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Xia Chuanzou ignored her, but after confirming that she had listened, he spoke again: "Secondly—so I hope Senior can also cooperate a little. After all, the situation is special. Let's stop 'teasing' me today. We can talk about things later..."

"Eh? Nii-san~ That's so mean. You're actually saying I'm teasing you..." Kasumigaoka Shiwa was still playing her cosplay.

Xia Chuanzou's expression became complicated, and he hesitated slightly: "As for the last thing I want to say—no matter what happens later, I still want to advise Senior. If possible... please try not to do these strange things to others in the future, because most boys are easily fooled idiots. Once they are approached by cute girls, or if something is done to them, they easily misunderstand that the girls like them. In fact, boys are indeed such 'narcissistic' creatures..."

Including himself. When he used to pursue Senior, every time she teased him, he would inevitably start to think wildly, wondering if she had fallen in love with him. Then this idea grew stronger and stronger, and finally he made up his mind to confess—and then it became what it is now.

"..." Kasumigaoka Shiwa didn't speak this time, but her face visibly darkened.

Xia Chuanzou could even directly observe that her legs had begun to tremble slightly—that was a sign that she was in a bad mood, and the greater the amplitude and frequency of the tremor, the worse her mood was.

Xia Chuanzou: "..."

He really shouldn't have said it, shouldn't have directly denied the other party's way of life.

From this point of view, it was more like he was satirizing her for not considering other people's feelings than advising her.

That's what he thought, thinking that Kasumigaoka Shiwa was angry about this.

However, in reality, the only reason why Kasumigaoka Shiwa, who was sitting in front of him, had a gloomy face was—how dare this junior think that she was the kind of person who would do this to anyone?

Who did he think she was?

She was the proud Kasumigaoka Shiwa!

After realizing that her feelings for Aki Tomoya were only gratitude for his strong support as a reader, her true feelings had already been completely entrusted to him—Xia Chuanzou! As for other people, she wasn't even willing to say a polite word!

"So you mean... I would treat anyone the way I treat you?" Kasumigaoka Shiwa's face was gloomy. She vaguely had her own guess, but she still wanted to hear him say it again, to hear him say it again in person, "Is that... what you mean?"

"I... I'm not very sure..." Xia Chuanzou hesitated and shook his head, but his eyes also dimmed, "Actually, I've thought about it before. Is it that I'm more special to Senior, that I'm irreplaceable, but later... later I understood that Senior might treat anyone like this. The only difference is that I came first, and I couldn't be driven away, and I always appeared in your sight tirelessly, so you focused all your attention on me..."

After all, it was a "one-sided love" that ended in failure, although it didn't seem like a normal development now, but recalling it still brought a piercing pain.

"I also met many friends later, and then I discovered that it's not that the so-called unique attitude all comes from the emotion of 'like'. Sometimes it's just because too many emotions have accumulated because there hasn't been a good person to confide in, or because they are unilaterally regarded as 'very good friends' so they can make all kinds of contact... But I took those as... other feelings, and as a result, I made some wrong decisions..."

In the final analysis, his misjudgment of himself and others was completely derived from his previous impressions. He had preconceived that the other party was still the same, and that he could get other people's favor and love as long as he "copied the answer."

In fact, this simply wouldn't work, because he didn't put his true self into it at all.

Therefore, even if he succeeded in the end, he might not become much happier, and might even feel more empty—because what they were looking at was not him, but the shell that had always been active in their eyes, only existing on the screen.

But it will never happen again in the future. He had already decided to face them and his friends with his true self. If they could still accept and recognize him at that time... then he would truly feel happy and joyful.

"Sorry for saying so much nonsense to you... I think I should go out first..." Xia Chuanzou felt a little guilty. He felt that his emotions seemed a bit heavy, and not everyone was willing to listen to him share such things.

But when he wanted to stand up, his shoulders were suddenly held down by Senior, who had approached him.

"No, I don't think it's nonsense at all." Unbeknownst to him, Kasumigaoka Shiwa's face had long returned to normal. In fact, the only thing she really cared about was the other party's thoughts, and as early as when he said that he "didn't know" and the subsequent explanation, her mood slowly and completely relaxed. After that, all that was left was patiently listening to his self-description.

She was worthy of being a literary girl. From the other party's self-description, she also roughly understood many things—those parts that he had never shown her were now generously revealed... It was "those friends" in his mouth that made her particularly concerned.

—She smelled the scent of a sneaky cat.

Of course, not only these, but she also listened carefully to everything else, so she understood very well that her junior was still misunderstanding one thing—she didn't treat everyone like this, clearly only he could get such "preferential treatment."

As for now... it was her turn to clarify.

"Actually..." She took a deep breath, then looked into his eyes, her expression more serious than ever, "Junior..."

"..." Xia Chuanzou looked up.

"I'm not so good-tempered with everyone."

