Standing outside the gate, watching the busy girls in the yard, Xue Cai felt a little lost and at a loss. But after a moment, she sighed softly.

Really? There's a new owner...

For Xuecai, this was not something that she could not accept. After all, both of them had left this world, so they naturally did not need this house, so it was natural to sell it to someone else. And perhaps... this also meant that she also needed a brand new start. In this case, she should also make her own choice.

Thinking of this, Xue Cai looked deeply at the garden in front of her again, and then planned to turn around and leave.

However, at this moment, the blue-haired girl seemed to have noticed Xue Cai's gaze. She put down the tools in her hands and came to the gate.

"Hello, what can I do for you?"

"Ah, no... this..."

In response to the blue-haired girl's question, Xue Cai quickly waved her hand.

"Sorry to bother you, I was just passing by..."

After saying this, Xue Cai turned around and was about to leave, but at this moment, she heard the voices of girls talking behind her.

"Chtholly."

"Hmm? What's wrong? Nephren?"

“Where do I put this?”

"Warehouse..."

"But the warehouse is locked... Fang Zheng said he doesn't know where the key is?"

"Where's Qiong?"

"Qiong doesn't know either..."

"There's no other way. First open the lock and then replace it with a new one..."

Dome?

Hearing this name, Setsuna paused for a moment, but soon shook her head. There are many people with the same name, just like Sakura, there are who knows how many people there are in Japan. She must have heard it wrong...

But at this moment, a familiar voice was heard.

"Setsuna?"

"Touma?"

Hearing the voice, Setsuna was startled, then turned around and saw Touma standing at the door, staring at her in surprise.

"Wait, what's going on? Why are you here? Weren't you in Europe? When did you come back? Why didn't you notify us?"

At this moment, Xue Cai couldn't help herself, and hurriedly ran to Dong Ma, grabbed her hand and asked. Facing Xue Cai's question, Dong Ma seemed to be a little unsure of how to answer. But fortunately, at this moment, Fang Zheng appeared.

"Let me answer this question."

"Who are you……"

Looking at Fang Zheng, Xue Cai was stunned for a moment, while Fang Zheng raised his hand with a smile.

"Hey, long time no see..."

"Is he Kasugano-kun's brother?"

“…”

What you said makes me not know how to respond.

Although it was a bit awkward, Fang Zheng still invited Xue Cai in and explained what happened to her...

"Why--?!!!"

After listening to Fang Zheng's explanation, Xue Cai screamed.

"You are Kasugano? But...you..."

"I know you will have doubts, but this is my true self..."

Looking at Xuecai who looked confused and at a loss, Fang Zheng shrugged helplessly. It was no wonder, after all, for Xuecai and the others, Fang Zheng and Qiong had only been away from them for less than a year at most, but now Fang Zheng looked like five or six years had passed... The gap was indeed too big.

"So, Touma went to your world?"

"Yes, that's why we sent her back. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to come back."

“I see…”

Hearing this, Setsuna cast a meaningful look at Touma, who turned his gaze away and stared at the floor beside him. Seeing Touma like this, Setsuna also sighed and continued.

"Okay, I roughly understand what's going on. To be honest, I still don't quite believe that you're Kasugano-kun, but since Qiong and Touma both said so... then..."

Xue Cai blinked and looked at Fang Zheng again.

"So...will you still leave?"

"Of course, but this time will be different from before. I will build a channel here to connect this world with our world."

"Why?"

Xue Cai was obviously a little surprised by Fang Zheng's answer.

"Why do you do this?"

"Because there are some small problems. To put it simply, through the incident with Touma, I discovered that as long as people in this world meet certain conditions, it is very easy to go to our world. But it is very difficult to come back. Just ask Touma and you will know. This time I sent her back specially, and the journey was not easy..."

Having said that, Fang Zheng spread his hands helplessly.

"If you, the world, or Setsuna accidentally travel to my world in the future, I will have to do it all over again. It is not only troublesome, but also dangerous. Therefore, I decided to build a passage in this world. This way, even if something goes wrong, it will be easy to solve."

"Uh... um..."

