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Chapter 1336 No. 242: As the saying goes, caring leads to confusion

At 3:30 in the afternoon, Shu came to see Xi in order to borrow the kitchen.

Although the Rhode Island Building has dormitory areas that provide accommodation for most employees, it also has a company cafeteria that provides three meals a day.

But there are also many employees like Shu in the company who are keen on cooking by themselves.

There is no conflict between the two, because the company canteen also welcomes employees who are confident in their skills to apply for part-time jobs, and is even willing to expand the scale for them.

Shu would occasionally work there as a part-time temporary worker, which attracted a lot of praise.

Compliments are nice, but they are not enough to make her lose herself.

So she was always a temporary worker and didn't have an official title there.

This can be a bit inconvenient when you suddenly want to use the kitchen - it's often not available.

Although it is positioned as a "company cafeteria" which does not sound good, as a company with a strong alien nature, most of Rhodes Island's employees are not only aliens, but also aliens from various cultural and food circles.

The food is very diverse, the cuisine is very diverse, and there is no shortage of ingredients and sauces that need to be prepared in advance.

These are the reasons why the kitchen is often busy, and also the second reason why Shu occasionally comes to see Xi.

You ask the first one?
Drag her out for a walk and some sunshine - this is her constant wish for the only otaku in her family.

The reason why a wish is a wish is that it is difficult to achieve, just like so many parents who have been nagging for several years, dozens of years, or even decades but cannot change the facts. Similarly, Shu, who has been nagging for several years, is also in a state of indifference towards Xi.

Even so, she was surprisingly patient.

After all, having the ability to see cause and effect means that you can know the ending from the beginning.

You have to face the cruel fact that most attempts in the world do not turn out well.

In this case, are you still willing to make those seemingly futile attempts?

In response to this, Shu’s answer is the unchanging practical action.

So after finishing her work in the kitchen created by Xi Hui, she placed the pickled food that had also been prepared in advance in the corner of the dormitory room. Then the girl with watercolor hair stood up and turned her head to look at the younger sister who was sitting in front of the computer pretending to be serious.

"Xi, has Omer contacted you recently?"

"what?"

Too loud volume, surprised looks, followed by several seconds of silence and the subsequent expression and movement management.

Xi continued to pretend, pretending to be surfing seriously, and asked without even looking at this side: "Why did he contact me?"

"I'm not asking him to contact you, but I think he's the only friend you can go out to see in these few years."

"Evil... Sister Shu, you are talking nonsense. If that guy hears it, I don't know what will happen."

"If she really wants to make such a joke, just tell me and I will take care of it for you."

"It's so childish to ask others to make the decision... Nian and I would never do such a thing. Sister Shu, are you done with your work?"

"I'm done. Although this is my first attempt, I feel like I can do a good job."

"What... well, don't you have anything else to do?"

There was no lag, the tone was steady, and the expression remained tense, perfect!
While the great painter Xi approved of himself in his heart, he continued to pretend to be indifferent in an attempt to cover up some facts.

For example, your sister has been here for the past two days, and she has been missing again since last night, but the reason is obviously not the same as her previous disappearances.

When Shu came to see her before, Xi's heart was already beating like a drum, and she felt as nervous as if she was hiding a criminal and being questioned by an unsuspecting police neighbor.

Although I don't know why I have to hide it, and maybe it's not necessary if I think about it carefully, I don't even want to think about it.

Painter Xi was so nervous that he didn't care about anything else. He almost trembled when he heard Omar's name suddenly. He almost thought that one of his wild guesses came true when Sister Shu suddenly came to borrow the kitchen.

Isn't that why she came here?
Shouldn't she be taking care of her experimental field recently?

There is a lot of work to do after the autumn harvest, and she is still chatting enthusiastically with that Eastern God kid named Saku Nabi Mikoto, and stays in her greenhouses all day... Why did she come to borrow the kitchen today...?
Today, shouldn’t it be a workday? Miss Xi, an unemployed vagrant with a very rich psychological life, stays indoors all the time but never misses any news from her friends and family groups. She has a basic understanding of the current situation of everyone in her neighborhood. This is the confidence that comes from surfing the Internet day and night.

