Fight the monsters before 8 am

However, since you have arranged the real protagonist in the novel according to your own hobbies, don't blame the real protagonist for coming to you directly.

I guess Ohkouchi would never have imagined that the characters in his work would actually appear in the real world and give him a beating.

"You speak Chinese quite well." Kushina praised.

"Hehe, I used to live in Chinatown, so I learned quickly." Kiki said.

This is not just about learning quickly. Kiki can now communicate completely normally in Chinese without any accent.

Compare it to a certain Miss Death who is over a hundred years old. After so long, she still has a very small vocabulary in her head.

"This little girl is very capable. After I got there, I was still worrying about how to get her out, but who knew that she had already escaped from the police station by herself." said the female store manager.

"Thank you very much." Qiqi scratched her head and said with a smile.

Kiki felt that the police there were just so-so and were fooled by her.

"By the way, where is your husband? Why haven't I seen him come back?" Kushina asked.

"He probably won't be back until tomorrow. In order to bring Kiki back quickly, we went our separate ways. Oh, by the way, the souvenir I brought you is also with my husband." The female manager gave a brief explanation.

"Haha, you're too polite. Why bring me souvenirs? I've been helping you run the store these days, and the store has no income at all." Kushina scratched her head embarrassedly, and then said, "How about this, I'll treat you to dinner tonight as a welcome dinner."

"Okay, whatever you say." The female store manager knew that she couldn't persuade her good friend, so she could only agree.

"Wait a minute, I'll make a phone call and ask." Kushina took out her cell phone and patted Chichi's shoulder gently, saying, "I'll take you to eat delicious food tonight, I guarantee you'll be amazed."

As she spoke, Kushina dialed a phone number.

"Hello? Is this Sister Chen? I'm Ajiu. Is your place open tonight? By the way, I want to ask if there is an indoor hot spring pool? That would be great. Wait a moment and we'll go over there."

After hanging up the phone, Kushina said to the female store manager, counting on her fingers, "There are rooms and indoor hot springs. The sister Chen who cooks delicious food is also in the store. Besides, since the holiday is over, there are not many people in the store."

"Okay, but don't you have to go home to cook for your husband at night?" asked the female manager.

"My husband is attending a meeting with the school leaders. He hasn't been here for a while." Kushina had just put away her phone when she remembered something and asked, "Do you want to ask Xiaojin to go with you?"

"No problem, but I have to ask her if the store is busy first." The female manager had no objection.

"Okay, I'll go ask her."

After saying that, Kushina hurried downstairs and ran out of the bakery in the rain.

"Is she always so impetuous?" After Kushina left, Chichi turned and asked the female manager.

"Yes, she has always been like this since I met her. Although she has a bit of an impatient temper, she is a good person," said the female store manager.

Kushina rushed to the nearby "Hokuto Shinken" ramen shop in the rain and shouted at the top of her voice: "Xiao Jin, are you there?"

Jin Jisong was sitting on a chair to rest when he suddenly heard Kushina's voice and almost dropped his phone.

"I heard it, I heard it. Seriously, we're already inside the store, don't shout so loudly, I can hear you." Jin Jisong said, and then asked, "What happened? Why are you so anxious?"

"Nana is back with a child."

"What? With a child?"

"Yes, but that's not important. How about we go out to have dinner and soak in the hot springs together tonight?"

Chapter 174: When Going Out to Play, Remember to Travel During Off-peak Times

"In the evening, we will first take a comfortable hot spring bath, then have a nice meal, and then sleep there at night. Before going to bed, we can also play mahjong with Sister Chen."

Kushina used her palm as a comb to brush her wet bangs onto her head, speaking gleefully.

"Wait, wait!" Jin Jisong quickly grabbed Kushina and put an end to her imagination. "First, tell me about Nana bringing a child back. It hasn't been long since Nana went out. How come she already has a child?"

Before the female manager left, Jin Jisong also met her. At that time, she was wearing a belt that outlined her slim waist, and she didn't look like a pregnant woman at all.

"Oh, you're asking this. It's not Nana's child, but one of hers... one..." Kushina scratched her head and finally thought of how to describe Chi-Chi's identity. "It's a fellow villager of Nana, who looks about fifteen years old, and her name is Chi-Chi."

