I won't be a loser.

Staring blankly at Xianren, Xiyuanji Shijie seemed to see a layer of soft white light on Xianren's body at that moment. He deeply engraved this moment in front of him in his mind and pursed his lips. He did not expect that under this sad ending, there would be such a meaning.

“I didn’t know it had such a meaning…”

Seeing that Saionji Sekai seemed to really believe what he said, Xianto did not explain.

He looked back at the computer in front of him, a somewhat numb expression appeared on his face. He lowered his eyes and sighed softly.

"In the summer, I become lazy and don't want to do anything."

"correct."

"Ok?"

Saionji Sekai, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, slowly stood up, walked to the side of Xianren, half-crouched down, put his hands on the armrests of the chair, and looked up at Xianren, who had his head half tilted.

"Mom wants to invite you to my house tomorrow night."

"You know Miss Wu, she was very angry when she found out about your mother looking for me last time, right?"

"No, I don't know. Did she come to see you secretly?"

Saionji Sekai's expression was also a little surprised, but she soon lowered her head and sighed.

"That's something she would do. If she didn't do anything, it wouldn't be like her character. Besides... Aunt Wu..."

Looking at Xianren, Saionji Sekai wanted to say something but stopped herself when she saw Xianren's calm expression. She stared at Xianren dejectedly for a long time, feeling mixed emotions.

"Ok?"

With a confused expression, Xianren decisively chose to play dumb.

"Forget it, the situation has already become like this...why did it become like this?"

Xianren himself wanted to ask why this was the case. He had never taken the initiative before, but the number of girls around him was increasing day by day, which made Xianren feel that something was not right.

This was only the first semester of his freshman year in high school. If things continued like this, he couldn't even imagine what a spectacular scene it would be like on graduation day.

"Do you want to agree to it? Or refuse?"

"Tomorrow night... it's fine if we just meet, but you won't let me stay overnight at your house, right?"

"Is it that annoying?"

When Saionji Sekai heard that Xianren seemed to be ready to agree, she was a little looking forward to tomorrow night in her heart. However, Xianren's question made Saionji Sekai's expression become resentful, and her eyes were fixed on Xianren in front of her.

"It's not that I hate it, but if I stay overnight, Setsuna and Mai-san will be unhappy, right?"

"...I understand. I'll talk to Mom then. You can leave after dinner."

Standing up, Saionji Sekai looked at the wise man sitting at the table. She gently patted the hem of her skirt and walked towards the door.

"I'm going home first. I'll wait for you at home tomorrow."

"Ah."

Turning his head to watch the girl leave his room, Xianren withdrew his gaze and looked at the computer in front of him. He clicked on his document, looked at the content he had created, put his hands on the keyboard, and continued to work...

"The program you said you were interviewed about last time, will it be broadcast tonight?"

In the evening, while sitting at Qingpu's house for dinner, Qingpu Mai suddenly raised her head and remembered what Xianren and she had said last time. She looked at Xianren, who already remembered this matter, and then she ate dinner in silence.

"It's tonight... maybe?"

"It's late at night, isn't it?"

"It started broadcasting at 11am, close to midnight."

Qingpu Mai looked at Xianren silently, without saying anything, but it seemed as if she had said everything.

"I don't think there's a TV in my apartment tonight. Excuse me for being here?"

"Setsuna, you have to go to school tomorrow—"

"Mom, you have to go to work tomorrow too."

Before Qingpu Wu could finish her words, Shanshan raised her head and looked at her mother. She gave Qingpu Wu a fierce counterattack, forcing Qingpu Wu to shut her mouth and stare at her daughter.

And Setsuna looked at her mother unwaveringly. Lightning seemed to burst out in the eyes of both mother and daughter, causing Xianren, who was sitting beside them, to look away for a moment.

"Xianren is my boyfriend!"

"The bed in your room is a little small. Xianren can rest in my room before the show airs."

"I can sleep in the arms of a wise man, and you can sleep alone."

"Setsuna! I'm your mother!"

"Because she's a mother, she can't compete with her own daughter, right?"

"Well--"

Qingpu Mai glared at her daughter, but seeing that she was completely unmoved, she sighed helplessly, glanced at Xianren who was sitting quietly beside her, completely silent, gave up fighting with her daughter, and silently put down the dishes in her hands.

