Ochiai Eisuke invited a very professional medical team, and under the doctor's efforts to treat him, and the puppet's subconscious that "the tragedy was rewritten", Ochiai Aoi got better day by day.

She didn't make it to the Harunae Awards, but the "Heavenly Punishment" was personally sent to the exhibition by Ochiai Eisuke, and in the end, the painting won the gold medal just like in the real world.

After recovering, Aoi Ochiai was taken home.

However, after experiencing the despair of a loved one dying twice, Ochiai Eisuke is not so rigid, he no longer interferes too much in Ochiai Aoi's affairs, and only occasionally wanders around her, reminding her to eat and take medicine on time.

After her condition stabilized, Aoi Ochiai held a small party and invited a few classmates who knew each other well, and the same people who had attended the birthday party at her house.

The place is different, but the atmosphere is still the same as before.

In the center of the hall was a large oil painting frame covered with a black cloth, and after the dinner, Ochiai Aoi walked over and raised his hand to tear off the cloth covering the painting, revealing the powerful knights and demons on the painting.

"This should be my last oil painting."

As soon as Ochiai Aoi spoke, everyone was shocked, thinking that this serious illness had caused some incurable sequelae.

Aoi Ochiai originally had a straight face and a heavy face, but a few seconds later, seeing that they were all reacting like this, he couldn't help but laugh:

"Just kidding~ When I want to draw, I'm sure I'll still draw. But I still prefer the gouache and the costume design to the oil painting, hmm...... Medieval literature is also good. ”

"Alas, it's far away." Aoi Ochiai stopped talking and looked at the oil painting again:

"This painting "Heavenly Punishment" is painted with the style and painting method that my dad is good at, and adds some 'deep understanding' that I made up nonsense, and I just want to prove something when I won the award...... I'd still like it better—"

She snapped a button hidden on the side of the frame, and the next moment, the painting, which was frequently praised by the audience, began to crumble.

Eisuke Ochiai, who was still twisting his beard and looking at it with a smile, suddenly noticed this "change", and he immediately stood up nervously.

But before he could get to his daughter, all the pieces of wood were flipped over, and the hidden painting appeared in front of him.

Quite different from the front, the reverse side has soft and warm brushstrokes, with a pale blue sky and endless grass in the background, and a few chaise longues scattered on the ground.

In the slightly later part of the picture, a couple with blooming hair leaned together, looking at the two in front of them with a smile.

As for the center of the picture......

Ayaya Manaka was also wearing a gorgeous wedding dress, very cramped with a straight back, and sat on a wooden chair.

Opposite him, Aoi Ochiai, who was in a straight suit, held a bouquet of colorful flowers, landed on one knee, raised his eyes and looked straight at him, a marriage proposal scene.

"I still prefer this style." Off-screen, Aoi Ochiai took two steps back and admired her work with a good-natured laugh.

Akaya stared at the painting as if she was stupid, her lips moved, and she didn't say anything for a while.

Ochiai Aoi walked over and grabbed his hand, she used a lot of strength, and Ayaya Manaka also twitched a few times, but she couldn't pull it out.

"In the second half of college, plus graduate school - I waited for you for three years, and I didn't wait for what I wanted to hear. I can't wait any longer. ”

"So, I'll ...... those"

"No!"

Ayaya Machu also reacted greatly, he turned around sharply, and tried to run away in embarrassment, but before he could take a step, Ochiai Aoi fell and pushed him onto the sofa behind him.

The two of them instantly became in the same pose as in the painting.

"Don't do that...... Aoi, I—I'm not worthy! "If you really want to push it, of course Zhen Zhongxuan can push away this girl who has just recovered from a serious illness.

But even he knew that this was too much of a beast, so he didn't do it in the end.

Ayaya Manaka also buried her face in her hands, avoiding Aoi Ochiai's suspicious gaze.

His voice was muffled, and he said upside down:

"I almost killed you, if I hadn't misunderstood your dad that day, wouldn't it be right...... It was I who didn't make it clear that he said something misleading, I ...... If he hadn't gone to the hospital......"

"So you're struggling with this." Aoi Ochiai laughed and patted the hand he put on his forehead, "Scared me, I thought you were going to say, 'I only see you as a sister'." ”

"......" Akaya didn't know what to say, and shook her head.

"Alright, look up, face exposed." Aoi Ochiai held his head and pinched his chin twice, and she smiled and said:

"It happened to be Friday, and if you hadn't found out I didn't go to school and came looking for me, I would have died alone in the rental house.

"We're though, huh...... It's a bit ambiguous. But in the end, the relationship is just ordinary classmates.

"I am very grateful that you are anxious for someone who is not related by blood and who is not in a relationship with you, who broke the bank to pay for my medical expenses, and who put down your son to help me borrow money.

"You just didn't get the best results, like the people who go into the water to save people, swim halfway through and choke back to shore. You are incompetent, but you did your best, and that shouldn't be a reason why you can't hold your head up in front of a corpse. ”

Akaya Manaka's face and neck were flushed, he covered his face tightly, his nails almost digging into the flesh, and water gradually shone out of his palms.

After holding his breath for a long time, he retorted, "...... You are not a corpse. ”

"......" Aoi Ochiai slapped him on the back of the head, "It's just an analogy!" Example! ”

Ochiai Eisuke was still angry at his daughter's sudden confession, but after listening to this paragraph, he lowered his head and his face began to turn pale.

"Don't think about it." Ochiai Aoi sensed his emotions and hurriedly walked here again.

She sighed in her heart, feeling that she shouldn't have studied painting, she should have jumped a few majors to gnaw on psychology, why are there one or two around, all of them are so sentimental.

Ochiai Aoi leaned in front of her father and smiled at him, but unfortunately this and Ayaya Manaka were the same, and their eyes kept avoiding her.

Aoi Ochiai tilted her head and thought for a while, then suddenly hugged his face and took a bite on the face that already had a lot of wrinkles.

Daddy Ochiai's movements froze, and he snorted, trying to hold back his expression, but in fact, his laughing mustache floated up.

"You should have smiled more. If you are always sad, your gray hair will become more and more. ”

Ochiai Aoi held her father's head and rubbed it twice:

"Don't think too much about what is already in the past! Even if I have to go back, it's my fault for running away from home, it's not my father's business. ”

……

In the Hell Pavilion, Shiraishi heard the movement of a smile behind him, turned his head, and saw Boss Manaka with his eyes closed, and a distorted expression on his face that seemed to cry and laugh.

He looked at the pot-bellied middle-aged boss with complicated eyes, and if it weren't for the mole on the left eyebrow of both him and Ayaya Manaka, Shiraishi couldn't believe that this was a person.

Years can no longer be regarded as a pig-killing knife, it is simply a meat grinder.

Director Ochiai's face was covered in armor, and Shiraishi couldn't see his expression, but he thought it was the same.

He picked up the stone flower and looked at it.

The suspended play button and memory fragments on the flower have all disappeared, and the copied illusion has ended.

A minute later, Boss Manaka and Director Ochiai opened their eyes almost at the same time.

They sat up and looked at each other in the drowsy darkness, their eyes so complicated that they didn't know what to say for a moment.

At that moment, someone turned on the overhead light.