There is something wrong with my infinite flow teammates!

But... is it necessary to make yourself look like you've been badly bullied?

By the way, your passive skill is actually a way to gain sympathy, right?

As for that!

Chapter 24: Shameless

When Kitahara Sora came back from buying groceries, it was almost time for lunch. When he got home, Suzune had already been sitting in the living room chatting with Kasumigaoka Utaha for a while.

Judging from the harmonious atmosphere between the two of them, this senior who liked to wear black stockings didn't mind waiting at the door for so long like a poor little thing.

Maybe it wasn't Lingyin's fault at all. According to normal people's thinking, if one sends messages to someone continuously and doesn't get a response, one would assume that the other party has rejected him/her. After all, no response is sometimes the best response. But this senior student obviously doesn't think like a normal person.

Although this meeting was unexpected, Kitahara Sora still felt that she was a nuisance, although he was not as repulsive as he was the previous two times.

After all, the other party came with gratitude to repay a favor. Although it was his own fault, he didn't care about his embarrassing situation after being left out for several hours. Instead, he felt embarrassed after waking up. This attitude is not offensive.

Why did she have such a psychological change? Last time, she showed an extremely strong desire to attack in order to get the contact information.

All the gentle persuasion was useless. In the end, he actually attacked from the side and found a breakthrough from Lingyin.

To be honest, Kitahara Sora even disliked her a little at that time, but why did he feel a little fond of her now? In fact, her "shameless" and childish behavior was not intentional.

It's just that she has this kind of personality. To put it mildly, she is naive and doesn't understand what the other person is thinking. To put it bluntly, she has low emotional intelligence.

But is she really stupid? Definitely not.

This kind of low EQ is not really low EQ, but is caused by excessive arrogance. She believes that as long as she is absolutely sincere, she will be able to impress the other person.

This kind of self-confidence also led to the fact that in the original work, even though it was obvious that Akitomo was a scumbag, he was still deceiving himself and unwilling to believe the truth.

Perhaps it was what Yukino said on the train that really made me feel a little bit fond of her.

At that time, I was clearly telling the story of Kasumigaoka Utaha in a derogatory and teasing tone, and telling some derivative jokes about her character, but Yukino didn't laugh.

Yukino didn't find it funny, she just felt sad and empathy, because at that time she had already fallen deeply in love with herself, so she could completely understand the thoughts of this classmate from Tokyo.

I remember she said with great sadness, 'I don't understand what love is. I have heard countless love stories, romantic, tragic, tragic, happy, ordinary, and vigorous...

Classical novels always describe love as something great, moving, tragic, and lamentable, but I don't understand it. Because I didn't understand what it felt like to like someone before...'

"I think 'love at first sight' is ridiculous. Couples who have been together for a long time have many considerations when discussing marriage, and may even end up parting ways unhappily... Or maybe beautiful feelings only exist in books and in imagination, and are just the groaning of a suicidal poet."

Yes, taking initiative is humble, being affectionate is being a bootlicker, falling in love at first sight seems to be lust at first sight from a rational perspective, and falling in love over time also requires weighing the pros and cons, so, what is love?

In her past life, online audiences had made many jokes about this senior, but what many people didn’t understand was that even if there was no malice involved, these jokes themselves were a blasphemy against her.

No one can stand in the perspective of God and blaspheme those who have a sincere heart and are silly and cute.

So when he saw her this time, Kitahara Sora felt only guilt and apologetic.

Because all her childish behaviors were driven by a very simple reason: she just wanted to thank the other person and get to know her benefactor sincerely.

After thinking it through, Kitahara Sora didn't plan to continue treating her with indifference. This naive girl had gone from being a "trouble" to a guest, or at least a friend of Lingyin.

After carrying the food home, he first greeted everyone politely, then arranged for Lingyin to continue chatting with her while he was busy cooking. This unexpected scene made Kasumigaoka confused again.

She had come here with the intention of disturbing her for the last time, but Kitahara Sora, who seemed to be extremely disgusted with her, had a 180-degree change in attitude today?

Even now that she's sitting at the table, this Tokyo beauty is still confused...

As the three of them stared at each other, Lingyin was the first to lose patience. She stared at the table full of dishes and raised her hand weakly, "Um... can we start eating?"

"Well, ah, eat, eat quickly." Kitahara Sora was stunned for a moment, then said to Kasumigaoka Utaha: "Kasumigaoka-san, you came here so early in the morning and you haven't had breakfast yet, right? If you have anything to say, let's talk after we finish eating."

