While carefully pouring boiling olive oil on the fish, Nakano Nino picked up the kettle beside her to make tea and introduced it to Hayakawa: "This is salt kelp tea. It has a light and mild salty taste. It is very suitable for drinking after waking up from a hangover."

Hayakawa nodded and looked at it carefully.

"Then add rice to the bowl, pan-fry the salmon until it's half-cooked, pour kelp tea, add the nori and plums, and finally sprinkle some chopped green onions, and it's done."

Nakano Nino smiled and showed the bowl to Hayakawa. "It's called Nakano's Autumn Limited Edition Salted Salmon Tea Rice. The slightly sour plums and mild salty taste are very appetizing."

Hayakawa looked down at the light tea and rice in the bowl, his expression slightly changed: "It looks pretty good, but this is only enough for one person, what about Yotsuba and the others?"

"They? They don't have headaches,"

Nino curled her lips when she heard that and said, "Just heat up the leftover cake rice from last night and add some vegetarian curry."

"..."

Hayakawa remained silent. He felt that Nino seemed to be a little unkind to her sisters.

"Okay, take the food over there first."

Nino narrowed her eyes at Hayakawa and chuckled, "If there's not enough to eat, just tell me. There's still salmon and rice, and the tea is hot. It's actually pretty easy to make with these three."

After that, she handed the bowl to Hayakawa

"Nino,"

Hayakawa took the bowl but didn't move. Instead, he looked at the pink-haired girl in front of him and said, "When I was in the living room just now, I heard Yotsuba say that you helped me take a bath last night. Now you specially cook for me. I really don't know how to thank you."

"Nothing... nothing, just cooking."

Facing Hayakawa's gaze, Nino Nakano subconsciously took a step back, and her earlobes slowly turned red. She didn't expect Hayakawa to mention bathing so nonchalantly. Normally, they should have tacitly not mentioned it.

"I really caused you a lot of trouble."

Hayakawa looked calm and reached for his wallet: "If possible..."

"Nothing, really."

Nino thought Hayakawa was going to say something again, so she waved her hands in panic and said, "Just reply to my LINE messages faster next time."

Hayakawa stopped touching his wallet and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I often study at home, so I rarely look at my phone. Next time I will pay attention to the message interface."

"It's okay, it's okay, learning is the most important thing."

Nino smiled slightly when she saw this, then suddenly remembered something and said, "I have something I need your help with. Can you come to my room after you finish your meal?"

Hayakawa: “Hmm?”

……

At the dinner table, the five sisters and Hayakawa were enjoying lunch.

"Uh, Nino."

Nakano Ichika looked at the omelette rice in front of her, which was obviously left over from yesterday, and then looked at the exquisite rice in front of Hayakawa. She couldn't help but fall into deep thought and couldn't help but look at Nino and said, "Is there something wrong?"

"Hmm? What's wrong?"

Nakano Nino said expressionlessly while eating.

"Why does Hayakawa-san eat different food than us? It's not fair!"

May next to her said somewhat indignantly that she couldn't accept that others ate better than her.

"Hayakawa-san is a guest and he has a headache. Do you have a headache too?"

Nino said unhappily, "Don't I eat the same thing as you guys?"

May stopped talking immediately, but still looked at the beautifully fried salmon in front of Hayakawa and licked her lips slightly, the thought of taking it away kept appearing in her mind.

Hayakawa saw all of this, and while the others were chatting and not paying attention, he quickly passed the salmon piece to May, then lowered his head and continued eating, pretending that he didn't hear anything.

Hayakawa never cared about what he ate, even if it was liquid food or compressed dry food, but he knew that the clothes he was wearing were from May, so if she wanted to eat, then just give it to her. Anyway, he always refused to indulge in food.

"..."

Nakano Satsuki was stunned for a moment, then her face slightly reddened and she wanted to return it, but she was afraid of being discovered by others, so she had no choice but to lower her head and eat.

May's little face was slightly flushed, and she felt very ashamed. Naturally, she did not feel the slightest bit of gratitude towards Hayakawa, and even felt a little angry. She said that she had only "taken a quick" glance at it, so why did you give it to her directly? Wouldn't that make her look very greedy?

And you used your own chopsticks to pick up food for me, so that was an indirect kiss and I couldn't refuse, so it was totally not worth it.

"Well."

May ate the fish with mixed feelings and didn't say a word during the whole lunch.

Miku was also silent. Her mind had been repeating the morning scene like a movie since morning, making her feel a little dazed even when eating.

She secretly looked at Hayakawa across the table, hoping that he would come home soon.

……

After dinner, Miku went straight upstairs to her room, while the others rested on the sofa downstairs.

"Um…"

Nino raised her chin to Hayakawa, winked at him, and went upstairs.

Hayakawa thought about it, then followed Nino upstairs under the gazes of the other girls.

"them…"

Siye's eyes were confused, and she asked blankly, "What are you going to do?"

“This… ah!”

When Yihua saw this scene, she felt anxious and sad. She couldn't bear to see her sister so hurt by love, so she quickly said, "Maybe something happened."

"There must be something going on."

Mayu, who was standing next to them, suddenly came over and looked at Ichika and Yotsuba with a serious look: "Ichika, Yotsuba, have you noticed something?"

Ichika's heart trembled: "What's the matter?"

Did May discover something? That's not good.

"Didn't you notice..."

