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"He's the kind of guy who's very stubborn, failed at investing, and is also very willful."
Shirakawa Natsumi's lips twitched: "It's very impolite to say this, but haven't you thought about divorce?"
"Divorce..." the old lady smiled. "The past is different from now; it's not an era where you can easily start over."
"Moreover, we got together because we liked each other, and that has never changed. That's how we got through all sorts of crises together, though of course we also suffered a lot along the way."
"Gradually, I realized that this is what a real couple is like, so now I think it was really great that we were able to be together in the first place."
"I'm sorry to have let you hear some old stories from older people."
"No." Shirakawa Natsu quickly waved his hand and turned to look at the fox, who was also looking at him.
Since the fox is not human, the two will encounter all sorts of problems.
“I think that’s a very beautiful story.” Shirakawa Natsu smiled and put down her chopsticks.
"I want to go somewhere." The fox turned its head: "Want to come along?"
"Ah, okay." After a moment of surprise, Shirakawa Natsu nodded in agreement.
So he spent the whole day wandering around the mountains with the fox, taking many photos of them together with his phone.
The fox's face remained expressionless, but Shirakawa Natsu could tell she was in a good mood.
Until the sun set and moonlight shone into the forest.
A rustling sound came from the forest.
"The chirping of insects is so pleasant; it makes you truly feel like you're part of nature," Shirakawa Natsu said with a smile.
"It's not the sound of insects chirping, it's the sound of wings rubbing together," the fox said as it walked.
“I know that kind of thing.” Shirakawa Natsu shrugged. “But the chirping of adult insects is more romantic.”
"Wouldn't this be more beautiful, even if it's not real?" the fox suddenly laughed, then turned around: "We've arrived."
Shirakawa Natsu was taken aback and looked behind her. There was a small pond in the forest, shimmering in the moonlight.
The fox crouched down by the pool and put its paw in the water: "Animals can be perfectly content as long as they have water and enough food."
Her hand moved in the water, creating ripples: "Humans are different. Step by step, they want so much, so much..."
Shirakawa Natsu stared at her blankly; in the moonlight, she was as beautiful as an elf.
Chapter 250 A Scene of carnage
“I like you.” The fox turned its head, its vertical pupils possessing a unique charm in the night: “From the first time we mated.”
She placed her hand on her chest: "I've done so much for you. I've tried to understand this feeling, and I've even thought about abandoning the human world and going back to the mountains."
Shirakawa Natsu stood there blankly. All this time, he had been busy with his own mission and hadn't paid any attention to the fox.
She walked up to Shirakawa Natsu, extended her right hand, and touched his chest with her finger: "But the thought of never seeing you again makes me reluctant, just like when I first became aware of the concept of death. So, what should I do?"
Shirakawa Natsu heard confusion in the fox's words this time. He opened his mouth, and the first time he met her came to mind. She was his rival in love. At that time, she played the role of a perfect human being, and she would not get angry even when provoked.
Later, she gradually began to show the cunning side of a fox, constantly manipulating and ordering him around, being willful and doing things her own way.
Now, confusion has set in.
She has gradually become like a human being.
He is now unable to answer the fox's question.
“This is the most important place to me.” Without waiting for his reply, the fox turned to look at the small pond: “My companions and I lived here, but in the end, I was left alone looking at the lake. I envy the humans in the town who can live with their companions forever. I want to become a human.”
Shirakawa Natsu probably understood the fox's past.
After her companion died, she ran to town, to the food shops where I took him yesterday. I guess she's been sneaking around there as a fox, stealing food.
She saw that people lived together in human society, and fearing loneliness, she wanted to become human.
For some unknown reason, this obsession transformed her into a monster.
“This feeling of loneliness hasn’t disappeared.” The fox looked at Shirakawa Natsu and said earnestly, “Come live with me in the mountains.”
After a moment of surprise, Shirakawa Natsu shook her head: "I'm sorry, I have other things to do, and there are other ways besides staying in the mountains."
He still hasn't solved his physical problems with the yellow-haired app, and even if he agrees to abandon the fox afterward, he can still get a perfect score.
But that would be too absurd, and since we can't escape the future, we'll really only be able to do the "Me and My Animal Friends" quest.
