[Spell Fighting] The Love of Spellcasters
Chapter 49 Adult Love
"Senior Qihai?" Ryoko Miki looked at a familiar figure in the dark alley and asked uncertainly.
"Long time no see, Miki." Qihai pushed down her glasses, and quietly withdrew her knife.
"I didn't expect to see a senior here." The relationship between Liangzi and Qihai is a coincidence. Back then, Liangzi was still a newcomer who was bullied everywhere in the workplace. At that time, it was Qihai who was a senior who would help her out.
"I haven't seen you since you left the company. How have you been doing these years?" But the relationship between Liangzi and Qihai was also very embarrassing. The last time they met was Liangzi's confession, but Qihai refused.
"It's okay." Qihai looked at the person in front of him who had changed a lot. If the other person hadn't spoken first, he wouldn't dare to confirm that she was the Ryoko in his memory. "Why are you here?"
"My sister's child ran away from home, so I was asked to look for it." Liangzi compared the address in the book, "It should be near here. I heard from my sister that there is an Internet cafe nearby. Let me take a look."
"It's not safe here." Qihai frowned. Although the two of them didn't say how familiar they were before, they still knew some things about her family from Miki's mouth.
An overly outstanding older sister, an unnoticed younger sister, a somewhat alienated and indifferent family relationship...
"Then what is Senior Qihai doing around here? You shouldn't be looking for an Internet cafe to spend the night."
"Work required."
Miki nodded, and didn't ask any more questions. The other party spoke concisely, and he probably didn't want her to ask more questions.
"Then don't bother senior." Ryoko confirmed the route and was about to bid farewell to Qihai.
"I'll take you there." Qi Hai said out of nowhere. "It's so late, it's not safe for a girl to be alone." Before setting off, Qihai looked at the map of the vicinity, and still had a little impression of the place Ryoko mentioned.
"it does not matter."
Qihai looked at Ryoko's eyes from shock to complicated and then to calm.
"I can do it by myself."
When Qihai heard Liangzi answer like this, the person in front of him gradually overlapped with the person in his memory.
'Nobody cares anyway. '
"I know where you're going, and I happen to be on my way."
Speaking of this, Ryoko has no reason to refuse.
"Thank you, senior."
There was still some distance to Ryoko's destination, and the two of them were chatting incongruously.
"Senior, is your job still very hard now?" As a former junior, Ryoko knew how hard the original Nanami worked.
"It's okay, but Miki, you have changed a lot these years."
"People will always grow up." Ryoko said, the phone rang suddenly, Ryoko said sorry, and then picked up the phone.
Qihai looked at Ryoko. When she just graduated, her round face now had a pointed chin. The single ponytail full of sunshine and vitality had also been trimmed into neat short hair. The flat canvas shoes had also become capable high-heeled shoes. Light-colored clothes have also become dark-colored business attire.
"Well, um, sister, don't worry, maybe he will go back in a while, it's not uncommon. I have to go, I will be there in a while, um, um, I know."
Even though Ryoko deliberately didn't want Qihai to hear the voice on the phone, Qihai still vaguely heard that it's not your child, so of course don't worry.
When Ryoko put down the phone, she almost walked to the place.
"Senior, let's go here, thank you." After finishing speaking, Ryoko walked into the Internet cafe where the light board was missing.
Qihai also followed Liangzi into the Internet cafe. The inside was closed, the air was poor, and the dim lights made people feel depressing. Liangzi took out her mobile phone and inquired about her nephew's news amidst a group of malicious eyes.
"Excuse me." After getting a negative answer, Ryoko was about to leave.
"Is that man with you?"
"Yes." Following the clerk's gaze, Ryoko saw Qihai and nodded her head.
"What a pity, otherwise I would have wanted you to stay and play with us." The clerk said regretfully.
"Don't come to this kind of place in the future." Leaving the Internet cafe, Qi Hai thought about it, and still asked.
"If you can't find anyone, my sister will be worried." Miki stood by the roadside, holding a mobile phone to send a message.
Qihai looked at Liangzi's side face and hesitated to speak, Qihai really wanted to ask Liangzi, if your sister is worried about her child's safety, won't she be worried about yours?
But in fact, no one really worried about Ryoko's safety, and the message her sister just sent perfectly proved this point.
"Sister said he went back by himself." Liangzi didn't show any expression on her face, she just quietly replied to the message on the phone. "Then I'm going back too, thank you senior today, I'll go back first."
"Shall I take you back?"
"Is it on the way again?"
Qihai choked on Liangzi's words, it's not that she doesn't understand Liangzi's behavior of drawing a clear line, but she just can't rest assured, even if there may be a curse spirit nearby, a girl is not safe in such a remote place.
"I'm not a child anymore."
"It is also the responsibility of the seniors to take care of the younger generation."
Although my seniors are generally not very responsible.
Qihai was thinking like this, but she didn't give Liangzi any room to refuse on her face.
Liangzi pursed her lips, and finally compromised. She didn't want to worry too much about such a boring thing, so she walked away first.
Qihai's three steps merged into two steps, walking on Ryoko's left.
The way back was much quieter than when we came, and I could clearly hear the footsteps of the two people, neither of them spoke, they just walked quietly.
"Wait." Qihai suddenly sensed something was wrong, and protected Ryoko behind her.
"What's wrong?" Ryoko asked in a low voice, looking at Qihai's very serious face, Ryoko also realized the seriousness of the problem.
Before Qihai could answer, the curse spirit that suddenly appeared in front of Ryoko answered her.
"What is this, monster?" Ryoko's voice trembled, "Senior, don't worry about me, you go."
"Don't move here." Qihai took out her weapon, "I will protect you."
"Well, senior, be careful."
In fact, it was not difficult for Qi Hai to deal with the curse spirits in front of him alone, but there were so many of them, and it would be difficult to protect one person. Occasionally, one or two curse spirits would pass by.
"I don't care." Ryoko said pretending to be calm, not wanting Qihai to be distracted by her.
After Qihai quickly dealt with the omission of the curse spirit, she threw herself into the battle again.
Seeing Ryoko's pale face, Qihai complained about her own negligence. Originally, she just collected information that there might be a curse spirit here, and her original intention was to investigate. If there is a curse spirit, it would be best to get rid of it easily.But he searched, but found no trace of the curse spirit, and met Ryoko by accident, which made him relax his vigilance.
It would be great if she took Liangzi away earlier, so that she wouldn't have to face these curse spirits.
"Are you alright?" Qi Hai, who finished solving the curse spirit, squatted down and looked at the somewhat embarrassed Ryoko, "Are you injured?"
"It's just that I accidentally twisted my foot when I dodged just now." Liangzi looked at Qihai with a complicated expression, "Is this your current job, senior?"
"Ah." Qihai checked Ryoko's injury, "Fortunately, no bones were injured. I'll ask someone to take you to see a doctor."
Ryoko originally wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, she encountered such a thing, even if she had no problem, the other party probably had something to say to her.
"I'll treat what happened tonight as if nothing happened. I just accidentally twisted my foot because the road was too dark." Liangzi stood up with Qihai's support, and said softly.
