I won't be a loser.

“No…”

Faced with her mother's words, Eri Sawamura sighed helplessly and looked at the painting in front of her.

"Recently, I've been dreaming about this scene every night. I don't know what's going on. I haven't been out lately, but I don't know why I keep dreaming about this strange man being...

It was difficult for Eriri to say the word "kill". For her, the word was too heavy and too excessive, and she couldn't say it.

Sayuri, who originally just wanted to show some concern for her daughter, became inexplicably stiff after hearing what her daughter said. She seemed to have remembered something, and her eyes wandered as she looked at her confused daughter in front of her.

"Did you dream about a stranger? It's probably just a coincidence. You're overthinking it. You've been exposed to too many heavy-tasting works, so you think this way. If you just relax, you'll probably feel better... Do you want me to go see a psychologist with you?"

"doctor?!"

Originally, she still wanted to refute her mother. This was not a coincidence. Eriri, who had been dreaming about this for several days in a row, immediately admitted that what her mother said made sense after hearing the "doctor".

"I think so too. I think I'll just need to take a break."

"Lunch is ready, you can come down and eat anytime. I'll go down first, don't wait until it gets cold before coming down."

"Um......."

After giving her daughter some instructions, Sayuri smiled and left her daughter's room.

The moment she walked out of her daughter's room, Sayuri put her hands on her chest. When she heard her daughter's words, she remembered what she had seen in her dreams during this period.

Unlike her daughter, who had the same dream several times in a row, her dream was a series of images, showing her interacting with a strange boy from her perspective...

To be honest, Sayuri, whose husband died when Eriri was young, had considered the idea of starting a new family, but she was hesitant because she was concerned about Eriri's feelings and felt that she would not accept it.

She regarded the happy and beautiful scene in her dream as nothing more than a simple fantasy to fill the emptiness in her heart.

But now judging from my daughter’s answer, the dream doesn’t seem so...normal?

"What's his name... The man in my dream... seemed to be called... Xian... Xianren?"

When Sayuri Sawamura recalled the name of 'him' in her dream, the wise man at this moment——

"A wise man."

".......Um."

When he lowered his head, he saw the smooth black hair. The girl was sitting in his arms at this moment. He originally wanted the girl to sit somewhere else, but when he sat down at the desk, the girl came directly to his side and sat in his arms.

"like reading?"

"...There's nothing else to do except read. Also...is it okay to be so intimate?"

"It doesn't matter, because mom has already agreed to our relationship."

Setsuna raised her head, her delicate face flushed lightly, her face full of happiness and joy, which made Xianxin confused and unable to ask for a while.

When Qing Pu Mai left yesterday, she still said that she would let Setsuna reconsider this issue, and did not express that she would support her daughter dating him. That serious expression made Xianren certain in his heart that she would not agree to his daughter dating him...

But now, I got a completely different answer from Qingpu Setsuna?

"Did Miss Mai... agree?"

"Miss Mai? Did Mom let you call her that?"

Setsuna was a little surprised and looked into the eyes of the wise man.

"At first, I called her Madam Qing Pu, but she felt that the title seemed a bit old, so she asked me to call her Miss Wu."

"That's it."

Setsuna nodded, and her body trembled slightly in Xianren's arms. The friction between their bodies made Xianren, who had returned to the Aokiji era and was full of vitality, almost unable to control himself...

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Cherry Blossom Season: 20. What bad intentions could a mother have?

"When will my brother come back?"

Sanye had heard the same words no less than ten times. Sitting in front of the TV, she turned her head to look at her sister sitting next to her.

In a rural place like Itomori, there is no place to kill time. Adults may still get together to drink and chat at night or during the afternoon break, but the only entertainment for children is probably TV and those outdated comics.

The only prosperous city near Itomori is Nagoya, which is over 160 kilometers away. It takes at least three hours to travel from Itomori to Nagoya, and another three hours to come back.

Considering the bus from the town to the nearby train station, she would probably spend three hours in Nagoya, and then have to walk home after returning to Itomori. Thinking of this, Mitsuha's expression couldn't help but stiffen, and she felt helpless about living in such a rural area.

"Haven't I told you many times? You were there when he called. He will be back during the summer vacation."

"What about Tokyo specialties?"

“…I want to know that, too.”

Last time I contacted my irresponsible brother who had gone to Tokyo alone. He said that he would prepare some local specialties and send them back to me right away. I don’t know when I will receive the local specialties he sent back to me.

"However, I forgot to tell him what I wanted. I don't know what weird things he will send back."

Yotsuba, who had twin ponytails, stared at her sister for a while, then silently turned her gaze to the TV.

"The Shining Witch is about to start, I want to see the little witch!"

"Really... Only at this time will you act like a little child. It's really not cute at all."

Mitsuha Miyamizu was watching a variety show and trying to learn more about Tokyo and big cities from the show so that she could integrate into the big city more easily when she went to Tokyo for high school. However, facing her sister's request, she reluctantly handed the remote control to her.

It's not that she didn't want to continue watching, but facing her younger sister, she had no room for refusal. Once Yotsuba complained to her mother or grandmother, she would have to accept a scolding.

Handing the remote control to her sister, Mitsuha turned over and lay on her back on the tatami, looking at the old-fashioned chandelier above her head, opened her mouth and closed her eyes, and sighed deeply.

"I really want to go to Tokyo—"

"Really, sister, you're so noisy!"

......

"Does Xianren have two younger sisters?"

He had completely lost the heart to read the book in his hand. Facing Setsuna who was sitting in his arms, Xianren felt that this was not going to go well. In order to ensure that he did not do anything that would make him regret, he kept a distance from Setsuna.

