I just hope to live a leisurely life in the world of anime.

The girl raised her head and rested it on the pillow she was hugging.

But what if I can't get out of bed in the afternoon, and then Rem and the others come to wake me up and find out? That would be terrible...

Even though it wouldn't really matter if I got caught, it would still be so embarrassing...

Then let's hug for a little while, just a short while... um!

The girl nodded to herself, slowed her breathing, and hugged the pillow in her arms even tighter.

The room quieted down; early summer afternoons are always unexpectedly peaceful and serene.

But this peace was shattered in no time.

"Hui, I poured you a cup of hot water in a thermos."

"Oh...please come in, thank you, Brother Anshu."

An Shu knocked on the door from outside, and the girl responded casually without thinking.

Only after she finished speaking did she suddenly realize her current state.

"Hey—hey hey! Brother Anshu, wait...wait a minute!" She hugged her pillow and stood up anxiously, wanting to put the pillow back in its place, but there was no time.

The doorknob has been turned.

"Hmm..." An Shu paused slightly. After opening the door and seeing the girl sitting on the bed, he heard her anxious attempts to stop him.

So, what's going on here?

An Shu didn't know whether she should make a move now.

When I heard her in such a hurry, I thought she was changing clothes or something, but it turns out there was nothing wrong.

But why did my pillow end up in her arms, and why is she holding it so tightly?

"..."

An Shu roughly guessed the reason. The girl's slightly parted mouth, rapidly shrinking pupils, and visibly blushing cheeks told him the answer.

An Shu stood there, staring at her, neither of them making the first move.

But... just spacing out like this isn't a solution...

Trying her best to keep her expression unchanged, An Shu walked in quietly.

"I let the water cool down for a bit, so the temperature is just right. You can drink it anytime." After carefully considering her tone and wording, An Shu placed the water glass on the bedside table and gave her this reminder.

The girl didn't respond, but she did make a movement. Yes, she lowered her head.

An Shu didn't expect her to reply: "Well, I'm going to sleep over there too. If you need anything, just call me loudly or call Tong-chan's name, and I'll get up."

"Ah."

With a blush on her pretty face, the girl obediently agreed.

Because there's really nothing else to say.

###Chapter 511 Sleeping under a quilt in summer without air conditioning is soulless###

('Phew...')

"Sighing every day will cause wrinkles!" the little girl reminded Anshu, turning the storybook upside down.

"Well, I don't know how anyway..." An Shu shrugged indifferently, left the closed door of the girl's bedroom, walked to her own bed, kicked off her slippers, and climbed up. "Huh, when did Tong-chan change her clothes?"

She wore a white short-sleeved shirt on top and a matching pair of loose shorts on the bottom.

Anshu vaguely remembered that it seemed to be a set of summer pajamas they had bought during their last shopping trip.

"I just went to the drying room next door to get a change of clothes while I was in the bathroom downstairs. Did you only just notice, Onii-chan?" The little girl propped herself up on her arms, bent her legs, and sat on the bed in a duck-like position.

"Hmm, I didn't look closely just now... It's so cute!" An Shu complimented, then leaned back, before changing the subject: "Changing clothes is no problem, but... remember to button them up!"

“Hey,” the little girl followed his words, looked down at her outfit, “It’s not a big deal if the first button is undone. Anyway, apart from my collarbone, nothing is showing, and we’re at home.”

After saying that, she thought for a moment, then pouted and added, "Wouldn't that make Onii-chan very excited?"

An Shu lazily rolled over, tilting her head to look at the little girl: "Hey, did you think I'd get horny over a little girl without breasts?"

Although there were indeed some... well, let's leave those aside for now.

However, this topic immediately hit the little girl's sore spot. She angrily reached out and grabbed An Shu, shaking him: "Hey hey hey! Ugh—, it really is the problem with her breasts, it's all the problem with her breasts, ugh, you pervert!"

"Well, well..." An Shu chuckled, steadied herself, rolled over again, took her hand and gently pulled her down onto herself, hugging her waist. "Although Ram's... well, Ram's is bigger than Hitomi's when she's grown up. I guess Hitomi is hopeless..."

"Ugh, of course I know that! Shut up, shut up! I hate Onii-chan the most!" The little girl lay sprawled across An Shu's chest, throwing a tantrum and struggling to get up, but she couldn't break free from An Shu's hands pressing down on her back, so she simply put her head on the bed and gave up resisting.

