Are you, as meal replacement users, ready for the consequences?

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Even when he was exhausted, how could he still unleash such power?

Su Shi didn't have time to think; she watched as Ning Zi sank and never resurfaced.

It's like they're deliberately trying to drown themselves.

"Ning! Come out here! What...what are you doing?!"

I promised myself I wouldn't abandon myself at least tonight.

We agreed to see how she behaves from now on…

How did he suddenly fall into the sea...?

Is this what you mean by deepening memory?

This is...too painful! Please don't do this anymore!

puff-

Motoyo Nagasaki jumped into the sea herself.

This is a small cliff, not too deep, not too shallow, just enough to drown a person. No wonder Ningzi couldn't surface earlier.

Seawater seeped into Su Shi's eyes, obscuring her view of the road ahead.

Su Shi always wore protective goggles when swimming before, and it was really uncomfortable to open her eyes underwater without any protection.

But for Xiao Ning.

The heartbeat reached its threshold, the underwater silence was like a tomb, only Su Shi's heartbeat resounded throughout the world.

Ningzi!

The blue-haired beauty's hair seemed to blend into the seawater.

All around was desolate darkness; the only source of light on the seabed was Toyokawa Ningko's eyes.

Her amber eyes were fixed on Su Shi, who was approaching her, and those eyes were full of amusement.

Toyokawa Neko... she definitely did it on purpose!

This is definitely a trap to lure me in...

But, but can I refuse...?

That's Ningzi... If I don't listen to her, I'll...

【fear】

Nagasaki Motoyo stared intently into those eyes.

The amber color was washed into a pale golden hue by the seawater, and those eyes were absolutely burning, which completely ignited the fear in Nagasaki Motoyo's heart.

Don't go near her, run away quickly! Hurry!

A memory flashed through Nagasaki Motoyo's mind: a duplex apartment where even the toilet was bigger than other people's, where Motoyo had endured countless lonely years alone.

Living there... is like living at the bottom of the sea... all alone, waiting to be rescued.

And Ningzi, who is silent in the sea, is just like myself all along... So, to hold Ningzi's hand is to hold your own hand.

Run away? You can't run away, you have to move forward.

Su Shi now firmly believes that the choice she is making is absolutely correct, and she can only believe in this.

Because she...

I touched Toyokawa Neko's hand!

It's definitely in my grasp!

Su Shi grabbed Ning Zi's hand and pulled her out of the water with all her might.

Ningzi gazed at Su Shi with a smile throughout, as if she wanted to etch that expression into the other person's mind for a lifetime.

She succeeded…

Nagasaki Motoyo felt that she would probably never forget it in her lifetime.

Like a mermaid leaping out of the water, yet stranded on the beach like a seagull killed by a hammer.

"Ugh, I feel so bad, Su Shishi."

"Xiao Ning! Spit the water out of your mouth!"

Su Shi successfully brought Ningzi ashore.

She squeezed Ningzi's breasts with her hands, a soft touch that Su Shi was now unable to enjoy.

Quick, spit out the water...

As she watched the seawater being coughed up little by little from Ningzi's mouth, Su Shi's unease slowly dissipated.

"Xiao Ning! This is too dangerous! How could you do this?"

"Ahem, as I said, our story isn't deep enough, it lacks the most important element: fantasy... But now, isn't it much better now... ah."

"..."

Is it much better? Of course…

Nagasaki Motoyo has another nightmare to draw upon.

"Now, you have one more chance, Nagasaki Motoyo."

"what?"

Toyokawa Ningko was still smiling, as if she wasn't the one who had just fallen into the water.

Resting her head on Su Shi's lap, Ningzi reached out and brushed the hair stuck to the victim's face with her fingers.

"Run! Get away from me! Never have anything to do with me again! Run now, and you can still be saved, Nagasaki Motoyo."

The mid-calf socks hanging on the bicycle beckoned, a call from the normal world to Nagasaki Motoyo.

