Shirosaki Hana did as she said and took out her phone to take a picture of the cookies on the table.
"Mhm, since I can't draw, I'll take pictures of what I've eaten, then print them out and make a gourmet record handbook."
Uchiha Ryo: "Good luck~"
Just as he was speaking, the gate outside the manor was suddenly pushed open, and Yukinoshita Haruno, swaying slightly, took off her sunglasses.
"Hehe, Mom has to stay at the company, so I can finally come back to keep Yukino-chan company!"
Walking quickly through the courtyard and pushing open the front door, Yukinoshita Haruno immediately saw Yukinoshita Yukino standing at the kitchen entrance.
"Yukino~ Sister is back!"
Saying this, she pounced on Yukino.
"Sister! Please don't cling to me as soon as you come back. Why do you smell of alcohol? Did you come back after drinking..... If you're drunk, go back to your room and rest immediately!"
Yukinoshita Haruno: "Okay, okay~"
Haruno let go of Yukino, casually glanced at Uchiha Ryo who was still at home, and then focused her gaze on Shirosaki Hana.
"Hmm?"
She looked at Shirosaki Hana, then at Yukino, then at Hana again, and back at Yukino.
Yukinoshita Haruno's pupils shrank. She did have a little drink with Hiratsuka Shizuka just now, but what was this? She hadn't been home for only two days!
"Wait! Did I time travel! Is this the world ten years later.... Oh my god, ten years later, your child is already this big, Yukino. Come, come, let me hug~"
Yukino rubbed her forehead gently. "Sister! What on earth are you thinking! Drunk people shouldn't talk nonsense."
Yukinoshita Haruno let out a hiccup. "Phew—just kidding. When I went drinking with Shizuka-chan, I also saw her social circle."
Hiratsuka Shizuka's classmate Ijichi Seika, and her senior Shirosaki Haruka. Although Yukinoshita Haruno wasn't close with these two, she had at least met them.
"Forget it. Since Sister drank outside, you should have eaten lunch, right?"
Haruno: "Drank a little and ate something, but I don't mind some dessert, especially made by Yukino personally."
Yukino's gaze fell on Uchiha Ryo and Shirosaki Hana.
Shirosaki Hana's eyes sparkled. "Ryo-oniichan and I ate omurice outside, but if there's dessert, I want to taste it too."
Yukino nodded and walked into the kitchen. "Then I'll make.... donuts today. Hana, you come in and watch too, but you can only watch, not help."
It seemed Yukino still hadn't given up on the idea of Hana learning cooking. Although Shirosaki Hana knew she was clumsy at cooking, if she tried hard to remember, at least she wouldn't put in the wrong ingredients again, right?
Yukinoshita Haruno tossed her coat onto the sofa casually. "Then I'll go upstairs to change clothes. Yukino, remember to pour me a glass of milk."
Without Haruno needing to ask, Yukino had already returned to the living room carrying a tray, but the four glasses on it contained four different beverages.
Haruno had just finished drinking alcohol, so drinking some warm milk appropriately could reduce the irritation of alcohol on the stomach.
Shirosaki Hana's glass had orange juice, Uchiha Ryo asked for coffee, and Yukino skillfully made tea for herself.
When Haruno came downstairs after changing clothes, she was holding a book that looked like classical literature.
"Ryo-kun stayed in my room these past two days, right?"
Uchiha Ryo lifted his coffee. "Mhm, I slept very well."
Haruno smiled. "Went through my bookshelf, right? How was it? Did you find any good books! Which one did you like?"
Uchiha Ryo: ".....Haruno-nee has very good taste, but it wasn't just me who went through your bookshelf, Yukino did too."
On the sofa, Haruno rested her cheek on one hand while reading the book spread out on the table, occasionally taking a sip of milk.
Although she was drinking milk, her posture was more like a young lady savoring red wine at a high-class banquet. Her quiet reading posture was exactly the same as Yukino at school. It could only be said that they were indeed sisters.
"Ryo-kun."
"What?"
Yukinoshita Haruno handed over the empty glass in her hand.
"Can you pour me another glass? It's in the kitchen fridge."
Uchiha Ryo took Haruno's glass, went to the kitchen, poured another glass of milk, and brought it back. However, Haruno was not sitting in her original seat, but had moved to his original seat.
"Sit together. I'm bored just reading. Why don't we chat? Let's talk about something interesting~"
Uchiha Ryo didn't refuse, and Haruno showed a satisfied smile.
Displaying an innocent, carefree, and self-absorbed demeanor, Yukinoshita Haruno suddenly raised her arms and began to stretch.
"Mmm~ How was Yukino?"
Uchiha Ryo looked at Haruno stretching. "Not as big as yours, and the gap isn't small."
Haruno burst out laughing. "I meant, how has Yukino been these past two days?"
Uchiha Ryo: "Of course she's been well. With me here, what could go wrong?"
"Is that so? With Ryo-kun here, nothing bad will happen....."
Haruno suddenly pulled her body closer. Uchiha Ryo could even feel the soft touch and the fragrance of her body. Uchiha Ryo subconsciously moved away, but she continued to squeeze closer.
Until Uchiha Ryo stopped moving, Haruno then leaned in and whispered in his ear.
"Ryo-kun, even if you didn't know Yukino, even without going through her, actually I quite admire your type of person."
Uchiha Ryo: "But we've barely had any interaction."
Haruno: "Yeah.... I learned everything about you from Yukino. Although I haven't spent much time with you, through Yukino and some acquaintances at Shuchiin, I've roughly guessed what kind of person you are."
"I can only say.... Yukino and I are indeed sisters. Even the things we like are very similar."
Uchiha Ryo didn't know what Haruno was getting at, but the next moment Haruno seemed to deflate.
"I also don't really want to become the person in power of the Yukinoshita family. It's so troublesome, so tiring.... If only someone like you could fish me out of the Yukinoshita family vortex too."
Uchiha Ryo: "Oh, then good luck to you."
Haruno: "....."
"You have no thoughts at all?"
Uchiha Ryo: "You're drunk. Go back to your room and rest."
Haruno: "Do you really.... have absolutely no thoughts?"
Uchiha Ryo put down his phone, looked up, and suddenly smiled.
"Has Haruno-nee played Plants vs. Zombies?"
"Huh?"
Yukinoshita Haruno didn't understand why Uchiha Ryo would suddenly mention this. Of course she knew about Plants vs. Zombies, a globally famous game; she had played it when she was little.
"Do you know the Twin Sunflower? The one that costs 50+150 sun. What do you think of its cost-performance ratio?"
Haruno: "It's okay, I guess?"
Uchiha Ryo smiled. "What I mean is, instead of spending 50+150 sun to choose a pair of sisters, I could totally use 200 sun to get four different sunflowers. Not only is there more sun, but there are also more choices."
Yukinoshita Haruno also laughed.
"If you plant too many sunflowers, won't there be not enough lawn space?"
Uchiha Ryo: "Doesn't matter. My Gatling Pea will handle it; no one can get in. Just prepare some cherries (Cherry Bombs) and chili peppers (Jalapenos) just in case. Life needs a little passion."