Chapter 469, a calm departure
"Zhuo has already set a goal and plans to devote himself to it, right?"

"I guess so. Although I don't have a clear idea of ​​what I want to do, I still have some ideas about what I want to learn, and I hope I can be independent. I think that I can find another job in the future, and even if I can't make money from it, it's good to consider it as a way to gain experience."

"Since it's already been decided, then isn't that good? Speaking of which, the goal of "living with that person" must be a great motivation for you."

"Yes, that's true."

"Eh???"

"Is there anything wrong with that?"

"Hmm...how should I put it...shouldn't you just say 'It's too noisy' in a tsundere way?"

"I'm talking about you..."

As soon as Zhuo came out of the lounge, he ran into Ren who tried to tease him, and Zhuo looked at him helplessly. Even if it was just Zhuo, from three years ago to today, he had gone through a lot of things and made a lot of decisions. This kind of teasing was unlikely to shake Zhuo. From another perspective, this had already become a fact, so of course there was no need to waver.

Ren probably realized all this belatedly, and his face was tense and he looked very sad.

At this moment, a full-of-energy voice came over, "Kiritani, if you continue to look at the world with the eyes of the old times, you will become an antique."

The two turned towards the source of the sound, and Kanda appeared in their sight, fiddling with the bow tie on his collar, with an embarrassed expression on his face that was different from usual.

"Kanda, thank you for coming."

"Haha, no need. You beat me to it. Happy wedding... Let me make it clear first, this is something my dad insisted I wear. He said it might come in handy as a backup best man, but in the end I never got the chance to wear it."

"It's okay, it's okay... By the way, where's Yurina? Why can't I see her?"

"Hey, there's a girls' party over there..."

"Uh, why is mom there too?"

Kanda was as calm as ever. After using his chin to help Zhuo point the direction, he said as if warning Zhuo, "It's better not to go over now." After hanging his tie on his seat, he leaned over again.

I saw that in that direction, around a huge white pillar, there were some girls who were close to Zhuo... Of course, if her mother was not counted, well, Zhuo would not say this to her face... What were they talking about?

But although they are called girls, in fact, in Zhuo's life, there are only a few women who are really familiar to him. In addition to Sachiko, there are Yamamoto Yurina and Uesugi Eriya. But there are more than just these three people gathered, there are also some women who Zhuo feels familiar but cannot name.

Zhuo did not intend to accept Kanda's advice, which sounded very experienced. It was not that Zhuo did not trust Kanda. On the contrary, Zhuo had also heard that "women who are generally in a disadvantaged position will undergo a qualitative change after achieving an overwhelming victory in terms of numbers."

Although today is his own wedding, for some reason, Zhuo does not plan to stay here for long... He can only say sorry to those who come here to sincerely wish him well.

"So how did you get together?"

"Ah~ Originally, it was Yurina who went there, and then that girl seemed to be called over by Yurina, and then it gradually became like this."

"Yurina, this guy—"

"Is something wrong?"

"Yes, a little bit. I should probably leave first."

"Ah, although we don't know the reason, we won't ask any more questions, so let's go quickly."

"??? Aren't you curious? This is clearly my wedding."

What Zhuo didn't expect was that Ren and Kanda, who usually liked to gossip about the development between him and Zero, actually kept watch together this time, which made Zhu look surprised.

Upon hearing the counter-question, Ren and Kanda looked at each other and gave him a speechless expression.

"It must be that one."

"Yeah, we're not fools. It can't be the two of us who can make you so anxious."

"So just go ahead."

"Yes."

"..."

Ren and Kanda almost told the truth in one sentence and nodded as a matter of course. Zhuo almost stumbled when he saw this.

Can't refute.

Then he pretended to be greatly shocked and complained with a slightly resentful voice.

"Excessive!"

"Hahaha, go ahead."

Because the three of them knew that these were all jokes, they had such bickering. From a little further away, the voices of Sa Chiko and others could be heard. "Oh, Zhuo Ke never told me that he met so many cute girls. He really needs to be lectured!" "Not only that, Auntie, look over there, that girl has a very elegant temperament, and she looks a lot like Romanov. She's probably a Japanese noble or something." They just hoped that they could speak more quietly, hoping that the innocent Sakura Yabuki didn't hear it.

……

"Mom, Zero isn't feeling well. We have to leave for a while. I'm sorry."

"Oh, it's Zhuo~ Let's not talk about that for now. Let me introduce this cute child to her mother. She doesn't seem to like talking to her mother."

"I'm talking to mom~"

Zhuo, who originally came here to entrust someone, was immediately forcefully pulled over by Sa Qianzi and then pushed to walk among the group of people. Zhuo had no choice but to look up at the red-haired girl in front of him with a helpless look on his face and formally introduce her to his mother.

"Her name is Uesugi Eri, and she's my friend. She can't speak for some reason, but she can hear what you say."

"Oh, it's Eri-chan~ It's a last name that I rarely hear."

When Eri saw Zhuo being pushed in front of her, her red eyes scanned back and forth between Sachiko and Zhuo's faces. She seemed to finally understand who the woman who had been talking to her was. She immediately lowered her head and wrote in a panic, then timidly showed it to Sachiko.

After a brief moment of surprise, Sa Chiko immediately understood the situation and lowered her head to check with an even wider smile. Then she covered her cheek and murmured:
【Hello, auntie.】

"Well, do I look that old? Or do I prefer people to call me sister?"

Perhaps she also saw that the girl in front of her didn't understand the ways of the world, so the smooth-talking Sachiko spoke a little directly this time. This direct teasing effect was also very obvious. Sachiko's gloomy look made Eri, who was blinking her eyes, seem to be frightened. After a brief daze, she quickly wrote another line of words.

