Collapse? No, this is just everyday life.

There happened to be a bench by the roadside, and Ellie sat down, gathering her skirt around her waist, and took out her phone to tap on it.

Seeing this, Nangong Yu first went to the restroom. When he turned around, he noticed that Sister Aili was still looking down at her phone. He quickly quickened his pace and walked back through the path behind the restroom.

He had finally found something that Sister Ellie liked, and he didn't want to miss it. Besides, it was time to decorate Sister Ellie's clean hands, and he could also assert his ownership to prevent people from hitting on her all the time.

Just as he was excitedly imagining how happy Sister Aili would be when he gave her the ring, Nangong Yu, who had come to the jewelry store from another road, stopped in his tracks.

Standing in front of the door, looking at Sister Aili, who also had a somewhat awkward expression, the two fell silent for a moment.

Then, the two of them couldn't help but laugh at the same time.

"Miss, would you mind accompanying me to browse this jewelry store? I'd like to buy a ring for my loved one."

Pretending not to recognize her, Nangong Yu smiled and extended her hand to Sister Aili.

"Heh heh, what a coincidence! I was just about to buy a ring for my sweetheart, let's do it together!"

Ellie took his hand, and the two walked into the store together.

Inside the shop, the woman who had just been browsing the display was happily asking her male companion for his opinion. When she heard a new customer coming in at the door, she subconsciously turned around and glanced at him, but that one glance made her frown.

It's those same two people again.

She stopped looking at rings and watched them walk to the store's signature product counter. Suddenly, she smiled to herself.

She didn't even dare to look at the prices over there. How could those two guys who didn't even dare to come in just now...?

Just then, she heard the man speak: "Please wrap this up for me, thank you."

Okay, how do I pay?

"Swipe your card."

He pulled out a globally accepted bank card from the Anti-Entropy Bank and handed it over. The sales clerk immediately smiled and swiped the card for him.

He carefully accepted the beautifully packaged little bag handed to him by the salesperson. Seeing that Sister Ellie was still browsing, he stood idly to the side, casually looking around.

Her gaze fell on a woman who seemed inexplicably awkward not far away. Just when she thought Nangong Yu was going to say something, she found that his gaze simply ignored her, as if he didn't even remember who she was.

This fact made her feel somewhat frustrated, but then something even more frustrating happened.

When her male companion noticed that Nangong Yu was looking over, he seemed to have thought of something and immediately moved closer with an excited expression.

"you!!!"

She reached out her hand, but couldn't grab it.

"Hello! Are you Mr. Nangong... Designer Nangong?"

Looking at the person who suddenly approached, Nangong Yu's eyes held a hint of a smile: "Do you know me?"

"I, I'm your fan!!"

"I have too many fans, what kind of fan are you?"

Nangong Yu was momentarily speechless after that sentence, but she immediately smiled and raised her hand to him: "Just kidding, hello."

Hello, hello!

The man quickly grabbed his hands with both of his and shook them excitedly.

"Can we take a group photo?"

"no problem."

He smiled and took a photo with his fans, then watched him walk back happily.

"You met some fans?"

Ellie, who had already chosen a ring, walked up to him with a smile and held a small gift box that looked just like his.

"Since we've already bought everything, let's go."

"Hmm~"

The two, perfectly in sync, didn't immediately hand the rings to each other. Instead, they walked out of the jewelry store hand in hand, greeted by smiling shop assistants.

Inside the shop, after Nangong Yu and Aili left, the woman finally asked her male companion, "Do you know that person? Is he a celebrity?"

"Comparing him to those celebrities you idolize is an insult to him."

He said dismissively, and just as the woman was about to explode, the man quickly explained, "You know Gensokyo Company, right? It's the company that gave me the Duel Disk as a gift last time, and Pokémon, which you like so much, are all games from this company."

"I know, why are you bringing this up?"

"That person is the owner of Gensokyo, and also the chief designer of those popular games."

"Sigh~"

Taking a sharp breath, the woman hurriedly asked, "That Gensokyo?"

"Yeah, that old scoundrel Nangong, I've told you that many times."

"This...then why didn't you tell me just now?!"

"I... I just saw that you didn't like her..."

"..."

......

Unaware that they had unwittingly completed a traditional "show-off and face-slapping" segment, Nangong Yu and Aili continued their journey.

