After chatting quietly for a while.
Suiren lightly coughed a few times, her mouth dry, then went over and gulped down several big mouthfuls of water.
Then she suddenly blushed a little and asked Hikari, "Hikari-kun… do you like me?"
"Mm, I do," Looking at Suiren's flushed face, her beautiful eyes holding shyness and expectation, Hikari gave the answer she wanted.
Sure enough, after hearing his words, the corners of Suiren's lips lifted slightly, and her mouth even opened a few centimeters in surprise.
Then she suddenly asked that classic question, "Hikari-kun, do you like Nee-san more, or do you like Aoi more…"
"Mm… I like both quite a lot," Looking at the expectation in her eyes, Hikari felt that no matter how he answered it would sound wrong, so he could only give an honest yet somewhat perfunctory reply.
Suiren indeed showed dissatisfaction, knitting her brows and glaring at him.
"As expected of someone from Tokyo, a scumbag. Don't stop, keep kissing…"
With Suiren half resisting and half welcoming, and Hikari half pushing and half going along, the two became busy again.
———
While Hikari was busy, after washing away the dirt inside and out and returning to her usual noble and elegant appearance, Jinno Sumire left the Jinno residence and headed for Ino Shrine.
At this time, in the large Jinno mansion, only Jinno Takashi remained sitting in the reception room. He leaned back in a soft chair, eyes narrowed as if resting.
After Jinno Takashi sat alone quietly for quite a while, a subordinate at the door suddenly came in and reported, "Family Head, Lady Sumire has already gone to the shrine."
"The person I asked you to find earlier, have you found him?", Jinno Takashi opened his eyes and asked the subordinate.
The subordinate nodded, "Found him! He's already been brought back to the Jinno residence. Shall I bring him in now?"
"No need. Take me to see him," Jinno Takashi waved his hand.
"Yes!"
Seeing Jinno Takashi stand up, the subordinate quickly lowered his head and respectfully led the way.
Leaving the reception room and passing through several corridors, Jinno Takashi was led to a closed door.
The subordinate gestured and said, "Family Head, the person you're looking for is inside."
"Alright, you can go," Jinno Takashi waved him off.
"Yes!", The subordinate bowed and turned to leave.
Jinno Takashi straightened his sleeves and pushed the door open.
The room was simply arranged, with only a small bed, a round wooden table, and two stools. On one of the stools sat a middle-aged man with a hunched back.
Seeing someone enter, the hunched man was startled. When he recognized Jinno Takashi, he quickly stood up and gave a slight bow.
"Jinno family head!"
There was a trace of anger on the middle-aged man's face at being suddenly brought here, but even more fear. He lowered his head carefully toward Jinno Takashi.
Taking in the man's timid and submissive expression, Jinno Takashi burst out laughing and called out, "Nao-kun, no… son-in-law! Long time no see, hahaha!"
"Son-in-law and such… Family Head Jinno, I wouldn't dare, I truly wouldn't dare!", The hunched middle-aged man called Nao waved his hands repeatedly, shaking his head in a timid voice.
Seeing him bent over, timid as a mouse, Jinno Takashi suddenly straightened his face and said coldly, "If I say you are, then you are! I finally went to the trouble of bringing you back to the Jinno family. You're not thinking of running again, are you?"
"Wouldn't dare, wouldn't dare!", Hearing that, how could Nao refute him?
Sensing that Jinno Takashi must have something to say, Nao took the initiative to lower his head and asked, "May I ask why you suddenly had me brought back?"
Jinno Takashi laughed loudly, "You married my daughter and ran away. What do you think I want? Of course I want you to hurry up and give me a few grandsons to help our Jinno family spread its branches and leaves."
"Ah?", The hunched middle-aged man's face froze in shock, cold sweat forming. He clearly hadn't expected Jinno Takashi to say that.
Seeing him panic, Jinno Takashi smiled and explained, "Relax. I truly have no intention of pursuing what happened before. Because recently there's been a termite in my house who loves to lie, and she's been clinging to little Sumire. Right now I really need the help of you, little Sumire's legal husband."
"Come, come, go in with me. Let's drink some tea and talk slowly," Jinno Takashi kindly wrapped an arm around the hunched man's shoulder and led the submissive man into the reception room together.
———
In Suiren's bedroom, Hikari and Suiren were playing a two-player fighting game, the battle in full swing.
Completely immersed in their two-person world, Suiren was busy dealing with Hikari.
She didn't notice at all that downstairs, the door lock had already clicked open with a key inserted.
A graceful figure had entered the house and was slowly walking upstairs.
The slender girl stood outside the bedroom door, listening to the sounds of the two secretly indulging themselves inside.
"As expected… when Nee-san plays with Hikari-kun, she completely loses control too and gets beaten terribly."
The girl standing outside blushed slightly and shook her head. There was a hint of thought in her eyes. It was none other than Aoi.
Lightly grabbing the hem of her JK pleated skirt with both hands, she listened a bit longer through the door.
Aoi couldn't hold back anymore.
She directly twisted the doorknob and pushed the door open.
Seeing Aoi suddenly barge in, Hikari and Suiren, who had been intensely playing their two-player game, both turned their heads to look at her.
Seeing it was Aoi, Hikari's expression didn't change much. He even continued controlling the pixel character in the game to attack the enemy.
