Uneasy daily life

Sakurajima Mai was walking home, taking the elevator to her floor. She needed to run out to buy milk and bread for a simple dinner. Yukinoshita, on the other hand, had taken over her place. Judging from the current situation, it wouldn't be easy for Yukinoshita to remember her...

Thinking about it with a touch of optimism, it's not all bad. If you consciously try to influence things, you can do many incredible things, almost like having superpowers.

For example, when facing this door, concentrate on it and focus on your own feelings, then walk past it without changing your expression.

Since they cannot interfere with each other, they can pass through the door in no time...

boom!

Mai Sakurajima bumped into the door.

Chapter 87 Heaven is about to bestow a great responsibility upon this person.

"Balabala, gugujiji, wa la la kuli li..."

"In short, do you understand?"

After Bai Ying finished speaking, she took a sip of water to moisten her throat.

Feng Bin and Hua leaned back on the sofa, nodded firmly upon hearing this, and sneered, "You're lying to me!"

"Okay, I was lying to you." Bai Ying nodded earnestly.

Feng Bin and Hua hesitated. Had her sister really encountered the strange situation of being 'forgotten'? No, that couldn't be. She was fine when the movie was finished, and she didn't mention anything like this when she gave her new address... It's possible that her sister didn't tell her.

Damn it, I can't tell which of the bastard's words are true.

Toyohama Kazuka tentatively asked, "What do you think of that Yukinoshita?"

Yukino Yukinoshita pondered for a moment, not answering immediately, but slowly sorting out the contents of what she had just said: "What you mean is—there is a person named Mai Sakurajima who is gradually being forgotten by everyone. The manifestations of being forgotten include 'the things she has done being forgotten,' 'the things she is doing being completely ignored,' and 'at times she seems to become a phantom, not reacting to external things,' right?"

"Correct."

"According to Bai-kun's memories, I know Sakurajima Mai, but I've forgotten her?"

"Correct."

Yukino Yukinoshita frowned and said, "It sounds like a ghost."

"You're the ghost!" Feng Bin and Hua didn't believe it at all, and gave an example: "I haven't forgotten my sister, and neither has my mother. She mentioned my sister just an hour ago! You two are definitely trying to lie to me!"

The white figure shook its head and said, "A stick figure..."

Toyohama and Hana glared at each other: "You're the stick figure! You're all definitely trying to trick me, aren't you? You bastard, don't even think about fooling me, and you, Yukinoshita, don't try to fool me like your sister, hmph! I've seen through you completely, stop pretending!"

This scene is all too familiar. A bastard who spouts nonsense, a superhumanly strong woman, and Yukinoshita who seems serious—isn't this just like my hellish journey when I first arrived in Jinju? I've been tricked several times in one day and even suffered a brutal suppression by Yukinoshita Haruno's physical strength!

Think back to the past, and then look at the present.

Bastard + Yukino, the same setup; arguing with her mother, running away from home to stay with her older sister, the same beginning; the bastard spouting nonsense, with Yukino playing along, the same development!

How long has it been? I haven't forgotten yet!

Feng Bin and Hua understood everything, and couldn't help but reveal a mixture of arrogance and pity, looking at each other as if they were monkeys.

"You..." Yukino Yukinoshita asked in confusion, "You know my sister?"

“Yeah, that short-haired, overly friendly, and fat girl,” Toyohama snorted. “When we were filming, she and that bastard lied to me several times—you’re the sister she was talking about, right? I think you two are cut from the same cloth, so don’t try to act in front of me.”

While Bai Jun was filming, his sister went to visit him on set?

Yukino Yukinoshita glanced at the white figure unconsciously.

"Yes, your sister came to visit the set. Mai Sakurajima is also an actress in the crew, and this Toyohama Kazuka is Mai Sakurajima's younger sister." The white figure shrugged and said, "In the hero's memory, there's probably only the general recollection of finishing filming on set after the school trip, right?"

Why did your sister visit you on set...?

I kept the question to myself; if I were to ask it, I shouldn't ask Bai Jun.

Yukino Yukinoshita pondered the fictitious Sakurajima Mai again, shaking her head and saying, "I don't recall you and Sakurajima Mai filming anything. If that were true, given my mindset at the time, it's impossible that I didn't notice. But if you say I've forgotten someone and related events... if I really have forgotten, then many things in my memory would feel disjointed, right?"

