You are Toyokawa Shoko, then who am I?

It turns out that the other person is just like himself, a child who is not cared for.

The chairs in the basement were cracked from sitting on them, but no one noticed. I didn't really want to learn so many talents, but under the pressure of my parents, I had to do it every day.

I long to be cared for and praised, but all I get is an empty room and the grievance that I want to speak out to my parents but dare not say.

Looking at the girl in his arms who said nothing but buried her little head in his chest, he felt that she was like a little animal whose fur was wet by the cold rain and was shivering with cold, so she sneaked to the campfire to keep warm.

Fengchuan Xiang gently patted her petite back, his fingers resting on her fair and delicate skin. He felt that she was extremely fragile, as slender as an antique just dug out of a cave, which would break if he was not careful.

He was silent for a long time, and finally spoke to Ruoye Mu.

in fact.

I'm the same as you.

I studied hard to gain my parents' approval, but I was also very cautious, afraid that I would break the strict family rules again.

Sometimes I don’t want to listen to their nagging, I just want a little bit of recognition. Lying in bed or walking on the road, I always fantasize about whether I can find someone who loves me in the future.

He can listen to me complain, can joke with me, can lend me his shoulder when I want to cry, can walk shoulder to shoulder with me past the shouting pancake shop when I go home from school, and when I get up from bed tomorrow, I can still see that person walking towards me.

Said with a smile on his face.

Good morning.

The world turns, the sun rises and sets, the sudden rain stops, the seasons change... As time goes by, everyone will naturally become an adult.

I long for someone like this to appear in my life before I grow up, and I long even more for you to be such a person to me, and I can be such a person to you.

if you do not mind.

From now on, let's walk together supporting each other.

If Ye Mu didn't reply, it seemed that he was asleep.

Toyokawa Sho didn't say anything else. He just held her in his arms and slept lazily on the sofa until he was woken up by the housekeeper of Wakaba Mu's family.

Wait until the next day.

Toyokawa Sho took a special car to school. The driver picked up Wakaba Mutsu on the way. When he saw the girl open the car door, Toyokawa Sho moved his seat and the two of them sat in the back seat together.

Wait until you get off the bus.

Toyokawa Sho saw the other person pulling his sleeve.

The sound is very soft and weak.

But Toyokawa Sho could still hear it.

She is saying, good morning.

Toyokawa Sho blinked, his face unexpectedly dull.

After a while, he reacted.

A joyful smile appeared on his face from the bottom of his heart, his eyes seemed to light up and sparkle, along with his surprised breathing, and then he hugged her tightly, as if he had wings.

Good morning!

睦！

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……

Time returns to the present.

After leaving RiNG, Sho Toyokawa and Hatsuka Sanka took a taxi to Akabane in Kita Ward, where Shoko Toyokawa's rental house was located.

Although there were some episodes in the middle, the driver was exactly the same person he and Chihaya Aine met last time, but the brother seemed to have turned over a new leaf.

This time, there was no need to attend the abstract theater, and we arrived at our destination at lightning speed.

After getting off the car, Sanjiao Chuhua led Fengchuan Xiang all the way south to search. Logically, it was impossible for them to find the place, but Fengchuan Xiang opened the corridor of life.

The Corridor of Life is like a skill tree that covers the sky and the sun. After more than ten years of development, almost all skill points have been opened by Toyokawa Xiang, such as memory Cg large playback, and private cinema anytime and anywhere.

There is also a skill that is usually not noticeable, but very useful at critical moments, which is the ability to sense someone's current location.

Toyokawa Sho searched for ten minutes and finally found Wakaba Mutsu in a shopping street.

She was running alone in the rain, her white lace cotton socks had been soaked by the splashing water, and her skirt was not spared either. She was holding a bag of cucumbers in her arms. She could clearly no longer see the person she was trying to catch up with, but she was still running with her head down. Looking closely, there seemed to be bloodstains on her knees from falling to the ground.

Toyokawa Sho's pupils shrank slightly. After handing the umbrella to Sankaku Hatsuka, he quickly ran over and grabbed Wakaba Mutsu.

pat.

The bag fell to the ground, and the cucumbers inside were scattered all over the ground, along with an umbrella that belonged to someone unknown.

Only then did Toyokawa Sho see that the bag containing the cucumbers had already been rotten. It was only because Wakaba Mu pulled it tightly that the cucumbers did not leak out. She ran all the way with a rotten bag in her arms...

"...Xiang..."

When Ruo Yemu was first grabbed, his body trembled slightly, his rapid breathing became heavier, his neck seemed to be petrified, he turned his head stiffly, his face full of extreme exhaustion.

But when she saw that the other person was Toyokawa Sho, she first murmured and opened her mouth, and her dull eyes began to glow again. Her small nose twitched suddenly, as if a drifting ship finally found a harbor to rest, and a lost person finally saw the hometown they had been thinking about.

I want to cry out loud.

But I saw the other person was getting wet in the rain.

It’s better to walk forward and hold the umbrella over the other person’s head.

Toyokawa Sho took a deep breath. Ruoye Mu's appearance at this moment was like a sharp blade, piercing straight through his heart.

In the previous timeline, even when Ruoye Mu broke up with his family, he did not show such a painful expression.

Looking at the extremely fragile girl in front of him, Toyokawa Sho felt that all her pain fell into his heart.

He held her tightly in his arms, stroked her hair gently and told her it was okay, not caring at all that her wet clothes would also make his own clothes wet.

After comforting her for a while, he bent down to pick up the cucumbers on the ground.

Sanjiao Chuhua, who was following behind, looked at the two people hugging each other, and his fingers holding the umbrella unconsciously tightened a little.

