My second life is a bit strange?

Goto was startled.

Did I scare you? I'm so sorry.

Goto leaned against the wall, his heart pounding. When did the class president and Shinomiya get here?

"Won't it be tiring to sign autographs for a lot of fans in the future? I know a guy whose hands almost cramped up during an autograph signing event."

"How terrifying!!" Goto looked at his self-designed signature with a complicated expression: "I'd better change it."

Goto then wiped away the excess star decorations.

"We watched the performance just now, and all three songs were very good."

"Thank...thank you."

Goto's ahoge (cowlick) kept swaying, as if she wanted more praise for herself.

"We'll come again next time!"

Nijika came to Goto's side and watched Kaede and the others leave: "As expected, Shirogane-senpai and Shinomiya-san are that kind of relationship, aren't they?"

Seeing that Goto didn't answer, she turned her head and saw that Pochi-chan had her head down and her expression was dead.

"Don't die, Pochi-chan!!"

...

The temperature has been dropping more and more these past few days. As before, everyone made plans to go out and have fun on Christmas Eve, and then go to Qianhua's house.

As soon as Eriri stepped outside, she saw Kaede, bundled up like a dumpling, waiting for her at the door.

"You are exaggerating."

"It's so cold! I really don't want to go out in this sub-zero weather."

Feng shrank back; they planned to visit a nearby shrine.

"There are so many people, I can't find Kaguya and the others at all."

Kaede held Eriri's hand to prevent them from being separated in the crowd.

"President."

Kaede and Eriri turned around and saw Ishigami holding two cups of sweet sake that were still steaming.

"Feng, I got you a cup too." Qianhua handed Feng a cup.

Ishigami couldn't help but retort, "Didn't the president and Eriri-senpai take them from me and Shinomiya-senpai?"

"Okay, actually I wanted to have a couple of drinks." Having her little secret exposed, Chika stopped pretending and gulped down the sweet wine.

The sweet sake distributed by this shrine was surprisingly delicious; it was sweet and made me feel warm all over.

"Let's go to the shrine to pay our respects first."

Kaede took out a 500-yen coin from his pocket, dropped it in, clapped his hands, and prayed devoutly.

I hope this year will be filled with happiness too.

While washing my hands with spring water, I happened to bump into a shrine maiden from the shrine, who turned out to be an acquaintance.

"Xiao Lu??"

Wearing a shrine maiden outfit, Amamiya Ryu held a dumpling for worship in her hand. Upon seeing Kaede, she looked shyly at the ground.

I'm so embarrassed that my older brother saw me like this.

Chika: "What an adorable shrine maiden."

Kaede introduced, "This is my sister's friend, Amamiya Ryu."

"Hello everyone..." (so softly it's almost inaudible)

"What is Xiao Lu doing here?"

"I'm helping out at home."

As they were talking, they heard someone calling Xiao Lu.

"Go ahead and do your work, I won't bother you anymore."

"Um... I look forward to working with you this year."

"Well, please give me some advice."

Xiaolu carried the dumpling and ran into the shrine.

"Okay, where should we go next?"

...

The Goto family is having a Christmas party. Goto's mother is feeding Jimmy Heng dog food, and the silent atmosphere contrasts sharply with the cheerful music.

"Is Xiaofeng really unable to come?"

Goto's father finally spoke up.

"Hmm... the class monitor and his classmates went out."

Erli lay listlessly on the table, unable to muster any appetite despite the abundance of delicious food in front of him.

"I want to play with the older brother."

"Is Yili really okay?" the mother asked worriedly.

"Huh?" Goto dropped the chicken nugget he had picked up. "Why did you say that about me..."

"Won't Xiaofeng be lonely without coming?"

"No way..."

Yili blushed as she ate the fried chicken nuggets. Her younger sister had taken her phone without her noticing, and she struggled to type with her little hands.

"What are you doing!!"

It was too late to stop it; by the time the phone was retrieved, the message had already been sent.

Her hands were trembling as she tried to retract her message, but Feng had already replied.

"almost there."

"Waaaah! Erli, what have you done..." She held her phone, unsure how to explain.

"Is big brother coming?"

"Isn't this great? Christmas Eve is a time for the whole family to eat together."

"A family?" Pochi-chan looked at her father in horror.

"Look, the photo album is all done."

Goto's mother took out the family photo album and flipped to the last page, where there were photos of Pochi and Kaede taken at school.

Boqi covered her face and squatted on the ground.

Please spare me.

ding dong~

The doorbell rings.

Chapter 166 A Christmas Gift with Heartfelt Wishes

"good evening."

Before coming in, Feng shook the snow off his clothes. It was snowing heavily outside, and he had just returned from Qianhua's house.

"Big brother, come in quickly!" Erli ran over and grabbed his hand: "Your hands are so cold."

"You're here, why bring a gift?"

Feng placed a large gift box on the ground: "This is for Erli."

He then took out a small bottle from his pocket, which contained rolled-up paper and a model of a sailboat.

"This is for Pochi-chan."

"Thank you." Goto hurriedly took it. She had forgotten to prepare a gift for the class president and didn't know what to do. She turned her pockets inside out and found nothing but a hand warmer.

"Could this contain a love letter?"

Boqi was so embarrassed by her parents' teasing that she almost fainted: "I'll go get the class monitor a cup of hot tea."

"Then I'll have to bother you." Feng changed into slippers and was pulled into the living room by Erli.

"Hey, big brother, let's play Ghost Hunt!"

I played many games with her, and even went to Boqi's bedroom when we played hide-and-seek.

Unlike traditional girls' rooms, there were many Buddha statues next to the bed, and an electronic peach wood sword was hanging overhead. This style of decoration was too avant-garde for him, and he couldn't appreciate it.

Pochi's room always surprises him.

Finally, they took a photo together, and then, to Feng's astonishment, the photo was put into the family album.

After seeing Feng's gaze, Boqi lay on the sofa in despair, her expression twisted like an abstract painting, giving up on explaining.

"Um... it's getting late, I should head back."

"Yili, go see Xiaofeng off."

"It's very cold outside, I'll go back by myself."

Boqi, who was on her deathbed on the sofa, suddenly sat up, jumped up, and put on her shoes: "I'm not cold, not cold at all."

She pushed him out and slammed the door shut.

It was almost midnight, and the snow-covered streets were unusually quiet.

Goto lowered her head, seemingly lost in thought, but the sound of her footsteps on the snow brought her a sense of peace.

Snowflakes drifted down under the yellowish streetlights; there was no wind today, making the snowfall exceptionally gentle.

Feng stopped under the streetlight: "This is enough."

"Um... I have a performance after Christmas... Class monitor, is that okay...?"