I won't be a loser.

The girl, who was about to sink into the sea of sadness, suddenly opened her eyes wide under the sudden "attack", her mind went blank, and then she closed her eyes.

Under Mito Yuge's surprised and smiling expression, after half a minute, Xian took two steps back, separated from the girl in front of him who seemed to be addicted, kept some distance, took a deep breath, and adjusted his breathing.

"Use this as a gift. I have a lot of things to deal with this New Year, so I can't spend too much time with you. I'm sorry."

"Won't you stay a little longer?"

Mito Yuge was also a little surprised. She thought that Xianren came at this time to spend the night with the two of them, but Xianren shook his head slightly.

His eyes fell on Mito Yuge's face. He lowered his head and gently kissed her cheek. He gave each of them a hug and then said goodbye and left.

Ogiwara Sayu, who had regained consciousness, watched Kento leave, then looked at Mito Yuka beside her, feeling a little complicated.

"I didn't even know you had a gift."

"I just thought of this on the way here. I just prepared a small and inexpensive gift. I wonder if Xianren will dislike it."

"Is it the same gift you gave me?"

"almost."

Ogiwara Sayu glanced at the two gifts in her hands, then looked at Mito Yuka beside her and sighed softly.

"For someone like me, I probably didn't have any chance from the beginning. But even though I know I don't have any chance, every time I see him remember me, when he thinks of me, I feel like nothing matters anymore..."

She was disliked and distrusted by her mother, grew up in a cold family, and lost her friends. She had no expectations for the world, and then he appeared in front of her.

The encounter was a little bad, but at least he helped her... I don't know when it started, but it seemed that he was the only one left in her world.

"..."

Mito Yuka also understood Ogiwara Sayu's feelings very well in her heart.

Thinking back to the first time she met him and the many conversations they had in that dark and narrow room, Mito Yuge felt a little complicated.

"It seems like we're the only ones spending the evening together. So much food seems a bit wasted just by the two of us. It seems like we've got food for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

"It seems so."

Faced with Mito Yuka who took the initiative to change the topic, Ogiwara Sayu did not talk about the topic of the wise man anymore. She smiled slightly and started preparing dinner with Mito Yuka.

After meeting Mai Kiyoura, Sayu Ogiwara, and Yuuka Mito, Kento came to the door of Fujiwa's house, gently pressed the doorbell, and easily entered the house. He saw the mother and daughter sitting on the sofa in the living room, leaning on each other.

Young Elio, wearing white cotton socks on her fair little feet, was kicking in the air from time to time. When she turned around and saw the wise man entering the house, her face flushed slightly and she hid in the arms of her mother Fujihe Nunu. Fujihe Nunu, who was still watching the show, did not look surprised when she saw the door being opened all of a sudden and the wise man entering the house.

On a day like today, there are not many workers working, and there has been no shopping recently, so generally no one will come to the store, so there is no rush to open the door.

Even if a neighbor comes to visit, she will ask him to wait for a moment as she has just seen the key part of the show.

The sudden visit of the neighbor, with whom they had little contact on weekdays, at this time would not make Fuji and Nunu feel happy at all. It would be better for them to pretend that the neighbor was not at home and continue watching their TV programs.

But when she saw that the person entering the house was Xianren, she suddenly became excited, and her attention shifted from the show to Xianren. She stood up, hurried to Xianren, opened her arms, and hugged him.

"Happy New Year, sage! Are you coming here today to celebrate the New Year with me?"

"I have gifts for you and Elliot."

Sniff—sniff—

As if she smelled something else, Fujiwara's expression changed slightly, but she still quietly loosened her arms and looked at the wise man in front of her with a smile.

"Oh my~ You even prepared a gift? How thoughtful~"

He took out two gift boxes and handed them to Fuji and Nunu, then looked at Fuji and Elio who were sitting on the sofa. Xianren's eyes fell on Fuji and Nunu's face and he smiled slightly.

"I have some other things to deal with. I'll come see you when I have time."

"Are you so anxious?"

He smiled at the wise man in front of him, and the wise man he was looking at smiled back, his eyes lowered.

"Well, there's something."

"Then I won't trouble you. Come back when you have time."

"Ah."

After saying goodbye to Fujiwa Nunu, he slowly left the house. Standing at the door, Xianren looked back at Fujiwa Nunu who was inside the house and found that she was looking at him and was raising her hand to wave goodbye to him.

He slowly raised his hand, said goodbye to the other party, then quietly closed the door and stood at the door, sighing softly.

