Why does the Ruined King still fall in love?

You can gain experience from books, but you only have one life, why not take the time to make sure your life doesn't turn into tragedy? My answer had Yuigahama staring at the table.

After a while, Yuigahama raised his head and answered.

“Sometimes you should follow your heart.” Her reply was short and to the point, and it threw me off a bit.

I'm too embarrassed to say it out loud, let alone go with that thought.

I wonder how many couples' relationships have been ruined by this philosophy of life?

"Well, I think we should have something to eat, you know?" Yuigahama said as she wolfed down her sweet bun.

I sighed, feeling obligated to try the dim sum I paid for.

I was holding my red bean bun, and when I was about to eat, I suddenly felt two hands covering my eyes.

"Hi! Who's there! Let me go! Let me go!"

Did I mention I'm not good at sudden darkness?

"Ahhh! What do we see here?"

My hands froze.My heart stopped.My skin got goosebumps.

"Mr. Biqigu, have you been here for a while?" Yang Nai said like singing.

Her hands slid from my eyes to my cheeks to my neck and finally landed on my shoulders.She started grabbing my collarbone tightly like she was going to strangle me.

"Ah. Yes." My throat choked.I really don't know what to say.

"Um... yahallo!"

As if sensing the emotion, Yuigahama was doing her best to sound enthusiastic.

"Ah, Hihama-chan, hello! Are you two dating?"

"Ah! No, I—! I was making chocolate, and now—"

"Chocolate? For Mr. Biqigu?"

"what!"

Yuigahama stammered to answer the surprising question.

"Ah... so this is the relationship between you two?" Yang Nai elbowed me in the ribs.

Or maybe she's really happy right now...

"No no!" Yuigahama was turning red. "I just...ah..."

"I'm her experiment." I interrupted her.

The look on Hino's face made me feel like I was spoiling her mood.Her expression seemed to say: "You are not someone else's plaything, but mine. Mine. And only mine."

"Everyone else said no because they valued their sanity and their guts and didn't want to get themselves food poisoned."

"Small, small business!"

"Oh?" Yoshino turned her eyes to me, completely ignoring Yuigahama's outburst. "Is that right?"

I nodded.

"Well, if Mr. Biqigu said so." She sighed.

"Um-umm..."

I turned my head to the voice.

"Oh. Are you here too?"

Due to Yukinoshita Harino's excessive expressiveness and presence, I didn't notice that she also had guests.

"Hayato-san?" Yuigahama said while looking around Yango. "What are you doing here?"

Hayama smiled uneasily and scratched the back of his head.

"Family is important," he said finally.

"Oh, oh," Yuigahama said. "So, that's it, eh...?"

"Ah, ah, ah!" Yang Nai clapped his hands. "Isn't there a sense of déjà vu?"

Familiar? Now that I think about it...

"Yes, yes." Yang Nai pulled a chair and sat down, and continued. "Just like when we were in the restaurant. Don't you remember, Hayato-kun?"

"Yes-yes, I have a little impression."

Hayama also sat down, still looking disturbed.He refused to meet my eyes when I looked at him.

"Hey, hey." Yuigahama said nervously, "You should... order something, you know? The bread in this bakery is delicious!""

"Oh? Well, I guess the quality would be good - it looks like a restaurant from the outside! Maybe they should call it a 'bread restaurant'!"

Yang Nai picked up the menu from another table and began to look at it. "Right now, I don't know what I want..."

Hayama sat quietly in his seat, looking at the ground.As if sensing the tension in the air, Yuigahama drew back to eat her bread.There was nothing I could do about it, so I did as well.

"Ala!"

I stopped halfway through eating.

Yang Nai put her fingers together. "I know what's missing in this déjà vu moment! Someone we miss!"

Oh......

"Wait a while!" Yang Nai took out his phone and said.

"what......"

"Yang Nai, there's no need..."

Both Yuigahama and Hayama's words were ignored, and Hino held the receiver to her ear.

A busy bakery suddenly sounds quiet despite all the noise.

"Hey?"

A voice came from the phone.

"Ah, Yukino sauce!"

