Uneasy daily life

Perhaps because she rushed over after getting off the bus, Yukinoshita Haruno was panting. When she looked up and saw her sister's frowning and irritable expression, a weight lifted from her heart, and then sparks flew.

She slammed the door shut, hung her bag in the entryway, and stepped into the living room. As if she were back in her own home, she went straight into the kitchen and rummaged through drawers and cupboards.

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Snow falling under the snow is inexplicable; did Bai Jun anger him?

"Where did I put the wine in before?"

A question came from the kitchen.

"It's long gone." Yukino Yukinoshita's face immediately turned cold, her tone unfriendly. "Sister!"

"Yes, yes, yes, drinking is not a good habit..."

Yukinoshita Haruno walked out of the kitchen perfunctorily, looked around, and simply reached out to take the coffee that Yukinoshita Yukino had just brewed, blew on it to warm it up, and gulped it down in one go.

Yukino Yukinoshita's eyes widened: "What are you doing?"

"Didn't you ask me to steal your things? Oh, they're not even yours. You were inviting me to a duel."

Yukinoshita chuckled as she put down the blanket and plopped down on the sofa.

"Meow?"

Knight, who was taking a nap on the sofa, swayed a couple of times, opened his eyes groggily, and met Yukino's smiling gaze.

The cat didn't know what had happened, but it cowered like a worm.

After watching her sister's cat disappear, Yukino Yukinoshita turned to Yukino Yukinoshita, her smile vanishing, and fired off a barrage of questions: "Yukino, have you even considered what your thoughts mean? Sisters as rivals? Do you want to make the Yukinoshita family a laughingstock, or do you want to experience Mother's wrath? Do you think this is just between you, me, and that jerk? Do you want to become the subject of gossip and a laughing stock?"

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Yukino Yukinoshita's gaze flickered slightly, and she said calmly, "What are your thoughts, sister?"

"Fine, fine, fine..." Yukinoshita Haruno's forehead veins bulged slightly, it was hard to tell whether it was embarrassment or annoyance. "Should I thank you for the white gloves you gave me? Or thank you for your concern? Fine, fine! I like being a jerk, okay? I'll have a duel with you later, I'll watch you, this little pushover, fly away crying overseas, leaving this sad place, Japan, and you'll be satisfied? Hahaha..."

Yukino glanced at her sister, who was laughing angrily and acting somewhat out of sorts, then took some more coffee beans and brewed them slowly and deliberately.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The anger in the laughter gradually subsided.

A subtle sense of belated realization gradually surfaced.

Hot water was poured into the cup, and the bubbling sound of steaming echoed in the quiet living room.

"You are Bai Yinghua, aren't you?"

Yukino Yukinoshita filtered her coffee, lifted the cup, blew on it, and looked at her sister with a faint gaze.

"You must be Bai Yinghua, right?!"

Yukino's gaze pierced sharply.

Yukino Yukinoshita simply sipped her coffee, composed and calm.

"You're definitely not my incompetent sister who can't do anything, always needs my charity, and can be easily fooled and ridiculed!"

"#!"

Yukino Yukinoshita said coldly, "So that's what you think of me, sister? It's no wonder you were deceived if you thought that way, hmph!"

"The prop master said that the method to identify white chrysanthemum flowers..."

Yukino Yukinoshita cautiously took a few steps back, holding her coffee cup: "Sister, you've been fooled. You can't be fooled."

Yukinoshita paused for a few seconds, and the habitual image of her younger sister in her mind began to blur.

Yes, Yukino-chan has grown up; she's not that little sister anymore. I should have known that a long time ago.

Such an obvious flaw, yet you didn't notice it at all when you saw the weak and helpless Yukino-chan? When did I become such a silly little thing like Yukino-chan? I'm the kind of bad older sister who won't hold back when it comes to Yukino-chan!

Damn it... Why does it feel like I've been fooled by that jerk's acting?!

Yukino Yukinoshita also figured something out and couldn't help but say, "My sister's love is really heavy and awkward, but it's better than before?"

Knight, on the other end of the sofa, meowed and tilted its head to look at the stranger who was not moving for some reason.

Beneath the snow, the sun withers and fades.

Chapter 89 White Shadow reminds you: Please download the anti-fraud app.

"I'll head back now..."

Under the snow, Yang got up.

