I won't be a loser.

Looking at Mitsuha beside her, who was still thinking about what games were better, she couldn't help but feel a chill on her back. Noticing the look that Xianren was looking at her, she felt uneasy. When she wanted to get away, Xianren's steady hands had already landed on her shoulders.

"Mitsuha, aren't you planning to go to school in Tokyo? I haven't asked about your grades yet. Will you be able to keep up with everyone else when you get to Tokyo?"

"My grades, of course, are very... very, ahem, okay."

"let me see."

"Never!"

With her shoulders pressed down, Sanye raised her foot and wanted to step on Xianren's foot to force Xianren to release his hands that were pressing on her shoulders. However, the height difference gave Xianren a slight advantage, and he easily avoided Sanye's attack range.

The girl was embarrassed and annoyed but had no choice. Looking at the sage's seemingly smug smile, she felt even more angry.

"If you don't let go, I'll call her mom!"

"If you can call it that."

"Well--"

She really cried out, and it was probably herself who was being trained. Sanye looked at the wise man in front of her sullenly.

"If you really plan to go to school in Tokyo, you'd better prepare now. Bring your textbooks and homework here and let me see. There are three people here to tutor you. What else are you dissatisfied with?"

"Tsk."

Sanye stared at Xianren with dissatisfaction. She also knew that Xianren was doing this for her own good, so she sighed, lowered her head and chose to compromise.

"I see."

After loosening her hands, Sanye no longer resisted and silently returned to her room. She took her textbooks, homework, and pencil case, then went back to Xianren's room and sat at his desk. As for Xianren and the other two, they surrounded her with smiles.

"......"

Facing the obviously ill-intentioned Xianren, and the intrigued Sekai and Setsuna, Mitsuha suppressed the chill in her heart and silently opened her textbook...

When Yotsuba came out of the bathroom and didn't see her sister in the room, she went to Kento's room. Standing at the door, she saw the three men launching a mental attack on Mitsuha. This had a great impact on her heart as she was still young. She stood at the door with her eyes wide open for ten minutes before she came to her senses.

He didn't dare to make a sound, for fear that the people in the room would notice him. When no one noticed him, he tiptoed away, returned to his room, lay down on his bed, curled up in the quilt, and his body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Staring at the question in front of her in a daze, Sanye felt dizzy and didn't know what to do.

"I'm so sleepy. I can't hold on any longer."

"Let's stop here for today. Go back and remember and consolidate what you learned tonight. We can continue tomorrow. Since there's nothing else to do, just work hard at home during this time."

"........"

Mitsuha was too lazy to refute or protest to Xianren. She shrugged her shoulders tiredly and left Xianren's room silently. She was too lazy to take the textbooks and homework, so she left Xianren's room directly. After she left, Xianren looked at the two girls who were already a little tired.

"Tonight, let's go to bed early."

After he finished speaking, his hair was already dry, so he lay down on his bed, covered himself with the quilt, closed his eyes and rested.

They had been out for another afternoon today and were feeling a little tired. Seeing that Xianren had already laid down to rest, the two of them also lay down, closed their eyes and began to rest.

Sanye returned to her room and looked at Yotsuba who had fallen asleep. She walked silently to her bed, lifted the quilt, sat down, and glanced at Yotsuba who was sleeping beside her. Her brain was overloaded and she felt a little drowsy at the moment.

"He's already asleep, I'll sleep too."

I looked up at the dim light, but was too lazy to turn it off. I just fell asleep.

"Apologize."

"It was just an accident. He just drank too much. Don't take it too seriously, young sage."

She hid timidly behind her grandmother, looking at the figure standing under the dim light and confronting the adults, Sanye couldn't help but shed tears.

"elder brother."

After a lot of arguments and persuasions, the drunk troublemaker at the scene finally bowed his head and apologized to the younger Sanye and Yotsuba with the help of everyone. The young man walked up to Sanye with a smile and gently stroked her head.

"Don't worry, I'm here."

The smiling expression at that time was engraved in Sanye's heart.

"Brother, brother..."

Yotsuba, who had already woken up, stared at Mitsuha who was still murmuring beside her, and covered her ears with her hands.

"Here you go again. You always call your brother's name when you're asleep, but you act like a nuisance on weekdays."

Tormented by the repeated calls of "brother", Yotsuba quickly put on her clothes and left the room.

When Sanye woke up, she found that her pillow was wet. She slowly opened her eyes and touched her lips.

