"What are you talking about?"

Xia Jing was talking to himself alone, and Yasuno asked curiously.

Xia Jing was embarrassed to avoid answering that he had listened to that lie.

He deliberately said something else to take the topic over.

"Ah, it's okay, it's just a pleasantry. I didn't have a family club activity at the corner of my mouth. ”

"That's ......"

"So, what's the matter with me?"

"No, uh...... It's not like there's anything ......," Xia Jing scratched his hair and said.

"However, it can't be said that it has nothing to do with your escape from club activities."

As soon as Xia Jing added this, Anye's expression stiffened.

"Then a week passed. Didn't you notice anything out of the ordinary? ”

To be correct, a week is counted from the death of Fang Yuan. It has been five days since Li Qi was captured by Qiu Yin, and it has been nearly ten days since the village of the Deer Clan was burned down.

"Hmmm......"

Xia Jing's response was not optimistic.

"No, nothing special. The Prosperity faction who attended this school has been missing since that day...... Instead, it makes people feel that something is wrong. ”

“…… Is it? ”

"But I think it's understandable that the prosperous people don't come to school. As I've told you before, this school is essentially similar to the field of the family. ”

When I went to the Lost House on Tuesday, I had heard about Xia Jing. It was as if a group of people had taken up a seat on the board of directors of this school. There is a branch of the clan called 'Saint', who has a large amount of money to help the school on behalf of him, and has a certain amount of power in his hands. For this reason, it is said that the people of the clan are accustomed to coming to this school, and whenever there is a problem between the clan and humans, there is a way to deal with it privately.

It is for this reason that Akiyin and Li Qiqi will be given the procedure of 'transferring'.

"Anyway, just call the guy who is the director to come out and coordinate in the middle."

"That's impossible."

Although this question seemed extremely reasonable, Yasuno shook his head in denial.

"Miss Sasha, she's abroad now."

“…… Hey, that guy doesn't come in handy. ”

"Her husband is a botanist. Now in order to go to the mainland of South America to do research, Miss Sasha also went with her. She's going to have to spend about two months there, so we'll be taught to figure out how to get through it ourselves. The coordination work left behind after Li Qi and Qiu Yin disappeared was also handled by Sasha's staff to help deal with the aftermath...... Those people are just ordinary people, who don't know anything about the affairs of the clan, and can't help. ”

"That's how. Throw the problem to the child, and the adult pretends not to know? ”

"In the village of the Deer Clan, you are considered an adult after the age of fifteen. Even if you are under the age of fifteen, you are still an adult who has worn mourning clothes. If both conditions are met, the parents will retire without any attachment, and the girl will take over the position of head of the house. ”

“…… You live in ancient times. ”

Basically, it's the last era, An Lu said with a wry smile: "In short, the 'Sheng' is the second most powerful branch after the main family, so during our time in school, the Prosperity Faction can't make rash moves...... That alone should be satisfied. ”

"No matter how powerful you are, once there is civil unrest, it doesn't make sense, does it?"

In the final analysis, they even attacked their own family, which must be treated respectfully, and it is hard to believe that their status is inferior to their own family. Xia Jing's question made Yasuno laugh.

"The reason why 'saints' have a voice is because they play the role of a central bridge between the people and human society. For example, this school prepares us for the environment to integrate into human society, and helps find the corpses of girls who need to perform rituals. Because of this layer, even the prosperous people did not dare to provoke the 'holy' family indiscriminately. Not to mention being enemies of the 'holy' family, I think the prosperity faction still wants to win them over. ”

"If the family is compared to the cabinet, then the 'saint' is similar to the Congress?"

"It's a little different...... But to put it simply, that's pretty much the feeling. ”

- I see.

It seems that their deer clan also has a lot of complicated rules.

If you think about it, it makes sense. The number of people is small, and the settlement still has a scale of 100 people. In order to maintain operations, certain procedures and organizations are required. Even if it succeeds, if the administration oversteps its authority and interferes with the law, it will often not end well. This phenomenon can be seen at a glance by turning the pages of human history.

In this way, it is possible that the prosperity faction is not in the country and is waiting for an opportunity to defect, and this assumption is also very reasonable.

"Looks like the whole thing has to be seen."

Once the prosperity faction slows down its actions, it will certainly not be a matter of time before the civil strife is quelled.

"That said...... It's really depressing. ”

Yasano, who lowered his head slightly, sighed. This guy has always kept a distance from the clan in the past, and if you look at it from her point of view, she must have a position concern.

