I'm in a real religion, why are all the people who confess to me girls?

When Amane noticed the change in Horikita's eyes, she couldn't help but shiver down her spine.

Wouldn't it be better to explain it at least a little bit?

But how can this be explained? Whenever Jiang Yan's name is mentioned, his family affairs will inevitably be brought up, which may cause Ling Yin's opinion of Jiang Yan to drop significantly. After all, being an illegitimate child is not a glorious identity.

Just as Amane was feeling troubled, Horikita picked up a piece of chicken, put it in her mouth, and chewed it carefully until she had swallowed the chicken completely before speaking.

"Since it's a meeting alone, then let's not go. How long are you going to be gone? Are you coming back tonight?"

Horikita's expression was very gentle, and his tone did not have an interrogative connotation, but Amane still sat up straight, just like when answering a teacher's question in class. Amane thought for a moment and then gave a rough time.

"I'll definitely be back tonight. I'm just going to talk to someone about something, it should be done in about half an hour, so don't worry, Lingyin."

Half an hour? That's a rather delicate timeframe.

"Oh, I see. Remember to wear an extra layer when you go out later. Even though it's summer, it can still get a bit chilly at night. Don't catch a cold. Do you need me to get you some more rice, Tianyin?"

As Horikita spoke, he prepared to refill Amane's already empty rice bowl with another bowl of rice.

"No need, I'm already full. I'm planning to take a shower before going out while I still have time."

"Are you full after eating so little?"

"Don't worry, I won't let myself starve!"

Tianyin picked up her bowl and chopsticks and went to the kitchen to start washing them.

Horikita's gaze became somewhat suspicious. Amane's appetite was half of what it usually was today. It could be that she had a poor appetite, but it was also possible that she was afraid of stomach upset during strenuous exercise...

Half an hour of strenuous exercise.

It always evokes some strange images.

After washing the dishes, Amane started taking a shower. Seeing how seriously Amane was taking this meeting, Horikita hesitated whether to follow her to see who she was meeting.

Just then, the screen of Tianyin's phone, which was on the table, suddenly lit up.

Horikita glanced at the lit-up phone screen, thinking it was probably a push notification from some app or a message from Karuizawa and the others to Amane.

Out of respect for Amane's privacy, Horikita would pretend not to see messages from other girls and would never accuse Amane of peeking at her chat history.

However, the photo album needs to be checked regularly.

cough cough.

So this time, Horikita assumed someone had sent a message to Amane and just glanced at the brief message in the pop-up window.

"I miss you……"

Upon seeing this sentence, Horikita almost snapped his chopsticks in half. How outrageous! Now, does just anyone dare to so blatantly poach talent?

Horikita saw the sender's name; Amane had saved her contact as a first-year student named Hayasaka.

Horikita quickly went through the entire list of second-year students in her mind. After confirming that there was no one with the surname Hayasaka in the second year, Horikita Suzune was certain that this was definitely not Amane forgetting to change the note. In other words... the other party was actually a first-year student?

Tianyin acted way too quickly...

Horikita looked at the bathroom, from which humming could be heard from time to time, with mixed feelings.

The thought of Amane taking a shower and getting dressed up late at night just to meet a first-year student made Horikita's jealousy boil over.

Even back when she and Tianyin hadn't officially confirmed their relationship, she didn't receive this kind of treatment.

If Karuizawa and the others sent such messages to Amane, Horikita would just laugh it off, and might even tease them about how cheesy their messages to Amane were.

But now it's a first-year student flirting with Tianyin, how can we tolerate this?

Just when Horikita felt she was about to lose control, another message popped up.

"I'm going crazy thinking about it."

After seeing the scrolling notification for this message, Horikita Suzune was already planning to go with Amane to see which girl was so shameless as to invite Amane out late at night to cause trouble.

Here, we have to mention Hayasaka's way of sending messages. Because people here dislike sending long conversations, Hayasaka deliberately divided a sentence into three parts.

They are:

He asked me to pass on a message to you.

'I miss you.'

'I'm going crazy thinking about it.'

If Horikita had clicked to look, she would have known that Hayasaka was just a messenger. However, Horikita only saw the brief message on the screen, and the two messages at the end successfully covered up the first message, leading Horikita to believe that a girl had invited Amane out to have fun late at night.

The thought that Amane would go to the meeting so secretly and dressed up so carefully made her furious flared up in Horikita's heart.

She's determined to see just how shameless this guy is—he's barely entered the school and already dares to try and poach her boyfriend.

It would be even better if the location where Tianyin met the other party wasn't monitored, and if there was a shovel and a sack on the ground.

"Tianyin, someone sent you a message."

"Huh? You must be rushing me, right? I'll be done in a minute."

As Tianyin spoke, she sped up her shower, and after finishing, she even put on some light makeup that looked nice.

"Do I look good like this, Rinne?... Uh... Never mind, I didn't ask..."

