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

Ximiao and her group arrived at a family restaurant that had received rave reviews online.

At first, Arisa, who had run away from home, was hoping for the best and wanted to see if her credit card would still work.

But as expected, all accounts, including credit cards, bank debit cards, and even online account balances, were frozen without exception.

Arisa is currently penniless.

However, Nozomi was even somewhat pleased about this.

After all, it was always Fanxia and Arisa who treated her in the past, and she never dared to mention treating others or paying the bill in those high-end places.

But now, I could easily treat the two of them to lunch, even though the cost would be different.

"Hey~ Arisa, see if there's anything you'd like to eat, don't be shy~"

He handed the menu to the girl sitting opposite him and said softly.

however.

Just as the three of them were about to fill their stomachs there, a beautiful woman in a black dress was looking around at the entrance of the mall, seemingly searching for something.

Before long, Asa arrived at the door of the family restaurant, her expression somewhat complicated, hesitating whether to go inside.

She learned about her daughter's recent situation from the homeroom teacher, and then suddenly realized... she seemed to have really misunderstood Arisa...

and……

Ami's beautiful wine-red eyes were fixed on the boy with striking light golden hair not far away. Her curiosity about Nozomi had reached its peak.

However, she wasn't ready to apologize to Arisa.

After all, this kind of thing is far too embarrassing for Ashe, who has been in a high position for many years.

then.

She had no choice but to go into the store, find a suitable place to sit down, and observe the situation on Arisa's side before making a decision.

Unaware that her mother was watching her from a short distance away, Arisa couldn't help but sigh after ordering her food.

The girl was wearing clothes borrowed from Fanxia, ​​but due to the difference in height, even though the soft fabric in front of her was the same size, it still looked a little ill-fitting.

At least, when Mio looked at Arisa's chest, she noticed that the buttons looked like they were about to pop open, which was quite frightening.

But the girl didn't care about any of that. In fact, she complained that the clothes made her chest feel stuffy and reached out to unbutton one or two buttons.

This made Fanxia, ​​who was watching from the side, very unhappy, but she didn't know what to say, so she turned her head to the side and stopped looking at her.

But what struck her as odd was that, starting just now, she had inexplicably developed goosebumps all over her body, as if something terrifying was stimulating her subconscious nearby.

Fanxia looked around curiously, and just when she thought it was her imagination, she did see a pair of unusually familiar, wine-red eyes quietly looking in her direction not far away.

"Eh?"

Author's Note: BOSS, Asumi

Combat power greater than Arisa, bloodline suppression.

Fanxia...Danger

Chapter Seventy-Four: The Misunderstanding Between Mother and Daughter

"What's wrong?"

Seeing that Fanxia beside her had suddenly froze, Arisa couldn't help but ask curiously.

But Fanxia didn't answer her at all, which made her a little curious. She followed Fanxia's gaze and saw that Fanxia's reaction was exactly the same.

Both of them froze on the spot, as if by unspoken agreement.

Seemingly realizing that she was also in the restaurant, Ami stopped hiding and suddenly stood up, walking straight towards them.

Then, Ami casually sat down in the empty seat next to Nozomi, resting her chin on her hands and watching the two opposite her with great interest.

A snow woman and a demon, coincidentally, both revolved around the blond boy beside her, which made Ami feel somewhat emotional.

However, Arisa on the other side did not have such leisure. When she saw her mother sitting down next to Nozomi without hesitation, her beautiful wine-red eyes were first stunned, and then became somewhat sharp.

She slowly moved the glass of lemonade in front of her so that she could easily pull Xi Ling to her side later.

Then, she spoke very cautiously.

"Mom...what are you doing here?"

As she spoke, Arisa's gaze kept drifting towards Nozomi, as if she were afraid that her mother might harm Nozomi if she was displeased.

however.

As if she could guess what her good-for-nothing daughter was thinking, Ami leisurely reached out and ruffled Nozomi's light golden hair.

She then calmly explained why she was there.

"I learned from your homeroom teacher that you, Arisa, are dating this boy..."

"Eh?!"

No, why do teachers tell parents everything?

Can't we at least give students some privacy?!

Upon hearing this, Arisa silently made a mental note of her homeroom teacher's actions, thinking that she would go back and take revenge sooner or later.

Then, contrary to her expectations of a harsh criticism from her mother, Asahi spoke very gently.

