"Alright."
Hearing Jinno Sumire's words, Hikari was a little curious, but he did not ask any more questions. He simply raised his hands and covered his ears.
Seeing Hikari cover his ears as she said, the flushed Jinno Sumire let out a breath of relief.
But when it came to the plan she was about to carry out, Jinno Sumire was clearly still a little nervous. Her delicate body trembled slightly, and her pretty face felt a bit hot.
However, since she had already made up her mind, Jinno Sumire did not want to drag things out. She immediately took a deep breath, then suddenly opened her mouth.
Bursts of soft moans that stirred endless imagination flowed out from that pink, glossy cherry-like mouth.
"Mmm!"
"Ahn!"
Hearing these gentle moans that were completely different from her usual serious and cold tone, Hikari could not help but turn his head and stare straight at Jinno Sumire.
From the constant rise and fall of her throat and her small mouth that kept changing shape, it was obvious that these lewd sounds were being squeezed out from the throat of this cold and beautiful shrine maiden.
At this moment, although Jinno Sumire's face was already somewhat flushed, her focused and serious expression actually did not quite match those plaintive, pleading sounds.
Judging from her face flushed red from forcing her voice and her small hands tightly gripping the bedsheet, it was clear that making these sounds was not exactly easy for Jinno Sumire either.
She probably noticed Hikari's gaze as well. Jinno Sumire's fair, pretty face reddened even more, but since she was busy making sounds, she had no time to explain and could only avoid Hikari's eyes.
Even though Jinno Sumire did not explain, after seeing her seriously squeeze out those arousing moans that made people instantly stand at attention, Hikari more or less understood her plan.
Today's meeting had left Jinno Takashi seeming to still have some doubts about whether the relationship between the two of them was really that kind of intimate, fully trusting relationship that could produce heirs for the Jinno family.
So tonight he deliberately sent Rangiku over here under the pretext of serving, to keep watch and see whether the two of them would do the kinds of things that passionate lovers or intimate married couples should normally do.
If there was no movement at all between him and Jinno Sumire tonight, then Hikari, who had clearly eaten highly nourishing food this evening, would definitely be suspicious.
So, in order to avoid giving anything away, Jinno Sumire came up with this countermeasure.
Obviously, the sounds Jinno Sumire was barely managing to make on her own right now, by squeezing her voice and her thighs, were usually the kind of sounds that could only be made when two people were exercising together.
Now that Jinno Sumire alone was making this kind of noise, she was probably trying to put on an act for Rangiku, Jinno Takashi's eyes and ears, so that Jinno Takashi would be convinced that the two of them really were that kind of relationship, dangling before him the picture of the two of them carrying on the Jinno family line.
But this kind of thing was honestly a bit embarrassing, which was why she had told him to cover his ears.
However, Hikari's hearing was exceptionally good to begin with, and on top of that, the two of them were lying on the same bed at such close distance. So no matter how tightly he covered his ears with his hands, he could actually hear Jinno Sumire's moans perfectly clearly.
Hearing Jinno Sumire, who was usually noble and composed, cold and beautiful like a snow lotus on a high mountain, now making such sounds like an oriole crying, softly pleading, even knowing that they were deliberately squeezed-out, fake sounds, Hikari still could not help but feel a mix of complicated emotions.
His thoughts were still rather tangled, but his body had already become a bit too honest, standing at attention without being told.
That was the judgment made by the second head.
To be honest, Hikari did not think it was because his willpower was too weak, or that the little head was controlling the big head.
It was really because he was too close to Jinno Sumire right now. Those gentle moans felt like they were pleading right by his ear.
No normal man could stay completely unaffected, not even a eunuch.
Besides, at tonight's banquet, Hikari had eaten quite a lot of the highly nourishing food that Jinno Takashi had carefully prepared.
Now, being stimulated by Jinno Sumire's voice, it truly felt like someone had set him on fire, his whole body burning hot.
Jinno Sumire's method was actually a bit ill-considered. While shouting like this might indeed fool Rangiku outside, who was acting as Jinno Takashi's eyes and ears, it also put herself in a somewhat dangerous position, because she had not taken into account the fact that there was still a healthy, normal male lying right next to her.
If Hikari were to throw caution to the wind and pounce on her right now, launching into a satisfying battle, the sounds Jinno Sumire made probably would not change much.
But the other party was, after all, the mother of his childhood sweetheart. With her status taken into account, actually doing that kind of thing would be far too beastly.
Moreover, Jinno Sumire had helped him quite a lot today. Helping her play the role of a fake husband was a deal that had been agreed upon earlier.
