I have pure love with them

"Ok?"

"For mom, if she wants to make 10 million...how long will it take?"

Shuangshi's mother, who had been thinking about how long she would soak, looked at her daughter. Her originally scattered gaze suddenly became clear and solemn. She still maintained a gentle smile on her face, but in her heart she was concerned about why her daughter asked this question.

"About... three months? Why are you asking this question all of a sudden? Are you interested in mom's work?"

"...No, I'm just a little curious...I...I'm going to rest."

Seeing her daughter suddenly become hesitant and her attitude was different from usual, Shuangshi's mother's expression suddenly became serious. She stared at her daughter's back with a frown. After thinking for a moment, she finally called her daughter.

"Funny world."

"Ok?"

Nagasaki Souyo, who had already reached the stairs, looked back at his mother in the living room, forcing a slight smile on his face, looking a little nervous.

"If there are areas where you need to spend money, you can discuss it with mom, but... don't do anything that will hurt yourself. For mom, the only person she can rely on right now is Shuangshi."

“…Yes, I understand.”

Nodding slightly, Nagasaki Shoyo lowered his head, walked quickly to the door of his room, opened the door and hid inside.

"What happened? It can't be... No, it can't be..."

In an instant, Shuangshi’s mother thought of the frequent news about school bullying in society. She became worried that her daughter had been bullied and she couldn’t help but feel nervous.

"Should we...go to the school and ask?"

She pursed her lips, thinking back to the business orders she was dealing with recently, and she became worried. But after thinking about it carefully, she decided to find time to visit her daughter's school to see if there was any problem.

Having made the decision in her heart, Shuangshi's mother walked towards the bathroom, took off her gray formal dress, and sighed softly.

She focused on her work and neglected her daughter's feelings, but now she is alone, and if she doesn't work hard, she won't be able to provide Shuangshi with a good living environment.

"Shuangshi is almost grown up... Let's work hard for a while."

Not knowing what his mother was thinking, Shuangshi entered the room, leaned against the door, lowered his head, and looked lost and hesitant.

"Ten million yen... can Xiangzi return to the band like before?"

Pursing her lips, she was in a state of confusion and hesitation, but after hesitating for a while, her eyes were filled with deep loss.

impossible.

She was just a student. Even if she started working part-time now and did what Shiina Riki did, it would be impossible for her to save 10 million yen by the time she graduated from high school. What's more, when Chihaya Izumi told her about this, her expression seemed to be saying a number that she could accept.

In fact, the amount of money needed to get Xiangzi back to the band is probably much higher than this number, right?

"My family...something happened, so I didn't go to the Moon Forest...What should I do...What should I do to make her come back..."

179. I will make them fall into the trap

"You have your own room, right?"

"You can't sleep alone, and don't you want to communicate more with your sister and care about her inner world?"

At night, Quan, who had just finished his bedtime conversation with Ichiri and was lying on his bed to rest, had his door suddenly opened. Aine, wearing pink pajamas, walked into his room holding a pillow. Before he could say anything, a pillow hit him in the face. Then Aine quickly came to the edge of his bed, opened his quilt, lay on his bed, and squeezed him against the cold wall.

Seeing Aine lying down on her bed, Izumi, who was sitting on the bed, looked at her reckless behavior, pressed her forehead with her hand, and asked with mixed feelings, but what she got was Aine's righteous rebuttal.

With his head lowered, looking at Aine who had her eyes closed and the corners of her mouth raised, seemingly very satisfied with her bed, Izumi was silent for a moment and lay down helplessly.

"Hey, Toyokawa-san, are you having any troubles?"

But not long after Quan laid down and closed his eyes, Aine gently nudged Quan's arm with her elbow and whispered in the quiet night.

"do not know."

Izumi, who was a little sleepy after lying on the bed, was too lazy to answer Aine's question.

"Do you like Toyokawa-san or Souyo?"

"do not know."

The perfunctory answer made Aiyin open her eyes. She turned her head sullenly and looked at Quan who was lying on the inside of the bed. She had her eyes slightly closed, her expression was indifferent, and she was breathing lightly and slowly.

The soft and peaceful sleeping face made Aine, who wanted to scold him, open her mouth, hesitated for a moment, stared at Izumi's sleeping face for a while, and not long after, she also closed her eyes, without asking questions about Toyokawa Shoko and Nagasaki Soyo, lying beside Izumi, and fell asleep peacefully...

'Good weight. '

It seemed as if something was pressing on him, making Quan feel that his breathing was a little difficult. He slowly opened his eyes, and as his consciousness regained consciousness, he looked at himself. An octopus-like creature was pressing on him.

"..."

The familiar fragrance and the memories of last night made Quan recognize his own identity as "Octopus" at once.

"It's a bit heavy, but it's also very warm, a bit like an automatic heater? If it were winter, it would be very comfortable to have her warm the bed, but now it's almost summer..."

That is, in the early morning. If it was at noon, with such pressure on the body and wrapped in a quilt, one would sweat a little.

"Come to think of it, when we were little, you often held her like this during lunch breaks, right?"

During the summer vacation in elementary school, when both parents were working outside and only the siblings were at home, Aine would always feel sleepy at noon, but she didn't want to sleep alone. Even if she saw Izumi reading a book, she would pull Izumi to take a nap together, and even at noon when the temperature was the highest, she would still ask Izumi to hold her to sleep.

But it's strange. It was noon and the temperature was extremely high. When the two bodies were pressed close together, it felt like their skin was stuck together, but they didn't want to separate. Instead, they were immersed in this feeling.

"Still like a little kid..."

