Anime, but the Phantom Thieves of Heart

But considering that he only knows how to make instant noodles and cook instant food, Lan Ke thinks it is better not to speak.

After all, raising a question but failing to solve it is called arguing.

On the contrary, Kujo and his daughter ordered food very skillfully.

"tangerine."

"cake."

Faced with this rude father and daughter, Noriaki Kakyoin clapped his hands skillfully and looked at Lan Ke.

"Then fruit cake will be fine. By the way, what about you, Narukami-kun? Is there anything you want to eat? Although it may seem a bit boastful, but after being single for so many years, my cooking skills are still pretty good~"

Perhaps Kakyoin Noriaki was simply trying to prove himself, but Lan Ke felt the disparity between people. After all, he was similar to Kakyoin Noriaki and the others in his previous life (38 years old), and he was still single, but he had no idea how to cook.

But faced with the enthusiastic other party, Lan Ke thought for a moment and chose a relatively normal object.

"Pizza is okay? I want pineapple pizza."

“Pineapple pizza…”

"Um... is there something wrong?"

【Qian Xun】/①⑷㈨○㈢柒⑨⒏

Facing Lan Ke's pure eyes, Kakyoin Noriaki nodded with mixed feelings. As a gourmet who went to Italy to study painting during college and later helped Bobo in Italy for half a year and was quite fond of Italian food, he nodded.

"no problem."

On the contrary, Jotaro couldn't help laughing when he saw his friend's complicated expression, but he still took the initiative to change the subject.

"By the way, Narukami, didn't you say before that you were quite interested in 'diving'?"

Lan Ke, who was just about to eat breakfast, suddenly heard Jotaro Kujo's question and quickly put down his chopsticks.

"Yes! Mr. Kujo!"

"You eat first and just listen."

Looking at Lan Ke's serious expression, Jotaro Kujo instinctively glanced at Jolyne Kujo and signaled to Lan Ke that there was no need to be so nervous before speaking again.

"It just so happens that I'm going to Izu University to attend a seminar at the beginning of next month. Would you like to come with me? I can then introduce you to a diving shop I'm familiar with. The owner there is my senior, and the people working there are all my juniors. They're all very enthusiastic and can teach you how to dive..."

Although Jotaro Kujo is very good at diving, there is a difference between being good at diving and being good at teaching people to dive. Lan Ke naturally would not refuse.

Although he knew that the 'Sea of ​​Spirit' was different from the normal sea, after floating on the sea every day, he couldn't help wanting to swim in the real sea. It would be best if he could learn how to dive, as it might come in handy someday.

And he really didn't have any plans for the 'summer vacation', except to go 'steal hearts' with Shirou. The 'impression space' allowed him to travel quickly between places, so it didn't affect their work.

"Will this not cause trouble for Mr. Kujo and your fellow students?"

"No, they all love the sea from the bottom of their hearts, and it is their wish to make more people love the sea~"

However, just after Jotaro Kujo finished speaking, Noriaki Kakyoin added something with a somewhat subtle expression.

"I think what you need to worry about when the time comes, Narugami, is that they're too enthusiastic..."

Too enthusiastic?

That shouldn't be the case, right?

I'm not a girl.

Seeing Lan Ke's seemingly indifferent expression, Noriaki Kakyoin did not continue to explain, but instead supplemented for Jotaro Kujo.

"Xu Lun and I came back for this matter. I just wanted to show Xu Lun the school she will attend next. After that, we went to the beach to play~"

When Lan Ke heard what Kakyoin Noriaki said, he instantly showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

Lan Ke could see that the relationship between Jotaro Kujo and Jolyne Kujo was not very good... Well, anyone who is not blind should be able to see the problem between this father and daughter. There is no way that Kakyoin Noriaki is unaware of it.

And from the looks of it, he seems to be temporarily serving as Jolyne Kujo's guardian. So, whether for Jolyne or Jotaro Kujo, he should hope to repair the relationship between the two.

Thinking of this, Lan Ke instantly looked at Noriaki Kakyoin.

Although Lan Ke didn't say a word, Kakyoin Noriaki seemed to see what Lan Ke was thinking and nodded at him with a smile. It was obvious that he guessed what Lan Ke meant and gave a positive answer.

Lan Ke also nodded, indicating that he was one of them.