"I was a little worried at first that you would ruin things for Nozomi-kun, but the teacher also told me that you've become more attentive to your studies since you started dating Nozomi-kun. I was wrong to say that you cheated on Arisa before."

"..."

Seeing that Arisa did not respond, Ami continued to ramble on, the gist of which was to apologize to Arisa.

However, her tone didn't seem very sincere; it's probably because Aunt Ashi couldn't let go of her parental airs.

As Nozomi and Honoka quietly listened to the mother and daughter's conversation, they couldn't help but think of this.

Finally, Arisa could no longer tolerate her mother's condescending attitude and slammed her hand on the table.

With a loud noise, the previously noisy restaurant suddenly fell silent, and even Ashi, who was still chattering away, was stunned.

Those beautiful eyes looked at Arisa in front of her, seemingly quite puzzled.

What's wrong with you? What's wrong with you now?

"No... I just don't want you, Mom, to keep interfering and criticizing me in this matter! At least... not in this one!"

She stared intently at Ashi, her gaze unusually firm. This was the first time Ashi had ever seen her daughter like this; she was so persistent about something.

Asumi, who had originally intended to say something, opened her pink lips but couldn't utter a word. Instead, she looked at Nozomi, who was quietly drinking lemonade to the side.

"I'd appreciate it if you could take good care of my silly daughter, Mr. Ximiao."

"Oh? Well, actually, Arisa has helped me a lot in many ways, so don't worry, Aunt Arisa!"

Hiyo, who hadn't expected Ami to suddenly speak to her, seemed rather nervous as she spoke, her eyes darting around...

As long as Aunt Asi doesn't wrap her tail around his neck to test his lie detector, he doesn't think that this aunt is difficult to get along with; she's just a bit stubborn.

But when she thought about all the strange things Arisa had done to her before, for some reason, Nozomi felt an urge to take this opportunity to complain to Aunt Ami.

Considering that Arisa was still in front of him, and that he didn't know whether Arisa would come after him after Aunt Ami left, he decided to wait and see.

In the end, Xi Ling resisted the urge to tattle, letting the beautiful woman beside him gently rub his head with her soft, jade-like hand.

"correct……"

As if suddenly remembering something, Ami abruptly turned her head to look at Honoka, who had been trying her best to shrink her head and minimize her presence.

"Excuse me, are you... Ximiao's guardian? I don't think you seem like it."

"Well... I'd say I'm Ximiao's older sister. As for the parent-teacher conference, it's because Ximiao's family couldn't come all the way from their hometown, so he asked me to attend!"

Fearing that Ami might misunderstand something, Honoka quickly explained why she was going to the parent-teacher conference.

Seeing her so embarrassed, Nozomi couldn't help but chuckle. It seemed that Aunt Ami was truly the nemesis of these two!

Soon, as the dishes ordered by the group were brought to the table one by one by the waiter, Xi Ling looked at Aunt Ami, who was holding only a cup of iced coffee in front of her, and subconsciously said something to her.

"Auntie Ashi, aren't you going to eat something?"

"...No need, I had lunch before going to the parent-teacher meeting."

Hearing her say that, Ximiao also turned her gaze back to the food in front of her and murmured softly.

"That's it."

Sitting opposite her, Arisa couldn't help but feel a little jealous when she saw the boy start to care about her mother again.

"Mio, you don't need to worry about her! No matter what, she'll never compromise herself..."

"Eh?"

I'm so tired, so alone

Before Xi Ling could ask her why she said that, Arisa looked at the inexplicably guilty Ami with a resentful expression and said in a low voice.

“In the past, during the Chinese New Year, all the servants in the house were given a holiday, but this woman went on a four-day, three-night luxury hot spring trip by herself, leaving me to eat instant noodles at home for four days.”

"Isn't it because you're stupid, Arisa, and can't you order takeout?!"

Hearing her daughter bring up the matter again, Aunt Ashi, who had seemed quite mature, suddenly broke down.

The delicately maintained pretty face that was making excuses now looked rosy.

"Hehe~"

Her response was a cold laugh from Arisa.

Looking at this scene, Xi Ling wondered if the two of them had made up.

It doesn't look quite right.

Author's note: They haven't completely reconciled. It's just that Arisa is temporarily at odds with Himeko, not wanting to ruin her good mood while having dinner with Himeko, so she made a compromise.