Miss Heir wasn't very kind to me.

Chapter 118 14. "Let's go to Uji! (4)"

Uji City is located in the southern part of Kyoto City. As part of Kyoto Prefecture, it is a small city with a population of only 35. It can be reached from Kyoto Station by taking the JR Nara Line in about minutes.

The carriage was filled with passengers who were obviously tourists, Japanese and foreigners, looking around and making a lot of noise.

"Kurokawa."

Hearing Masumi calling her, Kurokawa Mio pretended to be asleep and buried her face deeper in his arms.

"I bought a bottle of roasted tea drink to cool you down. Are you okay? Would you like some?"

...The roasted green tea drink that Masumi bought, and Masumi's warm arms.

After calculating the weights on the scale in her mind, Kurokawa Mio chose to continue pretending to sleep, still keeping her eyelids tightly closed, and pretending to naturally lean towards him.

His face slid towards Masumi's chest. If it was in the fitting room just now, this should be the position.

Although his brain became blurred due to lack of oxygen when he had heatstroke, he did not forget everything. At least Masumi still had some impression of his reaction at that time.

Judging from that reaction, Masumi was definitely interested in his body. The technique his mother taught him was indeed correct, using something irreversible to bind him...

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"A gift that boys would like?"

After repeating the question, the mother murmured innocently, "I see...Mio is about that age now."

"Mio, who was so cute when she was little, always loved to cling to her mother. Now she actually likes a strange man. Mom is so upset."

"What's so uncomfortable about this?"

"I feel really bad, so bad that my stomach hurts. Could you please stay home and look after me, Xiao Mio? It's okay if you don't have to go out to work. Mom and Dad will support you for the rest of your life."

"Don't say such disgusting things."

Kurokawa Mio said expressionlessly, "Aren't you jealous that after I was born, I took away your father's love for you, so you pestered him to give birth to a sister?"

"That was the second most painful thing my mother has said since I was born."

The mother lowered her head and wiped the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand, as if she was sobbing.

"Sorry, I was wrong. I apologize." Kurokawa Mio sighed as if she had a headache.

"Hearing my lovely daughter say this, Mom cheered up again."

Hearing her say this, a happy smile immediately appeared on her mother's face, and her beautiful face was now as beautiful as a flower.

really.

"Let's put that aside for now, so let's get back to my previous question: What do boys like?"

Kurokawa Mio sighed again. If she didn't have a female friend of the same age, she wouldn't have discussed such a thing with her mother. But what if her friend liked the same person as her?

The mother lowered her eyelashes quietly, squinted her eyes, and thought carefully.

"Let me think...your dad likes the face-to-face position."

She answered softly, in the tone of a housewife describing the trivialities of life.

"Is this so?"

Kurokawa Mio nodded, then immediately raised another question: "But I don't know what position he likes."

"Well..." Mother pondered for a moment. "I saw a psychological test in a magazine: have someone touch your fist with one hand. Based on how they touch, you can tell what position they prefer."

The mother then told her several gestures and the corresponding results.

"I see. Thank you, Mom."

"Yes." The mother smiled, her curved eyebrows and eyes were very gentle: "Just do it, Mom will cheer for Xiao Mio."

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"are you asleep?"

When his thoughts touched memories, a murmuring voice came from above his head. To Kurokawa Mio, that voice sounded more beautiful than any music.

"As for this bottle of roasted tea..."

"Give me some."

Kurokawa Mio's eyelids twitched and her eyelashes trembled slightly, but she still held it back.

"Do you want a drink? Here you go."

Masumi handed the roasted tea drink in his hand to Haiyue who was sitting by the window.

"Masumi, take a sip first... I'll drink later..."

"What's this?"

"The drink is full...it's going to spill...so...Masumi takes the first sip...and then I'll drink..."

I see, that's indeed the case. Because the drink is too full, you have to carefully take a sip from the edge of the cup to lower the water level.

Hanekawa is usually very careless, and the train was a bit bumpy. If she had taken a sip first, she probably wouldn't have spilled the drink.

"That's it, I understand."

...Wait! Isn't this what's called an "indirect kiss"?! Kurokawa Mio frowned, leaning more and more towards Masumi.

It’s so heavy, Masumi pulled the corner of his mouth.

Kurokawa Mio's sleeping head kept leaning towards him, and the place where it had been resting on his chest just now kept sliding down along his abdomen.

He quickly adjusted the seat back to avoid the dangerous area and let her rest her head on his legs.

"Why are you leaning back so suddenly? It's so crowded, Masumi-kun."

From behind the seat came Asami's dissatisfied grumble.

"Sorry, because Kurokawa..."

