Crossing over, and then being blocked by a rich JK.

Chapter 267 Night Chapter [4K8]

Chapter 267 Night Talk [4K8]

"Thank you for your hard work. Be careful on the road."

"Hey, why are you so polite? Let's go."

Watanabe Yu got out of the car and took a step back, watching Ming Haijiro and the others leave.

With the rustling sound of tires rolling over the ground, the black sedan drove into the night.

The red taillights faded away in the darkness.

When the light became completely dim, he turned around and walked towards the door of his house.

The residential area was so quiet at this moment that you could hear a pin drop, and he could even hear his own light footsteps.

In a sense, today he was able to experience again the feeling before the time travel.

It was more or less the same for him at that time. As long as there were clients to entertain, he would basically not be able to go home until ten or eleven o'clock every day. Sometimes, if he went home earlier, it would be after nine o'clock.

If the client requires some other activities, such as singing a KTV, then his return home will have to be postponed to the early morning.

But then again, it's much easier now than before.

At least you don't have to look at people's faces so often, and there's someone to talk to.

So, does this mean that there is no harm if there is no comparison?
Ah.

Thinking of this, Watanabe Yu, who had already walked to the door of his house, chuckled subconsciously, then took out the key from his pocket and inserted it into the keyhole.

Speaking of which, Ryoko should have turned off the TV and gone upstairs by now, right?
"Click."

After turning it a few times, the sound of unlocking was heard, and Watanabe Yu opened the door and walked into the entrance.

And the same scene as before rushed into his eyes again.

The light in the entrance hall is on.

The relaxing warm brown light poured down and sprinkled on the beautiful figure sitting on the bench where she was changing shoes.

Ryoko was wearing cute plush pajamas, leaning against the wall, with a peaceful sleeping face, except that her lively eyebrows were slightly wrinkled in an unnatural way.

Obviously, this sleeping position was still somewhat uncomfortable for her.

"fool."

Watanabe Yu muttered something exactly the same as before.

Before the time travel, when he came home from work, all he was greeted with was endless darkness.

Yes, he is a strong man and knows very well that this is normal, but every time he experiences it, he still finds it a bit complicated.

"Well……"

Maybe it was because he opened the door so loudly, or maybe it was because of his muttering.

Anyway, he seemed to have woken her up again.

After frowning, Ryoko Hamabe, who was half asleep and half awake, rubbed her sleepy eyes and looked towards the door.

then……

"Yuu?!"

Her expression suddenly became lively.

"Well, I'm back."

Watanabe Yu hesitated for a moment, but still said this sentence, which seemed quite pretentious to him in the past.

"…Welcome home."

Hamabe Ryoko was stunned at first, then she stood up and opened her arms towards him with a smile.

“I smell like cigarettes.”

Watanabe Yu spread his hands, with a hint of helplessness in his expression.

Ayana and Ryoko both hate the smell of cigarettes.

"You smoke?"

She tilted her head, and there was a hint of doubt in her lively eyes.

From her point of view, she doesn't want You to smoke. Firstly, smoking is bad for the body, and secondly, smoking will have a certain impact on the throat.

Of course, this is just her idea.

If Yuu really wants to smoke...

She would still stop it.

After all, she and Ayana had already discussed this point.

Ayana is responsible for the decisions and arrangements at the company, while she is responsible for the daily life issues at home.

To use the Saint Miss's joking words, one of them is in charge of career and the other is in charge of life.

"No, it was Meikai Jiro and his father Meikai Ichikichi. They were smoking during the second half of the dinner, you know."

Watanabe Yu shook his head, squatted down and put on slippers.

Whether before or after the time travel, his attitude towards cigarettes has always been that he would smoke only when he needed to. When he didn't need to, he would not light one up just because he was "bored".

"clear."

Hearing this, Hamabe Ryoko nodded to show that she understood.

"Is Ayana not back yet?"

After changing his shoes, Watanabe Yu stood up again and walked towards the living room.

Just as he passed by Ryoko, a small hand suddenly grabbed his sleeve.

"She's back, but she seemed very tired today and went to rest early."

Ryoko Hamabe stood in front of him and opened her arms like an emperor penguin living in Antarctica.

"Didn't I tell you that I smell like cigarettes?"

Watanabe Yu remembered very clearly that when the three of them were watching a movie in the living room and accidentally talked about the topic of "smoking", both Ayana and Ryoko stayed away from the topic of "smoking".

"Fool."

Hamabe Ryoko pursed her red lips, muttered something, and then answered with practical actions.

If the mountain doesn't see me, then I will see the mountain.

She took a step forward and hugged him.

The distance between the two people was close at this moment.

His body temperature, which was slightly cool due to the night wind, also came over.