Sure enough, no matter where...

What Xiaoxiang cares about most is Xiaomu.

Sanjiao Chuhua lowered his eyes, adjusted his expression, and followed over to help pick up the cucumbers on the ground, then pinched the broken holes and put them back into the bag.

"Let's go hide from the rain for a while."

Toyokawa Sho pointed to the bottom of a building and then held Wakaba Mutsu's hand.

Her fingers were as cold as if they were buried in the snow, and all the body temperature seemed to have been taken away. When she held them in her palm, she felt as if she was holding a piece of ice.

After the three of them walked downstairs, Toyokawa Sho saw that Wakaba Mu's body was still shivering, obviously frozen by the cold rainy day.

I had been running all the time and didn't feel anything, but now that I relaxed, I started sneezing.

Toyokawa Sho took off his coat and put it on Wakaba Mu, then hugged her in his arms, his eyes lowered, revealing his undisguised heartache.

"Sorry……"

After being held in his arms, Wakaba Mu finally couldn't hold back his emotions that had already burst out. He buried his head in Toyokawa Sho's chest and sobbed.

"I... didn't keep my promise... I'm sorry..."

Still thinking about me...

The reason why you cried so much, with your eyes so red and swollen, was it because you felt that you had not fulfilled the promise and let Xiangzi know the truth, and you felt sorry for me and Xiangzi?

"...This isn't Mu's fault, so there's no need to apologize. I wanted to put off resolving Xiangzi and I's issues until later, which led to what happened today. I'm the one at fault, and you're not at fault at all, Mu."

Toyokawa Sho patted Wakaba Mu's back with heartache.

If Ye Mu heard such comfort, his panicked and uneasy heart would finally find a place to rest.

The heavy breathing and tired circles under the eyes became a thing of the past. Her nose felt sore and her teeth felt itchy. After tears rolled around in her eyes for a few times, she gently grabbed Toyokawa Sho's clothes with her fingers and silently threw herself into his arms, trembling and crying.

Sanjiao Chuhua stood aside with a somewhat self-blaming expression on his face.

She didn't want to hurt Wakaba Mutsu, she just wanted Toyokawa Shoko to stay away from Toyokawa Sho. Ultimately, it was her lack of consideration that led to the current situation.

"Xiao Xiang, if you don't mind... bring Xiao Mu to my house. Let her take a hot bath and change into clean clothes. I have some cold prevention medicine at home that Xiao Mu can take."

"May I?"

Toyokawa Sho turned his head.

"Of course, after all, she's Xiao Mu. She's important to you and to me, too."

Sanjiao Chuhua said with a smile.

Toyokawa Sho thought about it for a while and felt that this arrangement was indeed more appropriate.

If Ruoye Mu returned home soaking wet, her servants and steward would definitely report the matter to Mori Minami, and then there would be many unnecessary arrangements.

Let Ruoye Mu go to Sanjiao Chuhua's house to rest first. This will allow her to recover from her current tired state, and she will also have a place to stay on such a rainy day.

"...Then I'll trouble you, Chuhua."

"How can it be a trouble? Haven't I told you many times that your business is my business?"

Sanjiao Chuhua smiled and said, "Looking at the rain, it seems like it will continue to rain for a long time. Now that we have found Xiaomu, Xiaoxiang, you can come to my house to take shelter from the rain."

"No, I don't need that. I still have to go find Xiangzi."

Toyokawa Sho shook his head. "This matter was caused by me. I can't leave her alone."

"Eh……?"

Sanjiao Chuhua slowly opened his eyes.

Looking for Toyokawa Shoko... ?

This was not part of her plan.

She expected that finding Ruoye Mu would be the end of the job.

This time, she came specially to inform the information of the accident, and went to look for Wakaba Mutsuki with Toyokawa Sho in the heavy rain. Afterwards, she invited Toyokawa Sho and Wakaba Mutsuki to her home. This will definitely win a lot of points in Toyokawa Sho's heart.

But if Toyokawa Sho were to go look for Toyokawa Shoko now, things would be completely different...

She decided to get rid of Toyokawa Shoko because of Toyokawa Shoko's feelings.

In her eyes, Shoko Toyokawa is nothing more than a demon that is closing in on him. Family, retreat, clan, and all kinds of differences are like huge rocks as heavy as Mount Tai pressing down on Toyokawa Sho's heart.

That's why she couldn't identify with Shoko Toyokawa, and didn't want to see people she knew well hanging around a fake.

She didn't care that Toyokawa Sho went to see Toyokawa Shoko and learned the truth about what happened today. She had the confidence to bear the consequences and believed that her relationship with Toyokawa Sho would not be broken because of this kind of thing.

But she cares about Toyokawa Sho and will get hurt again like before because he is obsessed with Toyokawa Shoko.

"Xiao Xiang..."

Sanjiao Chuhua hesitated for a moment and asked anxiously, "Can I ask you a question? Are you going to find her for Xiaomu, or... for yourself?"

"All."

Toyokawa Sho thought for a while and gave his answer honestly.

He had indeed wanted to put aside the problems between him and Toyokawa Shoko, and escape to a place where she could not see him, slowly letting the power of time dilute everything, and then face the problem calmly when he was ready.

But after seeing how hurt Ruoye Mu was today, he felt that he could no longer escape like this.

Even if you still can't accept it, at least try to face it first.

It doesn't matter even if I get shattered into pieces in the process.

He already has a home in this world.

injured.

Suffered a lot.

Just go back to the important people and slowly recover your health.

After regrouping, face it head-on.

This cycle repeats itself.

Sooner or later, one day, I will be able to——

“…Is that so…”