With Qiu Ye's tsundere, no, it should be said that she is cold and arrogant, she can't bring herself to greet him in such a way.
Normally, Shiki would come back and ring the doorbell, Kohaku would open the door and take Shiki to the living room, then speak coldly without any reunion atmosphere, emphasizing the house rules and assigning Hisui to her brother as his exclusive maid, and they would have a silent dinner.
Qiu Ye knew that this method was terrible, and she hated herself for arranging it this way, but in the end, she still couldn't help but do it - because she really didn't know how to face her beloved brother.
As a result, although both parties clearly cared about each other, the atmosphere became very awkward due to wrong operations and an artificial gap was created. It was simply a pitfall.
Fortunately, Akiba has two good military advisors. One is Touko who can see through human nature, and the other is Shinji who knows the Tono family very well. With these two people, how could Akiba use the wrong way to open it
For family members who have been separated for many years, the first thing to do is to ease the alienation caused by time. The most effective way to ease the alienation is to recreate past memories and make them think that nothing has changed. When the alienation is alleviated, the subsequent interactions will become much more harmonious.
So the two of them specially designed the previous scene, and even went against the etiquette of entertaining guests by letting the two guests go out to greet them, just to make the three girls who impressed Shiki the most appear at the same time and give him the strongest sense of déjà vu.
The expression on Shiki's face also proved the success of this design. Seeing that gentle smile that was exactly the same as when he was a child, Akiha, Kohaku and Hisui felt much better.
With such a foundation, this reunion after seven years is destined to be beautiful and warm.
Of course, some minor incidents were unavoidable because of the two unexpected visitors who came from Guanbuzi City.
The heir of the Yogi family, Yogi Shiki.
When hearing this name, Qiu Ye's eyes instantly became stern and his aura became sharp.
She clearly remembered what Shinji had said to her—there was a woman whose name was also pronounced as Shiki and who had a very good relationship with Shiki, and the two of them had even become sworn siblings.
I thought Shinji was teasing me on purpose, but I didn't expect it to be true.
The future head of the Ryogi family rushed all the way from Guanbuzi City just to send Shiki back to his family. Even siblings may not be able to do this.
And... seeing Shiki's genderless beauty, Akiba felt an unprecedented crisis.
Although Akiba herself is also a beauty and the two of them have similar figures (both are flat), Shiki and Shiki are too harmonious with each other, as if they are the family and she is just an outsider. How can Akiba, who has always admired her brother since childhood, tolerate this
On the other hand, Shiki's attitude also became a little strange. The Ryogi family is the largest demon-killing family in existence, and the Tono family is the leader of the "demon". Originally, Shiki didn't bother to care about this boring camp confrontation, but since Akiba showed hostility, she would not swallow her anger.
If it weren't for Kan'ya's timely intervention to ease the atmosphere, these two powerful women in the Japanese mystical world would have fought on the spot. As the emotional intelligence ceiling of the Type-Moon world, Kan'ya quickly saw the root cause of the conflict, and felt happy for Shiki but also a little amused.
The way to ease the atmosphere was simple—put the wedding invitation in front of Akiha, and stand next to Shiki with a mature version of Shiki's face. Looking at the invitation in her hand, and then looking at the two men who looked like brothers, Akiha knew that she had made a mistake—of course, this was also related to the fact that Mikiya had a low presence, and Akiha was completely attracted by Shiki.
After the misunderstanding was resolved, the atmosphere improved and Qiu Ye's attitude also changed 180 degrees.
How can it not change? Shiki really regarded Kan'ya and Shiki as his brothers and sisters. As long as Akiha still liked Shiki, she would not leave any bad impression on the two. That enthusiasm attracted Shiki's attention and made Shinji and Touko laugh secretly.
"I'm stuck."
"Yeah, I'm stuck."
"What about emerald and amber?"
"There are changes, too, though not as pronounced as the autumn leaves."
"It seems that this step was not wrong, tut tut."
At this point, Shiki's return home finally came to a successful conclusion.
After a sumptuous celebratory dinner, Shiki and Kan'ya left the Tono family and returned to the neighboring city of Kanbushiko. The closer they got to the wedding, the more things they had to do, and they didn't even have time to stay overnight.
Shinji and Touko also tactfully left the villa, leaving their time with a pair of siblings and two childhood sweethearts.
Only the four people in the villa knew what happened afterwards.
A few days later, Kohaku had an old white ribbon on her hair, Hisui became Shiki's exclusive maid, and Akiha also began to secretly prepare to transfer from the girls' school she had been attending to Shiki's high school.
In Orange's eyes, the colors of their souls became warmer and warmer, and the atmosphere in the Toono family became better and better.
Perhaps it won’t be long before the years of staleness and gloom that have accumulated in the home will be completely cleared away.
Of course, all this has nothing to do with Shinji. The day after Shiki returned home, he left the Tono family with Elquet and boarded the train to Fuyuki City.
Witnessing the reunion last night, Shinji's attachment to home became stronger and stronger. Although he was away from home for a short time, too many things happened during this time, which made him feel exhausted. This feeling was alleviated after seeing Orange, but it did not really recover, because this is not his home.
He wanted to go home, back to the place that belonged to him and felt at peace.
Perhaps because he noticed something was wrong with Shinji, Elquet was unusually calm and did not behave himself. Apart from sleeping, he just listened to Shinji talking about trivial things.
Just like that, the two of them got off the train and arrived at an inconspicuous small city - Fuyuki City.
Strolling along the increasingly prosperous Xindu Commercial Street, buying a snack or two from the mobile stalls from time to time.
Stop at the iconic Fuyuki Bridge and watch the endless flow of the Mion River into the sea, then walk off the bridge and enter Miyama Town.
Unlike Shinto, Miyama Town remains the same, with little change.
Familiar roads, familiar street scenes, familiar air, familiar shops, familiar passers-by.
Surrounded by so many familiar things, even my steps became lighter.
After crossing two streets and turning a corner, the most familiar place comes into view.
"Is that Shinji's house? It looks nice."
Elquet laughed, still as brightly as ever, but at this moment Shinji smiled even brighter than her, and the emotion from the bottom of his heart had an incomparable appeal.
"Yes, this is my home. Come, let me show you my family."
The young man quietly opened the unlocked door, took a deep breath and shouted.
"Father, mother, uncle, Sakura and Yustisa, I'm back!"
Suddenly, all kinds of sounds filled the ancient mansion.
Upstairs, downstairs, living room, kitchen, backyard...
There was the clatter of slippers, the scraping of chairs on the floor, and frequent exclamations of surprise.
"Brother is back?"
"You still know how to come back!"
"Finally I'm back."
"Why didn't you call ahead?"
"Shinji, welcome home."
Hearing these familiar noises and looking at this scene that couldn't be more familiar, Shinji's eyes were inexplicably moist.
It feels so good to be home.
Really good.