The sun sets, and the sky is as orange as fire. The neon lights of the city light up, and the streets under the high-rise buildings are gradually covered by the afterglow of the sunset. In the golden gauze, people and cars come and go, interweaving the image of an international city.
Bustling and hustle and bustle...
"The school's infirmary is very particular. The windows are positioned so that you can enjoy a good view."
Hearing the voice behind her, the girl on the hospital bed closed her eyes. The setting sun falling in the window reflected her outward profile face softly and brightly.
"The scenery is good, but the people are not good."
"But you were unconscious in the afternoon, and it was the bad guy in front of you who carried you back here." Kagura Le handed the freshly peeled green apple in his hand to the girl.
Tianhai Qimingyue's eyes only stayed on this apple within reach for only a second, "It's just a matter of carrying it upstairs. It sounds like it is some great favor that must be repaid in this life."
...
Kanbaru's hand hovered in mid-air for more than ten seconds, and finally he could only withdraw it.
He cut the apple into slices with a fruit knife, put it into his mouth, and said while eating:
"Indeed, it's a trivial matter. This kind of trivial matter can't prove anything... The school doctor said that you didn't get enough rest and suffered from heatstroke, so you suddenly fainted. Just now Liuli, Zhiyuki, and Ling came to see you.
Yes, Zhixue went out to buy the apples, and she was afraid to face you."
"Kanahara-san."
"I am listening."
"In the past month, you have cared about me like this many times, including but not limited to coming to bring me water when I was thirsty, and learning from my sister that I couldn't eat and cooking for me alone. But unfortunately,
In my opinion, these are meaningless entanglements... Whether he came to me out of nowhere last night, or he carried me to the infirmary without my consent at noon today."
The voice of Tianhai Qimingyue is not cold.
It's more like flat... flat without any ups and downs...
She closed her eyes again.
"I know you want to apologize to me, but unfortunately, in my opinion, your apology is just effort and not sincerity."
"Sincerity means sending Zhixue back to Tianhai's house?"
"otherwise?"
"That's a pity. I won't send Zhixue back in Qiyue. If I send her back in her current state, what do you think she will be in? Will she be very happy?"
"At least--"
Kanbaru looked serious and immediately interrupted her:
"At least it's better than being by my side? Regarding this, in July, you can ask Zhixue's true heart. Does she want to stay with me, or go back to that home? If Zhixue says she wants to go back, does she want to go back?
She truly voluntarily said she wanted to leave without any hesitation, so why should I not let her go?"
"It doesn't matter who it is -"
"Look who did it? Qiyue, I don't want to discuss this too much. When Zhixue first moved in, did you really care about her? I know you are all busy with your own affairs, but just
In fact, when you face difficulties in Zhixue, which one of you really cares?
"I remember Uncle Ying told us when he sent Zhixue over, and we agreed to treat Zhixue like family. But in fact? Did you have one person to teach her about life? You had one person at the beginning.
Do you express condolences to her while eating and wearing clothes?
"I will always do these things at home, and only Liuli is willing to help me.
"I know you can blame this on 'she can do it on her own', but please don't forget that Zhixue is a child with a birth defect, and there are too many things she doesn't know how to do."
"Is this what you said?" The seven bright moons in the sky did not change their expression.
"It's not a rhetoric, it's just an explanation for what you just said in Qiyue. Qiyue... don't you know these things? How can you use this matter to talk about it?"
Tianhai Qimingyue lowered her head. Her head was still a little groggy. She didn't know why she said those incomprehensible words just now. She knew that she really couldn't refute this.
When Zhixue falls in love with someone, several people in the family are responsible.
It's one thing for Dan Zhixue to like someone, but it's another thing for someone to respond and break their promise.
Tianhai Qimingyue took a deep breath, "I have never cared whether Zhixue likes you or not. But the current person has no integrity at all."
"I'm trying to apologize."
"Heh, I told you before, your apology is just effort, without any sincerity."
"I will not agree to your sincerity in Qiyue."
"Then you think your apology is an apology?"
...
The exchange between the two fell into a long silence.
Kanbaru stared at the shadow stretched by the setting sun outside the window, feeling that time passed so slowly...
"Kanahara-san."
Hearing Qimingyue's voice, Kanbaru did not raise his head.
"Don't you think you are annoying now?"
"Really..." Kanbaru continued to lower his head.
