Living in Tokyo, all I want to do is laze around.

Kai Uesugi was resting on a stool, waiting for lunchtime to arrive, when two little girls came over, pushing and pulling each other and acting all shy.

"Mizuno and Hagoromo, what's wrong?"

Uesugi Kai knew the names of the two girls; everyone had just introduced themselves under the guidance of Ms. Imanishi.

These two little girls are relatively tall for fifth graders; they look more like middle school students than elementary school students, so they are easy to remember.

Fifth grade, that should be around 11 years old, right?

Faced with Uesugi Kai's question, the two girls pushed and shoved each other for a while, seemingly he was about to speak again. The girl named Mizuno quickly looked up and said:

"Uesugi-nii-san! Hagoromo says you're a lolicon and he wants to confess to you!"

"She's always going to say something shocking," Uesugi Kai thought, looking at her innocent expression, and was immediately speechless.

How did I suddenly become a lolicon?

It came from the mouth of an 11-year-old girl.

When Hagoromo saw that her best friend was trying to shift the blame onto her, she panicked and argued, "Mizuno, you're lying! You were the one who said that my brother is a lolicon! You even styled your hair to look cute, hoping that you and my brother could be mutually attracted!"

Upon hearing this, Mizuno retorted, "No, no! It was you, Hagoromo, who said that they were mutually in love! You even said that if you confessed successfully, you would immediately marry my brother!"

Not to be outdone, Yu Yi muttered:

"Mizuno, you even said that your brother is your first love! You told me that your brother is so handsome, so dashing, and that he's a senior at the University of Tokyo!"

"Liar! It's clearly a feather robe."

Hagoromo's face flushed red: "It's clearly...it's clearly Mizuno!"

Kai Uesugi glanced at Hanabi Hanabu, who was chatting with a younger student at the other end of the classroom, making sure she hadn't noticed the commotion. Then, facing the two arguing girls, he raised his hand and said helplessly:

"Alright, alright, I'm already engaged. Look at this ring, the diamond is so big, is it really that unremarkable?"

Upon hearing that Uesugi-nii was already engaged, Mizuno and Hagoromo immediately stopped arguing.

I saw that sparkling big diamond.

To put it another way, their feelings at this moment were like the terrible feeling of finding out that the goddess they fell in love with at first sight actually has a husband.

After a brief silence, Mizuno and Hagoromo started arguing again.

"See? I told you Uesugi-nii was married. It must be Hanamaru-neechan."

"It's clearly an engagement, Yu Yi, you big idiot!"

Yu Yi pouted unhappily and shouted, "Mizuno, you're the big idiot! I already told you that my brother wears a ring!"

"Liar, liar, liar! You never said that, you big idiot Yu Yi!"

"Big idiot Mizuno!"

"You big idiot, Yu Yi! I hate you the most!"

Hagoromo crossed her arms, turned her head away, and snorted, "I hate Mizuno the most too!"

Then, without saying a word, Uesugi Kai watched as the two of them angrily sat down at opposite ends of the classroom.

Are all young girls like this?

......

As lunchtime approached, Ms. Imanishi came to the classroom from her office.

But it seemed that something at the school needed her to deal with, so she hurriedly left.

Before leaving, she asked Uesugi Kai to call a little girl named Ai back for lunch.

That's a bit strange. Don't fifth graders come back for lunch?

Perhaps the more mischievous type?

After glancing at Hanabi, who was playing happily with the children, and explaining the situation to her, Uesugi Kai checked all the locations that Ms. Imanishi had mentioned one by one throughout the school.

After wandering around the campus for more than ten minutes, he saw a little girl who matched his description under a tree by the playground.

She stood motionless in the shade of a tree, wearing a hat tilted to the side.

Her hair was beautiful; its lustrous texture made it seem as if her hat might slip off at any moment.

Kai Uesugi approached her.

"Aiyi-chan?"

"Hmm..." the girl replied blankly, her gaze fixed on the ants eating candy under the tree.

"It's time for lunch. Ms. Jinxi asked me to call you."

"Um......"

Ai Yi still gave the same response.

Uesugi Kai felt that she wasn't very shy, because she wasn't afraid of him, a complete stranger, approaching her:

"Are you OK?"

"It's nothing... I was just watching ants eat sugar..."

This person must have been feeding the ants with their own lollipop.

Observing small animals and insects is indeed a very childlike activity.

But now it's time to eat.

"We'll look at the ants later. Let's go back to the classroom and eat first."

Ai looked up at him; his tilted hat really looked like it was about to fall off.

Her eyes are beautiful, revealing the innocence of a child.

"Waaah..."

After waiting for a long time, Uesugi Kai thought she would refuse, but to his surprise, she nodded in agreement.

"All right......"

Seeing that she was actually standing next to him, Uesugi Kai asked:

"Aren't you worried, Ai-chan?"

Ai nodded lazily, "It's okay to worry, we're going to have lunch anyway."

"...?"

This answer was a bit strange, and Uesugi Kai didn't quite follow her train of thought for a moment. "I didn't mean that. You probably don't know me yet, right? Didn't the textbook teach that you shouldn't go with strangers you don't know?"

Ai quickly replied, "The textbook did mention these things... but I know the person who invited me to lunch, so I also know the older brother who invited me to lunch."

"...?" Uesugi Kai didn't react yet. "You know what my name is?"

Ai shook her head.

"So, Ai-chan is still willing to come with me?"

Ai nodded.

What a strange child.

—This is the only conclusion Uesugi Kai can draw. Perhaps she thought she looked kind and assumed she was a good person?

"What was Ai-chan thinking when she was looking at the ants just now?"

"Ugh, I'm thinking about the exam."

"Did you do very poorly on the test?"

Ai nodded, then shook her head.

"I only realized that the test paper had two sides when the teacher asked us to hand in our papers."

Kai Uesugi found it intriguing: "You only wrote on one side of the two-sided test paper, and only realized there was a second side when you handed it in."

Well, let's just say we can think of it that way for now.

How else can we understand it?

Uesugi Kai thought she was imitating adults, but it was quite cute for a little girl.

"Is Ai-chan worried about getting bad grades?"

Aiyi: "I'm not worried. I was just thinking about the fact that Aiyi only wrote one page of the test paper."

It's a strange way of thinking. The elementary school student's thought about the exam wasn't about worrying about the grades, but simply recalling that he only wrote one page of the test.

This was while watching ants eat sugar.

I don't understand the connection between these two things.

Talking to Ai Yi can easily lead you astray with her thoughts, causing you to think about a bunch of random things.

What a strange child.

Kai Uesugi decided not to speak to her until he returned to the classroom.

"Why isn't brother saying anything?" Ai Yi asked.

"There's no need to say anything, the priority now is to take you back to the classroom for lunch."

Will my brother feed me?

Why should I feed you?

"Because my older sister isn't here, my older brother has to feed her."

What is the reason for this?

At first glance, it makes a lot of sense.

But they've only known each other for less than five minutes, and they're already feeding each other?

Uesugi Kai felt it was better to leave Ai in Hanabi's care, as he was a bit overwhelmed by her.

"I'll take you to your sister, and she'll feed you."

"I don't know what my sister is doing, I can't find her." Ai Yi said, tapping her little feet. The elementary school uniform looked very proper on her.

"Not your sister, she's my sister... no, she's my new sister."