Hikigaya Hachiman is still in the dark

There is still not much change on the Sobu High School side, but the atmosphere on the Kaihin High School side is much heavier. The reason is not difficult to imagine. Of course, it is because of Niwa's gaffe yesterday and Rumi's absence today.

As expected, we can’t let the situation continue like this. Although I don’t know if my method will work, it seems to be the only way I can do it at the moment.

During the break in the meeting, I winked at Niwa, and after seeing my look, Niwa and I walked out of the student union office together.

"Is it under control?" I asked Niwa whether the two students had spread what he said yesterday.

"It should be considered under control. Those two people are still quite sensible."

"That's fine."

I nodded. It would be better if there were no rumors about the Chinese student in the United States liking the teacher, otherwise things would be even more difficult to handle.

"Teacher Hikigaya, thank you for your hard work." Niwa said to me when he saw me breathe a sigh of relief. Then, a layer of gloom covered his face again: "It's all my fault..."

"Don't worry about it. Just don't cause me any more trouble."

Although it was indeed Niwa's fault, after all, Niwa was just a child who had not grown up. As a teacher, I still have to encourage him at times like this.

"You've turned over a new leaf, haven't you? From now on, you just need to try your best to apologize. Liu Mei isn't a particularly stingy person. I think there's still a chance that you'll be forgiven."

"I hope so." Niwa still felt disappointed.

Saying too much would make my words seem less credible, so I didn't say anything more. After a while, I returned to the Student Union Office.

Soon, the meeting was over and I put on my briefcase and prepared to go to my home in the United States.

Before leaving, Ogusa glanced at me, then ran to my side and whispered to me to help her say hello to Liumei, and then hurriedly left the student union office.

What a gentle child.

Since I had been here several times before, I arrived at my home in the United States very easily.

When my grandfather who was studying in the United States saw me, he opened the door of the wooden house and came out to greet me.

"Teacher Hikigaya, what do you think about that child..." Rumi's grandfather had worry in his eyes.

"Don't worry, Grandpa. Liumei will be fine."

When I sent Liumei back last night, Liumei's grandfather was still a little wary of me, but today he was completely wary of me. I guess Liumei explained what happened yesterday to his grandfather.

Although I answered the question of the grandfather who was studying in the United States very easily, I felt much heavier in my heart because I didn't know whether I could help the grandfather who was studying in the United States.

"Then I'll go in first!"

"Okay, I'll leave it to you." The grandfather who studied in the United States was still very worried, but he still chose to believe me.

I quickly arrived at Liumei's room. Like before, the door of Liumei's room was still tightly locked. I knocked on the door. After a long time, Liumei got up and opened the door.

Liumei's room was as clean as before. The small wooden table I saw a few days ago was now lying quietly in the middle of the living room, with high school textbooks and several notebooks on it.

Are you studying? This kid is really hardworking!

Liumei is not much different from before. If I have to say, it's just that there is less spirit in his eyes and he looks a little decadent. So, I sat opposite Liumei.

"Feel good?"

Liumei sat there without saying anything. After some consideration, I took the initiative to speak to her.

"Not bad." Liu Mei nodded gently.

"In that case, I'll feel relieved. You just recovered from your previous cold, and I'm a little afraid that you'll catch a cold again because of yesterday's rain."

"Well, I'm still in good health."

Liu Mei still just nodded in response to me.

"By the way, Origina-san asked me to say hello to you."

After hearing Orikusa's name, Rumi's expression changed slightly, but soon returned to silence.

"I see!"

Still a very cold response.

"I know it's hard for you to understand, and it's not fair to say this to you all of a sudden, but I..."

"If you came here to say something like this, Mr. Hikigaya, you can go back first."

Chapter 208 He and She Made Up Their Minds

As soon as I opened my mouth, Liumei showed very intense resistance. Well, she was Liumei after all, so she must have known what I would say next. In addition, she had just been treated like that not long ago, so it was not surprising that she had such a reaction. On the contrary, it would have been a bit strange if she hadn't been so angry.

But because of this, the atmosphere in the living room became much more awkward, and the topic got stuck there, and I didn't know how to start talking again.

"Liumei, can you still perform in my stage play?"

I spoke directly. Now was not the time to dither. I just needed to state my purpose directly.

When I got home, it was almost late at night.

Because it was so late, Yuigahama did not come out to greet me. It seemed that Yuigahama's daily routine was very regular. She would feel sleepy around ten o'clock. If there was nothing special, she would usually go back to her room to sleep.

This is the first time I have seen such a dark apartment. Whenever I came back in the past, Yuigahama would greet me warmly, and I would see Yukinoshita busy in the living room.

Therefore, such a dark scene is rare.

I groped my way back to the living room, found the light switch in the dark, and pressed it gently. The living room suddenly became bright. Because my vision became clear, I saw an unexpected figure in the living room.

Yukinoshita lay on the table in the living room, she fell asleep with her folded hands as a pillow, next to her was her laptop which was still working.

How hard did this guy have to work to fall asleep on the table in the living room?

Sighing, I took my coat and walked behind Yukinoshita, then I gently put the coat on Yukinoshita.

You are so cute when you are asleep. I don’t know how you developed your sharp tongue. Now is no longer the era when tsundere is popular. You will be more popular if you show more cuteness, right?

I glanced at Yukinoshita's computer screen, which showed something like a copy. I just glanced through it and stopped paying attention to Yukinoshita's notebook. After pressing the save button for her, I turned off the notebook and closed it gently.

I'm so hungry. I should have eaten something before leaving when I was at Niwa's house just now. Now I feel like I'm being devoured by hunger.

