I save a pathological girl with a twisted love story.

However, if Xia Wuzhao doesn't see or notice it, then the 10,000 yen will randomly appear next to her. If Xia Wuzhao hasn't received it by midnight...

Then it will most likely end up in Xia Wuzhao's hands.

Xiao Ai complained, "Lord Xia Wu, you're using me as an excuse again."

"It's because you're so keen on sealing away monsters," Xia Wuzhao said dismissively. "You sealed away a monster, but has it evolved in any way?"

"You make it sound like you're playing a video game, Lord Xiawu," Xiao Ai muttered. "After sealing a monster, my search range has expanded. I can also mark a monster and let its demonic energy soar into the sky, so I can observe it anytime, anywhere."

"That's three functions in total!"

Xiao Ai praised herself.

"Aren't there two?"

"There are three!" Xiao Ai said angrily, "There are three!"

Xia Wuzhao didn't dwell on it with Xiao Ai and rode her bicycle out the door.

Xiao Ai hid it in her pocket, muttering things like "three, definitely three."

Xia Wuzhao was still holding the Evil Mirror doll, and the aura it emitted meant he would basically not encounter any problems.

At least drunkards and thugs won't bother him.

After cycling for half an hour, we finally arrived at the foot of that low hill.

After hiding the bicycle in the weeds, Xia Wuzhao looked around and, finding no one, finally found the dilapidated iron gate and went inside.

He took off his shoes and socks and rolled up his trouser legs.

But once you actually step in, the water is extremely cold.

After walking for a short while, my skin started to hurt terribly.

"Chiho Kirishima walks barefoot across this river twice a day."

Xia Wuzhao thought for a while before finally arriving at the steps.

"I knew you would come."

Kirishima Chiho squatted on the platform, resting her chin on her hand as she looked at Natsugiri Kai: "Is this a kind of mutual understanding?"

"Perhaps I used some other methods to determine this?"

Xia Wuzhao said calmly, and walked out of the water on her own.

"Hidden camera?"

The girl said something in confusion, then looked around.

However, no hidden cameras were found.

"Just think of it as a hidden camera."

Xia Wuzhao answered in this way and walked to the girl's side.

He thought for a moment and then said, "What do you want from me?"

"Hmm?" The girl stood up, and the scents of jasmine, amber, and violet filled the air with her movements.

Tilting her head, she said with a confused and bewildered expression, "Didn't you come looking for me?"

"Is that so?" Xia Wuzhao said dismissively, "Perhaps that's really the case."

"Hehe." The girl finally couldn't help herself. She walked around Xia Wuzhao with her hands behind her back before saying slyly, "No matter what, we met here again today. Maybe we really are telepathic."

"So, I want to announce something."

Xia Wuzhao simply looked at the girl, her face expressionless.

"That is, I want to be your girlfriend," the girl said with a mischievous glint in her eye. "How about that? Is it a surprise?"

Xia Wuzhao simply looked at her, letting Kirishima Chiho read her own expression.

Chiho Kirishima said, "I've heard people say that if you become someone's girlfriend, you can probably feel happiness."

"So what? You believed it again?" Xia Wuzhao even wanted to scoff.

"Yes, I verified this with my mother." The girl nodded earnestly.

"Is your mother never wrong?"

“No, not at all,” Kirishima Chiho said, “especially when she denies it.”

"Why should I agree to your request?" Xia Wuzhao asked, looking at Kirishima Chiho.

But the girl smiled easily: "Because if I want you to be happy, you have to cooperate with me."

"Otherwise, how could I possibly do it?"

Xia Wuzhao glanced at her, then said, "Okay."

Before the girl could even feel happy, Xia Wuzhao said, "We're lovers now, but what's next? What are you going to do?"

Kirishima Chiho was at a loss for what to do.

She thought for a while, trying to find some things that lovers could do together.

But she had little experience; she had basically never watched television or movies.

"After lovers get married, they should be husband and wife, right? So, what did Mom and Dad do?"

She thought for a moment, then reached out her hand.

"Holding hands."

The girl looked at Xia Wuzhao.

Xia Wuzhao grasped the girl's hand; her hand was somewhat cold, as if it had been soaked in ice water.

Kirishima Chiho took Natsugiri Kai's hand and walked towards the room.

Stepping into the staircase, it was found to be twisted and broken beyond recognition.

The girl led Xia Wuzhao into a crooked corridor.

After pushing open a dilapidated door, there was a very ordinary little room inside.

There were cosmetics and a lot of cigarettes on the table.

