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

Seeing the boy in her arms looking at her earnestly, Arisa couldn't help but sigh and slowly explained to him.

"It's my mom. I've been having so much fun lately that I forgot about her..."

"Eh? Arisa's, mother?"

If Arisa is a demon, then could her mother also be...?

Arisa, seemingly guessing what he was thinking, nodded, indicating that it was indeed as he thought.

"Ugh~ She's a devil too, that's why I find her so annoying. If I cheated on my midterms, she'd spot it right away!"

"Just try your best to do well on the exam, right? Arisa, you have to believe in the results of my tutoring!"

However, when she said this, Nozomi herself was not sure.

Although Arisa seems to be much more serious about her tutoring recently, she can't resist the mischief of Honoka-nee on the side.

When it comes to the results of her studies, Nozomi is still not so sure about making any guarantees.

"Even you, Mio, don't have much confidence, so how can you expect me to get a score that will satisfy Mom?"

She couldn't help but tease him, but then she continued.

"I'm planning to ask my club for leave before the midterm exams so I can study properly. Mio, can you come with me?"

As Arisa finished speaking, Hiyo looked curiously at the girl behind him. When he saw her looking at him with such expectant eyes, he agreed without hesitation.

"Of course~"

Soon, a morning of classes passed in the blink of an eye for Arisa. Even though she listened very attentively, she could only barely understand the knowledge points the teacher talked about in get out of class thanks to the notes that Ximiao lent her after class.

After lunch, when the lunch break was over, she took Ximiao and headed towards the teachers' office to ask for leave.

When the teacher asked them both why they were absent, Arisa replied without hesitation that she wanted Nozomi to give her a crash course in the material to prepare for the midterm exam.

Upon hearing her answer, the club's leave request was easily approved, leaving Ximiao, who hadn't uttered a single word throughout, momentarily stunned.

The afternoon classes ended around 3 p.m. Since they didn't need to go to the gymnasium for club activities, the two of them changed out of their indoor shoes and headed straight for the bus station.

Chapter Sixty-Eight: The Sweetness

however.

Inside the gymnasium.

From the club's advisor, they learned that Arisa had asked for leave to go back and study for her midterm exams, along with Nozomi.

The group of girls couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Putting aside the fact that being on the same team as Arisa guarantees victory in the practice match, the fact that Nozomi-kun, who had been sitting on the bench cheering them on rain or shine, was taking leave was already making them very upset.

"That's great~ I think Nozomi-kun is number one in the grade, I want him to tutor me too..."

"Hehe, you just want to take advantage of the situation. Do you think we don't know what you're thinking? If you want to make a move on Mio-kun, you'll have to ask Chiya-kun if she'll agree."

For a time, the topic of Nozomi and Arisa taking leave became a hot topic in the gymnasium, with people gossiping about the young couple.

Unaware that her friends were constantly betraying her, Arisa, sitting on the tram, suddenly felt a chill run down her spine for no apparent reason.

She immediately suspected her mother, who was staying at her place and refusing to leave.

Thinking of the beautiful woman's cold gaze, she subconsciously hugged Xi Ling tighter in her arms, as if he could give her a little more sense of security.

Looking at Arisa, who was completely different from her usual self, Nozomi silently gave a thumbs-up to her aunt whom she had never met before.

I have to say…

Arisa, who is quite dependent on herself, really touches Nozomi's heart.

If it were any other time, and Arisa showed this side of herself from time to time, he couldn't imagine how devoted he would be to her.

However, that's ultimately impossible...

Thinking of this, Ximiao couldn't help but sigh inwardly, closed her eyes and dozed off, so as to be well-rested for tutoring Arisa later.

Until the tram slowly came to a stop.

Arisa, who had been thinking about how to deal with her mother, gently nudged Nozomi's shoulder to wake him up.

Afterwards, the two stopped at a convenience store and bought some drinks and snacks to prepare for their rest before slowly walking towards the apartment.

What Nozomi doesn't know is...

Because he was on leave, he didn't need to go to Ms. Hanako's room to change his clothes.

Hanako, unaware that Nozomi had taken leave, sat expectantly at the small square table, waiting for the boy to bring her more delicious food.

however.

She waited for a long time but did not see Xi Ling enter the room. She became a little annoyed, silently stood up, changed her clothes, and decided to go out to find him.

It can only be said that once a habit is slightly altered, it feels extremely uncomfortable for Hanako, who already has nothing to do.

