I won't be a loser.

Looking at the environment in the living room, Yoshida Saki hesitated for a moment, and set her gaze on Kento. Looking at the boy next to her, she held her schoolbag tightly with both hands, and looking at Kento's handsome face, she couldn't help biting her lips, cheering herself up in her uneasy mood.

"Um, can you come to my room and sit for a while?"

Hearing the girl's cautious question, the wise man standing in the Yoshida family was thinking about how much it would cost to build such a house. When he heard Yoshida Saki's words, his gaze fell on the girl. Looking at her somewhat tangled expression, he didn't care.

"Of course, I'm a guest. Of course, I follow the host's wishes. It doesn't matter where I go."

Yoshida Saki, who originally felt that it was a bit presumptuous to ask that, couldn't help but reveal a look of surprise after hearing that Xianren agreed. She adjusted herself in a panic, clutched her schoolbag tightly, and walked towards the stairs.

"Um, um, the stairs are here, my room is on the second floor, please, please follow me..."

Looking at Yoshida Saki who was hurriedly leading the way in front, Xianren followed quietly behind her. When walking up the stairs, looking at her legs under her skirt, it can be seen from her fair skin that Yoshida Saki's foundation is not much worse than others, but...

Looking at the ordinary pair of knee-high black tube socks, they were of slightly poor taste, but compared to other girls Xianren knew, they felt a little more 'ordinary', which was quite interesting.

Seeing the surprised and nervous girl, she led him to the second floor, opened her room, and invited Xianren into her room. Looking at the ordinary and simple room, it was not much different from Setsuna's room, but it was simpler than Setsuna's room, and there was not much that could be seen of her personal style.

Just like Yoshida Saki's own personality, there is nothing special about her.

"Well, please sit down, I'll go get some tea!"

Seeing Xianren enter her room, Yoshida Saki showed a surprised expression on her face. She hurriedly left her room and returned to the living room to pour tea.

Sitting down in the girl's room, looking at the entire room, out of his simple curiosity, Xianren looked around the entire room and took a look at the environment where Yoshida Saki usually lived.

A simple single bed, a tidy desk, an electronic alarm clock and desk lamp on the desk, a clothes hanger hanging on the wall, and a low summer vacation next to the desk with a photo of a teddy bear and his family on it.

A very ordinary room.

After taking a look at the surrounding environment, the sage slowly withdrew his gaze and sat quietly in the room. Not long after, footsteps were heard outside the room, and the sound of the door being pushed open was heard. A girl entered the room holding two cups of tea.

"please."

After bringing the tea to Xianren, Yoshida Saki squatted down, lowered her head quietly, and did not dare to look directly into Xianren's eyes.

"Thank you."

"No... well, it's Miyamizu-kun who should be thanking. Without Miyamizu-kun's help, I definitely wouldn't be able to handle this matter on my own. So... it's Miyamizu-kun who should be thanking."

"It's normal to help those in need, even if I'm not there..."

"That's not true! Even if other people saw it, the only one willing to stand behind me is Miyamizu-kun!"

As if something sore had been touched, Yoshida Saki suddenly raised her head and looked at the wise man in front of her. Her voice suddenly became louder and she refuted the wise man's words. When she saw the wise man's dumbfounded expression, she lowered her head silently again.

"At that time, when I was being bullied, there were many people present, but... but no one was willing to help me. Only Miyamizu-kun, who heard the rumors... I am very grateful to Miyamizu-kun..."

"Didn't Kiryu-sensei help you too?"

"That's different! Kiryu-sensei is a teacher, and Miyamizu-kun is not the same as Kiryu-sensei."

After refuting Kento's words, Yoshida Saki raised her head and looked at the boy in front of her. She bit her lips and slowly took off her glasses, revealing her pretty face. Looking at the boy in front of her, even though she was not wearing any makeup, after taking off the thick black-framed glasses, the girl looked completely different, as if a seal had been released. Compared to her previous rustic look, she suddenly became much more pretty and lovely.

"Since the beginning of the school year, I've been causing Miyamizu-kun a lot of trouble, so I've always...always been..."

The voice gradually became smaller, whispering softly, and even became intermittent at the end, so that Xianren could not hear what she was saying carefully. Xianren, who was sitting in front of him, looked at the girl who buried her face in her chest, her hands clenched into fists on her knees, but did not say a word. He picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip of tea.

"like?"

“Like…?!”

Following Kento's word "I like" and having been unable to express the word "I like" for a long time, Yoshida Saki couldn't help but raise her head and look at the boy in front of her.

"Well, that's how it is. You like me?"

“…Hmm.”

Yoshida Saki blushed and lowered her head. She mustered up all her courage and said the word "I love you", which used up all her strength.

"I have a girlfriend and have been dating for a while, so if you confess, I'm sorry, the only answer I can give is rejection."

Putting aside other considerations, even after putting on makeup, Yoshida Saki is just generally cute, and there is nothing that makes him feel fond of her. Even the Saionji world is much cuter than Yoshida Saki in Kento's eyes. He has average interest in Yoshida Saki.

