I will swear to protect the beauty with my life

On the way back, Yuta and Rikka kept holding each other's little fingers, and never separated, just like two naive children who didn't want to separate. Feeling the little warmth still remaining on their fingers, Yuta returned home with a silly smile...

"Brother, you are so slow. What time is it..."

"Sorry, sorry, Kamoe..."

Looking at the camphor leaves that were being boiled to make tea, Yuta spoke apologetically. In order to stay with Liuhua for a while longer, the two of them walked very slowly, not much faster than crawling, which also resulted in them getting home very late...

But, camphor leaves are used to make tea? It smells like black tea... Does anyone in our family like black tea?

Yuta suddenly had a bad feeling... He quickly ran to his room, opened the door, and locked his eyes on his bed. Sure enough, there was a boy sitting on it, playing his handheld game console...

"Kong Hong! Why are you here!?"

"Eh? It's raining too hard, I can't go back, so I just came here to take shelter from the rain."

"Not to mention that my home is in the opposite direction to your current home. What kind of road are you taking? Hasn't the rain stopped now?!"

Yong was too crazy. He took a closer look and saw that Fang Wuwei's hair was a little wet and his clothes were still his own. It was obvious that he had taken a shower at his house. From the looks of it, he would probably sleep here again tonight!

"Really, brother, this isn't the first time Kong Hong has come~"

Just then, Zhang Ye walked in with a cup of black tea, complained casually about Yong Tai's shouting, then walked straight to Fang Wuwei and handed him the black tea.

"Ah~ Thank you, Zhangye~"

"Brother Kong Hong, you like black tea, right?"

"Yeah~ You still remember~"

After Zhangye brought him tea, she sat on the ground, holding a book in her hand and reading it against Fang Wuwei's drooping thighs. Fang Wuwei took a sip of the black tea with a happy face and blinked at Yongtai... Who do you think Zhangye made this tea for?

Yuta almost rushed up to punch him.

Forget it, forget it... We are all brothers, we are used to it... Yuta forced himself to look away, but soon he found something unusual...

Sister Shihua and her sister Mengye, who was still in kindergarten, were sitting on the ground continuing their super-realistic house game.

"Plaintiff, do you still have feelings for the defendant?"

"No, I just want to divorce the defendant as soon as possible."

Looking at Shihua sitting on the ground and his sister with her arms folded across her chest, then looking at Fang Wuwei and Zhangye "cuddling together" beside the bed, Yuta suddenly felt like he was the most redundant person in this family.

And it's impossible for Tohka to appear here for no reason. There must be something good about her coming... No, there must be something that Yuta needs to do.

Half of Yuta's body was still wet, and he was called out by Touka without even having time to change clothes... It was already very late, and they needed to rest early, so the more time they could save, the better.

So Yongtai followed Shihua away. Before leaving, he turned back and glanced at Fang Wuwei fiercely...but he didn't care.

Watching the two people leave, Fang Wuwei took a sip of tea...It was about time for him to leave. He didn't plan to stay here today. He had to prepare for the school festival tomorrow.

As if sensing that Fang Wuwei wanted to leave, the cute little Meng Ye came over with the cat Chimera in her arms and threw herself into his arms.

"Red eyes!"

"Meow!"

............Forget it, let’s stay a little longer.

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Touka drove Yuta to a high-end Western restaurant she often visited, and they each ordered a cup of tea.

Yuta sat opposite Touka somewhat stiffly. In his eyes, Touka was still the somewhat majestic elder sister.

"Is there something...that can't be said at home?"

"We can't let Rikka hear this."

Touka pulled an envelope out of her pocket and placed it on the table, pushing it over so Yuta could see what it was.

"This was sent by the Italian headquarters, asking if I wanted to study... I had no reason to refuse."

"Wow... Sister Juuka is really that amazing..."

"Huh? You mean you didn't believe it before?"

"No...no..."

Touka felt a little insecure about her authority, but that was gone the next second.

"But this is also good. Sister Juuka, your career will be further developed, and Rikka will also..."

Yuta was somewhat happy, happy for Touka's career, and originally thought that Rikka would also be happy, but he soon thought, if Touka left, what would happen to Rikka?

So he shut up, and looking at Yuta's expression, Tohka knew that he understood.

"It seems you understand... I can't let her live here alone, so I'm going to let mom live with her instead of me."

Rikka's mother...

Yuta has never seen it, but he has heard about it from Fang Wuwei and Shihua...Lihua's mother seems to have hurt her before, and now it is still difficult for her to communicate with Lihua.

This is what Touka is most concerned about right now. Rikka is unwilling to communicate with her mother. To be precise... it is the middle school-aged Rikka who finds it difficult to communicate normally with her mother.

But in fact, Rikka didn't hate her mother and had forgiven her a long time ago. It was just that Rikka had not yet entered the second year of junior high school and was closed off. She was unwilling to communicate with her mother, which made her mother think that she was hated and didn't want to be seen... It was precisely because of this that Rikka's mother left in grief... Maybe deep down, she thought she was not a good mother.

Rikka’s second-year mentality is hard to understand, and it is difficult for her to maintain a harmonious relationship with her mother. If she wants to live with her mother again, she must first return to normal and stop being second-year mentality. But she doesn’t know that no matter what her child becomes, how can a mother hate him?

She was limited and knew that no matter how much she persuaded, she couldn't make Rikka stop being a chuunibyou, and Yuta... Just now when she was at his house, Dongfang had told her that they had started dating, and even took out video evidence, although she didn't know where he got it...

If it was Yuta, Rikka would definitely listen to what Yuta said.

So, for the sake of her sister and her mother, Touka bowed her head to Yuta for the first time...

"Sister Touka? What's going on?!"

"Please, please think about doing me a favor! If you ask her, she will definitely listen! All you have to do is ask her to be normal!"

After hearing this, Yuta's heart became firm... Not because he recognized Juhua, but because he wanted to protect Rikka. He knew too well what the invisible boundary line meant to Rikka, and he also knew too well that Chuunibyou was not just entertainment for Rikka, but also the motivation to continue living...

"Rikka, she's very normal. I think that the eye mask is like armor to protect her. Rikka... is so smart, she must know all this. But she just can't let it go, so she behaves like this. It's by dressing like this that she can protect..."

"Guarding what?"

"I have no idea......"

Maybe it’s an ideal, or maybe it’s life.

"But, she probably doesn't want to let it all disappear like this. If she listens to Sister Shihua and her mother and accepts the current situation, then everything will be over. She doesn't want to do that..."

This was the first time that Yuta rejected Juhua. Now that he has a new identity, he wants to protect Juhua. He believes that Juhua must have her reasons for doing so.

But Touka doesn't think so... Having experienced the ups and downs of society, she understands the cruelty of reality too well.

"What's wrong with ending it like this? The boundary line and the evil king's true eye don't exist at all! No matter how hard you look, you won't be able to find dad!"

Facing the cold reality, fantasy is like a bubble, beautiful but bursting at the touch. Even Yuta can't find a point to refute and can only remain silent...

"What problem can be solved by affirming everything she said? What she desires will never be obtained!

If you insist on affirming her, it will only make her indulge in fantasy and be more unwilling to face reality. In this way, what will happen when she grows up? Reality is very cruel!

You are really... so irresponsible..."

Yuta stared at his unfinished coffee, his eyes dimmed...