"What happened to Mio?" "What happened to Sister Mio?"

The voices of Rin and Chiai overlapped in the air.

Are they already so close? Masumi hesitated and was about to speak...

"Uh...oh, did I just fall asleep?"

Kurokawa Mio pretended to have just woken up and slowly raised her face.

She then pretended to be nonchalant and stared at the roasted tea drink in his hand, which he had already taken a sip of.

"Haha~ I'm a little thirsty all of a sudden. Can I have this drink?"

For some reason, her eyes sparkled.

"Oh, if you want a drink..."

Masumi handed over the drink.

Kurokawa Mio took it as if it were a treasure, unscrewed the lid of the roasted tea bottle, and sipped it directly. Her lips were wet and gleamed with a moist luster.

The iced tea slid down the tongue, and the flavor of roasted tea spread in the mouth. Perhaps because the temperature was too cold, the bitterness was covered up, and coupled with the strong subjective color, Kurokawa Mio actually tasted a bit of sweetness.

"tastes good."

Her black eyes curved into crescents.

"Really? I'm glad you like it." Masumi said calmly, "Hekawa thought it was very bitter, so she stopped drinking after the first sip."

At this point, he adopted a worried tone, as if he were talking to a willful child.

"Eh?" The smile on Kurokawa Mio's face froze.

"Wait a minute, was it Haiyue who took the first sip?"

"Yeah." Masumi nodded: "But I only drank one sip. Do you mind it?"

"Masumi... stingy... why didn't you help me drink the first sip..."

The jellyfish girl looked at him with resentful eyes.

Masumi said helplessly: "You drank it yourself and didn't spill it, did you?"

"Uh...that is..." She stammered and couldn't speak.

Next to her, Kurokawa Mio silently put down her roasted tea drink and lowered her head as usual.

Feeling the weight on her shoulders, Masumi asked her, "What's wrong?"

"I'm sleepy again."

"Didn't you just drink roasted tea?"

"The tea polyphenols and caffeine content in the drink are very low, and it's possible that there is no tea powder at all."

"Really?" Masumi picked up the plastic bottle and glanced at the packaging: 100% Uji Matcha.

"Kurokawa."

"Let me sleep a little longer."

"I don't care, but the train has arrived, Uji."

Masumi looked out of the train window.

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When it comes to Uji’s two most famous business cards, one is matcha and the other is "The Tale of Genji".

"The third one is 'Blow! Euphonium!'"

Ms. Mami added a little bit without authorization.

But it seemed to be true. When the six people walked out of the station, they could see posters of this animation on the wall, and boys with backpacks were taking pictures there.

JR Uji Station and Keihan Uji Station are located on both sides of the Uji River.

As the group walked out of JR Uji Station, the aroma of roasted tea hit them in the face.

The first street we passed was lined with historic matcha tea shops and wagashi shops, which was a tourist attraction listed in the tourist brochure we picked up at the station.

Among them, two shops named "Nakamura Tokichi" and "Ito Kyuuemon" are quite popular. There is a long queue of tourists in front of the tea break area, and the aisles are filled with people queuing.

Masumi just took a look from a distance and then backed off.

"Let's go look somewhere else first." He turned and said to the girls.

Several people nodded in agreement.

Crossing this street, you will see a wooden bridge called "Uji Bridge" in front of you. In 646 AD, Doto, a monk from Gango-ji Temple, first built this bridge. The current Uji Bridge was renovated in 1996.

Uji is a small town, and its tourist attractions: Byodoin Temple, Uji Shrine, Ujikami Shrine, and the Tale of Genji Museum are all concentrated on both sides of the Uji River, making it quite friendly to tourists on foot.

Unfortunately, today is Monday and the Tale of Genji Museum is closed.

Instead of crossing the bridge directly, they turned right along the cobblestone road and arrived at the Omotesando of Byodoin Temple.

There are also many matcha shops here, and the flags flying there say "Matcha Dumplings", a unique word that can only be seen in Uji.

If the people of the country where dumplings originate saw this, they would definitely be outraged.

"Hey, Masumi-san, there's also a 'Nakamura Tokichi' store here, and there are fewer people lining up there." Qian Ai said, pointing over there.

"Really, get in line!"

Mami strode forward, her sandals clicking on the cobblestones. Masumi thought she probably wasn't looking for matcha, but rather somewhere to sit for a while.

“There’s a lot of variety on the menu.”

"Which one do you want to eat?"

"The Byodoin-only matcha parfait is definitely coming, right? Where's Kaizuki-chan?"

"I want... ice cream..."

"There's even matcha noodles. Masumi-kun, are you coming?"

