I save a pathological girl with a twisted love story.

The school-organized event was held in the auditorium.

At that time, most clubs and classes will put on performances.

This is different from the programs put together by classes and clubs themselves. Because it is organized by the school, it should be considered a formal program, and the costumes and equipment will be more complete.

The show will be more entertaining.

Are we going there too?

Asahi Aoi suggested, "We seem to have already explored the entire teaching building, so we might as well go take a look."

"it is good."

So the two of them walked toward the auditorium, but they had only just gone downstairs when...

Aoi's expression changed immediately; she looked at a familiar person.

——Risa Yajima.

Risa Yajima was the same as before, only a little more tired.

She was still wearing her old school uniform, which had been carefully washed and looked brand new.

Xiao Ai was already constantly reminding Xia Wuzhao in her mind: "Lady Xia Wuzhao! Lady Xia Wuzhao! It's Risa Yajima."

Xia Wuzhao ignored Xiao Ai and instead asked Asahi Aoi casually, "What's wrong?"

"nothing."

Asahi Aoi said, "I just saw people from the past."

"Oh, are you going to say hello?"

Xia Wuzhao asked casually.

"Then let's go say hello."

Sunflower neither refused nor hesitated.

"When I saw Risa Yajima again, I felt neither fear nor timidity. I was just slightly surprised, surprised that Risa Yajima would come here."

"I thought I would be scared, after all the terrible things she did to me. It was my inner demon."

But there was nothing, absolutely nothing.

"Perhaps it's because I've changed."

With that, she and Natsuki Kai arrived in front of Yajima Risa.

Risa Yajima looked at Aoi Asahi and tilted her head: "I thought you would just pretend you didn't see me, Asahi."

Aoi shook her head and said calmly, "I no longer need to avoid you."

"Heh, it's all thanks to Xia Wuzhao. Without Xia Wuzhao, would you even be standing here?"

Risa Yajima's tone was somewhat sharp.

But Aoi didn't care. She said, "Yes, it's all thanks to Natsugiri."

Risa Yajima then looked down at Natsugiri: "You've hurt me so badly, and now that you've run into me, aren't you going to say anything?"

Do we know each other?

Xia Wuzhao looked at Yajima Risa with some confusion: "I shouldn't have any impression of you."

"Oh no, Natsugiri has lost most of her memories. She's probably forgotten all her memories related to Risa Yajima."

Asahi Aoi thought to herself.

"Are you going to pretend you don't know me now?"

Risa Yajima looked at the two of them with disdain and said, "But you two are really happy now."

"I guess I'm happy to go to school every day, make friends, and enjoy my rosy youth every day."

"You guys are really lucky."

Risa Yajima grew increasingly jealous and angry as she spoke.

Xia Wuzhao simply looked at Yajima Risa indifferently, remaining silent.

Instead, Aoi asked, "What exactly are you trying to say, Yajima?"

"nothing."

All the expressions on Risa Yajima's face were calm.

"I just feel like you guys are the winners right now. You're swaggering around, enjoying the good life. It's so enviable and makes me jealous."

"so what?"

Aoi retorted, looking at Risa Yajima, "Do you want revenge?"

Upon hearing the girl say such a thing, Risa Yajima couldn't help but sneer.

"You're still as silly as ever, Aoi Asahi."

She said, "I now have a proper job, and every day is very fulfilling."

"Besides, I'm no longer a student. I'm an employee now, and I wouldn't do something so pointless."

She seemed more mature; "That kind of thing is probably illegal. I wouldn't do that anymore."

She glanced at Aoi Asahi: "Do you think we have some deep-seated hatred between us? Do we need to attack each other like mortal enemies? That's ridiculous."

"Students' minds are just that simple. They're too detached from reality and too prone to fantasy."

She said, "I'm very happy with my life now. I stopped caring about my mother a long time ago. It was just too tiring. So, I simply gave up."

"Sometimes, I think to myself, if only my mother had your mother's abilities, she could have just seduced another man and married him."

"That way, I won't have to take on her burden anymore."

She looked up at Aoi: "Don't think that only you deserve happiness. I'm super happy right now. I live a very fulfilling life every day, how about that?"

"I came here to tell you this."

Pointing at Natsugiri Kai and Asahi Aoi: "Don't think you've defeated me. I'm still living a happy life."

