Zongman: Unknowingly trapped in the hatchet

"So... there weren't any shooting stars tonight?"

After hearing what Mahiru said, Su Qing also reacted. He was silent for a while before asking.

"Well... yes and no~" Mahiru said briskly, and it was obvious that the girl did not feel guilty for her deception.

But to be precise, she didn't seem to be deceiving Su Qing.

Just as she said: Su Qing is her shooting star.

So, you can say yes and no; and you can say no and yes.

"Really?" Su Qing said to himself.

Just now, Su Qing met the sincere eyes of the girl in front of him, and even his pupils seemed to lose focus, and the whole person seemed to have his soul taken away. He just stood there quietly, staring at her motionlessly, and time seemed to stand still at this moment.

It took him a while to come back to his senses, but he still looked a little dazed and trance-like.

He opened his mouth slightly, and finally said softly:

"I... am not a shooting star."

No one knows what Su Qing's denial means, nor does anyone need to know.

"OK."

After hearing his negative answer, Mahiru did not show any frustration on her face.

She just responded softly, but her fingers grasped the corner of Su Qing's clothes even tighter, like a child who was afraid of losing protection.

Su Qing did not struggle, but just let her hold him tightly, as if it was a silent understanding between the two of them.

"The wind seems to be getting stronger."

After a long while, Mahiru suddenly spoke, breaking the silence.

"It seems that the temperature difference between day and night in Tokyo is also very large." Su Qing sighed.

The autumn wind blew Su Qing's black hair flying in the silent night. However, this did not make her look embarrassed, but added a touch of messy elegance.

Noticing Su Qing's choice of words, Zhenri became curious and asked:

"Come to think of it, you haven't told me much about your hometown?"

"Only a place where there are people who miss you can be called home." Su Qing noticed Mahiru's gaze, but did not look at him. Instead, he looked towards the distant horizon and said slowly.

"What...what do you mean?" Mahiru felt uneasy, and even her voice began to tremble.

She was not a fool, she could understand the meaning behind Su Qing's words.

Hometown is not just a geographical location.

Some people are born here, grow up here, and are buried here.

Their lives are closely connected to that land.

Some people wander around and suffer from hardship for half their lives.

Until I left this world, I still missed a bowl of steaming noodles from my hometown.

"I have no home. I am just an outcast."

Although it was a tragedy, Su Qing's words were unusually calm.

So calm that he didn't seem like the person involved.

But his heart was far from being as calm as he appeared.

strangeness……

You clearly didn't want to talk about this with anyone else, so why are you bringing it up now?

Is it because I mentioned it to Yukinoshita this afternoon?

Or is it because... ?

Su Qing didn't have much time to think, because the next moment his attention was attracted by the warmth coming from the palm of his hand.

It was Mahiru, holding him tightly with her slender but not weak hands.

"What's wrong?" Su Qing was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously wanted to pull away, but was held tightly. Worried that he might hurt Mahiru by using too much force, Su Qing could only let the other party do what he wanted.

"Why... do you want to break free?" Mahiru stared at Su Qing, her delicate little face full of seriousness.

"That was just an instinctive reaction. You are the one...why did you suddenly grab me?" Su Qing asked after explaining.

Mahiru did not answer Su Qing's question immediately. She just rubbed Su Qing's hands up and down with both hands and said:

"It's very warm."

"Well, I'm not very afraid of the cold." Su Qing said lightly.

He is not only not afraid of the cold...

Since that winter when he was on the verge of death, his body seemed to have developed an immunity to the cold. He no longer had a fever or a cold due to the cold, and he never wore very thick clothes to keep out the cold.

Because... he doesn't need it.

"Even if that's the case, don't get too complacent. Illness is often caused by this." Mahiru advised caringly, like Su Qing's mother.

"For you, who deliberately got caught in the rain when we first met, it seems inappropriate to say this, right?" Su Qing joked, as if amused by Mahiru's words.

"That, that's for a reason..." Mahiru glared at Su Qing in dissatisfaction. Although she was happy that he still remembered their first encounter, sometimes it was not necessary to remember it so clearly...

"I know." Su Qing nodded without denying.

"It's good that you know... Anyway, this coat is very big, let's wear it together?" Mahiru seemed very satisfied with Su Qing's performance. After nodding with a smile, she asked in a low voice.

"Then why don't we just go inside? There's no need to go to the balcony." Su Qing obviously didn't know how to appreciate the courtesy and politely rejected Mahiru's kindness.

"...I want to stay outside for a while longer, is that okay?" Upon hearing that, Mahiru just raised her little face and asked softly.

"In that case, I'll go get two chairs first. You wait for me for a moment." Upon hearing this, Su Qing opened the balcony door and went inside to get the chairs.

He naturally understood what Mahiru meant. If he really just wanted to stay outside for a while, why would he ask for his opinion.

What Mahiru really asked was, of course, whether Su Qing could stay with her for a while longer.

And Su Qing agreed.

After a while, Su Qing returned to the balcony, holding a chair in each hand, one for himself and the other for Mahiru.

"Thank you." Mahiru tied up her hair, but did not sit down immediately. Instead, she pulled the chair closer to Su Qing, sat down slowly, and then draped the other half of her coat over Su Qing's shoulders.

"Come a little closer," Mahiru suggested.

After all, the coat couldn't cover both of them well, so they had to be quite close to each other.

"No need... I'm not cold." Su Qing was about to object, but the next moment his body clearly felt Mahiru's body temperature.

You don't come to me

【I will walk towards you】

While Mahiru was thinking this in her heart, her body was also doing the same.

"you……"

"Being disobedient is not what a good child should do~"

Su Qing's spell was interrupted by Zhenri again, but the difference was:

This time, Mahiru's words were full of love.

"Be a good kid or something..." Su Qing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but Mahiru was very serious, so he had to do as he was told.

However, just as Su Qing followed Mahiru's words and moved closer to the other party.

Mahiru's hand had moved around to his other side without her noticing, as if silently guiding him.

Then, while Su Qing was approaching, Mahiru followed the force and adjusted her body lightly.

In the end, Su Qing fell to the ground without knowing what was going on...

On the thigh?!

……