"Please." Qihai was a little surprised. He didn't think too much at first, he just wanted to take Ryoko to see a doctor, but Ryoko's words really saved him a lot of trouble.
After that, Ryoko was dragged to see a doctor in silence, and was sent home by Qihai.
"Don't walk for a few days, so as not to hurt your bones."
"Ah."
"If you don't have anyone who can take care of you, you can call me." Qihai thought for a while and told Liangzi. "My phone hasn't changed."
"it is good."
"Then I'm leaving today."
"Ah."
Qihai left Liangzi's house and sighed. He was not surprised by Liangzi's attitude, but it did make him a little worried about whether she would be obedient and recover from her injuries.
"Mr. Qihai, you look a little troubled? Is it because of that girl just now?" The assistant supervisor felt that Qihai was in a bad mood and asked with some concern.
"No." He didn't disclose that Ryoko and he encountered the curse spirit, so as not to cause trouble for Ryoko.
"Is it the girl that Mr. Qihai likes? It's rare for Mr. Qihai to ask you, but that girl should like you. If you take the initiative, it will be interesting."
"Why do you say she likes me?"
"She has been looking at the glass, and Mr. Nanami's face can be reflected on the glass, so she has been looking at Mr. Nanami."
"Is that so?" Qi Hai replied indifferently, not wanting to satisfy the desire to gossip as an assistant supervisor.
Early the next morning, when Qihai came to visit Liangzi with breakfast, she found that Liangzi was not at home.
"Hey, Senior Qihai, what's the matter?"
"Miki, where are you?"
"At the company." Miki was silent for a while, Qihai could call her, there is a high probability that she found that she was not at home, so there is no need to lie. "I have a very important meeting today."
"Then I'll pick you up after get off work."
"No need." Liangzi rebuffed indifferently, "I will take a taxi home by myself, so I won't bother senior. I have a meeting soon, so hang up first."
Although Ryoko came to work today partly to avoid Qihai's concern, but on the other hand, today's meeting is indeed very important.
"Miki, your performance today is very good, and the person in charge of the client is very satisfied."
"Thank you."
"This project is very important, and you are the backbone. You will inevitably have to pay more attention when the time comes."
"I will work hard." Listening to the boss's words, Liangzi's expression did not change, but she couldn't help complaining in her heart that the boss wanted to trick me into working overtime again.
After returning to her post, Liangzi began to work busy again. After finishing the report, Liangzi rubbed her sore shoulders before remembering Qihai.
Will he be angry?Does he still have a little affection for me?Shall we keep in touch in the future?
The thoughts of adults are like this. They obviously like the person who is going to die, and they obviously want to overflow their feelings, but they can only think about it secretly in the gap between life and work.
"Senior Miki, I have sent the latest file to your mailbox, please confirm it as soon as possible!"
"Well, I see."
Ryoko was interrupted by work before she had time to straighten out complicated emotional issues.
'Forget it, forget it. Thinking this way, Ryoko started working again.
By the time she got off work, Ryoko's ankle was already in pain, but thinking that tomorrow was the weekend, she unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. High heels and the like were indeed a bit too tortured.
"Miki."
"Senior Seven Seas!"
Ryoko's eyes widened, looking at Qihai who suddenly appeared at the gate of her company. She had actually changed jobs, so she was very surprised that Qihai could find her.
"Didn't I tell you to recuperate at home?"
"What happened to me has nothing to do with you, senior?" Hearing Qihai's reproachful words, Ryoko's eyes suddenly turned red, did she really want this?You have to work to make money, and you have to work hard so that you won’t be left behind by others. After getting married and becoming a housewife, the beautiful elder sister often has to watch her husband’s face. If she is not stronger, who will protect her?
"I brought you flat shoes, put them on first, and then we will go to the doctor to see if the foot injury is more serious."
Ryoko silently changed into flat shoes and got into Qihai's car. It's not a good time to talk at the gate of the company, after get off work.
"I've hurt my bones a bit. It's better to rest for a few days."
"Well, tomorrow is the weekend, and I will take good care of it at home."
"If you go to work on Monday, it's best not to wear high heels, it will become serious." Hearing what Ryoko said, Jia Ruzi didn't agree with her continuing to work, but it wasn't impossible, so she had to remind her more, "Be careful when you go out. Less walking, of course it would be better to lie down at home."
"Well, thank you doctor."
"It's good to call me Nitro, it's rare that Qihai will come to ask me specifically."
"Senior, he is a good person, that's why he did these unnecessary things."
"Pfft, Qihai, I've been issued a bad guy card." Jia Ruozi patted Qihai's shoulder, his playful eyes were filled with a long way to go.
"I have something to do next week, and Yidizhi will send you to get off work at that time." Qihai ignored the ridicule of Jiaruizhizi, but introduced Yidizhi who was on the side to Liangzi.
"Hello, Miss Miki, I'm Yizhi."
"You don't need to be so troublesome. I just injured my foot accidentally." Ryoko still wanted to refuse, after all, she just made a plan to never contact Qihai again.
"Eh? It wasn't that you guys were attacked, didn't Qihai protect you well?" Jiarui Nishiko pretended to be a little surprised, "It's okay, it's the magician's responsibility to protect ordinary people in the hands of the magic spirit, and it's his fault that you get hurt , he should make up for you."
'Conjurer', Ryoko memorized the word silently.
"If you are worried about me telling the story, you can rest assured, I just want to live a normal life." Liangzi said lightly.
"It's not because of the curse spirit." Qihai sighed, "I just don't want you to force yourself too much."
Qihai didn't say anything else, and sent Liangzi back home.
"Want something to eat? I'll go buy it."
"No need." Liangzi lowered her head, she really wanted to ask Qihai why she was so nice to her even though she had already rejected her confession. "Senior also worked very hard, there is no need to do so much for me."
"It's not very hard. If you really feel that you have grown up, you should know that in your current situation, it is best for someone to take care of you."
Liangzi now started to complain a little about why she had to talk so much with Qihai before. She knew everything about herself, but she didn't know anything about the other party.
"Even if the senior said so, I don't really want to trouble the senior."
"Just like Miss Jiajin said, it's my fault that I failed to protect you from the curse spirit, so there's no need to feel guilty."
Qihai took a look at Ryoko's house, it was very tidy, and it could be seen that the owner is a person who loves life.
"If you don't want to go out, make something to eat at home."
Ryoko:? !
Thanks to her usual lunch, there are a lot of ingredients in the refrigerator. Although Ryoko has prepared well, even if Qihai's food is terrible, she still has to pretend to be delicious.
But it was delicious beyond her expectations.
"I didn't expect senior to cook such delicious food." Liangzi's starry eyes almost lit up.
"It's okay, but I don't cook often."
Listening to Qihai's words, Liangzi recalled in a trance the days when she brought Qihai lunch boxes. At that time, as long as she didn't work overtime, she would bring Qihai lunch boxes. Although most of the time, Qihai would still buy his favorite sandwich bread. After Qihai left her job, Ryoko went to that bakery to ask for advice on how to make the sandwich bread, but was told that the bread had been taken off the shelves.
However, the clerk still kindly told Liangzi how to make the bread. After Liangzi really made it, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. He didn't know if the taste he made was similar to what Qihai liked, but these were meaningless. Qihai didn't like it. She, no one will eat this bread.
