Tokyo: Am I the only male tenant?

"I can give you some time, but only until the evening at the latest. By then, Chie-san will definitely complain about being hungry."

After saying this, Matsumoto Sachiko turned around and went back upstairs, and the air in the living room suddenly became quiet again.

Fortunately, Chie Hoshino was fed just now. Ginjo couldn't help but sigh at his foresight.

"Sachiko has left, you can come out now, Tomoko-san."

He gently moved his wife's hands away from her face.

"Well... it's really embarrassing to be seen by my daughter as a lap pillow for Sosuke-kun..."

Tomoko Matsumoto let out a long sigh, still looking a little concerned.

"That's not the case. Sachiko is an adult, she wouldn't find this strange."

"Didn't she seem surprised just now? So don't think too much, Sister Tomoko."

Ginjo stared into his wife's evasive eyes and advised her like this.

"Yeah, Sousuke-kun is right, it's my own problem."

"No one thinks it's a big deal, but I'm still worrying about it."

Listening to Ginjo's gentle words, Matsumoto Tomoko felt much more comfortable.

We have already done mixed bathing and other things, so there is no need to worry about such trivial matters.

The sun was already setting when the signal from Matsumoto Sachiko came from upstairs.

Yincheng enjoyed lying on his lap leisurely. After replenishing water and resting, his energy was restored to full capacity.

The interior of the villa has been roughly cleaned, but there is still a lot of work to be done.

Things like cleaning the exterior walls, clearing the fallen leaves from the rain gutters, pruning the trees in the yard, etc., can be done after tomorrow.

Dinner time was approaching, so everyone decided to start preparing Barbie Q.

"How should the work be divided, Sister Tomoko?"

Chiaki Hoshino took out the ingredients from the refrigerator in the kitchen and asked his wife.

"Well, let me think about it. How about this? Sosuke-kun will be in charge of preparing the tables and chairs? Your job just now was the most tiring, so now you can just do something simple."

As expected, Matsumoto Tomoko cared about Ginjo the most and assigned him the easiest task first.

"Leave it to me. I'll take care of the outside work, including preparing the tables and chairs."

Yincheng immediately walked out of the French window in the living room to the wooden terrace and began to make preparations.

"Sachiko and Chiaki, please join me in making salads and barbecue sauces. Barbie Q is very simple, just barbecued meat and vegetables, so I want to make a few different sauces so you don't get tired of it."

"Yeah, I'll help mom."

Matsumoto Sachiko answered with a very serious expression, then made a small fist gesture in front of her chest, looking very motivated.

"Sister Tomoko, if it's okay, I'd also like to make some Japanese-style sauce."

Chiaki Hoshino raised her hand and suggested to his wife.

"Good idea, adopt it!"

Choosing Japanese-style sauce is very much something Chiaki Hoshino would do.

The reason I say this is because Chie Hoshino likes Japanese food or neon tea, that is, things with Japanese style.

For example, when eating desserts, she prefers Japanese confectionery to Western pastries, and she prefers kimonos to Western dresses.

"In that case, I am responsible for cutting the ingredients?"

Chie Hoshino asked this before her wife assigned any tasks.

"Yeah, it will probably be hard to cut it into portions for five people, but I will find time to come and help Chie."

Tomoko Matsumoto knew that Chie Hoshino's talent in cooking was far inferior to her sister's, but the ingredients of Barbie Q did not require very delicate processing, so she felt there was no problem in leaving it to her.

"No problem, I don't need Sister Tomoko's help, I can do it by myself."

To be honest, the person who was most worried about her holding the kitchen knife was Chiaki Hoshino, because she was the only one who knew her sister's true strength best.

Matsumoto Sachiko seemed to have the same idea, with a confused look on her face.

"Are you really okay, sister?"

Chiaki Hoshino couldn't help but ask.

"You really underestimate me, Chiaki. Can't the ingredients for Barbie Q just be cut into large, rough chunks? This is what I'm best at."

Chie Hoshino patted her sister's shoulder with a solemn promise.

