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Do you know what it feels like to wait? Have you ever regretted it?
Even if you didn't mean it, if I accidentally killed your mother, can I just say sorry and let it all go?
So... I believe you can set new records.
The prerequisite is obtaining the key and acquiring enough oxygen.
A look of immense panic flashed across the eyes of both men. The threat of death suffocated them at that moment; neither of them wanted to die.
But it was already too late.
Yang Nai and Su Qing had already left, never intending to give them the option to live.
The sea breeze was noisy.
Su Qing asked, "Can you guarantee that their families won't cause me trouble?"
"I promise."
"This is the last time I'll trust you." Su Qing said this before closing the car door after getting into the car.
"But you'd better be careful. This time it was me, but next time it might be you, or your sister..."
The exhaust fumes billowed from the car's rear, and Yang Nai looked at the car's silhouette with a wry smile.
Everyone knows that she cares most about her younger sister, so doesn't this still mean she doesn't trust her?
……
Well, it's true that she wasn't ruthless enough.
……
When Su Qing returned to her room, it was not yet four o'clock, demonstrating her remarkable efficiency.
After changing his clothes in the living room, he tiptoed back to his room and went back to bed.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they got into bed, Mahiru suddenly reached out and hugged him very tightly.
Mahiru didn't sleep?!
Su Qing was taken aback, but upon listening carefully to the girl's breathing, she was clearly asleep.
Only then did he feel relieved.
The moon had appeared outside the window sometime earlier, and by its light, Su Qing gazed quietly at Zhen Zhou's face for a long while.
After a long while, he slowly closed his eyes.
Mahiru, don't blame me for keeping this from you...
……
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Chapter 371 Rain That Yearns for the Human World
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The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, Zhenzhou struggled to wake up in the blurry world.
It seemed like it rained lightly last night; the raindrops, not yet completely dried, turned into mist and lingered on the glass windows.
It's as if it's longing for this human world that doesn't belong to it.
"It's only six in the morning, you don't need to get up so early, sleep a little longer."
Noticing the childish whimpering sound of Mahiru waking up, Su Qing glanced over, keeping her voice very soft, as if any louder and she would completely wake the other person up.
"Hmm...you didn't leave me..."
The girl was probably still half asleep; the winter temperatures always make people want to stay in bed and drift off to sleep.
Mahiru seemed not to hear what Su Qing said. She just looked at Su Qing's profile, a silly grin spreading across her face.
"Are you still half asleep?"
Su Qing couldn't tell whether the other person was sober or not. Just as he was about to say something, Mahiru came over like a newborn animal.
"I'm so sleepy, please don't...leave...me while I'm sleeping. Oh..."
The girl giggled and reached out a hand to wrap around Su Qing's back.
After doing all this, she seemed to feel relieved and slowly closed her eyes, but some indistinct words still occasionally escaped her lips, like murmurs in a dream.
Su Qing stared at Zhen Zhou for a long time, the corner of her lips still retaining a slight smile from her earlier silly grin.
She lacked elaborate makeup and her usual composed and dignified demeanor.
They are simple-minded and silly, but to him they are extremely cute.
Is there anything more important or equally important in this world than the smile of the girl before me?
……
"It seems...there really is."
The image of another girl's smiling face flashed through his mind involuntarily, completely beyond his control.
Su Qing could only silently bite her lower lip with her sharpest teeth, and whispered expressionlessly.
Never before had he felt so despicable and vile.
……
At eight o'clock in the morning, Zhenzhou woke up in a hazy, dreamlike ray of light.
To be honest, I didn't sleep very well for the first half of last night, after what happened yesterday.
However, the second half was much better.
It seems she was still dreaming about Su Qing in her sleep?
Even in her dreams, the boy's attitude towards her remained as gentle as ever, though there were some inexplicable differences.
However... that was just a dream, it can't be considered real.
Mahiru rubbed her eyes casually. The first thing she did after waking up was to find out where Su Qing was.
Su Qing, however, seemed to have gone nowhere. She simply leaned against the headboard, closed the book she was almost finished reading, and asked:
"woke up?"
