I loaded the dream game

Kato Megumi felt a little confused, but the next moment, she felt someone gently grabbing her wrist and pulling it up.

"Okay, don't hesitate. Holidays are supposed to be lively, right?"

"Eh? But..."

"If you keep dawdling, Xia Zhi will blame me."

"Wait...wait...I haven't brought my keys yet..."

……

"Um... sorry to bother you."

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

Kato Megumi was hurriedly dragged home by the boy. She didn't even have time to change into casual clothes for going out. She was only wearing a white home shirt. She tidied up her messy hair a little, looked at the dazed black-haired girl in front of her, and said with a little apology.

"Ah, no..."

Xia Zhi replied subconsciously.

It wasn't that she didn't know Kato Megumi. After all, she had come to her house some time ago and helped her brother deliver textbooks and exercises.

only……

Looking at the girl in front of her who was in the same class as her brother, Xia Zhi felt a little confused.

Didn't my brother go out to visit someone else? Why did he bring the whole person back?

Although she has no objection, but...human trafficking is illegal in this day and age, brother.

Xia Zhi thought with some worry.

and……

"elder brother……"

"what happened?"

Looking at the two people's empty hands, she thought for a moment and then looked at the boy and asked, "...Where's the soy sauce?"

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Summer Solstice: "..."

He was silent for a moment, then turned around and looked at Kato Megumi and asked, "Kato-san...can I borrow your house key?"

Chapter 417: Can I get a make-up card on my birthday?

Originally, when Kato Megumi heard that they were still making rice dumplings, she also wanted to come and help.

However, when they returned to the living room, they only saw an empty basin and Hubie standing by the dining table to greet them.

Looking at the pile of neatly arranged rice dumplings on the table, Xia Zhi couldn't help but sigh. As expected, a Mecha-Machina known for its efficiency and precision, if she were allowed to relax the restrictions, her speed would be comparable to that of an assembly line, right?

"Hey, hey!" Ai Luke tied up the last rice dumpling in his hand with cotton thread and placed it next to the pile of rice dumplings on the table.

Compared with the rice dumplings made by Xubi, the ones made by the Star God Girl seemed much more crudely made. The cotton thread was tied crookedly, and one corner was not wrapped tightly. It was conceivable that some glutinous rice would leak out when cooked. Both the workmanship and craftsmanship were more than one level lower.

Despite this, Ai Lu Ke did not look depressed, but instead admired the dumplings he had made with great interest over and over again.

Perhaps in her eyes, this is a symbol of the unique style of her own "187" works?

Looking at such an optimistic girl, Xia Zhi thought to himself.

"Summer Solstice..."

Hubie gently tugged at the corner of his clothes, raised the zongzi in his hand to him, and asked expectantly: "Would you like to...taste it?"

Xia Zhi was naturally willing to taste the rice dumplings made by Xubi himself, but...

"…This needs to be steamed before it can be eaten." He reminded.

Although raw glutinous rice is not poisonous and the pork belly inside is fresh, but... it seems a bit too early for modern humans to make glutinous rice sashimi, so let's forget about it for now.

"Hubby knows..."

After all, there are nearly 20,000 recipes stored in my mind, so I naturally know how to make zongzi.

and so……

"It's already...steamed..."

She raised her hand and held the rice dumpling in front of Xia Zhi.

As she finished her words, wisps of white steam emerged from the rice dumplings leaves, and soon a rich fragrant smell wafted around.

Summer Solstice: "..."

Maybe no one has told you that the rice dumplings steamed in this way are soulless.

"Soul?" Hubie showed a puzzled expression: "Does a zongzi... also have a heart?"

"Not if it's cooked." Xia Zhi said as he took the rice dumpling from the girl's hand, opened it and took a bite.

I have to say, although it is soulless, it still tastes very good, at least much better than those bought in the store.

"Oh..." Hubie nodded thoughtfully: "So... it's different from humans..."

No...actually, it's the same with humans.

Xia Zhi complained in his heart.

Kato Megumi, who was standing by, looked at the scene in front of her and tilted her head in confusion, recalling what Xia Zhi had told her before about magic and magical girls.

and so……

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"Xiazhi, is this magic?"

Xia Zhi said that he actually didn't understand much either, and that Hubie was the expert when it came to magic rituals.

"Not……"

Hubie shook his head and explained, "It's just a matter of using the spirit power to collide and rub against water molecules to generate heat... and then expanding the 'point' where it exists in time, speeding up time to the moment of completion... that's it..."

