Chapter 170 The Reason for Secondary Development

After Shimizu Reina said she liked him, the redness on her face was like a blooming peach blossom, quickly spreading from her cheeks to her ears, and even her neck was stained with a faint blush.

Her eyes flickered with shyness, but she still met Shimizu's gaze firmly.

It looked like he was expecting something...

"In that case, what is there to worry about?"

Shimizu shrugged and said in a relaxed tone.

"Huh? What...what's going on?!"

Somehow, Shimizu Reina looked a little disappointed.

"Aren't you saying you like yourself?" Qing Shuijian asked in confusion.

"Yes... that's right... but..."

Shimizu Reina hesitated, unable to organize what she wanted to say.

"Anyway, it must be about some teenage girl's troubles again, right?"

"Ah, it feels like my brother has suddenly become like my mother..."

The girl's innocent look suddenly uttered these words, which made Shimizu feel troubled.

"..."

Shimizu Mitsuma never thought that one day he would be compared to a mother by Shimizu Reina, so was she complaining that he was nagging...that was really going too far.

"Oh, but it doesn't matter."

Qing Shuijian sighed softly.

"…What's the matter?"

"Because this is Reina. No matter what, this is you now."

"…Why did my brother suddenly say something like that?"

Shimizu Reina cast a questioning look at me.

"No matter what the opportunity and motivation are, you want to make a change and work towards the ideal image in your mind, right?"

In Shimizumi's opinion, the reason why a high school girl works so hard to change herself is most likely because she has someone she likes.

If so, who could it be?

However, based on the current situation, Shimizu Mi did not notice that Shimizu Reina had too much contact with any particular boy at school.

On the one hand, I am worried that Shimizu Reina might fall in love too early, and she is likely to meet a bad man.

But on the other hand, at his age, Shimizu Mi really doesn't want to be treated as a mother anymore, and he can always find time to be alone with Shimizu Reina, so he temporarily gave up the idea of ​​asking this question.

"Well, um..."

Shimizu Reina nodded from time to time and seemed to be listening carefully to Shimizu Ken's words.

"Besides, you just said you like yourself now, right?"

"Um……"

"So don't worry about it."

Shimizu Ken reached out his hand again and tapped Shimizu Reina's forehead.

But maybe she used a little more force this time, and Shimizu Reina pouted with a little dissatisfaction.

"…I always feel unwilling."

"Ok?"

"I feel like I was deceived by my brother's sweet talk."

"I said..."

Just as Shimizu was about to speak, Shimizu Reina picked up her chopsticks and turned her attention to the dinner in front of her.

"Brother, you idiot..."

Shimizu Jian didn't miss the complaining murmurs that Shimizu Reina made while chewing.

"That's why I told you not to talk while eating."

Finally, under the supervision of Shimizu Mi, Shimizu Reina obediently finished her dinner.

After dinner, the important issue that immediately arises is how to allocate sleeping rooms.

In the past few days, Shimizu Mie slept on the sofa and gave the only room to Shimizu Reina.

After all, he couldn't possibly let his sister sleep in the living room, and it wasn't appropriate for them at their age to sleep in the same room.

But today, Rena Shimizu insisted that Shimizu Ken go back to his room to sleep, while she slept on the sofa.

Even if it wasn't out of special care for the injured, Rena Shimizu must have felt guilty about having her brother sleep on the sofa all the time.

"You'll catch a cold if you sleep in the living room like this."

Shimizu Mi wanted to persuade Shimizu Reina to go to her room and sleep, but was flatly rejected.

"Won't my brother catch a cold if he sleeps here?"

Reina Shimizu, who had just gotten out of the bath and was wearing a hooded panda pajamas, was combing her long pink hair, which had not yet dried, in front of her as she spoke with reason.

In addition, Shimizu Mi also noticed that next to Shimizu Reina, there was a neatly placed gray rabbit doll sitting on the sofa.

Shimizu Mi had never seen this doll with Shimizu Reina before, and guessed it was brought from her home.

Intuition told Shimizu Mi that this rabbit doll had a very special meaning to Shimizu Reina.

So much so that even when I go to sleep, I don't forget to keep it carefully beside me.

"Anyway, let's go to the room and sleep."