Yukino Yukinoshita looked at her sister: "The more you value relationships, the more you get caught up in emotions, the easier it is to be deceived—doesn't that sound like something someone once told me?"

"Unexpected situations do happen occasionally."

Yukino Yukino didn't even turn her head.

Yukino Yukinoshita smiled faintly. "Does my sister like me that much? She was fooled by Haku-kun like that last time, wasn't she?"

"Oh dear, that's all in the past..."

Yukinoshita walked towards the door.

"You only know how to run away from problems, and even when everything is settled, you dare not face it, no matter how sad or distressed you are." Yukino Yukinoshita said softly, "Sister, how are you any different from me before?"

"Alright, alright, then what do you want me to do?" Yukinoshita Haruno stopped and turned around with a smile. "What do you want me to do? Steal it? Sure, I'll find a chance to take Shiro to a hotel and force the issue..."

Yukino Yukinoshita: "And then my sister disappeared, and Haku became a deranged serial killer?"

Yukino Yukinoshita: "Can't I just tie him up?!"

Yukino Yukinoshita: "You think you can tie him up?"

Yukino Yukinoshita: "I don't need to use my hands!"

Yukino Yukinoshita: "Then how did you manage to catch him?"

"I'll drug him, okay?!" Yukinoshita Haruno exclaimed angrily. "Anyway, when I call you home for dinner, you'll have to call him brother-in-law, believe it or not?!"

“I believe you.” Yukino Yukinoshita took a sip of her coffee and looked out the window. “My sister is amazing at everything she does, and she’s better than me at being charming. It’s not surprising that Haku-kun might fall for you, the one who always chats with him and fools around with him…”

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Yukino Yukinoshita froze: "Wait a minute, Yukino-chan, be normal, quickly puff out your cheeks like a bun, and give me a helpless yet exciting glare..."

"How did Bai Yinghua deceive you? I mean, how?" Yukino Yukinoshita asked.

"Pretending to doubt her own feelings, Yukino-chan, feeling lost and confused, asked me what 'liking' really means." Yukino hesitated for a moment, but still honestly described her experience of being deceived. "I told her that if you want to pursue something real, you should be serious and suffer—ignore the influence and constraints of the external atmosphere, bravely express your feelings, and find what you like... How should I put it, I think only Yukino-chan could be so awkward, after all, a normal person who is deceived would be angry and curse the liar, not keep wondering why they were deceived..."

Ignoring the veiled barbs in her words, Yukino Yukinoshita asked, "If Shiro-kun becomes my brother-in-law, and I still love him, ignoring external constraints and influences, is that true love?"

"???" Yukinoshita Haruno panicked. "Yukino-chan! Quick, let's go see a doctor..."

"Where's my sister?" Yukino Yukinoshita countered. "Suppressing your thoughts and feelings, pretending so skillfully, while engaging in ambiguous conversations with Haku-kun in front of me, yet never taking the initiative to do anything—you're forcing me to act, like there's a progress bar between me and Haku-kun, and you keep clicking the mouse, wanting me to move faster... You're afraid of the pressure from Father and Mother, you're considerate of my feelings, you're looking at a glass of water with great thirst, only willing to take a sip, hoping I'll take the glass away quickly..."

Yukino Yukinoshita's gaze hardened: "You want to wait until the dust settles on the story, and then what do you plan to do?"

Yukino Shinobu became slightly alert: "White Chrysanthemum?"

"If I'm fake and I can make you tell the truth, then I'll pretend I'm fake." Yukino Yukinoshita exhaled softly. "That older sister who rushed in and got all angry just now actually made me feel more real, instead of like before, when I always felt like I was talking to you from a distance."

Yukino was somewhat surprised. It seemed that Yukino-chan was not only unable to understand, but was also acting strangely.

Yukino Yukinoshita suddenly asked, "Sister, you care about me, about Father and Mother, about these things, and you habitually suppress your feelings and actions. Is this kind of affection really affection?"

"Yukino-chan, let's go! We need to see a doctor!"

Yukinoshita Haruno decisively grabbed Yukinoshita Yukino.

Yukino Yukinoshita grabbed Haruno Yukinoshita instead: "But the fact that such a shrewd older sister was deceived seems to say something, doesn't it?"

“Is it possible that I wasn’t deceived? The half-hour drive from Tokyo to Chiba is enough for me to calm down and think carefully about whether it was Yukino-chan or not,” Yukinoshita Haruno said with a smile. “I just wanted to use this as an excuse to clarify things with Yukino-chan.”

