Miss Heir wasn't very kind to me.

Chapter 36 "Starry Night - End"

Beef tongue, beef ribs, beef belly, beef tenderloin.

It was like breaking down a whole cow into different ingredients, even the internal organs were not spared. The beef liver cut into small pieces emitted a burnt aroma on the iron grid, and Rin was fanning the charcoal stove with a small fan.

The sizzling sound of grease could be heard from time to time.

Masumi picked up a piece of beef belly and put it in his mouth. The aroma of salt and beef fat spread on the tip of his tongue.

Mm, it tastes very good.

However, when it comes to barbecue, he prefers it to be slightly burnt.

But there seems to be no such opportunity at the moment.

Masumi observed the other participants in the barbecue competition.

Kamishiro Rinone, who serves as the "Yakiniku Supervisor", is concentrating on cooking the barbecue, occasionally turning the meat over when it is cooked on one side.

She is probably the type who will take the initiative to take charge of grilling when going out for barbecue with friends, and she cannot do two things at once. She will grill for a long time but rarely take a bite, and will only start eating after others are full.

Jiuyuanwei ate a few bites of meat, but perhaps he felt the Wagyu beef was too greasy, so he only picked up vegetables.

Chiai Asahina is the polar opposite of Masumi. She prefers a more tender texture and only requires the surface to be cooked through if it is a thick cut. In high school, Masumi teased her for being "Inuit" because of this, and Chiai gave her a ruthless kick.

But she pales in comparison to Asami Seno, who is clearly a half-baked and completely indifferent evil sect.

In this case, Masumi encountered a problem that he thought was quite serious - he could not eat the slightly burnt meat that he wanted.

"Um, what's wrong? You keep staring at me."

Asami noticed Masumi's gaze and tilted her head in confusion. Then she raised the corners of her lips as if she had realized something and extended her chopsticks towards him.

"If you want to eat, just tell me. Here—here you go."

"No, eat it yourself." Masumi decisively refused the half-cooked beef she handed over.

"Oh? Are you shy?"

Mami chuckled as she chewed the beef. Her pink lips were moistened with oil, glistening with an alluring sheen.

"Don't worry about him, Mami-san." Chiai, who was standing next to her, puffed her cheeks and said in a sullen tone, "Mamami-san likes to eat meat that's really burnt. He used to tease me by calling me 'Inuit'."

"Hey - Masumi-kun is so bad, I despise you."

"That was hundreds of years ago." Masumi sighed.

"It's only been six years."

"Girls who are entangled are not welcome."

"Wow! This sentence really makes me angry." Qian Ai's brows were twisted into a knot, and anger was burning in her emerald eyes.

Seeing this, Masumi immediately gave in and apologized to her with his hands clasped together: "I know, it's all my fault. Please be magnanimous and forgive me."

"Hmph... that's more like it."

Qianai raised her chin proudly. She was easy to talk to in this regard. Whenever Masumi had a quarrel with her before, she would be forgiven immediately as long as she was willing to apologize.

"These slices should suit your taste. Here they are."

The meat that Rinne handed over on a plate was the meat that had been grilled while the others were chatting, and it was cooked to the perfect degree of doneness that Masumi liked.

"Oh, thank you."

Masumi lowered her head and looked at the girl in front of her. Her usually downcast black hair was tied into a ponytail, and she wore an apron over her clothes. The expression on her face was so serious that it made people feel a little cold.

But the way he took charge of the barbecue as if nothing had happened and shared the barbecued meat and vegetables with others gave people the impression that he was very friendly, serious and compassionate, just like his wife who had just started living with him.

"Is it over-baked?"

Rinne asked when she saw that he was silent.

"No, this level is just right."

"That's good."

She nodded slightly and went back to the charcoal stove to grill the meat.

At the same time, someone nudged Masumi with their elbow.

"Masumi-kun, would you like some ice cream?"

Asami asked him, holding the bowl of ice cream in her hands.

"No." Masumi shook his head and complained, "Your eating habits are quite healthy."

"You don't understand. Eating ice cream in the middle of a barbecue can reset your mouth's temperature and rekindle your mouth's enthusiasm for the barbecue."

Mami always had some strange theories that seemed to make sense at first. "Wait!" Her face suddenly changed, and then a melancholy expression appeared. "Oh no, this box of ice cream is past its best-before date!"

"what to do……"

"Then don't eat it. I think this is a reminder from God to help you turn back from your mistakes."

"What kind of god is that?" Asami frowned.

"The God of Barbecue."

"Hey—then where does this god live?"

"Who knows, maybe in Xuxu Garden." Masumi made up a story.

"Then the employees of Xuxuyuan are the shrine maidens."

"Well, the store manager is Miyagi, and the manager is Niki." Masumi's thoughts became clearer as he spoke. "The process of eating barbecue is like paying homage to God. The delicious taste and the nutrients supplemented by protein are gifts from God."

Mami was dumbfounded. She didn't expect that he could make so much sense. She sighed as if she was defeated.

"That's a truly evil-minded God."

"Sister Mami, let me buy you some ice cream." The one who made this suggestion was the distant future who had been silent until now.

"Don't bother, I don't really need to eat it."

"It's okay, I happen to have something to buy."

"Oh, thank you." Seeing her insistence, Asami suggested, "Then let Masumi-kun go with you."

"How about it? You can't let a girl walk alone at night, right?"

She looked at Masumi, who nodded slightly.

"it is good."

Going out with Kuon Mirai, walking to a nearby convenience store, the telephone poles neatly lined up on the roadside looked down at the two of them with boredom.

Masumi said in a nonchalant tone:

"You're a little too indulgent towards Seno."

Hearing this, the corners of his lips curled up slightly, "This sentence sounds familiar."

"Deja vu?"

"Yes, Mr. Jing Jian told me the same thing before. They are indeed father and son."

Masumi remained silent, and then listened to the girl continue speaking in a tone that was slightly nostalgic:
"When I first came to Fanxing, I felt uneasy because I was living under someone else's roof."

"After all, Mr. Jingjian usually looks very majestic, and Sister Rinone is also a serious and icy beauty. It was very oppressive when we first got along with them."

"Only Mami-san would use her unruly personality as a cover and approach me without any sense of distance. It was also because of her that I gradually became familiar with Rin-san and Chi-ai-san."

"She's a very warm-hearted person, isn't she?"

Masumi nodded. If it weren't for Seno's help, he might not have been able to make good friends with them so quickly.

While chatting about some irrelevant topics, they soon arrived at the convenience store. Masumi and Kuon Mirai each bought some things they wanted and went to the checkout counter to pay.

The clerk on duty today is the foreigner who was there when Masumi won the third prize last time. Masumi asked him about his nationality and found out that he is Filipino.

The lottery had not yet ended, and Masumi reached into the cardboard box as usual and pulled out a white note saying thank you for your patronage.

"You can try it too."

He turned around and said to the girl.

"Yeah." Jiuyuan Weiwei responded, put his hands on the counter, and stretched out his left hand to draw the lottery.

Masumi noticed that she had long, neatly trimmed nails on her right hand, but her left nails were trimmed bare.

This discovery made him feel a little itchy. He pursed his lips and wanted to ask something, but was suddenly distracted by the rapid ringing of a bell.

——Bang, bang!
The clerk rang a bell from nowhere.

"Congratulations to this young lady for winning the grand prize: 30 kilograms of Koshihikari rice!"

Masumi and Kuon Mirai looked at each other and saw surprise and unexpectedness in each other's eyes.

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(End of this chapter)