"Huh, you scared me. I thought Xiaona had given birth." Jin Jisong breathed a sigh of relief and rolled his eyes at Kushina, "You are such a jerk. You can't even speak clearly."

"Hehe, sorry, sorry." Kushina grinned, without a trace of apology on her face. Instead, she continued to ask, "Would you be so kind as to go to the hot springs and have dinner together tonight?"

"Alas," Jin Jisong sighed, "Is this what university teachers have so much free time? You can go to the hot springs whenever you want. Self-employed people like me are busy taking care of the store business from morning till night. I really envy you for being so carefree."

"Hehe, don't be envious. Everyone has their own difficulties. It's a good time to go out and relax as the Golden Week has just ended." Kushina said.

"your treat?"

"My treat."

Kushina patted her chest.

"Have a couple of drinks with me tonight?"

Jin Jisong formed a circle with the thumb and index finger of his left hand, and imitated the action of holding a small wine glass.

"Okay! I'll have a couple of drinks with you."

Kushina forced a serious expression on her face and nodded seriously, giving the impression that she had made a great sacrifice.

"Then it's settled," Jin Jisong slapped Kushina's thigh fiercely, "It's the end of the holiday and it's raining, so there's not much business in the store. Let's go eat a meal at your expense."

"You actually wanted to go there when I just said it, right?"

Kushina rubbed her legs and glanced at Jin Jisong unhappily.

"Haha, you figured it out. If I agree so easily, wouldn't it make me look frivolous?" Jin Jisong hugged his shoulders and smiled, then asked, "When are you going to leave? I'll pack up the store in advance."

Kushina took out her phone and checked the time, then said, "It's getting late, you should pack up as soon as possible."

"Row."

Jin Jisong picked up his mobile phone, set the store he opened on the food delivery app to closed status, then got up and started to clean up the store.

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"He Yue, why can't I pay this?"

Rukia asked Xing and Yue, holding up her phone.

"Wait a minute, let me take a look."

Xing Heyue took the phone, took a look at it, and then said, "This store is closed. I guess it was closed when you ordered."

"Oh, that's how it is."

Rukia pouted, and lay limply on the bed as if she had lost all color. She regretted that she was dazzled by the menu just now. If she had been more decisive, she might have successfully paid by now.

The two of them had returned from the train station a while ago. According to Rukia's request, Xing and Yue flew her back.

"Do you want to eat ramen so much?" Xing and Yue asked, looking at Rukia's expression.

"Ah."

Rukia first rolled half a circle on the bed, looked upside down at Xing and Yue, then rolled half a circle again and lay down on the bed again, then nodded and hummed lightly.

Xing Heyue looked at Rukia rolling back and forth on the bed, thought for a moment and said, "I saw a simple version of Ichiraku ramen making tutorial on the Internet. I can try to make it. Do you want to try it?"

When making ramen, no matter what kind of ramen you make, it takes a lot of time to make the soup base. However, this simplified version of Ichiraku ramen adds milk or cream to the soup base, giving it the milky white color of a soup base that has been boiled for several hours.

Although this simplified version of Ichiraku ramen contains many ingredients that Xing Heyue does not have, such as bonito flakes, Xing Heyue feels that she can use her subjective initiative to modify the ingredients and seasonings required in the tutorial video according to the actual situation.

"I want to!" Rukia supported herself on the bed with both hands, straightened up, and said impatiently.

"It's not too late now, come with me to buy some things." Xing Heyue said.

"No problem! Taku!"

Rukia rolled forward and fell off the bed lightly. When she landed, she was half-kneeling, with her arms outstretched and her hands raised up, making a movement similar to Arale's airplane run.

"Let's go!"

Rukia said as she stood up and took out a very large windbreaker and put it on over her long-sleeved pajamas, so that she was ready.

Xing and Yue also took a coat and put it on over their pajamas, thinking that it should not be cold to go out wearing this. They would try it by standing at the door and come back to put on more clothes if they felt cold.

"You'd better wear a pair of socks. Going out barefoot in this weather will easily cause your feet to get cold."

Hearing what Xing and Yue said, Rukia looked down at her feet and curled her toes upwards.

"It's okay, I'll just go out in my slippers so I can just step in the water. I won't be outside for long anyway," said Rukia.

"Okay, it's up to you, but remember to wash your feet when you come back." Xing and Yue agreed.

