I won't be a loser.

Glancing down at the shopping bags in his hands, Xianren forced a smile.

"It should be no problem. Besides me, my girlfriend will also be coming to my house for dinner, so it should be consumed quickly."

"girlfriend?"

Takasu Ryuji took a look at himself and saw a boy who was not much taller than him. He remembered that the last time he met him, a girl confessed her love to him?

For a moment, he felt a little envious, as he had never experienced a girl confessing her love to him.

"The one last time?"

"Last time?"

"That's the girl with long black hair and curly hair."

After thinking about it, the image of Saionji Sekai appeared in his mind, which made Xianren feel a chill and shook his head repeatedly.

"No, no, no, that's not it. That's my girlfriend's friend."

"..."

Takasu Ryuji looked at the wise man silently and didn't dare to say anything. He didn't know whether he liked his girlfriend or his girlfriend's friend. Although the two knew each other and became friends, he was not in a position to comment on this matter.

There was a brief silence. When Xianren was thinking about why Takasu Ryuji thought Saionji Sekai was his girlfriend, Takasu Ryuji's words of advice rang in his ears.

"take care."

As a friend, Takasu Ryuji could only remind the other party in this subtle way.

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I really want to add more chapters, but I am adjusting my work and rest schedule, and I am afraid that I won’t be able to write well. I will add more chapters tomorrow if I am in a good state.

Cherry Blossom Season: 43. A caring man always makes people fall in love

After parting with Takasu Ryuji and returning to his apartment, Kento put down his schoolbag and started processing the vegetables and meat he had bought. In addition to putting them in the refrigerator for preservation, he took some of them out and prepared to use them as ingredients for tonight's cooking.

Because of the promotion, the prices of most vegetables seemed very cheap, so I couldn’t control myself and bought a lot of vegetables.

It would probably be beyond his ability to handle all these vegetables by himself.

So in order to prevent these vegetables and meat from being wasted, he planned to prepare three servings of food and send some to the Qingpu family. This would also save Qingpu Mai, who worked all day, the time of preparing dinner when she returned home.

About an hour after returning home, the doorbell rang. Xianren, who was processing the meat, took a look at the egg liquid and meat paste on his hands, rinsed them briefly, came to the door, opened the door, and saw Qingura Setsuna standing at the door.

The other person was wearing a dark school uniform that she had not had time to change out of. Looking at the girl standing at his door, Xianren smiled and welcomed his current girlfriend into the room.

"Xianshi, are you preparing dinner?"

As soon as he entered the room, he saw the ingredients being processed on the kitchen counter. Xianren nodded, walked to the kitchen counter, and continued to process the ingredients he was preparing.

"When I came back today, I found out there was a sale going on at the shopping street, so I bought some ingredients. I bought a little too much, so I'm going to make some extra and send it to your house."

"Meat?"

"Fresh meat, ready to be made into hamburger patties."

Qingpu Shanna nodded and followed Xianren to the kitchen counter. Because the kitchen counter was a little narrow, their bodies were almost pressed together. The girl watched curiously as Xianren reached into the bowl and mixed the egg liquid and meat thoroughly.

"Xianren, you are indeed very good at cooking."

"Because when I'm at home, I often help my family. Didn't I say that last time?"

"But I still think Xianren is amazing. It's like he knows everything, even though he's about the same age as me."

Kento is one year older than Setsuna. When he was living in Itomori, students in the same grade as Kento were basically the same age. There were even classmates who were one year older than Kento, and some were two years younger than Kento.

Perhaps because there are too few young people in Itomori, there is a disparity in age, but after arriving in Tokyo, the students in the same class as Kento are almost all one year younger than him.

"Because life in Itomori is so lonely. I don't know what to do. I stay in my room all day reading, and then run errands for the family and do housework. There is no decent supermarket in the whole town. If I want to go to the supermarket, I have to take a two-hour bus ride."

While kneading the meat paste, Kento recalled Itomori's life in the countryside and felt a little emotional. After he came to Tokyo and graduated from high school, he only went back three or four times. The last time was when he returned home with Sayuri to face his parents.

