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

Nozomi said dismissively.

Chapter Thirteen: The Two Alone

Xi Ling didn't know how much sunscreen she squeezed onto her hands. Even just rubbing it on her thighs with her palms made her feel sticky and uncomfortable.

It felt like he was alone in his room at night, applying body lotion to his body.

As he stood up from Aunt Ami's lower back and wiped the fine sweat from his forehead with his arm, Nozomi's task of applying sunscreen to them was finally complete.

"Alright, now you can go play in the sea without worry, right?"

Just when Ximio thought he could finally relax under the parasol, an untimely voice rang out beside him.

Arisa took the half-empty bottle of sunscreen, gently shook it, and then said.

"Isn't there still someone here who didn't wear sunscreen?"

"Huh? Who is it?"

Xi Ling didn't react for a moment, but when she realized that several people were sitting next to her, all looking at her, she understood who Arisa was referring to.

"me?"

"if not?"

"But... it's not a big deal for a boy to get a little tanned, right?" Xi Miao seemed to have made up her mind not to apply sunscreen.

However, Arisa did not continue talking to Nozomi. Instead, she turned her head and spoke to Aunt Ami, Honoka, and Hachiko.

"Do you want Mio to get sunburned? Although Mio's tan is nice, without sunscreen, it won't just be a simple case of getting a tan, right?"

Her words immediately garnered the support of the others.

After reaching a consensus, the women divided their tasks clearly. After pinning Xi Ling down and making him lie face down on the blanket, they pulled off his thin coat.

Then, Asami and Hachiko each held down Nozomi's hands and feet, rendering him unable to move.

The remaining task of applying sunscreen was left to Fanxia and Arisa, who were already eager to try it out.

The hands, covered in sunscreen, were gently pressed onto Xi Ling's fair skin. The cool sunscreen made Xi Ling shiver involuntarily.

"It's so cold... It's been sitting here in the sun for so long, why is the temperature inside still like this?"

As Hiyo lay sprawled on the blanket, she couldn't help but complain like this.

"Alright~ Stop dawdling and lie down properly!"

With a gentle press of her elbow, Arisa pushed Nozomi's head down, forcing him to mute.

As the two of them were applying sunscreen to Ximiao's back, Yazuki, who was massaging Ximiao's legs, stared in a daze at those slender thighs without an ounce of excess fat.

a long time.

Finally, after everyone had applied sunscreen, although Nozomi was very unwilling, she was forcibly dragged by Arisa into the cold seawater.

I don't know where Sister Ba got a little yellow duck swimming ring from, but she suddenly reached under Xi Ling's arms, picked him up, and put him on the swimming ring.

"Sister Ba?"

"Trust me, Mio, you'll know that even if you can swim, it's still more fun at the beach with waves! Wearing a swimming ring is much better!"

"Eh?"

Before he could figure out what Sister Yachi meant by those words, a large wave suddenly crashed in, and the rollercoaster-like feeling immediately surprised Himo.

"How is it~"

"That was really fun! How about I come down and let you try it, Sister Ba?"

If he were the only one playing like this, Ximiao felt it would be a bit cheating, so she struggled to sit up and asked Hachi-nee, who was supporting his swim ring beside her.

"Me? Forget about it. This little yellow duck swimming ring can't support me floating on it. Mio, you can play with it. I'll hold you from below."

As soon as she finished speaking, the pair of large, jade-like hands on the water's surface, whether by accident or not, gently pressed down on Xi Ling's little bottom, which was covered by a thin piece of cloth.

This startled Himio, who instinctively turned to look at Hachiko beside him. But when he realized that she didn't seem to care about it and it wasn't intentional, he didn't say anything.

The group played on the beach until evening. The afterglow of the setting sun on the sea was so beautiful that it was hard to leave the beach. But if they didn't leave soon, Ximiao would miss her chance to get back and prepare dinner for the evening.

Because she had other things to do at the shop, Sister Ba only grabbed a towel to wipe her seawater-covered body before wrapping herself in a coat and returning to the shop.

At the front door of Xi Ling's house, he skillfully took out his key from under the blanket, unlocked the door, and dragged his heavy body, along with the deflated, crumpled little yellow duck swimming ring behind him, into the entrance hall.

As you can see, he sat down on the steps in the entryway without hesitation and let out a long sigh of relief.

"I'm finally back... I feel like I have no energy left."

"Then why are you still talking so much? Hurry up and take off your shoes and go take a shower in the bathroom."

Arisa, who followed Hio into the room, said without any politeness, urging Hio to take a hot shower so she wouldn't catch a cold later.

As for Fanxia and Aunt Ami, after seeing how much fun Xiling was having with the swimming ring that Yachi bought, they also mentioned on their way back that they were planning to buy a swimming ring themselves.

