I save a pathological girl with a twisted love story.

Asahi Aoi felt she couldn't refuse Natsugiri Kai's kindness, even though she would prefer to use the money for household expenses.

—But to say it out loud would be too presumptuous.

She smiled and said, "Today, I want a fruit sundae."

Her long hair flowed freely, her eyebrows and eyes curved, and her pink lips shimmered.

Xia Wuzhao was momentarily stunned.

"It feels like it's been ages since I've seen Aoi smile so happily."

An idea popped into Xia Wuzhao's mind, impossible to suppress.

"Perhaps, I have become the source of Aoi's sadness."

"what happened?"

Sunflower tilted its head.

"Do you like sundaes? I can treat you to one every day."

He said it as if it were just a casual suggestion.

“That won’t do.” Aoi shook her head. “Girls, after all, have a few days of discomfort every month. At that time, you can’t eat anything cold.”

As she spoke, she timidly and gently tapped Xia Wuzhao's shoulder: "I'm just very happy today."

"I'm not some greedy little girl."

Chapter 459 Small joys always accumulate

The two found a dessert shop on the street, which was cool because the air conditioning was on.

"Here is your sundae, guest."

The waiter placed two sundaes in front of the two of them. The sundae in front of Asahi had many slices of fruit on it, which looked very vibrant.

Xia Wuzhao's was a chocolate shavings sundae, which looked quite ordinary.

"Can I take a picture?"

Asahi asked in a low voice, and she even took out her phone.

"No problem, do you need me to leave?" Xia Wuzhao asked, looking at her.

"No need."

"If you leave, what's the point of me taking these photos?"

Asahi couldn't help but feel a little unhappy.

"Xia Wu, you can just sit here."

And so, Xia Wuzhao sat there quietly.

Asahi Aoi held up her phone, taking pictures of the dessert in front of her.

Incidentally, Xiao Xiao raised her phone and also took a picture of Xia Wuzhao.

"It's a pity that their faces weren't captured in the photo."

She smiled and said, "Okay."

Holding the spoon, she finally began to eat.

The sundae was icy cold, and the fruit was sweet. After just one bite, Asahi smiled happily.

"It's like a dream come true."

She said it with a smile.

"Dream? What dream?" Xia Wuzhao asked, munching on her chocolate sundae.

"My dream is probably to do whatever I like every day without doing anything. To travel around and see the world. To not have to worry about making a living, and to not encounter any bad things."

"I can sleep anytime, anywhere, and I can get up freely. There are no restrictions, and nothing I hate."

As she spoke, she added, "Yes, just like today."

"What about university?" Xia Wuzhao asked her about this.

"University."

After a brief silence, Aoi said, "Compared to a happy life, university is nothing."

Are you happy now?

Mizuki asked Asakawa Yo, who was standing next to her.

"happiness?"

Asakawa Yo pouted and looked up at the whitewashed corridor ceiling: "Happiness is something you can't force, and it's meaningless."

"When many people feel very happy, I think they are actually not happy."

Perhaps because she was in the mood, she was quite willing to talk about these things with Mizuki.

"So, I don't think I'm very happy."

She did not elaborate on the specific reasons.

“But, in my opinion, Asakawa, you are very lucky.” Mizuki smiled, “Because you have a mother who loves you. A mother who loves you like that is very rare in reality.”

“Isn’t that obvious?” Asakawa Yo smiled with a hint of pride. “My mother truly loves me the most.”

As she combed her hair, she asked Mizuki, "Do you feel happy now?"

"It's probably a happy one."

Mizuki gave Asakawa Yo a surprising answer.

"why?"

She asked that question.

"Because I escaped the countryside and came to Tokyo. Isn't that happiness?"

Mizuki asked Asakawa Yo with a smile.

But Asakawa Yo just frowned: "But you haven't had a stable enough life here."

She pointed out that she didn't understand why Mizuki felt happy.

