The water in the Kanda River flows day after day, and Naoki Natsume walks home along the river, but when he comes to the door, he stops and stands by the river with great interest and looks at the scenery.

He has been looking at this road and this river for more than a year, and he opens and closes his eyes every day, but today it is particularly beautiful, and the couples walking by the bridge also make him feel not so envious and melancholy.

"Summer is good when the evening is not so hot." He stretched and decided not to watch it or go home as soon as possible: "It's just that there are a lot of mosquitoes." ”

Pulling out the key to open the door, he scratched his legs and looked down.

After standing by the river for a short time, there were three more bags on both legs.

"Those couples walking by the river in the dark are quite hard." Thinking about it like this, he felt a little more sympathy for the couple he had envied before.

"If it were me, I don't think I would ask a girl to go to the river on a summer night." Naoki Natsume thought for a moment: "How much more offense is it to wear a skirt?" What if the girl doesn't wear it after this battle? Categorically no. ”

"What's wrong?"

Mao Asai, who was busy in the kitchen, came out of it, wearing a small apron and no maid outfit, and inside the apron was a pair of pajamas.

The wet hair meant that she had just taken a shower, and if it wasn't for the fact that there was a man in the house, then she should ......

This beautiful scene made Naoki Natsume think of a word.

Fruit apron.

Good guys, the book hurts a lot.

His eyes were wandering, and he didn't dare to look at the unbuttoned neckline of Asai Mao's pajamas...... The whole pajamas are just that button, and if they are not buttoned well, they are a deep V.

Thanks to being at home, such a thought suddenly flashed in his mind, only he can feast his eyes.

"I was bitten by a mosquito," he replied truthfully, "and stood at the door for a while." ”

"There are a lot of mosquitoes near the water, don't you have common sense?"

"The view is good."

"It's the same from the window."

While speaking, Asai went to the living room to rummage through the boxes and cabinets to find a tube of aloe vera gel.

If you put it aside before, when Naoki Natsume lived alone, how could there be these things at home?

In addition to some fast-acting cold medicines and anti-inflammatory drugs, iodine wine is left, and occasionally there will be some sun-dried herbs in the refrigerator.

But since Asai came, there have been more and more small items that girls always have, such as aloe vera gel, such as sunscreen......

Few boys will have sunscreen at home, and even if they do, they can't apply it every day in the hot summer.

Naoki Natsume sat on the sofa, smiled, and said, "That's different, some things are just a feeling to see, and it's another feeling to do them." ”

With that, he reached out to pick up the aloe vera gel that Asai had handed him.

Asai did want to give him aloe vera gel, but when he heard this, his expression was stunned.

Suddenly, in her unprofound memories when she was a child, a little boy who had to take out his memories every day before going to bed for fear of forgetting a little outline appeared in front of her.

"It's one thing to listen, it's one thing to watch, and it's another thing to do it yourself. In the future, Mao Chan will be an insightful girl who combines knowledge and action! ”

"What does it mean to be the unity of knowledge and action?"

"Tell you when you're older."

The little boy who was caught peeking at the dancing girls in the open bar on the wall had the above conversation with the girl next door who happened to bump into him, and he managed to seal the girl's mouth with a big reason and a few lollipops.

Asai looked at the handsome and upright man in front of him who was sitting on the sofa tickling and had grown, and suddenly his nose was sour.

It's like I haven't seen each other for ten years, and we will meet again.

The two figures gradually merged.

Yes...... It's silly.

Asai made an evaluation of his emotions when he first came.

It's just that he has been absent for ten years, how did he decide that he wasn't him when he knocked on the door?

"I'll do it."

"Huh? No, I'm not without hands. ”

Asai sat gently beside him, bending over to rub aloe vera gel on his exposed calves.

"Do you know how much to apply?" Asai Mao said surgingly, and his actions and tone could not be refused: "Three packs can use my half-tube aloe vera gel, and the waves are not wasted?" ”

"Just buy it when you run out."

"It's not about money...... That leg. ”

"This leg doesn't."

"No, reach out!"

The maid's eyes widened, and her tone was equally indiscriminate.

So Naoki Natsume turned sideways, but it didn't seem to work well, unless Asai went around to his other side.

Or is it......

"Eh, what are you doing!"

