I endured the humiliation and humiliation while being besieged by the ghost story elder sister.

Even in the kitchen, when Nozomi finished washing up, Honoka-nee didn't forget to urge her on.

After all, he had specifically gone to sign an unequal treaty with Honoka so that he could finish his homework properly with Arisa.

So much so that she's currently in the living room, holding her change of clothes, urging Ximiao to finish her work quickly so they can take a bath together.

After finally washing the dirty dishes in the sink, Xi Ling walked out of the living room and sighed.

"Okay, okay~ I've got it all sorted out, right? Why were you in such a hurry, Fanxia-neechan?"

"It's because when we were in Hokkaido, we soaked in hot springs or jacuzzi every night~ Mio, you didn't give me a massage."

At this point, Honoka's mouth puffed up in a huff, seemingly quite dissatisfied with Nozomi's lazy behavior.

Knowing she was in the wrong, Nozomi couldn't say anything. She could only go back to her room to get a change of clothes and follow Honoka into the bathroom.

On the other side, Arisa, who had also eaten dinner, had finished her homework with Nozomi, and had also made up for the lessons she missed today.

Feeling carefree, the girl walked straight to the sofa in the living room and sat down, seemingly a little uncomfortable from eating too much.

Seeing her daughter behaving this way, Ashi didn't act like a typical parent who would immediately send her back to her room to do her homework if she didn't like her.

Instead, she slowly moved closer to Arisa and asked with a hint of gossip.

"How was your first day of school with Himeko?"

"How does it feel?"

Confused about what her mother was trying to do by asking such a question, she tilted her head and looked at the beautiful woman beside her.

"Still pretending? You moved to the hotel in Shinjuku specifically so you could go to and from school with Nozomi. Now you're right downstairs from Nozomi's house. Do you think I don't know what's going on in your head?"

Listening to her mother making such a fuss about her, Arisa didn't know what to say.

After all, at least half of what she said was true.

The girl's fair face inexplicably flushed.

Seeing her daughter like this only fueled Ami's curiosity, and she kept subtly probing whether her daughter had kissed Himiko that day.

However, Nozomi upstairs wasn't much better off.

The same thing happened in their bathroom.

In the bathtub, Nozomi, held in Honoka's arms, was being questioned by her about whether anything strange had happened at school that day.

If Nozomi doesn't want to answer, then Honoka wouldn't mind letting Nozomi know why an elephant's trunk gets longer.

Under the terrifying threat from Honoka-nee, Nozomi had no choice but to tell her everything that had happened that day, excluding Hanako-san's part.

"Oh, so she was dozing off on the train today, right next to your head, Mio!"

"Yeah, yeah, I found out later that she stayed up all night finishing her winter break homework. It's truly amazing how one person, one pen, could create a miracle in one night!"

Despite not understanding the meaning behind what Honoka had just said, Nozomi continued to talk on and on, unable to suppress a smile as she thought of Arisa's somewhat adorable clumsy antics.

"I see... Mio, you seem to be very happy."

"Eh? Is there?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than he noticed a pair of slightly cold little hands suddenly appear from behind him and hug him tightly.

The soft touch pressed against his back. Even though it was very familiar, Ximiao was still not used to appearing in Fanxia's arms so unguarded.

Just when he thought that Fanxia was just adjusting her posture and didn't take it to heart, he suddenly saw that her delicate hands were heading towards a rather unpleasant place.

"Wait?! Fanxia-nee, what are you doing?"

"It's nothing~ I just wanted to check if that bad woman left any marks on your body, Mio."

"Eh--"

a long time.

Because they were playing around in the bathtub, they soaked for too long, and both of them felt a little dizzy.

In Ximiao's room, on the soft bed...

After the bath towel was carefully laid out on the bed, Fanxia consciously lay down on it. Even when Ximiao brought a blanket to cover her, she wanted to say no.

But unable to resist Nozomi's insistence, she had no choice but to let the blanket cover her legs.

Then, Ximiao, who was already wearing pajamas and panties, skillfully sat on her lower back and reached out her small hands to massage Fanxia's back and shoulders.

"Your massage techniques are getting more and more skillful, Mio~ It's been quite a while since I had a massage from you."

