The next morning, Hongzi was woken up by a phone call.

"Mother……"

"We're home. Is Hongzi going to come back?"

"Uh...eh?"

She opened her eyes completely and felt much more awake, "Are you back?"

Looking at the window, the curtains were tightly pulled, and it was difficult to tell the time. She took off her phone and looked at it again, only then she realized that it was almost ten o'clock in the morning.

"Hongzi won't sleep until now, right?"

The person on the other end of the phone was replaced by his sister Aoko, "What did you do last night? You can't be with Zong Gujun... It hurts so much! Mom! Your ears are about to fall off!"

"What nonsense?"

Mrs. Yoshikawa took her cell phone back and said, "Go home to have lunch. I brought a lot of fruits and vegetables from my grandmother's house, all of which are Hongzi's favorites."

"I see……"

The phone hung up, Hongzi was stunned for a while after watching the time on her phone, and then looked to the side.

This is the room upstairs, and Akane Kirino has disappeared and has already gotten up.

When did she come up last night?

Hongzi had no impression, and only remembered that she was alone in the living room below until late at night.

When she got up and changed her clothes, walked out of the room, and passed by the next door, she heard the conversation inside.

Akane Kirino is inside.

After hesitating for a moment, Hongzi opened the door of Zonggu's room.

“…”

The two of them looked over at the same time and stopped the topic just now.

Very close.

Sitting too close.

Have you confessed?

No, it can't be so fast.

What was Akane laughing at again? Was she talking about her just now?

When they all knew it, pretended to like that...

Hongzi shook her head and cleared the distracting thoughts that appeared in her head in an instant.

"Good morning……"

"It's still early, it's almost ten o'clock." Soya looked at her, "but you don't seem to have enough sleep."

"It's okay." Hongzi walked into the room, "Mom called and woke me up."

"Hongko's family has returned?" Akane Kirino looked at her.

"Um……"

Hongzi squeezed out a smile at her, "I'm going home later and come over after lunch."

Akane Kirino nodded.

When the two looked at each other, she tilted her head again, "Hmm?"

“…”

This way, there should be no confession yet?

Hongzi shook her head, "It's okay."

"Are you hungry? Go down and eat something casually." Zong Gu said.

"good."

The three of them went downstairs, Soya went to the kitchen, and Akane Kirino and Hongko sat in the living room.

“…”

There were a lot of tissues piled on the table, and they were tearful last night, but they were already dry at this time.

Why are you still here?

Hongzi quickly cleaned up and threw it all into the trash can.

Akane Kirino looked at her, "Hongko..."

"It's okay!"

Hongzi threw away the last ball of tissue, "It is easy to feel sad at night, and I accidentally cried for a while... It's really okay now."

Akane Kirino expressed understanding.

"Don't tell Soya."

“Hey…”

"It's very embarrassing."

"But he already knows."

Hongzi pursed her lower lip and looked at her: "Did Akane tell him?"

Before she woke up, the two of them were talking about her in the next room.

"No." Akane Kirino shook her head, "Soya saw it himself."

She clicked on the table, "Hongzi still remembers she fell asleep here last night? It was Sun Gu who carried you up."

Hongzi was stunned for a while, "Is that true?"

No wonder she doesn't have the impression of going upstairs by herself.

“——That’s it.”

Zong Gu came over with a plate of snacks, "You slept so hard that you didn't wake up even when you carried it upstairs."

“…”

Hongzi looked at him for a while, "Is it morning?"

"It's past one o'clock in the morning." Akane Kirino said, "I was already asleep at that time. Soya came in with Hongzi in. I didn't wake up either. He told me in the morning."

Zong Gu put down the plate and pushed it in front of her: "Eat something casually."

Hongzi picked up a piece of snack, "Did Zong Gu not sleep at that time?"

He glanced at her, "Ling said you're downstairs."

“…”

Hongzi didn't say anything, stuffed the snacks into her mouth and chewed them one by one.

"I'll go and pour a drink." Akane Kirino got up and went to the kitchen.

"What happened last night?" asked Zong Gu.

“…”

Hongzi pretended not to hear it.

"When I hugged Hongzi upstairs, you were crying while calling my name."

"Impossible!" she blurted out.

"So, what happened last night."

“…”

She stopped talking again.

Akane Kirino returned to the living room with the drink, and then she quickly whispered, "Don't worry."

Zong Gu raised his eyebrows and said nothing.

After eating a few snacks and drinking half a drink, Hongzi said she wanted to go home.

"Don't forget to bring the Alps home," said Zonggu.

Akane Kirino also reminded, "There are also dog food in the Alpine."

"Um."

Holding Shiba Inu, Hongzi was about to pick up a bag of dog food on the side of the fate, and Soya stretched out his hand first.

"It's very heavy, I'll get it back for you."

“…”

She did not refuse.
To be continued...