I save a pathological girl with a twisted love story.

She looked at Xia Wuzhao and said, "Even I myself can't figure out what I'm thinking!"

The girl was crying, tears streaming down her face.

Xia Wuzhao looked at Asahi Aoi, whose eyes were red and tears were streaming down her face.

It gathered on my chin, then dripped onto my body.

He said, "Because you still have cowardice in your heart, because you are not decisive enough."

"Because you always have doubts in your heart, you are always afraid to take responsibility for the decisions you make, you always hope that others will point out the direction for you, and you always expect others to make decisions for you."

"When you actually face this problem, you always hesitate and feel uneasy because you can't face the consequences of this decision."

"You know these things will cause you pain, but you can't refuse them."

Xia Wuzhao looked at Asahi Aoi and said in a cold tone, "Because suffering is easier than solving problems, and enduring hardship is easier than grasping happiness."

"And because you've read too many books and seen too much of the world."

“You understand that everything Huizi did was wrong, and you see clearly the suffering you are enduring, which is why you are in pain.”

"If you didn't go to school, didn't read books, and didn't see much of the world."

"If you grew up in that small room, enduring that suffocating feeling every day."

"You will be like an ordinary child, cheering for 30,000 yen when you were young, and happy for a little bit of warmth."

"To become an honest and obedient child praised by everyone, under the repression of Huizi."

"Grow up to be a shallow woman like Huizi, tormented by the trivialities of life and turned into a bitter and mean-spirited woman."

"In this way, even when you grow up and understand the evil things Keiko did when you were a child, you will naturally vent all the pain and resentment you felt as a child on Keiko, even though others will criticize you."

"But that way you won't be in as much pain as you are now."

Xia Wuzhao said casually, "Unfortunately, you've read too many books, your morals are too high, and you've become a good girl, a normal girl."

"You become neither numb and indifferent, nor compromising like a puppet being commanded and scolded by Huizi, nor dare you abandon everything decisively even if you are called an ingrate."

"Your soul is constantly being ground in pain and morality."

"It makes you feel out of place."

In the end, you can only wrong yourself.

Natsugiri Kai looked at Asahi Aoi and said this.

Aoi, already crying, managed to speak, sobbing, "I know, I know."

"But, but—"

In the end, she couldn't say a word.

Xia Wuzhao looked at her, then at the sky.

The twilight was as brilliant as a fire, with crimson and dusky yellow intertwined, becoming colors that were difficult to separate.

But the darkness in the distance gradually spread, engulfing all colors.

The two eventually returned home, but Aoi was so sad that she fainted from crying.

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Jiro Yajima relayed the news to Risa Yajima, who secretly resented Aoi Asahi's unreliability.

He cursed her inwardly, but on the surface he still wore an indifferent expression and said, "This is absolutely not true, it's definitely something that Huizi made up."

She spoke with absolute certainty, yet Yajima Jiro looked at her with disappointment.

“Risa, you really disappoint me.” Yajima Jiro shook his head. “You really don’t want to marry Keiko.”

Risa Yajima initially wanted to offer a perfunctory explanation, but seeing Jiro Yajima's expression, she finally couldn't hold back anymore.

“That’s right, I don’t want you to get married!” Risa Yajima said angrily. “Why can’t you think about me and Mom? Why do you insist on marrying Keiko?”

"Why? Why? Father! Tell me!"

Risa Yajima angrily accused Jiro Yajima.

But Yajima Jiro was also furious: "Can't you be considerate of your father even once? You even said you were worried about whether Keiko was a good mother! You're clearly using that as an excuse to brush me off!"

"If you truly supported your father, you wouldn't have made this request! Even if you had, after seeing the evidence I've given you, you wouldn't deny it!"

Risa Yajima said, "Yes, I just don't want to! Why should I be willing? You're the one who did something wrong!"

Jiro Yajima pointed at Risa Yajima through gritted teeth: "What did I do wrong? I really don't know who gave you the courage to turn your back on me here, taking advantage of the favor I gave you."

"Without me, look what you'll eat and drink next month!"

With that, Yajima Jiro angrily packed his things, slammed the door, and left.

Risa Yajima was panting heavily.

Momono Yajima rushed out and pushed Risa Yajima, saying, "Risa, quickly apologize to your father. Go now!"

She was so anxious that tears were about to fall: "Without your father, we will really starve to death."

Risa Yajima was furious and didn't care about anything else.

She shoved Momono Yajima onto the sofa and yelled angrily at her, "Mom! Why are you asking me to apologize?"

After a moment of shock, Momono Yajima cried out, "Risa, Risa, don't you love Mommy anymore?"

Her crying and screaming greatly annoyed Risa Yajima, who said, "I'm going to settle the score with Aoi Asahi!"

—It's all Aoi's fault, it's all her fault!

