Chapter 149, Return

The consciousness is dull.

Black with white background.

Utsunomiya Shuo closed his eyes and slept soundly on the sofa.

[Report: As far as we know, Zero Razumovskaya Romanov is not aware of this. But we cannot rule out the possibility that she is pretending.]

I wasn't testing her.

[Report: Acting on your emotions will become your vulnerability. ]

I'm full of holes, one more won't make much.

[Report: This kind of sophistry is meaningless. ]

Life is meaningless in itself. If you pursue meaning in everything, such life will be too boring.

So be it.

There is no need to doubt her in the future.

If she wants to harm me, I'll take it.

[Report: Adding to the whitelist... Adding... Adding completed. ]

[Report: Zero Razumovskaya Romanov has been added to the whitelist, original name: Renata Yevgeniya Chicherina, gender: female, born on April 1992, 04, actually December 22, 1977, AB blood type...]

Have you looked at her household registration book?
[Report: Should Tomokazu Kanda, Hitoshi Kiritani and others be added to the whitelist? ]

…Let them forget it.

Harmfulness is not allowed, and defensiveness is indispensable.

【Report: Understood.】

Emmmm... I feel very uncomfortable if I don’t complain about this, forget it.

Are you sure that the person who will cover me is Jiude Mai?

[Report: I can’t be sure. The purpose of Pompeii showing up on the roadside is to tell us that the person in the woods is not him. But we can’t rule out the possibility that Pompeii directed and acted in the film himself.]

It’s so complicated, it feels like a palace fighting drama.

Am I that likable?

[Report: This so-called help is not out of kindness, they all have their own clear purpose. And this kind of help seems to be trying to win you over, but in fact it has attracted Herzog's attention. This will drag you deeper and deeper, and eventually you will have to participate in their game. ]

……so complicated.

Although I knew from the beginning that they had no good intentions and I never believed them. But...

so complicated.

【Report: All this is destined. 】

……oh.

【Report: Then, I wish you a sweet dream. 】

Thank you.

……

Open your eyes.

What comes into view is tomorrow's ceiling, not a hole in the earth.

I didn't turn off the lights before going to bed.

The hidden air conditioner blew out gusts of cool air, but the small living room of Utsunomiya Shu's family was still quiet.

Zero hasn't come back yet.

Zhuo got up from the sofa and walked towards the bathroom while taking off his dirty clothes that were stained with mud and blood... He didn't throw them away, but held them in his hands, ready to throw them into the washing machine.

Too dirty.

Brushing teeth, washing, taking a shower... My elbow felt like it was being pricked by needles, and my right wrist felt even hotter and swollen.

"…It looks like a carrot. Wear something thicker to block it."

While turning on the hair dryer to blow dry my hair, I opened the window and looked outside.

Today is the weekend.

Hot summer.

But now it is ten o'clock in the evening, the temperature has dropped a lot, and there are many more pedestrians on the road than during the day. Even in the alleys near the apartment, there are many old men and women who move stools and sit there.

So hungry.

Why hasn’t the keeper come back yet?

Zhuo thought about it, then changed into a yellow sunflower sweatshirt and shorts, tidied up his appearance a little, and prepared to go out to find something to sleep on.

Put on your shoes and get out the door.

It was dark outside, and all the rental houses on this floor of their apartment building were dark. The corridor was open, so there were no lights either. The darkness was deep, but one could see the end at a glance.

It's quiet around here.

In the distance, the noise and laughter of the downtown area can be vaguely heard. Everyone has their own life, and someone at home prepares meals and warms the bed.

The moon is very dark.

A crow flew across the sky, cawing.

Ding--

The elevator door opened and Utsunomiya Shuo looked over.

But no one was seen.

There was only a pile of plastic bags half a person's height, very bulging and round.

"Is the next thing going to be supernatural?" Utsunomiya Shuo said to the empty elevator.

"If it was supernatural, I could handle it...but unfortunately, it's not."

Then, the little Russian girl came out from the side of the elevator door with big bags full of things in her hands. She patted the bags piled on the ground and looked up at him from a distance.

"Sa Chiko insisted that I bring it back."

That's what she said.

Sachiko, full name, Utsunomiya Sachiko, is the mother of Utsunomiya Shuo.

Zhuo blinked.

I originally thought that Zero would choose to protect her secretly in the dark. I didn't expect that we would meet, and judging from the current situation, we get along pretty well? - We even call each other by our first names.

After knowing each other for such a long time, Zero has never called him by his name.

When Ling called him, he would skip the name and get straight to the point.

"Why don't you speak?"

