Gensokyo Population Revitalization Plan

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"Brother-in-law, if you can't speak properly, you don't have to."

"what?"

Mengmeng discovers that Mu Huai is sometimes incredibly slow-witted. Is this something that can be joked about?

Fortunately, Nana was too shy to cause any trouble, so she quickly told him to go over the script with Kyoko Kirisaki and leave this to her.

"If you need anything, just call me. Ms. Kirisaki and I are over there."

"Yes, thank you so much for saving Nana."

"You are my sisters-in-law, of course I can't just stand by and watch you die!"

"Sister-in-law...?" Mengmeng carefully considered these three words, and she didn't dislike being addressed like that.

After Mu Huai rescued Nana from the water, she completely accepted Mu Huai as her brother-in-law and even envied Lala for meeting such a good guy.

(Perhaps it's time to tell Father everything that happened today, including my brother-in-law's behavior, so he can understand that my sister didn't choose the wrong person.)

After making up her mind, Mengmeng walked behind Nana, picked up a comb and a hairband, and re-tied her blow-dried pink hair into pigtails.

"Nana, you can't deliberately cause trouble for your brother-in-law because of what he just said. He saved your life!"

"Do you think I'm an ungrateful wretch? I know what I can and can't do. Although I'm a little disappointed that I lost my first kiss, it's not a big deal since the other person is a good guy like my brother-in-law."

Nana's voice trailed off as she spoke, to the point that Mengmeng couldn't hear what she was saying at all, taking it as her complaining about why she was so unlucky.

Shortly after finishing the grilled fish, she changed back into her dried clothes. The chill in her body had already been dispelled by the blanket and hot tea. With one hand on her hip, she made a "V" sign: "Fully recharged!!"

Mengmeng was completely at ease knowing that he was so energetic.

(Being simple-minded has its advantages, though. If it were me, I'd probably still be agonizing over my first kiss...)

"Mengmeng".

"Hmm?" she replied absentmindedly, "What's wrong?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be angry with you."

"What are you doing all of a sudden? Did you drown your brain in the lake?" Mengmeng was very uncomfortable with the other party's honest apology.

Normally, this proud and aloof older sister would take hours to apologize, and only after failing to apologize several times due to various unforeseen circumstances would she choose to apologize so directly.

But now the apology started with zero frames, giving her no time to react at all, which seems a bit abnormal.

Nana raised an eyebrow, instinctively wanting to retort, but then remembered that she was apologizing and forced herself to hold back. She twirled her index finger around the end of her ponytail in frustration: "I just wanted to say sorry to you, that's all."

"Ah... um... I understand. Would you like to sit a little longer and then have a cup of hot tea or something?"

(This guy... is it really that weird that I'm just honestly apologizing? Why does he look like he's seen a ghost?)

Clearly, even Mengmeng didn't know how to communicate with her suddenly straightforward and aloof older sister. Fortunately, at that moment, Mu Huai suddenly waved and shouted to them, "It's lunchtime, let's go have lunch!"

(Nice assist! Brother-in-law, I'll put in a good word for you with my sister and father when we get back!)

After lunch provided by the production crew, the afternoon was the time when the special effects drama officially started filming. The two sisters sat next to the director, admiring Mu Huai's impeccable acting skills.

During a break in filming, Hata Ranko even tried to sell them the "wet photos of Mu Huai" that she had secretly taken that morning with a mischievous grin.

"Hehehe, look at the muscle definition under the shirt, and this one too! The collarbone revealed by the second button being undone is also great!"

While she was drooling as she presented the photos, she was completely unaware of the increasingly cold gazes of Mengmeng and Nana. They exchanged a glance, then joined forces to use the special abilities of their plant and animal friends to make Hata Ranko briefly lose consciousness, taking the opportunity to erase all the photos from her camera.

When she got home that night and was about to transfer the photos to her computer, she found that not only were Mu Huai's photos gone, but even the photos she had painstakingly taken from under the skirt of the magical girl Meruru, which she had painstakingly taken while lying in the grass, were also gone. She could only hold her camera and weep silently.

......

"Brother-in-law, filming must be tiring, have some water."

"Yes, thank you."

The moment the sweet, cool water touched his tongue, Mu Huai realized that the water Mengmeng handed him didn't seem to be the mineral water provided by the film crew. Trusting his sister-in-law, he didn't spit it out and silently swallowed the water before asking a question.

"This water..."

"Shh—this is a special honey from my secret garden, and my brother-in-law was the first to taste it."

[Hey chuckle, my lord, how does it feel to have unexpectedly tasted your sister-in-law's honey?]

