I have bound two systems.

Not long after he turned the corner, his cell phone rang with a message.

It was sent by Touma and Sa.

[Good night! Also, next time, don't come up to me without warning! ]

It is also accompanied by a cute dog's angry grinning expression.

[I know. I won’t do it again next time.]

After replying, Suzumiya Chisato smiled and put the phone back into her pocket.

Sitting at the entrance, Touma Kazusa gently touched her lips with the fingertips of her left hand, looked at the message her lover replied, and sat there for a long time with a smile on her face.

Until a familiar teasing voice suddenly came from behind her.

"It's so late and I still send you to your doorstep. It's really sweet."

Like a cat whose tail was stepped on, Touma and Sa were so startled that they stood up.

"Don't sneak up behind someone!"

Dong Ma Youzi shrugged innocently.

"I walked over here normally. You were so immersed in the goodbye kiss with your boyfriend that you didn't hear the sound."

"You! You actually peeked!"

"It's just that I waited for a long time but my daughter didn't come back. As a mother, it's normal for me to subconsciously look out the window."

Dong Ma Yoko crossed her arms over her chest, her smile becoming more teasing.

"But are you really my daughter? It's too embarrassing that such an innocent kiss could make you lose your mind for so long. Why don't you just invite him to your house for a cup of tea and let him stay overnight? If you're embarrassed because of me, it's easy to tell me directly. As long as I can hold my grandson sooner, I'll take the initiative to leave and give you two some space."

"What nonsense are you talking about, idiot!"

Touma Kazusa quickly changed her shoes and quickly left the entrance.

"How can anyone call their mother like that?"

Touma Yoko spoke loudly in dissatisfaction.

"You are the one. No mother would say these things to her own child."

From a distance, Touma and Sa's shouts came back.

"Hehe~ He has really grown up, this child..."

Thinking back to the scene she had just witnessed at the window, Touma Yoko felt a little emotional.

Suddenly, she felt a warm sensation in her nostrils, and her relaxed expression quickly turned solemn.

When I touched it with my fingertips, it turned out to be a glaring dark red as expected.

She covered her nostrils and was glad that her daughter did not witness the incident.

She sighed deeply, no longer as energetic as before, and walked quickly towards the second floor.

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Chapter 241 What She Didn't Know

Because I had specially sent Kasa back, by the time I waited for Suzumiya Chisato to return to the apartment, it was already close to ten o'clock.

Utaha Kasumigaoka and Eriri Sawamura were both sitting on the sofa in the living room. The lights in the living room were dim and the TV was on at a very low volume.

As soon as Chisato Suzumiya entered the room, they stood up at the same time in tacit understanding.

Eriri reached out to take the midnight snack he brought back from the store and the schoolbag on his shoulder, while Kasumigaoka came behind him without making a sound and helped him take off his uniform jacket.

Chisato Suzumiya, who was enjoying this treatment unnaturally, felt a little weird.

Just when he was about to say something to ease the discomfort, Eriri took the initiative to speak.

"Dark Wing is fine. I just fed it something and it has fallen asleep."

After she finished speaking, she looked towards the floor-standing air conditioner, where Black Wing was sleeping soundly. Suzumiya Chisato's return only caused it to open its eyes slightly, and then quickly closed them again.

"Thank you, Eriri, and Shiyu."

Suzumiya Chisato thanked her sincerely.

Ying Lili shook her head.

"Don't say that. I like it very much, and I have long regarded it as a family member."

Kasumigaoka snorted in dissatisfaction, picking on his words.

"And? I'm an accessory, right?"

"Don't bother with words like that."

Suzumiya Chisato probably already knew about what happened after they left the store with the Black Wings through the phone call in the store, but she still had to show her concern, mainly for Eriri and Utaha to see.

He walked over and teased the Black Wings for a while, and the other party cooperated by flapping its wings a few times to show that it was completely fine. The master and the servant had a perfect understanding.

After chatting for a while, Eriri Sawamura and Utaha Kasumigaoka stood up and said goodbye at the same time. Neither of them planned to stay here overnight.

Because her family is very strict, Eriri had to use Kasumigaoka as a shield today, but she still had to go home at night.

As for Kasumigaoka Utaha, she hasn't been home for several days. Although her parents at home won't say it explicitly, she still has to take their concerns into consideration.

Chisato Suzumiya went downstairs to see them off to a taxi, and took a shower after coming back.

I put the midnight snacks I brought back from the store in the microwave to heat them up. Just when I finished eating, Eriri and Shiyu both sent messages saying they had arrived home.

So far, today's biggest crisis has actually been relatively overcome.

Looking back on everything that happened today, Chisato Suzumiya felt extremely tired.

What happened today was a reminder to him that the situation was not as good as it was at the beginning. After the relationship was established, there were still many things that needed to be taken care of. There was not much time left for him to take it easy.

At around eleven o'clock, Chisato Suzumiya, who was bent over his desk doing homework, heard his cell phone vibrate. He thought it was a message from Kazusa or Ichiri, but when he picked up the phone, he was a little surprised.

It's not any of them, but a single colorful feather.

The content of the message is simple.

[Suzumiya-senpai, are you asleep? ]

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In the dark room, Isshiki Caiyu wrapped a thin blanket around herself and huddled in the corner of the bed against the wall.

Thump thump thump thump…

My heart was beating fast because of the excessive tension.

Just now, after hesitating and thinking hard for a long time, she finally convinced herself, gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and sent out the message that she had already entered into the text box and waited for nearly half an hour.

However, right after sending it, instead of feeling relieved, she felt extremely regretful.