Because she was too shocked, Xue Cai didn't know how to understand Fang Zheng's words. She just felt that her mind was full of confusion, as if someone had opened her head and stuffed all the language, mathematics and foreign language knowledge into her. Fang Zheng's words contained too much information, so Xue Cai felt a little headache...

"Okay, that's all for today. I know you still have a lot of questions, but I'll stay here for the next few days, so you don't need to worry that we'll leave again. Touma, it's time for you to go home."

"Ah, um..."

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Dong Ma also stood up stupidly and left the living room with Xue Cai. It was not until the two of them left that Qiong came over with a smile.

"elder brother."

"Hmm? What's up?"

"What are you going to do?"

"It's up to them to choose."

Fang Zheng still looked very calm, and Qiong blinked as he looked at Fang Zheng in front of him.

"Brother, I have a question."

"What's the problem?"

"Have you ever actively pursued anyone?"

"No."

This time, Fang Zheng shook his head decisively.

Although Fang Zheng had relationships with quite a few women, he never actively pursued anyone, whether before or after his rebirth. Frankly speaking, Fang Zheng never lacked women, and if he were in many girls' comics and novels, there would be such a character.

For example, a male protagonist is handsome, suave and romantic (30,000 words omitted below), and is surrounded by all kinds of beautiful women. However, this man either plays around with flowers or is not interested in women. Then he meets an ordinary female protagonist, and his eyes suddenly light up. He thinks this is an "interesting woman", and then he loves her to death and treats other women rudely... This kind of thing, strictly speaking, only happens in stories.

In fact, at Fang Zheng's current stage, he has no interest and will not take the initiative to pursue a woman.

Because it would be unfair to other people.

Frankly speaking, if we follow the definition of "love" in romance novels, few of the girls around Fang Zheng fit the definition. Tilia's love for Fang Zheng is just like that in her nature, while Kuang San's gratitude is more about repaying a favor.

Homura Akemi, on the other hand, longs for redemption and support because she has been reincarnated alone for too long.

Atalanta, needless to say, was completely tamed.

As for Eriri, Kuroneko, and Asuna, dependence and love each account for half and half. In this regard, Suguha and Kasumigaoka Utaha are not much different.

As for Xiao Hei and Qiong... let’s talk about that another time.

Of course, these girls must have a crush on Fang Zheng (except Atalanta), otherwise they wouldn't make such a choice. But they definitely wouldn't be in love with him to the point of wanting to commit suicide at any time, as in romance novels.

For example, as for Kuang San, Fang Zheng couldn't imagine that she would cry and hug himself and yell, "Don't you love me anymore? I don't want to leave you, why do you treat me like this..." and other poor rumor-mongering lines.

Fang Zheng is not like the male protagonist in a romance novel, who would pursue an "interesting woman" at all costs to find the so-called "true love" when he sees her. That is something that only young and frivolous teenagers would do. He is a mature man and must learn to be responsible.

As for that bullshit statement like “You only lost a leg, but she lost her love”…there’s no need to mention it.

"Why……"

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng touched Qiong's head and sighed.

It is only in this kind of world that one would think about such things when he is bored.

I don’t know how Touma and Setsuna are doing.

At the same time, Touma and Setsuna also arrived in front of the station, and Touma nodded to Setsuna.

"Well, Setsuna, I'm going back."

"Uh-huh?"

Hearing Touma's words, Setsuna nodded subconsciously at first, then was suddenly stunned and grabbed Touma.

"Wait, you're really going back!"

"Where else can I go if I don't go back?"

Facing Setsuna's answer, Touma was also stunned, and after hearing her answer, Setsuna pressed her forehead helplessly. Although she had long known that Touma was not good at this, she had never thought that she would go to this extent. Why did Kasugano want her to leave? Did Touma really not consider it at all in her heart?

"Don't you understand? The reason Kasugano-kun asked you to go home was so he could go with me... Never mind, it's hard to explain this to you. I'll go to your house today too! Not only me, I'll also ask Sekai and Setsuna to come with me!"

At this point, Setsuna raised her head and stared at Touma. Under Setsuna's gaze, Touma couldn't help but curl up his body.

"You must explain to me clearly what happened before!"