"Hmm, I'm awake." Mahiru stretched, the high quality of her sleep in the latter half of the night making her very awake now. "When did you wake up? Why didn't you wake me?"
"You're sleeping so soundly, I didn't want to wake you. Besides, it's still early," Su Qing said.
"Didn't we agree to visit Yui today?" Mahiru clearly hadn't forgotten about it.
"Yes, but it's not good to be there too early. It's better to get there around nine o'clock so that she can get some rest."
After Su Qing finished speaking, she got out of bed.
"Huh? But I think she should be awake by now. It must be so boring at the hospital."
Didn't she say yesterday that she wanted us to come earlier?
I feel like she'll start saying something like she's about to get moldy when we get there~
Mahiru folded the blankets on the bed. Su Qing had tried to persuade her to do so at first, but she said that it was something that someone staying overnight should do.
After folding the blanket into a neat square, she got out of bed with satisfaction, and the image of Yui's expression involuntarily popped into her mind, making her chuckle.
"You seem to know her quite well," Su Qing said with a smile.
"Ah... after all, we're friends."
Mahiru paused for a moment upon hearing this, and answered somewhat hesitantly.
Theoretically speaking, there is no doubt that the two are indeed friends.
But in reality, it seems to be more than just friends.
What else could they be but friends?
Best friend, confidante, or some deeper relationship?
It's a bit... hard to understand.
"What are you daydreaming about? Go wash up. I made sweet potato porridge for breakfast, along with some pickles, peanuts, and other side dishes. If there's anything else you'd like to eat, I'll make it."
Su Qing spoke as he walked out, but soon he could no longer walk.
Looking back, he saw that it was Mahiru who had grabbed his sleeve.
"What's wrong?" Su Qing asked.
"You've been secretly making breakfast by yourself again behind my back."
Mahiru pouted, her eyes slightly narrowed, with a scrutinizing look.
It feels like she's about to lose her job.
The contracts are practically null and void.
At the beginning, Su Qing was a cooking killer, only able to cook with ingredients that were considered "Category-specific".
"Since you've already stayed at my house, how could I possibly ask you to cook? Just think of it as... me, the host, doing my duty as a gracious landlord."
Su Qing remained motionless, patiently explaining.
"OK then."
Mahiru couldn't think of a reason to refute it; this was clearly her statement.
"So what do you want to eat? But I'd like something that won't take too much time to prepare," Su Qing asked as she saw that Zhen Zhou had let go of her hand.
"Natto or egg-based foods, perhaps?"
After pondering for a moment, Mahiru realized that she hadn't consumed enough protein at breakfast that day, so she offered her suggestions.
"That will be quick, just wait a moment."
Su Qing left after she finished speaking.
"Hey!"
Mahiru's hand hovered in mid-air, as if she still had something to say.
But Su Qing had already gone far away, so the words remained on the tip of his tongue and he couldn't say them.
"Really...who are you underestimating? I know that too, after all, I've been making breakfast for so many years..."
The girl stood there, murmuring softly.
……
After breakfast, the two took the subway to the hospital.
Tokyo is an international metropolis with a fast pace that doesn't tolerate idleness.
But the world after the light rain suddenly felt more relaxed and clear-headed.
Even if such a feeling is so fleeting as to seem like an illusion.
Yet it is still a reality that existed for a fleeting moment.
……
"Ah...it's going to get moldy, it's going to rust, waaaaah."
The girl in the ward leaned against the white hospital bed, her blanket neatly folded and placed aside, and was mechanically repeating some words.
Why spend such a precious Spring Festival break in the hospital?
I don't want teeth!!!
"Mom, let's get discharged from the hospital, okay?"
Yui blinked, then looked at Yuihama China sitting on the cot with her big, teary eyes, trying to get away with it by being cute.
"no!"
Yuihama Kana said it almost without hesitation.
"Huh? But didn't the doctor just say this morning that I'm perfectly healthy and have nothing wrong with me?"
"I'm in great shape now, I feel like I could run a half marathon!"