In crossover anime, who isn't a childhood friend?

“There’s no such tradition.” Yukino lowered her head again. “Besides, Eriri and he are both very busy these days.”

"busy?"

Mrs. Yukinoshita, who had also sat down, looked puzzled.

"As for Qianye's grades, there's no need to worry about the final exams."

Yang Nai explained with a smile, "I heard it from Toka. Chiya is currently preparing to submit his work to the Edogawa Rampo Award."

Before Mrs. Yukinoshita could reply, Mr. Yukinoshita, who was carrying his briefcase and preparing to leave, laughed and said, "As expected, every young person harbors a dream of becoming a writer."

This quote comes from a line in a movie—a young person in their twenties who is unemployed will most likely imagine themselves as a writer.

The original intention was to illustrate that unemployed youth's naive fantasies about society can be seen as a kind of playful mockery.

“Darling, don’t forget that you were quite disappointing when you were young. Now you’ve become a member of parliament and are considered a success in the eyes of others. Fixed thinking is not advisable. You can’t look down on others for no reason. Your father must have told you this a long time ago.”

Upon hearing his wife's words, and seeing the displeased look in his youngest daughter's eyes, who suddenly seemed to have been stepped on, Mr. Yukinoshita broke out in a cold sweat.

Feeling a little resentful that his eldest daughter, who was all smiles and gossiping, wasn't helping him, he stammered, "I didn't mean to mock Qianye. He's much better off now than I was back when I was a complete hoodlum. I was just getting ready for work when I overheard you guys talking about this, so I casually mentioned it! That's all!"

As he spoke, he even put down his briefcase, came to the living room sofa, and half-squatted in front of his beautiful wife.

This illustrates the importance of the younger brother's position within the family.

Yang was overjoyed. He turned his back, bent over, and covered his stomach, but his body was still trembling.

Yukino didn't say anything, but after hearing her father's explanation, the dissatisfaction on her face disappeared, and she looked back at the mystery novel in her hands.

“If you speak in a bad way, it will inevitably lead to misunderstandings by others.”

"Yes Yes Yes……"

"Alright, the driver is still waiting outside."

"I'll bring you all gifts when I come back tonight..."

"There's no need to go to so much trouble..."

"What are you saying? You and Yukino and Haruno are both unique and priceless treasures to me..."

After chatting with his wife for a few minutes and seeing her smile faintly again, Mr. Yukinoshita felt relieved and finally breathed a sigh of relief. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and went out.

Just then, Yukino's phone rang.

She picked it up, glanced at it, and immediately got up, left the living room, and went to the courtyard.

Yang Nai slowly moved closer to her mother and said, "It must have been Chiya who called."

"Oh~" Mrs. Yukinoshita showed a smile similar to that on her eldest daughter's face.

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Volume 1: 129: A family should be all together

Just as Yukino had predicted, the name of the caller displayed on Yukino's phone was indeed Chiya Minamoto.

She had just seen her mother and sister beside her and quickly got up to go to the courtyard, but now that no one was around, she was no longer in a hurry.

Ever since she learned from Eriri that he had started writing novels for a competition, a subtle emotion stirred within her. She waited for her phone to vibrate a few more times before answering the call.

"Good morning."

As soon as the call connected, the other party greeted him politely.

Because of his voice changing during puberty, his voice has tended to become deeper and more resonant, which is slightly different from before, but it is still very magnetic and pleasant to listen to.

"Ah."

Yukino responded softly, bathed in the silky sunlight of the morning, and slowly walked on the path paved with white pebbles. Crystal water droplets formed on the surface of the frost-covered flowers and grasses by the roadside, rolling down the folds of the leaves and trailing winding silver lines on the grass stems.

This year's temperature is slightly warmer than last year's, the winter is not as cold, and there is no sign of snow.

"..."

Yukino's single-word response left Chiya Minamoto on the other end of the phone in silence.

This subtle, cold feeling, this inexplicable sense of distance, coupled with the fact that she took so long to answer the phone...

"You just woke up?" Yuan Qianye asked on the other end of the phone after a short while.

"No." Yukino didn't know why he suddenly asked that.

Yuan Qianye coughed lightly: "Are you... feeling unwell?"

"..." Yukino was even more dissatisfied: "No, what exactly are you trying to say?"

"If you don't have any of these, why are you angry?"

