I am in Mihua, and the ladies all like me

As the last ray of sunset disappeared below the sea level, a man and a woman sat opposite each other in a booth in a high-end restaurant in Tokyo.

The woman had short golden hair and was wearing a standard OL uniform. She also had a pair of half-frame glasses on her face. Her facial features were European and American, and she looked quite young. She felt like an English teacher at a university.

The man was wearing a knitted hat, with a small strand of black curly hair on his forehead. He had a standard Asian face with strong lines and some strange lines at the corners of his eyes.

"Hey, Xiu, I said this restaurant tastes pretty good, right?"

Judy supported her cheek with one hand and leaned forward with her elbow on the table. In her other hand, her five fingers were nimbly playing with a fork. She seemed to be in a good mood because of the delicious food she had. The teacher's fiery red lips were slightly raised.

However, compared to her usual appearance of being poor at speaking Japanese to foreign friends in front of colleagues and students, her Japanese is now fluent. Putting aside her European and American facial features, no one would doubt her even if she said she was a pure Japanese.

"It's not bad."

The man called Show swallowed the last bite of pasta, drank the remaining juice in the glass, and then picked up the napkin to wipe his mouth.

"I'm glad you can find a place like this in Japan. I've been eating sushi, rice balls and ramen every day lately. I thought I would have to eat these things every day until I leave Japan."

“Hahaha, this was recommended by my colleagues.”

When talking about her work, Judy smiled even more widely, as if she was showing off that she got along well with her colleagues.

"It seems that Teitan High School has also recruited other foreign teachers before. Because they can't get used to the local food here in Japan, they looked for restaurants that suit their tastes, and then they found... well, there are a few other restaurants besides this one, but I'll go to that one next time. After all, with my current salary, I will go bankrupt if I eat this every day."

"Where is the funding Mr. James gave you..."

"That's a reserve fund. Of course, reserve funds cannot be used at will."

After chatting for a while, Judy suddenly changed the subject and smiled mysteriously and excitedly.

"Compared to this, Xiu, how do you think about what I told you last time?"

“…Which one?”

"It's about your sister, Sera Masumi. I remember I told you about it a long time ago. Don't you remember?"

"Oh--"

The man drew out his tone slightly, but after answering, he said nothing else. He turned his head to look out the window of the restaurant, gazing at the bright lights of Tokyo in the distance.

He actually didn't want to bring up the issue.

"Xiu?" Judy's voice was filled with a hint of doubt.

"Eh……"

The man scratched his forehead, which was rare. His face, which was always as firm as a rock, showed a slightly embarrassed and difficult expression.

"Can't you?"

The female foreign teacher tilted her head and asked again.

Being asked this question, the man was even more confused: "This is not a question of whether it is possible or not, I just think this is a bit..."

"shy?"

"No, it has nothing to do with being shy. It's just... I just can't find a reason to meet her."

"Reason~"

Judy turned her eyes away and hummed twice.

"What other reasons does a brother need to see his sister? Besides, Xiu, don't tell me that you are not interested in anyone around Sera-san?"

"..."

Serabelle.

Of course Shuichi Akai remembered this name, even though he only knew it recently. But after all, that was the person who lived with his sister, and they had the same surname.

It must have been written by his mother.

"I remember, but since Zhenchun lives with him, it means she has enough trust in him. There is no need for me to..."

"Really don't want to?"

Before Akai Shuichi could finish his words, Judy interrupted him with a particularly meaningful smile.

What do you mean? Are you so sure that you will go to meet the other person?

"...Why do I feel like you, Judy, really want me to go meet that Serabelle?"

"Is there, isn't there? Is there, isn't there?"

The female foreign teacher was speaking in tongue twisters while quickly taking out her cell phone from her bag and typing in the chat box.

"So, are you free next Saturday?"

“…I think so.”

Akai Shuichi had no choice but to answer honestly.

"Yoshi, let's set it for next Saturday. I've arranged for them to take the bus together to the arcade in Toriya Town to play."

Judy hummed a little tune from her hometown happily and handed the man the screen of her phone with the message sent.

"Or if you're really afraid of being recognized, we can get on the bus at two different stops and cover our faces with masks. It'll be no problem."

You think so, right?

Akai Shuichi said.

……

The camera switches to an elevator in a high-end apartment building in central Tokyo, where a lift with only two people on board is ascending.

Serabelle lowered her head and played with her new cell phone.

I have to say that the new phone is much better than the old one in terms of response speed and other aspects, and... it really looks like a work of art.

The thin and light body and super-large screen make Serabelle feel like it will break into two pieces if it is accidentally dropped on the ground, so one has to be very careful in daily use.

It is totally different from the old mobile phones. It feels so durable that it can even be used as a heart guard to block bullets.

“Are you used to your new phone?”

