Let's turn the clock back to an hour and a half ago --

Time: twenty-two o'clock.

Location: The top floor of the school's clock tower, in the lobby of the student union office.

"The appointed time was nine o'clock in the evening, but it was ten o'clock now...... Then again, why hasn't he shown up yet?! Gui Daisy's voice trembled, and her tone was full of disbelief.

She squeezed her slender fingers hard, and pinched the mechanical alarm clock in her hands to make a "quack" sound.

"Didn't he learn in school to act ten minutes early? It is common sense to arrive at 8:50 if you agree with someone at 9 o'clock——!! ”

Gui Daisy grabbed the alarm clock in her hand with a terrifying force beyond common sense and shook it back and forth, she gasped violently and shouted angrily.

"Hey! Are you even listening!! ”

Alarm Clock: "......"

So what's the use of you telling me this......

- The alarm clock that is on the verge of death because of someone's tardiness, if it is in the animation, it will probably already be very humane at this time.

"Nasty——! If you want to come, hurry up! Stupid——!! ”

At this time, the girl's anger has reached its peak.

……

……

However, after that, another hour had passed before I knew it.

There was silence in the hall, except for the quiet cold moonlight pouring down from the balcony. Gui Daisy leaned back on the sofa pillow and was silent, and the anger in her eyes was completely gone.

"What...... Nasty, isn't he really going to come......? ”

With a slight force on her arms, she hugged the pillow into her arms and hugged it tightly, her eyes were half-squinted, and her expression was complicated: "Alas-this is miserable, you can't take the initiative to send him a message, otherwise I won't lose...... Anyway, he actually hates me if he doesn't come to see me after saying something like that......"

“…… Woo......"

The girl suddenly made a cute voice in distress, and she curled her long pink hair with her fingers as she thought about how to refute this idea that was not good for her.

But in the end, I sadly found that I was completely unable to find any arguments to stand on.

"I didn't do anything that he liked, I didn't show him the cuteness of a girl in front of him, and he hated me...... It's normal, isn't it......."

Thinking about all the things that had happened since she met each other, Gui Daisy couldn't help but lie on the pillow weakly, her long silky hair spread out on the sofa like satin.

Finally she sighed silently, "He's sure ...... It's long forgotten...... This thing is ......"

Time passed slowly, in the dead of night, all the sounds were silent, the moonlight was like water, and no one spoke. There was silence in her ears, and she seemed to be able to hear only her own breathing and heartbeat, and Gui Daisy slowly felt a sense of fatigue coming up, and her eyelids began to become heavy.

The darkness that had been enveloping her suddenly disappeared, and in a trance, her consciousness seemed to be taken somewhere-

……

I don't know how long it has been, I don't know where it is.

Familiar and unfamiliar furniture appeared all around, and there was only a dim place in the house, and Gui Daisy felt that this dimness made her almost suffocate, and slowly felt a sense of breathlessness.

At the same time, a girl of about thirteen or fourteen years old with a single ponytail hairstyle was standing in front of Gui Daisy with her fists clenched, her head lowered so that people could not see the specific eyes, but her bangs seemed to have tears streaming down her face.

And the angle of view is also a bit weird, compared to the thirteen or fourteen-year-old single-ponytail girl in front of her, she seems to be even younger.

"Sister......" Gui Daisy suddenly found that "herself" opened her mouth to speak, it was a childish voice, and her heart was full of panic, "- what about Mom and Dad?" ”

“……”

It was quiet, there was no answer, not even a sound, and it was scary.

Gui Daisy suddenly became confused, she couldn't control herself at all. I could only watch myself run straight past my sister and run hard towards the door, as if I could find my parents just like this.

But at this moment, the floor under her feet seemed to suddenly turn into a muddy swamp, and she wanted to run forward, but she couldn't do anything.

The more anxious you are, the farther away the door in front of you becomes.

She was so anxious that tears were about to flow out, but it was at this time-

There was a sound that seemed to come from far away in the sky, but it echoed in this small space. Although she couldn't hear what the voice was saying, Gui Daisy suddenly felt a sense of relief, and she subconsciously stopped.

Thereupon.

The surrounding scene suddenly became blurry, as if a shadow had cast over it, and slowly the whole world began to fade.

……

The girl opened her eyes again, and in front of her was the familiar hall of the White Emperor Academy Student Union office, and a familiar figure bent over the sofa looking down at herself.

Guidaisy sat up in a daze, her breathing was slightly disturbed, her heart was still pounding violently, and her palms were almost wet with sweat.

"Ah, Mu Xiujun...... It's you! ”

Although her emotions were chaotic, she still subconsciously greeted the person in front of her.

Because this dream is not the first time, although it cannot be said that such dreams are common, but the frequency is relatively high, so Gui Daisy has become accustomed to it, but the difference is that this time the dream is slightly different.