The fox chuckled, took out her phone, and handed it to him: "Go back now, I don't want to be human anymore."
Shirakawa Natsu looked at the phone in his hand, which showed a photo of the fox pulling him along, apparently wanting to leave him with a memento.
Looking at the fox's dreamlike beauty under the moonlight, he felt as if a piece of his heart had been ripped out.
He suddenly realized that this fox, whom he both loved and hated, might really run away at this moment.
"Wait." Shirakawa Natsu hurriedly reached out and hugged her tightly. "Don't say such nonsense."
Only the soft, boneless touch in his arms gave him a sense of security.
"Don't leave my side again. I will find out the definite answer, so please wait for me a little longer."
His heart was pounding, afraid that the fox would refuse. At that moment, he realized that he had gotten used to having a fox by his side.
He held Zaonv tightly in his arms, her chin resting on his shoulder. Out of Shirakawa Natsu's sight, her beautiful vertical pupils revealed a sly smile, and her voice was very soft: "Okay, I understand."
"Hmm?" Shirakawa Natsu's expression was strange; the fox seemed to agree more easily than he had imagined.
But I was finally relieved.
"Ring ring ring!" Suddenly, a cell phone rang, startling Shirakawa Natsumi: "Excuse me, I need to take this call."
After he finished speaking, he took out his phone and looked embarrassed when he saw the caller ID.
The caller was Hashimoto Arina.
Shirakawa Natsumi's lips twitched as she considered whether to accept the offer, when the fox turned around and looked at the lake.
"Sister Cai, why are you calling now?" Shirakawa Natsu asked in a low voice.
"Is Xia Xia not available to answer the phone?" Hashimoto Arina sensed something was wrong with his tone and immediately asked understandingly.
"Sorry, can I call back later?" Shirakawa Natsumi whispered.
"Okay, you can go ahead and get busy then." Hashimoto Arina said with a smile and then hung up the phone.
Shirakawa Natsu hung up the phone, looked at the fox, and didn't know what to say for a moment.
You can't exactly say your ex-girlfriend called.
The fox, however, didn't embarrass him. He turned around and said softly, "Let's go."
"Oh, okay." Shirakawa Natsu breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that she didn't seem angry.
The two returned to the hotel, said goodbye to the old lady, and then took the train away. It was only a two-hour train ride from Tokyo, so they could go home for the night.
The fox leaned on his shoulder, becoming even more clingy after the incident: "It would have been a more enjoyable trip if I weren't with you."
"How could that be? Why would you say something like that?" Shirakawa Natsu put down her phone and asked curiously.
“I am not human.” The fox’s voice was very soft as it whispered in your ear, “I worry that my one-sided longing might be too strong, and that some of my willful actions might be bothering you.”
"Don't think like that." Shirakawa Natsu put her arm around her and pulled her closer. "I've never felt that your feelings are a burden, not even once. Just like what that old lady said yesterday, it's so wonderful that we can be together."
"Hmm, I'm a little scared." The fox placed Shirakawa Natsu's hand on its belly, like a small animal showing its belly: "It's the first time I've liked someone, and it's the first time I've been liked by you. I'll like you more and more in the future, and this feeling will grow stronger and stronger."
“But I don’t want to restrict you, so whenever I think about how much more painful it might be in the future, how I might lose the confidence to endure loneliness, or how I might lose you and become alone again, my heart feels like it’s about to collapse.”
Shirakawa Natsu's face turned red for no reason. He was a seasoned veteran who had seen a lot, and he couldn't even remember the last time he blushed.
But the fox, who is usually like an ice queen, melts away and reveals her vulnerable side, whispering words of love in your ear, gently stirring your heart.
I don't know why the fox suddenly became so flirtatious.
He tightened his grip on me: "Trust me, we'll spend the rest of our lives together. No matter how much your feelings grow, I'll be by your side until those feelings are fully satisfied."
The fox nuzzled his cheek: "Kiss me."
"Ah, here?" Shirakawa Natsu looked around. Most of the seats on the train were occupied by passengers. She hesitated for only a second before kissing him.
Although we didn't actually do anything lewd on the train, we still managed to achieve our goal of becoming a fangirl.
