Chapter 240, The Next Day (Update )
Early in the morning.

The autumn weather is clear and the sun rises in the east.

A soft glow brushed across his cheek, and Utsunomiya Shuo regained consciousness and opened his eyes.

What caught my eye was the familiar white ceiling, but the different angle indicated that this was not my bedroom, but the sofa in the living room.

I felt my body and found that my waist and neck were sore, but the most uncomfortable part was my knee joints, which were extremely uncomfortable.

The sofa was very short and not enough to accommodate Utsunomiya Sou entirely - he could only curl up his legs and fall asleep as if he was sleeping in the snow.

A bit pitiful.

But the worst thing about everything is comparison.

After sitting up, he turned his head and saw Fengjian Liuli, whose half body was lying on the low table, with her body below the waist completely hanging in the air or dragging on the ground... Zhuo felt that his sleep quality was pretty good.

Learn to be content.

He checked the time on his phone, it was 7:36. Compared to the 7:30 he used to get up at, it was getting later and later, or maybe he was getting more and more lazy.

Of course, it may also be a problem of sleep quality.

but……

Looking at Feng Jian Liuli, who was still sleeping on the low table, Zhuo couldn't help but wonder: Why is this guy still sleeping? Is sleeping on the table more comfortable than sleeping on the sofa? Although there is no pillow, you don't have to curl up your legs, so your legs won't be sore.

Is this the reason?

Ah——you are still sleeping, still sleeping. Didn’t we agree to go to school together today? You said that if we meet someone who is following us again, you will have to deal with it. I’ll leave it to you without worry.

And you are still sleeping, how can I feel at ease?

Still sleeping, still sleeping, still sleeping, still sleeping...

"The sun sets and leaps into the starry sky. It's suddenly late in the world, and autumn has arrived in the mountains and rivers..."

The singing and chanting voice was fascinating. Zhuo looked at Fengjian Liuli's delicate face and said expressionlessly.

"Don't use these nonsense opening remarks. Aren't you really embarrassed by such elementary school-like copywriting?"

The voice just fell.

Feng Jian Liuli opened her smiling eyes and sat up. "It was fine before, but now it's so embarrassing that I have to buy a three-bedroom apartment... Thank you."

"You're welcome. Also, I have a little dream, to buy a villa."

"Is it time already? So early. It's really hard to go to school." Fengjian Liuli glanced at the watch on her wrist, then supported her knee with one hand and turned her head to look over.

"Aiya~! With your ability, you can get to school within three minutes, so you can sleep for another sixty-three minutes." Zhuo said without tone.

"Are you in a bad mood? Is it because you were in a bad mood after waking up?" Fengjian Liuli smiled.

"Aiya~! It's because of my period."

"Haha, don't worry Zhuojun, I haven't forgotten about you, we can set off now."

"...won't you wash your face?"

"No need." Fengjian Liuli smiled and wiped her face, "I put on foundation. If I wash my face, I need to wipe off the foundation completely. It will be very troublesome."

"Well... I'll go wash my face then."

Zhuo walked to the bathroom.

Behind me, I heard the sound of Fengjian Liuli standing up, and then the footsteps spread to the bedroom, and there were knocks on the door, but no words were heard inside.

The way these two siblings get along might be different from what he imagined. In his understanding, it should be that Kazama Ruri 'pretended' to get close to Uesugi Eriya and become friends with her, and then tricked her out of Genji Heavy Industries - after all, Uesugi Eriya would never run away from home with a stranger - at least she had to have met her before.

Miss Uesugi is not a fool~
Back to the topic.

Since Fengjian Liuli said that she put on foundation... As for why she did that, let's not talk about it for now, maybe it was to avoid being recognized... That means he had actually woken up a long time ago, and had secretly put on makeup, and then lay back down without waking him up, and finally pretended to wake up as if nothing had happened.

Wow——so gentle. (Supporting tone)

No matter what, before going to school, you have to wash away your tiredness and messy thoughts with water, otherwise you won’t be able to start a new day. [Good morning, Christmas brother. ]

Three minutes later, I passed by Uesugi Eri who was holding a notebook at the door of the washroom.

"Good morning."

Zhuo made way and returned to the living room.

There was a loud sound of a shower coming from the bathroom - ah, I forgot that Uesugi Eri also had to take a shower in the morning, so she would have to wait a while before she could go out. He couldn't go out with Kazama Ruri and leave Eri alone at home. Zhuo thought so.

Twenty minutes later, Uesugi Eri finally finished her shower and came out, then went back to her room to change her clothes.

As soon as Uesugi Erii entered the bathroom, Utsunomiya Shuo and Kazama Ruri consciously came to the balcony... In fact, Kazama Ruri was not very conscious. He had too much experience with women, and such a small scene was not worth mentioning to him. Only Shuo would have such a big reaction... But for the sake of the brother and sister, Shuo forcibly pulled him to the balcony.

……

"Zhuo, why do you look like you're dead?"

After that, in order to get out of his situation, Zhuo went out for a run alone... nominally for running, but actually to help the two people following behind him find the target, in other words, he was a bait... but he was running seriously. Zhuo had said before that he wanted to exercise himself, and now that he had two strongest hybrids as bodyguards, he no longer needed to worry about safety issues, so he began to focus on running.

The result is that I am exhausted both physically and mentally.

Ren probably saw Zhuo like this during class, and came over to talk to Zhuo during the break.

“Is it that exaggerated?”

Zhuo turned his head to look at Kanda on the side.

Finally, Kanda nodded.

"Ah, well...I did something big this morning."

"What?"

"running."

"..." Ren was silent for a moment, then said, "...You will definitely be tired. You don't exercise enough normally, so it would be strange if you don't feel tired after doing this all of a sudden."

Ren laughed and patted Zhuo on the shoulder, while Zhuo was glad that Ren did not delve into it further.

But speaking of it, after he started running, he was really only focused on running. He had no idea whether anyone was following him today, or whether Kazama Ruri had solved the problem... But he thought there should be no problem. After all, that was Kazama Ruri, the ruthless man who could chop off the heads of monsters like the Yamata no Orochi.

These things cannot be known to Ren and the others, and even Kanda, who was once implicated, does not know what is going on.

In fact, they didn't even know that two new people had moved into Zhuo's house.

If possible, Zhuo didn't want to let anyone know.

"Are you really that tired? You lame~" Ren patted his shoulder and teased.

"I ran for my life." Zhuo looked back with dead fish eyes.

“People who are used to being lazy will feel like they are working hard if they make a little effort.”

"..."

I'm determined!

　Thanks to the Gods’ Gimbap brother for the 300-coin reward.

　　Thanks to brother 20220703153922263 for the 100-point reward.

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　　I’m stuck and thinking about how to show off.

　　I don't think I'm really good at pretending~
　　I don’t like such a clichéd slap in the face, but it’s too subtle and not satisfying.

　　I'm a bit confused about how to write it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)