I have bound two systems.

Looking back on the past half month, he cared very little about Shiyu and Eriri.

He was too busy with work to pay attention to Christmas and New Year's Day, which are the times that girls care about. He just called them on the same day and asked a florist to send a bouquet of flowers to express his apology.

But this compensatory behavior could only slightly alleviate but could not eliminate the guilt he felt for not being with them for a long time.

Especially when thinking about the few days after New Year's Day, Suzumiya Chisato saw Eriri's listless face with a fever patch on her forehead through the video, and she frowned from time to time during the call and suddenly looked painful.

When asked what happened, she didn't say anything and just smiled and answered perfunctorily.

After telling her to have a good rest, Suzumiya Chisato hung up the video. It was only after that that he realized belatedly that these days were exactly the days when Eriri was due.

She has headaches and fever, plus the monthly menstrual pain, but her important boyfriend can't be by her side at this time.

What about even just handing over a cup of hot water?

This is really incompetent...

Chisato Suzumiya made up her mind.

"No, you guys should come together. It's my fault. I haven't been with you guys for a long time. Now that work has finally come to a temporary end, it would be unreasonable to leave you behind to travel. Tomorrow I will introduce you to everyone in the company so that you can formally get to know each other."

Suzumiya Chisato held the hands of Shiha and Eriri at the same time, her expression gentle and sincere, and there was no sign of reluctance.

Ying Lili immediately shook her head.

"But it will cause you trouble."

"It won't be any trouble. First of all, you know each other. The other people in the company are all good people. You are close in age and I believe you will get to know each other quickly. It's lively. Besides, you will get to know them sooner or later, so don't think too much. Just listen to me."

Suzumiya Chisato leaned forward and pressed her forehead against Eriri's.

"Oh, I see... But if there is anything difficult, you must tell us, and they must be the priority during this trip. It doesn't matter what happens to Kasumigaoka and me, because we are family after all."

"Don't worry, there won't be any problem."

"We'll leave together tomorrow morning. Oh, and did you buy the same flight as me?"

"It should be the same one. After all, there is only one direct flight to Sapporo tomorrow morning..."

In this way, the matter is settled.

Standing by, Utaha Kasumigaoka looked at Chisato Suzumiya and Eriri rubbing their noses against each other affectionately, with a look of surprise in her eyes.

The situation was just as Eriri said. Sui went around in circles, but in the end she returned to her original demands.

After a brief moment of mixed feelings about Eriri's actions, she straightened her head and chest and regained her composure.

If you think about it carefully, there is nothing profound about what Ying Lili did. Overall, it is nothing more than "playing hard to get".

If she wanted, she could achieve her goal in a similar way.

It's just that she thought it was too troublesome, so she didn't do it.

It's not that she's dumber than Eriri, it's just that she doesn't consider all aspects of the matter as comprehensively as that guy.

She simply wanted to achieve her goal in the most efficient way.

After all, it is the difference in their personalities that leads to the difference in their ways of doing things.

She is more rational, while Eriri is more emotional.

Thinking about this, Kasumigaoka Utaha couldn't help but nodded.

That's right, that's right.

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Chapter 82 It doesn't seem necessary

Although she didn't show it very obviously, Ijichi Hoshika was actually quite looking forward to this trip to Sapporo.

If you turn back the pages of her life and take a quick look you will understand.

Because of her mother's death, as the eldest daughter, she naturally took over the responsibility of taking care of the still young Hong Xia.

She had to find a way to make money to support her family, and at the same time she had to pay attention to take care of Hongxia so that she wouldn't go astray.

The experience during this period is far from being summed up by the word "hard".

Along the way, the time that truly belongs to her is very little, not to mention the opportunity to go on a trip like she is now, where she can put everything aside and completely relax.

As for similar experiences, the memories of the related experiences in her head were even a little vague because they were too long ago.

If I remember it wrongly, it happened more than ten years ago when my mother was still alive...

