I won't be a loser.

Xianren, who didn't know that he was being stared at by Qingpu Shanna, didn't notice the girl standing on the balcony. He said goodbye to Feng Xiaochun and walked into his apartment. Looking at the few ingredients in the refrigerator and listening to the sound of rain outside, he didn't want to go out.

"It's raining today, so just ask Tsubota for a day off from the private school. As for the food, there's enough for tonight. There shouldn't be any heavy rain tomorrow, right?"

I walked to my desk, opened my computer, and read the relevant news. It seemed that there would still be some light rain tomorrow.

"Will it rain in September? After September, it will turn into autumn, and it will get cold in October. I only prepared clothes for spring and summer. When the time comes, I will have to prepare some winter clothes as well."

Staring at the news in front of him, the wise man also began to think about what would happen after winter.

After carefully looking at the size of the room in his apartment, he decided to prepare a kotatsu for himself. When winter comes, he will use the kotatsu to replace his current low table. He can do any work in front of the kotatsu, otherwise it will be too cold.

Using air conditioning for heating consumes about 1.5 to 3 degrees of electricity per hour, while a kotatsu consumes 0.35 degrees of electricity per hour. Based on the current electricity rate, the cost of air conditioning for 1.5 degrees per hour is 38 yen, while a kotatsu only costs 9 yen.

The actual cost may be different, but considering the quarter of the cost of air conditioning and other comprehensive considerations, it is better to use a kotatsu.

I walked to the window and looked at the rain falling outside. The whole city seemed to be soaked in water. Looking at the gray and gloomy sky, people's mood suddenly became lazy. The humidity in the house was also a little higher than usual.

After turning on the dehumidifier in the house, Xianren called Tsubota and told him that he had something to do today and would not be going to the private school. Tsubota did not have much objection and nodded in agreement.

Tsubota has always been very satisfied with Kento's performance and progress in recent times. He is only a freshman in high school and is already qualified to take the university entrance examination. There are still two years left. As long as he maintains his current momentum, it will not be a problem for him to get into his target university by the time he is in his third year of high school.

"If you have time, you should check out the news. Although there has been significant progress compared to the previous period, it's still a bit empty and requires more time."

"I see."

After chatting with Tsubota for a while, it seemed that he had a student asking questions, so Xianren hung up the phone with him.

He used the remaining food in his refrigerator, added a few more ingredients, and made a fried rice, which he regarded as his dinner. After a simple preparation, he sat down at his desk and read the news that Pingtian had reminded him of.

Compared with gossip entertainment news, Xianren reads more official news. After reading the relevant news today and the news from a while ago, Xianren took out his notes, recorded these news in order, and extracted the core content of the news and the people involved.

"I don't know if it will be useful, but whether it is or not, recording it like this can at least cultivate some sensitivity in this area, right?"

In this regard, it is unlikely to achieve success overnight, and only through accumulation over time can relevant talents be developed.

Xianren was staring at the news on his computer, reading the content of the news and writing down line by line in his notes. Just as he was thinking about the content related to the news, the doorbell suddenly rang.

On this rainy night, the sudden ring of the doorbell made Xianren a little concerned. He looked at the news he was reading, wrote down the remaining few words, put a period, closed the notebook, clamped the pen, and put it beside the desk. Then Xianren slowly walked to the door.

The peephole looked out the door and saw the familiar height and hairstyle, the big red bow. Looking down, he saw the familiar face, which made Xianren frown.

Seeing the girl standing at his door, Xianren was a little surprised. He was silent for a moment and unlocked the door.

click -

After opening the door, he looked at the girl standing at his door. She was wearing a light blue dress and her hair was still a little wet. She had obviously been caught in the rain. He didn't know why she didn't take her umbrella. Looking at her standing at his door, Xianren reached out and pulled her directly into his house.

He entered the bathroom, took a towel and covered her head, closed the door, and looked at the girl standing in the entrance, covered with a towel but still motionless. He walked to the girl helplessly, wiped her wet hair with the towel, and gently wiped her cheek.

"Even if it's very close, there's no need to not even take an umbrella in this kind of rain, right?"

Frowning tightly, Xianren looked at the silent girl in front of him and felt a little annoyed in his heart. He wiped the parts of her body that were wet by the rain and threw the towel into the washing machine.

"Why didn't you make any noise?"