"Huh? Ah? Before I knew it, I fell asleep...... What time is it now......? ”

Gui Daisy was fully awake, she quickly remembered what had happened before, and reached out to grab the mechanical alarm clock next to her. Mu Xiu didn't have time to stop it, he could only search his brain hard, thinking about what to say later.

"—half past eleven!"

The girl's voice and tone suddenly turned cold, and after seeing clearly where the hour and minute hands on the alarm clock were pointing, she suddenly narrowed her eyes for some reason. At this moment, someone seemed to hear something taut in the air.

But that kind of look that seemed to see through people was really terrible, so Mu Xiu didn't have time to think about it, so he smiled dryly and looked away a little, just about to explain.

But the girl's expression was like that of a demon, and she had already reached out and grabbed the wooden knife leaning on the side of the sofa.

The next moment-

A cold light instantly divided the world in his eyes.

……

……

Another ten minutes later.

It was exactly 11:40 p.m.

"Come on, the black tea is ready, this time I made it myself-"

Pouring the steaming tea into the snow-white porcelain cup, Mu Xiu put down the teapot and gently pushed the teacup in front of Gui Daisy. Then he straightened up, turned to the direction of the cupboard, and asked casually:

"Anyway, Daisy-san, are you hungry? There's some ingredients here, so I'll make something to eat! Just say what you want to eat, and you're guaranteed to be satisfied. ”

“……”

Gui Daisy lowered her head, not only her whole body was already stiff, but she even trembled slightly. But she bit her lower lip tightly, and her eyes were still filled with tears. It seems that he is trying to keep himself from crying, and it looks like he has just cried.

But looking at the messy traces around her, as if she had just gone through a fierce battle, she knew that the latter was actually the most likely - of course, it was not that Mu Xiu made her cry, but that she was angry to the end, and the self-harm and self-pity in her heart suddenly rose.

As a result, I couldn't suppress my emotions, so I really shed tears.

But in retrospect, Gui Daisy felt like she wanted to die.

The feverish cheeks finally cooled down a little, and after she came back to her senses, the more she thought about the previous events, the more difficult she felt to accept it! What the hell was I talking about at the time! What the hell was I thinking?

Why are you so out of shape?! Do that kind of thing, lean on him and cry or something...... What a gaffe!

Katsura Daisy didn't know that the wooden knife was a treasure of the Saginomiya family, and it had more than one characteristic. Although the knife wielder is able to exert his potential to the highest limit, his emotions are also particularly high-pitched, more bold when he is bold, and more sad when he is sad.

Usually, if you are prepared, you can easily control it, but unknowingly it can lead to emotional uncontrollability -

Otherwise, this thing would simply be an artifact, and Mu Xiu would definitely not mind exchanging it for a transition to the fourth-order primary state. But in fact, he only borrowed it to break through the fourth-order primary level, and he hadn't used this knife since.

Holding the teacup with a moderate temperature in both hands, the girl's knuckles were slightly white because of excessive force, which made people worry about whether she would pinch the cup like this.

However, the focus of Gui Daisy's eyes was not on the teacup at all, and because of this, she was distracted, and she didn't notice the strange place in Mu Xiu's two paragraphs.

"I felt a little frightened, but I didn't expect it...... Daisy-classmate actually has such a girly side. ”

Mu Xiu opened the cabinet door and glanced at it casually, and then said casually, wanting to open the topic as soon as possible to alleviate the embarrassing atmosphere at the moment. But he didn't realize it, but his words made Gui Daisy even more embarrassed.

The pink-haired girl trembled, and her blood-stained face quickly became rosy again, she closed her eyes and lowered her head in pain, groaning, "It's better to ...... Kill me......"

"Uh, excuse me?" Mu Xiu blinked.

“……”

“……”

This will not work! Gui Daisy suddenly realized that if she continued like this, she would lose badly, although she didn't know what to lose! But she just can't allow herself to keep losing!

No matter what, she's going to find a way to win! Although she still doesn't know what to win!

The girl raised her head again, looked at Mu Xiu with inexplicable complex eyes, and then suddenly became angry again: "What about the gift?!" What about my gifts! Didn't you say you were going to give me a great gift that day at my house?! ”

However, it seems more like being annoyed and angry, or rushing to find a breakthrough and choosing the most obvious problem to attack.

"Uh, that's what I said......" Mu Xiu coughed lightly, stood up and walked over.

"Did you bring it with you?" The pink-haired girl looked each other up and down with an unkind expression, "Could it be that after being so late, you even forgot to bring a gift?" And because of being late, I even lost the gifts? ”

"Not really, but I can really explain this one, in fact, tonight's events are like this......" Mu Xiu sighed, and simply wanted to tell the whole thing as it was-

But the other party obviously didn't want to hear those things.

