Don't you guys dislike me?

After a flash, Kasumigaoka Utaha came back to her senses and found that the rice in her bowl was empty. She bit the chopsticks and felt that her stomach was not full yet.

The wine-red eyes looked around and found that the rice cooker was next to Yuichi. The idea of ​​adding more rice was instantly extinguished, and at this time Yuichi was opening the rice cooker to get rice.

"Help... help me add some..."

The words she spoke were full of heat, and Kasumigaoka Utaha felt as if her ears were burning. They were obviously normal words, but she seemed to have not spoken for a long time, and her voice sounded particularly awkward.

She tilted her face, her eyes darting around, and the familiar furnishings in the house seemed a little blurry and unfamiliar to her, until her hand lightly moved and the bowl was taken away.

"Is this enough?"

"enough."

She didn't have time to pay attention to whether it was Sheng Duo or Sheng Shao. She just felt that she had lost face in front of everyone. Her fragile self-esteem was shattered. She lowered her head and ate in small bites.

After a while, she felt that it had been long enough and looked up again. Yuichi and Tachibana Haruna were both dealing with their dinner. No one seemed to notice her, so she unconsciously felt relieved.

We started talking...

Kasumigaoka Utaha supported her face with a ball of rice in her mouth, and thought leisurely with chopsticks in her mouth. There was still some warmth on her red face.

Although it was the same last time, she was the one who had too much expectations, she seemed to be the one who was upset, and she was the one who was too sentimental...

It seemed as if all of this was a drama directed and performed by himself. Does that mean that their relationship is not as cold and rigid as he imagined, and is there no cure?

Chew the rice repeatedly in your mouth, and the faint sweetness lingers on the tip of your tongue and flows into your heart.

124. Let the next time prove it

"I'm stuffed."

It seemed that there was no need for Kasumigaoka Utaha to stay in the restaurant any longer. Even if it was her previous self before the quarrel with Yuichi, she would have gone upstairs by now.

Whether it is novels or homework for fresh graduates, there is enough to keep her busy.

The bowls and plates of food in front of her were taken away, and the girls looked over. Tachibana Haruna was helping Yuichi at the side. They were washing the dishes together, shoulder to shoulder.

Although most of the time it was Tachibana Haruna who was talking and laughing, Yuichi would occasionally respond with a few words, and there seemed to be a harmonious atmosphere between them.

That kind of warm happiness was an unacceptable frost to Kasumigaoka Utaha, and it brought her slightly warmed heart to the freezing point.

She looked away and stopped looking at those terrible scenes.

His wine-red eyes scanned the room. The decoration and layout were very familiar, but for some reason he felt out of place, as if it was rejecting him.

Just by witnessing it, her fragile heart began to flake off, and she kept wanting to escape, even though she was clearly the owner of this room.

Her toes with black silk stockings curled up into buds about to bloom. She stood up and walked out of the restaurant. The sound of running water in the kitchen was so loud that it masked her footsteps and no one noticed.

Maybe what Tachibana Haruna said wasn't completely wrong...

……

……

"Wow~ Yuichi's cooking tastes so good! I've decided to come over and eat with him from now on!"

The graceful voice was a little light and lively, like the splash of water falling on the dishes.

“Is it similar to what you made?”

"It's completely different. What Yuichi makes can compete with those in restaurants out there!"

"I don't have that much money to prepare ingredients for three people."

After washing the last dish, Youyi wiped the water off his hands and walked outside. He believed that Tachibana Haruna had already noticed his explicit and implicit rejection.

All his replies pointed to this only.

Yuichi didn't make it to the living room. As soon as he left the kitchen, he was stopped by Tachibana Haruna. She held a heavy envelope in her hand and pressed it against Yuichi's chest:

"This was given to me by Kasumigaoka-san. I have never opened it. Since that incident, you have not come to my house, so I dare not open it. I feel unworthy of it. This is natural... After all, Yuichi has not come, and there is still your share inside. I will not keep it for myself."

"You're working part-time because you don't have money to buy food, right?"

