"… A little bit. It feels a bit cold outside."

Chihaya Aine felt a little moved, but she was a little hesitant. She had always been a well-behaved child who obeyed the curfew. Now Quan suddenly invited her to go out at this time, which made her feel conflicted.

"I'll pick you up?"

"…Are you okay?"

Still a little conflicted, Chihaya Aine was a little worried about what her parents would think.

"Aren't I here with you?"

"...Then, I'll get ready."

Chihaya Aine, who couldn't sleep, let go of her worries under Izumi's persuasion, nodded slightly to show her agreement, and when Izumi saw that she agreed, he hung up the phone with a smile, sat up from the bed, and began to prepare to go out.

……

"Want to go shopping with Izumi? Going out so late at night feels... like I've never felt this way before."

After muttering to herself for a while, Chihaya Aine slowly stood up in her pajamas, walked to the window, looked at the quiet street outside, pursed her lips, and began to prepare to go out.

Setagaya District is very large, and the place where Izumi lives is some distance away from her original home. However, just half an hour after Izumi and Chihaya Aine decided to go out, Izumi appeared at the door of her house and sent a message to her sister.

"Hey, are we there yet?"

Chihaya Aine, who had just prepared to go out, saw the message sent to her by Izumi. She walked to the window in surprise and saw Izumi standing on the road in front of the door, waving her arm gently.

Just as she was about to speak to the spring below, she saw the other party making a gesture to silence her, and pointed with her finger, asking her to come down and go out.

"..."

Looking at Izumi's instructions, Chihaya Aine slightly opened her lips, wanting to say something but stopping herself.

She thought her brother had already told their parents and that was why he came to take her out, but she didn't expect that he was going to go out quietly.

The wonderful sense of déjà vu made Chihaya Aine bite her lips involuntarily. After struggling for a while, she pursed her lips, quietly turned off the lights in her room, then tiptoed down the stairs and came to the entrance.

She opened the door, closed the door, locked the door, and then walked slowly to her brother. She couldn't help but glance in the direction of home. Fearing that she would attract her parents' attention, she lowered her voice, just like when they were children hiding in the same bed and secretly staying up late, and asked Quan in a low voice.

"Are you okay? You don't want to tell mom and dad?"

"I'm just going out for a while, and I'll be back early."

"Where to go?"

Chihaya Aine hesitated for a moment, but felt that it was not a big problem. She would only be out for an hour, so it shouldn't have any impact.

Looking at her brother, she was a little curious about where her brother was going to ask her out.

"Are you hungry?"

Facing his sister's question, Quan asked her with a smile.

"what?"

……

Sitting in the ramen restaurant, Chihaya Aine watched her brother hand the menu to her. She stared at the menu in front of her, then looked at her brother in front of her, and couldn't help but sigh.

"You're not hungry and don't want to go out alone, so you called me?"

"No, I just had this idea on the way."

Chihaya Aine didn't know what to say and suddenly felt depressed. She had thought there would be some exciting nightlife, but it turned out to be so ordinary. Her eyes fell on the menu, and under the warm light, she ordered a bowl of soy sauce ramen.

"I'll order one too."

The unusual choice brought a surprised look to Chihaya Ai's face.

"Don't you like strong flavors?"

"What you said is a little strange... Well, it's true that I like stronger flavors, but it's already evening and too strong a flavor will affect my rest later, so a slightly lighter flavor is fine."

After hearing Izumi's answer, Chihaya Aine's expression seemed a little subtle, and her eyes fell on the menu, looking at the soy sauce ramen.

'Is this considered light?'

To her, the taste is already quite strong, while to her brother, it is considered quite light.

After ordering ramen, Chihaya Aine began to observe the environment inside the store. She mainly wanted to see what type of people were still outside at this time, but at a glance, she found that they seemed to be office workers.

After retracting her gaze, she looked at her brother with a somewhat subtle expression on her face.

"what happened again?"

At this point in time, there was no one to contact, and Quan did not look at his phone. He was always paying attention to his sister. After noticing that the other party was looking at him, he asked directly.

"No... I was just thinking about what you'll be like when you start working."

"Hmm~Curious?"

The corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise up, and after hearing his sister's doubts, he couldn't help but want to laugh.

To be honest, he himself found it difficult to imagine what his job was like.

After all, with the current balance in his overseas account, as long as he doesn't invest a large amount of money in starting a business, it is more than enough for him to live a rich and healthy life.

“I would consider becoming a doctor, but it’s hard to imagine putting on a white scrub and treating other people.”

