Sakakihara has been a bit confused lately.

At the beginning of the new semester, two step-in-laws entered the family, which seemed to bring many changes to his life.

Nine glasses in the sea of the sky, seven bright moons in the sky and the sea, two beautiful girls like cherry blossoms in April, Sakakihara Le has always wanted to get along with them as a brother.

This is supposed to be a peaceful and beautiful life.

But why do you feel like a Shura field when you stay with your three younger sisters?

Thursday, early in the morning of the day before the test.

Sakakihara held his head and looked at the ceiling intently.

I keep recalling the shadows of the two people in my mind-

Jiu Liuli, who helps him tidy up his collar, likes to call his brother and Qi Mingyue, who is arguing with himself.

He felt like they had taken up most of his life.

Like them?

No, it's impossible, it's like being a sister control, it's absolutely impossible.

As an elder brother, he occasionally takes care of them in this family.

They're very good.

But Sakakihara didn't feel like he was falling behind them.

[Man is not born great, but shows his greatness in growth]

As long as you work hard and study hard, you can achieve progress on your own, instead of being like that drunkard father, who doesn't want to make progress, and only uses alcohol to drown his sorrows all day long, complaining about the injustice of society to him.

A decadent life has never been what you want.

Sakakihara glanced at the time on his phone, and found that it was half past six, so he turned over and got up directly.

When he brushed his teeth and rinsed his mouth, washed his face, and walked out of the bathroom with his mouthwash cup, Sakakihara happened to see a flaxen-colored long-haired girl standing on the balcony looking at the sea breeze.

She had a slender back, wearing only a white summer dress, and the white silk around her waist fluttered in the wind.

It's Tianhai... Seven bright moons.

Sakakihara hesitated for a moment, then recognized.

The side face bathed in the morning light has a serene beauty, obviously just standing in place, facing the blowing sea breeze, but it is so beautiful that it looks like a brightly colored watercolor painting.

He stopped, and couldn't help but glance over the balcony.

Sakakihara wanted to know what she was looking at, and placed the mouthwash cup on the coffee table and stepped across the glass sliding door of the living room.

"Good morning, brother." Tianhai Qi Mingyue didn't look back, but knew that he had come behind him.

"Good morning. You got up so early today? ”

"Wake up early to see the sunrise." The seven bright moons in the sky and sea looked at the clear blue sky, and their voices were smooth and ethereal.

"Twilight return to the birds?" Sakakihara tried to take the next sentence.

"It's the twilight bird. My brother is not a lover of poetry, why do I know so much, Chinese still does not sound any accent. ”

Sakakihara leaned his hands folded on the balcony railing, looked at the harbor in Tokyo Bay, and said, "Everyone has secrets, and if I tell them, you may not believe them." ”

The seven bright moons of the sky and the sea did not delve into it.

"Then does today's brother like Qi Mingyue?"

"I can only say, barely."

"Reluctantly?"

"You have a bad personality, arrogant, narcissistic, and very cautious, and you have nothing to praise except for your beautiful appearance." Sakakihara Le nodded and said, the so-called head is the Tao is probably like him.

An imperceptible smile appeared at the corner of Tianhai Qimingyue's mouth: "Really? But Qi Mingyue feels that on the premise of beautiful appearance, the shortcomings mentioned by the above brother can be collectively called one advantage - self-confidence. ”

"Being overconfident is pride, and that's a disadvantage."

"Perfect pride also requires enough strength, Qi Mingyue is quite self-aware."

"Brother must know that Qi Mingyue is the only girl who has worn a wedding dress for you, and you are also the only man who has touched my feet."

Why did you suddenly say such ambiguous things... Although her voice was completely inaudible.

“...... It's just a wedding photo shoot and a foot bandage. By the way, why do you love wedding dresses? ”

"Everybody has secrets."

Sakakihara also smiled when he heard his answer just now: "After all, no girl will casually agree to take wedding photos without being engaged." ”

"Not necessarily, my mom wore a wedding dress and took art photos before she got married." The eyes of the seven bright moons in the sky and the sea were like jewels, looking at the blue sea and the blue sky, "Of course, the most important question... It's that my brother's current favorability is not enough. ”

"Meaning I can't get your answer yet, right?"

