Tokyo: Am I the only male tenant?

"It's terrible, isn't it?"

"Hmm? What do you mean by bad? This bookshelf? Well, it's really bad! It's not earthquake-proof, and it would probably collapse under its own weight even if there wasn't an earthquake."

"I'm not talking about that, not about the wooden frame, but about the whole thing."

"This house as a whole looks quite like a haunted house. Don't you realize it yourself? Forget about this room, the one next door is almost full of paranormal activity."

"By the way, you are still alive, right... or are you actually a dead ghost?"

How to put it...it's true...I can't deny that Ginjo had the same idea in his mind, so he didn't try to stop Utsunomiya Maria's overly straightforward remarks.

However, she seemed serious, looking at Shimazu Mai worriedly with her beautiful eyebrows lowered, while remembering to keep a certain distance from the bookshelf.

"What are you talking about, Maria? What haunted house? My home isn't that scary..."

"I'm a living person. There shouldn't be any ghosts in this house. You just picked me up at the door. Have you forgotten everything?"

"Okay, hurry up and sit down. I'll pour you some barley tea."

Maria Utsunomiya twisted her body on the futon to adjust her position, and Ginjo nudged her with his elbow.

"Ahem, what are you talking about? It's too rude no matter what!"

In order to ease the atmosphere, Ginjo Sousuke pretended to scold her as if he was making trouble.

Utsunomiya Maria pouted stubbornly, but Shimazu Mai laughed at Ginjo's tone.

"But this house is empty anyway! I'm sure Sosuke thinks the same way, right?"

She retorted like this, then picked up the poured barley tea and took a sip. Maybe she had really lost too much water, so she simply gulped down the rest of the cup in one gulp.

Then Ginjo did the same as her, feeling that the cold barley tea was so delicious that he finished the drink in the cup in an instant.

The two people's cups were soon empty. Seeing this, Shimazu Mai continued to pour tea for them.

"Luckily I brought a whole bottle of barley tea up. Please drink, please. You're welcome."

"Thank you Ms. Shimazu. I'm sorry that Maria is so rude, but you are so nice..."

Ginjo apologized on behalf of Utsunomiya Maria, and Shimazu Mai poured barley tea into her own cup while laughing heartily.

"You can't blame Maria for this. This isn't a haunted house, and I'm still alive. But it's half true that this house is empty."

With a chuckle and squinting eyes, Shimazu Mai tilted her head and spoke cutely.

"Half right? What did Mai mean?"

Utsunomiya Maria asked this after finishing her second cup of barley tea.

"In fact, the Shimazu family is preparing to disband. This house was originally rented and they are about to give it up. I am the last one to withdraw."

The word "disband" was so unexpected that Ginjo Sousuke didn't even have the chance to ask again. He couldn't say anything even after his mouth left the glass.

From what Shimazu Mai said, it sounded like something serious had happened that caused the family to be displaced and torn apart.

For example, divorce, debt, being fired and so on are all areas that are difficult for outsiders to investigate casually.

Ginjo Sousuke wondered if they had accidentally asked something they shouldn't have.

"Huh? How could this happen? Is Mai's whole family going to be torn apart? Why didn't you tell me such an important thing in advance!"

"Hey, wait a minute, Maria. Maybe it's not what you imagined."

Surprisingly, Shimazu Mai was still smiling, looking up at the two people as if she didn't care.

Maria Utsunomiya didn't take it seriously and still had her usual carefree attitude towards Shimazu Mai.

She raised her chin, poured herself some barley tea and continued drinking it with an air of greatness.

The relationship between the girls is really confusing. Is it a good relationship or a bad one? Even Ginjo Sousuke feels that he can't tell.

In her relaxed and casual style, Shimazu Mai pulled out the hairpins that held her hair in place one by one with each hand.

"No, actually, this is what happened. This spring, my grandma who lives far away passed away due to a stroke."

"She used to live alone, so now she needs someone to take care of her, so her mother has to run back and forth all the time."

"Last month, Dad finally applied for a transfer and was successfully transferred back to the branch in his hometown as he had hoped."

"We moved here because my dad was transferred to Tokyo, so my parents just returned to live in our hometown."

"In other words, Mai was left alone?"

"Yes, after all, I have found a job in Tokyo, and it is impossible for me to commute back and forth between the two places. My hometown is in Fukuoka."

"So during this period of time, my mother came up from her hometown from time to time to sort out the things in this house. Finally, starting next week, I will move out and live alone..."

"That's how I found Mrs. Matsumoto's apartment on the rental website, and then I got to know you two."

It's so tiring to rush around, Shimazu Mai let out a sweet whine in her usual cartoon baby voice and shook her hair lightly after all the hairpins were pulled out.

Because of the clip just now, the long black hair looked a little curly but still full and soft, draped over the back like thick honey...

