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

"..."

Seeing Chiya's rare expression of being speechless after being choked by her words, Yukino's small sense of joy at winning a round quietly intensified.

This subtle feeling, even she herself felt was somewhat childish, yet she found it difficult to completely suppress.

She stood up.

Thinking she was about to leave, Eriri immediately stood up nervously and asked, "Yukino, where are you going?"

Yukino smiled at her: "I'll go see if there's any food I want to eat."

The main goal is to consolidate the current victory, leave the game quickly, and not give Yuan Qianye a chance to counter-attack and regain the advantage.

"Okay, then I'll go with you!" Eriri quickly followed.

Watching the two figures leave, Rikka slowly withdrew her gaze, looked suspiciously at her older brother, and belatedly realized something: "Strange... Yukino doesn't seem so angry anymore."

Gen Chiyo chuckled inwardly, his gaze shifting from Yukino's elegantly alternating long legs beneath her skirt to his stepsister's puzzled face: "Isn't it thanks to you and Eriri's help that we got to today? Otherwise, I'd probably be in trouble. At best, she'd give me the cold shoulder for a few days."

"Yeah, that's true~ But brother, you shouldn't do that again. Like Eriri said, if you really encounter any difficulties, just talk to Yukino and explain. Do you really think she'll just stand by and do nothing?"

But the question is, now that your brother has developed to this point, what kind of problems could he possibly encounter that require her?

We can't create a problem just for her when there isn't one, can we?

Some things are not as simple as they seem, and his attempt to lure Yukino into signing a document and asking her to help with the work was just a pretext. He actually had a deeper and more ambitious plan... but unfortunately, it was seen through.

Therefore, there's no use saying anything now; we can only think of other solutions later.

Even so, he did not come away empty-handed.

How come I never noticed before that the Second Miss would be so concerned and excited about beating me?

Oh, right, I blame myself for being so inhumane before.

From a young age, the second young lady was always treated like a Japanese person and abused. For six whole years of elementary school, she was relentlessly suppressed and overwhelmed every year, giving her no hope or chance to succeed. Over the years, it probably caused the child to develop a psychological obsession.

From her perspective, now that she has finally found an opportunity to take advantage of her and turn the tables, she should indeed be happy.

It's not easy...

In the future, perhaps we can find some opportunities to let her win a few more times without Yukino noticing, so that she can be happier as a result.

"Besides, even if Yukino doesn't agree, there's still me and Eriri, right? Even if you're considering that Eriri and Yukino have a good relationship, you can still talk to me about it. I've always been on your side, brother."

Just based on Rikka's words of loyalty, Gen Chiyo felt extremely gratified: "Yes, I understand."

He patted Rikka's little head, watching her show a satisfied and comforted expression, and even cut open a steak and fed her two pieces of beef.

There's no reason not to spoil my adorable, soft-bodied little sister who always puts herself first and has a natural milky scent.

When Yukino followed Eriri back to the table, her face had regained its usual elegant and serene smile.

The matter of the agreement was thus quietly dropped without causing any further trouble.

However, as dinner was almost over and Chiyo, realizing her plan had failed, prepared to take the agreement back, Yukino did not comply but instead put it back into her bag, showing no intention of returning it or offering any explanation.

However, Yuan Qianye could probably guess what she was thinking.

It's impossible for her to sign it; she probably sees it as some kind of trophy.

In addition, she had only glanced at it briefly at the dinner table, and she would probably check it more carefully word by word when she got back, trying to find any other word traps she might have hidden, in order to understand him better.

But none of that matters now. Although the plan was exposed, knowing that the Second Miss has such a strong competitive spirit towards him can be considered a blessing in disguise, as he gained a valuable piece of information.

not to mention……

[Chiya Minamoto: Sister, as promised, I made Yukino happy. Also, as you wished, I successfully got Yukino to agree to be my text editor and assist me in my creative process.]

After arriving home, Yuan Qianye sent such a message to Yang Nai, but she did not reply immediately, probably because she was busy with something at the moment.

Instead of just waiting with his phone in hand, Rikka prepared a bath for him as soon as she got home, adding bath salts and his favorite peppermint essential oil.

Toka spends less time at home due to her studies and running the restaurant. Consequently, without her realizing it, her younger sister Rikka has taken on the responsibility of taking care of the "head of the household."

After he finished his relaxing bath and returned to his room with his half-dry hair, the screen lit up when he picked up his phone.

[Yano: Much faster than I expected! You really can do a great job if you're willing~ I understand. As we agreed before, I'll make you happy too, and give you a surprise. But I need some time to prepare. I'll let you know when everything is ready.]

[Yuan Qianye: Okay, I'll wait for news from my sister.]

Seeing that his message was marked as "read," he deleted all of their previous chat history.

As he swiped his finger across the lock screen, his mind began to wander as he thought about the "surprise" Yang Nai had promised.

It turns out that some time is needed for special preparation... It seems that this "surprise" might be a little larger than expected.

…………

Chapter 101: You two, just get married!

Sunday arrived in the blink of an eye.

With no extra work scheduled during the day, Yuan Qianye went out for a jog early in the morning as usual and came back to prepare breakfast.

After breakfast, he saw Toka out and kissed her goodbye at the entrance before turning back to wake Rokka up for breakfast.

Rikka stared at the tuft of hair sticking up on her head, yawned, and staggered into the washroom.