Amane was just about to show off her makeup skills, which she rarely displayed before, to Horikita when she saw Horikita's smiling but deadly stare at her. Amane was so frightened that she quickly put away all her makeup.

"It's really good. It would be even better if you did this makeup for me all the time, Tianyin."

This is bad! This is extremely bad!

"If Lingyin thinks it looks good, then I'll do my makeup for Lingyin every day from now on!"

Amane tried to ease the oppressive atmosphere in the room, but Horikita showed no intention of suppressing her dissatisfaction.

I don't care about things that others have seen first.

Horikita turned his face away unhappily, making himself stop looking at Amane.

At this moment, Amane also realized what was happening, but she didn't know that Horikita's current behavior was entirely due to the messages Hayasaka had sent her. She just thought that Horikita was jealous because she had met with someone else in private and was being petulant.

"Rin is cute even when she's angry~ Hey Rin, are you jealous?"

Amane deliberately brought her face close to Horikita's, her smug smile and mischievous tone making one want to punch her in the face to vent their anger.

"Jealous? I wouldn't be jealous over something like that. I'm not a petty person. Wait, Tianyin, what's with that expression? Am I petty?"

As soon as Horikita finished saying that he wasn't a petty person, Amane couldn't help but show a surprised expression, which only made Horikita angrier, so he simply urged Amane to leave.

"If you're jealous, Suzune, I can actually cancel the meeting..."

Amane, who had been forced to the door, was still trying to calm Horikita down, since she didn't want to be forced to sleep on the floor in the hallway when she came back.

"Shut up!! How many times have I told you! I'm not jealous! That's right! Absolutely not!! You idiot, get out of my sight right now!"

With a flushed face, Horikita slammed the door shut after speaking loudly, startling Amane so much that her ahoge (cowlick) twitched involuntarily.

"Phew... Waaah, I'm doomed. I'm definitely going to be kicked out of the dorm again tonight... So, whose place should I go to tonight?"

After a three-second moment of sadness, Tianyin began to think about where she should stay if she were really kicked out that night. After all, it wasn't the first time she had been thrown out along with her bedding, and Tianyin had become quite experienced with it over time.

However, what Amane didn't know was that Horikita had started secretly following her after she went downstairs.

Having shared a bed with Amane for a year, Horikita knew Amane's characteristics almost inside and out. For example, Amane had extremely strong counter-surveillance capabilities. Within 500 meters, it was practically impossible to hide from Amane's eyes, whether you were tracking or hiding. However, Amane's counter-surveillance capabilities were not as strong beyond 500 meters.

So Horikita chose to follow Amane from a distance, even though she couldn't hear what they were talking about. The most important thing was not to be discovered by Amane. All she needed to do was catch Amane and that shameless girl red-handed.

When Tianyin arrived at the agreed location, Jiang Yan was already waiting there. Upon seeing Jiang Yan's familiar figure, Tianyin happily ran towards him.

Then, Horikita, who was hiding in the distance and spying with binoculars, saw a scene that shocked her so much that she didn't even realize the binoculars had slipped from her hand and fallen to the ground.

Tianyin actually met with a boy last night!!

And she even threw herself into his arms?

Wait, why... is Tianyin letting that boy touch her face?

Horikita stood up from her hiding place with a gloomy face. There was no need for her to hide anything now. In Horikita's opinion, if she didn't take action soon, Amane would be taken advantage of by that bastard from who-knows-where. In order to prevent Amane from being deceived by that filthy creature, Horikita quickened her pace and rushed towards the two.

"It seems that male can't be kept alive; we might as well sterilize him."

P.S.: I'm so sorry!!! I have to go out tomorrow and may have to take a day off. I will make up for the missed chapters in future updates. Thank you all for your continued support!

Chapter 18: I'm a capable older sister!

Tianyin arrived at the agreed location as promised and saw the familiar figure from afar. She quickly quickened her pace and ran over.

After seeing the other person's face clearly, Tianyin pounced on them without slowing down.

When Jiang Yan saw Tian Yin rushing towards him, he quickly tried to drop what he was holding, afraid that he might not catch her. It would be embarrassing if they both fell down, but he would feel terrible if Tian Yin got hurt.

However, just as he was about to throw away what he was holding, Jiang Yancai suddenly remembered that he was holding Tianyin's favorite snacks. If he threw these things away, what would he give Tianyin later?

So, in this critical moment, Jiang Yan quickly put the gift in his hand on the ground and immediately turned around to prepare for battle. However, the moment he turned around, Tian Yin rushed into his arms. The huge impact made Jiang Yan stagger several times before he could regain his footing.

"Wow!!! It's been so long since I've seen Jiang Yan! ~ It's only been a few years, how come you've grown so tall?"

Tianyin, unwilling to give up, stood on tiptoe and gestured to compare the heights of the two people.

