A guide to survival in a heavy girl's world

"I'll be able to finish the remaining details of this dress tomorrow morning, and you can just take the finished garment away with you."

"……morning?"

After hearing this, Nagasaki Suyo frowned slightly.

"So when are you going to take a break?"

"I won't sleep tonight. I'll catch up on my sleep after I finish making this dress."

Chihaya Tetsuya said without changing his expression.

Upon hearing this, Nagasaki Suyo's brows furrowed even deeper.

"From your tone...it seems like you do this often."

"Not that often, maybe two or three times a month."

Chihaya Tetsuya shook his head.

"For designers, this frequency of staying up late is already very low."

"…………"

It's really not decent.

This attitude of taking unhealthy lifestyle habits for granted sounds really unacceptable.

"No, you have to sleep well tonight."

Under Chihaya Tetsuya's somewhat stunned gaze, Nagasaki Suyo folded her arms across her chest and said seriously:

"As for the clothes...you can do it after you wake up. Until then, I will wait at your house until it is finished."

"……Eh?"

Chapter 50: Common Problems That Cannot Be Avoided When Staying Overnight

When Chihaya Tetsuya brought Nagasaki Suyo to their apartment building, Nagasaki Suyo subconsciously stopped at the door and observed this building full of life and sense of time.

"Nagasaki-san's home should be in a more luxurious high-rise apartment building, right?"

Looking at Nagasaki Suyo's slightly dazed look, Chihaya Tetsu also said:

"I don't know if you can get used to living in a cramped, ordinary apartment like this."

"...I lived in an ordinary apartment like this until fifth grade."

After hearing what Chihaya Tetsuya said, Nagasaki Suyo shook her head slightly:

"To me, this ordinary apartment feels more like 'home'."

"Really? That's good."

Chihaya Tetsuya nodded, then pushed open the door of the apartment building.

Nagasaki Motoyo also retracted her slightly nostalgic gaze and followed Chihaya Tetsu into the apartment building...

........................

"what……"

When Chihaya Aine saw the figure behind her brother, she froze in place as if she had been cursed by petrification.

"Su, Su Shi? Huh? Why are you going home with your brother at this time..."

"Aine? It's already this late, why aren't you asleep yet?"

On the other side, looking at Chihaya Aine holding a tablet in the living room, Chihaya Tetsuya subconsciously frowned and changed his tone to preaching.

"Didn't I tell you not to wait for me if I come back late?"

"Eh……"

Good, what a déjà vu scene!

It’s like a wife who didn’t get enough rest sees her husband coming home late with another woman, but when faced with his wife’s questioning, the husband scolds her for not going to bed on time!

What should I do? Should I go to bed or continue questioning my brother?

If you choose the former, then you always feel that this family will become more and more corrupt, but if you choose the latter, it will become a bloody soap opera at 8 o'clock in the evening...

……

No, no, after all, she and her brother were not married, and the woman he brought back wasn't some suspicious stranger. Why would she have such a strange idea?!

Because the thoughts in her mind were too confused, Chihaya Aine's eyes almost turned into spirals.

On the other side, Nagasaki Suyo, who had seen the interaction between the two, sighed helplessly and then took the initiative to speak:

“Aine, actually, this is what happened…”

Then, she told Chihaya Aine the whole story of adjusting her performance costumes.

After listening to Nagasaki Motoyo's explanation, Chihaya Aine's originally extremely nervous expression instantly calmed down.

"I see. If that's the case, then everything makes sense. But anyway, brother!"

Chihaya Aine turned her head and looked at Chihaya Tetsuya who had just taken off his suit jacket.

"Where will Sushi sleep tonight?"

Nagasaki Suyo hurriedly answered after hearing this:

"Don't bother, I can just sleep on the sofa—"

"Sleep in my room."

Chihaya Tetsu interrupted Nagasaki Suyo without hesitation.

"Then I'll sleep on the couch."

"Eh?!"*2

Nagasaki Motoyo and Chihaya Aine exclaimed in surprise at the same time after hearing this.

"Wait, brother, this doesn't make sense no matter how you think about it!"

Chihaya Aine was the first to object:

"Letting a girl live in a room with a grown man...it will definitely make him feel uneasy!"

"Really? But I just changed the sheets and pillowcase yesterday."

Chihaya Tetsuya tilted his head.

"Also, the bedding I chose is of relatively high quality. Even girls shouldn't find it objectionable..."

“No, Aine, this has nothing to do with whether you dislike me or not!”

Nagasaki Suyo also objected:

"It was just a one-night stay due to an emergency. Taking up someone else's room for this is just too shameless!"

"What's so shameless about that? You're my sister's bandmate and a friend of Toyokawa's. As an older man, of course I have to be considerate of you."

