Moments of pleasure are always short-lived.

On Saturday, the long-lost date with Mahime ended quickly.

Although it has not been completely reconciled as before, Xia You is already very satisfied. Relying on the piano performance at the café, he successfully removed the wall in Mahime's heart to seal his heart, and walked in smoothly.

As a result, the estrangement that had been stuck between the two of them for a long time finally disappeared.

Natsuyu believes that it won't be long before the relationship between him and Mahime will return to its original state - and even become closer than before.

In this way, it is not in vain that he has been preparing for so long before the date, racking his brains to think about how to get closer to the relationship between himself and Mahime, and secretly practicing "The Sorrow of Love" repeatedly at home.

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After the date ended, Xia Yu didn't see Mahime for several days - to be precise, he didn't see the muses.

However, it wasn't because they had a quarrel or any conflict, it was simply because the muse had been busy lately.

With the passage of time, today, the lovelive regional competition is approaching the white-hot stage, and many campus idol groups are doing their best to fight for the precious promotion place that only one in each county.

It can almost be said that it is squeezing every minute and every second, to show more of its charm, to strive to make the group's popularity higher.

And Muse, as one of the participating combinations, naturally cannot relax.

In particular, Chiba Prefecture, where they are located, is more competitive than other prefectures and cities, and many campus idol groups are very popular, so Muse must work harder.

- Not to mention, there is also a super popular idol group like "A-RISE", which is difficult to win at the bug level even if you work hard.

To put it mildly, despite the current popularity of the muse, few people really think that it can finally break through the encirclement and advance to the national competition of Lovelive. Most people are convinced that Chiba Prefecture's only qualifying spot has been booked by last year's defending champion "A-RISE".

And "A-RISE" is indeed working towards this goal, rather than stagnation because of its own strengths.

In the grim situation where the chances are so slim, even the muses themselves are inevitably a little shaken for a while, doubting whether they can really win the promotion place.

At the moment, the only thing the muses can rely on is their own efforts and the "Pure Land of Bliss" that Xia You delivered to them earlier.

To be honest, the more they practiced "Pure Land of Bliss", the more the girls felt that it was really powerful, whether it was dancing or music, it was too magical!

This made them feel that as long as they practiced this dance music well, they might really be able to do what Xia You had depicted with them before......

- Defeat "A-RISE" in the regional competition and advance to the national competition!

In this way, even if he does not win the championship in the end, the popularity of the muse will inevitably rise. When the new year comes, many new students will definitely come to study at Otonoki Han Academy.

At that time, the decision to abolish the school will definitely be revoked!

In order to achieve this long-standing goal, even if I really wanted to meet Xia You more and talk to him more, in the few days before the performance, Mahime still resolutely suppressed her thoughts and devoted herself to the practice sprint with the eight friends around her.

- Goal, Wednesday's show!

In addition, because Muse is very busy, he really can't spare time recently, so Kanon's music recording work has also had to stop.

And this also made the muses feel very sorry, obviously they received so much help from Xia You, but they didn't make up for it. But they are not in a rut, and for now they can only concentrate on practicing and preparing for the upcoming performance.

When the performance is over, there will be more time, and they will do their best to assist Xia You!

In this regard, Xia You actually doesn't mind at all, he can tell the urgency of things - the lovelive regional competition is about to end, and there is still a full month left in the winter comic, so it is clear who is in a hurry and who is slow.

And, even though Kanon's music recording was suspended, other parts, such as the script, the original art, the program, etc., were not delayed and continued to move forward.

Judging from the current speed, Xia You estimates that it will be almost completed in the near future.

At that point, the LoveLive regional competition is over, and it only takes the Muse to record the remaining part of Kanon's music, and then it can be sent to the factory to compress the production.

Finally, it will be officially exhibited at the Winter COMIC at the end of December.

- Perfect!

Of course, although the plan is perfect, Xia You is not sure whether it can be successfully realized and whether there will be anything wrong halfway.

After all, plans often don't keep up with change.

And recently, due to the exposure of his love affair with Mahime, Xia You's status in the club has become very delicate, and speaking is like walking on the tip of a knife, and it may attract someone's poisonous tongue attack at any time.

