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"What an idiot, let's divide the occasion before telling your stupid joke."

"Huh... I got it, I got it..." He took a deep breath, leaned forward, looked at the flushed faces all around, and continued to ask about her condition: "Have you taken your temperature?"

"Yesterday... Last night, the measurement was 37 degrees..."

It means that the body temperature has not been taken today——

The girl also looked like she had a low-grade fever of 37 degrees. He thought to himself, thinking that the other party didn't even measure his body temperature, and he probably didn't take cold medicine either.

"Have you taken medicine?"

"At home, there are no antipyretics and cold medicines at home..."

Butterfly muttered in response.

After that experience when she was a child, she hated drinking those strange-tasting medicines by herself very much, and only kept medicines for bruises at home.Moreover, since she could remember, she had only had one cold, so she didn't have the habit of stocking up on medicine, and she didn't take it seriously.

"Hey, you guy... is there a pharmacy or drugstore nearby?"

Haru Taki sighed, asked for the location of Sifang Diezi Pharmacy or drugstore, and took out his phone to search the map.

"The pharmacy...towards four cubits, at the intersection of Guosan three times...it smells so good and has clothes..."

Diezi responded in a daze, saying that the location was similar to what Harutaki found on the map.

Immediately, Harutaki looked at Nogami Izumi who was sitting next to the girl, and asked her to take care of her temporarily.

"I'm going to buy medicine, and Sifang will be handed over to Nogami-san."

"Hey, wait... I've never done this kind of thing... No, I don't know how to take care of it..."

Although Nogami Izumi wanted to be a little bit brave in front of Harutaki, Dieko was her friend after all, and she knew very well that now was not the time to be willful.

"Drink more hot water... Cough, I mean take a cup of warm water for this guy to drink. I can see that she hasn't drunk much water this day. Next, find a towel and fold it up, soak it in cool warm water and wring it dry , and then apply it to Sifang's forehead."

Saying that, Harutaki turned around and ran outside the house.

The effect of physical cooling may be very mediocre, but at this time, as much help as possible, as long as it does not cause negative effects, it is better than doing nothing at all.

bang.

As the sound of the door closing came into the house, there was only a weak and sick lady left in the small room, and a charming lady who couldn't take care of anyone at all.

Yes, what are you going to do?

Izumi Nogami recalled Harutaki's order in a panic, raised his hands in front of his face, and raised his index fingers.

She shook her left hand and nodded in confirmation.

Well, one is to drink warm water.

She then shook her right hand and nodded again to confirm.

Well, one is to use a wet towel...soak the towel in cool warm water, wring it dry and apply it to Diezi's forehead...yes, that's it.

"call……"

She took a deep breath, walked out of the bedroom and went to the kitchen to boil water. After boiling, she poured it into Diezi's water cup and let it cool. At the same time, she found a clean towel from the bathroom and rinsed it with hot water from a water heater adjusted to a similar temperature.

In the end, after applying the wrung-out towel to Diezi's forehead, she let out a long breath and wiped away the sweat that didn't exist with the back of her hand, thinking that if Harutaki Xingchuan fell ill in the future, she could also take care of him like this... …

Hmph, that guy Xingchuan will definitely be grateful to her by then, wishing he could give her his body.

After all, it was Izumi Nogami who took care of him.

?

Haru Taki has already gone out, and now there is only her in the room, Sifang Diezi and Izumi, and it is a good time to talk about some little secrets that are exclusive to girls.

With elder brother Sato Kaoru as a lesson, she understands that once an opportunity is missed, it will be difficult to get it back.

Feeling the chilly wet towel on her forehead, Diezi bit her lower lip lightly, but couldn't help calling out her friend's name.

"spring……"

"Mao, is the towel cold?"

"Hmm...the towels are fine. Just...I have something to tell you..."

A friend should be treated with sincerity, she remembered the night she shared the bed with Harutaki——

That was the last night she slept in all these years, and it was also the happiest night.

If it was Quan, she thought, it should be fine.

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If possible, she, Sifang Diezi doesn't want to blackmail those who care about her by hurting herself——

When she went to Tokyo to follow her elder brother, when she had a big fight with her mother and got permission to leave, the sad and lonely look on her mother's face, now she couldn't help but feel a little tingle in her heart when she thought about it.