"That's not necessary." Masumi declined. "Matcha and noodles, that sounds weird."

"What's so strange about that? Existence is reasonable."

Despite saying that, Mami honestly didn't order the matcha noodles.

After ordering by ourselves, we waited in line for about ten minutes before the six of us got our ordered dishes and sat down in a corner of the outdoor area of ​​"Nakamura Tokichi Byodoin Store".

This place faces the Uji River, and the water level of the river is a bit low, probably because the moisture was drained by the previous Typhoon No. 18. Recently, the entire Kansai region has been sunny and bright, and the river level is a bit low.

The rushing water hits the wooden piles under the bridge, and the sound gives people a sweet and mellow feeling.

"It's so hot today too."

Mami lifted the collar of her T-shirt and fanned herself with her other hand, her tone weary.

The summer heat can be described as stinging. Sweat soaks clothes and sticks tightly to the body.

"I really want to dive into the Uji River."

"Ms. Mami, you'll become famous instantly if you do this."

"You're kidding."

Mami scooped up the matcha parfait with a spoon. The ingredients in the glass were rich in layers, including various types of matcha, matcha fillings, flower spike perilla, white jade, yellow chestnuts... and they were arranged very beautifully.

The spoon used for parfait had a much longer handle than an ordinary spoon. It made a rustling sound when inserted into the ice cream. Masumi scooped a spoonful and put it into his mouth.

The bitterness of matcha spreads across the tongue, giving off a strong yet refreshing aroma, and then... so sweet.

White jade has almost no sweetness, and only a soft and elastic texture.

This shop is said to have a history of 164 years. In the fashionable Reiwa era, this ancient matcha shop not only did not fall behind, but instead caught up with the trend of SNS and transformed itself into the most popular matcha dessert shop on INS.

It turns out that Masumi was looking at the parfait in front of her through the eyes of someone who would buy it from an internet celebrity shop. But after actually tasting it, her prejudice immediately disappeared.

Well, it’s not inferior to the desserts in our store.

The perfect balance of bitterness and sweetness made him keep scooping up the parfait with a spoon and putting it into his mouth.

"Hi~ It hurts."

Masumi pressed his tight temples. The intense pain felt like his head was pierced directly, but fortunately it subsided quickly.

"You're eating too fast, Masumi-kun." Asami couldn't help but smile: "There's no need to be so anxious."

"I remember it was the same last time we were at the amusement park."

"You remember it very clearly."

"That's right, I've always had a good memory." Mami said proudly, "But I don't remember everything so clearly."

"That's how it is."

"Are you okay, Masumi?"

Kurokawa Mio asked with concern, her long, dyed honey-blonde hair standing out against the plain banks of the Uji River.

"It's ok."

"Drink some tea."

Linyin calmly pushed over her cup of matcha hot tea, which came with the meal. However, it was midsummer and just taking a sip of the hot tea made her throat feel like it was burning, so no one took it.

Only Rin sipped her tea as if nothing had happened.

"Oh, thank you."

Masumi thanked him softly and took a sip of tea. In fact, the ice cream headache had already disappeared, but he still subconsciously accepted the cup of tea.

"Rinne-chan seems to be out of energy today." Mami looked at her with a worried look: "Did you not sleep well last night, or are you tired these past two days?"

"That's not the case."

Rinone shook her head quietly, her gaze fixed on the Uji River not far away, where everything flows and nothing remains static.

The water surface sparkled in the afternoon. A bird with snow-white feathers stopped on the riverbank for a few seconds, flapping its wings to cross the river of light.

"..."

The chirping of cicadas punctuated the sudden silence.

"Then after visiting Uji Shrine, let's go back to the hotel and rest." Qian Ai suggested: "We need to conserve our energy and be in good spirits for the fireworks display tonight."

"I agree." Mami nodded in agreement, humming a tuneless little song:
"Fireworks Festival~Fireworks Festival~"

"Hey, a fireworks display." Kurokawa Mio smiled sweetly and hugged Masumi's arm: "I'm really looking forward to watching the fireworks with Masumi."

"If you can, please don't hold me so tight. It's so hot."

"Excuse me, where is it hot? I want to check it out." She said with an extremely serious expression.

"Sister Mio, your parfait is about to melt." Qian Ai reminded her implicitly.

Kurokawa Mio pretended not to hear, but suddenly seemed to think of something, loosened her arms, clenched her right fist, and stretched it in front of Masumi.

"What is this for?"

"Psychological test."

Facing the confused Masumi, Kurokawa Mio's voice was gentle, like melted ice cream, so sweet that it made your teeth ache.

(End of this chapter)