I save a pathological girl with a twisted love story.

—Xia Wuzhao remained as indifferent and calm as ever.

It seemed as if it was trying to explain something, or as if it contained some kind of longing.

"Nobody else understands us. Even Asahi and Kirishima don't understand us."

She said softly, "I guess everyone is like that. They always superficially judge us based on our appearance and other stereotypes."

"None of us understand something deep within our hearts."

She tossed her hair, looking somewhat uneasy.

"You've got something wrong."

Xia Wuzhao tilted her head and looked at Asakawa Yo beside her: "We—aren't we companions?"

"Eh?"

“You always talk about us, ours. It makes it seem like we're some kind of like-minded companions, which is really annoying.”

Xia Wuzhao seemed genuinely troubled, her brows furrowed tightly: "Actually, we can't even be considered friends right now."

He said those hurtful words so easily.

"That's true."

Asakawa Yo's expression dimmed for only a moment before she quickly regained her nonchalant demeanor.

—It seems that the sadness I felt just now was just an illusion.

“We’re really not friends, we’re just strangers.” She twirled a strand of hair between her fingers. “Weren’t you already trying to get closer to me? I thought you liked me, so I said that, thinking you’d be happy.”

The wind chimes under the eaves were being blown by the wind, ringing incessantly.

Don't flatter yourself.

He said calmly, "You just think you like this kind of thing."

I don't think so.

Asakawa Yo pursed her pink lips: "However, if you don't care about this kind of thing, then nothing else matters."

“That’s right, it doesn’t matter.” Xia Wuzhao agreed; “However, is Asakawa-san the kind of person who would wrong herself for the sake of others? I really didn’t expect that.”

He spoke calmly, but to Asakawa Yo, it sounded like sarcasm.

“I don’t need to explain these things to you,” she said calmly, then got up and walked towards the forest.

—Probably, just like before, I'll quietly hide away.

"Lord Natsugiri, today is another day of no progress."

Xiao Ai commented in this way.

However, Xia Wuzhao ignored her.

—It wasn't until almost evening that everyone returned.

After taking a shower, the group prepared to go to the temple fair together.

You still need to take a car to get to the temple fair location.

After all, this place is too far from there.

When they met again, neither Xia Wuzhao nor Qianchuan Yao said a word.

Asakawa Yo leaned against the left window, looking out. The wind whipped her light green hair, making it flutter restlessly.

Natsugiri Kai leaned against the right window, occasionally talking to Chiho and Asahi.

They seemed to know each other very well.

—Yo Asakawa was originally uninterested in anything.

However, occasionally, she would glance at Xia Wuzhao.

Take a look at these guys who are having such an enthusiastic discussion.

"How pretentious."

So she looked out the window again.

The car finally stopped when we arrived at the temple fair.

—Speaking of which, although it was an unknown temple fair, there were quite a lot of people.

Many people were wearing beautiful yukatas and holding round fans.

—The majority of the people there were teenagers, and many of the girls had made plans with their friends to look around.

The long street, lined with stalls on both sides, seemed to stretch on forever.

However, once inside, all I felt was a wave of heat hitting me.

The noise almost completely surrounded them.

"It's really lively here."

Chiho looked around, smiling faintly. Although she was saying words of praise, they always seemed insincere.

Asakawa Yo wasn't used to this scene and used her long hair to block most of her view.

It's like observing everything around you through a screen.

Candied apples, fried noodles, ice cream, and fried chicken and kebabs.

Fishing for goldfish, air gun, knot tying.

These things, which were originally commonplace and even seemed plain or unremarkable because they had been seen so often, suddenly appeared strange and extraordinary at the temple fair.

As they walked, they decided to try out every single stall.

Chiho was especially enthusiastic; she was always dragging Asahi Aoi around everywhere.

Xia Wuzhao and Asakawa Yao followed them everywhere.

Occasionally, Asakawa Yo would watch the two people having a great time.

She would unconsciously stroke her bangs across her forehead.

Do you want to play?

