[Spell Return] Beast of Despair

63.

—August 2014, 12, Tokyo, apartment—

"I am back!"

Yezhi said loudly, and quickly closed the door, not daring to hesitate for a moment, confident that he only wanted to quickly block the cold wind of deep winter outside.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but she always felt that this year's New Year's Eve was extraordinarily cold.Maybe this day has been the same cold every year in the past, but she just thinks from the bottom of her heart that the last day of this year is the coldest.

The warm air-conditioning wind that filled the home was blowing on his almost frozen cheeks, and the huge temperature difference made Shizhi feel that his entire face was going to be numb.She heard the sound of getting up from the sofa, it must be Gojo Satoru walking towards her.

But the one who rushed to her first was Qiduo who was extremely excited and joyful.Probably because four legs have an absolute advantage in running, Qido can always run in front of Yeshi faster than Gojo Satoru.

During this period, the capital was on a business trip in Qunma, and Qiduo hadn't seen his beloved master for several days, and he was extremely excited at the moment, even fluffing out afterimages of his fluffy tail. He kept circling around Yezhi's side, rubbing his big head against her legs, and the slightly upward arc of his mouth looked like he was smiling at her.

Chido's clingy reaction warmed Shizhi's heart, but he still gently pushed it away.

"It's so cold on my body, it will freeze you to death. Be good, just sit beside me for a while, okay?"

As if he understood what she was saying, Qido took a few steps back, and sat obediently beside the cabinet, his tail was still flicking back and forth, his round eyes were squinted, and the more he looked at it, he seemed to be smiling.

Cheetos made room for him to tidy himself up.She put down the paper bag she was carrying, and took off her hat and scarf dully.She was overdressed today, almost like a bloated polar bear—the kind about to hibernate—so that she couldn't even move smoothly.

"Huh...it's freezing outside. What time is it?"

Gojo Gojo, who finally reached the entrance, put away the scarf she had thrown on the cabinet at random, glanced at the watch on her wrist, and replied, "Exactly 11:30."

Knowing that it is only 11:30, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"It's so dangerous, I finally got home before midnight... Oh no, did I miss the Red and White Song Party completely?"

"If you rush to the TV now, you'll still be in time for the last 15 minutes."

"The last 15 minutes? Well...forget it, I'd better watch the replay tomorrow."

Ye Zhi said so aggrievedly, and slowly unbuttoned his coat.Her fingers were frozen, and of course her movements slowed down.Before she had time to undo the last button, she was hugged by Gojo Satoru so tightly that she could feel his hair rubbing against her ear.

Itchy.She shrank back, a little wanting to hide to the side.

"Don't hug me. I'm so cold."

"It's okay." Gojo Gojo said nonchalantly, lowered his head, and rubbed against her slightly cold cheek several times, "I just want to hug you."

It seems that Wujo Satoru is also clingy - and he is even more clingy than Qiduo.

Yezhi covered his mouth and snickered: "Then I'll pass on all the coldness all over my body to you. Are you satisfied with this?"

It's just too scary.Gojo Satoru pondered for a while, and asked earnestly, "Could this be my New Year's gift?"

"That's right!"

"Is it so simple?"

He yelled pretending to be terrified, and sneaked his hands into her coat. While she was not paying attention, he scratched her a few times, which made her shrink back in a hurry.

"This is a sneak attack!" she yelled, "You are cunning!"

"Cunning? This is my New Year's gift to you."

"It's just revenge on me. Huh! Okay, let me go quickly. I'm going to take off my coat."

"Ok ok—"

Gojo Satoru let go of his hand obediently, took a small step back, stood side by side with Chito, and helped her undo the last button by the way.

The fingers warmed up a little.Yuzhi pulled the zipper, took off his jacket awkwardly, and then took off the sweater cardigan he was wearing inside.These two clothes were extremely heavy. After taking them off, I felt that my whole body became much lighter.

She hung her clothes on a hanger in the hallway.Suddenly Gojo Satoru came over, stretched out his hand, and covered his face with warm palm.

"Why is your face turning red from the cold?" His tone sounded like he was scolding, "I'll just let me pick you up and go home earlier."

"But I'm not sure when I'll be home. The road conditions on New Year's Eve are too unpredictable. But I bought this—"

She picked up the paper bag on the table, and the smile on the corner of her mouth seemed extremely proud no matter what.Gojo Satoru caught sight of the logo printed on the paper bag, and he knew that this was a well-known dessert shop in Gunma, and the most popular signature product was fruit tarts.

"I think you will definitely like it, so I bought it back!" She took out ice packs one after another from the paper bag, "We should eat something sweet on New Year's Eve."

She always likes to find a suitable excuse for what she wants to do, Gojo Satoru kindly didn't expose her.

In a small paper bag, the ice pack for keeping fresh occupies about 50.00% of the capacity.The remaining half of the space belongs to the fruit tart.

Probably thanks to the ice pack, the fruit tart is still in perfect condition. The golden tart skin is filled with delicately sliced ​​fruits, all of which are deep red berries. "Happy" chocolates are quite in line with the New Year's atmosphere.

Carefully cut the fruit tart into eight pieces, this is a unique dessert for the New Year.

