I won't be a loser.

After waiting for about ten minutes, Mari Fukaoka walked into the reception room.

"Awaited."

"No, I just waited a little while. Here is the manuscript. Take a look."

After handing his manuscript to Mari Fukazaki, Kento sat quietly in his seat, watching Mari Fukazaki carefully flipping through the manuscript after receiving it, and paying attention to the changes in her facial expression.

After turning over about three pages, Mari Fukaoka's brows began to frown. She pursed her lips tightly and stared at the manuscript in front of her. As she turned over page by page, the expression on her face gradually became irritated. During this time, she couldn't help but raise her head and look at the wise man in front of her with a very tangled and complicated look.

"......"

But after staring at Xianren for a while, she continued reading again. It took her about two hours to finish the content.

After closing the manuscript, Mari Fukaoka slowly exhaled, and then looked at the wise man sitting opposite her with a heavy expression on her face.

"How about it?"

"It's hard to describe. It's a rare work among mainstream works nowadays. Compared to the last work, this one is even darker and more... difficult to breathe."

"so?"

“I don’t know, but I can give it a try.”

"Then please."

Having received an answer from Mari Fukaoka, the wise man no longer needs to worry about the issue of publication.

"Well, I'll take care of the publishing."

Mari Fukaoka, who was still immersed in the story just now, stared at the wise man in front of her, looked at him carefully, hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but ask.

"Is this story based on reality?"

"I guess so, but it's not that exaggerated, nor that tragic."

"I understand."

Mari Fukaoka nodded slightly and did not ask any more questions about the work. Instead, she talked about the approximate time of publication and some other matters, and prepared the contract. The conditions were the same as last time, with no major differences or changes, so the two signed the contract.

"Then I'll leave the rest to you, Miss Fuuka."

"Ah."

After accepting the contract, Xianren said goodbye to Mari Fukazaki, left the publishing house, and went back to his home.

Go home, prepare dinner, and think about the new book.

This is how it should be——

"How are the injured?"

"Send to the emergency room immediately!"

"The situation is a bit serious. Is he conscious? Is he still conscious?"

The wise man felt a beam of light shining on his eyes, but he couldn't control the movement of his eyeballs. He felt like he was drowning in a quagmire and his consciousness was unable to think normally.

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When the summer cicadas chirp: 267. He is a kind person.

Mari Fukaoka was just about to return to the office to continue her work. Not long after she sat down, she heard some people talking about a car accident nearby. She was a little surprised, and thinking of Kento who had just left, she couldn't help but murmur in her heart.

"It probably has nothing to do with him."

Mari Fukaoka, who was a little concerned, took out her cell phone and called Xianren.

No one heard.

She couldn't help but feel nervous. She quickly put down the work in her hands and hurried downstairs. Wearing high heels, she ran all the way to the elevator and waited anxiously for it to arrive.

After coming out of the publishing house, he asked passers-by about the location of the accident and hurried to the scene.

When she saw the figure lying sideways on the road, the familiar clothes, and the document bag beside the other person, Mari Fukaoka's pupils contracted and her legs felt a little weak, but she still moved closer step by step. When she saw the familiar face, she closed her eyes and lay down on the ground.

After dialing the ambulance number, medical staff soon sent Xianren to the ambulance. As the only person at the scene who had a relationship with Xianren, Mari Fukaoka also rode in an ambulance for the first time in her life.

When they arrived at the hospital and Kento was sent to the emergency room, Mari Fukaoka used Kento's phone to call his family.

Miyamizu Futaba was trimming flowers and plants at home, thinking about what to prepare for dinner for her family tonight, when she suddenly received a phone call, which made her look surprised.

"A wise man?"

After the call was connected, before Miyamizu Futaba could speak to the wise man on the other end of the line, she heard a trembling and suppressed voice of a strange woman, telling her a piece of bad news that was like a thunderclap.

"Are you Miyamizu-kun's family? I'm his editor... Um, I have some bad news to tell you... Miyamizu-kun—"

Miyamizu Futaba listened in a daze to the call from the self-proclaimed wise editor. Her mind was blank and she was silent for a long time. She forced a smile on her face.

"Um, is there something wrong?"

"Miyamizu-kun is in the emergency room right now, and I'm outside. There are some procedures that need to be handled by my family, so..."

"I know, come over right away."

Miyamizu Futaba gritted her teeth, quickly hung up the phone, and then called her husband.

"Toshiki, something's happened to Kento."

Without informing her daughter, Miyamizu Futaba packed her belongings and hurriedly left home, asking her old mother Miyamizu Kazuba to take care of the family. She did not tell her mother what had happened. When she saw her husband's car arrive at the door, she got in the car and went directly to Tokyo.

When Mitsuha Miyamizu and Yotsuha Miyamizu returned home, they found that their mother was not at home. They were not very surprised and asked their grandmother Miyamizu Kazuha.

"He left with your father. Maybe something happened."

He guessed that something might have happened, but facing his two granddaughters, he thought that his daughter had even concealed it from him, and thought it might be something very serious, so he did not tell his two granddaughters.

Thinking of her mother who often went to Hida, Miyamizu Mitsuha didn't care much and took the initiative to prepare dinner.

Miyamizu Yotsuba looked at her sister and went back to her room to do homework. Since there was not much homework, she decided to help her sister prepare dinner after finishing her homework.

Looking at her two granddaughters, Miyamizu Ichiha's face showed a rare expression of worry. She sighed softly and continued to braid the knot...

