I'm in a real religion, why are all the people who confess to me girls?

Originally, Amane didn't plan to bring along another burden, but the car already belonged to someone else, and Kotone had already promised Horikita Suzune. If she refused, she would become the bad guy.

"It doesn't matter."

"Okay, let's set off then."

Amane and Kotone sat in the front row, while Sakayanagi was placed in the back seat by Amane to lie flat, to prevent Sakayanagi's condition from worsening due to the bumpy ride.

Horikita Suzune also sat in the back row, taking care of Sakayanagi's condition.

"Miss Aya, may I ask how many times you've driven a car?"

"I can't drive."

"Please don't joke around at a time like this... Miss Aya, you're not serious, are you? How are we going to get to the hospital if none of us can drive?"

Qinyin did not act like an adult just because Tianyin was young, and did not interfere with Tianyin's actions. Even when Tianyin was already sitting in the driver's seat and Qinyin told her that she could not drive, Qinyin calmly asked Tianyin for a solution.

She had a feeling that the girl in front of her, who called herself Aya, was definitely not an ordinary person.

"I can try it out first; I learn very quickly."

"Oh? How fast?"

What is this?

"Put the key in here and turn it to start the car. Once the engine starts, you can release the key."

"Where's this lever?"

"Shifting gears allows you to switch between forward and reverse gears."

What are these two?

"Accelerator and brake, one accelerates and the other decelerates."

Qin Yin watched with great interest as Tian Yin earnestly learned this kind of knowledge that even laymen should know a little about.

"Okay, I've learned it."

"Really? Miss Aya, are you sure you can learn to drive a car in thirty-five seconds?"

Qin Yin's eyes gradually filled with a shimmering light.

She hadn't seen such a genius in years.

"Please sit tight."

Tianyin started the car and then stepped on the accelerator.

The vehicle suddenly burst through the night like a wild horse, crashing directly into the torrential rain.

As the speedometer on the dashboard rapidly increased, Horikita Suzune's heart leaped into her throat.

The scenery outside the window appeared as afterimages in her eyes, as if all the objects were moving backward at an exaggerated speed.

No, to be precise, they were driving way too fast.

Qin Yin silently reached out and grabbed the armrest of her seat. As a former skydiving enthusiast who loved all kinds of thrilling sports, she now felt a violent churning in her stomach.

She wasn't unfamiliar with the thrill and excitement of high-speed racing, but Tianyin's current speed couldn't be described as high-speed racing. If she had to describe it, she could only describe Tianyin's unparalleled speed as if she were about to take off.

The dark clouds in the sky were left behind in just a few blinks of an eye, and it was still dusk where the sun could be seen not far from the town. Seeing this, Tianyin stepped on the gas pedal to the floor.

Hurry up.

Faster.

Looking at Sakayanagi's pale face in the rearview mirror, Tenon wished she could take Sakayanagi to the hospital the next second.

Tianyin drove at a frenetic pace and arrived at the hospital entrance in less than an hour.

Without bothering to properly turn off the engine, and too lazy to even remove the car keys, Tianyin went straight to the back seat, picked up Banliu, and rushed towards the hospital lobby.

Next to follow were Kotone and Horikita Suzune, both with deathly pale faces.

As soon as Horikita Suzune got out of the car, she ran to a small tree and bent over to vomit.

This action caused Qin Yin, who was forcibly suppressing her nausea, to lose control and run to a small tree to vomit.

They had never ridden in a car that seemed to take off from the spot before.

After vomiting for a long time and emptying almost all the food from her stomach, Qin Yin's expression finally eased a little.

"Young people these days are a bit too wild."

Qin Yin looked helplessly at the hospital building, then casually took out a tissue to wipe the corner of her mouth.

"That's because she's too wild... Between people... you can't, you can't generalize."

Horikita Suzune, her eyes watering from vomiting, was bent over slightly like a shrimp. She looked even more disheveled than Kotone, not only vomiting up the ramen she ate for lunch, but also bile.

Horikita Suzune is now itching to call the police immediately so they can arrest this speeding maniac and give him a good talking-to.

But for some reason, she felt a little envious when she thought of Aya rushing to the hospital with a girl named Arisu in her arms.

With such a terrible personality, will she ever have the chance to make friends like Aya?