Aoi looked at her, remaining expressionless even after being told that.

She said, "Do you think I would believe that?"

Risa Yajima tossed her hair: "I think you already believe it."

Xia Wuzhao glanced at her and said, "If you were truly happy, you wouldn't be here flaunting your happiness."

"Chichi."

Risa Yajima looked at Kai Natsugiri and said, "Didn't you say you didn't know who I was? How come you're saying these things with such certainty now?"

Chapter 280 I'm just a sunflower.

Even if I don't know you, a happy person doesn't flaunt their happiness.

Xia Wuzhao said calmly, "Isn't this a very simple logic?"

"Tsk."

Risa Yajima clicked her tongue impatiently and said, "You're still as annoying as ever."

Natsugiri Kai remained unmoved, but Asahi Aoi couldn't hold back any longer.

She said to Risa Yajima, "It's just that you dislike her. I don't dislike Natsugiri Kai like this."

"Of course you don't hate it."

Risa Yajima said, "Because you became happy because of him."

Aoi Asahi did not refute this, saying, "It's not just because of this; even without this, I don't dislike him."

"If you say so, then it is."

Risa Yajima seemed a little impatient; she kept touching her pockets and looking around.

The three of them standing here were already quite eye-catching.

If it were the old Risa Yajima, she would probably have left immediately, or become furious.

But Risa Yajima did not do that; her face showed a subtle weariness.

Natsugiri Kai thought this was probably because Risa Yajima had already started working.

—This stage after students enter society is one of the periods when depression is highly prevalent.

Because, in one step, he fell from heaven into hell.

Risa Yajima's high school life cannot be called paradise.

But her social life was nothing short of hell.

Especially when you're an apprentice, you have to work hard and endure how tough and agonizing those days are.

Risa Yajima already knows enough.

Those things that were once considered extremely important and cherished.

It has been ground to dust and turned to ash, falling into the soil.

She said, "I was invited here to visit the cultural festival today. It was my friends who invited me, so I took the day off specifically to come. Although it means I'll have some of my salary deducted, it doesn't matter."

"When I arrived and saw the cultural festival, I thought to myself—ah, you are really so lucky."

"To be able to stay carefree in the ivory tower of school, I think, is truly a blessing."

She tidied her wind-blown hair, looking as if reminiscing about the past: "I'm not envious, or jealous."

"I feel neither guilt nor sadness about the past."

"I just think it's very ordinary."

Risa Yajima said, "Because I should be able to call myself happy now. Every day is fulfilling and satisfying."

"So, I didn't lose."

She looked up at the two people in front of her and said, "I came here today not just to see the cultural festival."

Xia Wuzhao said, "Then what else do you want to do?"

"It's just a very ordinary thing."

Risa Yajima looked at Aoi Asahi and said softly, "It's about what I did to you before."

Aoi Asahi was taken aback; she hadn't expected Risa Yajima to bring up things from the past.

She pursed her lips, waiting for Risa Yajima to continue.

She didn't expect Risa Yajima to apologize or do anything else.

Risa Yajima looked at Aoi Asahi: "The Risa Yajima in high school wouldn't have thought that was wrong."

"However, Risa Yajima now would probably think that she made a mistake back then."

"Perhaps there is a better way to do it."

“Yes, now it doesn’t matter anymore,” Risa Yajima said to Aoi Asahi. “Because you are happy now.”

Aoi looked at her, but she wasn't angry.

He simply countered with, "Do you think it doesn't matter at all? Do you think I should feel indifferent?"

Risa Yajima shook her head and simply said, "What you think is your business. Whether you hate me or are hostile to me, it's your right to do so."

"I have no reason to ask you to forgive me, nor do I intend to ask you to forgive me."

"But I don't care anymore."

"—Because I am an adult now."

She looked at the sunflower and said to her, "You might get into a prestigious university and find a good job. You might be able to sit in front of a floor-to-ceiling window in a high-rise building, dressed impeccably."

"Looking down at the flow of people on the street."

"And I am probably just one of the crowds, or maybe I won't be able to stay in this city at all, and will return to the seaside town, repeating the life of our parents. That's a very likely possibility."

"This may be the last time we meet, Aoi Asahi."

"So, I always have something to do."