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

He went along with Arisa's suggestion, saying, "How about we give it a try?"

"it is good!"

But it wasn't until they got closer that they realized that what seemed like a simple balloon popping game actually had a hidden secret.

Under the lights, they could see that the brightly colored balloons shimmered with an oily sheen, as if someone had brushed a layer of slippery oil on them.

With the BB pellets from their air guns, popping the balloon would be an impossible task.

Arisa paid first, picked up the air gun and tried it a few times. Although she could clearly see the BB bullet hitting the center of the balloon thanks to her excellent dynamic vision, it deviated from its trajectory and slid to the side due to the low friction.

No wonder there are so few customers around the stadium; it turns out that all these stalls here are run by unscrupulous merchants!

Just as Arisa was mentally criticizing these unscrupulous merchants, Nozomi seemed to have thought of something, and quickly handed the money to the stall owner and took a burst of BB guns.

then.

He somehow got a small pair of scissors, squatted down, and carefully cut the plastic BB pellets in half and stuffed them into the air gun where the stall owner couldn't see them.

"Hey~ Arisa, try out my air gun~"

Hio tugged at the hem of the girl's clothes beside him and said mysteriously. Seeing this, although she didn't know what he had done, Arisa still took the air gun from Hio's hand as he said.

Then, aiming at the balloon not far away, he pulled the trigger...

Snapped!

"Isn't this still not... eh?"

Arisa, who originally wanted to persuade Hio to give up struggling, looked at the burst balloon with disbelief halfway through her sentence.

Even the stall owner next to him stared wide-eyed as if he had seen something unbelievable, and then kept reassuring himself that it was all a coincidence!

However, when Arisa realized what was happening and continued to pull the trigger of the air gun, the balloons burst with loud bangs under her precise shots, leaving the stall owner completely dumbfounded.

In the blink of an eye, the stall owner, who had been quite pleased with himself, turned from red to white.

Arisa was overjoyed when she and Himo successfully lifted the teddy bear, which was as tall as Arisa herself.

After giving the stall owner a smug look, she and Ximiao left the stall, found a bench to sit on, and settled the heavy teddy bear.

Then, Arisa asked with some curiosity, "What happened just now? Did you do something, Mio?"

Hearing Arisa ask this question, Nozomi immediately became smug, took out a BB pellet that he had cut in half with scissors from his pocket, and handed it to her.

"Well, I just did some simple processing of air gun bullets."

"I see... Because when it becomes a pointy shape, it can easily pop even if oil is applied to the balloon!"

Seeing this, for some reason, a wicked idea suddenly popped into Arisa's mind. Her beautiful wine-red eyes suddenly turned to Nozomi beside her.

Startled by her glare, the boy asked timidly.

"What, what's wrong?"

"Mio, are you interested in helping me make these unscrupulous stall owners lose everything?"

"Hmm~ This seems quite interesting."

No need for Arisa to explain anything further, Nozomi boarded the pirate ship directly and, imitating the girl, let out a wicked laugh on the bench.

For those stall owners who made a fortune through this shady business on the first day of the cultural festival, a nightmare is about to begin.

Until almost the end of the afternoon when school was about to let out.

Students and tourists who happened to pass by the stadium all said they heard a series of ghostly wails coming from inside.

They were so frightened that they didn't dare go near that area.

However, this did not ruin the good mood of Arisa and Nozomi, who returned with a full load of goodies.

Taking advantage of the time before the evening rush hour, they boarded the train back home, carrying bags of their spoils and the teddy bear that was even taller than Nozomi.

Although the tram wasn't crowded and many seats were empty, the teddy bear they were carrying was undeniably conspicuous.

The few passengers present also focused their attention on the two of them, whispering among themselves.

However, Arisa seemed to be focusing all her attention on the bear beside her, and her love for it made Nozomi smile when she saw it.

He took out his phone and glanced at it silently. There were still four hours until his appointment with the doctor. That was enough time for Ximiao to go back to his apartment, take a good shower, have dinner, and then go to the hospital.

After a while.

Hearing the doorbell ringing repeatedly from the entrance, the cat maid, Beros, who was cooking in the kitchen, couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

As she wiped her hands with her apron, she walked towards the door, muttering to herself, "Strange, didn't Miss Arisa take her keys with her when she went out?"

The moment she opened the door, a menacing teddy bear startled her.

Then, Peros heard the wicked laughter of two people coming from behind Xiong Xiong.

