I have pure love with them

"Nothing, I just wanted to ask, how is your relationship with that Goto classmate from last time?"

"...Very good, what's wrong?"

Quan seldom had face-to-face conversations with his father, but this time, as soon as the conversation began, Quan's nerves instantly tensed up, and some bad premonitions surged into his mind.

"I know that studying is important, but you are already a mature high school student. It is normal for you to have someone you like. You don't have to hide it from us. As your parents, we support you to have a healthy love life. So...how is the relationship between you and Ms. Goto going?"

Mr. Chihaya was silent for a moment, and in his opinion, used a rather reserved tone to inquire about his son's emotional state.

160. Can't we just treat it as an investment?

When his family members suddenly began to care about his love life and hoped that he would have a "healthy" love life, Quan understood what they meant.

Before Aine even came to the living room, he fixed his eyes on his father and nodded slightly, assuring himself that he would take the feelings happening to him seriously.

"..."

Mr. Chihaya felt that there seemed to be something wrong with Izumi's answer, but he couldn't tell what it was. Before Mr. Chihaya could reply, Chihaya Aine came to the living room and saw her brother and father sitting on the sofa. She looked at them with some surprise.

"What are you talking about?"

Quan didn't think the conversation he had just had with his father was a big deal. Just as he was about to answer, Mr. Chihaya spoke first.

"Nothing, I just talked to Izumi about school matters. You have been enrolled in Yuqiu for a while now. Have you encountered any troubles that you need our help to solve?"

It’s not that he couldn’t tell Aine what happened just now, but Chihaya-san wasn’t very willing to let Aine know, so before Izumi gave her answer, he found an answer to get by, and asked about Aine’s life in Haneda.

"Eh, me? Everything is fine in school. Although I didn't get familiar with it at first, I have made a lot of friends now and everything is on the right track."

Facing her father's concern, Aiyin didn't feel troubled at all. The only thing that made her feel embarrassed was that the current living expenses seemed not enough. However, she was not in a position to talk to her parents about this matter. Her eyes stayed on Quan for a while, then she retracted them skillfully and smiled at her father.

Noticing the wandering look in Aine's eyes, Mr. Chihaya did not ask any further questions. He just told Aine to remember to ask him if she had any difficulties in life.

"Well, I see."

His son and daughter are both very sensible and well-behaved, and they both have excellent academic performance. For Mr. Chihaya, the two have already met his greatest expectations as a father for his children. As for the rest of the things... he can only observe for the time being.

Mrs. Chihaya seemed to have let it go, and did not ask any additional questions about her two children. After dinner, Aine took on the task of tidying up the dishes. Everyone sat in the living room for a while, and then Aine signaled to Izumi with her eyes, asking him to go back to his room, as she seemed to have something to talk to him about.

Originally, Quan wanted to stay in the living room for a while longer and read the current political news, but after Aine came close to him and gave him a hint with her eyes, he stood up with a little helplessness and went back to his room first.

She nudged Izumi lightly with her elbow and hinted at Izumi's love with her eyes. She watched Izumi get up and leave. She stayed in the living room for a little longer and then went back upstairs with him.

"..."

The Chihaya couple watched their two children leave. Mrs. Chihaya sighed helplessly, while Mr. Chihaya remained silent and looked at the TV quietly without any reaction...

Arriving at the door of the room on the second floor from the living room, Aiyin saw that the door of her brother's room was not closed. She pursed her soft cherry lips, lightened her steps, and entered her brother's room stealthily. She closed the door with her backhand to prevent her parents from coming upstairs later and hearing her conversation with Izumi.

Quan, who was sitting in front of the computer, was looking at the computer that had just been turned on. He heard a noise coming from behind him, turned the chair under him, and turned around to see Aine who had closed the door.

"Close the door. Are you planning to stay at my place tonight?"

He raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Aine who closed the door, and Quan couldn't help but chuckled and asked Aine softly.

"If you don't feel crowded, I don't mind."

The door closed and she turned to look at Izumi who was sitting in front of the computer. After hearing what Izumi said, Aine looked indifferent and walked in front of Izumi. She smiled and looked at her brother.

"Hey, Quan, have you ever thought about working part-time?"

"..."

I was still wondering if Aiyin suddenly asked me to meet her because she wanted to talk about what happened in 'RiNG' today. I never thought that she would talk about 'part-time job'.

"Isn't the living expenses enough now?"

Izumi didn’t talk to Aine about those meaningless things. He looked at Aine’s forced smile and pointed out the core issue that led her to ask this question.

"It's not that I don't have enough... I just want to do something, and I feel a little constrained. After starting the band's activities, there will be more and more meetings and gatherings, and the expenses will gradually increase. For example, for guitars and other equipment, I have already taken out all the savings in my piggy bank. There will be other expenses in the future, and I feel that it will not be enough... So, Quan, do you want to work part-time with me?"

Chihaya's family income is not low, but no matter how high the income is, if the living expenses are shared equally among two children, Aine's living expenses will be about the same as other students, and it is difficult to support her band's activities.

Although she still has some savings balance to support Aiyin's band activities, she roughly estimated that if she continued to spend like she did in the past two days, she would be short of money when the new clothes for this summer are launched.

Therefore, if she doesn't want to "cut costs", she has to consider "increasing revenue".

If the person in front of him was Toyokawa Shoko, telling him that he was short of funds, then Izumi would have already started considering whether to recruit her to be his maid, but the person in front of him was his own sister.

"Even if she's my sister, there's nothing wrong with asking her, right?"

Looking at Aine in front of him whose smile gradually became forced and stiff, but who was still waiting for his answer, Izumi tapped his cheek lightly with his fingers, showing a thoughtful expression.

"What do you think you can do?"