Seeing this, the smile on Kakyoin Noriaki's face became even brighter.

He found that he liked the young man Lan Kezhao more and more.

If he initially just loved Lan Ke because of his love for her, then as he came into contact with Lan Ke, the descriptions originally on paper were confirmed one by one, and he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

"As expected of that man's son~"

Compared to the interaction between Lan Ke and Noriaki Kakyoin, Jotaro Kujo and his daughter were much quieter. They didn't say much even until Lan Ke finished breakfast. In particular, Jolyne Kujo basically didn't say anything since Lan Ke appeared.

However, Lan Ke also knew that the father and daughter had such a bad relationship that it was impossible to reconcile them by just making dumplings, so he didn't take it too seriously. This kind of thing could only be dealt with slowly.

So after he took the dishes to the kitchen and put them in the dishwasher, he said goodbye to everyone and prepared to go to school, or to start his own "monster-hunting journey".

Breakfast took a long time today, so he has to hurry up.

But what he didn't expect was that just as he picked up the backpack, Kujo Jolyne stuffed two bites of breakfast into her mouth and followed him.

Faced with Lan Ke's somewhat surprised expression, Sojo Jolyne curled her lips.

"Uncle Kakyoin told me to go to school with you."

"?"

Facing Lan Ke's puzzled expression, Kakyoin Noriaki also explained with a smile.

"Jollen is planning to go to Teitan High School after the summer vacation, so we're planning to let her go to the school first. Could you please show her the way, Naruto? A teacher will show her around the school once she gets there."

As Kakyoin Noriaki finished speaking, Kujo Jolyne nodded, as if to say, "Yes, that's it."

What surprised Lan Ke was that Xu Lun was only 15 years old this year. What surprised him even more was that she would become their junior next year?

As for 'trouble'?

It was okay. Although it affected his morning monster-killing time, Jotaro Kujo had helped him so much, so he didn't mind if he just helped Jolyne lead the way.

"Okay, let's go then."

Without any hesitation, Lan Ke bowed to the two people in the room, then opened the door and walked out.

Although Jolyne Kujo didn't say anything, she just nodded to Noriaki Kakyoin and followed.

As for Jotaro Kujo who was eating with his head down?

She didn't even look at him.

Kakyoin Noriaki, who smiled back, noticed that Jotaro Kujo's hand holding the knife paused for a moment...

Chapter 8: 'A-level weak woman with both strength and speed'

The misunderstanding between Jotaro and Jolyne may be deeper than imagined. Unfortunately, even Lan Ke is not quite clear about it. After all, although "Popo (Shadow)" reminded Lan Ke last night that a new event was being prepared in the "Aquarium", he didn't know what it was.

But at least he could see that Xu Lun had done it completely on purpose.

As for why you know?

Who hasn’t been through that age?

However, Lan Ke did not speak to persuade them. After all, although his goal was to help Kujo and his daughter restore their relationship, the relationship had deteriorated to this point, and it was definitely not something that could be persuaded with just a few words. After all, Lan Ke knew how to "charm" and not "hypnosis".

Instead of doing useless work here and worsening the relationship between the two parties, it is better to let things take their natural course. It is like when petting a cat, you must pet it along its fur before the cat will allow you to continue. If you do it recklessly, the cat will be unable to stop and will give you a claw.

What Lan Ke didn't know was that his silence actually made Xu Lun a little surprised and curious.

If Lan Ke's understanding of Xu Lun came entirely from the comics he had read before, then Xu Lun had heard more than one person praise Lan Ke.

The first time I heard the last name 'Narakami' was a few days ago when my 'Uncle Kakyoin' shared the news of 'Narakami helping to solve the case' with someone on the phone at home with a bright smile on his face. As for the second time I heard it, it was naturally from Jotaro Kujo yesterday.

Perhaps Jotaro Kujo's original intention was just to ask Jolyne Kujo not to reject Lan Ke, the "staying overnight" guest, but the introduction or praise made Jolyne Kujo very unhappy.

Obviously, the other party has never praised him like this before, so why would he praise someone who has been at home for less than two weeks?!

If it weren't for the fact that Lan Ke's experience was so tragic and she admired Lan Ke for beating up the group of people who collected protection money, her attitude towards Lan Ke might have been even worse.

