I save a pathological girl with a twisted love story.

"If you had already decided not to let me go, then why did you say so much to me?"

"Because I need to keep you occupied," Xia Wuzhao said bluntly; "and then find an opportunity to send a message to my companions."

"So, all those words were lies?"

"What difference does it make whether it's a lie or not?" He took a deep breath and continued walking. "Anyway, you can't tell the difference."

"If you really ran away from home and went to New Tokyo, wouldn't it be easy for others to fool you completely?"

"So I think it's better to stop you from running away from home."

"Just because of that?" Mizuki asked, somewhat lost in thought. "If I had found out about this, you would have let me go, wouldn't you?"

The expression on his face grew increasingly regretful and distressed.

"Heh heh." Xia Wuzhao mocked her, "See, I just told a few lies and you're already confused. I was the one who stopped you from running away from home, but you think it's your fault and you even hate yourself."

"You really can't tell if it's a lie or not. There are far more swindlers in society. And they're better at lying than I am. You can't even tell if what I'm saying is true or false."

"How could you possibly survive in society?"

He mocked Mizuki mercilessly, leaving her utterly astonished.

This astonishment bordered on confusion, leaving the girl completely unable to discern whether Xia Wuzhao was telling the truth or lying.

Asakawa watched from behind, remaining silent.

I felt even more distressed and didn't know what to do.

"Perhaps, Mizuki has already given up. Perhaps, Mizuki has already come to terms with it."

"Perhaps it would have been better if she hadn't run away from home."

Thinking this way, Mizuki might be able to live a fairly good life after returning home.

"No, it's definitely possible to live a wonderful life."

Thinking this way, the sadness and bitterness in her heart subsided somewhat.

The further out you go, the wider the crevice becomes. In the end, you can easily walk out.

The three of them stood outside. Xia Wuzhao held Meiyue's wrist and looked around, still sending messages in her hand.

Asakawa Yo leaned against the mountain wall, her head lowered, seemingly unwilling to see things take this turn.

"Alright, just wait a little longer, everyone will be here soon." Xia Wuzhao put away her phone and looked into the distance.

"It failed! It failed! It failed!"

As she kept repeating these words in her mind, Miyuki felt increasingly panicked and distressed.

Suddenly, she looked at Xia Wuzhao and said.

"You always talk so arrogantly, but what if you were in that situation? If you wanted to run away from home today and someone found you, what would you do?"

“Me?” Xia Wuzhao glanced at her: “If I’m discovered, I’ll just tell the people who came that I’m giving up on running away from home.”

"Heh." Mizuki seemed to have caught something red-handed: "You're no different from the others. You would never do such a thing. You're just saying this to get me to go back."

You guessed wrong.

Xia Wuzhao interrupted her, "I said that only to make it easier to escape. In that cave, there's no way to walk side by side if you want to get out."

"First, you should pretend to give up, and then walk ahead first. This way, while the person who found you is still stuck in the crevice, you can take the opportunity to escape. You can even weave a rock in the middle of the crevice so that the person who found you can't get out."

He said, "Of course, that was just something I said offhand."

"So, that's what you do?" Mizuki seemed to understand something; "I understand."

"Ok?"

Xia Wuzhao was a little confused, but the girl bit Xia Wuzhao's wrist hard.

Feeling the pain, he immediately let go.

Meiyue seized the opportunity and immediately ran away with her schoolbag.

Xia Wuzhao glanced at her back, then looked at her wrist.

—The teeth marks on it were very obvious, and blood was even seeping out.

Asakawa Yo didn't know what kind of emotions she was feeling right now.

He simply asked Xia Wuzhao, "Aren't you going to chase after them?"

Are you an idiot?

Xia Wuzhao raised her wrist: "There's already a wound. If I accidentally fall during the chase and get infected with other germs, it will be a big problem."

Asakawa Yo didn't quite believe what Xia Wuzhao said, but she couldn't refute it.

—Or rather, they simply didn't want to refute it.

"Perhaps, this is for the best."

She gazed at the spot where Mizuki had run off to, silently praying for her in her heart.

"I hope you can escape their pursuit."

I hope you can find the life you want.

She was genuinely happy for the other person, and she said to Xia Wuzhao, "If you have bandages or something, I can help you with this."

She ran her slender fingers through her hair: "I have experience treating wounds."

"Is it based on experience gained from treating the scars on your face?"

Xia Wuzhao said some infuriating things.

—But Asakawa Yo didn't seem annoyed at all; she simply responded calmly, "Mm."

Take one day off in March

Taking a day off ==

Chapter 396 Something Incomprehensible and Inexplicable

There was a long silence.

