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I was only away for a month.
What exactly happened to my good brother?
"Xia?" Youcai saw him lost in thought and reached out to grasp his hand. "Is something wrong?"
"It's alright, let's go back to our room first." Shirakawa Natsumi withdrew her gaze, went back to her room to calm Ayana down, and then considered other matters.
The two carried their luggage and went up to their room on the second floor.
On the sofa, Zaonv closed her book, her smile gentle: "He will only remember your existence when he needs you."
The algae maiden's appearance was so exquisite that she seemed inhuman, and her speech had a sacred and ethereal quality. In ancient times, she would definitely have been regarded as some kind of deity incarnation.
"It's interesting to see how this friendship will eventually turn out."
"Don't listen to this fox's nonsense." Nao moved closer and sat down between Minoki and Momo, separating the two. Then she put her arm around Minoki's arm naturally: "That lecherous fox has always been eccentric. She's done a lot of things with Shirakawa Natsumi and likes to stir things up. Minoki, don't fall for it."
Mi no Shiki's eyes flickered, but he remained silent.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Nao gave the fox the middle finger, then stood up, skipped and hopped to the kitchen, and called out to Maki:
"Aunt Mafei, I'm here to help!"
"..." Ma Fei paused, her eyes speechless. She could accept Shirakawa Natsu calling her "Auntie" and even consider it a romantic gesture.
But being called "Auntie" by Nao makes me think, "So I'm getting old."
"No need for help, it's almost finished."
"No~" Nao said in a coquettish voice, "I want to cook a dish for Natsu myself, as a way of repaying the favor I did for you last time."
When Consort Ma heard about the favor she had received last time, a barely perceptible flash of anger crossed her cold and beautiful face.
The incident happened a week ago.
She was investigating a missing boy case, and after interviews and investigations, all the evidence pointed to a local triad leader.
However, she could not produce concrete evidence and was unable to obtain a search warrant.
Of course, Maki wouldn't give up and continued her investigation despite the pressure. The deeper she went, the more complicated the investigation became, until it implicated a member of parliament.
“Inspector Maki, you’ve been working for 16 years. You know that if you continue the investigation without evidence, they can file a complaint against us with the Metropolitan Police Department.” The slightly overweight chief’s face was grim; Maki’s relentless pursuit was clearly putting considerable pressure on him. “Take a break for a while.”
"Chief, please look at that little boy's parents, look at their eyes, before you ask me to stop the investigation!" Ma Fei said coldly.
The slightly overweight bureau chief slammed his hand on his desk: "Ma Fei! Who's the bureau chief here?! You're on leave right now!"
He spoke so loudly that all the officers outside the office could hear him clearly.
Finally, Maki emerged from the office with a gloomy face.
Then she saw the gang leader sitting confidently in the police station, his face full of mockery, filing a complaint against her.
Consort Ma was furious, but there was nothing she could do.
Nao appeared and asked if she needed help.
Maki had a very bad impression of Nao; the day before yesterday, Nao tricked her into paying the bill and let the tires out of her car.
My impression of her changed somewhat after hearing that she offered to help.
So he agreed.
The kind of help she envisioned was someone like Shirakawa Natsu who helped her investigate and find evidence.
So, the next day, Maki organized the information she had gathered over the past few days and went to Nao to discuss the plan.
"Huh? What plan?" Nao tilted her head, looking at her with a cute expression.
Then Ma Fei received a call from the bureau informing her that her vacation was canceled.
Just last night, more than 80 members of the underworld and the congressman who pressured her to take leave were all killed, their throats slit. They were already dead when they were found.
"Hehe~ I don't know exactly who kidnapped them, so I killed them all." Nao laughed cutely, as if discussing how many enemies she killed in last night's game.
Consort Ma shuddered.
At that moment, she understood what Shirakawa Natsuko meant by non-human.
They are not the same species.
Then it doesn't matter how many die.
The boy was later found.
Her intuition was right; the gang leader was a perverted man-loving man.
Fortunately, after the examination, the boy had no other abnormalities except that he went to the toilet faster than usual.
Maki soon discovered a strange change in her status at the police station.
When she entered the office, all the officers buried their heads in their desks, pretending to be working diligently.
"Ma Fei, I've watched you grow up all these years." As the slightly overweight bureau chief spoke, beads of sweat were clearly visible on his forehead.
“I spoke a little too loudly yesterday. You know I was under a lot of pressure…”
Time returns to the present.
Looking at Nao, who looked even younger than her two daughters, Mahime was using a coquettish tone to ask Shirakawa Natsu to cook a dish for her.
"Okay, there's some chicken too."
"Hehe~ Thank you, Aunt Maki." Nao skipped around, grabbed a kitchen apron, tied it around her waist, and began skillfully preparing the remaining chicken.
"Xia likes to eat Yan cuisine, so I'll make a spicy and sour chicken breast dish."
Maki looked at Nao, then turned to look at the room on the second floor.
She was invited by Nao.
She didn't know why she had agreed to come.
From the very beginning, Maki never thought she could actually end up with Shirakawa Natsu, after all, the age difference between them was too great, and she was just enjoying the present.
