Chapter 322: Lotus and Mud Cannot Be Separated
Shirogane's new house.
The entire room was silent.
Kei was the first to break the stillness—
"Aniki, why didn't you change your shoes?"
"Kei, what were you two doing?"
Sakurai Saki let go of Kei's hand and looked at Miyuki in confusion: "Kei-chan cut her hand a bit while chopping vegetables earlier, I was putting on a band-aid for her."
"Oh, a band-aid, then it's fine." Miyuki put a hand to his chest, sighing in relief.
Sakurai Saki asked: "Miyuki, did you seriously think I'd lay a hand on Kei-chan?"
"Eh? What are you two talking about?"
"No, I was just afraid you'd get tricked by Sakurai, he's…"
Hearing that, Kei got angry: "Saki-nii would never trick me! Why are you always thinking about weird stuff!? Last time I even saw porn sites on your phone…"
Before she could finish, Miyuki immediately shouted back: "It's normal for a guy to have that on his phone!?"
"Sakurai, you say something!"
Miyuki sought agreement.
"If it's a normal guy, then… I guess yeah, probably."In truth, Sakurai Saki didn't have that kind of stuff on his phone.
"See! Even the big brother you like the most said it, all guys watch porn sites!"
Miyuki laughed triumphantly, with the face of an annoying "winner."
"You're such a pervert!!" Kei couldn't believe it — her brother dared to talk about porn in front of his little sister!?
Sakurai Saki watched the two siblings bickering happily, feeling a little jealous.
He really wanted to have a little sister.
As someone who lacked familial warmth since childhood, Sakurai Saki always longed for moments like this — in this regard, he was very similar to Shinomiya Kaguya.
"You started it! Also, why are you only scolding me and not Sakurai!?"
Miyuki protested resentfully.
"Saki-nii would never look at that stuff!"
Kei skillfully displayed her "double standards," then waved her hand in disgust at her brother—
"Aniki, hurry and change your shoes, it's dirty. I just mopped the floor this morning! Can't you respect my hard work a little? You laze around all day doing nothing, living like a slob like this, you'll never get a girlfriend in the future."
Shirogane Miyuki sighed, walked to the door to change his shoes, then grabbed the mop to clean the spot he'd dirtied.
Sakurai Saki saw him mopping and stood up, wanting to help.
He really was too pitiful.
"Saki-nii, you're a guest, don't help him."
"Alright."
Hearing the two of them talk, Shirogane Miyuki felt his nose sting.
Damn it, he was about to cry.
Other people's brothers were really different, huh. Were little sisters all like this?
...
After tidying up, Shirogane Miyuki sat down on the sofa in the living room, ready to show a bit of big brother authority!
"Kei, pour me a cup of tea!"
The ingredients had already been washed and cut, the hot pot soup base was the pre-packaged kind, so they only needed to cook it later. So Kei was also sitting in the living room watching TV.
"Can't you pour it yourself, aniki?"
Damn it, his big brother authority plan had failed miserably!
When would Kei's rebellious phase end?
Shirogane Kei looked at her brother's pitiful expression, her pretty face showing a trace of helplessness, then got up to the kitchen to pour him tea.
She also picked up the cup Sakurai Saki had just finished drinking from.
After she left—
"What do you think of the house?" Shirogane Miyuki asked.
"When I saw the floor plan, I didn't expect it to feel this spacious. It's only 70 square meters, but the layout's really good, and the lighting is decent." Sakurai Saki looked around carefully.
It even had a three-bedroom layout with a separate kitchen.
Except for the small balcony, everything else was great.
"Finally got some private space. Before, I'd even get interrupted by Kei-chan when reading at midnight."
"That's your problem, aniki. Who reads at midnight?" Shirogane Kei came back with tea and placed the cup down.
Then she sat next to Sakurai Saki.
"Reading at midnight is normal! You know, I heard high school students in China and Korea study until 1 a.m. every day."
"That's overseas, what's it got to do with us?" Kei glanced at him: "Is the moon rounder over there or something?"
"Not at all! With my many years of astronomical research, there's no such thing as 'the moon being rounder in some place'." Shirogane Miyuki, once mentioning astronomy, couldn't stop talking.
He really liked the stars, and his knowledge of them was very deep.
Hearing her brother's answer, Kei immediately shifted her attention to the TV — once he got on this kind of topic, he became extremely annoying.
A few minutes later.
"Shirogane, do you plan to become an astronomer in the future?" Sakurai Saki suddenly switched to talking about dreams.
Dreams — a vast topic.
When they were young, everyone had some grand dream.
Then slowly, reality crushed them, and they realized they were just ordinary people.
Dreams like being an astronomer, a scientist, an explorer… were very common.
"No, you'll probably laugh if I say it, but my dream is very simple."
"What is it?"
"It's world peace." Shirogane Miyuki showed a bright smile.
"That's not simple at all." Sakurai Saki also laughed.
As long as humans exist, conflicts will always be there.
Not to mention this world isn't only made of ordinary people — a bunch of evil organizations are trying to rule the world.
Sakurai Saki had also once been very interested in "conquering the world."
Speaking of that, it was impossible not to mention the days he commanded a bunch of underlings to fight against other supernatural organizations...
Hmm? Shirogane's expression looked serious.
Could it be that he wasn't joking?
"You're serious?"
"Of course. Even if I know I can't make it happen, I'll still try." Shirogane Miyuki deeply believed that as long as one tries, humans have infinite possibilities.
And he had always lived that way.
"Pff~"
Suddenly, Sakurai Saki burst out laughing.
"What's so funny? That funny?"
Shirogane Miyuki covered his face.
"No, I just suddenly thought about it, I wonder if Kaguya-san has the same dream as you. Think about it, Kaguya-san loves to hold people's weak points, she's obviously the villain type. Maybe her dream is to conquer the world. If so, you two would probably fight all the time."
Sakurai Saki took out his phone and sent a message to Kaguya.
[Kaguya-san, say it out loud to me, what's your dream? Eat then wait for death?]
A few seconds later, a voice message was sent.
The cold voice of Shinomiya Kaguya echoed in the Shirogane living room: "Conquer the world, hold everyone in my hands, those who obey me shall live, those who oppose me shall die! Especially you, Sakurai Saki!"
"That's Kaguya-senpai's voice, right!?" Shirogane Kei said excitedly.
Just now she was still watching TV, paying no attention to their conversation, but the moment she heard Kaguya's voice, she snapped back.
"Umu, she said she wants to conquer the world."
"Kaguya-senpai really has a childish heart. That's so awesome!"
This line… sounded just like some fangirl in a fandom.
Kei is actually a fan of Shinomiya Kaguya? Hopefully, when she sees Kaguya's true face, she won't be crushed.
Aside from her pretty face and those occasional unexpected cute moments, Shinomiya Kaguya only has one label left — evil woman.
Kei-chan is still too young to know that in that pond, besides the blooming lotus… there's also mud.
Who's the mud, you ask? Of course, it's Shinomiya Kaguya.
What, you think it's me?
I want to be the lotus.
The lotus rises from the mud without being tainted… but its roots must be buried deep in the mud to live.
Hmm? Why does that sound kind of wrong.
Curse Chef: LOL~~~