"Really?" Mr. asked with a smile.

Hifumi pouted unwillingly:

"It's obviously a romantic holiday, but why can't two people in love in this story be together?"

The more Hifumi thought about it, the less she understood. She looked at the sky, absent-mindedly in a trance.

But the gentleman was still smiling helplessly as before.

"Because of the rule of heaven that immortals and mortals cannot intermarry."

"...This Tenjo is too strange."

Hifumi sat on the chair holding her knees, her eyes a little lonely.

The gentleman laughed a few times and whispered to himself:

"There's nothing we can do about it, Hifumi."

"There are so many gods and goddesses in the sky, and each of them performs his or her own duties. They are responsible for the smooth weather of the human world, the rising of the sun and the setting of the moon."

"If gods and immortals all think about the mortal world, they will not seek political power in their position, and they will even support their mortal companions, and one person will achieve enlightenment, chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven,"

"Then this world will be in chaos."

The gentleman explained to Hifumi in a gentle voice.

The grass and trees are lonely and the cicadas chirp.

Hifumi was speechless and just gave her husband a gentle blow:

"I'm still trying to explain to the bad guys who ruined love. You sir are so bad."

"Hahaha……"

The gentleman smiled softly, his eyes sinking into the stars indifferently.

Hifumi also followed his gaze and looked at the Milky Way.

But her heart was cold.

That kind of cold was so strange to her, yet so familiar.

The coldness of the Tianhe River is even worse than this. It is the result of all the unkindness and unrighteousness in the world gathered together just to separate a pair of lovers who love each other so much that they are separated in the starry sky.

She thought that even love could not withstand the coldness year after year.

When love fades away, what courage do you have to continue to persevere?

The only way to escape is to bow your head and let go.

Just keep bowing your head and letting go,

In the end, self-deception becomes a ritual.

"gentlemen,"

Hifumi suddenly raised her head and asked for no reason,

"How did you spend your youth, sir?"

The gentleman sighed:

"I have no youth."

Hifumi blinked, as if she couldn't believe this fact.

"Okay...Actually, I had a bad relationship with my parents, so I was sent to a military school."

"At your age, I have basically been studying war history, deducing battle situations, and learning survival skills."

"So, let alone youth, I haven't even experienced a serious festival."

The gentleman smiled and scratched his head sheepishly.

Hifumi stared at him until he felt embarrassed.

The girl closed her eyes, seeming to be thinking about something.

After a while, those round eyes suddenly opened again.

It is no longer innocent, and is shining with a certain light called enlightenment.

Hifumi suddenly took her husband's hand, put it on her chest, and squeezed it tightly.

"Sir, let's run away and don't stay in Kivotos."

"We go to the countryside on the border and buy a small farm. We can raise some small animals, grow some vegetables that we eat every day, and spend every day happily."

"Don't... don't do Xia Lai's job anymore, okay?"

Hifumi pursed her lips tightly, took a deep breath, and said to her husband seriously:

"Xia Lai's work... is endless. After destroying the mercenary army, those graduates appeared again."

"It's the same with the Holy Trinity...Although I'm a little slow, I'm not stupid. There seems to have been some changes over the Holy Trinity Sisters, and a new sect has been formed...The main war faction seems to have been incorporated. …”

Hifumi shook her head, moved her lips a few times, and finally turned into a sigh.

"Sir, run away with me."

"I will do my best to make Mr. happy."

……

Purple-red fireworks soared into the sky from the buildings on the horizon.

Immediately, it bloomed enthusiastically, lighting up the entire night sky.

Hifumi sat in the driver's seat of the sports car, her eyebrows lowered and her face smiling.

"sorry."

This was the answer the husband gave her after a long silence.

Even though he was seriously injured and in critical danger, he refused to give up the responsibilities imposed on him.

In the end, the husband is still the same husband, and he will never give up any of his children.

He was her pride, her love, and her deepest pain.

"Tell me, sir."

Hifumi's voice trembled,

"How far am I still?"

The gentleman stared silently at the two big stars in the sky.

The lovers are far apart, shining brightly.

"Only a little bit, really, just a little bit, I'm about to be convinced by you, Hifumi."

"That's it."

