Anime Crossover: About How I Spoiled an Angel

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"Fine, you don't look like you have much money, so I won't make things difficult for you."

Su Qing used the calmest words to say the cruelest truth.

To be honest, Yui doesn't have much money.

The last time we had coffee and cake, he was the one who paid for it.

But didn't this guy say he was going to return it to him?

"Who, who said that? I do have some money, you know... If you really want it, I'll give it all to you, okay..."

Yui blushed slightly and actually took out her wallet, showing Su Qing all the cash inside.

It's probably around tens of thousands of yen.

Then she pushed him away, saying pitifully:

"That's all, that's all! There's no more left!"

Su Qing: ......

"You should keep this money for yourself."

Tens of thousands of yen is actually quite a lot; it's about the same as the monthly living expenses of an average university student.

But putting aside the fact that Su Qing still has 100 million yen in her bank account from before she transmigrated, even if she were penniless, she would never live off Yui.

"Keep it safe and don't just take it out carelessly. You're sometimes clumsy, what if you lose it?"

After pushing the wallet that Yui had offered back, Su Qing gave her another word of advice, still feeling uneasy.

"I wasn't clumsy at all..."

Yui muttered a defense of herself, a barely perceptible smile playing on her lips.

Then he gently patted Su Qing, who was sighing, and said cheerfully:

"Hey, hey, Xiao Qing."

"how?"

"I'd like to give you a gift, is that alright?"

Yui said.

"...What gift?"

Su Qing couldn't guarantee that he would accept it directly.

"Ta-da! This is it!"

Yui mysteriously took off her backpack and pulled out a sophisticated black item that perfectly matched Su Qing's image.

—That was a scarf.

“You mentioned before that you didn’t have a scarf. Winter is coming, and winters in Tokyo are actually quite cold, so I thought I’d buy one for you.”

As Yui explained with a smile, she secretly observed Su Qing's expression.

Seeing that his expression didn't change much, she cautiously asked:

"Um... do you want to accept it?"

Yui gave the choice to the other party, and did not force him to make the choice.

"I think I've said before that I never wear scarves."

Su Qing said slowly.

"Ah, of course I remember!" Yui said, "But not wearing one and not wearing one are two different things, right?"

indeed so.

Having something but not wearing it, and not wearing it because you don't have it, are two different things.

The problem is, Su Qing doesn't need...

"Feel sorry..."

Su Qing stared at the black scarf for a long time, seemingly realizing something, but ultimately refused.

"Ah... I knew it."

Yui exclaimed, "I knew it!" but her face showed no obvious disappointment.

It was as if she had rehearsed countless failures.

"Then at least, could you please accept this?"

Yui stuffed the scarf back into her bag, then took out the amulet she had just bought.

"Didn't you say you were going to buy this as a souvenir?"

Su Qing asked.

"That's what I was thinking, but souvenirs are meant to be given as gifts, and I haven't been able to think of any suitable recipients."

So I think it's better to give it to you, since I'm lucky and don't need it~

Yui's words were reasonable and well-founded, and she spoke with great logic and reason.

"If it's just this, I would accept it even if you didn't ask me so formally."

Su Qing shook her head and reached out to take the amulet.

To be precise, it is "to bind and guard".

Could this be simply understood as "Yui's protection"?

However, isn't this explanation a bit too abstract?

Su Qing thought to herself.

"Phew... because I'm not really sure what I can and can't send."

Yui breathed on her hands, rubbed them together, and continued speaking.

"I've been thinking a lot lately: even among very good friends, are there things that can be given as gifts and things that cannot?"

And even if it was possible at first, even if the relationship between the two people didn't change, it might not be possible someday.

What she said was actually quite convoluted, giving the impression that it was difficult to understand.

In fact, it wasn't explicitly stated, but that's how it is.

However, Su Qing still understood the situation very clearly.

He nodded slightly, neither objecting nor agreeing:

"Maybe?"

"Even Xiaoqing has uncertainties?"

Upon hearing this, Yui was first taken aback, then looked at him in surprise.

"...I'm not an encyclopedia. Even an encyclopedia has things it doesn't know."

Su Qing hesitated for a moment, then added,

"Moreover, it's not that I'm unsure, it's just that I don't like to make absolute statements, after all, many things change too quickly in this era."

Yui looked at Su Qing quietly, with a slight smile.

It was as if time had traveled back to the moment when the two first met.

Actually, there was one thing she never told the other person:

That is, Su Qing is very different from all the boys and people she has ever met before.

so...

Su Qing was special to her.

"I understand that! It's like when we were in elementary school, everyone was still using 2G phones and playing games like Snake, but by college, we'd already been using 5G, right?"

Yui clapped her hands and added on his behalf.

"Well, almost."

Their conversation abruptly ended there.

They are still standing where the divination slips were tied; they haven't left yet.

Judging by the time, their group should be heading to their next destination soon.

So Su Qing wanted to remind Yui that it was time to leave.

But then the girl suddenly said:

"But even though this era is developing very fast, everyone is gradually getting used to the fast-paced life."

I still really like things that take time to warm up. That's something I learned from you and Xiaoxue; if I hadn't met you two, I probably wouldn't have had the courage to say this.

"How old are you? You'll meet many more people."

Su Qing said.

“It’s different!”

Yui shook her head, unusually engaging in debate with Su Qing.

"The feelings you have when you meet someone in your teens are completely different from those when you meet someone in your fifties!"

Yui is right.

Su Qing subconsciously wanted to tell her: Don't think like that, the future is still long and the road ahead is still far.

actually...

Both of them are right.

So Su Qing didn't say anything more.

An awkward silence fell over the room.

Am I acting a little strange today?

The once sweet voice is now filled with a melody of worry.

"No, you're already weird enough as it is."

Su Qing wanted to crack a joke to change the atmosphere.

When he turned his head, he found the girl staring at him with her eyes crinkled in a smile.

silently.

No sound was heard.

Su Qing suddenly realized that he couldn't resist such a gaze.

He had no choice but to turn back, his gaze wandering around.

Finally, they looked at the fortune slips for the three people.

That place holds the two girls' best wishes.

Eighty-two hundred million people live on this blue planet.

But a person can only meet tens of thousands, or even thousands, of these people in their entire life.

Of these thousands of people, how many are truly sincere towards you?

The world is vast, but our circle is small.

"Xiaoqing... do you know? Probably because of that cat, I used to be afraid of parting with my friends, afraid that after graduation I would lose touch with them and stop contacting them. I might not even say hello if we met on the street."

I know that friendships are phased; you might still keep in touch with elementary school friends when you get to middle school, but you gradually forget about them when you get to high school.

I think this kind of situation will become more and more common after we graduate from university, get a job, and start a family.

"These things depend on the specific relationship and a bit of fate."

Su Qing said.

But Yui acted as if she hadn't heard what he said and continued talking to herself:

Even so, I still want to be your friend, for life.