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Su Qing's gaze was incredibly gentle, as was her voice.
He put his hand on the girl's shoulder and gently leaned closer to her.
Just like the two small characters wrapped in hearts on the ground.
"So, just love and understand this world like an ordinary girl."
If the world doesn't love you, that doesn't matter, I will stay by your side.
"Always?" the girl asked.
"If I like you and you like me, and that feeling can last forever, then it will last forever."
The phrase "forever and ever" is too sentimental.
Therefore, Su Qing said so.
"Damn it, what a cunning answer."
Then I'll have to work hard to make you like me forever, so be prepared to stay with me forever!
"how about you?"
Su Qing said, "I like you, and you like me too."
Mahiru only mentioned the first half; she didn't mention the second half, which was about her liking.
"Me?" Mahiru smiled sweetly. "I won't tell you, you can guess for yourself."
"Your answer sounds more cunning than mine," Su Qing sighed softly.
"I've already told you, girls can be quite cunning sometimes, but the answer is actually quite obvious. Do you want me to tell you more directly?"
Mahiru seemed eager to share this answer with him.
Su Qing simply shook her head and said with a smile, "No need, knowing that is meaningless."
All I need to know is that I have to work hard to keep you liking me.
"You're quite open-minded, but could you please not copy my answer?" Mahiru retorted, not entirely pleased.
"Why not just copy the answer if it's readily available? Besides, I was the one who came up with it first; you just said it first," Su Qing retorted.
"Hmph." Zhenzhu curled her lip, too lazy to argue with Su Qing about these things.
"But actually, you don't seem to need to work that hard...?"
"what?"
The girl's voice was very low, almost melting into the vast expanse of snow.
"It's nothing, it's getting colder, let's go home!"
Mahiru suddenly got up, and the two walked on their way home.
The footprints on the way home left a winding silver river in the snow. Suddenly, Mahiru tugged at Su Qing's sleeve and whispered:
"So, it's a deal, I'll be staying over tonight, okay?"
"Want to back out? A child who goes back on their word will have their nose grow longer, you know," Su Qing said.
"Who, who went back on their word! And that's a child who lies." Mahiru shook her head repeatedly.
"So... are you coming over?"
Su Qing was still asking the girl for her opinion.
Mahiru glanced at the boy beside her, lowered her head, and didn't say anything, only giving a soft "hmm".
Su Qing turned her head, her eyes reflecting the image of Mahiru desperately pulling her scarf up.
It's just a pity.
The girl's exposed ear tips shimmered with a translucent luster like maple syrup in the orange-yellow halo, like two red jade pebbles hidden in a snowdrift.
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Chapter 349 We Are All Cowards (2)
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At 21:30 PM, Tokyo was immersed in the dripping sound of melting snow.
Perhaps because she is still trying to mentally prepare herself, Mahiru is currently staying at home.
They'll probably be here later.
Taking this opportunity, Su Qing checked the message from twenty minutes ago.
Very baffling.
[Yui: Kiyoshi, I think I know what to do, so I'm okay now.]
You really don't need to worry about me this time!
The phone screen glowed with a cold white light in my palm, and the chat background was still the three-person photo that Yui had taken that day.
In the photo, Yui's tiptoes seem to leap out of the pixelated frame.
In the blink of an eye, the image of that energetic girl occupied half of Su Qing's mind.
He seemed to hear the girl waving her hands high in the air, laughing as if spring flowers were blooming in full glory.
It looks like Yukino will give the music box to Yui tonight?
It seems that things are progressing very smoothly.
But to be fair, Yukinoshita is surprisingly proactive.
Actually, it would be fine to give it to her tomorrow, right?
No, that's not right, this is the best-case scenario.
Su Qing lowered her eyes and brought in a wisp of snow as she pushed open the balcony door.
The starlight flickered among the cumulus clouds, forming a pattern that resembled the burnt cookies Yui had baked that time.
He remembered how she always mixed up salt and sugar, naively thinking that adding more milk would fix it.
He suddenly had a question: Did Yui like him?
The girl never confessed her feelings to him, but her eyes didn't lie.
Just as Mahiru looked at him with love, Yui was gazing at him with the same kind of look.
They were simply even more speechless.
So stop making excuses and reasons, and stop attributing that liking to some kind of longing or yearning.
There's no doubt that Yui likes him.
So, does he like her?
……
However, one cannot, and should not, fall in love with two people at the same time.
In that case, this question loses all meaning for discussion.
Su Qing would not "gently" ignore that relationship and pretend nothing was wrong.
That would be nothing more than unnecessary tenderness for a girl as lovely as a cherry blossom.
Unnecessary gentleness is a sin.
But he won't choose to ignore it.
Because after tonight, they will still be friends.
But we were just friends.
In a hazy, dreamlike gaze, Su Qing suddenly gave a self-deprecating smile.
When did he become so indecisive and preoccupied?
The decision to do things had already been made long ago.
Give her a music box so she can stop suppressing her emotions and learn to release them.
But whether she understood his meaning or not, he had to suppress some of his own feelings.
Yes.
If even the degree of corruption can be erased from memory archives, then can't the same be done to a budding feeling of affection?
These are superfluous emotions; they shouldn't exist and should be sealed away.
So, let's begin now.
In a daze, the girl with the pink bun on one side seemed to be right in front of me, her every smile and frown.
This is not an illusion; it is a necessary memory recall to perform [overwriting].
He needs to find a point in time, a point in time that he doesn't like.
"Xiaoqing, your girlfriend is waiting for you..."
"Let's be best friends for life!"
……
"Um, I have a request. I'd like to send some cookies to a boy."
"I'm not black charcoal!"
……
"I knew it, Xiaoqing is the best to me!"
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"Sorry, this is my Sabre."
Fragments of memories from our time together flashed by like frames from an old-fashioned slideshow.
This is where their meeting began.
Su Qing read it softly.
The thought of "[Overwrite archive]" swept through my mind like a crow skimming over a withered branch, while the starry sky was turning the snow silver-blue.
He looked up at the sparse stars in the velvety night sky, their light trailing the curve of his eyes across his retina.
The girl's gaze was gentle, and she smiled brightly as she said:
"Hey hello!"
then.
さようなら (Goodbye) Xiaoqing..."
next moment.
Coverage complete.
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Let's rewind to half an hour earlier.
Yui's family.
"Yui, are you still studying?"
A mother's gentle voice, tinged with worry, came from outside the door.
Yui abruptly snapped out of her reverie, instinctively turning her head and softly calling out:
"Oh, not yet. It should only be nine o'clock now, right? There's still plenty of time. Mom, you can go and do your own thing."
It's true that it's still early; there are many people who started learning much later than this.
The problem is that since you came back from your school trip, you've been living a life of studying all the time except for eating and sleeping.
It's almost like... trying to escape something.