He touched his forehead with his finger and rubbed it gently, then left the apartment and went to Gokokuji's residence. After entering the house and coming to the living room, he saw messy wine jugs and Yoshida Saki who was cleaning up. The two adults were lying on the sofa.

"Ah, Ken...Miyamizu-kun."

"Well, did the two of them just fall asleep, or are they still awake?"

"I probably fell asleep this morning, so it should be about time for him to wake up now."

Yoshida Saki nodded slightly, looking at the two people lying on the sofa, their heroic and unrestrained sleeping posture. Yoshida Saki carefully glanced at Xianren secretly, and found that Xianren's gaze only lingered on the two of them for a moment, and then looked at her.

"Thank you for taking care of these two adults."

"No, it's me... I'm just happy to be able to help, it's okay."

Looking at the somewhat humble Yoshida Saki, she must have a great burden in her heart, but after staring at her for a while, Xianren came to her and gently rubbed her hair.

"It's okay to be a little unruly here. There's no need to be so cautious. If someone bullies you, you can tell me."

As soon as he finished speaking, he walked to the sofa, stared at the two of them for a while, then walked to Machida Sonoko, stretched out his fingers, and gently pinched her nose. Her small and tender nose felt quite comfortable when pinched gently.

Machida Sonoko, who was still asleep, noticed that her breathing was a little irregular. She slowly opened her sleepy eyes and saw the boy in front of her.

"Ah... wise man, chu~"

The hand that was pinching the nose slid down and grabbed the pouting lips.

"Hmm...Hmm? Hmm!"

His sleepy eyes gradually widened, and Xianren stared at Machida Sonoko who had woken up in front of him, pinched her tender lips, and then let go of his hand.

"pain!!"

"Clean up the living room, don't let anyone else do it for you."

"Ah~ So that's it... Sleep a little longer and clean up after you wake up!"

After hearing the reason why the wise man woke her up, Machida Sonoko lay down to rest and closed her eyes.

In response, Xianren stretched out his left hand towards the lying Machida Sonoko and gently pinched her cheek, forcing Machida Sonoko, who had just fallen asleep, to open her eyes.

"Ah... uh, don't do that!"

She reached out and grabbed Xianren's arm, seemingly struggling to get him to let go, while Xianren stared at her and sighed.

"Hurry up and get up, it will be dark soon."

After loosening her hand, Machida Sonoko slowly sat up and nodded.

"Mari! Wake up!"

Glancing sideways at Mari Kazeoka who was still sleeping, Machida Sonoko felt a little jealous. She stretched out her hand and slapped Mari Kazeoka on the butt, waking her up suddenly.

- - - -

Thank you all for your monthly tickets and blades! Thank you all for your recommendation tickets!

Everyone's wise man: 401. Qiao

After urging Mari Fukaoka and Sonoko Machida to clean up the room, they placed the gifts on the table in the living room and labeled each with a small label.

"This is a gift. I have some other things to do, so I'll leave first. If you need anything, please call me."

After watching the two people clean up the living room, Xianren left the gifts for the three of them and stood up under Mari Fukaoka's surprised gaze. Just as he was about to leave, Machida Sonoko came to his side, hugged him from behind, put her hands around his shoulders, and gently hooked her fingers around his neck.

"Isn't today New Year's Day? What could be going on? Why don't you just stay here tonight? It would be pretty boring for just the three of us women to be home. Why don't you stay with us?"

Xianren, who was being hugged, looked down at the snow-white arms in front of him, raised his hands, gently separated them, and broke free from Machida Sonoko's arms.

"Loneliness shouldn't come to me, I'm a man with a family."

"That's a cool answer~ I really like you~"

With a slight wave of his hand, without leaving any more words to Machida Sonoko, Xianren left the room. Walking out of the door, Xianren looked back at the apartment behind him, reached into his pocket, and then he remembered that he hadn't smoked for a long time.

With a slight movement of his fingers, the wise man standing in front of the door fell into a brief confusion. He raised his head and took a look. He saw the sky interwoven with deep blue and yellow.

He slowly lowered his head and walked towards the subway station.

Arriving at the gate of a large manor, the wise man stopped and looked at the sign at the door, then at the lighted mansion inside. He hesitated a little and wanted to ring the doorbell, but then...

The wise man reached out his hand and touched the doorbell. He closed his eyes and pressed the doorbell gently. Then a familiar voice sounded soon after.

"Excuse me, who is it?"

"Miyamizu Kento, is Eriri home now?"