If it weren't for her, my family wouldn't have ended up like this!

She was furious and wanted to find Aoi immediately.

We finally arrived at the old street when the moon had already risen.

She saw Xia Wuzhao standing downstairs and angrily rushed up to her.

"Summer Mist Island!"

She spoke with fury, saying that Asahi Aoi had caused her family to break up.

Xia Wuzhao looked at her and said calmly, "It seems like you're blaming everything on Asahi Aoi."

"Isn't it all her fault?" Risa Yajima asked in astonishment.

Xia Wuzhao said, "Even if she hadn't sent that message, would your father not have cheated on you? Would you have agreed to your father's divorce just because she sent one message?"

"Of course not."

"So what difference does it make whether she sends a message or not?"

Natsugiri Kai looked at Yajima Risa and said, "Besides, you're a bit too self-important, Yajima Risa."

"In the end, why should Aoi help you? Is it because you instigated other classmates to bully her before? Or because you fought with her?"

"Aoi Asahi has absolutely no reason to help you."

As Natsugiri Kai recounted these words, Yajima Risa became extremely angry.

She slapped Xia Wuzhao across the face, just as she was about to say something.

Xia Wuzhao slapped her across the face in the same way, making her spin around in a daze.

Xia Wuzhao said, "I've told you before, I'm the kind of person who doesn't hold back when it comes to women."

Risa Yajima was so angry she could barely stand it, but in the end, she could only leave in resentment.

Aoi woke up the next day.

It's already June, and finally, a long, sunny summer has arrived.

But she couldn't help but shed tears.

She knew—it was all over, and her relationship with him had once again returned to zero.

Chapter 88 This scorching summer

She woke up in the morning with tears in her eyes.

The corners of her eyes were red, as if she had applied eyeshadow.

Even after washing up, splashing myself with cold water again and again couldn't hide the blemishes.

You can still see the traces of tears I shed last night.

She bit her lip and looked at herself in the mirror.

"You brought this all on yourself, Aoi Asahi."

I changed my clothes and put on my shoes.

Silently, he took the key from the bowl next to him, put it in his schoolbag, and then left home.

I need to explain the situation to my mother-in-law today; perhaps I won't be coming anymore.

Grandma was still lying on the rocking chair at the shop entrance as always, and when she saw Asahi, she called out affectionately, "Aoi, aren't you going to school today?"

"Grandma, you're going soon."

Sunflower smiled at her mother-in-law.

"Where's Xia Wu? Why isn't he going to school with you?"

The mother-in-law asked with some surprise.

Asahi Aoi almost burst into tears. She said, "I did something wrong and let Natsugiri down."

"so--"

She could no longer speak, and could only sob.

The mother-in-law looked at the sunflower with some surprise.

She patted the heartbroken sunflower: "What wrong thing did you do?"

Aoi sobbed, but couldn't utter a single word.

The mother-in-law could only comfort her, saying, "Xiao Kui, you don't need to worry like that."

"Xia Wu is a good kid. It's not a big deal to him if you do something wrong. He doesn't care much about it."

"He cares whether you have corrected your mistakes, not whether you have made a mistake."

"What Xia Wu cares about is whether you can walk forward with composure and whether you believe in your own convictions."

"If you're so anxious about gains and losses, you'll do things you don't want to do, and then regret them after you've done them."

"Clearly regretting it, yet still crying."

"He despises people like that the most," the old woman said to Asahi Aoi. "He hates people like that the most."

The mother-in-law comforted Asahi Aoi: "So, whatever path you've chosen, walk it bravely. Whatever you want to do, do it bravely."

"That's just how Xia Wu is. As long as you walk on the path you've chosen, hold your head high and walk on bravely."

"That way, whether you win or lose in the end, Xia Wu won't look down on you."

The mother-in-law spoke, comforting Asahi Aoi.

With teary eyes, Asahi said, "Grandma, thank you."

Grandma patted Asahi on the shoulder: "There's no need to thank me. This is just old people's experience. Having lived so many years longer than you, I've always had things to pass on."

She said, "Now, go to school quickly. Remember to come after school this afternoon. Grandma's back can't support strenuous work; if you don't come, Grandma will suffer a lot."

"Yes." Asahi Aoi finally stopped crying and said to her mother-in-law, "I will, Grandma."

After Asahi left, the old woman sighed, "What kind of nonsense is this? Young people's affairs are really incomprehensible."

I took the tram and arrived at school.

As she walked to school, Asahi walked with her head held high, under the gaze of others.

She didn't care about other people's gazes or opinions, and simply walked into the classroom.

There weren't enough people in the classroom; Aoi Asahi only saw Natsugiri Kai.

Xia Wuzhao continued studying as always.

The girl walked up and knocked on Xia Wuzhao's table.