The voice of a female lawyer came from beside me.

"It's... pretty good."

Serabelle wanted to say it was okay, but then she thought that since other people were paying for it, answering like that would give people the impression that it was unsatisfactory, so she simply changed her words and said it was pretty good.

It's really good, except that it can't be used as a brick.

"Yeah, that's good."

Upon hearing this, Kisaki Eri smiled and took out her newly bought cell phone.

It is worth mentioning that she bought the same model as Serabel, but hers was lavender while Serabel's was silver.

Kisaki Eri paused, pursed her lips, and spoke hastily.

"As for the commission fee we agreed on before..."

Jingle bell bell bell~

Without warning, the cell phone rang almost synchronously with the female lawyer's voice. Since it was a newly bought phone, it was still the initial default ringtone.

Serabel glanced at the caller ID. There was no note but it looked familiar. It was Masumi Sera calling.

Click to connect and put it to your ear.

"Hey?"

“…Hey, it works.”

The voice of the girl with tiger teeth came from the other end of the line, clearer than ever before.

"Hey, brother, what's going on with you? I couldn't get through on the phone before. How long will it take for you to come back?"

Serabelle looked up at the current floor on the display screen: "Almost there, only three floors left to reach the front door."

"Huh? Oh, you're already in the elevator. Actually, there's nothing much to do. I just wanted to ask when you'll be back."

Sera Masumi coughed lightly.

"There's one more thing. Teacher Judy just sent us a message asking us to go to Toriya Town next door next Saturday. You should be free then, right?"

"..."

Chapter 254 Meeting with Brother

Just like that, another week has passed since I bought the new phone.

Time flies and it is next Saturday.

Because she has been in school all the time, Sera Masumi has always maintained the habit of going to bed early and getting up early, so Serabelle was forced to get up almost an hour earlier than usual.

It was still half past eight in the morning when the whole house was filled with the loud shouting of a girl with tiger teeth.

"Brother, let's go, it's almost time to leave, GOGOGO!"

"coming……"

In contrast, Serabelle's voice sounded a little weak.

BYD, this English teacher, really likes playing video games. He made an appointment so early on Saturday, his day off...

Unable to help but complain in her heart, Serabelle, who was changing shoes at the entrance, turned to the British girl who was sitting on the sofa in the living room after breakfast, watching TV and starting her daily health regimen.

"Then Sister Mary, let's go."

"Well, come back early in the evening."

"Goodbye, Mom~"

After a brief hello, the brother and sister set out on their journey with ease.

When Serabelle left the house and arrived at the entrance of the elevator lobby, she took a special look at the door of Kisaki Eri's house next door and found that the door was closed tightly.

I guess he went to the office to work overtime on the weekend again. He is really dedicated to his work.

When I entered the elevator and looked to my side, I saw Sera Masamune using both hands, with his thumbs rising and falling rapidly on the screen. Then he suddenly put one hand on his forehead and slapped his forehead and let out a cry.

"Simata!"

"……What's wrong?"

"I miscalculated the time. Teacher Judy said she's already left!"

"Oh, that's good."

Serabelle was a little confused as to where this inexplicable despair came from.

Sera Masumi became visibly anxious.

"It's too late. I had originally agreed with Teacher Judy to go to her station and take the bus together, but Teacher Judy has already left the house, and it will take us nearly half an hour to walk there."

"If we want to get there faster, can't we just take the bus?" Serabel was even more confused.

Why do I have to walk there before I can take the bus? It's as if there is no bus stop at the entrance of their community.

However, the anxious tiger-toothed girl still couldn't think straight: "But... wouldn't it be bad to stand someone up?"

"Why would you stand up a pigeon?"

Serabelle took out her cell phone to check the bus routes.

"What I mean is, you can ask Teacher Judy to wait for us at the bus stop first, and then we can take the bus over here. When we are almost there, you can send her a message to tell her that we are at the next stop. Then when she gets on the bus, she will just meet us, right?"

"Uh... now that you mention it, it seems so?"

The two of them walked out chatting all the way, and when they arrived at the entrance of the community, the bus from the bus stop just arrived, so they got on the bus.

Beika Town is not far from the city center. It can even be said to be the closest place to the city center among several towns. So less than a quarter of an hour after getting on the bus, a sweet female voice broadcast came from the bus's loudspeaker.

[Next stop: Mihua City Hall]

Perhaps because it was the weekend, the bus was empty at less than nine in the morning, not even the seats were full.

Serabelle turned slightly to look at the phone screen of the tiger-fanged girl next to her, where chat messages kept popping up.

"The next stop is where Teacher Judy will get on the bus, right?"

"Yeah, I'm messaging her."

Masumi Sera didn't even raise her head, and her two thumbs moved flexibly up and down on the screen.