Reborn in Tokyo after picking up Sayu who ran away from home

Chapter 264
At night.

The bright lights illuminate the house of the Benshan family.

In the room with the same layout as Kato's house, but smaller, the atmosphere was as cheerful as if it was a festival.

An immature woman and a mature woman are busy in the kitchen, and a young man is sitting comfortably on the sofa in the living room, staring at the TV with mixed eyes. The whole person is in a state of complete relaxation, very comfortable.

Bang clang, boom clang.

Boom, knock, gurgling.

The TV series of the Warring States Period and the melody of dinner from the kitchen are intertwined, bringing a harmonious and warm atmosphere.

"So that's it, you guys went to see Mr. Uchiyama."

"Yes. But... that old grandpa doesn't seem to be easy to get along with."

Mina Motoyama smiled: "That's it, it's true that that person's personality is difficult to be liked, but he's not a bad person, it's just that he's a bit stubborn, just like a child."

"Is that so?" Sayu turned her head slightly when she heard this, but remembered Uchiyama Kou's doubts about Kato Yusuke at that time, and her slender willow eyebrows could not help but lightly frowned, and said silently, " perhaps".

There was a brief silence.

"Little Sayu, can I trouble you to try this?"

"Huh? Ah, um, okay!"

A tasting spoon with some dark brown sauce was put into his mouth.

"How about it?"

"Hmm! The saltiness is just right, it's delicious."

"Really? That's good." Motoyama Mina smiled slightly, put the bowl with the prepared sauce aside, and began to cut the cabbage.

"Although Xiaoyou may not have told you."

She continued the topic just now: "But when his parents squandered the family property, it was Mr. Uchiyama who took the initiative to find Mr. Kato to buy the remaining land.

Although this was also beneficial to him, judging from the situation at the time, he could actually buy those lands even if he deliberately lowered the price, but in the end he gave a very fair offer, and it was he himself who proposed it. "

Motoyama Mina paused when she said this, then turned her head to look at the girl and continued: "Including the matter of Xiaoyou's tuition later, that's why I think Mr. Uchiyama must not be a bad person."

"Eh……?"

Sayu's eyes wandered, and her gaze involuntarily looked towards the living room connected to the kitchen, and landed on the boy.

Seeing that the other party's eyes were half-opened and half-closed, he looked like he was about to fall asleep, and the expression on his face seemed softer than usual.

"That's it." She nodded, looked away, then pressed her index finger to her chin as if remembering something, and asked, "Speaking of which, the boy we met at the old man's house is Yusuke's friend?" Aunt Mina."

"Boy? Ah~ you're talking about Kenta, right?" Motoyama Mina showed a perceptive smile, "What's wrong? Is he angry with Yuu again?"

Although it is an interrogative sentence, the tone is as firm as a declarative sentence.

"Angry...?" Sayu tilted her head, puzzled in her eyes.

"Yes, it's anger." As if feeling amused, the other party shook his shoulders, "That's Mr. Uchiyama's grandson, Uchiyama Kenta. He is one year younger than Xiao Yu, and he is now studying in the third year of junior high school in Saitama City."

"Ah, so you're a junior high school student?"

Thinking of the girl who met during the day, she asked: "I feel that his attitude towards Yusuke is very strange. There is a feeling that he is very familiar but disgusted."

"Of course, well... Although Kenta was still following Xiaoyou when he was a child, it became like this later."

"Does that mean the two were once friends?"

"Well...how should I put it." Motoyama Mina held her chin with one hand, thought for a while and said, "At least Kenta thinks so."

"Huh?" Sayu couldn't help but let out a light snort: "Well, what does this mean?"

"—Because." The other party recalled: "Xiaoyou has been a maverick child since he was a child. Although there are many children who are discouraged by his indifference, there are also people who think he is so cool and want to get close to him. Quite a few."

"Is that so~ Then Kenta belongs to the part that likes Yusuke?"

"That's right, and it's still the type that no matter how annoying Xiaoyou is, she still has to keep up."

"Pfft... I always feel that the feeling is completely different from what I saw." The girl couldn't help laughing, and then changed her words, "But why did that person become like this later?"

Mina Motoyama smiled and nodded, "What I want to say should be related to that incident, right?"

This time, without waiting for Sayu to ask questions, she took the initiative to explain.

