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"I promised to take you home... Xiao Ning."

From now on, I'll call her Xiao Ning, to avoid getting confused.

Su Shi took a small sip of tea.

The tea was bitter, but a sweet feeling lingered in my heart.

God has finally taken pity on me... I can't miss this opportunity...

Reviving Crychic's glory is Su Shi's inescapable duty!

……

Sanjiao Chuhua is gone.

Soon enough, I had drunk several cups of coffee.

She had an expression that said, "I might die tomorrow, so I should enjoy myself today."

She said she was going to spend the whole day lying in the planetarium, saying it was one of the few times she could find happiness.

She said a lot more, but Toyokawa Ningko couldn't remember it.

"Is it okay to leave it here?"

"Tsk, tsk."

Of course not, it was agreed to be delivered to my home!

Toyokawa Ningko rolled her eyes at Hachiman Kairin and boarded the tram on her own.

Ningzi said, "That's right, let's stop here, you idiot. Remember to contact me if you miss me, don't be shy."

"Okay."

Watching the tram doors close like the blades of scissors, making a crisp click, temporarily severed the bond between Ningzi and Hailing.

A poignant feeling arises from the sudden shift from bustling activity to solitude.

But it doesn't matter, Ningzi knows that this bond will be repaired the next time their eyes meet, allowing them to feel each other's heartbeats again.

"What, thinking about me?"

"!!!"

These words sound so familiar… This is…!

"Xiao Hai? What are you doing here?"

Toyokawa Ningko was about to take a pill and rest for a while when her sea bell suddenly appeared beside her.

Hailin changed back into her Moon Forest school uniform, her long brown hair falling naturally. Her posture was perfectly described as dignified and elegant—but—

"Hallucination? You're a fake Hailing, aren't you? You said you weren't going to see me off just a few seconds ago, and now you've remembered your promise and are slinking back?"

"Yes, yes."

When Ningzi said, "You're fake, aren't you?", she clearly saw Hailing tremble like a thief caught red-handed.

"As expected, you're feeling guilty! You've forgotten the promise you just made! How awful!"

"Ahem, I'm sorry, I won't do that again."

The smile on Hachiman Kairin's face... no, it was Nagasaki Motoyo's face that never disappeared after she watched the blonde girl and Hachiman Kairin leave one after the other.

Finally, Ningzi is all alone.

really not easy.

She wanted to get closer, to know more, and to smell Ningzi's natural wild lily scent for a little longer.

Thank you, Hachiman Kairin, thank you for learning bass too, thank you for giving me such a great opportunity... Thank you, but I'm also very sorry.

After all, your identity is so useful.

Su Shi tried her best to suppress the raging storm in her heart. It had been a whole year! A whole year since she had been this close to Xiangzi... Ningzi! She was almost being held in someone's arms, almost able to feel her breath and her heartbeat at zero distance, like a shipwrecked victim being killed by the waves in the ocean.

Su Shi couldn't help but sniff Ning Zi's fragrance again. She had almost completely forgotten what the scent she had smelled on Ning Zi back then was.

But clearly, the current flavor is more able to capture the softness in her heart than before.

Ningzi was within reach, but she was always the Ningzi furthest away from her.

The one who was truly closest to Ningzi was Yawata Kairin.

In this world, no matter what situation you are in, no matter how happy you are now, you must always understand the reason why you have all of this.

You are nothing but a shameful...shameful thief.

A mixture of melancholy and excitement flashed in Nagasaki Motoyo's eyes as she tried to put her hand down on Ningzi's shoulder.

Finally, she succeeded.

at last.

"What are you doing! Are you trying to rebel?! You actually want to take my place and play the role of one against many! Unforgivable!"

Toyokawa Ningko turned her body around and grabbed Su Shi from under her armpits, placing her on her lap despite Su Shi's instinctive resistance.

"Hmph, you'll sit in this special seat and be punished! Remember! Don't move!"

"Huh? Uh, okay."

Punishment? Reward!

Su Shi's eyes curved more and more as she smiled, until they finally narrowed into a line.

This line is the dividing line between past sorrows and present joys!

"The feel of it is also strange."

When Ningzi withdrew her hand, her little finger accidentally slipped across Su Shi's full heart beneath her school uniform.

Its soft, bouncy, and tender texture is irresistible.

But this isn't the feeling that Hachiman Kairin evokes.

