Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

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Everyone gets emotional late at night, right? What's the point of thinking so much? Anyway, just go to sleep! When you wake up, you still have to do what you need to do.

Hailin's request is no longer just a request. She has been marked by an unknown witch, and its familiars will likely keep coming back to bite her like hounds. She can't focus on her business until she gets rid of it.

Xiangzi, you don't have the right to stay in bed depressed.

With a snap, the world plunged into complete darkness.

After turning off the bathroom light, Xiangzi, supporting himself against the wall, groped his way to his room in the dark.

Push the door open, trying to make as little noise as possible, and then close it.

The corridor became completely silent again.

But the silence didn't last long. A few seconds after Xiangzi closed the door, Chuhua's door opened.

Chu Hua's pupils dilated like a cat's, reflecting a shimmering light in the darkness.

I went into the bathroom and turned on the light.

With a snap, the surroundings lit up, and the dilated pupils instantly shrank to needle-like slits, before returning to normal human pupils after a few seconds.

Chu Hua silently looked at the toilet, which had been cleaned spotlessly.

Not even a trace was left.

Before returning home, Xiangzi had already cleaned up the mess he had left behind, so no one would find out what had happened in the middle of the night when he woke up the next morning.

If Chu Hua hadn't overheard the entire process from behind the door, she would have had no idea how bad Xiangzi's mental state was.

After emerging from the familiar barrier, Xiangzi initially appeared somewhat dejected, but after Hailing called Miaomeng over, he returned to his usual calm.

She was so calm, it was as if she didn't care at all about the accidental killing.

Even Chu Hua herself almost thought Xiangzi was alright.

She was awakened by Xiangzi's crying.

Xiangzi thought he was just feeling nauseous, so he hugged the edge of the toilet to vent his frustration. He felt he would get better soon and immediately threw himself into what he was supposed to do the next day.

But in her half-awake state, Chu Hua heard Xiangzi crying, vomiting and crying at the same time, mumbling incoherently, probably repeating the word "I'm sorry".

Xiangzi is apologizing to the person he accidentally killed.

Repeating it over and over.

repeat.

The sobbing, which sounded like she was about to vomit her soul, woke Chu Hua from her sleep.

Her immediate thought was to push open the door, rush into the bathroom, hug Xiangzi, say comforting words, and tell her that everything was alright and that she was there for her.

But before the hand gripping the doorknob could exert any force, the crying stopped.

Chu Hua suddenly had no reason to push the door open and go out.

Push open a crack in the door, and your ears transform into the type of animal adapted to acquire sound information.

The sounds of lights being turned on, toilets being flushed, faucets running, cabinets being opened, footsteps pacing back and forth, and things being wiped clean.

What followed was a monologue.

According to what the doctor told Chu Hua, Xiangzi was talking to another version of himself inside his body.

The breakdown and crying just now seemed to have never happened, because Xiangzi was still running the tap. Chu Hua couldn't hear what she was saying, but she knew that her tone was very calm, so calm that it would not be an exaggeration to call it indifferent.

After a while, the muttering stopped, followed by the sound of lights being turned off, light footsteps, and a door closing.

Night returned to silence.

Chu Hua waited a while before pushing open the door and turning on the light.

Xiangzi indeed cleaned everything up completely, leaving no trace behind.

For some reason, Chu Hua's vision suddenly blurred as she looked at the clean toilet.

She lowered her head, wiped away her tears with her sleeve, and looked in the mirror at herself, dressed in pajamas and wearing a nightcap, looking no different from any other sixteen-year-old girl.

Chu Hua seemed to have made up her mind about something.

Turn off the bathroom light.

They arrived at Xiangzi's door.

Grasp the doorknob and turn it gently.

If we can just find Xiangzi and comfort her a little, like a comfort dog, that will be enough.

Just do what you can do.

But Chu Hua suddenly realized that she couldn't even open the door; the doorknob wouldn't turn, and the door was locked from the inside.

During the time Xiangzi lived in the internet cafe, she only had a tiny space of one square meter. If she didn't lock the door, she wouldn't know who came in while she was sleeping. Over time, she developed the habit of locking the door.

It was very easy to enter the door, and with a simple press, the door was locked.

Even Xiangzi himself didn't realize he had this habit.

Chu Hua was silent for a moment, then raised her hand, preparing to knock on the door.

He raised his hand halfway through the air and then put it down.

How could I possibly knock on the door and wake Xiangzi up so late at night?

Chu Hua stood at the doorway of the room, resembling a large dog with drooping ears.

Let's just leave it at that.

Xiangzi, who was sleeping against the door, opened his eyes. After hearing Chuhua's footsteps stop outside the door and then remain silent for a long time, he closed his eyes again.

Without a soft mattress, I wouldn't utter those soft, whiny complaints.

The floor is also quite nice.

......

The next morning, before it was fully light, Xiangzi got up from the cold floor and rubbed his sore eyes.

I still couldn't fall asleep.

She pursed her lips, turned around, and opened the door.

The moment the door opened, I was enveloped in a warm embrace.