"Pfft pfft pfft~ I didn't expect Peros to be such a coward, I never noticed before~"

Seeing her little maid slumped on the ground, Arisa couldn't help but laugh. Then, to express her apology, she specially stuffed a bag of dried fish that she had bought on the way into Bailuos's hand.

After that, she and Ximiao worked together to move the huge bear and other odds and ends into the house.

In the living room, Aunt Ashi, sitting on the sofa, looked at the two of them as if they had gone to the mall to buy goods, and couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

Especially when she saw the bear, which was even taller than Hio, she froze on the spot.

Do they sell these kinds of things at the cultural festival?

She couldn't help but guess that.

However, once Xiongxiong was placed on the soft bed in Arisa's bedroom, Nozomi breathed a sigh of relief.

"Phew~ I have to say, this teddy bear is really heavy~ It was so hard to carry it all the way back from school."

"Okay, thank you so much, Mio, for helping me carry all this back!"

Looking at the boy sitting on the edge of the bed, who looked exhausted, Arisa slowly walked around behind him and reached out to massage his shoulders.

Then, she noticed Xi Ling's slender and long neck, its fair and delicate appearance, which made her want to bite it and leave a mark on Xi Ling.

Little did Nozomi know what Arisa was thinking, she was still naively wondering if she should ask the girl out for dinner after she finished showering.

“That…Arisa…”

Before Xi Ling could finish speaking, he suddenly felt his vision go black, and the girl's hair fell on his face, making him feel a little itchy.

Just as he was wondering what Arisa was going to do, she spoke softly.

"Mio did so well today~ It's time to give you a little reward~"

"Eh?"

With a gasp from the boy in the room, he was pushed down onto the bed by Arisa.

At the same time, he only needed to turn his head slightly to see that the cute teddy bear was right next to him, staring straight at his current embarrassing state.

Chapter Sixty: Heart-to-Heart Talk

In a family-run restaurant near the apartment that looked pretty good.

Having already taken a shower and changed into looser clothes, Ximiao was sitting in her seat, leisurely looking at the menu.

As for the person opposite him...

Arisa, who had also changed into casual clothes, was holding a menu, but her gaze kept drifting towards Honoka beside her.

She felt a little annoyed that she was being a third wheel, accompanying her and Mio to dinner. However, when Fanxia said that she didn't want to eat takeout alone in her apartment like she did at noon, she was still a bit annoyed.

Hearing Ximiao's pitiful account of how she managed to have lunch, Ximiao's heart softened, and she invited Fanxia to have dinner together.

"How come this Snow Woman's tea ceremony skills have suddenly become so amazing?"

Arisa couldn't help but mutter under her breath, unable to understand what was going on with this guy.

"Did you have fun at the school festival today, Mio?"

After ordering their meals, while waiting for the food to be served, Honoka took the initiative to ask about the day when Nozomi and the others went to the cultural festival.

Ximiao couldn't help but smile before replying.

"Of course I'm happy~ I have to thank Fanxia-nee for helping me persuade the doctor so I could sneak out of the hospital~"

however.

Just as Nozomi finished speaking, Arisa, realizing she had been ignored, coughed a few times in an attempt to get his attention.

Seeing that the girl looked a little jealous, Xi Ling quickly tried to make amends.

"Also, without Arisa coming with me, there are so many things I probably wouldn't have been able to do by myself today~"

"So many things?"

Upon hearing this keyword, Fanxia looked at the two of them with some curiosity, only to find that their eyes were locked on each other.

If she weren't around, she could probably pull out long strands... It really made Fanxia a little envious...

She clearly wanted to play with Mio at the cultural festival, but for the time being, she probably couldn't say such a capricious thing to Mio.

Thinking of this, Fanxia's expression visibly turned somewhat disappointed.

After they finished having dinner there, they took a taxi and headed towards the hospital.

Finally, I managed to complete the admission procedures before the agreed time of eight o'clock with the doctor, which meant putting on a brand-new hospital gown and lying down on the hospital bed.

"Well then, Mio, you stay here and listen to the doctor. As for me and Honoka, we'll head back now."

Seeing that everything was fine with Hio, Arisa decided to tell him.

As the ward door closed, the room became very quiet. In the monotonous and boring room, only the unlit television and the small mobile phone beside him could alleviate his feeling.

"Before going to sleep... I'll watch TV for a while. After the doctor's check-up tomorrow, I should be able to be discharged..."

As Xi Ling lay on the hospital bed, he couldn't help but mutter to himself, but his gaze unconsciously drifted to his phone. The thought of sending a message to Arisa or making a call to Fan Xia slowly rose in his mind.

And the other side.