There was a hint of nostalgia in his eyes. It was not that he could not understand his parents' thoughts, but his father's opposition was too intense, which aroused his rebelliousness. Even as an adult, he still could not stay rational all the time.

Sayuri tried hard to calm him and his father, Miyamizu Toshiki, but facing Sayuri, who was about the same age as his wife, Miyamizu Toshiki really couldn't accept such a daughter-in-law.

After a bad breakup, Kento and Sayuri left Itomori and lived in Tokyo until Eriri's confession and...

He just missed his life in Itomori, but his thoughts drifted further and further away, and he fell into silence. His hands mechanically rubbed the meat paste in his hands, which made Qingpu Shunma beside him feel a little neglected.

The slender white fingers gently poked Xianren's waist. Xianren, who was getting deeper and deeper into the meeting, suddenly woke up and looked at the girl beside him.

"What are you thinking about?"

The clear and watery eyes of the moment looked at the sage, as if wanting to understand the sage's heart through those deep eyes.

But the heart is locked tightly.

Xianren looked at the girl beside him and chuckled, then replied that he missed his sister and relatives in Itomori.

"Ah sneeze——!"

Mitsuha Miyamizu was holding a large package sent back from Tokyo in her arms. She couldn't help but sneeze, frowned, and looked at her sister beside her.

"Yotsuba, are you saying bad things about me in your heart?"

"Huh? You're too sensitive, aren't you? Even though I think you're a little off-key and a bit of a fool, I won't say anything bad about you in my heart."

"......"

After staring at Yotsuba for a while, Sanye felt that the other party had said something too much, but after thinking about it, she realized that since Yotsuba denied it, it must not be Yotsuba.

"Could it be that fellow Xianren?"

Sanye made a deduction and then made her own confirmation.

"That guy must have been saying bad things about me in Tokyo, huh!"

"What did my brother send back?"

Ignoring her sister's slander against her brother, Siye looked at the big package curiously, her heart full of curiosity. Even though she didn't make any requests to her brother, she still felt a little bit of anticipation in her heart.

"It must be gifts that are full of his personal preferences, such as books, or books... and other..."

Miyamizu Mitsuha, who had previously asked Kento to send back some Tokyo specialties, just recalled Kento's usual personality and preferences in her mind, looked down at the cardboard box in her arms, and was already considering whether she should find a place to dispose of them before moving back.

"Given the bad taste that person usually reveals, it's very likely that they're all from those exercise books. Especially Yotsuba. You've only just started school, and to lay the foundation for you, they might have bought a thick stack of exercises..."

"Brother, he would never do such a thing!"

Staring at Sanye, Siye seemed angry, puffed up her cheeks and denied it. Her reaction to Sanye's intimidation was extremely strong.

"Who knows."

Yotsuba, who usually acts like a little adult, was suddenly broken down by his own words, causing Sanye to smile evilly.

Not knowing that his sister who was far away in Itomori was saying bad things about him, Kento was teaching Setsuna who was standing beside him while cooking. It took him more than an hour to prepare some of the ingredients into a dish and let Setsuna take it back home.

When Qingpu Mai returned home, she saw Shanshan sitting in the living room, waiting for her to come back, and the dishes on the table.

"Dinner prepared by Setsuna?"

"Xianren thought my mother might be very tired after work, so he prepared some extra food and gave it to me to take home."

"A wise man?"

Qingpu Mai felt complicated after hearing her daughter's answer. She walked to the dining table and tasted it.

The taste was just as good as the one she had tasted at Xianren's house last time, causing her heart, which had already calmed down, to stir again...

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Cherry Blossom Season: 44. Saionji World: Walk with Me a Little Longer

"World, I'm going to take a shower first?"

"Go ahead."

Watching her mother unbutton her clothes and walk towards the bathroom, Sekai Saionji sat in the living room, watching the show on TV, a little absent-minded.

From what she heard while squatting at the office door while helping out in the restaurant, it seemed that the relationship between Kento and Setsuna had already reached that critical juncture. They only needed one more step forward, and their relationship would be completely established.

