Let's do it again, Yukino.

Chunri stood up unsteadily, gently covering his slightly dizzy head with his hand. Just as he was about to say that he was fine, he couldn't help but sneeze a few times.

The chill and aches and pains throughout the body make springtime somewhat uncomfortable.

"Looks like you've caught a cold, Kasuga-kun."

Even though Lisa had already changed back into casual clothes, she couldn't help but reach out and touch Haruhi's forehead.

In an instant, the boy's forehead was burning hot, but the blonde mixed-race girl kept shaking her head.

"You guys don't need to stand here worrying for nothing. Alright, alright, hurry up and go home. Even if you want to care about Haruhi, it's not your turn." After urging Risa and Heng to leave, Manager Xin pondered for a moment and handed Haruhi the backpack and coat that Haruhi had left at the front desk.

"Seeing you looking like this, Mr. Haruhi, I was originally planning to personally escort you home, but now, I think that's no longer necessary..."

In the lobby, he patted Chunri on the shoulder with a hearty smile and pointed to the outside of the shop, which had completely turned into darkness.

In spring, he looked out the door he pointed to.

It stands outside the shop like a white lotus on a snow-capped mountain.

That somewhat thin, slender, and aloof figure

Under the streetlights,

It appears peerless and independent.

That was a girl who had been waiting outside the shop for spring.

"It must be more than just knowing each other, after all, ever since you left the Fengliu Temple, that girl you called Yukinoshita has been standing there waiting for you."

Shopkeeper Xin whispered something mischievously in Chunri's ear, then pushed the boy out of the Fengliu Nunnery.

"Tomorrow is the weekend, so you should stay home and relax."

The shopkeeper, inside the Fengliu Temple, gently waved to Chunri's retreating figure amidst the beautiful night.

……

…………

Soon

Springtime, feeling somewhat unwell, left the Fengliu Nunnery.

Looking into the dim, thin blackness, the lights shining from the shop windows on the street and the scenery outside the windows complement each other, and for a moment, this scene gives people a sense of tranquility and warm belonging.

As Chunri emerged, the girl who had been waiting under the glowing streetlight also stirred.

Yukinoshita spotted Haruhi's location immediately and breathed a slight sigh of relief before silently approaching her.

She carried her schoolbag in one hand and the desserts from Fengliu Nunnery, which the shopkeeper had packaged in an exquisite gift box, in the other.

As soon as I stood in front of the Haruhi Fuyuma station, I saw Haruhi's pale and listless face.

"What's wrong with you? You look so listless."

"Nothing! Achoo! Achoo!! I'm just a little sleepy."

In front of Xiaoxue, Mingming Chunri wanted to cover up these things calmly, but just as she was about to speak, one sneeze after another burst out.

In the silent darkness,

"..."

The girl under the streetlight frowned, scrutinizing the girl in front of her, whose expression was completely different from when she left school.

I had some doubts.

How did you suddenly catch a cold?

"How could Haruhi Suzumiya catch a cold?! What a joke! I just got a bit choked by something, achoo! achoo!!"

"Don't move! Lower your head."

She placed the book and gift box on the cold ground, her slender hands restraining the fool's unnecessary movements. The girl leaned forward slightly, her pale fingers lifting the smooth, black bangs to reveal her fair and smooth forehead. She silently felt the unusually hot temperature on his forehead.

The temperature seems to be rising continuously.

In the quiet night, the girl could even hear the boy's slightly rapid breathing.

"You really do have a fever. Tell me, what's wrong?"

"I accidentally dozed off in a seat near the air conditioner in the lobby, and when I woke up I found myself feeling a little unwell."

Springtime couldn't help but squat down on the ground. Having rarely experienced a cold, he was momentarily disoriented by the dizziness and nausea both physically and mentally.

"...Are you an idiot?"

"A cold doesn't make you stupid, so I don't have a cold..."

"He's starting to talk nonsense because he's burning up. Please shut up."

The girl covered her forehead, gave a sharp shout, and stopped the other person from continuing their comical language and actions.

……

"Sigh... I really can't do anything with you. Wait here for me for a moment, I'll go and bring your bicycle over."

She sighed, then went to the spot where Chunri's bicycle was parked not far away and put both of their schoolbags on the bike.

When she finally found Chunri, she was squatting by a streetlamp in the cold night, her eyes glazed over as she clung to the lamppost, muttering incoherent nonsense.

"Xiaoxue, I want cheesecake!! I want cake!! I want to drink the black tea that Xiaoxue made, and Mingming specially ordered the cake for both Xiaoxue and me, I want some too!!!"

Has she started to lose her senses...?

In my memory, this idiot rarely catches a cold, but when he does, he really acts like a child who has lost his intelligence and emotional intelligence.

Yukinoshita was both amused and annoyed. She pushed her bicycle over to Haruhi's side and rolled her eyes: "Haruhi!! Hurry up and catch up. Are you a three-year-old? If you want to act cute, wait until we get back. Do you want your cold to get worse again?"

"My dad doesn't want me, my mom doesn't like me, I don't even have a real home, and now even you, Xiaoxue, hate me. But I still want to eat cheesecake!!!"

Spring, with tears in her eyes, lamented her discontent to Little Snow.

Despite being two heads taller than the girl next to him, he seemed incredibly fragile at this moment, for some unknown reason.

That idiot—

"..." Xiaoxue covered her face, took a deep breath, and the throbbing veins on her forehead calmed down. She slowly composed herself, and her voice unconsciously became gentler: "I know!! I've packed the cake for you. Get a good rest tonight, and eat the cake once you're better from your cold, okay, Mr. Haruhi?"

"Xiaoxue, are you telling the truth?"

"Really, really, okay?"

Yukinoshita had no idea how many times she had sighed for this boy today.

The streetlights cast long, thin shadows of the two people.

After pushing the bicycle for only a few steps, she turned around and glanced again at the boy who was gripping the handlebars of the back seat tightly, her furrowed brows relaxing slightly.

"Stop arguing, you idiot who can catch a cold too."

"I'll take you home..."

For some reason, the image of that young man crying and telling me that he didn't even have a home came to mind.

She was clearly touched by this sentence, which touched a soft spot in her heart.

She spoke softly to the boy almost instinctively.

……

at least

This lifetime,

There will still be people who won't dislike you.

……

At that moment, that strange feeling...

It buried her heart

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Chapter Sixty-Five: Ah Qing, it's time to take your medicine...

"Waaah...waaah..."

My body feels so heavy.

My head was spinning, and I even felt a stinging sensation in all the joints of my hands and feet.

The figure in front seemed to push open the apartment door, then came back, took her hand, and led her inside.

"I want to eat cake and drink black tea."

In a daze, Chunri let the girl lead her to the entrance, while mumbling something indistinctly.

"What kind of cake would you eat looking like this?"

The living room lights suddenly turned on.

As soon as Chunri sat down on the sofa, Xiaoxue leaned closer again, pressing her forehead against Chunri's.

"……cake."

"Shut up and stay still."

The warm breath of the boy and girl as they spoke directly touched each other's cheeks.

"The temperature is a little higher than before..."

Xiaoxue's forehead... feels slightly cool, which is quite comfortable.

In the hazy springtime, he felt incredibly comfortable and subconsciously reached out to embrace Xiaoxue's slender waist. Their cool and hot foreheads pressed tightly together once again.

In the quiet and misty atmosphere, Yukinoshita couldn't help but blush from the scorching heat of spring.

"Let me go..."