Tachibana Haruna smiled playfully, as if she could see through Yuichi's thoughts.

"Here, I give it to you. This way you don't have to work, right? Or do you have other purposes for working?"

After he finished speaking, Yuichi didn't respond for a long time. The silence lasted for a long time until Tachibana Haruna could hardly maintain her smile.

"You have it?"

She held up Yuichi's hand and wanted to put the envelope in it, but the next moment the big hand retracted.

Youyi's purple eyes narrowed slightly, his brows furrowed, and his words were filled with confusion:

"You know what I mean."

He took a half step back, and Tachibana Haruna's smile also fell. He thought that by striking while the iron was hot he could narrow the distance between them. She had clearly been acknowledged for her change on the train, so why should he reject her?

"Yuichi, you said you don't like gentle girls. Now I have changed. My gentleness will only be reserved for you. Haven't you seen it? You were there when I rejected Hagiwara Hiiragi. My behavior was not gentle at all, right?"

Her emerald green eyes were filled with tears. She was too anxious. She took the slightest victory as the light of hope, and she flapped her wings tirelessly like a moth to a flame.

Ju Yangcai staggered forward a few steps. She had been waiting for such an opportunity for a long time. The lovesickness stretched the time too long and divided it into too many details. The love could not be conveyed and kept circling in her heart, as painful as a blunt knife cutting flesh.

She thought she was finally going to make it...

"Yuichi... have you never liked me? You say you hate my gentleness and hate gentle people, but that's just an excuse to reject me, right?"

The shimmering water was covered with a layer of gray fog, the source was blocked, the surface of the lake was motionless and without ripples, and the living water turned into stagnant water.

"Hey, Yuichi, tell me..."

Her heart was as tangled as the hand that was grabbing Yuichi's clothes, hanging in the air, and about to fall.

"It's hard to change a person's personality. You only behave this way when I'm around, but what about when I'm not around? Are you acting differently?"

Yuichi spoke slowly, like a cool breeze blowing away the sultry heat on a summer night, but this was not enough to blow away the heat in Tachibana Haruna's heart. She seemed to remember something and explained in panic:

"No! I had already clearly rejected Hagiwara Hiiragi that day, but he kept pestering me. No matter how cold I acted, he didn't leave. I thought I should just let him finish what he wanted to say, and then reject him completely, so that I could put an end to his thoughts."

"Hey...Yuichi, believe me..."

She clutched the clothes even tighter, her thin pointed nails piercing through the thin fabric and causing pain on Youichi's skin. She explained hastily, fearing that Youichi would not believe her, and she was so anxious that a few tears came out.

"To be honest, I'm very happy, touched, and even a little flattered that you can change for me."

Youyi spoke her thoughts softly, and every word seemed to be an affirmation of her efforts to change, but her heart did not relax at all. Instead, it became more and more anxious, and she even forgot to breathe.

"But to be honest, it's a bit heavy..."

The stinging pain on the skin became more obvious, perhaps it had already embedded in the skin. Youyi held the stiff little hand, which was frighteningly cold.

"Just one or two times of behavior doesn't mean anything. Maybe Hagiwara Hiiragi saw that you were still soft-hearted despite your pretense of indifference, so she dared to keep pestering you."

"how come……"

"So whether you have changed or not, let the next time prove it."

Yuichi took the envelope she was holding tightly, "One more thing, I don't like gentle people, not just to reject your words."

Yuichi lost the reason to reject Tachibana Haruna, and the red rope that should have disappeared became looming. He felt inexplicably relieved, but also felt indescribably heavy.

I don't know how many more steps he can take on the path he believes is right...

Taking the envelope also meant that Yuichi tacitly agreed to her approach.

As soon as the palm of my hand touched me, my tense body suddenly softened and I fell backwards. My body was as soft as cotton and I had no strength left.

Hina was a little dazed, watching Yuichi's face getting farther and farther away from her. There was no hard floor to wake her up in pain. She was embraced, in mid-air, without fear, but an indescribable sense of solidity.

She smiled innocently, stroked the broad chest, and turned her pretty face towards him.

