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"If ankle socks are the standard choice, then knee-high socks are the standard type."

Master Aine has started teaching!

"They don't outline the curves of the entire leg like thigh-high socks do, creating an absolute area. Although they can be attractive, they are too conspicuous. But at the same time, they are not too ordinary like ankle socks. Even if they only cover the lines of the calf, if you are confident in your leg shape, knee-high socks and calf socks can create enough beauty!"

"So impressive..." Xiao Deng was confused after hearing Aiyin's long speech, but she just felt that it was impressive.

Qingchuan Xiang was silent for a while, then said:

“Aine, some things, if you know too much about them, will start to feel strange…”

"Eh--"

Chapter 67: Aine, the Master of Sock Appreciation

"What kind of socks is Xiaoxiang wearing?"

Aiyin has given up now. Anyway, she has realized that Qingchuan Xiang's embarrassing smile is probably just a deliberate act by her to tease her!

So Aine simply looked at Kiyokawa Xiang's legs openly and honestly.

You know what, Aiyin looks like a serious scholar who is devoted to seeking truth and diligently studying fashion trends. She is much more serious than her previous sneak peek look.

Qingchuan Xiang was not wearing her school uniform skirt, but her regular knee-length shorts. It was summer, but she was wearing cloth slippers that covered her entire feet.

Is Xiaoxiang also a short socks person?

After all, in the areas that the cloth slippers couldn't cover, not a bit of sock fabric could be seen, revealing Qingchuan Xiang's calves cleanly.

I was about to tease Aine a few more times, but seeing her shameless attitude, I couldn't help but laugh.

"I'm wearing boat socks, which are even shorter than Xiao Deng's socks."

As he spoke, Qingchuan Xiang gently kicked off his slippers, revealing his feet.

Boat socks are often called invisible socks, and the longest one is just enough to reach the ankles. Qingchuan Xiang was wearing the shortest type of boat socks, which only covered the pearly toes, went along the soles of the feet, and finally stopped at the heels.

The completely exposed white feet form a sharp contrast with the black socks. Under the socks, you can still see the round shape of the toes, which move playfully in the air. No matter which part of the foot is curved, the beauty of the curve is fully displayed.

"That's really rare." Aiyin crossed her chest with one hand and rested her chin with the other, looking thoughtful. "Among young JK girls, socks are also an important part of expressing one's style. Xiaoxiang might really be the only one around me who has the option of almost completely hiding her socks like this?"

Xiao Deng looked at Aine who had unexpectedly made a rather serious comment, then looked down at Qingchuan Xiang's socks, sobbing anxiously, and wanted to say something, but he couldn't speak as clearly and eloquently as Aine.

I envy Ano's speaking ability...

After holding it in for a long time, Xiao Deng finally managed to utter: "Xiao Xiang's feet are so cute..."

As soon as he said this, Deng immediately realized how strange it sounded and quickly shook his head, "...I didn't mean that, ah, I didn't mean to say that Xiaoxiang is not cute..."

The more he spoke, the more confused he became. Xiao Deng's face turned red, and in the end he was so anxious that he couldn't say anything.

"Of course I'm cute. Thank you for the compliment, Deng." Qingchuan Xiang stepped forward in time and took Deng's shoulders. Because he was already soaked, he just walked around behind Deng, put his hands on Deng's shoulders, and slowly pushed her home.

"Okay, don't stand here at the entrance all the time. Find a comfortable place to sit down."

After bringing Aine and Deng to the living room, they sat on the sofa somewhat awkwardly, but couldn't help but look at the decoration of the Kiyokawa family's house with curiosity.

In terms of size, the Kiyokawa family's house is actually much larger than the residences of ordinary citizens.

But there are all kinds of small items everywhere, such as the colorful snack jars on the coffee table, the glass cabinet next to the TV filled with records and CDs, and the various decorative ornaments that appear in various places...

There is even a special small table in the corner of the living room with a retro record player on it.