"I'm hanging up."

"Wait, wait!" Yang Nai said quickly.

"......what?"

"You know that bakery? The one with the couple parrots on the sign?"

"Yes, I know. What's up?"

Hey......

"Well, imagine my surprise when I saw Hihama-chan and Hikigaya-kun together!"

There was silence on the phone.

"...I see." Yukinoshita finally said.

"That's not shameful enough! Did you know that Hikiya-kun just told me that Hihama-chan was making him chocolate!"

"Hey!"

Yuigahama's bread fell on the table.

Ono winked at her as if to say, "I'm only kidding!" before continuing. "You know, this is really a strange thing. It seems that you have a competitor, Yukino-chan... Ah! Do you want to talk to him?"

"I--"

"OK, just a second!"

The phone was jammed in my hand.

"what......"

I slowly brought it to my ear.

"It's not like that," I began. "It's just that Komachi is teaching Yuigahama how to cook chocolate—"

"It has nothing to do with me." Yukinoshita's voice was stiff.

"Ah...Okay. Do you want to talk to Yuigahama?"

"I'm not feeling well right now. Tell her I'll call her later."

"what......"

"I hope you two are having fun."

The phone hangs up.I looked towards Yuigahama.

"She said she would call you later."

Yuigahama's eyes filled with hope, and then slowly turned to sadness. "Ok-ok" she said.

"Yeah." I threw the phone back to Yang Nai. "satisfied?"

"Ahhhhh...maybe I'm playing tricks too much?"

That smirk is back.

"Yono-san, that's enough..." Hayato-kun said quietly.

"You know, our mother is very strict with Xue Nai Jiang now," Yang Nai continued. "From that day on, she was not allowed to go out..."

"That day?" Yuigahama tilted his head slightly. "Did something happen between Yukino-chan and Yuki-mom?"

Yang Nao snickered, it seemed that it was because of Yubihama's affectionate nickname for her mother. "Ah, that's not the story I'm supposed to tell. But... I'm sure Hikiya-kun can tell you everything, huh?"

"Xiaoqi, is it okay?" Yubihama looked at me suspiciously. "What does this have to do with small businesses?"

I keep silent.

"Hmm..." Yang Nao's smile became brighter. "Everything is because of Hikigu-kun, you know that?"

Enough is enough, stop it...

Yang Nai continued to look at me.Her gaze was as cold as her smile.

"After all, Xue Naijiang and our mother have a bad relationship because of him."

I stood up.

"Let's go." I said to Yuigahama.

"Huh? Oh-oh, okay!"

Although still looking confused, Yuigahama bowed to Hino and Hayama.I stopped waiting and started walking towards the exit.

"Ah, ah..." Yang Nai bid farewell, "I wish you good luck, Hihama-chan."

"Uh...... ?"

"Your chocolate for tomorrow," Yang Nai said with a Cheshire cat-like smile, "I think you're going to spend all night on this, don't you? After all, Valentine's Day is tomorrow."

Cheshire cat (Cheshire cat) is a fictional character in the fairy tale "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" created by the British writer Lewis Carroll. The image is a grinning cat with the ability to appear or disappear out of thin air. , even after it disappeared, its smile was still hanging in the air.

"It sounds like a waste of time."

Before I thought about it, I said what I wanted to say.

"Ah, how despicable, Mr. Biqigu" Yang Nai pouted. "As long as you do it with your heart, nothing is a waste of time."

"I don't understand what you mean."

Yang Nai sighed. "You know, Hikigu-kun," she yelled, "our father actually likes you a lot, but I think, that day, he wanted you to give him a little more..."

I didn't turn around. "I'm not his plaything."

"What a bitter answer." Yang Nai shook his head and said, "But you know, the so-called 'real thing' you said you were looking for..."

A roller coaster of flashes of bright lights and snowflakes raced through my mind.

As they did so, I seemed to hear a voice that I hadn't heard since that voice was taken away.

"Hikigu-kun. At some point, please save me, okay?"

"It's only a matter of time for you to find Yukino-chan before she can't take it anymore, isn't it?"