"It's annoying, it's annoying to apologize, it's annoying to give gifts, it's annoying to come to me pretense, it's annoying to forcefully carry me here... No matter how you look at it, you are just an irresponsible scumbag right now.
.”
...
Kambaraku lowered his head and listened to the sound of Qimingyue, which was neither salt nor water.
He was thinking, what caused the current situation?
What makes July say such things to herself...
At first, I just liked Liuli... After being entangled with Qiyue, I inexplicably remembered my past encounters with her.
Because I had made a promise to Qiyue in the past, I felt sorry for her now, so I had to shoulder my responsibility to her... During this period, I felt Qiyue's dedication to me, and fell in love with her...
But there is no doubt...this conflicts with Liuli who relies entirely on herself.
The two sisters started to quarrel with each other and got into a fight over relationship issues.
They struggled and argued with each other for a long, long, long time...
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On the one hand, she has to face the dependence Liuli seeks, and on the other hand, she has to face Qiyue's infinite love for herself.
...I didn’t want them to get hurt, and I didn’t want them to hide in a corner and be sad one by one in the future, so I wanted to take full responsibility...and then let them get hurt again and again.
And I... also have to go back and forth between the two of them and take care of their feelings.
...Why not let them rely on themselves voluntarily like a strong man?
Kagura Raku could only answer... What they seek from themselves has never been "strong". What they need has always been a single emotional sustenance.
As for emotional sustenance, even if Shen Yuanle completely controls the Tianhai family, it has no effect.
What they care about is always whether a person will understand and take care of their feelings...and then they will give more and more responses.
Make no mistake...they are both good girls.
They are all worth trusting for a lifetime.
......but why?
Kagura Raku suddenly felt as if he was living between them, needing to be responsible for this, needing to be responsible for that... He seemed to have given them too many unrealistic feelings.
On the one hand, he makes them fall in love with him infinitely, but he is unable to give them all the feelings they want.
...
"I want to hear your explanation, why should you accept Zhixue?"
Kagura Raku tried to capture some information from Qi Mingyue's face, but unfortunately, all she could see was the paleness after waking up from a coma.
"As you said just now in July, be responsible."
"Then you don't have to be responsible for me and my sister?"
"Of course, I must."
"Then?" Tianhai Qimingyue looked at the floating clouds in the distance outside the window, "Then you said those words to me and my sister a month ago?"
"They are all responsible. July...Zhixue needs someone to sympathize with. You can take on Zhixue's identity and think about it——"
Amami Qimingyue sighed, "I'm fed up with your rhetoric, 'put yourself in someone else's shoes'... Kanbara-kun, why, why do you have to put yourself in someone else's shoes? My position, why do you have to put me in someone else's shoes?"
"
"...Qiyue, I don't think you would say such a thing." Kanbaru smiled at her and grabbed another apple from the dinner plate, "Want to eat an apple? I'll peel it for you, it's quite good.
delicious."
"Why? Kanbaru-san, now I just feel that you are taking advantage of our emotions and kidnapping me. In addition, I now feel that the way you always come to me with a smile after doing those things is very fake.
.”
...
Qi Mingyue's tone became increasingly calm.
From being dull to the point where Kamiyaraku felt completely exhausted inside...
Even the setting sun falling on my palms feels so dim...
"Are you dissatisfied with me?" The half-peeled apple stopped in his hand.
"Yes, there is no trust at all." Tianhai Qimingyue touched her forehead, frowned tightly, and pinched her eyebrows.
Kanbaru looked at the half-cut apple in his hand and the fruit knife hovering above:
"...You probably didn't hear it clearly when you were in a coma. Let me say it again. While I accepted Zhixue's confession, I also rejected her. I asked Zhixue, 'Knowing that I will never agree to you in the future, you
Are you still willing to follow me?'... Zhixue's answer was as expected, she agreed, and she didn't care about it at all... She doesn't mind who I like or not, as long as I can still appear next to her,
As a family member or a sister, it doesn't matter to her."
After Tianhai Qimingyue heard this, her original uncomfortable expression disappeared instantly. She opened her eyes, paused for a second, and then closed them again after returning to her usual indifferent expression:
"What? You think this isn't betrayal?"
"...You think you can forget it. But I have to make it clear. I never meant anything to Zhixue. I just saw her suffering and wanted to give her a place suitable for her to live. Facts have proved that Zhixue
She also needs my care very much, and even likes you, Liuli and Ling. She is a good child. After knowing that she hurt others and embarrassed others, she chose to quit on her own...
