Chapter 1- the sinner kills the sin is also sin

The small underwear held in his hand seems to still have residual warmth.

Ziongzong expressed indignation that the skin in his hand was reporting unwanted information at this time.

If possible, he really hope that the skins can also help the brain to share the work, and think about what to do in the current situation other than being killed or killed.

In this ward, he was in the worst situation with a girl, and a certain personal item of this girl was in his hands.

What could be done about it.

Katagiri Mai, her cheeks flushed with a considerable degree of pout, looked Ziongzong straight in the eyes without hiding, and her clenched fist trembled at the pleated skirt of her school uniform.

--in building up strength , one second, two seconds, three seconds ......

Despite the concern for his own safety, Ziongzong's uncle heart seems to be enjoying the process.

Any rash action, at such times, will become the opportunity to detonate.

Therefore, the ridiculous pleasantries like "Katagiri, what a coincidence", Ziongzong will not say.

At this critical moment, silence is the best weapon.

"...... give me back."

Although it is the best weapon, it is not a panacea.

"Give it back to me!

The human face, generally speaking, will turn red in two situations, one is a red face of shame, and the other is a red face of anger, I do not know what kind of situation, or a combination of the two, Katagiri Mai, blushing scarlet rushed forward, the action of a sharp hand from Ziongzong to retrieve her own small underwear, and then quickly retreated a few steps, so fast that the skirt fluttered... ...before floating up too much, Katagiri Mai timely with a free hand to the skirt should perhaps actually float up to press down.

So, Ziongzong's uncle heart lamented a 'dynamic vision is still not enough '.

In fact, it's not bad anymore.

The distance between the two returned to its initial state after a quick change.

Ziongzong did not know how to take his hand that had touched the small lining of the Katagiri Mai, whether to wash it or simply leave it like this, no matter which one to choose, it seems to be a big problem.

So, he simply did not move it, just keep the original position frozen.

-- The situation inside the house now ...... I was on a hospital bed with intravenous drip, and there was a cat I knew under the bed, and this cat seemed to have something to do with this icy girl called Katagiri Mai, and this icy girl, holding her own small underwear without wearing it Standing in front of me three meters away.

It was a simple situation, but it was reflected in Ziongzong's heart in a rather complicated way.

--Anyway, we should let her find a place to put on her panties before we follow up, right?

This is a reasonable thought.

However, the words "Please go and put on your panties first" were stuck in Ziongzong's throat and could not be said.

People are really troublesome advanced animals, obviously everyone is wearing panties or something but when it comes to this, they are embarrassed.

So, what is the other name for such a shameful little underwear.

Ziongzong mobilized his whole body cells to start thinking about this worldly problem.

The two of them were alone, and someone else came in.

However, what is there for two people alone, it is obvious that there is no possibility of any super-low drama happening here, even if it is changed in the hospital named Night*Sick Building.

So, the addition of an outsider at this time can be considered a blessing.

"It's been a long time. "

The third party who appeared at the wrong time or at the right time (don't get me wrong) was a girl, with words to describe her as long and straight hair, and more words to describe her as the next seat on the plane, so Ziongzong didn't recognize the girl who had a smile on her face and used "long time no see" as a meeting phrase.

"Thank you for the book. "

Seemingly sensing Ziongzong's bewilderment, the long black girl added another sentence.

So, Ziongzong understood.

This girl is the neighboring seat on the plane that speaks Japanese , English and Chinese, although not carefully examined, but Ziongzong's intuition that this girl should be proficient in these three languages, the moment you open your mouth is crackling fluent to foreign languages - this type.

Or rather, an unidentified nobel lady.

"Ah, you're welcome."

It's nice to meet someone from a different place.

--But why here?

Trouble often comes with it.

--Besides, she looked like she knew I was here.

Not to mention the fact that they were two people who didn't really know each other.

"Just now, when you came in the hospital, I happened to be in the lobby as well. "

She smiled and explained that this was a reasonable reason to meet her.

"I've been overworked and I'm a little weak, so I'm here to get an IV. "

"I'm here to visit a friend who just got out of the hospital today."

"Oh, that's great."

"Well, thank you."

This was the end of the regular conversation, and any further development, other than the normal goodbye, would be the product of one of them having another intention - both of them understood this very well, and neither of them seemed to have any intention to open up new topics, even if it was not difficult to ask questions such as "What is the reason for overwork? Even if it is not difficult to ask such a question, and can even be said to be a natural way to answer, She did not mention.

"Then, I'll leave you two alone. "

The girl, who didn't even give her name, smiled meaningfully.

Ziongzong understood that it was just a naughty joke, but the person next to him was serious.

"Don't misunderstand."

Katagiri Mai said the words with a thousand pounds of weight.

"It's not that kind of relationship. "

With that serious expression of denial, it was hard to tell her that it was just a joke.

--Hey, Katagiri Mai, you're in a state where you're not wearing any underwear, so don't be so serious~

"We're just ......"

