I'm a weird expert in Japan

There was no one else in the living room and all the rooms were quiet, except for the sound of dripping water coming from the bathroom.

Before leaving, Senjougahara reminded Shiyu that after returning home, she should rinse her body with cold water and change into clean clothes. It didn't matter whether they were brand new or not.

——Anyway, that’s what she did in the beginning.

Three hours ago, Lian sent Shiyu to the nearby station and agreed to pick her up in three hours.

She thought three hours was plenty of time, but it turned out she wasn't ready yet and is only now taking a shower.

But there is a precedent to follow, as long as you are there before midnight.

From the living room, you can see that most of the room doors are basically closed, except for one room door which is still open.

It goes without saying that it is Shiyu's room.

According to Lian's understanding, the total value of the family is estimated to be at least 30 million yen.

What? Isn't family life good?

It seems that the reason why both parents are not at home is just because of the double income.

Lian sat on the armrest of the sofa, swinging her legs lazily, thinking aimlessly, and naturally thought of the strangeness that Shiyu had encountered.

"'Feather crab'..." Lian repeated the word.

Something similar to the "heavy crab" but different, it's like a weird thing tailor-made for Kasumigaoka Utaha...

But considering that there are many people with the word "Yu" in their names, Lian alone knows two of them, so there is no need to think too much about it.

I was just forced to bear a weight that didn't belong to me.

To put it another way... isn't it like taking on a responsibility that doesn't belong to you...

Thinking of this, Lian suddenly thought of Sigong Shizhu, his elder who was younger than him.

In order to protect the important people, he gave up his dignity, surrendered to his most hated elder brother, and worked for him.

Did he just take on his own responsibility, or did he also take on his sister's responsibility?

In comparison, perhaps Lian should be more worried about whether something might happen to that guy.

But to conclude that other people's troubles are not worth mentioning is actually very arrogant.

After thinking about the current situation, Lian retracted his thoughts of running away.

Unlike what happened in the previous battle, this time when the discussion on how to deal with the strangeness was going on, no one offered any compensation.

But...it would be better to accept a small reward.

Lian seemed to be thinking about something.

He had been blackmailed twice by the elderly man. Just because he was not short of money did not mean he would just take money from others to build houses.

The money I earn is all from hard work in performances, and the Shijo family only takes care of the basics.

Great, just take 200,000 or 300,000 yuan.

Anyway, Kasumigaoka Utaha definitely doesn't lack the money.

"I'm already upstairs. I thought you would be waiting downstairs."

Shiyu, who came out of the bathroom wrapped in only a bath towel, was also slightly startled and said calmly.

"You asked me to come up here... and now you're annoyed that I'm here." Lian slid down the handrail and turned his head away from her. "There should be a limit to my impulse."

"Ahem...is that so?" Shiyu cleared her throat.

"It's been less than ten minutes since you said this, right? Is your memory at the level of a goldfish?"

"The saying that fish forget for seven seconds is just wishful thinking. In fact, the memory of goldfish is much longer than seven seconds."

"No one is here to discuss biology with you... Can you please go put on one?" Lian waved her hand impatiently.

"I'm just about to put it on now."

"Don't you wear any clothes after taking a shower?"

"That's what I'll do if my parents aren't home." Shiyu fiddled with her blow-dried hair. "No one can see it anyway."

"Am I not human?"

"Oh, I forgot. I almost mistook you for a bat. And I didn't know you would actually come upstairs."

"Are you still in the mood to talk nonsense at this time?"

"Did I lie?"

"I mean if you want to explain something, just say it nicely and don't let others guess, okay?" Lian retorted weakly.

"I overestimated Shijo-kun's thinking logic. When facing a girl's words, especially "My parents are not home tonight", he should think at least 20,000 words."

"A short essay?!"

"Don't be so noisy. Be careful not to call the neighbor's property management. Or have you reached menopause? The kind with frequent menopause syndrome?"

Hearing her start to speak sarcastically, Lian knew that Shiyu was at least calm.

"I thought you would scream out of fright—"

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, but this is the second time you've seen me. Even though you've been caressing my body with your tentacle-like gaze, I've let it go." Shiyu's voice was a little strained, probably because she was putting on her underwear. "Just like new shoes, once they get a little dirty, the wearer doesn't mind getting them dirty again."

"What kind of self-deprecating metaphor is that? How about a little more self-love?"

"Anyway, didn't Shijo-kun have any reaction? It might as well have been the case with the bat."

When she said this, her attitude was clear and it didn't sound like she was talking about anything related to herself at all.

"Maybe I just want to save face. After all, the curse of turning into a bat has been lifted."

"So the calm and composed Shijo-kun actually became aroused after seeing me in my underwear?" Shiyu poked her head out of the room, "Should I prepare some self-defense or something?"

"Are you able to make it?"

Chapter 21 Chapter 2 As expected, Kasumigaoka Utaha is not cute at all ()

"That's hard to say. Maybe we were really caught off guard." Shiyu retreated back into the room, still without closing the door.

