[I'm back.] ]

Dragging his injured foot, Sora shouted at the empty house.

[Ah, haven't come back yet.] ]

There was no response, so he took off his shoes in the hallway and put them in the shoe cabinet and changed into slippers. Placing the uniform bag on the chair, the whole person is buried in the sofa.

Feeling the double exhaustion of body and spirit, Sora closed his eyes.

I looked up at the wall clock, and after something like that happened at school, it was only past six o'clock at this time.

[Cooking, cooking, ah, I don't really want to move~] I patted my face with my empty hand and forced myself to be a little motivated.

I'm struggling with what to do every day, but today I want to keep it simple. I took out the hamburger meat and burdock stored in the refrigerator, according to the original idea, the burdock was for the holidays, but after thinking about it, I made it easy, and it wasn't bad anyway.

Wash the rice, pour in the right amount of water and put it in the rice cooker, then process the burdock and hamburger meat.

[What should burdock do?] ]

I muttered to myself and tasted the taste of miso soup with a spoon.

Tonight's side dishes are miso soup, poached eggs and hamburger meat, and as for what to do with burdock, Sora picked up his phone and asked the almighty Gu G. Then shred the burdock root and dip it in salted water, then take out the leftover carrot leftovers from the previous few days from the refrigerator, fry the carrots first and then fry the shredded burdock in oil, wait until the burdock shreds are soft, add seasonings, and finally put the carrots down and stir-fry.

(Ah, I'm a genius.) ）

Looking at the fried burdock shreds with radish in front of him, he praised himself so much in his heart. Although it was found by Uetani G, the action is really full marks, but the taste is a little salty.

As I brought tonight's side dishes to the table, I heard the sound of the door opening at the entrance.

[[I'm back.] ]]

[Welcome back.] ]

The two sisters of Chiyuki and Chixia had just arrived home, and when they heard their voices, they answered at the entrance.

I glanced at the time on the rice cooker, and there were still about ten minutes before the rice was cooked.

I simply picked up a few lids and covered the plate with the side dishes, in case the rice was not cooked and the dishes were cold first.

[Brother!] ]

As soon as Sora walked to the living room, Chinatsu rushed over and hugged him. The empty moment couldn't resist and pounced, sat on the ground, and made a "bang" sound.

[Hmm~]

[Chinatsu!] Chiyuki saw the empty air sitting on the ground because of Chinatsu's pounce, and shouted out in a hurry,

[Sister Qianxue, I'm fine.] By the way, Qianxia, you didn't fall, did you? ]

Looking at Chinatsu, who seemed to be afraid to face it because she had done something wrong at this time, I was a little worried.

[Didn't you fall, why don't you get up first?] ]

I sat up straight, trying to help Chixia up.

[Brother, injured?] ]

[Huh?] Sora looked at Chinatsu with some surprise, wondering how she knew.

[Usually... can hold Chinatsu...]

[Well... Yes... How to say it... Sprained while exercising, um. ]

[Seen a doctor?] ]

[Looked, so don't worry.] Sora stroked China's head, not wanting her to be cranky.

[Hmm, it's me who made my brother's injury not heal...] Chixia lowered her head and rubbed her hands uncomfortably.

[Since you know that Sora-kun's injuries won't heal, why don't you get up quickly.] ]

As she spoke, Chiyuki grabbed the back of Chinatsu's uniform with her hand and lifted her up. Chinatsu, on the other hand, pouted awkwardly and turned her head to look elsewhere. Sora got up a little helplessly.

。

After a while, the kitchen rice cooker sounded "drip".

[Okay, let's eat, Sister Qianxue, don't be angry, it's not a big deal, it's not good to look at it with a straight face.] ]

Sora walked to the kitchen and said to Chiyuki, who was staring at Chinatsu doing her homework.

[......]

[Oops, sister~ don't be angry, QwQ]

[... Alas... The next is not an example. ]

[好呀ヽ(✿゚▽゚)ノ]

[I can't stand you (lll¬—¬)]

Like a sister who couldn't stand the cute face, Qianxue sighed helplessly.

[Alright, let's come and eat.] ]

Sora shouted to the two people in the living room, and at the same time brought the dishes and chopsticks to the dining table.

[Wow, brother's craftsmanship is awesome.] ]

[Thank you for the compliment, let's eat it quickly.] ]

[Eh~ It hurts.] ]

Sora smiled and knocked Chinatsu on the head, and Chinatsu covered her head in pain.

[Remember to wash your hands.] ]

After Qianxue reminded the two of them who were "fighting", she sat down at the dining table.

