I save a pathological girl with a twisted love story.

Patches of sunlight peeked through the cracks in the door and fell on Asahi's face.

The moment I see Aoi Asahi, the word "beautiful girl" comes to mind.

She has fair skin that is almost translucent in the sunlight, and a delicate and charming face.

But it's not the usual gentle temperament; it's a sharper, more aggressive one.

His chestnut-brown eyes were full of mockery, and his thin pink lips held a sarcastic tone.

Pink fingertips, hair shimmering with a brilliant golden light in the falling rays.

She said in a mocking and disdainful tone, "You really did see this face, which is why you keep bothering me."

"This isn't the silent, gloomy girl I expected; she's sharper, more morbid. Is it because of the monster within her?"

“I think I said this before,” Xia Wuzhao said in a flat tone. “You’re really being presumptuous, Asahi-kun.”

He looked at Aoi and said, "Anyone who sees a gloomy girl who is like a ghost in the class and keeps to herself would be interested, right?"

"So, what do you want to do?" Her smile became even more sarcastic and contemptuous.

"Do you think things will develop like a light novel protagonist's story, and that I need to be saved? Do you think I'll fall for you in one of those clichéd scenarios? Or have you already envisioned that rosy, youthful future in your mind?"

Her eyes were full of malicious mockery, like a mean-spirited bad girl.

"I told you, you're a bit too self-important, aren't you? Asahima Aoi."

Xia Wuzhao said casually, "Generally speaking, although this isn't the second New Tokyo, it's just a school in a nearby town. But if a crime occurs, it still gives me a headache."

"If the school merger fails, it will be a bad thing for me. After all, I don't have enough money to go to school in Second New Tokyo on my own."

"so what?"

Aoi tilted her chin slightly and said, "You want to use this excuse to convince me?"

"That's probably an excuse after all." Xia Wuzhao didn't seem flustered after being exposed; instead, she looked like she had expected it.

"But convincing you is something that's really impossible to do."

He raised his hand, pointing at Aoi Asahi: "What I'm going to do is probably expose and condemn Aoi Asahi!"

Aoi Asahi stroked her hair with one hand, chuckling as if she had everything under control: "Are you trying to get my attention this way? How arrogant and boring."

“Ou Baiying”.

Xia Wuzhao said, "The vines that grow in swamps and woodlands can produce small purple and yellow flowers."

"The fruit produced is poisonous."

"There are other plants like the *Dictamnus dasycarpus*, whose ten fruits can kill a child. And the *Heliotropium indicum*, which can drive humans mad and cause hallucinations."

"The plants you've cultivated are all highly poisonous plants, such as sunflowers."

He said this while staring at Aoi: "I don't want you to commit a murder here, Aoi."

The contemptuous and mocking smile on Aoi's face vanished like melting snow, and her confident expression shattered like glass.

Her once playful pupils transformed once more into an expression as cold and inorganic as a glass ball.

"So, what are you going to do now, Aoi?"

Natsugiri Kai looked at Asahi Aoi.

call--

Aoi suddenly pounced down the stairs, like a ferocious beast about to embed its fangs into Natsugiri Kai's neck.

It was as if a bird with broken wings had fallen heavily.

Clang!

The tables and chairs piled up like a prison collapsed with a deafening crash.

Xia Wuzhao crashed heavily onto the dusty ground, the dust it kicked up swirling haphazardly in the thin light.

Her leaden hair hung down like a curtain, enveloping Xia Wuzhao like a spider web and almost completely blocking out the surrounding light.

Aoi's face was not contorted with rage, but rather indifferent.

Her hands tightened little by little, squeezing the air out of Xia Wuzhao's throat.

"Shall we make a bet, Aoi?"

At this moment when she was almost suffocating, Xia Wuzhao smiled for the first time: "I bet you wouldn't dare kill me."

"Looks like you made the wrong bet, Xia Wu."

Like a ripple on the surface of water, a smile spread across Asahi's face, and her hands clenched tighter and tighter.

Chapter 3 Under the Azure Sky

"really?"

Natsugiri Kai had a bright smile on her face, as if she was smiling because she was almost killed by Asahi Aoi: "I don't think so, Asahi-kun."

Looking at Xia Wuzhao's smile, Asahi Aoi lowered her eyes.

She uttered those words as if angry, yet powerless, cursing Xia Wuzhao.

"You're disgusting."

But the fingers that were tightly gripping Xia Wuzhao's neck gradually loosened.

"Looks like I won my bet."

Xia Wuzhao smiled: "I won, Asahi Aoi-kun."

Asahi lowered her eyes, her eyelashes trembling like dragonfly wings, her lips pressed together until they were pale.

But her fingers only slowly left Xia Wuzhao.

She sat on Xia Wuzhao's lap, looking at her with cold, indifferent eyes.

A shimmering light rippled in his chestnut eyes, concealing complex and unspeakable emotions.

Natsugiri Kai said, "Aoi Asahi, do you know why I'm so sure?"

The girl just looked at him coldly.

