A girl in a sailor suit carried Lin Xiuyi's luggage and walked in front silently. Lin Xiuyi followed behind her with a complicated mood. Until now, Lin Xiuyi still hadn't figured out how to face the sister he just knew.

Reina Kurashiro looked to be about fourteen years old, she was tall and had very white skin, and she looked like she had a sense of maturity beyond her years.

After walking for about twenty minutes, Ling Nai, who was holding the salute, still couldn't see any signs of tiredness, but Lin Xiuyi, who was empty-handed, couldn't keep up with the other party's footsteps.

"That...... How far is it, please?" Lin Xiuyi stood behind Ling Nai, stopped the other party, and then asked breathlessly.

"It's not far, you see, it's at the bottom of the mountain!"

Lin Xiuyi looked in the direction of Ling Nai's finger, and there was a small village near the sea in the distance. But there are still at least a few kilometers to go. Lin Xiuyi sighed silently, and then trotted a few steps hard, keeping up with Ling Nai's footsteps.

"That, your mother is okay!" Lin Xiuyi didn't know how to communicate with Reina, to be honest, he was really a little curious about his sister. Because Lin Xiuyi has not seen his relatives who are related by blood for a long time since his grandmother died. But Lin Xiuyi also had a trace of dissatisfaction at the same time. Since he was a child, Shuichi Hayashi thought that his father had just run away from home because of debts, and if it weren't for debts, he wouldn't have done it. But now, looking at the slim sister in front of him, Lin Xiuyi felt that his fantasies were all just deceiving himself.

"My mother died when I was very young, and I've been living with my father all along!" Although he couldn't see Reina's face, Lin Xiuyi could still hear the grief and sadness in Reina's tone.

"I'm sorry to mention your sadness!" Lin Xiuyi said with some shame, Ling Nai shook her head, and then looked at Lin Xiuyi, squeezing out a somewhat reluctant smile on her face. This made Lin Xiuyi feel even more unhappy.

Maybe it was Reina who realized that Lin Xiuyi was indeed walking very slowly, and she gradually slowed down. The two people who met for the first time didn't have anything to say, but the smiles between each other made the two people gradually familiar. Before they knew it, the two actually walked to the door of Reina's house.

"This is it, you can rest first, and I'll go and prepare a room for you. ”

As she spoke, Ling Nai pushed open the courtyard door and led Lin Xiuyi in.

It is an ordinary seaside house, and the courtyard also has fishing nets and some catches to dry. In the corner of the yard is a plum tree, which looks to be at least a few decades old. The courtyard of Ling Nai's house was not big, and the house looked a little old, but when Lin Xiuyi walked into the room, he felt a little surprised.

"Is this a hearth? It's rare now!"

Lin Xiuyi said as he walked towards the hearth, it was rare to be able to see this kind of furnishings in the living room now. As the name suggests, a hearth is a stove placed on the floor, separated from the fire source by stone, and although it looks a little primitive, it is an indispensable living facility in a traditional Japanese house. It is possible to boil water and bake something like sweet potatoes. In addition, in the Japanese tea ceremony, the hearth and the wind stove are indispensable and important facilities.

Ling Nai saw Lin Xiuyi sitting by the hearth with a serious appearance, but she felt a little relieved in her heart, after so many days, there was finally someone living in this empty house.

Reina's hands and feet were very fast, Lin Xiuyi originally wanted to help Reina clean up the room together, but was politely rejected by Reina. Reina arranged a Japanese-style bedroom for Lin Shuichi, and the furnishings in the room were simple, with only a table, a tatami chair and some simple furnishings, and the futon was placed in a cabinet next to the wall.

"Are you going to eat or take a bath first?" After Reina helped Lin Xiuyi settle down, she turned around and asked Lin Xiuyi.

"Well, why don't I cook dinner!" Lin Xiuyi felt that he was a little embarrassed to let a teenage girl take care of him, although his cooking skills were not very good, but it was no problem to steam a pot of rice and make some simple dishes.

"You are a guest from afar, how can there be a reason for you to do it, although my cooking skills are not good, but my father's diet on weekdays is also my cooking, please rest for a while, I will go and prepare dinner for you now!"

Lin Xiu saw Ling Nai's resolute and stubborn expression, so he naturally stopped insisting. Reina was right, he was indeed a guest here, and perhaps in Reina's heart, she was no different from the family and friends who came to the funeral together, or even the staff of the Heping Inner Town Association.

It turned out that Lin Xiuyi's worries were indeed unnecessary, and Reina quickly prepared a decent dinner for Lin Xiuyi.

Salt-grilled horse mackerel served with lemon and radish puree, potato and vegetable salad, and emirai tempura, plus a hot pork miso soup. With such a rich dish, Lin Xiuyi would never be able to make it.

"It's all some home-cooked food, and I don't know if it suits your appetite, please don't dislike it......" Ling Nai said politely after serving rice for Lin Xiuyi.

"There, even I can't cook such a dish myself, I didn't expect that I didn't help you much, but I have to be taken care of by you, I'm really sorry!" Lin Xiuyi bowed his head to express his gratitude to Reina, and then folded his hands and said reverently: "I'm going to go!" This is not only a respect for the food itself, but also a gratitude to Reina who prepared dinner.

"I'm moving!" Reina whispered, then picked up her chopsticks and ate her dinner in silence.

The taste of this dinner was indeed very good, although the dishes were simple, it made Lin Xiuyi feel the rare taste of home cooking. However, the embarrassing anger with his sister made Lin Xiuyi feel a little depressed.

After dinner, Lin Xiuyi originally wanted to help clean up the dishes and chopsticks, but was also rejected by Reina. Rena quickly packed everything up. Then he went to prepare bath water for Lin Xiuyi.

Lin Xiuyi, who soaked his whole body in warm water, felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, it stands to reason that he is Ling Nai's brother, and he should take care of Ling Nai, but since he arrived here, Ling Nai has shown a composure beyond that of girls of the same age. It was precisely because of this that Lin Xiuyi faintly worried about Ling Nai, God knows how much pain she is suffering in her heart now.