Yukino Yukinoshita: "So what did you mean by my annoyed look and cold attitude when my train of thought was interrupted?"

Yukinoshita replied with a smile, "You little idiot, you're just being stubborn."

“Then I’ll take your sister’s meaning at face value.” Yukino Yukinoshita smiled faintly but with great confidence. “You should also think about the script, think about this question, and think of an answer.”

Yukinoshita Yono: "..."

Yukino-chan has changed; she's become so brave that even she's afraid of herself!

Perhaps I'm not bold or composed; I've simply not been forced into a corner to confront what I care about directly...

What a bunch of lunatics from a theater troupe, all of them are bastards with the surname Bai!

Yukino Yukinoshita didn't quite understand her sister's thoughts, so she put aside her own chaotic thoughts and gathered together to look at the script for the cultural festival performance.

Huh? What kind of Kaguya-hime story is this?

"Did Princess Kaguya eventually exchange letters with the Emperor?"

"Judging from the content, it is clear that Princess Kaguya was worried about her parents and did not want to offend the Emperor, so she could only do a perfunctory thing. When she was about to return to heaven, she wrote to the Emperor that 'it was a disrespectful thing for me to refuse to enter the palace and I regret it now.' She was still worried that the Emperor would take his anger out on her parents and deliberately took all the responsibility on herself."

"That's true... If you said Haku-kun was Princess Kaguya, what would he do?"

"...Warring States Period Contest of Consorts?"

"Pfft, cough cough, it seems very likely."

……

……

"Not powerful enough."

"Too stream-of-consciousness."

"What 'dark cuisine' story? No."

"Mediocre, with no highlights."

"This character's name doesn't sound good, let's change it."

"Too many words? Keep it concise. Lines that will leave a lasting impression on the audience should be short and powerful."

This is power!

I truly felt the wonder of power!

San Chuanmu leaned back in his chair, completely absorbed in the feeling. Was this what it felt like to hold supreme power? It was amazing! He could pursue even more exquisite TV dramas without the boss pointing fingers and making pretentious demands. He didn't have to worry about the actors' images or the constant changes to the characters. He didn't have to worry about the screenwriter getting stuck and could even urge the screenwriter to climb to even higher peaks!

Wonderful!

"Hahaha! Who can stop me now? Who can stop me?!"

Mikawaki couldn't help but laugh when he realized how clever it was.

"No monarchy is eternal, no rule is sacred, no throne is immune to decay, and no era is without end."

A faint sigh drifted over.

Mikawaki opened his eyes, his gaze stern and imposing: "Which traitorous minister dares to speak ill of the Shogunate?!"

A white figure strode into the room, holding a stack of manuscript papers, like Jing Ke presenting a map. San Chuanmu smiled calmly, picked up the papers, glanced at them, and then frowned, suddenly realizing something was amiss… No, he needed to squeeze a little more out of them; he should be able to produce something even better!

"And I."

Before Mikawaki could speak, Uesugi Taro, with dark circles under his eyes, followed him in and put down the manuscript in his hand.

After flipping through the script a few times, Mikawaki couldn't help but exclaim in his mind, "Brilliant! Excellent! Inspiration is indeed like water in a screenwriter's brain—you can always squeeze some out! If you just squeeze a little more out, the script can be even better!"

"Hmm... I'd like to mention a few points."

After carefully reading through the document, Mikikawa looked up, ready to give orders, when he suddenly noticed the two screenwriters staring intently at him. He frowned and asked, "What kind of looks are those?"

"Director, do you know why it's 'two peaches kill three warriors'?"

The white-clad figure asked in a deep voice.

Mikiwa was taken aback, noticing the two standing together, both casting scheming glances at him: "...Because there are two peaches?"

“Because the motion of the three-body problem is difficult to calculate.” Bai Ying suddenly stepped forward and supported San Chuanmu from the right. “The actors are here, the script is ready, it’s time for you, the director, to be the workhorse! I will definitely provide good assistance and help with the filming!”

"I will never forget your kindness in pointing things out!" Uesugi Taro hesitated politely for a moment, then decisively supported the director from the other side, saying with dark circles under his eyes, "It's our turn now!"

"Wait! I'm the director!"

Mikawaki suddenly realized that he was being sidelined—shouldn't you all continue to criticize each other and work hard to improve the script...?