She had spread a worn-out blanket on the bed, and she sat down on the bed with Xia Wuzhao.

But that's all.

Kirishima Chiho looked at Natsugiri Kai's expression, but Natsugiri Kai's expression didn't change much.

"Isn't this enough?"

"I think that's how most couples I see on the street do it."

"Back then, couples holding hands should have been smiling happily."

"Did I do something wrong?"

Kirishima Chiho was somewhat puzzled. Apart from the knowledge in her textbooks, all her knowledge came from the streets and the library.

"Could it be that Xia Wu is deliberately feigning composure?"

Thinking this, Kirishima Chiho stared at Natsugiri Kai's expression.

Xia Wuzhao asked, "What are you doing?"

Chiho Kirishima said, "I just wanted to see if you had a happy smile on your face."

Chapter 104 Helpless to Live Like This

She couldn't wait to see Xia Wuzhao smile.

But Xia Wuzhao remained completely calm, showing no change in expression whatsoever.

This left the girl somewhat disappointed.

"I really don't understand what happiness is. In the end, I've never experienced happiness, so how would I know what it is?"

She took a deep breath and exhaled a hot breath.

The room was dark with little light, except for the glow from her phone screen.

Kirishima Chiho finally said, "What do you think happiness is? If you want something, you can tell me. I will do everything I can to make it happen."

Xia Wuzhao said, "If I knew what happiness was, would I need your help? What's the use of you asking me?"

The girl looked at Xia Wuzhao, her crimson eyes fixed on him: "Really? If you don't know what happiness is, then how can you judge my wins and losses?"

"Happiness is like gold dust in sand. When you hold it in your hand, you will realize what happiness is."

Xia Wuzhao's answer was casual and understated.

"Hmm~~~"

Kirishima Chiho said, "So, you don't know what to do either, right?"

"Why should I know?" Xia Wuzhao said matter-of-factly, "These are things you should be considering."

The girl couldn't refute it; she simply sat on the bed hand in hand with Xia Wuzhao.

She felt a little strange that there were other people in the room for the first time.

It's like a rejection reaction that occurs when something that belongs to you is taken away.

It had a strange and sour feeling, but it wasn't too unpleasant.

"Let's just become lovers first. We have no ties or family. So, we can only be lovers."

"Because without relationships, how can people be happy?"

"But can relationships and bonds truly bring happiness?"

Kirishima Chiho thought of her mother.

"Even though she is my closest mother, do I feel happy?"

"no."

She was slightly confused, but then quickly wiped that confusion away.

"In the library, in the books I see. And in the scenery I see through the car window on the street."

"Happiness should be like a spark, generated by the collision of bonds."

After glancing at the time on her phone, the girl said to Xia Wuzhao, "Isn't the thing lovers do afterward to lie in bed together?"

No sooner had she finished speaking than the girl interrupted Xia Wuzhao before he could refuse.

One of them lay down on the bed, but because the two of them were still holding hands, their posture was quite strange.

It's as if they're pulling on Xia Wuzhao, or dragging Xia Wuzhao down.

Just as Xia Wuzhao was about to say something...

The girl said slyly to Xia Wuzhao, "Lie down, Xia Wuzhao. It's just lying together, it won't make you feel awkward, will it?"

"If you don't cooperate with me, there's nothing I can do."

She made it impossible for Xia Wuzhao to refuse, or rather, she couldn't find any reason to refuse.

I could only lie in bed.

Because there was only one pillow, the two people were very close together.

The girl's hair almost fell onto Xia Wuzhao's shoulders, and they could even hear each other's soft breathing.

Chiho Kirishima's breathing was very even; if you didn't listen carefully, you might not be able to hear any fluctuations.

The ceiling was covered in thick mold, growing in patches. Occasionally, roots of some unknown plant could be seen sprouting from the damp, cracked patches of plaster.

It shimmered faintly under the light of the phone.

"They look like stars."

Lying on the dilapidated bed, holding hands and looking at the broken walls, Kirishima Chiho said, "If people die, will they also gradually decay in water and soil like this building?"

“Human death should be a process of decay,” Xia Wuzhao said. “It begins with the flesh decaying, the skin cracking open, and gradually disappearing under the fermentation of temperature and the gnawing of insects. In the end, only the hard bones remain.”

"So, does a person ferment and develop a fragrance after death?" Kirishima Chiho said. "I read in a book that a person smells bad after death. But if it really is fermentation, wouldn't it ferment and develop a fragrance like alcohol?"

“Only plants ferment and produce fragrance after they die, while meat only rots and emits a foul odor,” Xia Wuzhao replied indifferently.