She finally took a deep breath, as if she had made a decision.

"—You, you did that on purpose, didn't you?"

Asakawa Yo spoke softly, looking at Natsume Kai with a strange expression in her eyes.

He glanced at her and said, "Are you an idiot?"

Holding up her hand, Xia Wuzhao displayed her wrist: "Do you think I'm the kind of person who would deliberately hurt myself to let someone I have no connection with go?"

"Then you're such a fool."

Even though Xia Wuzhao was scolding her like that, Qianchuan Yao did not refute her, but just looked at the blood flowing from Xia Wuzhao's wrist.

His eyes wavered slightly, and it was unclear what he was thinking.

Soon after, everyone else arrived.

A middle-aged man in full armor walked over: "Where's the girl? Is she here?"

“We had already caught her.” Xia Wuzhao held up her hand. “But while I was on the phone, she bit me and then escaped.”

"Oh, I see—" The middle-aged man looked very regretful: "I'm a step too late."

He looked around and asked, "Is this where you found it?"

“Yes, she was hiding in this crevice before.” Xia Wuzhao pointed to the crevice, where vines and ivy that had been lifted up were piled up. “There’s a cave inside, not too big or too small.”

The middle-aged man lay down in front of the crevice and peered inside with a flashlight.

You can vaguely see a cave.

"It was hidden in here? That girl is really cunning." He sighed, then took out a small bag from his shoulder bag and handed it to Xia Wuzhao: "It has quite a lot of things inside. You can treat your wound first."

"I told the others about it. By the way, the girl ran in that direction."

"They ran in that direction." Xia Wuzhao pointed in a direction.

The middle-aged man then walked in that direction, talking on his walkie-talkie.

Xia Wuzhao opened the small bag, and the items inside were indeed quite complete.

“Let me do it.” Asakawa Yo smoothed her light green hair. “No matter what, I always feel a responsibility for this matter you’re handling.”

"Oh? What responsibility?"

Xia Wuzhao seemed to be mocking her.

But Asakawa Yo didn't say anything; she simply took the medical kit from Xia Wuzhao's hand.

After wiping with a sterile cotton ball, sprinkle on the medicine powder, press on the medicated cloth, and then wrap the bandage around it in circles.

After everything was done, she packed the things back into her small bag and handed it to Xia Wuzhao.

Xia Wuzhao casually tossed it into the crevice, and Qianchuan Yao glanced at it but said nothing.

"Maybe it can help others in the future."

That's what the girl was thinking.

Looking at the bandage wrapped around her wrist, Xia Wuzhao teased, "I thought you would just wrap it around a couple of times and that would be fine."

“I have no reason to do that,” Asakawa Yo said bluntly.

“Because we don’t get along.” Xia Wuzhao answered matter-of-factly, “Don’t you hate me? No matter what, you can’t be wholeheartedly devoted to someone you hate.”

"What on earth is this guy thinking? This isn't the time to be saying these things, is it?"

Asakawa Yo's eyes were filled with complex and puzzled expressions.

"Even though I rarely interact with other people, I know I shouldn't be saying these things now."

"I wonder if Mizuki will actually run away."

She abruptly changed the subject.

Xia Wuzhao thought for a moment; "Who knows, but it would still be very difficult to escape."

After chatting for a while, I finally met Chiho and Asahi.

Aoi Asahi was a little nervous. She rushed to Natsugiri Kai's side and asked, "Are you injured?"

"Yes, I got bitten."

Showing off her wrist, Xia Wuzhao answered casually.

Chiho strolled over leisurely, tilting her head. "Hmm, it's tied very beautifully. Natsugiri, your skills are really good."

"It was Asakawa who tied them up."

Pointing to Asakawa Yo standing beside her, Natsugiri Kai explained.

Chiho smiled mischievously, while Aoi Asahi thanked Yo Asakawa, saying, "Thank you so much."

Asakawa Yo simply nodded slightly.

"Let's go down the mountain together."

Chiho stretched and said, "Anyway, we've found it, even though it got away again. But our mission is complete."

So the group headed down the mountain.

During the descent, Xia Wuzhao recounted her experience. However, she didn't go into too much detail, only saying that after finding the cave and bringing out the girl named Meiyue, she was bitten but managed to break free.

"Nothing else happened?"

Chiho asked, puzzled.

"Yes, nothing else happened."

She remained calm, revealing not a single flaw. Even after doing all this, Chiho was still somewhat skeptical.

Finally, as if she had confirmed something.

"Okay, then that's settled."

She smiled faintly.

When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, Mizuki's mother was still wailing incessantly.