"Senior is really a good person."
"Are you raising a dog?"
"Not now." Liangzi paused while eating, "Sayuri just left a while ago, ah, Sayuri is the dog in the photo you saw, she was already very old when I adopted her, so she didn't stay with me for a long time."
"Then do you still want to raise another one? You didn't put away all its things." Qihai saw that the grain bowl in the corner of the room was clean, and there were dog toys beside the sofa.
"Probably not." Ryoko said, "Her arrival was just accidental. A pet's life is too short after all. I don't want to experience parting again."
When Liangzi adopted Sayuri, she was just a stray dog. I heard that it was abandoned by several owners, saying that it was unlucky. It must be a coincidence. On the day she was rejected by Qihai, Liangzi met the injured Sayuri and took it The pet hospital saw the doctor and formally adopted it.
After adopting it, Ryoko found that Sayuri was not very close to her family, and was a picky eater. She was probably abandoned, which made Ryoko feel like she was in the same boat, so she was extra patient with Sayuri Ryoko, but Sayuri was really too old. Even though Ryoko took good care of it, it still passed away not long ago.
Qihai could feel that Ryoko was sad, but he didn't know how to comfort her. In his impression, Ryoko was a good girl, with a beautiful appearance but not outstanding. Compared with her beautiful sister, she was far behind, because she focused on school and was not good at socializing with friends. Not many, because she was neglected by her family since she was a child, and was compared with her sister by others. She still has a little inferiority and cowardice in character, but compared to before, Ryoko has changed a lot now, because she has pets ?
"Take a good rest, and I will see you when I come back."
Liangzi really wanted to ask, what is the relationship between them, but in the end Liangzi didn't ask, she was afraid that she was being affectionate, and she was afraid that Qihai only took care of her out of a sense of responsibility, but she mistakenly took these as affection and love.
In the days that followed, Yidizhi came to pick up Ryoko to and from get off work every day, and Ryoko also refused, but the other party said that Mr. Qihai asked him to do it, so he must do it. In order not to embarrass others, it is indeed convenient for himself. Going to and from work in Yidichi's car.
"?" As soon as Liangzi got into the car, he found that there was a person sitting in the back today. "Mr. Yidizhi, if it's inconvenient today, I'll go back by myself, and my foot injury is almost healed, so it doesn't matter if you don't come to pick me up tomorrow."
Yidizhi has a very gentle personality, and usually doesn't ask her anything.So the relationship between Ryoko and him is pretty good.
"It's okay, I just asked Yidizhi for something temporarily today, so I came to rub his car. Don't mind Miss Miki, I'll take you home first."
"This..." Ryoko hesitated.
"Miss Miki, Mr. Gojo and Mr. Qihai are friends, so don't be too cautious." Yi Dizhi said, in fact, he didn't want to go with Gojo, but he really couldn't beat Gojo, so he really wanted to gossip about Qihai's Gojo. Can't refuse.
"Are you the girl Qihai is chasing?"
"Mr. Wujo, you have misunderstood something." Ryoko said with a serious face, "Senior Qihai is a serious and responsible person, that's why he took care of me like this."
"Good man." Gojo Satoru stroked his chin and laughed, "He is indeed a good man."
"Miss Miki, do you know about conjurers?"
"I don't know." Ryoko replied truthfully. She also thought about asking Yidizhi about Qihai's current job, but after thinking about it, she gave up. Not asking too much about other people's lives is the rule of adult life.
"People's negative emotions will generate mantra power, and mantra power will gather to form a mantra spirit. The magician is responsible for eliminating the mantra spirit."
"It's dangerous work."
Listening to Gojo Satoru's knowledge about the spellcaster to Ryoko, Yizhi broke out in a cold sweat, and kept saying that Ms. Miki wanted to live an ordinary life. After knowing this, can she still be with Mr. Nanami?
"That's also the job he loves very much." Ryoko recalled the scene when Qihai left the job, "Senior Qihai in the past was very tired, even if he didn't do anything, he could feel his helplessness in life, although now he still has no energy , but in his current job, he feels from the bottom of his heart that what he is doing is meaningful.”
"Shouldn't you like Nanami?" Gojo Satoru was silent for a moment, then asked suddenly.
"Ah, I like it." Ryoko realized that the purpose of the other party's appearance today was to gossip when Gojo Satoru was halfway through speaking, "But I was rejected."
Ryoko's words were like thunder on the ground, which stunned Yi Dizhi and Gojo Satoru, because Ryoko had been sending out good person cards, and his attitude towards Qihai was a little cold, so everyone thought that Qihai was chasing Ryoko.
"Mr. Wujo and senior Qihai are very good friends." Ryoko smiled and said, "But let's stop here for today's gossip, my injury is fine, and I can go to work by myself in the future. Thank you Mr. Yijizhi for taking care of me."
After all, Ryoko got out of the car.
"Hey, it feels completely different from what I guessed. Whether it's people or things, I'm going to call and gossip with Nitro!"
After Liangzi got off the car, Wujo Gojo excitedly prepared to share first-hand gossip information with Jiarui Glass.
"Mr. Qihai will not be happy..." Yidizhi's weak voice was ruthlessly ignored by Gojo Satoru.
After getting off the car, Ryoko sent a message to Qihai, saying that her injury was healed, and thanked him for taking care of him during this time.
However, after this message was sent out, Ryoko never received a reply, thinking that the relationship between them probably came to an end.
Liangzi, who was drinking coffee at the company at night, felt empty. Today is her birthday, because her sister’s birthday is only one day earlier than hers. The family always said that they would celebrate their birthday together, but in fact they were all for Liangzi’s older sister. In the past, no one remembered, and no one specially celebrated her birthday.
The only birthday cake she ever had was hers, it was given by Qihai, and it was also one night when she was working overtime at the company. Qihai saw her profile and knew that it was her birthday, so it was unrealistic to go to a cake shop to buy a birthday cake Yes, so the birthday cake that day was just a small cake that Qi Hai found temporarily at a 24-hour convenience store.
But this was Ryoko's most memorable birthday. She cried for a long time that day. This was the first time someone specially celebrated her birthday, which belonged to Ryoko Miki's birthday.
After pressing the save button, Ryoko turned off her computer and went to find a convenience store on the street.A long time has passed, and the cake from that year is no longer there, but Ryoko still comes here often to buy cakes with similar taste.
If you can't keep the person who brings you happiness, then remember the taste of happiness.
Coming out of the convenience store, Ryoko didn't really want to go home. Although she knew that she might miss the last bus, but it's her birthday, so let's take a taxi home.
It would be better if you don't go to work tomorrow.
Thinking like this, Ryoko looked at some bustling streets and didn't know where to go.
"It would be nice if Sayuri was still around."
Liangzi muttered, if Sayuri was still there, she would have to go home, because Sayuri was waiting for her, but when Sayuri left, she was the only one left.
But Liangzi really didn't know where to go, so she finally took the last bus to go home. Walking on the road, she saw a fairy stick for sale, and bought a few with great interest, and then put them in the park in front of her house.
"The little match girl lit a match and saw grandma, so who can I see when I light a fairy wand?"
