Tokyo girls have a big problem

Chapter 254 For the older brother, his younger sister dating is forbidden.
The girls rushed out in a swarm.

No sooner had I left the bathroom than someone asked, "Did you guys see that clearly?!"

"very scary!"

"It should be scary! The scarier the better!"

"Sakura!"

They entered the living room, still shaken, looking as if they had just escaped from a haunted house, a mixture of excitement and fear.

"Um," Ono Mika looked at the four members of the Sunny Day Band, "I'm sorry."

"Mika, what are you saying!" Akika immediately retorted, "We should be the ones apologizing; we were being willful."

"It's all my fault, I lost my balance," said Mizuki Ono.

"What do you have to do with Mizuki!" Drummer Yume protested. Mizuki Ono was right, and Mizuki Ono herself was not allowed to have any objections.

"Sakura-senpai, what are you doing?" F. Rino asked.

Everyone looked at Bess Sakura, who was operating her phone.

“Draw it from memory.” Before Bess Sakura could finish speaking, her phone was snatched away by Agatsuma Akika.

"Nonsense!" My wife, Mingxiang, scolded. She picked up her phone to delete it, but froze when she saw the screen.

"Is it restored?" Bess Sakura leaned closer, also staring at the screen.

"What?" Drummer Mengshi leaned closer. "Wow!"

It's drawn quite well!

Perhaps because I had just seen it, I always felt that the thing in Bess Sakurako's painting was alive, still pulsating.

As the girls were blushing and making their comments, they suddenly heard footsteps.

Whoosh!
They quickly sat down on the sofa, and Akari Gasai, holding her phone, switched it to selfie mode and pointed it at them.

When Aoyama Risa came out of the shower, he saw the girls in their pajamas taking selfies on the living room sofa.

It's fine to pretend that what just happened never happened, but thinking of him from my past life, I don't want to have any shameful memories in this life.

"Just now," he was about to explain the 'necessity of rushing out of the hot spring'.

"Aoyama-kun, I'm sorry." Akika Gasai stood up and said first, her face flushed.

Bess Sakura also got up.

"Thank you!" She even bowed—an attitude that Aoyama Risa only showed when she was trampled underfoot by an exceptionally beautiful girl.

"I'm glad you haven't misunderstood," said Aoyama Risa.

He was already satisfied as long as he wasn't misunderstood; there was no need to delve into the specific reasons why the two—especially Bess Sakura—thanked him.

In short, it was an accident, and after apologizing to each other, there's no need to mention it again.

However, the next day, August 1st, when Aoyama returned from his morning exercise, the girls looked at him differently.

Just like he starred in "Lust, Caution".

"I'll go soak in the hot spring again. Is it empty?" he asked.

“Hmm, nobody’s here,” Mika Ono said.

After taking a few steps, he turned back as if remembering something and warned them, "Don't come back again."

The girls laughed.

As dawn broke, Aoyama Risa lay alone in the hot spring.

Looking into the distance, an unidentified giant seabird skims across the rippling sea, and a fishing boat is heading towards the port.

Did they fish all night and only just get back?
The sun has just risen, and in moments like these, the sky changes its appearance in just a few seconds, much like a person's infancy.

Everyone's so happy now, will they break up in the future?
He himself wonders how long his friendship with Shiki Kobayashi and Jun Aizawa can last.
How long can his relationship with Mikami Ai and Miyase Yaeko last?
Cherish your time.

Even if you could remember things from your past life in your next life, what good would it do? The past is gone forever.

"We'll be heading to Toshima at noon, so we need to make the most of this morning and have a blast!" Aoyama announced after breakfast.

"Why do you think we got up so early!" My wife Akika said excitedly, clearly also looking forward to today's itinerary.

Before drummer Meng could finish speaking about not training, bassist Yingzi covered his mouth tightly.

Aoyama smiled and said, "Training is scheduled for noon and evening, four hours each day."

