In the evening, Aoyama Xiu Xin returned home from work to find that Elena was back, so that old sister-in-law must have returned as well.
Oh no, that wasn't right. Aoyama Haruko had already formally divorced his brother and was, both nominally and actually, no longer his sister-in-law, but he still insisted on calling her "sister-in-law."
He didn't aim for anything else; it was mainly because he was one to hold onto old times.
"Ding dong." Aoyama Xiu Xin pressed the doorbell.
"Coming, coming." Along with a lively and cheerful voice, the door quickly opened, and the sister-in-law, wearing a goose-yellow kimono, stood inside, smiling like a blooming flower, "Xiu Xin, you must be tired. Come in, please."
It was clear to see that after formally dissolving her marriage, she was much more relaxed, completely devoid of the past moral shame and guilt.
Of course, that sense of thrill was gone, too.
