designer who lives in the next room

Volume [-] #Not What You Think

Lying on the sofa while eating iced watermelon while reading a comic book, this is Natsume Haruko's daily life in summer.

Natsume Haruko used to yearn for France and the cuisine there, but since going to France, she feels that her country is more comfortable.

The rented house has been returned, and Natsume Haruko can only return to live in her own home now.

When Ms. Natsume came home from work, she saw Haruko Natsume lying on the bed and the watermelon that she had only eaten a few bites after cutting it open.

"I've been too busy recently, so I didn't have time to ask you." Natsume sat next to Haruko Natsume, patted her leg to make her sit up, "What are you doing back from France, the course is over?"

Natsume Haruko stepped back a bit to make room for her mother, "Not yet."

Classes are far from over, but it's also summer time.

"Then what are you doing running back?" Natsume looked at Haruko Natsume's face, picked up the watermelon and ate it by himself.

"I miss you." Natsume Haruko suddenly acted coquettishly, throwing herself on her mother, "Doesn't it mean that mother misses me?"

"I think it's quite quiet without you at home." Natsume pushed her daughter away, but she laughed when she saw Natsume Haruko pouted, "I'm just kidding, how could I miss you."

Natsume put down the watermelon, the juice from the watermelon had made her hands feel sticky.

It seems that Ms. Natsume is also a little tired, her movement of leaning on the sofa is not too different from Natsume Haruko.

"Oh, by the way, Mom." Natsume stared at the ceiling and said suddenly.

Natsume turned to look at her daughter, "What's the matter?"

"Today, I met Li Zixi and Nanako." Natsume said this expressionlessly, she seemed to be very calm, but Natsume sat up immediately.

"Huh?" Natsume was a little surprised, and her expression seemed to be a little scared, "You didn't do anything, did you?"

"Of course." Natsume sighed, "How could I do anything?"

Natsume was relieved when she heard this, but even if her daughter didn't do anything, she still had to meet Li Zixi and the others in the future, maybe Li Zixi and the others would become very nervous when they met Natsume Haruko again.

"Hey..." Natsume Haruko suddenly sighed, then lowered her head, the comic book in her hand fell to the ground, but she didn't reach out to pick it up either.

Natsume found out about her daughter's abnormality, and it was obvious that she had something hidden in her heart.

"What's wrong with you?" Natsume decided to ask, originally Natsume Haruko had some psychological problems, and as a mother, Natsume didn't want her daughter to be bored by herself.

"It's okay." Natsume Haruko didn't seem to want to say, she just reached out and picked up the comic book on the ground, then turned to look at her mother, "I said I'm fine."

But the person who knows her best in this world is her mother. The more Haruko Natsume said this, the more it proved that she had something hidden in her heart.

Because if nothing happened, Natsume Haruko would definitely not repeat it twice.

"Do you think you can hide it from me?" Ms. Natsume looked at her daughter and asked while wiping her hands with a wet towel, "Is there something on my daughter's mind, don't I know?"

Natsume Haruko turned her head to the side, deciding not to look at her mother again.

But Natsume twisted her face directly, using a lot of strength, because her daughter was resisting.

"Look at me." Natsume said.

"I don't want..." Natsume Haruko was still resisting.

"Hey, you little girl..." Natsume switched hands this time, Natsume Haruko finally had no way to resist, and now her face was pinched by her mother and she met her eyes.

"So, when you met Li Zixi and Nanako today, did they bully you?" Natsume asked her.

"No, how dare they bully me." Natsume Haruko denied.

"So, you bullied them?" Natsume continued to ask.

"No." Natsume Haruko denied again.

"What is that?" Natsume let go of her daughter and took her hand, "Tell mom, I don't want you to be unhappy alone."

Natsume Haruko scratched her face, then lowered her head, "I just saw the hickey on Li Zixi's neck..."

"Eh?" Natsume didn't know what she meant.

"That is to say, she must have slept with Nanako..." Natsume Haruko looked up at her mother, "What should I do, she is not that pure chick..."

Natsume didn't answer directly what her daughter said, instead she was silent for a long time before speaking.

"Qingzi, do you still have thoughts about Li Zixi?" Xia Mu asked her daughter, her mood could not be heard from her tone.

"..." Natsume Haruko was silent, Natsume waited for a while but did not get an answer.

"Where's your French girlfriend?" Natsume suddenly remembered that when she went to France to visit her daughter a few days ago, Natsume Haruko introduced a girl to her. Now that she thinks about it, she really looks like Li Zixi in terms of personality.