"It's because you have this impulse in your heart, but you don't have the courage to do it."

"It's because you harbor such cowardice within yourself, Aoi Asahi."

"I want to be a normal girl, but I don't dare to talk to other classmates. Even though it's a simple thing, I feel extremely ashamed when I'm about to do it, so I naturally choose to back down."

"You're clearly being bullied and want to fight back, but instead you're secretly growing poisonous plants here. You're fantasizing about killing all your classmates, aren't you?"

"How pitiful."

"Is she wallowing in self-pity? How ridiculous, Aoi Asahi."

"When I discovered you were growing poisonous plants, did you feel a sense of relief, a sense of satisfaction, or even joy?"

"Because I was the only one in the whole school who noticed that you were planting poisonous plants."

"Ah, finally someone saw you, finally someone understood you. Don't you feel a sense of relief? Don't you feel satisfied, having made friends for the first time?"

Xia Wuzhao looked at Asahi Aoi and, with a smile, uttered words that pierced the heart.

"You're being a bit arrogant."

Asahi Aoi stared at Natsugiri Kai, her eyes filled with obvious anger.

"After all that, you're nothing more than a fly that's only bothered by my face. What do you know? Do you really think I'd cry my eyes out after you said all that?"

“Who knows, Aoi Asahi.” Natsugiri Kai chuckled. “It’s like how you, who have no friends, remembered my name.”

Sunflower gripped her fingers tightly.

The slow, heavy chimes of Westminster rang at 1:15 p.m.

Lunch break is over.

Asahi loosened her fingers and didn't look at Natsugiri again.

She stepped over the haphazardly arranged desks and chairs and headed towards the classroom.

Xia Wuzhao stood up from the ground and patted the dust off her clothes.

"Lord Xia Wuzhao, aren't we trying to win over this girl?"

Xiao Ai asked in Xia Wuzhao's mind, puzzled, "Right now, she absolutely hates you."

Xia Wuzhao said, "This is what the strategy guide is for."

Xiao Ai was very confused: 'Is this also a walkthrough?'

“That’s right, this is also a strategy guide,” Xia Wuzhao said.

I walked through the haphazardly piled tables and chairs in the corridor.

This is a typical rural town, located around Second New Tokyo.

The only distinguishing feature of the school was its dilapidation and age. Outside the school, crooked utility poles stretched out dense, spiderweb-like wires that cut the sky into pieces.

Looking out from the low wall of the corridor, which only reaches chest height, one can see only two or three trees in the school's forecourt; the rest is gray cement ground.

Even the walls on both sides of the college are plant walls made of ornamental plants.

There is only a red brick wall at the school entrance.

There are roughly only two types of weather here: one is seemingly incessant, like the endless drizzle that has historically flooded Tokyo.

Another type is a clear sky after a light rain, where the sky is a deep blue, as if it's glowing with a faint fluorescent light.

Today is the second type.

Aoi walked ahead, her head bowed.

It's like a blind deer stumbling and staggering along the railway tracks.

Her long, jet-black hair trembled and bounced with every step she took.

The ends of her hair almost reached the edge of her skirt, swaying along with the hem.

The classrooms next door were always filled with the cheerful laughter of high school students, but the corridor was different, filled only with a dull atmosphere.

Natsugiri followed behind Asahi Aoi, counting the number of times her skirt and hair bounced.

That gaze was really too much.

Aoi remained unmoved, as if having left the cage made of tables and chairs, her last shred of courage had vanished.

Xia Wuzhao walked quickly forward and walked side by side with Asahi Aoi.

Asahi Aoi paused, slowing her pace. It seemed she wanted to avoid Natsugiri Kai.

But how could Natsugiri Kai possibly satisfy Asahi Aoi?

He easily followed Aoi Asahi without saying a word.

Asahi finally stopped when she was almost at the classroom.

She remained silent, like a statue.

Xia Wuzhao remained silent, simply leaning against the wall on the other side of the corridor.

The two seemed to be locked in a stalemate.

"Hey, what are you two doing here?"

A long-haired female teacher stood behind the two of them and patted their heads with a folder: "Class is about to start, didn't you hear the bell?"

The teacher exuded obvious fatigue, yawning frequently, and dressed in a more androgynous style.

He is probably approaching thirty years old.

"Yokokawa-sensei, let's go in right away." Xia Wuzhao said to Yokokawa Jun-sensei with the demeanor of a good student.

But neither Asahi Aoi nor Natsugiri Kai made a move.

"This is really troublesome." Jun Yokokawa looked a little helpless. She tapped Natsuki Kai's head with the file folder and said, "Although you have good grades, other people's grades will be even better after you get to Second New Tokyo. You must not be arrogant. Be careful not to lose your scholarship."

"If you encounter difficulties in life, remember to ask your teacher for help."

"Yes, Yokokawa-sensei." Natsuki Kai was very obedient, just like a good student.

"Tsk." Jun Yokokawa shook his head and said, "Remember to set up all the desks and chairs there after school."