“Good morning, Yoshino.”

Looking at the cute girl who was groggy when she just woke up and even forgot to change her pajamas before coming down from upstairs, Xia Zhi couldn’t help but touch her little head.

Yoshino became a little more awake, and lowered her head to look at her clothes, her cheeks slightly reddening.

But compared to this matter, what she cared more about was…she seemed to be the last one to get up?

We had agreed to get up early this morning last night…

“Am I… up late?”

An uneasy look appeared on her little face.

“No, it’s just that the situation today is special.” Xia Zhi comforted her.

Under normal circumstances, he would still be sleeping at this time.

Hearing this, Kotori subconsciously looked at the silver-haired girl beside her.

The so-called “special situation” refers to her, right? If it weren’t for her, I would still be… Come to think of it, I was clearly sleeping in my brother’s arms last night, but when I woke up in the morning, I ran to the other side of the bed. Could it be that she pulled me away while I was sleeping?

Thinking of this, Qinli couldn’t help but get even angrier.

Facing her increasingly angry look, Origami remained calm, as if she hadn’t noticed it. She turned her head and looked at the boy and said:

“If Xia Zhi likes, I can come and wake you up every day from now on.”

“That’s not necessary.” Xia Zhi refused.

The morning wake-up service provided by a beautiful girl is certainly tempting, but he would rather give up if he has to do the same thing every morning, especially since he actually wants to sleep a little longer.

“Then should I try another one?” Origami suggested an alternative.

…I’m not talking about the method.

Without continuing the topic, Xia Zhi sent Yoshino, who was listening to their conversation with a confused look on her face, to the bathroom to wash up. Then, he breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the living room.

Looking at the two girls in the room, he felt a little headache.

Obviously, Origami’s arrival was not what he expected.

They came to call me to go to school together, but the problem is that I have other more important things to do today.

“Sorry, I won’t be going to school today either. Origami, please ask for leave from the teacher for me.” After shaking his head slightly, he said to the silver-haired girl.

Origami heard this and nodded decisively: “I understand.”

Seeing that she agreed so readily, Xia Zhi became worried.

“Excuse me for asking, what excuse are you going to use this time?”

“…Recheck?” The girl tilted her head slightly.

It can’t be that fast…Uh, no.

“Don’t use this kind of excuse anymore.” Xia Zhi had a few black lines on his forehead… You might as well just say that I had plague, dysentery and typhoid and was dying. That would be more reliable.

Qin Li next to him sounded a little confused. What is the review?

Although she was somewhat concerned about this, she was more concerned about another thing in the previous conversation.

“Brother… aren’t you going to school today?” she asked puzzledly.

And it sounds like he didn’t go to school yesterday? He went to school with me.

“It’s just something about adults.” Xia Zhi answered simply and explained.

“…”

Kotori knew that he was going to say something like “children should not interfere in adult matters”…his brother was always like this.

But… skipping classes, leaving early, these are adult matters…

She had a worried look on her face: “Brother, are you going to become a bad student?”

“It’s okay. I don’t mind even if he’s a bad student.” Origami expressed her tolerance and generosity towards the boy.

“Who asked you?”

The two started arguing again.

Xia Zhi sighed in his heart.

But if you think about it carefully, skipping classes to go on a date with a girl seems like something a bad student would do, right?

He shook his head and collected his thoughts, looked at Kotori and continued:

“So, let Origami take you to school today.”

Kotori:?

A question mark popped up in her head.

“I understand.” Compared to her, Origami was much more straightforward. After agreeing again, he said in the same tone: “I will fulfill my responsibilities as a parent.”

“Which identity have you put yourself in?”

After just a few words, the two started arguing again.

Rinne walked out of the kitchen with breakfast, looked at the scene in the living room, and tilted her head in confusion.

……

“That’s right…”

After listening to the boy’s simple explanation, Rinne nodded in understanding and had a general understanding of the situation… It seemed that Xia Zhi was also having a headache.

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In that case…

“It’s okay, let me take Kotori-chan to school today.”

After thinking about it, she took the initiative to take over the task of picking up Qin Li.

“In fact, I’ve always wanted to experience what it’s like to ride a bike to send my sister to school… I think Kotori-chan won’t dislike me, right?”

“How could that be?” Qin Li shook her head quickly.

Naturally, she would not have any hatred or resistance towards her sister Rinne.

only……

Thinking of the boy’s absence from class, a worried look appeared on her face. She opened her mouth to say something, but a slender white finger was placed in front of her lips.

“Even between family members, we need to leave space for each other~”

Rinne blinked at her and continued, “After all, boys also have their own little secrets… Especially for adolescent boys like Xiazhi.”

Kotori: “…”

The first part was fine, but after hearing the second part, she became even more worried.

but

After secretly glancing at the boy, she hesitated for a moment before shutting her mouth, as if to acknowledge the words of her sister Rinne.

