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Thinking about it this way, she figured he must be awake right now, and even if he was asleep, he wouldn't have to worry about not being able to catch up on sleep since it was a holiday tomorrow.

"Sorry, Mr. Wood, I lost weight so you could admire my great figure. Could you please sacrifice a little sleep to talk to me?"

She quickly pulled out Mu Huai's phone and dialed it. The glowing screen illuminated the mischievous smile on Banami Anna's face.

"Dududu-"

"Hey?"

There was no trace of weariness in Mu Huai's voice; it was clear he hadn't gone to sleep yet.

"Wooden Emu Kick, Painted Leather-Walking Monk~"

"Apricot, why are you calling me at this hour? You're not trying to get me to sneak a snack at the convenience store, are you?"

"Hey! How could you imagine your lovely childhood friend to be so gluttonous!" Banai saw Anja puff up her cheeks like a pufferfish in anger.

Mu Huai's laughter came through the phone. He said playfully, "Do you want me to tell you how many times you secretly called me out at night to buy snacks when you were in junior high, and how your aunt found out and you got a spanking and cried?"

"No, no, no, I was wrong!"

That's the downside of childhood sweethearts: the other person has a lot of her embarrassing history, while she has almost no memory of Mu Huai making a fool of himself or doing something stupid.

Such a significant information gap allowed him to easily manipulate Anna Hachimi almost every time.

"Slurp—" A sound like licking an ice pop suddenly came from the other end of the phone.

"Hmm? Are you eating an ice pop?"

"Well, what happened?"

She threatened, annoyed, "You forbid me from eating snacks, but you secretly eat them yourself at night. I'm going to tell Lala and the others about you tomorrow!"

Mu Huai put his index finger to his lips, making a shushing gesture. Ibuki Suika's eyes flashed with a cunning glint, and she intensified her efforts, making her voice even louder.

Left with no other choice, he had to hold her head down to keep her still before responding to Anna's complaints.

"I'm not the one who needs to lose weight, so of course I can eat whatever I want."

"Damn it... what flavor of popsicle did you eat?"

"It tastes like milk, what's wrong?"

"I'm going to buy two and eat them in front of you tomorrow!"

Volume 3, "The Loser, the Alien Sisters, and Gensokyo High School": Chapter 52 Reimu: Could this green light be good fortune?

After ending his call with Hachimi Anna, Mu Huai released his hand from Ibuki Suika's head. She sat up, gagging, and rolled her eyes at him irritably: "It's a good thing I'm a demon. If I were an ordinary human, I would have suffocated long ago."

"That's why I did this, because I know you're a demon."

"Huh? Can't you be a little gentler with girls?"

"But you were clearly enjoying it just now."

A blush crept across Ibuki Suika's face as she turned to the side, picked up the wine gourd placed beside her, and rinsed her mouth. The fruit wine swirled in her mouth, washing away the cloudy liquid remaining on her teeth and oral mucosa, which she then swallowed.

The warmth from the fruit wine rose from her lower abdomen. She changed her duck-sitting posture, placing her legs in front of her. Her two playful, white, tender feet were together, resembling two shimmering jade pieces under the bright moonlight.

"I did like your tough stance earlier, but shouldn't you do something to apologize?"

"Say something... about leaving?" Mu Huai asked vaguely.

"Never mind what I said, you're moving way too fast."

With her left hand supporting her back, Ibuki Suika leaned slightly backward, tilted her head back, and took another sip of the mellow fruit wine. The double pleasure brought by the alcohol and her toes was gradually reddening her fair cheeks.

......

Gensokyo, Hakurei Shrine.

Reimu lay sprawled on the wooden corridor, basking in the warm sun, ready to spend a wonderful and peaceful day doing nothing.

A gentle breeze stirred the wind chimes, producing a clear, tinkling sound, like a melodious lullaby. Soon, her eyelids grew heavy, and her consciousness gradually drifted towards the gates of dreams.

Just as Reimu stepped halfway into the dream world, a voice that was not exactly familiar but needed to be remembered suddenly entered her ears, immediately waking her up.

"Excuse me... is Reimu-san here?"

"Sanae? What's this guy doing here? Is he trying to take over the shrine again and wants to challenge me to a duel?"

She impatiently picked at her ear with her little finger, reluctantly got up, and walked listlessly toward the shrine's front courtyard.

