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

In fact, Chiyo had originally planned to have dinner out with Toka as well.

But Toka, who was very concerned about her family, refused his suggestion this time with righteous indignation.

If she doesn't go home, her mother will have to prepare dinner, and she doesn't want her mother to work so hard.

Of course, the main reason is that Toka found herself to be like Japan to the United States in her feelings for Chiya, increasingly able to take whatever she wanted and increasingly unable to refuse his various ideas and suggestions.

If she agreed to eat out with him again for dinner, she was really scared. What if he took advantage of the situation to take her somewhere else after dinner? How should she react then?

Rikka had a great time playing at home all day.

In the afternoon, I ate watermelon, potato chips, and beef jerky, drank iced soda, watched TV dramas, new anime series, and funny variety shows.

I didn't feel sleepy until 3 p.m.

He fell asleep on the sofa and slept until his sister and sworn brother returned.

Shihua saw her silly little sister sprawled out in the living room, her panties and belly exposed.

She had initially felt a little guilty, but at this moment she immediately regained the domineering presence of an older sister.

Judging from the mess on the coffee table, there's no doubt that this girl completely ignored me. She must have been running wild at home all day with no one around to supervise her.

"Ouch...it hurts!"

Rikka woke up instantly as her ears were pinched.

The next moment, seeing her sister's gloomy face and Qianye's sly smile beside her, she immediately understood what had happened.

She knelt on the sofa with practiced ease, wiped her slightly damp lips with the back of her hand, and immediately began to defend herself.

She said she studied hard all morning, only watched TV for a little while in the afternoon, and then thought she would take a nap before getting up. But somehow, she slept until now because she was too tired from studying too hard...blah blah blah.

Shihua had encountered similar situations countless times. She knew her younger sister all too well and didn't believe her nonsense at all. She immediately prepared to give her another crispy shell.

But then Rikka exclaimed "Ah!" and pointed at the large and small bags on the dining table, immediately rushing over in a few quick steps.

Shihua thought to herself, "Oh no, I forgot about that. I should have waited until I had put everything away before waking up this lazybones."

While she was secretly regretting her actions, Rikka had already opened one of the paper bags.

"Dolls, and quite a few of them..."

Open another one.

"A group photo of everyone's heads..."

The third.

"A gift set of towels and soap? The packaging looks so luxurious. Oh, and there's a letter... Thank you for trusting and choosing our restaurant... Receipt... One, Ten, Hundred, Thousand, Ten Thousand..."

Halfway through reading the receipt, Gen Chiya snatched it from her hand, tore it up, and threw it directly into the trash can.

Rikka was filled with grief and indignation at this moment, her finger pointing at them tremblingly.

"You...you guys...Sister! Qianye! Didn't you say you were going to buy household items? You clearly went out to play! And you even went to such a nice restaurant! You didn't even take me with you!"

"I just randomly picked a restaurant on the street, how was I supposed to know it would be so expensive? Once I sat down, the waiter even brought me water, I felt too embarrassed to leave."

As for the dolls and photo booths, we just happened to be passing by and took a peek if we were interested.

Of course, I bought the most important household utensils: a kitchen knife, a peeler, plastic bags, and a grater.

As she explained, Yuan Qianye took out several items from the convenience bag one by one to prove that what she said before leaving was true.

Rikka stared at him in silence for a moment, then immediately resumed her relentless nagging.

"Come on, don't treat me like an idiot. This is just something I bought from a convenience store. There are several of these stores near my house. You guys went out to play without me!"

She spoke with grief and indignation, and immediately went to look through the remaining items.

But Toka immediately stepped forward and removed the remaining unopened packaging bags. There were her and Chiya's swimsuits in them, how could she possibly let her see them?

No one knows a sister better than her older sister. Shihua understood that this little devil was trying to use this as an excuse to shift the blame, in order to dispel the fact that she had been lazing around at home all day, and thus escape punishment by muddying the waters.

Therefore, unlike Qianye, she had no intention of explaining and planned to suppress them directly with force.

The cricket, a six-colored one, is even using military tactics against her.

I can't do anything about Qianye, but I can't deal with you either?

"I'm back~"

"Yeah~"

Junko's mother returned home at this very moment, accompanied by Chiyo's sweet, childlike voice.

Rikka, like a wronged person meeting a just and righteous official, finally found an outlet for all her pent-up grievances. She immediately rushed over and hugged her mother, complaining and accusing her.

"Mom, Shika and Chiyo went out to play without me! They're bullying and isolating me!"

Bullying and isolation...

Shihua raised her eyebrows dangerously.

You idiot, you're trying to be the one to accuse me first?