Cheetos curiously sniffed the small piece of fruit tart on Yezhi's plate.She hastily covered it with her hands, for fear that Cheetos would accidentally eat something that was not good for him.Inadvertently caught a glimpse of the whitish night scene outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, she looked out, and let out a soft cry in surprise.

"Look, look!" She tugged Wujo Wu's sleeve, "It's snowing outside!"

Gojo Satoru also looked out of the French windows.If he didn't say anything, maybe he wouldn't realize what happened tonight until he saw the snow tomorrow.

He must be thinking too much about what to do after twelve o'clock, so he will be a little careless about other things.It was the same at this time. After learning about the snow, he unconsciously stared at the snow outside the window for a long time.

It was the last snow of the year, and it wasn't too menacing.The tiny snow particles were blown into chaos by the wind, and for a few moments, they seemed to be stagnant in the air.

Tonight's snow looks a bit like a winter scene from a low-budget movie, with the flakes like white plastic particles.Gojo Satoru knew for the first time that winter snow could fall like this.

Apparently he misunderstood the low-budget film—that cheap snow scene was a replica of reality.

"It's still very atmospheric when it snows."

He said, cutting off a large piece of fruit tart with a fork.He had almost finished eating the piece of fruit tart on the plate, but he didn't move, he just looked at the flying snow very seriously, completely forgetting the fruit tart he finally bought.

Gojo Satoru stretched out his sinful fork, and dug away the small sharp corner of the fruit tart on the plate, but she didn't expect that she didn't notice it at all.It wasn't until the fork of evil violated Yeshi's property for the third time that she finally came back to her senses.

"Don't steal it!"

She knocked Gojo Satoru's fork hard, and finally repelled the greedy enemy, but the enemy was still smiling, not showing any frustration or anything else at all, just tilted his head and looked at her.

"Do you like snow days so much?"

"Yes." She nodded, sipping fruit tarts, "Because there is no snow on the island."

Only the freezing cold winter.

When it comes to the winter on the small island, there are a lot of complaints that I want to tell Gojo Satoru.But before he even had time to say a word, the hour hand had already reached twelve o'clock.

If this were a fairy tale, by twelve o'clock they must have been separated.

Fortunately, this is no fairy tale.The twelve o'clock bell is not a reminder of parting, but the beginning of a new year.It is also said that their love has gone through five long years.

Before they knew it, they had been in each other's lives for so long.

"It's time to give you a New Year's gift."

As Gojo Satoru said this, a small red velvet box suddenly appeared in his hand.The box appeared so suddenly it was almost as if by magic.

Generally speaking, a box of this size can only hold a ring.So Yezhi wasn't too surprised when he saw the ring in the box.

Of course, it is also possible that she was so calm because her head was frozen. She even thought calmly when she saw the name engraved on the inside of the ring. The ring of this ring is quite innovative.

It wasn't until she saw the half-kneeling Gojo Satoru and the tension hidden in his eyes that she, who was dull, finally recovered her normal thinking ability.

No matter what he does, Gojo Satoru is able to do everything with ease, and he never shows any embarrassment or nervous expression.

It is impossible to show such an expression, because he has always believed so firmly.But at this moment, he is nervous—he must be nervous, and he has already seen it.

I really wanted to laugh at him, but she couldn't say anything, but sensibility broke through the shackles first than reason, quietly occupying all her thoughts in the blink of an eye, making her choked up so that she couldn't speak at all.

But it doesn't matter, it just so happens that Gojo Satoru hasn't said anything yet.

Clearing his throat again, he reorganized what he wanted to say.He didn't like the feeling of nervousness and uncertainty at the moment, but the desire to rise at the corner of his mouth was the most real.

He stared at the lover in front of him.

"I would like to share all the time with you, and I just want to spend the rest of my life with you. You are the person I love the most, and nothing will change from five years ago to the infinite future. So... why are you crying Are you blushing?"

He wiped away Yezhi's tears, and was amused by her crying.

"Looks like I'm going to marry a crybaby."

Hearing this was inexplicably unconvinced.She thumped the back of Gojo Wu's hand angrily, and yelled loudly and confidently: "How can I not cry at this time! I was proposed by the person I love, so I will definitely cry, okay! If you don't cry, you won't cry!" It's normal!"

The louder the voice, the harder the tears flowed, and Gojo Satoru wanted to laugh even more.

"okay."

He embraced it in his arms.

"It doesn't matter how much you cry. I'm here."

"Suddenly said so many cool words..."

She murmured softly, as if she was crying even harder, but Gojo Satoru was still in a light mood, and the tension seemed to have completely disappeared.

He caressed Shizhi's soft long curly hair, he didn't want to let go of the warmth of this moment.

"So are you willing to marry me, Miss Yae?"

"Do you still need to ask, I must marry!"

64.

—June 2018, Tokyo, Nishitama-gun—

Yes, it rests on Gojo Satoru's shoulder.It wasn't until this moment that she clearly felt the slightly warm air of early summer permeating between each other.

I really want to continue to hold him like this, I really hope that this long-lost sense of dependence will not disappear.

She is so hopeful.She wants so much.

But she had to say—

"Now, I don't want to marry you."