In the anime series, Goto Ichiri is actually my childhood sweetheart?

Takahashi Feng has made plans for himself at this moment. If he fails to become a well-known light novel writer in high school, he will give up writing novels and concentrate on studying. No matter whether he can do it by then, at least he has to make a good plan. Life must have a direction to inspire motivation.

His eyes refocused on the windowsill. Gao Qiaofeng looked at his hands, clenched his fists and squeezed them. He felt completely powerless. The skin was delicate and tender, like a girl's hands.

Takahashi Kaede also added exercise to his plan.

After finishing his thoughts, Gao Qiaofeng went to the kitchen to wash the dishes first, and then went to the bathroom to take a shower. He seldom used the large bathtub in the bathroom, and he had an inexplicable fear of the feeling of being squeezed and suffocated by water.

After blow-drying his hair, Takahashi Feng looked in the mirror. His hair had grown quite long. Takahashi Feng pulled aside the hair that was about to fall below his eyelids. A delicate face appeared in the mirror, and it was unclear whether it was a man or a woman.

When Ryoko and Takahashi Kaede's mothers dress up, they are both beautiful women with over 50% turning heads. As a direct blood relative, Takahashi Kaede will naturally not be any worse.

But he himself seemed unaware of anything. He just wanted to grow up quickly so that he would not be looked down upon when negotiating business with others in the future. After all, he now looked like someone who was easy to bully.

After casually rubbing his hair, Takahashi Feng lay down on the bed.

"I'm going to teach Goto Ichiri how to cook on weekends... Does this kid really want to learn..."

Thinking about Goto Ichiri, Takahashi Feng slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Chapter 24 Getting along well

After the school bus dropped off Takahashi Kaede at his house, it would always take Goto Ichiri for a spin, but in fact, their two homes were not far apart, only about less than one kilometer apart.

Goto's mother knew this at the last family gathering, and she also told Goto Ichiri.

Goto Ichiri was very excited when he heard the news. He immediately thought of what Ryoko said about visiting her house anytime, and the agreement between her and Takahashi Kaede.

Going to her friend's house to play was an experience she had never dared to think about before. How could she, a little girl with social anxiety who played by herself at home and with her teachers at school, make friends and find friends to play with?

Ever since being with Takahashi Kaede, Goto Ichiri felt that she was getting better. At least when talking to Takahashi Kaede, she did not feel the embarrassment she felt when talking to strangers.

"Feng, my mom will drop me off at your house tomorrow afternoon, so you must remember to pick me up."

On Friday, during the free time in the afternoon, Takahashi Kaede and Goto Ichiri were playing a passing game together. Suddenly, Goto Ichiri said this.

In fact, Goto Ichiri had been nagging him about tomorrow's cooking teaching activity as early as the morning. Takahashi Kaede agreed once, twice, and three times, but this was already the umpteenth time.

Goto Ichiri didn't know whether he was afraid that he wouldn't remember tomorrow's activities or he was too excited, but he kept repeating it to make him remember tomorrow's activities.

Although it's a bit annoying, Takahashi Feng can still understand her desire to learn how to cook. He will surely give all his help to help Goto Ichiri graduate. Even if he still suffers from social phobia in the future, he will be a social phobic who can take good care of himself.

"I know, I know. I'll pick you up tomorrow afternoon, and your mother will come to pick you up in the evening. I've memorized it all, even engraved it in my DNA!" Takahashi Feng said while playing volleyball.

Although he didn't understand Takahashi Kaede's strange words, Goto Ichiri completely got the meaning of "already fully understood". He was even so excited that he hit the ball hard, causing Takahashi Kaede to be hit on the nose by the ball before he could react.

"Ah! Xiaofeng, I'm sorry." Goto Ichiri was worried about Takahashi Feng's situation and felt a little guilty.

"It's okay, don't use force suddenly, at least tell me before you use force..."

Takahashi Feng rubbed his nose that was hit, not knowing what to say, so he could only ask Goto Ichiri to be more careful next time.

Before school was over, the teacher called them both to the office.

"Takahashi, are you getting along well with Ichiri?" The teacher was very concerned about Ichiri Goto's situation and called him to the office to find out about his current situation.

"We get along very well. I should say we get along too well." With his nose red from being hit by the ball, Takahashi Feng said calmly, while Goto Ichiri was heartlessly trying to hold back his laughter.

"That's good. Most of the children in this class are very obedient. What worries me most is you two. You never play with everyone. It would be great if you could make friends." These two withdrawn children had always stayed in the corner. The teachers saw it but didn't know how to communicate with them.

The teacher also thought of a solution, but Takahashi Kaede always shook his head and said that it was fine to be alone, while Goto Ichiri was afraid and dared not contact her, sometimes even to the point of being stressed.

School plays a vital role in children's socialization. Children who do not experience good interpersonal communication in school will often become out of place and have difficulty adapting when they enter society.

