The phone is placed in the corner of the table, and the screen is dark.
After taking a bite of rice, Hongzi glanced at her phone before she could pull out her mouth.
The screen was still dark and no one sent a message. She was both at ease and uneasy.
The lunch was not very rich, and there were many dishes, but she basically never raised her arm and only ate what she had in front of her.
“…”
Mrs. Yoshikawa looked at her little daughter a few times, and finally couldn't help it, "Hongko."
"Um?"
"Have a meal."
Hongzi raised her head, "I'm eating..."
Buzz —
She immediately turned her head and looked at the corner of the table, but the phone disappeared.
"Let me see, who is the news, which makes our second lady feel uneasy..."
Qingzi, who was sitting opposite, held her cell phone and leaned back, avoiding her sister's extended arms.
"Give it back to me!"
Hongzi couldn't touch her sister even after stretching her arms, so she simply got up and walked around the dining table, took back her phone, and then immediately checked the message she had just sent.
Sister: Have a good meal.
“…”
He glared at his sister fiercely, Hongzi also understood that her condition was too concerning. She threw her phone on the sofa, sat back on the dining table and honestly started lunch.
"I didn't see clearly, is it Jun Zonggu?" Qingzi asked.
Hongzi didn't raise her head, but kicked her under the table.
Qingzi reacted quickly, clamped her feet forward, and clamped her sister's feet in a moment, preventing her from retracting.
“…”
Hongzi began to struggle, Qingzi clamped tighter, and both of them turned their attention under the table until their mother stood up suddenly.
Bang, bang!
"It hurts..."/"It hurts so much!"
The two sisters covered their foreheads together.
Mrs. Yoshikawa sat down like nothing happened, held Kuizi again, and said nothing.
In the chaos, Qingzi let go of her feet and Hongzi took the opportunity to withdraw her feet. Both of them were honest for a while.
After eating a few bites of rice, Aoko suddenly said, "Let me take Hongzi to Tokyo."
My parents all looked over.
She continued to eat, "I discussed it with Hongzi just now."
"I didn't agree at all!" Hongzi retorted.
“It’s time to agree now.”
"I don't agree now, either."
Qingzi ignored it, "What do mom think?"
Mrs. Yoshikawa looked at her eldest daughter for a few seconds, "Aoko is serious or is she kidding."
"Haha." She smiled, "It was originally a joke, but seeing Hongzi's appearance now, I think she can think about it seriously."
Mrs. Yoshikawa thought for a while, "Hongko is in Tokyo, can you take good care of her?"
"Mom?!" Hongzi was shocked.
"Of course." Qingzi smiled, "I am a married person in the society after all, and it's still okay to take care of a high school student."
Mrs. Yoshikawa then looked at her second daughter, "Although it would be embarrassing to transfer to school at this time of the second semester, it was also for the sake of Aoko, so she was a little patient..."
"I don't agree!"
Hongzi looked at her mother and sister incomprehensible, "Why do you have to go to Tokyo?"
"Because Hongzi looks like this now, everyone is worried." Aoko said, "I have to do something, otherwise the Yoshikawa family will have two rebellious daughters."
Mrs. Yoshikawa glanced at her eldest daughter and continued:
"Akizi is right. Hongzi has invested too much energy in Zonggujun, which has affected your normal life. Does Hongzi still remember what she promised her mother before?"
“…”
Of course she remembers: stop at the right time and don’t make a fuss too ugly.
"I remember. But, it's not the time yet..."
Hongzi bit her lip, "It's not time yet to give up... at least I have to see one result so that I can give up completely."
"Who did Soya-kun and?" asked Mrs. Yoshikawa.
“…Anita.”
"Is the daughter of the Kirino family..." She looked at her husband, "Sure enough."
Hongzi remained silent and lowered her head to eat.
With eyes in exchange, the family stopped mentioning it, and the topic suddenly became nothing.
"I've gone up."
After dinner, Qingzi went upstairs and returned to the room, Hongzi stayed in the kitchen to help wash the dishes.