Yoshida Saki mustered up all her courage and said the word "I like you", expecting a happy ending like in comics and fairy tales, but the reality was undoubtedly a very cruel thing.

When she said she liked someone, she didn't get a response like "I like you too".

Her face suddenly turned pale, Yoshida Saki's body became stiff, and she slowly looked up at the boy in front of her.

That familiar smile, the other party did not feel the slightest bit of ripples or annoyance because of her confession. Yoshida Saki silently lowered her head and acknowledged the reality.

"...H-I see...I'm sorry...I said something that might bother Miyamizu-kun..."

"Troublesome, but not really troublesome."

The wise man couldn't help but feel amused when he saw the girl in front of him being so humble.

Seeing that the girl had almost lowered her head to the bottom, as if she wanted to bury herself completely, he kept his eyes steadily on the girl. Looking at the girl with trembling shoulders, as if she was enduring something, he put down the teacup in his hand.

"Yoshida-kun."

"Yes."

"Why do you like me? Is it because I helped you, or because I'm... well, prettier?"

"I have no idea."

After hearing what Kento said, Yoshida Saki couldn't help but raise her head slightly and secretly glanced at Kento in front of her. She had to admit that when other people said that she was good-looking, it might be a bit narcissistic, but when it came out of Kento's mouth, there was no sense of incongruity at all.

Even if you randomly stop someone on the street and ask him what he thinks a wise man looks like, no one would really think that a wise man looks ugly. His good looks are in line with the aesthetic taste of the general public.

When faced with the wise man's questions, she felt a little guilty.

If the person who helps her is not a virtuous person, but someone else, will she fall in love with that person?

Yoshida Saki, who couldn't get an answer in her heart, suddenly fell into a state of discouragement. She lowered her head and remained silent. As for Xianren, he looked at the girl who lowered her head and remained silent, slowly stood up, walked to the girl, and placed his hand on her shoulder.

"Do you think my contact with you is because of your appearance?"

Walking out of the room, Xianren felt that he and the other party had nothing to talk about. He didn't expect the other party to be so direct and make a pure confession to him as soon as he came in.

"I have something else to do, so I'll go back first. No need to send me off~"

The girl was left alone in the room. The wise man, who had been confessed to, felt in a good mood and left her house with a smile.

"You seem to be in a good mood?"

In the evening, sitting at the dining table of Qingpu's house, Shanshan looked at Xianren with a smile on his face, and felt that his mood seemed slightly different from usual, which made Shanshan pay attention to it. As for Qingpu Wu, she bit the ribs in her mouth, glanced at her daughter, and looked at Xianren with a smile on his face.

"Well, a girl confessed to me today. This is the first time a girl has formally confessed to me since I entered the school."

After hearing what Xianren said, Setsuna looked at him for a while and silently put his chopsticks on his bowl. Qingpu Mai looked at Setsuna's actions and couldn't help but sighed, and set her eyes on Xianren.

"Is it so happy to be confessed by a girl?"

Noticing Setsuna's slight emotion and Qing Pu Mai's question, he smiled lightly.

"I'm not that happy when other girls confess their love. It's just that the other party doesn't seem to understand the gratitude and feelings of love at all."

He simply described what happened today without mentioning Yoshida Saki's name. Kiyoura Mai couldn't help but glance at Kento, then turned her gaze to her daughter.

"Setsuna, you haven't encountered such troubles at school, have you?"

“Because the world is with me, no one bullies me.”

She glanced at her mother and recalled what she had experienced in school. She was not as miserable as the girl who confessed to Xianren. She just encountered some troubles when performing her duties as the class representative, but because of the world, those troubles would be settled quickly, so her life in school was relatively peaceful.

When he heard the name of Saionji World, Xianren's reaction was indifferent, while Qingura Mai couldn't help but frowned slightly, but couldn't help sighing.

She couldn't understand her own daughter, nor could she understand the young people of today. All she could do now was to be on guard against Saionji Yuko and not let that guy appear in the already complicated relationship.

"Since you've already said those words to the other party, I guess he'll calm down soon."

Qing Pu Mai's gaze fell on Xianren again. She had not expected Xianren to react like this. It was a little unexpected, but she felt that Xianren would not deceive herself on such a matter. So she chose to trust Xianren. She picked up her chopsticks and continued to eat dinner in silence.

For a period of time afterwards, Kento could not see Futaba Rio, and rarely saw Yoshida Saki. Every time they met each other, Yoshida Saki would silently lower her head and remain silent.

Regarding the girl's reaction, the wise man chose to turn a blind eye and quietly spend his days in peace...

"I actually came out today."

"We already said we were going shopping together this weekend, right? It's been a long time since the two of us went shopping together like this, right?"

On the weekend, Kiyoura Mai looked at Saionji Oiko in front of her. Unlike when she was in the restaurant, she had dressed up carefully. There was a subtle expression on her face. She wanted to say something, but looking at Saionji Oiko's smiling eyes, she silently suppressed her words in her heart.