Hifumi smiled and drove her husband out of the car.

The Milky Way across the sky is like a cold bar of heaven, reminding people in the sky of their indelible responsibilities.

She closed her eyes and stepped on the accelerator.

The fiery red supercar, carrying Rifumei's small body, flew down the river embankment and plunged into the sparkling lake.

Chapter 016: Day 085·Abydos Business District ①

The pace of Kuromi Serika's life is the same as before.

Distributing flyers, pulling weeds, working as a waiter in a ramen shop, and from time to time going to other shops to act as a firefighter.

The working-class warriors who fought for the school abolition crisis in Abydos are still the same working-class warriors.

Despite one year of hard management and operation by Mr. Abydos, Abydos has gotten rid of debt and entered a virtuous cycle of rapid development.

Although Qinxiang, who belongs to the Countermeasures Committee, no longer needs to work part-time to save money - she even gets a good amount of income from city operations every month.

But habits are still habits, and life is still life.

Kuromi Qinxiang wiped the sweat from her forehead and walked forward silently.

Of course she could list 1 shortcomings of Abydos.

Well, to be honest, in this place where yellow sand is flying all over the sky and cleaning the ground takes an hour every day, it is difficult for Qinxiang to say good things to her.

The sun was shining brightly, and the roads were difficult to walk. The poorly maintained roads were strewn with stones. Even if she wore thick-soled sneakers, her feet would feel tinged from time to time.

Abydos is a completely different world from the bustling streets of Kivotos.

It's small and poor. When you look up, you'll always see gray mountains and yellow sand.

All that is left is the empty frame of what was once a large campus, carrying nostalgia for the past and a ruthless mockery of those who still persevere.

Just a year ago, everyone was poor and everyone who had any ideas left.

Kuromi Qinxiang suddenly smiled.

Maybe she is the kind of person who has no ideas.

"Now that I think about it, it's really funny."

Looking back, her choice and persistence were incredibly stupid.

In order to save Abydos, she did not hesitate to work five or six jobs a day, persist in her studies, and deposit all the meager salary she earned from working into the account of the Countermeasures Committee.

Just for the responsibility that doesn't even belong to her, is illusory and extremely heavy.

Yes, she is young, she is very energetic, she has almost endless physical strength and endurance,

Even if the situation is so desperate, she will get up again and again like a fighter who cannot afford to lose.

It seems that there will be a turnaround tomorrow, it seems that tomorrow will be better.

However, when Kuromi Qinxiang, who is now rich in material things, looks back on the past again,

She just marveled at her own incredible stupidity.

The debts in Abydos are so high that even if everyone saves money for decades without food or drink, it will be far from being able to pay it off.

What's more, that is a high-interest debt that can swallow up their lives. With the horrific interest every month, they will never be able to turn over.

One day, Kuromi Qinxiang's energy will be exhausted and her fighting spirit will dissipate.

She will be crushed, and with her dark past and lightless future, she will fall into the cold snake cave and be bitten to death by a poisonous snake, without a burial place.

Will hard work pay off?

Kuromi Serika firmly believes that the answer is yes, because that is how she was taught.

Of course, Abydos is too poor to afford a mentor, so the only instruction she can receive is video learning courses similar to BD.

Therefore, when a real, living leader comes to the classroom of the Abydos Restoration Countermeasures Committee,

Kuromi Serika's world view, along with her foolish plans and hopeless efforts,

They were all smashed to pieces by the words that the gentleman said with a smile:

"Let's rob a bank!"

Chapter 016: Day 085·Abydos Business District②

The scorching sun shone on Kuromi Qinxiang's face, and sweat dripped down the gaps in her clothes.

Recalling that the first time she met her husband, it was also on such an annoying, cloudless hot day.

To make matters worse, the Office of the Countermeasures Committee at that time had no money to pay the electricity bill to turn on the air conditioner.

"Hoshino-senpai, how long does it take for that useless idiot to arrive?"

Next to her, Hoshino blinked his eyes that he almost never opened.

"Yeah~~ I've been waiting for an hour."

Kuromi Serika's anger was choked back by Hoshino's soft response.

If you haven't tried everything, who would expect a new, incomprehensible gentleman?

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