In Tokyo, I just want salted fish

3 Confession
"Hi, please wait a moment." The waiter in the small window took the receipt and order paper away.

Afterwards, Uesugi Kai put away the partition between the two seats.

"Huahuo, do you want some oolong tea?"

"No. I'll just drink water." Hanamaru Hanabi's voice still sounded weak, and she was sitting upright like a nervous deer.

Kai Uesugi looked at her cute look and smiled: "Actually, you don't have to think about me all the time. Although I don't have much money, it's okay to eat a few more meals."

"No no."

"Hanabi just thinks that Uesugi-kun's money can't always be spent on Hanabi. After all, every time I'm with Uesugi-kun, it's Uesugi-kun who pays."

"Hanabi actually has a lot of pocket money, Uesugi-kun doesn't need it."

"Isn't this still thinking of me?"

"No. Hanabi just wanted to."

Hanamaru Hanabi's weak voice was getting lower and lower, she didn't know how to answer this question, she put her slender fingers together and moved restlessly.

"I'm sorry, guest, to keep you waiting, please take it easy."

The waiter handed over the char siu and ramen one by one, bowed at 90 degrees in the small window, and then gently closed the bamboo curtain on the small window.

The ramen is fragrant and steaming hot.

Uesugi also ordered medium spicy this time, so there is only a small pinch of red in the center of the noodles.

And every time at this time, Kai Uesugi would subconsciously take a look at Hanamaru Hanabi's ramen.

Sure enough, there were large patches of red on a bowl of the same size.

Five times hotter.

Well, Kai Uesugi is no stranger to this.

"By the way, Hanabi, school starts in one week, have you finished your 'free research'?" Uesugi took a mouthful of noodles and ate a piece of char siew.

Hanamaru Hanabi made almost no sound when eating, chewing slowly.

"It's finished."

"That's good," Uesugi Kai looked at her, very curious, "What did you write? Can you tell me?"

"Okay," Hanabi agreed softly, "It's the study of "About the Differences in Spicyness Accepted by People in Different Areas of Tokyo"."

Spicy. Chili
Well, although I already know that Hanabi likes peppers very much, I didn't expect her to use the research assignments assigned in school to have a relationship with peppers.

"Is Ayaka-san helping?" Kai Uesugi knew that with Hanamaru Hanabi's character, it would be extremely difficult to complete this investigation task.

"Yeah." Hanamaru Hanabi took a bite of the char siew in the bowl, "Liying sauce helped me a lot, I just stood behind and recorded the information."

Kai Uesugi looked at Hanamaru Hanabi who was eating noodles slowly, perhaps because of the chili pepper, her rosy cheeks became more and more tender.

But she herself seemed to have no feeling for the five times hotter ramen, she was still chewing and eating slowly, very quietly, without making a sound.

He turned around and ate the ramen in front of him.

Thick white broth, orange-yellow noodles, and emerald green shallots dotted on top, the aroma of the combination will whet your appetite.

The essence of Japanese ramen lies in the noodle soup.

When the slow-cooked soup climbs up the taste buds, you can feel its strong fragrance.

Although he has been here many times, he still likes the taste here.

Among the ramen restaurants in Tokyo, Ichiran Ramen is not top-notch, but it can be considered extremely outstanding.

【Drip.】

【Identity authentication is successful, the system is starting.】

Hearing the electronic sound full of 90s feeling coming out of his mind, Kai Uesugi didn't pay much attention to it, and continued to bury his head in eating noodles.

【welcome】

【Please select the version you need:】

[[-]. Standard and ordinary models]

[[-]. Protagonist high-end accessories]

[Three, cautious brave models]

【Fourth, the brave model of the stick】

First.

Kai Uesugi looked at the columns of transparent fonts floating in front of his eyes, and without hesitation, he chose the first one directly.

The ones in the back are getting weirder and weirder, maybe they will travel directly to another world. For your own safety, just choose an ordinary one.

[Reminder: Each version has a corresponding opening task, the system will disappear if the task fails, please consider it as appropriate]

Sure.

Kai Uesugi looked at the two buttons [OK] and [Back] in front of him, the same, directly select OK.

【Version confirmed successfully】

[The task is being generated, please wait]

This is definitely an old machine, it keeps getting stuck, please wait for a task to be generated.

