I save a pathological girl with a twisted love story.

After crossing several railway crossings, she boarded the tram and placed her umbrella beside her.

Rainwater streamed down the floor, making it incredibly wet.

At this time, the tram was slightly more crowded.

Rainwater flowed from dozens of umbrellas, forming streaks of water.

Some will come together, while others will flow alone.

Aoi lowered her head and held the umbrella beside her in her hand.

The tram rattled along, and she got off at the seaside station ahead of schedule.

Sitting on a bench beneath the dilapidated train station, Asahi silently gazed at the sea.

"What should I do...?"

She seemed lost in confusion, like a bee encased in a glass box, which, after repeatedly bumping against the wall, became disheartened and lay motionless in a corner.

In the past, she would never have had such doubts.

—Because life is as silent as amber, what is there to do?

But now, things are different from before.

She thought to herself silently, her eyelids lowered.

I saw my wet loafers.

He bent down, took off his loafers, and placed them aside.

He picked up the black, rain-soaked socks by the toe, took them off, and threw them onto his loafers.

I stared at my toes, which were cold from being soaked in the rain.

She curled up her legs and buried her face in her knees.

A few drops of water fell faintly onto her knees, and the faint sobs were drowned out by the wind.

As always—she laughed in the rain and cried in the wind.

She had nowhere else to go.

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Xia Wuzhao walked in the rain with an umbrella, heading towards the izakaya.

However, the umbrella was slightly damaged at the top, so he could only let the umbrella surface spill out to avoid the rainwater falling from inside. But this left half of his shoulder exposed and completely soaked.

Xiao Ai said to Xia Wuzhao, "Lord Xia Wuzhao, you're almost there today, aren't you?"

She said with some delight, "Judging from Asahina's expression today, she's probably already taken some of what she's heard."

"It's still a long way off," Xia Wuzhao replied.

"Is it still far off?" Xiao Ai was a little confused. She said in Xia Wuzhao's mind, "But today, Asahi Aoi also looked thoughtful."

“That was just him being thoughtful,” Xia Wuzhao said. “He was just pondering.”

"Aoi Asahi is not a completely cowardly girl; she has courage within her. But this courage is too elusive; sometimes it is extremely intense, and sometimes it disappears without a trace."

"Then why is that?" Xiao Ai still didn't quite understand.

“It’s probably because she’s used to it,” Xia Wuzhao said in the rain. “She’s gotten used to this kind of life. If you ask her to make a change, she’ll hesitate and feel uneasy.”

"She thought she had a way out, even if that way out was such a terrible life."

"So what are you going to do next?" Xiao Ai muttered.

“Cut off their escape route and give them despair.” Xia Wuzhao said, “When people are in despair, they will always fight back.”

"Is that so?" Xiao Ai hesitated. "Can this really be done? Can it really help Asahi Aoi? Will Asahi Aoi really be safe?"

"Lord Xiawu, you've really gone too far."

“I told you, I won’t reach out to someone lying in the mud,” Xia Wuzhao said.

Xiao Ai finally understood Xia Wuzhao's idea. She said, "Then this way, we can solve the problem of Asahi Aoi, right?"

“This is just the first step,” Xia Wuzhao said. “The problem with Asahi Aoi isn’t just a school issue; there are other issues as well.”

Xiao Ai stopped discussing these issues with Xia Wuzhao.

Xiao Ai herself didn't understand these questions either.

"If you obtain the Demon Seed, what do you want to do, Lady Natsugiri?" Xiao Ai asked.

“Let’s exchange it for a house,” Xia Wuzhao said. “Just wishing for money is too much of a burden. I will wish to exchange one of the houses here for a house near the Second New Tokyo Middle School.”

"That wish can be granted," Xiao Ai nodded.

After all, it's just a house-for-house exchange.

After walking for a long time in the rain, Natsugiri Kai finally entered the izakaya.

After I parted the curtain and went inside, the owner was already waiting for me.

He said, "Summer Mist, you've finally arrived."

Xia Wuzhao closed the umbrella and held it in her hand: "Hmm, boss. What should I do today?"

"Today's work will be a bit tiring," the boss said with a smile. "We need to process some shellfish and fish that were just caught."

Xia Wuzhao nodded and prepared to go into the changing room to change her clothes.

Even on rainy days, there are still quite a few guests here.

Huizi walked among the guests, occasionally joking with one or another.

Among them, a middle-aged man sitting in the corner stood out.

He was the only one dressed in a suit and tie, sitting in the corner slowly drinking his wine.

Huizi also kept looking at him, and whenever she had a spare moment, she would go to the man's side.

This angered the other guests, who complained, "Keiko, you're so biased! You keep taking us to the area next to Nayajima. We're very unhappy about it."

Keiko rolled her eyes: "Yajima ordered a bottle of good wine, I'm just here to mooch some."

