Crossover Anime: Randomly Setting Up a Stall with Binchotan Charcoal

"Are you really human?"

Lingzi looked Xia Tian up and down; this didn't seem right.

“I am not only a person, but also your future husband.”

"???"

"Find a place to sit down, let me treat your wound first." Xia Tian looked at Lingzi's forehead with concern; his wife's beautiful face couldn't be scarred.

"It's just a minor injury, I'm used to it." Lingzi said nonchalantly, then waved her hand to wipe her forehead, but in an instant, she pulled out the hair from the wound, which made her tears well up in her eyes from the pain.

"You really are..."

"It's okay, even if I go back, I won't have any medicine to apply."

Hearing Lingzi's words, Xia Tian's heart tightened. He sighed, pressed Lingzi down, and made her sit down. "Don't move. Let me treat your wound first."

Lingzi hadn't heard that domineering yet caring tone in a long time. She obediently watched as Xia Tian placed his right hand on her forehead, and with a soft, cool blue light, the wound on her forehead healed quickly.

"You still say you're not a monster?!"

"..."

Natsume gave Reiko a flick on the forehead, annoyed. "You monster!"

"It hurts, it hurts~"

"Stop pretending, it's getting dark, let's go home!"

Lingzi was stunned. She hadn't heard those words in a very long time. After her parents left, she was always alone, saying "I'm back" to one person and "I'm going out" to another.

"Going home is fine, but don't get any bad ideas. I'm pretty tough." Natsume Reiko picked up her schoolbag, put her soft hands behind her back, and looked fierce but was actually weak.

I thought Summer was just a weakling who was unlucky enough to see monsters, but it turns out she's a real tiger.

Summer shook her head with a chuckle, "Now you're scared, huh? Hehe."

Lingzi's house is not far away, less than a five-minute walk. It is a small house with only two living rooms, one of which is empty.

"I am back!"

Reiko opened the door and called out as usual, not expecting anyone to respond.

"Welcome back!"

The voice behind her startled Lingzi. After a three-second silence, she turned around, glared at Xia Tian, ​​and said irritably, "This is my house, come in."

There were no slippers, so Lingzi took off her shoes and socks, and her fair little feet stepped directly on the floor, following the local customs in summer.

"Would you like tea or a beverage...? It seems like we only have beverages left. We haven't had any guests in a long time, so we've been serving tea." Reiko said, turning and walking towards the kitchen.

Reiko opened a bottle of drink and looked Natsumi up and down again. "Natsumi-kun, just admit it. I have a lot of monster friends, and I won't miss you."

"What kind of friends do you have? You don't have any human friends, and you don't have any monster friends either." Xia Tian curled his lip. Everyone knows you make a Book of Friends, but you've never used it to summon anyone.

"You...you...you..." Lingzi pointed angrily at Xia Tian; those words really stung. Who said she didn't have any monster friends? She did...she did...their names were...

Flipping through a book of friends, Reiko sadly discovers that she seems to have no friends at all. Many of the spirits she encounters are just casual acquaintances; she simply wins over their names for fun. Can that really be considered friendship?

Moreover, deep down she still harbored a sliver of wariness towards yokai, unlike Natsume who could completely trust them.

She hates humans and she hates yokai... Even when there are yokai willing to be her friends, she never dares to take that step. She is even lonelier than Natsume.

"Never mind you, I'm hungry, go cook."

"This is my home. I haven't confirmed that you'll stay overnight, and I'm not your servant..."

The next moment, when Xia Tian opened a box of money, Lingzi showed that she could be flexible and adaptable, "Young master, please wait a moment, I'll go cook rice right away."

"Hehe." Xia Tian laughed.

Soon Lingzi came out carrying two bowls of fragrant noodles.

The dining table was a worn-out, low wooden table, one of its legs needing to be propped up with a cardboard.

"Let's eat!"

Xia Tian stared speechlessly at the steaming bowl of instant noodles in front of her. "You're eating this?"

"Don't underestimate instant noodles, they're one of humanity's greatest inventions. I'm starting now." Lingzi rolled her eyes at Xia Tian, ​​picked up her bowl, and wolfed it down. Although she had eaten a few steamed buns, she was hungry again after playing games with the monsters for a while.

Seeing Lingzi's satisfied expression, Xia Tian felt both sad and sorry for her.

"How about this, as payment for staying at your house, I'll cover all three meals a day from now on."

"Huh??? You can cook?"

"Everyone says I made those steamed buns earlier. Do you think I can't cook?"

"Uh... yeah. Why didn't you say so earlier? I was about to throw up from eating instant noodles."

"Who said instant noodles are the greatest invention of mankind...?"

"Hmph, I don't care, I want to eat! Three meals a day start with this one." Lingzi threw the instant noodles on the table. This weird invention, whoever wants to eat it can eat it.

“…”

Xia Tian shook her head with amusement, "Then you wait at home, I'll go out to buy groceries."

"Do you know the location? I also..." Lingzi suddenly froze, the vegetable seller seemed unwelcoming to her.

"It's getting dark, girls shouldn't go out. I'll be back soon, 023."

"Okay, be careful on your way."

@#@#

It was a simple meal: three dishes and a soup for summer.

Mapo tofu, stir-fried greens and a fish, with tofu soup in the broth.

Lingzi, drooling all over the floor, said "Let's eat" and then ate without even looking up.

The freshly cooked tofu was still steaming.