Ryoko was sitting on the swing. It was a little strange for her to sit there and light the fairy sticks in a formal dress. There were bags of snacks and cakes at her feet.
"Then I hope I can see Mr. Nanami."
Liangzi closed her eyes, imitating her older sister's way of blowing out candles. When she opened her eyes again, the fairy wand had already gone out.
"Sure enough, making a wish is something that only children would do. If it's an adult, they will just quietly give up what they can't get."
"Miki."
Ryoko turned around in astonishment, and saw Qihai in the distance.
"Senior Qihai, would you like some fairy sticks?"
Qihai looked at Liangzi who was smiling and waving, and suddenly thought of Liangzi's appearance before, like a simple child, although he was a little timid, but he had enthusiasm that he didn't have.
Now Ryoko has become a qualified adult, she can hide her emotions, advance and retreat properly, and has built a wall called alienation both externally and internally, but in essence, she is still the same. Is a child who longs to be pampered.
Then he sat on the swing with Liangzi, lighting the fairy stick, and he watched the smile on Liangzi's face gradually fade as the fairy stick burned, until the fairy stick burned out, and the smile on her face disappeared.
"Senior, should I say it's a coincidence to meet you here?" Liangzi said lightly.
Qihai was silent for a while, he didn't know what to say, he came back very late, so he didn't wait for Ryoko to get off work, but went to her house to look for her, he didn't expect her to come back much later than he imagined.
"Happy birthday, Miki."
Ryoko was so shocked that she couldn't speak. She had guessed many reasons why Qihai came to her, but she never thought that Qihai was here to celebrate her birthday.
"Didn't senior reject me already? Why did he appear in my life again? Why did he treat me so well? I finally got used to living alone..." Ryoko's voice gradually turned into tears , "I finally became an adult on my own, why do you want to take care of me like this again, do you know that I can't help wanting more things like this... I don't want to be abandoned again... ..”
In Liangzi's eyes, being abandoned does not mean that this person disappears in your life forever, but that when making a choice, you will always be the one who is given up first, like her parents would choose her sister, like Qihai will never He hesitated to leave her life.There is nothing wrong with her parents' preference for her elder sister. After all, she cannot resent her parents just because she is not the one favored. It is normal for Qihai to choose to live the life he wants, and he has no obligation to treat Ryoko well.
But Ryoko is still very sad, as sad as being abandoned, the gods shine a beam of light into her world, and then take back the light without hesitation, she can not resent the gods, but there is no way to make herself feel that she is not abandoned .
'Sorry, in my eyes you are like a child who hasn't grown up, so I will give you more care at work, if this makes you misunderstand, I'm sorry. '
Qihai remembered the reason why he rejected Ryoko at that time.
"Conjurer is a very dangerous job." Qihai said, "Many of my friends died in the process of removing the curse spirit, and I myself have brushed shoulders with death several times."
"If I make you sad because of my rejection, I'm sorry, I don't dislike you, I just hope you can be happier."
"Wish me to be happier?" Ryoko smiled self-deprecatingly, "I cut my hair, put on restrictive clothes, put on high-heeled shoes, restrained my emotions, and stretched myself tightly every day, that's all. I hope that I can become an adult in the mouth of my predecessors, but now it seems that everything I have done is like a joke that moved me."
"Senior, do you know? I have always envied my sister. Only those who are loved have the right not to grow up. After I met my senior, I thought I could be a child and be favored like my sister... ..." Liangzi said with tears, "I am very obedient and work hard, why don't you all want to love me?"
Nanami stood up and held Ryoko in her arms.
"You are already very good. Although you are not good at words, you have done every job very well."
"You don't have to force yourself to be an adult. It's never a bad thing to have a childlike enthusiasm, not to mention that you are already a qualified adult."
"If you don't mind my dangerous job, can you give me a chance to take care of you?"
"It's all senior's fault. If senior had made it clear from the beginning, things wouldn't be what they are today." Ryoko said with a choked voice, hugging the person who was holding her back.
"It's my fault." Qihai comforted Ryoko. "Now you can be a kid with peace of mind."
"Shall we have cake together?"
"it is good."
When the alarm clock rang the next morning, Ryoko subconsciously wanted to press it off, but suddenly found that there was a hand behind her that pressed the alarm clock faster than her.
"Going to work?"
"Well, I have used up all my leave, and if I ask for more leave, I will be deducted money."
Thinking of what happened last night, Ryoko blushed a little. Of course, she was already a steady adult, so this was nothing. Ryoko could only comfort herself in this way.
"Don't push yourself too hard."
Ryoko paused when she put on her clothes. Although this was just a simple sentence of concern, it made Ryoko feel a little bit of color inexplicably.
"Shall I take you to work?"
"No need, there's still time to go to work." Liangzi refused expressionlessly. In fact, she was flustered. She didn't feel the joy of her long-cherished wish coming true, but she didn't know how to deal with Qihai's panic. "Senior is also very hard on business trips, so let's rest for a while."
"I'll pick you up when I get off work that night."
"En." Liangzi changed her clothes, took a piece of bread in her mouth, picked up her bag and was ready to rush out.
"Senior Miki, did something good happen to you recently?"
"Eh? Why do you say that?"
"Because senior always laughs secretly today, and often checks the time. Normally, seniors don't look forward to getting off work so much." Said the little girl who came over to hand over the information.
"Yeah yeah, senior has a boyfriend, the one who came to pick up senior last time." The little girl next to Liangzi also joined the camp of gossip, "I remember that he was pretty handsome, like a foreigner. look."
"Shut up your gossip, and work hard." Liangzi deliberately put on a straight face, not wanting to continue the topic.
"Senior, I'm sorry."
"If you feel that the work is not enough, I can arrange some more for you."
"Ah, no, senior, I was wrong."
After a small episode, it was finally time to get off work. Liangzi packed up her things and rushed outside. She was one of the few people in the company who took the elevator to get off work.
"Senior!" Ryoko didn't care about the high heels she was wearing, and ran all the way there.
"Be careful, it will be bad if you twist your foot."
"No, I'm super stable in high heels." Ryoko blushed, looking at Qihai with bright eyes.
"Ah! Let me say that senior is in love!"
"Yeah, yeah, seeing the serious look on senior's face, I didn't expect to have such a little girl's look."
"You guys." Liangzi returned to his serious expression, "Do you want to go back to work overtime?"
"Okay, don't scare the children." Qihai took Ryoko's hand naturally, "Let's go eat and make up your birthday for you."
"Is there a gift?"
"Ah."
"Let's go then!"
From then on, Liangzi moved to Qihai's residence, and also got to know his gossiping seniors, because both of them were very busy with their work, it might be that one came back, and the other was leaving.
However, Ryoko was very happy, Qihai liked the sandwich bread she made very much.Occasionally when Ryoko is working overtime at home, Qihai can help her take a look at her work.
"Qihai went on a mission recently?" In the coffee shop, Jiarui and Ryoko were drinking coffee leisurely.
"Ah."
"Aren't you worried?"
"Of course I'm worried." Ryoko took a sip of his coffee, "So I never ask about his work."
"But he has a heart, so please let me celebrate your birthday with you."