The girl's eyes were dim as she looked at the wise man in front of her and slowly lowered her head.

"I just hate the way you're doing. You keep everything to yourself. There are things you clearly don't like and things you clearly hate, but you can't tell me directly."

Sighing, Xianren walked to the kitchen counter, poured a cup of warm water and handed it to Qingpu Setsuna.

"Take a sip to warm yourself up, otherwise you might catch a cold tomorrow. You know your body well, right?"

The girl silently took the cup of water that the wise man placed in front of her, took a small sip, then slowly raised her head and looked at the boy in front of her.

"I have things I want to do, Xianren."

Seeing the girl raise her head and look at him, the sage's frown relaxed a little. He didn't know what was wrong with the girl, but when he heard that she needed him, he felt a little relieved.

His eyes gradually softened. Looking at the girl in front of him, the wise man asked her what she wanted to do.

"whats the matter?"

The girl pursed her lips and looked at the sage in front of her. She slowly approached the sage, gently covering her flat belly with her left hand, and spoke softly -

"Let me be your mother, sage."

Looking at Kiyoura Setsuna lying on the bed, still gasping for breath from time to time, Xianren answered the call from Kiyoura Mai.

"Setsuna isn't home, is he at your place?"

"Yeah, I'm taking a break."

"Xiu... Setsuna, aren't you planning on going home tonight?"

"Well, that should be it."

Qing Pu Mai, who stayed at home, got the answer from Xianren and learned that her daughter was with Xianren, so she felt relieved. Judging from the answer given by Xianren, the two can be considered to have repaired their relationship.

There was a subtle feeling in my heart, like relief, but also a little regretful.

"I understand. Then, take good care of Setsuna."

"Ah."

Xianren opened his mouth about the matter related to Qingpu Setsuna, not knowing whether to tell Qingpu Mai about the two of them. However, looking at Qingpu Mai lying on the bed with dull eyes, who had not yet recovered, he decided to postpone it for a while.

The call ends.

"Uh-huh——"

Hearing Kiyoura Setsuna's groan, Xianren hurried to take care of the girl...

"Aren't you going to tell your mother?"

"No, tell her now, and then tell her later when the time is right."

Late at night, Xianren, sitting on the edge of the bed, looked at Qingpu Setsuna, who was lying on the bed and had recovered a little. Xianren looked at the girl's rosy cheeks, slowly walked to the window, and looked at the city outside the window, which was pitch black and only illuminated by street lights.

"Perhaps, after knowing this, your mother will hate me."

"Mom, she won't."

"Have you thought about the name of the child?"

"hope."

Qingpu Setsuna slowly sat up, looked at the figure of the wise man, stared into those eyes, and gave his answer.

The name sounds pretty good. There is no such thing as a gifted sage when it comes to naming. There is no objection to the name "Xi". Even if he thinks about it for half an hour, he probably can't come up with such a name.

The names he could think of were things like 'Reiko', 'Hana', 'Kaori', and if it was a boy, the names he could think of would probably be things like 'Takuya', 'Shiraki', 'Muneyuki'.

"No, I think having two names is nice, isn't it?"

After thinking about it, the wise man gave up the idea of naming himself. For some reason, he always felt that the effect of his naming was not very good.

Looking back at Qingpu Setsuna on the bed, he didn't know when she had fallen asleep. Xianren sat on the edge of the bed, leaning against Qingpu Setsuna, closed his eyes, and fell asleep in a daze without realizing it.

When he woke up in the morning, looking at the girl's pure sleeping face, Xianren propped himself up. When he stood up, he felt his whole body was sore and numb.

After standing for a while, I felt a little better.

He walked to the refrigerator and looked at the empty refrigerator. He was silent for a moment, picked up his wallet, and went out to the nearby commercial street as soon as possible.

At the morning market, they bought a lot of ingredients and some breakfast. When they returned to the apartment, the girl was still asleep, so they called Qingpu Mai and asked her to help ask for leave for Qingpu Setsuna, while Xianren prepared breakfast.

When it was almost eight o'clock, seeing that the girl had not woken up yet, Xianren looked at the cold breakfast and asked for leave from school.

Shin Fukuhara knew Kento's situation very well. He knew that Kento was alone in Tokyo, and his performance in school had always been normal, so when faced with the sudden request for leave, he agreed immediately.

