Chapter 399

Jiahe Lianxiao had been staying in the room with Liuli after school, so she naturally saw the whole process, and she nodded in a small voice:

"Ye, yes."

Natsume Chikage was thoughtful, somewhat not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

He didn't know whether to be glad that there was a cat so "favored", or to be helpless that it treated this place as a buffet restaurant.

This cat had even figured out the location of the window, obviously completely relying on this place.

At this time, Xia Mu Liuli just finished making a simple late-night snack—steaming sausage and egg fried rice.

She didn't rush to put the cuisine on the table, but first carefully wiped the few shallow, plum-blossom-shaped cat paw prints on the table clean with a rag, and then placed the bowls and chopsticks properly.

Natsume Chikage recalled that snow-white fur that was spotless, curious:

"Xiao Bai always looks very clean, is there someone who regularly gives it a bath?"

Xia Mu Liuli blinked her eyes, recalling:

"It seems there is."

"Last time I came back from school, I saw the landlady old lady in the backyard on the first floor, carefully scrubbing it with a small basin."

Natsume Chikage was dumbfounded:

"No wonder..."

Not long after.

After eating the simple late-night snack.

Jiahe Lianxiao's mobile phone in her schoolbag vibrated slightly.

After she answered it, her fingers unconsciously pinched the skirt, her tone appearing somewhat reluctant, stammering:

"Liuli-chan, Natsume big brother... father and mother are back, I... should go back."

Natsume Chikage looked at the clock pointing to ten on the wall, stood up, and said:

"Since it's nearby, I'll send you downstairs."

A faint, joyful blush quickly appeared on Jiahe Lianxiao's weak and pure face, and she nodded gently:

"Hmm... sorry for the trouble, Natsume big brother."

Xia Mu Liuli naturally had no objections.

Rather, she herself was preparing to suggest that her brother send Jiahe Lianxiao back.

After all, Lianxiao's home was nearby.

And she was the one who invited Lianxiao over, so letting her go back as a girl at night always made people worried.

Natsume Chikage accompanied her downstairs, and after walking for a few minutes, he was stunned to discover that the "new home" where Jiahe Lianxiao lived was the high-end modern apartment where Classmate Tengyuan Kui also lived.

"You live in this building?"

Jiahe Lianxiao nodded shyly:

"Yes... Natsume big brother, is there any problem?"

Natsume Chikage shook his head, withdrawing the surprise in his eyes:

"No, it's just that one of my classmates also happens to live here."

"Since you've arrived, I'll go back first."

Jiahe Lianxiao bowed slightly under the bright entrance light of the apartment, very politely and with a bit of shyness, thanking him:

"Thank you, Natsume big brother, for sending me back."

"See you... tomorrow."

Natsume Chikage nodded to signal, then turned and walked into the night.

However, the scene of Natsume Chikage sending Jiahe Lianxiao back to the apartment entrance was seen by Tengyuan Youyi—that is, Classmate Tengyuan Kui's mother—who had just come downstairs to throw out the trash, at the corner.

She was so shocked that the garbage classification bag she was carrying fell to the ground, and she hurriedly took out her mobile phone, taking a photo quickly with the help of the street lamp and the apartment light.

Subsequently, she quickly finished throwing out the trash.

Rushed back home in a hurry.

Tengyuan Youyi looked at her daughter, Classmate Tengyuan Kui, who was sitting on the living room sofa with her feet up, leisurely playing with her mobile phone and eating potato chips, and felt angry, poking the mobile phone screen at her:

"Kui, I said you girl are usually too slow, now it's good, something big has happened!"

Classmate Tengyuan Kui was scared so that a potato chip choked in her throat, coughing twice, bewildered:

"Mom! What's finished?"

Tengyuan Youyi hurriedly enlarged the mobile phone photo, pointing to the person on it:

"That Natsume-kun you have a crush on just sent another girl home! Just sent her to the downstairs of our apartment!"

Classmate Tengyuan Kui saw the photo, snatched the mobile phone in a panic, enlarged it and looked at it carefully, shocked:

"Who, who is this girl?!"

"Why have I never seen her!"

"And the school uniform she's wearing... is not our school's either."

Tengyuan Youyi frowned and tried hard to recall:

"I don't have much impression either..."

"But I remember someone in the apartment resident group seemed to say today that a family moved in recently, and there's a daughter."

"Could it be... the one in the photo?"

Classmate Tengyuan Kui hurriedly asked:

"Mom, help me ask quickly."

Tengyuan Youyi looked at her daughter's appearance, sighed with a smile, and then picked up her own mobile phone and started asking for specific situations in the small group.

"It really is... the Jiahe family that moved in recently, the daughter seems to be called Lianxiao."

And Classmate Tengyuan Kui, after knowing this, suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis.

After all, this 'high school girl's' figure was much better than hers.

If Natsume-kun likes this kind of pure and seductive type...

No, no, even if Natsume really likes it, he must have his XP corrected!

Kui—will never admit defeat!

Thinking of this, Classmate Tengyuan Kui couldn't help but grab a handful of potato chips and stuff them into her mouth, chewing fiercely.

She remembered that Natsume-kun said in the evening that he went to teach that little girl named Gu Chuan Caixu to play shogi.

But after teaching, why did it become sending another girl home at night?

What exactly happened in the middle?

No, I must send a message to ask Natsume-kun later!

Home.

Natsume Chikage sent the person back and closed the door gently.

He remembered something and said to Liuli, who was cleaning up the bowls and chopsticks:

"Liuli, today brother received the salary from the coffee shop."

Xia Mu Liuli's eyes brightened, turning around happily:

"Really? Brother, how much was issued?"

Natsume Chikage explained:

"55,000 yen."

Upon hearing this, Xia Mu Liuli's little head immediately operated at high speed, calculating the family's financial situation, and then seriously flattened her little face and asked:

"Brother, how much money do you have in total on you now?"

"Is it enough to pay this month's rent?"

"If it's not enough, Liuli still has some pocket money, if we pool it together, maybe it's just enough to pay next month's rent."

"Liuli remembers the landlady said that the 15th is the deadline, we must pay quickly, otherwise... we might be kicked out."

Natsume Chikage smiled, his tone carrying a trace of meaning to make his sister feel at ease:

"Don't worry, brother has already paid the rent to her when passing by the landlady on the way back."

Xia Mu Liuli was obviously relieved, her shoulders relaxing:

"That's good..."

"But brother, after paying the rent, how much money do you have left?"

"Give your wallet to Liuli to see, Liuli will calculate how much money we have to spend until you have income next time, we must plan well." ===== CHAPTER 400 =====