"It's not an important matter. There's no need to bother Miss Jiajin."
"How can you say it's not something important? Nanami gave you his credit card,
"Long time no see, Miki." Qihai pushed down her glasses, and quietly withdrew her knife.
"I didn't expect to see a senior here." The relationship between Liangzi and Qihai is a coincidence. Back then, Liangzi was still a newcomer who was bullied everywhere in the workplace. At that time, it was Qihai who was a senior who would help her out.
"I haven't seen you since you left the company. How have you been doing these years?" But the relationship between Liangzi and Qihai was also very embarrassing. The last time they met was Liangzi's confession, but Qihai refused.
"It's okay." Qihai looked at the person in front of him who had changed a lot. If the other person hadn't spoken first, he wouldn't dare to confirm that she was the Ryoko in his memory. "Why are you here?"
"My sister's child ran away from home, so I was asked to look for it." Liangzi compared the address in the book, "It should be near here. I heard from my sister that there is an Internet cafe nearby. Let me take a look."
"It's not safe here." Qihai frowned. Although the two of them didn't say how familiar they were before, they still knew some things about her family from Miki's mouth.
An overly outstanding older sister, an unnoticed younger sister, a somewhat alienated and indifferent family relationship...
"Then what is Senior Qihai doing around here? You shouldn't be looking for an Internet cafe to spend the night."
"Work required."
Miki nodded, and didn't ask any more questions. The other party spoke concisely, and he probably didn't want her to ask more questions.
"Then don't bother senior." Ryoko confirmed the route and was about to bid farewell to Qihai.
"I'll take you there." Qi Hai said out of nowhere. "It's so late, it's not safe for a girl to be alone." Before setting off, Qihai looked at the map of the vicinity, and still had a little impression of the place Ryoko mentioned.
"it does not matter."
Qihai looked at Ryoko's eyes from shock to complicated and then to calm.
"I can do it by myself."
When Qihai heard Liangzi answer like this, the person in front of him gradually overlapped with the person in his memory.
'Nobody cares anyway. '
"I know where you're going, and I happen to be on my way."
Speaking of this, Ryoko has no reason to refuse.
"Thank you, senior."
There was still some distance to Ryoko's destination, and the two of them were chatting incongruously.
"Senior, is your job still very hard now?" As a former junior, Ryoko knew how hard the original Nanami worked.
"It's okay, but Miki, you have changed a lot these years."
"People will always grow up." Ryoko said, the phone rang suddenly, Ryoko said sorry, and then picked up the phone.
Qihai looked at Ryoko. When she just graduated, her round face now had a pointed chin. The single ponytail full of sunshine and vitality had also been trimmed into neat short hair. The flat canvas shoes had also become capable high-heeled shoes. Light-colored clothes have also become dark-colored business attire.
"Well, um, sister, don't worry, maybe he will go back in a while, it's not uncommon. I have to go, I will be there in a while, um, um, I know."
Even though Ryoko deliberately didn't want Qihai to hear the voice on the phone, Qihai still vaguely heard that it's not your child, so of course don't worry.
When Ryoko put down the phone, she almost walked to the place.
"Senior, let's go here, thank you." After finishing speaking, Ryoko walked into the Internet cafe where the light board was missing.
Qihai also followed Liangzi into the Internet cafe. The inside was closed, the air was poor, and the dim lights made people feel depressing. Liangzi took out her mobile phone and inquired about her nephew's news amidst a group of malicious eyes.
"Excuse me." After getting a negative answer, Ryoko was about to leave.
"Is that man with you?"
"Yes." Following the clerk's gaze, Ryoko saw Qihai and nodded her head.
"What a pity, otherwise I would have wanted you to stay and play with us." The clerk said regretfully.
"Don't come to this kind of place in the future." Leaving the Internet cafe, Qi Hai thought about it, and still asked.
"If you can't find anyone, my sister will be worried." Miki stood by the roadside, holding a mobile phone to send a message.
Qihai looked at Liangzi's side face and hesitated to speak, Qihai really wanted to ask Liangzi, if your sister is worried about her child's safety, won't she be worried about yours?
But in fact, no one really worried about Ryoko's safety, and the message her sister just sent perfectly proved this point.
"Sister said he went back by himself." Liangzi didn't show any expression on her face, she just quietly replied to the message on the phone. "Then I'm going back too, thank you senior today, I'll go back first."
"Shall I take you back?"
"Is it on the way again?"
Qihai choked on Liangzi's words, it's not that she doesn't understand Liangzi's behavior of drawing a clear line, but she just can't rest assured, even if there may be a curse spirit nearby, a girl is not safe in such a remote place.
"I'm not a child anymore."
"It is also the responsibility of the seniors to take care of the younger generation."
Although my seniors are generally not very responsible.
Qihai was thinking like this, but she didn't give Liangzi any room to refuse on her face.
Liangzi pursed her lips, and finally compromised. She didn't want to worry too much about such a boring thing, so she walked away first.
Qihai's three steps merged into two steps, walking on Ryoko's left.
The way back was much quieter than when we came, and I could clearly hear the footsteps of the two people, neither of them spoke, they just walked quietly.
"Wait." Qihai suddenly sensed something was wrong, and protected Ryoko behind her.
"What's wrong?" Ryoko asked in a low voice, looking at Qihai's very serious face, Ryoko also realized the seriousness of the problem.
Before Qihai could answer, the curse spirit that suddenly appeared in front of Ryoko answered her.
"What is this, monster?" Ryoko's voice trembled, "Senior, don't worry about me, you go."
"Don't move here." Qihai took out her weapon, "I will protect you."
"Well, senior, be careful."
In fact, it was not difficult for Qi Hai to deal with the curse spirits in front of him alone, but there were so many of them, and it would be difficult to protect one person. Occasionally, one or two curse spirits would pass by.
"I don't care." Ryoko said pretending to be calm, not wanting Qihai to be distracted by her.
After Qihai quickly dealt with the omission of the curse spirit, she threw herself into the battle again.
Seeing Ryoko's pale face, Qihai complained about her own negligence. Originally, she just collected information that there might be a curse spirit here, and her original intention was to investigate. If there is a curse spirit, it would be best to get rid of it easily.But he searched, but found no trace of the curse spirit, and met Ryoko by accident, which made him relax his vigilance.
It would be great if she took Liangzi away earlier, so that she wouldn't have to face these curse spirits.
"Are you alright?" Qi Hai, who finished solving the curse spirit, squatted down and looked at the somewhat embarrassed Ryoko, "Are you injured?"
"It's just that I accidentally twisted my foot when I dodged just now." Liangzi looked at Qihai with a complicated expression, "Is this your current job, senior?"
"Ah." Qihai checked Ryoko's injury, "Fortunately, no bones were injured. I'll ask someone to take you to see a doctor."
Ryoko originally wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, she encountered such a thing, even if she had no problem, the other party probably had something to say to her.
"I'll treat what happened tonight as if nothing happened. I just accidentally twisted my foot because the road was too dark." Liangzi stood up with Qihai's support, and said softly.
"Please." Qihai was a little surprised. He didn't think too much at first, he just wanted to take Ryoko to see a doctor, but Ryoko's words really saved him a lot of trouble.
