"Wait," Yoshida Saki's father suddenly spoke.
Hearing her father speak, Yoshida Saki turned back as well.
Looking at the girl whose face had returned to being makeup-free, yet still fairly pretty and delicate, Yoshida Saki's father casually said, "Saki-chan, my lower back hasn't been feeling too good lately. Maybe there's something wrong with the bed in the master bedroom. I'll have someone fix it another day."
"Isn't there still a small bed in your room? I'll sleep in your room tonight."
Hearing that, Yoshida Saki suddenly felt uneasy for some reason.
Even though she felt like she shouldn't be thinking this way, she suddenly remembered what Hikari told her before they parted, to stay careful and alert at all times, and not let her guard down even at home.
Yoshida Saki immediately shook her head and refused, "Th-That small bed is actually kind of broken. Nobody can sleep on it."
"So... so Dad should forget it..."
Hearing that, Yoshida Saki's father frowned slightly and said, "Isn't your bed 1.8 meters wide? We can squeeze together."
At the side, Yoshida Saki's mother suddenly interrupted, "No! Old man, how can you make that kind of request?"
"Saki-chan isn't a little girl anymore. She's grown up now, almost a woman."
"At this age, she can't sleep with her father anymore. If other people found out, it would be bad."
Hearing that, Yoshida Saki's father frowned and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? In my eyes as her father, Saki-chan will always be a child."
"Seriously, what are you imagining!"
"Saki-chan, I'll make do in your room for one night tonight, alright?"
Seeing the slightly forceful tone in her father's voice, Yoshida Saki immediately felt scared.
But she still gritted her teeth and said, "N-No."
"Um, Father, I... I already have a boyfriend..."
"I... I can't sleep with another man anymore."
Hearing Yoshida Saki's words, her father's eyes instantly widened.
"What? Since when did you secretly get a boyfriend behind our backs?"
"And what exactly did you two do for him to not allow you to sleep with someone else? Don't tell me you two already..."
"Also, I'm your father!"
"What do you mean by another man? Does that 'another man' include your own father too?"
"You brat! What a damn brat!"
"And who knows what kind of thing your boyfriend even is. What did you two do? Have you become shameless? I'll beat you to death today!"
Yoshida Saki was startled by her father's sudden rage.
She had only wanted to find an excuse to reject her father's request that made her uncomfortable.
But what she never expected was for her father to suddenly become this angry.
"I... I'm done eating!"
Yoshida Saki hurriedly stood up, preparing to leave.
Her father also stood up with a furious expression.
Yoshida Saki's mother kept trying to persuade him from the side, stopping him from hitting her.
But she was not really stopping him either, because in her view, it would be fine if Yoshida Saki got beaten early and let her father vent his anger.
But Yoshida Saki's movements and reactions were much faster than before. She quickly rushed upstairs and hid back in her room.
After locking the door and curling up under the blanket, Yoshida Saki heard another burst of arguing between her parents downstairs.
For some reason, her eyes felt a little sore.
Rubbing her eyes, Yoshida Saki's expression became extremely bitter.
Sure enough, her luck lately had really been awful.
Almost nothing had gone smoothly.
Even at home, things could still turn out like this.
'Luckily, there is still Hikari-kun...'
Thinking of Hikari, Yoshida Saki's scrunched-up little face slowly relaxed.
Then she could not help opening her phone and skillfully going through all the social media accounts of Hikari that she knew about. After finding no updates at all, she quickly opened a photo she had secretly taken before while pretending to photograph scenery.
Looking at the photo on the screen, Yoshida Saki silently practiced silent-casting water magic to ease her troubled mood.
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Meanwhile, after sending Yoshida Saki home, Hikari turned and headed toward home as well.
But not the Asou apartment he rented.
Instead, the Tsubakihara house.
Miss Mira had already told him before that he should come back often for meals.
Now that the Tsubakihara sisters, Tsubakihara Yuna and Tsubakihara Nina, had returned home, they demanded every day that he come back at least once, or else they would block him at school.
Seeing the nonstop messages, Hikari could only honestly decide to eat dinner at the Tsubakihara house.
Yoshida Saki's house was not very far from the Tsubakihara house either.