"That probably happened in elementary school. At that time, besides Kenta, there was another girl who was also clinging to Xiaoyou every day."

As memories gradually surfaced in his mind, his voice became a little lighter.

"That's a very cute kid. Even in such a small place, he still insists on meeting Xiao You every day in a beautiful dress, and keeps calling him "Brother Yu". He is very popular in the village... umm , can you pass me the dashi powder over there?Xiao Sayu. "

"Ah, okay."

"Thank you~"

In the "urging" of the girl's eyes, Mina Motoyama continued to speak.

"However, that child later left the village and moved to Kansai with his family. Since then, Kenta has stopped looking for Xiaoyou, and the whole person seems to have changed, comparing himself with Xiaoyou everywhere. That's probably the case."

"Hey...does this mean that this is the kind of child's jealousy?" Said Sayu glanced at Kato Yusuke, and then quickly looked away.

"But I haven't heard Yusuke talk about these things at all... Could it be that the girl didn't leave her contact information at that time?"

Hearing this, Motoyama Mina sighed with a wry smile.

"Although there is, but Yuu who said "It's just a child's immature speech, do I have to take it seriously?"... said so and lost it. "

"Uh...? You actually said you lost it..."

Sayu suddenly showed an expression of not knowing what to say, but lowered her head and muttered: "So Yusuke has been so strict since he was a child."

Then he raised his head and said, "Then Kenta and Yusuke became like this because of that girl?"

Motoyama Mina nodded with a "hmm—" and said, "Even though Yuu and the others didn't say it clearly, it should be like this. Does it feel old-fashioned?"

The girl shook her head lightly at this, with a smile on her face, "——No, I think it's fine ~ that's fine!"

Mina Benshan: "...?"

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"...Yusuke, it's time to eat."

When Kato Yusuke was shaken awake from the drowsy state, the room was already filled with the aroma of food, and the table was also full of sumptuous dishes.

He opened his eyes in a daze, and the familiar soft and tender face came into his eyes.

Under the dark gray short sleeves of the same style as him is a light gray slim skirt, with a citrus smell on his body.

Because the opponent's body leaned forward, Kato Yusuke could clearly feel the existence of something in front of him, and he couldn't help being slightly dazzled.

She wanted to embrace the other party just like that, but the girl quickly jumped back a small step as if she had a premonition.

"Cough cough..."

Sayu cleared his throat and directed his gaze to the kitchen, where Mina Motoyama was standing with a half-smile, with a gentle reproach in his eyes.

"Come and eat quickly, you two."

The heavy eyelids that were still fighting opened immediately, and the consciousness quickly recovered.

Looking alternately at the faces of the two opposite sexes, Kato Yusuke grinned and said, "Here we come, Aunt Mina."

After speaking, he got up from the sofa and walked to the dining table with Sayu.

For dinner, there are fried chicken nuggets, grilled ginger pork chops, salt-grilled saury, and a fried side dish of eagle claw pepper and baby fish.Although I can't name it, Kato Yusuke has always called this small dish fried with sesame oil and sprinkled with bonito flakes as a side dish.

As for the staple food, it is okonomiyaki that is cooked and eaten now, and there is also miso soup that is not missing in every household.

Looking at the dishes on this table, he felt hungry and wanted to eat a piece of fried chicken first, but Mina Motoyama slapped him on the back of his hand.

"Have you washed your hands? Xiaoyou."

Shrugging helplessly, Kato Yusuke didn't make unnecessary arguments, but just turned around silently and walked towards the bathroom.

After a while.

When he returned to the dining table, he saw that the first okonomiyaki in the multifunction electric cooker had also been fried.

Squeeze Okonomiyaki sauce and mayonnaise on the surface, and then sprinkle bonito flakes and seaweed powder.

Sayu, who held two small shovels in his hand, shoveled it onto the plate and handed it to him.

"Thank you, did you make this?" Kato Yusuke, who took the plate, asked aloud.

The girl smiled embarrassingly, "Actually, Aunt Mina taught me most of them. This is the first time I cook this kind of food. I don't know if it will suit your taste."

"No problem, you did a good job, Sayu-chan." Mina Motoyama raised her hand and pressed her shoulder, and said in a gentle voice: "Although it's the first time you did it, you have mastered your movements and timing very well." , even if I come, I won’t do better.”

