Orange-red soup flowed out of the pot.Strain hawthorn and roselle, add sugar and jelly powder and bring to boil, break red bean paste into small pieces and add.

"……it is good."

Jialiang looked at the solidified liquid droplets on the plate, quickly turned off the fire, poured the liquid into a container and put it in the refrigerator.

"Meow~"

Meowing works better than any alarm clock.Jialiang glanced at his watch, it was time to change the bandage for Shenwei.

Due to the restraint of holmium, Kamui's healing ability has dropped to the same level as that of ordinary cats, but the soul of the night rabbit is still alive in his heart, so he is still full of energy despite the serious injury.

"Meow—meow meow! Meow! Meow! Meow—"

However, when attacked by a jumping belt from Jialiang, who is not good at wrapping bandages, his cry was sharp and weak.

"I'm sorry, but your hair... is entangled again? Why is this—"

Help hold down Kamui's Dazai to look at the sky.Just because of Jialiang's bandaging skills that can wrap cats, his suicides have decreased.

Why are cats' hands so short?

I'm sorry to be born a cat.

Finally, Jia Liang barely finished the series of bandaging and dressing changes, and looked at his watch again. The golden cake was ready.The rouge pastry was slapped on the chopping board, cut into small pieces of the same size and easy to eat, and put it into a carton for exquisite packaging, and Jialiang was ready to go out.

"I'm going out, your portion is in the kitchen, remember to feed Shenwei a couple of bites."

"Meow~"

Scotland, the self-proclaimed big brother, took the job of taking care of Shenwei. In fact, Levi was older than him, but he hated taking care of the kid.

The agreed place is a coffee shop not far from the pedestrian street.When Jialiang arrived, the girl with the ponytail was already waiting inside.

"You came so early."

Eru raised her head, smiling sweetly.

"Because I want to see Sister Jialiang sooner."

"Is it time for Eru to go to high school, the nearby Shenshan High School?"

The enrollment rate is acceptable, and it is close to home. These were all planned in elementary school.If he hadn't gone to Tokyo, Jialiang would have attended Shenshan High School.

"Yes. I joined the school's classics department, met a lot of interesting people, and felt that every day was fulfilling!"

Classical literature club—this is a type of club that does not exist in Totsuki, so this topic should stop here—but Chitanda Eru is a girl who is full of curiosity.

"Miss Jialiang went to Italy, why did she come back to Japan?"

For a moment, the experience of working in a mafia family, being captured by a hostile organization to probe into her heart, and being falsely dismissed flashed through Jialiang's mind. The fact that people work.

Think about it carefully, besides Vongola, what other interesting topics are there in Sicily...

Games from different worlds, strange cats, gray wolves, phantom books, magic side...

Isn't there a healthy topic suitable for high school students!

"...for, lover."

Eru naturally interpreted Jialiang's wandering eyes as shyness.That's right, since that senior with strange interests, she hasn't heard the topic of love from Jialiang.

It must be a very romantic story. Two people who met in a foreign country are attracted to each other. The chef should be with the guests?Is it a tourist?Start with unpalatable dishes, and run a restaurant together...

"What kind of person is he!"

Eru's eyes sparkled.

Jia Liang's expression was very tangled.

"It's... a business trip, a company employee..."

"Business trip? Does that mean you are Japanese?"

Jia Liang nodded indiscriminately, trying to divert the topic away.

"What about Eru, is there anyone you like at school?"

There was no reply for a long time.

The afternoon sun shines into the coffee shop from the window, and the steamy coffee blurs the expression of the girl in front of her.

"I like it...Maybe, how should I put it, there is someone who cares a lot."

Ah, this is the expression that a high school girl should have.

Jialiang recalled his high school life, but he couldn't think of any incidents where his heart was blushing. Most of the time, he was blushing with infuriating anger, and the person he liked was even weirder.

"In the beginning, I was investigating Uncle... Uncle Jun's matter. With Oreki-kun's explanation, I found that many interesting things happened in this place where I can't see. Thanks to him, I am very happy every day."

Jialiang once heard about Eru's uncle Guan Gujun.He was dropped out of high school, went to Malaysia, and finally disappeared in Bangladesh, legally recognized as dead in Japan.It turns out that he also studied at Shenshan High School.

Afterwards, Jialiang listened to Eru explain why the magazine was named "Hyogo", and had a basic understanding of the person "Oreki".

I can't get motivated, but I have a good mind, and I sing with my friend "Fukube", and I am good at logical reasoning...

She always felt as if she had seen such a person two days ago.

"Classic Literature Department... Your daily activities have a lot to do with literature, right?"

Odd at Jialiang's sudden question, Eru nodded.

"Actually, I've been playing recently... I'm helping a friend to do a game test, and I don't have a clue about one of the small games, can I ask you for help?"

Before Jialiang could say the reward, Airu jumped at the table, her purple eyes sparkled, emitting a charming light.

"It seems interesting! Please let us help!"

