The next day, the new year was officially welcomed.
At the Nangong Family dining table, thanks to Shion and Astarde's efforts, rice-cake soup and an extravagant multi-tiered bento had been prepared, allowing Luo Zhen to eat his fill.
"Then I'll head out first."
After eating his fill, Luo Zhen put down his bowl and chopsticks, greeted everyone, and prepared to leave.
However, before he could go out, Natsuki, who had been sitting at the head of the table in silence, spoke up.
"You're not planning to do anything troublesome, are you?"
Natsuki's sudden question made Luo Zhen's movements stop.
Only then did Luo Zhen notice that Natsuki had been staring at him the whole time. He had no idea what she was looking at.
Luo Zhen had the feeling that Natsuki had already seen right through him.
However, this level of interrogation was nowhere near enough to make Luo Zhen reveal anything.
"What exactly do you mean by troublesome?"
Meeting Natsuki's gaze, Luo Zhen spoke as casually as he could.
"Do you really need to ask?" Natsuki snorted. "Of course I mean anything that would ruin my vacation."
On the first day of the new year, Natsuki had finally gotten a rare holiday. She did not need to stand watch—or rather, she had already arranged for someone to take over her duties, so she should have been able to slack off a little.
That was only on the condition that nothing major happened.
If something major did happen, Natsuki's vacation would probably be ruined.
Since that was the case...
"I wasn't planning to cause any major incident that would require the Special Zone Security Force to mobilize."
Luo Zhen's answer was rather ingenious.
"Is that so?"
Natsuki stared intently at Luo Zhen.
This time, Luo Zhen did not look away