"I don't object to Hongzi's choice."
“Hey…”
Mrs. Yoshikawa scrubbed the plate, "But at least let me know what happened to Hongko and what was thinking."
"Hongzi may think that love is a big deal, so she can leave everything behind and ignore other things, but on her mother's side, only Hongzi suddenly fell down. Although it can be guessed that the reason is
It’s about Zong Gujun, but that’s all.
I don't know what happened to my daughter. Did she abandon her after being played with by Sonogu Jun, or was she trapped in a love triangle with her best friend. My daughter only said 'nothing' and I have no way of knowing.
But I can't pretend that I didn't see it.
Hongzi can ignore her mother's affairs, but her mother can't ignore Hongzi. 'Mom doesn't know anything', isn't this natural, because Hongzi doesn't tell her mother anything."
“…”
Hongzi fell silent, turned her head and looked aside, and after a while, she suddenly twitched her nose and wiped her eyes with her arms.
"sorry……"
Mrs. Yoshikawa looked at her daughter and smiled slightly.
"It really has nothing to do with Mei Tong or something."
“…”
She responded with a lake.
"What's going on with Jun Zonggu and Xiaoqian? What happened between them?"
"I heard Qingzi say... Forget it, she's talking nonsense. Can Hongzi tell me, where have you and Zong Gujun developed now?"
"What step..."
Mrs. Yoshikawa thought about it, "Where do you explore each other's bodies?"
“…”
Hongzi was silent for a few seconds, "No development at all."
"There is no kiss?"
She became even more silent and just shook her head.
Mrs. Yoshikawa looked at her daughter in surprise for a while and asked, "Hongko refused?"
"How could I refuse!...No, not...I mean, he had no plans at all."
After confirming it again, Mrs. Yoshikawa stopped what was in her hands.
"Songgu Jun is really amazing. He obviously likes Hongzi very much... Is he really still in adolescence?"
"Of course, he is only one year older than me..."
"But in some ways, Sonoko is more mature and restrained than most adults."
After sighing for a while, Mrs. Yoshikawa picked up the plate in the pool again, "I feel a little sorry for him if I continue to support Hongzi."
Hongzi looked over and said, "Mom..."
"I don't care."
Mrs. Yoshikawa announced that she would no longer interfere with her daughter's choice, provided that she could no longer feel depressed without saying a word.
"Sensible and serious. It would be great if Zong Gujun was our child." She sighed casually, "If you are brothers and sisters or siblings with Hongzi, this kind of problem will not occur, and Hongzi will not have to be there.
There is a dilemma between my best friend and the person I like.”
Hongzi curled her lips.
"Even if he is my brother or younger brother, I will still like him."
"You're broken."
“…”
After washing the plates, Hongzi was about to go back upstairs and remembered what happened at the dining table just now.
"Mom, what my sister just mentioned about going to Tokyo..."
Drain the water stains, Mrs. Yoshikawa put the dishes into the cabinet, "Are you willing to leave your dad and mom?"
"I don't want to give up."
She looked over and said, "Of course my mother is not willing to let Hongzi go."
Hongzi immediately laughed and bulged her mouth again, "It turns out that I lied to me."
"Go up."
Although the problem was still not solved, Hongzi felt much more happy when she returned to the room.
Escape cannot solve the problem!
She said to herself.
——But, it wasn't her turn to solve their problems.
"That's right... I can't do anything."
Hongzi fell on the bed again, raised her phone with her hands without any news, and her face reflected on the black screen.
All she can do now is to endure the torture before the moment of fate choice in her awakening.
"Isn't this still an escape... so weak."
Bang, bang!
Hongzi put down her cell phone and patted her cheek.
At least you have to know what is going on with them now!
Buzz —
Zong Gu turned his head and looked at the phone placed on the table. He was about to reach out to get it, but was pulled by Aki Kirino who was sitting in front of him.
"Don't worry about your phone for now."