"That's right, Xia Jing."

Anno changed his sullen expression and craned his neck as if he remembered something.

"Are you free tomorrow?"

"Ah, there's nothing special going on."

Xia Jing nodded thoughtlessly.

Anno abruptly-

"Would you like to spend the night?"

Such a proposal was made.

“…… What? ”

Unexpectedly ambitious speech.

"Hey, Anno."

"What's wrong?"

“…… Your statement will invite a great misunderstanding. ”

The girl asks the boy 'do you want to come for the night' - thinking from a general perspective, there is only one thing that can be associated. If anyone hears this, they will surely suffer unjustly. The stunned Anno didn't realize that meaning until he realized it for about three seconds, and his face turned red like a thermometer.

"Cai, Caicai, Caicai, Caicai, that doesn't mean that......!"

"Of course I know it's not!"

Oh my God, how can this guy be so funny - I'll just keep teasing her a few more times.

The question is, if someone else hears this, I wonder how they will interpret it. Ah, don't worry, I don't really care, do you? Even if there is any unwarranted gossip, I don't care in the slightest. If you don't dislike it, I can still go and preach something to everyone' Don't look at Anye's appearance as a man's wife, it's a tame kitten at night. 'Say something like that, so that you can improve your evaluation as a woman!'

"Less, less disgusting jokes about you, black-hearted glasses!"

Xia Jing was only halfway through his words when he was kicked in the stomach.

"Goo......

Xia Jing squatted down on the spot. The pain was extraordinary. It's like being kicked by an athletic boy...... Half of this guy is for real.

"What's the situation, are you arguing?"

"What's wrong? Xia Jing, you shouldn't eat tofu to Anye verbally, right? ”

"Anno, are you okay? Have you been harassed by this black-hearted man? ”

People in the vicinity looked at this place and asked what was going on. What is surprising is that there is not half a person who sympathizes with Xia Jing, who is actually the victim.

Xia Jing experienced first-hand that the status of An Ye, who is usually helpful and kind, and his status in the class, which is always playful, turned out to be heaven and bad.

Is there still heavenly reason to speak of? After Xia Jingqiang endured the pain and stood up, he saw An Ye smiling shyly, and while hanging the prevarication words of "it's okay" and "we're just joking", he dispersed the crowd.

"I'm sorry, have you done anything? I'm a little bit out of control......"

Anno apologized for not being able to do so, and squinted his eyes at this place.

“…… OK. Xia Jing responded with only two words.

In the future, you must not joke with the women of the deer clan, including Anye, Xia Jing thought to himself.

Or know how to be in a measured position. As long as you say the wrong word, you are likely to be killed.

"It hurts to death...... So what the hell are you going to do tomorrow? ”

"Well, Ya wants me to come to you. Is it inconvenient? ”

"Yaya?"

Is there anything to discuss? But why do you need to stay overnight?

"I think she has a lot to do with you...... But the most important reason is probably TV shows. Not long ago, she saw the scene of the slumber party in a cartoon for children, and her eyes lit up. ”

Hearing this, Xia Jing couldn't help but want to imitate Anye's action of pressing his eyebrows with a headache.

Slumber Party ......

Wouldn't this heir of the family be too childlike? The future of the clan is really worrying.

"Is there anything wrong, what can you do if you want me to be a boy? Slumber party yourselves ......"

Before he finished speaking, Xia Jing noticed something.

“…… Tomorrow? ”

"yes, yes."

"Saturday...... Weekends? ”

"If it weren't for that, I wouldn't have asked you out for the night, why? If you don't want to, don't force it......"

"Nope."

Xia Jing shook his head.

"I'm going to make it."

"Huh, really?"

Anye's eyes widened in surprise, nodded and said, "Then I'll tell Ye Ya." ”

At this time, the bell rings for class. The conversation was interrupted, and the two turned around and headed for the classroom.

Xia Jing, who was separated from Anno, sighed lightly as he walked back to his seat.

- The guy...... Ya, does she know?

She probably didn't realize it. If she had known, and had been aware of that, she would have stubbornly set the date on Sunday instead of Saturday. Although it is vague and unclear - Ye Ya, she has inherited Fang Yuan's feelings and memories. Therefore, it is also possible that Fang Yuan in Ye Ya's heart prompted her to do this.

The holiday of the first week after Fang Yuan's death.