"Okay, follow the main force back home."

Seeing that the two were getting along well, the teacher let them leave with satisfaction.

On the way home in the car, Goto Ichiri became noticeably more talkative, saying things like how cool her dad was at playing the guitar and what her mother usually gave her for Christmas. Takahashi Kaede listened carefully, occasionally agreeing with him so that Goto Ichiri wouldn't have to sing a monologue.

"My mom often buys me clothes. She always wants me to go to the mall with her, but I'm always scared. She also...ah, you're almost there."

When he saw Takahashi Kaede's apartment appear in his sight, Goto Ichiri felt a little disappointed at first, but then the emotion was quickly replaced by excitement.

"Xiao Feng, see you tomorrow, be sure to remember!" Goto Ichiri waved goodbye to Takahashi Feng.

"Don't worry, I will prepare well. See you tomorrow."

Gao Qiaofeng got off the car, and the school bus behind him roared away into the distance.

After returning home, Gao Qiaofeng looked at the refrigerator and found that it was almost empty. A good cook cannot cook without rice. Without vegetables, he could not cook, and tomorrow's teaching activities could not be carried out.

Ever since I agreed with Ryoko last time that I would be responsible for dinner, Ryoko has kept a small envelope next to the sofa with money for buying groceries in it.

Taking the money, Gao Qiaofeng went downstairs alone to buy groceries.

Gao Qiaofeng bought a lot, almost filling up the basket. He held the basket with both hands and pushed it to the checkout counter with great difficulty.

"Kid, where are your parents?"

Looking around, the cashier didn't see any adults who looked like the child's parents.

"My parents didn't come with me. I'm here alone to buy things. May I know how much is the total?"

"You're so young and you're out shopping by yourself?"

The aunt was a little surprised, but she still packed his things.

After paying the money, Gao Qiaofeng carried the bag on his shoulder like a sack. His center of gravity was a little unstable at first, but it got much better after he got used to it.

Gao Qiaofeng was exhausted after carrying the food all the way home. The food contained all kinds of vegetables, meat and eggs, and he even bought some extra in case of emergency.

Opening the refrigerator, Takahashi Feng packed the purchased items into different categories, leaving only the necessary ingredients for making dinner.

I don’t know if it’s like this in Japan as a whole or what, but Takahashi Feng has never seen a family frying their own lard for cooking. In his previous life, fried lard was almost a necessity in life. No matter what dish he was cooking, he would put a little bit of it in to enhance the flavor.

But frying lard, like making spicy fish, is a relatively dangerous activity, so you should consider it when you are older.

I just made a few stir-fried dishes and Takahashi Kaede cooked the rice, so we could start eating when Ryoko came back.

Ryoko didn't work overtime today, so she came home early. As soon as she opened the door, the smell of rice and dishes hit her nose.

"Xiao Feng~~" Ryoko called Takahashi Feng happily.

The sound spread through the empty living room, and Ryoko found that Takahashi Feng was still cleaning the stove, so she walked up to him, hugged him, and kissed him hard.

Takahashi Feng was speechless and just pointed at the food on the table. Ryoko understood and sat down to eat.

Naturally, Takahashi Kaede was also responsible for washing the dishes after the meal.

Chapter 25 Making Cookies

Oh no, I didn’t prepare any snacks, and he ate all the snacks at home yesterday. Now the coffee table is empty.

After washing the dishes and taking a shower, Gaoqiao Feng lay on the sofa and suddenly realized this problem. How could he not prepare snacks for his friends to come to his house to play?

"Ryoko, do you think the snack shop outside is still open now?"

"It should have been closed a long time ago, what happened?"

Ryoko was very confused. Did Takahashi Kaede want to eat some snacks?

"Goto Ichiri will come over to visit tomorrow, and I just suddenly realized that I don't have anything to entertain her at home. How can I do this?"

Ryoko thought about it, went to the kitchen and got a set of molds and placed them on the coffee table.

"There are flour, butter and other things in the cupboard. If you want snacks, just make them yourself. It's convenient and healthy, and it can also exercise your hands-on ability. Once it's done, just put it directly in the oven."

"good idea!"

Takahashi Kaede nodded and made the decision happily.

......

The next day, just after getting up in the morning, Gaoqiao Feng walked to the balcony and looked up at the sky. The sky was covered with dark clouds, and there was no trace of the sun at all. It looked like it was going to rain.

I turned on the TV and the weather forecast showed that there would be showers to heavy rain today.

"It's not a nice day."

I don’t know if Goto Ichiri will come over, but seeing how expectant she looked yesterday, I’m sure she will come regardless of rain or shine.

Takahashi Feng tilted his head back and spit out the foamy water in his mouth, then wiped his face with a towel.

Ryoko still has to work on Saturdays, which means she only has one day off a week.

