The Witch's Taste

Chapter 97

In an alleyway in Shinjuku, an izakaya without a signboard is open.

The smell of wine is also afraid that the alley is deep, and the business seems to be a bit deserted. During the best time of this kind of izakaya business, the seats in the store are only half full.

In the corner by the window, the table was full of grilled skewers and wine—Yuegong Suzuna ate grilled skewers, Chen Ziang drank, and the two cooperated very well.

"Senior, do you want to take it easy?" Yuegong Suzuna said suddenly after killing a bunch of chicken balls, "Be careful of getting drunk."

In order to learn the lesson from last time, she didn't plan to drink any more this time, so as not to get drunk again before her predecessors.

"It's okay." Chen Ziang waved his hand, "Didn't you say that Uncle Weimen will come back to pick you up later?"

He put down his glass, sighed, and looked out the window.

It seemed to be raining outside, and there was a pattering sound in the night, and the water line slowly crawled down along the glass.

"In our business, we can always see some unbearable things." Chen Ziang said slowly, "I had a colleague... a long time ago."

Tsukimiya Suzuna didn't speak, because she knew that the best way to deal with it now was not to interrupt, but to listen.

But Chen Ziang didn't continue, just continued to drink.

Until there were more and more empty wine bottles, Tsukimiya Suzuna finally couldn't help it:

"And then? Senior has a colleague, what happened afterwards?"

"Later he died." Chen Ziang put down his wine glass, looked at Yuegong Suzuna and said.

Tsukimiya Suzuna: ……………

"In our business, we should be used to seeing life and death, and take it as a daily routine." Chen Ziang lay down on the table, closed his eyes and continued, "But we are not really without feelings."

"Sometimes, dead memories will suddenly come back to life from the bottom of my heart, and then... jump out and attack you..."

His voice gradually became inaudible, and then turned into an even breathing sound, as if he had finally passed out.

"Senior." Tsukimiya Suzuna called a few times tentatively, probably confirming that he was unconscious.

Looking at the pile of empty wine bottles next to her, she also heaved a long sigh.

The memory of the dead, suddenly revived and jumped out to attack you, I am too familiar with this matter, senior.

Tsukimiya Suzuna ate another string of lanterns, rinsed her mouth briefly with tea, and then said softly:

"Senior, come and listen to my story?"

……

"Once upon a time, there was a noble young man who fell in love with a woman from a foreign country."

"It's a pity that the woman is already married, and her husband and the young man are good friends, so the young man has lost completely from the beginning, and he has no chance at all."

"The woman also noticed the young man's faint love for her, so she always kept a distance from him and maintained a relationship of ordinary friends."

"The pain of violating ethics and morals, and the resistance from the loved ones tortured the young man to become depressed and emaciated. In the end, he decided to confess to his friends and women, withdraw from this relationship that shouldn't have, and wish them a happy life together."

Having said that, Yuegong Suzuna picked up Chen Ziang's wine glass and took a sip.

"But he still hasn't been able to tell the woman in time...he's always one step too late."

"The enemy country raided the border city. The woman noticed the news, but her husband was not there. She could only try to rush back to the capital to report the news. The noble young man took the initiative to accompany her back, but the two were intercepted and killed by the enemy on the way. In front of you... died."

"Before she died, the last words she said to the young man were..."

"...Save them."

Suddenly there was a thunder outside the window, and the lightning tore apart the night in the distance, like a broken sea.

Tsukimiya Suzuna put down her wine glass and said quietly:
"This sentence, he has probably remembered it all his life, and it has haunted him all his life."

"The young man returned to the capital to report the news, but the corrupt upper-level political circles ignored him. In order to fulfill the last wish of his loved one, he finally returned to his own territory, calling on all the subjects who were willing to follow him to leave the war-torn Principality , established a new kingdom on the continental border."

"And he, who was finally crowned king, remained unmarried all his life, hugging the crown on the cold throne, and spent his whole life alone."

"...Senior, how about such a story?"

Chen Ziang didn't answer because he was really drunk.

Tsukimiya Suzuna pondered for a moment, picked up the grilled chicken gizzards on the plate, and ate slowly.

"Actually," she mumbled, "I hate this story."

"Because I hate heroes."

"Only the dead are heroes."

After eating the chicken gizzards, Tsukimiya Suzuna stretched out a bamboo stick, as if she wanted to poke Senior's arm.

But looking at the pointed end of the bamboo stick, she hesitated for a moment, then turned it around, stretched out the other end that was not sharpened, and hit Chen Ziang on the head.

"Bad senior, bad, bad..."

Singing a newly composed unknown tune, Tsukimiya Suzuna looked out the window where the rain was getting heavier, and murmured:

"It's raining heavily, I can't go out, senior."

"How about we find a place to spend the night nearby?"

"If you don't tell me, I'll take it as your promise."

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In the end, I couldn't spend the night outside because I was afraid that my sister would be worried.

Asking Uncle Weimon to send the two of them to the door, Tsukimiya Suzuna helped the drunk Chen Ziang back home, then washed him and changed into pajamas.

At the hotel in Qiandao back then, Chen Ziang might have just taken off her coat for reasons such as defense against men and women, but Yuegong Suzuna didn't have so many worries.

After taking care of her elder brother, she went to take care of her younger sister. Chen Xiaozhu also remained silent, letting Yuegong Lingnai help her to the bed.

"Sister Jiang." Looking at Chen Xiaozhu who was sleeping soundly under the quilt, Yue Gong Ling Nai asked softly, "Can I be your sister-in-law?"

Chen Xiaozhu didn't answer.

"If you don't tell me, I'll take it as your agreement." Yuegong Suzuna repeated her old trick, "Lend me a pajamas, and I'll buy you a new one when the time comes."

Opening the closet, there were all kinds of folded pajamas inside, none of which were very expensive famous brands, and they did not coincide with the brands she usually wore.

But Yuegong Suzuna didn't dislike it, but happily picked out a silk pajamas and changed into it.

There is no mirror in Chen Xiaozhu's bedroom, the reason is self-evident, so she quietly closed the door, went to Chen Ziang's room next door, walked in tiptoe, and came to the floor-to-ceiling mirror.

The long, light brown hair hangs over the shoulders, and the uneven body is looming under the thin cover of the silk pajamas.Although all the makeup has been removed, probably due to drinking some wine, the pure and lovely blush appeared on her delicate face, which contrasted with the original fairness of her skin, making her look charming and lovely.

Of course, Tsukimiya Suzuna is a traditional good girl, and she won't do that while her senior is drunk... She wants senior's heart.

At most it's just hugging and sleeping~
Turning around to look at the sleeping Chen Ziang, Yuegong Lingna suddenly regretted it again.

By the way... such an opportunity is rare, right?
Why do you want to finish the marathon honestly when you can sneak away and go straight to the finish line?

The battlefield of love is unscrupulous!

rushed!

Go, go, go, go, go, go, invincible Suzuna-chan!

(End of this chapter)