Yuan Qianye chuckled and took Xiao Qiandai without a care in the world. He lifted her up high as if nothing had happened, making her laugh. He didn't rush to explain anything, choosing to stay out of it for the time being.

Runzi's mother looked at her youngest daughter, who was clinging to her tightly, seemingly trying to squeeze out a few tears but unable to.

Then she turned her gaze to her eldest daughter, and before she could even put down her bag, she patted Rikka's head and asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Did you two sisters fight again?"

"No, Mom, don't listen to her nonsense."

"I wasn't making this up!"

"You little rascal..."

"I'm not a brat..."

"Alright, you two, quiet down." Runzi's mother had been busy with work all day, and now that she came back and heard them arguing like this, she felt quite annoyed, so she turned her gaze to Qianye.

Gen Chiyo stopped making faces at Chiyo and said, "It's nothing, Mom. I just had something to take care of today, so I asked Toka to come with me. On the way back, we went to the supermarket and bought some things."

He then turned his gaze to Rikka: "And Rikka, if you tidy up the mess around the coffee table in the living room, everything will be fine. Also, remember to go to your room next time you sleep. Toka-nee is just thinking that you, as a girl, shouldn't be so careless and unguarded. When we came back just now, the French windows were wide open, and your belly was exposed. If a thug broke into our house, do you think you would be in danger?"

He downplayed the issue and resolved the matter with just a few simple words.

Rikka glanced at him, then noticed that Toka's expression had softened slightly.

Realizing that continuing to make a scene wouldn't do her any good, she immediately stopped complaining and went to clean up the mess.

Runzi's mother sighed with relief, saying, "It's so nice to have a sensible boy in the family. I don't have to worry about so many things."

She was just casually mentioning the current situation and didn't mean anything by it.

But in the ears of Shika, who had spent most of the day on a date with Chiya, the words had a completely different meaning, making her feel guilty.

"I'll put my things back in the room and come downstairs to cook right away."

"You and Qianye just got home, right? Why don't we have Mom prepare today?"

"No need, Mom, you should go and rest."

"I'll go take a bath first. It's so hot outside today. I'm all sweaty from running around."

"okay."

Runzi's mother went into the bathroom.

Shihua carried her bags and packages upstairs.

Holding Chiyo, Gen Chiya glanced at Rikka, who was tidying up the coffee table with a trash can, and after thinking for a moment, went upstairs to the second floor.

He leaned against the door of Shihua's room: "I'll prepare dinner today. Shihua, you've been running around with me all day, you must be tired."

"You know that too?" Shihua said, her back to him as she packed up a huge pile of things.

Sensing the slight resentment in her words, Yuan Qianye chuckled to himself: "Why do you seem so unhappy? You were laughing nonstop all afternoon this whole way here."

Shika did not want to respond to this fact.

Because that's truly the case, and there's no room for denial.

Gen Chiyo gently bit the mischievous fingertip that was touching his face, pondered for a moment, and tilted his head to say, "Are you worried about Rikka? It's okay. Although she looks a bit aggrieved, she probably won't take it to heart. I'll talk to her after dinner tonight. Nothing will happen."

"Oh."

Shihua's answer was simple, but she was secretly alarmed, as if everything about her was laid bare before him.

He can accurately detect even the smallest thoughts in my mind; he's like a mind reader, isn't he?

Or is it because they started observing me secretly a long time ago, so it's only natural that I'm behaving this way now?

She quickly tidied up, turned around and came to Chiyo's side, gently poking Chiyo's little face: "I'll wash your swim trunks together and fold them into the closet for you later, just leave them here with me for now."

"Okay, this is really troublesome."

"If you really find this troublesome, please explain your plans to me beforehand."

"Yes, dear sister."

Yuan Qianye deliberately used such a slightly improper form of address at this moment, which made Shihua's ears burn like fire, and she glared at him again in dissatisfaction.

"Mother……"

Chiyo clapped her hands, raising them in the air and gently swaying them towards Toka.

"Chiyo, I've said it so many times, I'm the older sister, not the mother."

Shihua reached out her hand and let her hold it.

Facing her baby sister, the maternal instincts within her kicked in, and her voice softened and became gentler.

Little Chiyo didn't understand her words, chuckled, and shook her finger. Then, quickly losing interest, she turned her face back to Minamoto Chiyo, who was holding her, and called out in her childish voice again.

"Dad... Dad..."

"Ugh... Hahaha..."

At first, Yuan Qianye pursed her lips and endured it, but later she really couldn't hold back anymore.

What a treasure of a younger sister! He likes her!

"You still have the mood to laugh." Toka gave him a reproachful look, took Chiyo from his hands, and corrected him again in a gentle tone: "Chiyo is the older brother, not the father."