【Hello, sister.】

"Oh, am I really that young? Come and see, Eri-chan called me sister. It seems that the skin care products your father gave me are very effective~"

"..."

Zhuo looked at her playing with a dumbfounded look on his face, not knowing what to say.

"Mom, I..."

"I know, I know. Really, it's so rude with so many guests here." "Sorry... sorry."

Zhuo didn't know that it was rude to do so, but there was nothing he could do about the current situation. If Zhuo really had to say which one was more important, the result would be self-evident. I think Sa Chizi also knew about this, so she criticized Zhuo before others complained and chose this way of dealing with it.

After realizing his shortcomings, Zhuo bowed and apologized to the people around him, and then chose to leave.

...

...

This is terrible—Zero muttered to himself silently.

I didn't feel well when I got up, and it was only after I arrived at the bridal shop that I realized how bad my physical condition was.

She felt as if a heavy object was pressing on her head, and her thinking was slower than usual. Every time she moved, her lower abdomen felt like it was hit by a blunt object, and at the same time, it felt like it was stabbed by several needles, and it hurt more and more. Her body was hotter than usual, and a feeling of fatigue always lingered all over her body.

As a woman, this phenomenon is natural, so there is nothing she can do about it. Although Ling has gotten used to it, she still feels very irritated because of something important she has to deal with today, and the impact of hormonal imbalance.

She knew that her emotions were not very stable, but they were still within her control, so she sighed and tried to calm her temper with reason.

Compared to the rumored female screams, Zero's behavior can be described as completely indifferent. Of course, she occasionally has pain that makes her unable to move, and although the symptoms may be more severe than usual, it is still tolerable. As long as the medicine works, she can move normally. This can perhaps be said to be lucky.

If it gets more serious, even she won't be able to help. At present, it's not to the point where it's unbearable and affects her movements. The pain is just making her feel uncomfortable at most.

At this time, she will regret being born a woman, but this is not something she can choose.

Anyway, after taking the medicine, Zero continued to follow Sa Chiko and tried his best not to show his unhappy expression on his face.

Ling also felt that she should be thankful for the pain this time. This unbearable pain made her feel more clearly what she was going through. It was long and short, and Ling wanted to remember every scene.

When it was time to move freely, they went to the lounge together. In order to calm her mind and go through the final stage of the banquet, she stayed quietly in her seat... Not long after, Zhuo, who had left for a while, came back and stared at her intently.

"You're not asleep?"

"I'm sorry I didn't go out with you."

"No, it's okay. I just thought you looked like you might want to take a break."

Indeed, she really wanted to find a place to lie down now.

Even though she was feeling unwell, she wanted to avoid the people around her anyway, so in order to fulfill her wish to stand up later, she stayed and rested quietly.

Before Zhuo came back, Ling took medicine again to try to relieve the pain, but the pain did not completely disappear, and the effect of the medicine was not that fast. Waves of fatigue and dull pain in the abdomen spread from the body, tormenting Ling's nerves.

"I'll just sit there for a while."

She looked up at Zhuo with no strange expression on her face and her hands were not on her stomach, as if she was trying to hide the pain and discomfort in her abdomen. As a result, Zhuo looked at her straight again.

The look in his eyes seemed to be observing what she was going to do.

"what happened?"

"No, it's nothing."

Zhuo showed a distressed look, and then began to bring the spoils brought back from the wedding banquet outside into the small kitchen. "I don't want to mess up today" - Ling then breathed a sigh of relief and stared blankly at his busy back.

Zhuo took the water with a skilled look and quickly turned around and shouted "Zero" across the bar, which made her straighten her back instead of sitting in a much lazier posture than usual.

"I'm going to boil some water, would you like something to drink?"

"……OK, all right."

The sudden proposal made Ling nod and agree without hesitation. Zhuo looked at him with a gentler look than usual, and he didn't know if he noticed that he was a little absent-minded just now.

"Can I decide what to make?"

"Zhuo, do you want to show me the homemade drink you secretly learned?"

"Yeah. Then I'll just soak it."

She was grateful just for making her a hot drink.

Ling was not too worried, so he left everything to Zhuo.

To put it more extremely, even if you just wash it with a cup of hot water, it will be fine.

Because all you have to do is wait for the hot water to cool down slowly and then sip it slowly.

Ling didn't want to move, so he left it all to Zhuo to decide.

She leaned her body back against the sofa again, listening blankly to the increasingly loud flute sound coming from the kettle - it was only the first day, she couldn't let anything go wrong because of herself, she just had to wait a little longer and wait for the medicine to take effect before she could move.

While Ling was thinking this, before he knew it, Zhuo had returned to the living room.

He held a cup in his hand.

Just when questions arose in Zero's mind, he said, "Here, take it," and asked Zero to take the cup.

The cup with double-wall insulation structure contains light yellow liquid.

It looked like there was something like fiber mixed in. But because she was absent-minded just now, she didn't know what kind of drink Zhuo made.

Zero tilted the cup slightly, and the liquid inside flowed slowly and seemed a little viscous.

Perhaps it had been stirred just now, the fibrous substance was spinning and dancing like clothes thrown into a washing machine.

"……wash?"

"Honey ginger soup. Ginger and honey are both good for the body and can warm you up."

After saying that, Zhuo gently draped the blanket that was originally hanging on the chair in the dining room over Ling's shoulders, and then placed a mysterious bag on her legs. These actions left Ling confused.

The cup in my hand exudes a gentle warmth, and my legs also feel a reassuring warmth and weight.

Ling looked up at Zhuo in confusion, but he still maintained a troubled expression.

"Put it on your stomach first."

Zero almost gasped when he realized that the bag was a hot water bottle.

(End of this chapter)