Zongman: Unknowingly trapped in the hatchet

In a coffee shop in a commercial plaza.

"Kyoko, it's too slow! Do you know how long I have been waiting for you?"

The woman who bumped into Shiina earlier said angrily to her companion who arrived late.

"I'm sorry~ There was too much traffic on the way here, Ayaka, please don't be angry~"

"Traffic jam is an excuse? Either you left too late, or the car wasn't working hard enough!"

"It can't be that my rice Sur7 didn't work hard enough, it must be my fault, so to express my apology, I'll buy you a cup of coffee!"

"That's fine. It's just the right amount to make up for the two coffee coupons I just gave out."

“No threshold, free?”

"Ah."

"Spendthrift woman, isn't the money for the coffee money money? Tell me, which handsome guy did you give it to? One for one, two for free?"

"It's all your fault. I called you but you didn't answer, so I had to text you. I didn't look where I was going and bumped into a couple.

But you know what, that couple is so good-looking, if they were in our school, they would definitely be the most beautiful girls on campus, hehehe."

"Well, about that couple. Does the girl have flaxen hair and is as beautiful as an angel? Is the boy more handsome than those models?"

"It seems so. Why, do you know him?"

"Then take another look, is it that pair..."

Sato Kyoko pointed at Shiina and Su Qing who had just returned from the underground first floor. It is worth mentioning that the two are still holding hands.

After all, it would be bad if little Shiina got lost.

After the two found a seat and sat down, Su Qing first asked the clerk whether the two coffee coupons could be used. After getting a positive answer, he and Shiina each ordered the coffee they wanted.

After a while, the coffee was served.

After taking a symbolic sip, Su Qing discovered that Shiina was holding the cup of coffee she ordered in both hands, motionless, with a focused expression, not even daring to blink his beautiful eyes.

"What's wrong Shiina, is there something wrong with that coffee?"

Su Qing put down the coffee in his hand and asked.

Unexpectedly, Shiina also turned his head, blinked his watery eyes, and said very aggrievedly:

"This kitten... is so cute, I can't bear to drink it."

Su Qing was still wondering why there was a kitten in the coffee. When she leaned over to take a look, she realized that the coffee that Shiina ordered had a layer of latte art shaped like a kitten on the surface.

"I think if you don't drink up the kitten soon I will drink it up."

Su Qing pretended to snatch Shiina's coffee, which scared her so much that she held it up with both hands and drank it down from the cup.

"I, I drank it. I successfully protected the kitten!"

Shiina seemed to be genuinely happy that he had successfully protected the kitten, and his tone was full of satisfaction and pride.

However, what responded to Shiina was not Su Qing's compliment, but the sound of a "click" from the mobile phone camera.

"Eh……?!"

Shiina didn't react and just sat there in a daze.

"Why did you suddenly shoot me...?"

"Sorry, sorry, because I thought the white beard version of Shiina was also very cute, and I thought it was a rare opportunity, so I took the photo."

"White beard?"

The doubt in Shiina's eyes deepened, and it was not until Su Qing sent her the photos he had just taken that she let out a roar like a steam engine.

"Well--!"

"If you don't like it, I'll delete it."

It is indeed not a good idea to take photos without other people's permission, especially on an island where privacy is particularly important.

Seeing that Su Qing was really going to delete it, Shiina didn't even bother to wipe off the white layer on his face, and hurriedly said:

"Wait, send it to me, I want to keep it..."

"Do you want to keep it?"

Now it was Su Qing who was stunned. Shouldn't girls always leave those beautiful photos? Why did Shiina take the initiative to take this somewhat funny photo?

You know, he was just taking pictures for fun.

"Yes, I think it's very memorable, isn't it?"

Shiina was firm in her attitude, so Su Qing followed her instructions and sent it to her. But after she sent it and Shiina confirmed that she had received it, Su Qing was faced with a reckoning.

"This time, is it because I took photos without permission?"

Su Qing was stunned by the sudden pink punch and asked.

"Well... who knows?"

Shiina had already turned her face away at this time, and spoke in a light tone, which made it impossible for Su Qing to know what Shiina was thinking.

"Isn't it... still a privilege?"

"Hehe, you've made rapid progress. You got it right again~"

Shiina turned his face again, and at the same time Su Qing also observed that the original layer of white milk on Shiina's philtrum (the area between the upper lip and the nose) had disappeared, obviously it was secretly wiped off when he was carrying her behind his back.

"Although you erased it without telling me, the photos in your phone are still there."

Su Qing chuckled, which made Shiina blush slightly, and then she let out a whimpering cry:

“You can’t look at it…”

“Why can’t I watch it on my phone?”

"That's right, I can't..."

"When can I watch it?"

"When I say yes, anyway, you have to listen to me, the little friend, today!"

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you."

Shiina spoke in a rare way, but to Su Qing, this looked more like [acting like a spoiled child].

There is no other way. You can only spoil the child you spoil yourself.

……

"Hehehe...good, good, it looks like their relationship has gone a step further than last time."

Sato Kyoko let out a silly laugh.

"Kyoko, stop laughing. Why are we hiding?"

"What do you know? It feels better to do it secretly. What if someone finds out that we are looking at them and makes them embarrassed? Will you be responsible?"

"Let's put your weird quirk aside. What I'm saying is: they're gone."

Ayaka pointed to the door, and Kyoko looked in the direction of her finger and found that Su Qing and Shiina had packed up and left at some point.

"I'm going to catch up. Keep up, keep up."

Seeing this, Kyoko chose not to drink the half-finished coffee, but hurriedly packed up her things and prepared to leave with Su Qing and the others.

"Eh...? Is stalking illegal?"

Ayaka was a little hesitant. She was a well-mannered female college student with positive values. How could she be in cahoots with someone like Kyoko?

"What tracking? I just happened to be taking the same route as them."

Seeing that Kyoko had packed up her things and left in a hurry, Ayaka glanced at Kyoko, then looked at the half-drunk coffee in her hand, closed her eyes, and drank the rest of the coffee in one gulp.

Then he packed up his belongings in the same way, ran out of the coffee shop, and shouted:

"Kyoko, wait for me. I'm worried about you. I'm with you!"

Only then did Ayaka remember that before she became a well-mannered, law-abiding female college student, she was first a "cuckoldist".

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"Are you going back?"

Shiina asked.

It is October now and the days are no longer as long as in summer. Calculating the time, it is almost time for dinner when I get home to cook.

"I'm going to show you another thing to play with."

"What else do you want to play?"

"You'll know in a minute."

Su Qing gently held Shiina's hand and quickly brought her to a claw machine.

“Have you ever played this?”

Su Qing looked at Shiina, who shook his head and said softly:

“No, this is my first time playing this.”

"That's great. Actually, this is my first time playing this game too, so do you want to join the competition?"

"Contest?"

Shiina was even more confused. Shouldn't something like a claw machine be a way for you to catch your own claws? How could this be compared?

"Well, everyone prepares the same number of coins, and then takes turns grabbing them. Whoever grabs them first wins. Isn't that simple?"

"It sounds like fun, let's give it a try."

Shiina looked serious and clean.

"Wait, don't be impatient. Since this is a competition, how about the winner make a request to the loser?"

"Okay, but...I won't lose."

Shiina made a cheering gesture and declared a [victor's declaration].

"Okay, let's put it this way then."

After getting Shiina's consent, Su Qing exchanged a certain amount of game coins and divided them equally. Then the two came to a claw machine and the game began.

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