But Suiren was clearly affected. Her beautiful eyes fixed tightly on her younger sister's familiar face, and she froze completely.
She didn't even pay attention to the character in the game being attacked by the enemy. Even though the character kept letting out cries of being beaten, her mind had gone totally blank.
"A-Aoi…"
"You… how could you…"
"How could you be here?"
Suiren stared blankly at Aoi.
Hearing that, Aoi's pure and pretty face was covered in frost, as if extremely angry.
She spoke coldly, full of anger, "How could I be here? Hmph! If I didn't show up, how would I see you two doing this behind my back?"
"Suiren-nee, you're really shameless. Stealing your own sister's boyfriend. What kind of sister are you!", As she spoke, Aoi raised her hand to wipe the corner of her eye.
Seeing her sad and crying look, Suiren hurriedly said, "N-no, it's not like that!"
"I just did it for the two of you. I was afraid you two would keep making mistakes, so… so that's why I was with Hikari-kun like this…"
Suiren looked at Hikari beside her and shook his arm pitifully. "Hikari-kun… say something, explain to Aoi for me, I…"
Before she could finish, and without waiting for Hikari to speak, Aoi cut her off, "We're not that greedy to play to this extent."
"You even say it's for us. Actually, it's because you couldn't control yourself and wanted it, right?"
Hearing that, Suiren quickly tried to explain, "No… I'm not… I just wanted to help you, to help Hikari-kun solve it a little…"
"Just helping to solve it a little? Did it have to go this far?", Aoi pressed further.
"I… I, I…", Faced with her younger sister's questioning step by step, Suiren couldn't think of an answer and began to stammer.
Looking at Hikari beside her, feeling his warm and burning body temperature, then looking at Aoi glaring at her.
Suiren felt like something inside her had been pierced. She suddenly raised her hand in shame to cover her face and cried as she admitted, "Fine! It's because I wanted it myself. I've actually fallen for Hikari-kun too. I also want Hikari-kun!"
"It's just that I was too embarrassed before. I felt Hikari-kun and Aoi suited each other better, and you were even engaged, so I used the excuse of helping Aoi to get close to Hikari-kun."
"But actually those were all excuses. It was me, this shameless Nee-san, who wanted it!"
"I'm sorry, Aoi. I'm sorry, Hikari-kun. I hope… I hope you can forgive this shameless Nee-san!", Suiren covered her face with both hands, crying as she honestly confessed.
But Aoi suddenly giggled and said playfully, "Alright, I forgive you, Nee-san."
"Huh?", Suiren, who had been confessing nonstop, instantly looked confused when Aoi so easily forgave her.
'Wait, it can be forgiven just like that?'
Suiren blankly lowered her hands and saw Hikari still moving his hands and feet, seriously playing the game.
And before she could react, Aoi rushed over and joined their game battle too.
———
Originally only Suiren was playing games with Hikari.
Now Aoi came over and said she wanted to add herself in. After Hikari connected another controller for her, the two-player game became a three-player one.
But the originally fair 1V1 duel became an unfair match of Hikari alone against both Suiren and Aoi.
Although Hikari's skill level was still higher than either of the sisters individually.
But when the Asakawa sisters teamed up together against him, they really did cause him some trouble.
Because of their intense battle, the originally quiet Asakawa house was filled with constant clanging and banging sounds.
While attacking two people at the same time and listening to the sisters' cries, a system notification sounded in Hikari's mind.
[Ding! Host successfully helped Suiren recognize her true feelings and bravely choose the one she truly loves, successfully promoting the spirit of pure love.] [T/N: Half the work was done by Aoi]
[Reward obtained: Pure Love Points +200]
Although the system reward surprised Hikari a little, he didn't pay much attention, since the battle in front of him still required focus.
———
Several hours later—
The three-person game battle ended.
After an intense fight, Hikari ultimately achieved a complete victory.
Standing alone now, he looked down from above at the Asakawa sisters lying exhausted on the tatami.
Noticing his gaze, Aoi, whose hands and feet were still slightly cramping from exhaustion, still blinked at him and gave him a wink.
As for Suiren, in her slightly rolled-back eyes there was a bit of shyness, a bit of relief, a bit of comfort, and a slight trace of embarrassment.
Because halfway through this three-person melee, especially when Aoi even helped Hikari deal with her, Suiren understood that she had been set up by Aoi, basically offering herself up to Hikari and rushing to give herself away for free.
But by now it was already a done deal. Not only had raw rice been cooked into cooked rice, but she had already spoken her true feelings. It was far too late to regret.
And honestly, those close and intimate feelings with Hikari were truly too comfortable.
Suiren realized she had completely forgotten those feelings and couldn't leave Hikari anymore.
Although playing games together with Aoi and Hikari sometimes made her very shy, many of the feelings from the three of them playing together really couldn't be experienced in a two-person game. So she didn't have much objection to it now.
Seeing Suiren's expression, Hikari roughly understood her thoughts.
"You two rest for a bit. I'll clean up."
Lowering his head, Hikari tidied up the coffee table that had been accidentally damaged during the intense gaming and the sofa that had been splashed with tea.
After roughly cleaning up, he went into the bathroom first and took a shower, washing off the sweat from playing games with the Asakawa sisters.
After rinsing his sticky body clean again, Hikari walked out of the bathroom.
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