"My brother has become wiser. But if only I could be smarter. ”

Smarter?

Sakakihara began to understand the deeper meaning of her words.

Make yourself smarter.

With the narcissistic mind of Tianhai Qi Mingyue, I guess I want to say: If you are a little smarter, you can barely reach the end of her.

"You mean I'm inferior to you?"

Tianhai Qimingyue did not deny: "Brother can try it, I will take the monthly exam soon." ”

Although the exam does not prove how smart a person can be, in this matter, Sakakihara Le has full confidence to pass the test for Qimingyue.

Nonsense, she teaches her math by herself, can she not know her level?

Sakakihara laughed, "Yes." ”

"There is one more competition, and it would be a pity if there was no gambling treaty. If my ranking exceeds that of my brother, my brother remembers to promise Qi Mingyue one thing, anything. ”

"What's the matter? It's sincere enough to accompany you to shoot a wedding dress. ”

"Brother, have you ever seen a novel that will write a bet in advance?"

"Got it, that's called keeping the mystery alive."

"Brother scared?"

"Your radical technique is inevitably too low-level," Sakakihara paused for a second, "but for the sake of your sincerity, I agreed." And if I win you, I don't want you to do anything, just don't say to me, 'I like Qimingyue.'" ”

"The method of agitation is not about whether it is advanced or not, but whether it is useful," Tianhai Qi Mingyue shook his head, "And my brother is really not honest at all, why do you have to deny the established facts?" ”

It's not that he denies it, but he actually prefers Jiu Liuli more than Qi Mingyue.

Although the two have the same appearance, the same height, and the same figure.

But for him, Jiuliuli's gentle and elegant character is still a little more intimate.

Usually when she cooks and washes the dishes by herself, she will take the initiative to come up and smile at herself, and then help herself with her heart.

She is sunny, hardworking, humble and exudes confidence.

In the archery department, too, sitting behind her and watching her shooting posture will always be infected by her serious temperament.

"Brother can't be thinking about his sister, right?"

"Huh...?"

"Qi Mingyue can tell her brother that although my sister respects her brother very much and is very grateful for her brother's dedication to the family, her favorability towards her brother is actually not as high as Qi Mingyue."

"You... Have a liking for me?! Like to talk to me? ”

"There's nothing wrong with that."

"What other interactions do I have with you besides bickering? There was a little more contact when I photographed the wedding dress, but it wasn't still a bickering throughout the whole process. ”

Tianhai Qimingyue didn't speak anymore, she continued to look at the blue sky, and her eyes followed a seagull flying with wings soaring, flying into the distance.

She won't like herself, will she?

No, absolutely not, this is one of the three major illusions of life.

And when Qi Mingyue shoots wedding dresses, she is more intentional to tease herself to have fun.

Carrying her back may get a little bit of goodwill.

But that's definitely just a little bit, and there will be no liking emotions in it at all.

Sum up.

Qi Mingyue will not like herself.

Sakakihara was happy to see that she had no intention of continuing to talk to herself, so she said:

"I'm going to help you prepare breakfast and lunch boxes."

"Well, hard work brother." The seven bright moons of the sky and sea still looked at the blue sky and felt the sea breeze, as if she liked this feeling very much.

The usual state of Tianhai Qimingyue is an expressionless mouthless girl, and if she is slightly interested, she is a pleasure offender who will secretly be happy in her heart.

With this in mind, Sakakihara walked back to the living room, and within two steps of his walk, he noticed a head staring at him by the wall, and when he looked over, the head immediately retracted.

It's Suzu.

What has she been peeking at lately?

Sakakihara glanced in that direction one more time, then walked to the kitchen and began to prepare for today's breakfast and lunch.

Tomorrow's monthly test, it's time to refuel.

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The Monday after the monthly test.

In the afternoon classroom, desks piled with textbooks, curtains blown by the wind, and neatly stacked lunch boxes that have just been eaten in front of them.

Students walked back to the classroom from the cafeteria in groups of threes, talking and laughing about interesting things on campus.

As soon as the monthly test ended, everyone was obviously relaxed.

