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

"Remember to brush your teeth after you eat before you go to sleep." Yuan Qianye reminded her of her health, just like an old father watching her leave.

"..." Kazusa turned around and glared at him fiercely, then quickly turned her head away. Her long, straight, black hair danced in the air with her movements, looking more beautiful and shiny than the hair of a shampoo commercial star with special effects.

After Kazusa left, Touma Yoko, who was in the living room with her, chuckled and even dropped the slippers that were hooked on her toes.

Since meeting Yuan Qianye, she has discovered many adorable personality traits in her daughter that she had never shown before.

At this moment, Yuan Qianye was able to see the raspberry-colored dark red paint on the toenails of this world-class pianist.

The color is very mature and alluring, which also makes the skin on this lady's feet appear even whiter and smoother.

I must say, it's actually quite good-looking.

"Little Qianye, you actually really like feet?"

Of all the mothers of Yuan Qianye's many friends, only the one in front of him could say such things without any elder-like manners.

Even while saying this, she playfully flicked her toes at him without any hesitation, deliberately showing it off.

Yuan Qianye shook his head, ignoring her disrespectful teasing, and instead looked in the direction Kazusa had left and asked,

What's wrong with her?

Touma Yoko kicked off her other slipper, tightened her thighs, pulled her calves together, and placed her feet sideways on the sofa, giving a suggestive reply.

"Can't you tell what's wrong with her?"

"I can tell she's angry, but I haven't provoked her during this time."

"Look, the answer is right there in the riddle itself; isn't it obvious?"

"..."

Yuan Qianye thought for a while, and seemed to understand something.

“I’ve been very busy lately. I need to finish my novel and participate in a competition. I’ve already told her all this before.”

"Is the novel finished now?"

"Ah."

"What about novels?"

"I submitted my application to the competition, and the results won't be available until next month."

Touma Yoko remained silent, her right hand resting on the back of the sofa, her palm against her cheek, as she looked at him with a knowing smile.

"She wants to see it?"

After a moment of silence between them, Yuan Qianye tried asking this question.

What do you think?

"..."

Okay, we've found the source of the problem.

He never expected that Kazusa would be interested in his novel.

After all, at this moment, Minamoto Chiya had seen Kazusa's exam results by chance.

The results were, if not appalling, at least unbearable to look at.

However, since she has already decided to follow in her mother's footsteps and pursue the path of piano, her academic performance is not particularly important.

It's quite normal that Chiyo was predisposed to think that Kazusa, whose academic performance wasn't good, wouldn't be interested in novels.

"Aunt Yaozi, may I use your printer?"

He certainly has the original novel file on his phone; he could send it directly to Kazusa.

However, the reading experience of printed text is definitely much more comfortable than looking at the small screen of a mobile phone.

"How many times have I told you, you have to call..."

"Stop!"

Yuan Qianye stood up and called for a halt.

Another soft laugh came from Yoko.

Yoko got up and led him toward the room with the printer.

The two walked one after the other, and smelling the faint scent of alcohol emanating from her, Yuan Qianye thought to himself, "Just as I expected."

No wonder Aunt Yaozi had been in a slightly tipsy and excited state ever since he entered the room.

"You need to take care of yourself, Aunt Yoko."

While waiting for the printer to finish printing, Yuan Qianye spoke up to remind him.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. I'll just have a tiny sip. It only happens once every few months. I finally get a break, so let me relax a little."

Knowing that she had a history of stomach problems and that Chiyo was concerned about her, Yoko was no longer being frivolous as before, but rather quite sincere.

"I should be able to rest for a while after this performance."

"Yeah, I'll be resting until February this time, so I can spend some quality time with Kazusa during the New Year period... By the way, Chiya, which high school are you planning to go to after graduating from junior high?"

"Zongwu Higher School".

"I see..."

Yoko took out her phone, searched for the keywords, and then nodded knowingly.

"Oh, it's a very well-regarded school. Although there's still a year left, I hope you'll take good care of Kazusa in the future. As alumni of the same school, we might even become classmates."

"Kazusa's grades are a bit weak."

"That's true, but it's not difficult; there will be a way."

Money power, huh...

Yuan Qianye nodded silently and asked no more questions.

After all the original text of the novel was printed, Yuan Qianye used a stapler to organize it.

Yoko took the other printed copy and went straight back to her room.

So, Chiya went to Kazusa's room and knocked on the door.

After waiting for a while, Kazusa, with a little sugar frost on her lips, opened the door.

Perhaps because she had eaten sweets, her expression softened slightly compared to before.

"Here, take this."

"what?"

"The novels I wrote."

"..."

Kazusa's face clearly showed interest, but she tried her best to restrain herself.

“I didn’t see you bring this when you came in.”

"There's a risk of leaks if we print it outside, so I was originally planning to have it printed here."

The ability to speak differently to different people is a skill that Yuan Qianye has long since mastered.

This is completely different from the situation when facing Yukino.

He doesn't pay much attention to what other people say, as long as it's not a particularly outrageous lie.

"Oh……"

Kazusa took it.

What type of novel is it?

"Detective fiction tells the truth behind a series of cases."

Kazusa nodded thoughtfully.

Yuan Qianye asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, it just really matches how I feel about you. Only someone as intelligent as you could write a novel that sounds so complicated."

Yuan Qianye's feelings were complicated: "Is this a compliment?"

Kazusa didn't answer, turned around and went back into the house, then quickly came out again and closed the door behind her.

"Let's go."

"Where?"

"Didn't you say before you left that if you have a new song next time, you should ask me to help you compose the music?"

Come to think of it, that seems to be true.

Gen Chiya felt a little awkward facing Kazusa's gaze, which seemed to say, "You came to see me just for this kind of thing."

Thinking about it carefully, aside from the initial period, I do seem to have been somewhat biased towards Kazusa in my feelings for her later on.

But despite realizing this, she still wanted to help herself without a single complaint.

For no apparent reason, an image of a dog waiting at home for its owner to return popped into my mind...

Yuan Qianye shook his head.

What the heck is this?

"Although I did say that before, I just came here today to hang out with you."

"..."

Watching Kazusa's changing expression, he chuckled inwardly, while feigning hesitation: "But you just said you wanted to sleep..."

"Let's not sleep, what should we play?" Kazusa's tone became urgent.

"I came to see Kazusa because I was bored. How do you usually pass the time when you're bored?"

"Piano, violin, drums, guitar." (Quick answer)

"Uh, that's true..."

Without daily hard work and perseverance, her skills in various musical instruments could never have reached such a high level; this should have been expected long ago.