Combined with his fast walking speed, Hikari returned to the familiar Tsubakihara house less than half an hour later than usual after school.
"Hikari-chan~"
"Good little brother~"
"Hikari-kun~"
The moment he entered the door, three different voices and three different ways of addressing him greeted him at once.
Hikari looked up.
The one calling him Hikari-chan was naturally the most familiar and also the most mature and charming Miss Mira.
The one calling him good little brother was the foolish beauty Tsubakihara Yuna, who liked acting like the big sister.
And the one properly calling him Hikari-kun was Tsubakihara Nina, who studied well, handled things efficiently, and was serious and reliable.
"Hello, Miss Mira. Hello, Yuna-nee. Hello, Nina-nee."
Hikari smiled and greeted them one by one as well.
After putting down his school bag, Hikari sat on the sofa.
After chatting for a few moments, Miss Mira went to cook dinner for everyone.
Meanwhile, Tsubakihara Nina lowered her head and seriously read her book.
As for Tsubakihara Yuna, she clung to Hikari, wanting to watch TV together and play some little games together too.
After Hikari played games with her for a while, Tsubakihara Yuna happily laughed.
But that carefree laughter seemed to disturb Miss Mira, who was being troubled by the kitchen smoke, "Hey, Yuna, what are you laughing about?"
"Look at Nina. She's been studying the whole time. And you only know how to cling to Hikari-kun and play."
"Seriously, no more playing. Hurry up and go study!"
"Hikari-kun, help me supervise her."
Miss Mira gave the order.
Hearing the command from the god of the Tsubakihara household, Tsubakihara Yuna did not dare keep fooling around.
But she still muttered softly, "It's not like I don't want to study. I just can't understand it..."
"And studying isn't as fun as games. Aren't games good for your brain too."
Of course, muttering aside, Tsubakihara Yuna still did not dare disobey Miss Mira's orders.
She turned her head and said to Hikari, "Hikari-kun, I can't understand things when I study by myself. Come tutor me."
"Alright," Hikari nodded.
Miss Mira had also told him to supervise Tsubakihara Yuna, so tutoring her worked perfectly.
Following behind Tsubakihara Yuna, the two walked upstairs one after another.
After finishing the last step and reaching the second floor, Tsubakihara Yuna suddenly stopped in place, blocking Hikari on the stairs.
Hikari saw her lightly gather her skirt, turn back, and reveal a charming smile to him as she asked, "Hikari-kun, you were following behind your big sister all the way upstairs just now. Tell big sister honestly, how many times did you secretly look at my butt?"
"I've been working out lately, you know. Isn't it really firm and perky?"
Hearing the slightly smug tone in Tsubakihara Yuna's voice, Hikari felt rather speechless.
He waved the phone in his hand and said, "I was looking at my phone the whole time just now. I didn't secretly look at Yuna-nee even once."
"So I don't know how to answer your question."
Hikari gave Tsubakihara Yuna some face and did not call her narcissistic.
And after seeing the contents on Hikari's phone, it really did seem like he had not looked up at all just now.
Tsubakihara Yuna immediately puffed up her lips speechlessly. While going upstairs earlier, she had even deliberately swayed around and copied some model runway poses, yet Hikari was saying he did not look at all?
"Then look now!"
"After working out, is it firm or not? Is it perky or not?"
Maybe Hikari's words annoyed her a little, because Tsubakihara Yuna actually turned around again, bent over slightly, and stuck out her butt.
Hikari raised his head for a glance, then nodded and praised her, "Yeah, Yuna-nee's workout results are pretty good. Very firm, very perky. Keep it up."
Only then did Tsubakihara Yuna reveal a trace of a smile after hearing Hikari's words.
"Even though what you said is true, why does it feel kind of sketchy?"
Hikari said, "I really wasn't being sketchy. Yuna-nee's workout results really are very good."
"The curves of your butt are already almost catching up to Miss Mira's now."
Hearing Hikari's words, Tsubakihara Yuna puffed her lips, "You really know how to talk!"
Hikari's answer was a little sly.
Because he had indeed praised her, but he used Tsubakihara Mira as the comparison.
Tsubakihara Yuna did not dare say her butt was more perfect than her mother's.
Otherwise she would definitely get smacked on the head.
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