After that, Ryoko was dragged to see a doctor in silence, and was sent home by Qihai.
"Don't walk for a few days, so as not to hurt your bones."
"Ah."
"If you don't have anyone who can take care of you, you can call me." Qihai thought for a while and told Liangzi. "My phone hasn't changed."
"it is good."
"Then I'm leaving today."
"Ah."
Qihai left Liangzi's house and sighed. He was not surprised by Liangzi's attitude, but it did make him a little worried about whether she would be obedient and recover from her injuries.
"Mr. Qihai, you look a little troubled? Is it because of that girl just now?" The assistant supervisor felt that Qihai was in a bad mood and asked with some concern.
"No." He didn't disclose that Ryoko and he encountered the curse spirit, so as not to cause trouble for Ryoko.
"Is it the girl that Mr. Qihai likes? It's rare for Mr. Qihai to ask you, but that girl should like you. If you take the initiative, it will be interesting."
"Why do you say she likes me?"
"She has been looking at the glass, and Mr. Nanami's face can be reflected on the glass, so she has been looking at Mr. Nanami."
"Is that so?" Qi Hai replied indifferently, not wanting to satisfy the desire to gossip as an assistant supervisor.
Early the next morning, when Qihai came to visit Liangzi with breakfast, she found that Liangzi was not at home.
"Hey, Senior Qihai, what's the matter?"
"Miki, where are you?"
"At the company." Miki was silent for a while, Qihai could call her, there is a high probability that she found that she was not at home, so there is no need to lie. "I have a very important meeting today."
"Then I'll pick you up after get off work."
"No need." Liangzi rebuffed indifferently, "I will take a taxi home by myself, so I won't bother senior. I have a meeting soon, so hang up first."
Although Ryoko came to work today partly to avoid Qihai's concern, but on the other hand, today's meeting is indeed very important.
"Miki, your performance today is very good, and the person in charge of the client is very satisfied."
"Thank you."
"This project is very important, and you are the backbone. You will inevitably have to pay more attention when the time comes."
"I will work hard." Listening to the boss's words, Liangzi's expression did not change, but she couldn't help complaining in her heart that the boss wanted to trick me into working overtime again.
After returning to her post, Liangzi began to work busy again. After finishing the report, Liangzi rubbed her sore shoulders before remembering Qihai.
Will he be angry?Does he still have a little affection for me?Shall we keep in touch in the future?
The thoughts of adults are like this. They obviously like the person who is going to die, and they obviously want to overflow their feelings, but they can only think about it secretly in the gap between life and work.
"Senior Miki, I have sent the latest file to your mailbox, please confirm it as soon as possible!"
"Well, I see."
Ryoko was interrupted by work before she had time to straighten out complicated emotional issues.
'Forget it, forget it. Thinking this way, Ryoko started working again.
By the time she got off work, Ryoko's ankle was already in pain, but thinking that tomorrow was the weekend, she unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. High heels and the like were indeed a bit too tortured.
"Miki."
"Senior Seven Seas!"
Ryoko's eyes widened, looking at Qihai who suddenly appeared at the gate of her company. She had actually changed jobs, so she was very surprised that Qihai could find her.
"Didn't I tell you to recuperate at home?"
"What happened to me has nothing to do with you, senior?" Hearing Qihai's reproachful words, Ryoko's eyes suddenly turned red, did she really want this?You have to work to make money, and you have to work hard so that you won’t be left behind by others. After getting married and becoming a housewife, the beautiful elder sister often has to watch her husband’s face. If she is not stronger, who will protect her?
"I brought you flat shoes, put them on first, and then we will go to the doctor to see if the foot injury is more serious."
Ryoko silently changed into flat shoes and got into Qihai's car. It's not a good time to talk at the gate of the company, after get off work.
"I've hurt my bones a bit. It's better to rest for a few days."
"Well, tomorrow is the weekend, and I will take good care of it at home."
"If you go to work on Monday, it's best not to wear high heels, it will become serious." Hearing what Ryoko said, Jia Ruzi didn't agree with her continuing to work, but it wasn't impossible, so she had to remind her more, "Be careful when you go out. Less walking, of course it would be better to lie down at home."
"Well, thank you doctor."
"It's good to call me Nitro, it's rare that Qihai will come to ask me specifically."
"Senior, he is a good person, that's why he did these unnecessary things."
"Pfft, Qihai, I've been issued a bad guy card." Jia Ruozi patted Qihai's shoulder, his playful eyes were filled with a long way to go.
"I have something to do next week, and Yidizhi will send you to get off work at that time." Qihai ignored the ridicule of Jiaruizhizi, but introduced Yidizhi who was on the side to Liangzi.
"Hello, Miss Miki, I'm Yizhi."
"You don't need to be so troublesome. I just injured my foot accidentally." Ryoko still wanted to refuse, after all, she just made a plan to never contact Qihai again.
"Eh? It wasn't that you guys were attacked, didn't Qihai protect you well?" Jiarui Nishiko pretended to be a little surprised, "It's okay, it's the magician's responsibility to protect ordinary people in the hands of the magic spirit, and it's his fault that you get hurt , he should make up for you."
'Conjurer', Ryoko memorized the word silently.
"If you are worried about me telling the story, you can rest assured, I just want to live a normal life." Liangzi said lightly.
"It's not because of the curse spirit." Qihai sighed, "I just don't want you to force yourself too much."
Qihai didn't say anything else, and sent Liangzi back home.
"Want something to eat? I'll go buy it."
"No need." Liangzi lowered her head, she really wanted to ask Qihai why she was so nice to her even though she had already rejected her confession. "Senior also worked very hard, there is no need to do so much for me."
"It's not very hard. If you really feel that you have grown up, you should know that in your current situation, it is best for someone to take care of you."
Liangzi now started to complain a little about why she had to talk so much with Qihai before. She knew everything about herself, but she didn't know anything about the other party.
"Even if the senior said so, I don't really want to trouble the senior."
"Just like Miss Jiajin said, it's my fault that I failed to protect you from the curse spirit, so there's no need to feel guilty."
Qihai took a look at Ryoko's house, it was very tidy, and it could be seen that the owner is a person who loves life.
"If you don't want to go out, make something to eat at home."
Ryoko:? !
Thanks to her usual lunch, there are a lot of ingredients in the refrigerator. Although Ryoko has prepared well, even if Qihai's food is terrible, she still has to pretend to be delicious.
But it was delicious beyond her expectations.
"I didn't expect senior to cook such delicious food." Liangzi's starry eyes almost lit up.
"It's okay, but I don't cook often."
Listening to Qihai's words, Liangzi recalled in a trance the days when she brought Qihai lunch boxes. At that time, as long as she didn't work overtime, she would bring Qihai lunch boxes. Although most of the time, Qihai would still buy his favorite sandwich bread. After Qihai left her job, Ryoko went to that bakery to ask for advice on how to make the sandwich bread, but was told that the bread had been taken off the shelves.
However, the clerk still kindly told Liangzi how to make the bread. After Liangzi really made it, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. He didn't know if the taste he made was similar to what Qihai liked, but these were meaningless. Qihai didn't like it. She, no one will eat this bread.
"Senior is really a good person."