It's worth noting that Tianyin's height is already quite tall for a girl, yet Jiangyan is a head taller than her. In Tianyin's memories, Jiangyan was just a tiny little follower, so it's surprising that he's grown so tall in the blink of an eye. However, what Tianyin is even more unwilling to accept is that this means she no longer has that sense of pride of being an older sister.

So it's not a good thing that my younger brother is too tall. It would be perfect if he could be a little shorter!

"It's been so long, big sister..."

Before meeting him, Hikaru had considered countless possible scenarios and even rehearsed with Hayasaka in his spare time, but he never expected that Amane would just throw herself into his arms like that.

When Jiang Yan was little, Tian Yin liked to carry him around and play with him. But Jiang Yan would thrash around and make a fuss because he was afraid of heights, so Tian Yin stopped carrying him. After a while, when he grew up, he realized how ignorant and foolish he had been as a child. He forced himself to overcome his fear of heights.

Then when he ran to Tianyin for a hug, Tianyin told him that he was already a big boy and could no longer be hugged by his older sister.

Despite Yasuhiko's protest that Sakayanagi had simply waved to Amane and Amane had happily run over and picked him up, Amane solemnly told him that girls can be hugged anytime.

Since then, wanting to be hugged by Tianyin again has become one of his top ten dreams in life.

"Hey? Jiang Yan, why are you blushing?"

"No, no, it's just that my older sister is so beautiful today... that I was a little flustered."

"Hey~ Jiang Yan, when did you become so glib? You must have fooled a lot of girls already, right?"

Tianyin winked at Jiang Yan. After all, Tianyin was very good at sweet-talking girls and making them happy. As soon as Jiang Yan opened his mouth, Tianyin could tell that Jiang Yan had said this countless times. Although he was a little hesitant, Tianyin thought that Jiang Yan was a little uncomfortable because he suddenly changed the subject to "older sister".

However, what Amane didn't know was that Masahiko had indeed said it countless times, but only during practice with Hayasaka. The training didn't seem to be very effective, to the point that even Hayasaka couldn't help but complain to Masahiko, "Why do you blush whenever you mention Onee-sama, Masahiko-sama? You're acting like a little kid."

"No, that's not true. You should know, big sister, that I'm not interested in women at all."

"What? You mean Jiang Yan, you like boys?"

Tianyin suddenly released her grip on Jiang Yan and took a step back to create distance between herself and Jiang Yan.

"No, that's not it! I don't have those kinds of thoughts about men."

When Jiang Yan saw Tian Yin looking at him with disdain, he immediately started to explain in a flustered manner.

Jiang Yan's sexual orientation was actually normal at first, but when Jiang Yan's mother learned that Jiang Yan and Tian Yin had a good relationship, she vented her jealousy on Jiang Yan.

Having been bullied outside since childhood, and then subjected to beatings and kicks from his mother at home to vent her anger, Jiang Yan gradually lost all his aspirations for women.

If it weren't for Amane and Sakayanagi Arisu appearing when his life was on the verge of collapse, Masahiko would never know what kind of twisted monster he would have become, though he is already quite twisted now.

"Phew, that scared me to death! Jiang Yan, can you please stop making such a startling sound? Eh? This is... Wow! I found a wild flower bouquet of snacks!!!"

Just as Tianyin was about to give Jiangyan a good scolding for causing her to go to disinfect, she suddenly felt as if she had stepped on something. When she turned around, she saw that it was a bouquet made of various snacks and drinks. Tianyin immediately abandoned her lecture, bent down and picked up the bouquet.

"My dear sister still loves food so much."

But why would my older sister think that this thing is wild?

"Of course! The greatest happiness for a person is lying in bed after eating until they're stuffed!"

As Tianyin spoke, she began picking and choosing from the bouquet.

"I'm so lucky! It seems like they're all things I like, and there's even chocolate! Hehe, I haven't had this brand of chocolate in ages..."

Seeing how satisfied Tianyin was with her bouquet of snacks, Jiang Yan couldn't help but shed two lines of tears.

The snack list was the result of repeated screening from his little notebook, which recorded all the little moments he shared with Tianyin. There was a snack brand that the local supermarket didn't even have. Luckily, Yan had packed his six suitcases full of snacks when he went to school, otherwise it would have been quite difficult to put together a bouquet of snacks that Tianyin liked in a short time.

"Jiang Yan, why are you crying? You're a grown man, don't cry so easily, girls will laugh at you~"

Tianyin reached out a hand to pat Jiangyan's head as a form of comfort, but after trying for a long time, she couldn't manage it. Just as Tianyin was about to stand on tiptoe to pat him, Jiangyan bent down and let Tianyin pat his head.

"By the way, Masahiko, how did you get here? I was quite surprised when I received the message from Hayasaka. I never expected you to be here. If you're Masahiko, getting into a better high school shouldn't be a problem, right?"