Naoki Natsume only felt that his thighs were pulled, and the whole person lay backwards, subconsciously propping himself on the sofa with his elbows to maintain his balance.

His other leg, which was inconvenient to apply aloe vera gel, was pulled into his arms by Asai Mao very "violently", and the armpit clamp was fixed.

He struggled for a moment and then stopped daring to move, but instead didn't look away.

Well......

Didn't you wear it because you took a bath?

Asai Mao pulled his shorts up to his head, hugged his legs carefully, and looked up and down three or four times, confirming that there was indeed no mosquito bag, and then he was relieved.

"Well, not really."

"Don't believe me......"

Naoki Natsume muttered a few words in a low voice, but he didn't dare to get cheap and sell well.

Asai glanced at the three mosquito bags with the cross flowers on his thighs, smiled lightly and whispered, "Liar! ”

"What?"

"Nothing!" Asai got up, put away the gentleness just now, clapped his hands and walked to the kitchen: "It's just that a little liar told me before that pinching the cross on the mosquito bag won't itch, it's so good!" ”

"That's actually pretty hateful." Naoki Natsume nodded, thoughtful.

Hearing this, Asai looked back slightly and glanced at him lightly.

I thought that would be the reason why you said so, so why don't you change someone else......

Hum!

The little maid snorted twice in her heart and went into the kitchen.

She looked at the upside-down plate on the kitchen table and walked over to gently open it.

Below is a bowl of hot dry noodles that are still steaming.

"How's your date going with Mio Izumi tonight?" Without a trace, Mae Asai casually asked into the living room, "Went to the curry restaurant you liked?" ”

"Well, I've been."

Mao Asai silently put the hot dry noodles in the refrigerator.

It's really distressing, so get up when you're hungry at night and eat this noodle hot.

Unconsciously, she has changed from a almighty little maid who saves money for her master to think about the family from herself.

Alas...... This family would have to break up without me.

"Does she still like it?" Asai continued to ask.

"Senior sister likes it very much, and said that she has already written down that store, and she can go to Senpai Tosaka often in the future."

"yes, that's good."

Asai put the hot dry noodles in the refrigerator and sighed.

After the sentence "Does she still like it" just now, she felt that it was not quite right.

How do you feel like you've been cowed?

What's going on with this uncomfortable feeling in my heart?

"I want to eat what I said, I won't do it at home at noon tomorrow, trouble." Asai shouted outside.

Natsume straightened the horse and said, "Okay, no problem, didn't I promise you on your birthday?" Do whatever you want, if you don't want to do it, let's go out to eat. ”

Hearing this, the corners of Asai Masao's mouth finally regained a little pleasure.

This sentence still sounds quite comfortable...... Well, it must be because I don't have to work.

Lying on the soft and comfortable bed at night, Asai looked at the ceiling with some melancholy.

This bed......

It's too comfortable!

Is it really possible to find such a comfortable bed anywhere else?

And......

A strange feeling began to spread in the little maid.

Before he came to Tokyo, when Hokkaido learned that the girl who wanted to help Naoki's brother get back what belonged to him really wanted him to get better, and then gave him a kiss that included gratitude and apology, Asai Mao was quite repulsed in his heart.

This...... The gender has changed, and there have been more than 10,000 comments.

But there was no way, knowing that he couldn't make up for what he owed to Naoki's brother for the rest of his life, Asai could only force the rejection in his heart and decided to help him get back what he should have, so that the genius who had been buried for ten years would not have to continue to spend the rest of his life in such a gloomy life.

When he first thought that Natsume was not Naoki, Asai didn't think about it anymore.

And now, when she realizes that this idea is very wrong, she is used like a tide of rejection that has been put down for the time being, flooding the mattress and drowning in it, making it difficult for her to breathe.

Think about how much he sacrificed himself? Now is the time to repay him, you can't do too much for him, you have to endure the things like helping him drive a harem and pedal two boats......

Can't spoil the big thing.

But that's the way to go, but when I made up the scene described in the rumor posts that I deleted today, Asai felt that there was a vinegar bottle in the room somewhere?

Why is there a sour smell in the air?

The more I think about it, the more sour I feel, and when I feel sour, it is easy to be in a bad mood.

And most girls want to eat when they're in a bad mood.

"Food can't be wasted."