Su Shi refused the pleas from behind and repeated Ning Zi's mutilation of her face.

Time and again, he used the weight of his own heart to oppress Toyokawa Ningko.

"It's too late, Xiao Ning. If I hadn't met you, I might have lived like that for the rest of my life... But now, I don't want to miss out again."

"Since we can't bring back another Toyokawa Shoko, we still have you, Toyokawa Shoko, don't we?"

“Yes, yes, that’s right, Su Shi.”

"You've walked right into this trap. Are you really prepared for the consequences?"

"I'll try my best..."

"Like This."

Toyokawa Ningko closed her eyes.

When she opened her eyes again, Su Shi's face had changed from Hai Ling's to Su Shi's.

Who was Ningzi talking to just now? Su Shi or Hai Ling?

It's not important. This kind of thing is completely unimportant.

Toyokawa Ningko didn't want to think about this kind of question.

In her view, anyone can have the same face.

"Su Shi, do you still have the strength?"

"There's none left, not a single drop."

"So…"

Ningzi's head was turned towards the sea, which was still pitch black, with only faint ripples rising from the water.

"How should we go home, my Su Shishi?"

Ch182. The hanging heart finally died.

8:30 PM, Toyokawa Residence.

With three creaks from the lock, Toyokawa Shoko pushed open the door to go home.

"Xiao Ning? I'm back."

As far as the eye could see, there were empty rooms and open balcony doors, with curtains billowing in the evening breeze.

Today, Xiangzi was greeted by darkness and silence; the room was as quiet as a stagnant pool.

Even the coffins where dead people lie are more lively than this place.

"Xiao...Ning?"

Xiangzi threw down his satchel, turned on the light, and rushed into the bedroom without even changing his shoes.

worse.

The bedside lamp in the bedroom was not turned on, which means that Toyokawa Ningko was not sleeping in the bedroom at all.

She wouldn't dare leave the lights off, you stupid coward.

If there are no lights at all in the house, that means...

Filled with unease and trepidation, Xiangzi turned on all the lights in his house, but still found nothing.

My sister seems to have disappeared?

"!!!"

"Xiao Ning! Don't scare me!"

Shining his phone's flashlight under the bed, he saw nothing but a thin layer of dust that seemed to mock Xiangzi's panic.

"Oh no, it's really gone!"

Xiangzi got up and tried to dial Ningzi's number.

But it remained unanswered no matter how many times I called.

"How could this be... You must be joking with me, Xiao Ning."

Toyokawa Shoko rushed out of the room.

She's going to the park... to the riverside in the park!

Cold sweat streamed down my forehead and into the front of my school uniform.

That familiar unease and anxiety once again dragged Toyokawa Shoko into unpleasant memories.

No way, no way...

again!

Could it be that she's upset because I came home later than yesterday, and that's why... she's having a meltdown?

Last time, Ningzi said that she was just worried that something had happened to Xiangzi, so she ran out to look for her.

Toyokawa Shoko was already a suspect, and on top of that, Ningzi's mental state was a little worrying...

Xiangzi ran with unprecedented speed, and this time she didn't hesitate about whether to go to the old house first or the park first.

She had a very bad feeling... going back to the old house would definitely bring misfortune!

Black crows flew by, their cries of mournful farewell echoing through the air, their cacophony preventing Xiangzi from thinking clearly.

While running, Xiangzi didn't forget to call Ruoye Mu.

"Hello? Xiao Xiang? What's up...?"

"Xiao Mu! Have you seen Ningzi?!"

"No, has something happened?"

"Ningzi is missing! I just got home... and Ningzi is gone again!"

"what?!"

Lying in the basement staring blankly at the ceiling, Wakaba Mutsumi moved the guitar off her and rushed upstairs without hesitation to go out.

Mu's heart skipped a beat as she recalled the night she had waited outside the ward.

Xiangzi didn't sleep that night either. They just sat outside the emergency room, watching the sign that read "Resuscitation in Progress" glow on its own.