that can't be changed."

Chiho winked at Natsugiri Kai and smiled sweetly again.

Amidst the shimmering lights, the girl stretched out her hand towards the sky: "Without you, how could I have come here? Without you, how could I be seeing this view now?"

As they were saying this, a gust of wind suddenly blew by.

It blows away all the heat of the summer night, and even makes it slightly chilly.

"It feels like it's about to rain."

Xia Wuzhao looked at the sky and at Qianhui's hairpin swaying slightly.

“It’s unlikely to rain,” Chiho said with a smile. “After all, the date must have been checked before the festival was held.”

Xia Wuzhao remained noncommittal, simply continuing to walk forward with Chiho.

When they reached the lantern stall, Chiho finally stopped: "Let's buy a lantern."

Squatting in front of the stall, I picked out some pretty lanterns, but after looking around, I found that most of them looked the same.

It's just a difference between perfect and imperfect.

Chiho thought it would be better to choose a more perfect lantern.

"But if we choose that option, then wouldn't the imperfect lanterns be useless?"

Staring blankly at the lanterns, the girl frowned in deep thought.

After a while, the girl picked up a lantern: "I'll take this one."

"Young lady? Are you sure?"

The old woman selling lanterns smiled and said, "This lantern has a broken petal. It's a defective product and is supposed to be disposed of after the festival."

"Yes, I'll take this one."

After Chiho paid, the old woman told her about the precautions.

You need to squat down and place it in the river water gently so that the river lantern doesn't tip over.

Upstream, the river and the surrounding terrain are very similar, but the closer you get to the town, the greater the difference in elevation becomes.

Chiho bent over, lit the candle in the center of the flower, and then slowly placed it into the river.

The lantern trembled and swayed, becoming somewhat unstable as it landed in the river.

But ultimately, like ordinary lanterns, it floats slowly in the river.

Clapping her hands happily, Chiho said, "Natsugiri, look, even a slightly damaged river lantern can be just like a regular river lantern!"

She looked at Xia Wuzhao with pride, as if she had proven something.

But before Xia Wuzhao could answer, the wind suddenly picked up.

It blows away all the summer heat, and you even feel cold.

The wind made people tremble.

Couples and tourists alike couldn't help but look up at the sky.

The stall owners were all complaining and grumbling, but the wind made them even more furious.

The rain arrived as expected; summer rains are always heavy and sudden.

The raindrops pattered down on the stall's awning, making a loud noise.

Tourists hurriedly hid under the sheds of the stalls, while couples looked at each other, smiling awkwardly yet ambiguously.

They simply held each other's hands even tighter.

The river lanterns were first blown over by the strong wind, and then extinguished by the rain.

They swayed and most of them fell directly into the river.

Chapter 204 Love Like Rain Stopping

The rain poured down, making the leaves of the trees sway incessantly.

Seeing that everyone else had found a place to hide, Chiho and Natsugiri Kai also stood under a tree to take shelter from the rain.

Just standing outside, you'll always get soaked by the rain.

I don't know if it was intentional or deliberate.

The two of them walked deeper and deeper into the area, until they could no longer be seen from the outside.

Sunflower could only follow secretly, but the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and it even hurt a little when it hit her body.

At first, Chiho thought the weather was awful, wondering why it suddenly started raining and the wind was blowing at this time.

I made myself look so disheveled, completely soaked.

But following Xia Wuzhao into this forest, they hid under the dense shade of the trees.

The heavy rain seemed to turn into a light drizzle, which was delightful to see, and the misty, rainy scenery was so beautiful.

"Besides, this is a private world just for me and Xia Wu."

The girl thought about it and felt incredibly sweet.

She said, "Natsumiri, this rain couldn't be more at the worst possible time. The festival is completely ruined, don't you think?"

"That's fine then."

Xia Wuzhao gave the girl a reply that left her puzzled.

She glanced at Xia Wu and said, "However, it's quite nice to stand in the forest and watch the rain. The misty rain is like a veil."

"Don't you think it's romantic? It's like something out of a fairy tale, lovers trapped under a tree, watching the drizzle outside together."

Xia Wuzhao said, "Is that what you think? I think the rain is really troublesome, making everything wet."

"I just can't do anything with you. Do you just have to go against me?"

Chiho looked at Natsumi, unsure whether she was doing it on purpose or unintentionally.

Annoyed, the girl tapped Xia Wuzhao on the shoulder and whispered, "Look at me, Xia Wu."

Xia Wu turned to look at Qian Sui, whose yukata was already wet in some places because she had just been caught in the rain.

It clung tightly to the body, revealing its curves.

The girl was naturally very beautiful, especially when she looked at Xia Wuzhao from the side. Her crimson pupils were glistening and moist, and her fair cheeks were alluring.

The lips were wet, as if they had been specially coated with lipstick, and in the fine rain, the light on those lips seemed even more dazzling.

Xia Wuzhao asked, "What's wrong?"

"Didn't you notice anything?"

The girl was angry.

Your hair is a little messy.

Xia Wuzhao pointed to Qianhui's hair roots. Originally, she had her hair neatly combed, like a lady from a respectable family.

But because she was a little tired from playing at the festival, her hair became messy.

Looking back now, it's the athletic girls with pigtails in school who are the real deal.

It has a lively and youthful feel.

"ah."

The girl called out and hurriedly tidied her hair.

However, her hair was soaked through, and she didn't have a comb or hair clips. No matter how she tried to fix it, she couldn't get it back to its original state.

Unless, of course, the entire hairpin is removed, the hair is shaken out, and it is cleaned again.

So the girl did just that.

She pulled the hairpin from her hair and put it in her mouth.

She stretched out her hands, constantly tidying her hair.

The wide sleeves of her yukata slipped off her arms and bunched up in the crook of her arms.

Exposing her fair and slender arms, the girl seemed oblivious to everything. She was simply laboriously tidying her hair, something she rarely did before.

Ultimately, she was still not skilled enough; no matter how she did it, there would always be a strand of hair that broke free from Chisui's grasp.

"I'll do it."

Xia Wuzhao said this.

He reached out and caught Chiho's scarlet hair, but Chiho's body trembled as a result.

The heat seemed to spread from where the hair touched all the way to the tip of my heart.

"Back in Second New Tokyo, I did even worse things with Natsugiri than this. Now, all I'm doing is combing my hair, how can I be so pathetic?"

He took the hairpin from between his lips and held it tightly in his hand.

To hide her shyness, she asked, "Xia Wu, have you ever combed other people's hair?"

"I do not know either."

Xia Wuzhao patiently combed Qianhui's hair strand by strand, saying, "Perhaps she has combed other people's hair before, or perhaps she hasn't."

"Who knows?"

Chiho just frowned as she listened.

"Isn't this just trying to fool me?"

She thought this to herself, yet felt somewhat uneasy.

Because Xia Wu always used these words to deceive herself.

But just looking at the misty drizzle made her feel a little better.

"Because, no matter who Xia Wu was combing hair for before, now he's combing his own."

"In the rain, it was just him and me."

Just by comforting herself like this, the anger in her heart vanished completely.