After that, Ai made up an excuse and left the ward without saying a proper goodbye to Kousuke.

Watching Ai's departing figure, Kōyū chuckled softly.

...

After resting well in the hospital for three days, Guangyou was discharged on the last day before the New Year.

Most of his wounds have healed, and as long as he doesn't get injured again or do anything strenuous, he should be fine.

After being discharged from the hospital, Kōyū first went to see Ai.

The development of the antidote is at a critical juncture, so he didn't tell Ai about being discharged from the hospital.

"Why were you discharged from the hospital?" Ai asked, looking Kōyū up and down after finishing her work. "Didn't I tell you to rest in the hospital?"

“Hospitals are so boring,” Guangyou said, pointing to a wound on his arm that had started to scab over. “Anyway, it’s mostly healed.”

"Honestly, they didn't even tell me beforehand," Ai said, somewhat disgruntled.

"I didn't want to disturb your antidote development," Guangyou explained before changing the subject, "By the way, how's the antidote coming along?"

"The situation is not bad."

"The first-generation antidote should be ready in a few weeks."

After telling Kōyū about the current status of the antidote, Ai gestured to the large stack of documents and experimental equipment on the table and said to him:

"Thanks to your information, otherwise the process would have been much slower."

The information related to APTX4869 was one of Guangyou's gains.

A few days ago, when Xiao Ai visited him in the hospital, he handed these documents to her.

That day, he used a program he wrote on Friday to bypass the firewall to find information about APTX4869 in the computer database of the research lab at the winery headquarters, and brought it back on a floppy disk.

"Finally, I can actually help you in a substantial way." Guangyou smiled from the bottom of his heart when he saw that the information he brought back was useful.

"Mmm," Ai replied.

"By the way," Kōyū said, remembering what happened three days ago, "Ai, you haven't replied to me yet."

He reminded Ai:

"It's about what happened three days ago."

Whenever that incident is mentioned, Ai seems to see the scene from that moment and hear Kyou's voice.

A faint blush rose to her cheeks, and her expression became somewhat unnatural.

Seeing her adorable appearance, Guangyou, on a whim, deliberately frowned and asked her:

"You haven't forgotten, have you?"

Or perhaps...

"I haven't forgotten." Ai shook her head and denied it immediately.

How could she forget?

Don't say she forgot; for the past three days, whenever she had free time, when she closed her eyes to go to sleep at night, or even in her dreams, she would think of that moment.

Even three days later, her mood would still fluctuate because of that moment.

"So what's your reply?" Kōyū asked, looking at Ai with some anticipation.

"Wait a moment."

After saying this to Kousuke, Ai turned around, walked to her desk, took a letter out of the drawer, and then returned to Kousuke and handed him the letter.

She then said:

"The reply you requested."

When he saw Ai hand him a letter, Kōyū paused for a second.

love letter?

To be honest, he really didn't expect Ai to reply to him in this way.

It was the first time he had ever received a love letter.

Although he was really looking forward to the contents of his first love letter, Kousuke asked Ai first.

"Then I'll tear it down now?"

"Let's dismantle it." Ai nodded in agreement.

After receiving Ai's consent, Kousuke took the letter and sat on the edge of the bed. Ai sat down next to him.

Full of anticipation, he opened the envelope, took out the letter inside, and began to read:

To the important you:

I've been so busy researching the antidote lately that I haven't been able to spend time with you. I'm sorry.

But you probably won't mind, right? (￣▽￣)~*

I'm not good at expressing my feelings for you, so I wrote this letter...a love letter.

When I first met you, I thought you were a strange person.

I only realized you're a really nice person after spending some time with you.

Before I met you, or more precisely, before I realized that I had even a slight liking for you, I never thought I would agree to be with you.

Perhaps I didn't like you as much back then as I do now. The reason I agreed to your request might be because you saved my sister.

But looking back now, whatever the reason, I made a wise decision back then.

My life has changed quite a bit since I got together with you.

Things that would normally be incredibly boring for me have become interesting because of your presence.

Besides the interesting things, there were also a few unpleasant accidents.

Thankfully you're safe and sound, otherwise I really wouldn't know how to take responsibility for my immaturity.

It was your understanding and patient companionship that allowed me to see the sunshine.

You are always there for me when I need you, shining on me and warming me like a ray of light.

Thank you for patiently staying by my side all this time, even when I was still immature.

Thank you for letting me see the sunshine.

I don't think I'm as good-looking as you say, and my personality isn't good either. I'm not always pleasant to talk to, and sometimes I do things that are a bit willful.

I once thought that the person who should be with you is a girl who is better and cuter than me.

But I soon regretted it.

Ultimately, I still hope that the girl who can be by your side and create beautiful memories with you is not an imperfect me.

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