So they let Hiyo and Arisa come back first, so now, no one will see if Arisa wants to do anything outrageous to him.

After taking off her flip-flops and tossing them casually in the entryway, Ximiao leisurely walked into the house, carrying her little yellow duck swimming ring.

Just then, someone suddenly grabbed his shoulder, causing him to pause in his steps. He turned around with some confusion and looked behind him.

"What's wrong? Weren't you just urging me to go to the bathroom to take a shower? Why are you holding my shoulder and not letting me leave now, Arisa?"

"Take off your coat."

"Eh?"

Xi Ling was stunned. No, how could this demon turn on her like that?

But before he could react, Arisa repeated the same sentence she had just said.

"Take off your coat!"

Seeing her so assertiveness, Ximiao had no choice but to put down what she was holding and reluctantly obeyed Arisa's instructions, slowly unzipping her thin coat and taking it off to put it aside.

"So, and then what? What are you going to do..."

Before Hiyo could finish speaking, Arisa suddenly squatted down and grabbed Hiyo's waist. The soft touch made Arisa pause for a moment.

But when she realized what she was about to do, she suddenly exerted force, forcing Xi Ling to take a few steps in her direction.

"Wait... Arisa, Aunt Ami, and Honoka-nee, they could be back at any moment, and the door isn't even closed yet!"

"Isn't this more exciting?"

Arisa, who had already made up her mind to bully Nozomi in the entryway, completely ignored what he said and continued doing what she was doing.

a long time.

When Fanxia and Ami returned home, satisfied, each carrying their chosen swimming rings.

They were about to take out their keys from under the blanket to open the door when they found that the door was not closed, which puzzled them.

Then, the two of them looked at each other and silently opened the door, only to find that apart from the sound of water coming from the bathroom, there was no sign that anyone else had come in.

So they just assumed that Xi Ling and the other person had forgotten to close the door, or that they had left the door open for them to come back.

then.

After taking off her shoes, Fanxia carried her things into the house. She first went to the living room to take a look, and after finding that neither Ximio nor Arisa were there, she walked to the bathroom door and called out to them.

"Mio, Arisa? Are you two taking a shower in the bathroom?"

As a result, the moment she finished speaking, a sound like something falling onto the bathroom floor came from inside.

Before she could ask what the noise was, she heard Xi Ling's reply.

"Fan, Fanxia-nee?! You're back... Arisa and I are taking a bath in the bathroom, we'll be out soon!"

"Oh... then hurry up, I also want to take a shower."

After learning that there was no problem inside, Fanxia turned around and left, heading to the living room to find some drinks to soothe her throat.

however.

Inside the steamy bathroom, things didn't turn out as Fanxia had imagined; the two of them were peacefully soaking in the bath.

All that could be seen on Nozomi's youthful body were teeth marks and fingernail scratches, all of which were Arisa's handiwork.

After Nozomi finished dealing with Honoka's questions, Arisa smiled mischievously, leaned close to his ear, and whispered something.

"I didn't expect you to be such a good liar, Mio~ Do you often take advantage of when I can't use my tail to give you a lie detector test and then tell me lies~"

What can be seen is a dark, leathery tail tightly wrapped around Ximiao's neck, sometimes tightening to give him a suffocating feeling, and then suddenly loosening to prevent Ximiao from fainting due to lack of oxygen.

Arisa only discovered today that Mio has absolutely no resistance to the feeling of suffocation, or rather, the feeling of crisis.

After being teased by Arisa, Nozomi responded irritably.

"Why are you saying so much! Hurry up and finish this! It wouldn't be good if they became suspicious..."

"But~ I've been holding it in for so many days, and you even deliberately provoked me today, Mio. This is something that can be resolved in a short time~"

After much persuasion from Arisa, Nozomi finally agreed to let him go on the condition that he sleep in her room that night.

After that, the two simply washed themselves, dried off the remaining water droplets, changed into clean clothes, and then left the bathroom.

Ximiao felt a little dizzy and uncomfortable, probably because she had been in the bathroom for too long.

He could only lean against the wall and slowly walk towards the living room, but his defeated look was noticed by Arisa, who took the opportunity to tease him.

"How lame~ Where did your smugness go, Mio?"

"Shut up!"

After glaring fiercely at Arisa, who was grinning mischievously behind her, Nozomi walked into the living room and sat down on the cushion in the center.

Then he said to Fanxia, ​​who was sitting opposite him, "Fanxia? The bathroom is empty now. You and Aunt Ami, do you want to go shower together, or should one of you go first..."

While Nozomi was talking to Honoka, Arisa walked over to her mother's side.

"Did you have fun today, Mom?"