Collapse Simulator, why are we drifting apart?

Time comes the next day.

Are you going to see Kafka today?

As he thought about this, he had the answer in his heart.

Give her one more chance, one last time.

After cleaning the room, he went to the flower shop.

"Kafka!" Fan Mu came closer to her and invited her as he did before: "Do you want to go out and play today?"

"No need." She shook her head.

"Okay." He suddenly squeezed into the small space between the counters and stood together with Kafka.

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Seeing her puzzled look, Fan Mu said as a matter of course: "Is there anything wrong with parents helping their own children?"

Take another look, observe again. Even though it was an established fact that Kafka was no longer close to him, he still wanted to take another look.

"What happened, Cam?"

Perhaps the noise here attracted his attention. Fang Yi walked out from behind and was obviously stunned for a moment when she saw him, then asked.

"Young man, are you taking a break today? You seem to be quite busy lately, don't you?"

What she asked was whether the company gave them a holiday.

"Well, I'm fine. It's a rare opportunity to rest, so grandma, let me see if there's anything I can do to help." Fan Mu replied with a smile.

"Help me? What can I do for you?" She waved her hand generously. "It's a rare holiday, so take Xiaoka out to have some fun. What if God helps her recover?"

"If you don't have enough money, tell me. I have saved a certain amount after all these years!"

"This..." He turned his gaze to the person next to him.

He wanted to agree, but what he needed was her attitude.

"No, grandma, I'd better stay in the store and help."

Kafka refused without hesitation, and looked at Fanmu again, and said in an emotionless voice, "Don't worry, big brother, just do whatever you want, and don't waste your time on Kafka."

"Okay, then I'll stay and help."

Looking at Fan Mu who was talking to himself and was about to stay to help, Fang Yi walked to the counter and knocked on the two men's heads in annoyance.

"I just run a small flower shop. I don't have many customers. I don't need two people to help me. Besides, I'm not dead and I can still move!"

Fan Mu touched the place where he was hit, without saying a word or moving.

At noon, in the afternoon, and until dusk, when the last rays of the setting sun illuminated the store, Kafka did not say a word to him, concentrating on arranging flowers and watering them.

Fan Mu stood in front of the counter for a whole day, his eyes fixed on her without any concealment. Perhaps deep down in his heart he wanted to attract her attention in this way.

Da da!

As the last customer left, Fang Yi said softly to Kafka: "Xiao Ka, go to the back and clean up first. I'll teach you flower arrangement later!"

"Yeah." Kafka nodded. Although the work in the flower shop was not hard, she was still a child and she never complained of being tired from beginning to end.

Watching her leaving, Fan Mu felt dazed. Just as she was about to step into the back door, he subconsciously said, "By the way, remember to come home for dinner tonight. I'll stew some pork ribs for you!"

"No, big brother, Kafka wants to learn a craft!"

Rejected again.

Fan Mu fell silent, turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped at the critical moment.

"Hey, little guy, are you having a conflict with your sister?" Fang Yi sighed and asked, "Xiao Ka has been staying with me these past few days to learn flower arrangement from me. To be honest, I'm very happy, but no matter what kind of conflict a brother and sister have, they can't stay away from home for a few days."

She clapped her hands and said, "Little guy, come and comfort Xiao Ka tomorrow. I will also try to comfort her tonight. After all, you are her only support in this world!"

“……” Fan Mu opened his mouth, but in the end he could only nod.

The only one to rely on? Him? He has long been gone.

What to coax? How to coax?

At night, returning home, looking at the dim house, Fan Mu groped his way back to his room.

It was very quiet tonight, there was not even a sound in the house. Although it was usually like this, he was in one room and Kafka was in another, there was no interaction, and the atmosphere at home was the same, but he just felt empty in his heart today.

Candy, oddities.

He originally thought that it was just a matter of how much the task progressed, but he didn't expect that he was not Kafka's closest person, and he hadn't even thought about it in this regard.

Just as I thought when I left the flower shop, the person closest to me is probably no longer him, and the candy only served as a boost.

"Haha!" As he thought about it, Fan Mu found himself laughing.

When did he become so arrogant as to think that he was the closest person to Kafka, just because he was the first one to meet her?

"Hey."

Is it time to give up?

He covered his face with his arms. No one, including himself, could see the expression on his face in the darkness.

One, two, three...

Why does everyone dislike him? He obviously did nothing wrong, and he just wanted to live a good life.

I've figured it out. I won't worry about it anymore. I'll just be an unknown guest!

"Yeah." He stretched lazily.

It was so casual, just a moment later, and he figured it out. Maybe, it was not something worth being sad about.

He thought it through faster and made a decision in just two or three days, but he was slow to figure it out, so slow that until now he didn't know what he had done wrong.

the next day.

After figuring it out, Fan Mu bought some fruits and went to the place where the train crashed in the back mountain. Here he happened to see Ji Zi, who was wearing a sun hat under the scorching sun and concentrating on repairing the train.

She looked focused and serious.

Sweat dripped from her forehead from time to time, and her fiery red hair stuck to her profile, making her look quite different from the girl next door she previously looked like.

"Damn it, don't let me catch you. If I find out which bastard is destroying my train, I'll strip him naked and parade him around the streets!"

"Oh, I really want to have a nice cup of coffee. It's so sunny, put a parasol and a deck chair here, and take a nice nap, isn't it wonderful?"

When she thought of this and looked at the repair tools in her hands, she felt even angrier and couldn't help but curse a few words in a low voice.

She wiped the sweat from her forehead with her sleeve and stood up. She looked at the other damaged carriage not far away, gritted her teeth, and clenched her fists unconsciously. The anger that had just subsided in her heart surged up again.

"I really want to eat a piece of ice watermelon right now!" Ji Zi complained.

"Give!"

At this time, a piece of watermelon that looked icy cool was handed over. The bright red flesh looked shiny and juicy. For Ji Zi, who had already sweated a lot and been exposed to the scorching sun for a long time, nothing could be more tempting than this!

"Thank you." She thanked him quickly, then happily threw the repair tools in her hand aside, picked up the watermelon and started to eat it, her eyes narrowed into slits with happiness.

"........."

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