Congratulations, Sushi, you have been optimized by me.

6 o'clock, 7 o'clock, 8 o'clock...

Half an hour had passed since the appointment with Chihiro Tsuzuki, and there was no other figure in the cold room except her.

"Why do you treat me like this, damn Chihiro Tsuzuki..."

Looking at the time displayed on the mobile phone screen, Nagasaki Suyo couldn't help crying. The feeling of grievance in her heart and the idea that everything was her own fault were superimposed on her.

The girl's stomach, which had just lied that it was "hungry", now turned the lie into the truth and began to growl non-stop.

"Chihiro Tsuzuki...if you have the guts, don't come back!!!"

Chapter 49: Invitation from Jing Qinrencai (1/2)

Two hours ago.

After saying goodbye to several members of her new band, Chihiro Tsuzuki happily headed home.

Although it is indeed a bit shameless to call the employer's home your own home, you have to admit, the big bed in the Su Shi family is really comfortable to sleep on.

And the feeling is somewhat different from that of a five-star hotel. After all, the things in the hotel are too new and seem to lack a bit of human touch.

"Oh yeah… I have to go get some fresh ingredients for our Sushi classmate."

If she remembered correctly, most of the things in the refrigerator at home were vegetables. It was okay to make a salad, but it would be a bit disappointing without meat.

Moreover, she kept saying that she would help Su Shi complete the commission, but in fact what she was doing was completely different from Su Shi's original purpose of sabotage, so Chihiro was more or less ashamed.

Even for such a purpose, she had to add some meat dishes to the meal for the young sponsor.

"Well, if that's the case... I guess I need to go to the nearby supermarket to buy some food. Anyway, the money I have right now isn't enough to pay back my creditors...

Forget it, let’s use it to improve our current life first.”

Giving Sushi something good to eat is like giving yourself something good to eat. There is no difference.

Chihiro Tsuzuki got off the bus early and went directly to the big supermarket near the station. However, she did not go to the tasting area to have dinner as embarrassingly as before. Instead, she went to the fresh food area to start choosing beef.

"Mr. Sushi?"

"..."

"Excuse me, is this Sushi-san?"

"Huh?" Chihiro Tsuzuki didn't react for a moment to realize that someone was calling her. After all, she was "off work" and couldn't get into the role that quickly.

But when she turned around and looked at the person who was talking to her, Chihiro was frightened.

"you……"

This isn’t the first big injustice she’s encountered since coming to Tokyo... Oh, isn’t it, little angel?

But that's not right. She is now clearly wearing Su Shi's face. Could it be that Jing Qin Rencai and Su Shi know each other?

"Don't you remember me? I'm Nina, Isen Nina. We met at Yoshinoya before."

"Ah...it's Niina."

The reason why the cautious Chihiro Tsuzuki didn't call out Nina's name right away was not because she forgot, but because she was not sure whether Su Shi knew Nina's name.

Now, through a few words from this little fool, we can know that Su Shi did exchange names with the other party, and they met at Yoshinoya not long ago.

Also, I probably am not particularly familiar with it.

Otherwise, Renai would have wondered why she didn't call out the name the first time.

"Nina, why are you here? Are you here to buy ingredients as well?"

"Yeah...but the meat here is so expensive."

"You didn't bring enough money?" Chihiro was a little surprised. She thought that since Xiao Nina could move to Tokyo alone, she shouldn't be short of money, right?

Could it be that I chose the wrong person this time, and the money I took before leaving really had some impact on the little girl?

Thinking of this, Tsuzuki Chihiro felt a little embarrassed, so she added, "Then what do you want to eat? I'll pay for it for you, and you can just pay me back next time."

"Eh? How can that be possible?"

"It's okay. Isn't it normal for friends to help each other?"

"Ah? Are we friends?"

"Uh... isn't it?"

Chihiro Tsuzuki felt a little embarrassed. She thought that a social phobic like Suze would be able to easily deal with Xiao Nina.

After all, no normal person would take the initiative to talk to a liar even though they know that the other person is a liar, right?

But this time, it seemed that she was wrong.

"By the way..." Jing Qinren didn't seem to be bothered by this question. Instead, she looked into Tsuzuki Chihiro's eyes and asked curiously, "Um, did you come to any conclusion about that last incident?"

"What happened last time?"

Tsuzuki Chihiro was a little confused, "You are talking about..."

"It's Chihiro, Sushi-kun, you said you've met Chihiro, and that she used my name to deceive you..."

"Eh?"

"Although it may be a bit inappropriate to say this." Not noticing Chihiro's surprise, Jing Qin Rencai continued, "I feel that Chihiro must have her own difficulties. If Su Shi sees her, can you please not report her first?

Actually...I still have something I want to ask her."

Chihiro Tsuzuki finally understood.

She said that based on her observations of Nagasaki Suyo over the past few days, she did not find any amazing intelligence in this girl's head, so how could she see through her disguises so easily.

——Although her use of Renna’s name was a bit perfunctory.

But the problem is, if Su Shi discovered that he was a liar, it was not because the other party had any special intelligence investigative capabilities, but it was just a blind cat catching a dead mouse and happened to run into the original owner... then everything seems to make sense.