Feng Bin and Hua pouted: "Keep acting, keep acting."

"Human memory isn't that reliable," the white figure shrugged. "Even if a hero's mind is sharp, in sixteen years—can you remember a hundred things? Can you remember a hundred names? Can you be sure your memory is absolutely accurate?"

Bai Ying gave an example: "Have you read Mencius?"

"I've read a little bit, which one are you referring to?"

"I've heard that Mencius's idea of ​​replacing an emperor if he's no good was never suppressed in ancient Japan and wasn't very popular. I didn't expect the brave one to have read it," Bai Ying asked with a smile. "In the first part of 'Born in Comfort, Die in Sorrow,' there's a central idea: 'Therefore, Heaven will send down—'"

The white figure paused slightly, then gestured with his eyes: "Recite it for me."

Yukino Yukinoshita was a little confused. After recalling for a moment, she managed to remember some of it and said, "Therefore, when Heaven is about to entrust a great task to someone, it will first test his mind, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body, leave him destitute, and thwart his actions, so as to strengthen his resolve and increase his abilities."

Why are you all suddenly reciting from memory?!

Feng Bin and Hua were a little confused. Looking around, they felt like they were being ostracized, and couldn't help but interject, "What does this mean?"

Bai Ying said, "It means that if you want to do great things, you have to be done by great things first. If you don't die from it, you'll succeed. Stickman, you need to read more books."

"My grades are great!" Feng Bin and Hua retorted, unconvinced. "Top ten in the whole grade!"

Bai Ying said knowingly, "Then you must be ranked seventh, eighth, or ninth, right?"

Toyohama Kazuka: "..."

"Bai Jun's explanation is not bad, but if you delve into the logic of this sentence, it is just taking it out of context. Mencius only used it to introduce the main idea of ​​'born in hardship, die in comfort'."

Yukino Yukinoshita asked curiously, "Why are you suddenly bringing this up?"

Bai Ying smiled and said, "Because for a period of time, I always thought it was not 'Heaven will entrust a great responsibility to this person' but 'Heaven will entrust a great responsibility to this person,' and in the general public's perception, it was also 'Heaven will entrust a great responsibility to this person.' It seems you don't have this impression."

Yukino Yukinoshita frowned and asked, "What's the reason?"

Bai Ying spread his hands and said, "It's hard to verify exactly where it came from. After thinking about it myself, I came to a guess—in ancient times, '斯' and '是' were interchangeable. When some ancient people who were not as old as Mencius quoted it, they used '斯' instead of '是'. The official original version has never changed and has always used '是', but this has not affected the use, spread and recognition of '斯' in other fields. Both have been passed down together, so the '斯' that the public recognizes is not the original '是'."

"In modern terms, that would be mother and mother, you and you, grass and oh dear, Yukino Yukinoshita and hero."

"Remove the example you secretly included." Yukino Yukinoshita glanced at the white shadow and asked pointedly, "With conclusive evidence and a clear cause and effect, it should be a joyful and satisfying experience of solving a mystery and expanding one's knowledge. What's there to argue about?"

Bai Ying explained, "Because many people believe that the official textbook also uses '斯' instead of '是,' but that's not actually the case. It's just a blurry processing of memory and self-confidence. Apart from those who have a strong impression of it, many people naturally forget it, and then fill in the gaps with common sense, ultimately creating the impression that many people's memories have been tampered with."

“I learned ‘shi’, but the people around me used ‘si’, so I remembered that I learned ‘si’.”

Yukino Yukinoshita pondered, "Why do I have a feeling that you're trying to tamper with my memories?"

Kazuka Toyohama nodded in agreement, "That's right, that's right..."

Are they still acting against me? Why are they suddenly discussing academic matters? Are they trying to subtly deceive me by appealing to my level of knowledge?

Toyohama and Hana remained vigilant.

The moon stole the cold light night after night.

The sun doesn't shine every day as usual.

Bending down to pick up fragments from illusion.

Spelling out the truth that is called me.

I'm perfectly normal, just like everyone else.

Bai Ying said in a refined manner, "In this ever-changing and confusing world, we who are ignorant and weak dare not question ourselves the most—if I guarantee it and pledge my credit, the brave will surely believe me, but I just don't like lending things to others."

You expect me to believe you without providing evidence...

Yukino Yukinoshita sighed deeply: "Haku-kun really is unreasonable."

"Human principles are too far removed from the world, so use your own eyes to find them, brave one."