As if trying to find a topic of conversation, he asked Asakawa Yo next to him.

"Do not want to."

Asakawa Yo said instinctively, "I wouldn't do something so childish."

"is it?"

Xia Wuzhao said casually, "I also thought you would say something like that."

"Are you mocking me?" She couldn't help but frown.

"I'm just stating the facts," Xia Wuzhao said dismissively.

They probably don't want to pay attention to such comments, or they're just too lazy to bother.

Asakawa Yo remained silent.

"How many temple fairs have you been to?" Xia Wuzhao asked again.

In a daze, it seemed as if I saw the past.

“I went there many times when I was a child.” Asakawa Yo came back to her senses and said calmly, “But after I grew up, I rarely went there anymore.”

“I rarely go to temple fairs,” Xia Wuzhao said. “Neither in the past nor now.”

"fraud."

Asakawa Yo said with some disdain, "If you're with those two, you'll definitely go to temple fairs or festivals a lot."

"Think what you want."

Xia Wuzhao wasn't angry; he simply went to the air gun stall.

There were quite a lot of people, mostly pairs of men and women.

Most people want to show off in front of their lovers.

Most of the girls were smiling.

Asakawa Yo simply followed behind Natsugiri Kai.

—Because she had nothing to do of her own.

Chapter 399 A Gentle Thing Gleaming in the Deep Forest

Asakawa Yo thought Natsugiri Kai would show off her skills.

—But when it was finally Xia Wuzhao's turn, her skills weren't very good; she was quite rusty and a complete novice.

It felt like I was playing this kind of game for the first time, as if I had never played it before.

"You're not as good at it as I am."

Asakawa Yo realized this.

What do you want?

She stood to the side, looking at the shelves piled high with plush toys.

Popping enough balloons allows you to exchange them for plush toys. The other boys are all working hard, hoping to pop one to give to their sweethearts.

"I don't need anything, I'm just playing around."

After Xia Wuzhao finished shooting, she placed the air gun on the stall and headed in another direction.

"I'm a little annoyed."

She frowned and pinched the tender green ends of her hair, her long hair wrapped around her like vines.

She followed behind Xia Wuzhao, looking around.

Xia Wuzhao occasionally glanced at the area where goldfish were being scooped up, and Qianchuan Yao also looked over.

"That kind of game is so childish."

The commentator remarked, "The goldfish I caught will die within a week."

Xia Wuzhao glanced at her and said, "There's no such thing as a game being boring or not boring. As long as it brings joy, that's enough."

"That's just sophistry."

Asakawa Yo bluntly stated, "What is called boredom is that it cannot bring happiness, so it will be judged as boring."

Xia Wuzhao neither confirmed nor denied this.

I just strolled around the temple fair casually, occasionally playing some of the games on the side.

Asakawa Yo wasn't interested in that kind of thing.

However, Xia Wuzhao seemed too inexperienced, and she had to give her pointers every time.

"Your desire to instruct is really strong, Asakawa-kun." Natsuki Kai stood up from a game stall once again.

"It's just that your skills are really too bad to look at."

Asakawa Yo found a reason.

“But it seems our relationship isn’t good enough for us to give each other advice,” Xia Wuzhao said slowly. “You hate me, and I hate you too.”

"Therefore, this reason seems too flimsy."

"Isn't it precisely because we all dislike each other that we point fingers at each other?" Asakawa Yo twirled the end of her hair with her fingers, looking at Natsume with a Dynamo-like, nonchalant attitude.

"If they were truly good friends, they would be afraid of ruining the friendship, so they wouldn't say such things."

"Too."

Xia Wuzhao thought about it and realized that was indeed the case, so she said nothing more.

After lingering at these stalls for a while, Chiho and Aoi, who had disappeared somewhere, came looking for them again.

"So you're here."

Chiho stood with her hands on her hips, looking quite annoyed. "I thought you were all lost. I was really worried about you."

"I was just wandering around here," Xia Wuzhao explained briefly. "What did you guys go about?"