"If it's a matter of the institution, it may be a life if it's delayed by one minute."
“…”
Akane Kirino glanced at him, but let go.
Sonoya went over and picked up his cell phone.
Hongzi: Have you eaten it?
“…”
Eating is also a matter of life.
"Who?" Akane Kirino asked.
Zong Gu replied while replying: "Hongzi."
"Hey... Hongzi is coming here now?"
"She didn't say it."
Soya: Just had it. Are you going to come here?
She replied after a while.
Hongzi: Is it convenient for you?
Soya: I'm just sitting idle. I'm about to go out.
Hongzi: Did Akane do something?
Soya glanced at Akane Kirino who was looking at her and said nothing.
Soya: It seems that I am planning to do something.
Hongzi: What else can I do? It must be to confirm my feelings for Zong Gu.
Of course he understands this.
Soya: Are you coming here?
It took more than half a minute before she sent a reply that had been revised and deleted.
Hongzi: Don't come.
"Isn't it okay?" Seeing that he couldn't come with his cell phone for a long time, Akane Kirino couldn't help asking.
"alright."
Soya put down his phone, took a deep breath before sitting over, "Tungno asked me to sit here, what exactly do you want to do."
"Don't worry...you'll just stay here anyway."
"I'm here."
"Well, then look at me."
Soya raised his gaze, and Akane Kirino also approached him, then stared into his eyes.
“…”
The eyes were facing each other, and in less than three seconds, they both looked away again.
"Don't move away."
"Aren't you?"
“…I’ll do it again.”
"I'm going to go out."
"No!...Okay, let's do it again, it'll be fine soon!"
Akane Kirino sat upright again and patted the tatami in front of her, "Sit down and look at me."
Zong Gu looked over again.
She looked at him, and her eyes fell on his face again.
Although it is not very obvious, it seems to be a little darker than before. As expected, it is still very hard to work outside.
But his skin is still smooth and delicate, just like a girl. A little tanning makes him feel like a boy and looks better.
...No, she wasn't looking at her face.
"cough."
Akane Kirino's eyes moved for a moment, then moved back to his face, meeting his gaze.
“…”
Subconsciously, they moved their eyes, and both of them held back and did not look away.
Three seconds.
Five seconds.
More than ten seconds passed, the curve of the corners of Kirino's mouth became more and more obvious. Finally, I couldn't help it and laughed out loud.
"Hahaha--"
"What the hell are you doing..."
Zong Gu couldn't help laughing, and then felt helpless.
"Ahhh." She fell back and kicked her bare feet on the floor several times, "I can't do anything... I'll definitely laugh when I look at each other like this."
“So, why do you do this.”
“…”
Akane Kirino didn't say anything, stretched her feet over, stepped on his legs, and looked at the ceiling of the living room.
You can't tell him directly, right?
She recalled the video she had watched more than ten times.
[Heart is beating! I find the true emperor in one minute. Just look at each other and quickly confirm your feelings!]
Why can the people in the video conclude that "Ah, I really like Mr. X" or "No, I don't feel anything at all" after a short time?
She has also found a quiet environment as mentioned in the video and ruled out possible external disturbances - even Hongzi was "driven" back by her, why is it still not possible?
Heartbeat?
She touched her chest, and her heart was indeed beating a little fast, but it was hard to say whether it was because of looking at him or because of the laughter just now.
Could it be that it is just because she doesn’t feel in love with him?
Her feet suddenly moved and stepped on his thighs.
"I said, Sonoya..."
"Um."
"if……"
Zong Gu waited for a long time, but he didn't wait until after "if".
"What?"
"Well... nothing!"
Taking a deep breath, Akane Kirino sat up again, crossing her legs.
"Let's go upstairs, the living room is a bit hot."
"No." Zong Gu looked at the yard outside. The sun was scorching and burning the earth. "It's time for me to go out."
Akane Kirino was a little unhappy, "It's rare to have a rest. Do Soya still want to go there?"
