Chapter 69: A Long and Endless Night...

  "What are you doing here?" Perhaps intentionally or unintentionally, at midnight when Nine Lives was leaning against the wall and dozing off, Suzumiya Haruhi's voice came from above. Nine Lives looked up to see that the window which had been blocked by curtains was now open, with Suzumiya Haruhi poking her head out and staring down at Nine Lives with an air of superiority.

  "The long night is endless..."

  "Nonsense! You've been living with Xi all along!"

  "Huh?" Jiǔ Mìng was slightly stunned, "You know?"

  "Of course, such an obvious thing couldn't possibly escape the eyes of our captain. Cut to the chase, what brings you here?" Haruhi Suzumiya waved her phone in front of Kyon's face, "Are you harboring some ulterior motive and planning a midnight raid? I'll call the cops!"

  "Don't make a fuss, even if they call the police, I'll have enough time to do what I need to during their response time." He let out a yawn and stretched his body, "Not inviting me in?"

  "Absolutely not!" Haruhi Suzumiya shook her head without hesitation, "You're not allowed in! I'm going to sleep."

  Bang!

  The window opened again and closed together.

  Jiǔ Mìng felt like he had been played, so he shrugged his shoulders and leaned against the wall to pretend to sleep. Whatever it was could be dealt with tomorrow.

  "It's stable now."

  "What?" Akira Asakura, wearing a small piece of sleepwear, let out a long yawn and looked at Nagato Yuki with a puzzled expression as she suddenly crawled out from under the covers.

  "The closed space that was about to appear has disappeared......" Under Akira Chōkō's gaze, Nagato Yuki pulled out a hidden laptop from under the covers and opened it...

  Bang!!

  The laptop that had just been opened was slammed shut in an instant, and Akira Chōkura yelled, "What time is it already?! Hurry up and go to sleep!!!"

  Hey, no need to be so ruthless, right? He lifted his head and took a glance at the window that was still covered by curtains. Jiǔ Mìng curled up the corner of his mouth, wondering if he really went to sleep?

  He silently let out a sigh, Jiuming glanced at the time and it was already 3 am. Forget it, this was exactly the time when one would feel drowsy, even if he slightly lost focus, he might fall asleep. Rubbing his eyes, Jiuming's thoughts turned to other things, such as the mysterious customer in the shop.

  What kind of existence is it after all?

  I hope it's not some kind of freak existence.

  Time slowly passed, and at the moment when Jiu Ming felt he was about to fall asleep, a faint sound of pulling the window made him suddenly wake up. He looked up and saw that the annoying curtains and windows had been opened. Liang Gong Chunri, who should have been wearing pajamas, had changed into normal clothes. Now one foot was still on the edge of the window frame, after looking at the ground and the height of the window, she looked at Jiu Ming again.

  "Catch me, or it's death!!" As soon as she finished speaking, Suzumiya Haruhi jumped out of the window...

  With a drowsy look, Jiǔ Mìng's eyes suddenly widened, and the lingering sleepiness instantly dissipated. "Hey! You're being too rash! No matter what, shouldn't you take a good look at your own situation before making up your mind?"

  What if I really fell asleep...

  He lightly tapped the ground with his toes, and Jiuming instantly jumped off the ground, stretched out his hand to catch the falling Lianggong Chunri, and brought her down gently. He wiped away the non-existent cold sweat on his forehead and let out a breath. "You really aren't afraid of being smashed to death."

  "It's just this high...". Face to face with the Nine, Haruhi Suzumiya crossed her arms, "Hurry up and say it, what are you doing coming here so late?"

  "Uh, just suddenly found out that I have nothing to do tomorrow, so I thought of finding someone to chat with."

  "Is that so?" Haruhi Suzumiya gazed at Kyon's face with suspicion, "You can't fool me!"

  "Of course not, but aren't you going back to sleep? It's still early."

  "It's okay, you've slept enough... Let me tell you, thinking of entering this lady's boudoir is just a dream!"

  Hey! Who wants to enter your room?

  He curled up the corners of his mouth, took a deep breath and said, "Now I guess there's nothing we can do about it?"

  "Who said that? Let's go hiking, just walk over there, and by then we should be able to see the sunrise."

  Haruhi Suzumiya curled her fingers and scratched her chin, looking to the side, "I guess I really haven't seen a sunrise before... Hmm, it's been decided that easily."

  She nodded slightly and Haruhi Suzumiya revealed a faint smile.

  "Huh? When watching the sunrise, shouldn't we call out to others?"

  "Has your brain gone haywire?" Haruhi Suzumiya gave Tsuruya a withering look, "At this time you'd say something like that... although I think romantic feelings are just a kind of mental illness... but for someone like you, romance is bound to fail. This is between the two of us, no need to drag others in! As for everyone else, they're already excused by me today, completely no need to call out."

  "I haven't had this mental illness before, where am I? Speak!"

  "You probably didn't want to get this disease, go to Mount Fuji then."

  "Hey, you think we can make it just by running?"

  "What a hassle, can't even get this little thing done, might as well go find some high mountain nearby."