"Are you raising a dog?"
"Not now." Liangzi paused while eating, "Sayuri just left a while ago, ah, Sayuri is the dog in the photo you saw, she was already very old when I adopted her, so she didn't stay with me for a long time."
"Then do you still want to raise another one? You didn't put away all its things." Qihai saw that the grain bowl in the corner of the room was clean, and there were dog toys beside the sofa.
"Probably not." Ryoko said, "Her arrival was just accidental. A pet's life is too short after all. I don't want to experience parting again."
When Liangzi adopted Sayuri, she was just a stray dog. I heard that it was abandoned by several owners, saying that it was unlucky. It must be a coincidence. On the day she was rejected by Qihai, Liangzi met the injured Sayuri and took it The pet hospital saw the doctor and formally adopted it.
After adopting it, Ryoko found that Sayuri was not very close to her family, and was a picky eater. She was probably abandoned, which made Ryoko feel like she was in the same boat, so she was extra patient with Sayuri Ryoko, but Sayuri was really too old. Even though Ryoko took good care of it, it still passed away not long ago.
Qihai could feel that Ryoko was sad, but he didn't know how to comfort her. In his impression, Ryoko was a good girl, with a beautiful appearance but not outstanding. Compared with her beautiful sister, she was far behind, because she focused on school and was not good at socializing with friends. Not many, because she was neglected by her family since she was a child, and was compared with her sister by others. She still has a little inferiority and cowardice in character, but compared to before, Ryoko has changed a lot now, because she has pets ?
"Take a good rest, and I will see you when I come back."
Liangzi really wanted to ask, what is the relationship between them, but in the end Liangzi didn't ask, she was afraid that she was being affectionate, and she was afraid that Qihai only took care of her out of a sense of responsibility, but she mistakenly took these as affection and love.
In the days that followed, Yidizhi came to pick up Ryoko to and from get off work every day, and Ryoko also refused, but the other party said that Mr. Qihai asked him to do it, so he must do it. In order not to embarrass others, it is indeed convenient for himself. Going to and from work in Yidichi's car.
"?" As soon as Liangzi got into the car, he found that there was a person sitting in the back today. "Mr. Yidizhi, if it's inconvenient today, I'll go back by myself, and my foot injury is almost healed, so it doesn't matter if you don't come to pick me up tomorrow."
Yidizhi has a very gentle personality, and usually doesn't ask her anything.So the relationship between Ryoko and him is pretty good.
"It's okay, I just asked Yidizhi for something temporarily today, so I came to rub his car. Don't mind Miss Miki, I'll take you home first."
"This..." Ryoko hesitated.
"Miss Miki, Mr. Gojo and Mr. Qihai are friends, so don't be too cautious." Yi Dizhi said, in fact, he didn't want to go with Gojo, but he really couldn't beat Gojo, so he really wanted to gossip about Qihai's Gojo. Can't refuse.
"Are you the girl Qihai is chasing?"
"Mr. Wujo, you have misunderstood something." Ryoko said with a serious face, "Senior Qihai is a serious and responsible person, that's why he took care of me like this."
"Good man." Gojo Satoru stroked his chin and laughed, "He is indeed a good man."
"Miss Miki, do you know about conjurers?"
"I don't know." Ryoko replied truthfully. She also thought about asking Yidizhi about Qihai's current job, but after thinking about it, she gave up. Not asking too much about other people's lives is the rule of adult life.
"People's negative emotions will generate mantra power, and mantra power will gather to form a mantra spirit. The magician is responsible for eliminating the mantra spirit."
"It's dangerous work."
Listening to Gojo Satoru's knowledge about the spellcaster to Ryoko, Yizhi broke out in a cold sweat, and kept saying that Ms. Miki wanted to live an ordinary life. After knowing this, can she still be with Mr. Nanami?
"That's also the job he loves very much." Ryoko recalled the scene when Qihai left the job, "Senior Qihai in the past was very tired, even if he didn't do anything, he could feel his helplessness in life, although now he still has no energy , but in his current job, he feels from the bottom of his heart that what he is doing is meaningful.”
"Shouldn't you like Nanami?" Gojo Satoru was silent for a moment, then asked suddenly.
"Ah, I like it." Ryoko realized that the purpose of the other party's appearance today was to gossip when Gojo Satoru was halfway through speaking, "But I was rejected."
Ryoko's words were like thunder on the ground, which stunned Yi Dizhi and Gojo Satoru, because Ryoko had been sending out good person cards, and his attitude towards Qihai was a little cold, so everyone thought that Qihai was chasing Ryoko.
"Mr. Wujo and senior Qihai are very good friends." Ryoko smiled and said, "But let's stop here for today's gossip, my injury is fine, and I can go to work by myself in the future. Thank you Mr. Yijizhi for taking care of me."
After all, Ryoko got out of the car.
"Hey, it feels completely different from what I guessed. Whether it's people or things, I'm going to call and gossip with Nitro!"
After Liangzi got off the car, Wujo Gojo excitedly prepared to share first-hand gossip information with Jiarui Glass.
"Mr. Qihai will not be happy..." Yidizhi's weak voice was ruthlessly ignored by Gojo Satoru.
After getting off the car, Ryoko sent a message to Qihai, saying that her injury was healed, and thanked him for taking care of him during this time.
However, after this message was sent out, Ryoko never received a reply, thinking that the relationship between them probably came to an end.
Liangzi, who was drinking coffee at the company at night, felt empty. Today is her birthday, because her sister’s birthday is only one day earlier than hers. The family always said that they would celebrate their birthday together, but in fact they were all for Liangzi’s older sister. In the past, no one remembered, and no one specially celebrated her birthday.
The only birthday cake she ever had was hers, it was given by Qihai, and it was also one night when she was working overtime at the company. Qihai saw her profile and knew that it was her birthday, so it was unrealistic to go to a cake shop to buy a birthday cake Yes, so the birthday cake that day was just a small cake that Qi Hai found temporarily at a 24-hour convenience store.
But this was Ryoko's most memorable birthday. She cried for a long time that day. This was the first time someone specially celebrated her birthday, which belonged to Ryoko Miki's birthday.
After pressing the save button, Ryoko turned off her computer and went to find a convenience store on the street.A long time has passed, and the cake from that year is no longer there, but Ryoko still comes here often to buy cakes with similar taste.
If you can't keep the person who brings you happiness, then remember the taste of happiness.
Coming out of the convenience store, Ryoko didn't really want to go home. Although she knew that she might miss the last bus, but it's her birthday, so let's take a taxi home.
It would be better if you don't go to work tomorrow.
Thinking like this, Ryoko looked at some bustling streets and didn't know where to go.
"It would be nice if Sayuri was still around."
Liangzi muttered, if Sayuri was still there, she would have to go home, because Sayuri was waiting for her, but when Sayuri left, she was the only one left.
But Liangzi really didn't know where to go, so she finally took the last bus to go home. Walking on the road, she saw a fairy stick for sale, and bought a few with great interest, and then put them in the park in front of her house.
"The little match girl lit a match and saw grandma, so who can I see when I light a fairy wand?"
Ryoko was sitting on the swing. It was a little strange for her to sit there and light the fairy sticks in a formal dress. There were bags of snacks and cakes at her feet.