The rice was scalding hot when it hit her mouth, but Lingzi didn't care at all. She blew on it and then shoveled the rice down her throat.

A hot stomach is a stomach problem, but you can't keep your mouth shut.

"good to eat!"

Mapo tofu boasts six flavors: hot, spicy, fragrant, colorful, numbing, and crispy. Each one is so delicious it'll make your tongue tingle. This magical combination of six flavors brings out the best in the ingredients, creating an unparalleled and amazing dish.

When Lingzi tasted the first bite of food, her eyes lit up as she looked at Xia Tian, ​​who was slowly chewing her vegetables.

What an amazing tenant!

The dishes he prepared were comparable to those served at a state banquet.

Wow, it smells so good!

This kind of food is so good that I can eat it three times a day!

Even if Xia Tian called him a monster right now, Reiko would accept it—no, a monster would be even better…

"Xia-kun, are you really, really not a monster? I have a Book of Friends here... Let's sign a contract."

Reiko's response was another tap on the head.

"Get out of here. Finish eating and go make my bed right now."

"oh.".

Chapter 130 The Most Beautiful Bride, Guizhou

Why did you come along too?

At eight o'clock in the morning, Xia Tian followed Lingzi to school. Hmm... Xia Tian even sold roasted sweet potatoes at the school gate before.

"Woman, you slept with me last night, you don't want to take responsibility, do you?"

Xia Tian looked at Lingzi with a resentful expression, as if she were looking at a terrible woman.

"Ahhh, don't talk nonsense!"

"I just... I just got up in the middle of the night and went into the wrong room. Who told you to hog the master bedroom?"

"Besides, we're completely innocent; we weren't even in our pajamas."

Lingzi was furious. She shouldn't have given up the master bedroom under the temptation of money and food, and ended up sleeping with a man without thinking. Although nothing happened, she, a virgin, felt cheated.

"Wait a minute~ wait a minute~ what does this have to do with you coming to school? What are you planning to do?" Lingzi looked at Xia Tian warily, afraid that he would do something outrageous.

"Of course I'm here to assert my dominance. You don't really want to shirk responsibility, do you, you scumbag?"

"No, I didn't, stop messing around."

Lingzi was in a real bind. She'd never met such a difficult man in her life. The problem was, she couldn't beat him. If she could, she'd knock Xia Tian unconscious with a stick.

"My reputation at school is already terrible. If any more scandals break out, I...I...I..." Reiko suddenly stammered, as if, perhaps, her reputation couldn't possibly get any worse.

It's really sad to think about it.

"Hehe, doesn't it feel the same? Your reputation can't get any worse." Xia Tian's eyes were full of mockery.

"Hmph. Whatever, do whatever you want."

Lingzi glanced at Xia Tian and gave a soft hum.

Summer was no joke. Reiko possessed immense demonic power, capable of easily defeating powerful demons. However, she was frequently bullied by her classmates, who even subjected her to school violence. On the surface, Reiko would only retaliate with a broom, feigning anger, but in reality, she hid all her pain deep inside.

I don't want this to happen again this summer.

Standing at the school gate, Xia Tian pulled out a megaphone and shouted loudly to Lingzi's astonished gaze:

"Listen up, you people inside! Natsume Reiko is my family. If you ever dare to bully her again, you'll suffer the same fate as this tree!"

Before he could finish speaking, Xia Tian punched the big tree at the school gate.

"Boom~"

With a loud bang, a tree several centimeters in diameter fell to the ground.

"Gudong!"

Lingzi's classmates swallowed hard, avoiding eye contact with Xia Tian, ​​and hurried into the school with their heads down.

Lingzi covered her face, feeling both embarrassed and secretly sweet. Was this what it felt like to be cared for? This jerk, though reckless and unpredictable, had to admit that his intentions were to care about her.

Therefore, he did not deny Xia Tian's remarks.

"Alright, confession over. I'm going to open a steamed bun shop now."

Standing at the school gate, Xia Tian ignored the terrified looks from the others and waved goodbye to Lingzi.

"...Um."

Lingzi watched Xia Tian leave, only then realizing the whispers and pointing fingers of her classmates.

"How bold of her to have a boyfriend while still in school."

"Hmph, shameless..."

"Are you out of your mind? If that man hears you saying that, can you take a punch from him?"

"Oh, I'm so envious of Reiko. That man is so domineering and handsome!"

"Both of them are weirdos; let's stay away from them."

Lingzi lowered her eyelids slightly. She usually ignored these rumors and gossips, and she cared even less today. She had already found someone who understood her, and everyone else was irrelevant.

Summer turned around happily. He hadn't expected things to progress with Reiko so quickly; they were almost ready to confess to each other. It could only be said that Reiko had been lonely for too long. Although Natsume had an unhappy childhood, he still had yokai friends and had met human friends like Nishimura Tanuma in Hachihara.

Reiko had nothing; she was supposed to be a friend's book, but she didn't have a single friend. Perhaps his appearance was like a lifeline for Reiko, which is why he let her be so unrestrained.

Summer gently took her first steps, preparing to go to Nanatsuji-ya.

"Ok?"

As he turned around, he saw a monster.

The little old monster who chatted with Reiko in the tree yesterday.

Feeling the gaze of summer, the old man monster glanced at summer, then at the broken tree, hesitated for a moment, and walked over.

"Sir, you can see me, can't you? Could you please do me a favor?"