My Avatar is Becoming the Ultimate BOSS-Chapter 711 - 384: The Kimono Girl’s Confession

"Are you very scared?"

"Yeah."

Ayase Origami was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "Then I'll find you in the wardrobe."

"What if I don't want to come out?" Xia Pingzhou asked, lowering his head.

"Why?"

"Because they won't let me out, they told me to wait inside for them," Ji Minghuan said. "If you come to the wardrobe to find me, I won't go with you."

"Then I'll hide in the wardrobe with you."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"Although the me back then wouldn't step out of the wardrobe, this me might agree to that."

After saying this, Ji Minghuan was silent for a long, long time.

He suddenly closed his eyes, imagining that stormy night, the pounding outside the wardrobe, the deafening roar of thunder.

In his eyes at that time, the world seemed like a wild beast, baring its fangs and claws.

The boy hid in the wardrobe, watching vigilantly outside, his heart pounding, pupils constricting in fear.

At this moment, he turned his head and suddenly saw a little girl in a kimono hiding in the wardrobe too. She hugged her knees, turning her head to stare at his eyes in the darkness, like an alert little black cat.

He looked at her curiously, the girl was as serene as a doll, calming his mood just by being.

A moment later, the girl in the kimono gently held his hand. At that moment, it felt like the sound of rain and wind stopped, and the world was silent.

In that dimness, Ji Minghuan slowly opened his eyes. In the room, he lowered his eyes and saw Ayase Origami quietly holding his right hand that was resting on the bed.

"What about you, what nightmares do you often have?"

He felt the cool warmth from her palm and asked softly.

The kimono girl was silent for a moment.

"Dad chokes my neck, saying to me, 'Why do you smile like mom, it's clearly me who killed her.'" She said softly, wearily closing her eyelids.

In her mind appeared the face of a repulsive man, yelling angrily, choking her neck forcefully. She turned her head and saw her mother's photo fall to the ground. In the photo, her mother was still smiling, a kind smile that gradually twisted.

"Don't be afraid, I'll kick him away." At this moment, Ji Minghuan suddenly said.

The next second, in Ayase Origami's mind appeared a black-haired, black-eyed boy. He ran over, leaping like a cartoon character, swinging a kick at the man's body.

"He's an adult, you're a child," the kimono girl said softly.

No sooner had she spoken, the boy kicked the man's waist. The man's body, like a mountain, remained unmoved, continuing to choke the kimono girl's neck in fury.

The boy in a hoodie tilted his head, then said:

"It's okay, then I'll kick him where it hurts."

After saying this, the boy kicked the man's lower body, making him howl in pain, finally releasing the girl's neck.

The kimono girl was momentarily stunned.

The boy held the kimono girl's hand, pulled her up, and started running, pulling her along. He knocked down a paper screen, opened the wooden sliding door, and ran towards the yard of the Japanese-style house.

In the yard that day, two rows of cherry blossom trees were in full bloom, falling petals swept across their cheeks like pink snow.

"You can smile."

The boy, running through the flurry of cherry blossoms, turned his head and said. The kimono girl stared at his face for a long time.

"Why?" she asked.

"Why does there need to be a reason? Because your smile is beautiful, it doesn't need anyone's permission. Don't listen to that nasty old man, he is nothing."

As the boy spoke, he pointed to the distorted, howling man behind them, "Only an ugly monster wouldn't let someone smile."

The girl looked at him, raising her eyes then lowering them, the world bright yet dark.

"Yeah."

Moments later, she suddenly curled her lips into a smile at him.

The boy stared at her blankly. After a while, he suddenly asked:

"Hey, can you smile only for me?"

"Why?"

"Because I like you."

"Like?"

The girl was puzzled, tilted her head.

"Yes, like." The boy nodded, "When you like someone, you want her to smile only for you."

"Then..." the girl said softly, "I like you too."

The boy was momentarily stunned, then suddenly smiled, holding her hand as they ran through the cherry-blossom-strewn autumn day, as if leaving the whole world behind.

In the dim room, the kimono girl, unknowingly, fell into a deep sleep, her lips still holding a faint curve.

Xia Pingzhou lowered his eyes, quietly watching Ayase Origami's sleeping face. She seemed to sleep more peacefully than ever, her breathing more regular, her hand still gently holding his fingers.

After a while, Xia Pingzhou let out a long breath, then lay down on the bed.

He slowly closed his eyes. Listening to the harmonious breathing of the girl, he felt more at peace than ever before. Soon after, he fell into a deep sleep.