And, if possible, she would not want anyone who cared about her to be hurt by her own problems.

He, Harutaki Xingchuan is a smart, handsome, tall boy with a humorous and gentle personality. He has always been calm and calm, no matter what he does, he can do everything with ease, but...

She felt that Haru Taki might be a little cutely silly most of the time.

Even if she was misunderstood, she chose to be tolerant and always took care of her mood.Even at the expense of his face and reputation, he secretly worked hard to make her and Quan a friend.

Thinking of the last time the five of them had a party at Shibuya PRACO, it was less than a week, but Diezi felt as if everyone had become good friends long ago.And thinking of the guy who gave her everything, she felt as if there was a big rock in her heart, rolling towards the bottomless bottom.

hum.

Finally, at the moment when he knew that he was powerless and unable to resist fate, the big rock hit bottom.

She doesn't have to worry about anything anymore, because she can't do anything anymore.

When her body temperature was getting higher and her head was so dizzy that she had to lie on the bed to rest, Diezi thought to herself that it might be a very good choice to just quietly disappear into everyone's life.

However, even though she never told Xingchuan Chuntaki the exact location of her home, the other party still "persevered" came to the door, like a naughty bear child, and once again ignited the flame in her heart that had been hard to extinguish.

What a bastard... She thought to herself, how does Chun Taki want her to repay her for being so kind to her! ?

Fool, fool, obscenity--

Mingming Harutaki himself knows very well that she, Sifang Diezi will be bound by the family in the future, but he still comes to harass her as if he doesn't know anything...

Even though she was able to pass the fourth grade, in her eyes, Harutaki was still a complete fool.

Who would move property on a sinking boat?

But Harutaki-san not only has no scruples, he may even jump onto the sinking boat himself.

Therefore, she wanted to stop the other party, Harutaki-san, who might be stupid, from doing stupid things.

He should be his calm, rational, mature, handsome high school boy, not some stupid and impulsive Romeo.

?

The entire apartment is eerily quiet, because Sifang Diezi lives alone and has no habit of installing a clock, so that the sound of the second hand of the clock does not even appear.And the cool wind whistling outside the window gradually covered the breathing of the two of them, the leaves swayed when it was blown, and Diezi and Izumi Nogami were disturbed by the blowing.

"...Quan, there is something I want to tell you..."

"If you have something to say, just say it directly."

Nogami Izumi heard something wrong from Diezi's tone, and the atmosphere became heavy accordingly.

However, she was not someone who would succumb to the atmosphere, so she laughed and teased the other party as usual.

"Don't be the same as that guy Xingchuan said, faltering and hawing, making it look like you are acting in some bitter drama."

"Quan, do you still remember? When we had a dinner last time, Xingchuan told the story about him saving us... The family already knew about it. Therefore, we, who were determined to escape from the control of the family, were ordered to go back to the capital. Waiting for the hair to fall..."

"...Why are you saying such a thing all of a sudden...?"

Izumi Nogami asked the question knowingly, with a trace of luck in his heart, expecting to get a different answer from Diezi.

"Although I used to think that Quan was a domineering, rude and arrogant bad girl, in fact, we have always envied Quan..."

"It's impolite to speak ill of people in front of you! Be careful I'll hit you when you're weak~"

I used to be like that... She thought angrily in her heart, if it wasn't for Xingchuan, maybe she would continue to live as before, until one day she suffered the consequences.Even Saying and Minako would leave her for various reasons, and in the end she was the only one left, and Izumi Nogami was alone.

It would be nice to have new friends, she thought.

"We envy and envy Quan's freedom, but what we regret the most is why we didn't become friends with Quan earlier..."

If she had had a real friend long ago, would she, Sifang Diezi, still go to that so-called friendship event?

If she had had a real friend long ago, would she still be hurt by elder brother's rigidity and stubbornness?

If... But, there are so many ifs in life.At the moment, she is just escaping reality through fantasy.

"Ahaha...it's not that guy Xingchuan, I'm no different from before, and I won't be Diezi's favorite friend. And it's not too late to become friends now, right? There will be a long time in the future!"