I should have cut all ties with him from then on, and occasionally greeted him on the street with "Long time no see, how have you been?"
Then they each went their separate ways.
But now she has many questions she wants to ask Shirakawa Natsu.
Nao's attitude towards humans, and the thought that she was Shirakawa Natsu's girlfriend, made her very uneasy.
Logically speaking, this has nothing to do with her anymore.
"What on earth was I thinking?"
Ma Fei covered her cold and beautiful face with her hands. She never expected that at her age, she would be like a little girl, so easily swayed by matters of the heart.
Shirakawa Natsumi was pulled into the room by Arina.
He had expected to be subjected to a storm of questioning.
But the place was surprisingly quiet despite having food.
"I'm going to take a shower. Could you bring me the clothes I left behind last time?" After entering the room, Youcai quickly took off her clothes and pants, while also taking out cosmetics from her suitcase.
"Huh?" Shirakawa Natsu's expression was strange.
What the heck? Why is dressing up and putting on makeup at this point in the day?
"Okay." Shirakawa Natsu opened the wardrobe and took out the clothes she had bought with her when she went shopping with Youcai last time.
He watched as Youcai first tied up her long hair, then quickly went to the showerhead to finish showering. During the shower, he went up to rub against her, but Youcai angrily chased him away.
Then Youcai picked up her cosmetics and started applying makeup in front of the mirror.
Although she wore light makeup, she was very well dressed.
Shirakawa Natsu was speechless, saying he couldn't understand, but at least it avoided a direct confrontation, giving him time to talk to his brother first.
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Shirakawa Natsu had imagined all his women sitting at a table eating harmoniously, but he never expected it to happen so soon.
"Natsu-kun, this is some spicy and sour chicken breast I made. Do you like it?" Nao sat down next to him, her petite body almost pressed against his arm as she spoke.
"It's quite delicious, just to my liking." Shirakawa Natsu picked up a piece of chicken breast and put it in her mouth. It was spicy and delicious. Nao's cooking skills were always on point.
But swallowing it was incredibly difficult.
He had a complicated look in his eyes when there was food around; if it was jealousy or anger, he would feel better.
But that complicated look in his eyes made him completely lose interest in tasting the food in his mouth.
Aunt Mafei had a cold and aloof expression. From the moment she sat down, she kept her head down and ate without saying a word, nor did she look at anyone, let alone him.
The algae girl smiled mysteriously, her eyes scanning the crowd as if looking for something interesting.
Miyuki lowered her head and ate, as if everything was irrelevant to her.
“The rest were all made by Aunt Maki,” Nao said with a smile to Hojo Maki.
"Thank you." Shirakawa Natsu looked at the auntie awkwardly.
"No need. Nao helped me a few days ago, and I couldn't refuse her invitation today." Hojo Maki didn't even look up and continued eating.
"Hmph." Shirakawa Natsu gave an awkward laugh.
He invited Youcai back, which gave him more confidence in opening a harem.
Reality, however, dealt him a heavy blow.
Throughout the meal, only Nao occasionally said a few words; everyone else was just eating.
The atmosphere was so awkward it felt suffocating.
After the meal, Nao got up to clean up the dishes, while Hojo Maki chattered away beside her. It was unclear when the two had become so close.
He finally had the chance to call Miyuki to the balcony alone.
Only two people remained.
Shirakawa Natsu asked impatiently, "What's going on? Why are you all together?"
Miyuki leaned against the balcony: "Nao invited me to a party half a month ago. This morning she said you would be coming back and invited us to celebrate with you."
"God, celebrate!" Shirakawa Natsu's face darkened. Just as he had thought, Nao's possessiveness was stronger than anyone else's.
Moreover, they are extremely insecure and have destructive tendencies.
This is a protest against him.
Even if Shirakawa Natsumi really wanted to be angry with Nao, he couldn't bring himself to do it. To be honest, it was his selfishness and indecisiveness that led to the current situation.
Moreover, he couldn't come up with an effective solution.
“I’m planning to go for a walk.” Miyuki’s voice suddenly interrupted Shirakawa Natsu’s thoughts.
"Huh?" It took Shirakawa Natsu a few seconds to process the information from Minoki's mouth: "Where to?"
Miyuki smiled, propped her hands on the balcony, and looked up at the sky: "I don't know, I'll just buy a plane ticket, it's hard to know where to fly."
After she finished speaking, she turned around and looked into Shirakawa Natsu's eyes.
"Going away again?" Shirakawa Natsu frowned. Minoki had gone out once before, traveling around the country before returning.
He certainly didn't want Miyuki to leave at this time.
The most troublesome time is now that all the women around us know about each other.
He looked at Miyuki, opening his mouth as if to say something to persuade her to stay.
He opened his mouth and said, "Okay, I'll see you off when you leave."
He really had no right to keep Mikoto Kumi; she had already helped him too much.
Shirakawa Natsumi wanted to ask further questions, but suddenly saw Aunt Maki walk to the entrance, change into high heels, and push open the door to leave.
He quickly said to Miyuki, "I'll go first."
Mi no Shi nodded.
Shirakawa Natsu hurriedly chased after Aunt Maki, as he needed to know her stance.
He just left.
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