I won't be a loser.

When the Summer Cicadas Chirp: 290. Are you ready kids?

"Regarding this matter, I still hope you can be a little more tactful. There's no need to be so blunt."

"No, I didn't. It's just that every day when you were away, I would have some free time and just wander around the houses of the girls that Kento was close to. That's when I saw Kento back in Tokyo."

Feng Xiaochun rolled up the seafood noodles in front of him with a fork and answered calmly, which made Xianren feel that this seemed to be even more ominous than putting a GPS on him.

"I feel that this answer is even worse than the previous one."

"Don't worry, if something happens to the wise man one day, I can help tell them about him."

"... Doesn't this count as intimidation?"

Looking at the girl in front of him, he gently cut the steak in front of him and put the medium-rare steak into his mouth. It was not some high-end Wagyu steak. He was just in a very ordinary Western restaurant.

"Aren't you going home today, sage?"

"Apartment? I'm not going back tonight. Today is Christmas Eve. I'll go back tomorrow."

"Go back home and spend Christmas Eve with your girlfriend?"

"Ah."

Feng Xiaochun didn't complain about this. He just quietly finished the food in front of him, took a sip of lemonade, and stood up.

"Then I'll go back first. Contact me when you have time, Xianren."

"Ah."

Feng Xiaochun, who looked like a child, moved his buttocks from the chair, then left the chair and slowly walked out of the western restaurant. Xianren also rethought his plans and arrangements.

After having lunch at the restaurant, Xianren went to the port area which was closer in the afternoon. At around three o'clock in the afternoon, he returned to Mito Yuge's apartment, waiting for the two girls to return.

I sat at the desk and thought in front of the computer for about an hour. I was originally thinking about what topic I should write about and whether I should write something more in-depth. Unconsciously, my mind turned to what would happen tonight, would Sayu resist, and would Yuge's reaction be disgust?

But thinking about last night, Mito Yuge didn't seem to have any disgusted reaction, so she shouldn't be that disgusted about this matter. Even if she hated it, she wouldn't show it.

"Won't it show?"

Am I being a little too willful?

Sometimes, he would reflect on his own character and behavior, but no matter how much he reflected, it would not change him and he would continue to behave the same way next time.

Adults are just older children, and sometimes, they are not even as sensible as children.

Thinking of this, the wise man couldn't help but have some ideas in his mind. Looking at the document in front of him, his hands slowly fell on the keyboard. After a moment of silence, he typed out line after line of text neatly.

Ogiwara Sayu actually thought about returning to her apartment tonight, but when she thought of Mito Yuka and Kento being together, she couldn't help feeling sour and bitter in her heart.

"It's almost over, let's go together later."

"Uh-huh."

She was distractedly thinking about what happened last night when she suddenly heard Mito Yuka's words. Ogiwara Sayu showed an expression of surprise on her face. The moment she realized what was going on, she quickly agreed.

"Sayu, actually—"

"Ok?"

Mito Yuka opened her mouth and Ogiwara Sayu looked at her.

"No, it's nothing."

Smiling slightly at Ogiwara Sayu, Mito Yuge gave up asking and continued working for a while. After entertaining the guests, when it was time for them to finish their work, they left the barbecue restaurant together and left the remaining work to others.

At around five o'clock, I returned to the door of the apartment. Mito Yuge pushed open the door and entered the house. I saw Xianren who was concentrating on typing on the keyboard with his hands nimbly.

Seeing his serious expression, Mito Yuge, who had returned to the apartment, did not make any noise to disturb him. She gestured to Ogiwara Sayu to lower her voice a little, and then remained quiet and began to prepare dinner in the living room.

It’s not that the wise man didn’t notice the two men coming back, but he just happened to have some thoughts coming to his mind and didn’t have the extra energy to think about other problems.

His eyes were fixed on the laptop screen in front of him, as if it was his only thing. His hands and the contents in his mind seemed to merge into one, and he was left typing on the keyboard as if driven by instinct.

While the two girls were preparing dinner, they would occasionally look at the wise man sitting at the desk. When they found that the wise man was still looking at the document in front of him and ignoring them, Mito Yuge couldn't help but smile slightly, while Ogiwara Sayu was a little surprised that the wise man was in this state for so long.

This state lasted for about two hours. When Xianren stopped his movements, slowly leaned back in his chair, and stretched his neck and limbs, Mito Yuge, who had already prepared dinner, also greeted Xianren.

"Dinner is ready."

"Hmm? Yeah, I get it."

Looking sideways at Mito Yuge who had walked up to him and whispered to him, the somewhat tired Xianren smiled and nodded at her, then stood up, went to the bathroom first, and then returned to the living room and sat down.

Looking at the food on the table in front of him, he turned his head to look at Sayu Ogiwara who was also waiting for him.

"Don't eat too much."

"Ok?"

Ogiwara Sayu didn't understand what Kento meant and looked confused. Kento smiled at her.

The implicit smile that seemed to be full of hints made the girl understand the sage's meaning at once. For a moment, she was also affected by the sage's bad taste and didn't know how to speak.

"you......."

She opened her mouth, but the words were choked back at her lips. With Mito Yuge beside her, she felt a little restrained.

"Ok?"

"nothing."