Chapter 454 Lying with two beauties

One reason was to transfer schools, one was to come to Tokyo to experience a new life, and one was because both parents returned to their hometown, so they had to give up the big house and look for a single apartment that was more suitable for living alone.

Ginjo Sousuke, Utsunomiya Maria and Shimazu Mai, under the guidance of the God of Destiny, met among millions of people.

Although the two girls had already graduated from college, they were actually only two or three years older than Ginjo, so they could easily chat with each other.

With the help of the outgoing Maria Utsunomiya, they were able to hang out together like good friends the day after they met.

At this rapid rate of development, it might not be long before the three of them will appear together in more restricted scenes.

Looking back into the house, there was a brief silence in the air after Shimazu Mai explained to them why the house was so empty.

"I see, so there are such things that we didn't know about. If you were alone, it would be hard for you, Ms. Shimazu."

It was Ginjo Sousuke who spoke first, and comforted her with a slightly frown.

"You can just call me Mai. I'll call you Sousuke just like Maria."

"Thank you, Sosuke. Actually, it's not that bad. I feel very lucky to have found a new house so smoothly before school starts."

Shimazu Mai laughed and thanked Ginjō, then raised the glass of barley tea and clinked it with his.

"Yeah, by the way, I never had a chance to ask Mai about the start of school. I heard from Maria that you were going to join a nearby university. Which school would it be?"

While their eyes met, Ginjo asked her.

"It's Buen University."

Shimazu Mai took a sip of barley tea and answered softly.

"It's really Takenoko..."

Ginjo Sosuke widened his eyes. It seemed that Utsunomiya Maria had guessed right again.

It seems that the two of them will inevitably meet often in the future. Wouldn't it be easy to create the spark of love?

"What did I say? A woman's sixth sense is terrifying."

Utsunomiya Maria said “tsk” and patted Ginjō’s shoulder.

"Eh? Could it be that Sosuke is also studying at Takenoko? Is it really such a coincidence?"

Shimazu Mai then realized why Ginjo asked her this question.

"Yes, I just transferred here last semester. So what kind of job is Mai going to take in Wuyuan this time?"

Yincheng only knew that she didn't seem to be going to be a teacher, which made him feel a lot more at ease. Otherwise, as teachers and students, there would inevitably be a natural sense of distance between them.

"I'm applying for a position as a doctor's assistant in the health room, which can actually be understood as a nurse."

"It's just to receive some injured or sick students, and then provide some auxiliary work for the doctors."

There are a large number of students in Wuyuan, and girls make up the vast majority of them, so it is inevitable that various physical discomforts will occur.

Therefore, the school health room has always been a very busy place, and it is no wonder that doctors need to be equipped with some special assistants.

"So you work in the health room. I've been to that place before. It's in a corner of the school and the environment is pretty good."

Ginjo Sosuke nodded. It seemed that he could impart some experience to the newcomer Shimazu Mai, whether in the apartment or at school.

"Yeah, I chose Wuyuan because of its environment. I didn't expect that Sousuke is also a student there. This way, we can meet each other often on the road in the future."

Having a familiar friend in the new residence and new workplace will undoubtedly make it much easier for Shimazu Mai to adapt.

Thinking of this, the innocent and lovely smile appeared on her fair face again.

"Hey, how come I'm the light bulb in the end..."

Seeing that the two people were chatting enthusiastically, Utsunomiya Maria was unable to get a word in and was left aside.

"Haha, it's not as exaggerated as you say. I just found such a coincidence, so I can't stop talking about it. I'm going to the bathroom, you girls should just chat."

When there are two girls present at the same time, how to strike a balance is also an art.

In order to ease the jealousy rising in Utsunomiya Maria, Ginjo decisively used the method of urinating and temporarily left the room.

"Hey, Mai, the first thing you do when you get to work is to help me find out what kind of woman Sosuke is dating at school."

Watching Ginjō's figure disappear around the corner of the stairs, Utsunomiya Maria immediately moved and sat next to Shimazu Mai.

"Why does Maria want to know so much?"

Shimazu Mai turned her head slightly and tucked a few strands of hair that had been blown away behind her ears.

"Of course it's because of curiosity. Isn't Mai curious too?"

Maria Utsunomiya seemed to think this was a perfectly normal thing.

"I am a little curious, but it seems a bit rude to pry into other people's privacy."

Compared to Maria's straightforwardness, Shimazu Mai seems much more cautious.

"You are such a naive guy, aren't you?"

"With Sousuke's conditions, he must be a celebrity in the school, so the person he's dating must be known to everyone in the school, right?"

"So you don't need to ask around specifically. Just look at which girl in school is the most eye-catching. She must be the one you're looking for."

Utsunomiya Maria instructed Shimazu Mai, who was somewhat stupid in this area, as if she were teaching a child.

"Oh, so that's how it is. It makes sense. I see. Leave this task to me."