"Is that so... That's really amazing."

Kato Megumi showed an expression of "I see" and exclaimed, but it was not known whether she understood it or not.

"Brother, are the rice dumplings ready so soon..."

Xia Zhi, who was cleaning the table in the living room, seemed to smell something and returned to the kitchen. Her eyes fell on the steaming rice dumpling that was opened in Xia Zhi's hand.

This is……?

There was a hint of doubt in her eyes, and she asked hesitantly:

"Brother, did you...when did you order takeout?"

"Hubby did it."

Xia Zhi answered truthfully, handed the zongzi to her and asked, "Would you like to have a taste?"

"This one……"

Of course, Xia Zhi had no objection to Zongzi, but...

Looking at the clear bite marks on the rice dumpling, she hesitated for a moment.

Yes or no?

The girl was in a dilemma...

……

Xia Zhi finally relaxed and lay back on the sofa.

All the dumplings had been put into the pot, so he couldn't help with cooking. The table had already been cleared, so he was free for a while.

"I always feel that Xia Zhi classmate is not very motivated?"

Kato Megumi held the kitten and sat down on the sofa next to him.

The kitten, who was originally not very interested in strangers, seemed very docile in her arms and did not resist at all. It was unclear whether it really liked the girl or it was simply because of its own characteristics.

"There's nothing we can do about it..." Xia Zhi replied as he smoothed the hair of Ailu in his arms.

After all, it was a festival we just celebrated more than a month ago, and it’s happening again not long after. It feels a bit unreal to some extent.

Looking at the red-haired girl sitting in the boy's arms, quietly and obediently having her hair stroked by him, Kato Megumi felt a little doubtful.

It's another girl I haven't seen before.

"Kato, do you remember how long ago was the last Dragon Boat Festival?"

While she was thinking this, she heard Xia Zhi suddenly ask...

She did not ask the boy why he asked that. After thinking for a moment, she replied, "The last time... was also on May 5th last year, right?"

After all, it’s a festival with a fixed date, so the time won’t change, right?

"If I told you that the last Dragon Boat Festival was a month ago, what would you think?"

"Although I'm a little surprised to be asked this suddenly...but is there any problem with this?" Kato Megumi looked at him puzzledly and asked.

Xia Zhi: "... Let me ask you, what day was yesterday in your opinion?"

"Yesterday was Sunday."

"What about today?"

"Of course it's Wednesday." Kato Hui answered as a matter of course, but she was a little confused... Today is not Friday? Why does Xia Zhi feel a little weird?

"Don't you think something is wrong?"

"This...should I feel that?"

Looking at the confused girl in front of him, Xia Zhi shook his head slightly: "No, it's okay."

He finally understood intuitively the power of the calendar.

Although the time span is not large, with the help of Hubie, he can still clearly feel the obvious change in temperature... In other words, as the date changes, the earth's climate will also change accordingly.

This means that the calendar does not affect the date in people’s minds, but actually makes the world “jump” to the corresponding date.

But this is not a manipulation of the timeline. After all, now that time has been filmed, any changes on the timeline should not affect the present.

That is to say, although the impact is manifested in the date, the real effect of the calendar is not reflected in time, but in the direct change of reality.

"...3.2 Let's get this matter resolved quickly." Xia Zhi thought silently in his heart.

Otherwise, if he continues like this, it might be okay for others, but he himself might suffer from a disease like time perception disorder.

Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly felt the phone in his pocket vibrate twice.

Xia Zhi took out his phone in confusion, only to see a new message on it.

"Would you like to go watch the fireworks together tomorrow (smiley face)?"

The signature is...Yang No.

Xia Zhi was silent for a moment, then raised his head and looked at the girl beside him and asked, "Can I ask what day tomorrow is?"

"It's Obon Festival...which is August 13th." Kato Megumi answered after thinking for a moment.

Summer Solstice: "..."

Maybe no one remembers it, but he still wants to mention it again.

...His birthday is on August 12th.

In other words, it was a perfect miss.

Xia Zhi thought this in his heart.

Chapter 418: It’s normal for brothers and sisters to know more about each other’s dark history, right?

Festivals are something that are artificially created and given meaning. They are not objective things that exist, but rely on people's subjective will. Therefore, as long as we don't acknowledge them, the existence of festivals is meaningless.