There are many of them laid out in the originally spacious space of the house without any clutter. Although they are all small things, they take up a lot of space in the house.

Moreover, these things are placed in different corners according to their respective styles.

This also makes the living room divided into several areas of different styles, with clear boundaries but not seeming to be cut off. The person who placed these little things must be an excellent designer.

"Most of the decorations in our home were made by my mother. She is always passionate about things related to 'art' or 'beauty'."

After Aiyin and Deng had a rough look around, Qingchuan Xiang gave a timely explanation.

"Is Xiaoxiang's mother an artist?" Ai Yi asked.

"Well, sort of. Ms. Shu has held art exhibitions, published books, participated in operas, and even acted in movies... She's kind of in the entertainment industry, I guess."

"Wait, Ms. Shu, is Xiaoxiang's mother called Qingchuan Shu?" Aine almost jumped up from the sofa.

“Hasn’t Aine ever thought about the last name Kiyokawa?”

"My friends are the daughters of big names in the entertainment industry, but I only dare to dream about it... Hey, didn't Xiaoxiang's mother collaborate with Sumimi a while ago? Xiaoxiang, have you met them?"

"I've seen it."

I've met him before, and now I'm considered a member of Sumimi. I'll probably be practicing my first song with Sumimi soon. I'll also have to be careful about how I divide my time with the band.

"Xiao Xiang, if you see them again, can you help me get an autograph?" Aiyin looked at Qingchuan Xiang eagerly. If she could get the autographs of the current popular idol group, she couldn't imagine what kind of attention she would get in class!

"Of course." "Okay!"

After finishing the conversation, Qingchuan Xiang tugged at his wet clothes and said, "I'll get you some drinks first. I might need to take a shower myself. Is that okay?"

Aine and Touma both nodded.

"What would you like to drink?" Qingchuan Xiang's spirits immediately brightened up when the topic was brought up. "You can order anything you want. We're at home, but—huhu, you can guess why my mom only designed most of the house. We have a pretty complete selection of drinks."

Aine first asked Deng who was standing beside her. Deng thought about it and finally gave the decision to Aine.

"Then I'll have a cup of black tea. Any black tea will do!" Aiyin's face was awkward, and she thought of some bad memories that she didn't want to remember. "Ever since Xiaoxiang was 'Mrs. Xiang', I've always wanted to try out the teacher's skills."

Aiyin blinked and suddenly called Qingchuan Xiang teacher. Qingchuan Xiang had never been called that before.

“Fufu, since Aine said so, I naturally have to show off my skills. But since you dare to call me teacher, I will check your current tea-making skills. If it’s so bad that I can’t even drink it, I will have to clean up the house──”

"Wait, can I still retract what I said? Can we reconcile?"

Chapter 68 Chihaya Aine's Ambition

Perhaps because they were at home, not at VA-11, when Qingchuan Xiang brought two cups of black tea with a rich tea aroma to Aiyin and Deng, he was unusually casual, simply holding a cup in each hand and placing them on the coffee table in front of them.

In the past, Qingchuan Xiang would have to put down his drink and then pretend to say something like "please enjoy your meal".

It may also be because he was in a very bad mood today, so Qingchuan Xiang's service attitude had to be lowered a level.

"Then Aiyin and Xiao Deng, have some tea first. I'm going to take a bath first. The water should be ready soon." Before making tea, Qingchuan Xiang didn't forget to start filling the bathtub at home. "You can look around my house and go into my room, but the other rooms are basically not just my territory, so I can't decide what to do."

After all, apart from my sister's and my parents' bedrooms, the archive wall in the study is not something that can be easily shown to others...

Qingchuan Xiang scratched her collarbone, which was an unconscious expression of her desire to soak in the water right away.

But since Aine and Xiao Deng are visiting today, I still can't get too caught up in my own world...

"If you find me taking too long, just knock on the bathroom door. I tend to lose track of time when I'm showering."