125. They are not normal today

The lights in the dark room came on, welcoming the long-awaited light.

The sound of keyboard tapping rang out intermittently, and a line of text appeared on the screen intermittently, and was quickly deleted, remaining there.

—Naoto and Sayuka clasped their hands tightly.

It is difficult to type even a single word after that, as it seems that writing anything would be redundant. The story at this point can already leave the audience with a beautiful and intriguing ending.

But Teacher Xia Shizi knew that this was a sign that her inspiration had run out and her mind was not here.

What are Yuichi and Haruna doing?

She was itching to know what Yuichi was doing... Was there anything she could do to help? Tachibana Haruna couldn't help... Only she could do it...

As if she remembered something, a blush appeared on her fair cheeks, dyeing her crystal ears red.

The girl lifted up her suspender nightgown, and a hint of cool air seeped in, relieving the heat. A layer of fine sweat had already seeped out on the skin where her crossed legs were.

Her throat was dry, so she picked up the water cup and saw that there was not much left. She felt relieved and happy in her heart.

Open the door and go downstairs.

When passing by the living room, Kasumigaoka Utaha took a look and found that there was no one there, so she went straight to the restaurant kitchen.

Although she had a reasonable reason for showing up, she still couldn't help feeling guilty for having ulterior motives. Her brisk steps slowed down, and her flying nightgown fluttered back and forth.

At some point, her footsteps suddenly stopped, her long skirt fell down limply, and a few strands of hair passed over the door frame and were pulled back.

Kasumigaoka Utaha's heartbeat slowed down a little. She covered her mouth and tried not to make any sound. She leaned against the wall as if exhausted, with her eyes closed. The scene she had just witnessed became clearer after the initial darkness.

——Tachibana Haruna stood on tiptoe, touched Yuichi and kissed him, her face full of happiness and joy, and her slender waist was held by one hand.

The gentle smile of Tachibana Haruna was still vivid in her mind, stinging her eyes like scorching sunlight.

My throat was dry and a little hoarse. I took a sip and the bitterness spread and went straight into my heart.

My chest hurts...

His head was slightly raised, his eyes were hot, and he wondered if tears would fall if he lowered his head.

She couldn't stay here any longer. She would be even more ashamed if she was discovered.

Kasumigaoka Utaha forced herself to stand up, staggered to the living room while holding onto the wall, filled half a glass of water, and drank it all in one gulp.

"so bitter……"

……

……

On the train the next morning, the elder sister, unlike her usual aloof self, sat next to Yuichi, flipping through a book.

Kasumigaoka Utaha flipped through the pages of the book in her hand one by one. She seemed to prefer reading on paper rather than on her mobile phone.

Suddenly, she glanced with her red eyes and asked:

"I heard you went to work?"

Yuichi took off his headphones, "Well, did Haruna-san tell you?"

"Not enough money? Well... that's right. If you buy ingredients, you have to pay for two portions. I'll give you the money later."

As she spoke, her eyes returned to the book and she read it carefully.

"As for the ingredients, I need to buy three portions. Sister Hina will also come later, but she already gave me the money for three portions yesterday."

Did you give it to her last night? Using money to seduce Yuichi? She speculated about Tachibana Haruna's motives maliciously, and a layer of frost fell in her beautiful eyes.

"That's good……"

Kasumigaoka Utaha lifted the hair on her forehead, put it behind her ears, and replied softly.

When Youyi saw that she stopped talking and was about to take the headphones back, she suddenly said:

"Then do you want to continue working?"

"The working environment is pretty good. I have nothing to do after school, so it's not bad to do some part-time work."

This is what Yuichi really said, but the speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously. For Kasumigaoka Utaha, who knows that Miura Yumiko works part-time with him, everything changes.

The train braked, and the considerable inertia pulled Kasumigaoka Utaha towards Yuichi. She seemed to be so engrossed in reading that she didn't notice.

Katsura Kotonoha got into the car, and in addition to greeting Yuichi, she also waved to Kasumigaoka Utaha:

"Good morning, Kasumigaoka-senpai."