Love Healing Manual

Chapter 125 Dinner Party
"We're back! Sorry for the delay on the way."

Hearing the knock on the door, Sano Chizuru, who was cutting meat in the kitchen, couldn't free up her hands, so Lin Ze went over and opened the door.

As soon as the door opened, two girls standing at the door each carried a bag. The one in front, Miyagi Suzuo, immediately said apologetically.

Seeing Miyagi Suzuo bow and apologize, Kitagawa Ayane was initially puzzled, but then she felt a hand press down on her, forcibly forcing her to bow, still not understanding what was going on.

“Forty-seven minutes and twenty seconds in total,” Lin Ze glanced at the wall clock in the living room and said calmly, “If you don’t come back soon, I’ll have to go out and look for you two.”

"I got lost, I'm sorry." Miyagi Suzuo put on a guilty expression and looked at Lin Ze with pleading eyes.

As a close friend of many years, even though they had been forgotten, she still knew many of Lin Ze's habits by heart. If he hated lying the most, then perhaps the second thing he hated was people who had no sense of time.

"Okay." Lin Ze didn't say anything more, took the two bags, and went back into the kitchen.

However, Chizuru Sano kept her eyes on the outside. When she saw that the two of them had returned unharmed, with no missing limbs and no abnormalities on their faces, and were even whispering to each other, she noticed that they were indeed back safe and sound.

Her heart, which had been hanging in suspense, immediately settled back into her stomach.

This takes more than forty minutes. Logically speaking, going to the supermarket to buy things, which is not far away, should only take twenty minutes at most.

The longer the interval.

The more worried Chizuru Sano became, the more anxious she became.

She was afraid that the two of them would fight outside and end up in a situation that couldn't be resolved. When she was in the kitchen cooking with Lin Ze to prepare a meal for the gathering, she couldn't help but have all sorts of wild thoughts. As she thought about it, she couldn't help but wonder why Lin Ze was so slow to perceive emotions.

Doesn't he feel at all that Miyagi Suzuo likes him? Why does he insist on arranging for Kitagawa Ayane to go out with her? It's impossible for them not to quarrel.

Thankfully, nothing bad happened!

"Cut the green peppers into larger pieces. I'll wash them and remove the seeds, then we can start cooking right away."

Lin Ze's words startled Sano Chizuru from her thoughts.

"Okay, wash it and leave it for me to cut."

"You two," Lin Ze called out towards the living room, "come and help out, or you'll go hungry for a long time."

"Okay~ Coming right away!"

in the living room.

Suzuo Miyagi and Ayane Kitagawa sat together on the sofa, whispering to each other in a way that no one could hear.

Sometimes it's really hard to imagine the relationships between women.

The two people who were just fighting in the supermarket are now sitting together and talking to each other politely.

"No matter what, I don't want Lin Ze to know about the conflict between you and me. Since it was his decision to let you stay here, I won't say anything more. Anyway, you won't be staying for more than a few days."

"You mean a temporary truce?"

"If you think so, then so be it. However, it's best not to affect his medical career. Every day of these two years is crucial for Lin Ze. Since you're by his side, you must have seen how hard he's working, right?"

"That is indeed true."

"Okay, I've told you everything I wanted to say. If you had said earlier that it was his decision, I wouldn't have targeted you like that."

"You didn't even give me a chance to speak," Kitagawa Ayane said, pursing her lips.

After she finished speaking, Miyagi Suzuo got up and ran to the kitchen to find her Lin Zejun. She seemed to be in a good mood, and there was no trace of the ferocious and ruthless look she had when she first arrived.

That's a bit too fast of a change of heart.

Of course, there are reasons for this.

Suzuo Miyagi was in a great mood, certainly not because she had a good fight with Ayane Kitagawa and felt relieved. Rather, it was because on the way home, in the car, Tomoko Heijo learned the real information from the hospital and, at some cost, found Ayane Kitagawa's medical records from her treatment at the Tokyo University Kyoto Prefectural Hospital.

The reason why Heijo Tomoko wasn't with the young lady today was because she went to inquire about this matter herself.

As a result, the young lady got into a fight and was nearly injured.

Heijo Tomoko felt that what she found out at the hospital was very important, and she truthfully reported it to Miyagi Suzuo, informing her that Kitagawa Ayane had certain mental problems, and that Lin Ze's contact with her occurred during the period when she was diagnosed with mental illness.

The key to the problem is that Suzuo Miyagi knows all the inside information. In a flash, she connects everything, and her brain is in a storm.

Why does Lin Ze treat Kitagawa Ayane so specially, even going so far as to let her live in his home? Why, even when faced with the temptation of going abroad or direct financial rewards, does Kitagawa Ayane only say, "Lin Ze needs me, and I need Lin Ze"? Why is it that their relationship completely deviates from the typical romantic progression between a man and a woman, yet neither of them seems to perceive anything wrong with it?

She suddenly realized the truth of the matter, and in the car, her gaze towards Kitagawa Ayane became dazed.