The person on the other side of the doorbell fell into silence, as if they were a little surprised by his arrival. After a while, Sayuri Sawamura's voice was heard again.

"What an unexpected guest! Eriri is always at home. So, please come in."

The gate opened automatically and slowly made way. The wise man standing in front of the gate was a little hesitant. He didn't really want to go in, but he felt it would be too much not to. After hesitating in front of the gate for a while, he restrained the faint emotions in his heart and entered the interior of the manor.

I walked all the way to the door of the mansion, but before I got close to it, someone opened the door. A familiar face was standing at the door, looking forward to it.

"Ah~ It's Miyamizu-kun~ I didn't expect you to come at this time. Are you here to wish me a happy new year, or to invite Eriri to go shopping together?"

Facing the smiling face of Sayuri Sawamura, the wise man standing in front of the door smiled faintly, took out two gift boxes and handed them to Sayuri Sawamura in front of him.

"This is a gift I prepared for Eriri and Mrs. Sawamura. I won't go in. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

Looking down at the gift handed to her, and then at the boy in front of her who was about to leave, Sayuri Sawamura's expression was a little surprised. She couldn't help but look back into the house, and then looked at the boy in front of her again.

"Eri is at home. If I don't meet her, then—"

Without saying a word, Xianren just nodded slightly at Sayuri Sawamura, then turned and walked towards the door. Under Sayuri Sawamura's gaze, he left the manor.

Looking at Xianren's back as he left, Sayuri Sawamura, who was standing at the door, also felt a little inexplicably melancholy. She sighed, watched Xianren leave the manor, and then returned to the house. She placed the gift at the door of her daughter's room and gently knocked on the door.

"Eri, there's a gift for you. It's at the door. I'm going to prepare dinner."

After leaving her words, Sayuri Sawamura turned and left the door of her daughter's room, and hid in her own room, painting silently. When she heard her mother's voice at the door, she paused for a moment, but after Sayuri Sawamura left, she did not get up and leave the seat in front of her, and continued to paint quietly.

Her hair was a little messy and there were thick dark circles under her eyes. She hadn't had a good rest for a long time. Since the holiday, she had been in her room, working on her own creations.

In the past, she preferred to paint some more stimulating and heavy-tasting works, but now she is painting a work of pure love.

"If he goes back to the past and the first words he says are - 'Sawamura, be my wife'... Hmm... will he say something like that?"

Her entire brain was groggy. She had persisted for a long time, and now she felt that her thoughts were a little unclear. She was painting like a machine, and like the plot of the story—

"There shouldn't be tentacles here, so why did they draw a tentacle... Well, it's okay to draw a skeleton, right? The confession took place on the school's rooftop garden, so even if there were skeletons, it wouldn't be impossible... Well, this is a comic..."

She reached out and touched her side, but found nothing. She glanced sideways and realized that she had finished all the functional drinks she had. With dark circles under her eyes, Eri Sawamura felt very tired and her breathing became a little difficult.

He put down the pen in his hand, saved his work, and stood up.

When I just stood up, my whole body shook a little and I felt my mind go blank for a moment. It took me a while to get back to normal. I was shaky and a little unsteady, but I still came to the door of my room.

I opened the door and was about to leave my room to go to the bathroom. As soon as I took a step, I felt myself kicking something.

The voice was filled with soft texture, which made her look down.

"Gift?"

A gift wrapped in red paper made Eriri Sawamura frown. She reached out and scratched her hair gently, squatted down, picked up the gift box, then threw it into her room and went to the bathroom first.

half an hour.

Feeling much more refreshed and with a clear mind, Sawamura Eriri returned to her room.

After looking around, his eyes fell on the gift box. It felt like a gift prepared by his mother for him, and he was somewhat curious.

"And a label and my name?"

On the shiny white label was written the name 'Eri Sawamura', but the handwriting seemed strangely familiar.

Sawamura Eriri had recovered some of her thinking ability, but not fully. After staring at the gift carefully for a while, she unwrapped it and took out the gift inside.

The silver-white dolphin bracelet doesn't seem like a gift my mother would give me.

Staring at the gift she took out of the gift box, Sawamura Eriri, who was standing in the room, couldn't help but frown. She lowered her head and looked at the gift box again. After a moment of silence, she picked up the small label, looked at her name, and fell into a daze.

"..."

Kento, who left the Sawamura family, walked on the road and came to the door of a convenience store. He stopped, looked up at the convenience store, and then entered the store. He wanted to buy cigarettes, but he resisted the urge to buy a bottle of green tea and a comic book, then left the convenience store.