"No, I'm ...... now Just wanted to ask you a question. ”

Gui Daisy stood up, she took a deep breath, as if she had made up her mind with great difficulty, and her expression suddenly became very calm.

After pacing back and forth in front of Mu Xiu a few times, and then finally stood still, she suddenly asked, "That, classmate Mu Xiu...... Do you have any special thoughts about your family? ”

"Huh?" The boy frowned, not understanding why he suddenly jumped on this topic, but seeing the expression on Gui Daisy's face and the serious look in his eyes, he wisely did not speak.

Without waiting for Mu Xiu to answer, the girl continued as if talking to herself.

"My current parents are not...... My biological parents, my biological parents, pushed the debt of 80 million to me and my sister the day before my sixth birthday, and then disappeared......"

"My sister developed the kind of bully in order to settle the debt, but she was very good to me...... Later, the Gui family adopted us. My father, who is now my adoptive father, was actually my sister's teacher in elementary school, and although he is no longer a teacher, he still cares about my sister very much......"

She didn't know why she wanted to mention it, but she just wanted to say it, so the past belonging to the two sisters of the Gui family was slowly told by her.

“……”

“……”

There was an unspeakable silence, and the terrible silence in the empty hall tingled the skin.

The beautiful and pleasant voice of the past has been dominated by some inexplicable emotion at this moment, with a little trill. In the moonlight reflected on the balcony, Gui Daisy looked directly at the young man in front of her, as if she wanted to get an answer from the other party-

"Mu Xiu, do you think they have a reason to do this?"

"What...... Reason? Mu Xiu didn't know what his expression was anymore.

He suddenly had a feeling that there was something that had to be told to the girl in front of him, and he had to say it! Do everything in one's power!

Otherwise, it's all over.

"There's just no way to take us along...... There is really no way, and I am forced to make such a choice! Gui Daisy said through gritted teeth, as if trying to convince herself to believe such a statement.

"That...... Daisy-san, what do you ...... about your current parents" Mu Xiu hesitated for a moment and asked cautiously.

"I love them so much! Very much! The pink-haired girl immediately said urgently, and then she lowered her eyes slightly, and said again in a rare slender and weak voice: "Although I like it very much, but ...... I also like my biological mother......"

“……”

“……”

"Well, please come with me over here!" Mu Xiu also seemed to have made up his mind, grabbed the girl's palm, and walked outside.

"Huh? Wait, wait, I can't go to the terrace—" Gui Daisy was startled, and subconsciously struggled. "No, no! You know I'm afraid of heights......"

"Don't worry, I'll hold you firmly, just come with me." Mu Xiu smiled and persuaded softly, but did not pull her strongly. "Or you can close your eyes and just follow me."

“……”

Gui Daisy bit her lip hard, the stiffness of her body eased slightly, she closed her eyes but no longer resisted, but let the young man next to her pull her forward step by step. After a few seconds, she felt the muscles in her legs lose sensation.

Because with the estimation of the distance, she now felt that she should have walked less than two or three meters in front of the guardrail of the terrace, but the people around her were still leading her step by step. I don't know if it's an illusion, but she feels that the ground under her feet suddenly seems to have become a little strange-

It felt as if she was walking up an upward ramp.

Slowly, time seems to stretch indefinitely. Gui Daisy felt that she was walking and walking like this, only knowing that she firmly held the palms of the people around her, refusing to relax, and there was only one thought in her mind: Is the area of the terrace so huge?

I don't know how long it took, but finally a voice came from my ears: "Okay, you open your eyes and see." ”

…… Is it finally here?

When Gui Daisy heard this, her body became stiff again in an instant, but she immediately felt her palm being clenched hard, and the other shoulder was also firmly grasped, giving her a sense of security.

So, the girl slowly opened her eyes-

For a moment, she felt as if the voice of the whole world was only herself and his heartbeat......

Thousands of meters above the ground, Mu Xiu and the pink-haired girl beside him stood above a distorted magnetic field that was invisible to the naked eye and created an anti-gravity environment.

Looking at the endless traffic under her feet and the night view of the city with thousands of lights, Gui Daisy only felt extremely shocked.

Distant lights outline the edge of the city, little by little, winding around the deeper night. Even the gale that should be in the air seems to be circling the two of them at this moment, at least the girl herself doesn't feel anything about it.

This is an indescribable magnificence and shock, Gui Daisy stared blankly at the scenery reflected in his eyes, and muttered, "...... It's beautiful. ”

"That's it, I don't know what to say to you, but—we're not in a bad place right now, are we?" Mu Xiu said softly on the side, his expression seemed to be shining under the night sky, and his eyes were like a pool of deep water, looking into the distance.

"Ah...... Hmmm......"

The girl was slightly stunned, and then the corners of her mouth outlined a slight arc, so she responded.

What kind of fear of heights or something, all of them are gone at this moment, and there is only one thought left in her heart-

I...... Love this guy.