Chapter 174

Miyano Akemi met Hoshino Ki's eyes and warmed his fingers for him.

Her warm palms wrapped around Hoshino Ki's fingers.

She smiled at Hoshino Ki:

"Let's go!"

Hoshino Ki let her hold his hand.

She was too gentle, considerate in every detail.

She always treated him like a little boy who hadn't grown up.

Even when doing that, it was no exception.

Sister...

Hoshino Ki was dazed, not knowing what he was thinking.

He didn't notice Miyano Akemi beside him moving closer to him.

Then her brow furrowed, and her gaze gradually dimmed.

Before Hoshino Ki looked at her.

Miyano Akemi put on a gentle smile again.

She reached out to brush the stray hair on Hoshino Ki's forehead:

"Ki... did you spray perfume?"

"I remember you told me you don't like the smell of perfume!"

Hoshino Ki's pupils shrank slightly.

He was stuck for a moment.

His fingers were still held in Miyano Akemi's palm.

It wasn't right to pull them back, and he couldn't pretend nothing happened.

In the blink of an eye.

Hoshino Ki had a flash of inspiration.

The floral water he asked a friend in China to buy had arrived.

It was in the trunk of the car.

He hadn't had time to take it out yet.

"I bought you a gift."

"The perfume was accidentally rubbed on, I didn't notice!"

Miyano Akemi didn't suspect him at all.

She showed a slightly surprised smile.

Her affectionate eyes were full of soft light:

"Really?"

Being gazed at by Miyano Akemi with such gentle and trusting eyes.

Hoshino Ki's original 60% certainty became 100%.

If he said there was a gift, there must be!

"Yeah! I wanted to give you a surprise... I hid it in the car just now."

Hoshino Ki wanted to turn around to get it.

Miyano Akemi grabbed his fingers tightly.

Her soft fingertips rubbed against the back of Hoshino Ki's hand:

"Since it's a surprise, there's no rush, let's go in."

It was going to be hers anyway, it didn't matter when he gave it to her.

Hoshino Ki didn't say anything else, maintaining the posture of his fingers being held by Miyano Akemi.

They walked into the house together.

Haibara Ai was sitting in the living room, seeing the two walk in holding hands.

Her ice-blue eyes suddenly dimmed:

"What did you go do?"

Miyano Akemi let go of his hand instantly.

She walked to Haibara Ai and waved her hands repeatedly:

"Ai-chan, we misunderstood Hoshino-kun, he was just..."

Miyano Akemi was a bit shy.

She was too embarrassed to tell Haibara Ai that Hoshino Ki had bought her a gift.

"???"

Haibara Ai looked at Miyano Akemi's shy expression.

She knew Hoshino Ki must have done something to please her...

Sure enough...

Did he still like sister more?

The sisters walked to the side to chat.

Hoshino Ki had nothing to do, so he followed behind the two and sat on the sofa together.

"Ai-chan, where do you want to go this weekend? Let's go together?"

"Ki, come with us too!"

The sisters were discussing where to play on the weekend.

When they both looked at Hoshino Ki at the same time.

They saw his expression seemed a bit dazed.

Although he was sitting beside them, his mind had already drifted away.

The sisters didn't change their expressions.

Their fingers tightened at the same time, and the force of gripping the sofa gradually increased.

Hoshino Ki felt the two's small movements.

He came back to his senses, only to see Miyano Akemi and Haibara Ai looking at him.

Only Miyano Akemi had a gentle smile on her face.

While Haibara Ai frowned unhappily:

"What are you thinking about?"

Hoshino Ki hadn't heard what the two were saying at all.

He paused, his pitch-black eyes flowing between the two.

Miyano Akemi chuckled:

"We were just talking about going out to play this weekend, you take us, is that okay?"

Hoshino Ki hadn't spoken yet.

Miyano Akemi said gently again:

"You're so busy usually, you should go out more to breathe fresh air."

Hoshino Ki didn't answer.

He glanced at Haibara Ai's resentful expression.

It wouldn't do if he didn't agree...

If he said no, he would be executed on the spot by Haibara Ai.

Hoshino Ki nodded: "Okay!"

"Great!"

Hoshino Ki met Miyano Akemi's affectionate gaze...