"……elder sister?"

In the taxi on the way to the airport, Ijichi Hoshika, who was staring blankly out the window, came back to her senses when she heard her sister's voice and turned around.

"Why are you suddenly in a daze? Isn't it because you were too excited last night and didn't sleep well?"

Ichichi Hongxia poked her sister's soft flesh on the waist and joked.

She was wearing a hat and a mask so her facial expression couldn't be seen, but Ijichi Hoshika could still tell from her sister's overly lively tone that she was laughing.

The idea of ​​sisters having the same mind is too sci-fi, and Yidi Chixingge has never believed it. However, after the two sisters have been together for a long time, their understanding of each other has deepened, and they can indeed understand each other's thoughts from some very small clues.

Now Hongxia is probably as happy and expectant as herself after a long time.

It was true that ever since my mother passed away, my father went to work in another place in order to earn more money. He occasionally had to go on business trips abroad and would not come back until very long. Most of the time, it was just Hongxia and I who depended on each other.

Because she had to take care of her work in the store, she had never taken Hongxia out to play for many years.

Looking back now, Hongxia seemed to have become sensible overnight after her mother's death. Since then, she has never made any requests to her that would make her feel embarrassed, including the willful privileges that she took for granted as a child.

While other children participate in various club activities, Hongxia has been an undoubted member of the Huijia Club for many years.

Because she knew that she had an older sister at home who would not eat well if she was not supervised. By the way, since some time ago, the work of drying and cleaning the clothes and bedding at home also fell on her shoulders.

Now that I think about it... As a guardian, she actually still owes a lot to Hong Xia...

Really, think about it carefully, who has been taking care of whom all these years...

Ichichi Xingge smiled, a rare gentle smile. She touched Hongxia's hat with her palm and rubbed it gently a few times.

"That's it."

"Forehead."

Ijichi Hongxia felt quite uncomfortable with her sister showing such an expression. After all, in her eyes, her sister has always been the kind of person who looks weird and is very good at hiding her inner thoughts, and she is rarely so frank.

It is true that many things have changed dramatically without us noticing.

Ichichi Hongxia couldn't help but think.

"I did some research on the Internet yesterday. The hotel we are staying in this time has a hot spring and a back-rubbing service provided by a professional. Sister, come and experience it with us when the time comes."

"You actually thought of taking a hot spring bath first. Your schedule is really too Japanese."

"Because, taking a hot spring bath is really comfortable."

"up to you."

Ijichi Xingge shrugged and said in a relaxed tone that he would let his sister make the arrangements.

We began to hear the obvious sounds of planes taking off and landing, and through the car window we could see that the airport was not far away.

Ah, my sister has returned to her normal state.

Ijichi Hongxia looked at her sister, hummed a song, took off her hat and tidied her hair that had just been messed up.

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Everyone had agreed to meet directly at the airport.

Chisato Suzumiya and the other three who finished up the band have already met, except for the Ijichi sisters.

However, as they sat together waiting, they lacked the usual warmth towards each other and seemed a little silent.

Eriri and Kasumigaoka sat on Chisato Suzumiya's left, and the three who finished the band sat on his right.

He used his body to form a dividing line, implicitly indicating the fact that the two groups on the left and right belonged to different camps.

Just now, after bringing Kasumigaoka and Eriri to meet the three people who had finished the band, he briefly explained why he brought the two extra people with him and introduced them to each other. Except for Goto Ichiri's timid but natural greeting, the responses from Kita Ikuyo and Yamada Ryo were somewhat unnatural.

Kita Ikuyo was simply surprised that there were additional people on the trip at the last minute, and after clearly witnessing that Eriri and Kasumigaoka both had beauty and temperament far beyond that of ordinary women, especially after her eyes met the majestic posture of Kasumigaoka with her chest puffed out, she couldn't help but develop a little inferiority complex, and as a result, her posture when she greeted people was also dry, and it was obvious that she was forcing a smile just to get by.