【.】

After waiting for a while again.

[Task generation completed]

[Task Difficulty: Level [-]-]

[Task Content: Confess to Hanamaru Hanabi]

[Task time: 10 minute]

[Task restriction: When performing the task, you must look at the task target and keep smiling]

【start the timer. 】

"."

The air froze for a moment.

Before Uesugi Kai could react, the countdown in front of him began to flow rapidly.

He froze even the movement of eating noodles, chewing the last few words of the task in his mind repeatedly.

Table. Confession?

This, he lost a big move as soon as he came up, and he has never seen such a sloppy game.

Shouldn't confessing this kind of thing be left to the last, the most difficult task?

Uesugi Kai subconsciously glanced at Hanamaru Hanabi next to her, she seemed extremely peaceful without making a sound.

He quickly looked away again, a little afraid of Hanamaru Hanabi's suspicious eyes following him, such a sudden pair of eyes would only make the atmosphere more embarrassing.

He had no choice but to refocus his attention on the pile of transparent characters in front of him.

He can still see the countdown keeps going down, less and less.

He stopped eating his noodles, stared at the unfinished ramen in his hand, and began to organize his thoughts.

If the mission fails, the system disappears.

The disappearance of the system means that in the future, I will continue to work hard like I am now, watching those extremely boring numbers, formulas, and words spinning in front of my eyes every day.

Even if there is no homework, I have to practice the questions alone until late at night.

The goal should not be given up easily, this is the principle of Uesugi Kai's life.

But the University of Tokyo is not easy to be admitted.

There must be a reason why the University of Tokyo is a top university in the world.

When 90% of high school students hear the words "Tokyo University", they will definitely shake their heads and say with certainty: No, no, I will definitely not pass the exam.

The remaining 9.5% of high school students who are willing will die in the college entrance examination for graduation.

Only 0.5%
Among the more than 50 college entrance examination candidates who can really enter the University of Tokyo, only those 0.5% geniuses.

No laziness, no extra free time.

This is their true portrayal.

Uesugi Kai still has a certain distance from his goal of being admitted to the University of Tokyo, and he must persevere and continue to work hard to gain that little hope.

In today's society, if you want to live a comfortable life of salted fish, it will not work without hard work.

Kaoru Uesugi wants to achieve the goal he set, but now he also wants to be a salted fish who takes shortcuts secretly.

But the two are exactly contradictory, which should be the so-called: You can't have both fish and bear's paw.

Only the system can promote both.

As for Hanamaru Hanabi
Kai Uesugi has known her since childhood, and she is also his only childhood sweetheart in his two lifetimes.

A pure and lovely girl is the best description for her.

Shy, she has a very kind heart, and when doing things, she will give priority to others instead of herself.

Now under the task of the system, to confess to her on this occasion?
Hurt her for your own mission?
Whether she accepts it or not, this is an extremely disrespectful behavior. Can it be called a confession if it is not a confession from the heart at the request of the system?
That's just a tool for the system.

This is what Uesugi Kaoru does not want to do anyway.

Moreover, after more than ten years of getting along, the two have become very familiar with each other, and it is not an exaggeration to call their relationship brother and sister.

Do something to my sister?

For a while, he fell into an extremely tangled situation.

The lighting is orange, and the decoration of the whole store is also warm.

The heat, the aroma, the laughter of customers discussing, and the thank-you voices from the waiters bowed their heads, all of which added a touch of lively human touch to this small shop.

Uesugi Kaoru also made his own decision at this time.

"Fireworks."

He looked at the girl beside him with a serious expression.

"Ah."

Hanamaru Hanabi responded immediately, bit off the noodles in her mouth and turned to look at him.

The girl's bright eyes, like the warm sun in winter, can touch the heart of anyone who peeks at her.

To her, it was just a very common call, after all, she had been used to him calling her by her name so directly for such a long time.

A pair of smart eyes just looked at Uesugi Kai for a long time, seeing that he still didn't respond, Hanamaru Hanabi couldn't help asking in a low voice:

"Uesugi-kun?"

Uesugi Kai's sincere gaze was fixed on her face, and a natural smile appeared on her face:

"I like you."

(End of this chapter)