I'm in Teresin, dedicated to playing badly

Shinji Kitahara wasn't surprised; he just assumed she was being playful and acting cute as usual.

After a pause, he slowly began to speak while rubbing Zhou's ears.

"Xiao Te, I know you're under a lot of pressure because of this. I don't want to make things difficult for you, and I certainly don't want to force you to accept it."

"And I also know that Grasshopper's recent actions have indeed been a bit excessive at times, so it's understandable that you would resist."

He paused, and seeing that Zhou did not intend to refute him, he continued.

"But if, if Grasshopper can do as I just said, then for my sake, I hope you will give her another chance and treat her as a friend."

"As for other things, I personally don't support early relationships either, so let's wait until three years later, after you've debuted, before considering other things, okay?"

Shinji Kitahara said that last sentence to both of them together.

After a moment of silence, the two women, their faces flushed and eyes glazed, raised their heads at the same time, placing their hands on his chest, one on each side, and whispered.

"Yes, Mr. Shinji."

"Yes, Trainer Kitahara."

Even though they had raised their heads, Shinji Kitahara still didn't notice anything amiss.

He interpreted their current behavior as a reaction to his earlier words.

Thinking about this, he couldn't help but admire how good they were, able to evoke such feelings in just a few words.

While feeling a sense of awe, he unconsciously increased the effort he put into his hands.

However, this increased output only lasted for a short while.

Shortly after discussing this topic, Shinji Kitahara suddenly remembered that their debut competition was the day after tomorrow, so he thought he should strike while the iron was hot and talk to them about the debut competition.

When it came to talking about the debut competition, Shinji Kitahara felt that it wouldn't be very convenient to just talk about it in a dry way, so he thought of taking out his notebook and pen and writing as he spoke.

Then he stopped what he was doing and prepared to go and get it.

However, after stopping, his hand had barely left the two people's tails and ears, and hadn't even reached for the notebook yet.

A swirling sensation came from his hand, and Te Zhou arched his body and stuffed his ear back into his hand.

"Trainer Kitahara, please don't leave..."

"Shinji-san, may we continue...?"

The feeling of being hugged intensified slightly, and the two little ones were also behaving quite pitifully.

Even Zhou had started rubbing against his hand, and Ms. Grass's tail kept wiggling.

After hesitating for a moment, Shinji Kitahara gave up on the idea of ​​getting the notebook and instead put his hand back down, comforting the two little ones while chatting with them about the debut competition the day after tomorrow.

Completely oblivious to the silent Suzuka beside him, whose gaze at him at this moment could only be described as horrified.

I'll issue a separate chapter to explain the situation.

Let me tell you about the recent situation.

Well, as everyone knows, this is a sensitive period, and the situation is particularly sensitive for Tmall, which is not only blocking posts but also using manual review.

But my book is a slice-of-life romance novel, and we've already reached this point, so most of the plot involves physical intimacy.

But in the current environment, especially with posts being manually reviewed, well...

I can only say that cat lovers are also facing difficulties, and I understand.

The problem is, while I understand, I'm still quite affected.

If we don't write about it, there will definitely be some gaps in the plot, and the reading experience will definitely decline, and it's very likely to decline significantly.

But writing on Tieba right now presents a problem with the approval process; who knows, I might wake up one day to find my post gone.

The more significant problem is that the plot I'm about to develop involves certain characters appearing, and the placement of certain characters will be... well, it definitely didn't pass muster yet, but it's more like the placement was a bit too aggressive...

Some group members suggested that it's okay to gloss over the details, but the problem is that if the character isn't portrayed so intensely, her unique traits won't be apparent.

So I'm in a pretty difficult position right now.

Because that character is crucial to the subsequent plot, and the situation is on a completely different level from that of the acting chairman.

What's worse, I wasn't even aware of this problem until yesterday morning.

I only realized halfway through writing that this thing should also be considered sensitive.

I spent almost the entire day agonizing over whether to revise the outline again or write it out as carefully as possible.

Well, in short, I can only say that due to the current special circumstances, I am also feeling a little sad.

My sister's wedding is on October 6th, and there's already a ton of things to do. Then there's the banning of posts, book reviews, and manual review. Plus, a member in the group had previously attempted suicide and we still can't contact them. Now this situation is just...

Ugh.

In short, I will try my best to keep updating, at least once a day.

But I can't guarantee anything more; I can only say I'll try my best.

If I don't have it, please forgive me. I will try my best to make it up when I feel better in the future.

Turn on the repeater.

Chapter 168: What a good child!

I don't know if it was because the conversation had an effect, but in the following conversation...

Shinji Kitahara noticed that the atmosphere between Special Week and Hibiki Kusakabe had improved significantly.

And as the conversation continued, this improvement intensified, and the strange, subtle feeling between the two weakened more and more, until it could be said to have completely disappeared by the time the conversation was about to end.

What a good boy.

While rubbing the tail and ears in his hands, Shinji Kitahara sighed inwardly.

I don't know why, but I always feel like the way they look at me is a little strange.

The strange feeling is even more pronounced when I try to let go of the tail and ears and get busy with work.

