Uneasy daily life

"Oh, I do know a little bit about that. When that rascal lived in the park before, I went there and saw some of it. The Scarlet Troupe members all have something special about them," Yukinoshita Haruno said with a smile. "Oh dear, Yukino-chan, are you a little unhappy that your older sister knows your secrets that only you know?"

"It's not like I'm the only one who knows. Sakurajima knows about it too, and Anshin-in knows it as well."

Yukino Yukinoshita said calmly, "I'm just curious about what my older sister is thinking."

"What else can you think of it? It's just some of the scumbags' stuff, not even anything important. You can tell by what he's always busy tinkering with. The Scarlet Troupe is pretty much the same. Rather than having any special abilities, they're like walking special abilities themselves. It's quite interesting."

Yukinoshita Haruno summarized, then grinned mischievously, "Yukino-chan, you don't think I'm thinking about something weird, do you?"

“Haku-kun may not care about superpowers, but there are still some problems.” Yukino Yukinoshita shook her head. “Sister, you should be more careful with your hands in the future. It wouldn’t be good if the Killer Queen had an accident.”

While what you see in that manga may not be the truth, it's truly inexplicable how Haku-kun could possess a power found in the manga, and he doesn't seem to match Yoshikage Kira at all...

"Killer Queen?"

Under the snow, Yang responded with a question.

Yukino Yukinoshita was stunned: "...You didn't know?"

"I got it now."

Yukinoshita smiled and said, "Thank you for telling me, Yukino-chan."

"...Anyway, sister, please don't tease Bai Jun with your hands."

"Don't worry, Xiaoyang is a polite and good girl. She would never lay a hand on a boy!"

Come on, when you were pretending to be a social butterfly, you always liked to suddenly get physical and sneak up on people.

Yukino Yukinoshita let out a soft hum.

A flash of light suddenly streaked past the window, illuminating the tall buildings and streets outside the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Yukino Yukinoshita felt a slight tightness in her chest and subconsciously adjusted her posture, preparing herself mentally.

"BOOM—!!"

Yukino suddenly made a loud noise.

Yukino Yukinoshita shivered, quickly realizing what was happening, her sharp gaze fixed on her smiling older sister beside her...

Boom——! ! !

A loud roar descended from the sky. Xue Xia Xue was caught off guard, her shoulders trembled violently, and she looked up at the French windows.

"Hahahaha~!"

Yukinoshita Haruno laughed so hard she almost fell over on the sofa.

"elder sister!"

Yukino's harsh rebuke, delivered with a cold and intimidating tone, had almost no effect.

"Puha, cough cough... Yukino-chan is still as cute as ever."

Yukinoshita, panting, reached out and hugged her younger sister tightly, silencing her protests: "Afraid of thunder, afraid of barking dogs, afraid of very high places—oh dear, being timid is a good thing, isn't it? It's kind of adorable and endearing~"

"no!"

Yukino resisted her sister's embrace, her body accidentally brushing against the sister's broad chest. Her already turbulent emotions intensified, and she retorted righteously, "This all comes down to human genes. Over the years, the reaction to danger has been etched into our physiological instincts. Thunder means rain, a dog barking is a sign of caution towards wild animals, and there's the risk of falling from a height. Genes allow humans to perceive various dangerous factors in nature, facilitating prevention and avoidance..."

Yukinoshita Haruno said with a grin, "Yes, yes, Yukino-chan is a sensitive girl~"

Something about it feels off.

"Let go, I want to read a book."

Yukino Yukinoshita raised her hand in annoyance, trying to break free from her sister's embrace.

"Yukino-chan hates me, waaaaah..."

I've always hated it.

Yukino Yukinoshita answered decisively, forcefully prying her sister's hand away.

"Sigh~ I guess I'll just go on a date with that jerk then."

Yukino Yukinoshita regretfully backed down a little: "Isn't a date in the rain quite romantic? He's probably still in the park folding paper boats and playing Pirates of the Caribbean on the puddles right now."

"Isn't Bai Jun right across the street? You're asking him to go to the park to release paper boats... he might actually go?"

