I won't be a loser.

Noticing the movement under the quilt, Sayaka couldn't help but lower her head and look at Mitsuha beside her.

Mitsuha, who was lying sideways, looked like a criminal no matter how you looked at her, which made Sayaka show a helpless expression on her face. She did not say anything to stop Mitsuha, but just silently moved her legs and leaned to the other side.

"Three leaves."

Although he was biting an orange, he noticed Mitsuha's movements and the unusual movements under the stove, and Xianren also looked at his sister.

"what's the matter?"

"New Year's Day is coming soon. Next year I'll be in the third grade of middle school, right?"

"Isn't this natural? Even I wouldn't be held back... You seem to have been in the hospital for three months. Is that okay? Are you going to be held back?"

Because he saw Mitsuha harassing Sayaka, he knew that it was futile to stop Mitsuha, so he chose to use a topic to divert Mitsuha's attention. He randomly picked an ordinary topic, but he didn't expect to be questioned by Mitsuha.

"I was absent for a while, but since there was no problem with my grades, there was no need to worry about me repeating a grade."

"Uh uh..."

When Mitsuha heard that Xianren did not need to repeat a grade, she was not too disappointed. But when she heard about the somewhat sensitive topic of "grades", her mood suddenly became bad.

"In your third year of junior high school, you have to consider high school enrollment. If you want to go to school in Tokyo, you must first pass the school's entrance exam. Your current grades—"

The bad mood got even worse.

Her grades in school were just average, in the upper middle level, which was just barely enough for her in Itomori, but it was still a stretch for her to successfully enter a school in Tokyo like her brother.

"I know, there's no need to keep repeating these things."

When Mitsuha heard about the things related to grades, she felt overwhelmed and her mood suddenly became gloomy. She looked at Kento sullenly and no longer had the idea of harassing Sayaka.

"If I don't keep reminding you, how can you possibly notice these things? Avoiding them won't change the facts. If you want to get into Fengzhiqi, where I am, you have to work hard. With your current grades, it's 100% impossible for you to get in."

It's not that there is no way out. If the school is given a certain amount of financial assistance, it is possible to rely on additional places or special admission channels to enter Fengzhiqi.

"If I were in Tokyo, I could take extra classes every day, but there aren't any such places here. To find a private school like that, you have to go to Hida or Nagoya."

The sermon from a true scripture made Sanye's expression more and more irritated, and she couldn't help but cover her ears with her hands.

"Ah—I don't want to hear this! I don't want to hear this!!!"

Generally speaking, at this point, even if she continued to talk, Sanye would definitely not be able to listen anymore. Xianren no longer paid attention to her and continued to pick the orange strips from the orange. The white orange strips were picked off one by one, and then he put the orange into his mouth. After making a fuss for a while, Sanye also calmed down.

"Ah, it's so boring staying in Itomori. I really want to go to a big city. How about we go to Nagoya tomorrow?"

"It doesn't matter to me, but what are you going to do in Nagoya?"

"Isn't the New Year coming soon? Girls always have this or that need. Sayaka wants to go too, right?"

"Huh? I...well, I was planning to go to Nagoya soon."

After hearing what Mitsuha said, Sayaka Natori, who was being asked, didn't expect that this could be related to herself, but she was indeed planning to go to Nagoya. Now that Mitsuha had spoken, there was nothing to deny, so she nodded and admitted it.

"Look, Sayaka is going to Nagoya too, let's go too!"

When the topic of going to Nagoya came up, Mitsuha immediately regained her spirits.

"It's okay to go to Nagoya, but does your wallet have enough money to travel around Nagoya?"

There was a moment of silence, and Sanye didn't say a word.

"no problem!"

After a moment, Sanye raised her thumb to show that she was fine, which aroused Xianren's deep suspicion. He thought that it was more likely that he would pay the bill when the time came.

"I only have 5 yen."

"......"

After hearing what Xianren said, Sanye couldn't help but fall silent. She looked at Xianren in front of her. Xianren was being stared at, feeling Sanye's strange gaze, and didn't know what was wrong with her.

"Ok?"

"Well, you don't think 50,000 yen is... No, it's nothing. 50,000 yen, just 50,000 yen. I have plenty anyway!"

"what?"

Looking at Sanye's inexplicable reaction, I also thought that my choice of words might have caused misunderstanding on the other party.

"I also have some New Year's shopping to do, so don't expect to have much left over from the 50,000 yen. You should make a shopping plan first."

"......"

Bai was happy, and thought he had a chance to get some three leaves from the wise man. However, after hearing the wise man's answer, he suddenly lost his spirits and lay down under the stove, sighing.

Seeing Mitsuha's mood suddenly down, Natori Sayaka was about to speak. When she tried to comfort Mitsuha, she noticed Kento's gaze, pursed her lips, and fell silent...

At night, Sanye went to pester her mother Miyamizu Futaba. She didn't know what was going on, but she thought it was related to going out tomorrow.

Looking at Mitsuha clinging to Miyamizu Futsuha, Kento was holding Yotsuha and sitting in the living room watching TV.

"Are you planning to go to Nagoya tomorrow?"

At the end of dinner, Miyamizu Futaba and Kento talked about their trip to Nagoya tomorrow.

"Well, Mitsuha was going to Nagoya, and since I had nothing else to do, I went with her. Yotsuha should be going too, so what's wrong?"

"Nothing, just... nothing."

Looking at his mother who opened her mouth to say something but then fell silent, Xianren couldn't guess what she was thinking.

Recently, when communicating with her, she often evades and hides something like now, and Xianren is becoming more and more concerned.

"fine?"

