My daily life in love is too contrary to my character.

"I'll leave lunch and dinner to you, Takanashi. I need to start preparing this fish."

Because there wasn't enough space at home to keep such a large fish, and the fish had just traveled a long distance and was confined to a space the size of a bag, it was already on the verge of death. This forced Shiraishi Sawa to take action earlier than planned, as he had originally intended to deal with it after buying other things in the afternoon.

If you wait until after someone dies to process the food, the difference in the final dish will be enormous, which would damage Chef Shiraishi's image.

"I understand, it's my duty anyway."

Yuko Takanashi walked into the kitchen, where Hideaki Shiraishi was already by the sink, preparing to bleed and gut the fish.

During a break from scaling the scales, Shiraishi Sawa glanced at Takanashi Yuko, who was heating a pot of water.

"Takanashi, are you planning to make soup? There's some canned food in the fridge, it's getting late, just use that..."

"No, this is to boil water to make goat milk powder for Mimi."

.......

“My dear Takanashi-san, it’s almost 12:30 now, past lunchtime.”

After a brief silence, Shiraishi Sawah spoke up tactfully, reminding Takanashi Yuuko that he was getting a little hungry.

"Yes, Mimi finished her morning goat milk when we got back, so I need to prepare some more for her," Takanashi Yuko replied without looking up as she was precisely extracting the appropriate proportion of goat milk powder.

This shouldn't be Takanashi's answer. I understand. Shiraishi Sawah felt his position in the family was precarious.

Can't I just be facing this retribution because I used to mock Yujian?

After chopping off the fish head and tail, put them in the refrigerator. Tomorrow, put them in a pot to cook together. Shiraishi Sawa started removing the large fish bones and began slicing the fish.

Since he had prepared it a day in advance, Shiraishi Sawa decided to make it even tastier. He prepared some marinade that his mother had taught him and put all the fish slices in and mixed them well.

It was almost 2 o'clock when the whole fish was completely cleaned. Takanashi Yuko finally finished preparing the meal for the two of them. Shiraishi Sawa Hide could clearly feel that today's food didn't smell as good as before.

The reason is simple: who would cook a meal while constantly showing a sweet smile and frequently running out to check on the cat? Is the food being cooked seriously?

That damn mistress, Mimi! She's lowered my quality of life!

After dinner, Takanashi Yuuko couldn't wait to go shopping. Although she didn't urge him with words, under her eager gaze, Shiraishi Sawa Hide had no choice but to speed up his actions.

--

"Buy what you want first," Shiraishi Sawa said, taking out the list he had made yesterday. Instead of rushing to shop, he asked Takanashi to buy the things needed for raising a cat.

"Thank you so much, Shiraishi-kun! I was a little off today, I'm sorry, I'll correct it as soon as possible." Takanashi Yuko bowed in apology.

"It's alright, everything's fine." Shiraishi Sawa waved his hand and followed Takanashi Yuko to the pet area.

Then, Takanashi Yuko pulled out a list as well. That list seemed to be more detailed and longer than hers, but it had nothing to do with the party.

Kuramochi Sakura should really be grateful that it wasn't Takanashi Yuuko who was hosting her this weekend, otherwise Shiraishi Sawa Hide felt it would have been an unpleasant dinner.

However, it's rare to see Yuko Takanashi finally prioritizing her own needs instead of always considering others, which Shiraishi Sawah thinks is quite nice.

Cat food, cat bed, cat toys, cat treats...

The trolley was quickly filled with items, none of which were the best brands, nor the cheapest, but for Takanashi, it must have been a huge sum of money.

After Takanashi Yuuko checked the list several times and confirmed that nothing was missing, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Only then did she feel Shiraishi Zexiu's gaze. Turning her head, she saw Shiraishi Zexiu sitting on the chair next to her, one hand supporting his chin, looking at her with a smile.

You must have been watching this for a long time now, right? But Shiraishi-kun looks really good when she smiles. Thinking of this, Takanashi Yuuko's face began to flush red, a little shy.

"I'm sorry for the delay. I've already bought it for Shiraishi-kun." Suppressing her embarrassment, Takanashi Yuuko called out to Shiraishi Sawashu in a relatively loud voice.

Upon hearing this, Shiraishi Sawa Hide slowly walked over and gave Takanashi Yuko a light flick on the forehead when he got to her side. "I told you, you're not allowed to say 'sorry'."

Despite feeling no pain, Takanashi Yuuko still instinctively covered the spot where she had been struck.

“Let’s go buy what we need for the party,” he said, pulling out an even more detailed list from his pocket.

It seems that Shiraishi Sawa Hide misjudged Takanashi Yuko.

"No rush, let's go to the front desk to pay first and put our things there. Pushing this cart around will be tiring."

"Okay, I'll listen to you, Shiraishi-kun."

