[You suddenly realize that in the relationship between Liuli and Xiaojiu, although Liuli is the elder sister and although Liuli often takes care of Xiaojiu, in fact, Xiaojiu is the core of this relationship. ]
[When the two sisters are together, they give people the feeling that Xiaojiu gives people. Liuli is imitating Xiaojiu and is being pulled forward by Xiaojiu. ]
[The first semester of your second year of high school is over, and summer vacation is coming. Liuli and Xiaojiu went back to their respective homes for a week, and then returned to Misaki. ]
[After a week in your new home, you have no choice but to return to your cramped apartment. ]
[You tried your best to hide your money, but Xiaojiu still found out something was wrong.]
[The girl discovered that your game console, your TV, your game cartridges and CDs combined have far exceeded the net worth of an average high school student.]
[She told Liuli about this discovery. The two girls studied it together for a long time. They thought you had a part-time job, but you didn't look like you had a part-time job at all.]
[Xiaojiu wants to ask you directly, Liuli wants to investigate privately. Liuli's idea has become the route of the two sisters. Xiaojiu thinks that private investigation is also very interesting. ]
They soon stopped finding it funny.
[One ordinary afternoon, they followed you and came to your new house. ]
[The distance from the apartment building to the new house is short and there are many people passing by, so you can't notice the two little tails swaying behind you. ]
[Soon after you entered the house, the two sisters saw Ichinose Shiori also enter the house. ]
[During the summer vacation, Shiori Ichinose wore casual clothes and was picked up by a driver. Her high-end clothes and the high-end car driven by the driver made the two sisters have bad associations.]
[After a while, Yimei arrives on foot, and the sisters' minds become even more confused. ]
[Back in their apartment, the two sisters fell into deep thought.]
Memory scenes emerge.
Xiaojiu sat on the chair, her left hand clasped across her chest, her right elbow resting on her knee, her chin supported by hers. Her expression was serious and her eyes were lowered.
She was thinking about what to eat in the evening.
Unlike her who was unreliable, Liuli sat on the sofa, the images of the two girls flashing through her mind again and again.
She didn't know Ichinose Shiori and Chiju Kazumi, but she could clearly see that Ichinose Shiori was noble and elegant, and Chiju Kazumi was wealthy.
She felt a crisis.
"Xiaojiu." She looked at her sister. Whenever she was unsure about something, she would let Xiaojiu make the decision.
This time was no exception, she asked: "What do you think is the relationship between Youxi and them?"
"My brother said before that he was going to a classmate's house to play, so it should be an ordinary classmate." Xiaojiu answered normally without looking up.
She thought that if Yuxi had a girlfriend, she would not hide it from her. She was calm and emotionally stable.
"But, they are so..." Liuli didn't say the rest of the sentence, but Xiaojiu already understood what she meant.
She wanted to say that those two girls were so beautiful and so close to Yuki, that they might spark the love she wanted.
She was jealous and panicking.
Xiaojiu turned her head to look at Liuli. Her sister's familiar face revealed emotions that she had never seen before, and her eyes flickered with lights and shadows that she had never seen before.
She knew this emotion, what this light and shadow represented, and she had long known that Liuli liked Youxi.
She also knew that the seeds of this love had been planted when they were young, in the summer when they were taken in by Yuki's grandmother and played together with Yuki.
She thought, if Yuki had not returned to Jingjin City early, the sisters now might not be Liuli and Xiaojiu, but Liuli and Yuki.
During the summer vacation a year ago, Liuli called Xiaojiu like this; when she first moved to Misaki, Liuli called Xiaojiu like this; a week after moving to Misaki, Liuli also called Xiaojiu like this.
The first time, Xiaojiu took her to Yuxi's grandmother's house; the second time, Xiaojiu took her and rang the doorbell of Yuxi's house and lied about the bugs; the third time, Xiaojiu took her and rang the doorbell again and told her about the agreement to live together.
This time, she hoped that Xiaojiu would hold her hand, give her guidance again, and push her forward.
She walked to Xiaojiu and sat down next to her. The scent of her sister's hair, skin and clothes was similar to hers but different from hers. She trusted her because of the clear similarity, but she was uneasy because of the vague difference.
She didn't want to think about what that uneasiness was, and this uneasiness was also the fuel that drove her to ask Xiaojiu for help.
Xiaojiu put her arm around Liuli's waist and let her sister rest her head on her shoulder. At this moment, she was more like a sister than Liuli. She had always been more like a sister than Liuli. She was a sister, and she should give Liuli the best.
She said: "Maybe the girl who looks rich is supporting my brother."
"How could that be!" Liuli was unwilling to accept this possibility.
"My brother's pocket money is definitely not enough for his expenses. If that girl gave him money, everything can be explained."
"What about the girl who went behind?"
"Maybe he's being kept by a rich girl. I heard that rich people are very greedy, so greedy that they take advantage of both men and women."
Liuli stared at Xiaojiu blankly, she was frightened.
"I'm lying." Xiaojiu knocked his head, "How could my brother be kept by a girl like that? If my brother wants to find someone to keep him, it has to be the girl's mother."
She came to a conclusion based on common sense, but she didn't expect that Shiori Ichinose was beyond common sense. Mrs. Ichinose left a large inheritance to her daughter, and Shiori Ichinose had the right to control the property.
Liuli also didn't know this, she believed what Xiaojiu said.
"What about Yuxi's money?" she asked again.
"Maybe the games were borrowed from that rich girl."
Liuli breathed a sigh of relief.
"But..." Xiaojiu raised her finger, "Brother can now borrow games from that girl. If he continues to borrow, he might even be able to borrow her heart and body!"
Liuli felt relieved and then worried again. The alternation of relaxation and tension made her more anxious and worried than before.
"Xiaojiu." She held her sister's hand, staring at her with a pair of wavering eyes, pleading.
Xiaojiu didn't want to say the following words, but Liuli was the kind of person who wouldn't take action unless she spoke directly or was forced to do so.
The hand that was around Liuli's waist dropped, and she said, "It would be better if Liuli confessed her feelings quickly."
"Yuxi won't agree." Liuli lowered her neck. She knew that the atmosphere between her and Yuxi was not harmonious, and she knew that Yuxi liked another person more than herself.
"Then find a way to make him agree." Xiaojiu said, "Liuli can enter and leave her brother's room freely, which is already far ahead!"
[The appearance of Shiori and Kazumi makes Ruri uneasy. She discusses with Kobato that she wants to win and get you. ]
[But are Shiori and Kazumi really the only ones who put pressure on her? ]
[The existence that she is truly uneasy about is the existence that she depends on. ]
[Xiaojiu told her that she needed to get closer to you, and she agreed, and Xiaojiu made a plan for her. ]
(End of this chapter)