"I'm done. I'm going to rest now."

"......"

Kento and Setsuna were left alone in the living room. Watching Kiyoura Mai silently walk into the room and close the door, Kento turned his gaze to Setsuna who was still eating, looking at his girlfriend.

"It doesn't matter?"

"Well, you're not a child anymore, just wait a while."

"That's right."

After hearing Shanna's answer, Xianren nodded slightly and started to have dinner quietly. After the two finished dinner in the living room, they cleaned up the table together. After washing the dishes and putting them in the cupboard, they went into the room together.

The sound of a door closing was heard. Qingpu Wu, who was lying in her room, raised her head from the pillow in a depressed mood and looked towards the door of the room.

"......"

My daughter and the wise man have returned to the room now, right?

What are you doing?

"You don't even need to think about it. You know what you're doing, right?"

When she thought of her daughter, who was now in the same room with Xianren and doing the same thing she wanted to do, Qingpu Mai couldn't help but bite her lips, turned over in bed in a depressed mood, her mood kept fluctuating, and she sat up in a depressed mood.

After putting on her shoes and walking out of her room, Qingpu Mai looked at the living room with the lights on and muttered to herself that the two of them had forgotten to turn off the lights. She then silently came to the refrigerator, found two quilts, warmed up the milk, and stared at her daughter's door.

My mind was in a state of chaos, with all sorts of images constantly popping up in my mind, and I couldn't calm down at all.

He stared at the clock beside him with unbearable anxiety. When he saw that the time had come, he took out the warm milk, poured it into two cups, and slowly came to the door of his daughter's room.

He stopped, leaned gently against the door, and listened attentively to the movements in the room.

"Don't do it?"

"If you do it, you won't be able to get up at night, right? You'd better rest in peace. You'll have to get up to watch the show at night. Have you set the alarm?"

"Ah."

"The electronic alarm clock is in Itomori. I still have the old wind-up alarm clock in my room. I turn it up and it will go off non-stop at the fixed time."

"I know. I've had alarm clocks like that before, but they broke after running for too long."

"Being woken up by this ringtone every morning was completely uninspiring, so after a while, I woke up much earlier than the alarm clock just to avoid the ringing of the alarm clock."

In the room, Kento, who was sleeping together with Setsuna, talked about his past and recalled his life in Itomori. When he thought about the alarm clock that gave him a headache at that time, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"In Itomori, does Kento sleep alone in a room?"

"Hmm? No, she started sleeping in her own room when she was about four or five years old. Then when Mitsuha was about three or four years old, she slept with me. When she was ten years old, she suddenly hated sleeping with me. Plus, Yotsuha was gradually growing up, so we started sleeping in the same room."

Recalling Mitsuha's childhood, Xianren showed a regretful expression on his face.

"Mitsuha was very cute when she was little. The photos are all in Itomori, so I can't show them to you now. She was still very cute when she was little. She followed me every day and kept asking for hugs. But now she's different. It seems like all siblings change like this? They always become distant from their brother overnight."

- - - -

When I was looking for anime, I came across Super Cool Cats, which made me cry.

Thanks to the amazing Shuke for the tip! Boss, you're so generous! Stay healthy!

Thanks to the monthly tickets and blades for Dead Night, Tao Ranzui, Snail Climbing, Trees and Leaves, Bingxuan Qianji, and Eastern Traveler! Thank you all for your recommendation votes!

Cherry Blossom Season: 194. They are all black-hearted little cotton jackets

If he had a bad-tempered brother, there would be nothing to complain about even if his sister disliked him. However, Xianren did not remember doing anything that made Sanye dislike him, and before he knew it, his sister became less close to him.

"Maybe you're shy?"

Lying in the arms of Xianren, feeling his warmth, she instantly buried her whole face in his arms, breathing in his scent, feeling intoxicated.

After listening carefully to the confusion in Xianren's heart, she slowly raised her head, looked up at Xianren's face, and recalled the attitude she showed when she met and communicated with the other party when Mitsuye came to Tokyo last time. It seemed that she didn't dislike Xianren at all.