And this fact is actually the reasonable one.

Because Miyagi Suzuo understands Hayashi's personality, her biggest worry and question is why Kitagawa Ayane is special? But if her senior also suffers from a mental illness, then the question will be easily answered.

Even with amnesia, Lin Ze would definitely seek a solution to his illness; he was particularly determined about this, otherwise he wouldn't have applied to the University of Tokyo's medical school. This approach is consistent with Lin Ze's personality and intelligence. His contact with Kitagawa Ayane under these circumstances was also to uncover more secrets about her illness from her.

When I think about this.

On the way, Miyagi Suzuo asked Kitagawa Ayane a question: was it Lin Ze's idea to move here, or was it her own idea? After receiving her answer, she became even more certain of her guess.

An isolated incident may be accidental, but if the entire logical chain makes sense, she feels she has grasped the truth of the matter—Miyagi Suzuo is indeed a smart girl, otherwise she wouldn't have had the patience to stay by Lin Ze's side for three years.

And undoubtedly, once the events described above were clarified, the answer that made her heart race also emerged.

Perhaps Lin Ze didn't have any special feelings for his senior, nor did he intend to use her as a substitute for the feelings deep in his memory. His senior was a tool, and also a patient suffering from the same illness.

Therefore, the senior student would tell her unequivocally, "Lin Ze needs me."

Miyagi Suzuo was immediately annoyed; she had almost made a mess of things! If she really kicked her senior out of Tokyo, it would mean that she had completely disrupted Lin Ze's plans.

The most correct thing to do in this process was actually Kitagawa Ayane's own unyielding persistence.
This truly lived up to Lin Ze's care and love for his senior—that's what Miyagi Suzuo genuinely felt at that moment.

She couldn't help but feel a sense of lingering fear.

However, just as Miyagi Suzuo began to feel fortunate for Kitagawa Ayane's own persistence, she quickly realized that this was not right! If her senior really only had a mutually beneficial relationship with Lin Ze, then why would she harbor such hostility towards Miyagi Suzuo?

Once she took that bite, she became determined and wouldn't let go no matter what, even going so far as to never explain her relationship with Lin Ze.

A woman's keen intuition is never wrong.

The other truth is that Kitagawa Ayane does indeed have feelings for Lin Ze that go beyond a mutually beneficial relationship. This does not conflict with Lin Ze's thoughts, so she only hides these feelings from Lin Ze. However, when it comes to Miyagi Suzuo, she shows particular hostility.

As Miyagi Suzuo watched Kitagawa Ayane turn her head to look out the window, she thought of her senior's family situation, her withdrawn personality with very few friends, and this illness...

Perhaps falling in love with Lin Ze in a clandestine relationship is the most likely thing to happen.

My biggest frustration has been resolved.

Only then did Miyagi Suzuo walk briskly to the kitchen, her irritation completely gone, replaced by a bright and sunny mood.

What she feared most was that Lin Ze would change his mind.

"Lin Zejun, is there anything I can do to help?" Miyagi Suzuo asked, her eyes filled with curiosity as she looked at the various ingredients laid out on the plate as she entered the kitchen.

She had never gone near the kitchen before, so she was naturally eager to try it out when given the opportunity.

Moreover, this is cooking with Lin Ze, something I couldn't ask for.

Although there's not much she can do to help...

"Wash all the vegetables that need washing, remove the stems, and set them aside for later use."

"Okay." Miyagi Suzuo nodded and squatted down to take the many vegetables she had just bought from the basket.

The kitchen on the second floor is actually quite large, and it could easily accommodate two more people. However, the decoration is still in a Chinese style, mainly because Lin Yuning is used to it. Miyagi Suzuo looked around at the many utensils in the kitchen and finally focused her gaze on the sink.

Two draining baskets were already placed there.

During this time, Lin Ze went outside and took something.

It wasn't because Sano Chizuru and Miyagi Suzuo were guests that Lin Ze had to follow the principle of "when in Rome, do as the Romans do"; that wasn't part of his thinking. He believed that things were more efficient when everyone worked together. However, little did he know that Miyagi Suzuo was someone who never lifted a finger at home.

If her parents at the Miyagi family mansion knew that she had taken the initiative to wash the vegetables, they would probably feel heartbroken.

Where in the house would she have been made to do such a thing?

She has always been waited on hand and foot, with several nannies attending to her daily needs.

A moment later, Lin Ze returned with something in his hand.

Suzuo Miyagi stood in front of the sink, carefully turning the tap on with her fingers. She looked quite serious and focused, not because turning on the tap was something even a simpleton could do, but because she wanted to appear composed and show Lin Ze that she was perfectly capable of handling the job.

"Zi-"

After flipping the switch, a torrent of white water gushed down.

Miyagi Suzuo quickly pushed the basket over and began to scrub.

Water flowed through her fingertips, splashing onto the plump tomatoes and creating countless tiny bubbles.

