Chapter 625: Chapter 395 Another Hanabi_3
Hanamaru Hanabi went to prison, sentenced to life, while I... can only spend my life outside staring.
Uesugi Sakura did not want to see this; he just wanted to live happily with his wife.
It’s okay, it’s okay.
The current Hanabi is just a bit mentally unstable, a little, a little bit of calming should do the trick.
The numbers in the elevator kept flashing.
20, 21, 22, 23, 24
The elevator reached 24 and reached the top of the building. To go to the rooftop, one has to climb the stairs.
Uesugi Sakura rushed out the door, quickly found the stairs leading to the rooftop, and his footsteps echoed on the stone steps. Finally, he saw an iron door. He immediately reached for it, pressed down, and forcefully pushed the door, looking outside.
Suddenly, Uesugi Sakura’s pupils shrank fiercely, and he froze in place.
The wind-swept rooftop was empty.
No?
Uesugi Sakura was stunned.
Next, the sound of a message notification pinged in his ear again.
It came from his pants pocket.
Uesugi Sakura took out his phone to see that it was a message from Hanamaru Hanabi to him.
’Sakura-kun... Hanabi likes you the most... so... I won’t trouble Sakura-kun... if Hanabi suddenly makes that bad woman disappear... Sakura-kun would be very troubled, wouldn’t you...’
’Very troubled... although it’s not because of affection... but when Hanabi thinks of Sakura-kun being troubled for her... it really hurts... really sad... Sakura-kun... should only love Hanabi alone...’
’Sakura-kun... Hanabi has already let her go... are you satisfied?... She also promised not to pursue this any further... even though Hanabi really hates her, really hates her...’
Uesugi Sakura saw these messages and somewhat sighed in relief.
He wasn’t sure about Hanamaru Hanabi’s current mental state, but on one point, he felt assured.
She wouldn’t lie to him.
Uesugi Sakura roamed the rooftop again, confirming nothing was unusual before heading back to the stairs and taking the elevator down.
In the elevator, he typed on his phone to Hanamaru Hanabi, asking:
’Hanabi, where are you now?’
Uesugi Sakura looked at the elevator’s floor numbers, and soon, his phone received a reply.
Hanamaru Hanabi: ’At school, there’s some sketching homework today, Hanabi is busy with that.’
?
Very strange.
Uesugi Sakura showed a puzzled expression and continued to ask: ’Weren’t you on the rooftop just now?’
’Rooftop? (A cute shark emoji with a puzzled expression.)’
’No, Hanabi has always been at school.’
Uesugi Sakura was even more puzzled: ’Are you Hanabi?’
’Yes... Sakura-kun, what’s wrong?’
Judging from the tone of the reply, Hanamaru Hanabi was clearly unaware.
Uesugi Sakura planned to ask about some little secrets only the two of them knew, to verify if she was the real Hanabi:
’Until what time did we stay up together last night?’
The phone was silent for a while.
The elevator also reached the ground floor at this moment, and Uesugi Sakura walked out.
He was walking in the ground-floor corridor while continuing to look at his chat with Hanamaru Hanabi.
Hanamaru Hanabi: ’Two o’clock...’
’What time did we start?’
...
...
’Big bad guy!’
Hanamaru Hanabi didn’t reply anymore but sent an emoji of an angry fat shark throwing chili, with a "Hate!" caption on the top left.
’Hanabi?’
’Little Hanabi?’
’Hana-chan?’
Uesugi Sakura sent a stream of question marks one after another.
But no matter how much he inquired afterward, Hanamaru Hanabi didn’t reply further.
It seems, this is the normal Hanabi...
Or maybe, this is the real Hanabi...
And the one chatting with him earlier, was fake?
Not quite right, yet somehow yes.
Uesugi Sakura was somewhat perplexed.
He walked out of the building, standing on the sidewalk outside the front door, gazing at the blazing sun over Tokyo through the gaps in the leaves.
Does the current Hanabi have a doppelganger? Or has she developed a second personality?
If it’s a doppelganger...
Have I... now gained a second wife?