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

He followed Arisa into the changing room to change clothes. Although he didn't know what she wanted to do, he was still quite happy that he didn't have to change clothes in that cramped toilet cubicle.

At least I won't have to bother Ms. Hanako anymore.

But as soon as he took off his clothes, before he could even change into his gymnastics uniform, the voices of girls chatting came from outside the changing room, as if they had arrived at the perfect time.

Then... Arisa stuffed him into her closet to avoid the limelight for a while.

But what he didn't know was that it was all a trap set for him by Arisa.

"Oh my~ Isn't this Chiya-kun? What a coincidence."

"Hey~ What a coincidence! By the way, have you decided which events you'll participate in at the sports meet?"

They started chatting in the dressing room, and Ximiao, who was hiding in the closet, couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

Because it was so stuffy inside the closet, he could feel beads of sweat constantly sliding down his back and onto his legs.

Even if he wanted to reach out and wipe it, he couldn't bend over because of the narrow space inside the cabinet.

He could only pray that Arisa would quickly deal with the others and let him out.

however.

After the group of girls changed their clothes and left, Arisa made an excuse to stay in the dressing room.

She slowly walked to the cabinet where Xi Ling was locked up and peered through the gaps to check the situation inside.

Seeing the almost pleading look in Xi Ling's eyes as she begged her to let her go, she couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips before slowly revealing her purpose.

"Mio~ Are you comfortable staying in there?"

"I'm not comfortable at all! Arisa, open the cabinet right now!" he replied irritably.

"Before I open the cabinet, could you tell me what you actually went to do when you said you were going to the bathroom this morning?"

For example, the scent of other women on the school uniform...

It's neither that of the reclusive snow woman nor her, which makes it rather intriguing.

For a moment, Nozomi didn't understand what Arisa was asking. She was stunned for a moment, wondering if she had been watching Hanako play games for too long.

So he said it.

"I was just in a toilet stall, playing on my phone for a little while!"

"Really? I see you quite enjoy staying in the closet, Mio. How about I let you out after my club activities are over?"

After saying that, she made a move to leave the dressing room, which made Xi Ling anxious, and she quickly called her back.

"What? Are you willing to talk now?"

"...I just ran into a girl who was also playing games, and we chatted for a while."

"That's more like it~ Mio, who always tries to lie to me, is it because I'm always too gentle and haven't punished you properly that you're like this~"

However, now that she had received an answer, she had no reason to continue keeping the boy locked in the closet.

She took out the key to the cabinet, opened the cabinet door, and Xi Ling, who was still wearing a towel, blushed and threw the towel in her hand at Arisa's face.

He managed to slip on shorts and escape unscathed, preventing her from seeing his embarrassing state.

"How do you know about this, Arisa?!"

Anyway, he hadn't done anything to wrong Arisa, so he wasn't afraid of her continuing to ask.

Arisa, however, took it for granted and pointed to the school uniform he had taken off in the closet.

"The perfume scent on it is very obvious!"

"Eh?"

That's not right. He didn't smell any perfume in Hanako's room, so how could he have picked up perfume?

Seemingly not quite believing what Arisa said, he picked up his old school uniform, took it out of the box, and sniffed it.

There was indeed a floral scent clinging to it, which puzzled him...

But now was not the time to think about this. Mio silently looked to the side, at Arisa, who was looking at her with a half-smile.

He quickly changed his clothes, walked over, grabbed the girl's arm, and put on a flattering expression.

"Don't be angry, Arisa. I was just afraid you'd misunderstand something."

"Oh? You want to do something that will make me misunderstand?"

"..."

When the two of them came out of the locker room, Arisa still treated him with indifference, and seemed genuinely angry.

On the court, the club members who witnessed this scene were all curious about what had happened between the two.

But when they went to Arisa to inquire about their gossip, she gave them irrelevant answers and didn't tell them any details.

He simply said one sentence.

"He made me angry."

Then there is no more.

After the club activities ended, Nozomi, who had been thinking for a long time about what to do, finally came up with a solution after boarding the train with Arisa.