。

[I started.] ]

[I started.] ]

[I'm moving!] ]

Chixia picked up her chopsticks and started eating with fried burdock shreds.

[Didn't the burdock keep it in the refrigerator all the time, how did you take it out and fry the radish tonight?] ]

Qianxue looked at the fried burdock shreds on the table and asked with some doubts.

[Hawkers, after being injured at school, it was a little inconvenient to move when I got home, and then I didn't go to buy other ingredients, so I made do with it.] ]

Eating hamburger meat in the air responded to Chiyuki's doubts.

[Brother made it, it's delicious.] ]

[You can just like it, and besides, eat honestly, and you'll choke later.] ]

Sora looked at Qianxia like this, and was a little worried, so he got up and went to the kitchen to get another bowl, and put a bowl of miso soup next to Chinatsu.

[Hmm... Crab... Brother Crab~]

[You.] ]

Qianxue looked at Qianxia who had eaten like this, and shook her head a little helplessly.

Sora looked at such a scene and felt the warmth that he had not felt before.

(It's definitely been the happiest I've ever had in the past two months.) ）

。

[Empty, how did you do in the entrance test?] ］

After packing up the tableware and going to the living room to sit down, Qianxue took the review notes in her hand and looked at the empty space she had just sat down.

[Well, ordinary, neither good nor bad.] ］

Although Sora responded to Chiyuki's question, he didn't think it was anything to say. The questions are all within the scope of the exam, and as long as there are targeted exercises, the exam is not difficult. In addition, there is Sakura's help in Chinese, so if you are poor in the exam, is you a little sorry for Sakura, who has been coming to the study meeting all those days?

Even in different places, the questions and the way to solve the questions are similar to before, so Sora doesn't have any feelings.

If you really want to say it, it is the way the question is asked, which is relatively clear. Unlike the previous exams, where a lot of material was not given any hints, the questions at the end were very different and not directly related to the material given.

[Well, I'm afraid you won't get used to it.] ］

[Thanks to Chiyuki-san and Sakura-san.] ］

[Actually, it's mainly thanks to Sister Sakura.,Hawkers~ After all, I've been here for a few days~]

Looking at Qianxue, who was smiling evilly at this time, he raised his hands in surrender.

[I can't say that, if it weren't for Sister Qianxue's encouragement, there might not have been anything later, and I would have been scared away by my reckless behavior a long time ago.] ］

[That's too.,That's why I said you.,I don't understand girls' thoughts at all.] ］

[It's so troublesome, that's why I don't want to understand it.] ］

Sora is also aware of his indifferent personality, but he just hates trouble, and many times there is still a big difference between what he thinks and acts.

It's like thinking about the other party, but the words that come out of your mouth are thorny.

Therefore, since the beginning of the school year, some people in the class have a view of emptiness as a person with a cold personality, who speaks straightforwardly and does not care about the feelings of others, and who does not have a sense of collective honor. gives a very bad impression, even if there is a talk, but this "label" has been played on the empty body.

[But~]

[But?] ］

Sora looked at Qianxue, who was tilting his head to look at him at this time, and the other party seemed to be carefully observing himself, not knowing what he was thinking.

［... Empty, I mean, if. ］

［... If? ］

[If you change your image a little, it may be more popular with girls, and then slightly... ］

[Stop, stop, that's the only thing I can't accept.] ］

Sora hurriedly interrupted Chiyuki, who was trying to continue casting, and then continued.

[Just looking at the appearance to get close to yourself, there will definitely be no good goods, this thing is absolutely not good.] ］

[Yes, but that's true.] But if the other party doesn't interest you first, you won't even have a chance to get to know you as a person, right? ］

［...... Even so, who can accept me like this, and I don't have the extra heart to deal with this aspect of things now. ］

If you really have a girlfriend and see the hidden nature of Sora, you will definitely be disillusioned.

Sora is extremely selfish in a sense.,It's not kind and friendly to people.,Sometimes it's easy to hurt others if you don't pay attention to what you say.,Even he himself will think to himself with a wry smile.:If a girl is attracted to me.,I really want to see what kind of person the other person is.。

[I'm so unconfident in myself... Why don't I, sister, go look for you? ］

[No, it's not that I'm not confident, I just don't think I'm mature enough.] Besides, my mom definitely doesn't agree. ］

[Eh, how can you disagree?] ］

Qianxue tilted her head, as if she was thinking about something.

[Do you still need to think about this?] It must be immature and temporarily incapable of giving the other party a future. ］

[It's a strange idea, but it's hard to get back if you miss a relationship like this.] That's not what Sora thinks. ］

was asked by Qianxue, and Sora was a little stunned.

Indeed, how can an adolescent boy not want to have an experience that he can remember.

