Heavy girl? I feel worse than Black Hole Trigger!

Knowing that Xiangzi would not show up, Su Shi rolled his eyes and looked back out the window.

At this moment, the glass windows were covered with a thin layer of mist, which indicated the huge temperature difference between indoors and outdoors, and made the familiar deserted street outside the store blurry and difficult to see.

"It's really hot outside."

Fortunately, Su Shi brought an umbrella with her before going out today, so she didn't end up sweating like Lenai.

"Well, how about some ice cream to cool down?"

Su Shi hurriedly shook his head, "No need. I'm here today..."

"That's it."

Zhe Li didn't seem surprised at all when he heard this. He just nodded, then took out a still steaming mug from the counter and gently placed it in front of Su Shi.

"Here. Hot cocoa."

Su Shi stared blankly at the man's calm expression, slowly lowered her head, and then the aroma of cocoa hit her face.

Her special mug was filled with a brown-black liquid. The ripples gave a glimpse of its smooth hue, and it seemed even the milk had been added in the perfect proportion.

“…When was it ready?”

Zhe Li smiled and said, "I thought it was about time, so I made a cup."

Even the slightest emotional change of the people around them cannot escape the eyes of the Blood Star people.

During these few months, Su Shi was almost inseparable from him, and could clearly see whenever he was unwell.

In order to maintain a proper distance, I did not express anything special before, but now that he is in the position of boyfriend, it is wrong to pretend not to see it!

Su Shi was a little stunned. "Have you found out everything?"

"After all, he's always watching over me."

"Oh, oh... um, thank you."

Su Shi's face turned red because a private topic was mentioned.

But rather than being shy, she was actually a little happy at the moment.

She seemed to have a constitution that didn't suffer much pain during her period. The worst she experienced was a stuffy feeling in her stomach, but she hadn't experienced the kind of pain that affected her life, so she hadn't mentioned it to Zheli. When they came to the cafe today, Zheli didn't give her ice water but warm milk. She should have noticed it then.

But the man's attentiveness was so evident everywhere that it was even harder for her to notice.

She thought Zhe Li was just worried that the air conditioner was too cold and drinking ice water would give her a cold!

While thinking about these things to distract himself, Su Shi picked up the mug and took a sip.

"Delicious!" The rich aroma that filled her mouth made her eyes light up.

Zhe Li now smiled widely, "Of course."

"Is Zheli good at making cocoa?"

"Well, I can't say I'm good at anything."

It's just pouring hot water into cocoa powder and then adding hot milk to mix. There is no technical content involved.

"I just bought my old favorite brand. Whatever you like."

"Yeah. I like it very much."

It is called hot cocoa, but the temperature is quite suitable. Just a light breath can enter your throat, and a warmth will seep from your abdomen to your limbs.

Or maybe it wasn't just this simple drink that made her feel warm...

The girl raised her eyes quietly and glanced at a man.

"what happened?"

"Nothing. I just suddenly like you."

"What has happened so far?"

"Can't you like it more?"

"Please feel free to do as you please."

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Today is not CRYCHIC's practice day, so maybe there will be only three of them here the whole afternoon.

Nagasaki Suyo held a cup of warm cocoa and let her thoughts wander.

Although it would be nice to just sit there leisurely all day, they often spend their weekends like this.

It's a rare summer vacation now, and I can't help but feel a little sorry for spending time like usual...

"Zheli, I want some cookies."

At this moment, the silver-haired girl suddenly raised her hand and said.

"Yes, yes." The blond man took a plate from the counter and handed it to her. "Here, pancakes. They go really well with matcha."

The girl took the plate and put it on the table. She paused and then raised her head: "I want to drink."

"I knew you would say that. Wait a little longer, let it cool down a bit."

"Yeah." The girl nodded, then reached out and picked up a pancake and started to eat it.

"...Hehe." Su Shi looked at the scenery and chuckled with her hands covering her mouth.

Just like usual, nothing wrong with that?

"Dingling, ringing, ringing..."

The slight ring of the doorbell made Su Shi shiver subconsciously.

"Welcome light—oh, it's you again, little guy."

Hmm? Su Shi heard Zhe Li say this in a cheerful tone and turned around curiously.

"Meow."

A flaxen-fur kitten peeked out from the crack in the door and purred as if in greeting.

Su Shi couldn't help but laugh: "It has become a frequent visitor to our home."

The one peeking out of the door was, of course, the clever little cat they'd met earlier in the store. According to Zheli, it had also come in on its own that day, and had been very polite, just peeking out from the door until Lenai took the initiative to carry it into the store.

That is to say-

"kitten!"

Lenai became energized when he saw the cat's posture. He jumped off the chair with his short legs, ran to the door, and suddenly picked up the cat that had only half of its body in.

Then she suddenly froze in place.

"Huh?" "Meow?"

The human-shaped cat and the cat-shaped demon simultaneously made confused noises.

Zheli hurriedly asked, "What's wrong, Lenai?"

