Heavy girl? I feel worse than Black Hole Trigger!

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"Ah~"

"...I told you I wouldn't feed you."

"Ha ha……"

The girl quickly gave a mischievous smile and turned back to the table.

But she did not return to her original seat. She just stayed beside Zhe Li and picked up some dishes for him from time to time.

And Zhe Li would do the same, and it was as if they were competing with each other, hitting each other back and forth, until Su Shi surrendered and said that he really couldn't eat anymore.

She watched Zhe Li finish the leftovers with a faint smile.

Watching, laughing, thinking.

If only time could stop at this moment, how wonderful it would be...

Lost Star Chapter 18 Summer Time Record: Chapter See you tomorrow

After dinner, the two returned to the kitchen to wash the dishes.

Zhe Li originally thought that Su Shi would refuse just like when she prepared dinner, but unexpectedly, she did not raise any objection this time.

The Nagasakis' sink was so spacious that even two people standing side by side could barely reach it. So Ori took charge of scrubbing, while Suyo rinsed off the foam, checked it, and then put it on the rack to dry.

Concentrating on their work, both of them seldom spoke. Only the sound of dripping water filled the background. The silence was not dull. On the contrary, the girl even looked up from time to time to look at the man who was a head taller than her.

She murmured to herself: "It feels like a family..."

"I feel like we are two dishwashers working hard in a cramped kitchen." Zhe Li complained.

Su Shi choked and glanced at Zhe Li coldly, her cheeks flushed slightly: "That's really not romantic at all! ...Also, please stop eavesdropping on other people's monologues."

"If you don't want others to hear what Xiao Sushi said, you can actually consider not saying it out loud."

"...Oh, the water is turned up so high, I can't hear a thing."

"Oh, really. I'm going deaf and I definitely can't hear Miss Su Shi talking to herself."

"You're a fool, you're a fool, you're a fool—"

"Wow, I feel like I've been scolded. I really hope it's an illusion."

"Yes, it's an illusion. How could anyone be willing to scold you?"

"Indeed. Even if there is, it's definitely not the most gentle and lovely Miss Sushi."

"Humph……"

The girl snorted coldly, but a brilliant smile appeared on her face uncontrollably, like a blooming flower.

After putting the last plate on the shelf, Nagasaki Suyo stared at the water droplets sliding down the shiny plate, pursed her lips, turned to look at Baodō Zeriri who was wiping his hands with a towel, and spoke timidly:

"Hey, Zheli..." "Hmm?"

Her voice was soft, but like every time before, Zheli responded quickly.

Su Shi lowered her eyes and asked, "Can I still eat with you like this in the future?"

"What's not allowed?"

Zhe Li didn't even raise his head, as if he was saying something that was a matter of course.

Su Shi was stunned and opened his mouth subconsciously, but his mind was blank. After a while, he said:

"But this is too much of a bother for you... You still have a cafe to run... And I live so far away..."

As soon as she said it, she regretted it.

It was clearly he who made the request, but he helped the other party find reasons to reject it.

...It would be great if Zhe Li could live downstairs.

Open a cafe on the first floor of the apartment so that I can visit him every day and invite him upstairs for dinner every day, even on weekends...

Instead of being like now, where I have to work so hard to get this perhaps only chance.

She clenched her fists, feeling frustrated.

however.

"...Has anyone ever told you that you're really a troublesome girl?"

Zhe Li came closer with a towel for wiping his hands, and wrapped Su Shi's equally wet hands with the towel. He held her soft hands through the towel, stared into her uneasy eyes, and said softly:

"We're already friends, right? What's wrong with inviting friends to dinner? If it's not convenient for me right now, can't we just make an appointment for another time? As long as you're willing to tell me, I'll do my best to do it."

After saying that, he squeezed Su Shi's hand with a little force before letting go and putting his hands on his hips.

"Besides, didn't you promise me? From now on, you would live 'willfully' and 'selfishly' for yourself. How come you've returned to your old ways so quickly?"

The girl stared at the man in front of her.

I could still feel his power in my palm.

"real……?"