"I feel like I see you and Liuli in Zhixue. Just as I couldn't give up on you, I can't give up on Zhixue... What's different from how I treat you is that I understand that I can't truly accept Zhixue's feelings. I
I have never regarded Zhixue as a lover, what I like is always your feelings for me..."
Tianhai Qimingyue understood what she meant, "So, now that I want you to give up Zhixue completely, is it equivalent to you giving up on me and my sister?"
"That's it."
"Then let's go."
"...What?"
"Since the conflict cannot be adjusted, you can leave... You don't have to apologize to me or anything in the future, I don't need it."
Kagamihara's voice suddenly became quieter. He raised his head and looked at Tianhai Qimingyue, who was frowning tightly and pinching the center of his eyebrows:
"I hope you're talking nonsense."
"...I do not need."
"..."
Kanbaru was silent again for quite some time.
He closed his eyes, and the sunset shone on his face, bringing a layer of warmth.
What I recall in my heart is what it was like in July.
When we met for the first time, he teased me with dirty words in the literature club. On the day of the firework festival, he watched the fireworks alone. He came to see me in a snowstorm with his head covered in white frost...
Scenes of memories are recalled in my heart like a revolving lantern.
Kanbaru felt that all of this was a sign that Qiyue liked him... and he was willing to respond to her love and wanted to be responsible for her.
But with my personality, I can't bear to see anyone sad.
...let the situation become what it is now, which no one wants to encounter.
Kagura suddenly stood up, "It's my fault...July...Maybe I shouldn't have so much sympathy."
"..."
Tianhai Qimingyue did not respond, perhaps because she no longer wanted to speak.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "In this matter, I am sorry for you, so if you want to be less sympathetic, I can certainly do it. If you want
if."
"You want to apologize, this is the most basic requirement."
"Yeah...what's the most basic request that we can't agree to?"
"Did you agree?" Tianhai Qimingyue held her head with a headache and looked at Kanbaru Raku who was standing beside the bed.
She didn't know if it was because of the dark sky, but she felt that someone's figure had become a little darker...
"I agreed. Since it's your request in July...why can't I agree?"
"..."
Tianhai Qimingyue didn't know why her head felt so uncomfortable today, and her head was in a mess.
She pinched her eyebrows again and turned to look at Kamara Raku, who had stood up at some point.
He didn't smile either, but looked at himself with his usual cold eyes...
"The last thing I want in my life is to quarrel with you in Qiyue... When I quarrel with you, I always feel that I can smile and coax you shamelessly... But, in Qiyue, you seem to have forgotten our initial relationship
What are feelings... I remember we discussed it countless times. I not only sympathized with you, but also developed a liking for you due to your devotion to me... Since you want me, you don't need sympathy...
"Okay... July, I agreed. Just as you asked, maybe it was my mistake that I chose to take you home in the past. I should have left you alone at the bus stop that day. Why did I
Want to sympathize with you? Why should I go up to you and talk to you? Why should I show you unnecessary sympathy?
"In my hometown of Songshan City, when I accompanied you to ride the Ferris wheel, I should have ignored your confession again. Why do you want me to sympathize with your uncomfortable mood again and again?
"Because you have persisted for more than ten years and you feel sympathy for your situation? Why do you think it's based on this? Isn't it just because of my bad-good character?
"Are you enjoying it because you took the initiative to be so happy? Of course you can think so, but I only have endless regrets for Liuli, but I have to continue to hide Liuli because I sympathize with you. It's not like I can't live without you, insert
Isn’t it you that I live with?
"In the back, and because of you, I have to go back and forth between the two of you, sandwiched between you, taking care of your feelings and making you happy.
"Really, July, just like you said, I shouldn't sympathize with others, and I shouldn't sympathize with you, so I shouldn't sympathize with you.
"Now... let's do it. You must hate me being around you when you are sick, and you don't need me to sympathize with you or take care of you. If you want to stab me with a knife or take revenge, feel free to welcome me. I won't hide.
one time."
Kanbaru Raku neither got angry nor made any moves to throw things, only words he said calmly...
"That's it. Let Liuli continue to take care of you. I'm leaving. Goodbye."
He left quickly and neatly.
The green apple that was placed on the bedside table, half peeled for her, and still shaking slightly in the bowl...