"How could I possibly dislike you?"

She stood on tiptoe, leaned close to his ear, and whispered these words.

There was a hint of tenderness in that slightly cold voice.

"..."

Hearing this, Watanabe Yuya relaxed his body and hugged her instead.

The body temperatures of the two people were also transferred at this moment.

"Thanks for your hard work."

After noticing his relaxation, Hamabe Ryoko added this sentence leisurely.

As You's bedmate, she knew his personality very well, and she also understood that if it wasn't for some reason, he would not take the initiative to expand his social circle.

After a brief hug, she stepped back and took his hand as they walked to the restaurant.

"Didn't you have enough for dinner?"

After she had him sit down at the dining table, she went into the kitchen, put on an apron, and started the conversation.

Because the kitchen door was not closed, a conversation like this could proceed normally without any problems of inaudibility.

"Why do I feel that this is more of a certainty than a question?"

Watanabe Yu took off his suit, then adjusted his sitting position and faced the kitchen.

The floor heating in my home is turned on at night.

Compared to the chilly weather outside, the temperature at home is quite warm.

"Yes."

Hamabe Ryoko smiled and nodded, admitting it generously.

"When I was very young, my father always had endless business meetings and dinners to attend. Every time he came home, it was always 11 or 12 o'clock."

As she spoke, she picked up the pot and put it in the sink to fill it with water.

The sound of splashing water instantly filled the entire restaurant.

Watanabe Yu glanced at her back, thought for a moment, stood up and leaned against the sliding door of the kitchen.

"Every time he came home, he would sit in the living room for a long time without turning on the lights. He would just sit there silently, in a daze for a while. At first, I thought he was stupid, but later I realized that he was not stupid, he just wanted to sit quietly for a while."

Seeing that the water in the pot was almost empty, Ryoko Hamabe turned off the faucet, rolled up her sleeves, held the handle of the pot with both hands, placed the pot of water on the gas stove, and then turned on the switch of the gas stove.

"Yes, after finishing a particularly tiring job, most people don't want to move, and don't want to socialize with anyone. They just want to be alone and quiet. To make an analogy that I think is very appropriate, it's like a robot that has almost run out of power."

Hearing the familiar crackling sound of the gas stove being turned on, Watanabe Yu naturally took up the conversation.

People have limited energy every day. If they use more energy than they need to complete their work, the remaining energy will not be enough to support socializing.

But sadly, the vast majority of adults overload their energy every day.

The stress at work and the fatigue in life, combined with each other, is like a DEBUFF that continuously loses blood, consuming their limited energy and time.

"Yeah, then mom would ask him if he was hungry, and he would say yes, and then mom would go make him a bowl of noodles."

Ryoko Hamabe covered the pot, took out the soba noodles on the side, and shook them gently.

“How much can you eat?”

In her impression, You was very good at fighting noodles. "Same as usual."

Watanabe Yu took a look at his belly and gave an honest answer.

What needs to be said is that Ryoko was indeed right.

He didn't eat enough for dinner.

For a dinner like this that is intended to expand social circles, most people would not go with the purpose of eating enough, and would not even pick up a few dishes with their chopsticks.

In addition, the Western restaurant they went to today was very business-oriented. Although the quality of the steak was good, the portion was somewhat exquisite.

"Row."

After receiving a positive answer, Hamabe Ryoko no longer slowed down her movements and skillfully shook out a sufficient amount of noodles.

"Speaking of which, You, do you still remember the convenience store where I worked part-time?"

After taking a look at the situation in the pot, she picked up the kitchen knife and started cutting the green leafy vegetables that she had prepared.

A relaxing 'click' sound was heard.

"Remember, the store manager is a very nice guy."

Watanabe Yu gave an affirmative answer.

Not to mention having a good memory, even if he didn't, he would never forget the people and things in that place.

"Yes, his niece, who later replaced me, is in love recently."

"It is true?"

It’s not that I don’t believe this, I’m just a little surprised.

After all, when he went to pick up Ryoko before, he heard the female college student mumbling.

The other person is the type who says firmly that she wants to have a relationship, but once she is really asked to have a relationship, she will retreat at the speed of light.

As for why he understands so well, I can only say that he was like this for a period of time before he traveled through time.

"That must be true."

Ryoko Hamabe put down the kitchen knife, raised the back of her hand, and tucked a strand of naughty black hair on her forehead behind her ear.

"What kind of person is the other party?"

Watanabe Yuu became interested.

"According to what she said on Line, he seems to be a very gentle person." Hamabe Ryoko pursed her lips and slowed down the movement of cutting vegetables. "He is a tall, thin boy wearing glasses."

To be honest, she personally doesn't like this type of boy.

