Truth is everywhere within range

Friday.

After school.

Qiao Qiao rode his scooter to a residential area in Shinjuku.

Pressed the doorbell and was quickly connected.

"Hello, I'm Qiao Qiao"

Before he could finish speaking, the door opened.

Crossing the yard, Qiao Qiao was about to knock on the door, but found that the door to the house seemed to have been opened in advance.

"excuse me."

Qiao Qiao saw the slippers placed aside, put them on, and came to the living room.

"Sorry, I'm a little busy."

Higuchi Sayoko was wearing a dress with a maple leaf pattern and black pantyhose, and was placing a plate of cookies on the coffee table in the living room.

"Please take a seat."

After letting Qiao Qiao sit down, she served him a cup of tea.

Well, is it black tea today?

Qiao Qiao smelled the mellow fragrance, which seemed to be quite high-end black tea.

"This is the study material for these two days."

Qiao Qiao put a thick stack of information on the coffee table, picked up the black tea and took a sip.

"Thanks."

Higuchi Sayoko accepted the information and then took out the notebook she had put aside.

"I didn't quite understand something about this in the last note."

"Huh? Is space vertical and parallel? It's true that it's easy to get confused when you first come into contact with it."

Qiao Qiao quickly took out a pen and explained it to Higuchi Sayoko on the draft paper prepared by her.

After drinking the black tea, Qiao Qiao subconsciously picked up the cookies on the table.

I don’t know where I bought the biscuits. The shape seems a bit strange and not very regular.

But the taste is quite good, the sweetness is just right, and it balances well with the black tea, leaving an endless aftertaste.

"Huh? Ah, can you say"

Qiao Qiao found that Higuchi Sayoko seemed to have been watching him eating cookies and seemed to realize something.

"Is this biscuit that Higuchi-san is going to eat himself?"

It was so rude to pick it up and eat it without permission.

"It doesn't matter, I was planning to eat at this time."

Higuchi Sayoko looked away.

Um?

What's the matter with the ambiguous atmosphere between two people who like each other in this kind of love animation?

Qiao Qiao turned his attention back to his notebook.

The three-dimensional geometry composed of points, lines and surfaces is really a great discovery of mankind. No matter how many times you see it, you will find it interesting.

After explaining for more than half an hour, Higuchi Sayoko nodded with satisfaction.

"The next time I come here should be Monday, um, but Sakamoto-san asked me not to disturb Higuchi-san so frequently while you rest."

Qiao Qiao stood up and said as if he remembered something.

"Well, it's okay."

Higuchi Sayoko held her notebook and sent Qiao Qiao to the door of her house.

"I'm very happy that Qiao Sang can come."

After saying goodbye, Qiaoqiao left Higuchi Sayoko's home.

Haven't had time to start the motorcycle yet.

Qiao Qiao saw a girl in school uniform.

It's Natsume's poetry.

"Natsume-san, did your family originally live here?"

Qiao Qiao asked.

Natsume Shishi did not answer, but looked at the residence next to Qiaoqiao.

"Qiao Sang, do you have time now?"

She spoke.

"I want to talk to you about Sayoko."

At a family restaurant near Shinjuku.

"This is the omurice you ordered."

The waiter served the omelette rice to Qiao Qiao.

Looking at Qiao Qiao, Natsume Shishi sighed and said.

"Qiao Sang, to be honest, I hope you can stay away from Sayoko, at least don't break into her life in this way."

"Speaking of which, Sakamoto-san also said something similar, telling me not to have too much to do with Higuchi-san."

Qiao Qiao used a spoon to break up the omurice rice and mix the rice and sauce evenly.

"Although I don't know the specific reason, I guess it has something to do with Higuchi-san's health, right?"

"Well, Sayoko and I met when we were freshmen in high school."

Natsume's poem did not directly answer Qiao Qiao's question, but began to talk about the past.

"At that time, I was responsible for bringing the weekly lectures to Sayoko just like you are doing now."

"That child seems to have been in this state since elementary school."

"Qiao Sang, aren't you curious why you never meet Sayoko's parents at her house?"

"This is because her parents only come to see her once a week on weekends and live in another house the rest of the time."

"Sayoko goes to the hospital for a check-up once a week. Other than that, she almost never leaves the house."

"According to Sayoko's junior high school classmates, you can still see Sayoko's smile at the beginning, but I have never seen it."

"The child was like a doll, beautiful, but also cold, as if nothing in the world would attract her attention."

"But these are just appearances. In fact, she is a very afraid of loneliness. As long as you treat her a little better, she will regard you as a friend."

Natsume's poetry talks a lot.

Including various things when getting along with Higuchi Sayoko.

To Qiao Qiao, she was just a clumsy girl who didn't know how to get along with outsiders.

"Since she is so good, why are you not willing to get close to her, or even let others get close to her?"

Qiao Qiao asked after finishing his omelette rice and taking a sip of juice while listening to Natsume's poem.

"Is this a plot about a terminally ill young girl?"

Qiao Qiao thought of the hospice ward he visited yesterday.

If it's someone who has less life left, you really shouldn't get too involved with it.

"No, although Sayoko is indeed not good at sports, her body is still very healthy. It can even be said that no one is healthier than her."

Natsume Shi replied, looking at the remaining coffee in his cup with some hesitation.

"Does Qiao Sang know about 'Shenyin'?"

she asked.

"Does it mean that children are abducted by strange things, disappear for a period of time, and then reappear, or forget their memories, or have missing limbs?"

Qiao Qiao answered.

Shenyin is real in this weird world.

Some monsters are weird and will use various means to abduct children. In the past when information was underdeveloped, this situation would be called "divine hiding".

Of course, in this case, the child will probably never come back.

There have also been cases where children disappeared for a period of time and then reappeared.

This kind of mysterious disappearance will probably make the child become strange, probably because of the strange influence.

"When Sayoko was in the fifth grade of elementary school, she went into hiding for a while."

"It was during the summer vacation, about two weeks ago. At that time, her parents contacted various institutions, including the shrine, but could not find any whereabouts of Sayoko."

"But one evening later, Sayoko suddenly appeared at home, on her bed."

"The body is intact and there is no abnormality mentally."

"Since then, Sayoko has been in that situation."

Natsume Shi lowered his eyes and lightly traced his fingers across the rim of the cup.

"This incident is also recorded in the files of the Soul Exorcist Association. Through Sayoko's own memories and the results of channeling, people have been able to partially reconstruct what happened."

"Sayoko seems to have been abducted by a powerful monster, but the other party did not harm Sayoko. He only asked her to make a wish and said that no matter what kind of wish it was, it would come true."

"Sayako made a wish at a young age to become the happiest girl in the world."

Natsume Shishi paused and looked at Qiao Qiao.

"Then her wish came true."