It must be an illusion, right?

Looking down at the two little ones in his arms, who were behaving incredibly well and obediently, and confirming that they were not behaving abnormally, he then...

Shinji Kitahara put that matter out of his mind and continued to talk to them seriously about the debut battle the day after tomorrow.

Then, as they chatted and time passed, the door to Shinji Kitahara's dormitory was pushed open after a series of light footsteps.

"I'm back?"

Just finished training, with some grass clippings still on his clothes, and was about to greet Shinji Kitahara when he saw what was in Kitahara's arms and his body stiffened slightly.

When Necha arrived, the debut battle arrangements were almost finalized, and the two little ones in her arms seemed to have had their fill of enjoyment.

Shinji Kitahara rubbed the ears and tails in his hands a few more times, making them tremble slightly, before letting them go off to play.

"Welcome back, Neta."

Shinji Kitahara responded with a smile.

Strangely, Neta did not immediately show any joy in response to his reply, as he usually did.

Instead, after a period of silence, as if she hadn't heard his response, she turned and walked into the bedroom.

Are you angry?

Shinji Kitahara paused for a moment, then recalled what he had done recently, but couldn't recall doing anything that might have angered her.

Despite not understanding, Necha had helped him so much and was still taking care of him.

So even though he didn't quite understand why she was angry, Shinji Kitahara waited a while and, when he felt that her anger had subsided a bit, he approached her privately while she was tidying up the house.

"What's wrong, Necha? Did something happen?"

Hearing the sudden sound behind him, Necha's body paused slightly, and his ears, which had been folded, twitched a few times.

But after a brief pause, she neither turned around nor replied, and continued tidying up the house, clearly still angry.

Seeing her like this, Shinji Kitahara didn't press her for details. He simply walked over silently and started tidying up the house with her.

Then, a little while later, while Necha was tiptoeing and trying to reach for something in the cabinet above.

Because there were some water stains on the ground, and she was a little distracted, she accidentally lost her balance and fell to the ground.

boom--

The sound of something hitting something rang out, but instead of the expected coldness and pain, it was somewhat warm and soft.

"How's it going? Are you okay?"

After hearing Shinji Kitahara's words, Nachi finally came to her senses and realized that it was Shinji Kitahara who had caught her and prevented her from falling to the ground.

"......fine."

After a moment of silence, she gave her answer.

Even after answering, she showed no intention of leaving his embrace. Instead, she raised her hand, grabbed the man's clothes, lowered her head, and remained silent.

Seeing her like this, Shinji Kitahara did not drive her away. After a moment's thought, he reached out and gently rubbed her head while speaking softly.

"What's wrong, Necha? You've seemed a little unhappy since earlier. If I did something wrong that upset you, just tell me, and I'll correct it..."

no answer.

She simply tightened her grip on his clothes slightly, and her head lowered even further.

Shinji Kitahara wasn't in a hurry; he just stood there quietly and waited.

Then, after an unknown amount of time, accompanied by a slight tremor and the twitching of his ears, a faint sound came from his arms.

"ear......"

ear?

Shinji Kitahara was taken aback, somewhat not understanding what she meant by that.

However, before he could ponder for long, Necha mustered his courage again and spoke in a low voice.

"My ears and tail are regularly groomed, and they feel quite nice to the touch..."

Upon hearing this, Shinji Kitahara paused for a moment, but considering the situation just now, he quickly realized what Necha meant.

"Um, Necha, you don't mean you want me to... touch your ears and tail, do you?"

After a moment of stiffness, he felt a slight nod from his chest, and a faint warmth emanated from it.

Shinji Kitahara was stunned.

Although he also knew that children, sometimes, in some inexplicable way, have a strong competitive spirit or even a strong desire to win.

But he really didn't expect that Necha would be so conflicted in this kind of place.

Although he could understand it—it was like how other kids had toy cars but she didn't—the problem was...

After a moment of silence, he slowly spoke.

"Um, Necha, you know, right? This kind of thing is a bit inappropriate, you..."

Upon hearing this, Necha tightened her grip on his clothes and then interrupted him directly.

"Then why can they both get it?"

"they......"

Shinji Kitahara originally wanted to say that their situation was a bit special.

After all, Zhou had been raised by him since he was a baby, and Ms. Cao was a tough woman, so he didn't feel anything was wrong with rubbing her.

But when he was about to say it, he suddenly gave up.

Firstly, since the fact that Ms. Kusa is a lesbian has not been made public yet, Shinji Kitahara does not want to bring any negative impact to her because of this.

Secondly, although Zhou was raised by him since he was a baby, Neiqia had known him since he was very young and had a lot of contact with him while caring for him.

Besides, she had helped him so much and had been taking care of him recently, yet he hadn't been able to give her anything in return...

After a moment of silence, Shinji Kitahara sighed, then slowly raised his hand and pinched Nachi's ear.

Necha's body stiffened slightly, but then she reached out and hugged Kitahara Shinji, pressing her whole body against him, inhaling his intoxicating scent and feeling the wonderful touch on his ear.