Sakakihara Raku held his face with his right hand, the breeze of green leaves outside the window curled the hair on his forehead, and he pressed the cap of the mechanical pencil back and forth with his right hand, thinking about whether to try to fall in love while the monthly test was over.

But love is really not something that can be talked about.

Take the initiative to confess one?

No, no, no, I don't have that kind of girl I particularly like.

Because I want to fall in love, I just find a random girl to confess rashly, which is too shocking.

Can the other party say yes?

I don't know why, I thought about it, and I thought of Jiuliuli again.

Under her long flaxen hair, she has a beautiful smile like cherry blossoms.

An indescribable feeling in his heart manipulated him to put down the mechanical pencil and pull open the notebook in front of him.

Sakakihara held his face, staring at the blank line of the notebook for a long time, and his fingertips subconsciously turned the pen shaft.

The breeze blew the curtains behind him, and the sunlight through the shade of the trees dappled and crumbled on the dark green notebook, swimming with the flutter of leaves.

He struggled for a long time, and finally used cursive to line out the big characters [Tianhai Nine Colored Glass] on the ink-scented paper.

He stared at the name for a long time.

first recalled her appearance, and then an inexplicable sense of impatience surged in my heart.

Sakakihara quickly closed the notebook.

He stopped spinning his pen, his heart beating like he had run the 100-meter race with all his might.

He thought to himself, he was eighteen in his last life, seventeen in this life, a total of thirty-five years, I'm afraid he didn't suddenly have a crush, right?

No, there shouldn't be a crush.

Can... The image of Tianhai Jiu Liuli has always lingered in her mind, how carefully she sorted out her clothes when she bought clothes for herself, wearing short-sleeved shorts, and her sunny and comfortable posture when she ran with herself... Wait, wait.

The softness of his right hand touching his neck.

and the faint fragrance that wafted from her when she approached her......

Sakakihara is not the kind of person who won't admit whether he likes it or not.

He began to imagine what would happen if he fell in love with Tianhai Jiu Liuli.

First of all, there is a high probability that she will not agree to herself, because of her identity.

Although she is very kind to herself, she can also distinguish the priorities of things.

Like... Nine glass...

Mom... I misunderstood myself and Qi Mingyue a while ago, and if I suddenly told her that I liked Jiu Liuli, I wouldn't know what eyes to look at myself with at that time.

Mom, Difficulty A

Seven bright moons in the sky and sea... A mysterious girl.,She has multiple attributes.,It's a favorite attitude towards her sister.。 It's also very difficult to snatch her sister away.

Seven bright moons, difficulty S

Suzu Sakakihara... My own sister! I don't need to tell her about love at all, but because of the identity of Jiuliuli's sister, I still have to take care of her thoughts.

Suzu Sakakibara, difficulty S

Uncle Tianhai's side, difficulty SSS.

Although I didn't have much contact with this stepfather, I only briefly exchanged a few words with him at breakfast in the morning, and then he handed over a few people's pocket money to his own familiarity.

But Sakakihara always felt that the first lawyer of the Tokyo Asuka Office was very dangerous.

A lawyer who is fluent in more than a dozen languages, he really hasn't heard of it.

It's a top-notch human being.

......

After listing all kinds of regulations, Sakakihara Le found that there were many difficulties, and it was simply difficult.

Sakakihara put down the pen in his hand, looked at the several names surrounding the nine glasses of the heavenly sea, and fell into a sullen contemplation.

But Sakakihara Le figured it out, and he really had feelings for Jiuliuli.

He happened to think of Mr. Lu Xun's words.

Use it a little.

I probably had a crush, and I couldn't figure it out horizontally or vertically, so I propped up my face and turned a pen. This mood, for no reason, looked gloomily at the pairs of pens on the table, this one is mine, and the other is also mine. But after watching it for a long time, I still have a little envy.

"Sakakihara-kun?"

"Squad leader." Sakakihara put down the hand that was holding his face, closed the notebook in an instant and raised his head, "Is there something wrong?" ”

"Sorry to disturb Sakakihara-kun's musings."