"Even so, I still feel happy. Because, didn't you, Asakawa, help me? You kept me from being homeless and allowed me to live in a house."

"Even with this inconvenience or that inconvenience, it is still a happy one."

Meiyue stood with her hands behind her back, smiling broadly.

"What if I hadn't taken you in?" Asakawa Yo asked this question.

"Even if you, Asakawa, don't take me in, I'll probably think of all sorts of ways and do everything I can to stay. I might experience some hardships then, but it will all be part of my growth."

"As long as there is growth, there is happiness."

"That's a lie."

Asakawa Yo shook her head: "I feel like you're lying to me."

“I’m not lying to you, Asakawa.” Mizuki’s expression was very natural: “This is just how I feel. ‘If’ doesn’t happen in reality.”

"If you keep thinking about 'what ifs,' you'll only make yourself more miserable. If you don't think about what you've missed, it's just something you've missed."

"If you keep reminiscing, then what you missed will become a wound that can never heal."

"Therefore, I always live in the present moment."

She smiled and said, "Happiness is happiness. It won't disappear because of some random 'what if'."

"Moreover, even the smallest happiness is still happiness."

"Those great, joyful happinesses are all built up from small happinesses, if we ignore these small happinesses."

"Then it will never be possible to achieve great happiness."

As Mizuki spoke, she looked at the students walking in the courtyard.

The leaves swayed, and their shadows swayed and flickered in the breeze.

The chattering discussions and occasional bursts of laughter all fell into Mizuki's eyes.

"I think those people are very happy now."

Mizuki said this.

Asakawa Yo remained silent. She changed her shoes at the shoe locker and walked out of the school gate with Mizuki.

“I—don’t think that’s happiness.”

She said firmly, "What you're saying is like deceiving yourself. Happiness comes in different sizes."

"Pain also exists."

"No matter what you tell yourself, pain can never be turned into happiness."

"Small happiness will not become great happiness. Small happiness is like a grain of sand, which will soon be scattered by the wind."

"But is happiness that can be blown away by the wind still happiness?"

She spoke with unwavering conviction, as steadfast as a pine tree.

Mizuki lowered her eyelids and smiled again: "Asakawa, is that what you think?"

“Yes, that’s right,” Asakawa Yo said. “And that will never change.”

"I'm so sorry, I said something strange."

Mizuki touched her temples: "I'm so sorry for making you unhappy."

—Asakawa Yo felt somewhat uncomfortable with Mizuki's apology.

It even got to the point of awkwardness, with some people at a loss for what to say.

In the end, all I could do was give a soft reply.

"Well, I see."

"That's really great." Mizuki smiled happily again.

She felt she had figured out Asakawa Yo's thoughts.

Asakawa Yo remained silent, not quite understanding why Mizuki was laughing again.

She simply walked quietly toward home.

—No matter what, I still have to go home.

"After going home, there won't be so many troublesome things."

Chapter 460 You Seem to Have Become Weak [4k]

Asahi Aoi and Natsugiri Kai would always hand over their class notes from the day to Asakawa Yo in the evening.

Asakawa Yo's mother noticed this and would always warmly invite the two of them to her home for dinner.

However, the two of them refused every time.

There was no particular reason, I just felt that this kind of thing was not good.

This made Asakawa's mother quite disappointed, but she couldn't extend a more enthusiastic invitation. It would seem like she was causing trouble, so she could only smile regretfully.

The weather in June is unbearably hot.

But everything that could be seen seemed to have changed.

Those tender leaves that looked pitiful in the plum rains have now become thick and full of vitality.

—But her appearance has also become less beautiful.

The initial tender leaves were a slightly pale yellow. Now, however, they are a somewhat rough, dark green.

Both Asahi Aoi and Chiho clearly noticed a problem.

—Xia Wuzhao seems to have changed somewhat.

In the past, Xia Wuzhao would always use all sorts of excuses to evade questions she didn't want to answer, but now she seems to have become more honest.

Aoi felt that this change was good and delightful.