The morning passed quickly, and in the afternoon, as they passed a small hospital, the pitiful cries of children at the hospital entrance immediately caught their attention.

"What's going on? Why are you crying so hard?"

With a smile, Nangong Yu looked curiously at the group of tiny little ones.

For some reason, this reminded him of the children at the Cocolia Orphanage, and for a moment he felt a sense of warmth towards them.

"Since it's a hospital, they probably came here together to get injections."

Sister Aili replied with a smile. At that moment, the person who came out of the hospital made Nangong Yu and Aili's eyes widen at the same time.

"Aponia?!?" *2

That familiar long golden hair, that alluring way of making even a nun's habit look like erotic clothing—who else could it be but Aponia?

But what's Aponia doing here??

Before they could even walk over, several other familiar figures emerged from behind Aponia.

"Jack? Phyllis? And Rosalia and Lilia?"

A look of doubt crept onto his face, and Nangong Yu quickly leaned closer.

"Aponia~"

The familiar voice made Aponia think she was hallucinating from missing him so much, but as soon as she looked up, she noticed the familiar person, the boy who was completely unaffected by her, who was incredibly close to her, and who could offer her gentleness and comfort.

Surprise didn't suit her; a natural smile appeared on her lips.

"Light rain."

"I'm all grown up now, so please stop using the nicknames from when I was a child."

He glanced at his sister Ellie, who was snickering beside him, and scratched his cheek a little embarrassedly.

Aponia simply smiled; whether she listened to his advice or not was another matter.

"Why are you here, kid?"

Jie remained as aloof as ever, arms crossed, his expression hidden behind the mask.

"I came out on a trip with Ellie. But you guys, shouldn't you be at Cocolia's Orphanage? What are you doing here?"

At this moment, Padofelis and Rosalia Lilia, who were at the very back, also spotted Nangong Yu and immediately rushed over excitedly.

Although this person always bullied her, the cat, who had been a stray since childhood and knew how to avoid harm and seek advantage, knew clearly who would make her cat life most comfortable. Naturally, she was very affectionate towards Nangong Yu. She first pounced over and hugged Nangong Yu's waist, and then Rosalia and Lilia hugged him on either side.

The two sisters looked around and, finding Seele wasn't there, breathed a sigh of relief and happily said, "Brother, it's been so long!"

“Brother, you haven’t been back to the orphanage for a year. Everyone misses you.”

"Really? I'll be going back around New Year's Day."

He patted Phyllis's little head, then looked at the two pendants on his left and right sides and said with a helpless smile.

"So, what are you doing here, and what about those children outside the hospital..."

"Let me explain."

Aponia stepped forward and spoke softly.

This matter is actually quite simple; it's a minor issue that has been lingering for several years.

At the time, in addition to funding the welfare home in Aponia, Brother Jie also funded one other place.

When Cocolia hired him as a cook at the orphanage, intending to have the children move there with her, the director of another orphanage was an elderly woman who was reluctant to leave her hometown.

Brother Jie didn't insist on it; if they didn't want to go, they didn't have to, and he would continue to provide financial support.

Not long ago, the kind old lady who loved home passed away. Before she left, she didn't ask anything of Jie Ge, but Jie Ge took on the responsibility of taking care of the children and planned to take them to the Cocolia Orphanage to live.

These were the conditions agreed upon beforehand, and Cocolia, who was quite satisfied with Jie, naturally wouldn't refuse.

These days, Brother Jie has been busy with Aponia and the others working on the orphanage. Some of the older children who didn't want to go were placed in nearby places, while the little ones had to leave with him.

A few days later, things were almost settled, and all that was left was to give these little ones their final vaccinations before heading to Siberia.

"Getting vaccinated, huh? No wonder you cried so much," Nangong Yu thought chuckled.

"The children can come in now."

A doctor came out of the hospital and spoke to them.

"Okay, I got it. I'll be right there."

Jie replied, but when his gaze returned to the little ones who were still crying loudly, he immediately covered his head in a headache.

He's good at cooking and fighting, but asking him to take care of children is really too much to ask.

Immediately, he looked at Aponia.

Aponia remained silent. She could indeed soothe the children with a single sentence, but she didn't want to use that strange, manipulative power on them.

In the silence, a pleasant voice suddenly rang out.