Yukino Yukinoshita grumbled irritably, yet felt that it was perfectly normal for Haku to do such a thing.

"what?"

Yukino Yukinoshita paused for a moment: "You jerk, living across from you?"

……ah?

Yukino Yukinoshita was also stunned. Given her sister's way of doing things, shouldn't she have investigated this matter long ago? After all, she was still Haku-kun's girlfriend in name only. Could it be that in the past few days, her sister hadn't thought much about Haku-kun's affairs, and Haku-kun hadn't thought about her sister's affairs either?

That makes sense, since it's only nominal... No, what is my sister really thinking? Is she really not taking any action?

Yukinoshita Haruno excitedly got up, rummaged through her pockets, and ran straight to the door.

"elder sister?"

Yukino Yukinoshita, forgetting about her book, hurriedly chased after him.

"Which room does that jerk live in?"

"there."

"okay!"

Yukino Yukinoshita pulled out a handful of keys, found the corresponding house number, and reached out to insert the key into the lock.

"and many more!"

Yukino Yukinoshita quickly reached out and blocked the keyhole, frowning as she asked, "Sister, what are you doing?"

Yukinoshita teased, "Of course I'll open the door. What are you doing blocking me, Yukino-chan? Oh dear~ Did you eat something sour?"

"Unauthorized entry into someone else's home is a crime!" Yukino Yukinoshita frowned slightly.

“This is a surprise inspection by my girlfriend,” Yukinoshita Haruno said matter-of-factly.

"That's also a crime."

Yukino Yukinoshita said irritably, "Since you're no longer involved in family matters, then you don't need to manage this apartment anymore. Shouldn't you return the keys?"

"It's alright, let me open the door and then I'll return the key to you." Yukinoshita sighed, "Truly, a new emperor brings a new court, Yukino-chan..."

Yukino Yukinoshita decisively raised her hand and rang the doorbell, blocking the door to prevent her sister from illegally entering the house.

Ding Dong!

Yukinoshita simply smiled, her eyes full of teasing: "Food possessiveness?"

"It's a matter of right and wrong."

Yukino Yukinoshita, with a stern face, tried to overpower her older sister from the right high ground.

"It's food possessiveness, it's food possessiveness! Yukino-chan has designs on her sister's boyfriend~"

Yukino Yukinoshita teased her a few times with a grin, successfully bringing her younger sister to a similar level.

Yukinoshita Yukino: #!

Click.

The security door is opened.

Toyohama and Hana appeared, looking a little damp.

Yukinoshita Yukino: “?”

Yukinoshita Yono: "?"

Kazuha Toyohama was still holding a towel to dry her hair. She looked at the Yukinoshita sisters bickering and joking around, and was a little surprised. She subconsciously said, "What a coincidence, you two are here too."

Yukino Yukinoshita and Yukino Yukinoshita are both staring at Toyohama Kazuka's pajamas, towels, and other home attire.

"What are you looking at? I came to see my sister. She went out to work and got soaked in the rain as soon as she stepped out of the tram station. I just came to stay at your place temporarily."

Feng Bin and Hua rolled their eyes and offered a few unenthusiastic explanations.

So this is ah.

Snow is clearly visible beneath the snow.

"Huh? Even Hana-chan knows that this jerk lives here?"

"I just found out he lives next door to my sister. He's probably a hater and stalker of hers," Toyohama Kazuka complained. "When I got to the apartment building, the bastard was setting up paper boats at the entrance, and that's when I ran into him... Stop! What are you doing hugging me up here?!"

"You must be cold from being soaked in the rain, right? Let me comfort you, sweetie~"

"Get up right there!"

Feng Bin and Hua struggled uncomfortably, their clothes still wet and damp!

Shaking off Yukinoshita, Toyohama and Hana quickly ran back into the house.

"Why does Huajiang seem to be in a bad mood?"

Yukinoshita asked with great interest, "Does Yukino-chan know?"

"Sakurajima has a request about Toyohama—Toyohama's current situation is like when my older sister and mother are arguing."

Yukino Yukinoshita said a few words briefly before following Shirokage into his house.

My feelings are a bit complicated, and it probably has nothing to do with my comment about whether it would rain...