Seeing Zhuo staring at the bags on the ground without saying a word, Ling said this again.

Hear the words.

Zhuo looked up into Ling's eyes, thought for a moment, tilted his head, and said, "Long time no see?"

"..." Ling stood still and looked at him quietly for two seconds. He lifted the hair that fell beside his ears, revealing his white and almost transparent ears, and replied calmly: "Long time no see."

Although the two had just met yesterday.

"Are you hurt?" Ling was still standing in the elevator, looking him up and down at his clothes, then looked him straight in the eyes and asked.

"Yes." Utsunomiya nodded, "But the matter has been resolved."

Wearing a sweatshirt with shorts on a hot day does look a bit conspicuous.

Ling nodded, used both hands to pick up the bags, and walked out of the elevator with his arms full of them.

She walked past Zhuo and said, "Set a trap in the woods and lure the other party into the trap."

"What an imagination." Zhuo first followed her, and when he reached the door, he trotted two steps and opened the door first to make it easier for Ling to enter.

It is inconvenient for her to carry things.

"Thank you." Ling responded calmly, put down his things and changed his shoes when he entered the room, then stood up and looked up at him, "What will you do if you catch him?"

Zhuo lowered his head and looked at her, thought for a moment, and said, "Execute by shooting."

"..."

Ling was silent at first, then he said calmly and firmly: "Lie."

After answering Utsunomiya Shuo, Zero picked up the bags and went to the kitchen. First, there was the rustling sound of plastic bags, the sound of the refrigerator turning on and off, then the sound of water splashing, and then the sound of wringing the water.

After a while, she came back with a clean, wet towel in one hand and handed it to Utsunomiya Shuo.

At the same time, put the tray in the other hand on the table. The tray contained rice, beef stew, vegetable platter, and fish soup.

Zhuo didn't answer. He sat on the sofa, looked at the towel, and then looked up at Ling.

"Wipe it and get ready to eat." Ling said lightly.

"Oh."

Zhuo was somewhat flattered and took the towel. He wiped the bottom of his hands, then raised the towel and prepared to return it to her.

I waited for two seconds, but no one answered.

Zhuo was so greedy that his mouth was watering when he saw the food on the table.

look up.

Zero was frowning at his arm.

"Is your elbow injured too?" She looked into Zhuo's eyes. Although it was a question, her tone was firm.

"So sharp... This is an unexpected situation." Zhuo thought for a moment and said, "I made a mistake."

"Well, here's the truth." Zero said.

"It fell to the ground and was broken." said Zhuo.

"Really?" Zero glanced at him and sat down on the other side of the sofa.

"Yes."

"Okay, eat first."

Zhuo hesitated for a moment and started eating.

An old horse in the stable still has a thousand miles to go; sweep away hunger and be yourself again.

He ate voraciously; he was really sick from eating so much.

Ling seemed to be intentionally taking care of the injured Zhuo, and she could see that he was really hungry. When Zhuo was about to finish his first bowl of rice, she took the initiative to stand up, went to the kitchen to get another bowl, and placed it next to him. Then she sat back on the sofa.

……

“I’m full!!!”

After finishing three bowls of rice in a row, Zhuo finally put down his chopsticks and fell on the sofa.

So Ling stood up without saying a word and started to clean up the mess... then he carried the tray and went to the kitchen.

It seems that the job of washing dishes has also been contracted out.

Zhuo lay down on the sofa again... the familiar Ge Da Ye posture... she could see Ling busy in front of the sink in the kitchen. She tied her hair up in the kitchen into a high ponytail. Even so, it still fell to her waistline.

She was wearing a dress with a waist that was so slender that it seemed impossible to hold it in one hand.

Zhuo doubted that he could hold it with one hand.

The clothes are very figure-fitting.

"Sa Chiko gave it to me."

Zero said suddenly, without looking back.

It's like having eyes on the back.

"What."

Zhuo asked in a pretentious manner.

"The skirt," Ling turned around, glanced at him lightly, and turned back again, "She bought it for me."

"Oh oh." Zhuo nodded vigorously.

It turns out that there are really eyes on the back.

"She said she wants you to go back during the summer vacation, and then you can come back later." Ling added.

"Well," Zhuo said, "Although we haven't seen each other for a long time, there's no need to remind me. And I have to go back during the summer vacation. Besides, it's boring to be in my hometown."

"Yeah."

"Yes."

Although Zhuo's living conditions are almost the same at home and in his hometown... after returning home, his parents will definitely try their best to take him to various places to increase his communication with the outside world.

Although it is not very far, it does not take very long.

But it's tiring.