When the two arrived at the apartment, it was dinner time, so they bought chicken and some vegetables from the supermarket.
They entered the elevator together.
"How about making beer chicken? I'm pretty good at it." Shirakawa Natsumi smiled, shaking the plastic bag, then felt an itch on her nose: "Achoo..."
"Is it because you got caught in the rain yesterday?" The fox leaned closer, a smile playing on its lips. "Let's take a bath later."
When the topic of bathing came up, Shirakawa Natsumi immediately recalled the unique experience of bathing in a hot spring, and nodded quickly: "That's great."
The elevator doors opened, and Shirakawa Natsu couldn't wait to get out, only to find her room door half-open.
"Didn't that guy, Mikoto, close the door?" Shirakawa Natsu raised an eyebrow, then walked to the door, intending to call her out for dinner.
In an instant, a dark figure slipped into his arms, a petite body embraced him, buried her head in his chest, and said in a voice filled with emotion, "I missed you."
Shirakawa Natsu trembled, dropping the shopping bag from her hand, her voice shaking: "Na...Nao?!"
Another familiar voice came out of the living room, and her simple clothes could not hide her voluptuous figure.
"Is there Sister Cai?"
Hashimoto Arina's surprise vanished instantly. She frowned slightly, walked over, grabbed the girl in his arms by the back of her collar, and pulled her up before saying to Shirakawa Natsumi, "Natsumi, it's been a long time."
“Y-Ya...Ya-chan.” Shirakawa Natsu’s heart was pounding in her throat. How could Arina be with Nao?
The next second, he saw the girl being lifted by the back of her collar. She had soft, snow-white skin, long, flowing golden hair, emerald green eyes, and a very pretty face.
Forget about resembling Nao, even her race has changed.
"Oh, sorry, did I scare you?" Hashimoto Arina thought her friend had frightened her boyfriend, hence the expression. She glared at her and introduced, "This is my roommate, her name is Shana. You two should get along well."
"Hehe, hello~" Shana smiled and extended her hand, taking Shirakawa Natsu's hand in hers. "Arina and I are best friends, so I'll be bothering you these days~"
"Hello, hello." Shirakawa Natsu's face was ugly. This girl was secretly wrapping her fingers around his palm when Cai Jie couldn't see her.
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Chapter 251 Strange Girl
A tickling sensation came from her palm, and Shirakawa Natsu quickly withdrew her hand, glancing at Shana out of the corner of her eye—a beautiful mixed-race woman.
The words "I miss you" he just heard overlapped with the image of Nao in his memory.
However, they are quite different in appearance and voice.
Shirakawa Natsu could only attribute it to her own longing for Nao. She became wary of Shana, who made unrestrained little moves whenever they met, unlike a good woman.
Shana leaned against Hashimoto Arina with a grin: "Arina-nee, he's just as handsome as you said."
Hashimoto Arina gave her a reproachful look, then turned to Shirakawa Natsu and asked with concern, "Natsu, have you finished dealing with your business?"
Her voice was gentle, but her eyes were fixed intently on him, clearly concerned about what had happened to her boyfriend that caused him to hang up on her.
Shirakawa Natsumi's lips twitched. Arina was a woman too, or rather, it was a woman's intuition.
When he received the call from Hashimoto Arina, he was making vows of eternal love with the fox, never expecting that Arina would go home early.
They had barely met when they were plunged into crisis.
As he was rapidly searching for a way to break the deadlock, the incident happened so suddenly that he couldn't think of a perfect solution for the time being.
Just then, a gentle, soothing voice came from behind.
"Ms. Hashimoto, it's been a long time."
Kimura Momo's smile was gentle and refined, like a gentleman, standing behind Shirakawa Natsu.
When Hashimoto Arina saw him appear, her pupils contracted, and her expression instantly became confused: "Hama, what are you doing here?"
"I've changed my name to Zaonv," Kimura Zaonv said with a smile. "I was with Natsu this afternoon, so I guess he didn't answer the phone because he was worried about me, his ex-boyfriend."
"I see." Hashimoto Arina's expression gradually returned to normal, but the embarrassment on her face did not disappear.
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