"Is the pressure alright, Fanxia-nee?"

After hearing her praise, Nozomi couldn't help but feel a little proud.

However, to be honest, he had always been quite curious as to why Fanxia's body was always cool. It wasn't that it was strange, but it felt like her body temperature was much lower than that of an average person.

But Nozomi didn't say anything, taking it as just a problem with Honoka's health.

What he didn't know was that sitting on Fanxia's lower back with his thigh pressed tightly against her side made Fanxia feel like she was in a small furnace.

The reassuring temperature and familiar touch fascinated her.

That's why, when Ximiao said it was a massage in the room, without needing to wear clothes, she immediately agreed.

Arisa has probably never experienced a service like Nozomi's before. If getting to base is like the starting line, then she is definitely ahead of that stinky devil by a considerable distance.

Feeling quite pleased with herself, Fanxia immediately had a plan for the next step.

While Ximiao was still focused on massaging her, she softly asked, "Can you sleep with me tonight, Ximiao?"

Without even thinking, the boy agreed, "Of course... eh?"

Immediately, he realized what was happening and looked at Fanxia in disbelief, not understanding why she would suddenly want to sleep with him.

After finding Nozomi's reaction rather cute, Honoka couldn't help but chuckle and said quietly.

"After all, you spent almost the entire month of winter break with me, Mio. Now that you've gone back to school, I, Honoka-nee, am a little unaccustomed to it..."

As she said these words, Xi Ling saw that her beautiful eyes looked pitiful.

He couldn't bear to refuse, so he nodded and said.

"I'll just be sleeping, nothing else. I have school tomorrow..."

"Yes~"

Chapter 42 I missed my stop

That night.

In Ximiao's bedroom, on that soft bed.

Having already brushed their teeth and washed their faces, the two lay in the same bed, looking at each other's flushed cheeks, unaware of what they were thinking.

"Hey~ Honoka-nee, are you just going to keep staring at me like this?"

"Eh?"

Just when she thought that Xi Ling was hinting that she should make a move, before she could take any action, the boy continued.

"You're making it hard for me to sleep by looking at me like that..."

"...Then why don't you just close your eyes?"

A while later...

As Nozomi's breathing gradually became even, Honoka tentatively extended a slender white finger and poked the boy's bouncy cheek.

Seeing that he didn't react, Fanxia's actions became increasingly unrestrained, and she could even be heard muttering softly in bed.

"If you want a girlfriend, you could just tell me... Why did you have to make a wish to that stinky devil? Seriously..."

She only dared to say this after knowing that Xi Ling wouldn't hear it.

Although she hadn't thought about this when she first took in Shio to stay with her, she just felt that the lovely child was sitting alone in the convenience store, which was really pitiful.

Then, in a moment of impulse, she brought Xi Ling back to the apartment.

Looking back now, it all seems like some rather foolish decisions, which led to the current outcome.

Before she could continue thinking, she couldn't help but yawn, looking a little sleepy.

Then, she suddenly reached out and pulled Xi Ling into her arms, hugging this warm little stove, and silently closed her eyes.

The next morning.

Early in the morning, the alarm clock that Ximiao had set on her phone would suddenly go off, startling her every time and making her heart race.

however.

Just as he was about to reach out and turn off the alarm clock, he found that his arm was being held tightly by Sister Fanxia, ​​and he couldn't move.

For a moment, still half asleep, he didn't know what to do.

Fortunately, it seemed that Fanxia was also woken up by the alarm clock. After making a series of ambiguous murmurs, she suddenly turned over.

Completely unprepared for what Honoka would do, Nozomi could only watch helplessly as Honoka's face drew ever closer to hers.

Unsurprisingly, their pink lips touched each other without any warning.

With this stimulus, Fanxia, ​​who was still somewhat dazed, was completely awake.

She suddenly opened her eyes, and what came into view was Xi Ling staring at her with a somewhat dazed and incredulous look.

after awhile……

The two, who had already turned off the alarm, lay silently on the soft bed, staring blankly at the somewhat monotonous ceiling.

"If I said I didn't do it on purpose, Mio, would you believe me?"

"...It's no use talking about this now, right, Sister Fanxia?"

"That's true, haha..."

She replied somewhat awkwardly.