I save a pathological girl with a twisted love story.

Chiho noticed this, but she just smiled. She then took the two to more fun and upscale places.

Gradually, the two of them also loosened up their grip.

They no longer seem so timid or hesitant.

The group just wandered around and played. Occasionally, when they got tired, they would find a place to rest.

"How about it?"

Chiho questioned the two of them.

Mizuki said, "I must live that kind of life in the future."

Asakawa Yo was silent for a moment, then said, "I think it's nice here, but I don't really like it."

"I don't really like it either."

Chiho said slowly, "Because if you stay here for too long, you'll find that this place is actually very, very boring."

"Then why did you bring us here?" Asakawa Yo looked at Chiho.

"Because when I came on a date with Xia Wuzhao before, he also seemed uninterested."

Chiho sighed, "So, I came to see you guys. To compare my attitude with when I first came here."

With a twitch at the corner of her mouth, Asakawa Yo said, "So, who do you think is better, us or Xia Wuzhao?"

"It's summer mist."

Chiho smiled and said, "At first, you were all a little afraid. But Natsugiri wasn't like that. He always had a listless expression, no matter when or where."

"I feel a sense of resentment."

Asakawa Yo thought to herself, "Isn't it just to show off?"

"Show off? What's so great about that?"

Chiho blinked, not understanding.

"Boasting about things that are giving me a huge headache right now is actually nothing to you."

Asakawa Yo said those words.

"How gloomy," Chiho chuckled. "You think too badly of everyone."

"But I think my feeling is right. Chiho did it to mock what I did about Mizuki."

Even though Asakawa Yo knew the truth, she couldn't refute it or explain it for the time being.

All I could do was shut up and look into the distance.

The weather was sunny in the afternoon.

Only occasionally do dark clouds drift by, occasionally offering a brief respite from the scorching sun.

Chiho walked along the bustling street with the other two girls. She was in a cheerful mood, while the other two girls were somewhat heavy-hearted.

“You all look so worried, it’s as if you’re saying I’ve done something heinous.”

With her hands outstretched, Chiho looked helplessly at Mizuki and Asakawa Yo.

Asakawa Yo simply pursed her lips and remained silent. Mizuki, on the other hand, apologized very earnestly, making Chiho seem somewhat unreasonable.

"Just kidding." Chiho patted Mizuki on the shoulder and said with a smile, "If you ever need anything, you can ask me for help. Asakawa knows how to contact me."

After saying that, the three chatted for a while longer until dusk before finally parting ways.

Asakawa Yo and Mizuki stood in front of the station, both looking rather listless.

"Tell me—should I not have run away?" Mizuki asked, head bowed, fiddling with her hair. "Was I too impulsive back then?"

"So? Do you regret it now?" Asakawa Yo asked coldly, "Although I don't know if you made a mistake."

"But I think I made a mistake. If I had known you would ask this kind of question, I probably shouldn't have helped you in the first place."

She said this in an extremely solemn tone.

"Sorry, Asakawa."

Chapter 442 That One-of-a-Kind Umbrella [4k]

Mizuki apologized to Asakawa Yo, her heart filled with a mixture of fear that Asakawa Yo might kick her out and guilt towards Asakawa Yo.

"Asakawa helped me so much; in fact, without Asakawa Yo, I might never have been able to escape. But saying those things felt like a betrayal."

However, Asakawa Yo said, "There's no need to apologize. I don't need you to do that. Whatever you choose is your own business."

"If I were to point fingers and gesticulate, it would make me appear aggressive and somewhat arrogant."

These words were so blunt that they left Mizuki speechless.

I felt a little down, but unexpectedly, I felt relieved.

If the outcome cannot be changed, then it's best to let it go.

Continuing to worry will only lead to self-destruction.

She took a deep breath and looked up at the warm sun.

Mizuki said, "I'm just... just a little tired. When I was in the countryside, I always felt that it might be difficult to survive in New Tokyo, but I should be able to make a living."

"I believe I can persevere in the face of all kinds of hardships. I just didn't expect it to be this difficult."

"At the very least, it is so difficult to live a decent life."

Mizuki fiddled with her hair in front of her head; "Perhaps, it would be easier to survive if I became a bad kid. But going home isn't such an unacceptable choice compared to becoming a bad kid."

Asakawa Yo pursed her lips, her anger subsiding slightly: "Perhaps, perhaps this is for the best."

"It's just a last resort," Mizuki said with a sense of relief. "Right now, I feel like going home would be nice. But that's only because I can't live here anymore."

"If I really go home, I might think that even starving to death on the streets would be better than going home."

She said, "I don't think it's strange; it's just a different choice at different times."