The girl suddenly opened her eyes wide, sat up quickly, looked around, took a tissue from the desk, wiped her cheek, and then looked at the wet pillow.

"What did you dream about last night..."

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When the Summer Cicadas Chirp: 223. If it is a wise man, then it is also good.

"Three leaves—three leaves—"

A familiar voice came from the door. Sanye, who was sitting on the bed, was unable to get up immediately after Yotsuba left the room. She felt inexplicably depressed and sat quietly on her bed, looking towards the door.

wow——

The barrier door was opened, and a familiar figure appeared in front of her. A girl with two pigtails appeared in front of her, which made Sanye, who was in a depressed mood, raise her head and look at her friend, and couldn't help but sigh.

"What's up, Sayaka? Why did you suddenly come to see me? Is there something wrong?"

"I heard your brother is back. I didn't seem to see him when I came in just now. Is he not home?"

"So that's why you came to me?"

Sayaka Natori also reacted, as if she had exposed her purpose too obviously, and smiled awkwardly at Mitsuha.

"It's not about this. I haven't seen you, Mitsuha, for such a long time since the holiday. I don't know what you're doing, so I came to see you. Also, I haven't seen Xianren for a long time, so I wanted to see how he's doing in Tokyo."

As friends who have known each other since childhood, she and Sayaka have been in the same school since elementary school. Having known each other for such a long time, how could they not be clear about each other's intentions?

Sayaka is not the only girl in Itomori who likes her brother. Mitsuha, who has known about this for a long time, is too lazy to care about these things.

"Not at home?"

"I didn't see Xianren-ge. Um, I heard that he brought back two girls. I think they are both from Tokyo?"

"Oh, you didn't know yet?"

"what?"

"One of the two girls he brought back was his girlfriend. I think he told you this when he came back to Itomori from Tokyo, right?"

Looking at Sayaka Natori's face, the lingering expectation disappeared, and Mitsuha felt that her mood was a little better. Sitting on the bed, she unbuttoned her pajamas, picked up the clothes beside her, put them on herself, got up from the bed, and put on her shoes.

He came to Sayaka Natori's side, placed his hand on his friend's shoulder, and patted her gently as if to comfort her.

"Give up. They've already met their parents, and it seems like they've both discussed marriage. Maybe when they reach the right age, they'll just get married and live in Tokyo."

"Why... No, actually I don't have that..."

Seeing her friend, her expression suddenly became awkward, and she seemed to want to defend herself, while Mitsuha walked towards the door of the room.

"I'm going to the bathroom first and will be right back."

"..."

Leaving Sayaka in the room, Mitsuha went to the bathroom. When she came out of the bathroom, she went to the living room and saw Yotsuha watching TV with snacks in her arms, but she did not see Kento.

"Where's that guy?"

"As for my brother, while you were still sleeping, he had already gone out with the two sisters. It seems they went to Nagoya."

"Wait?! Nagoya? I've never heard of this!"

Mitsuha had never expected that Xianren would actually abandon her and her sister and take the two girls to Nagoya. Mitsuha couldn't help but feel depressed and annoyed, but she could do nothing about it. After the unpleasantness of being left behind, she felt deeply empty. She sighed and went back to her room.

"Where is the imperial envoy?"

"Imperial envoy? He should be at home, hiding in his room reading those strange publications, or he should be following his father to the construction site."

The boy named Teshiji is also a classmate of Mitsuha and Sayaka. The three of them have almost always been in the same class. Because Teshiji and Sayaka's homes are very close, the three of them have a good relationship and often go to school and go home together.

"As the son of the president of a construction company, the Imperial Envoy is truly hard-working. Since he's not available, forget it. Let's just go by the two of us today. Do you have any interesting plans or arrangements?"

"I came to look for you, Sanye, because I didn't know you. Where's Xianren brother?"

"Don't mention that over-the-top guy. He secretly left home while I was sleeping and went to Nagoya with his two girlfriends."

"Two girlfriends?!"

Sayaka Natori couldn't help but cover her mouth with her hand, her face full of surprise. She looked at Mitsuha in shock, somewhat unbelievable.

"No, female friends, one is his girlfriend, that's right, the other is just his girlfriend's friend."

"So this is ah."

After hearing Mitsuha's explanation, Sayaka's expression calmed down, but she still looked at Mitsuha with some entanglement, and she was a little doubtful in her heart, wondering how good a friend they had to be to be able to follow her to her friend's boyfriend's hometown.