Arisa, who had taken her seat, looked at Nozomi, who was standing in front of her. Although she didn't say anything, she patted her thigh, gesturing for him to sit down.

But Ximiao didn't do as she was told. Instead, she tilted her head and pretended not to understand what she meant.

"What's wrong, Arisa?"

"..."

When she noticed him grinning mischievously, trying to get her to speak and end her silent treatment, Arisa gave a soft hum and turned her head away, no longer looking at him.

Clearly, she had forgotten how popular her adorable boyfriend was with girls.

Before long, unlike before, when Nozomi sat on Arisa's lap and let her assert her dominance over her, she was surrounded by several girls.

On the train, Nozomi was asked to take a photo with the camera, and she smiled at the camera in a very cooperative manner.

This infuriated Arisa, who had been watching from the sidelines, to the point of grinding her teeth in anger. However, if she were to speak, she would be utterly defeated.

It's hard to imagine how that cunning little girl, Nozomi, will take advantage of this defeat.

but……

Watching those girls so brazenly put their hands on his shoulders and even wrap their arms around his slender waist...

This immediately made Arisa uneasy.

Author's Note: 1 Rabbit wearing high silk

Σσ(?Д?；) I...I...I didn't do anything!!!

Chapter Thirty: Turning the Tide

As the girls who were taking photos with Ximiao kept crowding around her, some even groping her in front of her.

Arisa finally lost her temper, grabbed his wrist, pulled him onto her lap, wrapped her arms around his waist, and glared fiercely at the group of girls.

"If it's just taking pictures, that should be enough, right? Please don't touch my boyfriend in any way."

After hearing what she said, the group of girls clicked their tongues in disapproval, seemingly unhappy with her behavior of eating alone.

Seeing that Nozomi didn't say anything about it, they reluctantly walked to the side, staring longingly at the boy on Arisa's lap.

Seeing that she had achieved her goal, Xi Ling glanced mischievously at Arisa behind her and said something.

"Give up now~ You're not going to play the silent treatment with me anymore~"

"...Please don't do that again next time, okay? It makes me very uncomfortable."

"Then you have to promise me, Arisa, that you won't stop talking when you're unhappy."

Sitting in his designated spot, unusually, Arisa didn't secretly bully him this time.

The two parted ways only after the train arrived at the station and Nozomi said goodbye.

Just as he was feeling somewhat happy because he had managed to win a round against Arisa today.

Back at his apartment, he was startled to smell a burnt odor emanating from the door as soon as he opened it.

Xi Ling hurriedly took off her shoes and ran towards the kitchen. When she saw the mess inside, she was completely stunned.

The frying pan he usually used was also charred black, and the range hood was still running, as if the culprit was trying to get rid of the burnt smell from the kitchen.

"Fanxia! What kind of mess have you made of the kitchen again today?! Didn't I already leave you lunch? And you've forgotten how to use the microwave again?"

His voice trembled slightly with anger. He walked into the living room and saw that Fanxia had already found a small blanket on the sofa and covered her head with it. She was curled up on the sofa like an ostrich, looking quite adorable.

Seeing this, Xi Ling's anger subsided by half. After calming down a bit, he walked over to the sofa, yanked off the small blanket, and said irritably.

"Do you think I won't see you, Fanxia-jie, by hiding like this? Tell me, what mischief did you get up to this afternoon?"

"Mio, aren't you angry?"

Seeing that the boy was speaking so politely, she couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

"Who said I'm not angry? This time, Fanxia-nee will have to come and clean up the mess in the kitchen too!"

Forced into the kitchen by Ximiao, she felt a headache coming on when she saw the mess she had made…

It was because I was being lazy that I decided to leave it alone and let Mio clean it up when she got home from school.

"So, what exactly did you do, Fanxia-nee?"

While scrubbing the charred marks off the frying pan, Nozomi asked Honoka, who was behind her, with some curiosity.

"I was planning to make pudding, make it at noon and put it in the fridge so you could eat it when you get home from school, Mio. I didn't expect..."