"Then I hope I can see Mr. Nanami."
Liangzi closed her eyes, imitating her older sister's way of blowing out candles. When she opened her eyes again, the fairy wand had already gone out.
"Sure enough, making a wish is something that only children would do. If it's an adult, they will just quietly give up what they can't get."
"Miki."
Ryoko turned around in astonishment, and saw Qihai in the distance.
"Senior Qihai, would you like some fairy sticks?"
Qihai looked at Liangzi who was smiling and waving, and suddenly thought of Liangzi's appearance before, like a simple child, although he was a little timid, but he had enthusiasm that he didn't have.
Now Ryoko has become a qualified adult, she can hide her emotions, advance and retreat properly, and has built a wall called alienation both externally and internally, but in essence, she is still the same. Is a child who longs to be pampered.
Then he sat on the swing with Liangzi, lighting the fairy stick, and he watched the smile on Liangzi's face gradually fade as the fairy stick burned, until the fairy stick burned out, and the smile on her face disappeared.
"Senior, should I say it's a coincidence to meet you here?" Liangzi said lightly.
Qihai was silent for a while, he didn't know what to say, he came back very late, so he didn't wait for Ryoko to get off work, but went to her house to look for her, he didn't expect her to come back much later than he imagined.
"Happy birthday, Miki."
Ryoko was so shocked that she couldn't speak. She had guessed many reasons why Qihai came to her, but she never thought that Qihai was here to celebrate her birthday.
"Didn't senior reject me already? Why did he appear in my life again? Why did he treat me so well? I finally got used to living alone..." Ryoko's voice gradually turned into tears , "I finally became an adult on my own, why do you want to take care of me like this again, do you know that I can't help wanting more things like this... I don't want to be abandoned again... ..”
In Liangzi's eyes, being abandoned does not mean that this person disappears in your life forever, but that when making a choice, you will always be the one who is given up first, like her parents would choose her sister, like Qihai will never He hesitated to leave her life.There is nothing wrong with her parents' preference for her elder sister. After all, she cannot resent her parents just because she is not the one favored. It is normal for Qihai to choose to live the life he wants, and he has no obligation to treat Ryoko well.
But Ryoko is still very sad, as sad as being abandoned, the gods shine a beam of light into her world, and then take back the light without hesitation, she can not resent the gods, but there is no way to make herself feel that she is not abandoned .
'Sorry, in my eyes you are like a child who hasn't grown up, so I will give you more care at work, if this makes you misunderstand, I'm sorry. '
Qihai remembered the reason why he rejected Ryoko at that time.
"Conjurer is a very dangerous job." Qihai said, "Many of my friends died in the process of removing the curse spirit, and I myself have brushed shoulders with death several times."
"If I make you sad because of my rejection, I'm sorry, I don't dislike you, I just hope you can be happier."
"Wish me to be happier?" Ryoko smiled self-deprecatingly, "I cut my hair, put on restrictive clothes, put on high-heeled shoes, restrained my emotions, and stretched myself tightly every day, that's all. I hope that I can become an adult in the mouth of my predecessors, but now it seems that everything I have done is like a joke that moved me."
"Senior, do you know? I have always envied my sister. Only those who are loved have the right not to grow up. After I met my senior, I thought I could be a child and be favored like my sister... ..." Liangzi said with tears, "I am very obedient and work hard, why don't you all want to love me?"
Nanami stood up and held Ryoko in her arms.
"You are already very good. Although you are not good at words, you have done every job very well."
"You don't have to force yourself to be an adult. It's never a bad thing to have a childlike enthusiasm, not to mention that you are already a qualified adult."
"If you don't mind my dangerous job, can you give me a chance to take care of you?"
"It's all senior's fault. If senior had made it clear from the beginning, things wouldn't be what they are today." Ryoko said with a choked voice, hugging the person who was holding her back.
"It's my fault." Qihai comforted Ryoko. "Now you can be a kid with peace of mind."
"Shall we have cake together?"
"it is good."
When the alarm clock rang the next morning, Ryoko subconsciously wanted to press it off, but suddenly found that there was a hand behind her that pressed the alarm clock faster than her.
"Going to work?"
"Well, I have used up all my leave, and if I ask for more leave, I will be deducted money."
Thinking of what happened last night, Ryoko blushed a little. Of course, she was already a steady adult, so this was nothing. Ryoko could only comfort herself in this way.
"Don't push yourself too hard."
Ryoko paused when she put on her clothes. Although this was just a simple sentence of concern, it made Ryoko feel a little bit of color inexplicably.
"Shall I take you to work?"
"No need, there's still time to go to work." Liangzi refused expressionlessly. In fact, she was flustered. She didn't feel the joy of her long-cherished wish coming true, but she didn't know how to deal with Qihai's panic. "Senior is also very hard on business trips, so let's rest for a while."
"I'll pick you up when I get off work that night."
"En." Liangzi changed her clothes, took a piece of bread in her mouth, picked up her bag and was ready to rush out.
"Senior Miki, did something good happen to you recently?"
"Eh? Why do you say that?"
"Because senior always laughs secretly today, and often checks the time. Normally, seniors don't look forward to getting off work so much." Said the little girl who came over to hand over the information.
"Yeah yeah, senior has a boyfriend, the one who came to pick up senior last time." The little girl next to Liangzi also joined the camp of gossip, "I remember that he was pretty handsome, like a foreigner. look."
"Shut up your gossip, and work hard." Liangzi deliberately put on a straight face, not wanting to continue the topic.
"Senior, I'm sorry."
"If you feel that the work is not enough, I can arrange some more for you."
"Ah, no, senior, I was wrong."
After a small episode, it was finally time to get off work. Liangzi packed up her things and rushed outside. She was one of the few people in the company who took the elevator to get off work.
"Senior!" Ryoko didn't care about the high heels she was wearing, and ran all the way there.
"Be careful, it will be bad if you twist your foot."
"No, I'm super stable in high heels." Ryoko blushed, looking at Qihai with bright eyes.
"Ah! Let me say that senior is in love!"
"Yeah, yeah, seeing the serious look on senior's face, I didn't expect to have such a little girl's look."
"You guys." Liangzi returned to his serious expression, "Do you want to go back to work overtime?"
"Okay, don't scare the children." Qihai took Ryoko's hand naturally, "Let's go eat and make up your birthday for you."
"Is there a gift?"
"Ah."
"Let's go then!"
From then on, Liangzi moved to Qihai's residence, and also got to know his gossiping seniors, because both of them were very busy with their work, it might be that one came back, and the other was leaving.
However, Ryoko was very happy, Qihai liked the sandwich bread she made very much.Occasionally when Ryoko is working overtime at home, Qihai can help her take a look at her work.
"Qihai went on a mission recently?" In the coffee shop, Jiarui and Ryoko were drinking coffee leisurely.
"Ah."
"Aren't you worried?"
"Of course I'm worried." Ryoko took a sip of his coffee, "So I never ask about his work."
"But he has a heart, so please let me celebrate your birthday with you."
"It's not an important matter. There's no need to bother Miss Jiajin."
"How can you say it's not something important? Nanami gave you his credit card,
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