Don't treat me like a three-year-old. What she's saying is completely different from what you're saying.

Nana felt that Mengmeng's words were a bit strange, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it, so she interjected, "Wait... no, brother-in-law, I haven't thanked you for saving me today. Thank you, and as for the gift... I'll give it to you in a couple of days!"

Mu Huai gently stroked her head with his hand: "No need for thank-you gifts. Your well-being is the best gift. But I'm still a little worried. Come with me to the school clinic next week."

"The infirmary? What are we going there for?" Mengmeng immediately became alert. This scene is considered a high-risk area for "first blood" in many dating games.

“There’s a teacher there named Ryoko Mikado, who is a very famous alien doctor. Before you came, Anzu had a minor accident because of Lala’s invention, and it was she who helped cure her.”

"So I plan to have Nana go to her for a check-up to make sure that the drowning hasn't affected her health."

"There's no need for all that trouble, I'm perfectly fine right now!"

To make her point more convincing, Nana jumped up and down twice, but accidentally stepped on a protruding stone on the road and stumbled into Mu Huai's arms.

She tilted her head back awkwardly: "Uh... I did it by accident, do you believe me?"

"Nana!" Mengmeng pressed her shoulder with a serious expression: "Go to the infirmary for a check-up with your brother-in-law next week, and I'll go with you!"

"I'm really fine!" Nana hated the smell of disinfectant in the infirmary and was terrified of injections. Her whole body, even her hair, exuded resistance. "I absolutely don't want to go to the infirmary!"

"It's better to be safe than sorry. I'll explain this to my older sister when we get back, so just give up!"

"Gu! Sis, brother-in-law, help me!"

"Brother-in-law, you're not allowed to help her!"

Although both of his sisters-in-law had lovely, sweet voices, Mu Huai had no intention of getting involved in their argument. He took out his phone and quietly opened a ride-hailing app.

"The taxi arrived in eight minutes. Hmm... Mengmeng, this honey is really delicious."

Volume 3, "The Loser, the Alien Sisters, and Gensokyo High School": Chapter 40 Nana's Bizarre Attitude

As soon as she got home, Mengmeng rushed inside, seemingly planning to tell Lala about taking Nana to the school clinic for a check-up next week.

The latter wouldn't just stand by and watch her run into the house so easily; without thinking, he grabbed her tail as she floated in the air from behind.

"Eeya~~~"

The soft, sweet moans that made one's bones melt were startled when Nana shuddered and instinctively let go of her hand.

"Haha! Trying to catch my tail won't work at all!" She blushed, turned around, made a face, and then dashed into the house like a nimble rabbit.

"You two really like to joke around. Do you not have any friends at all in the palace?"

Nana turned to look at Mu Huai in surprise: "You actually guessed that?"

"Because I know a pair of sisters who love and hate each other every day, and their relationship is a bit similar to yours."

"It's not because Mengmeng and I don't have friends. It's because Dad is worried that we'll be led astray by others, so he doesn't allow people our age to get close to us."

After saying that, a hint of worry flashed in her eyes, and she casually asked, pretending to be nonchalant, "Brother-in-law, you're not worried about getting a beating from Dad after hearing this, so you won't play games with me anymore, are you?"

Mu Huai smiled and ruffled her pink hair into a mess: "How could that be? I'm not bragging, but even if your father came, I wouldn't be afraid."

"Dad's the strongest in the galaxy... how could you not be afraid?" After muttering to herself, Nana remembered his big hand still mischievously hovering above her head, quickly swatting it away and giving him a reproachful look: "Then it's a deal, you can't refuse when I ask you to play games from now on!"

"no problem."

"YES!"

Having successfully persuaded Mu Huai to promise to play games with her, Nana excitedly waved her little fists. Just as she turned around, ready to face the trap Mengmeng had set for her, she discovered four pairs of bright eyes staring at her through the crack in the door.

You could also hear them whispering.

"I knew Nana had already accepted her brother-in-law; she's been pestering him to play games with her."

"Great! You all like Mu Huai too, hehe... Now we don't have to worry about Dad disagreeing, since the three of us sisters count as three votes!"

"Ugh..." Nana, her face flushed, squeezed out a meaningless sound from her throat.

"Well?"

"Ughhhhhh!!" Overwhelmed with shame, she covered her face, jumped up onto the second-floor balcony, and escaped into the attic.

Then Mengmeng chuckled awkwardly, pushed open the door, and walked out with the girls.

"Oh no...it seems I've been caught peeking."

"No, no, no, we didn't hide it at all just now." Banami Anzu complained while eating her hamburger, then walked up to Mu Huai and handed him a hamburger, patting his chest approvingly: "Well done, this hamburger is a reward."

