"good afternoon."
Chiju Kazumi and Minami Yuki greeted the girl together.
Minami Yuxi sat down on the chair next to her, and Chishou Kazumi was about to put the flower branch in her hand into the vase on the bedside cabinet.
Reina Nakajima watched Chiju Kazumi's actions, her eyes were soft and her expression was peaceful.
Chishou Kazumi was a little nervous and couldn't pull off the rope on the flower for a long time. Minami Youxi stood up and took the flower from her hand.
Nakajima Reina's attention then shifted to the boy.
Like Chiju Kazumi, Minami Yuki was also struck by the elegance of Nakajima Reina when he first saw her. Her long black hair draped behind her white neck reminded him of the empress or princess in the Taiga drama.
The difference is that the actors in TV dramas can show this elegant temperament because of fake makeup, affected manners and gorgeous dresses, but Nakajima Rena does not need any decoration, she just sits there normally, and her elegance is like her soft long hair, which falls neatly on her back.
The flowers were arranged, and Minami Yuki sat back in her chair. Chishou Kazumi was so nervous that she forgot to introduce herself, so Minami Yuki sat for a while and said her name.
"My name is Minami Youxi, and Mr. Nakajima takes good care of me at school." His words were very polite.
"My name is Chizumi Chizumi." Chizumi Chizumi hurriedly followed.
Minami Yuxi keenly noticed that after hearing their names, Nakajima Reina showed a look of surprise for a moment.
Has she heard of me and Chizumi? From Nakajima Yohei
Nan Youxi thought again, the girl looked surprised now, was it because she didn’t recognize us at first
He instantly understood Nakajima Rena's situation. The girl had probably heard a lot about herself from Nakajima Youhei, but had never seen him.
After introducing herself, Minami Yuki took advantage of Nakajima Yohei to bring up the topic and talk to the girl.
The girl on the hospital bed listened quietly.
[The first meeting was not smooth. You were unsure of Nakajima Reina's personality, and Chishou Kazumi kept your topic conservative. After sitting for an hour, you left the hospital.]
[You figured out why Nakajima Reina had contact with you even though they had never met. It was because Nakajima Yohei told her a lot about you, but this understanding did not give you any guidance.]
[Nakajima Reina is polite and gentle, and the atmosphere of your conversation was good, but the word "good" is just a form of self-consolation. Your conversation failed to go deep into your heart and only stayed at the surface of courtesy.]
[Does Nakajima Reina really have a one-sided crush on you? You can't help but wonder, but from the polite way the girl talks, you can't sense her passionate emotions.]
[You think of Ibuki Yuko, both girls look ordinary. ]
[The difference is that the doll girl's blandness is a kind of resistance, and you can clearly feel the dislocation of this blandness, while the blandness of the princess girl is not a disguise, but more like her nature. ]
[You go back to Asano's house to pick up your schoolbag, and you walk Chiju Kazumi to the subway entrance. Chiju Kazumi praises Nakajima Reina's beauty to you, and you communicate with her absentmindedly.]
[The next day, you find Nakajima Yohei and ask him about his daughter.]
[The meeting, which you thought was not smooth, seemed to be well received by Nakajima Reina. Nakajima Yohei invited you to spend more time with his daughter if you have free time.]
[After school that day, you went to Chigusa University Hospital again. ]
[Chishou Kazumi is not a variable. Even if she is not here, your relationship with Nakajima Reina has not progressed. Your conversations are still superficial, without strong collisions of ideas or emotional ups and downs.]
[The girl's smiles and frowns are just the sunlight reflected by the shallow ripples on the surface of her soul. Under the surface of the water is silence.]
[You didn't give up. Every afternoon after school, you and Chishou Kazumi took the subway together. The girl went home and you went to the hospital. When you separated on the way, Chishou Kazumi looked at you with a somewhat resentful look.]
[You hope that the daily meetings will change the situation, but after a semester, you and Reina Nakajima have made no substantial progress except that you get along more naturally and casually.]
[Yohei Nakajima and Honoka Ibuki got married. Yuko Ibuki accepted this new father calmly, but refused to change her last name to Nakajima. At her request, Yoohei Nakajima rented a house near the Asano residence. ]
[Yuko Ibuki appeared in Nakajima Reina's ward as her younger sister. Every time you go to the hospital, she will sit by the bed. ]
[Her presence bothers you, and you can't be alone with Nakajima Reina. You deliberately disrupt your visit time and even come to the hospital at night.]
[But no matter how you attack, Ibuki Yuko will always follow you to the ward soon after you arrive. ]
[You soon realized that it was Reina Nakajima who tipped off.]
[The visiting hours at Chikusa University Hospital end at 8pm. On this day, you arrived at the hospital at 7:30pm.]
Memory scenes appear.
The hospital is silent at night. Although regulations allow visiting patients at night, few people come.
Nan Youxi walked quickly under the fluorescent lights. The hospital was a strange place. Although the lights were bright, it gave people a feeling of uneasiness as if they were walking in the dark. Perhaps it was because the hospital was close to death. The lights might be able to dispel the darkness of the material world, but they could not dispel the concept of darkness in people's hearts.