Chihaya Tetsuya said in a matter-of-fact tone:

"Besides, I usually sleep on the sofa, so it's okay."

"Well……"

On the other hand, after listening to Chihaya Tetsuya's explanation, Chihaya Aine, who had originally been opposed, suddenly became a little shaken.

From this it seems that the brother did not regard Su Shi as an outsider who needed to be considered, but as a guest and junior who needed to be taken care of, just like Deng who came to visit at the beginning.

If you think about it from this perspective, then it doesn't seem strange to let Su Shi live in her brother's room.

At the same time, although Nagasaki Suyo wanted to say something to refute, Chihaya Tetsuya was not going to give her the time at all——

"Okay, it's getting late, Aine, you should go to bed... and you too, Nagasaki-san, you're not the type to stay up late, are you? I saw you yawning several times on the way back just now, not to mention you're in an unfamiliar environment right now, so in this situation, you should sleep in your bed."

Chihaya Tetsuya, in a rare display of his adult dignity, addressed the two in a serious tone:

"Now, you two go wash up right now. You hear me?"

"understood."

Chihaya Aine, who no longer had any objections, nodded obediently after hearing this.

On the other side, after a slight hesitation, Nagasaki Motoyo bowed slightly to Chihaya Tetsuya and said "Thank you for your care", then followed Chihaya Aine to the bathroom.

........................

"Su Shi, these are for you."

As soon as she entered the bathroom, Chihaya Aine took out a new set of towels and toothbrushes from the cabinet under the sink.

"They're all new, so feel free to use them."

On the other hand, when Nagasaki Suyo saw the pile of towels in the cabinet, she said in surprise:

"Are these spare parts?"

"Well, since the last time Deng came, my brother bought a lot of spare parts and put them here."

As Chihaya Aine spoke, she took out her toothbrush and squeezed toothpaste on it.

"Although my brother is a grown man with little self-care ability, he's still thoughtful in his own way... Oh, right, I might have to ask him to tidy up his room a bit later. He always likes to leave his read books lying around... But you don't have to worry too much. His room will just be a little messy, but definitely not dirty! And there won't be any unpleasant smells! I, your younger sister, can guarantee you that!"

"..."

They are truly family, and their hospitality and generosity towards guests are exactly the same.

And... this feeling of being noisy and having things to talk about from the moment she walked in the door was completely different from the feeling of returning to her own home.

"I don't know if I can sleep well today..."

Looking at the brand new and soft towel in her hand, Nagasaki Suyo murmured softly in a voice that only she could hear.

Chapter 51: Bedtime stories are always accompanied by some insights

When Nagasaki Suyo finished washing up and walked into Chihaya Tetsuya's room, she immediately saw Chihaya Tetsuya tidying up his messy bookshelf.

"...Sorry, Nagasaki-san, please wait a moment."

As Chihaya Tetsuya spoke, he was seriously "struggling" with the row of bookshelves that could not be arranged neatly no matter what.

"This is so strange. They were all fine when I took them down. Why can't I put them back now?"

"…………"

After hearing this, Nagasaki Suyo couldn't help but cast her gaze towards the bookshelf in front of Chihaya Tetsuya.

It was a huge wooden bookshelf with five rows, and each layer was basically full of books.

When she carefully checked the contents of the books on the bookshelf, she couldn't help but widen her eyes subconsciously.

There is no need to elaborate on the many books related to clothing. At the bottom of the bookshelf, there are also a large number of books on various subjects such as architecture, history, geography, etc.

What surprised her even more was that in the second row of the bookshelf, the part he was sorting, she saw books in four different languages.

"English, French, Chinese... what's the other one?"

"Spanish, both are foreign languages ​​I'm learning now."

Chihaya Tetsuya replied:

"But apart from English, the other three subjects are basically just introductory-level books on daily expressions."

"...Do designers really need to learn so many languages?"

"Generally speaking, it's not necessary. But if you want to become a top designer, then these languages ​​are unavoidable. French, which represents the highest-end fashion class, and English, which is the most widely spoken, are needless to say. The huge markets of Chinese and Spanish are also gradually being valued by the fashion industry. Considering that many high-end brands have begun to shift their focus to the mid- and low-end markets in recent years, judging by this trend, perhaps Chinese and English, the two most widely spoken languages, are the ones I should focus on learning in the next stage..."

Halfway through his speech, Chihaya Tetsuya suddenly realized that he seemed to have talked about many topics that people outside the circle would not be interested in, so he quickly shook his head.

"Sorry, I accidentally said too much."

"Nothing, after all, I was the one who asked."

After quietly listening to what Chihaya Tetsuya said, Nagasaki Suyo couldn't help but sigh:

"But I can see that you really like the clothing industry."

“………………To be honest, I don’t know if I should describe my feelings towards the clothing industry as ‘like’.”