“Mr. Kinoshita, is this card on the left a ghost card?”
In the brief silence, Minami Chizuru started using tactics for Xia's victory.
“Yes, it is.”
Luck is important in playing poker, even if you have a pair of Kings, four 2s, and two bombs, you still get Spring when you meet a Five-Plane.
Of course, luck is important in drawing ghost cards, but the truly interesting part lies in the psychological game.
Xia placed her tender fingers on Kazuya's cards.
Minami Chizuru fixed her gaze on the subtle expressions on Kazuya's face. After all, sometimes people don't even know what subtle expressions they'll show when they encounter something.
Kazuya, not to be outdone, stared back at Minami Chizuru.
Their eyes met.
Kinoshita Kazuya could clearly see his reflection in the girl's clear eyes, and likewise, Minami Chizuru could see her own reflection in Kazuya's deep eyes.
The time was night, and the starlight was hazy.
The overhead lights and the dust in the air created an ambiguous light, the girl's pretty face and the hotel room behind her were like an old photo from her youth.
Then..
Kinoshita Kazuya and Minami Chizuru both had a faint blush on their faces, and they simultaneously averted their gaze from each other's.
Enough, Kazuya, why are you still shy when looking at girls?
“Xia Xia, choose this one.”
Xia reached out and drew a card from Kazuya's hand, a 10 of clubs.
“10 against 10, Xia Xia wins.”
Xia slowly placed the card on the table.
“Hmm…”
Kinoshita Kazuya snorted softly and threw the ghost card into the discard pile: “I lose.”
It had nothing to do with the psychological battle with Minami Chizuru, Kazuya had lost to the little lolita Xia's luck.
“Big brother, what's your punishment?”
Xia's childish voice swept away Kazuya's losing mood.
“That depends on what punishment big sister will give big brother.”
Kazuya looked at Minami Chizuru, whose pretty face still had a blush on it.
“How about Kinoshita-kun sings a song?”
Although this was a game, Minami Chizuru didn't intend to make it too much of a punishment.
“Okay, then 'Morning Sunlight and Tropical Fish' will do.” It was a gift left by the previous owner who loved fish.
An extremely romantic song, very light and breezy, with a certain charm, and very gentle, very gentle, so gentle you wanted to hide it in your heart.
Kazuya cleared his throat, following along and humming softly to the music from his phone.
Xia and Minami Chizuru both listened intently.
“Okay, finished.” Kazuya turned off his phone, his face slightly red, because his gentleness in the singing exposed his heart too much.
Xia shook her head, her eyes full of longing: “Big brother sings so beautifully.”
“Thank you.” Kazuya was very happy to hear the little lolita's praise.
Minami Chizuru also shyly praised Kazuya: “It's very beautiful.”
“Yeah.” Kazuya smiled gently.
…
They played a few more rounds.
Xia's rabbit dance.
The rabbit dance was simple, technique was not important, nor was it very demanding of standards, it was a dance for cuteness.
However, when Xia danced this dance, her cuteness level increased by half, she was so cute you wanted to take her home and raise her.
Not only Kazuya, but Minami Chizuru also had this idea.
And Minami Chizuru's meow meow dance.
It has to be said that Minami Chizuru's dream of becoming an actress was not in vain, at first she looked so serious she looked like she was going for a company interview.
Then, in the blink of an eye, she raised her hands to her chest, clenched her fists into cat paws, and began to sway to the rhythm of the music, while making sweet meows.
It has to be said that a beautiful girl with a good figure making the posture of a soft and cute cat girl was inexplicably cute, and there was the yukata that Minami Chizuru was wearing, which was not so tight, revealing delicate collarbones, white cleavage…
Looking at the shameless Minami Chizuru in front of him, Kinoshita Kazuya couldn't help but think about adding a cat-eared maid outfit, with cat ears on her head, a cute and fluffy maid's dress, and a fluffy cat tail behind her butt, AWSL!!!
“Big sister is so cute, Xia Xia wants to learn the meow meow dance too.”
Xia only saw the cuteness of Minami Chizuru from a child's perspective, and didn't see the dirty adult hobby of Kinoshita Kazuya.
......
Kinoshita Kazuya said: “Okay, that's it for today, it's getting late.”
“Yeah.” Minami Chizuru stood up: “Xia, you should go back to your room.”
“Hmm…”
The golden-haired little lolita was reluctant.
“We can play together again tomorrow, Xia-chan.” Minami Chizuru said again.
“Yeah!!!” Xia finally nodded happily.
“Let's go, I'll walk Xia back to her room.”
Even though it was just a few steps, Kazuya still didn't feel at ease about Xia's safety.
“Then I'll walk Xia back to her room too, and then I'll go take a bath.” Minami Chizuru took Xia's little hand.
......
“Ding dong.”
Kazuya and Minami Chizuru saw Xia's mother, a beautiful blonde woman with blue eyes.
“Hello, we're taking Xia back to her room.” Kinoshita Kazuya greeted: “She was playing in our room next door tonight.”
“Hello, I'm Xia's mother, good evening.”
Xia's mother seemed like a very gentle person, but she must also have been a little bit of a playful soul.
“Good evening, Xia was in your care tonight.”
“No problem, we had a lot of fun playing with Xia.”
“By the way, are you going to the bathhouse to take a bath?”
The mother looked at the toiletries Kazuya and Minami Chizuru had prepared.
“Yes.”
Kazuya and Minami Chizuru nodded.
“Then I have a small favor to ask, would you mind?” The mother asked without much embarrassment.
“It's okay, what's the matter?”
Minami Chizuru answered first.
“It's like this, I already took a bath, but Xia played in your room before, and she hasn't taken a bath yet, I wanted to ask you to take Xia with you when you go for a bath.”
There was nothing wrong with the mother's request.
“I understand, leave it to me.”
Minami Chizuru promised.
“Okay, then I'll trouble the beautiful lady.”
Xia's mother had a smile on her face.
“Xia, come in, mom will find something for you.”
As they left, Kazuya saw Xia's mother seemed to be saying something to Xia.