"Outside." Lenai turned around to look at him, then turned back to face the crack in the door and said.

Su Shi also asked in confusion: "Outside?"

"Yeah. Outside, weird."

"……Well."

Su Shi was still full of questions, but Zhe Li had already raised his eyebrows at this moment.

The man's sharp nose had already detected something unusual.

——A sea breeze blew into the store from the streets that should have been in the city.

Chapter 6 of the Box: Autumn frost and falling maple leaves, snow and clearing: Chapter : No tutorial for beginners

"……what happened?"

Letting Lenai and Xiaomao step aside first, Baodeng Zheli carefully opened the door.

Behind the door is a completely different landscape.

Located near Tsukinomori Girls' Academy, it's a spacious street, though it's considered deep in an alley. It's usually deserted and lonely, but it certainly doesn't feel eerie.

But the view behind the door at this moment is a narrow alley that is slightly dark and damp.

Zhe Li glanced out the door in surprise, then looked back at Lenai. Lenai's eyes, wide and expressionless as always, remained unchanged. The kitten in her arms, however, wore a very human expression that could perhaps be described as bewilderment, as if she had no idea why Zhe Li was surprised by such an "ordinary" scene outside.

At this time, Su Shi also came over and looked at the door with the same surprise as Zhe Li.

"This is how the same thing?"

"I don't know." Zhe Li frowned and simply opened the window next to the shop door.

Looking out the window, he still saw the deserted streets of Tokyo. However, when Zheli tried to reach out to the door, he couldn't see his palm through the door. After repeating this several times, he finally came to a simple conclusion -

"Isn't this a random door?"

"Eh……"

Even Su Shi, the only one who could understand what Zhe Li said, still looked confused.

She did understand what a "anywhere door" was. What she didn't understand was, could such a thing really exist...?

Zheli saw the disbelief in her eyes. After all, Zheli had personally experienced time travel, twice in fact. Compared to Nagasaki Suyo, who had lived with "common sense" since childhood, he could quickly accept the absurd fact that the door of his own coffee shop was actually a portal.

"If it's a random door..."

Zhe Li closed the door as he spoke. To be on the safe side, he even locked the door, which was unlocked during business hours, and waited for a few seconds before unlocking it and pushing it open again.

As expected, what appeared behind the door was the usual urban street scene.

He repeated his previous action, this time saying loudly: "Go to where you were just now." Then he pushed open the door -

"what?"

This time there was no change.

Zhe Li thought about it, took a step outside, and reached in through the still wide-open window.

Su Shi walked to the window, gently held his palm, and kneaded it a few times, proving that the hand he reached through the window had indeed entered the nascita where his other half of his body was still stepping.

“…No different from usual.”

This is strange. If it were Doraemon's Anywhere Door, you wouldn't even need to shout it out loud. You could just think of your destination and turn the doorknob to get there. There wouldn't be any restrictions on knowing the specific place name.

The only difference from usual is——

"Lena." Zheli walked back to Nascita, closed the door carefully, turned around and called to the silver-haired girl, "Can you lend me the kitten?"

Lenai nodded, "Yeah," and walked forward to hand the cat to him.

The kitten was a little resistant before Zhe Li reached out to take it, twisting its body to avoid it, but it seemed because Zhe Li's expression was very serious now. When Zhe Li held it in his hands, the kitten quickly calmed down, blinking its big eyes obediently, staring at Zhe Li blankly.

Zhe Li placed it in his arms, smoothed down its fur as a comfort, then walked back to the door, raised the cat's paw and pushed it towards the door.

"Ah!" Su Shi exclaimed.

This time, the "anywhere door" worked: behind the door once again appeared an unfamiliar dark alley.

Zhe Li looked down at the cat, put it back on the ground, squatted down and smiled at it, saying: "You little guy is so amazing. No wonder it seems to understand human language... Could it be a cat monster? Is Gensokyo behind this door?"

"Meow meow meow?"

Aren't you also a great youkai? And what does Gensokyo mean?

Kitten - Qiliangliang tilted his head in confusion.

——When she was caught by the man in front of her just now, she felt a sense of being swallowed up.

The illusion of grandeur frightened her so much that she couldn't move for a moment.

But when he held me in his arms, the creepy illusion disappeared without a trace, replaced by the warm feeling of lying on an old lady's legs and basking in the sun in the autumn.

But no matter which side she was on, she could not smell any human scent from this man who looked like a human.

With superb Yin-Yang magic that can set up barriers and demonic power that can be sent and received freely, this gentleman must be a monster hiding in the city!

Master Yae is right, if youkai want to live in the human world, they have to find a job.

Even such a powerful monster wants to open his own shop and become a store manager... No, I should say that compared to myself who can only work part-time at Komagariya, Lord Yaejo who can work as a shrine maiden at Narukami Taisha Shrine, and this store manager who opened a shop on an outlying island, they are indeed all super super powerful monsters!