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

"Fanxia-jie, what did you order to eat?"

"Huh? As for me... I just ordered a fruit sundae, a spaghetti bolognese, and a juice."

Throughout the entire ordeal, Honoka, who hadn't noticed anything amiss, casually recounted to Nozomi what she had ordered.

She was even planning to have Xi Miao order the dishes she wanted to eat, so she could go to Xi Miao's place and have a bite or two to satisfy her craving.

After he and Arisa ordered what they wanted to eat, the waiter brought out the fruit sundae that Honoka had ordered and the pudding that Ami had ordered.

Just as Nozomi was drooling over the luxurious-looking fruit sundae, she suddenly felt a chill on her thigh.

Looking down, he saw that under the table, Arisa's dark, devilish little tail had somehow ended up on his leg.

However, when he looked at Arisa sitting opposite him with a somewhat questioning gaze, she looked at him innocently, as if the tail wasn't hers.

In front of Honoka and Aunt Ami, he couldn't say anything to Arisa, so he could only grit his teeth and swallow his anger.

a long time.

Having eaten and drunk their fill, the group walked back to school. At this moment, Xi Ling's head was lowered like a live quail, which made Fan Xia and Ami, who did not know what had happened, wonder what was wrong with him.

Meanwhile, Arisa, the culprit, followed behind Nozomi with a beaming smile. The fatigue and resentment she had accumulated that morning from helping with the work were completely swept away with Nozomi's "friendly" assistance.

However, Honoka couldn't help but worry, so she stepped forward and asked Nozomi.

"Mio, are you feeling unwell?"

Looking at the boy's somewhat pale face, Fanxia reached out and touched his forehead, completely forgetting that her hand, as a snow woman, was not at a normal temperature.

She was startled to realize that Xi Ling's forehead was burning hot.

"Oh my god! Why is it so hot?"

In response, Nozomi, who had been feeling rather dejected, couldn't stand Honoka's antics beside her and subconsciously complained.

"It's because your hands are cold, Fanxia-nee! I don't have a fever."

As if sensing something, Arisa took the opportunity to ask.

"Oh~ You really don't have a fever?"

"..."

Xi Ling instantly understood what she meant, rolled her eyes at her in annoyance, and then, as if she wanted to argue with her, took Fan Xia's hand and walked ahead without turning her head.

When they returned to school, they decided to continue helping out in their class that afternoon, and he and Arisa parted ways with Aunt Ami and Sister Fanxia.

"That's great... They can go have fun, while we have to go back and help them out."

Hio muttered something under her breath, it was unclear whether she was talking to Arisa next to her.

However, as a demon who can see into people's hearts and then tempt them, Arisa naturally wouldn't let the conversation fizzle out.

Taking advantage of Xi Ling's momentary lapse in attention, she took the boy's soft, boneless hand and gently comforted him.

"Let's be patient a little longer~ We'll come back here tomorrow and have a good time for a day, and then stay home and rest the day after tomorrow, okay?"

He spoke to Himo in a tone that was meant to coax a child. Even though he was angry at Arisa for bullying him just now, Himo was no longer as angry as she had been.

After hearing what Arisa said, Nozomi nodded slightly.

"Hmm...let's come over and play together tomorrow~"

Back in their classroom, the two quickly composed themselves and then focused on serving customers.

And so they were busy until almost the end of the afternoon, when school was about to let out.

There were hardly any customers left at this point, and all that could be seen was Xiling wiping the table with a rag, looking very serious.

however.

A high-pitched voice quietly passed behind him. The moment the voice saw his little bottom, it almost instinctively raised its hand and gave him a light tap.

"Not bad! Keep it up!"

Arisa chuckled lightly, completely ignoring the resentful look in Nozomi's eyes.

This scene was naturally witnessed by the other students still in the class, including several girls who wanted to imitate Arisa and give Nozomi a similar blow.

But before they could even put their plan into action, they were silenced by the girl's fierce glare.

Chapter 55 Food Poisoning

As the first day of the school festival came to an end, Nozomi and Arisa, having finished cleaning the classroom, picked up their schoolbags and boarded the train home.

For some inexplicable reason...

The two of them were very tacit in choosing to wear their work clothes home to avoid any awkward situations when changing clothes.

As for Aunt Ami and Sister Honoka, after they finished visiting the cultural festival, they simply told the two of them and went home.