Reimu was surprised to see that Sanae wasn't wearing her shrine maiden outfit, but rather clothes similar to those worn by her cheap fiancé. She raised her eyebrows in surprise and demanded in a stern voice, "Did you secretly go to see my man?"

Sanae was initially startled by her words, thinking that Reimu had evolved the ability to foresee the future or see through the truth, but she quickly calmed down and replied indifferently, "Miss Reimu, what nonsense are you talking about?"

What's going on with your clothes?

Reimu, with a straight face, leaned close to her and sniffed, then sneezed from the strong scent of her perfume.

"Achoo! What's that strange smell?"

"perfume."

"Perfume?" Reimu repeated, puzzled, then seemed to remember something: "Those ridiculously expensive little glass bottles from Kourindo?"

"Yes, but I bought this in another world."

"Another world... I feel like I've heard that name somewhere before..."

Her absent-minded and nonchalant attitude made Sanae feel even more that it was a waste of a beautiful flower to have Mu Huai as her fiancé.

(She doesn't even know what her fiancé has been up to lately. It's a wonder you treat him like a cash cow. Luckily, I acted quickly enough, otherwise Mu Huai would probably have a stereotypical image of the priestess as lazy, greedy, and good-for-nothing.)

"Let's not talk about these irrelevant things, Reimu. I'm here to see you today."

"Oh?" Reimu's previously lazy gaze instantly sharpened, and she found herself holding the gohei in her hand. "You're planning to fight me? The loser has to pay 100,000 yen."

"Of course not. Didn't you say that as long as you give me money, I can cause trouble for Mr. Mu Huai?"

"Oh, what a distinguished guest! Come, come, let's go inside and talk!"

Reimu's fawning manner left Sanae speechless. She deftly pulled out 100,000 yen from her pocket and handed it over: "I had a lot of fun bullying you last time, so I'm making up for it again."

"I'm glad you're satisfied, but I have to repeat myself: you are not allowed to hurt Mu Huai. If I find out he's injured anywhere, then you can go tell my Dream Seal!"

?ball?侕1彡O八IIskirt. ?』Chat (I'm the one who's injured, okay? I'm bleeding!)

Sanae held back from saying what was on her mind; she didn't want to stay a second longer in this shrine filled with the stench of money. "I'm leaving. Goodbye."

"Hey, hey, hey, wronged... Distinguished guest! Why are you in such a hurry? Have a cup of tea!"

"No, thank you."

Watching Sanae's figure disappear around the corner of the stone steps, Reimu happily took the money and headed towards the inner room of the shrine. As she passed the peculiar gemstone that she had casually built with wood and stone to display, she was surprised to find that the green color inside seemed to have become even more intense.

She looked thoughtfully at the money in her hand, as if she had realized something.

"Could it be that the green color in this stone represents my good fortune?"

"It seems that every time the money is received, the green color inside becomes a bit more intense."

"From now on, let's call it the Jade of Wealth!"

Reimu happily named it, then hummed a smug little tune as she put her huge earnings for the day into the money box in her bedroom.

Meanwhile, in the Yakumo residence, a jade stone with the same shape as the Jewel of Wealth, but emitting a red glow inside, was placed on the wooden table in front of Yakumo Yukari.

She let out a helpless sigh and waved her hand to close the gap in the spying on the Hakurei Shrine: "I really shouldn't have let Reimu learn how to make money from her mother. She didn't learn anything good, but she did learn the essence of stinginess and greed."

With her gaze fixed on the jade stone in front of her, Yakumo Yukari's worries lessened somewhat, and she gently stroked the smooth surface of the jade with her slender fingers.

These two jade stones are used to observe the closeness of the connection between Mu Huai and Gensokyo. They are also the progress bar for reviving Reimu. As long as the red light fills the jade stone, she is confident that she can use the phantom of "Gensokyo Divine Music" to retrieve her best friend's soul from the Hakurei Barrier.

Previously, Yukari Yakumo discovered through endless spying and experiments that as long as Mu Huai continued to build relationships with the youkai in Gensokyo, the phantom of her best friend would become more solid.

A relationship built on in-depth communication yields the best results.

That's why she planned the current "otherworld tourism" project, continuously sending over monsters who were interested in Mu Huai, or who already had those kinds of thoughts.

The results of the plan did not disappoint her; the red light inside the jade was much stronger than before.

As for why the jade on Reimu's side was glowing green, it was Yukari Yakumo's silent吐槽 (tu cao, a form of sarcastic commentary) and wicked humor after discovering that Reimu was hopeless.