If it weren't for Megumi Kato's mediation, the women would have drowned him just by spitting on him.

Right now, the only thing to be thankful for is probably that even if he knows that he has a girlfriend, Kasumigaoka Shiyu and others still haven't said that they want to quit the club, and they are still working hard.

Whether it's the script, the original art, or the program, it's all going fast.

…… But it always feels like they're planning something, which makes people shudder.

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On Monday, because there were many details to be revised in the manga to be submitted, Mashiro was invited to go to Ayano Iida's house to discuss privately with her, who was the editor in charge.

Needless to say, Rita must have gone with her - since she flew from England, she has taken over the responsibility of the True White Owner from Xia You, taking care of everything in her life.

This made Xia You, who was the former owner, feel both relieved and a little subtle loss.

- Ah, of course, he's not disappointed because he can't help Mahaku pick a fat (harmonious) time!

Because there are a lot of details of the comics to discuss, the two simply stayed at Ayano Iida's house as before.

On this day, Xia You thought that he would be able to have a rare idle night, but Ayase saw that he had nothing to do, so he simply called him to go home with him - back to Aragaki's house.

And Xia You thought about it and didn't refuse, nodded and said yes.

On the one hand, this is because he promised Ayase before, saying that he would accompany her to Aragaki's house another day, and on the other hand, Xia You has indeed not greeted his uncle and aunt for a long time, and it is really rude as a junior, so he thought it would be better to just go back and meet him here.

So, the two took a train and rushed all the way from the villa to Aragaki's house.

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After getting off the tram stop, the two walked side by side for a while before arriving at their destination.

The Aragaki House is a beautiful single-family building with a Western-style garden of about three tsubos, and is full of flowers and plants.

Although it is not as luxurious as the villa where Xia You lives now, and it is not as spacious as Yingli Li's house, it is a private house that can make people intuitively feel the high quality of life.

This is not surprising either.

As an important councilor in Chiba Prefecture, my uncle's family is very wealthy, and he has a close relationship with the Xia family in the core circle of Tokyo, even those big families who have been rooted in Chiba Prefecture for a long time, such as under the snow or something, have to be polite to the Aragaki family and make friends with good words.

Thinking of these dispensable things that he heard from his father, Xia Yu walked into the house with Ayase.

"I'm back. ”

"Excuse me. ”

Leaning against the wall, Xia You bent down to take off his shoes in the hallway, but on the side, Ayase stared at him with some dissatisfaction, his cheeks bulging, like a cute little squirrel chewing chestnuts.

"Brother, you obviously said [I'm back], why bother with anything...... It's weird!"

"Yes, yes. ”

Xia You laughed a little, such a dispensable little detail, Ayase will deliberately correct him, right? However, it is up to her.

So he nodded cooperatively and said with a smile, "I'm back." ”

"Uh-huh. ”

Ayase smiled with satisfaction. Then she actively found a pair of indoor shoes and handed them to Xia You, "Brother, you wear this, the floor is too cold, and you will catch a cold if you don't wear shoes." ”

"Good. ”

After he had changed into his indoor shoes, his aunt came out of the living room, and she probably heard the conversation coming from the hallway.

"Ayase, you're back?"

"Mom. ”

Hearing the sound, Ayase immediately pounced affectionately, like a milk swallow returning to the nest. Although her experience far exceeds that of her peers, she is still at the age when a girl loves to be spoiled the most.

"Welcome back. ”

The aunt smiled and hugged Ayase and stroked her daughter's hair, then she raised her head, and when she saw Xia You, her eyebrows immediately raised, and she smiled with some surprise, "Ah, Ayu, you're finally here!"

"Good evening, aunt. ”

Xia You bowed slightly, he behaved like a junior, smiling humbly and closely.

Although they hadn't seen each other for a long time, his aunt gave him the same feeling, still so gentle and kind. As for the appearance, there is basically no change.

- Beautiful long black hair, slender and tall figure, serious and gentle eyes......

If you want to put it in a more vivid way to describe your aunt, it is probably ...... Twenty years later, both physically and mentally, Ayase has evolved into the ultimate body.