Sekai Saionji couldn't help but feel bored. She couldn't watch her favorite TV programs at all. She sat silently on the sofa in the living room, with the two people's affairs on her mind.

After a long time, she couldn't help but stand up, walked to her room, picked up her telescope again, squatted in front of the window, looked towards Xianren's apartment, looked at the lights on in the apartment and the lights of Qingpu's house opposite.

Sitting in her room, Saionji Sekai couldn't help biting her lips. She slowly leaned back and lay on her bed. The face of Kento and Setsuna appeared in her mind.

She lay in bed, tossing and turning, hesitating for a long time, with a stuffy feeling in her heart that made her feel particularly uncomfortable.

Sit up.

Saionji Sekai looked around and slowly walked out of her room. Wearing casual clothes at home, she came to the bathroom door and reached out to gently knock on the glass door of the bathroom.

"Mom, I'm going out for a while."

"Ok?"

"I need to go out for a while!"

"Why are you going out so late? It's not very safe at night. Can't you go out during the day tomorrow?"

"Just going to the nearby convenience store, I'll be right back!"

Saionji Yuko, who was sitting under the shower and washing her long hair, knew her daughter's personality and knew that she couldn't stop her. Besides, the convenience store was not far from her home, so there would be no danger, so she agreed.

"I understand. Come back soon. Also, my sanitary napkins are almost used up. Remember to buy some."

"I see."

She turned back to her room and looked at her clothes. It was not a good idea to dress too specially at night. If it aroused the suspicion of the wise man, it would not be appropriate. Saionji Sekai silently chose a lavender dress, took her wallet, and left home.

click -

The door was closed, and Xiyuanji World walked out of the house, breathing in the night breeze, which brushed against her face. Her expression seemed a little dull and tangled. She bit her lip and slowly walked towards the stairs...

After entering the convenience store, Saionji Sekai looked at the goods in the store, but was not in a hurry to buy the goods her mother had asked her to buy. She walked to the shelf, looked at them carefully, picked up two bottles of the same black tea, and went to the counter to pay.

"A total of 160 yen."

She took out a coin from her wallet and handed it to the clerk. She took the two bottles of black tea in her hands and walked out of the convenience store. After glancing at the streetlights overhead, she slowly walked forward, disappearing into the darkness...

After Qingura Setsuna left and returned home, Xianren sat alone in his room, picked up the textbook that was distributed today, and carefully read the contents on it.

Very helpless.

Most of the content has been completely forgotten, but part of it is because I studied it seriously before, so I can still remember it. I carefully looked at the contents of the textbook, and when I thought about having to study it again, I felt a little complicated.

"This is necessary to avoid a bad ending."

He whispered something to cheer himself up and looked carefully at the textbook in front of him. After reading about three pages, Xianren began to feel sleepy.

"......"

Closing the textbook, Xianren sighed deeply.

The goal of a deviation value of 60 will be a rather difficult challenge.

He casually put the textbook aside and was about to get a glass of water to take a short rest when the doorbell suddenly rang, making Xianren look towards the door.

It’s so late, and someone is still coming to see him?

Guessing in his heart that it was Kiyoura Setsuna, or perhaps Kiyoura Mai, he slowly walked to the door, opened it, and saw Saionji Sekai, wearing a dress, standing quietly at his door.

"Good evening, Miyamizu-kun. Is Setsuna not here?"

Glancing into the house, Saionji Sekai's gaze fell on the wise man in front of him and greeted him with a smile.

The slightly unexpected guest made Xianren blink in surprise for a moment, and then nodded.

"Setsuna is at home. If you're looking for Setsuna, you might be in the wrong place."

"I thought she would be here with you, but it doesn't matter if Setsuna isn't here. Can you let me in and sit for a while?"

Facing the smiling black-haired girl in front of him, Xianren shook his head.

"It's already night time. It's not safe for a girl to enter a boy's room. Where is your home?"

"What's wrong? Is Miyamizu-kun going to do something to me?"

He didn't know why Saionji Sekai came to his place, but considering that it was already night, Xianren would never think that letting a girl into his room would be the right thing to do. He rejected Saionji Sekai's request and prepared to send her home.