After all, this is the countryside. Even though it is already halfway through July, there are not many customers in the izakaya until after 11 o'clock in the evening.
Kirino Keiko asked Soya to take Kirino Akane back first, then took out two more bills and handed them to them.
"Take it, this is the salary from today's work."
"Great!"
Kirino Akane took it happily.
"Ten thousand yen..."
Although it was a bit much, Zonggu also accepted it with a smile, "Thank you."
"No, I have to thank Soya. Akane has been unable to move around these days, so I ask you to take care of her."
After sending the two of them outside, Kirino Keiko stood at the door with her arms folded.
"Go directly home."
"Know it."
Akane Kirino got on the bicycle, and Soya nodded to Keiko Kirino at the door, then got on the bicycle and left.
Watching the two children disappear at the intersection, Kirino Keiko looked up at the starry night sky and let out a long breath.
"The relationship is so close, it's impossible that we don't have any feelings... This kid really can't see through it."
Even though it was midsummer, the temperature had dropped a lot by late night.
It was still a little hot when I first walked out of the izakaya, but that was just because the air conditioner was turned on and the cool night breeze blew on my face. Soya quickly adapted to the temperature outside.
The goose-yellow street lights illuminated the front, and I was riding on the empty streets. There was no one on the roadside, and only occasionally a car drove by.
"Go back directly?" Akane Kirino suddenly said.
"certainly."
Zong Gu pedaled up and down, not very fast, "What did you just promise?"
"That's to deal with mom."
She held his waist and stuck her head out to look ahead, "There are no cars on the road. Let's go for a drive and then go back."
"also."
At the next intersection, Zonggu did not continue to go straight, but turned around and rode onto the long road.
"Let's go this way...then we'll have to go around in a big circle."
Kirino Akane said with a smile on her face, "If Soya can't ride anymore, let me take you."
"Um."
Zonggu just agreed.
After deviating from the main road, the road became narrower and the light became dimmer. Riding all the way out of the alley and onto another main road, the surroundings suddenly became clearer and more deserted.
Going north can merge into the east-west national highway, which is the direction to go to Kyoto or Fuun Shrine. Soya chose to go south.
Continuing riding, we climbed up a long hill, and then came a long downhill road, and the speed suddenly became much faster.
"ah--"
There was a whistling wind in her ears, and Kirino Akane laughed and screamed.
She wanted to open her arms like on TV, but she didn't dare. Instead, she hugged Zonggu's waist tightly, and her long hair that had been untied was fluttering in the wind.
Looking at the empty road below, Zonggu kept his hands on the brakes and controlled the direction steadily.
The high-speed gliding brings great sensory stimulation. Once you reach the end, the girl behind you is simply crazy with joy.
"It's so exciting, let's do it again!"
"no problem."
Zong Gu stopped, put one foot on the ground, and looked back at her and the long uphill road behind her.
"I'm a little tired. Kirino can take me to ride on it."
"..."
Akane Kirino also looked at him for a while, then turned around and cheered at him again.
"Forget it, this is too dangerous."
"Wow."
"Hahaha! What kind of reaction..."
She hit his back with her head, and Zonggu raised his feet and continued to drive forward.
"Soya~"
"Um."
"Let's go back from Hongzi's house later."
"What time is it?"
"Just passing by."
The detour to Yoshikawa's house was only a few steps away, so Soya agreed.
"Can you still ride?"
"You can ride it."
After turning a few corners, they went straight for a long way, and after making a big circle, they returned to the original road.
After continuing to ride for a while, Soya took Kirino Akane around to the alley where Yoshikawa's house was located.
"It's right in front. It's already late at night, so don't shout suddenly."
"It will not."
Riding outside the yard of Yoshikawa's house, she asked him to stop.
The lights in the room on the second floor were still on. As soon as Soya looked back at Kirino Akane, he caught a glimpse of a figure in the window.
"Hongzi, good evening~"
Akane Kirino greeted in a low voice and waved upward.
Hongzi opened the window and looked at the two people below.
