Anime Crossover: About How I Spoiled an Angel

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Nevertheless, her instincts led her to fulfill her job duties immediately.

Then, she quickly and skillfully used a barcode scanner to scan the barcodes of the large pile of ingredients in front of her into the computer.

[So many ingredients? That's quite a feast...]

Kyoko Sato muttered to herself, and only after scanning everything did she look up and put on a professional smile.

"Hello sir, I'd like to scan your QR code."

"Ah."

Su Qing showed her phone payment code, but Sato Kyoko did not react.

[Holy crap, it really was him!]

Aren't you going to sweep?

Seeing that the cashier had not responded for a long time, Su Qing reminded her.

"Oh, sorry, sorry, I'll scan it right away."

As if waking from a dream, Kyoko Sato hurriedly paid Su Qing's bill and then waited for the machine to print out the invoice. "Here is your invoice. Please keep it safe."

After paying the bill, Su Qing did not leave immediately as Sato Kyoko had imagined, but instead stood in a spot not far away.

[Is he waiting for his girlfriend?]

Kyoko Sato suddenly became a little nervous.

When she first met Su Qing, she only had one impression of him: he was handsome.

But this was only the third time, and she realized that the other person was not just handsome.

It also possesses a certain indescribable quality.

[If only... my blind date would be like him, or even be him...]

But he already has a girlfriend.

So Kyoko Sato could only dream about it.

[But surely it's okay to take a few more glances?]

She comforted herself in this way, but her gaze remained fixed on him.

Even looking at Su Qing who had just landed, some extremely bad thoughts even sprouted in his mind.

However, such gazes had already caught Su Qing's attention.

As Su Qing's figure drew closer in Sato Kyoko's surprised eyes, her heart pounded faster and faster.

"Have we met somewhere?"

"Yes, yes, yes...that's right. I was the one who did the lucky draw for you guys last time..."

Kyoko Sato was surprised that Su Qing would take the initiative to talk to her. Could it be that her gaze was bothering the other party?

"I mean, the one at the mall."

Su Qing directly broke through the Dao.

"Waaaaah, I was wrong! I was just momentarily out of my mind, I absolutely didn't mean to follow you!"

Unexpectedly, her brief tailing attempt had already been discovered. While feeling relieved that she hadn't continued following, Kyoko Sato quickly admitted her mistake.

"Don't be nervous. I just wanted to ask if something's wrong?"

Su Qing smiled and gestured to Sato Kyoko not to be nervous.

"W-What is it...?" Kyoko Sato murmured repeatedly.

What could possibly be wrong with her?

Does eating dog food count?

When she looked closely at Su Qing's eyes.

She never imagined that someone could have eyes that were so beautiful.

Like the arrival of night, when the stars shine brightly.

On a whim, she asked a question she hadn't even considered.

I want to ask you, what is 'love'?

As soon as she finished speaking, she realized what strange questions she had asked.

[Ugh, what am I even asking?]

"I...I...I just said it offhand, just pretend I didn't say anything!"

Kyoko Sato frantically waved her hands repeatedly.

I wish she hadn't come to her part-time job today!

"It's nothing. Please continue and tell me why you wanted to ask this."

"Well... my blind dates haven't been going very well lately. Although their families seem quite nice, I just don't like any of them..."

After hearing Su Qing's words, Sato Kyoko had no choice but to continue speaking.

"Did you have a conflict with your family?" Su Qing asked.

"There's a contradiction, I guess..." Sato said uncertainly, "But I heard that in my mother's generation, people relied on arranged marriages and such, and they didn't seem to have much of a choice... Anyway, I feel like I shouldn't be making this decision so early, you know..."

"Don't want to settle?"

"Yes, that's exactly what I mean."

Kyoko Sato nodded like a chick pecking at rice; she just thought he was really amazing.

"Phew, I'm actually a little scared. I'm scared that one day I'll end up like my mother, with no choice but to hastily end things. I don't want that."

Sato sighed and then said.

Logically speaking, she shouldn't have confided so much to a stranger.

But the person in front of her seemed to have this magic, making her willing to confide everything.

She even...enjoyed the process.

"So do you think your mother is just making do?"

"I don't know... I can't explain it..."

"I understand. But you know that the chances of finding [love] are very small?"

Why is everyone saying that...?

Kyoko Sato nodded weakly. "That's what my mother told me too. She also said that when I get older, I won't have the energy to love anymore."

She vaguely believed it.

She had read a book that said:

At the age of five, a person might run a kilometer to a field just to catch a butterfly.

When you're ten, you might run all over town to find an ice cream.

At nineteen, a person can travel alone to an unfamiliar city for someone they like.

At twenty-nine, one can simply find someone to spend the rest of their life with, just for the sake of making a living.

Her passion seemed to have truly been worn away little by little by time and loss, just as her mother had said.

"So, are you ready to be single?"

Su Qing waited a while, seemingly waiting for Sato to finish thinking, before asking the question.

"Preparations for being single?"

Kyoko Sato repeated blankly, her eyes darting around.

"Being prepared not to compromise with life or the world—if you don't want to settle, this is the only way, isn't it?"

"I... I don't think I understand it very well, it's a bit too advanced..." Kyoko Sato said with rare embarrassment.

They all looked to be the same age, and she was even a senior about to graduate.

As a result, he couldn't understand anything.

"You'll understand someday. Just remember, if you don't want to regret it later, don't easily choose to reconcile with the world before you've put in the effort. That's enough."

"okay."

Kyoko Sato nodded, seemingly understanding.

"Qing...Qing-jun, I'm here."

Not far behind, Mahiru's voice came, sounding somewhat hurried.

They must have jogged over.

"It seems your girlfriend is back... I appreciate you talking to me about this."

Kyoko Sato felt somewhat disappointed for some reason.

However, she still bowed deeply to Su Qing with gratitude.

"It's nothing, I didn't really help you."

Su Qing waved her hand.

This time, however, he did not deny the other party's statement.

At this moment, Mahiru had already come to his side. She suddenly and naturally took Su Qing's arm, with a smile on her face.

"Qingjun, shall we go home?"

"Didn't you buy anything else?" Su Qing asked.

"It's the same if we buy them together next time."

"next time?"

"Ok!"

Seeing Mahiru's attitude, Su Qing didn't say anything and didn't care about Mahiru's sudden gesture of taking her hand.

We bought a bit too much food, so we packed it in two plastic bags.

Because Mahiru was holding one of her hands, Su Qing had to use one hand to carry the two bags.

"let's go."

Mahiru urged.

"okay."

Su Qing responded.

Kyoko Sato watched the two leave with a smile, until they reached the glass door, at which point Su Qing suddenly turned back and asked:

"Speaking of which, didn't your mother say anything else?"

[Other...?]

By the time Kyoko Sato came to her senses, the glass door had already slowly closed.

My mother did say something at the end...

What did they say again?

Kyoko Sato suddenly felt a gust of wind pass by.

It was just like the gust of wind that carried away her mother's last words when she left home.

—It happened to blow in when Su Qing and Zhen Zhou left.

Kyoko Sato remembered.

She actually heard it.

She just didn't dare to answer.

"Whatever choice you make, Kyoko, as long as you're happy..."

The mother's voice was choked with sobs.