I won't be a loser.

Sanye, who couldn't see but could sense the movement, also became angry.

I didn't expect that the wise man would despise me so much?

After all, she is a young girl, how can she accept such humiliation!

He approached the sage, opened his mouth, and gently bit the sage's nose.

"hiss!"

Xianren, who had never expected Mitsuha to do such a crazy thing, was stunned for a moment. He held his breath for an instant, stretched out his left hand, placed it on Mitsuha's chin, and gently pinched her cheek, trying to make her let go.

"Open your mouth!"

The voice was soft, but it was full of gnashing teeth.

"Hum-"

Sanye bit Xianren's name lightly and hummed twice with pride, showing no intention of letting go, which made Xianren angry.

The idle right hand also began to fight back!

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When the Summer Cicadas Chirp: 287. Knocking on Brother's Door at Night

For fear of waking up the two people who were resting nearby, and for fear of making too much noise for his sister who suddenly started to act excessively, Xianren, whose nose was bitten, stretched out his hand, placed it on Sanye's waist, and gently scratched it.

Sanye reacted immediately and realized what Xianren was going to do. She quickly opened her mouth, moved her body slightly, and kept a distance from Xianren.

The hand in the quilt was resting on Xianren's chest, probably meaning that the two of them should keep a distance.

"Are you going to sleep in there?"

He leaned close to Mitsuha's ear. As for the disorderly Mitsuha, Xianren thought it would be better to let her sleep on the inside, with Yotsuha next to her and Sayaka Natori sleeping on the other side. No matter how active she was, she probably wouldn't do anything disorderly again.

With her hands on Xianren's chest, she rejected his suggestion, silently crawled out of the bed, put on her shoes, and quietly went to the bathroom in the dark.

"......"

Although he had rinsed his mouth before going to bed, he still felt a little nauseous because his nose was bitten by Sanye, so he went to the bathroom with her.

Click.

She gently touched the switch and the bathroom light came on. Sanye picked up the cup and began to rinse her mouth. Xianren, who came in later, washed her face and nose with water. Sanye, who was standing by, looked at Xianren's actions and groaned.

"It's getting late. Go to bed early. You have to go back tomorrow morning."

"Why are you in such a hurry? It doesn't matter what time we go back tomorrow morning, right?"

In the bathroom, there was no need to deliberately lower one's voice like in the bedroom. The two of them stood in the bathroom, facing the wise man's advice, but Sanye seemed particularly indifferent.

"You don't want to make your mother worry?"

"..."

He wiped his wet face with the towel and hung it aside again. Then he looked at Sanye who was in silence and gently rubbed her soft long hair.

With the buttons unbuttoned and her long hair loosened for sleeping, Mitsuha looks somewhat like her mother, Miyamizu Futaba.

"rest early."

Her personality is not stable at all, and she is nothing like her mother, Miyamizu Futaba.

She was the first to walk out of the bathroom and returned to the bedroom. Under the bathroom light, Yotsuba was still sleeping quietly with her eyes closed. However, Sayaka's eyes were slightly narrowed, and she looked as if she was woken up.

But because of the special environment, it was not easy to speak, so the wise man lay down on the bed, closed his eyes and rested.

After he lay down on the bed, after a while, Sanye, who was in the bathroom, came back to the bedroom. She caught a glimpse of the three people lying on the bed, sat down on the edge of the bed sullenly, and lay back in the quilt. Her body was closer to Xianren's, and she felt very crowded lying flat.

He placed one hand on Xianren's chest, leaned sideways against him, hugged him like a sloth, and buried his face in his shoulder. He felt much more comfortable, closed his eyes, and gradually fell asleep...

When I woke up, I felt a heaviness in my chest and warm breath hitting my face.

When he opened his eyes, he saw Sanye's sleeping face, which was leaning against his shoulder, very close to him. The other person was completely pressed on him, not moving at all, which made Xianren feel helpless.

"......"

With his right hand free to move, Xianren fumbled under his pillow for a while and took out his mobile phone. While Mitsuha was still sleeping, he gently pressed the shutter button to take a picture of himself and Mitsuha's sleeping face.