"Hey, excuse me! "

About the reason why Katagiri Mai has a slight dislike for Eiji Hayamizu, this thing can be considered as the cause in general. The girl usually does not talk much, so once her speech was interrupted, she was ......

only, Eiji Hayamizu face sunshine valiantly in the moment of pushing open the door The moment he pushed the door open, he froze and turned into a plaster statue.

What was in this ward that made him react so much, there are many answers, and the thought that decided the right answer, Ziongzong could not find for a while.

"Yo, Hayamizu. "

Without saying something that should lead to an awkward silence, Ziongzong waved at him in a pretend relaxed manner - even though there was a whole lot of heavy stuff in this ward.

"Ah ...... Uesugi."

Eiji Hayamizu replied slowly as if he was only now noticing Ziongzong's presence.

--Ayahhhh, there really is an adulterous relationship~

Ziongzong's uncle heart came to life at once.

"It seems that you are not to visit me, the wrong ward? "

This kind of flirtation is Ziongzong friendly to give a step, so that the Hayamizu is not difficult to get down.

"...... Well. "

But Hayamizu does not know what to dwell on, and did not go along with Ziongzong's words. He first lowered his head to hold his forehead, during which he raised his head once and looked at Ziongzong a little confused, the whole process did not actually reach thirty seconds.

Then, still silent.

--The children nowadays are really not good at socializing.

Ziongzong re-examined the situation in the room and decided on the order of priority.

"Katagiri Mai, you are tired of standing for a long time, you can sit by the bed."

He pointed to Katagiri's bed.

How long had Katagiri Mai been in here? It was only five minutes, but in Ziongzong's mouth it became 'standing for a long time', and he was hinting at something, caring about something, without making it clear.

"Oh, okay."

After a slight daze, Katagiri Mai reacted, her hand naturally protected the hem of her skirt, and sat down expressionlessly at the end of Ziongzong's bed.

-- then ......

Ziongzong knew that there was no one else in the room who needed to be the moderator but himself, and he needed to keep the conversation going smoothly, so he was going to let Hayamizu speak next.

However, he seemed to be getting ahead of himself.

"I think I came at a bad time, I'd better go out first ...... See you at school tomorrow, Uesugi."

Before Ziongzong, Hayamizu spoke up himself.

--Hey, there's not even a word of care for the patient.

"Well, see you tomorrow."

Ziongzong magnanimously forgave the omission of Hayamizu and sent him out on his own after he had just entered the room for less than three minutes.

--So, I guess I wasn't the one that Hayamizu was talking about when he said, "It's not a good time".

When dealing with many people, words without titles can always have a wide range of effects, and many misunderstandings often arise from this.

--Is that you?

Ziongzong looks at Katagiri Mai.

--or are you?

Then he looked at the other girl

-- Totally do not understand it, this unexpected incident.

The reason for this is very simple, whether it is Katagiri Mai or the other girl, if you want to say that there is a relationship with Eiji Hayamizu, it is not too far-fetched development, however, it is because it is Eiji Hayamizu, the always generous uncle heart is worried about.

As long as a girl is involved with Eiji Hayamizu, it is like falling into a quagmire.

Ziongzong does not deny that this is preconceived and habitual thinking, but all he can do is make an inference based on what he knows about Eiji Hayamizu.

He has not been able to see Eiji Hayamizu as his own person.

He could not be blamed if he was accused of looking at people with prejudice.

Although the two of them had been through some things together, and Hayamizu had helped Ziongzong without reservation.

But Ziongzong can still feel that what separates him and Hayamizu, not he unilaterally, but Hayamizu is also avoiding a layer of separation, so, if you have to define, Ziongzong can only say that Hayamizu is a familiar stranger.

For Ziongzong, there is no such thing as a "friend" relationship, there is only one kind of person and an outsider, there is only one kind of person, but there are many outsiders, "playmates", "classmates", "acquaintances" ...... can be as many as they want to be called, but they just can't put the word "friend" on it.

"Then, I'm leaving too."

After bowing slightly to Ziongzong, the girl left the ward.

So, only the two of them were left again.

"Finally, it's quiet."

Ziongzong smiled at Katagiri Mai, stretched and yawned, and many joints in his body creaked as a result - he still wanted to get along with this unapproachable schoolgirl if he could.

"If you don't mind, can you tell me why you are in the hospital? "

As he asked this question, Ziongzong was ready to be ignored.

"I brought Anna to see the doctor because she was sick. "

So, Katagiri Mai's answer became a surprise.

Although the answer was clearly just coping.

Is there anyone who is happy to be copied? Yes, there is, and that is Ziongzong Uesugi, a fool, who is happy that this is more or less a breakthrough coping.

-- Anna?

--The cat?

--The cat is obviously alive and well, running around with a little underwear in her mouth, and now she's hiding under my bed ......

