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Nice charred brown...the searing meat seemed to be just right.

He felt more at ease immediately, it seemed that Diezi was really learning how to barbecue with Junior Xingchuan.

Kaoru Sato blew the sliced ​​meat, lightly dipped it in the sauce, and put it in his mouth.

"How about it?"

Diezi looked expectantly at Elder Brother who was tasting the roasted meat, waiting for the other party to say words of appreciation with surprise on his face.

Convincingly praise us, she thought, elder brother will definitely be surprised by her progress.

"Well...it's not bad."

"It's pretty good—huh? What do you mean it's not bad, idiot brother?"

Butterfly stared at Kaoru Sato angrily, waiting for him to give her a satisfactory answer.

"Compared to Junior Xingchuan's roasting, it's still a lot worse—" Sato Kaoru certainly saw Dieko's show off, but he thought Diezi should be a little more modest, so he swallowed the words of praise together with the roasted meat in stomach.Then, he went on to say: "—Although the progress has been great, one must be humble and not be complacent because of the temporary progress."

Again this kind of nagging preaching, this kind of blunt and clumsy discourse...

Diezi let out a sigh of relief, wondering why she still wanted to get angry with her elder brother even though she knew he was an idiot?

"Sifang is indeed a genius. It's the first time I've seen a beginner at this level. Can you roast more wagyu beef? I still want to eat it."

Harutaki Hoshikawa interjected at the right time.

"I can't eat meat grilled by your own hands, it feels like I have wagyu crawling on me~"

"Likes and dislikes, just let Wagyu crush you to death."

Harutaki-san is also an idiot for telling such nonsense nonsense jokes again.

With a smile on the corner of Diezi's mouth, he put another eight pieces of black hair and beef on the iron net.

Taking the opportunity to observe the color of the roasted meat, she quietly glanced at Sato Kaoru from the corner of her eyes, while secretly thinking about Elder Brother's somewhat uncomfortable expression——

Elder brother should have seen the scene where Harutaki-san held her hand and grilled meat before, right?

Long queue?What a joke.

Sitting in her position, she can see the situation at the door of the bathroom just by raising her head, but she has never seen a few people queuing up in the bathroom.

So, even if brother sees her being so close to Harutaki-san, doesn't it matter?

She didn't know about such things, and it was impossible for her to question her elder brother in front of Yanxia sauce and Harutaki classmates, so she focused all her attention on the roasted pork, and tried not to think about the relationship with elder brother as much as possible. related questions.

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At 19:21, night fell, but under the reflection of neon lights and advertising lights, Shinjuku showed a completely different world from the daytime——

Perhaps, this is what some people say, the prosperity and excitement of Shinjuku just begins at the end of the day.

After two rounds of roasting the meat, and supplementing some nutrients with mushrooms and vegetables such as potatoes, cabbage, spinach, and enoki mushrooms, Harutaki Xingchuan and his team walked out of the roasting meat shop contentedly, stepping on the end of the time for the problem.

By the way, in order to compensate Chiaki and Fumino who were housekeepers, Harutaki also ordered a roasted pork platter at a special expense, and prepared to pack it up and take it home for the two of them to eat.

"It's getting late, and Xuanxia and I don't have anything to play next, so we decided to go home directly. Sifang still has Senior Sato, do you want to continue playing?"

Harutaki stretched vigorously, looked at Sifang Dieko and Sato Kaoru who came out after pushing the door and asked.

This is of course a lie, if Sifang is going to play in Shinjuku for a while, he must stay and follow.As for the roast pork bought for Qianqiu and Dong Nai... Anyway, they have to return to the pot when they get home, there is probably no difference between cold and warm.

"School will start tomorrow, and I also think it's better to go home early and prepare."

Kaoru Sato nodded, but Harutaki didn't look at him, but waited for Choko's reply.

"We, we don't have any opinions. Anyway, Shinjuku is full of things that only adults can do at night..."

"Do you want me to help Sifang climb the ladder of adults?"

"Go to hell~"

Butterfly sticks out the tip of her pink tongue at Chuntaki who is joking, but she never thought that Kaoru Sato who was next to her watched the scene completely, and her mood was extremely complicated.

This sense of immediate sight is like Die Zi traveled through time and space when she was a child and came to the present, except that the person she faced was no longer his "elder brother", but another boy he was not familiar with, Xingchuan Harutaki .

"..."

Kaoru Sato's lips moved slightly, he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say anything.

What can he say?

Let Diezi pay attention to image and etiquette?

Even if he thinks that Diezi needs to be educated and restrained, he is not so strict.

So, should Diezi be kept away from Junior Xingchuan?

Although he did have such expectations in his heart, when he saw the sincere smile and happiness on Diezi's cute face when he was communicating with Junior Xingchuan, he couldn't bear to destroy it...

Just friends, just friends, just friends...

Kaoru Sato repeated in his heart, reminding himself not to be suspicious, but to trust Diezi.

"In that case, Diezi-senpai, good night. Remember to ask me to play with you when you have time, you can also come to my house as a guest~"

Ayaka waved Dieko with a smile and said goodbye to her.

"Xuanxia-chan, good night~"

"Then see you at school, good night, Sifang, and Senior Sato, goodbye."

"See you at school, good night, Xingchuan."

Diezi smiled and waved goodbye to the two in turn.