Just as she was about to give Tomato a full-body massage, she heard Lin Ze's gentle voice behind her ear.

"Raise your hands."

Miyagi Suzuo was stunned for a moment, wondering why Lin Ze would suddenly make such a request. She hesitated for a moment before raising her hand, water droplets still dripping from it.

Then, the pink apron passed over her arms, and she heard the rustling sound of the straps being tied behind her back. She could feel the apron tightening around her body, but Lin Ze's movements were very gentle.

When she realized what Lin Ze was doing, Miyagi Suzu was stunned for a moment.

During their time together, she always put herself in his shoes and considered things from his perspective, but she almost never had moments like this where she was taken care of.

"I've tied your apron on for you, go wash up."

After finishing all that, Lin Ze turned around and waved to arrange work for Kitagawa Ayane.

However, Miyagi Suzuo stood still for a long time.

A long time passed.

Half of her face was hidden in the shadows of her hair, but a faint smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"Hum~"

The sudden throbbing in her heart made the young lady feel wonderful.

In that instant, she recalled the past.

Lin Ze, the one who would take care of her and cherish her.

Actually, it never disappeared.

Right?

……

Half an hour later.

All the hot dishes were brought to the coffee table, and Lin Ze went downstairs to the kitchen and brought up a few small stools.

The entire living room was filled with a rich fragrance.

With the combined efforts of the four of them, they finally finished preparing lunch before 1 p.m. The main force behind the busy work was, of course, Lin Ze and Sano Chizuru, who was showing off their skills in the kitchen. As for Kitagawa Ayane and Miyagi Suzuo, they naturally ended up doing the work.

There weren't many bowls in the kitchen. Since it was usually just Lin Ze and Lin Yuning, and they didn't entertain guests, they used almost all of their existing bowls and plates this time.

The two sat in the living room, looking at the dazzling array of dishes on the table. It's no exaggeration to say that even Miyagi Suzuo, who was used to eating delicacies, couldn't help but feel her mouth watering.

She's used to eating Japanese food.

On the table were boiled sliced ​​pork, tomato beef brisket, a simplified version of fried pork chops and stir-fried cured pork, as well as a vinegar-braised crispy pork soup that Lin Ze had just learned to make—of course, the crispy pork was fried by Lin Yuning earlier and had been kept in the refrigerator.

In addition, there were several dishes of stir-fried vegetables, but Lin Ze directed the cooking while Qian He took charge of the cooking.

Looking at the boiled pork slices glistening with red oil and covered in chili peppers, the irresistible aroma practically fills your nostrils—it's a feast for the eyes, nose, and palate.

"Chizuru, you're amazing! You can do everything. Teach me how to cook sometime," Miyagi Suzuo whispered in admiration.

"No, I've been interested in this since I was little, plus I cook a lot with my mom."

"Lin Ze kept praising you, I'm so envious."

"No...no, actually Suzuo, you also deserve a lot of credit." Sano Chizuru was startled when she heard her say that.

but.

No matter what, Lin Ze's feelings for her were purely admiration, without any romantic feelings involved.

Miyagi Suzuo must not misunderstand this point.

Otherwise, she and Suzuo wouldn't be able to be friends.

In the kitchen, Kitagawa Ayane carried two bowls of steamed rice over, placed them on the coffee table, and then went back to serve more rice.

"Please make my portion of rice smaller, Kitagawa-senpai. I can't eat too much; I need to lose weight."

"Okay, I understand." Hearing Chizuru Sano's words, Ayane Kitagawa nodded in the kitchen.

Lin Ze finally brought up the juice from the first-floor shop.

Each person received a cup filled with the freshly squeezed juice he had prepared in the kitchen.

A group dinner event.

Officially started.

Since there weren't enough seats on the sofa, Chizuru Sano volunteered to sit on a small stool.

Therefore, the arrangement on the sofa became that Kitagawa Ayane and Miyagi Suzuo were positioned on either side of Lin Ze, surrounding him in the very center.

Saw this scene.

Sano Chizuru couldn't help but feel that this kind of development was really abnormal just by looking at it... In any case, she hoped that this meal could be enjoyed properly.

"It's 1:05, not too late. Since other group members also have a dinner party, let's take this opportunity to strengthen our relationship and hopefully work together in the future." After Lin Ze sat down, he took the initiative to pick up his glass.

"For our group," Miyagi Suzuo quickly added.

"Well, it's an honor to be in the same group as two such outstanding classmates. I've learned a lot in the past month or so. Thank you both." Sano Chizuru raised her glass with her.

All three of them had finished speaking.

Kitagawa Ayane was left alone, staring at the juice in front of her, unsure whether to remain silent or say something.

At this time.

"Senior, why don't you come too?" Chizuru Sano suggested.

"Okay, but I don't have much to say," she said, biting her lip.

"It doesn't matter, as long as we're having fun!" Chizuru quickly livened up the atmosphere, smiling and saying, "Cheers!"

"Cheers~"

"cheers."

"cheers……"

(End of this chapter)