I don't keep a diary, I only spoil life.

With a soft greeting, the girl put the indoor shoe she had kicked away back into its original place.

Following that sound, a girl who looked somewhat like Alyssa peeked out from the room to the right of the entrance hall.

"Welcome back, Ellie~~"

After that soft voice, the sound of footsteps creaking on the wooden floor rang out. The newcomer naturally took the backpack from Alyssa's hand and glanced at a certain spot.

On the far right corner of the entryway, a well-framed group photo is pasted.

The background image shows the front of a sandcastle.

In the picture, little Alyssa with long silver hair is nuzzling her head against a boy with gray-black hair.

The third person is a little girl with long blonde hair, hands on her hips and a bright smile. She is behind the two in the photo, with her arms wrapped around the necks of her younger siblings, looking very reliable.

The blonde girl's gaze was directed at the camera, which meant she was essentially looking directly at the girl who was looking at the photo.

The photo shows a girl with an extremely perfect appearance and figure.

Her shoulder-length wavy hair was a light brown, and her gentle, slightly downturned eyes were also a light brown.

The girl's appearance contrasts sharply with Alyssa's, featuring a doll-like face with distinctly Japanese features.

If you walk next to the tall and mature-looking Alyssa, it's almost impossible to tell who the older sister is at first glance, but the lower half of her neck definitely exudes the older sister's authority.

Specifically, her breasts, a symbol of maternal grandeur, are exceptionally large, and her buttocks are exceptionally perky.

However, no one could have imagined that this gentle girl with an extremely beautiful figure was the same sunny blonde girl in the photo.

"It's been so long."

Gazing at the photograph, Maria Kujo's thin lips parted slightly as she murmured.

Immediately, she picked up the photo frame after a long time, her gentle voice becoming even softer, her eyes filled with reminiscence, clearly recalling the beginning.

"Back then, we clearly said we would stay together forever."

...

I guess I wasn't in a good state today; I wrote very slowly and deleted a lot.

I've been writing since noon, sorry everyone.

Chapter 59. Girl’s Love (5k)

This chapter contains a lot of romantic scenes and phone calls; readers who are not interested can skip to the next chapter.

...

Quotes from the classic Khuni opening move.

At first glance, it sounds full of deep emotion, but in reality, it is childlike and naive.

Just then, Elisa Kujo walked out of the dressing room and reached out to wipe the sweat from her temples.

"Marsha, do you still remember the whole story behind Li Yinguang's transfer to Tokyo?"

Seeing Marcia's nostalgic expression, she couldn't help but mention this matter.

It was dusk after the quiz.

The scene depicts Li Yinguang, who skipped a grade from the second grade to the third grade, kneeling down in front of Kujo Maria, hugging her thigh and pleading humbly, "First place, let me be first."

She misses it very much?

"I remember! Xiao Guang was naughty and ignored me, treating me like a formidable rival. I had to fight with all my might to defeat him!"

Marcia smiled gently as she hung Alyssa's backpack against the wall. Her fingertips brushed against her messy sideburns, her movements mature and graceful, but the final gesture of pointing a finger to her lips added a touch of adorable awkwardness.

"You were very biased back then, Ellie, making me surrender and stuff, that was really mean."

That soft, coquettish rebuke, rather than a complaint about her sister favoring outsiders, seemed more like a playful, endearing plea, but...

Interestingly, the truth she told was significantly different from Li Yinguang's memory, and Alyssa offered no explanation.

She was in a cold war with Li Yinguang at the time, but she privately tried to persuade Masha to surrender a few times.

“You have a good memory, Marcia.”

"Yeah~ Ellie is really bad at this. She's so young, yet she's already biased towards Hikaru and bullying her older sister."

Maria puffed out her cheeks, making Alyssa even more embarrassed, but she wasn't one to back down, so she took the opportunity to ask about something she cared about as a way of retaliating.

"Marsha, I've only been in school for a week and I've already heard rumors all over campus that you have a foreign boyfriend named Xiao Guang. What kind of creature is this Xiao Guang you're talking about?"

Upon hearing this, Maria's gentle and composed maternal smile faltered for a moment before quickly returning. She rested her chin on her hand and mumbled guiltily.

"There's nothing we can do about it. Well... Xiaoguang is our childhood friend. He took care of you back then, and I took care of him. Besides... if it weren't for him, I would have been beaten up."

"I didn't understand Japanese at the time, and only joined you later, but..."

That incident occurred in the year 201 of the Yuanhe era.

Maria's broken Japanese mixed with Russian was considered gibberish by girls her age. If it weren't for Li Yinguang's early development and his tendency to drag girls who picked on her to the toilet and stomp on their heads, she probably wouldn't have had any good childhood memories.

The past is the past, and the present is the present. The more Maria explained, the more it seemed like she was trying to cover something up.

After all, he was the two sisters' childhood sweetheart, and Alyssa suddenly realized that Li Yinguang was more than just her childhood sweetheart.

Maria's halting explanation made her hesitate as she reached for her phone. She subconsciously hummed in agreement and then smoothed her hair.

"Speaking of which, there's no such thing as Xiao Guang anymore... Li Yinguang is already sixteen years old."

Perhaps out of some psychological reason, the girl emphasized the fact that "Hikaru has grown up".

But when she noticed her sister's rather complicated gaze, she pursed her lips, and the thought that had just arisen unconsciously softened and subsided. She then used the act of belittling Li Yinguang to lighten the mood.

"And he didn't take care of me, I was the one taking care of him. Back then, he was always running around doing things like hammering and banging... Well, although he was quite manly at times, it was a minority."

After Alyssa mumbled a few words, the awkward moment was quickly over.

