[You feel that your relationship with Asagiri Mizuki is not going well. ]
[In your memory, Asagiri Mitsuki is a woman who would leave without saying goodbye when in love, so you have become alert. At the same time, your failed experience with Nai Xiling is like a drizzle that lasted for three years, which basically extinguished your passion for love. Therefore, it is difficult for you to arouse real interest in Asagiri Mitsuki's closeness.]
[When you are dating Asagiri Mitsuki, you often think of Nao, Yuko or Reina from a place, a sentence or an action. Asagiri Mitsuki is not without charm, but your mind is involved with other women, and it is difficult to concentrate and appreciate her beauty.]
[At first, you would force yourself to agree to Asagiri Mizuki's date request. You would go to popular online stores, go shopping, watch movies, and walk around. Gradually, you began to be perfunctory. When you found that your perfunctory attitude would not hurt Asagiri Mizuki, you began to simply refuse.]
[You put your extra energy into your studies. You majored in mechanical engineering. Because of your ability and attitude, you were quickly recognized by a professor and joined his team, starting from marginal work.]
[After graduating from college, you continued to study for a master's degree and a doctorate under that professor. After obtaining your doctorate, you used the professor's recommendation letter to join a medical device company and worked in the R&D department.]
[At this time, you are already 28 years old.]
[Asano Nao is still staying at home. Four years ago, under your urging, she became a light novel writer. She is more famous for her mystery than for her works. She never attends banquets at the library or book signings. You attend award ceremonies that require her to show up on her behalf.]
[Ibuki Yuko, like you, just got her doctorate. She failed the interview at your company and went to another company nearby. You often go to get off work together. In front of outsiders, you call each other brother and sister.]
[After graduating from graduate school, Nakajima Reina went to teach at the junior high school of Tsukimi Junior High School. She is very popular in the school. Every time you go to see her, you will receive many hostile looks, but the girls in the school will help you glare back.]
[Chishou Kazumi is still studying for her doctorate. She has encountered some setbacks and has no idea how to graduate. She has learned to drink and often takes you to a pub to complain.]
[After graduating from college, Asagiri Mizuki worked in a clothing company for two years, then quit her job and officially became an online blogger. She is a little famous in the fashion field.]
[You and Asagiri Mizuki are still dating. You two are more like roommates than lovers.]
[After you had worked for a year, your parents began to urge you to date, and your sister wanted to introduce you to her best friend. They didn't know that you were dating Asagiri Mizuki, so you just brushed them off.]
[After you turn thirty, you feel it’s time to put an end to your relationship.]
[That day, you finished your work for the day and drove back home. Asagiri Mitsuki did not greet you at the entrance. Your relationship abandoned polite etiquette.]
[You put down your briefcase, unbuttoned your coat, sat on the sofa and watched TV for a while. Asagiri Mizuki came out of the study. She leaned on your shoulder and you kissed her lips.]
You ask her about her future plans.
A short memory scene appears.
On the elastic sofa, Nan Youxi hugged his girlfriend's body, which was even more elastic than the sofa.
"That's right. Yuki is already thirty years old, and I'm going to be turning thirty soon. It's time to put an end to our relationship." Asagiri Mitsuki pondered.
"What are you going to do?"
"I don't hate Yuuki, but is it really okay to marry me? Yuuki likes Nao, Yuko, and Reina more than me, right? Even her relationship with Chishou Kazumi is deeper than mine."
"If I marry one of them, the relationship between the five of us will fall apart."
"That's too much. Wouldn't marrying me affect your relationship?"
Asagiri Mitsuki pretended to be angry and hit Minami Yuki's shoulder with her small fist, neither too hard nor too light.
Nan Youxi looked at her girlfriend who was pouting. Her silly and angry expression was very cute, but she was not that kind of woman.
All her liveliness and enthusiasm come from her performance.
In the first one or two years of their relationship, Asagiri Mitsuki performed seriously with full emotions and a moving look. After she was sure that Minami Yuxi had seen through her disguise, she performed less, and this reduction was limited to not performing actively.
"That's the result," Nan Youxi replied.
"Then don't I become a tool?" Asagiri Mizuki stared into Minami Yuxi's eyes.
"Am I not also your tool?" Nan Youxi asked back.
"No, I really like Yuuki-kun."
"Forget about the lies. You said before that you hate all men except me."
"It's really disgusting!"
"I just don't feel anything. It's not to the point of disgust at all."
"Yuuki is so perceptive!"
"So what's your answer?"
Nan Youxi asked her again. As she just said, Nan Youxi lacked feelings for her, but Nan Youxi thought it was not bad, they got along well.
Asagiri Mizuki suddenly lowered her head, and after a moment, she turned to look at the sky outside the window.
"What do you think marriage is? What is love?" Her words lacked the seriousness and liveliness.
Before Nan Youxi could think, she turned her face back and said with a smile: "Of course I agree, I want to marry you."
She put her arms around Minami Yuki's waist: "This is quite relaxing. If Yuki really liked me, I would feel guilty."
[She agreed to your proposal and decided to marry you.]
[That month, you took her to your hometown and introduced her to your parents.]
[The next month, she introduced you to her parents. It was a harmonious family and her parents were very satisfied with you.]
[In the autumn of the following year, you held your wedding and you and she became husband and wife.]
[Marriage has not brought any changes to your lives. You spend more time with Nao, Yuko, Reina, and Kazumi than with her. Sometimes, you spend more time with Oda Yota than with her.]
[She doesn't care about it. She likes music and art. You often play the piano for her.]
[In this life, you have too many worries. When you attend her family gathering, you remember that you forgot something.]
[At the party, you met Asagiri Saki.]
(End of this chapter)