Bai Ying said seriously, "Just like if you believe you are Sakurajima Mai, then you are Sakurajima Mai. I think this is an essential kind of self-confidence."

Yukinoshita Yukino: #!

Feng Bin and Hua couldn't keep up with the conversation and got angry. She raised her hand and slammed it on the table, trying to get serious: "What kind of riddles are you talking about?! Mencius, the sun and the moon, logic and evidence! I just don't believe it, and you can't fool me—humph, I'm calling my sister right now!"

Oh right, I came to see my sister, not these two!

Damn it, it's all because I got confused by that jerk.

Feng Bin and Hua took out their phones, just as they were about to make a call, when the door suddenly slammed shut.

boom!

The three of them turned to look at the door.

The white figure suddenly asked, "What did you see? What do you think happened?"

Yukino Yukinoshita said, "I forgot to close the door just now, and the wind blew it open, making a noise as it hit the wall."

Feng Bin and Hua spoke at the same time, happily exclaiming, "Sister is back!"

The two of them simultaneously cast questioning glances at each other, as if to say, "Are you trying to lie to me?" or "Are you blind?"

"Wahana? What brings you here?"

Mai Sakurajima, holding bread and milk, reached out to close the door, somewhat puzzled as to why these three people were gathered together in the house.

"I had a fight with Mom," Feng Bin muttered, then turned around and said smugly, "I knew you were trying to lie to me. My sister is perfectly fine, isn't she?"

"It's not exactly good... Why did you argue with your aunt again?"

She's already retired from the entertainment industry, so there's no longer any opportunity for her two daughters to continue the rivalry between their elders. Shouldn't the pressure on her and Hua be easing up? Why is there another mother-daughter argument that ends with her running away from home?

Mai Sakurajima entered the living room while asking questions.

"Uh……"

Kazuka Toyohama simply said, "That bastard taught me how to argue with my mom, so I tried it out..."

"How did it go?" Bai Ying asked with great interest. "Was there a slap? Did your mother pick up a broom?"

"No!" Toyohama and Hana replied angrily, "What are you thinking?!"

"It's good that you didn't resort to violence, but you ran away from home again... What exactly happened?"

"I argued with her for a bit, and she angrily smashed a vase. I angrily smashed one too, and then we left."

Feng Bin and Hua described the events with little interest.

Feng Bin's mother conducts daily management.

Toyohama and Hana used a new skill.

The effect was remarkable, which enraged Feng Bin's mother, who then smashed a bottle in protest.

Feng Bin and Hua couldn't hold back their anger either, and one of them also fell down.

“That sounds different from my family’s problem,” Yukino Yukinoshita shook her head. “Being frank with each other will make the conflict more obvious.”

"Hero, what do you see?" the white figure asked.

"Huh? Wasn't it just you and Feng Bin discussing her relationship with her mother?"

Yukino Yukinoshita asked in surprise, then, remembering what she had just said, felt it was absurd and said, "You don't mean to say that Mai Sakurajima is here, do you?"

Sitting next to Yukino Yukinoshita, Mai Sakurajima, calmly unfurling bread and drinking milk, showed no surprise at being able to hold bread and drink milk.

Feng Bin and Hua looked left, right, and around, feeling a buzzing in their heads.

(O_o)?

It seems like she's not lying to me? Because my sister would never lie to me!

Chapter 88 Vinegar Can Refresh the Mind

"You're not kidding me? You're not lying to me?!"

Fengbin and Hua couldn't help but confirm again, their gazes sweeping over the three of them.

“No.” Mai Sakurajima shook her head, eating her bread. “Yukinoshita really can’t see me.”

Kazuka Toyohama instinctively leaned closer and reached out to touch Mai Sakurajima—she was warm, breathing, and had a heart…

"What are you doing?" Mai Sakurajima grabbed her sister's hand and said helplessly, "I'm not panicking, why are you? Calm down."

"I think you guys are joking."

Yukino Yukinoshita frowned, trying hard to recall 'Sakurajima Mai', but could only exhale a sigh of relief: "The Sakurajima Mai I heard about is all from your stories, a supernatural phenomenon of someone being forgotten... Haku-kun wasn't joking, he wasn't lying to me?"

Mai Sakurajima, sitting next to him, casually remarked, "Yeah, I'm not lying to you. It's just that this hater has too many past records, so it's really hard to gain his trust."