-- and there is no veterinarian in this hospital.

--You're trying to get away with a lie like that by taking it for granted.

"Really? What did the doctor say? Is the situation better? "

However, Ziongzong didn't try to break it.

If he had to explain it, it would probably have to be forcibly attributed to the cold point joke of (what did the doctor say, doctor, d-o-c-t-o-r) that came to mind right after he said that.

"...... Well, it's all right already."

"That's good.'

-- Since you can talk to me here with a relaxed attitude, the actual reason that caused you to come to the hospital has probably been solved.

Ziongzong glanced at the infusion bottle, which had been empty at some point.

--It was about time.

"I'm going to go to the bathroom and won't be back for ten minutes or less. "

He said so, got up and left the room, leaving Mai, and Anna under the bed behind. The purpose of this was to save the schoolgirl the trouble of simply leaving.

By trouble, I mean the vacuum state without the small underwear, and the cat that is still hiding under the bed.

However, when I returned to the ward after wandering around Ziongzong Hospital for ten minutes, Katagiri Mai was still left behind.

--Eh, didn't I hint enough? "

"Bye."

It seems that the reason Katagiri Mai remained in the room was just to say those two words.

In between brushing past Ziongzong and going through the door, she added one more word.

"...... also, thanks."

The voice is very soft, seemingly absent, in Ziongzong's ears as if illusionary.

So, after Katagiri Mai left, Ziongzong snapped his fingers in his left ear and then in his right ear, finally confirming that there was no problem with his hearing.

So, the uncle heart began to feel complacent that he is really a genius.

Not only did he turn the situation where he was killed or killed into a safe, but he also heard the word 'thank you' from the mouth of Katagiri Mai, a schoolgirl who basically has silent attribute and occasionally speaks with a poisonous tongue.

--The whole thing is over, and then, there is a good start.

Ziongzong, who thought like that, was really too, too, too naive.

After leaving Ziongzong's ward, Hayamizu didn't go far, but stood on the nearby corridor.

Just as he had expected, it didn't take long for that girl to come out as well.

Even for those who didn't know her and saw her for the first time, they would think that she was an elegant lady from a famous family, because she was the center of attention wherever she went.

"Oh."

Hayamizu greeted her with a smile.

With such casual phrases, it was as if they already knew each other well.

"Are you waiting for me, Eiji-san?"

The girl returned the greeting gracefully, and she addressed Eiji Hayamizu strangely, calling a junior high school student Eiji-san.

And, this strange address pulled the two apart.

"Well, I thought you were the only one in the room, but I didn't realize there was someone else, so I'm embarrassed. "

"I'm sorry, I didn't notice that and didn't say anything to make you feel bad."

"Don't apologize, it's not your fault."

"So, what's up?"

She took a half-step forward and closed the distance between her and Eiji Hayamizu, who, with a rare look of discomfort, cautiously stepped back a little to keep his distance.

Is he shy, or is it some other emotion?

This was a rare gesture from Hayamizu, who was good at dealing with girls.

"It's just that I haven't seen him for a long time, so I thought I'd exchange a few pleasantries. "

Hayamizu gave up his original purpose and talked about irrelevant off-topic things.

She couldn't help but laugh.

"That's all? "

"What else could it be?"

"...... Well, that's true."

The girl looked at the night sky outside the window, it was so dark that she couldn't see anything, so she pushed the window open and put her hand out of the window.

"Wind direction ...... wind speed ...... cloud cover ...... pressure ......"

Hayamizu vaguely heard her say something, but couldn't I couldn't hear it clearly.

"In about twenty-seven minutes, it's going to rain, and it's going to be a long rainstorm, so if you don't have an umbrella, hurry up, Eiji-san. "

She tapped her knuckles against the glass with an eerie rhythm.

"Also, if I design another dress on a whim, I'll have Van send it to you, and I'll continue to trouble you from now on, Eiji-san. "

The girl bowed slightly towards Sugimizu.

"Then, I'll leave now. "

"Well, I'll see you next time."

Only when she disappeared around the corner of the corridor, did Hayamizu breathe a sigh of relief that he had unconsciously become nervous during the conversation, and his palms were full of beads of sweat.

--Really, not from the same world as me.

*

After the infusion was over, it was just the right time to go home and not be scolded for being late.

Ziongzong finished the formalities and walked out in a happy mood, after all, he finally got everything sorted out and his body was not generally light. He was planning to sleep comfortably, enjoy a hearty breakfast, and perform the customary morning exercises - the daily routines that had become slightly nostalgic for him.

Only ...... he had just left the house when he saw Katagiri Mai leaning against a pillar resting.

--Still not gone? ...... What's wrong?

Katagiri Mai did not look right.

Ziongzong walked over quickly, and what he had not been able to notice earlier in the ward was visible here. Katagiri Mai was pale and seemed to be struggling to even stand before leaning against the pillar.

