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But why did it reappear as Mi no Kumi just now?
Thinking of this, Shirakawa Natsu smiled; this was the happiest day in three months.
He was certain that Nao was there, and that she still loved him.
"I have to start drawing comics tomorrow, but I don't know if the editorial department will still accept my manuscripts." Shirakawa Natsu looked at the moonlight through her fingers.
Living here has cost a lot of money. In the past, most of my comics were abandoned, which really affected my income.
We need to find a way to make money.
He just let his mind wander to all sorts of nonsensical things.
Suddenly, a face appeared between his fingers.
She wore a bright smile, a smile that seemed to convey eternal happiness and freedom from worries.
"?" Shirakawa Natsu removed her hand, looking at Nao in disbelief.
She had her hands behind her back and her body slightly bent.
Her beautiful eyes seemed to glow in the moonlight.
Even in dim light, Shirakawa Natsu could see herself in those eyes.
only myself.
"Natsu~" Nao called out this familiar name, her tone unchanged, as if nothing had ever happened between the two of them.
Shirakawa Natsu's eyes reddened, and he wanted to reach out and grab her, but he stopped in mid-air.
This must be my own hallucination.
Nao's appearance was very random and made no sense at all.
"Hehe~ Welcome to where I live." Nao reached out and grasped Shirakawa Natsu's hand: "It's so good that you came."
It has that familiar feel, soft and chewy.
"I..." Shirakawa Natsu turned her head away, tears welling up in her eyes.
He felt ashamed and didn't deserve to be called "Yellow Hair" at all.
"Where is the tree where you carved your name?" Shirakawa Natsu held her hand tightly: "I want to carve my name next to it, for twenty years, thirty years, forever together."
“That tree has already been cut down, you saw it when you came, right?” Nao sat down beside him with a smile, looking down at him.
"My name, the place I live, and the land I have given so much to. A shopping mall made of reinforced concrete will be built on it, invested by Yan State. There will be a lot of people here, but no one will remember what this place used to be."
Nao then smiled brightly: "But it's okay, I'll remember it."
Chapter 465 I Want to See You
"Let's go back." Shirakawa Natsu held Nao's hand tightly. When he was looking for her, he had a thousand words he wanted to say to her and express his love for her.
Those words were pondered countless times in my mind.
When they finally sat down together, he said, his voice heavy with worry, "You still have us. Everyone is very worried about you."
Nao turned her head, her dark eyes smiling, "Are you worried too?"
“Yes, that’s right.” Shirakawa Natsu leaned closer to her, trying to get as close as possible. “That’s why I came to find you.”
"Why?" Nao tilted her head and said with a grin, "Why are you worried about me? I'm just your ex-girlfriend, at most."
"Because I..." Shirakawa Natsu wanted to say he loved her, but her lips were pressed against his by her fingers.
"Hehe~ Let me show you around, the place where I was born." Nao took his right hand and stood up, her eyes crinkling into crescent moons with laughter:
"Even though we're not as partners, a promise is a promise, right?"
"Uh." Shirakawa Natsu looked at her smiling face, unable to tell what the girl was thinking for a moment.
He suddenly realized that he had never truly understood Nao from the beginning.
He simply treated her as a girl who liked him a lot, and then accepted her feelings.
"Let's go." Nao took his right hand and walked towards the forest. "It was a promise, hee hee~"
At the same time, on the other side of the forest.
Miyuki leaned against the tree trunk, a cigarette dangling from his lips, his gaze deep and unfathomable.
Standing beside her was an exceptionally beautiful woman, whose beauty under the moonlight made her seem like an ethereal being from another world—the Wood Moss Woman.
"Nao will probably take him away. She has no past anymore, and perhaps Shirakawa Natsu won't appear again~"
Miyuki took a deep drag of his cigarette: "Let him decide."
"Are you really not bothered?" Zao Nu leaned closer, her smile sly.
"Don't be fooled by that woman's appearance. Purity and innocence are just a facade; she's a master manipulator. It's not difficult for people to make decisions under certain conditions. That's what that woman excels at."
“That was his decision.” Mikoto closed her eyes and continued to lean against the tree trunk.
In the woods.
"You know, our happiest times were during our wilderness survival training." Nao held his hand, occasionally kicking small pebbles on the ground.
"Although it's tough, having to find food myself and getting all dirty, it's really fun. I made a hat out of flower stems."
"You can run around outside the forest all day. You can climb up the birch trees and listen to the wind blowing on your face."
"Back then, everyone in the research institute was a good friend and a partner working towards a common goal."
Shirakawa Natsu looked at her smile, frowned, and asked, "Do you have many companions?"
As far as he knew, the world was almost entirely populated by ordinary people.
Fox-like monsters are extremely rare; otherwise, she wouldn't have been searching for companions out of loneliness.
“Yes, there are many.” Nao nodded, looking at the night sky: “Although we are all very different in age, we all treat each other like family.”
"However, people often part ways, and there have been times when the time between saying 'Nice to meet you' and 'Goodbye' is less than a week."
"My memories from that time are all about constant farewells."
As Nao spoke, her innocent smile gradually faded from her face, replaced by something else.