But fortunately, although my cooking skills have deteriorated, I can still cook the most basic meals.

I walked to the refrigerator, opened the door and carefully checked the stock inside.

Is there still so much food left? As I said before, don’t eat too much when cooking, otherwise it will be a waste if you can’t finish it…

Then I thought, if I come back early, then these dishes in the refrigerator will belong to me. Suddenly I couldn't help but feel scared. Do you want me to become a fat guy like Zaimokuza, who works hard to finish his manuscripts?

I smiled helplessly. Although the food looked good, it might be too troublesome to reheat it, so I decided not to consider it for the time being.

Looking down, you can see the noodles and the packaged minced meat.

Did you make your own noodles? It seems like I haven’t eaten them for a long time. I decided to have you as my midnight snack tonight.

Go ahead, Hikigaya Hachiman, use your secret technique, the Zajyoumi no Jutsu.

Complaining in my mind, I took out the noodles and minced meat from the refrigerator, turned on the induction cooker, filled the pot with water, and on the other hand, I heated up the frying pan and started making the sauce.

"Hikigaya?"

Maybe the sound of my cooking woke up Yukinoshita, and from the living room came the sound of Yukinoshita murmuring, she had just woken up.

"I'm not wrong."

I responded to Yukinoshita in a low voice.

"doing what?"

"Late-night snacks or something like that."

"Oh!" After Yukinoshita in the living room responded to me, she fell silent. Then, the rustling sound of clothes being rummaged in the living room came again.

"Your clothes?"

"its mine."

"That's it."

The conversation was interrupted again, and after a moment of silence, I spoke to the living room.

"Want some midnight snack?"

Maybe she didn't know how to answer, Yukinoshita hesitated for a while, then nodded at me.

"please."

"It's okay." Saying this, I took out some more noodles from the refrigerator. The water in the pot hasn't boiled yet. I turned on the gas stove, and after heating the pan, I prepared to start making the sauce for cooking the noodles.

Yukinoshita remained silent and said nothing.

After a while, the water boiled and I put the noodles in to cook. The sauce was almost ready.

"Do you want a stronger or lighter flavor?"

"Something lighter."

After hearing Yukinoshita's response, I added less salt to the reduced ingredients than when I made it myself.

After everything was done, I took out the noodles and put them in a bowl. I carefully spread the prepared sauce on them. I thought about it and felt that something was still missing, so I took out some sausages from the refrigerator, heated them up and put them in the bowl. After that, I was satisfied and brought the two bowls of noodles to the living room and placed them on the table.

"Thank you." Yukinoshita took the chopsticks I handed over. I nodded without responding to her. She picked up the noodles with her chopsticks and blew on them before putting them into her mouth.

"It tastes surprisingly good." After tasting it, Yukinoshita expressed her approval.

"Of course." I replied to Yukinoshita with a little pride: "After all, my dream has always been to be a househusband. This skill is essential."

"You say that again." Yukinoshita sighed softly, but then smiled again.

Neither Yukinoshita nor I said anything else. We just enjoyed the quiet night and the delicious food in our bowls.

After finishing the noodles, Yukinoshita was about to get up, but seeing her expression, I quickly stopped her and took the initiative to help her pick up the bowl and put it in the kitchen sink. Then, I turned on the hot water and started washing the dishes.

"Hikigaya." Yukinoshita called out from the living room while I was washing dishes.

"What's wrong?" I heard the sound in the kitchen and responded softly.

"Anything you want to drink?"

"coffee……"

"If you drink this, won't you be unable to sleep in a while?"

"Yeah, then ordinary black tea will be fine."

"Okay." After I responded like this, the sound of a kettle roaring came from the living room.

We use an electric kettle in our apartment, so Yukinoshita usually makes tea in the living room.

After washing the dishes, I walked out of the kitchen and into the living room, and then I found that Yukinoshita was looking at me with her chin supported.

"Thanks for your hard work!"

"It doesn't count."

Having said this, I sat down at my seat. In front of me, the freshly brewed black tea was still emitting white steam.

Because it is cat tongue, it looks like it cannot be drunk for the time being.

I looked at Yukinoshita, and after taking a sip of black tea, she was also looking at me.

"How did things go?" Yukinoshita asked me.

What? It should be about Rumi and Niwa.

"It's almost done. Although she was a little reluctant about staying in the United States, she still agreed to let me perform in the stage play. After that, when I went to Niwa's house, I also revised my script. Basically, the initial arrangements have been completed. From now on, I can only work hard!"

"I see." After hearing my answer, Yukinoshita patted her cheeks and said, "Thank you for all the hard work!"

"You can't say that. I just happened to be here. And aren't you also busy with Yuigahama's affairs?" I responded to Yukinoshita.

When I came back, I knew without much thought that Yukinoshita was sleeping on the table in the living room because of Yuigahama's incident.

Yukinoshita and I sighed at the same time. It's really easy for the two of us to get entangled in all kinds of troublesome things.

"Almost everything that needed to be prepared has been prepared. Whether it was the opening performance or the purchase of goods, everything was successfully completed after receiving the summary of the questionnaire provided by classmate Hai Zhixing."

"That's it."

Hai Zhixing's work efficiency is really high. It didn't take long for her to finish the summary.

"By the way, the opening is scheduled for Christmas."

"That's great. Opening a store on a holiday is more festive, and there should be a lot of people coming in that day."

Opening a store during Christmas is indeed a very good idea. A lot of activities can be held, and there are many people who want to go out and play during Christmas. At that time, the flow of people will surely be very optimistic.