I save a pathological girl with a twisted love story.

Huizi's face stiffened for a moment, and she sighed again, "Ah, a mother always has to think about her daughter."

“You see me as quite successful, bossing people around. But my daughter is a snob. She thinks I'm a disgrace and that I'll make a fool of myself.”

“I understand. After all, I am her mother, and I can’t let my daughter be embarrassed.”

As she spoke, she looked at Xia Wuzhao with a pitiful expression: "So please, Xia Wuzhao, don't tell anyone what you know."

"If you find out where Asahi is, come find me at the izakaya. I'll give you a reward."

Although he was constantly trying to dissuade Xia Wuzhao, it sounded more like he was encouraging her to do it.

Go spread this news throughout the entire school and thoroughly embarrass Asahi Aoi.

Xia Wuzhao simply looked at Huizi, neither agreeing nor refusing.

They remained silent.

Huizi then left the reception room, but she was still indignant as she walked out the door.

He slammed the door shut, making the glass rattle loudly.

The punishment of going home to reflect is only seven days; I only need to wait a week.

When Aoi returns to school, I'll be able to catch her.

Thinking this, she left in anger.

In the reception room.

Xia Wuzhao looked at the swirling smoke around her: "Teacher Chun, is there anything else?"

“That’s all.” Jun Yokokawa looked at Kai Natsugiri and gestured for him to sit on the sofa opposite him.

After stepping over the trash on the ground, Xia Wuzhao sat down on the sofa: "Teacher Chun, if you didn't smoke, you probably wouldn't be teaching here."

"What do you know, you little brat?" Yokokawa Jun said, "A good woman should wear light, flowing clothes and smoke on the rooftop."

"It's a line from a game, right?"

Xia Wuzhao opened the window, and the biting wind dispersed the smoke inside.

"How is it? Is Aoi still at your house?"

Jun Yokokawa asked.

"Yes, she's still at my house. But I don't know if she's gone out yet." Xia Wuzhao said coldly, "Teacher, are you very concerned about her?"

"It's not that I'm concerned about her, it's that I'm concerned about you."

"Concerned about me? What is there about me that deserves our concern?"

“Because I’m an adult, it’s only natural for me to care about children,” Jun Yokokawa said. “Especially a strange high school student like you.”

She crossed her legs and said, "Too much rigidity leads to breakage, like the summer mist boat."

"Is that all?" Xia Wuzhao asked.

"There's one more thing."

Jun Yokokawa took out his wallet from his pocket and pulled out six bills: "Here, this is for your rent. Consider it a subsidy from the school."

"Isn't it a teacher's subsidy?" Xia Wuzhao looked at Yokokawa Jun.

"It's a school subsidy," Yokokawa Jun said, smoking a cigarette. "Asahi Aoi is a good girl, and as a teacher, I'll help her if I can."

She let out a long sigh, her long hair flowing in the wind.

"Although this reminder may be a bit redundant for you, don't believe what that Keiko said earlier. Everything she did was just to play the victim."

“I know that,” Xia Wuzhao said. “I also know that she was deliberately lying to me, just so that I would spread what she said.”

Jun Yokokawa sighed and said, "You child, really, talking like that makes people not like you."

"At least give the adults some time to prove themselves."

She waved her hand dismissively, indicating that Xia Wuzhao could leave.

The school remained as bland as ever, as bland as a dead lake.

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After tidying up the moss, Asahi placed it in a wooden box and sprayed it with water mist.

He placed it on the table to bask in the sun, and then took a book and lay down on the sofa to read.

The rough white cloth cover was very uncomfortable, and Sunflower adjusted it to make herself feel a little more comfortable.

The white cloth cover was warm from the sun, and lying on it made me feel sleepy.

She held up the book and flipped through a few pages.

Sleepiness gradually crept in, and this time Aoi didn't force herself to stay awake.

Because it contains the taste of happiness.

She placed the book aside, lay down on the sofa, and slowly closed her eyes.

She fell into a deep sleep.

When Xia Wuzhao returned, she immediately saw Asahi Aoi curled up on the sofa, sleeping like a cat.

Xia Wuzhao walked over and saw her messy hair flowing down her cheeks, some even bitten in her mouth.

He casually ripped the white cover off the sofa back and tossed it onto Aoi.

He noticed the wooden box on the table, inside which the moss appeared extremely vibrant green.

There was a thin layer of water droplets on it, shimmering faintly in the twilight.

“I told you before. I will deal with this moss.” Aoi Asahi had woken up at some point. She sat on the sofa, one hand supporting herself on the sofa, the other clutching the white veil covering her body.

She seemed to be explaining something.

