I, who advocate giving up, feel like a disqualified person

...No, how could I forget something as important as being beaten so easily?

Come to think of it...I still don't know what happened to her. Will we meet again?

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【I want to see you】

[At this important moment, I really thought of you first. ]

Can you hear me?

[...I...after all, I am still...]

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I thought it would be difficult to find, but as soon as I saw a few store signs, I saw Ye Jin in one of the stores selling accessories.

After all, that kind of physique is very outstanding among junior high school students.

At this time, she seemed to be browsing the goods, but if you look at it yourself, you will find that her eyes are empty and she must be thinking about something.

"Hey, what are you daydreaming about?"

I leaned over and patted her shoulder.

"Ah!" She was startled by me and turned her head suddenly. She calmed down only after she found out it was me.

"What? It's stupid brother."

"...Are you expecting someone to come find you? And don't call me by such an insulting name."

"That's not the case... and that word isn't just a matter of fact, how can it be an insult?" She sighed. "By the way, brother, how did you find this place? I can definitely get back on my own, so it's like I got lost."

"...If I had come a little later, you might have been kidnapped by someone with candy."

"Oh my, this is too easy, right? How could I be fooled by such a low-level item? If I were to be fooled, it would be someone bringing diamonds or something like that... But this is too obvious, I'm sure I'd see it right away. As expected... If you're trying to scam someone, it's better not to use sensitive words like money, after all, that will alert people. The best way is to use things like "Are you lost?" "You look a lot like my sister," "Would you like me to buy you ice cream?"

...I can't accept that.

"Ahem, well, you seem to have been hesitating for a long time. Which one do you want to buy..." I said as I looked at the souvenirs. There were really many kinds. "Pendants are probably better." I said as I picked out a dolphin-shaped pendant.

"Although we didn't see any dolphins, but when it comes to the cutest creatures in the sea, this is the only one, right?"

"Hmm..." Ye Jin touched his chin and nodded, but he wasn't talking about the pendant. "You can actually make such a breathtaking judgment. Brother, you really have a woman's power... but it's stuck in the 1970s."

"If you keep talking nonsense, you won't have lunch today."

"I was wrong." She raised her hands in surrender, then asked me with shining eyes, "By the way, what's for lunch today? I heard from Miss Rin that it's really amazing..."

"Ah...it's barbecue."

"Ten thousand years old!"

"Don't get excited..."

You've attracted the attention of everyone in the store... If you're not embarrassed, I'd feel embarrassed too. It's hard to pretend not to know you in this situation.

"No need to buy anything, let's go back quickly." She said and started pushing me out of the store.

"Hey... is barbecue really that appealing?"

Even if there is, there is no need to react like this... It's like they haven't eaten it for hundreds of years... Are they all possessed by the heroine of a certain restaurant?

"Of course~ After all, there's nothing in the world that can't be solved with barbecue."

"Yeah..."

I wish I could remember the past while eating juicy barbecue today.

"That being said... you really don't want to buy anything, do you?"

"Yeah, where do I get the money from?"

After she said that, I noticed that she was still wearing her swimsuit.

It's a miracle that he wasn't kidnapped.

Some explanations are futile

I believe that humans have ancient instincts.

Even now, people who consider themselves civilized and rational still inadvertently follow their primitive instincts.

Although humans have dispelled darkness through technology, the "sense of the unknown" represented by darkness still frightens people.

That’s right, just like when you play Don’t Starve, if you don’t light a fire at night, you will lose health and sanity.

(But I can't understand why low san value would attract strange things.)

Similarly, even though we live in a society governed by laws, people often find it difficult to resist the temptation to fight when the opportunity arises... Furthermore, there are many sports that primarily focus on combat. These can stimulate the subconscious mind that has been lingering in the human brain for tens of thousands of years.

The same is true for flames.

It is better to say that humans have regarded fire as a gift from God. Isn’t there a legend that praises the messenger who brought fire to the world?

Speaking of lighting, the main use of fire is to process food... When there are no cooking methods, heating food is undoubtedly a very attractive activity.

When I play Don't Starve, I will heat up all the food at night, even though I know that heating the food when it is about to go bad will make it fresh again. (In fact, I have always wanted to complain about this unscientific thing)

If we restore the ancient scene, when the hunters brought food, there would probably be a lot of people gathering around. Even just smelling the food would make them feel happy.

Just think about it, in that era when food was scarce, it was such a heartwarming scene...

But this is a modern society after all... We are all people who don't have to worry about food...

So what if you guys just restrain yourself a little? Are you all primitive people who escaped from the ice?