An hour later, the doorbell of the cafe rang, and Eru stood up and waved more excitedly than usual.

"Oreki-kun—"

Jia Liang also looked towards the door, and the boy who came in was looking at her with dead fish eyes.

"Ha... I knew it was this person."

"Eh? Oreki-kun, have you met Kara-san before? Where are Fukube-kun and Mayaka?"

The boy called Oreki, who is not motivated, is good at reasoning—is one of the two boys who helped Jialiang carry things before, and the other should be Fukube, who has the opposite personality.

"I guessed it when Chitanda-san mentioned it. This hair color is especially conspicuous in small places. Satoshi said that he was on a date, so I came here."

Oreki stared at Jialiang for a while, then nodded.

"Hi, I'm Oreki."

"I'm Gu Chuan, thank you so much a few days ago."

After adding another cup of coffee, the three of them studied and sorted the famous books together.

"'In this rainy night, on this Rashomon, it is already an unforgivable evil to pluck the hair of the dead' should be placed next to 'Pull the long hair one by one. It also seems to have been pulled out casually. "Is it at the back? Then this "Only on the big pillar with peeling vermilion paint, a cricket is parked" is talking about the door, so it should be placed here..."

"No, the hero here has already 'went into the night', so it should be 'outside, there is only a dark night'."

Jialiang sat on the side awkwardly, unable to help at all.When she was in elementary school, her Chinese was not very good. It can be said that she had no literary accomplishment and could only understand some simple poems.A novel like this that doesn't know what it's talking about, whether it's called "Rashomon" or "Hell Change", is a holy book to her.

"You guys are so amazing, you can actually splice this intermittent text together."

Although they were praised, Airu and Oreki looked bitter.

"How should I put it... Oreki-kun must have felt it too."

"Hmm. All the techniques used in the Chinese class are used. Such an article that is enough to be called a classic does not exist in any corner of the world... Is it a work before the 'that war'?"

The supernatural war that shook the Japanese literary world, most of the works during the turbulent period were lost in the fire.

But I always feel that there is something wrong when it comes down to it, as if a piece of the world line has been dug out suddenly, exuding a strong sense of disobedience.

silence.

"...Well, how about a different way of thinking, I have a puzzle here, Oreki-kun likes this kind of thing, right?"

The self-esteem of adults who were hit by not being able to contribute, Jialiang told the two of them about the mission of the Scottish branch.

"Well—it should be the younger brother. If the elder brother dies, the company can listen to him."

The phone didn't respond, which proved that Airu's answer was not correct.

"I think my friend Ma Gong is more suspicious. The long-term oppression has caused psychological distortion. Although there is no obvious hatred, in fact, he may have planned dozens of ways to kill him in his heart."

"What Sister Jialiang said is also reasonable, but why do you have to choose this kind of sea secret room?"

"You mean impromptu? But what happened is not written in the question..."

Unlike the two people who were having a heated discussion, Oreki stared at the slightly shaking coffee in front of him and pondered for a long time before giving his own guess.

"I think it's the son."

At this time, the discussion between Jialiang and Eru has changed from "why is it here" to "how to make fish delicious".

Oreki only felt that he was a fool for trying so hard.

"Because he is very short of money. If the father dies, he can get the inheritance—provided that the death is determined by law. At that time, the victim was fishing at night. Judging from the beer cans that he was drunk, there is no need to stab him with a kitchen knife. Just push him into the sea. Because it takes a long time for the disappearance to be confirmed as dead, he will choose this way...your phone is glowing."

Fascinated, Jia Liang picked up the phone embarrassingly, and the magic circle glowed, which was a sign that the task had been completed.

The truth is so... I really don't understand the family affection of rich people.

"Oreki-kun is amazing!"

Eru's eyes were shining.When Jialiang was a child, she also learned to make a lot of desserts because she couldn't resist her eyes. In her impression, she likes sweet and sour things, so she made golden cakes this time.

"Does Oreki-kun have any favorite flavors?"

"It is nothing special……"

Oreki, who was still lamenting his immaturity because of doubting Jialiang last time, replied casually.

"It's already this time, next time I have a chance, I will treat you to dinner, and there will be no shortage of desserts that Eru likes."

"dessert!"

Chitanda Eru, the daughter who faces Jialiang, is just a little girl with a sweet tooth.

Oreki raised his forehead, judging by the situation, this kind of life has to continue... Let's bring those two people together next time.

After all, high school students can't go home too late.Saying goodbye to the two, Jialiang looked at the elongated shadows of the two walking side by side in the setting sun, and thought of Chuya in Yokohama.

The next time we meet, she must speak out her whole heart, and then——

"go home."

Jialiang took out his phone, the interface was still on the branch line of Scotland, and the introduction window of the third mission popped up at some point.

【Play the guitar】

... There are some weird tasks in this game, and she is already thankful that it is not climbing a volcano or something like that.But compared to Levi's line, isn't this one too gentle?

It goes well with Scotland's personality.

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