I save a pathological girl with a twisted love story.

"Ah~~" the girl drawled, "I'm really, really angry, Minister. Because you were sick this morning. But when you, as a member, saw you this afternoon, you didn't even show any reaction."

Xia Wuzhao looked at her: "What do you want me to do?"

"At the very least, we should ask if something happened."

Chiho shook her finger; "Since we can be considered friends, we should at least ask if you're alright."

"Oh." Xia Wuzhao's expression was indifferent. "So, is there something you need?"

No.

Chiho squinted at Natsumi Kai, though she was responding to her greeting.

However, she still said unhappily, "But isn't this too perfunctory?"

"Is this a perfunctory response?" Xia Wuzhao asked back; "There's something I don't understand about what you're talking about."

"Eh."

Aoi sighed, tilted her head, and said, "I just can't do anything with you."

She stretched vigorously and said to Xia Wuzhao, "Shall we go to the mountain ruins today? It seems like we haven't been there in a long time."

After the girl finished speaking, she stared at Xia Wuzhao, wanting to see his reaction.

"Ruins in the mountains?"

"That's right. We used to go there often before summer vacation, didn't we? It's incredibly cool there, a great place to escape the heat during the hot days before summer vacation."

Chiho blinked, a sly smile spreading across her face; "Have you forgotten, Natsugiri?"

Xia Wuzhao said, "Hmm, I have forgotten a bit."

Chiho frowned slightly.

"That's not right. If he's faking amnesia, then Xia Wuzhao should be going along with him saying things like that."

"Because in his eyes, I should be suffering from amnesia right now. Shouldn't he be protecting me so I won't doubt my memories?"

"How could he admit it so easily?"

Chiho's beautiful eyebrows relaxed again, and she put her hands behind her back. "Think about it again, Natsugiri. We've been to the mountain ruins together many times, and we've discussed a lot of things there."

"For example, we discussed Aoi's affairs and club matters."

"Don't you remember any of these?"

She smiled, her eyes sparkling with a kind of starlight.

Xia Wuzhao said, "Hmm, I don't remember at all."

"That's probably because I'm not good at sports, so I've become forgetful." Chiho chuckled. "But there is this one thing, so after school today, come with me to the mountain ruins."

She tilted her head: "You can't refuse, because it's the minister's order."

Xia Wuzhao looked at Qianhui and said calmly, "Do I have to agree?"

"Yes, you must agree."

Chiho nodded, twirling a strand of hair between her fingers: "And you can't tell Aoi about this, okay?"

Xia Wuzhao glanced at Qianhui and took a bottle of water from the vending machine.

"why?"

"Why is that? Let me think of a reason."

Chiho said casually, "Maybe it's because I'm afraid to do it, or maybe it's because I'm the club president."

"But the final reason is that I took you guys to my hometown during the summer vacation, so you owe me a favor."

"How about this, as repayment for my favor, Xia Wu?"

Looking at Chiho like this, Natsugiri Kai said, "Okay."

"Hmph, I knew you would agree."

She smiled brightly and said, "Then I'll be waiting for you this afternoon. See you there!"

The girl turned and left, but after walking halfway, she suddenly turned back.

"Xia Wu, may I ask you a question?"

"Okay, go ahead and ask."

"If someone tells you what you should do and how to do it, and uses various means to force you to do various things, and makes you do various things according to their own wishes."

Do you find this person annoying?

The girl's eyes sparkled, her crimson hair swayed, and a meaningful smile graced her face.

"Hate."

Xia Wuzhao said those words without the slightest hesitation.

"Oh, I mean, I hate it." Chiho paused for a moment, then smiled with relief: "I hate it too, after all, people like that are so self-important."

"What if this person also makes you very sad? What if they still leave you not knowing what to do?"

The girl asked, "What would you do, Xia Wu?"

Xia Wuzhao said in a casual tone, "I'll probably just slap him across the face."

"Chichi."

Chiho couldn't help but laugh.

She turned around and lightly slapped Xia Wuzhao in the air.

"Is that so?" the girl asked curiously.

“Yes, that’s it.” Xia Wuzhao nodded.