She got up and went out and decided to go and eat the hot dry noodles in the refrigerator, which she wouldn't be able to eat the next day.

When she passed by the door of Naoki Natsume's bedroom, she saw that the door was hidden and the light was still on.

Through the crack in the door, Asai could see Naoki Natsume sitting in front of the computer, what he was doing, the screen flashing with fluorescent glow.

Because her back was to the door, she could only see Naoki's back and shoulders and a little bit of her arms—

She saw Naoki Natsume's right hand flying up and down, and suddenly an indescribable thought appeared in Asai's mind.

The specific scene of that idea was also mosaiced.

Ahem, it won't be in the ......

Forget it, let's just don't see it.

If she had just arrived, she would have knocked on the door and looked at him with a garbage-like look and sneered at him.

Now, if she ran into him in person, she might still dislike him, but she wouldn't look at him with contempt anymore.

"Ahh

With a soft sigh, Naoki Natsume suddenly stopped, leaned back and slumped on the chair, and the whole person looked very decadent.

Well?

Asai was stunned.

It's over?

Forehead......

I hope I didn't get hit by myself at the beginning.

But sharp-eyed, she saw that there was no mosaic on the screen, but a line of human body structure and various scene perspectives.

So Asai realized that it shouldn't be what he thought.

"Winter, winter, winter."

She knocked on the door, and Naoki Natsume glanced back at her, visibly surprised.

"Haven't you slept so late?"

"That's exactly what I wanted to ask."

Asai walked in with a straight face, and the maid couldn't mix personal feelings when she was working...... Although it's late now, I didn't get off work when it comes to the health of the owner!

"What are you doing at this late hour?" Asai asked coldly, "I wonder if you still have classes tomorrow morning?" ”

"Hey, you have a class too! Don't say a word, and leave yourself out...... You don't want to skip class again! ”

"Now, it's me, questioning you!" Asai frowned, raised his voice a little, and the aura of the whole person came up.

Naoki Natsume shrunk his neck a little weakly, this kind of relationship probably only appeared in his house, and the maid scolded the master or something...... And the master is really weak to the maid.

Because he really can't refute it, all the house rules set by Asai are good for him.

"I'm just looking for online classes to see if there is a drawing, and then you know, I'm easy to get fascinated when I do things, and when I get hooked, I forget the time."

He glanced at the time in the lower right corner of the computer, it was already past two o'clock in the night!

It's over, it's over, it's miserable!

If she can't calm the maid's anger, tomorrow she will probably stand by the bed and watch him fall asleep before leaving!

And the whole process with the kind of "you let me work overtime, so I'm very upset, give me a good understanding of my position, you bad master!" The eyes are staring at you viciously!

"Painting online class?" Asai Mao squinted, there was really no lying on the computer screen, it was some kind of online class that only let you try one class and then have to pay for it later.

"And then?"

"Then I watched a class and followed along...... The first class was good, but after I bought it, it wasn't like that. ”

He had a few pieces of paper in front of him, and two or three pencils were thrown aside.

It turned out that he was just drawing.

Misunderstanding cleared.

"And then?" She asked again.

"I've bought four or five of these courses, and they've all been like this, so I'm ......"

It turned out that it wasn't too fast just now, but I felt upset and looked decadent.

The misunderstanding was cleared up again.

This misunderstanding was resolved and even made Asai breathe a sigh of relief, and I don't know why.

"Why are you searching for paintings?"

"Uh...... A friend of mine is more concerned. Naoki Natsume casually said about his friend, because he knew that if he told the truth, with Asai's temper and the so-called maid's manual, she would definitely learn to draw to help him.

But he didn't want to make Asai so tired, she had to take care of the family and finish her studies at the same time, which seemed to him to be a heavy burden.

"Friends ......"

The first thing that came to mind was Kitahara, but she denied it.

The second thing that comes to mind is Amamiya Chizuru.

She wants to learn to draw?

Suddenly, a bold idea flashed through Mao Asai's mind.

Amamiya Chizuru wanted to learn to draw, and the woman happened to be teaching her to draw.

And that woman still lacks a chance to come into contact with Amamiya Chizuru......

Mao Asai had to think about whether this was the only good opportunity.

"I know of a painting training institution that is very professional." Asai said: "It's a brick-and-mortar store, you don't have to worry about the quality, it's absolutely reliable." ”