"The spirits won't stop and rest."
"Excuse."
“…”
It was indeed an excuse, he just wanted to see Kyoko.
If she hadn't insisted on letting him stay with her for an "experiment" after lunch, he would have been in the shrine now.
Akane Kirino's actions just now were like Akiko said, to confirm her feelings, but it seemed that she did not achieve the effect she expected.
The relationship between the two will not change for the time being, and he and Kyoko have an appointment...
"Soya went to the shrine to see Junhara?" Akane Kirino suddenly asked.
"Yeah." He glanced at her, "We're making an appointment to meet."
"do what?"
"If you don't do anything, you'll probably just stay in the shrine. Of course, if you have anything, you have to deal with it."
Akane Kirino thought for a while, "Will Hongzi come here in the afternoon?"
"She said no."
"Then I will go to the shrine with Soya - why are you sighing?"
Not only sighed, Zong Gu shook his head, "Then let's go together."
The two went out together. In order to reduce the sun for a few minutes, Akane Kirino asked Soya to ride a bike.
When they arrived at the station, they found a place to park their bicycles. The two of them waited for a long time before the tram entered the station.
Get off at Nosho Station, Akane Kirino stopped at the last step before leaving the station: "Such a big sun, I really don't want to go out..."
The sun was shining fiercely, and Zong Gu narrowed his eyes as he turned around.
"バカ." (ba ka)
“…”
She bulged her mouth.
"Let's go. When you go to the shrine on the mountain, it's not that hot."
"I thought Zong Gu would let me go home."
He turned around and continued to move forward.
"Then will you go back?"
She quickly followed.
"Of course not."
"That's all."
Up the long stairs and came to Fuyun Shrine. In front of the hall were several witches with strange faces. They had tender faces and laziness. They were obviously all female college students who worked part-time here recently.
Soya didn't know any of them, so he didn't say hello and walked straight into the company office, and Akane Kirino followed.
“Hey…”
What surprised him was that Kyoko was not there, but Noma Nan, Hanai and others were sitting in the Kawai room.
"Didn't Miss Noma go on duty today?"
"'No arrangements yet', just like you and Kyoko." Seeing Akane Kirino behind him, Noma Nan raised his eyebrows, "You are really bold."
Soya didn't say anything and asked, "Where is Kyoko?"
"I got the knife back home."
“…Don’t talk nonsense.”
Walking into the air conditioner, Kawamuro, Kirino Akane came back to life: "Mr. Noma, long time no see."
"haven't seen you for a long time."
Noma Nan signaled her to sit casually, "But if you are here, I will be a witch first, and then a teacher - if something happens, I will stand on the witch's side."
Akane Kirino didn't know so, "Ah... well, I got it."
Zong Gu sat on the other side and looked at the witches in the room.
In other words, it was actually the Lingjue who was the Spirit of Fuyun Shrine who got a vacation, not just him and Kyoko?
"It seems so. I don't know the reason, so I'm even lazy to find someone to ask for information." Noma Nan said, "Maybe there will be some special task assigned to us separately afterwards... Bah, you can't be a crow."
"What mission? After the soul sacrifice will be over, we will enter the city to destroy the spirits?"
"That's all to choose the best person to beat - if I didn't hide it from you, you'll definitely be the first to be selected."
Soya smiled, but Noma Nan suddenly wailed.
"No, right--"
He was stunned for a moment, then turned around according to her gaze, and Kyoko stood at the door.
“…”
She looked at Akane Kirino, then looked at him, then walked into Kawai, and put the documents she had just faxed in her hand on the table.
"Is there really a task?" Noma Nan immediately took the document over, swept two lines quickly, and frowned again.
Kyoko sat down and greeted the two who had just arrived.
"What is the mission?" asked Zong Gu.
She shook her head, "It has nothing to do with classmate Fangming."
“Hey…”
"It's the mission of us witches." Noma Nan threw the documents in his hand over, "and said it was to rehearse an ancient ritual. It was inexplicable."