I save a pathological girl with a twisted love story.

Chiharu Tokisaka said somewhat awkwardly, "Mom, why are you saying this?"

Tokisaka's mother said, "Your father and I are getting old, and we can only support you until you finish university. You have to work harder, Chiharu. You're the only one in our family who can amount to anything."

"I know, I know about this kind of thing."

Chiharu Tokisaka sighed, feeling inexplicably disheartened.

"Alright, look at you. You get so impatient just talking to me," Mrs. Shisaka complained. "Just remember not to stay up late and to eat regularly. Don't develop a stomach problem, and everything else will be fine."

"It doesn't matter when you earn money, as long as you're healthy, Mom will be happy."

Tokisaka's mother spoke earnestly, but for some reason, Tokisaka Chiharu felt irritated. "Mom, let's not talk about this anymore."

After saying something else, Tokisaka's mother finally hung up the phone.

Chiharu Tokisaka breathed a sigh of relief and put her phone in her pocket.

After glancing at Xia Wuzhao, she walked to the spot where she had been and took out the rice ball that had been hidden under the chair.

She doesn't seem to care anymore about Xia Wuzhao finding out about these things.

Xia Wuzhao stood right next to her, seemingly oblivious to everything.

Perhaps Chiharu Tokisaka felt too embarrassed, or perhaps she wanted to explain.

She tousled her gray sideburns and said, "I grew up in a small mountain village. My parents were just ordinary farmers, you know, the kind who grow rice. The land wasn't good, and the harvest wasn't good either. There was no way to use large-scale mechanization, and it's still very tiring."

"However, they knew nothing but farming. They never left that village in their entire lives, except for me."

Xia Wuzhao listened quietly: "So?"

“I think I might need to change something,” Chiharu Tokisaka smiled. “After all, I’m the kind of kid they can be proud of.”

"They have done so much for me, I must repay them."

The girl smiled and said, "I don't think it's a problem for me to suffer a little. Even if it's just to lie to them or put my parents at ease, I think it's worth it."

The girl smiled energetically, her smile as bright as the summer sun, making one feel the heat in that moment.

At that moment, she appeared incredibly happy.

There was also a hint of pride in it.

Xia Wuzhao didn't look at her; she simply crumpled up the empty sandwich wrapper and put it in her pocket.

He said, "So what? Why are you explaining this to me?"

Chiharu Tokisaka was taken aback, unsure how to respond to Kai Natsugiri.

Finally, she said, "What reason do I need for that?"

But she still smiled and said, "You always notice strange things, junior. I guess that's just the talent of chuunibyou (middle school syndrome)."

Xia Wuzhao shook his head. He didn't continue the topic and said directly, "I'll be going now, senior."

Chiharu Tokisaka just found it strange, then waved at him and watched Natsugiri Kai leave.

Xia Wuzhao did not turn her head, but walked towards the stairwell.

Xiao Ai asked curiously, "Lord Xiawu, have you discovered something about Tokisaka?"

Xia Wuzhao said, "No."

This made Xiao Ai even more confused: "Then why are you leaving, Lord Xia Wu?"

Natsuki Kai paused for a moment before saying, "Because I saw Asahi Aoi and Kirishima Chiho from the Literature Club."

"what?"

Xiao Ai exclaimed in surprise.

Kirishima Chiho and Asahi Aoi from the Literature Club were talking non-stop when they saw Natsugiri Kai and the girl on the rooftop.

Especially Kirishima Chiho, who said, "Aoi, you see. You only relaxed for a moment, and someone took the opportunity to break in."

Aoi looked down absentmindedly, turning the bottle in her hand.

"He's not my boyfriend yet. We just have feelings for each other. In fact, it's just me who has feelings for him, so it doesn't matter what Xia Wuzhao does."

She said this as if she showed no sign of sadness whatsoever.

But how can her current state not be considered heartbreaking?

Kirishima Chiho rested her chin on her hand, looking at Asahima Aoi, who was looking down: "Aoi, so you're just going to accept your fate like this? Just watch Natsugiri Kai being all lovey-dovey with other people?"

"You speak so condescendingly, as if it has nothing to do with you. Before you lost your memory, you were more anxious and more frantic than I was."

Asahi looked at her and said, "I also have my own dignity. If Natsugiri Kai doesn't apologize, I'm not willing to talk to him anymore."

"Oh?"

Kirishima Chiho smirked, "I don't believe you could possibly make such a decision."

Asahi Aoi glared at Kirishima Chiho and said, "How do you know I can't do it?"

“Because you love Ah Kui so much, he's even more important to you than yourself. He's practically become the pillar of your life, how could you give him up?”

Kirishima Chiho said softly, "So, I think you would never give up on him."

"I will." Aoi Asahi didn't look at Chiho Kirishima, but looked out the window.

Her eyes were somewhat lost. She said, "Some things are more important than anything else."