"What's wrong with you ......? "

Considering the character of Katagiri Mai, Ziongzong did not dare to help her, but just stood aside.

"......"

But Katagiri Mai did not answer, nor did she look at Ziongzong, but leaned against the pillar in silence.

"I don't think it's anemia, right? "

Ziongzong won't just let her go without any help just because she doesn't say anything.

"Anyway, wait for me, I'll go in and call the doctor. "

"Don't!"

Just as he turned around, he was stopped by Katagiri Mai.

--

Ziongzong knew that although Katagiri Mai was a tricky girl with a bad temper, she understood reason and would not bother others, especially unrelated people, because of her personality.

"Then be a good kid and tell me what's wrong with you."

Ziongzong crossed his arms, like a father who finally got his obstinate daughter to listen, and smiled shallowly and generously.

"...... anemia, and some malnutrition."

Katagiri Mai spoke to the pillar, unwilling to meet Ziongzong's eyes.

"The reason for coming to the hospital is also because of this, right? "

"...... hmm."

"Can you walk? Do you want me to call someone for you?"

"No, I don't think so."

"Shall I take you home?"

"No, I don't think so."

The word "no" made the refusal seem even more ungracious.

"Goo--"

However, I don't know whose stomach growled.

Ziongzong knew it was not his own, and there was no third person here, and of course, the sleepy-looking cat (Anna) lying on the ground was naturally innocent.

"I'm sorry, I'm hungry, can you accompany me to eat, I'm not too familiar with this neighborhood. "

Ziongzong said so, he patted his stomach, as if the stomach cry had just come from him.

"......"

Katagiri Mai first did not answer, squatting down and picking up Anna on the ground.

"...... don't think that performing a small act of kindness is great."

She coldly rejected Ziongzong's good intentions.

"It's obvious that there are only two people here, so why do you have to tell such boring lies to cover up my embarrassment, I don't mind at all. "

Because of the previous incident, she still seemed to have a prejudice against Ziongzong.

"I'm going to stop by for dinner before I go home, so you can follow or not. "

"Meow~"

Anna, who was suddenly excited, stopped being sleepy and jumped to the ground, signaling to Katagiri Mai to go by herself.

"Go home, Anna."

Without waiting for Ziongzong's response, Katagiri Mai took a step and walked away.

--why can't you just say "let's go eat together", this kid is really ......

Ziongzong smiled and followed Katagiri, not far behind her.

A girl, a boy, separated by a small cat named Anna, in the night, the atmosphere colored orange by the hazy light, not slow to move forward.

*

"Oh Oh, I see it."

The outline of the signboard of the fast food restaurant vaguely entered Ziongzong's field of vision.

--Eating a meal here shouldn't be too much of a delay ...... but it should be a scolding from Yukino-san.

While thinking so, Ziongzong felt a cold drop of water fall on his face.

The night sky, which was so dark that nothing could be seen, abruptly snapped and rained.

"Ah, crap, how at this time ......"

Ziongzong basically came out with only his clothes on, not to mention the umbrella, and on the part of Katagiri Mai, also did not bring an umbrella.

"Run! "

The rain, clattering down, in just a few seconds has increased to a frightening degree, the noise of rain and heavy curtains filled the world.

Ziongzong picked up Anna (cat) with one hand, holding the wrist of Katagiri Mai with the other, pulling her to run.

Two pairs of feet, four shoes on the ground already pooled rain splashed water, wetting the legs of the pants, running, looking, finally, Ziongzong barely with blurred vision found a shelter.

"Hoo ...... good thing there is an apartment building where you can take shelter from the rain. "

The two of them hid in the entrance of a high-class apartment building of about thirty floors, and the rain curtain was like a wall, separating them from the outside world.

Although this is said, Ziongzong's clothes are already soaked, in such a short period of time in the rain is not strange to be drenched, but strange is Katagiri Mai body but only a scattered little rain marks.

Katagiri Mai incredibly looked back and forth between herself and Ziongzong's clothes.

--I was already wet and you were still staring at me.

So Ziongzong was embarrassed by Katagiri's look.

Of course, Katagiri Mai is not staring at Ziongzong because his clothes are transparent.

"What did you ...... do?"

What she cared about was that the two men who had run the same distance in the rain, both without cover, had very different results.

Katagiri Mai did not feel that she had put any effort into this, so it can only be assumed that Ziongzong Uesugi used some trick to help her keep the rain out.

Anna (cat), who was held in Ziongzong's arms with one hand, was not attacked by the rain as much as her.

Ziongzong was the only one who got wet.

"A magic to keep girls from getting wet. "

Ziongzong put on a magician's face in a mysterious way.

"...... bored."

But it's impossible to make Katagiri Mai laugh with this level of teasing.

"It seems that we can only wait here until the rain stops."

Ziongzong, who was making a fool of himself, ruffled his hair a bit pathetically and swept the water away, as for the clothes ...... were already hopeless.