Although it sounds strange, Yuan Qianye genuinely feels that her current situation with Toka and Rikka is very much like that of a family of three.

He and Toka are parents, while Rikka is a brat or something.

Hmm...that's not quite right. Judging from Rikka's recent well-behaved behavior, she might be promoted to a mascot-like figure, like a sweet and caring daughter...

After breakfast, he led Rikka out to go home.

Dad had business to discuss and left early this morning, leaving Junko's mom alone at home taking care of little Chiyo.

Minamoto Chiyo was born at the end of October two years ago, and she is now twenty months old.

From initially babbling and wobbling, to now being able to utter simple everyday words like "mama" and "papa" and clearly express their meaning.

As soon as the door opened, she heard the noise and immediately rushed over, wobbling as she hugged her doll. She grabbed Yuan Qianye's leg, looked up at him with bright eyes, and called out, "Brother Qianye!"

Actually, before this, when Chiyo was just beginning to learn to speak, she often couldn't tell who was taking care of her.

She would randomly call Yuan Qianye and Toka, who often took care of her, "Dad" and "Mom." The rest of the family didn't pay much attention to it and just laughed it off. But this made Toka very nervous, since she did have an inappropriate relationship with Qianye in private.

Although they concealed it well, they couldn't withstand Chiyo's repeated provocations.

Later, Toka also put in a lot of effort to patiently guide Chiyo, and it was only then that she finally managed to correct her bad habit of shouting at people randomly.

Yuan Qianye's heart melted. He bent down and easily scooped her into his arms, nuzzling her rosy cheeks: "Have you been good these past two days?"

"You're so good! I ate my breakfast by myself this morning!"

"Wow, that's amazing?!"

"Ok!"

Rikka deliberately put on a stern face and poked little Chiyo's chubby cheek: "All you do is look for your brother, don't you see your sister?"

"Sister Rikka!" Chiyo's sweet, childlike voice made Rikka's feigned unhappiness melt away instantly, and her maternal instincts quickly overwhelmed her. She took Chiyo from her hands and nuzzled her face against the soft, squishy girl.

Have you missed me?

"It's alright!"

Upon hearing this, Rikka immediately lowered her eyes, her smile vanished, and her frozen expression of utter despair resembled that viral Tibetan fox face meme.

Chiyo's pure eyes widened as she looked behind Rikka and asked in confusion, "Where's Touka-neechan? I miss her so much!"

Yuan Qianye watched from the sidelines, thoroughly amused.

Sunday passed by like this, with the brother and sister taking Chiyo to the indoor children's playground in a nearby shopping mall for a long time.

Chiyo is quite adorable in front of her older brother and sister, but she is a completely different person in front of her peers.

Through the transparent window, Rikka saw Chiyo sitting on the back of a little boy who was lying on the ground with his hands and knees on the ground.

She instructed two other boys to pretend to be a gorilla, pounding their chests and making noises, while the other pretended to be a puppy, squatting on the ground and panting with his tongue out.

She laughed innocently, her eyes curving into crescents, and she stretched out her little hand to give instructions from time to time: "Gorilla, speak louder!" "Puppy, shake hands!"

Rikka was dumbfounded.

She took out her phone, filmed the scene, and sent it to her mother.

Soon, she received an unsurprising reply from her mother, who said that Chiyo often experiences this when she goes out to play.

The last time she was in the park, she was holding a jump rope, with one end tied around the necks of other children and the other end in her hand.

Runko's mother was also quite distressed about this. She told Chiyo many times when she got home that she shouldn't do that when playing with her friends, but it didn't work.

They would readily agree at the time, but the next time, they might forget or simply not take her advice to heart, and in any case, they would immediately revert to their original behavior.

She didn't have to put much effort into taking care of Toka when she was little, and the later-born Rikka was also quite well-behaved.

Therefore, Junko's mother didn't really have any good solutions for Chiyo's situation.

However, she felt that today was a good opportunity, and she could ask the brother and sister to take this opportunity to educate her properly.

Rikka showed Chiya the chat messages on her phone.

Gen Chiya quickly glanced at her mother's message, focusing her attention on the photo that Rikka had sent. She couldn't help but nod with satisfaction: "She's so young yet already knows how to interact with people. She's truly my little sister."

Indeed, Chiyo has rosy lips and white teeth, her cheeks are like the pinkish-red of a ripe peach, and when she blinks, it's like a butterfly spreading its wings. Her voice is as sweet as freshly steamed rice cake. She is simply too cute.

She'll definitely be a beauty in the future, no less stunning than Shi Hua, and it's entirely predictable that she'll be popular with boys her age.

"What kind of interpersonal communication is this?!"

Rikka felt that there was no hope for her older brother.

As expected, Chiyo's education is something that only she, as a fellow girl, can handle!

While waiting for Chiyo to come out, Rikka, following her mother's instructions, patiently explained to her that the way Chiyo had played with the other children was wrong.

But Chiyo was puzzled and didn't understand the reasoning behind her words at all. She replied in her childish voice, "But they all played with me willingly, and they were happy to do so."

“Indeed, if it’s voluntary, then there’s no problem at all.” Yuan Qianye gave a thumbs up from the side.

"Qianye, if you're not going to help, then don't cause trouble!"

"You can't be mean to Brother Qianye!"

Seeing Chiyo's small body angrily blocking Chiya's way with her outstretched arms, Rikka wanted to cry but had no tears.