Speaking of which, Xia You suddenly realized that his group of girls were very similar to their mothers, almost carved out of a mold.

For example, Mahime, like Aunt Ruifei (Xia You only recently learned the name of Mahime's mother), has gorgeous red hair, and has a noble and cold temperament, like a princess from a distant foreign country.

For example, the black cat, her long black hair, hard-working and capable personality, and Yamato Nadeshiko-like temperament are inherited from her mother.

For example, Hui's mother, although her appearance is very ordinary, she is the kind of middle-aged woman who can be seen everywhere, but in terms of personality, they are undoubtedly a family - you must know that Hui's mother is a big person who can laugh when her daughter is still in high school, and the boy sends her home the next day.

For example, Ying Lili, how similar she is to Sister Sayuri, there must be no need to say more, the same double ponytail, the same otaku, the same out-of-tune.

…… Oh, and the only difference is probably Sayuri E, Pear A.

As for Senior Sister Shiyu, because she lives alone outside the home, not with her parents, Xia You has never seen her mother. However, according to a few times, listening to Senior Sister Shiyu call home, most of the senior sister's mother is also a very good playful person.

In my impression, there was such a time, Senior Sister Shiyu accidentally pressed the voice button, and Xia You heard such a sentence from the phone that made him feel that his chastity was not guaranteed......

- If you like it, you will confess, if you confess that you don't succeed in pushing, you don't dare to push, you dare to say that you love him?

Well, confession doesn't make a strong push, this wave of operations is very good.

With such a fierce mother, Senior Sister Shiyu will develop the trouble-making personality she has today, and Xia You doesn't think it's strange at all.

All in all, from the mothers of her sisters, Xia You can roughly see what they will look like in the future - all of them will become great, and ordinary people will be lucky to marry any of them.

As a result, Xia You became more and more determined in his small goals in life......

- I, all of them!

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After changing their shoes in the hallway, the three of them entered the house together.

It's just time to eat, and when the schoolbags are put down, everyone is seated at the table.

Since Ayase had made a phone call home before coming, she cooked an extra portion of the meal, and the dishes were so sumptuous that the entire table was almost full—obviously, her aunt had put a lot of effort into preparing the meal, which made Natsuyu quite impressed.

At this time, the uncle who worked in the study upstairs also came down. Seeing Xia You, who had always been old-fashioned and serious, a rare smile appeared on his face.

"Ayu, are you here? Hurry up and sit down to eat. ”

"Yes, uncle. ”

This conversation, although it may seem like an awkward conversation, does not feel that way in reality.

Since Xia You was sensible, his uncle's way of getting along with him has always been like this, he said very little, and remained silent most of the time, but the atmosphere was not uncomfortable, but a little warm.

Maybe that's the case with the elders.

However, then again, in addition to the way he gets along with his uncle, on the other hand, Xia You is also avoiding talking to him as much as possible, and he doesn't even want to look at each other.

…… For no other reason, he had almost eaten Ayase and wiped it clean, just before the last line of defense could be broken.

If this matter is known to his uncle, with his seemingly old-fashioned, but in fact he is a completely daughter-controlled character, no matter what nephew or not, Xia You will definitely be hung up and beaten by him!

Or, it's not impossible to tie him up directly, and then throw him in front of his father to question!

With his uncle's heavy daughter-controlled character, it is really possible to do this.

You know, even if the sister is like Xia You, there are only four or five thousand photos of Ayase on hand, but his uncle has tens of thousands, which is a long accumulation from Ayase's birth to the present, and it seems that he will also cut out the photos of each issue of Ayase magazine and put them in the album......

- Seriously, sometimes, if you don't know that your uncle is just doting on her daughter, Xia You will really wonder if he is a ghost father.

All in all, the more he knew about his uncle's daughter's controlling nature, the more Xia You didn't dare to look at him...... If I let my uncle know that the baby daughter he worked so hard to raise would have been tricked into bed by him, the cliff would have been hacked to death!

"Hmm, brother, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing that Xia You's face turned a little blue, Ayase asked worriedly.

