Pick, snap.

Akane Kirino pressed it a few times, but there was still no flame in the lighter on her hand.

"It's broken." Soya said.

"Let me see..." The kitchen was pitch black. With the light of her cell phone, she took the old plastic lighter in front of her, shook it twice, frowned, "There is no oil inside."

"That's no different from being broken, it's not a liquid-filled one." Zong Gu looked at the "baby" lighter in her hand and the candles on the table. These were all taken by her after the power outage. Look at her full His face looked excited, and he even suspected that it was her power outage.

Fortunately, there are lighters available in the kitchen.

Pick.

The flames rose and lit the candles that had been precipitated for more than ten years. A warm light appeared on the dining table, covering the people around them who were excited or calm.

It seems like an instinct passed down from ancient times. When facing the flames, humans always feel obsessed, and some people are especially so. Akane Kirino stared at the candle with some emotion for a while, then moved it to the center of the dining table. Then he said, "Stay up with the meal."

At her request, Zong Gu and Hongzi turned off the lights of their phones. The kitchen, which was only illuminated by candlelight, was very dim, although it didn't affect eating.

"It's very atmosphere?"

"Yes." Soya didn't know what atmosphere she was pursuing, and was only glad that the power outage occurred after the rice was cooked.

Buzz —

Kirino Keiko quickly called and asked about the situation at her daughter's old house. She said that the power outage was regional and speculated that it was a typhoon that destroyed the nearby power supply facilities. If it was fast, it would be repaired tonight.

After being reposted by Akane Kirino, the first person to breathe a sigh of relief was Yuedu.

Kirino Keiko said to her daughter again: "Dad just called and asked, and the staff in the town are already working on the emergency repairs."

"Do you need me to help?" Akane Kirino asked.

Kirino Kyoko's reaction on the phone was almost exactly the same as Soya in front of her: "It's not your turn to help, stay at home honestly."

The former also gave another piece of advice: " Stay by Zong Gu."

Akane Kirino responded with a smile, "I understand."

Dinner continued, and Zong Gu ate much faster than usual. He put down the bowl in less than two minutes and got up and left the kitchen.

"Where are you going?" Akane Kirino asked.

"Nowhere to go. I'll go back to the room upstairs to see if there is no power nearby."

"Do you need a candle? The treasure box... there is one in the iron box." She changed her words quickly.

He smiled, "No. I'll get down soon."

"All right."

Using his cell phone to shine under his feet, Zong Gu returned to the room upstairs and stood by the window and looked around for a while. As Kiriko Kirino said, the power outage area was not small, at least it was dark near Kirino's old house and there was no light.

Turning around and leaning against the windowsill, he called Kyoko again, and it took a while before he could get through.

"Student Fangming."

The two contacted each other once in the afternoon. At that time, Kyoko was in the shrine, surrounded by worshipers who were hiding from the rain at the club office, which was very noisy; but now she was very quiet and could not hear any noise, so she should have returned. It's home.

"Good evening." As soon as he heard her voice, Zong Gu unconsciously relaxed, "Have you eaten?"

"Um."

Kyoko then closed the door, turned around and leaned back, panting slightly, "I just returned to the room after receiving a call from Fangming classmate."

Zong Gu pursed his lower lips, and understood that she didn't want to contact her too much in front of her family, especially her father.

"Is there a power outage in Kyoko?"

"No." There was a hint of surprise in her tone, "Is there a power outage on Fangming's side?"

He looked outside slightly, "It seems that this is the case at the moment, and the range is quite large, so I want to ask Kyoko."

"Everything is normal here. Is Fangming in trouble?"

"Well... I'm in a big trouble now."

"What's the trouble?" Kyoko's expression subsided and then asked.

The wind and rain outside the window were howling, and Sogo whispered softly: "I can't see Kyoko."

“…”

Her heartbeat suddenly accelerated a lot, and her face seemed to be warming up. She took a breath and walked slowly to the edge of the bed and sat down.

"I want to see you too."

"If it weren't for the rain, I'd come here in the afternoon."

Kyoko smiled, "I've heard this in the afternoon."

"Is that true?" Zong Gu groped and walked to the desk, pulled open the chair and sat down, then touched the charging lamp, and narrowed his eyes in the sudden light.

She listened to the slight movements over him and asked after a while: "Have you had dinner at classmate Fangming?"

"I've eaten, the electricity is shut down during the meal..." Zong Gu said, and suddenly looked back.

Kyoko asked about other things again, and he answered them one by one, and finally said, "Don't worry, it's just a power outage, maybe it will be restored tonight. Don't worry."

She nodded unconsciously in the room where she had only her own, "Well..."

"I should go to wash the dishes." Sonogu said.

“…”

Kyoko was slightly stunned, then responded, "Yeah, bye."

He did not hang up the phone directly, "When will Mr. Guanyuan and Mrs. Guanyuan be away from home? I still want to try the dishes made by Kyoko again."

Although her mood was a little complicated, she still laughed.

"I will pay attention to such opportunities."

"I'm looking forward to it. Bye."

"Yeah, bye."

Putting down his phone, Kyoko fell back, looking at the ceiling under the goose yellow light, smiling for a while, frowning for a while, and an inaudible low sigh sounded in the room.

My sister's voice came from outside: "Sister, I'm going to take a shower."

She turned her head and looked at the door, "Well, Yuzi, let's wash first."

"I want to wash with my sister."

Kyoko smiled and sat up again, "Okay."

On the other side, Zong Gu hung up the phone, then picked up the desk lamp and walked out of the room.

"It's time to wash the dishes." Hongzi in the corridor learned and explained again, "Zong Gu has been on it for too long, so I just came up and took a look."

"Hold it." He didn't say much, gave her the desk lamp and walked to the front.

Hongzi immediately followed, took his arm and shone it on each other's feet with a desk lamp.

"Is the power outage on the senior sister's side?"

"No. We are just not very lucky." Zonggu looked at her, "Hongzi's parents called?"

She nodded, "Mom is a little worried and wants me to go back."

"Should be, I'll give it to you."

"I won't go back." Hongzi put it closer and shone it on him with a lamp, "No one wants me to go back."

Zong Gu suddenly narrowed his eyes, "Then I'll go to Hongzi's house to rest tonight."

"Okay." She didn't believe it, "Sleep in my bed and smell it."

After going downstairs, Akane Kirino saw the desk lamp in Hongzi's hand and was slightly stunned.

"Just." She blew out the candles left on the table, "I'll use this later."

"What are you thinking?" Zong Gu walked to the pool and found that the dishes were almost washed.

"You will know later." Akane Kirino smiled mysteriously.

"I'll wash the rest."

Nodded at Wuling, rinsed his hands clean, stood aside, Hongzi stood on the other side with a desk lamp.

"Just put it here." Zong Gu signaled.

"It will be troublesome if you are wet and short-circuited by water." She insisted on holding the desk lamp just to accompany him in the kitchen with justification.

After staying for a while, Aka Kirino picked up the candle and lighter, pulled Aogiri to the living room first, and only Yuedu was still sitting at the dining table in a daze.

He was disconnected from the Internet and power, and he couldn't even watch the TV. It was too early and it was far from time to go to bed, so he was a little confused and at a loss;

Although Hongzi frequently winked, he didn't notice it until Zong Gu finished washing the remaining dishes and packed them into the cupboard.

"Do you want to keep staying here?"

"No...I'll go to bed."
To be continued...