"Eh?"

Looking at Izumi in front of her with a slightly dazed look, Aine didn’t quite understand what he meant by this.

"I can offer you 1,000 yen an hour, but I can't think of anything you can do for me right now, so what do you think you can do for me?"

Looking at Aine who was standing in front of him, Izumi threw the question to her.

"Ah... do I have to be so reluctant? I can't think of anything I can do, so why not just consider it as helping a high school girl who's in trouble?"

After hearing what Quan said clearly, Aine couldn't help but sigh, revealing her cute little canine teeth, and looked at her brother helplessly.

161. I am a good child, Santa Claus will definitely fulfill my wish

"Support poor female high school students?"

After hearing what Aine said, Quan was stunned for a moment, and then looked at his sister with an inexplicable look, causing Aine's cheeks to turn red instantly. With a flushed face, he looked at his brother with dissatisfaction.

"No, why would you think of that? The obscene one is Quan, right?!"

Aine didn't think too much when she spoke, she just said it casually, but she didn't expect Quan to associate it with obscene things. Aine felt shy all of a sudden, and also felt a little dissatisfied. She pursed her lips and stared at her brother sullenly.

Seeing that Aine seemed to be dissatisfied, Izumi didn’t say anything and silently spread out his hands.

Although Aine wanted to complain, she focused her attention on the '1 yen per hour wage' when she thought about what Izumi had just said to her. She was also very interested in this job, especially since it didn't require her to go out and she could earn money at home.

"So, the hourly wage is really 1 yen?"

"Your personality is not suitable for part-time jobs. You are suitable for student jobs. You definitely don't want to deliver newspapers. Other jobs are like waiters in restaurants and commercial stores like 'RiNG'. It is also a very tiring job. You won't be willing to do it, right?"

"Well..."

After hearing what Izumi said, Chihaya Aine had no way to deny it. A job like delivering newspapers doesn't pay well, and she has to get up early every day to deliver newspapers to every household that subscribes. It's hard work that requires sacrificing sleep time. Her answer is - unreasonable!

"Waiter, it's not impossible to do it, right?"

"I go to the restaurant after school every day. After putting on the restaurant uniform, I have to start working. When the restaurant is busy, I can't stop. I have to keep serving customers and remember the customer's orders. Sometimes I have to encounter troublesome customers."

Glancing at Aine who seemed to be overconfident, Izumi who was sitting in front of her spoke out the cruel reality of the service industry in a calm tone.

"The customer is God. You have to treat every customer with the same attitude as you would treat God. Is that really okay?"

"…Then what do I need to do?"

After listening to what Quan said, Aiyin immediately gave up the idea of ​​working part-time. It's not that she couldn't do these tedious tasks, but she felt that working for her brother would give her more opportunities and horizons.

"Do whatever you think you can do. Also, you can consider borrowing money from me. An annual interest rate of 3% is fine."

"Wow..."

After hearing the two professional terms 'loan' and 'interest rate', Aine's expression fell involuntarily. She stared at her brother sullenly, wondering how he could say such cold and cruel words.

Although she didn't need to do anything and just had to pay it back to Izumi later, Aiyin was averse to the idea of ​​"borrowing", so this option didn't even last long in her mind before she rejected it.

"...I don't really want to do it, I'm just asking, if I were to scrub your back, how much would you pay me per hour?"

"..."

Even Izumi was shocked by Aine’s words, and he stared at her blankly.

"Pretend I didn't ask."

Noticing Izumi’s shocked expression, Aine also blushed and crossed her hands in front of her, feeling intense shame for her question in her heart.

"0 yen."

After Izumi came to his senses, he looked at Aine and gave his answer.

"...Tsk."

Sighing, Aine walked to the edge of Izumi's bed and lay down on it again. She felt depressed and couldn't think of anything she could do for Izumi.

"Even if it's hourly wages, there's nothing you can do here that takes an hour, right? Cleaning takes less than half an hour, and there's nothing else you can do!"

"Anyway, you are not in a hurry now. Come back to me when you think of something you can do."

After taking a glance at Aine lying on the bed, Izumi turned to the computer.

Aiyin, lying on her side on the bed, looked at Izumi, who was sitting in front of the computer, moving the mouse and staring at the computer screen. She puffed up her cheeks in dissatisfaction, like a little hamster, and suddenly felt sulky in her heart. But after staring at Izumi for a while, she suddenly thought of something.

"Hey, Quan, what do you think about me being a blogger? Like Ichiri?"

"It's a good thing to have dreams."

Unfortunately it's unrealistic.

"Then you painted for others last time and seemed to have made some money, right? Do you think I can do it?"

"sleep early."

With Aiyin's level of skill, who has only studied for a week or two, she's afraid that if she draws a portrait for someone, she'll be rejected.

"Ah! What a hassle! I'm going back!"

Aine, who couldn't think of what she could do, suddenly felt the malice of life. She stood up sullenly and left Quan's room. Quan looked back at Aine walking out of her room and closing the door, and shrugged her shoulders helplessly.

In Aiyin's situation, she only needs to continue her studies step by step. In the future, she can rely on her high education to find a suitable job. As for now?

"Just be a good student and live a happy life."

With a sigh, Izumi stood up, walked to his desk, took out the envelope in which Kita Ikuyo had sent him a letter, opened his wallet, and stuffed two '10,000 yen' bills into it.

"Although it's still early for Christmas, let's consider this as an early Christmas present for her."

In the middle of the night, after a healthy bedtime conversation with Goto Ichiri, when Izumi felt that Aine was almost asleep, he silently took the pink envelope and left his room, quietly pushed open the girl's door, glanced into the room, looked at Aine who was already asleep, quietly placed the envelope next to her pillow, and then quietly left.