After stopping and walking along the way, the two finally returned home.

In the distance, they saw a figure.

Under the orange light, Sayuri Sawamura was waiting quietly at the door.

Seeing the two of them, the woman couldn't help but lower her eyes softly, her eyes were very gentle.

"Welcome back~ you two."

"Mother--?"

Yinglili exclaimed: "Why are you here??"

"I want to say that it's almost time for you to come back, so I'll greet you at the door, but Yinglili..."

Sayuri Sawamura said reproachfully: "You are such a kid, how can you ask Kato-kun to carry you? You can't bully others like this?"

"Well, that's what he has to carry on his own, and I didn't force him..." Ying Lili muttered in a low voice with a slightly red face, refusing to look directly at her mother's face.

"Ah, is that so? Kato-kun."

After hearing her words, Sayuri Sawamura tilted her head and looked aside with questioning eyes.

"Aunt Sayuri..."

Kato Yusuke nodded slightly in greeting, and when he was about to explain Eiri's foot injury, the other party spoke before him.

"Mom, where are Shinjo-san and the others?"

"The two children went to take a bath."

"That's it, then I'll go find them."

As he spoke, the person involved jumped off Kato Yusuke's back and hurriedly walked toward the house. After taking two steps, he suddenly froze in place.

Two or three seconds passed.

She dragged her left foot that seemed to be inconvenient, limped inside, and quickly slipped into the house.

"..."

When Kato Yusuke saw this scene, he curled his lips in anger and amusement, and finally lowered his shoulders feebly.

Obviously, he was completely deceived by the other party.

Not to mention that the flying look was completely different from before. Even the owner seemed to have forgotten that it was his right foot that was supposed to be twisted.

As for whether this series of events was a temporary act or deliberate... he couldn't say yet.

Suddenly, the smell of elegant perfume entered his nose.

"Sorry, Kato-kun."

Sayuri Sawamura stood up on her tiptoes slightly and reached out to help him sweep away some fallen snow on his head and shoulders.

"Thank you for your hard work. I will talk to that child carefully later and ask her not to cause trouble to you like this."

Faced with the other party's remarks and intimate actions, Kato Yusuke felt very uncomfortable, so he stepped back half a step without leaving a trace to avoid it.

"...You are serious, I don't think Yinglili has caused any trouble to me."

"Eh~ She obviously asked you to carry her?"

"That was an unexpected situation..."

"Is that so? My daughter is very young, right?"

"What?"

"Speaking of which, it seems that this is not the first time you have carried Yinglili on your back. In addition, you also hugged her princess before..."

Sayuri Sawamura pretended to be distressed and held her chin with one hand.

"Ah, this is a bit troublesome. Will you take your responsibility~~?"

"...Are you kidding me?"

Kato Yusuke asked uncertainly, trying to determine how true her words were, but the other party just laughed and said nothing.

"..."

He pursed his lips unconsciously, preparing to say something, but...

"So, Kato-kun."

The person in front of me suddenly asked again: "What happened to the child? Her condition seems to be different from before you went out~"

"...?"

Although he didn't understand why the other party suddenly changed the topic, Kato Yusuke still answered truthfully.

"If I have to say... we just went to the elementary school below, I think it has something to do with it."

"The elementary school below...eh——?"

Sayuri Sawamura was startled at first, and then immediately asked: "Are you talking about Shimamura Elementary School??"

"Um."

"Yinglili took you there??"

"Um."

"Is that so...that child took you there..."

Sayuri Sawamura blinked in surprise, lowered her face and whispered.

Before Kato Yusuke could think carefully about the meaning behind this abnormal reaction...

"I said, Kato-kun."

Without any warning, the other party suddenly stepped forward and walked in front of him, looking up at him with a pair of radiant purple eyes.

"Sure enough, you can call me mom from today on, just think of it as a practice in advance~~~"

"——What exercises are you talking about?!?!"

Kato Yusuke couldn't help but feel a little crazy. He wanted to step back, but the other party grabbed his clothes tightly and wouldn't let go.

Mother and daughter are exactly the same in their habit of liking clothes that grab people's attention.

"Be good, be good, you don't have to be embarrassed. I will also say hello to Sister Mina. Anyway, just leave everything to mom~~~!"

“If this is a joke, can you please stop it——??”

"Oh, oh, what does it matter~~~"

Sayuri Sawamura said with a smile: "Mom also wants to get closer to Kato-kun. Like cooking you delicious food, preparing lunches, helping you rub your back...all kinds of things~"

"I'm really sorry! But I really don't understand what you are talking about——!!"

Just as the two of them were tugging at each other...

"Mom, what are you doing-?"

Yinglili came back again for unknown reasons and looked at them blankly.

The air suddenly became quiet.

Sayuri Sawamura first looked back at her daughter behind her, then at the boy in front of her, and then tilted her head slightly as if to be cute.

"Hey~ Kato-kun, something bad has happened. It seems that we were caught by Eiriri."

"..."

The corners of Kato Yusuke's mouth twitched and he didn't want to say even half a word.

Sayuri Sawamura frowned and thought hard for a while, and finally seemed to have made some kind of determination, and said resolutely:

"Okay~ Before Leonard comes here, Kato-kun, please run away and leave the rest to mom..."

"——What on earth are you talking about!"

Ying Lili walked up quickly and stood between them.

"Mom, what strange words did you say to Yusuke again?"

"Hey, I just asked him if he wanted to stop chasing his daughter and chase me instead~"

"Oh my god! Not only is this not funny, but it's also hard to react to. Please stop making trouble!!"

"Too much!? Do you have to say it so seriously!" Sayuri Sawamura showed a hurt expression.

"It's so embarrassing. Who is causing trouble for me now? Come in quickly~"

"Why is this? Kato-kun and I obviously still have a lot to talk about."

"Can't!"

Yingli refused categorically and angrily picked up someone's left arm.

"And Yusuke, you too, if you don't want to be pestered, just refuse! Why do you force yourself to accompany others?"

Kato Yusuke looked forward and answered the question in a slightly soft voice: "You are talking about..."
To be continued...