But the doubt remained in her own heart. She did not tell Sanye in front of her, nor did she care too much about it.

"Ah, it's so boring at home, let's go buy some ice cream."

"Ice cream?"

Sayaka didn't have any special ideas. Since Mitsuha wanted to buy ice cream, she just went and bought it.

"Yoshiha, do you want to go get ice cream together?"

"Hmm... Let's go together."

Yotsuba, who stayed at home, felt a little bored just watching the TV program, so she stood up, put down the snacks, washed her hands, and went out with Mitsuha and Sayaka.

"It's so hot! I don't know what to do in Nagoya in such hot weather. Damn it."

"By the way, it seems like they're not planning on coming back tonight. The three of us will stay in Nagoya for one night and might not be back until tomorrow afternoon."

"hateful!"

After hearing what Yotsuba said, Mitsuha felt even more envious and jealous. She bit her lip in frustration and quickened her pace in anger. This made Sayaka look at Mitsuha and sigh, but she didn't rush to catch up. Instead, she followed Yotsuba and leisurely followed behind Mitsuha...

"Is it really okay to leave Sanye and Yotsuba at home?"

The three of them arrived in Nagoya and were dining in a restaurant. The moment they ordered their meals, they looked at Xianren's calm expression and were still a little concerned about Mitsuha's thoughts and feelings.

"It's okay. Given Sanye's personality, she might be a little dissatisfied at first. But if Sanye and Yotsuba follow together, the five of us will inevitably be unable to take good care of them. Instead of worrying about everything, it's better for the three of us to just relax and take it easy."

"Aren't you going back tonight?"

When Saionji Sekai was at the Miyamizu family, she also heard what Kento and Futaba said. She was a little surprised and surprised at the time, but it was not convenient for her to speak out at that time. She kept this doubt in her heart and only asked it now.

"Let's not go back. You haven't been to Nagoya very often, right? You can't really explore Nagoya in one day. Let's rest here for a while and go back to Itomori tomorrow."

They had a tacit understanding and there was no problem with where to spend the night. They probably already had an idea in their hearts. Saionji Sekai secretly glanced at Kiyoura Setsuna beside her and found that the other party was also looking at her naturally.

Their eyes met, then they tacitly looked away. They said nothing, but understood each other's meaning. They waited quietly for the dishes they ordered to be served...

My knowledge of Nagoya is only average. Even though Itomori and Nagoya are very close, when I lived in Itomori, I didn't have time to go shopping in Nagoya every week. Even if I caught the first bus early in the morning, it would still take three or four hours to reach Nagoya.

It was impossible for him to stay overnight in Nagoya at his age, so he basically just stayed there for an hour or two, took a quick stroll, and had to catch the last bus back to Itomori before dark.

Every time I go to Nagoya, I basically just stay near the bookstore for a while, buy the books I am interested in, and then have to go back to Itomori around one or two o'clock in the afternoon.

"I don't know when it started, but coming to Nagoya has become such an anxious experience. Even if there's nothing particularly urgent, I have to calculate the time before dark, get on the train early, and then catch the last bus to get home before dark."

Looking at the scenery on the streets of Nagoya, people coming and going, the accents of passers-by seemed a little strange to Setsuna and Sekai. They could only understand about five or six tenths of the whole sentence, and the remaining half turned into meaningless content in their ears.

Although I heard it clearly, I couldn't understand the meaning of these words.

"The accents in Kanto and Kansai are different, and I don't really understand their dialects. Itomori seems to be right next to Nagoya, but there are still some subtle differences in the dialects between the two places."

"Is it different?"

When Saionji Sekai was at the Miyamizu family, he always heard the family of Kento speaking with a standard accent. Only the older Miyamizu Ichiha had a heavy accent. The others, such as Miyamizu Futaba, Mitsuba, and Yotsuba, could speak quite standardly, which made the two forget that this was not Kanto.

"Different."

The wise man did not explain what the specific difference was.

Looking at the wise man beside them, and then at the passers-by around them, the two girls had a slight understanding in their hearts.

As one of the three major metropolitan areas, the Nagoya metropolitan area covers Aichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture and Mie Prefecture, with a total population of approximately 20 million. However, from Gifu's perspective, even though it is called a metropolitan area, it does not enjoy any of the benefits of a metropolitan area.