It has been four days since Tsukimi Sakurazawa came to his hometown. During these days, Shirakawa Sawahei has been taking his girlfriend around for sightseeing, visiting the shrine ruins, and even rummaging through a squirrel’s granary. They’ve done everything possible, fully satisfying Tsukimi Sakurazawa’s yearning and curiosity for the simple countryside village. It seems as if the gods know that their fondness for each other has maxed out, as no sudden disasters befell Shirakawa Sawahei and Tsukimi Sakurazawa during this time. They haven’t even encountered a single tanuki, and thus, the plan for a crazy world-line crossover remains shelved. Similarly, over these days, the Higashino family has gradually grown to accept Tsukimi. The Higashino couple unanimously believes that this niece-in-law is indeed a good match for Sawahei; with her around, they need not worry about his future care. After getting a bit more familiar with Tsukimi, Koseisai is also less shy, occasionally eagerly hoping this beautiful sister-in-law would talk about what high school life is like. Neon’s marriage age distribution is quite polarized. Some marry right after high school, given the legal age is low, while others, like the protagonists in many TV dramas, pursue love in their thirties or forties, bustling in cities where singlehood is prevalent, exhausting all their energy and time. Higashino Rin does hope that Shirakawa Sawahei and Tsukimi Sakurazawa would settle down soon, but upon reconsideration, she knows it’s not just up to Shirakawa Sawahei; they must also consider the girl’s opinion and her family’s stance. Realizing this, she gives up the notion—being an elder doesn’t mean interfering in the younger generation’s life plans, expecting them to follow her will. It’s not okay; Shirakawa Sawahei would be annoyed, and even she finds such dominance intolerable. Let nature take its course. The vow made at her brother’s grave was simply for Sawahei to grow up well; interfering too much would backfire. Sawahei is not someone without opinions; let him arrange things himself. The only thing a family member can do is silently support him from behind. With this mindset, Higashino Rin, feeling gratified, quietly began preparing food for the family for New Year. Shirakawa Sawahei hung up the phone, pondered quietly, and decided to ask his aunt to wait a bit. Finalizing the number of people for New Year now is somewhat early... cute little Ise Yu might end up being swayed over as well... Even though her tone on the phone seemed furious, if maneuvered well, even a hatchet could turn into a treasure! Optimistic, he was about to tell Higashino Rin to prepare ingredients for one more person when his girlfriend, cute Tsukimi, suddenly appeared halfway. Shirakawa Sawahei: "..." Are girls really this sensitive about their boyfriends turning bad? I haven’t even said anything yet, and she’s already here? "What’s the matter? Not playing with Seira anymore?" "Koseisai is doing her homework..." Tsukimi Sakurazawa said gloomily, "Shirakawa... Are you hiding something from me..." "I didn’t plan on hiding anything from you." The guilty old player said, "Ise Yu just called and said she’s looking for me..." Tsukimi Sakurazawa pursed her lips and said sulkily, "Pretending there’s something when there isn’t, planning to take her home with you is the truth, right?" Shirakawa Sawahei fell silent. Seeing this, the girl pinched his cheeks angrily, "Don’t expect me to speak to your aunt for you... If she beats you, I’d definitely hand her the stick." "She won’t, my aunt won’t hit me." "You’re not really planning to have a chaotic scene during New Year, are you?" Tsukimi Sakurazawa said in disbelief, "Let me declare first, I won’t side with you on this! Give up on that thought!" "It’s not to that extent yet." Shirakawa Sawahei thought for a moment, then probed, "How about you stay in separate rooms? No need to sleep with me?" Is there really a jerk beside me?! "Hey, Shirakawa... have you ever been slashed by a girl?" "No thanks, I prefer gentle and cute girls?" "So you’re saying I’m not gentle and cute enough?" "Then what did you mean?" "I didn’t mean anything..." Get full chapters from ⓝovelFire.net "What do you mean by ’didn’t mean anything’? Now you even find me uninteresting, is that it, jerk!" Tsukimi Sakurazawa threw a sulky girlfriends’ logic combo punch at him, putting Shirakawa Sawahei into silence. He shrugged and said, "I was just thinking, Ise Yu might not even come." "Saying one thing and doing another! Jerk!" But I haven’t done anything yet... Isn’t this bullying an honest man? Shirakawa Sawahei felt wronged. Just as he had the thought of wrongdoing, he was caught by his girlfriend... Girls in love embody both Holmes and Conan; it was never just talk... With things as they were, Shirakawa Sawahei decided to first soothe Tsukimi Sakurazawa by his side, then go and meet cute little Ise Yu... not knowing why she suddenly got so angry she couldn’t help but contact him herself. He initially thought of using New Year as an excuse to call the Ise Yu’s family, probing their attitude before considering breaking the ice. Now, she directly named him to appear before her immediately. Could it be that Minotaur Artist Hinata Rion was whispering something beside her? Before his apology could be uttered, Tsukimi Sakurazawa glared at him, effectively shutting down his upcoming justifications. "Shut up! I know what you’re about to say!" The girl said impatiently, "Saying so much is useless, in the end, you need to face Koorikin anyway... I’ll accompany you then." "It’s better to start the chaotic scene there than worry and let Aunt know here!" "Moreover! Tomorrow is New Year’s... no matter what happens, you have to make it back in time to celebrate with Aunt and them." "If you can agree to all of the above, I’ll temporarily forgive your earlier thoughts and accompany you to meet Koorikin." For some reason, Shirakawa Sawahei felt there was also an inexplicable feeling of betrayal in Tsukimi Sakurazawa’s words now... This girl wants to meet Ise Yu Yuzhijin so badly... is she planning to personally defeat the loser and end my harem storyline? Hmm... not possible. If it were the Black Hearted Lolita, there might be a chance she’d act so arrogantly; as for Tsukimi... naturally, she wouldn’t. Besides, Ise Yu Yuzhijin and she used to be good friends... Black Hearted Lolita in power: Watch this lady wipe you losers clean! Black Hearted Lolita out of power: Do defeated losers have a kind? Sisters, come charge with me against this black-hearted woman! Overall, the reality is emphasized. But back to the point... When I played a trick over the phone with her earlier, she surprisingly didn’t go berserk and come for revenge? Has she changed her personality?