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

The key point is that he forgot to wear the sports jacket that originally belonged to Arisa, but which he had put on himself.

Those fair, toned thighs without an ounce of excess fat, coupled with the athletic shorts that fit snugly against the skin, were incredibly attractive to the group of girls from the sports club in front of them.

Just as a few girls mustered up their courage to approach the lovely club manager, who hadn't really spoken to them much, and asked for her contact information.

A tall figure suddenly appeared behind Ximiao and casually put his arm around her shoulder.

That familiar perfume scent...

"Alisha?"

"Huh? What's wrong? Why is there a bunch of people gathered here?"

The girl looked around at the group of girls with amusement, and it was obvious what they were thinking.

He just wanted to take advantage of her absence to check if this corner was easy to dig up, right?

Although she knew that Mio wouldn't be so easily won over, seeing his troubled expression, Arisa, who had been secretly observing him from behind the locker room door, couldn't help but step forward to help him out.

The girls were immediately embarrassed and at a loss when they saw the two men in front of them. They quickly walked around the two men and went into the changing room to change.

"Thanks to you, Arisa, for coming to help... otherwise, I wouldn't know what to do."

Nozomi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and walked with Arisa towards the bench next to the basketball court.

"This means you're quite popular here, Mio~ I'd better keep a close eye on you."

Not really bothered by the little incident just now, Arisa reached out and rubbed Nozomi's head, saying this.

Soon, the two were sitting on the bench, chatting idly while waiting for the other club members to change and come over.

"So, during summer vacation, you guys, including Arisa and Honoka-nee, have all decided to come home with me?"

What Ximiao is referring to is his hometown in the countryside. He came here to study for certain special reasons, and Arisa knows about this.

"Of course~ I want to see what kind of ghost story would drive you, Mio, to run away from your hometown and come here. With me, Mom and Honoka going with you, you can rest assured, Mio."

"Huh? Why is it that when Fanxia went along, nothing happened to her?"

"what?"

Upon hearing what Hio said, Arisa was taken aback at first, and then cursed inwardly, "That stupid Yuki-onna isn't planning to keep this from Hio forever, is she?"

However, seeing the questioning look in the boy's eyes, Arisa chose to continue the charade and said...

"Although Honoka is sometimes a bit unreliable, she's still able to take good care of you, Mio, when it really matters, isn't she?"

"...That's right."

However, he still felt that something was strange, something he couldn't quite put his finger on, and he always felt that Arisa was hiding something from him.

Before Nozomi could press him further, a few girls in basketball uniforms strolled onto the court, and Arisa made an excuse to leave and warm up.

Hiyo looked somewhat resentfully in the direction of Arisa, but it seemed unlikely that she would get any information out of her anytime soon.

If Arisa doesn't want to talk about something, he won't find out unless he keeps the girl locked up in the room and interrogates her properly.

a long time.

With the club activity over, it was Nozomi's turn to retrieve the basketballs that had been carelessly tossed onto the court.

After tossing the basketballs into the trolley, Nozomi, accompanied by Arisa, went into the equipment room.

"Finally all done~ So, can we go back now?" Arisa asked Nozomi while wiping the sweat off her body with a towel.

"It's possible... but don't you think it would be a bit too monotonous for today to just pass by like this?"

For some reason, Ximiao suddenly said this, and then went to the door and locked the equipment room door from the inside.

"Mio?"

Looking at the somewhat strange boy, Arisa couldn't help but call out his name, but Nozomi continued to walk towards her step by step.

He simply reached out and gave her a gentle push, and Arisa fell onto the high jump mat.

As for what happens next, there's no need for Arisa to do anything. All she needs to do today is enjoy herself, and leave the rest to Nozomi.

By the time they returned to the apartment, it was completely dark.

As soon as Ximiao opened the door, she saw Fanxia, ​​who was already waiting in the entryway, ready to confront her.

"Why are you back so late again today! Mio, did you go out and fool around with Arisa again?!"

"Huh? No, it's just that Arisa was kept after school, and I've been staying with her until now."

Nozomi has now mastered the skill of lying without even blinking, since Honoka-nee doesn't have the same lie-detecting abilities as Arisa or Aunt Ami...

however.

"Hello? Is this Mrs. Asa? Yes, yes, what did Arisa say to you? Club activities... Okay, I understand, thank you~"

Completely unprepared for the fact that Sister Fanxia would ask Aunt Ami again to verify the information, Nozomi was already drenched in sweat.

He took off his shoes and socks and sat upright on the sofa, not daring to look in the direction of Sister Fanxia, ​​who was slowly walking over after finishing her phone call.