After the polite greeting, Beiyuan Kong picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of twice-cooked pork, put it in his mouth, and then took a mouthful of rice and chewed it in big mouthfuls.

Lingyin cheered, "I'm eating," and happily picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of mouth-watering chicken with sesame seeds.

After putting it in her mouth, she narrowed her eyes slightly, and a satisfied expression appeared on her pretty face. "It's delicious, more delicious than I expected. But it's so spicy, so numb, and so fragrant. Is it a strange delicacy?"

After sighing, the little girl picked up her water cup and gulped down a mouthful of water, then stretched out her chopsticks to the world-famous Sichuan dish, Fish-flavored Shredded Pork.

He picked up a handful of shredded meat covered with starch and put it into his bowl, then stuffed it into his mouth with rice.

Facts have proved that as long as one is used to cooking and has good cooking skills, even if faced with a dish they have never made, as long as they have a guide, they can handle it very well, because they can clearly understand how much "a little" of each seasoning is.

Faced with this table of home-cooked dishes, Suzune could eat with her mouth drooling, but Kasumigaoka seemed to have no appetite and still did not pick up her chopsticks.

She glanced at Kitahara Sora and frowned slightly, then actually supported her chin and began to think. Her serious look formed a sharp contrast with the two siblings who were eating with relish.

The Tokyo beautiful girl's pensive look seemed a little out of place among the three people, and this abnormal behavior made the atmosphere awkward.

Seeing her like this, Kitahara Kong felt a bit of a headache. Although he had accepted her a little, it didn't mean that the other party could let go of their previous prejudices. After all, he was rubbing her self-esteem on the ground.

How about an apology first? No, I didn't do anything wrong.

Faced with this situation, the conflicted male host could only pretend nothing had happened and eat the rice.

And Lingyin also calmed down at this time. The only thing in her eyes was the table full of food. She seemed to be completely unaware of this obvious abnormality.

Her cheeks are puffy like a hamster, and she looks so cute when she's working hard that it even makes people want to pinch her face hard.

Beiyuan Kong stared at her calmly, his eyes clearly saying, what are you talking about, isn't she your friend? What did you talk about before? Are you stupid now? Where is your previous cleverness?

The clever girl noticed her brother's threatening gaze. She rolled her eyes and continued eating. Kitahara Sora read two words from his cunning gaze.

"Hey~"

Why don’t you teach her a lesson? This girl has gone too far!

Kitahara Sora thought seriously for a moment, but finally put down his chopsticks helplessly.

After taking a breath, he sighed to Kasumigaoka, "Speaking of which, Miss Kasumigaoka, since you came here with the intention of giving up your dignity, who are you showing your displeasure to now, or should I say..."

He pointed at the cake on the coffee table in the living room, "Isn't it me that you want to thank? Or are you more used to my cold attitude towards you?"

Hearing the other party's helpless tone, Kasumigaoka Utaha finally raised her eyes, but still had a neutral expression and said calmly: "I'm just curious, but I think it's impolite to speculate, so I'm considering whether to express my confusion directly."

"Have you thought it through? Then ask if you have thought it through."

Kitahara Sora said helplessly: "Is it about my attitude towards you, or is there any other reason? Just say it directly if you want to."

Kasumigaoka Utaha stared at Kitahara Sora's eyes seriously, and nodded after a while, and said in a deep voice: "Actually, I planned to give you the thank-you gift after seeing you and leave. After all, Kitahara-san also treated me to dessert once. But what I don't understand is why you asked Suzune to force me to stay..."

She raised her long eyelashes slightly, and her sparkling and charming eyes revealed a trace of confusion, "Why did Kitahara show such strong disgust towards me before, and now he is eager for me to stay? Looking back on our interactions, I only have your kindness towards me, but I have never done anything for you, and you didn't even give me a chance to repay you."

"From our brief contact, I can draw a conclusion that Kitahara-san is not the kind of idiot who gets horny when he sees a cute girl, so the reason that you suddenly woke up after a change of mind and began to covet my beauty is not valid..."

"puff--"

The silent Lingyin was suddenly choked by Kasumigaoka's weird thoughts and couldn't help but spit it out. Scattered rice fell on the table, and one grain even sprayed into the saliva chicken.

“Ahem, ahem… Yes, I’m sorry, it’s too spicy, too spicy.”