"Good evening……"
His eyes glanced at the suspender nightgown she was wearing, and Zonggu looked at her again, "What a coincidence."
"Are you stupid?" Hongzi curled her lips, "Qian just sent me a message."
Probably the message was sent while waiting at the red light at the intersection.
"Are the relatives still there?"
"I'll go back after dinner."
"How was your day."
She lay forward, and the neckline of her pajamas hung down, revealing her inner clothes.
"bored to death."
Zonggu just smiled and didn't say much.
Seeing him look away and look towards the front of the alley, Hongzi felt a little disappointed, but it quickly dissipated.
Originally, she didn't expect to see him again today.
"How's Akane's foot?"
Sitting in the back seat, Akane Kirino raised her feet and shook them up and down alternately.
"It's no problem anymore."
"That's good." Hongzi looked at Zonggu who was looking over again, "I'll come find you tomorrow."
Akane Kirino nodded repeatedly, "Yeah."
It was already late at night, and the two people outside the hospital did not stay long. They said good night to each other and left.
Seeing Zonggu pedaling into the alley, Hongzi closed the window and lay down on the bed again.
Guessing that the time was almost up, she picked up her phone again.
Buzz——
"What's wrong?"
In the courtyard of Kirino's old house, seeing Soya suddenly stop, Kirino Akane asked.
"fine."
He looked back at her, "You go take a shower first."
"Uh-huh."
Kirino Akane walked into the house, Soya got on the bike and pedaled again, glided to the backyard and stopped, and then took out his cell phone.
Hongzi: Take me out tomorrow night.
...
The sun rises and the moon sets, and a few days pass after the sacred festival.
Although the actual summer vacation has already started, in a slightly formal setting, the summer vacation starts after the graduation ceremony.
And the graduation ceremony of Dangao is tomorrow.
It has been sunny for several days, the heat wave is rising from the ground, and the cicadas are chirping in the afternoon.
"I only had a few days of rest, but one-tenth of the summer vacation has disappeared..."
Regarding the passage of time, Akane Kirino seemed quite emotional, "I must do something today."
It's just that she was lying on the tatami with a lazy posture, and what she just said was not convincing at all, so Zongya didn't intend to take it seriously.
He felt sleepy in the afternoon and had no energy to take it seriously.
The new electric fan he bought a few days ago was working well and the wind was strong, so he moved forward again.
"It's too close, the wind is blocking it..."
Akane Kirino stretched out her foot and stepped on his leg, but quickly moved away because she felt too hot.
He turned the electric fan to the side and Sogu also lay down.
Looking at the ceiling, he slowly closed his eyes.
"Sogu, you can't fall asleep... Hongzi said she would come over later."
With her head directly pillowed on the tatami, Zonggu opened her eyes a little and turned her head to look at the yard that looked a little distorted in the rising waves, thinking that she was really not afraid of the heat.
"whatever."
Kirino Akane turned over and lay next to him.
"Don't touch me."
"I also want to say that..."
The electric fan is facing straight, and the wind blows through the gap.
"So hot--"
The sun turned the concrete floor white. Walking in a mass of moving shadows, Anko raised the edge of her umbrella and looked at Kirino's old house in front of her.
Although she has nothing to do here, she likes to stay with them and have nothing to do.
"It would be better if there was air conditioning..."
The convenience bag in her hand was too heavy for Hongzi. After walking a few hundred meters from her home, her arms began to feel sore.
Walking into the courtyard, she did not enter through the entrance hall, but went directly around to the edge of the living room.
"I brought watermelon."
The electric fan was on, and the two people lying on the tatami didn't react at all.
"..."
Putting down her parasol, she took off her sandals and went in. Soya and Kirino Akane were sleeping soundly.
After carrying the watermelon to the kitchen, Hongzi quickly returned to the living room and sat down next to Sogu.
After turning her head and looking for a while, she suddenly leaned down.
"Well……"
With their eyes facing each other and holding their palms apart, the sleepy Sogu lowered his voice as much as possible.