He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but Ximiao felt that the temperature in the living room had dropped considerably, probably because he felt guilty.

Nozomi couldn't help but think this.

Immediately afterwards, Fanxia, ​​who had also sat down next to him, spoke softly.

"You've already dared to lie to me, Mio~"

"……sorry."

"Oh my~ You think you can just brush this off with a flimsy 'sorry'? You've really picked up some bad habits from Arisa."

After being told off by Fanxia, ​​Ximiao, who had originally wanted to make some excuses to get away with it, didn't know what to say anymore. She could only lower her head and leave it to fate.

Seeing that Nozomi had calmed down, Honoka continued.

"I'm hungry, so I'll let you off the hook for now. You'd better think about how to apologize to me while you're making dinner."

"Yes……"

then.

That's how we ended up with Himiko walking dejectedly towards the kitchen.

But what he didn't see was that after he left, a smile suddenly appeared on Fanxia's angry face, as if her scheme had succeeded.

When Nozomi brought out the unusually lavish dinner for the day, one dish at a time, Honoka knew that her battle against guilt had succeeded.

To ensure that Mio could eat in peace, she added, "At least you're sincere, Mio. I've forgiven you a little bit, just a tiny bit~"

As soon as she finished speaking, Himo, who had been burying her head in the sand like an ostrich, suddenly beamed with joy.

"Really?!"

"It's just a tiny bit, I haven't completely forgiven you yet!"

"Good~"

After discovering that Honoka wasn't as difficult to appease as Arisa, Nozomi ate her dinner while pondering how to continue making Honoka calm down.

While upstairs, Hiyo was having an unusually difficult time getting through dinner, downstairs, Arisa, who was doing fine, had already finished dinner and returned to her room.

She was lying flat on her soft bed, with one delicate hand resting on her flat stomach.

The girl's pretty face still had a blush that hadn't faded yet. Just thinking about what naughty things she and Hio had done in that equipment room made Arisa feel her cheeks burning.

"Seriously...where did that guy learn that kind of comfortable thing?"

Arisa muttered softly, and although she was complaining, her expression clearly showed that she liked how Nozomi treated her.

After a while, she brought over the huge teddy bear and buried her head in it as if it were Ximiao, rolling around on the bed.

And the other side.

"Are you feeling alright? If you feel any pain, just let me know, okay, Honoka-nee?"

Inside the bathroom, Xi Ling sat on a small stool behind Fan Xia, holding a bath sponge and wiping her smooth, fair back.

"It feels so good~ It would be even better if it were your little hands instead of a bath sponge."

"Huh? Is that so?"

Upon hearing what Fanxia said, Ximiao was taken aback for a moment, then put the bath sponge aside and personally started lathering the foam for her.

"Yes, yes, yes~ That's how you apologize~"

Chapter Ninety: Picky and Choosing?

"Haha~~"

This was probably the umpteenth time Xi Ling had yawned; he looked exhausted, as if he hadn't slept well the night before.

Meanwhile, Arisa, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but look over at him out of curiosity, her attention completely elsewhere than to the exam paper in front of her.

Because the teacher of this class said that there would be a surprise test, they handed out a quiz paper and asked them to complete it in this class.

As expected of Arisa, Hiyo finished the test in fifteen minutes and even moved closer to Arisa so that she could "refer" to the answers.

As for Himo herself, she had spent a lot of time and energy trying to calm Honoka down last night, and didn't go to sleep until very late.

When he had some free time, he kept yawning. He glanced at the teacher on the podium and, finding that the teacher was looking at his phone and not paying attention to him, he decisively chose to lie down on the table and take a nap.

Until the bell rang and the teacher collected the test papers, Ximiao, who had finally managed to catch up on some sleep, felt her arm go numb.

"Ouch... I can't feel my arm anymore. Did I lie down for too long?"

Just as he turned his head, wanting to chat with Arisa, he heard a sneer from the girl beside him.

"Pfft~ Mio, you... Hahahaha~"

"Huh? What's wrong with me?"

A little confused, Hiyo subconsciously touched her face, but there was nothing strange on it. Why was Arisa just looking at her and laughing?

As a result, when Arisa handed him a small makeup mirror, Nozomi realized that because she had slept too long while lying on her desk, she had a strangely funny red mark on her face.

Fortunately, after a while, the red mark faded away on its own, leaving only Arisa holding back her laughter, which made Nozomi speechless.

"Arisa, if you keep laughing, I'm going to get angry!"