The little girl, with a red face, picked up the piece of chicken dipped in rice and put it into her mouth. Her expression was serious and she didn't show any sign of being broken.

Beiyuan Kong was stunned for a moment, then looked at the dish he hadn't tasted yet with a heavy face. He moved his fingers, and almost used all his strength to resist the urge to enforce the family law. Well, now the saliva chicken is really a saliva chicken...

"so what."

"This is just one of my guesses that I rejected. Someone who has such profound insights into novels cannot be a vulgar single-celled organism, let alone win the favor of Ms. Yukinoshita."

Kasumigaoka Utaha ignored the mischievous Suzune, but she raised her pupils slightly and continued, "I guess Kitahara-san must have felt sorry for me. After all, it's not fun to trample on the dignity of a beautiful girl three times in a row, so he showed false enthusiasm this time?"

She thought for a moment and wondered, "Are you pitying me? After all, even Mr. Wolong was moved by my three visits to my thatched cottage. Therefore, I feel that I am in a very tormented situation now. I feel like I am being teased on purpose. Hmm..."

Kasumigaoka Utaha pondered for a moment, frowned and said, "Perhaps in Kitahara's eyes, I have been playing the role of a clown from beginning to end, like a funny monkey? Is this how a bullied person feels?"

What the hell is campus bullying! Kitahara Sora almost couldn't breathe, and almost subconsciously glanced at Lingyin. The girl had buried her face completely in the bowl, and her soft long hair covered her head like a waterfall, looking very much like Sadako.

"So, can you give me a proper explanation? What on earth is Kitahara-san thinking?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha crossed her arms across her chest, performing her signature move. Her charming eyes revealed a strong sense of oppression at this moment. "And the reason you gave me last time was not valid. Although I understand that there are supernatural powers in this world, this is not a reason for you to belittle me. I even think that Ms. Yukinoshita's reasons are far-fetched."

Her beautiful eyes shone, and she suddenly burst out with astonishing momentum, "And Miss Yukinoshita could have handled the three scumbags that time more gently, but she seemed to be doing it on purpose for me to see. Although she said a lot of nice things to me, her real purpose seemed to be... trying her best to prevent me from having any intersection with you?"

At this moment, Kitahara Sora was stunned, and even a strong shock filled his chest... What the hell?

It was indeed because of you that Yukino started to take the initiative. Without you, she might still be hesitant. After all, she had already seen that Kei liked her at that time.

When she did that, there was indeed some ulterior motive in it, but are you so observant?

No wonder you were able to find Sobu High School with only a few fragments of information. Can you shift a little bit of your IQ to EQ?

"Okay, the subject has changed."

Kasumigaoka Utaha's expression relaxed, and her fierce aura immediately subsided. "Then, can you tell me the reason for Kitahara-san's change of attitude? Even if you do have a favor for me, this is not an excuse for you to tease me at will."

"So you came here today to settle this matter, right? For the sake of your obsession, you don't want to owe me a favor?"

Seeing her serious expression, Kitahara Sora mentioned her thoughts instead, "It's just that the reason for the dessert is far-fetched. The real reason is that your new novel has made a breakthrough, and even the direction of the events is so unexpected that it shocked you.

Let me guess... I guess your editor even assured you that this is definitely a masterpiece that can easily win the Rookie of the Year Award, so Kasumigaoka-san thinks that he must come to Chiba again, otherwise he will be restless?"

In the astonished eyes of the other party, Kitahara Sora confirmed his guess and continued to add: "But it is not polite to leave the thank-you gift and walk away. At least I think this behavior does not contain any gratitude at all. It is just your self-deceiving obsession, similar to 'Anyway, I have expressed my gratitude, whether I accept it or not is my business', right?"

"So Kitahara-san had already guessed what I was thinking? So he really had bad intentions in letting me stay this time?"

The fig leaf in her heart was suddenly pierced, and Kasumigaoka Utaha sneered. Her gritted teeth expression returned to calm in less than a second. She still hugged her chest with her hands, but a slight and rapid "dudu" sound came from under her feet.

Well, just like in the original book, this is a little action she makes when she feels impatient or angry, and it is a subconscious behavior.

Lingyin raised her head and reached out to push her hair aside, leaving a gap, and carefully observed the condition of her brother and senior.

Why did the atmosphere suddenly become tense?