Chihaya Aine's gaze fell on Izumi. She remembered in her heart what Izumi had talked about with her before and what he had read in the past. She did not doubt that Izumi could become a doctor.

"Then what job do you think I am more suitable for?"

"I don't know, but he doesn't look like a good person anyway."

This answer made Quan couldn't help laughing. He didn't expect that the impression he had left on his sister during this period of time had become so bad.

After the ramen was served on the table, the two of them ate in silence.

After the meal was over, Izumi was naturally responsible for paying. After leaving the ramen shop, Chihaya Aine looked back at her brother and asked about the next destination.

"Want to go see the sea?"

"Eh? At this time? Forget it... it's too far."

Although Tokyo is a coastal city, the place where she and Quan are at the moment is not the seaside. If they want to see the sea, they have to go to the seaside park, and it will take a lot of time to go back and forth. She felt it was very troublesome just thinking about it.

Seeing his sister refusing, Quan, who was not a domineering president, naturally would not force her to go to the sea with him. He also could not be so arrogant as to call a helicopter to take the two of them to the seaside park.

"Although the rooftops of the buildings here can indeed accommodate helicopters."

Seeing that their sister was unwilling to go to the sea, the two stood on the street, thinking about the next place to go while walking forward.

Checked the time.

21: 12.

If it were summer, this time would still be early, but in winter it would not be early.

"take a break?"

When passing a park, Quan stopped, looked at his sister beside him, and asked.

This is an open and free park, and you can still enter even at night.

Chihaya Aine, who was standing next to Izumi, took a look at the park and nodded slightly. Then the two of them entered the park together. After taking a look at the surrounding environment, Chihaya Aine walked to the swing.

Sitting on the swing, the chain made a clear sound, and after gently kicking her legs, the swing began to swing. Quan stood in front of her sister, watching the girl sitting on the swing and swaying gently in front of her.

"Today, the moon is not visible."

Chihaya Aine, who was sitting on the swing, looked up at the sky and whispered softly.

"What's wrong? Do you want to say 'The moonlight is so beautiful'?"

"Huh? How is that possible... What era is this? Would anyone still use such an old-fashioned way of confessing love?"

Chihaya Aine looked at her brother with a subtle look, but she didn't show any shy reaction. And because the "joke" in Izumi's mouth was too relevant to the times, her expression seemed a little disgusted.

“Is it already behind the times?”

"Quan, you sometimes don't seem like a young person, but more like... a conservative old man."

Chihaya Aine, who was swaying gently on the swing, gave her own evaluation of her brother.

"for example?"

"Although he sometimes does some naughty things and teases others, he always keeps his sense of propriety and never does anything risky. In terms of hobbies, he is more like a middle-aged person. He has no... vitality at all? No... In short, he doesn't look like a high school student."

Gathering her impressions of her brother, Chihaya Aine answered softly.

"Yes, like a middle-aged man."

Especially after thinking of Izumi's complicated emotional relationship at the moment, Chihaya nodded lovingly again.

It's just like what often appears in TV dramas, where a middle-aged man has an ambiguous relationship with other women while having a wife. Goto Ichiri is like the ignorant female subordinate who is attracted to Izumi in the same business unit.

"Middle-aged?"

"Being steady isn't a bad thing, but is Quan too steady?"

Staring at her brother, Chihaya Aine curled the corners of her mouth.

From childhood to now, she has never seen her brother being scolded. She feels a little regretful in her heart, but she really wants to see her brother making some mistakes and being criticized in front of their parents.

"So what do you think can better show the vitality of youth?"

"You're going to study abroad for a while, and then come back?"

"..."

The brother and sister looked at each other, and Quan was too lazy to say anything about something so obviously unrealistic.

"Come to think of it, didn't you make any friends while studying abroad?"

"…Are you no longer satisfied with your current situation in China?"

After hearing what Izumi said, Chihaya Aine's expression became disgusted again. Just when Izumi was about to answer, she suddenly caught a glimpse of two people entering the park.

The other party didn't seem to expect that there would be people in the park at this time, and was stunned for a moment.

Seeing the people entering the park, Chihaya Aine didn't care at first, but after blinking, she suddenly realized something and was stunned. Her sakura lips opened slightly, and her face was full of shock, embarrassment, and a strong sense of shyness.

"..."

There was a moment of silence. After a brief moment of surprise, the two people opposite did not leave the park, but walked towards the toilet in the park.

“…Brother?”

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