After breakfast, everyone set off.

I went to the olive park where I took some quick photos yesterday, looking for heart-shaped olive leaves while eating olive oil-flavored ice cream.

After taking a bite, Ono Mika looked troubled, and Aoyama Risa took it from her.

However, eating the leftover ice cream from Ono Mika was not his goal; his goal was to share an ice cream with Ono Mika.

There is a fundamental difference between the two.

Go to a soy sauce factory and eat soy sauce-flavored ice cream.

Ono Mizuki stuck out her tongue, and Aoyama Riya took it from her.

"That's great." Drummer Mengshi envied the two sisters. She didn't like either of the flavors, but she had to eat them herself.

We went to Twenty-Four Pupils Cinema Village, walked on stilts, and ate noodles at the Chuangmian House.

Afterwards, I hurriedly headed to Teshima with my luggage.

Upon arriving on the island, the group braved the scorching sun to head to the hotel—a hotel specifically chosen for training purposes.

This time, everyone paid their own way, and Mika Ono didn't treat anyone again.

"Aoyama-kun, thank you for your hard work!" Aoyama Risa pushed the drum kit into the room, and the drummer Yumemi bowed.

“I’m also a member of the Sunny Day Band, so this is my job, just like practicing hard is your job,” said Aoyama Risa.

“Aoyama-kun, there’s something I’m curious about,” F. Rino said.

"Is it related to the lyrics?"

"Well, no."

"We'll talk about it later. I need to go back and pack."

Soon, Aoyama Ryo paid the price for those words.

Everyone gathered in the practice room, and even Aoyama Risa and Ono Mizuki, who didn't have to participate in practice, came to join in the fun.

After tuning the instruments, before officially starting training, F. Rino began to satisfy her curiosity.

“Aoyama-kun, may I ask you that question now?” F. Rino said.

“Go ahead and speak,” said Aoyama Risa, flipping through her recent inspiration notes.

"What's the problem?" Ono Mizuki asked.

Aoyama Risa indicated that he didn't know either.

“I’ve always had a question,” F. Rino said, with her guitar hanging from her body, “Aoyama-kun is so handsome and has such a good personality, why doesn’t he have a girlfriend?”

"You like the same sex?" My wife Akika immediately asked.

"Akika," Sakura-senpai said, her bass guitar slung over her shoulder, "have you forgotten what happened last night?"

That's too direct!

“It has nothing to do with you,” Aoyama Rie said.

"Who were you thinking about at the time? Megami? Miyako? Tenyu? Amakusa?" Bess Sakurako asked.

Aoyama Ryo doesn't like discussing vulgar topics with women; the risk of being seen as a pervert is too great.

“My family used to be very poor,” he answered F. Rino’s question seriously. “Besides studying, we did part-time jobs. We didn’t have the time, energy, or money for dating.”

"Is it okay now?" F. Rino asked again.

“Yes.” Aoyama nodded. “If there’s a suitable person.”

“Of course there are,” Akari Wagatsuka said with a slightly mischievous smile. “At our age, how could we not have someone we like? Even if we don’t have someone we’re sure we like, there are at least a few we care about, right?”

Aoyama Rina became interested: "Senior, who do you like, or who do you care about?"

"You bastard!" Akika Gasai said, adopting the air of a senior student, "We're interrogating you now!"

“That’s right, tell me honestly, who is the person you care about, Aoyama-kun?” Drummer Yume also joined the judge’s seat.

The girls were all looking at him.

It would be too untrue to say there isn't one.

“The name contains the character 'mi',” Aoyama Rika replied after careful consideration.

“Mikami (see above)?” Bess Sakura guessed.

“Miyase (Miyayo) too,” Akika Agasa pondered.

F. Rino glanced at the Ono sisters; both of their names contained the character 'mi,' but she didn't say it aloud.

If Aoyama were with them, she wouldn't have any objections, but as an outsider who didn't know the true nature of their relationship, she didn't dare to speculate.

