"Here."

Chu Xuan took out a jar of tea from the prop inventory with an expressionless face, Asuna glared at him fiercely, and then turned back from the kitchen door at a speed like a race walk, snatched the tea leaves, and quickly rushed back to the kitchen.

Dozens of minutes later, Asuna walked out with a steaming cup with a blank face.

"Tea."

Asuna put the cup with the hot tea in front of Chu Xuan lightly, and then turned around and left, not at all like the attitude of a waiter, probably only a strange coffee shop featuring "tsundere", "eldest lady" or "queen" would allow the presence of such a clerk.

Then, in the kitchen of Chu Xuan's house, there was the sound of "clanging" water, as well as the sound of pots and pans colliding with each other, and even a loud sound of "clanging......

However, Chu Xuan seemed to have automatically blocked these suspicious sounds, and still sat at the dining table peacefully, holding hot tea in his glasses reflectively, and taking a sip from time to time.

In other words, if you clean the kitchenware by the way when you boiled the water just now, when the water is boiled, the kitchenware should also be washed!

After about a few dozen minutes, Asuna, who was wet on her body, walked out of the kitchen with two washed aprons, and this time, she finally said to Chu Xuan calmly:

"I've washed my apron, you can go and dry it."

"Thank you."

Chu Xuan thanked Asuna, then took the two aprons and hung them on the hanger on the balcony.

When Chu Xuan returned to the table from the kitchen with a teapot, a teacup, and a plate of cookies, the thin sword that had been on the table just now had been put away by Asuna, who had nothing to do.

"Tea and snacks."

Chu Xuan placed the teapots, teacups, and cookies on the tray one by one on the table between him and Asuna, and then turned to his seat from behind Asuna.

"......, thank you."

Asuna was silent for a few seconds, but she reached for the teapot and poured herself a cup of tea.

When she put the teapot back in its place, Chu Xuan also took the teapot and filled her cup again.

Asuna didn't say anything more, just sipped her tea quietly, not knowing what she was thinking, and just let the time pass quietly.

After a few minutes, Chu Xuan put down the teacup, turned his head very seriously, and said to Asuna who was drinking tea with reflective glasses:

"Clothes...... Don't you take it off? ”

"Poof!

cough cough cough cough ......"

Asuna squirted the tea on the table without any impression, and even wet a small part of the cookie placed between the two of them, just as Chu Xuan was about to lend a helping hand to Asuna, who was coughing violently, and help her knock on the back, a sharp sword with a flickering cold light appeared in front of Chu Xuan, and the tip of the sword that kept shaking almost scratched his glasses and nose.

"You...... It's deliberate, right? You must have done it on purpose! ”

The first thing Asuna, who coughed so much that tears came out, after straightening her waist, was to point her sword at Chu Xuan's nose and ask loudly.

She's angry, she's really angry!

Today, she inexplicably made a lot of ugliness, and almost lost face, although what Chu Xuan said before seemed unintentional, Asuna's intuition told her that this man with facial paralysis and glasses who was still motionless under her sword was definitely deliberate!

"Yes, I did it on purpose."

Chu Xuan pushed down his reflective glasses expressionlessly, and unabashedly admitted his "crime".

"Honesty", this is one of Chu Xuan's many virtues, what is fake is false after all, as long as it is a lie, it has the possibility of being exposed, so instead of lying, it is better to "skillfully" tell the truth.

"Humph......"

Because Chu Xuan honestly "confessed", Asuna's anger seemed to have disappeared a lot, she withdrew the sword in her hand from the prop column, sat down again, crossed her hands in front of her chest, stared at Chu Xuan with sharp eyes and asked:

"Why?"

"In order for you to ...... Rejoice. ”

Chu Xuan's glasses looked at Asuna reflectively, showing a rare gentle side.

But Asuna didn't seem to be moved at all, and replied immediately before he could finish speaking:

"I'm not happy!"

After a period of silence, Chu Xuan looked at Asuna's pretended cold face and added:

"Just kidding."

"Poof~

Woohoohoo......"