With Hikari's willpower, there was no way he could suddenly lose control and pounce on her, so he could only silently endure it, bearing Jinno Sumire's excessive actions.
This pent-up frustration was something Hikari planned to make up for tomorrow after going back, by finding Miyuri, Aunt Sayako, or Arisa and the others to properly compensate himself.
After all, he was enduring all of this for their sake.
After Hikari helplessly endured for seven or eight minutes, Jinno Sumire finally stopped those plaintive, lingering moans.
She had probably been shouting for so long that her mouth and throat were dry. Hikari saw Jinno Sumire sit up, pick up the water by the bedside table, and gulp down a big mouthful.
When Jinno Sumire turned back after drinking, her pretty face was still flushed, after all she had been earnestly acting and calling out for so long just now.
And when Jinno Sumire turned around and saw Hikari looking at her, an awkward expression involuntarily appeared on her face.
After all, at such close distance, she knew very well that even with his ears covered, Hikari had definitely heard her moans clearly just now.
Perhaps to ease the awkward atmosphere, seeing Hikari staring at her, Jinno Sumire took the initiative to speak.
"Um... Hikari-kun, how are you doing? Auntie's sounds just now… they didn't affect your sleep, did they…"
"It's fine," Hikari waved his hand, then smiled, "Actually it was okay, it's just that Auntie, you didn't shout for very long. It doesn't really match my strength."
Seeing Jinno Sumire's awkwardness, Hikari had only meant to casually make a joke to ease the mood. But as soon as Jinno Sumire heard this, her expression immediately changed.
"N-no… you're not allowed to joke like that with Auntie!", Jinno Sumire's pretty face flushed bright red, and she looked at Hikari with an embarrassed, annoyed expression. Those big, beautiful eyes seemed to shimmer with a watery sheen.
Although she did not have hands-on experience, Jinno Sumire was already at her age. Her daughter Jinno Ai was already in high school, so Jinno Sumire naturally understood what Hikari meant by saying the time was too short.
As a shrine maiden, the head of the Jinno family, and Hikari's elder, being teased like this by her daughter's childhood friend really made Jinno Sumire both ashamed and annoyed. She was a bit flustered.
"Sorry," Seeing how Jinno Sumire was so anxious that even her earlobes had turned red, Hikari apologized.
After that slip of the tongue, Hikari also realized that this joke might be fine to make with Sayako or Miyuri and the others, but saying it to Jinno Sumire, the mother of his childhood sweetheart, really was not appropriate.
"It's fine. Actually, today has been hard on you too, Hikari-kun. Not only did you have to be forced to stay overnight at the Jinno house, you also have to spend the night in the same room as an old woman like me. Auntie didn't expect things to get this troublesome either. Sorry…"
Hearing Hikari's apology, after her embarrassment subsided, Jinno Sumire also realized that Hikari had not meant it on purpose. He had just wanted to ease the atmosphere.
So Jinno Sumire quickly shook her head and apologized to Hikari in a low voice instead.
"It's fine. When you accept someone's request, you carry it through. I already promised Aunt Sumire before, after all," Hikari waved his hand. He was quite good at keeping his word.
"Thank you so much, Hikari-kun," Hearing his words, a trace of emotion flashed in Jinno Sumire's eyes. She felt even more fortunate about choosing Hikari to carry out the acting plan.
She had been shouting for so long just now that she was parched all over. But at her age, Jinno Sumire naturally knew that it was not only her who felt uncomfortable, not only her who was thirsty and dry.
Hikari, a young man in the prime of youth, full of vigor, would definitely be affected by her strange sounds as well.
Moreover, Jinno Sumire remembered that at tonight's banquet, Jinno Takashi, that old geezer, had prepared quite a lot of tonics like bull pen!s and lamb kidneys, and had made Hikari eat plenty of them.
Thinking of this, Jinno Sumire could not help but start worrying about Hikari's condition.
She turned her head to look toward the bed and discovered that Hikari's young, handsome, fair face, under the orange-yellow lamplight, was faintly tinged with an alluring red.
His lightly trembling eyelashes and lips, and the subtle movements of his body, all seemed to indicate that he was holding something back, and that he was about to reach his limit.
Seeing this, Jinno Sumire could not help but ask with concern, "Hikari-kun, are you uncomfortable right now?"
Hikari honestly nodded and replied, "It's okay. As long as Aunt Sumire you don't keep calling like that, I won't be too uncomfortable. I can still hold on."
To tell the truth, Hikari was indeed not very comfortable right now. His physique was much stronger than that of ordinary people, and his needs in that area were also far higher than average.
Then tonight he had been fed so many tonics by Jinno Takashi, and on top of that he had just listened to Jinno Sumire's pleasant, tempting moans.
