Let's do it again, Yukino.

Everyone has to take this step eventually.

He took a deep breath.

The seemingly dizzying movements of her hands never stopped.

He put all the groceries Xiaoxue bought that night into the pot.

"onion!"

"lettuce!"

"Canned tuna!"

"carrot!"

"egg!"

"rice!"

"Alright, everything is ready. Now it's time to celebrate absolute success."

In a few swift movements, he added all the ingredients to the pot blazing in front of him. As he stirred the ingredients with a wooden spatula, the boy couldn't help but shout loudly.

"A sunny spring day, great!!"

The kitchen was bustling with activity.

"..."

Standing at the doorway, Yukinoshita stared at the idiotic boy in the kitchen, whose lips trembled as he looked at the boy who was making a feast out of a simple fried rice dish. For a moment, she didn't know what to say to him.

Not long after, Yukino returned to the sofa, staring blankly at the little Yukino in her arms.

Don't be like your silly owner, or you'll never grow up.

She had originally planned to use those ingredients to make a light dinner, such as a mixed porridge or a clear soup, but now it seems that this guy has no idea what to do.

Just then, a summer night breeze blew in through the screen window of the balcony, brushing against the toes of the girl sitting on the sofa.

A girl's feet are her most sensitive organs. The girl gently touched her big toe, which was as white as jade. A slightly sweet sensation traveled from her toes to her waist and chest, and then to her whole body.

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Taking a relaxing break like this once in a while is a great option.

The girl thought softly.

……

…………

After ten minutes,

On the table,

Thinking that something was still missing, the boy took out a can of beer that he had just bought not long ago from the refrigerator.

"How can dinner be complete without beer?!"

"Besides making this kind of mixed fried rice, what else can you make?"

Xiaoxue looked at the somewhat presentable dinner in front of her, rested her chin on her hand, and asked casually.

"And this too."

After pausing for a moment, Chunri, pretending to be a chef, brought out a plate of reasonably well-chopped vegetable salad from the kitchen.

Mixed fried rice and vegetable salad,

These are two dishes that I finally learned to cook after spending a lot of time in spring and during snow.

Although the dishes are all very simple, they are no longer as shabby as instant noodles and fast food bento boxes used to be.

Looking at the snowflakes that clearly looked down on her carefully crafted snow, Haruhi retorted somewhat defiantly.

"Don't underestimate this egg fried rice; it's no ordinary egg fried rice."

"Oh? What's unusual about it?"

Yukino raised an eyebrow slightly, picked up a small grain of rice with her chopsticks, and was about to put it in her mouth.

"This is a special fried rice with eggshells mixed into the rice grains..."

Yukino almost spat out the dinner she had just put in her mouth, and couldn't help but angrily tap her rice bowl with her chopsticks.

"Can you stop being so ridiculous?"

The boy waved his hand reassuringly, opened a can of beer for Xiaoxue, and explained.

"I was just kidding. There were no eggshells in your plate because I ate them a long time ago."

"This is even funnier, and a little disgusting too!"

"Don't worry, it won't kill you."

"……snort!"

She gave a slightly arrogant hum, and the girl's constant hand movements indicated that she wasn't as annoying as she had just described.

She glanced again at the can of beer the boy had opened for her, and under the white light, a look of happiness appeared on Xiaoxue's face, as if she was thinking of something.

"I've rarely seen you open a beer for me."

She gazed at the boy, her eyes seemingly shimmering with a moist light.

Such things were almost nonexistent in her previous life, and she didn't mind Haruhi drinking in front of her.

To be honest, he never drinks much when we're together.

Moreover, in her mind, no man would open a bottle of wine for a woman.

However, Chunri calmly drank her beer, occasionally picking up a piece of salad she had made herself as a snack.

"Not long ago, one night, a woman opened two cans of Golden Wheat for me, and I felt pretty good about it."

"..."

As soon as Chunri finished speaking, the living room fell into a deathly silence once again.

The happiness on the girl's face faded silently, and her relaxed fist clenched tightly at a certain moment.

It sounded like someone taking a deep breath.

"Don't get jealous so easily. You're not going to be jealous of Mom too, are you?"

Chunri, shoveling rice into her mouth, said to Xiaoxue, somewhat speechlessly.

"Did your mother come looking for you?"

“It’s not your mom, it’s my mom! Do you think your mom’s personality is like someone who would pour drinks for others? You can’t imagine it at all.”

Spring rolled her eyes and complained, "That kind of scene is simply unimaginable."

However, when Xiaoxue heard Chunri mention her mother, her face darkened.

"Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever met Chun**'s family,"

I only heard that his mother seemed to live in another place and rarely came back to see Chunri. As for his father and brothers and sisters, this fool has always kept his mouth shut and has never revealed anything about them to me.

The bitter wine went down his throat, turning into a long, satisfying sigh.

Looking at Xiaoxue, who suddenly seemed a little down, he gently touched her hand with his beer can. The dew that covered the can from the refrigerator moistened the girl's skin.

"...Later, if she comes back next time, I promise I'll take you to see her."

"why?"

"Junko asked me that night whether the girl I liked was pretty or not, but I lied at the time, so I plan to take you to meet her next time, Yuki."

Thinking of this, he smiled somewhat embarrassedly at Yukinoshita.

He remembered that he had told Junko "so-so" that night.

Yukino was taken aback.

A smear of ketchup appeared on the corner of his mouth.

However, he didn't lose his composure too much.

The girl stuck out her tongue, which was as round as a koi fish's.

With a slightly happy expression, he licked the area around his mouth clean.

This is a good start.

she thinks,

Under bright lights

Looking at the woman's thin lips, which were slightly moist,

The boy's gaze was somewhat infatuated.

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Chapter Ninety-Two: Miss Shinomiya, you've ruined me!

Midnight,

Tokyo

A luxurious villa

Having just finished showering, Miss Shinomiya, wearing a white shirt and barefoot, sat on the soft bed.

She was holding her phone when she suddenly fell straight down. Then, while hugging a pillow, she rolled around on the mattress, letting out a somewhat frightening snicker, showing no signs of being sleepy at all.

Not long after,

The strange noises in the bedroom startled the blonde maid. Hayasaka pushed open the bedroom door again, intending to urge Lady Shinomiya to rest early.

With her sharp eyes, she noticed that the young lady of the Shinomiya family was staring intently at the contact information in the address book that was marked "Qingdi" with her wine-red pupils.

"Miss, it's getting late, you should get some rest."