Chapter 105 The sky clears after the rain
It was almost noon when we walked out of the arcade.
The rain had become much lighter, but it still did not stop.
The sky was covered by gloomy clouds, like a gray veil. There were few people on the pedestrian street, and only a few umbrellas could be seen walking through the water curtain. The street was filled with moisture, mixed with the smell of dust, bringing a slight chill.
The trees on the roadside kept pouring down raindrops, and the leaves swayed in the breeze, making a rustling sound like whispers. The shop signs were covered with rain marks, and the lights made the rain curtain hazy and gentle.
Two umbrellas, one tall and one short, were moving side by side on the street. Cuiqiao and Xialiang walked under the umbrellas, and there was some silence for a moment.
And in the end, it was Delphinium who spoke first: "Is this really okay?"
"What's the matter?" Xia Liang asked back with a chuckle.
"You know."
"I don't know."
"Why should we plead for them?"
Delphinium sighed: "When you winked at me that time, wasn't that what you meant? To tell me not to be too violent."
To be honest, when she first saw Xia Liang being harassed by some bad people, and even the "friends" who had almost harmed Xia Liang, her first reaction was to call the police.
Magical girls are not police officers, and they have no obligation or need to punish ordinary people, but calling the police is something that everyone can do.
Even if the other party is just a group of minors, Fangting City also has a special youth guidance team responsible for punishing and supervising young people who have violated the rules.
However, Xia Liang didn't seem to want to do that, which was why he repeatedly hinted it to Cuique at that time.
Cuique chose to respect the wishes of the person involved, and finally forced the other party to apologize. The slapping and warning were only carried out in a place where Xia Liang could not see, just because she was really a little annoyed.
There were many people talking in the arcade, and she did not ask Xia Liang the reason for his choice at that time, but now, she had to ask clearly.
"I don't mean that. I'm just looking forward to your great power, young senior."
In response to Cuiqiao's question, Xia Liang spoke jokingly, but after seeing the calm and serious look on the opposite side, he gradually closed his mouth and the smile gradually faded.
The boots tapped against the wet ground, and for a moment the only sounds under the umbrella were footsteps and breathing.
"…If I have to say it, it's because we are actually the same people."
She said softly, "Not being loved by family members, not being accepted by the collective, they will eventually come together and want to make themselves look stronger."
"Some people gradually went astray, and some people gradually gave up trying. It's just that everyone has been abandoned once by the group, or even by their loved ones, and they are extremely afraid of being abandoned again, and they begin to fall together."
"Sometimes, when I look at them, it's like looking at another me. If I hadn't met Xiaolu, Xiaoqianshen, and Moko, I would have become like them one day."
"This mentality is strange, isn't it? It's like seeing another self who couldn't be redeemed. Even though I know it's futile, I still can't bring myself to do it."
Two umbrellas turned and floated around the corner, and raindrops slid off the umbrellas and splashed onto the concrete curb of the sidewalk.
"But they tried to harm you."
Delphinium calmly replied: "In the face of other people's malice, excessive kindness will only hurt yourself."
"Even so, I chose to give them a chance. Because even if it was only for a short time, Li Yaqing had shown me kindness."
Xia Liang also said seriously: "When I was alone and surrounded by rumors, and was laughed at and isolated by other classmates, she told me 'this is cool' and wanted to be friends with me."
"If she hadn't been there at that time, I might not even be alive here, and I would have done something more impulsive. After all, when I first lost my parents, I once thought about committing suicide."
"If I had committed suicide at that time, I wouldn't be able to meet you now."
"So, this is actually a selfish emotion of mine, but I wish she could get better."
"Because we were once 'friends' and had pursued 'love' together, I hope that she can learn what is right and wrong, come out of it, and be happy. If she is targeted by the Youth Guidance Team, then she will only be punished."
Xia Liang's words seemed a little vague in the rain, and his thoughts were intertwined, leaving behind "So I agreed, but I will only give them one chance."
Delphinium looked sternly at the gradually weakening rain curtain and said, "I also hope that the words I left for her can make her realize what can be rewarded and what will face punishment."
"If they have learned their lesson and seen the reward, but still cannot move on from it, then we can no longer blame the outside world. At that point, human nature is the most difficult thing to change."
"Just like magical girls, each magical girl was originally chosen with a pure heart. However, when a magical girl starts to do evil and commits sins, we cannot use "she was originally a good child" to excuse her."
"Good deeds should be rewarded, and bad deeds should be punished. Even though the world is not like this in many cases, we should keep this in mind."
Finally, the two stopped at an intersection, because that was the middle section of the pedestrian commercial street. A traffic light stood at the intersection, stopping them in their tracks.
——"Really? That's too serious, young senior."
Xia Liang suddenly smiled: "Today is our date, let's just let this little episode pass. If this topic interferes with our good mood, that would really make me sad."
"It's not a 'date', is it?"
Hearing her words, Cuique forced herself to relax her eyebrows, let out a long breath, raised her head and glanced at Xia Liang: "We are just hanging out together. This phrase is a bit inappropriate for the situation."
"Eh? But I seriously think we're on a date."
Xia Liang said this, moving closer to Cuique, bringing the two closer together: "Look, hanging out with someone you like, going to a place with memories, and even saving a beautiful girl, isn't this a perfect date script?"
"Every word matches, but every specific concept has been replaced."
Delphinium commented with droopy eyelids: "What do you mean by 'someone you like'? Wouldn't it be more accurate to say 'friend' or 'partner'?"
"Hey, isn't it more romantic to say it this way?"
Xia Liang chuckled, but suddenly realized something and raised his head towards the sky: "Ah, has the rain stopped?"
Delphinium also raised her head and looked along the dividing line between the umbrella and the sky. She saw that a gap had appeared in the dark clouds in the sky, and a little sunlight penetrated the clouds, illuminating the originally dark street.
"Let's go have lunch before the second half."
Putting away the umbrella, Xia Liang smiled and said to Cui Jin: "Today's date is far from over, right?"
(End of this chapter)
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