Shui Ai is still the slightly curly short hair, because of her petite figure, she has a soft smile on her face: "The monthly test results seem to have been announced, do you want to take a look together?" ”

"It's already been announced? Okay, let's go and have a look. ”

The results are posted in the atrium of the school.

Obviously, it was not only him and the squad leader who learned that the monthly test results were newly released.

By the time the two of them arrived downstairs from the classroom, the neighborhood of the bulletin board was already crowded with students.

Sakakihara happily thought about the people in the front, and observed a few more times, some were lost, some were happy, some were expressionless, some were full of despair, some encouraged themselves to make persistent efforts, and some encouraged themselves to continue to maintain their ...... It's like a campus youth version of the Qingming Riverside picture.

This monthly test is of great significance, and I heard that it will affect the second year of high school or something.

"It seems like there are a lot of people." Mizumi Ai looked over there and said.

Sakakihara said, "There's no way, it's estimated that it's only been posted for a short time." Let's go over there and stand and wait for a while. ”

"yes, okay."

Helpless, Sakakihara Le could only stand in the shade of the tree with the head of the class, waiting for the person in front of him to finish reading before speaking.

In addition, there is a campus legend about the "twin beauties", which has spread throughout the Meitoku school.

A first-year transfer student, with a powerful family and a relationship with the school director, the daughter of a certain group......

There are countless rumors like this.

But this is also normal.,Mingde Yijuku, a school that has been famous since the Edo period.,The students who attend it are originally the powerful people of the gate.,What minister's daughter.,The daughter of a group with assets of 100 billion.,The daughter of a parliamentarian.,There are all in this school.。

Legend has it that as long as any of them take a fancy to them, they can embark on a life without any effort at all.

Who doesn't want to be favored by the daughter of a powerful and good-looking wealthy family?

It was a class leap that was completed in an instant, and it was even cooler than Shuangwen's Avenue of Stars!

Of course, the premise is that you must be good enough, otherwise even if you are willing to join the other party, you may not agree.

The longer I enrolled, the more I learned about this school, and the more I realized that Ah Ling could spend millions of yen to attend this school, and it would not work without Uncle Tianhai's help.

The students who looked at the monthly test rankings in front of them were talking about something. Occasionally, you can hear discussions about the surname "Amami", and some keywords such as "first" and "second".

Sakakihara frowned.

"Amami-san, is it really Sakakihara-kun's sister?" Ai Mizumi stood beside him, and her heart was entangled for a while, and finally she asked him this question.

Sakakihara retracted his thoughts, but his eyes continued to look at the bulletin board, "Ah, yes, but I've only known each other for a short time." ”

"Is it a combined family?"

"That's right."

"Tianhai's family... No, it should be Sakakihara-kun's house, can you take the liberty of asking, what is it for? ”

The class leader had apparently heard the rumors as well.

"It's nothing, Uncle Tianhai is just a lawyer."

"Lawyer? But everyone said that the families of the two Tianhai classmates had a lot to do with the school, and they also said that they were the daughters of a certain group's chaebols. ”

"It's all rumors that are exaggerated. But it definitely has something to do with the school, but I don't know. ”

Wait until the crowd has dispersed a little.

Sakakihara led the class leader into the crowd and began to search for his name on the first-grade list.

For this monthly test, he is quite confident, and the results of a few weeks of hard work can be defeated so easily?!

First place, Tianhai Nine Glass

Second place, Seven Bright Moons in the Sky and Sea

Third place, Nana Chida

3rd place, Raku Sakakihara (tie)

Sakakihara Le's face twitched directly, and his heart trembled.

Something is wrong, something is not right at all!

Tianhai Jiuliuli is just that, her learning skills are better than herself.

But what the hell is Tianhai Qimingyue, isn't she a mess of math?

Shady, absolutely shady!

Sakakihara Le, who originally thought that he could suppress Qi Mingyue by relying on mathematics, could already imagine the contemptuous face of Qi Mingyue when he went to the Faculty of Letters.

Didn't my brother say that he could definitely get higher than Qi Mingyue? ’

The noisy discussion near the bulletin board continued to fill his ears, and Sakakihara calmed down as he looked at the cruel bulletin board.

Otherwise, I won't go to the Faculty of Literature in the afternoon.