  The high mountain is easy to find, but it's hard to say that the energy is full of climbing. Where did you say is nearby? Where is this place!! Now I've climbed halfway up the mountain and fell asleep?!

  Carrying her head hung down on her own shoulders, Haruhi Suzumiya was dozing off as she walked through the mountain forest with a look of regret on her face. Occasionally, passing wild animals would immediately fix their green gaze on Haruhi's delicate skin...

  It's really remote, isn't it? I'm surprised you chose such an out-of-the-way mountain. Aren't you afraid some wild animal will suddenly jump out?

  Those ill-intentioned green eyes locked gazes with He Jiu for less than half a second before quickly retreating into the dark forest. The intuition of wild beasts is often very keen, and in that instant when they locked gazes, they understood one thing - this guy who didn't have any aura was not to be trifled with.

  Sleep is so beautiful, he glanced at the face hanging on his shoulder and close to his own face, curled up the corners of his mouth, and continued walking forward. Along the way, there were no ferocious beasts that suddenly jumped out with a try-it-out attitude, otherwise... tomorrow's breakfast would be settled!

  All the way to the top of the mountain, Jiǔ Mìng found a smooth big stone and jumped onto it. With a wave of his hand, the dust on top was blown away cleanly. After placing Liáng Gōng Chūn Rì, who had fallen asleep, on top, Jiǔ Mìng was about to move when he felt a slight twitch in the corner of his eye. "Hey, you're sleeping, why are you still holding onto me so tightly?"

  She pulled her arm, which had been caught, and sighed. It seemed that coming on strong would only wake Haruhi up, but as for coming on soft... whether he was in a virtual body or not made no difference to Yuki Nagato.

  He also plans to gather some firewood and catch a rabbit.

  Shoulder temporarily lend you to use, shook his head, Jiǔ Mìng simply sat down, he thought Kyōko Suizenji should be grateful that although she was slender and weak, but not the type of person who would get crushed by a shoulder, or else it would have been fatal!

  Just waited for a while and felt that something was wrong... What kind of dream were you having, laughing again? Laughing is fine, but pinching people is not right!

  Alas, never mind, it doesn't hurt anyway. The empty hand holding the phone looked at the time and found that there was still some time before dawn, but now they were in a high position and could vaguely see the glow on the horizon.

  Who's sleepy girl beside you should be woken up?

  "What do you want to do?!"

  Just as the fingers of Kuyou were about to touch Haruhi's forehead, she opened her eyes and stared intently at the approaching fingers. From this gesture... it was clear that a forehead flick was inevitable!

  "Nothing." Jiǔ Mìng withdrew his hand quite naturally. "I haven't even bothered to hold it against you for falling asleep on the way up the mountain, okay, let's watch the sunrise!"

  "Cut..." In response to Kurenai's slightly harsh tone, Haruhi Suzumiya twitched the corner of her mouth, didn't say anything else, and quietly gazed at the horizon where a radiant light was appearing. The place Kurenai had found could be said to be the highest point on this mountain, so there wasn't even a bit of obstruction in their line of sight.

  Until the first ray of sunlight shone over like a sharp sword, Haruhi Suzumiya's expression added a few hints of delight.

  It's a bit dazzling, and the nine lives couldn't help but think that when they slept, they always felt that the sun rose too quickly. Now, sitting on the ground watching, it feels like this sun is like a coy and reserved young lady?

  Why don't you just come out directly? Staring like this for so long makes my eyes feel a bit uncomfortable.

  "What are you doing standing so close?"

  "Less nonsense, I'm tired from sitting. Be a chair for me to lean on for a bit." With a slightly irritated poke at Kyouya's waist, Suzumiya Haruhi carefreely adjusted her back, making herself more comfortable.

  "Whatever, whatever." He let out a yawn, and the ninth life dragged his chin down, looking somewhat listless at the sun that was already half-exposed, irritating his eyes. A pair of sunglasses would be nice right about now.

  The consequence of the sun rising completely is the warming up of the surroundings, undoubtedly, another scorching day has arrived. At this time, anyone with a normal brain would hide at home and continue to sleep with the air conditioner on, rather than sitting here watching Mr. Sun slowly warm himself up.

  "Ah ha, feels good." Even though the temperature was rising, Haruhi Suzumiya still didn't seem to have any intention of leaving, and with her body pressed against Koizumi's, she squeezed him a bit more, "Having a ghost by your side is really cooling."

  "It's almost three poles high in the sun, aren't you hungry?"

  "A bit, you'd better catch a rabbit." Rubbing her smooth little belly, Haruhi Suzumiya nodded... Why did she think of a rabbit first!?

  "A girl shouldn't be loving and affectionate towards such a cute little thing?"

  "Really?" Haruhi Suzumiya pinched her chin, thought for a moment, and finally nodded. "That's right, it's better this way. You can come over after you've cooled down, to a place where I won't see you, so Miss won't overflow with affection."

  "...or you'll be dragged away by a wolf." He let out a long sigh, and as he spoke, the sky brightened. What to do now? Take her on a painful journey and then wait leisurely for September 1st to arrive? If only it were that easy...

  If it were that easy, he would have gone home long ago!