Xia Chuanzou "..."

No, Senior, are you serious?

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Xia Chuanzou was dumbfounded.

He saw Kasumigaoka Shiwa putting on a very serious posture, thinking that she would at least say something to comfort him, or something more solemn, right?

As a result, the first thing she said was "I'm not so good-tempered with everyone"...

Excuse me? Senior, are you really serious? Can this be called easy to get along with?

Logically speaking, he didn't think that always being teased and liking to see him make a fool of himself could reflect a person's kindness. Perhaps he used to think so, but since he knew that Senior hadn't fallen in love with him, he would never misunderstand again.

Of course, he also understood that perhaps for Senior, this kind of attitude was just a way to show recognition of the intimacy between the two, but for him, the person involved, it was actually quite tormenting.

In the end, he was really a very healthy boy in body and mind, and dealing with him with Senior's always ambiguous and charming posture, even if it wouldn't cause misunderstandings in the brain, it was certain to cause misunderstandings in his little brother!

Because that thing sometimes really doesn't listen!

Of course, there are solutions, but you can't always expect him to release himself before he comes out to meet people, right?

Moreover, if it happens too many times, it feels like he can become Kasumigaoka Pavlov Shiwa's dog!

He doesn't want that kind of good self-management skill that clearly hasn't been trained but actively trains himself!

"..." Seeing Xia Chuanzou's very strange expression, Kasumigaoka Shiwa narrowed her eyes suspiciously, feeling that what he was thinking about was not on the same channel as what she was thinking. So she spoke again:

"Are you sure you can understand what I mean? I mean... my attitude towards you is very unique."

"Yes, I'm very sure." Xia Chuanzou nodded. How could he not be sure? Just based on the fact that you always like to tease him, he can understand what kind of person you are.

As the saying goes—when there is a problem, Senior can be the biggest help; when there is no problem, Senior is completely the biggest problem.

When facing strangers, I am cold and aloof; when facing friends, I strike with heavy fists! Isn't this your way of life? You're simply bad to the core, Senior!

"Okay... anyway, it's good that you understand." Kasumigaoka Shiwa nodded with satisfaction.

She definitely couldn't imagine what was going on in the mind of the junior in front of her. After all, in her impression, this junior was still the guy who understood her very well and always hit her target. Although he always seemed particularly clumsy in some aspects, this was also a part of him that she liked, and she didn't want to abandon it, nor could she abandon it.

She thought that Xia Chuanzou had already understood, understood that he was a unique and irreplaceable existence to her.

She even felt that the misunderstanding between the two had actually been slowly resolved in her active actions—after all, how could any girl keep trying to get close after rejecting a boy's confession, and even actively do so many intimate things? At least in her opinion, such a girl simply doesn't exist, unless she is a natural bitch who likes this kind of tune, but she is not such a person.

Then the reason why her junior was still rejecting her and hadn't chosen to accept her was very clear—he was still brooding over the failure of the previous confession.

This was normal. After all, he had pursued her so hard, so wholeheartedly, and so passionately, but she had rejected him because of her inexplicable wish. Although the most important reason was that she hadn't made herself clear, hadn't clearly told him her true thoughts—I hope you can contact me with a more authentic self.

This led to the parting of ways between the two.

So she could completely understand the other party's thoughts, understand that he might have the idea that "this is unfair," understand that he "also wants to be actively watched" and even "wants to be actively cared for and pursued."

Although these juniors would definitely not be willing to say it explicitly, she, as a literary girl, could perceive it herself! Then of course she was willing to satisfy him. After all, love should also be a mutual effort. He took the initiative before, and now it's her turn, which is very fair.

And she originally thought that things would go according to plan. Anyway, her junior hadn't had a very good relationship with anyone until now, and there was no sign that he was about to start a relationship, but from his self-confessed words just now, she keenly realized that something was unusual.

Those frequently appearing words such as "like" and "emotion" made her realize in an instant that countless sneaky cats had contacted her junior without her knowing it. Although she didn't know why those lowly women brought not-so-good experiences to her junior...

But these didn't matter! It was their business to make mistakes, but she couldn't treat her opponents as real fools!

So—the strategy is about to speed up, ya! She will never let her junior go.

"Then I have another question, and I hope Junior can answer me seriously..." Kasumigaoka Shiwa stared intently at Xia Chuanzou's eyes, and forced him to maintain eye contact with her, "And don't lie to me."

"..." Xia Chuanzou frowned suspiciously, but still nodded decisively, "Okay, ask away."

The most basic point of heart-to-heart talk is naturally to be sincere, which he had already done when he took the lead in starting the topic.

"Your friends... are those friends you mentioned just now, are they all girls?" Senior carefully observed his appearance, not letting go of any details.

"...Ah?" Xia Chuanzou's expression suddenly became strange. Did this have anything to do with their current conversation? "No, why are you suddenly asking this?"