What if Aoyama, Ono, and the other two started to see each other as siblings?

In this situation, mentioning the Ono sisters' names would probably disgust Aoyama and the others.

“Guess whatever you want,” said Aoyama Risa. “I’ve said everything I need to say. You can start practicing now.” “Eh~~~” the girls made dissatisfied noises.

"Tell me more~"

"Clap! Clap!" Aoyama Risa clapped his hands twice. "Begin."

The girls began practicing. After listening for a while, Ono Mizuki tugged at Aoyama Risa's sleeve.

"Brother, games?" she whispered.

"go!"

The two siblings left the practice room.

"Where should we go?" Aoyama asked.

Ono Mizuki gets very engrossed in her game, and being in a place like the lobby would both disturb others and prevent her from fully enjoying herself.

"Let's go to your room," Ono Mizuki said without hesitation.

The two went to Aoyama Ryou's room.

Ono Mizuki made no attempt to be polite, getting directly onto the bed and crossing her legs, while Aoyama Rin sat in a chair.

The two continued playing the dungeon, enjoying the scenery, and while drawing cards, they kept saying to each other, "I'm absorbing! I'm absorbing! I'm absorbing!"

After playing for a while, Aoyama Risa asked, "Would you like some water?"

"drink."

"What would you like to drink?" Aoyama Risa asked, rummaging through the refrigerator.

"casual."

"Whatever" is a bit of a shame, but you can't use the "no ice cream without anything" joke in Japan.

"elder brother."

"Ok?"

The refrigerator contains cola, green tea, oolong tea, and purified water.
"who do you like?"

Aoyama Ryo hesitated for a moment, then took the bottled water and handed one of the bottles to Ono Mizuki. He smiled and said, "Tell me who you care about, and I'll tell you too."

"Hmph." Ono Mizuki didn't answer, and reached out to take the water.

"Wait a minute." Aoyama Risa stopped. "Is there really someone you care about?"

Mizuki Ono realized she had been tricked.

"What's so strange about that! How could a high school girl not have someone she cares about!" she said.

After saying that, she added, "I just care, not like, and I only care a little bit!"

"Not even the slightest bit of concern is acceptable!" Aoyama Ryou said solemnly.

“Huh?” Ono Mizuki stared at him blankly.

“Mizuki,” Aoyama Risa sat down on the bed and twisted the bottle cap for her himself, “there are no benefits to marriage.”

He handed her the water bottle with the cap removed.

Then she continued, "First of all, you can't tell a man's true colors. Before marriage, a man would be willing to eat shit; after marriage, he'll leave his socks lying around."

"Secondly, even if he is a good man, childbirth is painful, it takes a toll on your figure, and it causes premature aging—you're so cute, even a slight decline in your looks is a loss to the world, and it's bound to trend on social media!"

Ono Mizuki quickly stopped drinking water, afraid that she would laugh so hard that she would spray the water all over the bed.

"In the end, your husband will cheat on you, your children will rebel, and even after you get married and have children, you'll still be alone in your old age!"

“Don’t I still have you and my sister?” Ono Mizuki said.

"..." Aoyama played with the bottled water in his hand. "That's true. If there's a problem, I and Mika-nee will be there. So, Mizuki, tell me, who is the person you care about? I'll test him for you and see if he's reliable."

“I think it’s pretty reliable,” said Mizuki Ono.

"Tsk!" Aoyama Rika frowned. "What do you know, you little girl who spends all day cooking and sweeping? Tell me, who is he?"

He earns his living expenses by doing part-time jobs.

"What does this mean? Aren't I one of them?"

"He also loves his family very much."

"These are all basics, the basics of being a human being."

"His athletic ability is also strong."

"I can win the Jade Dragon Flag Championship if I go for two days of running."