This is the greatest sadness of office workers. They only have one day off a week, but half of it is wasted by sleeping in. If they do anything else, there is very little time left for the holiday.

Takahashi Kaede looked at the umbrella stand and found that Ryoko's umbrella was empty.

Fortunately, Ryoko brought an umbrella with her.

I sat on the sofa watching TV boredly, made some simple lunch to get by, and the afternoon passed like this.

When he thought that Goto Ichiri would be here soon, he heard a car horn downstairs. He grabbed an umbrella and rushed out. Sure enough, it was Goto's mother's car.

"Xiao Feng!"

The front door of the car opened and Goto Ichiri got out. Takahashi Kaede quickly went over and opened an umbrella to shield her from the rain.

"Auntie, don't you want to go up with us?" Gao Qiaofeng shouted in the rain.

"No need, I'll come back to pick up Yili in the evening, you guys have fun."

The two people standing in the rain waved to Goto's mother. The car drove through the puddles, splashing water, and slowly drove away into the distance.

"Let's go up."

Going upstairs, Gao Qiaofeng swung his umbrella. The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, and it was threatening to downpour. This kind of rain in autumn was really rare.

Taking off his long rain boots, Goto Ichiri entered the warm room. The raindrops outside the window hit the glass, making crackling sounds, like a beautiful symphony.

"Goto, come to the kitchen. I'll show you something nice."

Leading Goto Ichiri, Takahashi Kaede brought her to the kitchen. The molds were neatly arranged on the table, with flour and other ingredients next to them.

Goto Ichiri's eyes lit up. The variety of molds was much greater than those in her home. There were models of various small animals, including those that ran on the ground, swam in the sea, and flew in the sky, and there were also some strange and bizarre ones.

"Since I didn't have any snacks to treat you, I decided to make some myself. How about it? It looks good, doesn't it?"

Goto Ichiri nodded and picked up the slime-shaped mold. It seemed that she had a special liking for this.

Taking a large bowl, Gao Qiaofeng put the butter in it, and after it softened, added a little salt and sugar, and began to stir with a mixer. The butter was slowly broken up and covered the entire bowl with paste.

"Goto, can you help me break an egg in?"

Goto Ichiri put on the plastic gloves that Takahashi Kaede had prepared long ago, picked up the egg and knocked it carefully. When he found that it was not broken, he knocked it a few more times before it finally broke.

Looking at Takahashi Kaede somewhat embarrassedly, under his encouraging gaze, Goto Ichiri beat the egg perfectly into the bowl.

As the mixer starts, the eggs and butter in the bowl are fully mixed, slowly forming a clumping mass that looks smoother.

The obvious change in form made Goto Ichiri feel magical, and out of curiosity she asked Takahashi Kaede why.

"This is an emulsification phenomenon. I don't really know the exact principle, but it can make the cookies fluffier and softer to eat."

Goto Ichiri nodded.

"You'd better put on your apron, or you might accidentally get dough on your skirt."

Goto Ichiri was wearing a light blue skirt with white lace on the edge today, and Takahashi Kaede really didn't want to see such a beautiful skirt get dirty.

Goto Ichiri obediently put on her skirt. Takahashi Kaede had already finished beating the dough and started pouring flour into it.

"Goto, would you like to try kneading the dough?" Kneading dough is really a very relaxing thing, and Takahashi Kaede wants to share this relaxation.

Goto Kazuri was eager to try. When she made cookies with her parents before, she only participated in one step, which was pressing the mold onto the kneaded dough. In fact, she was very interested in the other steps.

Goto Ichiri kneaded the dough vigorously, and the dough kept deforming and shaping in her hands, gradually changing from a sandy powder to a round and firm state.

Seeing that she was having a hard time doing it alone, Takahashi Feng came to help. The two children kept kneading the dough. Goto Ichiri even mischievously picked up a piece of the dough, rolled it into a long strip, and twisted it in front of Takahashi Feng.

Takahashi Kaede said "stop it" and turned his head away, but this made Goto Ichiri giggle.

Accompanied by Goto Ichiri's clear and pleasant laughter, the dough was successfully shaped and taken to the refrigerator by Takahashi Kaede to be frozen.

The hard and soft dough is easy to deform due to the high temperature, so it needs to be frozen in the refrigerator to fix it before pressing the mold up to make the desired shape.

It was still early and there was still some time before the evening class. Gao Qiaofeng thought for a while and took out a box of Chinese chess.

"Playing chess?"

Goto Ichiri had only heard of Go, which she had seen on TV. This was the first time she had seen Chinese chess. She opened the chess box with great interest. It was filled with large chess pieces marked with words. She picked up one, rubbed it in her hand, and knocked it on the ground, but the piece did not move at all.

"This is a chess piece, not a nut. Don't knock it! What you have in your hand is a pawn. The one in the front row is it."