But it was also because of this confidence that she couldn't help but feel flustered when facing Shu's unconventional visit. After all, she had something to hide and was not good at organizing information and logical reasoning.

Now, everything that flashes through my mind seems possible. The process of elimination is impossible. Not thinking about it is the best option. Facing my elder sister, I will just put on my usual cold and taciturn appearance and consider that a success.

She felt that she had tried very hard.

I'm already giving my elder sister a lot of face!
Even though she didn't know where she had gone, she still covered her up like this. This was already a sign of deep sisterly love and a role model for a younger sister. If she was frightened by her family again...

Then she has to disappear too!

Then she heard the other party reply: "Anything else? That should be all, right? In addition to the German dishes prepared for Omer, there are only two jars of wine left for Sister Ling? That only requires me to go to the wine cellar to check... What's wrong?"

Before he could finish his words, Shu saw Xi's eyes full of horror. He was stunned for a moment, recalled what he had said, and let out a soft cry.

"…I didn't tell you that your sister invited Omar to dinner?"

"You never said that..."

Xi didn't know what her expression was at the moment. She really wanted to shout this sentence out loud, but in reality, it was like a thorn in her throat. Her ridiculously low voice sounded even more gloomy.

"What I see is that you know about this...ah, I can't tell the difference."

Shu reacted and coughed twice to cover up the fact that his present judgment was confused by the future, and he also received the slightly worried look from his younger sister:

"You haven't been getting enough rest recently, have you?"

"Don't worry, for people like us, less sleep is no problem at all."

"That's why I'm even more worried. You've been busy with the research in the experimental field for a while, right? It's a very troublesome project, and it even made you break your rules and use your abilities."

"It's not that serious. It's not a big deal in itself. But your sister's matter is more important. It caused me to make such a small mistake."

"..."That's true... I can only remain silent on this topic. I really don't know what to say and what I shouldn't say. I only agree that your sister's affairs will easily cause everyone to worry too much.

"And don't try to change the subject by using my affairs, Xi. You already knew what your sister was thinking from the beginning."

"...Um...Sister Shu, did you see it or talk to my elder sister?"

“Is that important?”

"It doesn't seem very important. Then, Sister Shu, have you found where my elder sister went? She has been missing since last night, and I can't tell my elder brother and the others... I've always been afraid that she will do something stupid. She is quite... quite strange in this regard."

After repeated consideration, Xi decided to use the word "weird" to describe her elder sister's thinking logic that was like marching and fighting.

It would be fine if it were any other time, but these few days towards the end of the year are when everyone is extremely busy and their living conditions are definitely not getting better.

The greatness of a painting can be explained by its lack of deductive ability, but it cannot be explained by its weak observation ability.

They rely on their gaze to bind everything and their perception to capture everything, so that they can engrave the meaning of everything and move and nail in the "spirit" and "quality".

There is nothing better than this to add the finishing touch, to move the mind and determine the quality.

Because of this, Xi's suggestions to her elder sister are all based on a conservative perspective, which is consistent with her usual attitude towards life.

She was well aware of the consequences of encountering some stimulation that disrupted the stability maintenance after that stressful and bad day - in the days when she had not yet isolated herself from the society, still walking among the people, and had witnessed the turbulent times and famine, there were too many scenes of things going against her wishes.

It left a very deep impression on her.

"Emm...it's weird...I think it's okay?"

Shu, who can see the effect from the cause and trace the cause from the effect, and has a variety of perspectives because there are new causes and effects all the time, just smiled subtly and then lowered his head to look at his pickled food in the corner.

"As long as the result is good."

"Don't worry about where she is or what she will do. She won't make things difficult for herself anyway."

"That's our free and easy-going elder sister."