It was originally scheduled to be a Sunday, and there was a deviation from the actual day. But Xia Jing still couldn't hold back the warm pain that welled up in his chest.

Unintentionally focused on the beginning of the class, Xia Jing looked at the gray sky outside the window and muttered in a low voice: "Yes, after all, we have already made an appointment." ”

Although the faces of the participating members have changed and the date has been brought forward by a day, it doesn't matter.

Since the day count has been drawn up a long time ago, it must be completed.

- I...... I'm glad you came to ask me out.

Fang Yuan's figure and smile holding her mobile phone.

As soon as he thought of that scene, Xia Jing pursed his lips hard to hold back the tears oozing from his eyes.

The next afternoon.

Xia Jing lied to his parents that the final exams were approaching, and he wanted to live at a friend's house and study hard together and went out.

Xia Jing's parents were not only surprised by the only child who suddenly began to work hard for a while, but even felt relieved that their baby son finally knew that he had to think seriously about the future, and asked him to buy some souvenirs for the other party's family. In fact, Xia Jing was very weak-hearted, and whispered in his heart: Mom is really sorry, before I thought about what to use as an excuse, I forgot that there was a final exam.

However, it is indeed more appropriate to prepare a souvenir, and Xia Jing still decided to accept the pocket money gratefully. He first went to a department store in the city and bought some snack gift boxes. The rest of the money was used as a stipend for dinner and a bus ride back to the school.

When I got off the train at the station, Anno and Anai were already waiting there.

Anno wears casual clothes, while Anai wears a kimono apron. No matter how hard they try to explain, they both seem to be just partners with unknown meaning.

Xia Jing smiled bitterly, if An Ye also learned Ye Ya to wear Hanfu, Xia Jing might still think that the bus he took along the way was actually a time machine.

"Welcome, Lord Natsujing. Ana, waiting for your great ride, for a long time. ”

Anaibi bowed respectfully to Xia Jing. Although his face was expressionless, his tone lacked modulation.

"Ahh

Having said that, in less than a week, Xia Jing had become completely accustomed to this corpse maid who moved freely.

"Thank you, your, kindness." Anai took the dim sum gift box handed out by Xia Jing and said.

"Oh, it's rare to see you so kind, Xia Jing."

"Tell me, what is in it?"

"It's red rose chocolate."

The only brand-name dessert that can be bought in this town, which is more pleasing to young girls, is probably the only brand left.

"Miss, she's a chocolate lover."

"That's great."

"However, the previous patriarch was worried that the eldest lady would have tooth decay, so he didn't give her food often."

"Really...... In that case, should I buy pancakes? ”

"Nope. If the eldest lady has tooth decay, the responsibility will be on Lord Xia Jing. ”

People can't be good-looking, it turns out that Grandma Nai takes an overprotective attitude towards her master.

"Don't worry, coffin. Xia Jing will take responsibility for marrying Ye Ya home. ”

“…… Hey, Anno? ”

"This is revenge for yesterday."

Anai squinted at Anye, who stuck out his tongue and grimaced, but was still unmoved, and his face was expressionless.

"In that case, Anai has no opinion."

"I don't know where your standards are...... What about the problem of tooth decay? ”

"I will, urge the eldest lady, to clean her teeth."

I didn't understand whether the conversation between the two had intersected at all, and Xia Jing, who began to have a headache, urged Yasuno to lead the way quickly. The three of them walked towards the back of the school and went directly onto the mountain road.

Ahead lies the realm of the 'Clan'.

Although this is the third time Xia Jing has gone to the Lost House, there is always a feeling that the path he has taken is different from the previous one. Under the inquiry, it seems that the 'right way' can be changed according to Anno's wishes. Unless you follow behind you secretly, outsiders should not be able to reach the Lost House.

Then again, it's still winter.

Although it is a mountain, there is not even a decent road under the feet. If it's summer, let alone mosquitoes or snakes, I don't know if I'll end up colliding with a boar. And it's probably going to be too hot to stand it.

Thinking that one day he would have to come on a hot day, Xia Jing was a little depressed. After about twenty minutes of walking through the woods and grass, at the end of the forest, a wooden door appeared in a large space.

After passing through the wooden door, the three of them finally arrived at the 'Lost House' with a thatched roof of pure Japanese style.

"Oh, you're too slow."

A voice came from above.

"Yaya, why are you there......"

Xia Jing looked up with Anno's voice and found that at the top of the thatched roof-