Then he sat aside with an upright posture, a demure expression, and bright eyes as he watched the young man sip tea.

"Why do you keep looking at me?" Nakano Mayu swallowed a thumb-sized cherry blossom cake in one gulp and looked at the girl and asked.

"Oh...I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..."

"Didn't I tell you not to apologize so much? Otherwise, you will be looked down upon easily..."

"Then...then you will...see..."

"Idiot! I'm talking about those people outside, I definitely won't!"

"oh..."

The girl nodded in response, and then a naive smile appeared on her pretty face.

"Why do I look stupid when I'm not smiling, and even stupider when I smile..."

"Feel sorry..."

"But it's pretty good-looking. Smile more in the future."

"Woo..."

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By the time Nakano Mayu came out of his senior's house and took the train back to Bunkyo District, it was already dark.

He was holding a bottle of anti-hair loss shampoo in one hand, and a steaming box of oden in the other hand, which contained Nanako's favorite fish tofu.

The boy was standing in front of his house and was about to get the key when the door suddenly opened with a 'click'.

A girl wearing a one-piece nightgown at home jumped out from behind the door and rushed towards the boy with a surprised and excited smile.

"Don't spill the fish tofu!"

He stepped back half a step with his right foot to act as a force-relieving support, and raised his left hand holding the fish tofu to avoid being spilled by his sister.

Then he firmly supported the rushing sister without moving.

"Idiot! If it weren't for me, if you pounced on me like this, the tofu would have been spilled!"

"It's just because I'm Nini that I do this...I won't hug anyone else..."

Because both his left and right hands were restricted by things, Nakano Mayu could only stand there and let his sister hug him for a while.

After Nanako pulled away with satisfaction, he handed over the food box containing fish and tofu in his left hand.

"Eat it quickly, lest it gets cold and becomes unpalatable after a while."

"Hehe, I like Nini the most..."

Nanako happily took the fish tofu and walked home with him.

"What does a box of fish tofu mean? Don't let some wild man from somewhere cheat you with fish tofu!"

"Idiot Nini, who would be deceived by another man with fish and tofu!"

Nanako bared her neat millet teeth and said fiercely: "And I only eat things bought by Nini. I don't eat other men's things!"

"Yes, yes...our Nanako is the smartest..."

"Ah, Nini, your tone is so perfunctory..."

"Eat quickly..."

While my sister was eating fish tofu in small bites.

Nakano Mayu secretly put the bottle of 'high-end anti-hair loss shampoo' imported from Yanguo in a black opaque bag in his room, preparing to take it into the bathroom every time he took a shower.

It would be best if Nanako could avoid discovering this thing as much as possible, so as to prevent her sister from having these meaningless worries about herself.

"Nini, what's in that black bag of yours?"

When he returned to the dining room, Nanako, who still had fish tofu in her mouth, suddenly asked.

"Goose..."

Nakano Mayu, who was suddenly asked a question, was a little flustered, mainly because his hair loss had been serious recently, and he didn't want his sister to know.

"It's just some study materials. I bought them on the way back today. The final exam is coming soon. Have you encountered any difficulties in your studies recently?"

"Don't worry, Nini, I've been studying hard recently..."

"Well, don't work too hard. If you don't understand anything, you can just ask me..."

Nakano Mayu immediately changed the subject immediately.

At the same time, he sat down opposite Nanako with a bulging white envelope and placed the envelope on the marble dining table in front of his sister.

"Nanako, I earned this money from my part-time job during this period. You can use it as pocket money to buy whatever you want. It's time to change your clothes. You see, your skirt is a little loose...

"

"part time?"

Nanako put down the chopsticks in her hand, took the envelope with some confusion, opened it and looked at it.

A thick stack of Fukuzawa Yukichi appeared in her eyes.

Nanako's eyes widened instantly. She took out all the 10,000-yen bills from the envelope and counted them carefully.

"One hundred and fifty thousand yen?!"

The girl was surprised not because the money was huge.

After all, although all their family's deposits are saved in the name of their guardian aunt in the countryside, the bank cards and withdrawal passwords are all kept by Nanako.

With millions of deposits in the card, Nanako wouldn't be so shocked by the loss of 150,000.

But mainly Nakano Mayu said this was what he earned part-time during this period.

But in Nanako's impression, her Nini usually came back early from school. Although she occasionally went out to play with friends, there was no sign of working part-time outside.

The only day when he started to get busy was when the Nishinomiya sister showed up last time. Nini has been busy for a long time, including today.

Could it be that there was some kind of deal reached with that Nishinomiya sister?!

The girl looked up with a distressed expression and looked at her brother's seemingly slimmer figure. His face was thin and angular, and even his facial features were more three-dimensional than before.

Could it be that Nini...

"Nini, what kind of part-time job did you earn this money from? Did Sister Nishimiya give it to you? Can you explain the specific situation to Nanako in detail?"

How can the girl think about eating fish and tofu at this time?

My brother may not even know how much he was eaten by others to earn this money.

"You misunderstood Nanako. This money was not given to me by Chisa, but by my class teacher Ryoko Ehara..."

"teacher?!"
Chapter completed!