An Shu gently stroked the little girl's back, and seeing her dejected expression out of the corner of her eye, she found it even more amusing, and her smile deepened: "But Tong-chan is so cute!"

He praised her again.

Well... in fact, it might not be a compliment, but rather a statement of fact.

"And I don't just like big ones... um!"

"Hmph! Even if you say nice things about Hitomi-chan, she won't forgive you so quickly." The little girl pouted, still unhappy, and lowered her head, waiting for An Shu to continue coaxing her.

Knowing all this, An Shu naturally wouldn't let her have her way: "Alright, then I won't say anything more, let's go to sleep."

"Hey hey hey—, say a couple more compliments, you idiot onii-chan!"

The little girl became even more unhappy and tried to break free from Anshu and get up, but she failed because she was held down.

"No way, even if Hitomi-chan moves around wildly, it won't work." An Shu tilted her head back to avoid being accidentally hurt by the little girl's slapping hands.

The little girl quieted down again, probably realizing that struggling was futile and a waste of energy. Then she grinned at An Shu: "Hmm, isn't this what I just said? Onii-chan is so annoying!"

"Really"

"fake."

I knew it... you're just saying one thing and meaning another.

"Well, I want to take a nap. Can Hitomi-chan sleep with me?"

"Hmm, doing strange things."

"It's just sleeping!" An Shu lifted her armpits, then stood up and, amidst the little girl's exclamation, hugged her in his arms.

"Sure!"

"Then let's go find the remote control. I think it's in the drawer..."

"The remote control for the TV?" The little girl paused, then asked, "Didn't you say you were going to sleep?"

"No, it's the air conditioner."

An Shu reached out and rubbed her head, then turned and climbed to the head of the bed to rummage through the boat-shaped cabinet.

"But it's still a long way from the season when we need to turn on the air conditioning, isn't it?"

"It's still early, but it doesn't matter... Hey, found it!"

An Shu casually pushed the cabinet she had just opened back in, took the remote control she found inside, pressed it twice on the corner of the ceiling, turned it on, and set the temperature as low as possible.

"Okay, Tong-chan, go get the comforter from the closet." An Shu tossed the remote control aside, gave the little girl a command, and lay back down.

"The blanket was just washed and put away by Rem last week. If we take it out now, Onii-chan will be scolded by Rem, right?" the little girl said, but still obediently got up and jumped off the bed to find the blanket.

"Hmph~ I don't care!" An Shu didn't consider the consequences at all. Feeling the rapidly dropping temperature around her, she stretched contentedly. "Taking a nap in the summer without air conditioning and a quilt is soulless! It's like in winter, we always like to turn the heating up to the maximum and wear as few clothes as possible. Sometimes people are just that strange."

Watching the little girl tiptoeing and pulling at the quilt, An Shu sighed.

"It's obviously Onii-chan who's weird, right? Normal people sleep like this," the little girl muttered, jumping up and grabbing the corner of the blanket, pulling it down.

"Although it's very comfortable to turn on the heating and wear thin clothes in winter... that's for sure."

"Yes, maybe people just don't like feeling restricted by clothes."

"But in summer, you don't need to wear any clothes at all, so what's the point of feeling restricted?"

"Hmm, who knows? Anyway, Hitomi-chan, hurry up and bring the blanket over! It's getting a bit cold..."

"Okay, you big idiot, Onii-chan."

###Chapter 512 The Illness That Will Kill Me If My Brother Isn't With Me###

(Is Onii-chan asleep?)

"not yet……"

"Well……"

……

Are you asleep now?

"Almost asleep..."

……

"And now?"

"not yet……"

……

"Onii-chan"

"Still awake, um, is Hitomi-chan unable to sleep?"

An Shu received four inquiries within five minutes, and her sleepiness vanished.

Lying on her side in bed, she looked down at the little girl nestled in her arms.

"Uh-huh."

"Ha—woo—, let's chat then," An Shu yawned, rubbing his cheek against the back of her head.

"Mmm-hmm." The little girl agreed, but then immediately became troubled again.

Chatting... what should we talk about?

"Is Tongjiang cold?" An Shu asked, as the air conditioner was already set to 15 degrees Celsius.