Mayu looked serious and asked in a deep voice, "Is Nino good to Hayakawa?"

When Nakano Ichika heard this, the expression on her face disappeared.

That's it? Anyone with eyesight can see it.

Chapter 155 Dare Not Forget

Ichika was a little speechless, but still pretended to be ignorant and said: "No, wasn't Nino like this before?"

"No!"

May shook her head vigorously upon hearing this, and said firmly: "Nino used to be not so gentle towards others. She didn't even interact with boys at school. Not to mention what she did just now, cooking a separate meal for Hayakawa-san."

As she spoke, May couldn't help showing a trace of grievance. Making exquisite dishes for boys and letting the sisters eat leftovers, is this something a human can do? In the end, she was pitied by Hayakawa, which was really embarrassing.

"That's because Hayakawa is handsome."

Ichika deadpanned, "Think about how Nino looks when she sees those popular male idols in TV dramas. Do you still find it weird?"

“…Hiss, that makes sense.”

Nakano Satsuki was stunned for a moment, and murmured, "Does Nino care so much about appearance? Appearance is not a good idea. Character is obviously the most important thing. Only 10% of a person's strengths are on the outside, and the remaining 90% are on the inside."

"Well, don't say that. Appearance and personality are both important."

Ichika looked like someone who had come over, and seeing that Mayu still looked unimpressed, she gave an example, "If a teacher named Hinakawa Tsunasaka, who has a good personality, suddenly pursued you, would you agree?"

"Forgive me for refusing!"

Wu Yue thought of the gorilla teacher and was immediately horrified. She said in horror, "Don't talk about such terrible things. That teacher is very scary and often punishes students."

"It's just to make you understand this truth. Appearance is also a part of a person. Whether you like a person's inner or outer appearance, it is a reason to like that person."

Ichika was a little proud and said, "You see, you just can't accept Mr. Hinakawa."

"I suddenly realized the importance of appearance. It seems that even if I'm in a relationship, I have to at least look good."

Nakano Satsuki nodded with lingering fear, then looked at Ichika and said angrily: "Ichika, you scared me by saying such a terrible thing. I might have a nightmare tonight. Take responsibility for it!"

"Huh? Haha!"

Yihua was slightly stunned and then smiled: "What are you responsible for?"

"Be responsible for putting me to sleep!"

"I don't want to~"

……

"Your room seems a little empty."

After Hayakawa entered Nino's room, he was stunned by the very clean walls and stared at them for a long time.

It’s not that he doesn’t like neat walls. In fact, his room has solid-colored walls without even any wallpaper. But Nino’s empty space gives him the feeling that something was originally pasted on it and then torn off, which makes people feel strange.

"I put up some decorations before, but I felt it was not good these days so I took them down."

Nakano Nino was glad that she had hidden those celebrity posters in advance, otherwise if someone found them, she might be looked at strangely.

"That's it,"

Hayakawa didn't pay much attention to it and said to Nino who was sitting on the bed: "So why did you call me over here? Is there something you want to talk about?"

"Well...actually I."

Nakano Nino looked at Hayakawa hesitantly, seeming to want to say something but stopping herself.

"Ah."

Hayakawa looked at Nino calmly, her eyes were as calm as clear spring water, her pretty face was innocent. The morning breeze brushed across the balcony, bringing a hint of autumn dampness. Hayakawa saw that the surface of the community pool behind Nino was stirred up with glowing water splashes, like a firefly in the dark night.

Nino hesitated for a long time, but finally took out an earring set from the drawer: "Actually, I want to pierce my ears, but I don't dare to do it myself, so I want you to help me."

Hayakawa frowned slightly, took the earring tool from Nino's hand, looked at the sharp round needle on it, and then glanced at Nino's snow-white and tender earlobe. He felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and said without thinking: "Do you want to get this?"

"Yes…"

Hearing this, Nino's heart, which had been racing because of being alone with Hayakawa, immediately calmed down. Instead, she felt an unprecedented sense of peace and whispered, "Because my friends in the class all have this, I thought it would be nice for me to try it myself."

Nino's voice was so faint that it sounded like a whisper. Hayakawa felt that the words of the girl in front of him were very pale. He did not understand the idea of ​​trying to please others.

At this moment he thought of Ogata Rizu, a child with very low emotional intelligence who often did inappropriate things in inappropriate situations, but she would never hurt herself to accommodate others. Even though Hayakawa had a thousand malice towards her, he still recognized this.

No matter what, don't lose yourself.

"Let's not fight anymore,"

Hayakawa thought for a moment, put down the earring set in his hand and suggested: "It may not look good, and it will definitely hurt."

“I know that, too.”

Nakano Nino also looked hesitant. Seeing Hayakawa put down the earrings, she seemed to be relieved and said with a sigh of relief, "Actually, I also think it will not look good. If I pierce one ear, I have to pierce the other side as well. And what if the bleeding gets infected? So after thinking about it carefully, I decided not to do it for now and we'll talk about it later."

Hayakawa: “…So you asked me to come up just to convince yourself through me.”

"Don't say that?"

Nino's face suddenly turned red, and then she reached into the drawer again, took out two movie tickets, handed one to Hayakawa, and said shyly: "This... is for you."

"This is?"

Hayakawa took a look and saw a scene of a man and a woman hugging each other. It was obviously a romance movie.

"It's the latest movie, called 'White Vanilla', and it's said to have good reviews."

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