To be honest, when Nakajima Michika heard Beichuan Si say this sentence, her first reaction was to laugh.

She really, really wanted to laugh.

But as soon as she thought about the consequences laughing would bring, she naturally froze.

Afraid to laugh, but wanting to laugh, this was the expression on her face.

Just as Nakajima Michika froze, not daring to speak, Beichuan Si glanced at her and calmly said:

"What do you think about this, Michika?"

"Huh...? What do I think...?" Nakajima Michika's gaze tilted.

How can I think anything, I don't even dare to look at you now.

And what is Father actually doing? Giving Beichuan Si this kind of trap question.

Seeing her still hesitating, Beichuan Si continued with a calm tone: "Actually, this is quite alright. In terms of family relations, my family is indeed aiming higher with your family, but Hui Li seems particularly fond of you, so I wanted to discuss it with you."

Saying that, Beichuan Si straightened his gaze and glanced at Nakajima Michika.

Still not speaking.

"Since you don't say anything, let's settle this matter then."

"Ah?!"

Upon hearing this, Nakajima Michika couldn't hold back any longer; her expression was beyond surprise, moving towards 'astonishment' instead.

She opened her mouth wide, held her breath for quite a while, and then spoke: "Bei... Beichuan... do you... really think there's no problem with this?"

As she uttered this, she felt a surreal sensation.

Am I really going to be Beichuan Si's sister?

What's his take on having a couch-potato sister like me?

"I don't see any problem, as long as you have no objections, let's settle this."

Beichuan Si looked entirely indifferent.

"Beichuan..." Nakajima Michika felt somewhat moved.

Then she heard Beichuan Si's next sentence.

"Since it's settled, from now on, you'll call me 'brother,' or 'big brother,' or like Hui Li calls me 'Brother Temple,' any of those are fine."

Hmm?

A few question marks quickly flashed across Nakajima Michika's face, after a while—

"Beichuan, did I hear you right? Did you just say you want me to call you brother?"

"Yes, is there a problem?"

Facing Beichuan Si who was so confident and even asked back, Nakajima Michika opened her mouth wide and then—

"There is a problem! A big one!"

She shouted out loud.

"I mean, shouldn't you be calling me Michika or Sister Michika? How did it turn into me calling you brother? This is completely messed up!"

Hearing Nakajima Michika's question, Beichuan Si seemed a bit speechless; then he asked, somewhat surprised: "You still want to be my sister?"

Uh—

No... Beichuan, why are you so confident to ask me this kind of thing? Thinking logically, it should be you calling me sister, right?

"If you're not happy with that title, we can settle for something else, you call me Beichuan, and I still call you Michika, that should be fine?"

Beichuan Si proposed a solution.

"That's acceptable." Nakajima Michika reluctantly agreed.

To be honest, she really wanted to hear Beichuan Si call her sister.

But now, thinking about it... she felt a bit embarrassed.

After all, she's always been looked after by Beichuan Si, so calling him Brother Temple in terms of righteousness indeed doesn't feel wrong.

"Since you agreed... then we..."

Beichuan Si was just about to continue when a crisp ringtone interrupted him.

He took out his phone, glanced at the caller information, then got up from his seat, saying 'work-related matters' and went out the door.

Leaving behind a bewildered Nakajima Michika lying on the hospital bed.

As for Beichuan Si's end... the call just received was indeed a work-related call from Inari Keiichi.

This somewhat caught Beichuan Si off guard.

He originally thought that with the abilities of the Inari siblings plus Four Directions Huixue... these three cases shouldn't be a problem, and should be easily solved.

But for the Inari siblings to call him... was there an unexpected issue?

Beichuan Si raised an eyebrow and then answered the call.

"Hello?"

"Ah... is it Brother Beichuan?"

Inari Keiichi's voice came from the other end of the phone, sounding full of energy, as if unharmed.

Looks like there's no problem with the exorcism...

Thinking this, Beichuan Si then asked:

"Yes, what's the matter?"

"Cough... actually, it's about those three tasks you assigned, Temple Brother... Let me first report the results. The vengeful spirit in the bathhouse was dispersed by Ijiko and me, and then there was the person killed by robbers at night... the vengeful spirit there was exorcised solely by Miss Huiye. But the critical one is the third task."

"The third task?" Beichuan Si raised an eyebrow, and after thinking for a moment said: "I remember the third one seemed to be related to a dream incident."

"Yes... and that's where we're stuck."

Originally, Beichuan Si thought they might pause slightly over the bathhouse vengeful spirit incident, but it turned out that they were stuck in the third event, the dream incident, which Beichuan Si had thought to be least difficult.

The third case. Rather than calling it a case... it's more akin to a private commission. A woman called the police because she kept having a strange dream. In the dream, an indistinct woman strangles her neck. In reality, every time she wakes up, there are indeed bruises on her neck as if she was strangled, so in this extreme anxiety, the woman called the police.

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