As he said that, he turned his gaze to Kato Yusuke, "And Xiao Yu too, hurry up and try it."

"Well, good." Yusuke nodded, then picked up a small piece of okonomiyaki with chopsticks and put it into his mouth.

The crispy skin has a slight burnt aroma, but the batter inside is very soft, and it is also mixed with shredded cabbage, which tastes soft and crispy.

Served with the salty and rich sauce and the umami-flavored seaweed powder and bonito flower, the multi-layered flavors are integrated in the mouth, achieving a perfect fusion.

"Delicious as always." Yusuke Kato said after putting down his chopsticks, "But the sauce should be made by Aunt Mina, and the taste is very familiar."

"Well, that's it!" The relieved Sayu smiled, "Is it still edible?"

"After all, I used to be able to eat it often, and I will always remember how much..."

Speaking of this, Yusuke Kato looked at Mina Motoyama, and asked tentatively: "Speaking of which, is Auntie Mina still making plum wine?"

"Well—how should I answer here?" The other party said in a long voice, with a troubled expression on his face.

"Ahem, since it's a celebration, it shouldn't be too much to just have a drink, right?"

"I see." Motoyama Mina nodded with a smile, then turned and walked towards the refrigerator.

After a short interval.

A glass filled with orange liquid was placed in front of him, followed by a warning word.

"Minors are forbidden to drink alcohol, just use fruit juice instead."

"........."

The result is that until the end of the dinner, someone finally failed to drink the plum wine he was thinking of.

……

After bidding farewell to Mina Motoyama's house, the two embarked on the road back to the old house together.

Unknowingly, the surrounding area has been completely enveloped by night.

Scattered lights illuminate the path, and the place is filled with the tranquility of the countryside. There are neither cars nor pedestrians on the road, only two figures, one tall and one lower.

"I said Yusuke."

"what?"

The girl turned her face and asked, "Is it really okay for us to secretly take things away like this?"

"It doesn't matter, I've done this kind of thing before, and Aunt Mina won't find out."

"Well... is that really the case?"

"Is there something wrong?"

"I always feel that Aunt Mina should know what you have done."

"Why do you say that?" Kato Yusuke couldn't help turning around.

"Because, generally, no one will go to someone else's house for dinner with their schoolbag on their backs, right?"

"Is there anything wrong with using it to hold money?"

"Well... Although you may not realize it, your schoolbag is actually much more bulging than when you came here, and it makes a lot of noise when you walk, it's obvious."

Gudong Gudong, Gudong Gudong.

Kato Yusuke couldn't help but pause, and there was an obvious movement from the backpack behind him.

"Look, it's like this." Sayu said with a wry smile, "Is it really necessary to do this in order to drink that plum wine?"

"That's why I said if it was today." Someone thought for a while and said, "As a celebration of the sale of the book and paying off the debt, I would like to drink some."

The girl didn't speak, but just looked at him thoughtfully.

There was tens of seconds of silence at the scene.

"You said it was a celebration, right?"

"Well, celebrate."

"Are you alone?"

"No, we're together."

"Then can I drink some too? Aunt Mina's plum wine." Sayu said softly, and then took his hand.

Frowning, Kato Yusuke looked back at her, "Although it's not impossible, but plum wine is made with shochu that is above 20 degrees, are you used to drinking it?"

"I don't think it has anything to do with it." The girl responded with a pair of bright eyes, "I don't think the worst case will be worse than that of Mami, is it?"

The voice was as soft as a feather, slowly falling into someone's heart.

Kato Yusuke was silent, but there were waves in his eyes.

Then he thought about his words and asked: "In this case...do you want to go to the convenience store to buy some snacks like squid tail? And you can also buy some drinks, so as not to get used to it."

"puff……"

Hearing this, Sayu suddenly laughed out loud: "Really, you actually said squid whiskers, not uncle, what are you talking about, Yusuke? Ahaha."

After laughing like this for a while, she stopped.

Pressing the chest that was still rising and falling, the girl poked his chest with a movement that felt like fondling, then leaned her forehead up again, and murmured softly.

"However, there should be something that you really have to prepare, right? So I can do it, Yusuke..."

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(End of this chapter)