"So stop joking about this. Do you hate yourself?"

"How could that be? I like her the most. She has a first-rate appearance, a first-rate figure, a first-rate mind, and will become a first-rate career." Shiyu listed her own advantages like showing off. "Mr. Utsunomiya should understand this kind of thing very well, right?"

"Maybe, in terms of motivation, I'm just playing the music that I understand." Lian answered truthfully.

"That's really cold-hearted."

"Instead of complaining about me, how about you put your clothes on quickly?"

"Don't be so impatient. Men need to be patient." Shi Yu said calmly, "And you don't want to see my underwear?"

“Are you a lingerie model?”

"Didn't Shijo-kun also work as a model?"

"You were eavesdropping that afternoon." Lian thought to herself that it was indeed true.

"...I just happened to pass by and heard you guys quarreling..." Shi Yu realized that she had confessed and immediately lost face, "And I didn't hear it for long."

"Yes Yes--"

"I didn't expect you actually knew Sawamura-san. No wonder you said that about her yesterday. Are you familiar with her?"

"There are all kinds of reasons." Lian said perfunctorily, "Don't you know me?"

"Just watch TV or your phone and you'll know." Shiyu said perfunctorily, "It's really disappointing to see her in person. She doesn't look like a flower in high mountains at all."

"The flower of Gaoling is used to describe girls, right?"

"Yeah, like me?"

"You?" Lian narrowed her eyes. "I didn't see it, but that guy might be quite suitable."

"Touma Kazusa?"

"How do you know who I'm talking about?"

"She is also very famous in our grade." Shiyu narrowed her eyes slightly, "Even more so in school."

“That’s right…” Lian thought it made sense.

"So how do you think I should describe it?"

"You keep beating around the bush and still want me to evaluate you?" Lian was almost speechless. He didn't understand why this person was so persistent. "How narcissistic are you? Are you the reincarnation of Narcissus?"

"Daffodils..." Shiyu fell into deep thought.

"Is it so easy to accept?" Lian looked up and held his forehead with his hand.

"Because it's not an insult, I'll just take it as a compliment."

"You are neither sexually intelligent nor elegant, and the most fatal problem is that I don't know what's so cute about you." Lian knocked her head gently against the door frame. "Since you are a literary girl, at least become like Mr. Hanekawa first."

"Where's Teacher Hanekawa..." Shiyu turned around and opened the closet to look for clothes. "You two seem to know each other very well. You even drove her this morning."

"We just met on the road, don't spread it around!" Lian hastily explained, "If any strange rumors spread, it will be bad for the teacher!"

"Don't worry, no one will chase me to chat except you."

"Uh……"

Lian found that she couldn't refute it.

Paying too much attention to the existence of strange things, you end up putting yourself in a somewhat passive situation.

Should I say it was fortunately after school? Otherwise, it would definitely be enough to open a column in Bunshun.

"If I'm talking about chasing you to chat, isn't there another one?" Lian remembered Shiyu's logical loophole, "The boy from yesterday at noon seemed to be called Aki Tomoya?"

"Mr. Lunli only came here for his own personal matters." Shiyu's back froze, and even the movement of putting on clothes was obviously delayed. "Otherwise, he wouldn't have come here on his own initiative."

"It's really hard to be dumped." Lian said half with emotion.

"Not being dumped."

"You called yourself that before."

"It's just to put psychological pressure on Ethics-kun."

"How bad is it, Kasumigaoka!"

"If you give me a little more time, maybe I can become the savior of the evil."

“Suddenly it became frighteningly large?”

"Hate it, don't comment on girls' breasts like that."

"Who told you about breasts?"

"That's the butt? It's really obscene."

"Your ability to twist the subject is also obscene."

"I can bend other things, too. Do you want to try? Like the fingers of your precious left hand, violinist."

"No, I'm afraid of pain."

"You are afraid of pain. What a narrow-minded man." Shiyu put on the white dress.

"You'd be scared too." Lian sneered, "By the way, have you told Aki Tomoya about this?"

"Why should you tell him?"

"Anyway, it seems like you guys have a pretty good relationship."

"What's the use of saying it?" Shiyu sat on the edge of the bed, lifted her skirt, put her feet into the stockings, and pulled them up little by little.

"Uh……"

"Saying 'I don't know why I've gained weight' sounds like a normal girl's worry. If you give a specific number, people will think you're joking. The response you get is nothing more than 'Maybe you've been consuming too many calories recently' or something like that. Of course, it's rare to get to that point."

"Bad enough."

"It's already bad, how much worse can it get?" Shiyu stood up and pulled up her stockings, tightly covering her legs and lower back. "To be honest, I'm actually ready to give up. Besides not being able to exercise, there's no big problem. Besides, I can still survive a typhoon."

Her voice turned cold, full of discouragement, "Miracles and magic also have a price."