What she said is true, as can be seen from her usual unconventional sculpture style.

"Well, I hope there won't be any bloodshed..."

Matsumoto Sachiko deliberately spoke in a long tone with a deep concern.

"Ah, am I so useless in your eyes?"

Chie Hoshino frowned and raised her voice to question them.

"I'm doing this for your own good, Chie-sister. After all, it's your hand that's going to get cut."

"What Sachiko said makes a lot of sense..."

"You two guys, are you going to stop yet?!"

"I must show you my skills today, and then we'll see what you dare to say!"

After showing her anger, Chie Hoshino then showed a look full of energy.

Since she said so herself, the two girls no longer objected and stood in the kitchen with her to start preparing the food.

Several women put on aprons, washed their hands, and placed the ingredients, cutting boards and knives side by side on the preparation table.

"Yeah, it's just cutting ingredients anyway, it's not a difficult task."

Although Chie Hoshino appeared very confident to the outside world, she was actually still muttering to herself to cheer herself up.

"Try to cut this first, sister."

Chiaki Hoshino handed her an onion, which is a must-have vegetable for Barbie Q to relieve greasiness.

"No...no problem, leave it to me!"

Then Chie Hoshino showed a serious look to the point of being frightening and swung the kitchen knife vigorously.

"Wait a minute, sister!"

"Hmm? What's wrong again, Chiaki?"

Fortunately, Chiaki Hoshino discovered it in time, otherwise something serious would have happened.

I don’t know if Chie Hoshino was too eager to show herself or too nervous, she was so focused on the onion that she didn’t even notice that she was holding the knife upside down.

If something goes wrong, a crime will happen in the villa just like in a detective movie.

Conan's background music even rang in the ears of several women in the kitchen.

"It's great that you're motivated, but at least pay attention to the way you hold the knife. Your shoulders are a little too stiff."

Chiaki Hoshino began to patiently guide her sister.

Tomoko Matsumoto watched silently from the side, and couldn't help feeling gratified that the students she taught were now able to pass on their skills.

"Are your shoulders too stiff?"

Chie Hoshino repeated her sister's words again, and now she had to admit that she had been too arrogant before.

"Yeah, relax a little. It's easy to cut your hand if you're so tense."

Chie Hoshino temporarily put the kitchen knife on the chopping board, took a deep breath, and then twisted her shoulders.

"Phew, I think I should be more relaxed now."

"Very good. You don't need to swing the knife so hard. Just place it on the food."

"Yeah, I understand."

Chie Hoshino followed her sister's instructions and gently raised the kitchen knife and placed it on the onion.

"Yes, that's right. Just like this. No need to use brute force."

"Then what to do next?"

"Then clench your left hand like a cat."

"Cat?"

Perhaps Chiaki Hoshino didn't express herself clearly enough, which made Chie Hoshino make a cute head tilting gesture.

A question mark seemed to appear above her head, and then an expression of inspiration flashed across her face. She raised her clenched left hand to her face and bent her wrist.

"Is that so?"

"Eh?!"

Chiaki Hoshino did ask her sister to make her hands into the shape of a cat's paw, but she didn't ask her to actually imitate a cat.

Actually, she was just practicing how to use a kitchen knife, so why did she think that others would ask her to imitate a cat?

And I don’t know if it was too coincidental, but there was a cat pattern on the apron that Chie Hoshino was wearing, and combined with her current movements, she was so cute that it was unfair.

I didn't expect that she, who has always been known for her hot image, would also go for the cute style one day.

"Hahaha, what is Chie doing?"

Ginjo Sosuke had arranged the tables and chairs outside and when he returned to the room he just happened to see this interesting scene.

"That's right, that's it, Chie. If you keep this position and call meow, you will definitely be able to cut it well!"

Ginjo, gloating over the misfortune, began to make random comments from the sidelines.

"Meow?"

“Puhu?!”

Although Ginjo tried hard to hold it back, the other women laughed first.

I thought Chie Hoshino wouldn't take it seriously, but she actually meowed like a cat!