After saying these words, Qingchuan Xiang went straight into the bathroom. At the moment before closing the door, when there was still a gap, one could see Xiang's fingers hooked on the waistband of his pants, and he was eager to take off his clothes.

Then the next action was just blocked by the closed door.

Aine picked up the cup of black tea that looked like liquid, crystal jade, and took a sip. She was so happy that her eyebrows relaxed unconsciously.

"It's delicious...! It's better than anything I had at RiNG before."

Although Aiyin was prepared for the fact that the black tea brewed by Qingchuan Xiang would be delicious, after all, when she was in London, the remote guidance alone made Aiyin become a barely novice Xiang lady.

"Oh no... When Xiaoxiang checks my tea-making skills later, she won't use this standard to ask me... I've forgotten everything a long time ago."

Deng looked at Aine, who was worried about the near future, and felt a little sad in his heart: "Ano, have you known Xiaoxiang for a long time?"

"Eh?"

"There's something going on between Ano and Xiaoxiang that I don't know about, but they were always together when I saw Xiaoxiang at school."

How come Xiao Deng suddenly became so perceptive?

Tiny beads of sweat began to appear on Aiyin's forehead. She only needed to explain that they had just met by chance on Instagram before, and then they had directly added each other as friends on Line.

But for some reason, when Xiao Deng asked her questions, even though she looked the same as usual, Aine felt a strange gravity.

Aiyin quickly told Xiaodeng how she met Qingchuan Xiang. Of course, she concealed the fact that she went to London and then escaped back. She only talked about how she tried to make black tea for a while, and then met Qingchuan Xiang through a series of coincidences.

After explaining that he had actually half-known Qingchuan Xiang before, and that it was not at school, and that there were additional developments with Qingchuan Xiang without Xiao Deng's knowledge, Xiao Deng lowered his head and murmured, "So that's how it is..."

Then he returned to his previous state, and said with some inexplicable happiness: "Ano and Xiaoxiang are very destined to be together."

“Yeah, yeah.” Aine recalled the first day of school when she met Kiyokawa Xiang. That refreshing girl, deliberately stepping on the small puddle after the rain, the ripples that arose were the swaying hem of her skirt…

It's a scene that only appears in girls' comics.

"When I discovered Xiaoxiang was the 'Mrs. Xiang,' I was really shocked. I was even a little worried that Xiaoxiang might... hate me."

Aine was really nervous at that time. This was the first day she met a friend she liked very much. Her despicable escape behavior was known to the other party from beginning to end, and she was still trying hard to act like she had completely escaped the past.

If Kiyokawa Xiang had really expressed even a little disgust at that time, Aine would probably have been deeply shocked.

"Is there any conflict between Ano and Xiaoxiang?" Deng immediately became nervous again.

"No, don't worry, Xiao Deng." Aine waved her hand, her adorable little canine teeth showing in a smile. "Xiao Xiang really... helped me a lot. Without her, I wouldn't have been able to start over so smoothly. If possible, I also hope to remain good friends with Xiao Xiang."

Therefore, Aine also wants to help Kiyokawa Xiang.

When they were still downstairs, Qingchuan Xiang asked Xiaodeng and herself to go to the apartment to wait for her, while Xiang herself wanted to go and talk to Xiangzi.

Aiyin naturally did as she was told, but on the way to the apartment, she looked back for a moment and saw Xiangzi hugging Qingchuan Xiang, and then Xiang hugged the other person in return.

At that moment, the first thing that arose in Aine's heart was an inexplicable sense of loss.

Xiaoxiang...is it true that she and Xiangzi have that kind of relationship?

But then Aiyin dismissed this idea, because after she looked carefully, the hug between Xiaoxiang and Xiangzi did not look like an ambiguous hug between lovers at all, but more like a hug that relied on each other's body temperature to comfort each other and give support.

