Chapter 562
What Should I Do in the Final Moments?
Chapter 562 What Should I Do in the Final Moments?
Takanashi's living room.
Takanashi Seifu sat in a corner of the sofa, staring down at her phone, her thumb hesitating over the send button on the screen.
“If I don’t send this blessing text message to Kitahara Kento, it would seem too strange of me.”
"But what if Amamiya-san sees this? Won't she scold Kitahara-san? Are they together now?"
After struggling several times, and repeatedly stopping herself from pressing down, Takanashi Seifu finally gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and pressed down with her thumb.
"I hope Amamiya-san doesn't see this," she thought to herself.
After sending the message, Takanashi Seifu remained seated, looking down at the message box on the screen.
"I hope my wording was alright."
How will he reply?
Outside the living room, Gao Li's mother was watering the plants.
After emptying the kettle, Gao Li's mother weighed it a few times, straightened up, and looked at her daughter who was still sitting on the living room sofa with her head down.
His daughter, who had suddenly lost her boyfriend before even confessing her feelings, had been motionless for a long time, staring blankly at her phone with her head down.
"Isn't your neck tired?" Gao Li's mother thought helplessly.
"Whispering wind".
"Huh?" Takanashi Seifu quickly turned around and looked at her mother outside the living room.
"Could you help me find where the fertilizer is?"
"Ok."
Takanashi Seifu hurriedly got up, her movements seemingly swift but her mind elsewhere as she searched for fertilizer.
A little while later.
"Which one should we use?" Gao Lixu handed it to her mother.
Takanashi's mother turned around and looked at her daughter, scrutinizing her from head to toe.
"What's wrong with me?" Takanashi Seifu asked, feeling a little guilty.
“It’s nothing,” Takanashi’s mother, who knew perfectly well what was going on, patted her daughter’s shoulder. “You look beautiful today too. Put it on the table and go rest for a while.”
Gao Lixu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She hadn't figured out how to tell her mother yet, and she felt very embarrassed.
"Then I'll go back to my room."
Like a deserter, Takanashi Seifu put down the fertilizer and hurriedly left in a sorry state.
Back in my room, I closed the door, and just then, a notification sound rang.
Takanashi Seifu quickly took out her phone and turned on the screen.
It really was Kitahara's reply!
"Thank you, but a gift is more surprising when it's a little mysterious."
Gao Lixu finished reading softly and pondered silently.
"It seems like there shouldn't be any problems."
"Would it seem too deliberate of me to suggest bringing back a gift?"
How should I reply?
"Let's not reply. It would be bad if Amamiya-san saw it. Kitahara-san probably thinks the same way."
The Kashiwagi family.
Kashiwagi Mayu slowly opened her eyelids little by little.
She stared blankly at the spots of light on the ceiling, slowly waking up for about ten seconds. Turning her head, she saw that the fluorescent electronic clock on the bedside table showed 10:23.
"This time it took twelve hours and twenty-three minutes."
Kashiwagi Mayu was lost in thought.
Despite having slept for more than twelve hours, she felt that her brain was still not clear, as if her brain cells were degenerating, her thinking was sluggish, and her reactions were slow.
She slowly sat up in bed, got out of bed sluggishly, and pushed open the door while still somewhat dazed.
Today, the living room is finally empty.
The mother, who thought she was being clever, always assumed that her daughter was depressed because of a breakup. To prevent her from becoming depressed and doing something rash, she would lie on the sofa every day and wait for her until she woke up and opened the door.
"Finally, some peace and quiet."
"Finally awake, I slept for a really long time this time."
Just as Mayu Kashiwagi breathed a sigh of relief, she suddenly heard the sound she didn't want to hear again.
Are you hungry?
She turned around and saw her mother, who had just finished showering, combing her hair while looking her over.
"I'm not hungry," Mayu Kashiwagi replied calmly.
She paused for a moment, then said, "You can rest assured now, I'm perfectly fine."
Kashiwagi's mother remained noncommittal, combing her hair as she passed by her daughter and sat down on the sofa.
"This is the first time I've seen someone who's been heartbroken and sleeps all day." She looked her daughter over carefully again.
“I’m not heartbroken. I’ve said it several times, I’m not heartbroken,” Kashiwagi Mayu immediately corrected. “Hmm, you’re not heartbroken.” Kashiwagi’s mother put down the comb and looked at her daughter thoughtfully.