Mengmeng had already told them about how he saved Nana at the theater, but she omitted the part about CPR, otherwise she wouldn't have been so calm.

Mu Huai first opened the package and glanced at the vegetables inside, then mercilessly pinched her chubby cheek with his iron hand: "I think you gave this to me because you found some side dishes you don't like, right?"

"I'm...I'm sorry..." she pitifully handed over her half-eaten hamburger, "How about...this one..."

"Only children make choices; I want them all!"

He snatched the hamburger from Anna Hanami's hand with lightning speed, laughed loudly, and ran into the house, finishing half of the hamburger before even reaching the entrance.

The eighth brother, whose food had been stolen, stared blankly at his empty right hand. Then, a black mist rose from behind him, his hair moved without wind, and he roared before chasing after the other man.

"My burger!! You damn blockhead!!!"

The other girls, seeing the interaction between the two, exchanged smiles and followed them into the house.

When they found Mu Huai and Banami Anzu, she was riding on top of him, using her seemingly harmless fists to deliver a sonic boom to his chest, producing a terrifying muffled sound.

"Where's my burger! I'm asking you, where's my burger?!"

I ate it!

A simple sentence made her face turn bright red. She decisively pried open Mu Huai's mouth and brought her face close to his throat: "Let me see where we are!"

"Wow... Miss Hanami is really something else when it comes to food... She's really fierce."

Having received formal court etiquette training, Mengmeng found it hard to believe that any girl could do something so indecent. However, considering that the two were childhood sweethearts, she figured that such a thing between them was probably similar to her playful banter with Nana, so she let it go.

Even Anzu Hachimi was never on Momo's watch list. She felt that despite being in the advantageous position of childhood friends, she and Momo had never become a couple in the past ten years.

Aside from not wanting to date him, she's just so useless that she has no idea how to win over a guy.

She doesn't even understand the simple principle that "it's easy for a woman to pursue a man, but difficult for a man to pursue a woman." Even if she wanted to cheat on him, Mengmeng didn't think she could pose much of a threat.

Crickets are foodies, not worth mentioning!

In the end, it was Sanae who took the initiative to step forward and pull Hanami Anna away from Mu Huai: "Okay, okay, it's just a hamburger. He saved Nana today, so consider this a reward for him. Let's just order another one."

"Waaaa~ Sanae, I want to eat the hamburger you made!"

"Okay, let's go to the kitchen."

"Phew~ The apricot vegetable whose food was stolen is not to be underestimated."

Mu Huai stood up while patting his clothes. Before he could say anything else, Lala, with an irresistible enthusiasm and fragrance, squeezed into his arms, wrapped her arms around his neck, and stood on tiptoe to affectionately rub her cheek against his.

"Mu Huai, thank you so much for saving Nana. She is a very important member of my family and my sister. As a token of my gratitude, you can make a wish to me, and I will grant it no matter what, in the name of the First Princess of Deviluke!"

"No!!" x2

Resolute voices of opposition arose simultaneously.

"Wow, Nana... and (Yi_{引弍把逝私玐杏菜, why don't you agree?" Lala blinked her emerald green eyes in confusion, a big question mark appearing above her head.

"Because...because Mu Toki is a boy. If you just give him these kinds of conditions, what if he goes astray?" Banami Anzu came up with a lame excuse.

Nana nodded in support, saying, "Yes, yes, you've only been together for a short time, so you can't let him have too much of a treat all at once!"

"But I don't think Mu Huai will turn out the way you all think..."

"Sister, this kind of reward is too early. How about we choose something more suitable for now? What do you think, Anzu?"

"Uh-huh!"

"All right..."

Sanae and Momo, who were watching from the sidelines, realized that Nana's attitude was a bit strange. Logically speaking, she had no reason to stop Lala from repaying her debt of gratitude.

Could it be...?

Volume 3, "The Loser, the Alien Sisters, and Gensokyo High School": Chapter 41, Momo: I Have a Plan

Regarding the possibility that Nana might have feelings for Mu Huai, both Sanae and Mengmeng chose to remain silent. The former didn't care, while the latter felt that they needed to observe for a while longer before drawing any conclusions.

In short, with the combined persuasion of Nana and Anzu, Lala finally changed her reward for Muhuai to cooking him a meal, the kind that doesn't require a food machine.

After the little incident, Mu Huai and Sanae went into the kitchen to prepare dinner. Xiao Ren lay on the sofa in the shadow space, propping her head up with her right hand and facing the television that was showing the outside world.