There is a plaque with Nakajima Reina's name on it on the wall next to Ward 303. This is a long-term hospitalization building, and every patient in it will stay here for at least a few months.
Minami Youxi knocked on the door twice and pushed it open without waiting for Nakajima Reina to respond.
Sure enough, Nakajima Reina was reaching for the phone on the bedside table to send a message to Ibuki Yuko.
"If possible, I would rather spend some time alone with Sister Reina." Nan Youxi pulled over a chair and sat down next to the bed.
Nakajima Reina hesitated for a moment, then retracted her hand that was reaching for the phone. She agreed to Minami Yuki's request.
"I set out just because I saw Yuko go back." Nan Youxi took the orange, the orange segments were tender and juicy.
Nakajima Reina laughed, and her words were full of joking reproach: "Don't let Yuko hear this, she will be angry for a long time."
"Why does Sister Reina always help Yuko?" Minami Youxi asked directly.
The slow progress in their relationship made him a little anxious, and he wanted to know what Rena Nakajima was thinking.
"Because it was my lovely sister's request?" Nakajima Reina said jokingly, "Yuuki-kun, on the other hand, obviously gets along well with Yuko, but he keeps avoiding her. It's really confusing."
"Because the one I like is Reina-san."
"Provoke? If Xizi hears this, she will be very upset with me as her elder sister."
"Then marry me, so that Senior Sister Yuko won't have any more thoughts."
"Yuuki-kun really likes to joke around."
"I'm not kidding!"
"Isn't it?" Nakajima Reina looked at Minami Yuki's face.
“…Okay.” Nan Youxi scratched his head. After spending such a long time together, although he had a good impression of this princess-like girl, he couldn’t say that he loved her.
Although Nakajima Reina's appearance and temperament are both top-notch, Minami Yuki is not a superficial person who only looks at appearance. If he falls in love, it must be that the girl's heart has collided with his heart. What can make him linger and play happily must be the girl's complex emotions. He and Nakajima Reina do not have these.
He looked into the girl's eyes and continued, "It's true that I haven't fallen in love with Sister Lingnai yet, but this is Sister Lingnai's fault. As long as Sister Lingnai agrees to marry me, I believe I will fall in love soon."
"It seems like a financial scam that tricks people into investing," Nakajima Reina complained.
"What will it take for Sister Lingna to agree to marry me?"
"No." The girl replied.
"why not?"
"I haven't talked to Yuki-kun about my condition yet, have I?" The girl turned her head and looked out the window at the dark night. There was no moon, the stars were dim, and the shadows of the bushes and trees in the garden stood on the ground.
She continued, "Don't be fooled by the fact that I can sit and lie down and look healthy. In fact, due to heart problems, I can't do any strenuous exercise. Yuxi-kun is a normal male with desires, right?"
"I do not mind."
"In about three or four years, I will have to undergo an operation. The success rate of the operation is very low. When I am on the operating table, most of the things pushed out are corpses."
"I do not mind."
"Yuuki-kun is too willful."
Instead of refuting the boy, Nakajima Reina said something with pampering and tolerance, which made Minami Yuxi feel frustrated.
"Yuko is a very good child and she likes Yuki-kun very much." Reina Nakajima changed the subject.
"In fact," Minami Yuxi brought the topic back to the topic, "Even if Sister Reina is healthy, my proposal will still fail, right?"
Nakajima Reina was silent for a moment, and then she spoke in a gentle voice: "After all, whether it's for me or Yuuki-kun, such an emotionally deficient proposal is very embarrassing, right?"
"That's right." Nan Youxi sighed.
They looked at each other and smiled together.
[You and Nakajima Reina had a frank conversation, and you were like outsiders, pointing fingers at your relationship. She pointed out that you didn't love her, and she didn't have a crush on you. You might be very good friends, but you weren't a couple who loved each other.]
[Is what Nakajima Reina said true? Is she just missing you, but not loving you? Is this a disguise because of her illness, or is it her true heart?]
[You think this is not important. What is important is that you do not love this princess girl. You lack the opportunity for love. ]
[You reduced the frequency of going to the hospital from once a day to once every two or three days. You and Nakajima Reina are still good friends, but there is no romantic atmosphere between you.]
[Your obsession with Nakajima Reina has faded, and the figure of Ibuki Yuko, who always sticks to you, becomes more and more vivid in your mind. ]
[In the spring of my second year of high school, Ibuki Yuko confessed her love to you wearing cat ears, a maid outfit and white stockings, and you agreed.]
[Reina Nakajima sends her blessing for your relationship.]
[Nakajima Yohei breathed a sigh of relief. This year, he had been very worried about the love triangle between you and his two daughters. Now, your relationship has finally come to an end.]
[He felt a little regretful, regretful that his own daughter could not get your love. He knew that this was the closest Reina had ever been to love, and if he missed this chance, his daughter would never have the chance to fall in love again.]
[After graduating from high school, you were admitted to the School of Medicine at Misaki University. You had let go of Reina Nakajima, but you still wanted to do something for her. ]
[In the second semester of your freshman year, Nakajima Reina passed away. You were her best friend.]
[Simulation ends]
(End of this chapter)