Asakawa Yo finally stopped saying anything. She vaguely understood what Mizuki was saying and why she was doing this.

"But I feel a little envious and a little jealous."

For the first time, Asakawa Yo felt that Mizuki might be stronger and more special than herself.

This discovery made her grit her teeth involuntarily.

She raised her head, brushed her hair aside, and revealed the scar on her right eye.

Playing with her hair, she casually asked, "What do you think I should do if I wanted a new hairstyle?"

"The one you have now is pretty good."

Mizuki looked Asakawa Yo up and down: "You just need to control the length of your bangs a little."

She was pointing to a small length.

Asakawa Yo would have suggested going to a beauty salon or something similar, but Asakawa Yo only said, "The car seems to be arriving soon."

—While Xia Wuzhao was lost in thought on the terrace, she saw the two people who had returned.

Asakawa Yo and she exchanged a glance, then pretended not to see each other, while Mizuki greeted them properly.

Xia Wuzhao has never cared about such things.

"Asakawa Yo's emotions are fluctuating a lot," Xiao Ai said. "It seems a lot has happened today, Lady Natsugiri."

"I see."

Xia Wuzhao answered in this way.

But what exactly she knew, Xiao Ai wasn't sure, nor could she understand it.

However, she no longer asks those kinds of questions.

She simply shifted the topic elsewhere: "My relationship with Aoi has eased up a bit too."

"It's just that it has never changed."

Xia Wuzhao said something that Xiao Ai couldn't understand either.

—Recently, the relationship between Aoi Asahi and Kai Natsugiri has indeed been somewhat strange.

Asahi Aoi still cares about Natsugiri Kai, but not as enthusiastically or actively as before.

Moreover, Aoi Asahi also had her own worries. Normally, Aoi Asahi wouldn't hide anything from Kai Natsugiri.

But now, she deliberately hides it.

"Aoi, it's certain that you still love Natsume Kirito."

Xiao Ai can sense it.

—It's just that they don't seem like a couple deeply in love anymore.

It originally resembled gushing lava, but now it looks like a dormant volcano.

Xiao Ai couldn't understand it, and all she could do was keep watching.

Perhaps it's because the sun is shining brightly today and the weather is just right.

The sunset tonight resembled a continuous series of flames, burning from one side of the sky to the other, casting orange-yellow light everywhere.

Asahi Aoi brought over two cups of tea, placed them on the table, and pushed one cup next to Natsugiri Kai.

Immediately, he sat down on the recliner on the other side of the table.

They didn't speak, as if they were also admiring the sunset.

Sipping tea, they appeared extremely comfortable and relaxed.

The two of them just watched each other, and the scent of Asahi's shampoo gradually blended with the aroma of tea, becoming extremely distinct.

Asahi rubbed her long hair, her chestnut eyes blinking.

Although he tried his best to act as if nothing was wrong, he kept fiddling with his long hair, moving it from front to back and then back to front.

Xia Wuzhao didn't look at Asahi Aoi, but instead gazed at the clouds in the sky.

Somewhat abruptly, he said, "It smells nice."

“It’s the aroma of tea,” Aoi said calmly. “It’s because we’re using good tea leaves that it has that aroma.”

"That's probably really the case."

When Xia Wuzhao said that, Asahi Aoi's face, which had been unable to stop smiling, immediately turned serious again.

"Xia Wu, you also know a lot about tea?"

Asahi poked her thigh with her finger, poking and poking at her pleated skirt.

On her fair, beautiful thigh, a slight dent was left from her touch. As her finger left, the firm skin quickly returned to its smooth state.

"I don't understand," Xia Wuzhao said. "I just think the fragrance is a bit strong."

"Does it smell nice?" the girl asked casually.

"Yes, it smells very nice." Xia Wuzhao admitted directly: "It really does smell very nice, it has a special scent."

For some reason, Aoi smiled slightly. She slowly rocked the recliner, making it creak and groan.

She sent Chiho a smug smiley face, and Chiho quickly replied with a puzzled emoji.

But Aoi Asahi didn't reply, she just sent another proud emoji.

After waiting a while, until Asahi Aoi thought Chiho had dropped her phone, Chiho slowly sent a dark emoji.

Aoi then stopped provoking Chiho and simply turned off her phone.

"It seems like we're running out of vegetables today." She sipped her tea. "Shall we go to the department store?"

"Wasn't this agreed upon yesterday?"

"I'm just reminding you once." Aoi whispered an excuse before getting up: "Let's go now, or it'll be too late."

So the two of them went downstairs and put on their shoes.

Asahi Aoi and Natsugiri Kai walked along, but Natsugiri Kai picked up the umbrella again just before leaving the house.

"What is this for?"

"It's just to prevent rain."