When Qingpu Shanna woke up, it was already nine o'clock.

The girl opened her sleepy eyes in a trance and saw the wise man sitting at the desk, who seemed to be watching a video. She slowly sat up.

"Xian, Ren?"

He clicked pause and turned to look at Qingura Setsuna lying on the bed.

"Wake up."

The other person's voice was still a little hoarse, and it seemed that she had not fully recovered yet. The wise man poured a glass of warm water and brought it to the girl.

After taking a small sip, Qingpu Shanna felt his throat felt a little better.

"what time is it?"

"It's nine o'clock. I've already asked for leave for you today and told your mother."

"Is that also true of the wise man?"

"Ah."

A complicated expression appeared on the girl's face. She was silent for a moment and then slowly lowered her head.

She placed her hand on her abdomen and closed her eyes. She wanted to say something, but she didn't know what to say, so she remained silent. The wise man beside her looked at her reaction and his eyes fell on her lower abdomen which was covered by her hand.

He didn't have as complicated emotions as the girl, and he didn't think it would be easy to win the bid in one go.

"Have a good rest today. Breakfast is a little cold. I'll go reheat it."

"Ah."

Looking at the sage's back, the girl's eyes were filled with deep expectations.

Kento, who had been with Kiyoura Setsuna the entire day and taking care of the girl, didn't have any special feelings. Instead, the girl's face showed various expressions from time to time, which was a very obvious difference from the calm look she had always maintained in front of him.

The wise man does not know why such a change occurred.

'Becoming more proactive.'

While sitting at the desk and watching the news, he saw Qingpu Setsuna suddenly sitting on him, facing him, with his arms around his waist, staring at him closely. Xianren glanced at her and continued watching the news.

But the girl didn't want the sage's gaze to focus on anything other than her...

After get off work, Qingpu Mai returned home and found that her daughter was not at home. Looking at the empty living room, she couldn't help but be surprised for a moment.

"You haven't come back yet? So you're still at the sage's house?"

Confused, Qingura Mai changed out of her work clothes and went to the door of Xianren Apartment across the street and pressed the doorbell.

Ding-dong-

The clear sound of the doorbell gradually brought Xianren's dizzy brain back to consciousness. He opened his mouth, his lips dry, and struggled to stand up. He looked at Qingpu Setsuna who was sleeping beside him, then looked at the messy room, and covered his forehead with his hand.

My head hurts.

He sat up and walked towards the door step by step.

When he reached the door, he opened it.

Qing Pu Wu, who was standing at the door, looked at Xianren who opened the door. Her eyes gradually changed from calm to shock, and then from shock to deep suspicion. She stared at Xianren for a long time before she slowly spoke -

"Are you OK?"

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"What's wrong?"

Facing Qingpu Wu's gaze staring at him, Xianren couldn't help but reach out and gently touched his neck, not knowing what was going on. Qingpu Wu was silent for a moment, looked around, and seeing that there was no one nearby, he went into the house.

After closing the door, he took out his cell phone at the entrance and pointed the screen at the wise man in front of him.

The screen in camera mode showed Xianren's current appearance. There was nothing wrong with his face, but there was a deep red mark on his neck, and there were also many red "love marks" on his shoulders and chest.

It is indeed a bit indecent.

Looking at himself on the screen, his face was a little stunned. He couldn't help but touch the red mark on his neck. Thinking of what happened in the afternoon, a confused expression appeared on his face.

Turning his head and glancing inside the house, he pursed his lips but said nothing.

"Setsuna, still resting."

"From last night until now, there has only been one day, you two..."

He couldn't help but pinch his nose. When he entered the house from the entrance, he smelled a strong fishy smell. Looking at Qingpu Setsuna lying on the bed, and then looking at the somewhat messy house, he couldn't help but look at Xianren beside him.

Feeling the gaze from Qingpu Wu, Xianren did not express anything. He waved his hand slightly, walked to the window, opened it a crack, and let the slightly moist evening breeze blow into the house.

Fresh air entered the room, and the smell became lighter. Qing Pu Mai looked at her daughter who was still sleeping, then glanced at Xianren who seemed particularly tired standing in front of the window. She sighed, picked up the clothes on the ground, and tidied the room...

Dinner was also left to Qingpu Mai to take care of, while Xianren himself sat in the living room, holding a teacup in both hands, sitting in the living room in a daze.