I opened the album and looked at the photos I had just taken.

"She's quite cute when she's asleep. It would be nice if she could just stay like that and not talk."

After exiting the photo album, he put the phone back under his pillow. When he looked at Sanye again, he found that Yotsuba, who was sleeping in another quilt next to him, was staring at him silently.

Woke up?

Looking at Yotsuba who was staring at him, he realized that he hadn't noticed that she was awake.

Siye nodded, and silently looked at Sanye who was still sleeping. Usually at home, Siye slept in the same room with Sanye, and often woke up looking at her sleeping face. There was nothing special about it, but she always felt that Sanye's sleeping face today was happier than usual?

He propped himself up, looked at Sanye who was still sleeping, pouted, his face full of disgust, and lay down again.

Because they didn't know what to do after getting up, and there were still people sleeping, the warm feeling in the quilt made Siye have no reason to get up. The four of them lay quietly in bed. The two who had already woken up waited quietly for the remaining two to wake up.

After a while, Sayaka Natori suddenly made a "hmm" sound, sat up, and woke up.

But when she realized that the surrounding environment was unfamiliar, she was stunned for a moment. She woke up from her sleep and thought carefully, then she realized that she didn't seem to be in her own home?

After looking at it again, I realized that I had slept in a hotel. The events of last night came back to my mind bit by bit.

"Am I the only one awake?"

He muttered softly and glanced to his side. The three-leaf man was gone?

She looked across again and saw three people sleeping on one side, two of them blinking and staring at her...

His face suddenly turned red, and he quickly lay down again, avoiding the sight of the two people, hiding himself in the quilt and not making any sound.

The room suddenly became quiet again and no one spoke until about eight o'clock. Then, Mitsuha, who was lying in Xianren's arms, finally groaned and opened her eyes to wake up.

Seeing the doting eyes staring at her so close, Mitsuha, who had just woken up, was stunned. She was silent for a long time, then looked down at herself lying on Xianren's chest...

Perhaps because there were other people around, Sanye didn't shout or scream. She hit Xianren silently, then got up from him, glanced at Hayakawa who was pretending to be asleep, got up quietly, and went to wash up.

The group of people had already woken up, and when Sanye got up and went to the bathroom, they sat up silently, got out of bed, started looking for their clothes, washed up, and prepared to go back to Itomori.

Mitsuha was quite silent along the way and never spoke to anyone until she returned to Itomori and said goodbye to Natori Sayaka. Then she turned her head to look at Kento beside her.

"When?"

"Um?"

They were almost home when Xianren was suddenly asked this by Sanye. He didn't know what she was asking and looked at her in confusion.

"Don't act stupid! You must have woken up very early in the morning!"

"It wasn't that early. I probably woke up when you were still asleep. Seeing that you were sleeping soundly, I didn't disturb you. What happened?"

A smile made Sanye's face suddenly red. She bit her lips, stomped her feet angrily, and hurriedly walked towards home, leaving Xianren and Yotsuba looking at each other and walking quietly behind her.

"I thought you would be back in the afternoon."

Returned home and entered the living room.

Miyamizu Futaba, who was preparing lunch, was inevitably surprised when she saw her son and daughter coming back home from outside. It was almost noon, and she thought that with Mitaba's personality, they would have lunch outside and then come back home.

"We've already spent the night in Nagoya. If we wait until the afternoon to come back, Sayaka's family will be worried, right?"

After pouring himself a cup of tea, Xianren sat in the living room and took a short rest. The young Yotsuba followed him and stared at Xianren for a while before deciding to sit on his lap.

Since Yotsuba is still young and doesn't weigh much, sitting on Xianren's back won't be too much of a burden to Xianren.

"Where's Mitsuha?"

"She walked towards her room when she came back just now. She must be going back to her room, right?"

"Have you returned to your room?"

"what happened?"

"No."

His hands fell on Yotsuba's shoulders and gently rubbed them. The girl leaned in Xianren's arms. Xianren's hands fell in front of Yotsuba and on her lower abdomen. He patted it gently as if he was patting a watermelon.

