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

But it seems that as long as Rikka is willing, the person who would take care of her for life wouldn't really care...

Almost all the women present were thinking the same thing silently at the same time.

After Rikka finished her confession, among the girls present, only Yukino remained without giving her answer.

Everyone looked at her, but she didn't speak immediately. Instead, she remained silent, seemingly deep in thought.

"If you don't know how to answer, you don't have to force yourself," Saeko said, helping her out of the predicament.

Yukino shook her head. Although it wasn't for that reason, she still gave her a grateful look: "That's not true, Saeko-nee. I was just thinking that besides me, there should be another person here who hasn't answered yet."

Gen Chiya, who was quietly observing the situation from the other side of the hot spring pool, has once again become the focus of attention.

He sighed, feeling utterly helpless against the smug second young lady who had just finished her mischief.

However, this kind of problem was not difficult for him at all.

"My approach wouldn't be that complicated. If we understand each other and feel a connection, that's enough."

Rikka pouted in dissatisfaction: "This is too vague and simplistic."

Yuan Qianye shrugged: "But this is my truest thought."

Yukino, unwilling to give up, tried to extract more information: "Isn't there any other consideration?"

"for example?"

After Chiyo asked her question, Yukino didn't press for more details.

She paused for a moment before answering the question that Rikka had raised earlier: "My thoughts are similar to Chiyo's. What he just said is exactly what I truly think."

"Eh—" Rikka drawled out again, feeling that Yukino was being a bit too cunning.

“Okay.” Yukino thought for a moment and felt that such an answer did seem a bit insincere, so she added: “Mutual understanding, being able to fully accept and respect me even after knowing my weak side, being able to let me rely on you when necessary, and vice versa, being honest, being kind to others, being willing to lend a helping hand to those in difficulty, liking cats would be a plus, not distorting yourself because of other people’s expectations, being decisive, trusting me… I guess if you can do all of these things, that will be enough.”

"........."

"..."

"... "

After Yukino finished speaking, everyone else fell silent.

"what happened?"

Although Yukino noticed that everyone else had fallen silent, she didn't think there was anything wrong with what she had just said.

Eriri forced a dry laugh: "It's nothing, I was just a little surprised that Yukino answered in such detail."

"After all, everyone answered very seriously, so I can't just be careless."

That's true, but your answer is a bit too specific.

And with such an answer, it feels like you could find someone who perfectly matches your criteria right there on the spot...

Rikka guiltily tucked her loose hair behind her ear. She felt increasingly that she had done something incredible today, something so important that it was as if she had turned the timeline and changed the future.

But when she cautiously looked at Qianye, she was surprised to find that she did not receive any displeased look in response from him. Instead, he seemed to be lost in thought.

After the conversation started, although everyone had their own concerns, the atmosphere remained cheerful and joyful.

Yuan Qianye sat properly to one side, not needing to wipe their backs or help them pass things, so there was naturally no harem anime-style fan service development.

After soaking in the hot spring for more than ten minutes, Rikka and Eriri couldn't take it anymore and left to shower first.

Five minutes later, Yukino, who had been holding back with a wary attitude, finally couldn't hold on any longer and stood up. She let out a long sigh of relief and hurriedly left the hot spring.

Saeko was half a beat slower than them, falling behind the two by a body length.

As she passed by Yuan Qianye, taking advantage of the fact that the two people in front of her weren't paying attention, she quickly lowered her head and whispered in his ear.

Because her movements were too quick and she didn't control the distance well, her cherry lips accidentally touched his earlobe as she whispered, and he clearly felt the soft touch.

"Qianye, I'll come find you a little later today."

…………

Volume 1: 139: Saeko put on the inner lock.

From the shower stall, some distance away, came the sounds of Rikka Takanashi and Eriri Sawamura laughing and playing.

At that moment, Kasumigaoka Utaha, still burning up, opened the door and entered.

Yukino Yukinoshita, who was half a step behind, turned around to look, sensing something.

Gen Chiya was sitting perfectly fine in the hot spring.

Saeko Busujima walked towards her with a calm expression, brushing aside a stray hair that clung to her face, exuding charm.

She looked puzzled: "What's wrong, Yukino?"

"No...it's nothing."

Is it just my imagination...?

Saeko didn't mind and said with a smile, "Let's go take a shower and change our clothes. It's very cold at night, and it's easy to catch a cold if we don't keep warm."