Chapter 21: Some explanations are futile

"What are you hesitating about? No one can be polite when it comes to food like barbecue, so you have to put aside your pride to fill your stomach." Senior Jia seemed to be comforting me. He sat next to me with two skewers of barbecued meat that looked delicious and mixed with a little green pepper.

"Thanks..."

I smiled at him, then waited for him to hand me one of the bunches, and then I took it politely.

"You're welcome."

He smiled at me generously and took a bite from each of the two skewers.

"......"

What's going on? Why not play by the rules?

"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and grab some... or they'll take it all."

Ah... It seems I was overthinking it. My mistake. I really shouldn't have had any hope in this guy.

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"Hey, young man, come and have a beer!" Rin Hanekawa said, handing me a large glass of beer... I haven't even eaten the meat yet, drinking on an empty stomach is not good for my stomach, and besides...

"I'm still a minor..."

As usual, I made this excuse to cover up the fact that I couldn't drink.

"Have you watched too much anime?! Drinking and driving isn't illegal, and it's only beer."

"I really don't drink... and as the student council president, is it really okay for you to encourage other students to drink?" I asked. "And I always thought you had strict parents and wouldn't be exposed to such things."

"Ahaha, how is that possible... Well, I often drink German dark beer at home, it's imported~ It's just that they don't have it here, so I tried this ordinary beer."

Original... I immediately checked the price online, and a can can be sold for over a hundred... Uh, pass the wine, big guy.

Then he walked towards the barbecue grill where there were fewer people.

He accidentally saw Ye Jin holding a wine glass, so he quickly went up and knocked her on the head.

"Hey, Ye Jin, don't drink! What if you get drunk?" This guy has no resistance to alcohol. He is the type who will get drunk even if he eats chocolate with liquor filling... Although this statement is a bit exaggerated.

"But this is all I have here. What can I do?" She looked at me helplessly. "You can blame Rin Yukawa. She only brought this."

"Then why don't you buy other drinks..."

Don't say you don't have money, because your wallet is right nearby...I mean my wallet.

"Why do I have to pay for something that can be solved for free?" She looked at me with disdain. "Besides, I'm already grown up. You don't have to worry about me at all."

"...You'd better use my money to buy it. I really don't trust you."

"Oh, when did you become so generous, brother?"

“I’ve always been generous.”

"Since you're so generous, why not buy me a drink too?" Ling Can suddenly came out from the side and handed me a skewer of barbecued meat. "This ingredient is too spicy..."

"Oh...thank you." I took the barbecue and saw the dense cumin and chili powder on it.

Actually, I don’t like spicy food either.

"Okay, let's go together." Ye Jin called Ling Can impatiently.

"Yeah." Ling Can responded immediately.

"Don't buy something too expensive... Hey, listen to me carefully!"

They have already run away.

Um...wait, why did you just take my wallet?

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"Please wait a moment, it will be ready soon." The chef, who seemed a little lonely because he was alone, said to me.

"Um...yeah." I nodded.

Although the young ladies in the Rin family are very demanding, the chef and the housekeeper are very kind.

However, unlike the scene just now, after the barbecue grill was empty, no one knew where the people gathered here went.

What a realistic bunch of guys.

..................

I hate alcohol.

No matter which one it is.

It's that kind of hatred that's deep in my bones, and it makes me unable to accept it from the bottom of my heart.

Even if someone says "What kind of man is he if he doesn't drink?", I will just smile... Men are not judged by these things. After all, some people can only be called "men" and are not worthy of the title of "men".

If you want to trace the cause...

It started when I was a kid attending a party with my parents. The wine there was delicious and sweet like juice, so I couldn’t help drinking it.

My parents didn’t care much at the time... I still don’t understand why now. Were they busy trying to get their share of the money back?

As a result, I vomited all over the place because of being drunk, and my head hurt so much... I vaguely remember that while I was vomiting, I kept moaning, "I will never drink again."

I have not broken this oath to this day.

Well, if you say it was one's own fault, or it was a tragedy caused by youthful ignorance.

Then another reason is because of others.

A relative of mine became ill due to excessive drinking.

I don't understand why, why he would be so addicted to something that doesn't taste good to me that he would drink it even when he was sick.

Is it because of the dinner party? Because no matter whether it is the dinner party I went to or saw, it was almost like this, constantly persuading someone to drink.

Or maybe it's because of interpersonal relationships... because I can't refuse or ask others to do things, so even if I'm not feeling well, I have to give others so-called face and force myself...

Or maybe he just couldn't bear to give up that feeling?

After alcohol numbs your nerves...do you forget the pain?

Anyway...he passed away due to complications from his alcoholism.

How did I feel when I heard the news?

"Na..."