The rain is still falling, the dark night sky can not penetrate half of the starlight, usually always love to hang themselves in the sky of the moon is nowhere to be seen, all signs indicate that the rain will not stop in a short time.

"......"

without saying a word, Ziongzong was carefully measured from head to toe by Katagiri, like looking at a human specimen.

Then she took out a magnetic card from her carry-on bag and swiped it on the door of the apartment building.

With a snap, the door opened.

-- What?

Ziongzong was dumbfounded.

"You can enter or not."

Katagiri Mai said so, then threw his hands and walked in.

Ziongzong snatched out his foot and stuck it in the doorway before it closed, then, looking around, hesitated for a while before pushing it open and following.

What he hesitated about was obviously not his own safety, there was nothing to hesitate about.

A big boy has nothing to be afraid of.

Nothing to be afraid of?

No, no, actually there is.

That is, the little flower that blooms in the backyard.

*

- Missy's weather forecast is still as accurate as ever, exactly twenty-seven minutes.

Eiji Hayamizu, who was standing in the rain with an umbrella, had just watched Ziongzong Uesugi and Katagiri Mai enter the apartment building.

After leaving the hospital, he overheard the two of them walking together, and out of curiosity, he followed them quietly.

--Uesugi-kun, you really are not a good boy.

--I did bring an umbrella, but I don't know if you brought one, Uesugi-kun.

Here, the two umbrella words that Hayamizu was considering inside, obviously did not all refer to umbrellas.

--I don't think it's a problem to go into a girl's house once or twice.

-- I'm curious just why Missy would make a point of visiting you in your ward ......

-- you, a foreign transfer student from a continent across the sea.

*

bright incandescent lights, spotless marble floors, and after the ding-dong sound, they exited the elevator.

There is not much expression of Katagiri Mai, Ziongzong, who has too many expressions, and Anna, who can not make expressions.

Silently considering a lot of things in his mind, Ziongzong followed Katagiri into her house with anxiety.

Originally, the one who should be anxious should be Katagiri Mai is right, after all, Ziongzong is also a boy, but now the situation is very subtle the other way around.

The reasons for this are complex.

One of the top reasons is Katagiri's family, and by going to a girl's house in this form, Ziongzong had a slight feeling of meeting the girl's parents, even though it was actually a completely unrelated situation.

After Katagiri Mai opened the door, Ziongzong cautiously followed her in, closed the door, changed slippers, walked out of the entrance and entered the living room.

But he didn't see anyone other than Katagiri Mai.

--Where are the parents?

-- Where are the siblings?

--or ...... live alone?

Ziongzong kept these questions inside and didn't ask them.

There are some things that you don't need to ask, and if you do, it means you are just a person of this level.

"The house is very clean, it is cleaned every day, right? "

Ziongzong did not sit down immediately, but walked around the living room.

The three-room house was quite spacious due to the small amount of furniture, so spacious that it felt empty.

Therefore, there was no praise other than "clean" that could be used.

"I guess it is."

It was already natural for Katagiri Mai not to react to Ziongzong's compliment.

"There's hot water in the bathroom, and you can dry your clothes in the dressing room. "

After saying these words, she sat down on the sofa with Anna in her arms and stopped talking.

"Well, thanks a lot. "

Leaving the living room and stepping out of Katagiri Mai's range of vision into the dressing room connected to the bathroom, Ziongzong was able to put that little nervous palpitation on the sink and air it out for a while.

Although Ziongzong has never thought of Katagiri Mai as a type not associated with the word 'unsuspecting', tonight her performance can only be described by this word, less of the usual heart barrier that not only rejects people, but also always hurts people invisibly, and more of a concern for others.

-- In fact she is a good kid

Ziongzong took off his wet clothes and began to enjoy the comfortable hot shower.

(Ahem, here's Uncle Heart, here's the narration from Uncle Heart):

During this stormy night, Ziongzong was robbed of too many firsts.

For example, entering the home of a less familiar schoolgirl, bathing in the home of a less familiar schoolgirl, and using a less familiar schoolgirl's shampoo and body wash bath towels, etc. ......

Wait, bath towels?

The idea is that Ziongzong, who is using the shower head to rinse off the body's shower gel, is frozen.

It doesn't seem good to use her bath towel, right?

However, there is no better way ...... to let the body dry naturally, that is too strange.

Or does ......

Inside propose a hypothetical situation here.

Ziongzong"Katagiri Mai, can I have this bath towel to take home since it was used by me?'

Mai.

Mai?

How come Mai didn't say anything?

What's wrong with you?

His heart said that Katagiri Mai's reaction might be too violent and coded to be shown in words, so it's nothing, in short, a very bad situation.

This is a barefaced hint.

-- The clear is clear, the cloudy is cloudy.

Ziongzong took a deep breath.

--In this case, it can only be used first.

He trembled and picked up the hanging snow-white bath towel.

