When Soya returned to Kirino's old house, the night was already deep.

He was not too surprised to see Akane Kirino still staying here.

Both sides are her homes, and she has brought a lot of clothes with her, so she can spend the night on either side. Not to mention that tomorrow is the weekend, so she has plenty of room in all aspects.

"...Why can't Kyoko wait until tomorrow before skipping school?"

Zong Gu shook his head, but it was a fact that he was absent from work for one day. After clearing all the messy thoughts in his mind, he walked into the living room.

"Sogu, welcome back."

Kirino Akane looked over and shook her feet under the table.

"I'm back……"

"How is Sugawara-senpai?"

"It's no problem. I just sent her home."

Soya sat down at the low table. Seeing a plate of bright red plump cherries on the table, he asked, "Are Kirino waiting for me?"

"yes."

Kirino Akane pushed the fruit plate in front of him, "A regular customer in the store gave some Yamagata 'Sato Nishiki', saying they were just picked in the past two days. Mom asked me to bring some over to Soya to try."

Looking at the cherry, she finally couldn't help complaining, "Zonggu came back too late!"

"I'm sorry... Kirino can't bear it anymore?"

She immediately laughed again.

"I'll eat them all as soon as I start."

Zonggu pushed the fruit plate a little further and said, "Then let's eat together."

"Uh-huh."

Kirino Akane picked up a cherry and put it into her mouth, then pulled it gently and pulled out the slender cherry stem.

"Hmm~"

Zonggu was not polite either.

The ripe "Sato Nishiki" looks like a red heart. When you bite into it, the flesh is thick and juicy, and it takes a while to bite into the core. It is sweet and sour, but just right, and the taste is very delicious.

"What did Soya and Sugawara-senpai do today?"

"sleep."

"..."

"I mean...rest."

Kirino Akane spit out the core into the palm of her hand, then put it on the table and picked up another cherry.

"Have you been sleeping all day?"

"Absolutely. She didn't sleep all night last night."

"Ah... no wonder the senior sister doesn't look energetic at all this morning."

Zongya responded, holding the thin stem in his hand, and the haggard appearance of Kyoko when he first saw her in the morning came to mind.

"After getting off the bus at the terminal, I took Jingzi to the hotel and opened a room for her to rest in."

"Where's Soya himself?"

"I don't have anywhere else to go, so I'll stay with you in the room until Kyoko wakes up in the evening."

"That's it..."

Akane Kirino looked at him, the left side of her cheek bulging.

After biting the cherry into pieces and eating it, she continued: "Hongzi didn't wake up until noon, too."

"I know." Zonggu nodded, "Yoshikawa also sent me a message when she woke up. Didn't she stay here today?"

"Yes, because Hongzi has to go out tomorrow morning."

"Where to go?"

"Grandma's house in the countryside. It seems that the old man is sick and I have to go and visit."

"Yeah."

Soya didn't say anything more, thinking that if he and Yoshikawa started chatting later, he would ask a few more questions.

"ah."

"ah?"

Soya raised his eyes, Kirino Akane looked at his hands.

He put down the cherry stem that was accidentally knotted, "What's wrong?"

"I saw on TV that someone could tie a cherry stem in his mouth with his tongue."

"...What a weird show."

"Variety show?... I can't remember clearly. Anyway, it looks awesome!"

"Yeah."

She picked up another cherry and pulled out the stem, "Can Zonggu do it?"

Tie the cherry stems with your tongue? Just imagining it made Sogu find it difficult, "I can't do it."

"Let's try it."

"Then let's try it."

Kirino Akane handed him the thin stalk she had just pulled out.

After holding it in his hand and looking at it for a few times, Sogu put the thin stem into his mouth.

He tried stirring the tip of his tongue for a while, then suddenly covered his mouth and coughed.

"Sogu, is it okay?"

"fine……"

After coughing twice, he spread his palms and said, "Besides, it's tied."

"Eh..."

Kirino Akane stared blankly at the cherry stem that was indeed knotted, "Sotani is so awesome... No, isn't this the same cherry stem that was knotted by hand just now!"

Seeing that he was exposed, Zonggu smiled and admitted.

"I can't do it."

"Humph." Kirino Akane glared at him, then picked up another cherry, pulled out the stem and threw the fruit aside, "Look at me."

"Don't waste fruit..."

Zong Gu took the cherry and then watched her put the thin stalk into her mouth, her cheeks were bulging, her eyes were wandering, and she gradually frowned.

"Don't force it."

"I'll try again!"

He didn't stop him, looked at the cherries with half of them left, and grabbed a handful.

"I'll go upstairs."

"Yeah, yeah." Kirino Akane was already competing with Cherry Base, "Go ahead."

Knocking on the door of Chaowu Ling's room, luckily she hadn't fallen asleep yet and was fully dressed.

"cherry."

"..."

She looked at him, then looked down at the handful of cherries in his hand, picked up one and put it in her mouth.

"Come in."

"Um."

Entering Asagiri Suzu's room, Sogu saw a plate of cherries on her table, which was almost full.

"Doesn't it taste good?"

She shook her head, "I just forgot."

There are some ancient books on the table, and a notebook is spread out in the middle.

"What is Rin doing?"

"Compile a bibliography for Amamiya's reference."

Zonggu looked at the pile of precious ancient books again, "Can she find it?"

"If it's an only copy, I will copy it and give it to her."
To be continued...