"Speaking of which, it seems the Earth Spirit Palace is also considering going to another world... Should we send those two there?"

Volume 3, "The Loser, the Alien Sisters, and Gensokyo High School": Chapter 53, "The Strange Wife's Introduction (Part Two)": Hajime IV's Dad, Mengmeng: Taking care of my brother-in-law is my duty.

In the early morning, Mengmeng stretched and came down from the attic, just in time to see Ibuki Suika coming out of Muhuai's bedroom with a drunken burp. The strong smell of alcohol on her could be smelled even from several meters away.

(Did you go drinking with your brother-in-law again? Even though he doesn't drink, staying up all night like this will still affect his health.)

As a caring sister-in-law, Mengmeng felt it was her duty to take care of Muhuai's health on behalf of her older sister, so she called out to Ibuki Suika, "Miss Suika, please wait a moment!"

"Ok?"

Suika Ibuki turned around with her eyes half-closed, her drunken appearance giving the impression that she might collapse and fall asleep at any moment. When she saw that it was Momo calling her, she grinned and said, "Isn't this Momo? Why are you calling me? Do you want to have a drink with me?"

"I don't like drinking, and I have no intention of drinking with you."

"That's a real shame." Ibuki Suika withdrew her small hand from her waist, tilting her head in confusion: "Then why did you come to me?"

"Miss Suika, I hope you can try to avoid staying up late drinking with your brother-in-law as much as possible."

"Why? I didn't make him drink it."

Mengmeng was speechless: "He didn't drink, but you made him stay up all night. Your brother-in-law is just an ordinary person. It's bad for his health to stay up all night every now and then, not to mention that he also has to take care of his studies and filming."

"I didn't expect you to care about him so much."

"Of course, I am the younger sister-in-law, so naturally I have to take care of my older sister's health."

"My sister-in-law..."

Suika Ibuki smiled knowingly. Remembering that Momo was an alien, her eyes lit up and she asked expectantly, "Speaking of which, are there many kinds of alcohol in the universe?"

"That's right, why are you asking this?"

"Hehe... I can grant your request, but you must procure some rare brewing ingredients from the universe for me."

"Do we only need to provide raw materials?"

"That's right, you can manage this, right?"

Her request was not difficult. As the second princess, Mengmeng only needed to arrange for Sasdin to help her purchase brewing ingredients from the cosmic market to solve the problem.

However, she did not use this method because her garden, which specializes in cultivating various special plants, contains many plants whose fruits can be used as raw materials for winemaking, and all of them are rare or extinct species in the universe.

We'll just hand over the top-quality raw materials to Ibuki Suika, and then even if she tries to cheat us by claiming the quality is substandard, she won't be able to do anything about it.

"I agree to your request, but you must keep your promise when the time comes."

"Don't worry, I never break my word."

Mengmeng turned around and went back to the attic. She was going to use the teleportation device in the room to go to the garden planet located around Deviluke, where she would select suitable brewing materials and give them to Ibuki Suika.

......

Around 10 a.m., Mu Huai, who had been playing with Ibuki Suika until late at night, finally came down from the second floor. Since his physical fitness had been getting stronger, the amount of sleep he needed had been gradually decreasing.

Now he only needs about three hours of sleep to get the same amount of sleep an average person gets in a day, but he still sleeps like an average person.

There was no other reason; it was simply because the bed was very comfortable.

Good morning, Nana.

"Oh, brother-in-law, good morning."

After greeting his sister-in-law, Mu Huai looked around the living room, which was now empty except for the two of them.

"Where are Lala, Momo, and Suika?"

"My sister was making snacks in the kitchen with a food maker. Mengmeng went to her garden planet where she grows plants early in the morning. I remember Cuixiang was still sleeping in her room. The smell of alcohol in the room was so strong that I could smell the pungent odor through the door."

"Oh, what are you planning to do?"

Nana shook the two controllers in her hand and raised her eyebrows: "Can't you tell? Of course I want to play games with you. You said you wouldn't refuse me."

"Uh... I haven't had breakfast yet."

"Breakfast is sealed in plastic wrap and placed on the table. After you finish eating, remember to come over and play games with me."

"it is good."

While Mu Huai was eating breakfast, Nana turned on the game console and started a fighting game. She didn't like games that required puzzles and reasoning; she preferred games that were just about getting straight into the action.

After entering training mode, she frantically practiced combos with the controller in hand.