Shimizu Ken issued an ultimatum, not asking for her opinion. After he finished speaking, he took Shimizu Reina's hand and wanted to take her to the room.

Unexpectedly, Shimizu Reina stared into his eyes and asked without blinking, "Brother, are you coming with me?"

"How is that possible? Let's not talk about whether you are willing or not. First of all, the single bed is not big enough for two people to sleep in. If you insist on squeezing in, I'm afraid you will have to lie on me."

Shimizumi replied.

"That... is not impossible."

Shimizu Reina whispered softly.

"Stop joking and sleep in bed alone."

Then, Shimizu Reina broke free from Shimizu Jian's hand, and in a posture like a face-palming, she lay down on the sofa, covered her face with it, and said in a muffled voice: "I want to sleep here."

Upon hearing this, Shimizu Michi glanced at Shimizu Reina's body, finally stopping at her knuckles which had turned white from gripping the sofa so tightly.

Maybe she felt that she had caused him enough trouble, so she insisted on sleeping on the sofa.

If Shimizu Ken still disagrees, Shimizu Reina will probably never come to live in his house again.

There was no way out. Qing Shuijian experienced the girl's stubbornness firsthand and understood that insisting further would probably have the opposite effect, so he nodded as she wished.

"Okay then, wait here, I'll get you a bed sheet."

After saying that, Qing Shuijian walked into the bedroom and took out a quilt from the closet.

When he returned to the living room, Rena Shimizu was still lying on the sofa in the same position.

Is she cosplaying an ostrich with its face buried in the ground?

You know what, it’s quite authentic.

Because of Rena Shimizu's special posture, Shimizu Ken's eyes naturally glanced towards a certain part of her.

She was originally wearing only a loose-fitting pajamas, but at this moment, Reina Shimizu lowered her head and buried her hips in the sofa, and her hips were inadvertently raised too high, causing the originally loose pajamas to be pulled down and tightened by her movements, revealing her graceful curves from the waist to the hips to Shimizu Jian without reservation.

It’s really substantial…

Just a quick glance made Qing Shuijian almost want to reach out and pat her. This was too unfair.

When Shimizu saw that Reina Shimizu was caught off guard, he took a deep breath and then spread the quilt over her.

Shimizu Reina was startled by the sudden cool breeze blowing from behind. She subconsciously clamped her legs together, raised her head and saw Shimizu Ken rushing towards her with a quilt in her hand.

The cold wind dissipated, the quilt fell on her body, and warmth gradually surrounded her.

Qing Shui Liana pinched a corner of the quilt, stared at Qing Shui Jian for a while, and whispered: "Thank you..."

"If you want to thank me, then go back to your room and sleep."

Shimizu saw him stand up by supporting himself on the sofa, took a deep breath, and instructed Shimizu Reina.

"No."

Reina Shimizu refused decisively, then turned over a few times under the quilt, and then returned to a normal lying position on her back.

After doing all this, she clamped the quilt tightly and curled her whole body into it, leaving only half of her face exposed, secretly staring at Qingshui Jian.

Seeing that she looked like she was playing the mole in the whack-a-mole game, Qing Shuijian suddenly wanted to laugh and said:

"I have other things to do, you go to bed first."

Qingshui was about to turn around and leave after he finished speaking, but just as he took a step, he felt a resistance coming from the corner of his clothes behind him.

Looking back in confusion, who else could be the source of that resistance other than Shimizu Reina?

At this time, she had already sat up from the sofa, her small hands tightly grasping the corner of Qingshuijian's clothes, until Qingshuijian looked back at her, then she reluctantly let go of her hand.

Anything else?
Qing Shuijian asked with his eyes.

"Um...Brother, good night."

Reina Shimizu covered most of her face with her rabbit doll, leaving only her shy eyes exposed as she said good night to Miki Shimizu.

For a moment, Shimizu seemed to imagine the girl in front of him as a white-haired character from an anime he had watched before.

No, this is impossible...

Qing Shuijian quickly shook his head and dispelled it all.

"elder brother?"

Shimizu Reina's gentle call brought him back to his senses.

"Brother, are you okay?"

"Ah, it's okay... Well, good night then, go to bed early."

Shimizu Ken reached out and touched Shimizu Reina's head, muttering "My sister will never do that", while turning off the lights in the living room and returning to his room.