Sora is not so old-fashioned as to think that [what do you think of school life?] I just don't think there's an urgent need, so I won't try to find one.

Besides, it's not so easy to find someone you like, not to mention that you need to be in love.

[Na, you see, you can't answer either, so you don't deny that you thought so.] ］

［...... It's noisy! ］

[It's a shame.] ］

［... Yes, yes. ］

Sora had given up discussing the matter with Chiyuki, but the way Chiyuki stared at him made him feel uncomfortable.

［... If it's empty, if there's someone you like, it's going to change. After all, a boy like Sora must be able to selfishly give her all the good and spoil her to the sky. ］

[Whatever you may say, this kind of thing is impossible.] ］

Sora can't imagine himself like that at all, and it is absolutely impossible for such a situation to happen, so he took Qianxue's words as the wind in his ears.

Qianxue looked at such an empty ...... with helpless eyes Then he suddenly looked away, and a smile appeared on his face.

(My brother is so cute~)

Qianxue's whispered words did not escape the empty ears, but he did not show it, after all, saying that boys are cute? No, no, no, the word doesn't apply to the empty at all.

【～】

(Knock Knock)

With the sound of footsteps and music, Chinatsu ran down the stairs with a tablet.

[Sister, brother, dad he called.] ］

[Okay, let's answer it.] ］

Chiyuki asked Chinatsu to sit next to her, looked at the phone that displayed "video call invitation from [Dad]", and stood behind the sofa where the two were sitting so that the camera could shine on her.

After the video was connected, what caught my eye was a very young appearance, this was the first time Sora had seen him, after all, this young appearance really made people can't tell that he was a forty-two-year-old person, aside from Sora's subjective opinion, he still maintained a look of about thirty years old.

Looking at the handsome appearance of the other party, which can be called the face of a young student, I understand that this is genetic inheritance (T^T).

[Sora, the first time we met, the girls didn't trouble you, did they?] ］

As soon as he connected the phone, Bodao said this to the air.

[Ah, father, why do you ask my brother when I call, don't you care about your little baby?] ］

Chixia sneered at her father on the other side of the screen, and he scratched his head.

[How so?] That's what I care about. ］

[hum~<] (｀^´)&gt; ］

Looking at the interaction between Qianxia and Uncle Bodao, Sora was a little helpless, after all, the father and daughter hadn't seen each other for a long time, and it was normal for them to be coquettish or something.

[Okay Qianxia, don't embarrass Uncle Bodao.] ］

[hum (;) ¬_¬)］

Sora rubbed Chinatsu's head, who quieted down a little.

[Uncle Bodao, thanks to Qianxue Qianxia and the two of them, it was I who caused trouble for them.] ］

[That's good, I'm worried you're not used to it.] After all, this is the first time we've met, and it's been a really hard time for you in the past few months. I'll introduce myself again, I'm Hiromichi Takakura, Chiyuki's father, and Airi has already told me a lot about you. Then, thank you for taking care of them all the time. ］

[Ah no, no, no, no, it's clear that I've been taken care of a lot.] ］

[Oops!] You don't have to be so modest, I still know what they look like. ］

[I'm sorry to worry you, father~]

It had been Sora and Bodao chatting all the time, and Qianxue, who was left aside, suddenly said something full of resentment.

[Ahhh You two are my little liver. ］

Bodao hurriedly explained, but he was more worried that he was not used to it here.

[What is careful about the liver?] ］

[Aha~ Airi, I'm talking about Qianxue Qianxia, and there is absolutely no other careful liver. You're my baby~]

A woman suddenly appeared in the video screen, she grabbed Bodao's ear, and Bodao shouted in pain and hurriedly explained.

[Ahh Mama Auri! ］

Chixia shouted, and the woman who appeared on the screen behind her was Sora's biological mother, Airi Imaizumi.

[Eh~ Xiaoxia is still so cute, I really want to rub it in my arms, Xiaoxue is also more and more slim. （＾_-）］

[No, it's still the same, Mother.] ］

[How so?] Don't be humble. ］

Prior to this, for some reason, Chiyuki Chixia had lived with her mother Airi for a while, and of course, during that time, Sora had been living on her own in the country. Even now, the topic is still on Qianxue Qianxia.

[And ah, empty... ］

[What's wrong?] ］

[You didn't bully the two sisters, did you?] ］

[Huh?] That's what you said to me at the beginning, and I felt very uncomfortable. How could this possibly bully them? ］

[That's good, I'm still afraid that you will bully them, after all, you speak straight... ］

[uh... ］

[And a little selfish...] ］

[etc...] ］

[And sometimes self-centered.] ］

[Slow, how come I didn't know I was so bad?] ］

[Because you're stupid~]

[Okay, read, pass.] ］

Sora has given up on preventing Airi from talking about his shortcomings, and although Sora doesn't want to admit it, he was indeed such a person before coming here.