Seeing that her daughter didn't respond, Natsume reached out and shook her shoulder, "Break up?"

Natsume Haruko nodded, "It's almost like that..."

Natsume sighed, she didn't plan to say anything more about this matter, it sounds like an unpleasant thing, so it's better not to say it.

"I think you should stop thinking about Li Zixi." Xia Mu reminded her daughter, "To put it bluntly, you have no chance."

"..." Natsume Haruko continued to remain silent, and she did not look up at her mother.

"Well, forget it." Natsume stood up suddenly, she felt that the bath water should be almost ready, and she wished to wash off the sweat stains on her body earlier, "Let's not talk about these things, do you want to take a bath with mom?"

Natsume Haruko desperately shook her head, "No, I'm already 20 years old..."

"That's a child too." Natsume took her daughter's arm, "Go, smell it yourself, you stink."

"What, I just took a bath!" Natsume Haruko resisted, but her mother had already hugged her, "Let me go, I don't want to take a bath with you!"

On the other side, in the classroom of Chiba University, Nanase Ayako was watering the flowers on the windowsill when she heard Li Zixi's sigh.

"What's wrong with you? You look worried today." Nanase Ayako put down the water bottle, and all the flowers on the window sill have been watered. "The teacher in this school is really good. They bought flowers and didn't water them, and the soil cracked." gone."

"I guess I forgot..." Li Zixi supported her head and looked at the lifeless flower behind Nanase Ayako, "I'm fine, just a little sleepy..."

Li Zixi was indeed a little sleepy, she had been a little worried since meeting Haruko Natsume yesterday.

Although Nanako said those things that touched her very much, although she felt very safe, she would feel a little annoyed when she thought that she might be harassed by Natsume Haruko.

So she didn't sleep well last night.

"Didn't sleep well?" Nanase Ayako tilted her head and looked at Li Zixi, "Did that super-looking girl quarrel?"

"Huh?" Li Zixi was thinking about other things, so she didn't react right away.

"That's the one, the girl wearing glasses who picked you up at the school gate." Nanase Ayako was referring to Nanako, but she didn't know Nanako's name, "I remember that day she was wearing white short sleeves."

"Ah... I remember." Li Zixi nodded, she had accidentally mentioned that she had a girlfriend before, "But no, we didn't quarrel."

"Yeah, that's good." Nanase Ayako nodded, seemingly relieved, "The love between you young people is really sweet, and that girl is so beautiful."

"Yeah, she's super pretty..." Li Zixi nodded, "But she's mine."

Nanase Ayako froze for a moment, then suddenly covered her mouth and laughed.

"Really, I didn't mean that." Nanase Ayako came across to Li Zixi, "I just simply praised your girlfriend for being beautiful."

"... Mmm..." Li Zixi is very sensitive now, she is especially afraid that someone will praise Nanako for her good looks, ever since the incident with Su Yuxi happened.

Li Zixi suddenly remembered Su Yuxi, they hadn't contacted for a long time, and they didn't know how she was doing now.

Although that incident made Li Zixi have some opinions on Su Yuxi, but her mother always called to ask her to take care of her more.

As his junior Su Yuxi, the feelings that Li Zixi hated her almost disappeared with the passage of time.

Even if she meets her again, with her personality, she will not dare to attack Nanako again.

So Li Zixi decided to take the time to find Su Yuxi and see how she is doing recently.

But that's all for later, now Li Zixi has to finish the homework assigned to her by Nanase Ayako.

But there was no clue at all, Li Zixi couldn't think of where to start and finish the sketch under his hand.

Looking at Li Zixi who was at a loss, Nanase Ayako poked the back of her hand with her finger, "I think we should stop here today."

"Ah..." Li Zixi glanced at Nanase Ayako who was a little worried about herself, "It's fine, teacher, I'll just take it easy."

"But I think you have a big problem." Nanase Ayako didn't care about it this time, and directly put away Li Zixi's sketches, "Okay, go back and rest, this is the end of today."

"But the class is only half an hour..." Li Zixi looked at Nanase Ayako who quickly put the materials into her bag, "Could it be that the teacher has something to do?"

"No...no..." Nanase Ayako suddenly became nervous, "I'm not in a hurry to go out to dinner with my roommate..."

"Hoho?" A meaningful smile appeared on Li Zixi's face. Teacher Nanase Ayako's roommate, isn't that a very cute girl? Nanase Ayako introduced it to herself before, because Li Zixi accidentally saw her phone wallpaper, "Hey ah ah..."

