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

"Huh? Why is it only you, Arisa, who came today? Where is Nozomi?"

A few girls who were close to Arisa asked curiously.

"You mean Nozomi? He's changing clothes in the locker room~" Arisa explained calmly, seemingly unconcerned about such a thing.

However, those girls were different.

Upon hearing that Ximiao was still in the dressing room, his eyes lit up, and he pretended to peek at Ximiao changing clothes.

But before they could take any action, Arisa quickly grabbed their collars and stopped them.

"Arisa! Let us go! What's the big deal about boys being looked at?"

Listening to their outrageous remarks, Arisa couldn't help but put a few black lines on her forehead.

"No means no, don't even think about it."

After saying that, she led the group of people who wanted to peek at Mio changing clothes to the basketball court and started warming up.

After finally changing her clothes and cleaning up the "crime scene," Nozomi walked out of the changing room with slightly weak legs.

Still dressed in a jacket and athletic shorts, as if nothing had happened, Mio simply sat down on a bench by the side of the court.

His eyes were somewhat vacant as he looked at Arisa, who was still energetically engaging in club activities on the court, and he couldn't help but think of what had just happened.

"That's strange... Why does Nozomi look so odd?"

Seemingly noticing the boy's strange appearance, one of the girls nudged Arisa next to her, reminding her.

As expected, Arisa did not rush forward in a panic; instead, she calmly spoke.

"Xiao Ling just went to bed late last night, and we can't take a nap at school, so she looks tired."

Without batting an eye, she attributed the exhaustion she had just caused to Ximiao to be due to staying up late.

Seeing that Arisa didn't seem to be in any hurry, the others didn't say anything more and could only focus their attention on the club activities.

Even after the club activity ended, Nozomi remained sitting on the bench, showing no intention of changing her clothes.

"Mio~ Club activities are over, aren't you going to tidy up the basketball and put it back in the equipment room?"

Arisa, who was wiping the fine sweat from her forehead with a towel, slowly walked up to Nozomi and gently reminded her.

Hearing her voice, Ximiao snapped out of her daze and looked around blankly, only to realize that the club activity had already ended.

"Well... I'll go pack now."

He responded weakly, then got up from the bench, picked up the basketballs that were neatly placed aside and waiting for him to tidy up, and walked towards the equipment room.

Fortunately, Arisa didn't intend to continue what she had just done. After they carried their school bags and walked out of the school gate towards the station, Nozomi asked Arisa beside her in a low voice.

"Where did you learn that trick, Arisa?"

"Hmm? What, Mio, do you also want to pursue further studies?"

Arisa, who always wanted to tease him whenever she had the chance, couldn't help but say this.

To her surprise, after hearing her words, Ximiao silently nodded.

"I also want to learn some other tricks..."

"Eh?"

Now it was Arisa's turn to be at a loss for words. Her beautiful eyes stared at his cute face with disbelief.

Why would you say that?

She asked curiously, wanting to know what Xi Ling was going to do with all that stuff.

However, he said it in a low voice.

"Don't you, Arisa, look forward to it?"

"..."

She swallowed silently, and the thought of Xi Ling taking the initiative to serve her made her smile even harder than AK.

then.

In order to help Nozomi learn something new, Arisa honestly handed over her learning website to Nozomi.

After saying goodbye to Arisa in the elevator, he returned to the front door of his apartment, took out his key from his pocket, and opened the door.

The cool air hit him in the face, which made him breathe a sigh of relief. He leisurely sat down on the steps in the entryway and took off his shoes.

"Fanxia-nee~ I'm back!"

"Ah, Mio, you're back~"

Upon hearing the commotion of his return, Sister Fanxia hurriedly ran out of the living room, her face showing great joy.

"Huh? Did something happen? You look so happy, Honoka-nee."

Normally, unless she's done something wrong, she would never have moved her butt off the sofa and deliberately come to the entryway.

Therefore, Ximiao guessed that something must have happened to make Fanxia so excited.

then.

As he expected, Sister Fanxia picked him up and spun him around several times before stopping. Then she slowly explained why she was so excited.