"Okay, I get it." Zhuo said, "It's only a month anyway, it will pass if you bear with it."

"Can you be patient?" Ling asked while washing dishes.

Her voice seemed very small amid the sound of splashing water.

"He always took me to some weird places. We even took a boat trip in junior high school."

Zhuo still remembers the time when Sa Qianzi took the initiative to take him to meet a girl.

Dare you believe it?

When I was in junior high school.

His mother took him.

Meet the girls!

Even though Zhuo also values ​​his family very much, this feeling is very strange. When I can't see them, I miss them very much... But when I see them, after a few days, I feel annoyed.

Moreover, Sa Qianzi seemed to have always been worried that Zhuo would not be able to get married when he grew up, so she worked tirelessly to reserve a girlfriend for him in advance and introduced girls to him everywhere.

Although she was very conscientious in giving Zhuo 16 hours of sufficient rest time every day, once Zhuo went out, he would be led by her.

It's great to meet girls and stuff.

But for a man who is a mature man at heart to date a delicate little girl who keeps saying "Nisan Nisan"... forget it.

There is no common language.

But thanks to you, almost all the girls in Zhuo's family know each other, and all the girls of marriageable age know that the Utsunomiya family has a child who is "eager to get married."

"That sounds like a lot of fun," Zero said.

"Haha... It's actually quite embarrassing." Being recognized by everyone in this way...

Zhuo Gan laughed.

"Well, you'll know when the time comes." Zero said lightly.

"Yeah," Zhuo responded, then froze for a moment, sat up and looked at Ling's back, and asked, "When will that happen?"

"Well, Sa Chiko asked me to come with you,"

As he spoke, Zero washed the last of the dishes and put them in the closet.

She turned around, wiped her palms with the scarf tied around her body, walked to the living room and took off her apron, "If you're not happy, you don't have to go."

"No, no way I'm unhappy. I'm very happy!" Zhuo laughed dryly. "You'll know when the time comes. I'll definitely take you around and let you try on all kinds of clothes."

After a pause, Zhuo asked tentatively: "Come to the point, you have met my parents this time, right?"

"That's it."

Ling put the untied apron aside, sat back on the sofa, and looked sideways at him.

"...Then she, mainly my mother, didn't say anything strange?" Zhuo asked hesitantly.

Think about it, if a mother has been preparing a girlfriend for her son since junior high school, what would she say if her son's friend of the opposite sex suddenly came home?

"Weird words?"

Zero didn't seem to understand and repeated it.

"That's it...how should I put it."

Zhuo carefully considered his words. He couldn't just say, "My mother asked you when we are getting married, right?"

I can't even say it.

"Sa Chiko is very enthusiastic."

"Then?"

"Then let me take you back with me."

"..."

Take me back, whose hometown is that?

There is no need to ask, it must have been a misunderstanding, and she skipped the middle steps of introduction, caring and creating opportunities, and went straight to the final stage of being an enthusiastic mother-in-law.

"Well, I'll let you take me back." Zhuo showed an awkward yet polite smile.

"Thank you." Ling nodded slightly, then took a sip of water as if nothing had happened.

wash:"……"

Zhuo: "By the way, don't you have anything you want to ask me...about the past and before that."

Ling lowered her pretty eyebrows, lowered her head and sipped the water in the glass, taking small sips at a time, without even looking at him, and said:

"Where's Kanda-san?"

"We went back and separated after we got off the Shinkansen," Utsunomiya Shuo paused and continued, "He seemed to have forgotten to return my schoolbag. My homework seemed to be in it."

Zhuo raised his head and looked at Ling, "You have to testify for me that he took my homework away, not because I didn't want to write it."

School is starting tomorrow.

"it is good."

Then Zero stopped asking.

Zhuo watched her put down the cup, then sat there staring at the table without saying a word, as if she really didn't intend to ask anymore.

"You don't want to ask anymore?" Zhuo said.

The great sage was naturally the one that Zhuo asked Ling to use the Word Spirit to help activate him.

Just yesterday in the teaching building.

Isn't she curious?

Ling didn't say anything at first. After a while, he looked at the cup on the table and said, "...It's better for me not to know. Otherwise, it will be difficult for you."

"Like this."

"Ah."

"Okay." Hearing this, Zhuo lay back on the sofa like a puddle of mud.

Zhuo stared at the patternless ceiling in a daze.

The living room fell silent.

Only the slight movement of the hidden air conditioner reached their ears.

"If I feel uncomfortable and have to tell you, will you tell Lu Mingze?" Zhuo, who was lying on the sofa, said suddenly, "That is the Zero you know."

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