"I understand," Xia Wuzhao replied. "As payment, I'll tell you something: your mother went to the school to look for you."

"Hmm." The girl smoothed her hair and responded softly, "So, what is she going to do?"

"Who knows?"

After saying that, the two of them fell completely silent.

The twilight seemed to have gilded the two of them, bathing the entire room in a golden glow.

Much later.

The girl spoke up, clutching the white cloth covering her mouth: "Do you need me to cook? It can be used as payment for the rent I haven't paid."

"Professor Yokokawa has already paid today, 60,000 yen."

“But in this location, in this space, 60,000 yen probably isn’t enough,” Aoi Asahi said. “If this news gets out, your phone will be flooded with messages from people wanting to rent a place within an hour.”

She seemed to want to prove something.

"If it weren't for Yokokawa-sensei's request, I wouldn't have agreed to let you stay here."

Xia Wuzhao remained expressionless.

"Hmm, is that so?" Aoi bit her lip and said, "So, is there something about me that you dislike?"

"Didn't I already answer that question?"

Xia Wuzhao's answer was sparse and ordinary.

"So, I hate you too."

Asahi Aoi said, word by word, "I hate you, Natsugiri Kai."

As she spoke, her chestnut-colored eyes were filled with Xia Wuzhao's image.

"Oh."

Xia Wuzhao showed no emotional fluctuation whatsoever.

Chapter 74 Fingers Tightly Gripping the Light Spot [1/5]

The next day was Saturday, which was a weekend.

With students on holiday, the streets were unusually lively.

The two were woken up at the same time, got dressed, and went into the bathroom.

They stood in front of the sink, washing up in an orderly fashion.

Even without saying a word, their understanding is too perfect.

The cups they held never bumped together; they were simply used interchangeably to fill water, and then each was placed on either side of the sink.

If one person wants to wash up, the other person will take a step back.

As Xia Wuzhao stepped back, she would look out the window along the small ventilation fan.

Behind the office was an open space with piles of cement pipes and signs stuck around the edges.

It's a paradise for children; the light shines on it and spills into the room.

As Aoi backs away, she looks at Natsugiri Kai's back.

She tilted her head, letting her hair flow down her shoulder.

"Xia Wuzhao, I've realized this once again. You really are annoying."

"You already mentioned this last night."

“Yesterday’s annoyances are yesterday’s annoyances, and today’s annoyances are today’s annoyances.” Asahi leaned against the washing machine and said, “I’m just saying that I haven’t changed.”

"I know," Xia Wuzhao replied calmly.

After washing up, the two of them placed the cups on the shelf next to them.

The cups are all the same style, only the colors are different, so it's easy to tell whose cup it is.

Sitting on the sofa by the bed, Asahi leaned against the windowsill.

Watching the tourists in the street, she tapped the goldfish bowl with her fingernails, making a crisp tinkling sound.

"There are mostly girls on the street."

"Because most boys don't like going out unless they're with their lovers." Xia Wuzhao sat on the sofa, took a sip of water, and flipped through a book.

"Is that so?" Aoi said. "But there are girls who don't like going out, aren't there?"

"Perhaps," Xia Wuzhao said, ending the conversation with her usual phrase.

Asahi Aoi rolled over and sat on the sofa, looking at Natsugiri Kai in the sunlight: "Have you always been like this?"

"It has always been this way."

“A lie,” Aoi Asahi said. “An undeniable lie.”

She pulled her legs together and curled up on the sofa. With her chin resting on her knees, she said, "I finally managed to find something to talk about. You just cut it off so decisively, that's really impressive."

"If everyone were like you, the noise pollution index in the city would probably turn into a healthy green."

"So you're going to award me a medal?" Xia Wuzhao asked, flipping through the book. "The City Purification Medal."

"You really are shameless, Natsugiri Kai." Asahi Aoi looked at the pedestrians outside: "But there are so many people today."

"Because it's Saturday."

"Is it Saturday? Oh, it's already Saturday."

"Isn't this a very simple thing?"

"I've just been here so long that I've forgotten the time outside."

"You said this place seems to have been frozen in time."

“Perhaps that really is the case,” Aoi Asahi said. “Perhaps time has truly frozen here.”

"Then when you step out, you'll be in a world a hundred years in the future, and everyone who knows you will be old and dead."

"That's really something to be thankful for." Aoi swung her feet. "That way, I won't have to see Keiko anymore."

"But unfortunately, it's fake."

"You really are a guy who doesn't know what romance is, Xia Wuzhao."

“I only focus on reality,” Xia Wuzhao said. “Instead of focusing on daydreams, they’re not worth paying attention to.”