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

At the dinner table, Rin Hanekawa was winking at me like crazy... Do you think I'm a goldfish? My memory lasts longer than five seconds! Someone who didn't know would think your eyes were dry, sore, or tired. It's about time you let me go.

"..."

I don't know how to respond.

Although Xiaoye is chatting happily with others now, he will definitely come to me first after dinner and ask me to write the latest chapter of the novel... Responsibility is really a double-edged sword for me, because I will lose a lot of entertainment opportunities because of this sense of responsibility, but at the same time, I will also gain from this sense of responsibility... gain... gain nothing!

It’s precisely because I haven’t gained anything that I’m delaying the update!

"Is the food not to your taste? State..."

Fortunately, my actions this time were right next to Ye Hui, and she suddenly asked this question at this time.

"No... Why do you ask?"

"Because from your expression... you seem unhappy."

No writer would be happy at the thought of being forced to create, especially when traveling... or collecting materials.

Creations without sincerity will not bring happiness to readers.

"No... I was just thinking."

"Oh, that's how it is..."

"Ahahaha, don't worry."

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

While everyone was talking and laughing, Rinquanchuan whispered, "I'm full," and got up and left.

After I heard these words—or rather, I could only make out these words from her lip movements because I was staring at her—I hurriedly followed.

"Hmm? Sheji, where are you going?"

Xiaoye seemed to want to stop me.

"Sorry, I have something to do right now, I'll be back soon..."

It's just an excuse, and I don't know how long it will take.

Anyway, try talking to her first.

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

She didn't choose to go back to her room, and seemed to be going out... What? Going out for a stroll at this time? Is the scenery outside nice?

Never mind, just follow him.

"Hey~ Wait a minute~"

When I got outside, I found myself some distance away from her, so I shouted to get her attention.

Under the street light, she slowly turned around. After seeing that it was me, she turned her head again but slowed down her pace.

"......"

So I quickened my pace.

"Are you out for a walk?"

I started talking to her.

"Ah, no...I'm going to buy some things."

"...Oh...so there's a convenience store nearby."

"Hmm..." She nodded, "It's not far, so I wanted to go alone... I'm glad you noticed."

The attitude is not as cold as I imagined.

"Because I want to talk to you for a while. After all, there are too many things going on today."

"Hmm... this... is that so..."

"Ah."

progress

I thought she would ignore me, but she was actually quite nice... It felt a little weird... Could this be an illusion? Am I dreaming?

"So, what is it you want to talk about?" She slowed down and kept pace with me.

"Ah... well."

Since she asked the question herself, there's absolutely no problem in just answering it.

"Didn't you tell me about your birthday a while ago? I wanted to ask...how are you planning to spend it? I can prepare in advance."

"Oh...this matter."

Are you thinking about something else?

"My family doesn't take it too seriously anyway, so I can just go out on that day, and then you can make the arrangements. I'm not sure exactly what to do to celebrate my birthday."

I don't really know. My parents are so busy, and there aren't any friends I can contact. At most, they'd buy me a piece of cake, silently say "Happy Birthday to me," and then quickly finish eating and go to their room to play games...

But my last birthday did change...was it because I met these people...people who could remember my birthday.

"Then I'll make arrangements by then... Do you want to invite other people? Ling Can and Liu Yan from the same class..."

"no!"

Except when he was angry, I had rarely heard Rinsenkawa speak to me in such a loud voice.

"Um...what happened..."

"Hmm... well... you don't understand this! It seems that you are indeed an unreasonable single-celled low-level invertebrate creature with low IQ and EQ! Huhu..." In order to say such a long speech, she stopped in her tracks.

He looks a little angry...for some unknown reason.

"......"

"I didn't tell you about your birthday so you can just tell others about it... So, this time, it's just the two of us celebrating, understand?"

"How can we celebrate with just two people..."

How can I force Rin Hanekawa to join like this?

"Oh, weren't you able to celebrate by yourself before?"

This sentence is really heartbreaking, its power is comparable to the mind shock under the bonus of Hexadimensional Lun. [＊Hearthstone joke]

"Well... that's a necessity... when you're with friends, everyone wants to have a lively celebration, right?"

