Start living in Tokyo by inheriting the shopping street

“Aim for the best and achieve the best. No matter if you can achieve it or not, you must have the heart to win the championship first.”

Chiba Shuichi thought to himself, if the ramen restaurant can win the championship, the system evaluation should be good, right? Is it one step closer to passing the assessment and truly taking over the shopping street?

"Although what you said makes sense and is very beautiful, but look at it..." Qiu Shanyue raised his chin towards his old mother across from him, "Do you think my mother looks like she wants to win the championship?"

Mrs. Akiyama puffed up her cheeks in dissatisfaction when she heard this. "Tsuki-chan, don't underestimate your mother. She's also very capable."

Akiyama Tsuki sneered, "Well, then, correct the problems that Grandma Kizaki mentioned, and we will help you plan to win the championship. With the help of Chiba, at least fairness should be no problem."

"This..." Mrs. Akiyama's eyes suddenly wandered, "The store has just opened, isn't it a bit too far-fetched to think about these things? How about we talk about it later?"

"Did you see it?" Akiyama Tsuki sighed and said to Chiba Shuichi.

"..."

Chiba Shuichi felt that he was overthinking it. It was obvious that Mrs. Akiyama was a lazy person. It was really foolish to expect her to become the Queen of Tokyo Ramen.

"But if I win, Grandma Kizaki will be very happy, right?" Akiyama An finished her last sip of soup, put down the bowl and said, "Grandma also said the other day that she hoped my mother could slap someone in the face."

Mrs. Akiyama immediately shrank her neck, trying to reduce her presence. She really had no interest in getting slapped in the face or anything like that. It was too tiring.

Chiba Xiuyi smiled when he saw this, "Mrs. Akiyama is already amazing. She was able to raise the class monitor and the president, and educate them so well. She is definitely better than more than 90% of the mothers in Japan. There is no reason to ask for more."

Mrs. Akiyama immediately became confident again after hearing this. "That's right, mom, I also work very hard. I am definitely not lazy."

"..."

Qiu Shanyue had no doubts about this, but her mother's personality was really...

"Ugh……"

"Yue-chan, you sighed." Mrs. Akiyama put her hands on her hips, "Mom is so sad. Is what Chiba-kun said wrong? Mom is obviously very capable."

"No, he's right. Mom is really great. I just sighed because I'm tired..." Akiyama Yue lowered his head to eat.

"So...are we still going to eat Champion Ramen?" Akiyama An asked blankly, biting her chopsticks.

Akiyama Tsuki: ...

"Go ahead. When I'm free someday, I'll take you to try it and see what it tastes like." Chiba Shuichi promised with a smile.

Regardless of whether Mrs. Akiyama is willing to win the championship, he plans to take the two of them there to confirm the current level of the taste of the Akiyama Ramen restaurant.

The food he eats is all 600% added, and he has no idea how it tastes to ordinary people.

"Great~~~" Akiyama An was very excited.

"Really? Xingjiang is a traitor. Is the food mom cooks not as good as what’s available outside? It’s obviously better than that of mother-in-law." Mrs. Akiyama grumbled in dissatisfaction.

"No matter how delicious the food is, I'd still like to try something new. After all, I've been eating my mother's cooking for more than ten years..." Akiyama An also sighed, which was rare.

"I'm so sad. Both of my daughters are so uncaring." Mrs. Akiyama said angrily.

……

The lively breakfast was finally over. Because of repeated delays today, I didn’t have time to play games with Akiyama Tsuki on the way.

The three of them hurried to school and were almost late.

However, when they arrived at school, the topic of the ramen restaurant was not over yet. During the break, Chiba Shuichi suddenly discovered that some people in the class were discussing the Akiyama family's ramen restaurant!

He now had sharp ears and eyes, and quickly locked onto a group of three girls in the class.

"By the way, tomorrow is the weekend, do you want to go eat ramen together?"

"Eh? What's so good about ramen? It's terrible to squeeze in with the uncles, eat it while it's steaming hot and sweaty, and then get all covered in soup."

"It's OK. I've been to Hu Xin Fang before. They provide hair bands and aprons. The restaurant only caters to female customers, and the air conditioning is very strong."

"That's right, but it's not me who has to go there. It's my sister who told me that she found a women's ramen shop that tastes really good and she insisted that I try it."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 69: Xing's Rooftop Confession

"Where is it? If it's not far, you can give it a try."

"Me too."

"It seems to be in the northern part of Taito District. If you take the train, it should be within an hour."

"Eh - it's so far. I don't really want to go there."

"Can we go to Ueno Zoo to see the pandas? Or Sensoji Temple? And in the northern part of Taito District, is it near Ryusen? The Ichiyo Memorial Hall is also there. I'd like to see it."

"You have to wait in line for more than two hours to see the pandas... but, yeah, it's still worth it."

"What is the One Leaf Memorial Hall?"

"The female writer Higuchi Ichiyo! How come you don't know this? At least read a little book."

"So, are we going to eat ramen or not?"

"Let's go after we see the pandas. But forget about the Yiye Memorial Hall. I'm not interested at all."

"You bastard... Higuchi Ichiyo is the lady printed on the 5,000 yen note!"

"Eh??? Is this true? Then I'm interested. Let's go and see."

"..."

Chiba Shuichi looked at the three girls playing and stroked his chin thoughtfully. Speaking of pandas... I've never seen one before.

Now that I’m not as busy as I was in my previous life, and I live not far from Ueno Zoo, I feel like it’s time I went and see it with my own eyes.

Otherwise, I would have never seen a panda in both my lives, which would be a real loss.

"It's no use looking at them anymore, Chiba. They are not from the same world as us. People like us are born to be lonely."