After two unsuccessful attempts to probe, Gen Chiya launched a direct attack.

Yukinoshita was stunned for a moment, and only after he pointed it out did she slowly realize what he meant.

I do seem to harbor some resentment towards him.

However... since he was on the phone, he couldn't see how he had found out.

Just because of a mere "hmm" I just replied?

For some reason, my mood suddenly brightened up considerably.

After Yukino realized this, she was unwilling to lie and deny his probing, but she was also unwilling to admit it in front of him, lest she appear like a child.

So she took a deep breath to compose herself and chose to skip his question: "You suddenly called me, surely you weren't just bored enough to test my current mood?"

If there's no denial, then it's an admission.

All you need to know about Student Number One is her personality; in some ways, she's just as easy to understand as Eriri...

Yuan Qianye said calmly, "Same as always, it's Christmas, let's all get together."

"Aren't you writing a novel?"

"It's almost finished."

"That means it's not finished yet. You shouldn't waste your time on this kind of thing right now."

"How can you say that it's something like this when friends are trying to connect?"

If what was just speculation was now completely confirmed by Minamoto Chiyo, Yukino is indeed being difficult.

Although the specific reasons for the argument still need to be confirmed, it is clearly not the top priority to deal with at present.

Without giving Yukino a chance to speak again, Minamoto Chiyo spoke directly the next moment.

"Wait a moment, I'll have Eriri tell you."

She's dissatisfied with herself, so surely she wouldn't take it out on others.

Yukino was taken aback and was about to tell him not to do that.

But it was too late; Eriri's energetic and cheerful voice had already reached them.

"Yukino, come play with me! I'm going to the street to buy New Year's clothes later. Let's meet at a certain place on the street!"

"I also need to buy some things for my family. See you later!"

During this time, Rikka's voice kept echoing her.

Perhaps because of Christmas, the two of them were in high spirits, innocent and romantic, laughing and joking.

Under the barrage of words from the two lively characters, Yukino couldn't possibly treat them the same way she had treated Minamoto Chiyo.

Pressed relentlessly, she finally agreed and asked Eriri and Rikka to return the phone to Minamoto Chiya.

"Hmm?" You could tell from the other end of the phone that he was absolutely laughing triumphantly.

"You're so despicable." Yukino felt like she had been tricked again, and things like this had happened many times before.

Yuan Qianye chuckled, not minding at all, "This is nothing, see you later."

After hanging up the phone, Yukino wanted to retaliate, but she couldn't find a way to do so.

She returned to the living room dejectedly, intending to tell her mother and sister that she was going out, but found that the two of them were looking at her with rather amused eyes.

"You're laughing so happily, do you have a date?" Yang Nai spoke first.

"If you come home late tonight, remember to call home and I'll have the driver pick you up," Mrs. Yukinoshita added.

Without Yukino saying a word, the two of them already knew the answer to something.

The unspoken understanding between the two close relatives made Yukino feel a little embarrassed, and she couldn't say anything more. She just nodded and went back to her room to change her clothes.

But at the same time, he kept thinking to himself that he needed to teach Qianye a lesson when he met him later.

Why am I always being bullied by him?

That guy was smart and physically strong, but he didn't have any obvious weaknesses.

In this respect, it's really quite difficult...

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Around 3 PM, Yukinoshita arrived at the Minamoto residence with Rikka and Eriri.

Although they hadn't seen each other for several months, she didn't show any overly enthusiastic expression when she saw Yuan Qianye coming to the entrance to greet them and help them take their things.

Upon arriving in the living room, she was not as moved as Eriri had been when she first met Kasumigaoka Utaha in her pajamas at the Minamoto residence.

She simply exchanged a casual greeting with Kasumigaoka, maintaining a semblance of peace.

"Rikka, did you buy me the greeting card?"

"I bought them all, they come in all sorts of styles."

Gen Chiya nodded, watching as Rikka, after displaying the greeting cards, took out the colorful balls and Christmas ornaments she had bought and placed them on the coffee table.

"You guys start decorating first, Yukino and I have something to talk about privately."

Things are different now; we have money now.

Two days ago, Yuan Qianye even ordered a small cedar tree to be delivered to her door to serve as an indoor Christmas tree and add to the festive atmosphere.

Shika secretly complained about his wasteful spending, but Yuan Qianye felt that as long as it made everyone happy, it was worth it.