Are women this easy to fool?

Weren't they shouting to kill him before?

Hoshino Ki was a bit bored, so he stood up:

"I'm going to sleep."

After saying that, he turned around immediately without waiting for a reaction.

“Ah! Wait a moment!”

Miyano Akemi also stood up and came to Hoshino-kun's side.

She pulled Hoshino Ki to one side.

The two of them stood under a beautiful painting.

What existed in the painting was a beautiful crabapple tree.

Miyano Akemi was smiling at him.

For a moment, he actually couldn't tell if the painting was better looking or if she was.

“Are you very tired?”

She paused and said with hidden meaning:

“I'm looking forward to the gift you're giving me, I'm very happy!”

“We'll go out to play together this weekend, you have to prepare well!”

Prepare?

Prepare what?

The two walked all the way to the door of his room.

After walking a distance, he realized.

His hand had been holding Miyano Akemi's hand the whole time.

Hoshino Ki lowered his head to look at their hands, his pitch-black eyes meaningful.

Could it be that this woman wanted to come to his room to play?

As expected of Miyano Akemi!

Just at this moment! The phone in Hoshino Ki's pocket suddenly rang.

“Buzz buzz!”

Miyano Akemi paused slightly and turned to look at Hoshino Ki: “Ki?”

Hoshino Ki's heart tightened.

He suddenly had a bad premonition.

He took out his phone and calmly covered the screen.

He didn't let Miyano Akemi see the name of the caller.

Miyano Akemi didn't see it, but he himself had seen it clearly.

It was Mouri Ran!

Hoshino Ki hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether he should answer this call.

Miyano Akemi narrowed her eyes and didn't let go of Hoshino Ki's hand.

Her voice remained gentle.

Like a spring breeze brushing against his face.

“Ki, why aren't you answering the phone?”

Actually, it didn't matter if he answered this call.

If he didn't answer...

It would instead arouse suspicion.

After spending so much time together, Hoshino Ki discovered.

Although Miyano Akemi was very easy to talk to on the surface.

She was actually very suspicious at heart.

If he acted too evasive in front of her, it would only make her think something was fishy.

Hoshino Ki stared openly at Miyano Akemi with his pitch-black pupils:

“It's about the serial killer news, I don't want to answer, I want to accompany you...”

He deliberately steered the topic to the news.

Making Miyano Akemi think that the person calling was a reporter or someone like that.

This way, no matter what he said later, the other party wouldn't think of anything else.

Sure enough, Miyano Akemi smiled and raised her arm to stroke Hoshino Ki's face.

The smile in her eyes was as gentle as:

“Answer it! What if it's some important work?”

Hoshino Ki acted very magnanimously.

Although he had deliberately covered the screen just now.

And didn't let Miyano Akemi see the caller's name.

But he didn't avoid Miyano Akemi for the subsequent call.

In front of her.

Hoshino Ki answered the phone, and he asked directly without giving Mouri Ran a chance to speak:

“Is something the matter?”

Mouri Ran on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment.

Combined with the fact that it took Hoshino Ki a long time to answer the phone just now.

Mouri Ran subconsciously thought she had disturbed Hoshino Ki.

She thought Hoshino Ki had already gone to sleep, so she said in a low voice:

“Hoshino-san! Sorry to bother you, are you busy?”

“Yeah!”

Hoshino Ki's expression was calm.

He didn't look at Miyano Akemi, but he knew Miyano Akemi was staring at him the whole time.

Once his expression showed anything wrong.

Miyano Akemi would be able to detect it immediately.

She was that kind of woman.

Always able to dig out any fact she wanted to know through his subtle expressions.

It was simply terrifying!

Mouri Ran calling Hoshino actually didn't have anything urgent.

She simply missed Hoshino Ki.

She knew Hoshino Ki was usually very busy and couldn't have a lot of time to go out and play like an ordinary boy.

But her heart was always very uneasy.

Hoshino Ki was handsome, steady, excellent, and gentle.

The people who liked him would have to line up all the way to France.

The confession incident at school today made her feel that danger was lurking everywhere.

It wasn't just Yamakawa Yoshiko who admired him.

There wasn't a single girl present who wasn't enamored with him. ....