Perhaps, this is impossible.

Because she's all alone.

……

Kiryuin carefully explored the mountain path with a flashlight in hand.

Shortly after Tianyin left, she heard what sounded like gunshots. Guilongyuan originally intended to stay in the tent and wait for the rain to stop before going out to check, but when she thought of the two gunshots, she couldn't help but walk down the mountain.

Finally, through the torrential rain, she saw the white-haired figure sitting on a rock, staring blankly down the mountain, motionless.

Sure enough it was her.

As soon as Kiryuin approached, she smelled a strong stench of blood, and then she saw the corpses of three wolves lying on the ground nearby.

"You've been hiding behind us for so long, why don't you plan to meet her?"

"...Now is not the time, she...won't acknowledge me as her mother...Do you need me to take you down the mountain?"

The white-haired woman turned around and looked at Kiryuin with a cold gaze.

Kiryuin, feeling uneasy under the sight of the other person's bloodshot eyes, decisively shook his head.

"Forget it, I'd better go back and wait for Tianyin to come and rescue me. You'd better find somewhere to take shelter from the rain."

"Well, I will."

Chapter 128: We Have Already Been United in Love

"Let's hurry inside. We don't have Aya's contact information. The hospital is so big, if we get separated and don't know her real name, it will be very difficult to find her."

After trying to relieve the still faint twitching in her stomach, Horikita Suzune spoke to Kotone, who was holding her small hand.

Qin Yin glanced at the hospital sign and nodded.

"Lingyin, you can go with Aya first. You should know how to contact Mom. Just give me a call when the time comes. I need to let Yuuki know I'm safe."

Without much thought, Horikita Suzune obediently agreed and then jogged towards the hospital lobby after the meal.

After seeing Horikita Suzune disappear, Kotone took out her phone and called Horikita Yuuki to let him know she was safe.

As for how to explain to him how a twelve-year-old girl who learned to drive in thirty-five seconds could drive them to a city hospital 120 kilometers away in less than an hour, Qin Yin had to put in quite a bit of effort to explain.

The things that happened today were all too bizarre.

Since Amane carried Sakayanagi directly into the hospital, the hospital was not yet prepared to receive patients, so they waited in the lobby for a while for the doctor to arrive, which allowed Horikita Suzune to find Amane smoothly.

"Aya, your driving is..."

Horikita Suzune was about to complain that Amane was driving too fast, almost making her think she was going to die, when she saw Amane's somewhat anxious profile.

As if by some strange twist of fate, Horikita Suzune stopped complaining and stood quietly beside Amane, watching the doctor give Sakayanagi an emergency diagnosis while he was unconscious.

Fortunately, Sakayanagi's problem wasn't particularly serious; it was just a high fever that caused inflammation and a slight cold. The reason the fever reducer didn't work, according to the doctor, was that Sakayanagi's body had developed drug resistance due to frequent use of various medications. Common children's fever reducers on the market are generally weak, so they were not very effective in treating Sakayanagi.

Amane breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that Sakayanagi was alright. Since Sakayanagi was currently unconscious, it was impossible to administer adult medication dosages to the young Sakayanagi for observation. The only option was to administer intravenous fluids to reduce inflammation and fever, and then consider medication to quickly stabilize her condition once she regained consciousness.

Looking at Sakayanagi, who was already receiving an IV drip on the hospital bed, Tenon first took out her phone to call Kiryuin, but she couldn't get in touch with him, whether it was because the heavy rain was affecting the signal or because Kiryuin's phone had run out of battery and turned off.

This made Tianyin feel a little anxious, but then she thought that with Guilongyuan's caution, there probably wouldn't be any major problems. Perhaps it was just that the bad weather was affecting the signal. She could just call her again when it got light. No matter how anxious she was now, it would be pointless.

After understanding this, Tianyin's emotions calmed down again.

As she sat back down on the bench in the ward, Tenon gently held Sakayanagi's other small, fair hand, pressing it to her lips and praying that she would wake up soon.

"Your relationship seems to be quite good?"

Horikita Suzune felt the atmosphere in the ward was too oppressive, and couldn't help but speak to Amane, the only other person in the ward who was still awake besides herself.

"Yes, she is my very good friend."

"one?"

Upon hearing this, Tianyin was taken aback for a moment. She was about to nod in agreement when she hesitated again.