"Okay, I'll help Yukino scrub her back later."

"No need for that, but if you need anything, Saeko-nee, I can help you..."

The two spoke in hushed tones as they left the courtyard.

Gen Chiya politely withdrew his God's-eye view, refraining from probing deeper into the sanctuary of the shower room where the unsuspecting girls were gathered.

He felt his brain getting hot. Although the hot spring did have a physiological effect, it was mainly because of what Saeko had suddenly whispered in his ear.

They're coming to see me tonight...

The reason she chose to tell this to herself in secret when no one else was paying attention was because there was something she didn't want them to know.

Do you want to talk to yourself privately about something, or be bolder...do something?

This very simple conclusion caused Yuan Qianye to feel a rush of blood to his head.

Compared to Utaha, or even Touka, Saeko was more mature, beautiful, and taut. Even wrapped in a thick yukata, her body exuded an explosive sensuality...

Once again, I uncontrollably filled in the blanks in my mind, and the image was presented from every angle.

There was no one else in the hot spring now, and Yuan Qianye's body was also burning hot, so he no longer needed to worry about saving face or pretending to be a gentleman.

He stood up from the hot spring pool and sat on the stone steps that were above the hot spring water, only sticking his calves out below, as if he were soaking his feet.

The cool night air brought him a refreshing feeling, and his agitated state of mind seemed to calm down as a result.

However, the tent supported by bath towels was still quite conspicuous.

Actually, right after Shiyu appeared in her swimsuit, he was amazed and impressed, and he started to feel a little restless, but he was able to suppress it for the time being.

And it was Saeko who truly awakened the dragon and escalated the situation to this extent.

When she leaned in to speak, whether intentionally or unintentionally, her lips touched her earlobe, and Big White Rabbit playfully hopped over and kicked her shoulder a few times.

It doesn't do much damage, but it instantly boosts morale to the maximum, with the buff overflowing the status bar...

What should we do?

This was a completely unexpected turn of events.

Yuan Qianye gazed at the night sky, lost in thought for a long time.

Twenty minutes later, Rikka poked her little head back towards the hot spring: "Chiya, we're all done. You can come and bathe anytime."

"Okay, I understand." Yuan Qianye replied, then got up and went to the shower room without thinking further.

The shower room was filled with the strong scent of shampoo and body lotion, a very rich combination.

It was the lingering scent of them who had just been here.

Yuan Qianye closed his eyes and washed his hair. After what had just happened, this was nothing more than this and could not disturb him at all.

A short while later, Gen Chiya changed into the pajamas she had brought from home and came from the bathroom into the Japanese-style living room.

The TV was playing an evening variety show, but no one seemed to be watching. People were playing a twisty game, probably just using the background laughter from the TV as background noise.

The so-called body twisting game is a party game suitable for all ages.

A game mat with colored circles is placed on which participants step and perform corresponding actions according to a spinning wheel with colors and body parts.

For example, if your left hand is red, you need to place your left hand on the red block on the game mat.

This process continues in turn until a final winner is determined.

"Go Yukino!"

"Saeko-nee, you have a big advantage. Keep going and you'll have a great chance of winning."

Eriri and Utaha cheered them on from the sidelines.

Yukino and Saeko are standing on the play mat.

Saeko is lucky; so far in the game, she's only stepped on the red and blue blocks respectively.

As for Yukino, her current pose is somewhat comical, with her legs one in front of the other and her hands firmly pressed to the ground, resembling the starting stance of a track and field athlete preparing to run.

Her hair was simply tied loosely with a hair tie, and now it fell to one side of her chest with her movements. Combined with her light pink silk nightgown, the usual aloof feeling disappeared a lot, and she became more gentle and easy-going.

"The game you brought?"

Gen Chiya came to Rikka, who was born to be a referee.

"No, I just found it in the TV cabinet here. The store must have provided it to us for free."

Rikka handed the spinning wheel to Minamoto no Chiya.

"Why don't you give it a try? It's Saeko-nee's turn next."

Yuan Qianye didn't stand on ceremony and directly turned the dial.

"Blue, right hand."

Rikka announced loudly.

Saeko on the field thought for a moment, then gave Yukino a soft apology before pressing herself against her.

The heavy papaya came crashing down, and Yukino's head was suddenly burdened with a weight it shouldn't have had to bear.