"No, nothing. ”

Xia You forced himself to be calm, and he picked up the dishes and chopsticks to pick up the rice, so as to hide the weakness on his face.

After a while, his uncle suddenly called Xia You, which made him startled, and he thought that he had seen something flawed...... Fortunately, no.

My uncle just said that it had been almost a month, and then he fell silent.

January......

Ah, yes, it's almost January.

Xia You was also a little silent.

January is a festive day for most people, after all, it's the New Year, but for him, it seems to be covered with a shadow, revealing sadness.

…… Because, my mother died in January.

For this reason, in the past few years, every January, when everyone is busy and bustling to visit in early spring, Xia You has to go to sweep his mother's grave.

And Daddy Xia Yan is the same, or even more - except for the day of his death, he will go to the grave together, the rest of the time, he is busy with work, as if to escape something.

But.

This year, it's a little different from previous years.

Dad has married another person, and with Aunt Ryoko by his side, he shouldn't be able to anesthetize himself with heavy work like in the past.

And Xia You is the same...... If he can, he wants to take everyone to sweep his mother's grave, it's lively, I believe his mother will be very happy, right?

"Brother, I'll go with me then, I haven't seen my aunt for a long time. ”

Seeing Xia You's gloomy expression and Ayase's indescribable distress, she pulled his sleeve and whispered.

"Hmm. ”

After all, it has been several years since the incident, Xia You quickly adjusted his state, he touched Ayase's hair, and said with a smile: "Seeing that Ayase has grown taller again, my mother will definitely be very happy." ”

As for the idea of taking everyone to sweep the tomb together, for a while, he didn't rush to say it, and decided to discuss it later.

Then, if the girls don't mind, then go together, just introduce to Daddy.

…… But then again, he has been dealing with so many girls in Chiba, and most of them can't hide from his father's eyes, and maybe even the family background of Mahime and them has been investigated clearly.

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After eating, after resting for a while, Xia You was called by his aunt to take a bath, and the hot water had been put away.

As for the clothes, they were also ready, and they were old clothes left by my uncle.

And Xia You didn't say anything politely, he used to come to Aragaki House to play, and he almost regarded this as half a home.

In the bathroom, Xia You relaxed and soaked in the bathtub for about twenty minutes, until the fatigue completely disappeared, he put on his clothes and went out.

Afterwards, Xia You followed her aunt to the room she had prepared in advance.

"Ayo, you just sleep here, I've already changed and washed the sheets, and it's very clean. - Oh, and if it's too cold to sleep at night, remember to tell me and I'll give you an extra quilt. ”

"Okay, I see, you go get busy. ”

Under Xia You's smile and nod, her aunt slowly returned to the room, she still had work to do.

And Xia You began to look at this room.

"Hmm...... Speaking of which, this is the first time I've slept here. ”

In the past, when he came to stay at the Aragaki house, his aunt would directly let him sleep in the same room as Ayase, either sleeping together or spreading a quilt on the floor for him.

But now, it's obvious that you can't do this, after all, both Natsuyu and Ayase have grown up.

…… Because of this, Xia You didn't dare to show his feet.

If his aunt and uncle found out that he had already coaxed Ayase into bed, he would be greeted with a mixed doubles match.

After staying alone in the room for a while, Xia Yu felt quite bored, but there was no computer in the guest room, and Ayase was taking a shower downstairs, so there was no one to talk to, so he had to kill time by playing with his mobile phone.

Before I knew it, twenty minutes had passed.

Just when Xia You was a little addicted to playing [Jumping Cubes], the door was suddenly opened with a bang.

Ayase was standing there.

She was wearing a creamy white pajamas, slightly revealing her delicate collarbones, her long black hair spilled down her shoulders, her pink lips pursed lightly, and her eyes were clean but with a hint of nervousness.

But that's not the point.

The point is.

She said with a shy face.

“…… Brother, do you want to come to my room?"

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(It's a pity that the starting point can't insert pictures like book (harmony) guests, otherwise I really want to send you a picture of Ayase in pajamas, super cute OvO)

(By the way, tomorrow I will go to see my friends, and I will probably go home the day after tomorrow~)