"I understand. Don't forget about it after school."

Chiho smiled sweetly and then turned and left.

"As expected, Natsume is capable of doing this kind of thing. Perhaps, the past that Aoi and I value so much is nothing to Natsume."

"Even the painful ending between Aoi and me was deliberately caused by Natsume."

"Is it because Xia Wu is actually considering himself our last challenge?"

"We went through countless hardships and finally overcame all the difficulties that had troubled us. We thought that everything would be wonderful from now on."

"But are you telling us to break free from you? To get rid of you?"

"You actually want us to hate you."

"How could we possibly do that? Is this the only way to prove we've truly changed?"

"Is this the only way you'll find what you want?"

"Is this what you've been thinking?"

"I'm so sorry, Natsugiri."

"I can't do that."

"If it were the old me, the me that you hadn't changed, perhaps I would have done as you wished."

"But you changed me. That's why I won't let things turn out this way."

"Xia Wu, you're ridiculous. Because you're doing something impossible and contradictory."

Chiho walked straight ahead.

This time, she didn't turn around.

Chapter 251 Accompanying is the longest confession

When Xia Wuzhao returned to the classroom, Asahi Aoi, as usual, asked her what she had been doing.

Xia Wuzhao said, "I'm just going to buy water."

"Didn't you run into Chiho? Chiho just went out too." The girl looked at Natsugiri Kai.

The afternoon breeze was just right, and the wind blowing from outside the window made Asahima's black hair sway.

Her sideburns were originally straight, but today they were braided into a thin braid and tied with a red hair tie.

Xia Wuzhao glanced at it and said, "Your hairstyle is different today."

"Oh, you only just noticed?" Aoi said playfully. "I've had this hairstyle since this morning!"

Although she was angry, her expression seemed to be smiling.

A bright, cheerful smile.

Something dazzling and brilliant shimmered in those pupils.

That thing is called happiness.

It felt like being stabbed.

Xia Wuzhao turned his head away and looked at the swaying green leaves outside the window.

"Because, until just now, I was looking at you seriously."

In an instant, the girl's face turned bright red with embarrassment.

She suddenly didn't know what to say.

"Oh, I'm so envious."

I don't know when, but Chiho stood next to me.

She looked like she had a headache: "If you want to show off your love, don't do it in class. Look at the other classmates, they're so envious they could cry."

The other students all nodded.

Now, Aoi was even more shy.

She glared at Chiho with displeasure, but Chiho just giggled.

Aoi had no choice but to turn her head away and stop looking at Chiho.

Chiho waved her hand dismissively, "Alright, alright, Natsugiri Kai. You should go back too."

Just as Xia Wuzhao was about to leave, Qianhui silently said, "You really are a liar, Xia Wuzhao."

Xia Wuzhao glanced at her and then returned to her seat.

At this moment, Aoi Asahi turned to look at Chiho: "Chiho, what did you say to Kai Natsugiri just now?"

“I already said so,” Chiho said with a smug smile.

The girl suddenly became a little anxious.

Chiho looked at Aoi Asahi's anxious smile and said smugly, "I mean, that Natsugiri Kai really knows how to sweet talk. Did she make your heart flutter just now?"

Asahi pouted and said, "Chiho, your personality is really awful."

"Oh? Is that so?"

Chiho tilted her head, looking troubled: "Is my personality really that bad? Shouldn't my personality be good?"

"Your personality is just really awful," Aoi Asahi nodded.

"You're not as awful as I am, Aoi." Chiho sat down in her seat with a grin. "You're so enviable that everyone else is practically crying with envy."

"Chiho!"

Aoi called out Chiho's name.

"Okay, okay, I'm not kidding you anymore." She blinked and smiled.

The two of them bickered and laughed until the teacher arrived, at which point the noise stopped.

This went on until school ended, around three or four in the afternoon.

Autumn after school is neither as hot as summer nor as cold as winter.

For most students, this is a suitable temperature.

They were all away participating in club activities or preparing for the cultural festival. Few people went home after school because the community is highly valued here.

If you are not sociable enough, you will be ostracized.