The drowsiness vanished instantly, and his golden eyes trembled violently.

Chu Hua hugged herself tightly, without saying a word.

"Chuhua, you're up so early..."

Xiangzi found that his voice was hoarse again, not knowing whether it was because he had caught a cold from sleeping on the floor all night or for some other reason.

It's barely dawn now, is it possible that Chu Hua would just happen to be waiting at the door?

That's possible, but the likelihood is no less than if Miaomeng were telling the truth when she said she was a good girl.

"It's still early. Hailing and I have arranged to meet at noon. Let's go back and get some more sleep. This time, let's lie on the bed, not on the floor."

Chu Hua rested her head on Xiangzi's shoulder; she was clearly very sleepy too.

"You can rely on me more in the future, Xiao Xiang."

"..."

Xiangzi raised his hand, then lowered it, finally letting Chuhua hold him.

A warm current seemed to flow through my heart.

She curled up the corners of her mouth, looking somewhat tired.

"...I'll try my best."

The Tale of Nirvana: Keep Your True Self: Chapter 78 Be Happy!

——"We had joy wehad fun we had seasons in the sun~"

A weak, listless rendition of "Season 'The Sun" woke Xiangzi from his sleep.

That wasn't Xiangzi's alarm clock, because she always used the system's default electronic buzzer; using music as an alarm clock would ruin her fondness for music.

Whose alarm clock is that?

Xiangzi opened his eyes groggily.

Bathed in the morning light, Chu Hua's face appeared before me, breathing evenly, undisturbed by the alarm clock, her long, thick eyelashes clearly visible.

Xiangzi even counted them seriously before he suddenly realized what was going on.

and many more.

what happened?

Several little Yueyi cried out as memories from long ago flooded her mind.

When I woke up in the morning, it was just getting light. It was close to June, and the sun was rising earlier and earlier, so it must have been a little after six o'clock.

Chu Hua hugged herself, telling her to sleep a little longer.

Then she went back to sleep.

So far, there have been no problems.

However, Xiangzi seemed to have forgotten that she hadn't slept well all night. Chuhua, on the other hand, hadn't slept at all and waited for her to get up at the door. Chuhua was also extremely sleepy, so sleepy that she was almost unconscious.

She followed Xiangzi through the door and lay down on the bed with him.

Just as Xiangzi was about to say something, Chuhua's hands wrapped around him like an octopus, and then her breathing became steady, and she didn't react no matter how Xiangzi moved.

He had to swallow back the words he was about to say.

After lying on the floor for several hours, Xiangzi felt sleepy as soon as he touched the bed. His eyelids grew heavier and heavier, and he couldn't remember when he finally lost consciousness.

That's how it is when I wake up.

Xiangzi turned off Chuhua's alarm, picked up his own phone, and glanced at it.

It's 11 a.m., and I've had about five more hours of sleep, so I'm fully recharged now.

My phone vibrated, and a message popped up at the top. The message was labeled as an anonymous small group, which now has four members.

【Meow Dream Meow Dream】: Good morning, Reed Plains! Today is another sunny day. Country A launched an armed operation against Country B in the middle of the night. The leader of Country C visited Country D. Celebrity E was confirmed to have used a fake account to engage in a war of words on the forum. The cheating scandal of voice actor F has once again caused a stir. The movie G, which was a hit some time ago, has been exposed to be involved in a plagiarism lawsuit. Of all the robbery cases circulating recently, only one made it to the banner under the morning news. I said long ago that even the most thirsty reporters are too lazy to publish such trivial matters as the deaths of a few homeless people.

[MeowDreamMeowDream]: So what are your plans for today?

【Walking on Thin Ice (Accepting requests from support musicians, temporary roadshow requests, prices negotiable)】: I'm helping out at the church right now, would you like to come to the church at 12 o'clock?

This is Hailing.

Xiangzi remembered that they had created a group chat yesterday.

She clicked on Hailing's profile picture, changed the long string of names in parentheses into nicknames, and changed everyone else's nicknames as well.

[Xiangzi]: What are you doing?

【海悦怡笼%衣咝wu玖逝韭罢铃】：Mary wants to treat you to a meal, a free lunch, you might as well take it.

Why does the picture of Hachiman Kairin online look a little different from the one I saw yesterday? But then again, it doesn't seem that different either; it seems like Kairin should really look like this.

right?

Xiangzi hesitated for a moment, then gave up and didn't bother to continue.

He nudged Chu Hua, who was still fast asleep beside him, and Chu Hua suddenly jumped up and hugged Xiangzi like a pillow.

Xiangzi rolled his eyes dramatically in Chuhua's arms.

She remembered.

In Chu Hua's room there is a large Snorlax plush toy, and she seems to sleep with it every night.

For some reason, an image popped into my mind of a golden retriever sleeping on Snorlax's belly, with a grumpy-looking blue octopus lying under its belly.

Xiangzi shook off the images in his mind and pushed Chuhua hard.

She mumbled something in a daze.

"Xiao Xiang...sleep a little longer..."