As for Yamada Ryo, he extended his hand gracefully and said "Hello" to the two of them in an indifferent tone.

Kita Ikuyo at least took off her mask when she greeted people, and put it back on after that.

She, on the other hand, completely skipped this step. After simply saying hello, she sat down next to Kita Ikuyo, put on headphones, tapped the screen, and started playing games as if no one was around.

Chisato Suzumiya and everyone else in the band knew that this girl usually behaved like this. Unless she encountered something that interested her or there was something delicious, she would not show that kind of extremely enthusiastic reaction.

But Eriri and Kasumigaoka didn't know about this.

Although Chisato Suzumiya later whispered an explanation in their ears, asking them not to think too much about it.

However, the first impression is quite important. Even though he had explained it, the reactions of Yamada Ryo and Kita Ikuyo still made Kasumigaoka and Eriri have some thoughts.

They responded that they didn't mind, but they definitely had some other thoughts in their hearts.

Chisato Suzumiya understood all this, but she could do nothing about it. She could only hope that during the rest of their journey, they would slowly get to know each other better and overcome the inexplicable barrier.

Ijichi Xingge learned the location of everyone through the message, and successfully reunited with them with her sister ten minutes after getting off the bus.

Her mood was quite bright until Chisato Suzumiya introduced her to Kasumigaoka Utaha and Sawamura Eriri.

Such a change was obviously beyond her expectations.

However, as an adult, as the founder and owner of the Starry Performance Hall, the way she dealt with the situation was much more mature than that of the children in the band.

He greeted them both in a relaxed and calm tone, introduced his general responsibilities in the company, and with Eriri's equally enthusiastic response, the two exchanged each other's LINE numbers.

This should be considered pretty good, right?

At least in Suzumiya Chisato's opinion, the appearance of Ijichi Hoshige slowly livened up the slightly silent atmosphere between them.

In addition, with his own intervention, he kept bringing up topics that both of them could talk about, so the time waiting for boarding was no longer so unbearable, and even faint laughter could be heard from their side from time to time.

Everything is so harmonious.

Until boarding.

Chisato Suzumiya, the Ending Band, and Ijichi Hoshika all bought their tickets in advance, so they were sitting not far from each other.

To put it simply, the four people who finished the band split into two groups, two people sat together, and sat down on the right side one after the other.

Chisato Suzumiya and Seika Ijichi were sitting in a row of three seats across the aisle from a stranger.

Chisato Suzumiya was sitting in the middle seat, fastening her seat belt when Ichichi Hoshika casually said,

"Do you want me to change seats with them?"

It was obvious who the two of them were, and the direction she was looking in said it all.

Suzumiya Chisato shook her head.

"Forget it. Even if you are willing, it will trouble the gentleman next to me."

"Oh."

Ijichi Hoshika had asked this casually out of subconscious courtesy, and since Suzumiya Chisato had already shaken her head to indicate that it was not necessary, then logically the topic should have been dropped.

In fact, Ichichi Hoshige was already preparing to fasten her seat belt.

But who would have thought that the middle-aged stranger next to Chisato Suzumiya would suddenly speak at this moment,

"Excuse me, do you want to change seats?"

"Oh, don't bother."

Suzumiya Chisato responded quickly.

"Ah, it's okay. It's like this. I don't really like the seats next to the aisle. I just checked. Do you want to switch seats with those two girls?"

When he boarded the plane, he saw that Eriri Kasumigaoka and Suzumiya Chisato were on close terms, and combined with the clue from the direction that Ijichi Seika was looking at just now, it was easy to guess.

He touched his sparse head.

"Actually, I don't really like aisle seats. I think their seats over there have a good view by the window. If you want to change seats, it's not a big deal for me. I just want it. What do you think?"

"This one……"

"That would be troublesome."

While Suzumiya Chisato was still hesitating, Ichichi Hoshige had already responded before him.