But at least from this point we can see that Jolyne is indeed a girl who dares to love and hate and has inherited the bloodline of the Joestar family.

And she also realized that not only her father admired Lan Ke, but Lan Ke also respected his father very much. Although the two of them didn't talk much when they were together, they had a strange tacit understanding.

He even seemed to be getting along well with Noriaki Kakyoin, whom he had just met, which made her unhappy and curious at the same time.

In fact, she did that just now not only because she was unhappy with Jotaro, but also because she wanted to take the opportunity to "stab" Lan Ke.

After all, as long as Lan Ke dared to persuade herself or praise Jotaro, she would find an opportunity to fight back.

But what surprised her was that Lan Ke just led the way without saying a word.

Xu Lun, who had prepared a lot of words, felt like he was punching cotton and was about to get internal injuries.

It wasn't until she couldn't help herself that she decided to take the initiative to talk to Lan Ke.

"Hey!"

"Hmm? What's wrong, Miss Kujo?"

Lan Ke almost instinctively chose to use honorifics. After all, he was not familiar with Jolyne Kujo. Although he hoped to improve his relationship with Jotaro through the other party, Lan Ke kept his distance from the other party himself.

As the saying goes, a rabbit doesn't eat grass near its burrow... Well, he was simply afraid of being 'Eora'ed by Jotaro.

But Lan Ke's attitude made Xu Lun a little unhappy.

"Don't call me that. Just call me 'Xylene'."

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I just don't know whether Xu Lun was unhappy because of the "honorific language" used by Lan Ke or simply because of the last name "Kujo".

After almost instinctively retorting, Xu Lun spoke again.

"Aren't you going to say anything?"

"say what?"

Perhaps it was because Lan Ke's eyes were too "pure" that Xu Lun didn't know how to start for a moment, but fortunately, she was also a person who liked to get to the bottom of things, and did not give up because of embarrassment.

"I thought you would persuade me. After all, you and 'that guy' seem to have a pretty good relationship."

Hearing this, Lan Ke also showed an expression of "sudden enlightenment".

"So that's what you're talking about. Actually, I wanted to speak up, but after thinking about it carefully, I don't know what exactly happened between you, Jolyne, and Mr. Jotaro, so I'm not sure if I can speak up. After all, as the saying goes, 'No one is perfect,' and I don't know if Mr. Jotaro is at fault in this matter."

Lan Ke's answer was obviously a little beyond Xu Lun's expectations.

Especially the confused expression on the little face with wide eyes made Lan Ke feel very amused.

But at this moment, Xu Lun suddenly raised his hand and patted Lan Ke's shoulder.

"Crack~"

Although the force was quite strong, it had little effect on Lan Ke. Lan Ke didn't even tense his muscles. However, Xu Lun's face showed an expression that Lan Ke had never seen before.

It was different from the angry expression when they first met, and also different from the unhappy look on her face tonight. Instead, she had a bright smile that suited her current age, as bright as a sunflower in a flower field at noon.

"I thought you were a rigid guy, but I didn't expect you to be so understanding~"

Touching his shoulder, which didn't hurt much, Lan Ke didn't say much.

But what Lan Ke didn't know was that his cold treatment was actually the most appropriate way.

In fact, there were boys in school who took the initiative to say bad things about Jotaro in order to get close to Jolyne. However, such idiots were not only not noticed by Jolyne, but also almost got beaten up.

After all, in Jolyne's view, "Although Jotaro makes her very unhappy, who are you to dare to scold him?"

On the contrary, Lan Ke's relatively "fair" attitude was what she wanted most.

In her opinion, what she needs is not 'partiality', but 'fair support'.

As for what constitutes 'fair support'?

Then only she knows.

As for Lan Ke, he didn't expect Xu Lun to be so easy to talk to, but based on the attitude that if he didn't say anything, he wouldn't say the wrong thing, Lan Ke just smiled and didn't say much. Instead, he looked around with some curiosity.

This strange reaction undoubtedly aroused Kujo Jolyne's curiosity.

After all, she hadn't been back for several years and didn't look around like the other person did. The other person had lived here for more than half a month, so he shouldn't have forgotten the way to school, right?

"What are you looking at? Even though I haven't been back for a few years, I'm still pretty familiar with this area~"