"It's not what you imagined..." Nanase Ayako looked panicked, she dropped a lot of things on the ground when she was packing, "It's really not...don't think about it..."

Volume [-]#There must be a way

Just like Yui had promised Sakura before, she really went home to spend time with her sister recently.

Today Yui went back again, Sakura called a few days ago and asked her to go home and play with her, so Yui drove back in her own car early in the morning, and bought some snacks and the like .

Yui's parents went out to work, Yui came back early, she thought Sakura hadn't woken up yet, but when Yui opened the door quietly, she saw Sakura sitting on the sofa playing with her mobile phone.

"Hey, why did you get up so early?" Yui was a little puzzled, Sakura rarely got up so early, "You want to see me so much?"

"Of course." Sakura left the sofa and walked to Yui's side, and helped her get the bag and snack bag in her hand, "Didn't my sister come back early too?"

Yui picked up Sakura's drink on the table and took a big sip, and it lost half of it in an instant.

"Wow!" Sakura patted Yui's arm suddenly, "Save some for me, save some for me!"

Yui stared at her sister with narrowed eyes, and shook the drink on the phone, "You like to drink this stuff so much, it's not good to drink too much carbonated drinks."

"I know, I don't drink often..." Although Sakura said so, the pile of empty beverage cans in the kitchen behind her made her words not convincing at all.

Yui put the remaining half cup of drink back on the table, then reached out and patted Sakura on the head, "Looks like I'm going to tell my mother to buy less of these things for you."

"Wow..." Sakura threw herself into Yui's arms and patted Yui's chest, "Don't wow, don't wow... Then my life will lose its meaning..."

Yui pinched Sakura's face and pushed her aside, "Is your life pursuit so simple?"

Sakura was pushed aside, she pouted and took the drink on the table in her hand, if she didn't bring it over, she would probably be drunk by Yui soon.

"Mom, when will they come back?" Yui sat on the sofa. She never slumped on the sofa like a fur at home. At home, she wanted to set an example for her sister, so Yui was everywhere at home. All looked excellent.

"Probably at night." Sakura was still standing aside, she planned to finish her drink before sitting down.

"Really." Yui glanced at the kitchen, but there was no food or notes on the table, "Then shall we go get dinner at noon?"

"Eh?" Sakura finally drank the drink in one gulp, and skillfully threw the jar into the trash can, "Do you want to go out to eat?"

Yui looked at her sister and made an expression of "Isn't this nonsense?" "Otherwise, did you do it or I did it?"

"This... I don't think I'm good at cooking." Sakura scratched her face, then looked at Yui's face again, "And my sister is lazy..."

"Huh?" Yui raised her eyebrows and said "huh".

"Ahhh, I didn't say anything, I didn't say it..." Sakura shook her head desperately, "Then, what shall we go out to eat, hehehe..."

Yui glanced at Sakura, and she looked at her watch again, it was still early, and there was still plenty of time.

"Have you had breakfast?" Yui asked her.

"Eat." Sakura pointed to the unfinished cake on the coffee table, "But it's too sweet, I can't eat it."

Yui noticed the cake box, which was the box in Kimura Asuka's shop.

"Hey, you went to Asuka's shop?" Yui was a little surprised, because the cake was not brought by herself, which means that it is only possible that Sakura ran over by herself, "When did you go?"

Sakura put her finger on her chin and thought for a while, "About two days ago? Sister Asuka asked me if I want to eat cake, and she said she has some new products for me to try."

"Ah? Asuka Kimura called you to ask you to eat cake?" Yui's jaw almost dropped in surprise. She never dreamed that Asuka Kimura would contact Sakura on her own initiative as she went to eat.

Because Kimura Asuka didn't even call herself to eat cake, Yui suddenly felt a little unbalanced.

"You... When did you have such a good relationship with Asuka?" Yui took a bite of Sakura's leftover cake on the table. It is no problem to eat three or four in one breath.

"Well, probably after the incident last time, Asuka-san and I occasionally contacted each other, and we talked more and more after a long time..." Sakura moved to Yui's side, and wiped the cream from the corner of Yui's mouth with her hand. , "Sister won't be jealous, will she?"

Yui froze for a moment, then shook her head in embarrassment, "How... how... how could I be jealous of you?"

"Hey, is it..." Sakura looked into her sister's eyes, "I think my sister is lying..."

Yui suddenly pinched Sakura's face with her hands, and pulled it to both sides vigorously.