It felt so familiar, but Ningzi couldn't immediately recall where she had touched it before.

It's a bit like that awful girl, Su Shi, who played the piano in that awful music room on a awful afternoon.

Speaking of which, ever since she saw that scene that made her think inappropriately, Toyokawa Ningko has never gone near that building again.

Besides, how could Hachiman Kairin possibly be Nagasaki Motoyo?

Who is Hachiman Kairin? Could she possibly mistake her?

No one understands Hachiman Kairin better than her!

Chapter 174. Her shamelessness remained consistent.

Before 4 PM.

The brown-haired girl said that no one understood Toyokawa Shoko better than her.

That's the way it is.

After 4 p.m.

The blue-haired girl said that no one understands Hachiman Kairin better than her.

That's the way it is.

……

Question: What does Hailing (a type of sea lily) taste like today?

The answer is that the sea lilies taste strange today, umm, they're in a mixed state between being too open and not open.

Ningzi savored Hailing's movements and language, and the strange feeling in her heart grew stronger.

This person.

It doesn't seem to be Hailing.

This person is not Hailing.

The feeling is different, even if they look very similar, even if all the conditions are the same.

But that's not how she felt about herself.

Ningzi can feel this emotion.

It was murky, yet strangely clear. She was shining with a light that didn't belong to her, fueled by shared memories that had nothing to do with her and herself.

The sea lily standing in front of her might not be the sea lily that Ningzi belongs to.

She seems to still belong to Xiangzi's Hailing.

"Little sea."

The spring light and shadows were fading. An old woman got off the tram carrying a portrait of her deceased granddaughter. The girl taking pictures was so unkempt, what was she doing sticking out her tongue while holding a guitar? Was she going to rock and roll until she died?

Toyokawa Ningko spoke up, watching the old lady get off the train and seeing her tears fall onto the tram floor, blooming into a withered black tulip.

"I'm listening, what's wrong?"

Su Shi sat uneasily on Ning Zi's lap.

She dared not relax, nor dared to enjoy herself; even her breathing seemed to be done quietly.

The happier you are, the more lucid you become, and the more painful it becomes. You continue to breathe, but you can't smell anything anymore.

"Did you see that old lady just now?"

"Is that the old lady holding the portrait? It looks like her granddaughter passed away... I'm sorry to see this. Is Xiaoning also grieving for this?"

"Do you know that person? The girl in the portrait?"

"Me?" Su Shi's words were tinged with doubt. "Of course I don't know them. After all, there are so many people in this world, it's impossible for me to know them all—"

"But I think that girl is wearing Hanasakigawa's school uniform."

"Hanasakigawa? Oh, Hanasakigawa High School, how pitiful, I didn't expect her to be a girl around our age."

"Yes, Hanasaki River... is the school you went to."

"!"

The school I attended?

Nagasaki Motoyo's smile froze completely, and cold sweat began to pour from her forehead.

She turned her head stiffly and mechanically, meeting Toyokawa Ningko's expressionless face.

"I'm saying, you're not Hachiman Kairin at all, right?"

"Xiao Ning... I'm Hachiman Kairin, what are you talking about?"

"No, you can't be Hachiman Kairin, because that girl was clearly wearing casual clothes. I was just kidding you."

Ningzi locked Su Shi's waist with both hands.

“I’m telling you, you’re already very smart. You idiot pretending to be Xiao Hai, you’ve already achieved five percent of the Hai Ling template. In the rest, you’re basically deviating from the original character and just improvising.”

"I…"

"Quiet, don't speak, I have something else to say," Ningzi continued.

"But have you ever considered that you've said far too much?"

"It's ridiculous. Have you ever considered that a friend who knows me well wouldn't pry into the details of my life, because they basically already know the gist of it? But you..."

"Greedy, you're too greedy. You seem to think you can do whatever you want just because I'm mentally unstable?"

"Seriously, so self-important. You really are high and mighty, but I'm just mentally ill, not unintelligent, baby."

His words, spoken in a calm tone without any ripples, were sharper than the most piercing knife.

Nagasaki Motoyo wanted to reply, but her throat seemed to be blocked and she couldn't make a sound.

Only at the very end, watching the tram pull into the station once again, did she manage to utter a few words.

"Sorry…"

"No, I don't need to apologize."

"If I wanted to hear someone say sorry, there would be a whole line of people saying to me, 'Sorry, Ningzi, let me be your puppy, or even your kitten.'"