Living in Tokyo, all I want to do is laze around.

He could benefit from helping them review, but there was one thing about the conversation that bothered him.

That's about the fact that your cooking is a work of art.

He opened his interface and found the skills section.

[Cooking Lv0 (-9/0)]

Introduction: No one will like to eat the food you make.

Fortunately, there has been progress.

It's at least not -10 anymore. Although it's slow, it will eventually reach the normal standard.

Of course, the fastest way is to assign attribute points.

But compared to cooking, intelligence is more important.

Currently, attribute points can only be obtained by completing tasks, but there are very few tasks available. I wonder if this system will be improved in the future.

At 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, my body was still aching from yesterday's training.

However, eating bacon and egg sauce pasta, which I got without working for it, still put me in a particularly good mood.

"Heh heh! How is it, Uesugi? Is my soy sauce noodles delicious?"

"Hmm, it's really good." After biting into a noodle, Uesugi Kai picked up a piece of salad with her chopsticks.

"Just not bad?"

"After all, fireworks are also helping out, so the level of perfection is different."

Originally, Kai Uesugi wanted to say that the fireworks were the main attraction, and you were just preparing the ingredients and side dishes on the side.

But considering that I haven't done anything, it's better not to say such annoying things.

"Too."

After a moment's thought, Ayaka Rie accepted this explanation.

The bacon and egg sauce pasta has a sweet flavor, except for the ones from Fireworks.

After taking a few bites of noodles, she glanced at Hanabi, who was quietly eating her noodles beside her.

Her smooth cheeks were flushed with a rosy hue from the chili peppers, and her white collarbone was visible beneath the wide neckline. As she ate her noodles slowly, the view inside the wide collar was even more apparent.

She frowned. How come she hadn't seen it earlier?

"Hanabi."

"Um...?"

"You always dress like this at home?"

Hanabi Hanamaru glanced at her clothes and nodded:

"Yes, is there a problem?"

Rie Ayaka glanced at Kai Uesugi, who showed no reaction:

"Don't you think your T-shirt is a bit too casual? Besides, it seems like you're not wearing anything underneath."

Hanabi looked down at the cartoon shark in front of her: "At home... can't I dress more casually? Hanabi really likes this T-shirt."

"It's possible, but Uesugi is here now, so you can't dress so casually in front of boys."

As she spoke, Ayaka Rie leaned closer, pressed herself against her back, and zipped up the zipper of her light blue coat.

"But Hanabi always dressed like this when Uesugi-kun came before."

"Then I'll change this habit from now on."

Uesugi Kai naturally overheard their conversation, although he had indeed glanced at it unintentionally a few times in the past and seen things he shouldn't have.

But he swore he had absolutely no other thoughts.

Hanabi usually dresses properly, and only on weekends when she doesn't go out does she become a little more relaxed.

Today's situation is clearly something that has been forgotten.

Hanabi Hanamaru looked down at the zipper slowly being pulled up in front of her chest, and noticed that the neckline of the T-shirt seemed a bit too wide, allowing a glimpse along the curve of her collarbone...

In that instant, she seemed to understand what Ayaka Riei meant, and suddenly looked up at Uesugi Kai, who was acting as if nothing had happened.

Rie Ayaka pulled the zipper all the way up and moved it to the side:

"Alright, you'll have to be more careful from now on."

###Chapter Fifty-Seven: A Day with a Slight Flutter of Emotion###

"Alright, you must be more careful from now on. Girls must learn to protect themselves."

Hanabi Hanamaru didn't hear Ayaka Rie's words. Instead, she noticed something in the blink of an eye and blushed when she looked at Kai Uesugi.

But she just stared at him eating noodles, feeling very embarrassed, without saying a word or asking any questions.

When Uesugi Kai finished his noodles and looked up, just as his gaze was about to meet hers, she quickly lowered her head again, clutching the hem of her coat with both hands, looking nervous as if it would break at the slightest touch.

The subtle details between the two were naturally noticed by Ayakari, who glared at Uesugi Kai:

"You rascal, you really did something weird to Hanabi, didn't you!"

"If I said no, would you believe me?"

"Do not believe."

"Then there's nothing more to say."

Hanabi Hanamaru composed herself, her face flushed, and whispered an explanation to Rie Ayaka beside her:

"Li...Liying-chan, it's just...it's just that Hanabi forgot...forgot to wear clothes today, and Uesugi-kun didn't seem to be giving me any strange looks today."

"It seems not?" Ayaka Rie sighed. "Hanabi, you're always like this."

She was very familiar with the explanations given by the fireworks company; she would first take the blame herself, saying it was her fault, and then make excuses for others.

Aside from himself, no one else was at fault in the whole affair.

Especially Uesugi Kai, even if he did something bad, Hanabi was willing to believe him.

"You're just too kind, that's why you always get bullied."

To Kai Uesugi, Ayaka Rie's words were quite true. Back in Hanabi Middle School, he had been taken advantage of a lot because of his weakness and kindness.

In the past, when Kai went to find her after school, he would always see her cleaning the classroom alone, all alone, yet she worked hard without complaint.

"Kindness...isn't it good? I think everyone is happy..."

“Kindness is a good thing,” these were the words Uesugi Kai said to her, “but if you follow their wishes and do things that are not yours, you will not get their care for you, but their ridicule for your weakness.”

"Hmm, Uesugi-kun's statement is surprisingly correct."

Rie Ayaka rarely agreed with Kai Uesugi's words, and then looked at Hanabi, whose face was flushed: "So Hanabi, you must learn to say no, and don't always believe what others say."

Hanabi Hanabi glanced at Kai Uesugi furtively and said:

“Uesugi-kun... said the same thing before.”

"Oh?"

Ayaka Rie looked at Uesugi Kai with considerable surprise:

"Uesugi-kun is quite reasonable today. I didn't expect him to have such an upright side."

"When did I become a villain?"

"That was true before."

Kai Uesugi had heard that tone countless times.

He knew that Ayaka Rie didn't like interacting with boys.

Any classmate who tries to get close to her will be ruthlessly rejected by her due to her assertive personality.

The person she disliked most in her class was Kosuke Murakoshi.

A tall basketball club member who had a scandal of cheating on three women during his first year of high school—a true scumbag.

Then came Goto Iwakatsu, and then himself:

"Ayaka-san, why do I always feel like you're hostile towards me?"

"No doubt about it, it is true." Ayaka Rie said very seriously.

"why."

"Because you always lie, you have the potential to evolve into a scumbag."

"I rarely lie."

"Because you always stare at girls' legs!"

"Every boy likes this."

"Because you're always flirting with other girls with Goto!"

"I'm just a mascot. It's Goto's job to flirt with him. Besides, he only went to ask for his contact information."

"You've added a lot of girls on Line!"

"That's Goto's account."

Kai Uesugi discovers that she has so many misunderstandings. Why?

Does being handsome make someone seem frivolous?

“You—” Ayaka Rie was speechless for a moment, her face flushed red, and after a long while she managed to choke out, “You always use our childhood friend status to bully Hanabi!”

No.

Hanabi Hanamaru noticed that Rie Ayaka was looking at her and whispered:

"Rie-chan...Uesugi-kun has always been very kind to Hanabi..."

Kai Uesugi took a sip of hot tea, waiting for Rie Ayaka's next question.

But after pondering for a while, she seemed to come up with nothing more to say.