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"Then..." Recalling Kinoshita Yoko's "celebration plan," Hoshino Terumi silently curled her toes inside her pointed high heels.
But soon, she glanced at Jiang Xia from the corner of her eye, seemed to think of something, cleared her throat, and said in a mosquito-like voice, "All right... I'll put my luggage down in the living room first."
Then she picked up her bag, pushed open the door, and entered the living room.
Kinoshita Yoko paused in the middle of rummaging through her luggage. Looking at the closed door, she seemed surprised. "...Terumi was unusually easygoing today. I thought that, given her relationship with Kaoru, we'd have to persuade her for ages."
"Though she may not look like it, Terumi actually has a good temper. She wouldn't really hold it against us—you see, she even brought the clothes she'll need. She just had to protest a little." Yuki Aono smiled softly. "Kaoru takes forever whenever she's taking a bath. Let's rehearse properly first, then go change."
Jiang Xia stood beside Vodka for a while, taking stock of the vanilla ice cream he had received.
As he counted, something suddenly occurred to him, and he looked toward the balcony.
"..." Come to think of it, one of the Detached Houses they had passed on the way here—especially the door plate hanging on it—had seemed oddly familiar.
While no one was paying attention to him, Jiang Xia headed to the semi-open balcony, pushed open the door, walked to the railing, and looked outside.
Kusano Kaoru lived on the eighth floor of a luxury Apartment.
Right beside it was a high-end new residential development built by Toyohara Construction Company. Most of the homes were Detached Houses with Gardens and high Courtyard Walls.
Jiang Xia looked down, his gaze sweeping across the distinctive houses