I push the kid!

She nodded again and raised her hand to indicate: "The black tea on the table is brewed by me. Try it and see how it tastes."

"Yes."

Hoshino Ai took a sip elegantly and said, "It tastes great. As expected, it was made by you, Madam!"

Takuya Makimura took a sip from the teacup.

To be honest, he felt that the tea was quite bitter, and its taste was more peculiar than any other tea he had ever drunk before.

Maybe that's what expensive and classy smells like, he thought.

However, Hoshino Ai, who was very good at lying, did not show any bitterness at all.

"I drink too little tea, I can only feel that this tea is completely different from other teas. As for the taste, it's hard to describe."

His face showed a friendliness that was no less than that of Youxi's mother.

Tomoki Ogura had already been pulled by his mother to sit next to him.

She started sipping her tea when Makimura Taku just started speaking, and she almost choked and spit out her tea when Makimura Taku finished speaking.

"Even if it doesn't taste good, at least say something nice about it!" This is what Makimura Taku read from her subtle expression.

Yuki's mother was stunned for a moment, then she said to Makimura Taku with a gentle smile:

“That’s true. Even I couldn’t accept it when I first drank tea made from this kind of tea.

"If my father hadn't taught me how to appreciate tea, I would probably have always disliked it no matter how much time had passed."

"What? So there is such a thing~" Ogura Tomoki looked at his mother's face teasingly.

Tomoki's mother just turned her head and said, "You will understand it sooner or later," which scared Tomoki Ogura so much that he shrank his shoulders.

"I, I'll let it go."

"It seems that I have indulged you for too long. You can't stand it without someone to discipline you."

"Don't say that, mother~"

The four of them sat facing each other, and Youxi's mother asked some more questions about the daily lives of Makimura Taku and Hoshino Ai.

How old are you, what are your hobbies, do you read books often?

Is the living place comfortable? Is the cost of living in Tokyo high? And so on.

The more questions were asked, the more the topic often turned to Tomoki Ogura.

However, there was no discussion about where the 50 million yuan had been squandered.

It was not like what Ogura Tomoki said, that they were called over specifically to ask about this matter.

"That's great. I didn't expect that you have such a solid grasp of foreign languages, Makimura-kun. You're such a down-to-earth kid."

Yuxi's mother smiled and said, "This ability is very important in many jobs. Keep it up."

"Yes." said Taku Makimura.

"Xiao Ai is also a very hard-working child."

Yuki's mother looked at Hoshino Ai again:

“If you have any financial or life problems in the future, you can always ask my Youxi for help.

"Although she usually looks playful, she can definitely show her reliable side when she can help."

"Thank you, thank you!" Hoshino Ai stood up and bowed.

"It's totally okay if you don't say that critical remark, right?" Ogura Tomoki complained to his mother.

"Look at how you're sitting. Have you forgotten all the etiquette you learned?"

"sorry!"

Yuki's mother smiled and looked at Makimura Taku and Hoshino Ai:

"This child still has a lot to learn, so please take good care of her."

"No, no, we are." Hoshino Ai waved his hands.

Makimura Taku nodded sincerely: "Yes, please rest assured."

After saying this, Ogura Tomoki gave him a bad look. Makimura Taku's greatest ability was to turn a blind eye to various things.

"Haha." Youxi's mother smiled with satisfaction.

"In that case, I won't waste your time any longer.

"If you are willing to stay and attend the next banquet..."

"No, no, no!" Ogura Youxi stopped her, "We can just go back, there are still many things to do at home!"

"Ala, when did you become so concerned about family matters?" Youxi's mother looked puzzled.

"Okay, okay, let's go first." She stood up and pushed Makimura Taku and Hoshino Ai to go out.

Yuxi's mother shook her head helplessly, smiled at her and said:

"Be safe on the road and don't let the drivers drive so fast anymore."

"Why do you know this, mother?"

Yuki's mother just put on a smiling face.

Ogura Tomoki quickly led the two out: "Let's go."

"Goodbye, Madam!" said Hoshino Ai.

Takuya Makimura turned around and said goodbye.

While Yuki's mother put away the tea set on the table, she nodded to the two of them and said, "See you next time."

The three people returned to the villa and did not go out for a stroll again.

It was around eleven o'clock in the evening when Taku Makimura finished his shower and returned to his room.

He had just laid down on the bed when the sliding door a few meters away was suddenly opened.

"I'm telling you, today you haven't..."

"Makino." Hoshino Ai came in from outside the door.

"..." Makimura Taku blinked and stared at her, "It's so late, why don't you go to bed?"

Ai Hoshino closed the door with a pillow in her hand: "I still feel a little scared sleeping alone in such a big room."

"That's it."

"I can't fall asleep with the lights on."

"The lights in this room are a little too bright." said Taku Makimura.

"Can I be with you..." At this point, she became a little hesitant again.

Taku Makimura could guess what she wanted to say next, but he didn't know what he should answer at this time.

Hoshino Ai glanced at him back and forth: "Can I sleep next to you? Just for one night... just one night is enough."

"..." Makimura Taku said, "One night?"

The two stared at each other in the silent air for several seconds.

“…Forget it.” Hoshino Ai was about to leave holding the pillow.

"Wait." These two words have not been uttered by Makimura Taku yet.

The sound of the door handle turning was heard again, but Hoshino Ai was still more than one meter away from the door.

No way, he thought, and the next second, the door was pushed open by someone outside.

"Makino, I'm coming in." Tomoki Ogura stood outside the door holding a pillow in one hand.

Now the three of them looked at each other in confusion.

Hoshino Ai was sandwiched in the middle, leaning sideways and turning her head left and right.

"Ok?"

"you?"

"My fault."

Makimura Taku got out of bed, and when Ogura Tomoki was too surprised to speak and Hoshino Ai was not in a clear mind, he sent both of them outside and closed the door:

"You should have locked the room when you got back."

The sound of banging on the door was heard immediately.

"Open the door, Makimura Taku!"

"Go back and rest quickly. I'm going to sleep first."

"Open the door!"

"No."

"Okay, you dare to lock me out, don't you?"

The two of them chatted in whispers outside the door, and then Makimura Taku turned off all the lights.

"Makimura!" This time even Hoshino Ai called out.

"Xiao Ai asked you to open the door, open the door quickly——"

"I say, you two, are you really not going back to your room to rest?"

There was another bang on the door.

Makimura Taku sighed, turned on the light, and decided to face reality.

Just as he reached the door and before he could put his hand on the doorknob, the door was pushed open with force, hitting him.

"You won't open the door? I have plenty of keys..." Ogura Yuki was talking smugly, but when he saw Makimura Taku pressing his nose, he immediately changed his words, "Why are you standing here?"

"Didn't I open the door for you?"

"Are you okay?" Hoshino Ai ran over to care about him.

"It's okay." Makimura Taku said, "What do you want to do?"