On the train car, Nozomi, who seemed to have lost all her strength, naturally rested her head on the softness of the girl behind her, her mind blank.

Arisa was equally exhausted. She now understood just how hard the restaurant staff worked, who had to work all day.

She absolutely will not utter another word about opening a café or anything like that at next year's cultural festival.

Arisa couldn't help but think to herself.

After a while.

As the tram slowly pulled up to the platform, it was time for them to get off. Somewhat reluctantly, Nozomi got off Arisa, slowly took the girl's hand, and walked out of the tram car.

The air conditioning from the station made the two of them put on expressions of great enjoyment.

"At times like this, you really need to turn on the air conditioning!"

"That's right, I was so busy this afternoon that I didn't even have time to wipe the sweat off my body. I was almost exhausted."

Arisa echoed, "Fortunately, they only need to be busy for today, and they can have a good time at the cultural festival tomorrow."

Thinking about this made her feel much better.

After the two of them returned to the apartment, Mio said goodbye to Arisa in the elevator and went to her own front door alone.

He skillfully took out his key from his pocket, opened the door, and found that the air conditioning was even stronger than the one at the station, which surprised him for a moment.

Then, he walked into the entryway, took off his shoes, and called out towards the living room.

"Fanxia-nee, I'm back!"

"Ah, Mio, you're back..."

however.

He realized that Fanxia's voice was coming from the kitchen, and a bad feeling immediately rose in his heart.

After placing her schoolbag on the cabinet next to the entryway, Ximiao quickly ran to the kitchen doorway to look inside.

As expected, the smell of something burnt wafted over, instantly plunging Nozomi's spirits to rock bottom.

As you can see, Sister Fanxia is wearing her usual apron and standing in front of the stove. There is a charred, indescribable thing on the frying pan, emitting black smoke.

If it weren't for the range hood working so hard, the ceiling would probably have been blackened, which made Himo's scalp tingle.

All I heard was his weak question.

"Fanxia-nee... what are you doing?"

"Oh? You mean this? I saw that you were helping out at school today and you were exhausted, so I thought I'd make something to treat you."

then.

This led to the terrifying scene that is now unfolding for Nozomi.

After racking her brains to come up with some tactful reasons to kick Fanxia out of the kitchen, Ximiao looked at the charred mess in front of her and was about to throw it into the trash can when...

Fanxia, ​​who had somehow returned, stood pitifully by the kitchen doorway, gazing at him.

"Mio, aren't you going to even try the result of my hour and a half of hard work? Are you just going to... just throw it in the trash like that?"

"..."

Seeing that Ximiao remained silent, Fanxia immediately knew that she had a chance, and quickly launched a pitiful eye attack, causing a bead of cold sweat to trickle down Ximiao's fair forehead.

Finally, unable to bear Fanxia staring at him like that, the boy standing in front of the stove silently picked up his chopsticks, took a tiny bit of the charred bits from the frying pan, and put it in his mouth.

It was just a fleeting moment.

The sour, spicy, and bitter flavors lingered on his tongue, almost bringing tears to his eyes.

But in front of Fanxia, ​​he couldn't just spit it into the trash can and waste her good intentions, so he had no choice but to force himself to swallow it.

Then, he quickly walked to the kettle, poured himself a large glass of water, and gulped it down.

Just when Ximiao thought she had barely gotten through this ordeal, she was about to say a few words to Fanxia-nee to stop her from going into the kitchen and messing with the stove.

But before he could take a few steps toward the kitchen door, he suddenly lost his balance, and as the scene before him changed, it eventually turned completely black.

At the last moment, Ximiao realized that she had ultimately not been able to escape this calamity.

Seeing the boy fall straight down in front of her, Fanxia rushed forward and, at the critical moment, caught his head.

This prevented an accident from happening, but...

"Should I call an ambulance? This should be considered food poisoning..."

Not knowing what to do, Honoka rushed downstairs after settling Nozomi in, seeking help from Arisa and Ami.

I don’t know how long it took.

With a faint smell of disinfectant, Ximiao opened her sore eyes with great difficulty.

What appeared before him was an unfamiliar ceiling, and the glaring incandescent light made him feel very uncomfortable.

then.

Ximiao turned her head slightly and saw the IV line hanging to the side, as well as the IV needle on the back of her hand.