"Oh, that's a coincidence. I just don't want a big crowd."

"...Okay, you say, then it's the two of us."

It’s not like we’ve been together before... Come to think of it, when was the last time?

"This is right..."

A triumphant smile finally appeared on her face.

"...as long as you're happy..."

So, I decided to take the risk of not being able to go home and persuade Rin Hanekawa to change her plans... just so that she can have the birthday she wanted.

She would understand...right?

Chapter 34 Progress

"We're at the convenience store... Do you want to buy anything too?"

When we realized it, we were already at the door of a convenience store... A 24-hour convenience store. I had seen one by chance when I went to the movies in the early morning. There seemed to be not many of them where we were, and I had never bought anything there.

Maybe it's because it's lunchtime, or maybe it's because the residents nearby are more accustomed to shopping elsewhere than in convenience stores, so there don't seem to be many customers here... There are only two sales clerks manning the counter.

"...Actually, there's nothing to buy. You should have everything you need at home... Besides snacks, don't you have a lot of drinks?" I followed her into the store.

Now that I remembered it, I might as well buy some snacks...because I guess I'll be forced to write when I get home, and it might even be until the early morning, and by then I'll definitely be hungry.

"So you're the lower animal, only focusing on food intake and completely ignoring other things..." She gave me a look of disdain, "In fact, some toiletries are still incomplete."

"Ah? Is there any...shower gel...shampoo and soap...aren't there enough?" I really couldn't think of anything else I needed.

"But this isn't enough. At home, I usually..." She suddenly realized something and glared at me angrily, "What are you asking me? Are you a pervert?"

"......"

You told me that yourself.

"Then you go and choose it yourself... I'll go to the food section over there and take a look..." Since she didn't want to tell me, she definitely didn't want me to see the things she bought, so I didn't go with her.

"Ah good."

She agreed readily.

Looking at her like this...being a girl is really troublesome. Fortunately, gender change doesn't happen so easily in reality, otherwise I really don't know how to deal with it.

[In fact, we have already encountered it in the extra chapter]

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

"..."

When I left the house, Rinquanchuan was staring at the two big bags of snacks I was holding... I know, I know, "How could you eat so much?" "You're a creature that knows how to eat." "A coelenterate? All it does is eat, eat, eat?" He would probably say something like that.

"You've been staring at it since a while ago... Is there anything here that you like?"

I held one of the bags up to her.

"If you like it, take it. There are still a lot of them."

"Oh my, I don't want this kind of high-energy, low-nutrition junk food. Only losers would choose loser food. What's that saying...birds of a feather flock together?"

“…”

You'll have no friends if you keep going like this.

"Okay, okay, there's no such thing as garbage in the world, and there's no such thing as junk food. There are just people who judge things with a garbage eye."

"Huh... Is that so..."

Rinquanchuan did not refute and fell silent.

Is that so...

Although it does sound cool, it's actually just a joke to defend something I like... Trash does exist, it's just that some people just like it.

I just like it. No matter how bad something is, I will do my best to defend it...even though it won't actually change anything.

"So, what kind of food do you like?"

"Ah? Me..." She didn't seem to expect me to bring up the topic so abruptly, so she thought about it nervously, "No... I don't have any particular favorites... If I had to say... sweets, desserts, etc..."

"Oh...then I'll give you this box of puffs. I don't really like this kind of sweet food."

"Hmm... well..." She reached out and took it.

Isn't that what you accepted? Then why did you have to say those things before? It was really dishonest.

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

When we returned to the dining table, the servants were already clearing away the dishes, and the others were nowhere to be found...

"Where are the others? Have they all returned to their rooms?" Lin Quanchuan asked the housekeeper beside him.

"Ms. Hanekawa went out with some friends. The other guests have returned to their rooms to rest."

"I see..." Rinquanchuan nodded, "By the way, have you arranged rooms for the new guests?"

"It's been arranged."

Ah... If you hadn't asked, I would have almost forgotten.

"Then I'll go back to my room first..." I don't know if he was talking to me or the housekeeper, but Rinquanchuan waved his hand and prepared to go upstairs.

"Well, I'm going back too."

I nodded to the butler...because I always felt a subtle sense of shame about bowing.