Yotsuba, who was still somewhat resistant to this, stretched out her hands and grasped Xianren's.

For a moment, the living room became quiet.

When lunch was ready, Xianren was about to call Mitsuha, but Yotsuha volunteered and jumped out of Xianren's arms. Before Xianren could get up, Yotsuha had already hurried to her room...

In the afternoon, he returned to his room and sat at his desk. Xianren opened the textbooks and books he had bought at the bookstore before returning to Itomori, intending to take advantage of this time to deepen his knowledge and experience in this area.

"Is there really any need to be so anxious that we have to spend all this time on these things?"

As soon as I opened the book, I suddenly felt lazy.

"......"

No one disturbed him in the afternoon. The wise man, who was sitting in his room, spent the whole afternoon reading. It was not until the evening that he closed the book in his hand, rubbed his eyes, and returned to the living room.

"Humph!"

When she met Sanye who was also coming out of the room, the girl snorted at him and walked towards the living room.

Xianren, who was confused, looked at Sanye who seemed very angry, and didn't know what had happened. Even if it happened in the morning, there was no need to care so much, right?

Like some things that happened in the past, he almost forgot them in the blink of an eye when he looked at Sanye and didn't care much.

For Xianren, what happened in the morning was completely different from what happened before. He didn't know why Sanye cared so much about it. He silently watched Sanye walking in front of him, and could only keep the confusion in his heart and followed her to the living room.

"Your father won't be able to come back until the day before New Year's. He won't have much time before New Year's."

When the topic of Miyamizu Toshiki suddenly came up, neither Kento, Mitsuha, nor Yotsuha reacted much.

She still had some impression of Miyamizu Toshiki, the older Kento, and Mitsuha, but in Yotsuha's heart, she probably had no idea about her own father. He was almost never at home. When he occasionally came home, he always had a cold face and was full of the majestic "keep away from strangers" attitude.

Compared to the father who is away from home, the three people present here feel a little embarrassed to feel some empathy and appreciate each other's hard work.

"Xianren, can't we go to Tokyo after the New Year?"

Miyamizu Futaba looked at Kento. The rare New Year was approaching, and there was time and opportunity for the family to reunite. Miyamizu Futaba still hoped that Kento could consider spending the New Year at home before returning to Tokyo.

"You're going to Tokyo for the New Year?"

Sharp eyes fell on Xianren. Sanye's eyes were as sharp as knives, staring at Xianren closely. Even Yotsuba was a little surprised, and looked at Xianren with wide eyes.

This is in stark contrast to when we talked about Miyamizu Toshiki just now.

"Isn't there someone waiting for me in Tokyo? I used to spend the New Year in Itomori, but this year, I still want to be in Tokyo and be with them."

"they?"

Staring at Xianren with suspicion, Sanye's mentality underwent a subtle change.

Miyamizu Futaba, who knew some of the inside story, couldn't help but feel emotional when looking at her son.

"I see. Well, when you leave, I'll prepare some Itomori specialties. You can take them back. I forgot to prepare them during summer vacation."

"Ah."

The topic ended here, and Miyamizu Futaba and Kento no longer discussed it. Mitsuha, who was full of doubts, wanted to talk about this matter, but her heart was also complicated and she didn't know how to start.

Late at night, when everyone had finished washing up and was almost resting, Sanye, who was lying on the bed, looked at Siye, who was almost asleep beside her, sat up sullenly, and walked out of the room.

wow——

click -

After opening and closing the door, Sanye groped her way to the door of Xianren's room.

Looking at the light in the room, he reached out, grabbed the door, and slowly opened it.

Xianren was sitting at the desk, reading a book, not knowing what he was doing. When he heard the door opening behind him, he turned around and saw Sanye walking into his room.

"I knew you would come over."

"Humph, I just walked into the wrong room. I happened to see someone still awake, so I came in to check. Don't get me wrong."

The stubborn girl walked to the side of the wise man and took a look at the book in his hand - "The Rule Book of the Essay"

can't read.

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