Zhe Li said unhappily, "That's what I said, so it's true."

"Then, then, tomorrow..."

"Tomorrow? Okay, the store will be closed tomorrow, so I'll accompany you one more time." Zhe Li thought for a moment and added, "But this time, let me make you dinner, right? I can't let you keep busy all the time."

Su Shi muttered, "I don't mind..."

"It's called reciprocity. If you don't agree, there won't be a next time."

"Okay, okay! I'll do as you say." Su Shi looked at Zhe Li in annoyance.

He was the one who clearly told me to be more willful, but in the end I was the most willful one!

…But why do I feel so happy?

She wanted to look angry but couldn't suppress the corners of her mouth that wanted to curl up, and Nagasaki Suyo's expression suddenly became strange.

"Well, it's almost time for me to say goodbye," said Baodeng Zheli.

"Yeah." Su Shi responded softly.

"See you tomorrow."

"..."

"What's the matter?"

"No, no, nothing..."

Nagasaki Suyo shook her head and gave Baodō Zheli a big smile.

"See you tomorrow!"

●

Until I took a shower, changed into pajamas, turned off the lights, and lay down on the soft bed.

Nagasaki Suyo still had some doubts as to whether she had just had a very long daydream.

The huge room was still as deserted as usual, and the city outside the floor-to-ceiling windows was still accompanied by neon lights.

My mother still hasn't returned home as usual, and her world is still as quiet as usual.

She tossed and turned, unable to sleep at all.

She closed her eyes and thought for a long time before she reached out to touch the cell phone on the bedside table.

I opened my LINE chat list, and at the top was the person I'd exchanged LINE messages with just today. The chat history was empty, save for a single sticker we'd exchanged.

——It turns out that it wasn’t a dream.

She hesitated for a long time before typing out a line of text:

【Su Shi: Good night! 】

She stared at the screen for a few seconds, but when she didn't see the message "read", she was a little disappointed. She turned off the screen and pressed it against her chest.

"……Fool."

Really, why should I be disappointed?

The girl tossed and turned for a few seconds, and finally lay on her side facing the floor-to-ceiling window, staring blankly at the tall buildings in the distance.

...In fact, Nagasaki Suyo had been watching Baodō Zeriri for a long time.

It started from their first meeting in the heavy rain; the overly strong impression always made Su Shi subconsciously look for his figure.

There was no romantic hero-saving-beauty story, nor did we ever meet on a slope covered in falling petals and flying cherry blossoms. Even our first impression of each other was of a wet rat in the pouring rain.

Nagasaki Suyo was just an unrelated bystander, watching a "hero" living in the real world doing things that he took for granted again and again.

Going home with the kids stuck in the rain.

Help office workers who lost their wallets find their lost items.

Helping a woman who overturned her cart in the supermarket to pick up her merchandise.

On a crowded train, separate the crowd for a woman who is talking on the phone.

It's insignificant and natural; if you see it and think of it, then do it.

He doesn't seek rewards, nor does he care that people don't know about it, because he is just doing what he wants to do.

It was precisely because she was watching from afar that Nagasaki Suyo could understand one thing more deeply.

——To him, I was just another kid who needed his help.

However, she couldn't help but chase after the other person.

Want to get close.

Want to connect.

I want to monopolize the warmth that seems to belong to the whole world.

"But, no."

Nagasaki Suyo patted her face lightly.

She's not stupid. She knows what's wrong with her.

Just like in the comics, just like what is depicted in the TV series.

To like someone without permission, to be disappointed without permission, to become a burden without permission... She doesn't want to be that kind of person.

"so……"

————Buzz.

The vibration of her phone interrupted her thoughts.

【Zheli: Good night.】

【Zhe Li: But why aren’t you sleeping yet? 】

Su Shi lowered his head and tapped the screen.

【Su Shi: Can’t sleep】

This time she didn't have to wait long before the message from the other end appeared again.

【Zheli: You can fall asleep if you don’t play with your phone】

【Su Shi: But I can’t reply you if I don’t check my phone】

【Zhe Li: Then don’t look at it】

【Su Shi: Then don’t reply either】