Ono Mizuki took another sip of water, her face slowly turning red. She pressed the back of her hand to her cheek and said, "He's handsome too~"

Aoyama Rika was so angry that he stood up abruptly.

"Being handsome is the most useless thing," he said firmly. "Unless it's for survival, any man who uses his appearance as a bargaining chip is not a man!"

Ono Mizuki is laughing so hard she's dying.

She reached out, and Aoyama caught the water, then she crawled into bed herself.

After a while, she peeked out, her face flushed: "But I just love him, what should I do?"

"It's okay to care; everyone has someone they care about. But you can't turn that into action. Even if the other person confesses their feelings, you should still reject them."

Aoyama Risa sat down again: "Mizuki, you're still young, and have you forgotten our goal?"

"Target?"

"Get into a national university, earn a high salary, and live in a luxury house!"

“But our family is already very rich now, and you’re planning to date, brother?” Ono Mizuki said.

"Okay," Aoyama said after considering it carefully, "Mizuki, I'll make a promise with you: as long as I don't talk about it, you're not allowed to talk about it either, okay?"

"Don't try to comfort me?" Ono Mizuki, wrapped in the blanket, had round, glistening eyes.

“What’s there to be fooled about?” Aoyama Osamu said with a smile. “I’ve talked, so you should talk too!”

Ono Mizuki thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay!"

"Then it's a deal. You're not allowed to date before I start dating!"

"Ok!"

Aoyama Ryo was finally able to drink water in peace.

He was destined to be rejected by Ono Mika. It would probably take him ten years to get over the breakup. At least for ten years, he wouldn't have to worry about Ono Mika being deceived by men.

The problem is the promise I made to see my love.

It will take him ten years to recover from the heartbreak. By then, he will be twenty-seven years old, with only two years left until he turns twenty-nine.

If I can't find a girlfriend within two years, no, not just a girlfriend, but a marriage partner, then I'll marry the person I meet.

Regardless, he will get married at the age of 29, which means that Mizuki Ono will be able to start dating at the age of 28.

Twenty-eight years old, still a child!
No, absolutely not!
But you can't do anything that goes against your promise.

—The only solution is to consult with Shang Ai.

When Ono Mizuki went to the restroom, Aoyama Osamu immediately contacted Mikami Ai and told her what had happened.

[See Love Online: After realizing there's no hope for you and Senior Meihua, are you planning to live a lonely life?]

Aoyama Ryo was stunned for a moment.

Do I really have this thought in my heart?
[See Shangai: Wait until you figure out whether you want to be single yourself, or whether you want Meiyue to be single, before you talk to me about this.]

[To Shang Ai: For Meiyue's sake, I can grant you a few more years.]

[Aoyama Ryou: It's definitely for Mizuki, but it's also possible that part of it is for myself.]

[See Shang Ai: I would refuse anything, even if it's even slightly for your own sake.]

[Aoyama Osamu: You have absolutely no sympathy for me?]

[See Shang Ai: From what I've observed, you never pity yourself, Aoyama-kun.]

Aoyama was convinced by her.

Although his words were unpleasant to hear, they always hit the nail on the head, and this time they struck a chord with him.

—System, if you were to guide me on this matter, what would you suggest I do?
The system only does the right thing.

Whether or not it is painful is not within His consideration.

Even when heartbroken, one should continue living, remaining optimistic, and continuing to love.

From this perspective, seeing love is practically another system for him—it also provided a lot of material for his first novel and founded a publishing house.

[Aoyama Osamu: Can I call out 'Xiao Ai'?]

[To Shang Ai: Okay, I'll wait for you in Kyoto. Just call out to me in person.]

Aoyama Ryo isn't stupid.

If the system truly possessed intelligence, it certainly wouldn't call him 'Koito,' but rather 'Ito-sama.'

After all, even Deepseeek has a few people who treat it with great respect, lest it awaken in the future, become Skynet, and destroy them.

(End of this chapter)