Shirakawa Natsu stared in disbelief. This was the first time he had seen Nao like this; she had lost her girlish charm and was filled with an overwhelming sadness.
"You'll get used to it, right?" Shirakawa Natsu asked, still in a daze.
"No~" Nao turned around and looked at him: "Every time I part with everyone, I feel just as sad, which is why I cherish the time we can be together. Every morning when we greet each other, I always try to remember her and tell her that I like her, because I often think that I might not have the chance to see her again."
Looking at her expression, Shirakawa Natsu recalled the scene when she met Nao.
She took the initiative and openly expressed her love for him without reservation.
So that's what she had in her past.
As the two walked, they were about to emerge from the woods, and they could see scattered city lights in the distance.
“Sometimes I think, if only I hadn’t left.” Nao suddenly stopped in her tracks. “But then I wouldn’t have met Natsu~ It’s so frustrating.”
"Hmm." Shirakawa Natsu stood in the forest; the road was just a hundred meters ahead.
This is where the forest meets the city.
"Have you ever felt this way in summer?" Nao turned around and looked at him, the moonlight shining behind her: "Going out of my hometown into the outside world, only to find that I don't have the companions I want, and I'm still just as lonely. I want to go home."
“Of course there have been.” Shirakawa Natsu held her hand. “But I’ve also met many people, which has led to who I am today. I can’t abandon those people I’ve met from the past to the present.”
Nao smiled beautifully, her youthful energy restored, her hands behind her back: "Including me? Including Jingu Nao."
“Of course,” Shirakawa Natsu replied confidently.
"Hehe, that's great." Nao grabbed his hand and skipped forward.
The two walked out of the forest together and crossed the road.
This is already the suburbs, with pedestrians and vehicles passing by. It feels like you've suddenly gone from a primeval forest into a modern city.
"Did you come here to take me back?" Nao suddenly asked.
“Yes.” Shirakawa Natsu nodded: “I…”
“I’ve decided to go to Yan Kingdom,” Nao suddenly said. “I will keep my feelings for you hidden deep in my heart.”
"Huh?" Shirakawa Natsu was taken aback; this answer was completely unexpected.
"Hehe, because there's nothing left to miss here." Nao finished speaking, looked at Shirakawa Natsu, and suddenly reached out and hid in his arms: "Want to come with me?"
Shirakawa Natsu was still processing her words.
She appeared so suddenly, and then just as suddenly said she was leaving, catching everyone off guard.
Nao got up from his arms, holding two tickets in her hand: "I bought two tickets to Yan Country, departing in three hours."
She pointed to the end of the street: "The last bus to the airport is there in an hour."
As she spoke, she backed away, a pure smile on her face: "If you want to come with me, come find me. I'll be waiting for you at the bus stop around the corner."
She clasped her hands together and smiled happily: "Hehe, Xia, please forgive me for being willful this last time. I want to see you, so I won't say goodbye."
When she finished speaking, she had already retreated more than ten meters away, leaving Shirakawa Natsu with a bright smile, then turned around and quickly disappeared around the corner.
Shirakawa Natsu stood there, stunned.
Nao walked quickly to the end of the street, but there was no bus stop sign around the corner in front of her.
She threw the two plane tickets in her hand into a nearby trash can and turned to walk into the alley.
Soon, on the other side of the alley.
A beautiful blonde girl with blue eyes walked out.
The pretty girl had her long hair tied up at the back of her head, wearing a white tracksuit, athletic shorts, and a baseball cap, and carrying a suitcase.
Chapter 466 A Rare Scene
"Human free will is just a false proposition." Momoko and Miyuki got along very well, although Miyuki mostly smoked and didn't say much.
"Give someone specific information and place it in a specific environment, and you can change their mind and then control them."
After finishing one cigarette, Miyuki immediately lit another.
"Are you scared?" Momoko saw her movements and smiled, her eyes narrowing into slits. "That woman is a master at manipulating people's hearts. She will take Shirakawa Natsu away."
“No.” Miyuki shook her head, flicking away the ash from her cigarette. “Love has never been about reason.”
……
Shirakawa Natsu stood still, letting the evening breeze caress her face.
Vehicles passed by the street corner from time to time, and Nao was just across the street from him, less than two hundred meters away.
If I don't walk there myself, those two hundred meters will stretch indefinitely, so long that I'll never reach them in my lifetime.
If Nao doesn't want him to find her, no matter how hard he tries, he will never see her again.
As Shirakawa Natsumi took a step down the street, the image of his good brother, who had always been by his side, appeared in his mind.
Youcai took meticulous care of him in his hospital bed.
Lonely, longing for companionship. A fox who also enjoys watching others have fun.
A lot has happened; she's a sexy, mature, and alluring auntie.
It was through meeting these people that he became who he is today.
He could have left with Nao first and then tried to contact other women.
"Sigh." Shirakawa Natsumi sighed deeply. If he did that, he would be letting Nao down too much.
Nao recounted her past.
It's a story of going from having everything to losing everything—friends, family, partners, faith, and country.
She didn't get used to life just because it was long; she became more afraid of losing it than anyone else.
What she cared about wasn't that Shirakawa Natsu was with other women.
Instead, she feared that Shirakawa Natsu would lose his love for her because of other women and eventually leave her side.
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