I'm a weird expert in Japan

Then he froze.

Where had he seen this man before? He began to try to recall.

Her long brown hair was neatly combed into shoulder-length ponytails.

Eyes of the same color seemed to be looking at a suspicious person, revealing a slight suspicion. After meeting Lian's gaze, they quickly looked away.

Lian felt very strange and didn't know what was going on.

"Well, let me introduce you. This is my son, Lian." Shinya said to his old friend with a smile, "Unlike you, I don't have two, Jin."

"Sure enough, he looks a lot like Shin." Jin nodded, and then introduced his son and daughter, "Our daughter, Setsuna, is about the same age as your son, and the younger son is called Takahiro."

Snow vegetable?

Lian was stunned and looked up at the man. He remembered that his father had mentioned before that the man's name seemed to be Xiao Mu Zeng Jin.

When I was in the car, I felt like I had heard this surname somewhere before, and now I heard this girl's name.

Snow vegetables.

Ogiso Setsuna.

Then Lian remembered, and she felt so embarrassed that she felt like she could scratch a whole new North White Snake Shrine on the floor with her toes.

Isn’t this the girl who was killed by opening the door of the gymnasium warehouse before!

As luck would have it, an accident happened at that time and Kasumigaoka Utaha was riding on his waist.

Although she was just riding, as a bystander, Setsuna Ogiso might have misunderstood it.

Especially when she discovered that one of the parties involved was the son of her father's friend.

Is this reasonable?

This is so unreasonable!

If Kasumigaoka Utaha was present, he would probably use a German throw on Utaha to divert the embarrassment.

So luckily Shiyu was at home.

Things were much simpler after that.

Because they noticed that Setsuna was staring at Ren, Shinya and Rusty didn't think too much and started introducing Ren as a violinist.

The boy named Takahiro was very straightforward and understood the situation, while Setsuna seemed to be cooperating with the adults.

After that, the meal basically consisted of the adults talking while the children ate quietly, occasionally chiming in.

Apparently realizing that it was rude to keep staring, Ogiso Setsuna also withdrew her gaze.

Lian didn't bother to continue explaining, thinking that the more she explained, the worse it would get.

"Jin, haven't you told your children at home that you know Lian's parents?" Shen Ye asked proudly.

"If you tell anyone, Xiaohong will definitely brag about it everywhere."

"Dad is so much!" Takahiro complained immediately.

Then everyone started laughing.

Lian also smiled knowingly, understanding the other father's behavior. When he picked up the grape juice to drink, he saw that Ogiso Setsuna's expression was becoming more and more unnatural, just like... just like...

"It's like someone flipped a switch."

If it were Shiyu, she would definitely make dirty jokes without restraint.

How come even I am affected? Lian corrected herself in her heart, ignoring the fact that there were various R18 fan books in his room.

Afterwards, Xuecai put down the knife and fork in her hand, whispered that she was going to touch up her makeup, and left her seat.

Could it be that he really guessed it right? Lian complained in his heart, "Is it necessary to be so accurate?"

But this thought only lasted for a moment.

To go to the bathroom, one had to pass by him, and Lian was stunned for a moment when Xue Cai walked by.

"No way..." Lian muttered in a voice that only he could hear.

Ogiso Setsuna left her seat and walked all the way to the bathroom, but did not go in. Instead, she turned on the water in the sink at the door and gently splashed the cold water on her face.

As if she had been calmed down, she breathed a sigh of relief, bent down, pulled open the hem of her long skirt, exposing her calves to check.

The snow-white skin of the calves is engraved with traces of scales, one after another, densely packed and very clear.

But if you look closely, it looks like the marks were left by pressing a painting board on it. From a distance, it looks like the marks left by being tied up, and the skin under the scales seems to be bleeding.

"We've come to this point..." Setsuna sighed with a sad face.

This abnormality started to appear around the weekend, and I first noticed these marks on my toes after waking up.

After that, these marks grew at a slow pace, and within a week they had reached the calves.

But the rate of growth is accelerating.

Before I went out, it only reached my calves, but now it seems to have spread past my knees.

For this reason, she didn't even dare to wear the knee-length skirt she bought during spring break, and her mother asked her why she didn't wear it.

She thought she should find time to consult a doctor on Sunday.

If it is a skin disease, it must be treated as soon as possible.

Especially where there are traces of scales, there is an uncomfortable feeling of being restrained from time to time.

I was just out for a meal with my family, but the discomfort in my legs kept coming.

As she was thinking this, she let down her skirt and suddenly heard a hissing sound coming from the corner.

"Eh?"

Instinctively turning her head, Xue Cai saw a white snake constantly spitting out its tongue, and that was the reason for the hissing sound.

snake?

Why is there such a thing in the hotel?

Xue Cai, who was not good at dealing with reptiles at all, was frightened to the point that her brain went blank and her feet felt like they were filled with lead, unable to move an even a step.

But if she ran, wouldn't she scare the snake? She had heard of similar situations in natural science documentaries.

If you react too much when encountering a snake, the snake will catch up with you.