He let Setsuna temporarily leave his arms under the pretext of pouring water, which allowed him to avoid the girl noticing his physiological reaction. After silently pouring a cup of tea, he calmed down again.

"Mitsuha and Yotsuha, both of them are currently attending school in their hometown of Itomori."

"What are the personalities of both of them?"

Setsuna didn't know whether she had sisters or not. She had some understanding of the relationship between her and Saionji Sekai, and knew that she and the other party were closely related by blood, but when she asked her mother about the specific relationship, she got a perfunctory answer.

As someone who was born in a single-parent family, she had longed for a younger sister more than once. Now that she heard that the person she liked actually had two younger sisters, she couldn't help but become curious.

"Their personalities?"

The wise man didn't know what to talk about with the girl in front of him. When he found that she seemed very interested in his younger sisters, he thought about his two younger sisters.

"Sanye has a lively personality, but can appear shy around strangers. She longs for life in the big city and is a very ordinary girl. As for Siye, although she is young, she has been sensible since she was young and helps with housework. She is a well-behaved child."

"Yotsuba is your older sister?"

"No, it's Mitsuha."

Although I want to admit that in terms of personality, Yotsuba, as the second daughter, is more like an older sister, I have to admit that Mitsuha, who has a casual personality, was born eight years earlier than Yotsuba.

Let Setsuna sit in front of the desk and put the teacup on the desk, while Xianren himself stood aside.

"Three and four leaves, so shouldn't the wise man be two leaves?"

Noticing the connection between Sanye and Yotsuba's names, Setsuna became curious and couldn't help but ask the wise man beside him.

"Futaba is my mother's name. As for my name, since I'm a boy, it's slightly different from the Miyamizu family, which is a female lineage... So my father, who married into the family, was the one to choose my name. Then he became a sage, and then my younger sister was born, so I inherited the name 'Ya'."

In response to Xianren's explanation, Setsuna was extremely curious about the Miyamizu family, whose "female lineage is inherited" as Xianren mentioned. However, she also understood that some topics were not suitable for discussion right now, so she shifted the topic to other topics...

Setsuna stayed in Xianren's apartment for the entire afternoon, which made Xianren feel less lonely. However, he could not do anything. He just looked at the girl in front of him quietly. Until the evening, Setsuna was ready to leave.

"A wise man."

"Um?"

The girl walked up to the sage, raised her lovely face, closed her eyes, gently raised her cheek, stood on tiptoe, and gently kissed the side of the sage's cheek.

chirp——

By the time the wise man realized what was happening, the girl was already blushing and walking towards the door.

"See you tomorrow, sage."

When the sound of the door closing was heard, Xianren, who was standing in the living room, showed a distressed expression on his face. He raised his arm, touched his kissed cheek, and smiled bitterly. He was a little conflicted about the girl's innocence.

Should I accept this feeling?

When he was with Setsuna, his somewhat empty heart felt warmth and a satisfaction he had not felt for a long time.

He walked to the bed and sat down, rubbing his forehead with both hands.

"So what's going on with Miss Mai? Didn't you agree to persuade your daughter?"

Qing Pu Mai, who was working in the office, sneezed lightly, with a hint of confusion on her face.

"Did Setsuna miss me?"

Looking down at the work in her hands, she didn't care whether Setsuna missed her or not, she had to finish her work first, and then go find Miyamizu-kun before going home.

"Isn't Miyamizu-kun a disgrace to a gentle mother who can't stop her daughter because she senses her daughter's genuine affection?"

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Cherry Blossom Season: 21. Miss Wu, I understand, so please——

Qingura Mai was worried that when she got home, Setsuna would also be at home, and she couldn't find any excuse or opportunity to go out to see Kento, so she decided to go directly to Kento's apartment after get off work.

The desire to meet that person gradually took root in Qingpu Mai's heart, giving her a concentration and energy that she would never have in normal times. She completed all her work for the day, handed the rest to her employees, and left work early and left the company.

Leaving get off work early means avoiding the rush hour. Just as the sun was setting, Qingpu Mai returned to the street where her home was. Seeing the lights on at Qingpu's house, she breathed a sigh of relief and her eyes fell on the apartment where Xianren lived across the street.

"The lights are on and people are at home."

Qing Pu Mai was a little worried about meeting her daughter, so in order to prevent any accidents from happening, she decided to confirm it again and contact her daughter.

She took out her cell phone from her bag and dialed the number at home. After waiting for a while, the call was connected.

"moment."

"Mother?"

"I might be back late tonight, so please prepare dinner first."

"have a job?"

"Well, it's some work stuff. I'll have to trouble you with dinner."

"I see."

"That's it for now."

"Ah."

After hanging up the phone, Qingura Mai had a faint smile on her mature and charming face. She walked towards the apartment in front of her, slowly came to the door of Miyamizu's house, and pressed the doorbell.

After Setsuna left, Xianren thought for a while and decided to prepare his dinner first. Just when he washed the rice and put it into the rice cooker, the doorbell rang, forcing him to put down the rice cooker and go directly to the door.

Opening the door and looking at the pretty mature woman standing at the door, Xianren had never expected that Qingpu Mai would come to visit at this time.

"Sorry to bother you again, Miyamizu-kun."

"Miss Wu... please come in."

"excuse me."

After entering the house, Xianren went to the rice cooker first, set the time, and then turned around to entertain Qingura Mai who came to visit.

"Miss Mai, did you just finish work?"

Looking at her long hair tied up and the makeup on her face, she looked completely different from when she came to visit yesterday. At that time, she seemed more natural and looked more comfortable. At this moment, Qingpu Mai in front of him gave people the feeling of a capable woman.

Faced with Xianren's calm expression, I felt a little disappointed in my heart, thinking that he would like this type of uniform.