With all of these factors combined, the fact that he could still hold himself back from pouncing on Jinno Sumire and fiercely pouring everything into this mature, beautiful, cold shrine maiden already showed that his self-control was strong, and that he had seen it all and weathered countless storms.
If it were any other ordinary person, they probably would have already lost their rationality and could not help but pounce on Jinno Sumire.
Of course, if anyone really dared to do that, they would probably be thrown out by Jinno Sumire immediately.
Jinno Sumire, who was good at reading expressions and moods, could tell that everything Hikari said was the truth.
She could also see that Hikari's state was not quite right.
Thinking about it, it made sense. After being filled with pent-up fire from tonics, with a charming woman right next to him constantly calling out, if she herself were in Hikari's position, she probably would not be able to hold back either.
Yet this blood-boiling young man had endured all the way through. That really was not easy. She truly felt too sorry toward Hikari.
"Um… Hikari-kun… are you really very uncomfortable? Could you… could you keep enduring it a little longer?", Jinno Sumire said to Hikari with a guilty tone.
Her pretty face was flushed as she spoke helplessly, "I'm really sorry, Hikari-kun. Auntie doesn't want to cause you any more trouble either. But if I suddenly stop calling out, Rangiku outside will definitely notice and then report it to my father."
"Given my father's personality, he will very likely infer that our relationship is fake."
"So… could I trouble you to endure it a little longer?"
As she made her request, and to show her apology, Jinno Sumire reached out with her small hand and gently held Hikari's hand.
At the same time, a faint sound of footsteps came from outside, and the black silhouette outside the window once again grew larger against the paper window.
It seemed that because the activity inside had quieted down for too long, Rangiku felt something was off and sneaked over again to observe.
Seeing this, Jinno Sumire's heart jumped in fear of being exposed. Without bothering to say anything more to Hikari, she once again made that same kind of low moan as before.
"Mmm~"
It seemed that upon hearing Jinno Sumire's sounds, in order to avoid impropriety, the maid Rangiku outside immediately stopped her steps and did not dare to get too close.
This made Jinno Sumire breathe a sigh of relief.
But Hikari, on the other hand, became even more tense, feeling like he had two heads and neither could handle the pressure.
Feeling Jinno Sumire's soft, boneless little hand holding his, and listening to those lingering moans by his ear,
Hikari said helplessly to Jinno Sumire, "Aunt Sumire, if you keep going like this, I really won't be able to hold back."
"If you keep shouting, I feel like we're going to make a mistake."
"I…", Hearing Hikari's words, Jinno Sumire became anxious, "Hikari-kun, could you… could you endure it just a bit more? If it's really too uncomfortable, Hikari-kun, you can… you can hold Auntie's hand tighter…"
Jinno Sumire leaned close to Hikari's ear and whispered. That warm, orchid-like fragrance breathed onto his earlobe, sending a tingling sensation that made flames rise in Hikari's heart.
"Aunt Sumire, just holding hands really isn't enough."
Seeing that Jinno Sumire was still making sounds despite his discomfort, and that she even seemed to think that just holding hands was enough, that she was only willing to offer that much, Hikari truly did not know whether Jinno Sumire was pretending to be innocent, or if she really was this naive and pure. Clearly, both her age and her body were already fully mature. Did she really not know how hard it was for him to endure? Just holding hands was nowhere near enough.
"Aunt Sumire, sorry about this."
Feeling the small hand he was holding tremble slightly, the fire in his heart rising, Hikari no longer held back. He forcefully squeezed Jinno Sumire's soft, boneless hand in return, and with his other hand directly wrapped around her slender waist, gradually pulling her closer into his embrace.
"Ahn!"
Jinno Sumire's originally fake, squeezed-out moan suddenly jumped several decibels, because Hikari's movements had come so abruptly.
Feeling Hikari's hands begin to roam, Jinno Sumire also knew that things were about to become very bad.
Because at this moment, her sounds would make Hikari unable to endure, and if Hikari could not endure, then she herself, having lived alone for so many years, might not be able to endure either. So she had to think of another way to resolve this now.
After all, they were only fake husband and wife. They absolutely could not turn a fake act into the real thing and make one mistake after another.
"Hikari-kun, w-wait!"
Raising her other jade-like hand, Jinno Sumire firmly stopped Hikari's movements.
Although with Jinno Sumire's strength, Hikari could completely push her blocking hand away with just a bit of force and give her a full-body massage, Hikari, who respected teachers and elders, still very politely stopped his other actions, only keeping his hand pressed on the ripe fruit borne from slender branches.
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