“As for the teacher, let me explain it… After all, we are classmates, and the teacher knows our relationship, so it will be easier to explain, right?” Rinne withdrew her hand with satisfaction and continued with her head slightly tilted.

“…”

Origami couldn’t find any reason to refute her statement.

It’s just… I just hinted that helping Xia Zhi pick up her sister is a sister-in-law’s behavior, but she took over this, and I felt a little weird.

…Did she do it on purpose or unintentionally?

“So, if you have anything to do during Xia Zhi’s time, just go ahead and do it. Leave the rest to me.” Rinne smiled gently as usual, looked at the boy and said this.

Amazing.

With just a few words, he helped me resolve all the issues.

Xia Zhi couldn’t help but sigh in his heart that the girl really had a lot of wife power.

On the other side, Origami, who was still skeptical, immediately became alert after hearing this. Looking at the pink-haired girl with a gentle smile on her face, she became wary and realized something.

This woman is probably a dangerous enemy.

……Several.

Chapter 1233 The Girl Does Not Lack Courage

“Then we’ll leave first~”

After finishing breakfast, seeing that school time was almost up, Rinne and Xiazhi waved goodbye and left the courtyard with the two of them.

Although I said before that I wanted to experience the feeling of riding a bike to pick up my sister from school, but because there was an extra origami, I couldn’t just leave her alone and go ahead, and it happened to be on my way, so I finally chose to walk.

…Although Xia Zhi felt that there was also an element of worry that if Origami was left alone, he might do something weird again.

He shook his head, collected his thoughts, and looked towards a corner of the yard.

So, this car was left behind.

Xia Zhi thought about it and looked at Shion beside him.

The girl was now wearing a light and cool dress, and a straw hat that almost covered her eyes. Below the brim of the hat was her ocean-blue hair, and her sapphire-like eyes were peeking at him from the gap in her hair, but when she noticed his gaze, she immediately shyly looked away.

After seeing her secretly watching him, Xia Zhi remembered that he had forgotten something.

“Yoshino is so cute in the morning~”

“Thank you… thank you…”

At his compliment, Yoshino stammered in response, lowering her head so that the brim of her hat covered her blushing cheeks.

Xia Zhi’s gaze then fell on the rabbit puppet in her left hand, which had been silent since a while ago, with its head lowered as if it was listless… Although it was a bit strange to describe a puppet like this, it did give people a lifeless and dead feeling.

Even though you know it won’t respond, do you still keep it with you?

“Let’s go.”

He shook his head and said to the girl.

Shiono hummed softly, hesitated for a moment, then stretched out her little hand and timidly grabbed the corner of his clothes.

In fact, Xia Zhi wanted to hold her hand, but considering that the date had just begun, jumping to that level all of a sudden might scare the girl, so he thought about it and decided not to.

As for the method of travel…I was originally planning to take the train, but since the bicycle was left behind, I might as well use it.

“Hold on tight.”

After helping Yoshino sit in the back seat, Xia Zhi reminded the girl behind him.

“Ah…um…”

Shion nodded, but she didn’t know where to put her hands for a moment, so she could only gently pull on the corner of his clothes like she did before.

But this posture obviously did not meet the definition of “sitting firmly”. As Xia Zhi started, the sudden acceleration caused her body to lean back under inertia amid the girl’s low exclamation. The panic caused by the change in center of gravity made her subconsciously hug the boy’s waist.

“…!”

Feeling the warmth pressed against her, Shion’s cheeks immediately turned red. She raised her head nervously, and seeing that the boy in front of her didn’t seem to care, she breathed a sigh of relief, pursed her lips slightly, and didn’t loosen her arms around him.

Xia Zhi naturally knew about the girl’s little actions, but he didn’t care about it. Instead, he focused some of his attention on another place.

Generally speaking, due to the height, people sitting in the back seat need to keep their feet tucked in, which is quite troublesome after a long time. It is really convenient for them to just let their feet hang down naturally without touching the ground like the girl did.

“Yoshino, don’t you want to ask where we are going?” Xia Zhi asked, glancing at the girl who lowered her head and looked at her feet.

“Eh?”

Being asked by him suddenly, Shiono, who was distracted, was slightly stunned for a moment, and then replied nervously: “Mr. Xiazhi… didn’t you say you would take me out on a date? I don’t know the surroundings… I don’t know where it is even if I asked…”

So you just follow the instructions of a “local” like me?

Xia Zhi thought.

Even so, you went out on a date with a guy you only knew for one day without any suspicion.

“What if I take you and sell you?” he asked after thinking for a while.

“I, I believe in Mr. Xia Zhi!”

Shiono raised her voice slightly, then quickly lowered it.