Just as Maria got up to go back to her room to rest, Alyssa hesitated for a long time before suddenly speaking up.

"Marsha".

"Eh?"

"Do you want to call Li Yinguang?"

"Hey... Ellie, are you... really telling the truth?"

Maria's delicate face, which had previously been soft and lazy, was now completely replaced by a serious expression.

...

The timeline changes and returns to its origin.

Li Yinguang, lying on the bed with the phone in his hand, stiffened as he listened to the gentle voice on the other end of the line.

After a year apart, he wouldn't fail to recognize the person he was calling.

Just hearing that gentle voice almost made Li Yinguang jump, and the scene from "That Day at Sunset, Humiliating Surrender" automatically replayed in his mind.

One person says one sentence: "The system is awesome!"

How could Maria use a phone card without a diary?

But... that's fine too.

Childhood sweethearts, childhood sweethearts.

I've missed you terribly since we last met a year ago.

This will be treated as a special case; we will set thresholds for the system next time.

As for now——

"Are you Masha?" Li Yinguang, channeling his acting skills, expressed shock.

"Hey, it really is Hikaru!"

You can almost picture the gentle demeanor of Maria Kujo on the other end of the phone from her voice, the overflowing warmth emanating from the microphone. Even the unruly Ginko would soften his tone.

It would be easier to fool Alyssa, but Maria's compassion is too supermodel-like.

As soon as the call connected, he started rambling on about Li Yinguang's recent situation.

For example, is Gao Yu used to the lifestyle? Does he eat well every day? Does he have close friends?

Her warm greetings and expressions of concern, along with the gentle kindness and maternal instincts she exuded, were quite impactful.

Unable to refuse her hospitality, Li Yinguang's slight initial aversion to her was completely dispelled.

Li Yinguang was easily swayed by the kindness of others, and when Maria punched him with a flurry of soft punches, he felt even more pleased, just like Katz-sama when he heard Joseph Joestar's scream of pain after losing his hand, he let out a pleasant hum.

Honestly, it feels nice to be taken care of, but indulging in this sugary hell is not a wise move.

"Let's put aside who Xiaoguang is and stop rambling. I really don't understand, did you transfer to Advanced Education and how did you get through to me?"

He pretended to be clueless and asked questions according to the pre-arranged plan. The actor's performance received a 3.0 rating on Douban.

"Well..."

On the other end of the phone, Maria Kujo held up the phone with both hands and handed it to Alyssa, who had been looking very uneasy.

But as she was about to answer the phone, she inexplicably pulled it back and suddenly asked, "Xiao Guang, do you have any close female friends on campus?"

"what?"

This was the first time Li Yinguang had been able to sense someone's emotions without relying on a diary; Kujo Maria had very obvious and different emotions.

What domineering Marcia falling in love with me? That doesn't make any sense. I don't even have any special connection or story with Maria.

"You mean a romantic partner? No, but there are quite a few people who admire me and respect me like a god."

"Um, this..."

Maria was speechless, feeling embarrassed that her little thoughts had been seen through, but in an instant, her tone, which was full of pure concern, took on a slightly cute and coquettish quality.

"Well, after all, we're childhood friends, and... Hikaru will grow up eventually, so..."

The girl was completely surprised that Li Yinguang on the other side of the screen would so directly and clearly state the topic. She felt a little happy and a little disappointed.

"Xiao Guang, Ellie will be talking to you in a bit. Be happy, okay? Ellie went to a lot of trouble to find a way to communicate with you."

Maria glanced at her sister, who had somehow entered a state of anxiety, though she was trying to appear calm, her lips were actually slightly pursed. Even though she was reluctant to part with the microphone in her hand, Maria knew it was time to let her go.

"You mean Xiao Ai?" Li Yinguang asked knowingly, "How did you get her?"

"Ugh, I don't know either."

Although her original intention was to shift the topic to Ellie, who was about to take over the phone, Maria was a little reluctant when Li Yinguang actually shifted the topic to Ellie so easily.

However, she knew very well that Alyssa was in such a hurry to get home today because she was waiting for this phone call, and as her older sister, she should let her go.

Brief pain relief is for a long and far-reaching future. Holding onto this conviction, Maria cleared her throat and offered her final farewell:

"But before that, I have to cast a spell on you in Russian~ (switch to Russian) You have to remember to be happy, to be surrounded by happiness every day, until you leave Gaoyu, until you return to our (my) embrace!"

Thinking that Xiaoguang on the other end of the phone would look bewildered, Maria smiled slightly to hide her embarrassment, and said a lot of what she thought was the care that an older girl should show in her soft Russian.

"..."

Li Yinguang didn't understand and just thought he had heard a load of rubbish.

I couldn't resist requesting the system to translate, but I heard another Russian voice coming from the other end of the phone first.

[You jerk! You're having such a good time chatting with Marcia, not even checking up on me! You're such a womanizer!]

The voice was no longer soft; instead, it had a deliberately cold tone. Coupled with the sound of footsteps fading into the distance on the other end of the phone, it was clear that a shift change had taken place.

"Oh, so you've turned into Alyssa."

Li Yinguang suddenly realized.

"..."

On the other end of the phone.

Alyssa glanced at Maria, who at first glance appeared to have run out of the room, but in reality, Maria had her hands neatly placed on her knees, her posture more upright than anyone else's, and her face was full of "waiting for Sister Alyssa to let me call." The words of concern she had prepared for Li Yinguang vanished instantly, replaced by a sense of emptiness and loss.

Oh right, why didn't I think of that? Only those who communicate with the other party beforehand have the right to deliberately ask a bunch of irrelevant questions. As a result, Maria snatched this opportunity that I had in my grasp.