"When we return to Kyoto, we will probably be locked in the courtyard all the time, and our great-grandmother may even confiscate her mobile phone... At that time, even netizens will no longer be able to become Internet users."

A lonely expression appeared on Diezi's face, which was already the best result she expected.

"There is really no other way...?" Izumi Nogami hesitated for a moment, biting his lower lip, and then continued: "...Did you ask Xingchuan? That guy... that guy must have a solution! If it is him , I will definitely not refuse the request of the two of us, that guy is so lustful and obscene, he actually took the opportunity to stare at Diezi's chest before... Xingchuan must be able to do it."

"Ha... That's why we're worried."

Thinking of her great-grandmother's harsh methods of running the family and the smile she had never shown before, she couldn't help feeling terrified, for fear that Harutaki's behavior would arouse her great-grandmother's anger.

Whether it's imprisoned or reprimanded, only Harutaki-san, she doesn't want that person to pay for her, doesn't want that person to be hurt or sacrificed because of her.

So, she opened her mouth to persuade her friend.

"Great-grandmother hates people who challenge her majesty, but Xingchuan will occasionally be stupid when it comes to...uh...girls... We are worried that he will do something stupid on the spur of the moment, uh—"

Diezi took the water cup handed by Izumi Nogami, gulped down the warm drinking water, and let out a long breath after drinking it.

"Huh, thank you. If we have to leave Tokyo, we just... just hope that Izumi can stop him then. After all, no matter how smart and handsome Xingchuan is, to our Izumi family, he is just an 'ordinary' people'."

"Ordinary people"?

Nogami Izumi couldn't help but chuckled in his heart, how dare ordinary people dare to confront her, and even take revenge on her?After dealing with her neatly, Xingchuan who cleaned up the mess easily, can he be considered an "ordinary person"?

"It's enough to let him join Sifang's family. A handsome and smart guy, isn't he the kind of boy you, famous families like Diezi, like to recruit?"

"Get into... get married or something..."

Suddenly being mentioned by a friend about this kind of thing, Diezi couldn't help but feel that the temperature of her forehead, which had just been cooled by the wet towel, rose again in an instant.

She didn't know whether she should be glad that she was sick now——

If it weren't for the cold and fever, my face must have been flushed red, right?

However, even if she knew that "marriage" was really feasible, she didn't want Chun Taki to do such a thing, and she didn't want him to pay anything for her... let alone...

"Is it really okay for you to say that? In fact, Quan and Xingchuan have a crush on each other, right?"

"I-I have a crush on each other...how can I be with that guy...that guy wouldn't like me like this..."

Looking at Izumi Nogami who stumbled and spoke badly, Diezi couldn't help laughing out loud, but because of a cold, her smile turned into a cough.

"Ahem... As long as Quan is a little more frank, Xingchuan will definitely understand."

Rather, she thought to herself, with Harutaki's intelligence, she must have noticed Izumi's affection for him long ago, but because of her... because of her liking for Sifang Diezi, Harutaki couldn't respond to Izumi's affection.

【I like a gentle and elegant lady like Sifang-san, not an arrogant and rude princess like you, Nogami-san】——

For no reason, Izumi Nogami suddenly remembered what Harutaki Hoshikawa had said.

If Diezi really leaves Tokyo, then what is Xingchuan... doing? It's almost like giving her alms.

"...Tch, let him think what he wants, that's his business."

She, Nogami Izumi never needed pity from others.Who does Xingchuan Chuntaki like?She is confident in her charm, sooner or later that guy Xingchuan will not be able to resist confessing to her.

and--

And, isn't it good now?

Izumi Nogami is not one to be content with the status quo, but she does not want to change her relaxed and happy life.

Just in case, she meant just in case.

In case Xingchuan confesses to her, after the two start dating, should they inform Diezi, Saei, and Minako?If the two start dating, then should she ask Xingchuan to only have her eyes on a girl and keep him away from others?

If it becomes like that in the future, how will she get along with her friends?

Diezi has a crush on Xing Chuan, Saying also has a crush on Xing Chuan, and as for Minako...she has never been able to see through the other person's mind, but she feels that with Xing Chuan's charm, Minako might be no exception if they continue to get along—

If no one competes with her, if she can enjoy all of Xingchuan alone...