The only male protagonist in variety comics

""Come here often to play" and"This child's father and I are often not at home" seem to be two contradictory sentences. However, if you think about it carefully, if Yuki Rito comes over in the future, he will naturally not come to see his uncle and aunt, but only to find his uncle and aunt. Nogizaka Hatsuka, they are not at home, which is a disguised form of giving Yuki Rito the opportunity to do whatever he wants.

The aunt in front of me is probably"driving", and the speed is very fast, but fortunately Yuki Rito can keep up.

"Will do."

After politely saying goodbye, Yuki Rito's figure gradually disappeared into the night.

Only then did Nogizaka Hatsuka, who had become dull due to alcohol, understand the deep meaning of his mother's words and stared at her with shame and anger.

"What are you talking about?!"

"Nonsense. I'm not talking nonsense. Your father and I are often away from home. Isn't that the truth?"

Seeing her daughter's flushed face, the woman curled her lips.

"You are already so old, but you are still as shy as a little girl who has never seen the world. If you shrink back because of shyness, the opportunity will run away from your hands, right? I know that kid Yuki Rito, he’s very good. If you can be with him, I can rest assured in the future."

"Got it, got it! I'm going to bed."

While Nogizaka Hatsuka was talking to her mother, Yuuki Rito was walking in the night. Okuzome

Town is a small town after all. Although the moon in the sky is bright, it only barely gives some visibility. On the road There are not many street lights, and it is a relatively dark environment for a long distance. If a person is walking towards you, with normal eyesight, you cannot even see the other person's appearance clearly unless you get close enough. The result Jorito didn't feel anything strange. He walked quickly towards home while thinking silently in his heart.

Because of the changes in the Nagisa family, Nogizaka Hatsuka felt very uneasy about the future of her job as a maid, so there was no need to continue. Let her maintain the status quo, and then make a vague confirmation with Nogizaka Hatsuka, so that the company under her control can extend an olive branch to her and give her a leisurely job that can be done in Okuzome, and in the process, she You don’t even have to show up.

Nogizaka Hatsuka’s home is not far from Yuuki Rito’s house. It doesn’t even take ten minutes to walk quickly. As Yuuki Rito thinks about it, he has already returned to the familiar house.

Belongs to Sora There was no light in the room, it was pitch dark (ajcc), but the living room was brightly lit, which looked a bit weird.

"I'm back."

Yuki Rito opened the door, and what he saw was Qiong, who was half lying on the sofa, playing with his mobile phone with a bored and sleepy expression.

Seeing Yuuki Rito, the girl's original eyes turned into surprise.

"So early? Didn't you say before twelve o'clock?"

Yuki Rito sat on the sofa next to Sora

"It's also before twelve o'clock now. It seems that you plan to wait for me in the living room. What will you do if I don't come back until after twelve o'clock?"

"I'll...I'll fall asleep."

Although I really wanted to say something harsh, Kasugano Qiong knew very clearly that he had no ability to threaten Rito Yuki. As for losing his temper willfully, Kasugano Qiong couldn't do it, and he didn't want to do it. In the end, he held it back. For a long time, the girl only said these words without any deterrent

"If you fall asleep on the sofa, you may have back pain the next day. Well, I understand, I understand, Qiong wants to make me feel bad in this way, right?"

Yuuki Rito was amused by Kasugano Qiong, and held the girl in his arms very affectionately. Although Qiong was shy, he would not run away at this moment, and let Yuki Rito do it with his blushing face. After a while, he calmed down. The moody Qiong looked at Yuki Rito and asked

"Rito said before that he was going to comfort Miss Nogizaka. Did something bad happen to her?"

Originally, Qiong Kasugano really thought that Yuuki Rito ran out to date Nogizaka Hatsuka, but he went out in the middle of the night and came back so early. Now, Qiong gradually understood that Yuuki Rito had not lied before.

"It's just a normal worry, worries about the future caused by life and work."

Qiong still didn't understand, and wanted to let Yuuki Rito elaborate. Seeing this, Yuuki Rito looked at the time.

"It's not early now. Aren't you going to sleep? After seeing me come back, you should be relieved and able to sleep peacefully. You looked very sleepy before."

"I'm not sleepy now. I want to listen to you. Anyway, I won't go to school tomorrow. As I promised before, I'll go next week. If Rito is sleepy, just go to bed first."

Having said that, He Qiong looked at each other with eyes full of expectation and a little bit of prayer. Yuki Rito certainly knew that the girl did not want him to go to bed now, so he patiently said

"What ordinary people want is basically basic necessities of life, food, clothing, housing, and transportation. The more advanced ones are spiritual and material entertainment, and even things like becoming famous and going down in history. However, there are still a few people who have the ability to pursue the latter two. The vast majority of people are Running around for food, clothing, housing and transportation. At the beginning, everyone hoped to find a job that could support their lives, but birth, old age, illness and death are also human nature. A job that can only support basic life cannot cope with emergencies. Everyone wants a higher salary, and with a higher salary After getting paid, I worry about the day when an economic crisis or something like that will happen and I lose my job. People have all kinds of emotions and will always be troubled by all kinds of things."

"Then...Has Rito ever been troubled by this?"

"I used to worry about it for a long time, but I won't worry about it anymore. I don't have to worry about it. I will solve these problems, or in other words, I have already solved them."

The look of memories appeared in Rito Yuki's eyes, but quickly dissipated. He touched Qiong's head and told her not to worry.

After a moment of silence, Qiong changed the subject.

"Did Rito comfort Nogizaka-san the same way? Boys tell girls not to worry about their lives. This behavior seems to be called - well, it's called nurturing."

"……"

Yuuki Rito, who had finally put on the appearance of a life mentor, could no longer maintain his enigmatic temperament.

"Where did you get this word?"

"on a website"

"That is not a good website. There is no need to discuss this matter. Listen to me and don’t browse that website again."_To read the ununderlined version of the novel, please download Feilu