However, the most important issue at the moment is definitely not Su Shi's side, but how to deal with Ren Cai in front of him.

"Nina, you...eh? Isn't this Shigaraki?"

Just as Chihiro Tsuzuki was about to attack, another person ran in front of her.

Oh no, I should say more than one person.

"Momoka, is this a friend you know?"

"Ah... how should I put it, should I say someone who has some connection with one of Nina's 'friends'? Oh yeah, Nina would probably have something to ask her."

In front of Chihiro Tsuzuki, the girl who seemed to be called "Momoka" had similar hair color to Suyo and was dressed quite handsomely, while the girl next to her had the standard long straight black hair, but with a cute ahoge on top of her head.

It’s bad. I feel like I’m being surrounded.

Fortunately, these people didn't seem to be very familiar with Su Shi, so she could handle them...

"It's a lively place with so many people around. Why don't you come to Taoxiang's house for dinner?"

"Hey, Subaru, don't make decisions on your own."

"What's the matter~" The girl called "Subaru" glanced at Chihiro, who seemed to be Nina's friend, and a friendly smile appeared on her face.

"that……"

Nina seemed a little unaccustomed to this atmosphere, but when she looked at Chihiro Tsuzuki, she made a tentative invitation, "Mr. Suyo, are you free tonight?"

"Ah...this..."

Could she say she was busy? Could she say the real owner of her face was still waiting for her to come back and feed him?

There seems to be some trouble...

Although Chihiro didn't know the people in front of her very well, and at most she had only lived with Nina for one night, she was very keen to see the plea in Nina's words.

The girl named Subaru seemed to have a high emotional intelligence. Although Nina herself might not have expected it, Chihiro Tsuzuki could probably guess that the other party invited her because she wanted Nina to have someone to talk to.

On one hand, there is the agreement with Su Shi, and on the other hand, Chihiro feels a little sorry for Rencai. She is really having a headache now.

"Is it far? I can't go back too late at night..."

"It's not far, just two stops away, at Taoxiang's house."

"Okay, excuse me then."

Just manage your time a little, go and act as the atmosphere group for Rencai first, and then rush back to feed Su Shi. I should be able to... do it, right?

Chapter 50 Is Chihiro really a liar? (2/2)

Taoxiang did not lie. Her home was indeed not too far from where they had just met.

Chihiro Tsuzuki looked at the girls busy bringing out the home hot pot, and then pouring all the base and ingredients bought from the supermarket into it, which made her feel nostalgic.

When I was in the UK, I couldn't actually eat this kind of food, and there was no atmosphere of several people eating together around a small table.

But it seemed that the smile on the face of Xiao Rencai, who was sitting next to her, was more awkward than the fakest smile she had ever made in her life.

"Ah... I have some deli meat buns here, you can eat them first."

Perhaps feeling that the atmosphere was a bit strange, An and Subaru spoke first, then enthusiastically brought over a few plates and distributed a little to each of the people in the room.

"Su Shi, you should try it too."

"Well, thank you."

"Here, this is for Rencai."

"..."

"Nina?"

"Ah, thank you..."

Although they were at home, cold sweat was almost coming out of Renai's face. She even used both hands to take the plate, which made Chihiro, who was standing by, feel a little funny.

"By the way, what kind of music do you like?"

An and Subaru did not ask this question for no reason. Putting aside Nina's side, just from the bass bag she saw from behind Chihiro, it can be seen that they should have a common topic.

——That’s music.

When people who are not very familiar with each other sit together and want to have a conversation, they must not talk about topics that only a few people are interested in, but must take everyone's feelings into consideration.

Especially people you are not that familiar with.

"Eh?"

"Just a band I like, V-family or P-master or something, singles are also OK~"

"Because of grandma's influence, Nina should like singers from the Showa era, right?" Momoka glanced at the distracted Nina, then at the seemingly relaxed "Moshie." "But I'm really curious about what Moshie likes. I didn't realize it last time. So, Moshie, can you play the bass?"

"me?"

In fact, Chihiro Tsuzuki had been thinking of a reason to leave. She really didn't expect that the topic would fall on her.

"Not really, like bass or anything like that."

"Actually, we're forming a band. I hired Subaru as the drummer, but sometimes you have to look beyond her appearance."

"Hey, Momoka, what do you mean?"

"..."

Rencai looked at the three people who were already chatting together, and the meat bun in her mouth suddenly became bitter. She seemed to feel like she was being pushed away by the crowd again.

It felt like... she was covered by a transparent shield, isolated from others.

"I...I'm going to use the toilet."

The chattering stopped abruptly, and everyone except Tsuzuki Chihiro looked at Nina with puzzled eyes, but Nina stood up with her head lowered and had no intention of looking back.

"Then..."

Without waiting for Taoxiang to finish speaking, Rencai put down her chopsticks, pushed the door open and walked out.

In fact, she didn't want to go to the bathroom, she just wanted to escape... It was as if she would not be alone if she left the crowd, but to be honest, she seemed to be the same wherever she was.

"What's wrong, Niina?"

"Eh? Suyo-san..."

The girl was startled when she saw the toilet door behind her being pushed open. She subconsciously dodged like a rabbit seeing an eagle, which made Chihiro Tsuzuki both amused and helpless.