Asuna couldn't help but laugh, although she immediately covered her mouth to prevent herself from laughing, but the more she endured, the more she wanted to laugh, and in the end Asuna could only hunch her waist like a boiled prawn, burying her face in her knees, and her body kept twitching as if crying.

After holding back the smile very painfully, Asuna, whose face was flushed, finally sat up straight, and while arranging her somewhat messy forehead hair, she cast an angry glance at Chu Xuan, as if she was blaming Chu Xuan for making her lose shape one after another.

"That...... Why would you want to do that? ”

When she faced Chu Xuan again, Asuna's tone softened a lot, and she was even warmer than when she usually talked to other girls.

This time, Chu Xuan didn't make any more troubles, but replied very sincerely:

"Because I want you to live."

“！”

Asuna's eyes widened and she looked at Chu Xuan fixedly, and her cheeks, which had not yet receded, seemed to become a little more gorgeous.

About a dozen seconds later, another minute or two later, Asuna lowered her eyes a little shyly, and her beautiful eyelashes, which naturally turned upward, fluttered gently, revealing a delicate side that was completely different from her usual.

Taking advantage of the fact that Asuna finally began to soften, Chu Xuan pushed down his reflective glasses and asked while the iron was hot:

"Asuna, which do you think is more important, past, present, or future?"

"This ...... Future, right? ”

Asuna kept her head down and muttered for a moment, but she didn't seem to come up with a truly definite answer, just casually chose the one that "everyone" thought was right among the two options that made it difficult for her to choose.

However, Chu Xuan didn't accuse Asuna of being absent-minded, anyway, he didn't really want the other party to answer this question, he sat up straight, and said to the shy girl who didn't know what he was thinking with a very solemn expression:

"The future is important, but it's the present that matters.

Whether it is 'past' or 'future', in fact, it is just a concept, and life does not include 'past' or 'future', but is a process composed entirely of 'present'.

There is no practical point in chasing the 'future' at the expense of the 'present' - of course, my words are not the same thing as sacrificing the interests of the present in order to obtain greater benefits in the future.

No matter how beautiful the 'future' is and how painful the 'present' is, we can only live in the 'now', so the most important thing is to always focus on the 'present' and live the 'present' seriously.

Only by living the 'present' can we have the opportunity to usher in the 'future', and those who do not have the 'present' have no 'future' to speak of, and even if we do not have the 'future', we can grasp the 'present' we have.

So, you should pay more attention to this world - the world you desperately want to escape.

While none of us want to be trapped in this world for the rest of our lives, if this world is so horrible, so painful, so disgusting, why do we put on helmets and come out into this world from the real world?

When you stop gluing your eyes to the door that leaves this world, you will find that the world of this game is actually interesting, even more interesting than the real world - and it is because of this that we put on our helmets and come to this world to find fun that the real world does not have.

In the process of desperately clearing the game, we seriously enjoy the fun brought to us by life in this world, and leave this world happily; Gritted his teeth and endured all the hardships and hardships, until he cleared the game and left this world, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, these two are exactly the same way to clear the customs from the result alone, which one do you prefer? ”

"......, of course, the first one."

Asuna, who never looked up, once again chose the option that most people would choose, but this time she did not make a casual choice, but took it for granted the kind of life that most people want to have.

Although Asuna didn't really understand what Chu Xuan said just now, especially "now" and "future" or something, she now subconsciously felt that maybe her previous thoughts were indeed wrong, if she followed Chu Xuan on another path, not only would she be able to achieve her own goals, but she would not be as painful, anxious, or emotionally disturbed as she is now.

Unconsciously, Asuna felt that her heart was quietly smoothed by Chu Xuan, and the dark clouds that had been shrouding her heart were finally dispelled by Chu Xuan......

Asuna closed her eyes slightly, then straightened her back, raised her head, and sat up straight, although it was dark in front of her, there was a bright light not far away—because she knew that Chu Xuan was there!

Under the light of that light, Asuna felt that her heart gradually became calm and peaceful, and the muscles of her body and face, as well as her spirit, slowly relaxed.

Then, she finally opened her eyes.

In front of her, Chu Xuan was looking at her with reflective glasses, like a stone statue carved from marble, never changing his posture, and never looking away. (To be continued.) )