"Well, it's okay."

After hearing Miyamizu Futaba's answer, Xianren still did not ask any further questions. He returned to his room. After returning to his room, the first thing he did was to lock the door to prevent people outside from coming in.

He didn't want to be squeezed in tonight like last night, with no place to sleep.

Not long after closing the door, Xianren lay down on his bed, he heard footsteps at the door, followed by the sound of "eh" and "hmm". The door was pulled twice, and Sanye, who did not open it, pushed it twice with all his strength.

"Open the door!"

The moment you open your mouth, you lose. Realizing this, the wise man lay quietly on his bed and turned off the light in the room.

Sanye, standing outside the room, looked at the room that suddenly became dark. She couldn't help but grit her teeth, turned around and walked towards her room sullenly.

There was nothing she could do about being locked outside. No matter how unhappy she was, she obviously wouldn't do something like kicking the door open. If she really did something like that, she would just have to wait to be lectured by Miyamizu Futaba.

After failing to break in, Sanye could only return to her room to rest.

Xianren, lying on the bed, said goodnight to the girls from Tokyo, closed his eyes and fell asleep early.

Because he woke up early, he was already sleepy. Without Sanye's disturbance, he closed his eyes and fell asleep quickly, resting in his own dreamland...

"Is it morning yet?"

He woke up with his eyes open and looked at the gray sky outside. It should not be dawn yet. However, Xianren was already awake and didn't want to get up, so he just snuggled in his bed and picked up the mobile phone beside him.

Although it is not as feature-rich as it will be in five or six years, it is still possible to use it to kill time.

Just open a browser and you will find that all kinds of websites have developed at this time. Xianren stared at his mobile browser and looked at the recommended websites with a thoughtful expression.

"Forget it. I don't have any talent for this, nor am I good at this kind of thing. There's no need to get involved in this."

Even though he had seen some relevant content on the Internet, he only had a superficial understanding of this industry. As a pure layman, there would be absolutely no benefit if he really set foot in this industry. Even if he understood the general direction, it was not an industry that an ordinary person could get involved in.

If he had enough funds, it would not be impossible for him to give it a try, but he couldn't even fully guarantee his own life, let alone think about starting a business.

I lay in bed for a while, around six o'clock, when I heard a knock on the door.

"Are you awake?! It's already daybreak, get ready now, we're going out!"

Mitsuha was shouting at the door. She must be looking forward to going out to Nagoya. Maybe she didn't get a good rest last night and was just looking forward to going out today.

Boom--boom--

Leaning against the door, he knocked it gently twice. Looking at his sturdy door, Xianren couldn't help but sigh at the quality of the door in his heart.

"I'm awake now. Stop knocking and come out immediately."

"hurry up!"

It was a headache. Xianren had no idea what to do with such a willful sister. He quietly got up from the bed, put on his clothes, walked to the door, unlocked it, washed up, and saw Sanye sitting in the living room.

"Where's Yotsuba?"

"She's still resting and will be up soon."

"too early."

"Now's the perfect time to leave. By the time we get to Nagoya, the shops will already be open. If we don't leave early, are you planning to stay overnight in Nagoya?"

"You look excited?"

He came to the living room and sat down, glancing at Sanye beside him. He didn't know why she was so expectant, so Xianren took a sip of tea.

cold.

He put down the teacup and stood up.

"doing what?"

"I've prepared breakfast. You're not going straight to Nagoya, are you?"

"......"

Sanye was a little surprised. She didn't expect Xianren to want to prepare breakfast. Watching Xianren do it, she hesitated for a moment and stood up.

"I'll help you."

"......"

A little surprised, they looked at Mitsuha who came to help, and the two of them began to prepare breakfast. When Miyamizu Futaba came to the living room, they had already prepared breakfast.

"breakfast?"

"I'm ready. I just happened to have nothing to do, so I prepared breakfast."

"sorry to bother you."

"No, Mitsuha helped too."

Surprised eyes fell on Sanye. Facing her mother's gaze, the girl couldn't help but sigh. Without explaining anything, she sat down in the living room dejectedly and quietly had breakfast.

Although she looked a little disappointed, given Mitsuha's personality, it didn't last too long. Yotsuha also woke up. After the family had breakfast, they prepared to leave for Nagoya.

Sanye went back to change her clothes, but Yotsuba didn't care. Xianren didn't have any requirements for clothes, he just wanted to keep warm.

After a while, Sanye came out of the room again, and the three of them prepared to go out.

"Kento, take good care of Mitsuha and Yotsuha."

"Ah."

"I don't need care!"

Mitsuha, who was treated like a child, couldn't help but retort. Miyamizu Futaba just looked at her with a doting look, leaving Mitsuha speechless.

When leaving home and walking on the road, Sanye was still depressed.

It was not until she met Sayaka Natori that she saw a smile on Mitsuha's face. The four of them met up at eight o'clock in the morning, boarded the bus, and embarked on their journey to Nagoya.

"Um...it seems like we can't go back tonight?"

"I know I was wrong, but there's nothing we can do tonight. That father doesn't have time to pick us up, right?"

“It’s next to me…”

After mumbling apologizing to her mother for a while, Mitsuha handed the phone to Xianren.

“Has it been shut down?”

"Well, it stopped operating early in the winter, so it seems like we can't go back."

"So we can only stay in Nagoya overnight?"

Faced with Miyamizu Futaba's question and Mitsuha beside him who was full of excitement and had no remorse at all, Xianren couldn't help but fall silent.

"Well, it should be like this."

"The Natori children are here too, right?"

"exist."

"Well, I'll call her family later. You take good care of them."