My girlfriend is Saiki Kusunoki

"Nanzi, what do we do now?"

Naoto is truly at a loss regarding the current situation.

Given the current situation, the best course of action is to go to the police and hand the child over to them.

But if someone can't answer any questions, even going to the police station would probably keep the officers busy.

From the boy's memories, Nanzi understood almost everything.

Basically, the child went to a department store with his parents and started making a fuss when he saw a toy he really wanted to buy.

As a result, because it was too noisy and people around were watching, the child's mother couldn't hold back any longer and slapped the child.

Unexpectedly, the silly child felt so wronged and sad that he took advantage of his parents' inattention and ran away with the crowd.

Because the child hadn't thought about the consequences or where he was going.

As a result, after I became aware of it, I got lost.

When all else failed, the child could only cry in the park.

"Wait a minute, I think I can roughly figure out the route he took from his memories. That should help us find his parents."

Although based on the child's memory, it is possible to roughly reconstruct the route the child took.

However, given how much time has passed, it would be difficult to find the child's parents.

"Ha, there's no other way, let's go."

Although Naoto really wanted to just leave, he decided to accept the hardship because of his conscience.

Anyway, I've already wasted a whole day and haven't accomplished anything worthwhile. At least I've managed to help a lost child get home, so it's not a bad thing.

"Let's go then. Judging from my memory, this child should have come from that side."

With the child's memories and the help of her clairvoyance, Nanzi quickly calculated the route the child had taken.

To be fair, that kid really ran quite far.

The park is almost three blocks away from the shopping mall where the child came from.

Under Nanko's guidance, Naoto and the child soon embarked on a journey to find their parents.

Along the way, although Nanzi had removed the props, the child still regarded Nanzi as the embodiment of a knight, chatting and laughing all the way, showing no trace of his previous grievances.

"Big brother, big brother, what's your relationship with Number Two? Could it be that you're Number Two's boyfriend?"

At this moment, the child held Naoto's hand and looked at him with curiosity.

"Yes, that's right. I'm number two's boyfriend."

"Wow! Number Two has a boyfriend! So, are you a knight too, brother?"

"Heh, I used to want to be a knight too, but now I'm just a manga artist."

"Cartoonist? What's that?"

"Emmmm, how should I put it? You know Professor Ishimori, right?"

"I know, right? It's said that all the knights were created by this man, who's known as the father of knights!"

"Yes, now I'm doing the same job as Mr. Ishimori."

"Really? Then big brother, you can create heroes too?!"

Looking into the child's innocent big eyes, Naoto smiled and patted the little rascal's head.

"Yes, I am on the path of creating heroes. In the future, I hope to become someone like Mr. Ishimori."

"That's wonderful! With someone like my older brother, Sister Number Two must be very happy."

Along the way, the children chattered and kept asking Nanko and Naoto all sorts of questions.

It's just like a cheerful little bee.

However, neither Naoto nor Kusuko found anything annoying about the little guy.

In contrast, the child's presence indirectly dispelled the somber atmosphere between Naoto and Nanako today.

By the time the three of them arrived outside the mall, it was already close to night.

The sky began to darken, and the setting sun was about to be completely obscured.

However, the child's parents were still searching for their child outside the mall.

Not only that, in the search party, Naoto and Nanko also saw two elderly couples and some young people, probably relatives of the child.

After the child went missing, so many people actually joined the search.

"Mom! Dad!"

Upon seeing his parents, the mischievous child immediately pounced on them, clinging to them like a sloth.

"Xinyan! You're finally back! Mom was wrong, Mom shouldn't have hit you. Please don't leave Mom."

Upon seeing her child again, the mother of the mischievous child burst into tears.

Even the child's father had red eyes and almost burst into tears.

Moreover, the people behind the parents also began to relax, as if a huge weight had been lifted off their shoulders.

"Yes, it was Sister Number Two and Brother Number Two who brought me back. Huh? That's strange, where are Sister Number Two and Brother Number Two?"

At this moment, the mischievous child was thinking of introducing Naoto and Kusuko to his parents.

But when he turned around, he found that Nanko and Naoto had already disappeared.

However, the child's parents did not pay attention to the child's nonsense. Instead, they held their child tightly, afraid that the little guy would run away again.

Meanwhile, Naoto, who was secretly watching all of this, seemed to have something in his heart touched.

In this scene, Naoto seemed to feel the happiness that comes with family.

Chapter 80: Love and Happiness

Naoto, having returned home from outside, locked himself in his room once more.

This time, however, he not only locked himself up, but also asked for leave from school. Even Nanako and Naoto temporarily refused to meet with him.

Sitting in front of the easel, Naoto stared blankly at the canvas before him, his heart churning like a stormy sea.

When Naoto saw the child's parents holding their child tightly in their arms, many memories flooded back.

Some are from a previous life, and some are from this life.

In Naoto's previous life, his parents were low-level civil servants who had to work almost every day and often had to work overtime to handle various tasks. Sometimes they didn't even get weekends off.

Throughout the year, except for the Chinese New Year, I rarely get to spend time with my parents.

It was okay in elementary school, but ever since Naoto started boarding school in junior high, the time he could spend with his parents has gradually decreased.

At that time, Naoto felt happiest when he could see his parents on weekends. It was Naoto's only source of comfort at school.

After the Spring Festival, I sat with my parents in the warm fireplace, watching the Spring Festival Gala on repeat again and again, occasionally eating some fruits and snacks that had been prepared in advance.

At that time, Naoto probably thought that was happiness.

After time travel, Naoto's unreliable parents were often away from home.

Most of the time, Naoto still spends time with his younger sister.

However, this does not mean that straight people do not miss their parents.

Every Spring Festival, my parents and younger sister would stay with me at home, and those were the happiest times of my childhood.

But I don't know when it started, all this happiness gradually slipped away from me.

My parents from my past life have long since disappeared.

The parents in this life have also passed away.

Naoto is now all alone except for his younger sister.

I've often heard people say that a happy and fulfilling family life is a blessing.

Naoto only truly understood the meaning of this sentence after he actually lost his family.

When Naoto was in middle school, he wrote an essay titled "The One Thing I Want to Do Most".

Naoto vaguely remembers that there was a left-behind child in the class whose biggest dream was to have a meal with his parents.

Naoto at the time didn't understand this at all.

But Naoto finally understands now.

Having a complete family is such a blessing.

But it was all too late.

The deepest, most intense pain in his heart even made it difficult for Naoto to breathe.

The thought of never being able to see the faces of his parents from his past life again, and of being abandoned by them and facing the pressures of life alone, makes Naoto feel like crying.

But do straight people really not have happiness?

At this moment, Naoto once again recalled the time he spent with Nanako and his sister at the temple fair.

Especially when they watched the summer fireworks together, Naoto truly felt a sense of happiness.

Happiness, in essence, is the sense of satisfaction in a person's heart.

Naoto was undoubtedly happy at that time.

Both sadness and joy are simultaneously filling Naoto's heart. Right now, Naoto feels that he has a lot of emotions and wants to express them on the canvas.

Just like last time, Naoto expressed his feelings for Nanko in his paintings, this time he also expressed his longing and yearning for his family in his paintings.

At this moment, Naoto had completely forgotten what he was doing. All he could do now was pour every emotion in his heart into his paintings.

It's no longer Naoto's consciousness that's controlling the painting; rather, it's Naoto's inspiration that's manipulating his body, bringing the images from his mind to life on the canvas.

Later on, Naoto even discovered that a canvas could no longer contain the thoughts in his mind.

Sad images and happy images kept flashing through Naoto's mind.

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