And afterwards, from the time Xiaoxiang took herself and Deng home to the process just now, Aiyin once again confirmed one thing: Xiaoxiang, there must be something on her mind.

Although on the surface Qingchuan Xiang has not changed much, still as casual and occasionally bad-tempered, but Aine is so intuitive and unreasonable, and Aine also believes in her intuition. This is the ability to read the air and the atmosphere that she has developed while trying to be the focus of everyone.

Although I don’t know what Xiaoxiang is thinking, I want to help her and I also want to know more about what kind of person Qingchuan Xiang is.

Aine thought firmly in her heart.

"Let's always be good friends..." Xiao Deng repeated Aine's words, then clenched her fists to cheer Aine up, "You can do it, Ano-chan! We, Xiao Xiang, can definitely be good friends forever!"

Just like the last karaoke session, Xiao Deng still cares so much about the word "lifetime".

But this time was different from last time. Aiyin smiled happily and held Xiao Deng's hand: "Yes, we can definitely be good friends for life."

Chapter 69: Drowning in the Shadow of Negativity

As soon as he entered the bathroom, Qingchuan Xiang took off all his clothes in two or three seconds.

The window in the bathroom is high and small, but it does not prevent the outside light from shining into the bathroom.

It’s a pity that this window doesn’t face the setting sun directly. Only a few rays of afterglow are spread at a tricky angle on a corner of the bathroom ceiling.

It was as if a corner of his bathroom suddenly turned into gold. It was magnificent, yet had an old and dusky feeling, which attracted Qingchuan Xiang's attention.

This is why Qingchuan Xiang bought an inflatable swimming pool even though she has a bathtub at home. She can soak in the water and enjoy the sun at the same time on the balcony.

Qingchuan Xiang kicked the slippers he put on when taking a shower aside and stepped barefoot on the bathroom floor tiles.

Qingchuan Xiang also did this when taking a bath at Su Shi's house. Xiang was always reluctant to wear slippers when taking a bath. She preferred to step on the floor tiles where a little water would accumulate after showering.

Whether it is the warmth of hot water or the coolness of cold water, stepping on it directly will always give you a more direct and obvious feeling.

Qingchuan Xiang walked to a small corner where the sunlight was shining, stood firmly on the ground with his bare feet, and used his ten toes, which were as smooth as pearls, to exert a little force, supporting himself together with the front of his feet. He stood on tiptoe, and then stretched out his slender legs, slender waist and right arm to reach the light and shadow in the air, which showed a specific shape in the smoke and dust.

But light is even more elusive than flowing water. Qingchuan Xiang gently scooped it up in the air, but only caught a piece of nothingness.

Really, what am I doing?

Qingchuan Xiang smiled self-deprecatingly. It was rare for him to feel a little confused. The feet that had been standing on tiptoe to support themselves finally stood firmly on the ground again.

Fortunately, I am alone in the bathroom now, and no one can see me if I get confused.

The hand that was stretched out in the air doing useless work was also retracted, leaving nothing in the hand.

Nothing has changed.

"Tsk."

Qingchuan Xiang was shocked that he had actually begun to think in a negative and nihilistic direction unconsciously.

Haha, compared to the dead silence at the beginning, maybe this can be considered a change. Who says regression is not a change? But it is obvious that Qingchuan Xiang is more willing to develop in a positive direction than to regress.

Why not just stop thinking about anything for now and take a good bath. Wash away all the dust and fatigue, and maybe you can forget all these troubles for a while.

I turned around and turned on the shower. Before getting into the bathtub, I needed to wash off the dust and other things on my body first, otherwise if I got into the bathtub directly, it would be like soaking in mud.

When preparing to take a bath, Qingchuan Xiang likes to use cooler water for rinsing before taking a bath. Although it may make the body feel a little cold, when the body with a lower surface temperature is immersed in the bathtub filled with hot water little by little, the process of the whole body turning from cold to warm from every toe to the neck is really addictive.