-- Here is her towel!

Ziongzong thought that there was one place on his body that should never be wiped with this towel!

--well, only here with dry, the other places quickly dry is good.

If you dry it, will it be bad for that place?

Ziongzong in this situation, certainly not think so much.

Although it took an extra five minutes to dry, but Ziongzong's total bath time still only took eleven minutes, so when he walked into the living room, when Katagiri is helping Anna hair sorting piece of mist seems to be a shocked look, accidentally plucked off a handful of Anna's white hair.

Poor Anna meowed and whimpered.

"I'm done, thanks."

Ziongzong expressed his gratitude in a rushed manner.

Katagiri nodded her head to indicate that she knew.

"You should hurry up and get washed too, you're more or less wet after all."

She nodded again, put Anna aside, stood up and walked towards the bathroom.

"Wait ...... please wait a minute."

Ziongzong thought it would be better to make that clear before she went to the shower.

"That ......"

He raised the words and found it unusually difficult, after the test of the little clothes, Ziongzong here ushered in an even more difficult task.

So, he held in a stomach of words, but could not say a word, and his face gradually turned pig liver, well, red to purple.

"The bath towel I gave you is new, I bought it last weekend. "

Katagiri Mai said indifferently and turned around to go into the bathroom.

This is really quite a great insight ah, should I say Ziongzong that degree of youth is so simple by Katagiri schoolgirl to kill.

He exhaled a long breath of relief.

--This girl really understands the mind of boys.

The uncle heart touches the scruff on the chin is quite sentimental (Ziongzong chin is no beard).

Ziongzong pushed Uncle Xin aside to rest and collapsed on the sofa with Anna in his arms.

--This is even more exhausting than this morning's situation.

*

In the time it took to wait for Mai to come out of the bathroom, Ziongzong unknowingly fell asleep.

His tired body had long been overwhelmed.

So, when Mai returned to the living room in her pajamas, she was confused as to what to do with this older boy who had gone into dreamland, something she had never experienced before.

Because it was always alone.

With her hands clasped to her chest, she paced back and forth in the living room with her head down, turning her head to look at Ziongzong every now and then, and then continued walking and walking in distress, from the window to the wall, then from the kitchen to the bathroom, even entertaining the idea of going straight back to the bedroom to sleep.

"Meow."

But Anna called out in time.

Mai picked Anna up like a treasure, took three steps to Ziongzong's side, and without hesitation, put Anna on his face.

"Finish him, Anna!"

"Meow!

Anna wiggled her butt, and then ...... uh, seemed to force her tail into Ziongzong's nostrils.

This is a really inhumane atrocity.

Really more inhumane, that can only put Anna into the Ziongzong umbilicus three inches below the place ...... Ma Yi is naturally not yet so poisonous.

In a big sneeze, Ziongzong rolled from the sofa to the floor and woke up in a mess.

"Ah--"

He touched his nose, feeling as if he had just been tortured in some way.

And indeed it was.

But it seemed he wouldn't know about it.

Mai silently picked up Anna and sat down in a corner of the sofa, determined to take this incident just now to his grave.

"I'm sorry, I fell asleep accidentally. "

And why do you need to apologize Ziongzong, your body has long been desperately waiting for a complete rest.

"......"

Only, someone's stomach is growling again.

--After all, I haven't eaten yet.

Ziongzong wondered if it was time to claim the sound of an empty stomach that didn't belong to him as his own again.

Katagiri Mai stood up and took out two cups of instant noodles from the cupboard.

"Wait, wait a minute! "

Ziongzong snatched them up before Katagiri Mai ripped open the instant noodles' package.

-- Healthy eating is the basic of life.

Ziongzong put them back in the cabinet, which was, as he suspected, slow and full of instant food.

'Let me make a dinner as a thank-you gift.'

Ziongzong moved his fingers, eager to try.

"A thank you for what?"

Ziongzong had a good reason for the squirmy schoolgirl to accept.

"A thank you for giving me a bathroom to take a shower."

--If that's the case, you can't refuse, right?

After a moment, she gave up thinking about it.

"Whatever you want."

"Then please wait for a moment."

--This will be a pleasant meal.

*

--- Let's see what's in the fridge~

Because of the whole cupboard of instant food, Ziongzong had a bad feeling when he opened the fridge.

So, the fridge full of ingredients gave him a big surprise.

-- For dinner, it is true that white rice is the first choice ~

-- with vegetables to have soft leaves, meat should be made smooth mouth ~

-- with soup to be light ...... but suddenly a little want to drink soap, how to choose it ......

"Katagiri students, do you like clam chowder?

Ziongzong poked his head out of the kitchen.

"......"

"You decide. "

Mai froze slightly and threw the question back to Ziongzong.

"Then it's clam chowder~"

Ziongzong returned to the kitchen in a happy mood.