Kirishima Chiho squinted: "What is that?"

"It is everything to me, it is my dignity."

"This was given to me by Xia Wu, how could I pretend not to know it?"

"I am unwilling to betray what Xia Wu painstakingly taught me. It is about not compromising and being brave, it is about self and dignity."

As she thought this, she gazed blankly at the gloomy sky.

"Perhaps, I will never live to see that scorching sun that can burn my skin."

"But you can always see the warmth that remains in your memory."

The girl thought to herself silently, feeling sad and heartbroken.

"Xia Wu, how could you do such a thing?"

How dare you belittle my love?

"Don't tell you."

After regaining her senses, Aoi answered Chiho's question softly.

"Ah, so this is what a girl in love looks like."

Kirishima Chiho leaned back, crossing her arms in front of her.

"Someone's sourness is filling the whole room."

Teasing Aoi Asahi, Chiho Kirishima said, "It sounds easy, but it's actually quite difficult to do."

Aoi Asahi ignored Chiho Kirishima and simply twirled the bottle in her hand.

—Squeak.

The door was pushed open, and Xia Wuzhao stood outside.

"May I come inside?"

He pointed to the sunlit grounds within the Literature Department.

"Cough cough."

Kirishima Chiho looked at Natsugiri Kai with a mischievous grin; "Those who disrupt the harmony of relationships are not allowed to enter here."

The girl looked at the boy, her crimson eyes holding a half-smile.

This subtle hint, almost identical to an explicit statement, gave both Aoi Asahi and Kai Natsugiri a strange feeling.

"It seems like you're the only one here who's ruining relationships."

Asahi Aoi and Natsugiri Kai both glanced at the bewildered Kirishima Chiho.

Asahi Aoi had already toned it down a bit, but Natsugiri Kai walked right in.

"Natsugiri-san?" Kirishima Chiho said with some dissatisfaction, "Didn't I tell you? People who disrupt harmony are not allowed to come in."

"So what?" Xia Wuzhao asked back; "I don't have a lover or a girlfriend. In any case, I can't be considered someone who disrupts the harmony of relationships."

Kirishima Chiho nodded, and smiled helplessly: "Oh, Natsugiri-san is quite the smooth talker."

She giggled, "Then you can sit here."

Xia Wuzhao nodded to her and casually found a chair to sit on.

He greeted the sunflower across from him: "Good morning."

But Aoi Asahi turned her head away and didn't look at Natsugiri Kai.

Xia Wuzhao didn't care and just randomly picked up a book to read.

The girl bit her lip, feeling wronged.

She lowered her head and tidied her sideburns, combing them with her fingers again and again.

"Xia Wu, what were you doing just now? You're a little late."

Kirishima Chiho looked at Natsugiri Kai and deliberately used a guessing approach: "Did some little girl give you a love letter?"

"No, that's not true. I just went to eat."

Xia Wuzhao remained calm and composed.

"With other girls?"

Kirishima Chiho suddenly asked this question, looking at Natsugiri Kai with great interest.

She thought Xia Wuzhao would deny it, but to her surprise, Xia Wuzhao readily admitted it.

"That's right, that's how it is."

Natsuki Kai looked at Kirishima Chiho: "Is there a problem?"

"Isn't this a problem? Aoi clearly likes you so much, yet you're going to see other girls."

Although that's what she was thinking, Kirishima Chiho couldn't bring herself to say it out loud.

Finally, he could only prop his chin up and ask, "So, you don't have any explanation?"

"It was just a chance encounter."

Xia Wuzhao said casually, "I ran into her when I went to the rooftop for dinner. So we chatted for a while, since we'd met before."

"I do not believe."

Kirishima Chiho smiled like a crescent moon: "This is such a coincidence. I feel like you're treating us like fools."

“I never lie,” Natsuki Kai replied to Kirishima Chiho.

"Hehehe." Kirishima Chiho laughed strangely, "Then I'll believe you, but you do owe someone an apology."

"This person was making a huge fuss just now, it made me really annoyed."

She spoke without any politeness, which made Asahi Aoi glare at Kirishima Chiho.

As if frightened, Kirishima Chiho stretched; "Haha, of course I was just kidding, just kidding."

Chapter 223 The Darkness and Dampness Beneath the Bright Surface

Xia Wuzhao turned a page of the book, ignoring Kirishima Chiho.

Chiho has changed now—or rather, she has returned to her true self.

"That's how I first saw Chiho; she likes to tease others, like a little devil."

"That personality was her true intention, proof that she wanted to save herself, but it seems she lost that personality later on."

"Perhaps it's because she loved so humbly, and she got used to that way of being. She got used to obeying orders and being directed, so when she was truly free of constraints, she felt lost and helpless."

"That mischievous, defensive personality of hers has disappeared from her heart."

"And now, she has become that devilish personality again. But she is more mature and more unpredictable."

"Because she finally became a person, instead of being an appendage of someone else."