After pulling an empty shopping cart, the two returned to the mall, took the list from Takanashi Yuuko, checked it against their own to make up for any omissions, and began to buy according to the list.

--

"Little Bird, could you please provide a list?"

Pushing the cart, now fully loaded again, Shiraishi Sawa said to Takanashi Yuko.

"I understand, two pairs of slippers?"

"There is."

"Disposable chopsticks and water cups?"

"There is."

"Board games?"

"Got it, UNO, Ludo, Monopoly, all of them."

.......

"Wait a minute, Shiraishi-kun, what does this '45,182, JOJO, I'll betray you right now and start living like a human again' mean?"

Yuko Takanashi noticed that the last item on Hideaki Shiraishi's list was this, and asked curiously.

"It's nothing, just scribbling, practicing calligraphy." Shiraishi Zexiu scratched his head awkwardly, having casually written down the sentence that was on his mind. "I think this was the last one, right?"

"Yes."

"Let's go, everything's ready, let's go pay the bill."

We had too much stuff, but luckily the shopping location wasn't far from the apartment, so we borrowed two shopping carts from the supermarket and pushed them all the way back.

When Shiraishi Sawa returned the stroller, a corner of the house had become Mimi's territory, complete with cat bowls, cat beds, a private cat tree, and a scratching post.

Before placing the items, Takanashi Yuuko specifically asked Shiraishi Sawa Hide that if he minded, she would put them all in her own room. Shiraishi Sawa Hide didn't mind, so she simply placed them in the living room.

The kitten is trying hard to climb up to the second level of the cat tree. Its legs are still unsteady, which is obviously a huge challenge for its small body.

"Mimi, come and greet the master of the house!" Shiraishi Zexiu called out to Mimi as he took off his shoes.

Mimi didn't respond at all; her eyes were only on the cat tree.

"Hey, this little guy has quite a temper."

Walked over to Mimi and squatted down.

"Mimi? Look at me!"

Unchanged, Shiraishi Sawa Hide has never been so overlooked!

"Mimi! I'll give you one more chance! The last guy who ignored me like you broke a leg, no, you could say he almost did..."

"I shouldn't have named it Mimi in the first place. 'Youzi' sounds so much better."

Upon hearing Yuko's voice, Mimi stopped climbing the cat tree and slowly crawled to Shiraishi Sawa.

The large, misty eyes gazed at the giant before them.

Chapter 77 The Sunshine Is Especially Warm Today

Shiraishi Sawa looked around somewhat guiltily. Takanashi Yuuko wasn't in the living room; she should be in her room.

Unconvinced, Shiraishi Sawa wanted to try again, so he changed his position.

Mimi turned her big head to look at Shiraishi Zexiu, but did not follow.

"Mimi?"

"Mimi?"

Bored out of her mind, Mimi simply lay down on the floor.

"Yuko?"

Seeing Mimi immediately lift her head and waddle over, Shiraishi Sawa Hide didn't know what to say. He patted Mimi's head.

“You’re a damn clever little cat,” Randomly nodded and said, “but I also think my name is pretty good.”

--

After Takanashi Yuko came out of the room, the two of them put the other things they bought at the supermarket into the appropriate places from the doorway.

"Does Mimi know that its name is Mimi?" asked Shiraishi Sawa, who was washing the new dishes.

"Probably doesn't know..." Shiraishi Sawa Hide could detect the lack of confidence in Takanashi Yuuko's tone. "But it's just a kitten, it'll learn after a little teaching."

"Indeed, indeed."

--

The next morning, the two of them went to the market together and bought the freshest shrimp, eel, and some side dishes.

Back at the apartment, Shiraishi Zexiu cooked two bowls of fried rice to make do with lunch for the two of them.

The two began preparing the dishes in the afternoon. The gathering was scheduled to start at 6 p.m. last night with the other guests, so there wasn't much time to spare.

After dividing the dishes between the two of them, the only sounds in the apartment were the two of them cooking in the kitchen.

"あの日の心しみさえあの日の心しみさえ..."

Shiraishizawa Hide, who was coating the prepared shrimp with batter, heard his cell phone ringing in the living room. He glanced at his watch; it was only two o'clock. He wondered who was calling.

He quickly washed the dough off his hands in the sink, dried them, ran to the living room, and answered the phone.

"Moshi moshi, I am Shiraishi."

"Good afternoon, Shiraishi. I've arrived at the parking spot where I dropped you off last time, but I don't know where you live."

Before he could even see the name on the phone, Shiraishi Sawa recognized the voice as that of Soga Kirei.

"Oh, it's the president. Why are you here so early today? I'll come down to meet you right away."

"Ok."

Shiraishi Sawa quickly walked to the door, put on his shoes, and went outside. He leaned over the railing to look around and saw Soga Kirei standing there quietly, holding a phone to her ear.

"President! Over here, up there."