Chapter 456

(So, is this the second season of the spin-off, or the fourth season of the main series?)

(It should be the second season of the spin-off... right?)

Amidst a barrage of comments, the story finally began to play on the Sky Screen.

To everyone's surprise, although the program playing on the Sky Screen was a spin-off, it wasn't the first episode.

It's episode 0.

That is, it means the prologue.

Outside the window, snow was falling heavily. A girl with long gray hair and a sickly beauty sat leaning against the hospital bed, watching the snowflakes flutter down.

She stared intently at the falling snow, watching quietly for a while, then suddenly got off the hospital bed, sat in the wheelchair, went to the window, and placed her hand on the cold windowpane.

The girl was very close to the window, and her breath, moist with moisture, sprayed from her mouth and nose, falling onto the windowpane and forming a large mist.

After admiring the snow scene up close for a while, the girl placed her hand on the window handle, trying to open the window.

She wanted to experience the falling snow outside for herself.

However, just as the girl made a move, the door to the ward was suddenly opened.

"Good afternoon, Ayaka!"

Click.

With the sound of the door being slid open, a young woman with short gray hair, who looked somewhat similar to Ayaka, appeared in the doorway of the ward.

Ayaka stopped moving and turned to look behind her:

"Aunt Sanae... wait? What's this...?"

The girl greeted her aunt, but as soon as she turned around, she saw a boy of about ten years old with short silver hair standing behind Sanae.

The little boy was hiding behind Sanae, watching her nervously and timidly.

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"Ah, this..."

Upon hearing this, Tsukinomiya Sanae chuckled softly. As if she had thought of something amusing, she said to Ayaka:

"I found it on the street, it looks cute, so I brought it with me~"

"..."

Ayaka froze, looking expressionlessly at her aunt, silently picking up the phone from the table beside her, turning it on, and holding it to her ear:

"Hello? Is this 110? I've found a kidnapper here..."

"Ahhh! Wait, wait, wait! Just kidding! Just kidding!!!"

Seeing that her beloved niece was about to "sacrifice family for the greater good," Tsukinomiya Sanae quickly stepped forward and said:

"While it's true I found him, it happened several days ago, and the child has forgotten his past, so I temporarily adopted him! I didn't kidnap him!!"

It took Sanae a lot of Kung Fu to finally convince Ayaka that she had not committed a crime.

After the commotion, Ayaka lay back down in bed. She looked at the boy sitting properly on the sofa in the hospital room reading a book, then turned to Sanae and asked:

"... What exactly is wrong with this child?"

"Well, it all started a few days ago."

Sanae peeled an apple for Ayaka and briefly explained how she met the boy.

A few days ago, when Sanae was leaving work, she encountered a boy lying in the snow in an alley.

The boy was only wearing thin clothes and had nothing else with him.

There was nothing to prove their identity, and there were no patterns on their clothes that could serve as clues.

To prevent the boy from freezing to death on the street, Sanae had to take him to the hospital and notify the police at the same time.

Strangely, the police couldn't find the boy's information in the system, and they also couldn't find any clues by comparing him with other recently missing children.

If things had continued this way, the boy would probably have been sent to an orphanage.

But... Sanae had the idea of adopting him.

"Look, isn't this child adorable? In my opinion, he'll definitely grow up to be a very handsome young man! Although he looks only ten years old,... I might be able to wait..."

Before Sanae could finish speaking, Ayaka picked up her phone again, expressionless, and dialed the police number once more.

"You're kidding, right?!" Tsukinomiya Sanae quickly snatched Ayaka's phone, rolling her eyes. "Can't you trust your aunt a little more?! Do you think I'm that kind of person?!"

"Yes."

Ayaka responded without hesitation.

Tsukinomiya Sanae, enraged, shouted, "What!? You actually thought I—"

"Do you think I don't know you drew these comics: <The Boy Next Door Is an Angel>, <The Sibling Tales of Another World>, <Being Loved by a Kid Ten Years Younger Than Me>?"

"That...that is..." Tsukinomiya Sanae's anger flared.

"Furthermore, I also know that you openly made lewd comments about certain teenage idols on the forum using a secondary account."

Ayaka said expressionlessly.

Tsukinomiya Sanae's anger subsided, and she lowered her head before her niece, muttering:

"That... that's just a hobby... hobbies are hobbies, but in reality I would never actually lay a hand on a minor..."

Ayaka remained expressionless, silently glancing at the boy beside her.

The boy, caught up in the argument, tilted his head and looked over with curiosity, his gaze fixed on Ayaka's phone, moving with it.

Noticing Ayaka's gaze, Sanae felt even more guilty. She said, "After all... wouldn't it be too pitiful to really send him to an orphanage? So..."