Looking out the window, there was a light layer of mist on the window, but you could still see the clear morning light outside.

As for Aiyin who was still pressing on him, he gently pressed her shoulders and moved her away from him little by little until he completely pushed her away from him. He sat up from the bed and left the bedroom with light steps...

"Are you up so early? Today is a holiday, right? Can't you get some rest?"

Mrs. Chihaya looked at Izumi as he came down the stairs, looking at her son in surprise.

"I have something to do in the morning, so I got up early and tidied up at home. When it's close to 9 o'clock, I should go out to pick someone up."

"Ah! By the way, Miss Goto is coming today, right? That's great. So, are we going to prepare a welcome party?"

Mrs. Chihaya clasped her hands together happily and looked at her son expectantly. She seemed extremely happy that her son was able to develop good relationships with girls.

Since it is a statutory holiday, it is not just students like Izumi and Aine who have the day off. Mrs. Chihaya will also be resting at home today, and Mr. Chihaya will not have much time to rest today due to the nature of his work.

"No need... She's not very good at dealing with overly lively scenes, so a normal welcome will do."

After thinking about it, if the warm welcome party was held for Goto Ichiri, the girl would probably feel very happy in her heart, but at the same time she was not good at dealing with such occasions. It might be in time to prepare now, but holding a welcome party when he was just staying for a while was a bit excessive in Quan's opinion.

"Is that so? Hmm... I see. Then let's listen to Quan. Do you need me to prepare anything for lunch?"

"Let me prepare lunch. I'll buy some ingredients on my way to pick her up later."

It’s a rare holiday, and Quan, who feels the atmosphere is relaxed, also wants to cook for himself.

After hearing Izumi's answer, Mrs. Chihaya showed a surprised expression on her face, and then she smiled.

"Izumi is cooking, that's great~ I haven't tasted Izumi's cooking for a long time. It's a pity that my dad is working today and missed it."

Although Mrs. Chihaya usually cooks, it's not just Aine who knows about Izumi's cooking skills, but the whole family. Mrs. Chihaya even suggested that Izumi consider becoming a chef when she first tasted his cooking.

"I can also prepare dinner. Besides... I will invite Mio to my home today."

"Mio-chan?"

After hearing Tokinoya Mio's name, Mrs. Chihaya's eyes suddenly became sympathetic.

"Did Mrs. Tokinoya agree?"

"Ah."

"Then you have to take good care of her. By the way, is Aine also at home today?"

Glancing towards the stairs, Izumi nodded slightly when thinking of Aine lying in her room.

"She's at home in the morning, and in the afternoon, she'll probably go out and meet her friends."

Although Nagasaki Soushi should be in a very bad mood right now, he will not give up and quit the band so easily. I think he will still struggle hard and hope that Toyokawa Shoko will change her mind.

The idea that suddenly came to her mind yesterday, after finishing the meeting with Nagasaki Soyo and on the way home, Quan also thought seriously about it. She felt that it was not completely impossible for her to agree. Maybe she could let Nagasaki Soyo try to persuade Toyokawa Shoko to become a maid with her?

"If they become maids all over, that's considered 'fallen as a servant', right? What will their reactions be if we ask them to take turns singing 'Haruhi Kage' in front of Takamatsu Deng?"

Mrs. Chihaya, who was standing in the living room, watched as Izumi suddenly fell into deep thought after answering her question. Then a strange smile appeared on his face, which made her worry.

"Is Quan okay? I feel like he's thinking about something bad..."

180. Who do you want to marry?

'When Aine grows up, who do you want to marry?'

"Eh? With whom?"

A yellowed picture appeared in front of Aine. She seemed to have returned to her childhood. On a summer evening, she sat under the eaves with her grandmother in the countryside. Her grandmother asked her about her future marriage. She was still young at that time and did not understand the meaning of marriage. She just thought it was a relationship like that of her parents, living together every day.

Then, she thought of the person who had lived with her since she was a child and had taken care of her.

“Chirp, chirp—”

Wrapped tightly in the quilt with a familiar scent, on the warm, comfortable and soft bed, the girl's delicate body curled up into a ball, her small face half buried in the crotch, breathing lightly and evenly the familiar fragrance mixed with her own breath.

The singing of birds outside the window made the girl's eyelids move slightly, and then she opened her sleepy eyes. Her shoulders moved slightly under the quilt, and then she turned her head to observe her environment.

'It's not my...spring...smell...familiar...'

The surroundings made Aiyin frown involuntarily. Information gradually poured into her mind which had just recovered its ability to think. Her innocent eyes gradually regained their rationality after a moment of trance. She recalled what she had done last night and why she was in her brother's room.

"Ah... why did you come to Quan's room..."

Having forgotten the loneliness and solitude she had felt physically and mentally at night, Aiyin, who was lying on the spring bed, sighed and turned to look at the window next to the bed. The bright sunlight, full of vitality and energy, sprinkled into the house, accompanied by the birdsong that woke her up. Even though she could not see anything, she could still feel the vitality of the world.

She said she disliked her decision to come to Quan's room, but Aine, who was lying on the bed, wrapped the quilt tighter around herself after disliking it, and had no intention of getting up at all.

The school has started the holiday today. She doesn't need to go to school, but she doesn't want to leave her warm bed early, especially this warm bed that makes her feel safe.

'Is this a bit weird?'

For some reason, Aine thought of Nagasaki Shoyo, who confessed his love to her brother, and Goto Ichiri, who currently has an ambiguous relationship with her brother, and she began to feel a little worried.

She opened and closed her eyes gently, like a butterfly fluttering its wings, and pursed her lips.

'No, it's normal for a sister to rely on her brother!'