"From a generally rational perspective, finding a beautiful girl who's caught in the rain and is soaking wet is a classic development in light novels. You can morally justify letting the girl take a bath at home, change her wet clothes, let her wear your shirt, and even go further by offering to help, like drying her hair with a hairdryer—the familiar scent of shampoo and shower gel emanating from another person..."

"My own home, a stranger to her, a familiar scent."

The pattering raindrops, like a gentle tapping of ambiguous emotions, seep into the unfamiliarity with a comforting familiarity, softening the awkwardness between us, as if a chance encounter in a past life had led to this unexpected meeting today...

"Alone in a room, with the weather cooperating, ambiguity quickly closes the distance. The most beautiful thing is not a rainy day, but the eaves where we shelter from the rain together."

"Scientific research shows that people are more willing to get close on rainy days, because at that time, besides the rain, there is only you... The sound of rain washes away the world's glitz and glamour, and my gaze focuses on you."

Bai Ying sat on a wide chair in front of the French windows, gazing at the drizzling rain. Her eyes were distant as she watched the rain and imagined the stories that might or might not have happened under this heavy rain.

Toyohama Kazuka: #!

What are you implying? What are you trying to say? What are you planning? Are you asking for a kick?!

While vigorously rubbing his head with a towel, Feng Bin and Hua Dengdeng quickly approached from behind, their eyes fixed on the bottom of the chair—a kick to the bottom of the chair would transfer the force to the bastard's butt, which would be practically a kick to his ass!

"So, the male protagonist's door was smashed hard, and he ended up having to pay a large sum of money in compensation."

Bai Ying concluded this story of a sudden inspiration: "The con artists of the new era are often con artists who are proficient in human nature, con artists who understand scientific research, and con artists who know how to use the environment to succeed."

"So, the male protagonist was set up by a honey trap."

"That's right! This is the story of 'I Picked Up a Beautiful Girl in Distress and Spent 180,000 Yuan'. Doesn't it feel like a light novel?"

Feng Bin and Hua nearly twisted their ankles: "What weird stuff are you talking about now?!"

"It was just a spur-of-the-moment idea, a story I came up with."

Bai Ying shifted the chair to a different direction: "A story unfolded under this heavy rain. The story is fictional, and any resemblance to actual events or persons is purely coincidental. Look, I don't have a hairdryer or a dryer here, and I have very few clothes in my wardrobe. I don't have anything you can wear. I'm even planning to call a hero so you can stay at her house temporarily... That's probably why I'm not good at writing light novels?"

"Is Bai-kun trying his hand at light novels again?"

Yukino Yukinoshita suggested, "Perhaps deleting the ending would be more in line with the market environment for light novels."

Bai Ying pondered, "That's wishful thinking. There's no sense of tragedy at all. Or perhaps it is a tragedy? A relationship formed on impulse, paid for with more than a decade of suffering... 'Picking up a beautiful girl in distress, suffering for eighteen years'! The hero is really ruthless! I only want the male protagonist to lose money, but you want him to lose the best years of his life!"

"The pen is in Bai Jun's hands, so there's no reason for her to criticize me..."

"Fine, let's use the art of ending the conversation!"

Bai Ying waved his hand: "Brave and 9528, is there something you need from this sudden visit? My suggestion is to make it a formality if there is, and to leave if there is nothing."

"Yeah, there is something, like I wanted to ask you out, but it rained so hard, something that's in the past..."

Yukino sat down on the sofa and said with interest, "Now, I'd like to see how you plan to resolve the issue with Hana-chan, and perhaps give her a Frostmourne as well?"

"Huh? My question?"

Kazuka Toyohama was drying her hair, her long, wet hair struggling to be dry with a towel. Hearing Haruno Yukinoshita's words, she unconsciously frowned and asked, "Frostmourne? What's that?"

"The Sword of Filial Piety," Yukinoshita Haruno said with great interest. "I used to have some conflicts with my mother, and that rascal helped me see one of her weaknesses, successfully provoking her with a single sentence..."

It was clearly because it was the first time you cried in front of Mother, and that accusatory remark made it effective.