Although this disobedient girl stays in her room all day, and it's unclear whether she's sleeping or doing something else, she certainly doesn't seem like someone who's heartbroken and devastated.
Okay, sleeping is never a bad thing, it's just that I slept for a bit too long.
Kashiwagi's mother got up and stretched.
"Alright, alright, I won't bother you anymore. Just stay home and have some peace and quiet. Contact me anytime if you need anything." Kashiwagi's mother said as she went back to her room. "Whatever you want. I'm going to work. I'll be busy for the next few days."
Kashiwagi Mayu didn't reply and turned to walk towards the bathroom.
She splashed water on her face, gently rubbed her eyes, and deliberately slowed down all her movements until she heard the sound of a door opening and closing outside. Only then did Kashiwagi Mayu turn off the tap and dry her face.
Quietly turn the doorknob and peek out.
Mom has indeed passed away.
Kashiwagi Mayu finally stopped dawdling and walked briskly out of the bathroom.
She glanced at the clock; it had taken her more than forty minutes to wash and groom herself.
Although I had only been awake forty minutes, a hazy sense of drowsiness was gradually taking over my mind.
Narcolepsy.
Side effects of dream control.
It's getting worse.
Last night, she fought off her sleepiness and fell asleep at 10 p.m. sharp. She didn't wake up until 10:23 this morning.
Even after sleeping for twelve hours, she still felt unwell. She tested it and found that no matter how long she slept, she would feel sleepy again soon after waking up; after a maximum of four hours, her eyelids would start to droop, she would feel mentally exhausted, and even walking felt drowsy.
In other words, it's 11 o'clock now, and she'll have no choice but to go back to bed for a nap at 3 pm at the latest.
Then I slept until about 6 pm and woke up naturally. Then I fell asleep again around 10 pm because I couldn't resist the drowsiness.
She needs to sleep at least fifteen hours a day out of twenty-four!
This was only because she forced herself to stay awake; otherwise, she would have slept even longer!
"Could it be that I'm going to die?" Mayu Kashiwagi muttered to herself as she sat on the sofa.
"One day, I closed my eyes, and then I just fell asleep and never woke up again."
This was a very bad and dangerous scenario, but given the current situation, she had no choice but to consider the worst-case scenario.
Kashiwagi Mayu leaned back on the sofa, looking exhausted.
"If I were really about to die, what should I do with the little time I have left?"
"Want to try your favorite food?"
"Browse your favorite places?"
"Go do what you like?"
Kashiwagi Mayu thought about it silently for a long time and realized that these things didn't interest her much.
"There's nothing I particularly want to eat, nowhere I particularly want to go, and nothing I particularly like to do."
Kashiwagi Mayu was lost in thought.
A few minutes later, she suddenly realized that she should say it this way.
"Enjoy your favorite food with someone you love."
"Visit places you love with someone you love."
"Do the things you love with the people you love."
"That's how it should be," Mayu Kashiwagi murmured softly.
"But do I have enough time?" Mayu Kashiwagi's heart sank, and sorrow welled up within her.
"Moreover, the two people I like are in different situations. One of them is heartbroken and in a bad mood, and her family is about to go on vacation to Hawaii. Given my current state, it's definitely not okay for me to agree to go with Xufeng. It would only make Xufeng more worried and sad. The other person already has a girlfriend and there's no way she'd come to be with me."
Thinking about all this, Mayu Kashiwagi fell into a long silence.
"If all else fails, are we left with no choice but to rely on hospitals or research institutes? Are hospitals and research institutes capable of handling this?"
Kashiwagi Mayu was completely bewildered and stood motionless in a daze.
After a while, she took out her phone and tapped on Yuwei's profile picture.
Yu Wei.
She met someone online.
She is about ten years old, very cute and pretty, and looks very much like Xufeng when she was a child, you could even say they look almost exactly the same.
Like her, Yu Wei claimed to have also been poisoned by the side effects of the "Gu virus".
Yuwei also has an older brother, who is also a second-year student at Mine High School.
This is all the information she has about Yu Wei.
On the day we met at the school anniversary celebration, Yu Wei said that she would contact her again during the winter break.
Mayu Kashiwagi moved her finger, edited a message, and sent it to Yumi.
"How to address the side effects? Is there any further progress?"