This kind of scene, to Mai, but already a long time ago, in the memory, like an old photo that is yellowed and old, curled up the edges, the details have long been blurred, but whenever recalled, close to the heart of the real feeling will still make her feel almost suffocated.

In the end, she could not forget.

*

"Katagiri Mai, it's almost time to eat, can you please prepare the tableware?

Mai did not answer, instead, she went into the kitchen and took the dishes for two without saying a word.

The table for two, there is no candlelight, but a ceiling glass lamp.

Ziongzong is still a little confident in his cooking skills, in the orphanage he followed the cooks in learning cooking, and after a long time to help cook.

However, it is impossible to see from the expressionless face of Katagiri Mai how she feels about these dishes.

She just didn't say a word as she silently took the dishes, ate and drank the soup.

-- It seemed that at the very least, it was not unlike.

After eating quietly for some time, Ziongzong noticed one thing, namely - Katagiri Mai didn't move the seasonal vegetable stir-fry beef tenderloin for a second.

"What's wrong? Is the beef not to your liking? "

"No."

As if she didn't want to be misunderstood, Katagiri Mai answered quickly and rarely.

After that, she added in a whisper.

"It's just that ...... doesn't like meat very much."

--Picky little sister~

"No, I have to eat it even if I don't like it."

"No."

"You can't be a picky eater."

Ziongzong, who had gotten a little carried away for a while, got a hard stare from Katagiri Mai.

"Even if you don't like it, you can't stop eating meat, it contains important nutrients, otherwise your anemia and malnutrition will not get better. "

"No means no."

--

Ziongzong's experience in dealing with children is the most important thing.

"Look, there are cockroaches! "

"Where!"

At that moment, Ziongzong grabbed the chopsticks and shoved the beef into Katagiri's mouth with a swift movement, and then pulled it out, without the victim, Katagiri, reacting at all.

"Since it is already in the mouth, at least try the taste, it would be a pity to spit it out. "

Ziongzong's goal was achieved, and he waited for Katagiri's reaction with the attitude of "I don't believe you'll spit out the meat in your mouth".

And Katsuki Ma-i, just holding the meat, as if to chew, but also seems not.

"I'm not going to eat what you spit out unless you're five years younger. "

Glare!!!

So, Ziongzong got another glare from her, a super hard one.

But, Katagiri Mai finally ate the piece of beef obediently.

There was no change in her expression.

Then, she picked up another piece of beef with chopsticks and ate it in small bites.

"I can barely eat it."

"Really, it's good that it's to your liking."

"I said barely!"

"Really, it's good that it's barely good enough for you."

"......"

Katagiri Mai was speechless by Ziongzong's answer, so she stopped fighting with Ziongzong and went on eating without saying a word.

Ziongzong was laughing like an idiot.

*

After dinner, Ziongzong, who was going to do the dishes along with it, was stopped by Katagiri Mai.

When Ziongzong was picking up the dishes, Katagiri whispered "no", but Ziongzong didn't care and went into the kitchen with the dishes, but Katagiri rushed into the kitchen first and stuck the fruit knife into the counter.

The back of the case was just stabbed.

White knife in, red knife out.

This is a rather old demonstration behavior, but the effect is always outstanding.

That's why the one that can withstand the test of time is the 'real weapon'.

So, during the period of washing dishes, Ziongzong had nothing to do but molest, ah no, is to tease Anna, after playing Anna tired (hey hey), he had to stand vacantly to the window to look at the scenery.

Beyond the glass, still can not see through the thick curtain of rain, large grains of rain beads hit the window crackling.

--The amount of rain, it is very difficult to go back.

But a big boy can't just stay at his schoolgirl's house and spend the night alone.

Ziongzong knew he had to go back even if he had to die.

He was about to borrow a raincoat from Katagiri Mai to go home when she came out of the kitchen after washing the dishes.

But she ignored Ziongzong's attempts to talk to him and went into the living room to pick up the phone.

"Hello, is this the Uesugi family?"

When the call was answered, Ziongzong realized that she had called a rather unpleasant place.

"I'm sorry for the late night intrusion, this is Uesugi-senpai's schoolmate, Katagiri Ma-chan."

Although it may seem useless to say so, when Katagiri said the words "Uesugi-senpai" herself, Ziongzong's heart was blown away, like a spring breeze, and the glorious image that she had built up so easily before collapsed in a flash (in fact, there was no glorious image in the first place).

"I'm not sure if it's a good idea to stay overnight at the cottage because it's raining so hard outside. "

Immediately after that, Katagiri made a rather, rather, rather serious question statement.

Ziongzong's sanity collapsed directly to the point where he lost his speech function.

"I understand, I'll tell him, I'm sorry, goodbye. "

Katagiri hung up the phone.

Ziongzong just stood frozen in place, his gaze losing focus.

Meanwhile, the three women of the Uesugi family, namely a wife (a self-proclaimed shy sixteen-year-old), a female middle school student (third year of middle school), and a female elementary school student (sixth year of elementary school), were thrown into unprecedented chaos.