Not long after lying down on the bed, Qingshuijian, who was looking at the ceiling and thinking about various things, immediately fell into the country of dreams.

……

……

In the middle of the night, there was a rustling sound from outside the half-open window. Qingshui Jian, who was awakened by the cold wind, got up from the bed because he wanted to go to the bathroom.

He casually put on a coat, put on slippers, and got out of bed.

But when Qingshuijian pushed open the door and walked into the corridor, he suddenly heard some strange noises coming from the house.

It seemed like someone was tiptoeing in the living room, making rustling sounds.

The first thing that came to Shimizu's mind was the possibility that a thief had broken into the house, because he had indeed seen some news on TV recently about the poor public security situation.

Can't be so unlucky?
Just in case, Qingshui Jian did not turn on the light immediately, but quickly went to the utility room to find a baseball bat, and then groped his way along the wall to the living room again.

The rustling sound continued to be heard.

Shimizu didn't rush into any action, but decided to let himself adapt to the darkness first.

He held his breath and concentrated until his eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness around him. After he could barely see his surroundings, he looked around the living room.

Then, Qingshui discovered that the sound came from the direction of the kitchen.

Following the direction of his gaze, he noticed a dark figure stealthily opening the refrigerator door and taking things out.

He is indeed a thief!
At the same time as coming to this conclusion, Shimizu suddenly realized through the faint light from the refrigerator that the figure seemed a little familiar.

Could it be...

Shimizumi placed his hand on the switch on the wall and pressed it.

The living room lit up instantly.

My eyes, which had just adapted to the darkness, were suddenly dazzled by the light.

Only after my eyes were fully opened could I see the figure in the kitchen clearly.

really……

"…Reina? What are you doing here?"

Just as Shimizu Miki had guessed, the person standing in front of the refrigerator was indeed Shimizu Rena.

But what is she doing here so late and not sleeping?
Shimizu Ken was puzzled by the scene before him. He gently put the baseball bat in the corner and slowly walked towards Shimizu Rena.

However, just as he was about to speak, he immediately realized that something seemed to be wrong, and a subtle sense of strangeness made him stop.

Rena Shimizu seemed unaware of his approach. Not only did she not respond, but her movements also seemed to reveal a hint of unsmoothness.

After getting closer, Shimizu was surprised to find that Shimizu Reina's eyes were closed...

"This……"

A thought quickly flashed through Qingshuijian's mind: Could it be that she was... sleepwalking?!

Shimizu Ken tried to stretch out his hand and waved it in front of Shimizu Reina, but Shimizu Reina still did not respond.

The only reaction was her hand that kept reaching into the refrigerator, taking out cream puffs from the insulation layer and putting them into her mouth, and her little mouth that kept chewing.

"Is it because..."

A horse cannot grow fat without night grass. Qingshuijian understood everything in an instant.

However, Shimizu Mi remembers that he had heard that sleepwalking is an unconscious behavior of a person during sleep, so it is very likely that Shimizu Rena herself knows nothing about it.

Moreover, Shimizu Mi had heard that waking someone up from sleepwalking could have adverse consequences.

However, he really didn't expect that Rena Shimizu would have the bad habit of sleepwalking.

After much thought, Shimizu Jian came to a conclusion that he had no choice but to supervise Shimizu Reina to prevent her from accidentally bumping into anything while sleepwalking.

At the same time, he also discovered why the cakes and other foods in his refrigerator were consumed so quickly recently.

Perhaps the only consolation for this is that these cakes were not eaten in vain for Rena Shimizu.

You can still see that she has grown to some extent...

Thanks to this, Qingshuijian hardly slept in the second half of the night, and even didn't remember when he returned to his room.

……

The next morning, Shimizu woke up from a strange dream in which he was squashed by a group of rabbits.

"……Um?"

Shimizu tried to get up from the bed, but for some reason he couldn't because his left shoulder felt inexplicably heavy.

I felt as if my right hand was firmly grasping something round...

In terms of the feel, it is simply impossible to describe it with words, and it is easy to get addicted to the wonderful touch.

It's hard to put it down.

There were also waves of refreshing, fragrant and light fragrance that constantly drifted into Qingshuijian's nose.

Qing Shuijian opened his eyes with some difficulty, and after lifting the quilt, he found out the reason...

(End of this chapter)