The shining Shoko Toyokawa

for sure

It must be because she, Jing Qinrencai, fell in love with someone she shouldn't have.

Otherwise, this would be a happy occasion for everyone...

"I'm sorry...I'm sorry, Maya-san..."

'Sorry, I've fallen in love with you...'

"Ms. Chihaya, it seems like you're coming this way. Hasn't it been a while since we last met?"

"She must be here to see you too,"

Rencai would never do anything like competing with her idol for a woman, especially since they both love each other.

So she decided to make it clear—

"So...you should go to her as well."

The girl's smile is sincere.

This was completely her heartfelt thought, without any falsehood.

But can Maya accept her kindness, leave the crying Rencai, and go reminisce with other women?

"Nina!"

The answer is no.

Even though her rationality told her that a woman like her should not get too close to Rencai,

But her body moved on its own and hugged the girl tightly.

As if to pass all his warmth to her, so that she would not be so sad,

And as if afraid that she would run away,

"!!!"

The girl was a little surprised. She had never expected that Maya would still be so rude after all she had said.

"Maya-san, let me go! Chihaya-san is coming!"

Rencai was anxious.

After all... although she never thought that 'Xia Ya' was a girl,

But she also supported the CP of Xia Ya and Chihaya...

Maya hesitated, tangled, and struggled.

Finally, he took off the girl's helmet.

As if the last line of defense had been conquered, the girl immediately became anxious.

She tried her best to break free from Maya's arms.

But the huge power gap between adults and 'children' made her struggles useless.

Facing Maya's face as she bent down slightly, the girl widened her eyes in fear.

She had already seen a hint of pink from the corner of her eye.

"Maya-san, Chihaya-san is watching!"

Under the girl's incredulous gaze, Maya's lips finally fell on...

On the girl's forehead.

In an instant, the air became extremely quiet.

"Maya, Rencai, I'll take you to pick out a good room."

The pink-haired girl's expression was a little unnatural at first, but she quickly adjusted herself.

"I...Maya-san..."

"Okay, please, An,"

Renai wanted to say something in her defense, but was interrupted by Maya.

She held the hand of Renna, who was standing there in a daze, and took a step behind to catch up with the pink-haired girl walking in front.

There were no dull moments along the way, the two of them were talking and laughing, just like the funny and supporting roles in a crosstalk.

Even Rencai could sense that they didn't want the atmosphere to be too awkward.

Chihaya didn't ask why Nina was crying.

Maya didn't explain either.

It was as if these two people could understand each other's situation without communicating through words.

This… made Rencai a little envious.

An took the two of them to a double dormitory with very good lighting.

The two chatted for a while.

The topics of conversation include but are not limited to: the remaining food supplies on Garuda, as well as some interesting things that happened over the years.

But the only thing he didn't talk about was Maya's intimacy with the girl.

Finally, when the pink-haired girl left with a smile,

"why?"

Nina was so confused that she finally couldn't hold it in anymore and asked her question.

"Why, Miss Chihaya doesn't seem angry? Is it because she thinks I'm a brat?"

Maya looked away from the door and asked in confusion, "Why are you angry?"

"Don't you like each other?"

Nina's little face was full of confusion.

"We like each other... So that's how it seems to you, Jinna..."

Renai discovered that Maya's expression at this moment seemed a little... bitter?

"Nina, have you seen the new EVA movie?"

Although Renai didn't know why EVA was mentioned, she nodded subconsciously.

"Then you must have heard this sentence,"

Maya sat down next to Rencai, but her eyes were looking out the window.

White clouds, turbulent skies, light and shadows, rapidly retreating in her golden eyes,

Only she, sitting there,

"It's Asuka, what she said to Shinji-kun—"

"I think I liked you back then, but... I've grown up before you..."

At this time, Renai could only see Maya's profile, so she couldn't accurately judge what Maya's expression was.

But if I were to sum it up in two words, it would definitely be: lonely...

"but…"

"She's getting married,"

Nina also wanted to say that Asuka and Shinji are Asuka and Shinji, your situations are completely different!

However, the 'reason' Maya gave made it impossible for the 'Justice Monster' to refute it, and even hard to believe.

Forget about "engaged couples". In the eyes of a child of Rencai's age, knowing that someone has a girlfriend (boyfriend) and still pestering them is something that everyone will hate.

“It’s so sudden…”

Such a result made Rencai a little unbelievable.

Don’t lovers always get married in movies and novels?

Why is it that two people who like each other suddenly become completely impossible?

But if you think about it carefully... that's what it is.

Seven years, they had been separated for a full seven years, and in Chihaya's opinion, 'Xia' was someone who was no longer with us.

How many seven years can be wasted in a lifetime?

Let alone getting married, having a child wouldn't be a strange thing at Chihaya's age.

But after all, these seven years are not a girl's life.

In her memory, she was still obsessed with the couple.

But now, they... no longer have the possibility,

"This is really... too sudden..."

"Maya-san, is it true that you...didn't wake up until recently?"

Rencai astutely speculated that Maya was a clone of Xia, and that she might have just arrived in this world, and connected this to the fact that she had not been in touch with her friends for the past seven years.

"When I woke up, the Earth Federation had already been established."

There's nothing to hide in this matter.

"It was half a year ago that my body functions returned to normal..."

The girl discovered a fact that she wasn't sure whether she should be happy about or not.

That is, in terms of mental age, she and Maya are of the same age.

"That's it..."

Rencai didn't know how to comfort Maya.

The world has changed more in the past seven years than in the past 30 years.

It was hard for Renai to imagine that she might not even be able to walk at first.

How does it feel to come to such a strange world?

She... must be very lonely...

…………

……

In An's single dormitory,

The pink-haired girl stood in the 'rain' falling from the shower head, scrubbing her body vigorously.

She rubbed her arms and body until they turned red, but she still didn't stop, as if she wanted to wash off some stubborn dirt from her body.

But in the end…

She gave up.

Some things can never be cleaned no matter what.

If her fall from grace when she was an officer in the American Army was to paralyze the observers,

After that, she lingered in the beds of multiple women, so she must have... really broken down...

She has already been broken, and is not worthy of Su Shi.

and so…

They dated seven times and broke up seven times.

I went to try on wedding dresses three times and sent invitations to guests once, but in the end...

Aine had escaped.

People say bad women (bad men) will change for the better after getting married.

But Aiyin didn't dare to gamble.

Su Shi was willing to sacrifice his marriage for her.

But what can she give to Su Shi?