Kaoru Sato also hesitated in response.

"Goodbye..."

After Harutaki and Ayaka left, Dieko turned to look at Kaoru Sato who was beside him, and found that the latter was staring at Harutaki's back in a daze, so she patted his shoulder hard.

A small part of this is to bring him back to his senses, and most of it is to vent the dissatisfaction in his heart today.

"Brother, let's go home too. The apartment you rented is in Suginami District, right?"

"Ah... um..."

"Since it's not a route, let's... go?"

What are you talking about, idiot bro.

Diezi has not taken the first step to leave.

"Uh... Be careful on the road, remember to go to bed early, the holiday is over, and you have to go to school tomorrow..."

Kaoru Sato put his hands in his pockets a little uneasily, and at the same time he couldn't help complaining secretly in his heart that it was fine when the four of them had dinner together before, but now that they are alone with Diezi, they are even more nervous.

"..."

Butterfly hesitated for a moment, turned her back to Kaoru Sato and sighed, then smiled again at the corner of her mouth, and waved her hand back.

"Good night, brother."

"Good night, remember to send me a Line or email when you get home."

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Hey.

Accompanied by the sound of the engine running and the wheels rubbing against the track, the dark tunnel walls began to gradually accelerate and recede.

She, Sifang Butterfly, is still leaning on the railing of the "old place", staring blankly out of the car window in a daze, as if a person has been taken away by the tram, but her soul is still stagnant in the world of Shinjuku, which is full of confusion and turmoil.

It's unbelievable, she thought to herself, even though she only took the tram twice with Harutaki-san, she always subconsciously leans in this position now.Standing here gave her an inexplicable sense of security, as if Harutaki-san would appear by her side to protect her when she needed it.

"laugh……"

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel amused at her own thought——

Is Harutaki-san some kind of superpower?

Not only do you have to hear her voice in time, but you also have to teleport to her side... the legendary magical girl can't do it, right?

However, it seems that every time she expects and longs for the "miracle" of Harutaki, the latter always comes true as she wishes.

"Harutaki..."

Diezi murmured in a low voice, not forgetting to look around at the same time.However, even at night, in the crowded carriage, all she could see were unfamiliar faces, and she did not see the familiar handsome faces as she imagined.

That's right... how is it possible?

"Stupid Harutaki..."

It doesn't matter if elder brother is an idiot, Haru Taki left her alone and left with Xuanxia sauce.

The more she thought about it, the more angry she was, she simply used the sound of the tram running as a cover-up, and lowered her voice to discourage Chun Taki.

"Idiot Harutaki, idiot Harutaki, idiot-"

Her mouth was suddenly covered from behind, and her shoulders leaned against her broad chest because she was thrown into her arms.But at this time, she didn't panic in the slightest, instead she felt extremely at ease.

"I said, Sifang, why are you yelling at me when you have nothing to do? Are you trying to make me so noisy that I can't sleep at night?"

"Fool……"

Saying that, Diezi lowered her head slightly and then leaned back forcefully.

thump.

Her head hit Harutaki's chest, and there was a muffled sound.

"You... why are you here? Where is Xuanxia sauce?"

"I originally wanted to send you home with her, but Xuanxia insisted on letting me come alone..."

Harutaki didn't feel the need to worry about his sister, after all, in a scene like a train, it was men who were afraid of high school girls, not high school girls who were afraid of uncles.Once charged with obscenity, it is a social death, not only may lose a job, but even be ostracized and isolated among people you know and neighbors.

"...Moreover, our home is in the best part of the port area, and the law and order are not bad at all. On the contrary, you live in such a remote place in Sifang, which makes people feel uneasy."

"Oh……"

Really cunning.

After Diezi responded, she stopped talking, leaned quietly in Chuntaki's arms, and looked at the car window together, enjoying the rare silence between the two of them.

However, she was not staring at the car window to see the tunnel or landscape outside, but to see Harutaki's blurred face reflected on the glass with the help of the reflection caused by the cabin lighting.

Hey.

squeak.

laugh.

Hey.

Hey.

squeak.

laugh.

buzzing...

As the two gradually moved away from Shinjuku, the passengers around them also quickly disappeared in the cycle of the tram braking to open the door and starting to accelerate.When we arrived at the station near Diezi's apartment, there were only a few people left in the carriage, either checking their mobile phones or dozing off against the wall.

"Get off."

"Um……"

Ride in the car quietly, get off the car quietly, everyone in the car is still doing their own things, and never notices what is missing around them.

Chuntaki just moved his left hand slightly to Diezi's side, and the girl immediately took advantage of the situation to hold it.

Kick kick.

Repeating the same route as last time, he walked outside, Diezi walked inside, and the two passed through a light shelter cast by street lamps to drive away the darkness, arriving in advance by nearly a minute faster than before. Went to the downstairs of Diezi's rented apartment.

"Is there nothing to say?"

Stopping in front of the not-so-high apartment building, Diezi finally couldn't help but speak first, breaking the silence that lasted about 4 minutes between the two.

This was the first time when she was with Harutaki-san, she could get such a long time of silence.

She didn't feel bored, but thought this inexplicable silence was a bit abrupt——

This is not in line with Haru Taki's character, she couldn't help but feel very puzzled, he usually keeps bringing up topics in a long-winded manner, and he has never been so quiet like tonight.