The fact that she is tall and thin doesn't really fit her aesthetic.

She thinks that boys should not be too thin, as being too thin will not give people a sense of security.

"Um... something like the type that would attend a book club?"

Watanabe Yu thought about it and said something.

"Is it?" Hamabe Ryoko stopped what she was doing, took out her phone from her pajamas pocket, and handed it to him. "You can check it yourself. It's in the recent chat on Line. The password is your birthday."

She had only remembered four people's birthdays in her life: her grandmother's, her mother's, her own, and his.

Oh, now there's one more, Ayana's.

"Row."

Watanabe Yu took the phone, but he felt some other emotions in his heart.

It's a bit confusing when a girl is willing to set her cell phone password as your birthday.

Unlocking his phone and opening Line, his eyes swept across the three chats pinned to the top, one with him, one with Ayana, and one with his mom... Wait???
He was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses, forced himself to ignore this, and clicked into the most recent chat.

Just in time, that photo appeared when I clicked on it.

After looking at the boy in the photo, he frowned.

"He's quite tall, and he looks OK, but isn't he a little too thin?"

To be honest, the boy in the photo is not ugly. On the contrary, he looks quite bookish. But he is indeed a little too thin.

"I think so."

Ryoko Hamabe opened the lid of the pot and found that the water in the pot had already boiled.

"But, feelings are unreasonable. If you really like someone, he is the best in your eyes, and no one can compare to him."

After throwing the buckwheat noodles into the pot, she continued to cut the braised beef that had also been prepared long ago.

She braised this today according to the cookbook. She also tried the taste herself and it should be the kind that You likes.

"..."

Watanabe Yu didn't say anything, he knew that Ryoko hadn't finished speaking.

"But if you don't like him, no matter how good or outstanding he is, it's not right at all." She paused, "Of course, there is some love in my thinking."

On this point, she has a clear self-awareness.

"Yes, whatever the right person does is right. If you don't like someone, no matter how hard you try, it will be in vain."

Watanabe Yu took over the conversation, but he hadn't figured out how to continue the second half.

"Anyway, I hope that sister will be successful." Hamabe Ryoko took a look at the noodles in the pot and then chatted with him about other things, "Today, another boy in our class confessed to a girl."

"Did you accept it?"

"No, the reason she refused is that she will be going to senior high school soon. A sudden relationship will directly affect her academic advancement. Compared to the momentary emotional satisfaction, she is more willing to choose the long-term future."

"So what she means is that she also has a crush on that boy?"

"No, she is declining because she likes girls."

"Huh? Uh, okay."

Watanabe Yu was stunned for a second, then nodded to show his understanding.

It's no big deal, as long as gender isn't a helicopter gunship and sexual orientation is a plastic bag, it's fine.

"Then the price of vegetables has increased again recently. For example, the green leafy vegetables we ate before have increased by 100 to 150 yen. If they increase again, they will almost be the same price as red grapefruit."

Having said this, Hamabe Ryoko sighed unconsciously.

Although that is no longer a problem now, she still feels that the cost of living is rising.

"On the bright side, if you round it off, eating leafy greens is like eating grapefruit."

"Does this count as reading the random reply?"

Hamabe Ryoko rolled her eyes coquettishly, then glanced into the pot and threw the chopped green leafy vegetables in.

"Calculate."

Watanabe Yu smiled and nodded.

After such a chat, his mood improved a lot, and his seemingly relaxed, but actually still tense spirit also relaxed a lot.

"So, did things go smoothly today?"

After hesitating for a while, she finally asked the question.

To be honest, she knew that she shouldn't have asked.

but……

Seeing Ayana's tired look, and then seeing the fatigue in Yu's eyes when he came back, she couldn't help it.

She wanted to know the answer.

In other words, she wanted to understand what he had been through through his few words.

"Yeah, it went smoothly."

Watanabe Yu answered with a very affirmative tone.

"That's good."

After she finished speaking, Hamabe Ryoko let out a long sigh and then started to prepare the seasoning for the noodles.

"Yu."

"Ok?"

"You are Ryoko's husband, so if you have any unhappy things or bad emotions, you can tell me. Don't have any psychological burden. Just like Ryoko said before, Ryoko will be your shadow."

Her voice was very soft, as casual as if she was talking about the weather today.

But he could hear the sincerity behind these words.

"……Thanks."

"The noodles are good."

She didn't answer, but just picked up the cooked noodles and put them into the bowl.

"Ayana will witness your brilliance, and Ryoko will tolerate your weakness."

She paused for a moment.

then.

She turned her head and looked at him with a smile.

"Go wash your hands, it's time to eat."

Her voice was gentle, as if she was coaxing a child.

"it is good."