As she spoke, she remained bent over, her arms dangling over Yajima's shoulders.

This angered the other guests, who complained loudly.

Even so, Keiko didn't take it to heart.

She just chuckled a few times and teased them a bit, leaving the men speechless.

How dissolute!

Chapter 21 The Dark Reef That Was Hit Several Times

She was far too promiscuous.

She moved among a crowd of men, wearing excessively heavy makeup and exuding an overly pungent fragrance.

Laughing and joking, they move freely here.

Xia Wuzhao was looking around when the shopkeeper laughed and said, "Hey, Xia Wuzhao. What are you still looking at? Don't you have any good girls at your school?"

Xia Wu shook her head and said, "I just feel like this person is the mother or a relative of one of the girls in my class."

"Oh?" The boss was a little surprised, but then shook his head and said, "It doesn't look like it at all. You'd better get back to work."

Xia Wuzhao said nothing more and walked to the back.

To deal with the mess, we need to take out all the fish stored in the warehouse and clean them.

After dealing with all these messy and troublesome things, I still need to go to the kitchen to help out.

Even towards the end, when there were many customers, they still needed to act as temporary waiters to serve dishes.

However, Xia Wuzhao didn't experience any emotional fluctuations; at least she was making money.

However, when I arrived at the kitchen, the chef was a slightly younger person.

He's probably the boss's son.

He had long hair and looked like an ordinary man. However, he was very enthusiastic, chatting warmly with Xia Wuzhao even though they had just met.

They especially love to gossip and the like.

"Hey, Xiawu. Are you serious? You think Huizi looks familiar?"

He spoke with profound meaning.

"Probably," Xia Wuzhao replied vaguely to the chef.

The chef didn't seem to care, simply saying, "It's true that Keiko has a daughter, but she definitely won't be at your school. After all, how could Keiko possibly hand over money to her own daughter?"

"Is that so?" Xia Wuzhao pretended not to understand.

"Of course."

The chef seemed to get excited, and said in a resolute tone, "That Huizi earns a lot of money, but it all goes into her cosmetics and clothes. How could a woman like her possibly send her daughter to school?"

"You know, the school is in a difficult situation because of the lack of students. The tuition fees have increased a lot, which is why Keiko is reluctant to pay them."

He scoffed, "After all, she's a woman who loves money."

Xia Wuzhao responded with a few words, but it sounded as if she was encouraging the person in front of her.

"Moreover, I've never heard her mention her child. Whenever others make fun of her, Keiko always finds an excuse not to answer. Judging from her appearance, she probably abandoned her daughter somewhere long ago."

The chef said with a smile.

He kept rambling on and on, and what he said was nothing more than about Huizi.

It's said that Huizi is a very promiscuous woman. At first, she was able to work properly, but it didn't take long for her true colors to be revealed, as she frequented the company of men.

She also frequently accepts gifts from other men, acting as if it's perfectly normal for her.

He added, "If it weren't for her, business would have been so good. We would have kicked her out long ago. She's such a disgrace to our family! Sometimes, even the fishermen's wives would barge in, crying and making a scene. It's so annoying."

After he finished speaking, he seemed to be avoiding something.

He didn't say anything more, but simply changed the subject and brought it back to the school.

"The school in this small town is finally going to disappear," he said with some regret. "If it weren't for the school leaders' messing things up, it could have survived for a while longer. But they kept raising tuition fees and making trouble. In the end, they didn't achieve anything and the school couldn't stay afloat."

Xia Wuzhao found an excuse to go to the back door and stay there by herself for a while.

"This is Aoi's mother."

Xiao Ai thought to Xia Wuzhao, "She really doesn't seem like a mother."

“But at least it’s still somewhat useful,” Xia Wuzhao said. “At least it’s very useful for our plans.”

Just as I was thinking this, I saw Huizi come out from the back door.

She took out a cigarette from her pocket, lit it, leaned against the wall, looked at the drizzling rain outside, and exhaled a deep puff of smoke.

"You just said I look like your classmate?"

"Ah."

"What's your name?" Keiko asked casually, as if she had nothing better to do than chat.

“Asahi Amaranth,” Natsugiri Kai said.

“A name I’ve never heard of,” Keiko said casually. “Besides, my surname isn’t Asahi.”

"Is that so?" Xia Wuzhao said, "Then perhaps I'm seeing things wrong."

Huizi stopped talking and just smoked.

Xia Wuzhao didn't stay there any longer, but turned around and went into the izakaya.

Many of the guests have already left.

It was probably because their wives came here and drove them away.

Even now, a fisherman is being chased away by a woman. The woman's face is full of dissatisfaction, and she keeps slapping the man.

Meanwhile, another woman stood behind the counter, constantly yelling and cursing at the owner.

The boss didn't have a good solution and could only keep explaining and forcing a smile.

After seeing Xia Wuzhao walk in, the woman refused to act like a shrew in front of a high school student.