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Dostoevsky was stripped of his citizenship.

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Hospital.

"You scared me to death!" Hinata Natsu walked into the ward and saw that Kawakami Wakai was still able to wave and greet her as if nothing had happened. She immediately felt that she had worried about this guy for nothing.

"During the morning assembly, the homeroom teacher suddenly said that you had an accident and couldn't come to school for the time being. It scared me to death!"

"But speaking of which—" Hinata Natsumi thought back to when she called her aunt at school and learned that the accident was caused by the driver running a red light while drunk, and she felt indignant. "It's simply outrageous! Doesn't an adult understand the principle of not drinking and driving?"

"You bet! Apparently, it was overloaded! Seven people in one car, seven people!" Kawakami Wakana chimed in, "And my phone was smashed too!"

In the past few days, her parents even thought that she needed to rest and recuperate, fearing that she would not be able to control herself like she was at home and would always be looking at her phone. So they decided to wait until Ruoyi's condition improved before buying her a new phone.

The six people in this ward are all patients with plastic surgery (1) related diseases. Most of those with these diseases are middle-aged and elderly people. Ruoyi doesn't have much to talk about with them. Their daily conversations are nothing more than "Hello" and "Are you going for a check-up?" Unfortunately, her left leg was fractured and she had to have surgery. She also has a metal plate in her leg and can't even get out of bed.

The thought of the days she would spend lying in bed staring blankly at the ceiling made Ruoyi hate the driver who caused the accident even more.

"I knew you'd be bored." Seeing her friend's expression, as if she wanted to write a 10,000-word essay on the principle of "don't drink and drive," Hinata Natsu smiled and quietly placed something in Wakana's hand.

"Here, take this."

“My brother just came back from Brazil not long ago. His phone was bought before he went abroad, so to celebrate his successful graduation, my parents bought him a new phone.”

"I secretly took the one that was replaced. I've also inserted the card for you, and the password is 1234."

"but--"

At this point, Hinata Natsumi's tone became more stern: "Right now, Nyan-chan, your most important thing is to recover. You can look at it when you're bored, but you absolutely cannot play it secretly at night."

“Yes, yes, Aunt Xia,” Ruoyi said jokingly.

As soon as Hinata Natsu heard the word "Mom," she immediately tried to snatch the phone back as a joke, but seeing that Kawakami Wakana was smiling, she laughed a few times as well.

"Well then, Meow-chan, you get some rest. I'm going to my tutoring class now!"

"Bye-Bye--"

Ruoyi sighed only after Hinata Natsumi's figure disappeared from the ward.

Speaking of which...

Given her current condition, she definitely won't be able to attend the conference this summer. It's so frustrating!

Before she had a cell phone, Ruoyi complained about being bored every day, but now that she actually had a cell phone, she couldn't think of anything she could do with it.

Since the hospital ward is a public place and I can't use video chat, I can only log into a chat app to let my classmates know that I'm all better...

To her surprise, after entering the password, the first thing she saw was the "Jinjiang" app lying quietly on her phone's home screen, and it was even on the first page.

The software was originally recommended to her by Hinata Shoyo, and it was already on her phone, so there was nothing strange about it. But looking at the green icon of the software, she suddenly remembered that "kind-hearted Lucia."

To be honest, after she apologized to the Lucia man, she had an accident before she could check if he had replied. Then came surgery and identifying the vehicle that caused the accident, and she didn't even log onto the app for over half a month.

Since I have nothing else to do, I might as well log in and take a look.

Ruoyi assumed that since she was opening the app on her new phone, she would at least have to go through the process of entering her account and password. However, as soon as the loading screen finished, she was immediately taken to the chat interface.

Moreover, that definitely wasn't Hinata Shoyo's account.

Because the only person in the chat list is that smiling mouse avatar.

"...?"

For some reason, Ruoyi suddenly felt a chill, but looking at the red circle 1 above the rat icon indicating it was unread, she still clicked on it without thinking.

[The kind Luciaman: It's alright.]

"..."

She was genuinely apologizing, and all she got was this one sentence?

"You... are you really angry?" Kawakami Wakana subconsciously sent a message asking.

…………

Fyodor did indeed pretend to be angry and ignore the kitten for a few days.

On the one hand, such behavior of ignoring people when angry is indeed in line with the behavior of teenagers, but on the other hand, Kawakami Wakana's words did indeed make him feel inexplicably hurt.

As a result, almost half a month passed by after that.

Perhaps sensing that he was "angry," the cat, who had previously been so outgoing and talkative, hadn't sent her any messages.

Just as Fyodor thought he was about to "calm down," a message popped up just as he was about to type.

[Meow: You... you really are angry.]

"..." They certainly know how to find an excuse for him to back down.

However, Fyodor originally intended to continue chatting with the other party, so he took the opportunity to disembark.

A little.

The system immediately indicated that the other party was typing. After seemingly hesitating for a long time, Miaozi sent a long string of Japanese text that made his head spin, just like when they first added each other as friends.

I clicked translate without hesitation.

[Meow: Waaaaaah, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to be offline for so long! Actually, something unexpected happened. Drunk driving! You've probably heard of drunk driving, right? I got hit by a driver on my way home from school!! It was the day after I added you as a friend.]

[Luckily, I'm a cat, and I have nine lives. Aside from a broken leg that requires surgery and some scrapes, I'm fine!]

My family wants me to focus on treatment; I only got my phone back today.

"..."

Fyodor couldn't help but rub his temples.

This guy...