After that incident, I became immersed in my own world and stopped paying attention to the feelings of the people around me.

Of course, now I'm not! Absolutely, no!

When I was in China, because my mother was deeply influenced by the domestic education policy, she took the "reasonable and correct three views" as the education policy, and asked me if I had bullied Qianxue Qianxia, and I could just ask the person concerned. She came to ask me, just because she was afraid that I didn't take good care of them.

No matter how you say it, you have the ability to do it but don't do it, and you leave things to others while you enjoy them on the sidelines. This kind of thing, hollow heart is absolutely not going to go, of course, I want to do my best to take care of the two sisters.

Airi was also relieved after hearing Sora's impatient answer, and then pulled the topic back to Chiyuki Chinatsu.

[Sora has caused trouble for both of you, I really don't know how to thank you.] ］

[No, no, my brother is very good to us, if you insist on saying it, but we are causing him trouble (.] •̀ᴗ-)✧］

[Mother don't worry, Sora is also our family, so there's nothing to worry about.] ］

［... That's good, that's good. ］

[Oh, children just get along with each other, why do you still shed tears?] ］

[I'm so happy that I'm in tears, okay.] ］

[Yes, yes, yes.] ］

When Airi heard what the sisters said, she didn't know what she remembered, and after hearing the sisters look at emptiness like this, she was a little moved, and tears flowed out unconsciously.

[Obviously, the boss is not small, and he is still crying... Target... ］

Sora pouted a little staggeringly, but his eyes drifted to the side, not looking at the screen of the tablet.

He was afraid that Aili would see tears in the corners of his eyes, so he could only hold back. He knew what his mother remembered and why she was crying. But this kind of thing, Sora doesn't want to say much, just turning his head and not wanting the other party to see him like this, and he doesn't want her to worry too much about herself.

[Nothing, just a little fun to see how well you guys get along.] You don't want to cause them too much trouble. ］

[Annoying, really verbose.] ］

Sora tried not to let his tone change too much, and after sorting out his emotions a little, he looked at the screen.

[Let's go on a trip with Uncle Bodao, there are actually no big problems here, don't worry.] ］

[After all, you're all my children, so it's okay for me to care, right?] ］

[Brother, what I think in my heart is inconsistent with what I say.] ］

[Hearts and mouths are mixed.] ］

[Don't make sure you two know me very well.] ］

I reached out and patted them both on the head, and Chiyuki grabbed my hand with her backhand and shook it off, while Chinatsu held her brain.

Looking at such a picture, a soft smile also appeared on the other end of the video call.

[Since it's a family, this kind of interaction can happen, but it can't be like this all the time.] ］

[I see.] ］

Since just now, Uncle Bo Dao has not been able to interject, but is coaxing love, looking at this side from time to time, and nodding to me.

[If you feel that Sora has done something wrong, I hope you can tell him clearly.] Sora is not a frank person, and many times he prefers to hold it in his heart, but in fact, he has always been called an honest person at that time, and what he doesn't like will be changed immediately. Qianxue is a sister, but you have to supervise him well. ］

［... Well, I know. He was much gentler than he looked. ］

Although sometimes Sora doesn't like his mother's verbosity very much, the chat partner at this time is family, so Sora is embarrassed to say anything else.

[Thank you for finally hearing a positive review, I'm grateful.] ］

He folded his hands and thanked the two people who made positive comments.

。

Later, Airi talked a lot about Qianxue and Qianxia, while the two men were left aside in a daze.

The three girls laughed from time to time, and this picture can only be said, GOOD.

That's all there is to talk about among girls, right? Chatting and chatting and forgetting the time.

It wasn't until Chixia began to yawn, and Airi looked at the time and realized that they had been talking for three hours, and from more than eight o'clock to now, they could only say that they were worthy of them.

Then, Sora hugged Qianxia, who was already yawning and couldn't get up, and went back to the room to rest.

Of course, there was also the phrase "I really deserve to be my brother" in the tablet.

During the period when Qianxue settled Qianxia in the air, she talked to Airi about other things and hung up the phone.

Sora is lying in bed.,Remembering everything that happened today.,Although something like that happened at school.,But with Sakura's help.,Let Sora feel not very uncomfortable.。。

And after returning home, the interaction with Qianxue Qianxia, and the chat with her mother and Uncle Bodao, I couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

[This... It is... Family... Bar... ］