Zongman: Unknowingly trapped in the hatchet

"The clear mind of the world?" Xueno repeated, and then said:

“I thought it was the clearest water.”

"Why do you think so?" Su Qing asked.

"We Chinese have a saying, 'The highest virtue is like water', isn't it?"

"You have such good grades, you should know that there is no connection between the two, right?" Su Qing didn't know whether to laugh or cry. What kind of understanding was this?

"Of course I know...but when I think of [The highest good is like water] and [Pure], I can't help but think of that sentence." Xueno actually felt that there was no connection, but she would think of [The highest good is like water] when she saw Su Qing.

"Forget it, you can understand it however you want." Su Qing shook his head and said:

"A name is ultimately just a code name. What meaning you want to give it is up to you."

"After all, that's my name."

"Um...thank you." After a long silence, Yukino suddenly said.

"Thank you for what?"

"…It's nothing. My house is just ahead. We're almost there." Yukino said, pointing to the apartment at the end of the field of vision.

Su Qing nodded, but his pace slowed down a bit at this time.

Because they were both holding an umbrella, Xueno had to keep pace with Su Qing.

"What's wrong?" Yukino asked.

"Do you know why when Wang Yueli entrusted us, he deliberately emphasized that we should notify her as soon as we found Wang Yueliu and not let us contact him?"

Keeping his pace slow, Su Qing looked at Xueno.

"If I remember correctly... didn't she say that Mochizuki Ryu has a certain tendency to be violent and shy?" After Yukino answered, she quickly reacted and asked:

"You mean...she lied to us?"

"But that's not right... Aren't they lovers? What's her motive for doing this..."

Yukino frowned, lost in thought.

"Have you ever heard of... yandere?"

With the popularization of the Internet, especially in places like the small island, more and more brutal cases have been exposed to the public eye. Among these cases, in addition to classic vendettas, there are many deaths due to "yandere".

However, yandere is not a term exclusive to the two-dimensional culture.

In a broad sense, it refers to the personality traits exhibited by people who are in a state of mental illness and are strongly attracted to something and cannot extricate themselves.

They will have strong emotions and obsessions about a certain phenomenon that ordinary people cannot understand or agree with. Therefore, they will use this as motivation to do extreme behaviors, such as crazy displays of love, exclusion, stalking, destroying if they can't get it, self-harm, and other extreme behaviors.

"Is Mochizuki Ryu a yandere? No...is it Mochizuki Li?" Yukino had some understanding of the yandere that had caused widespread heated discussion on the island.

"What happened to you, Mochizuki Ryu, and Mochizuki Li before we came?" Only then did Xueno realize that today's missing person commission was not as simple as she had imagined.

In fact, she realized that something was wrong from the beginning, but the time was too short. When she was still looking for someone at the place provided by Wangyueli, Su Qing and the others had already found Wangyueliu.

After that, Su Qing told them that today's commission had ended...

So, what happened to them during this time?

To be precise, Su Qing did something without telling them...

Since Su Qing took the initiative to talk about this topic, he naturally had no intention of continuing to hide it, nor was there any need to do so.

After that, he told the other party the whole process, including the fact that Mochizuki Li attacked him with a knife. When hearing this, Xueno's expression became obviously flustered, but she quickly adjusted herself.

"Are you OK?"

"If anything was wrong I should have rushed him to the hospital."

"...You're so talkative." Xue Nai rolled her eyes at Su Qing, but she secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

However, she still has some questions that need to be answered.

"Does Yui know about this?"

"I don't know. I didn't tell her, including Hachiman and the others. I only told you." Su Qing shook his head and said.

"……Why?"

Why did you tell me alone?

Why don't you tell Yui and the others?

Obviously... you and Yui have a better relationship...

If that's the case, why did you hide it from Yui...

"Do you think Yui should know about this?" Su Qing asked back.

"She should have her right to know. She is a member of the Service Club just like me." This time, Yukino no longer avoided his gaze, but stared straight at Su Qing, motionless.

At this time, Su Qing also stopped and looked into his eyes, neither of them giving in.

"Answer me." Yukino didn't understand what the other party's behavior meant.

If you really wanted to keep it a secret from everyone, why did you only tell her...

what is this?

"It's over. She didn't experience any of this. Even if she talked about it, there would be no point, right?" Su Qing shrugged.

"...You are quibbling. Well, I will ask you a question now, please answer truthfully." Yukino's gaze became even colder than before, just like the first day Su Qing saw her.

"ask."

Xueno took a deep breath and asked:

"I haven't experienced that either. So what's the point of you telling me?"

"What's the point?" Su Qing murmured.

"As a minister, you should know."

"What do you mean?"

"Bullmaster, you need to consider more than just the members. You founded the Servant Club, and we are just latecomers."

Su Qing spoke quietly and Xueno listened quietly.

"Not all people who need your help should be commissioned by you. I think you can tell from this commission, right?"

"The rich give to the poor out of compassion. This is called charity. It's really well said." Su Qing murmured, but the next moment his tone suddenly changed:

“But have you ever thought that no matter how rich a person is, once his charity exceeds his ability to bear.

By then, how will he be different from a poor person?

When all the money is gone, the rich become the greatest poor. "

"..."

"I can't refute your point of view right now, but I... don't think it's right." Yukino was a little stunned. Are her thoughts and ideas too naive after all?

Even you don't approve...

"I never wanted you to think that what I said was right, and I don't think what I said was right either." Su Qing shook his head and explained.

"Then you...?" Yukino was stunned. If that's the case, then why did you say that?

“The journey to the right path always requires some experience of mistakes and failures. I say this now because I don’t have a better answer.

But that doesn't mean I think it's correct.

I'm just keeping an answer that I think is correct at the moment, but I'm actually looking forward to a better answer than this.

Under the Snow, the answer...

Will you have a chance to tell me one day in the future?"

Xueno's gaze was involuntarily drawn to the direction where Su Qing was.

From Yukino's perspective, the boy's profile was so angular, even if it was just the tip of the iceberg, even if it was just a quick glance.

She could still feel the depth in those black eyes.

Even the autumn rain at this moment only adds a bit of artistic conception and charm to it, and has completely become a background board.

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