Although, given the other person's carefree tone during the chat, it was probably just a rant. But... given that he's the type to overthink things, he couldn't help but wonder if it was because his feigned anger and cold attitude had distracted the other person.

Thinking about it this way, Fyodor suddenly felt embarrassed to pretend to be angry anymore.

He immediately typed and sent:

But I'm not angry anymore.

My mother also lectured me, saying that real-life friendships are more important than virtual characters.

A cat's head popped out in confusion.

[Meow: Mother? Who do you think you are, some rich young master or something?]

[Meow: While it's true that Japan places great importance on hierarchical relationships, and has indeed developed honorifics for this purpose, unless you're from a wealthy family that values ​​good manners, who would call their mother that?!]

[Meow: At your age, I could accept you just calling me Mommy.]

"..."

Mommy...

This is definitely inappropriate...

Fyodor suddenly felt a chill.

He decided to change the subject: "You said the other day that you downloaded this app to learn English."

I can practice with you for a while.

The driver, who claimed to be a kitten in the hospital, had some free time and immediately sent a grateful cat emoji, followed by a long string of English.

They silenced Fyodor directly.

This looks like... a self-introduction.

What kind of nonsense is this, like "I am a movie" and "I can't describe my age below the neck"?

"..."

During our chat that day, Miaozi mentioned that her English wasn't good. Fyodor assumed that her poor English simply meant using the wrong clauses, the wrong tenses, or insufficient vocabulary.

But this...

It's really, really bad.

He had no choice but to correct him:

It's "I'm female," not "I'm film." Also, that word sounds too formal. In spoken self-introduction, "girl" is perfectly acceptable, and besides, gender isn't usually required in self-introductions.

Does "I'm sexteen years old" mean you're sixteen? Aren't you eighteen? Eighteen is eighteen, and sixteen is also sixteen.

Miaozi quickly sent a thank-you message with a meow emoji.

You're so kind!

[But seriously, are you really Russian? With your English level, are you not a true Englishman or American?]

"...?"

Fedor, a native Lucia, was stripped of his citizenship today for explaining the difference between sex and six.

I'm a little too lazy to explain.

Too lazy to explain, Fyodor looked up at the computer in front of him.

For the past two weeks, he hadn't just been giving Miaozi the cold shoulder. He also tried checking her household registration.

Although the other party lives abroad, given Fyodor's hacking skills, finding a female high school student shouldn't be a problem.

Strangely, whenever the answer seemed about to appear, it was as if another hacker blocked it, and nothing could be found.

Fyodor: "..."

No matter how you look at it, it's just investigating a naive high school student; shouldn't it be prevented from doing so?

He looked down at the cat avatar.

If the other party's "high school girl" identity is the same as his, and it's just a persona, then even he might have been fooled...

He really is an enemy who is as troublesome as that person.

Osamu Dazai.

…………

After resting in the hospital for another half month, in July, the steel pins used to fix the broken bone in Kawakami Wakana's thigh were finally removed.

In the past two weeks, neither her father nor her mother mentioned buying a new phone; they probably plan to consider it after she is discharged from the hospital. Fortunately, she has the phone that Xia Jiang lent her, so the days aren't too boring.

During this period, Kawakami Wakana almost made it a habit to log on to "Jinjiang" every day to chat with the Lucia people.

Their common language was movies, so as if they had reached a consensus, Ruoyi spoke in English and Lucia spoke in Japanese, and they talked about the movies they had both seen.

Just recently, they shared several good movies from their respective countries.

Ruoyi discovered that this Lucia man, besides being rather introverted and always speaking very concisely, also seemed to be...

Second disease.

She's a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur) who really loves superpower movies and talks about "superpowers" with her from time to time.

"..."

However, this introverted person with chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) might actually crave friendship more than any other cheerful person!

Kawakami Wakana unconsciously put herself in the shoes of a "friend" and even made up her mind to go to the convenience store downstairs to buy a pair of headphones and watch all the movies recommended by the Lucia people when she had time.

But unexpectedly—

After carefully leaving the ward with crutches, she saw her parents and attending physician in the hallway.

Kawakami Wakai:!

Without realizing it, she thought of scenes from the movie.

If a patient is diagnosed with an incurable disease, doctors will usually communicate with the family first to avoid upsetting the patient.

It shouldn't be... right...

She was only hospitalized because of a broken bone.

For some reason, even though she didn't think she was that unlucky, Ruoyi still subconsciously felt she shouldn't eavesdrop. Without thinking, she found a spot out of the other person's sight and hid.

At this moment, the surgeon who performed the operation on her is looking at the X-ray:

"The recovery is going very well. With rehabilitation training, it will not affect daily life."

But her mother's expression did not improve because of those words.

“Doctor,” she said cautiously, “my daughter… has been playing volleyball since elementary school, and she’s always said that her dream is to one day appear in the Olympics. Given her condition, is it possible for her to continue playing?”

Kawakami Wakai:!

What do you mean by whether or not you can continue playing?

I clearly heard Xia Jiang say that her brother, Xiang Yang, has also suffered injuries to varying degrees over the years, but it hasn't affected his ability to play basketball...

Suddenly, I felt like my heart was being clenched.

The doctor sighed and said:

"Kawakami-san, just as I said when Wakami-chan was brought to the hospital, your daughter... in addition to fractures of the tibia and fibula, also has some damage to the meniscus. Although current medical techniques can help her walk normally, her strength and agility will still be affected."

"In this situation, playing volleyball as a hobby is not impossible. But if you want to become an athlete, it's unlikely..."

[Author's Note]

Keep running with your head in your hands

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