*

It took about an hour for Ziongzong to regain his senses.

He noticed that Katagiri was holding Anna, nestled in a corner of the sofa, watching the Japanese drama with rapt attention.

Then, he felt his feet were sore, quite sore.

After all, it was standing motionless for an hour, comparable to the military posture set during military training.

But stay off an hour is really a bit long, it is simply to keep standing posture fake death shock, which if the medical profession knows but will be caught to dissect.

Obviously, Ziongzong did not know that he was in such a crisis, he only felt himself froze a little, not more than ten seconds of the kind.

So, he calmly collected his thoughts and went to sit near Katagiri Mai.

"Why do you have my home phone number, Katagiri Mai? "

"It's Uesugi-san's home phone."

Katagiri's eyes were still fixed on the TV screen.

"Uh, do you know Yui well?"

"It's Yui-senpai!"

Speaking of which, she turned her head to glare at Ziongzong with a quick glance, and then turned back to watching the drama with a quick glance.

-Yui's junior?

"Are you a member of the Kyudo club? "

"Yes."

"So that's why ......"

"Shut up!"

"If you want to talk, find a room. It's my drama time. Either watch it with me or go to bed. Got it? "

"...... Yes."

Ziongzong always seems to be suppressed in front of Katagiri, vulnerable like a poor dog. He is a very good person, but he is a very good person.

The happy thing is that he is not a dog.

But now he can only watch Japanese dramas with Katagiri Mai like one.

*

The night is getting late, some people are already sleeping, while others are still awake, doing all kinds of messy things.

A certain lone man and woman, as well as a beast in the room, have not yet fallen asleep either.

Ziongzong is silently, obediently, without saying a word, watching a Japanese drama with Katagiri, as well as Anna.

In fact, he did not want to do so.

Not that the Japanese drama is not good, but he is halfway inserted, completely do not understand the cause and effect. It is clear that the heroine is about to confess to the hero, and suddenly it took a sharp turn into the actress's best friend rushed into the main actor's house with a woodchipper to kill all the family hunting plot (hey hey, are you sure this is still a Japanese drama -).

So, in order to keep his weak mind from being so badly battered, he tried several times to ask Katagiri Mai about where he slept - but was silenced again and again due to her horrible, horrifying gaze.

It was with great difficulty that the Japanese drama was finally finished.

Before Ziongzong could say anything, Katagiri Mai stood up first.

She looks towards Ziongzong, signaling him to follow her.

It was like taking a kitten with her.

No, Anna was treated better than Ziongzong.

"Here."

Ziongzong, who thought he was going to sleep on the sofa, was brought into the guest room. Not only was there a guest room, but even the bedding had been prepared.

--Here, it turned out to be a study, right ......?

The faint smell of paper wafted through the room, and on one side of the doorway were two large connected bookshelves filled with books. But there was no desk or place to sit down, only tatami mats.

Ziongzong paced up and down the shelves with interest, scanning the titles. The variety of books in the collection was much more complex than Ziongzong expected, ranging from economics to geological research, mathematical and aesthetic techniques to marketing, and even comic books.

All the books, looking old and dressed in dusty material ...... except for one series in the corner, still maintained a glossy appearance.

--This means that she was reading this series recently.

He became interested in the type of manga that Katagiri would read.

"Can I borrow this book? "

Ziongzong was referring to a set of six manga.

"Why?"

"No reason, I just want to read it, can't I?"

"......"

Katagiri Mai walked out without saying anything and left the door behind.

-- It should be a yes

Ziongzong felt that he could gradually understand some of the words and actions of this ice-cold schoolgirl.

*

It didn't take long to finish reading the six comic books. Perhaps because of the nap, Ziongzong felt very refreshed, so he read all six in one go.

After reading, Ziongzong regretted it.

The afterword of the last book was not written by the author.

It was the responsible editor who wrote that afterword.

The reason is also written in the afterword.

The author died and the book will not be followed up.

The author, who committed suicide.

If murder is a crime, then suicide is also a crime, a crime that no one can punish, a crime that no one can blame him for, a crime that everyone must mourn for, a crime that not only hurts himself, but also hurts the people around him.

So, should we say that the person who committed the sin of suicide killed himself who committed the sin of suicide, thus completing the act of suicide?

The sinner who kills the sin also commits the sin.

This is a strange set of books, strange manga.

Although it is indeed very nice, but Ziongzong think the most representative feeling is still strange.

The author's pen name is also strange, Xiao Yi and Tong, obviously one person, but with a pen name that looks like a duo.

This is a strange book.

After reading it, not to mention the sense of satisfaction, Ziongzong felt as if his heart was gutted as hard.

Ziongzong regretted that he had read it, but regret is a disease that has no cure, he could only count the sheep, counting to tens of thousands before falling asleep in a daze.

He did not know that the strange story began.