Just like Kiyoura Setsuna and Saionji Sekai, Kiyoura Mai and Saionji Yuko's personalities are roughly the same as their daughters. When facing Saionji Yuko, whose personality is similar to Saionji Sekai's, Kiyoura Mai often remains silent.

"Where are you going today?"

She put on makeup for a rare occasion and wore beautiful clothes that she would not wear on ordinary days. Saionji Yuko did not look like a mother who already had a teenage daughter. Standing on the street, she was no less beautiful than those young and beautiful girls.

Kiyoura Mai, who was simply dressed up, looked at the smiling Saionji Yuko and sighed.

"you decide."

"Then let's go to the jewelry store first. It's been a long time since I last looked at jewelry."

For example, because of Yuuko Saionji's job, she can't wear beautiful clothes on a daily basis, but she can easily wear jewelry on her body. She also wants to buy herself new earrings and a necklace.

No woman can resist the temptation of beautiful and expensive jewelry, even if they are older.

Qingpu Mai didn't care and nodded.

"Well, do you have a goal?"

Standing on the street in Shibuya, Kiyoura Mai turned her head slightly and her eyes fell on Saionji Yuko, but she saw that she raised her left hand and made an 'OK' gesture with her slender white fingers.

Qing Pu Mai also doesn't understand why a person who has been working in the catering industry for many years can still keep his hands so white and tender!

- - - -

After rereading the comics, I felt that my soul was purified and sublimated again.

Thanks to "I Am the Princess of the Moon," "Jiu," "FoRce," "Listening to the Rain Through the West Window," "A Handsome Antelope," "Late Glow," "The Devil of the Flannel Ball," "Xianling," "Sugisaki Key (Original Version)," and "Grisaili" for their monthly tickets and blades! Thanks to everyone for your recommendations!

Cherry Blossom Season: 171. I have an opinion... No! It's a suggestion!

"What is the relationship between you two?"

The shopping started in the morning. At noon, Qingpu Mai and Saionji Yuko looked at the various restaurants and food stalls around them. After some hesitation, they chose a Western restaurant and sat down. Just after they ordered the food, Qingpu Mai heard Saionji Yuko's inexplicable question.

She withdrew her gaze from the nice-looking waitress and looked at the smiling Saionji Yuko sitting opposite her. She was silent for a moment.

"What do you mean?"

"Nothing special, I'm just curious about your relationship with your daughter's boyfriend, uh, the guy named Miyamizu Kento."

"What does it matter? He's Setsuna's boyfriend and also my junior."

Looking at Saionji Yuko in front of her, Kiyoura Mai's expression was calm and without much fluctuation. She looked at her quietly for a while, then lowered her head to look at the tableware in front of her, and at the long and narrow reflection on the pure white cup wall.

"Instead of worrying about other people's affairs, why not think about your own future? You're already at this age. If you don't think about your future, when you become an old woman and want to find a suitable partner, you'll only be able to choose from a bunch of white-haired old men."

Seeing that Kiyoura Mai avoided the question, Saionji Yuko had some idea in her heart. She didn't get much information from the chat with her daughter, but after analyzing what she learned from the chat between Kiyoura Mai and herself, she seemed to have discovered some interesting content.

"Don't you think about your future? If you stay with your daughter forever, there will come a day when you'll be disliked, right? Why don't you think about your own future?"

"I've been considering it, but I just haven't found the right person yet. Once I meet the right person, I will definitely not hesitate."

Looking at Saionji Yuko in front of her with a smile, Kiyoura Mai knew that if she didn't give her some perfunctory response, she would probably not be able to get over this topic.

"So, now you have a goal?"

"There's no one I'm interested in around here. I'm still looking. What about you?"

"I didn't think about it before, but now I'm going to think about it carefully. I've also been feeling a bit lonely lately. The world is busy with its own things every day and rarely chats with me. I feel like an elderly widower, quite lonely."

With a sigh, Saionji Yuko was not completely lying. She felt a little depressed in her heart about these years, but because of Saionji's world, she had never thought about her own affairs.

Now, Saionji Sekai has started looking for her own love and can almost take care of herself. Saionji Yuko no longer needs to suppress her feelings and can start thinking about her own affairs.

"It's time to think about it. If you don't, when you become an old woman, the only people you can choose from will be inferior ones."

"But I still want to date a young and energetic boy... Oh, isn't there something about that recently?"

Looking at Kiyoura Mai in front of her, Saionji Yuko couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth, remembering the conversations she heard among the guests when she was working in the restaurant.

"Which one?"

The waiter brought the drinks they ordered. Looking at the juice in front of her, Kiyoura Mai put her red lips to the straw and took a sip. Then she looked at Saionji Yuko who was sitting opposite her and asked about the 'that' she was talking about.

"Among boys nowadays, and some women our age, there's a very popular trade called 'mommy work'."

Qing Pu Mai, who works every day, has never heard anyone talk about this in the office. She showed a confused expression on her face and had some rough guesses in her heart, but she was not quite sure.

"What about 'motherhood' for boys and adult women? Is it like playing house, being a strange boy's mother?"