"Never mind, just tell me seriously, is it or isn't it?" Senior naturally wouldn't give up.

"Uh... mostly yes." So Xia Chuanzou thought carefully before speaking again, "After all, boys... we are actually very carefree. As long as we are happy in our daily lives, we don't consider so many things."

Before coming to this world, he had no friends at all. What he could learn from the screen was that "love is stronger than friendship," so he eagerly hoped to get a lasting recognition and companionship. But after truly integrating into real life, he realized that friendship was clearly a more reliable thing!

Not only is it much easier to obtain than love, but it also doesn't require a huge amount of effort to maintain carefully. The key is that it's not even limited by gender, so the difficulty has dropped by more than one level? It can simply be said to be free.

He even started to suspect that the previous version of himself in that world was really a fool, who never understood such a simple principle.

Hearing Xia Chuanzou's answer, Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu's expression visibly relaxed, but she still felt a little unsure, so she simply changed to a more explicit way of asking, "Then, how do you view those girls? Do you like them, or do you hate them? Any thoughts are fine, but it would be even better if you could be more detailed."

Xia Chuanzou: "???"

When he asked this question, it wasn't that he had a problem, but that he felt that you had a problem, Senior!

What kind of questions are these? Can you at least care about his feelings first? Stop asking these irrelevant things!

"No, Senior, can you ask something… more meaningful?"

"This is very meaningful! And don't change the subject, just answer me directly. I promise I won't ask after this question, okay?"

Xia Chuanzou: "…"

What else could he say?

"If you insist on asking how I see them… naturally, I like them, right?" Xia Chuanzou looked like it was a given. Getting along with everyone made him very happy, and he was gradually becoming greedy for this feeling, so he was sure that it was a feeling of liking. "After all, everyone is a good kid, and it would be even better if we could always be good friends."

"…!" Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu was stunned at first. Hearing "like" made her feel a little uneasy, but the words that followed made her feel a burst of joy.

What, so that's what "like" means. What did I think it was…

"Well, since that's the case… okay, I have no more questions. That's all I need."

After confirming the most crucial thing, everything else became irrelevant. She even felt that she had everything under control. The little junior was like an insect trapped in her web, unable to escape her grasp.

She could even eat him whenever she wanted… depending on her mood!

Hmph… now, that poor golden-haired loser is truly going to solidify that title.

Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu's face was full of joy, and this quickly integrated into her subsequent actions.

And seeing Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu's mood change from irritability at the beginning to seriousness and finally to her current state of joy, Xia Chuanzou was actually confused the whole time.

He originally thought that he was the one in control of the conversation, first sincerely expressing his views and concerns, then reasoning with her and appealing to her emotions, advising Senior not to—at least not tonight—do things that would make him excited and aroused, and finally, he stumbled upon a self-analysis summary, hoping to evoke some empathy from Senior and understand his feelings.

But the result was this—Senior inexplicably asked him a lot of things that had nothing to do with the matter at hand, but in the end, she was satisfied and happy?

She's really weird like this! In every sense of the word.

But what made him most indignant was, what about him? What about his feelings? Can she at least care more about his thoughts, like not sticking so close to him for no reason—because her breasts are completely touching his arm!

Looking at Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu's inexplicable behavior of sticking to him… he really couldn't bear to look.

This yukata is quite loose, but it can't completely cover Senior's body—because Senior is bigger. This was already evident when she was playing cosplay and bowing down earlier. Now that she's sticking to him so intimately, people can further feel that heavy weight.

"Senior, I think it's better not to get too close…"

"Eh? Why, Nii-san~, don't you like Imomao~?" Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu blinked, and seeing his troubled look, she became even more interested. "I just want to get closer to Nii-san~, is that not allowed… ?"

"…"

Xia Chuanzou didn't answer, but silently chanted 'calm down, calm down' in his heart.

If he wants to maintain his qualifications as a human being, he must calm down…

"Hey, hey, Nii-san~, what are you doing? Why are you closing your eyes? Look at Imomao~ properly…" She found it more and more interesting, and Junior's shrinking appearance was so cute.

So she simply turned her body a little and completely挟住his arm.

"Ugh…"

Although she was a little shy herself, it was still within an acceptable range. On the other hand, Junior looked like he was already incredibly shaken.

So her mood became even more joyful, and she once again put on her usual seductive tone and teased, "Nii-san~ is so mean, ignoring Imomao~. I'm going to play a prank!"

"…"

Seeing him ignoring her, the corners of her mouth rose again, and then she slightly raised her body and leaned forward, approaching his ear and gently blowing air into it.

"Keeping your eyes closed isn't something a boy should do, you know?"

Then, as if she suddenly had an idea, she saw his slightly trembling earlobe, and mischievously opened her mouth and gently nibbled on it.

Making a "zi zi" friction sound.

"…"

"…"

Fucking hell, can't calm down at all!