Because during the time she had been hesitating, time had unknowingly come to almost eleven o'clock in the morning.

From any perspective, it's not too early.

It is hard to imagine that two people who are not familiar with each other would have a conversation at such a time.

I always feel a little impolite to send a message at this time. Will the other party think I have no sense of boundaries?

Also, doesn’t the message I just sent seem a bit silly? In this day and age, would anyone still start a speech with something like this?

Everything seemed to be fine before the message was sent, but after it was officially sent, I suddenly became anxious.

Isshi Caiyu held the phone tightly in both hands, thinking about whether to give up tonight or withdraw the message she had just sent, and then formulate a strategy and attack again.

On the mobile phone message interface, a small "read" prompt suddenly appeared behind the message she had just sent.

He really hasn't slept yet! He saw my message so soon!

How will Suzumiya-senpai react?

He shouldn't feel bothered, after all, he saw the message immediately, so he should not be sleeping or doing anything else. He might be leaning against the bed and scrolling through his phone just like me.

How will he respond to me?

I shouldn't feel bothered, nor should I feel annoyed with myself because of this. After all, the atmosphere during the conversation that day was pretty good from beginning to end...

Although the current situation was not a face-to-face conversation, Isshiki Iroha still held her breath involuntarily. Her pair of jade feet without socks gently touched each other, with her toes slightly curled downwards, tucking the cute light pink bed sheet.

Chisato Suzumiya did not let the anxious girl wait for too long, but after a few dozen seconds, Isshi Iroha's phone vibrated and a short reply message was sent.

【not yet. 】

It was a very conventional way of replying. While it answered Isai Caiyu's question accurately, it also carried a hint of coldness that seemed to keep people at a distance.

However, Isshiki Caiyu did not feel the alienation hidden in these three short characters. The situation was going just as she expected. This alone made her heart rate rise to the level of just running a hundred meters. The secret excitement and nervousness enveloped her, and she had no time to think about anything else.

[I'm sorry to bother you so late, but there are still some things I don't understand about what happened between me and Suzumiya-senpai. If it's convenient, can we meet again like last time? I think those things can only be explained clearly in person.]

After typing these words with a light breath, Isshiki Caiyu checked them several times. After confirming that they were correct, she clicked send again with a nervous mood.

After doing all this, she placed her phone flat on the bed, reached for the desk beside the bed, and turned on the desk lamp.

Bright lights dispelled the darkness, and an exquisite cookie gift bag was placed in the center of the table.

She had specially gone to the supermarket to buy the food gift bags, and she made the cookies herself after asking her mother for advice.

Isshi Iroha stared at the biscuits, and recalled what Yukinoshita Yukino said in the service club during the day.

She said that the two girls they met in the supermarket seemed to be living with Chisato Suzumiya, because she saw one of them opening the door for him late at night in cool pajamas.

Not only that, she also saw a third girl next to him when they were out on a date.

Although it was a casual glance from a distance at the time, Yukinoshita Yukino could conclude that the relationship between them was unusual based on what she observed.

When Isshi Iroha heard the news, it was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue.

Yukinoshita-senpai's character is extremely upright, and there is no need to lie to her about such a thing, so what she said is undoubtedly the truth.

"If that's really the case, then that person is a scumbag... Ugh!"

In the service club at that time, Yukinoshita Yukino told what she knew.

Isshi Iroha fell silent, while Yuigahama Yui spoke these words very straightforwardly.

Although she promptly took into account her junior's mood and covered her mouth, one could still tell the specific content of what she didn't say from her demeanor and expression.

If the situation is really as Senior Yukinoshita said, then Suzumiya-senpai, who is playing multiple games and maintaining improper relationships with so many girls, is undoubtedly a complete scumbag.

However, strangely, Isshiki Caiyu did not back down and did not change her original idea.

In other words, from the moment they met in the supermarket that day, when she saw two girls surrounding him on his left and right, she had already vaguely realized a fact in her heart.

It was just that the sudden encounter at that time caught her off guard, and all kinds of emotions such as surprise and joy mixed together, which messed up her thinking and made her unable to concentrate on analyzing the overly detailed things alone.

Even after she followed him to his apartment and calmed down a little, she didn't want to let her thoughts go in a direction she didn't expect, as it seemed a bit self-deceptive.

Now that Yukinoshita mentioned it individually, Isshi Iroha had to face this fact.

But even so, she didn't intend to stay away from him.

Maybe I can?

Perhaps Senior Suzumiya's attitude towards the girls around him now is just casual dating, and he doesn't have any serious feelings about them.

And after I appeared, maybe I could break this situation and make his bad behavior improve or even change completely?

Such thoughts arise for no reason deep in my heart, and such emergence of confidence is not without basis.

No matter whether it was the bizarre dream or the seemingly coincidental encounter in reality, she believed that it was an event planned by fate and an obvious sign before a sincere relationship began.

This kind of self-centered thinking may seem a bit childish, but it is undeniable that with the information that Isshi Iroha currently has, it does seem natural to some extent that she would have such thoughts.

So she was not scared by what Yukinoshita Yukino said.

She firmly held on to the idea she had at the beginning. It didn't matter what kind of love experience Chisato Suzumiya had in the past. What mattered was that this situation would definitely change after she joined the game and came to his side.

And they will undoubtedly get a happy ending.

"Buzz-"

In the silent room, the vibration of the cell phone is particularly noticeable.

Isshiki Caiyu, holding homemade cookies in her hand, came to her senses and quickly turned around to pick up her phone.

[Sure, but I'm currently preparing for the monthly exam next week, so I'm afraid I won't have time before then.]

Is this considered...a promise?