"When I was little, I probably didn't care much about many things. But as I grew up, I probably understood the difference between boys and girls. Plus, the people around me teased me, and I felt shy. So I kept my distance from Xianren?"

Since he didn't have any brothers or sisters, Shanshan himself was not very clear about such matters. He could only roughly explain it based on the situation he knew and the reasons he could think of.

Xianren, who was gently holding Setsuna's delicate body with one hand, showed a thoughtful expression when he heard her explanation. He recalled every moment he spent with Mitsuha and felt that this possibility was very high. There was no other explanation besides this.

"That might be the case. Ever since she started deliberately keeping her distance from me, we haven't had a proper conversation. Every time, she basically just expresses her dissatisfaction with me."

"Do you want to contact Sanye?"

"Now? No, it's already very late. Calling them would only disturb their rest. Forget it. Let's wait until later, when summer vacation starts and we return to Itomori, and then have a good chat with her."

He also understood that his sister had no special ill will towards him, but was simply keeping a distance from him. However, Xianren was not indifferent to him, so he was not in a hurry to resolve these misunderstandings. When summer vacation came, he would naturally have time to communicate with Sanye.

"have you slept?"

When Setsuna opened his mouth to ask what he would do in Itomori during the summer vacation, a sudden voice at the door made Setsuna open his mouth and choke on the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

Kento, who had thought this was an opportunity to talk to Setsuna about what he would do in Itomori during the summer vacation, stopped thinking when he heard the sound at the door, leaned slightly to the side, and turned his head to look towards the door.

"Come in—"

Standing at the door and listening to the conversation between the two people in the room, Qingpu Mai, who was originally in a somewhat depressed mood, calmed down. She gently pushed open the door of her daughter's room, entered Setsuna's room, and saw the two people lying on the bed.

"Warm milk."

"Thanks......."

Watching Qingpu Mai enter the room and put the milk on the desk beside him, Xianren, who was lying on the bed, looked at Qingpu Mai who entered the room, his eyes fell on her, paused for a moment, and then turned around to look at Shanna who was lying beside him.

The girl looked at her mother with a somewhat cold expression. Qingpu Mai looked at her daughter, exchanged glances with Setsuna for a while, smiled gently, said goodbye to the two of them, and left the room.

"I'm going to rest first. After drinking the milk, you two should also go to bed early. If you can't get up in the evening, don't force yourself."

"I have set a time. I will wake up at night."

When faced with her mother who suddenly entered her room, Setsuna was not very enthusiastic, while Qingura Mai looked at her daughter. Facing her daughter's unfriendly attitude, she just smiled slightly, turned around and left the room, closing the door.

Xianren looked at the milk on the desk for a while and his eyes fell on Setsuna.

"Drink?"

"Hmm."

The girl shook her head, indicating that she didn't want to drink. The wise man felt the same way, a little worried. After experiencing some things, he felt a little resistant to drinks that he had not seen with his own eyes.

"Then rest first, and get up at night."

"Ah."

He stood up and turned off the lights in the room, then they snuggled together, feeling the warmth of each other's bodies, closed their eyes, and rested.

After leaving her daughter's room, Qingpu Wu looked back and sighed. She slowly returned to her room, closed the door, lay down on her bed and covered herself with the quilt. However, she felt a sense of emptiness and loneliness in her heart. A sigh sounded in the empty room, and she closed her eyes and rested quietly.

Ding-ding-ding-ling-ling-

The sound of the electronic alarm clock rang. It was not as harsh as the sound of a clockwork alarm clock, but it was particularly obvious in the quiet room. Xianren slowly opened his eyes, looked at the dark room in a daze, and looked down at the warm and petite girl in his arms.

His slow mind gradually became clear after he opened his eyes. He glanced at the time on the electronic alarm clock, then he lowered his head to look at the person he was hugging. After a moan, he gradually opened his eyes and looked at him who had woken up earlier.

"W-Wen Ren?"

"Well, the alarm clock rang. It seems to be about time. The show should be airing soon."

“Hmm… Yeah.”

The girl slowly woke up, looked at Xianren, and silently left his arms, sitting up little by little. Xianren watched her put on the coat beside her, and he himself put on his pajamas, sat up, and the two left the room together.

Click——