Logically speaking, in Amane's heart, Sakayanagi and Kiryuin should be equal, but after the two made a promise to be together that day, Amane felt that her relationship with Sakayanagi had become strange.

However, Amane couldn't quite explain the nature of the group's relationship, so when Horikita Suzune asked her, she couldn't help but show a troubled expression.

'Idiot, idiot, idiot.'

Horikita Suzune lowered her head in frustration. She had only thought the atmosphere in the ward was too oppressive, and in order to ease the atmosphere and help 'Aya' relax a bit, she took the initiative to bring up the topic. However, what she did not expect was that what was supposed to be a normal conversation would fall into an impasse because of her casual question.

Generally speaking, friends and family are different from unique terms. The word "friend" itself represents many people, and since they are friends, even if the relationship is very close, it usually cannot exceed that of relatives. At most, it can reach the level of a sister or brother.

Therefore, when talking about how close a friend is, they often don't use a specific word, but rather say "one of XX". When Amane said that Sakayanagi was her very close friend, Horikita Suzune couldn't associate it with the level of closeness, so she asked if it was something that could be replaced, like "one of".

Normally, if Amane doesn't use a specific description when talking about a friend, then it's more likely that she's referring to "one of" them. However, Horikita didn't expect that Amane's expression would change several times because of this question, and she would finally show a troubled look.

Upon seeing this situation, Horikita immediately realized that her question might have touched on some taboos in Amane's heart, which was a nightmare start for Horikita Suzune, who was planning to have a good chat with Aya.

"I don't mean to blame you. I'm just unsure whether Arisu is really my friend."

Amane's words immediately caught Horikita Suzune's attention.

Even though Ayane was willing to run in the pouring rain and even kneel down to her father to ask for a vehicle for this girl named Arisu, no matter who you look at it from, their relationship is more like that of blood relatives than friends. Otherwise, even very close friends would not go to such lengths for each other.

But after Amane finished doing all this, she actually told her that she didn't know if Arisu was her friend, which aroused Horikita Suzune's strong gossip instincts.

"I also feel that you two don't really seem like friends."

Instead of directly asking Amane why she said such a vague thing, Horikita Suzune chose to agree with Amane's answer. This way, Amane would become curious about her agreement and the two could resume normal communication. This also avoids the awkward situation that would have occurred if Horikita asked Amane why she said Arisu was not her friend and Amane chose to remain silent.

As expected, things unfolded in the direction Horikita Suzune had predicted.

"If we're not friends, then what are we?"

This question has been troubling Amane for a long time. Ever since that day, Amane has felt that her relationship with Sakayanagi must have changed in some way, but she can't figure out what's different. Even Sakayanagi is almost the same as she is now, which makes it impossible for Amane to get the answer she wants from Sakayanagi.

Now that a stranger has agreed with her and said that the two don't seem like friends, Tianyin wants to hear what kind of relationship they seem to have in the eyes of outsiders. Perhaps this will give her a clue to solve her problem.

"In my opinion, you two are more like sisters than friends."

"sisters?"

Amane glanced at Arisu, puzzled, then tilted her head in confusion, seemingly unable to understand why Horikita Suzune thought Arisu was her sister. No matter how Amane looked at them, they didn't seem to have much in common.

“That’s right. Look, your hair is silver-white, and that girl named Arisu also has silver-white hair.”

"Silver-white hair? What's so special about that?"

Have you ever dyed your hair?

"No... In my memory, I've always looked like this since I was very young."

Amane couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when she recalled what she looked like as a child. As a child, she always had a stern face and looked like she kept people at arm's length. Even when she first met Arisu, Amane looked down on Arisu, who also had the reputation of being a genius.

But unexpectedly... just a few years later, the girl who used to pinch her cheeks and make her smile has become someone she can't let go of.

It's truly... a cruel twist of fate.

"Huh? Even after all this, isn't that a commonality? Did you see my hair? Most of us have black hair, but your silver-white hair is quite rare. And your friend happens to have the same hair color as you. Don't you think that's a coincidence?"

Amane's calm reply drove Horikita Suzune a little crazy.

How can someone with such beautiful, silver-white hair that everyone envies act so indifferent?

It's true what they say, comparisons are the thief of joy.

"That's true."