The three of them sat quietly at the table and had dinner.

“How’s work like?”

After the meal, the three of them sat quietly around the table.

"How about what?"

Ogiwara Sayu looked at Kento in confusion, not knowing what he wanted to ask.

"Is the working environment like the guests you met?"

"Well, there are quite a few normal customers, but there are also a lot of troublesome ones, especially some greasy middle-aged uncles and some young people who come to party. They are all quite troublesome customers."

When the topic of "guests" came up, Ogiwara Sayu seemed to have a switch triggered, and she couldn't keep the smile on her face. In front of Kento, she couldn't help but roll her eyes and sighed and complained.

Looking at Mito Yuge, her expression was quite natural, without much resentment, while Ogiwara Sayu couldn't help but reach out and grab Kento's sleeve, leaning her body directly next to Kento, and confided in him some of the things she encountered at work.

Facing the girl who was leaning on him and whispering softly about her work troubles, Kento stretched out his finger and gently poked Ogiwara Sayu's tender cheek.

"Is it that much trouble?"

"It's not that there are a lot of troubles, but compared to most normal customers, I always run into some weird people during this working period."

In response to this, Mito Yuge showed a thoughtful expression, with a look of agreement on her face.

"eccentric?"

"The one who dips the meat in juice."

"......"

As soon as he heard the word "weird" from Ogiwara Sayu, a very specific image was formed in Xianren's mind, and he fell silent.

"Well, the flavor of dipping sauce you like is a personal preference. As a waiter in the store, I can't comment too much, but it seems strange to put a plate on it and grill it, right?"

"Maybe it's the first time?"

"It's such a hassle to clean up, and there's also the person who poured all the sauce on the baking sheet."

"Indeed, he is a very strange person."

"But these are fine, and there is also..."

There was a very obvious expression of disgust on Ogiwara Sayu's face. She opened her mouth, as if she wanted to describe the scene, but it seemed difficult for her to speak because it was too disgusting. Her posture was too vivid, and Xianren began to doubt what she had encountered.

Looking at Mito Yuka, since they work in the same store, there is no reason for Mito Yuka not to know what Ogiwara Sayu encountered.

"The day before yesterday?"

Noticing Kento's gaze, Mito Yuka also understood Kento's curiosity and asked Ogiwara Sayu for confirmation.

"Ah."

After struggling for a while, Ogiwara Sayu still couldn't speak and describe the scene at that time. Mito Yuka took her place and told the encounter and events of that day to the curious Kenshin in front of her.

"The evening before yesterday, a customer who couldn't hold his liquor came to our barbecue restaurant. He sat alone in a corner, drinking and eating barbecue for a while. When we were about to close, he suddenly got drunk and ran to the cash register and urinated on it."

When describing the content, even Mito Yuge's face looked a little embarrassed and disgusted.

"......"

"It's hard for ordinary civilized people to do such a thing, right?"

As if she suddenly thought of what happened that day, the discomfort on Ogiwara Sayu's face became even more severe. She grabbed Kento's sleeve, trying to get some recognition from him.

"And then?"

"The store manager didn't call the police because he was concerned about business, and the cash register was..."

Her body couldn't help but shiver, and Ogiwara Sayu leaned tightly against Kento.

"It was all wet and dirty. Then the manager had people take out all the money from the cash register. It was all wet...all the banknotes."

"Didn't you call the police?"

"Calling the police would have aroused suspicions, as if something had happened in the store. The manager told us that and then closed the store early after letting the customers check out."

"Those banknotes?"

"I don't know how the manager will handle this, but... well..."

Ogiwara Sayu was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised her head and looked at Mito Yuka.

"..."

"Ying, it shouldn't be possible, right?"

"......"

The two girls looked at each other, and Mito Yuge pursed her lips.

"I didn't touch the salary materials during this period. I just opened the envelopes and let others collect them."

"......"

Her hand fell on her wallet, and Ogiwara Sayu's expression suddenly became full of disgust.

She was originally leaning on Xianren, but she suddenly stood up, hurried to the bathroom, and began to wash her hands frantically.

"......"

"I feel like she overreacted a bit."

Looking at Sayu Ogiwara who rushed into the bathroom, Kento quietly picked up the tea in front of him and took a small sip.

"Oh, today is Christmas Eve, and I didn't prepare any apples. This—"

He stood up, walked to the desk, took out a pure white box from it, walked to Mito Yuge, and handed the box to her.

"See if you like it?"

"Gift?"

"Ah."

Mito Yuge stretched out her hands, took the gift box handed over by the wise man, untied the ribbon on it, opened the small box, looked at the silver bracelet lying inside, took it out, and looked at the silver bracelet inlaid with sapphires lying in her palm, her eyes filled with love.

"Thank you."

"nice! You love it."

Sayu Ogiwara stayed in the bathroom for about ten minutes, and she walked out of the bathroom with a painful expression.

The wise man handed another small pink box to the girl.

The girl, who was just about to sit down, looked at the small box in front of her, feeling a little confused.

"For me?"

"See if you like it."

He glanced at Mito Yuge and found a small white box in front of her. He knew that she had received the gift when he was not around.

Seeing that Mito Yuka already had a gift, Ogiwara Sayu felt relieved and silently accepted the gift box given by Kento.