Even after searching the entire school, she couldn't find Xi Ling, who had already gone home.

……

Inside the apartment...

After taking off their shoes in the entryway, the two carried their schoolbags, along with the snacks and drinks they had bought, and walked straight into the living room.

"Fanxia-neechan, I'm back~"

Upon seeing Fanxia lying on her side on the sofa, yawning, Ximiao spoke to her as usual.

"Yo~ I've come to bother you for a moment, Honoka~"

"Eh?"

She was clearly taken aback when she saw Arisa acting as if she were in her own home.

They seemed a little confused as to why the two of them had returned so early today, and...

"Hey! Why do we have to go inside the room for tutoring?!"

Fanxia looked at the boy who was opening the door for Arisa with great dissatisfaction and complained.

"Well, it's all your fault, Honoka-nee, for always messing things up during our tutoring sessions! And besides, the midterms are coming up soon, and Arisa is way behind!"

After saying that, Xi Ling slammed the door shut without any hesitation, leaving Fan Xia alone in the living room, staring blankly at the closed door.

"What? It's just tutoring. What's the big deal? I'd rather not cause you any trouble..."

Although she said that, her beautiful eyes were very honest, always looking away from the boring TV program and towards Xi Ling's room.

however.

Even though Nozomi eliminated the factors that would cause Honoka to come and cause trouble, it still couldn't change Arisa's tendency to tease him.

On another note, it seems that this is the first time she has properly entered Xi Ling's room.

Previously, when he had a fever and was lying unconscious on the soft bed, I hurriedly looked at him for a while and then left.

Arisa, sitting on the cushion, curiously looked around his room. When she saw the teddy bear she had given to Himo, sitting quietly next to the pillow, she couldn't help but smile.

Then she discovered the sports jacket that Xi Ling had taken from her, which was hanging on the clothes rack by the wall.

"Mio's room looks rather simple~ I thought there would be some things like posters that boys would stick on the wall."

Hearing what Arisa said, Nozomi, who was also sitting cross-legged on the cushion, was taken aback for a moment, and then looked at the girl in front of her with some confusion.

"Why do guys put up posters in their rooms? Arisa, that's a stereotype about guys! That's not good~"

"Okay, okay~ I shouldn't have compared you to other guys, Mio. But don't you think you'd feel more comfortable in your own room wearing your usual clothes?"

"That's true, but what are you trying to do, Arisa?"

As the two of them took out their textbooks and exercises from their bags and chatted idly, they realized that...

Outside Nozomi's room, Honoka, unable to contain her curiosity any longer, was pricking up her ears and pressing her head against the door, trying to hear what was happening inside.

Perhaps because the soundproofing was so good, she squatted at the door and eavesdropped for a long time, but not a single sound came out, which made her quite frustrated.

Inside the room.

A series of rustling sounds echoed continuously. Arisa, meanwhile, reached out and rested her chin on her hand, watching with great interest the boy who was changing clothes on the soft bed as she requested.

"Arisa... what kind of twisted sense of humor is this?!" Nozomi couldn't help but complain.

"Anyway, I've already taken advantage of you, Mio. What's the big deal about doing something to please your girlfriend? It's not like I'll lose a piece of my flesh."

As you can see, Xi Ling had already taken off all her school uniforms and thrown them aside, and a blush appeared on her fair face.

Her fair skin shone brightly under the light, and her firm, pert buttocks also caught the girl's eye.

"Well, how should I put it~ Mio, all that soccer playing wasn't for nothing~ Although you're still a bit lacking in athleticism, I can still see the results of your training~"

"...Can you please stop sitting there, giving me such a serious look and criticizing me? If you weren't a girl, then Chun Chun would be a complete jerk! That's awful, you know?"

After putting on the coat that she was handed, Ximiao sat back on her cushion, not forgetting to glare at her.

The original plan was to have tutoring... but even Hio herself didn't know why, but under Arisa's encouragement, she took off all the clothes on her body, leaving only this coat to cover herself.

Those fair, smooth thighs, without an ounce of excess fat, made the girl sitting opposite her drool with envy, wanting to reach out and give them a good touch.

Just as Arisa was about to do that, her restless little hand was suddenly slapped away by Nozomi.

"Hiss~ What are you doing, Mio?!"

Arisa, not understanding why he did this, gasped in pain, her eyes filled with a strange resentment.

Ke Ximiao wasn't buying it. If the tutoring session turned into an excuse for them to lose control of their impulses and do *that*, then it would be meaningless!

then.