"Mio, the editor said there's no problem with the new artwork I drew before!"

"Oh, so that's what happened~ Well, congratulations, Fanxia-nee~"

While still rubbing her head, which was a little dizzy from being turned around, Ximiao happily said to Fanxia.

"Then tonight, to celebrate the approval of your new work, Fanxia-nee, I'll make hamburger patties for dinner!"

"Okay~"

Hearing that there would be hamburger patties to eat, Fanxia was overjoyed.

After they had enjoyed a delicious and satisfying dinner, Xi Ling patted her belly contentedly and slumped onto the sofa.

Fanxia, ​​sitting next to Ximiao, was doing the same thing, taking small sips of the juice in her cup that she hadn't finished drinking.

"Fanxia-nee...do you think it would be better if couples had more variety in their interactions?"

"puff!"

Fanxia, ​​who had vomited up her juice after being taken aback by Mio's sudden words, was shocked.

Unaware of Honoka's strange behavior, Nozomi complained, "Honestly, if you can't finish your juice, don't drink it! You spit it on the floor and I have to clean it up..."

However, Fanxia had no time to deal with this matter at the moment, and quickly asked.

"No... Mio, why are you suddenly asking this question? Is something going on between you and Arisa?"

Even a fool could figure out that this matter was related to Arisa, and she wondered what strange things that devil had said to Himo.

Fanxia could only blush and explain to Ximiao.

"Mio...you need to understand that having many tricks up your sleeve is just to maintain the freshness between couples. Do you feel that the freshness between you and Arisa has disappeared?"

She subtly inquired whether Hiyo had broken up with Arisa again.

As it turned out, things didn't go as she expected. Ximiao simply shook her head, dispelling Fanxia's worry.

"No, it's just... I thought it would be fun."

"Is it fun?"

"...Fanxia-nee, you want one too? Want to try it?"

"Eh?"

No, Mio... I know far too many tricks up my sleeve from your sister Honoka!

Are you trying to challenge the professional standards of doujinshi artists?

However, she didn't say these words directly to Himo.

She coughed slightly, a little embarrassed, and then said, "Really, is it okay?"

"Could it be that you, Fanxia-nee, know a lot of tricks?"

Seeing that Fanxia looked eager to try, Ximiao was taken aback for a moment, and then asked curiously.

"After all, it's necessary for work."

"what?"

Not quite understanding what Fanxia meant by "work requirements," he didn't pay much attention, but he vaguely began to look forward to Fanxia's teaching process later.

Chapter Sixty-Four: Their Relationship Has Improved

Having not slept all night, Xi Ling's pale blue eyes were fixed on the monotonous ceiling.

Almost the entire night, at his request, Honoka had used every trick in the book she knew on Nozomi, and it seemed she hadn't exhausted all her methods yet.

But Mio couldn't take it anymore and quickly called for a stop, which allowed her to lie down on the soft bed and rest for a while.

"Ah~ It's already Saturday morning. I didn't expect you to still be alive, Mio~ I'm so tired."

Fanxia was still making sarcastic remarks, her slightly cold, slender white fingers drawing circles on his body, softly provoking Xiling, wanting to start the next round quickly.

However, Hiyo was so sleepy that she could barely keep her eyes open, and could only hear him muttering softly.

"I...I want to...go to sleep..."

Intermittent sounds reached Fanxia's ears, and before she could react, the boy's breathing beside her became even, and he sounded like he was fast asleep.

Seeing this, Fanxia reached out and poked his soft cheek. It was so soft and fluffy, just like the white mochi dumplings she had eaten before, and it was incredibly cute.

"Honestly, you haven't even tried all those tricks yet, and you're already failing? Mio, you're such a wimp!"

However, when she thought about how he would use the fancy techniques she had taught him last night to torment that stinky devil, Arisa, Fanxia's smile was now harder to suppress than an AK.

As she lay on the soft bed, lost in thought about all sorts of things, she couldn't help but yawn, close her eyes, and fall asleep.

I don’t know how long it took.

A series of urgent doorbell rings continued inside the house.