"what's going on?"

On the way to Tokyo, Toshiki Miyamizu, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked back at his wife who was sitting in the back. Seeing his wife's worried expression, he didn't know what had happened, and looked a little confused and puzzled.

"Sage, he was in a car accident."

The driver was the full-time driver of Hida Mayor Miyamizu Toshiki, so even though Miyamizu Toshiki was confused when he heard his wife's answer, he still drove steadily.

Hearing Miyamizu Futaba's answer, Miyamizu Toshiki did not show much shock, but silently turned sideways and looked at his wife with no expression on his face.

The car was very quiet. After more than ten minutes, Miyamizu Toshiki took a deep breath and sat up straight.

"Go, a little faster."

The driver of the car silently stepped on the accelerator——

"That's all for today's work. Thank you for your hard work, everyone."

Qingpu Mai walked out of the office, said goodbye to everyone else who was working, left the company, and went home to think about what to prepare for dinner. At that moment, a somewhat unexpected phone call made Qingpu Mai look surprised.

"Mrs. Miyamizu? What's the matter with the sudden call?"

"Ms. Qingpu, I have a favor to ask of you."

Suddenly, she received a call from Miyamizu Futaba. She was a little surprised to hear that the other party had something to ask her, but she still asked politely.

"Xianren...had some kind of accident. Can you help take him to the hospital?"

"Accident?"

Kiyoura Mai was standing on the street. After hearing what Miyamizu Futaba said, she was stunned for a moment, and then she reacted.

"I see. So, what's the address of the hospital?"

After telling Qingpu Mai the address of the hospital that Fuugang Mari had told her, the call was quickly hung up. Qingpu Mai also hurriedly changed the direction of her return home and headed towards the hospital instead.

Feeling uneasy for some reason, Qingpu Setsuna slowly raised his head and looked at Saionji Sekai beside him.

"Do you feel uneasy?"

"what?"

After hearing what Kiyoura Setsuna said, Saionji Sekai looked at her with some confusion.

"No... I always feel like something bad is going on."

"Your imagination, right? Something bad is going to happen?"

"I don't know, I just have a bad feeling."

Qingpu Shanna looked down at the milk tea in front of her, feeling uneasy. She didn't know what had happened, but she had a vague bad premonition. She looked out the window slowly in silence. Facing the blue outside the window, she couldn't help but start to feel entangled and concerned.

I don’t know what exactly happened.

The colors are gray, yet it seems like a pure white and clear morning—

"Wake up, sage."

The slender fingers fell to the ear and drew a circle around it. Xianren slowly opened his eyes and saw Sayuri Sawamura sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at him with a smile.

"Sayuri?"

"What's wrong? It's almost noon, and you're still lying in bed. Did you have a sweet dream?"

"dream?"

Xianren, lying on the bed, looked around. The room seemed unfamiliar. Then he looked at Sayuri who was right next to him, and a confused expression appeared on his face. He didn't know why he was here, nor did he know why Sayuri was in the same room with him.

A confused expression appeared on his face as he stared at Sayuri in front of him.

"What's wrong? Why are you staring at me with such a scary look?"

"No, it's nothing. Maybe I was confused because of sleep. It's obviously a normal thing. I remember I live in a small apartment, right? Why..."

Looking at the luxurious decoration in the room, Xianren showed a puzzled expression on his face. He didn't understand why he was living in such a room. After graduating from school, he also lived in a small apartment. Sayuri also lived with her daughter.

In order to prevent her daughter from discovering their relationship, so - by the way, what was her daughter's name?

"What little apartment?"

"No, I remember I was—"

"It seems we really should exercise some restraint. We can no longer distinguish between reality and dreams."

"Dream?"

"After you graduated, didn't we already live together?"

Looking at Sayuri's gentle face so close to him, and then at the gentle look in her eyes, which only looked at him, Xianren nodded.

"I slept for too long, maybe I got confused."

It took them four hours to rush from Gifu to Tokyo and arrive at the hospital where Kento was. Miyamizu Futaba and Miyamizu Toshiki hurried to the door of the emergency room and saw Kiyoura Mai and a strange woman standing at the door. Miyamizu Futaba first stepped forward and asked Kiyoura Mai.

Looking at the worried Kiyoura Mai, Miyamizu Futaba began to ask about the situation related to Kento.

"Situation, how is Xianren?"

"I don't know either. You told me that Xianren was in trouble, so I rushed over. I found out that he was being treated, but I stood at the door the whole time and didn't see the doctor come out."

"Who is that Miss Fuuka?"

Unable to get a reassuring answer from Kiyoura Mai, Miyamizu Futaba wanted to know what had happened.

Mari Fukazaki, who was standing aside, also looked a little tired and haggard. It was already late at night and she hadn't had a sip of water until now. After waiting for such a long time, she finally waited for Xianren's family.

"it's me."

Looking at the face that was 60% similar to Xianren, Mari Fukaoka slowly closed her eyes and adjusted her mood.

"What happened?"

"It was around six in the afternoon. I had just finished talking to Miyamizu-kun about the new book. Not long after he left the publishing house, someone reported that there had been a car accident nearby. I was a little worried, so I called Miyamizu-kun, but no one answered, so I went down to the scene..."

"Why did this happen? Where is the murderer?"

Miyamizu Toshiki, who was standing silently by the side, slowly asked.

Looking at the majestic man, Mari Fukaoka showed a helpless expression and shook her head slightly, indicating that she did not know.