Although Sanae did have a tiny bit of selfishness, compared to this insignificant selfishness, Sanae felt more sympathy for the boy.

With no past, no memory, and no useful clues to be found on him, Sanae worries that if she really sends him to an orphanage, she will soon hear news of his disappearance.

That's why Sanae decided to temporarily adopt him.

We'll decide what to do next after he regains his memory or after we find his family.

That's what Sanae thought.

Ayaka also understood that although her aunt, who was only in her early twenties, had a few hobbies of her own, she was still able to distinguish between what she should and shouldn't do.

The conversation with Sanae just now was mostly a joke. Ayaka doesn't believe that Sanae adopted the boy out of selfishness.

So after the joke, Ayaka suddenly asked Sanae:

What's his name?

"Huh?"

"Since we adopted him, shouldn't he have his own name? What's his name?"

"Oh, Yuki." Sanae waved to the boy beside her, beckoning him over, before formally introducing him to Ayaka: "Because I found him in the snow, and he has forgotten his past, I named him Yuki, Tsukinomiya Yuki."

After saying that, Sanae said to the boy Yuki, "Yuki, her name is Tsukinomiya Ayaka, she is my niece, you can call her Ayaka- neechan."

Tsukinomiya Yuki looked at Sanae, then at Ayaka, and finally whispered:

"Ayaka... Sister..."

"..."

That one word, "sister," brought an Ayaka's otherwise dim eyes.

From that day on, Ayaka gained another family member.

(Is this the girl who appeared in the post-credits scene of season three?)

(That's her, they all have the same model of phone.)

(So when does this timeline take place?)

(It should be a few months after the main story's timeline, right?)

(Why not a few months ago?)

(Wait, didn't you guys notice how much this boy looks like my cousin when we were little??)

(Holy crap! It really is!!)

(So this boy is most likely the cousin, but I don't know why he lost his memory...)

(So that means it's indeed a few months after the main story's timeline...)

Because in the main story, Xiao Bai 'passed away' in the spring, it was impossible for it to snow so heavily.

So if the boy in the Sky Screen really is Fang Ming, then it could only be a few months after Xiao Qiu and the others discovered Xiao Bai's last words video.

And the time should be either December or January of this year.

Only at this time of year is it possible for such heavy snow to fall.

So, barring any unforeseen circumstances, this should be the start time of the main storyline, which is about six months before Aurora arrived in the Eastern Ocean District.

However, these don't seem to be the main point...

"Brother Fang Ming!!!!"

Xiao Chun pointed at the boy with short silver hair in the Sky Screen, her cheeks puffed out in anger, and said:

"You're flirting with other girls again!!!"

"?"

Fang Ming slowly typed out a question mark.

What does the girl I flirted with in the Sky Screen have to do with me in real life?

Wait a minute! When did I start flirting with other girls?!

"Xiao Chun, watch your words," Fang Ming said helplessly. "This isn't flirting, and didn't you notice? The one in the Sky Screen has already lost his memory."

"I don't care, I also want to hear you call me 'Sister Xiao Chun '~"

Xiao Chun was in the wrong, yet she was still defiant.

Fang Ming saw through everything in an instant.

The green-haired girl didn't actually care who Fang Ming had seduced in the Sky Screen; she just wanted to use it as an excuse to get more benefits.

Fang Ming already had experience dealing with this.

"... All right."

He sighed, walked to Xiao Chun's side, and, under her expectant gaze, leaned close to her ear:

"Sister Xiao Chun ~"

"!!!"

Bang!

As if steam were billowing from a steam engine, and as the sound rang out, white mist rose from Xiao Chun's head, and she instantly blushed and collapsed onto the sofa.

Fang Ming glanced at his Voice-Acting Technique, which had reached LV4 after half a year of 'practice', and sneered inwardly.

I've fainted countless times because of this, I never learn, and the worse I am, the more I love to play!

Fang Ming, who had just sank Xiao Chun, returned to his best viewing seat as if nothing had happened.

At the same time, Xiao Qiu's voice came from beside him:

"It seems that Brother Fang Ming inside the Sky Screen is indeed alright, that's great."

Compared to someone who racked their brains to find excuses to take advantage of Fang Ming, Xiao Qiu was simply happy that Fang Ming was still alive in the Sky Screen.

The contrast between the two only made Fang Ming sigh even more.

Xiao Qiu is such a good child!

And a certain Magical Girls, who has been thoroughly influenced by erotic comics, is completely beyond saving.

[Tsukinomiya Ayaka now has a younger brother by her side, and whether it's just her imagination or not, with Ayaka's presence, Ayaka's health seems to have improved a lot.]

At least judging from her complexion, Ayaka is doing quite well.

Because it's currently winter break, Sanae has already decided to send her son to elementary school, but since school hasn't started yet, Yuki has to stay home for the time being.