"I get it. You're so nagging." Rukia waved her hand impatiently.

The two left the bedroom and came to the entrance at the end of the corridor, changed into slippers for going out, opened the door, opened their umbrellas, and walked out one after the other.

Hearing the sound of the courtyard door opening and closing, the black cat on the cherry tree in the yard twitched its ears.

The black cat, who had been lying on a branch to avoid the rain and sleep, opened his eyes, sat up and looked at Rukia, Xing and Yue who had already walked out of the alley.

Then the black cat stood up and nimbly climbed to a higher place. When it reached a certain height, it leaped nimbly again and easily jumped to the roof of the apartment.

Black Cat stood on the roof of the apartment building and looked towards Sunflower Street, and found a commercial vehicle parked in front of the Sunflower Bakery.

People came out of the bakery one after another and got into the car. After the last person closed the bakery's rolling door and got in, the car started and left.

The black cat's eyes rolled around, and then it leaped again, directly from the roof to the roof of the moving commercial vehicle.

The cat moved so lightly that the sound it made when it landed on the roof was not even as loud as the sound of raindrops hitting the roof.

Chapter 175: Rukia: Cold Feet

Xing and Yue took Rukia to the convenience store next to the middle school, the same store that offered group purchases and credit.

This store targets young people, so it has some products that are not used by ordinary families but are more popular among young people.

For example, egg tart crust and egg tart liquid are generally not used at home, but some young people who have ovens in their kitchens will need this kind of things if they want to make a sophisticated afternoon tea by themselves.

But in most cases, the result of making afternoon tea by yourself is that you feel it is not as good as ordering takeout.

Xing Heyue didn't come here to buy egg tarts and egg tart liquid this time. He wanted to see if there was any whipped cream and bonito flakes, both of which could be used in making simple Ichiraku ramen.

After searching for a while, they unexpectedly found what Xing and Yue needed in this convenience store.

This convenience store may not look big, but it has quite a variety of goods.

This caused Xing Heyue to buy a lot of things they had not planned. Fortunately, after working during this golden week, Xing Heyue's wallet was filled a lot. Although they still had to budget their days, they didn't have to spend a dollar very carefully like before.

"What is this?" Rukia asked as she watched Xing and Yue take a large box out of the freezer and put it into the basket.

"Hand-pulled pancake. I've seen a lot of food made with hand-pulled pancakes on the Internet, so it's a good opportunity to buy some." Xing Heyue explained.

"Oh." Rukia nodded, "Remember to call me when you're done."

Before she even put her dinner in her mouth, Rukia was already thinking about the hand-pulled pancakes that Xingheyue had mentioned.

"I will definitely call you."

After getting what they needed, Xing and Yue asked Rukia again.

"Is there anything you want to eat? Come over here and buy some together."

Rukia thought about it, took out a few bags of new limited flavor potato chips, and put them into the basket in Xing and Yue's hands.

"I've made my choice," said Rukia.

Seeing that everything had been chosen, Xing and Yue carried the shopping basket and came to the checkout counter.

Today, the manager of this convenience store is in charge of the store. He is standing inside the cash register, staring at a new machine on the counter to make sure it is operating properly.

This is a machine that can quickly steam some semi-finished pastries. At this moment, the machine is constantly emitting white steam into the air.

"Is it convenient to pay the bill now?" Xing Heyue asked.

"Oh, that's all right. Just leave the machine working nearby. The food inside will be steamed soon. You two can help taste it later."

As he spoke, the shop owner started scanning the barcodes of the products one by one with a barcode scanner.

"Are you planning on making creamy pasta?"

The shop owner looked at the pile of things Xing and Yue bought and asked casually.

"No, I learned how to make Ichiraku ramen from someone online. I wanted to try it today, so I came out to buy everything I needed." Xing Heyue said.

"If you make ramen at home often, you can also buy the ingredients and side dishes in bulk from me," said the shop owner.

"Well, I see."

Xing Heyue did not immediately decide whether to make a group purchase or not. She would try it this time. If the result was not tasty, she would give up on this neon-style ramen in the future.

While Xing and Yue were waiting to pay the bill, Rukia looked down at her feet. Her feet were red from being frozen after being rained on and waded through water.

She curled up her toes, regretting not listening to Xing and Yue and putting on her socks and shoes obediently.