"Onii-chan, who was that just now?"
Ai pointed her finger outside the door, her eyes full of curiosity.
"When did you hook up with that girl?"
Itsuki glanced at her and said, "No comment."
However, his cold attitude did not succeed in dissuading Ai, who stuck to him like a piece of chewing gum.
"Tell me..." She sat on the edge of the bed and gently shook his arm.
He frowned and reluctantly pulled his hand back.
"Why are you asking so many questions? She is about the same age as me, so she is a classmate of mine."
"Just classmates? Onii-chan, you're not being honest."
"What else could she be?"
"I guess, a girlfriend. Ordinary classmates can't enter each other's private space like the bedroom."
"If you think so, then so be it."
In order to avoid further entanglement with the brat, Itsuki said lightly.
If he wasn't in a weak state, he would have made a shooing gesture to Ai and told her to get out.
"You actually admitted it?"
She opened her mouth in slight surprise.
Shouldn't this guy, who was no good, have a cold and dead face and arrogantly tell her to get away?
Today, he actually let her go so easily.
"It seems that the gentle flattery offensive of the past two days has started to take effect."
She felt secretly delighted.
"Yosh, I think he has more trust in me now."
Otherwise, why would he tell her such an intimate thing as having a girlfriend?
"The operation will soon be over!"
"What are you grinning about?"
"Just some happy things."
"Happy things?"
Feeling Itsuki's suspicious gaze, she quickly changed the subject and said, "By the way, Onii-chan, I just came back from the convenience store and bought you some chocolate."
"chocolate?"
"Yeah, do you want to eat now?"
As she spoke, she pulled out a few gold-wrapped chocolates from her pocket.
He hesitated for a few seconds.
He heard that sweets can relieve pain and make people happy. He is in so much pain now, so it seems there is no harm in giving it a try.
"Okay, thank you, Ai."
"Can you feed it to me?"
"Ah? No, you really want to eat it?"
"Aren't you afraid that the food I offer you is poisonous and you don't want to eat it?"
"Yes, you can."
"Since it's Onii-chan's request, how could Ai refuse?"
She forced a sweet smile, unwrapped the chocolate with great pain, picked up the chocolate with trembling fingers, and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Aah, my chocolate..."
"Lets just pretend I never bought it."
She repeatedly comforted herself in her heart: "It's okay; this is a sign that Brother trusts me. Yes, it's okay; I will definitely get it back double in the future."
When he bit through the outer chocolate shell, a rich hazelnut aroma filled his lips and teeth, along with the original sweet and greasy taste of chocolate.
"It seems to be working a bit; it doesn't hurt as much as before."
"Is it a psychological effect?"
Itsuki nodded secretly.
"Onii-chan, how does it taste?"
"not bad."
"Then... Do you want more?"
"I do."
"Aaah, why are you still eating?!"
"Can't you save one for me?"
"It's fine if you want to eat it, but you also want me to feed it to your mouth myself?"
In her heart she was crying bitterly, but outwardly, it looked like nothing had happened.
She peeled off the wrapping paper stiffly and stuffed the chocolate into Itsuki's mouth.
Such an intimate action inevitably made her fingers touch his lips. She felt a little strange in her heart.
After being fed by Ai, he gradually regained some strength and is expected to be fully recovered in a few hours.
"Onii-chan, are you full?"
"No."
"Then... Can I go to the convenience store and buy you a bento?"
Inwardly though:
"Damn it, why does this bastard have such a big appetite?"
"Can't chocolate satisfy you?"
She held her hands together and hung them in front of her hips, with a standard fake smile on her face.
"What do you want to eat, Onii-chan?"
"Let's have a beef bowl."
"What a coincidence! Ai also wants to eat a beef bowl."
"Um..."
He hummed softly and glanced at her.
Seeing that she stayed where she was without moving but just looked at him expectantly, he understood what she meant.
"The money is under the pillow; take it yourself."
This kid has always been a squanderer and has even targeted him many times. Now that it's almost the end of the month, her wallet is probably empty.
"How can this be? I can't do that."
She politely declined, but her body moved closer honestly, and she reached under the pillow and pulled out his wallet.
"The sacrifice of "Chocolate-kun" was not in vain."
"He actually told me where he hid his secret money."
"This trust is really... wonderful."
The Chibi person in her heart laughed wildly with her hands on her hips.
She used her index finger and thumb to pull out a bank note and then reluctantly stuffed the wallet back under the pillow.
"Onii-chan, I'm going."
"Well, go early and come back early."
Seeing that her eyes were full of desire for the wallet, he was not surprised.
Aunt Eiko is the head of the Fujii family and holds sole financial power.
The eldest daughter, Shimizu Rin, has excellent grades and attends a prestigious private school.
She is a boarding student and only lives at home on weekends and holidays. She has a living expense of 50,000 yen per week.
Although the youngest daughter, Ai also has 50,000 yen in pocket money every month.
Moreover, her mother Eiko prepares breakfast and lunch boxes early in the morning.
As for the only male in the family, Fujii Itsuki, not only does he have to take care of his own three meals a day, but his monthly living expenses are only a pitiful 5,000 yen.
An average of 8 dollars a day is equivalent to Bear Grylls' wilderness survival level in bustling Tokyo, where every inch of land is valuable and material desires are rampant.
So although the original owner was only about 1.7 meters tall, he always gave people the impression that he was so weak that he would fall down with a slight push.
Eating rice balls and discounted bento every day and still not being able to fill your stomach, how can he not be weak?
In order to make a living, Itsuki had to find a part-time job to earn money.
Even so, he was blackmailed for half of his salary every month.
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Double chapters guys, it would be a sin not to at least leave me a single powerstone.