I don't know when Uchida Yaichi walked to the seat, patted Chiba Shuichi on the shoulder, and said in a middle school tone.

Chiba Xiuyi looked up at him and said, "We are different."

"..." Uchida Yaichi hesitated, then said, "Okay, I know what you are going to say next, no need to say it."

"Very good, Uchida-san is growing up well, that's cause for celebration." Chiba Shuichi joked.

"..." Uchida Yaichi had a blank look on his face for a moment.

……

At noon, Chiba Shuichi and Akiyama An left the classroom one after another, and then quietly met on the rooftop. Chiba Shuichi had never returned the picnic mat he had borrowed before and continued to use it.

As he was laying the floor, he caught a glimpse of Akiyama Anzu looking around furtively.

After confirming that there was no one around and her sister had not arrived yet, Akiyama Anzu bent down and tapped Chiba Shuichi's shoulder with her slender fingers.

"Qianye, I have something to tell you."

"What's the matter?" Chiba Xiuyi sat down cross-legged and looked up at her.

Akiyama Xing took a deep breath, then wrote the word "person" on the palm of her hand and swallowed it.

Chiba Shuichi looked at her busy chattering with amusement, "What are you doing? Confessing your feelings?"

"Eh? Chiba-san has guessed it?" Akiyama An was stunned, then her face tightened, "Yes, I want to confess to Chiba-san."

"Oh, please go ahead."

Chiba Shuichi was waiting for her performance with great interest. He didn't know what this stupid foodie was thinking. Why was she targeting him like her sister?

But to be honest, this is the first time someone confessed to me, the first time in both of my lives, so I have to experience it well.

Akiyama Xing was a little incoherent after being interrupted. She sorted out her thoughts for a while, then bowed seriously and said:

"I like Chiba-san, please date me!"

"So...what do you like about me?" Chiba Shuichi was a little confused, especially the people of the Akiyama family, whose brains were different from those of normal people.

"I don't know." Akiyama Xing stood up and shook her head with confidence.

"You don't know? Then why do you say you like me?" Chiba Xiuyi looked at her speechlessly.

"Because you can only date if you like someone, right? Then if I want to date Chiba-san, I must like Chiba-san." Akiyama An felt that this logic was very reasonable.

Chiba Shuichi's brain seemed to be freezing. What kind of idea was this?

"Chiba-san? So, you want to date me?" Seeing that he didn't say anything, Akiyama An waved her hand in front of him.

Chiba Shuichi seemed to be back to a week ago in a trance, "No."

"Oh, okay, I'll ask tomorrow."

After being rejected again, Akiyama An still didn't feel any frustration at all, as if she had completed her daily routine.

In her mind, she obviously wanted to be like her mother did back then, persisting in expressing her feelings until she defeated all competitors and successfully got in a relationship.

"The rooftop confession plan failed, so what about using chocolate next time?" Akiyama Anzu muttered to herself, her face full of hesitation.

"Chocolate... slurp... let's change it to a love letter... Chiba-san may not like chocolate... Yeah, that's right..."

Chiba Shuichi listened to all these words with a helpless look, not knowing what to say. How greedy was he to confess his love but still be reluctant to give up the chocolate?

Just then, footsteps were heard at the stairs.

Qiu Shan Xing shuddered, and hurriedly warned stealthily: "Qianye, remember to keep my confession a secret, don't tell your sister, otherwise she will definitely nag or even sabotage it."

"...Okay." Chiba Shuichi couldn't help but nodded.

When Akiyama Yue came up, Akiyama Xing was sitting upright. Seeing his sister like this, he immediately became suspicious.

"Did you do something unbelievable again?"

"No way? Sister, you can't slander me out of thin air." Akiyama An looked away with wandering eyes.

Qiu Shanyue gave up asking questions out of exhaustion, "Next time, be more firm when you lie and don't look away."

"Oh, I got it." Akiyama An suddenly realized.

Chiba Shuichi and Akiyama Tsuki looked at each other, and both of them understood each other's meaning tacitly.

[Now you know how difficult it is for me? ]

[Thank you for your hard work. This little idiot is really worrying. ]

"Chiba-san..."

During the time they were looking at each other, Akiyama Anzu had already opened her bento and started eating. While eating, she stared at Chiba Shuichi's lunch box.

"Got it." Chiba Shuichi opened his bento with amusement and gave her some fried tempura.

"Chiba-san is so nice~" Akiyama An stuffed the food into her mouth and squinted her eyes happily.

"By the way, there are three girls in my class who have made an appointment to go to your house for noodles this weekend. What do you think of this kind of thing?"

Chiba Shuichi was eating when he suddenly remembered what happened during the morning break and reminded his parents.

Qiu Shanyue swallowed the food in his mouth and murmured, "It doesn't matter. My classmates know the situation of my family. I don't care what they think."

"Have you ever encountered something like this before?" Chiba Shuichi asked.

"Well, it's not a big problem. My mother has experience. Just remind her at night and it will be fine." Qiu Shanyue didn't take it to heart.

"That's good." Chiba Shuichi didn't say much, but he always felt... Could he really deal with Mrs. Akiyama's personality?

I don't know if Akiyama Tsuki was embarrassed when this happened before. After all, boys and girls have sensitive self-esteem...

"Chiba-san..."

Chiba Shuichi heard the voice and looked over, only to see Akiyama Anzu staring at her lunch box again, with saliva hanging from the corners of her mouth.

Well, this is a fool who has no idea what sensitivity is.

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The plot may be a little bland recently, mainly because it's the last bit before being put on the shelves. Let's stabilize it for two days. Please be patient. It will be put on the shelves. And we have to write something about the store management, right?

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 70 Do you want something to hold against me?

After finishing my meal with the Akiyama sisters, the clouds in the sky grew darker.