However, the white snake was only four or five meters away from him and could pounce on him in an instant.

Xuecai's face turned pale before she knew it, and she leaned against the sink, trying to move her body to escape.

She was now more afraid of live snakes than the physical pain.

rustle--

The white snake opened its mouth and made a hoarse sound.

"Woo..." A cry of pain came out of Setsuna's throat.

The snake appeared out of nowhere, stood up, and then suddenly pounced on her. Setsuna was so frightened that she could not move and closed her eyes.

Snapped--

There was a loud thud, the snake's hoarse cry continued, and then there was a sound of something being cut off.

She carefully opened her eyes a crack and squinted to look.

The snake's head had been chopped off and rolled to the ground. Its body was still twitching but it could not move.

Because someone stepped on it.

"So that's how it is." Si Tiao Lian said to himself as he stepped on the snake's body.

Xue Cai looked at him in horror, "What did you do?"

"Nothing." Lian raised her foot.

The motionless snake shattered into powder like a ceramic work of art, and then disappeared into the air.

Only then did Setsuna notice that the beheaded snake did not bleed at all.

"It's all right now. I won't bother you from putting on makeup."

Lian spoke casually, tapped her toes on the floor, then turned and left the sink.

Then, Xuecai's legs went limp and she sat on the ground, gasping for breath.

She had no idea what was going on.

Chapter 54: "It Has Nothing to Do with Me" (1)

Saturday night's family dinner ended normally.

Because Lian and Xuecai were in the same school, the adults from both families exchanged a few polite words, asking them to take care of each other at school.

For the rest of the Sundays, Lian accompanied his parents to their work. Although it was just to meet clients and such, he followed them like a pretty decoration.

But her parents didn't stay long this time, so Lian basically spent her free time on weekends with her parents.

Lian did not leak out the issue of Ogiso Setsuna and the snake cutting rope.

On the one hand, if his parents knew about it, they would most likely approach the Ogiso couple to find out about their daughter's situation, either openly or secretly.

On the other hand, Lian himself felt that it was unnecessary.

He chose to use his lunch time after arriving at school on Monday to integrate what he knew so far and then gave a brief explanation to Teacher Hanekawa.

"Hmm~~~~" Teacher Hanekawa listened to Lian's experience thoughtfully, "Kasumigaoka-san didn't accept Nadeshiko-san's shikigami to remove the curse."

However, the first thing the teacher asked was something that almost made Lian drop her chopsticks. "Is this important?"

"Really? No matter how you look at it, the fact that the strangeness left in a friend hasn't subsided should be the first thing to worry about, right? As expected, Shijo-kun is still too rigid. It would be better if he could learn to care a little more about the people around him, right?"

"S-Sure?" Lian didn't know how to respond. "But Mr. Hanekawa clearly praised my playing for being very agile."

"That's music, not how you deal with people." Teacher Hanekawa frowned slightly and corrected seriously.

"After all, Kasumigaoka isn't my friend." Lian muttered, "If there weren't any remnants of the curse on me, there would be no need for me to bring people to Naoetsu Town on the weekend."

"If you weren't a friend, why would you carry the injured Kasumigaoka-san up the stone steps of the shrine?"

"Anyone would do something like this, right?" Lian said as a matter of course, "Besides, that girl wasn't a stranger, and she had no grudge against me. Even if I didn't know her, I would go check on her if I saw someone lying on a deserted road."

"Really? You're saying such heartless things again. Shijo-kun really doesn't like interacting with people."

"It's not that annoying—" Lian shook his head thoughtfully, "At least that guy isn't afraid of my identity, so it's still okay for now."

Even though she had threatened him that he could actually suck blood, Kasumigaoka Utaha did not show any fear.

Is this person abnormal?

But think about it, it might be even more abnormal for some people to think that Lian’s “mixed race” is very handsome and interesting, right?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but hug his head.

Why don’t you know a few normal people?

"It's human nature to feel scared when seeing something unknown. You're just like me because you've seen it before." Teacher Hanekawa said with a smile, "I remember when I first saw a vampire hunter, I was actually quite scared."

"Are you scared?"

"Yes, very scared."

"It's not convincing..."

After all, he had heard that after discovering the vampire hunters, Teacher Hanekawa was even willing to analyze the personality traits of the three vampire hunters for Riki and Shinobu, which played a significant role in retrieving Shinobu Oshino's limbs.

"Haha, that's just an appearance. I still get scared when I think about it later."

“So it’s not appropriate to use whether or not someone is afraid of their own identity as a criterion for choosing friends. If you feel that you can be friends, then be friends. If you can’t be friends, then don’t be friends. There is actually no special standard for friendship between people.”

"I'll try my best..." Lian sighed softly.

"That's a good answer. As a reward, tomorrow's lunch will be a little more sumptuous."

"Why does it look like feeding animals?" Lian held back his laughter and teased the teacher's answer.

Teacher Hanekawa smiled and shook his head. "No, I just found it quite interesting to cook for others every day. In the past, I prepared breakfast for myself at home and ate separately from my parents..."