Aren't you two apologetic and grateful? You both have a positive and friendly attitude towards each other, so why did you end up quarreling right away? You are both idiots!

"Malice..." Beiyuan Kong sighed heavily, his tone full of helplessness, "I don't have any malice in mind. On the contrary, I really want to thank you. My attitude towards you before was really too bad."

"Oh, in that case...eh?" Kasumigaoka Utaha widened her eyes, looking incredulous.

"I also want to sincerely apologize. No matter what the reason is, using the so-called "for your own good" excuse to deny Kasumigaoka-san's sincerity and wantonly trample on your self-esteem is indeed a despicable act of kidnapping from a moral high ground."

Kitahara Sora ignored the girl's surprise, as if he saw the expression of Tathagata Buddha, and said sincerely: "I'm sorry, Kasumigaoka-san, I was wrong about this matter. I should have thought about the problem from your perspective instead of being stubborn and insisting on my own way until I hurt you... I'm sorry about this matter."

"Hey, I, you, you...I..."

Kasumigaoka was stunned. Just now, she was even ready for an argument. In an instant, a lot of sharp lines of rebuttal and counterattack came to her mind.

But this guy's sudden action caught her off guard and even made her speechless for a moment.

She forced herself to calm down and stared into his eyes, trying to find a clue through the window of his soul, trying to confirm that he was acting, or was he planning something more sinister?

However, his deep eyes were clear and bright, without a trace of impurities except sincerity... So he... was serious?

He is really not a bad guy. During this period of time, Lingyin and I have become friends. Just through chatting on text messages, I can draw the conclusion that although Lingyin is lively and smart, she is definitely not a bad girl.

So as her brother, he shouldn't be such a bad person. It turns out that he just fell into a misunderstanding?

Like this, like this...like this...as if this is the case...you bastard, have a fight with me!

Kasumigaoka Utaha's eyes suddenly turned red, and under the shroud of the crystal mist, her charming eyes looked quite touching.

Sadness, grievance, unwillingness, anger, joy and many other emotions suddenly intertwined in my mind, and this proud high-class flower actually gave people a feeling of pity.

"So, this is why I insisted that Lingyin keep you for dinner." Kitahara Sora picked up the chopsticks again, picked up a piece of mouth-watering chicken and stuffed it into his mouth, "Hmm..."

Bei Yuankong was chewing the chicken when he suddenly felt something strange in his mouth. A soft, moist grain without any taste suddenly appeared in his mouth. Well, there was still a grain of rice that had not been discovered...

So he glared at Lingyin, and the little girl immediately smiled ingratiatingly. Her lively eyes were apologetic and a little weird, as if saying:

"I didn't mean it. Besides, is there any onii-chan in the world who dislikes a cute sister? No way, no way, onii-chan, you don't really think the cute Suzune is disgusting, do you?"

Ignoring Suzune's funny look, Kitahara Sora sighed and continued, "This is just to express my apology. As for gratitude, is it because part of the credit for Yukino and I being able to date belongs to Kasumigaoka-san?"

Belongs to me? Credit? I thought you guys were dating for a long time, but it turns out you weren't?

Although Kasumigaoka Utaha didn't say anything, her aggrieved look was gradually replaced by confusion, and her straight eyes seemed to tell Kitahara Sora that she was a little curious about this sudden secret?

When Lingyin heard this secret, she looked up in surprise. While looking at her brother in confusion, she did not forget to put a big mouthful of rice into her mouth.

There is such a thing? Tell me, tell me!

Looking at the two girls' eyes, Kitahara Sora thought about it seriously, and finally his expression gradually became tangled... It seemed that he was hesitating whether to say this shameful thing...

He hesitated for nearly a minute, until he felt a little uncomfortable with Lingyin's direct gaze, and then he sighed.

Forget it, anyway, I have lost face in front of this little girl. I will just regard Kasumigaoka's words as a compliment to her. After all, her mood has not fully improved yet.

"Well, thanks to Miss Kasumigaoka, I have forgotten some of the emotions that humans should have because of some past events. You helped me rediscover these emotions. How should I put it... well, just think of it as praising your cuteness. You made me realize the attraction of the opposite sex again?"

After hearing this explanation, Kasumigaoka didn't know how to respond for a moment. She stared blankly at Kitahara Sora's head sinking slightly, and subconsciously looked down at the majestic chest.

Then she recalled Miss Yukinoshita's cold and beautiful face, and...then, her eyes gradually became strange.