You only care about the strategy

Chapter 279 Complex
I'm not familiar with him, so I'm just a pursuer.

That’s right, this kitten is so cute. It would be strange if no one pursued her after she transferred to another school.

There are probably many suitors like senior Ryusuke, so it is impossible for Shiina Kiri to be jealous because of this.

"Of course not. That senior deliberately asked Xiaoyin out to play when there were many people around, but our Xiaoyin ignored him and had to leave in shame."

Before the two of them could reply, Anxi Yangcai suddenly exclaimed "Ah" again.

"No, if I follow you to the Tanabata Festival, I'll become a light bulb, and Yangcai doesn't want to be a light bulb. So... I can only go home first, Xiaoyin."

As she spoke, she sighed softly and turned around to leave.

"Wait." Asakura Yin quickly pulled her back. "He... he's my brother. I told you last time."

On the way to school that morning, Anzai Yona asked who was on the other end of the phone, and Asakura Oto said it was "brother".

"Oh~ Brother~" Anzai Yangcai looked at Shiina Kiri seriously.

It was only at this time that Shiina Kiri realized why this classmate Anzai Yona knew him. Looking at Asakura Oton who was in a dilemma, he nodded cooperatively.

Anxi Yangcai rolled her eyes and covered her mouth with her hands to laugh. "Since he is just my brother, can I..."

Shiina Kiri had seen through her trick and coughed softly. "No, Asakura has a brother complex."

Asakura frowned. "?"

And Anxi Yangcai next to her was already laughing like a goose.

……

It was as if the rainy days that had lasted for two weeks had finally stopped in order to welcome today's Qixi Festival. The white clouds in the sky were illuminated by the sunlight, symbolizing beauty.

However, the July sun was really scorching. When the few people came out of Umeda Station, the heat wave hit them in the face, distorting the tall buildings in the distance.

Anzai Yona, who was walking in front of Asakura Oto, shook the parasol in her hand and looked at Asakura Oto to inquire about her meaning, but did not make any more jokes.

Although she looks carefree at ordinary times, she will not tease her friends for a single topic and knows when to stop.

Asakura Oto also understood what Anzai Yona meant - parasols are generally used by girls, and the umbrellas are generally small and cannot accommodate three people.

She silently took off the baseball cap on her head and walked towards Shiina Kiri not far behind her.

It seemed that she didn't want to talk to him any more because of what happened last night, so Asakura simply stood on tiptoe and put the cap on his head.

Shiina Kiri looked surprised, but also lowered her head slightly in cooperation.

"It's a bit tight to wear."

As he spoke, he looked up and saw that the brim of his hat slowly tilted up to an inappropriate angle, which looked very funny.

Asakura Oto pursed her lips and took off her baseball cap, slid the adjustment buckle, and finally tiptoed to put it on him again.

This series of actions seemed to be deliberately sweet. Anzai Yangcai had never seen Asakura Otono like this before, and she couldn't help but say "Wow" in a low voice. When Asakura Otono turned around, she didn't even have time to close her mouth.

Asakura Oto had no intention of hiding anything. After all, she never intended to hide her relationship with Shiina Kiri.

It's just that they are not a couple now, so she didn't presumptuously affirm this relationship in front of her friends.

Umeda Station is still a short distance away from Umeda Sky Building. The three of them walked for about seven or eight minutes and finally arrived at their destination - Takinokoji.

Although it is only ten o'clock in the morning, the food court is already bustling with people.

Basically, they travel in groups, not all of them are couples, but mostly relatives and friends. After all, in the island country, Qixi Festival is not Valentine's Day, but a festival to pray for good things.

From the entrance, you can see colorful paper flowers and balloons hung at short intervals along the path. They look... a bit like the paper flowers hung on wreaths during the Qingming Festival?
It really does look like that, but that's only during the day. If you come here at night when the store is closed, it might feel creepy.

And it's not just here, there are many streets outside that are also hung with paper flowers.

"Phew, it's much cooler here!" Anxi Yangcai wiped his forehead.

The underground floor avoids direct sunlight, and the merchants in the food court also turn on air conditioning, so the temperature will be much cooler than outside.

Shiina Wu stepped on the ground and found that it was a path paved with bluestone slabs. The shop signs were also in an old style, and there was an old car parked not far away.

"I didn't expect there was such an attraction under this building. I didn't come down to visit it last time."

It is estimated that Asakura Oto didn't know much about Osaka at that time, otherwise the two of them would not have spent half a day in the comic book store before going to Umeda Sky Building to queue up.

Who would have thought that there would be a retro food street underneath a modern building?

Well, after thinking about it carefully, I don’t think it’s that surprising. After all, imitation of antiques is just a gimmick.

In fact, I have seen quite a few of them before, and they are of the same nature as commercial attractions such as "famous towns and ancient cities" and "millennium ancient cities".

Under the name of ancient style, there will be more traffic, better business, and more money can be made.

"Have you and Xiaoyin been to Umeda Sky Building?" asked Anzai Yona.

It's easy to guess that Asakura Oton is a transfer student and Shiina Kiri is not a local either.

“I went there once more than a month ago and waited in line for a long time before I could get in.”

"You even put up a love lock, didn't you? Yes, you definitely did, you must have secretly decided to spend your lives together. That's right, you two are such a talented couple, you deserve to be together. Ah, I envy you two so much!"

Anxi Yangcai kept chattering, and the three of them walked slowly inside.

But in fact, that day Asakura Oto refused his request to hang a love lock, and also refused his request for reconciliation.

As you go deeper into Takimi-koji, you can feel the "Japanese temple fair" more intuitively.

For example, when catching goldfish, tadpole-sized goldfish are swimming in the water tank, and their color is black and red.

However, unlike the plot in galgame, the person squatting there having fun may not be a beautiful girl, but may also be a bald uncle.

A man was playing with a small fishing net in his big hands like a palm-leaf fan, shaking his head beside the water tank. A friend was standing next to him holding up his mobile phone to record the scene. The atmosphere was very good.

When the uncle left with a transparent water bag containing seven or eight small goldfishes, they also went up to try it, but found that it was not as simple as they had imagined.

The opening of the fishing net is very small, and the goldfish are very active, so they will swim away quickly if you get too close.

In the end, it was Asakura Oto who silently caught two fish, and the trip was worthwhile.

However, they did not take the goldfish with them when they left. After all, the Tanabata Festival had just begun, and it would not be convenient to carry the water bag around, even with Shiina Kiri as free labor.

Then there are basketball games, darts, shooting games...

This time, Shiina Kiri performed well. After calculating the deviation of the toy gun, he basically hit the target every time, which caused the children watching on the side to exclaim and praise him.

In this cheerful atmosphere, even Asakura Otona showed a look of joy. Although her smile was very faint, it surprised him and he was finally not very angry with her.

When they had enough fun, they found a nearby drink stand.

The stalls have products and prices displayed on them: draft beer/500 yen, shaved ice/600 yen, barley tea/400 yen...

There is a note on the side stating that draft beer is not sold to minors.

It was not unnecessary to do so. The minors in the island country were those under 20 years old, and ordinary children could tell that. But if Shiina Kiri insisted on saying that she was 20 years old, it would be hard to judge. Asakura Oton ordered watercress and barley tea as agreed before, and ordered orange juice for Shiina Kiri and ice water for herself.

"I know a restaurant that serves delicious barbecue rice. Xiaoyin, you will definitely like it."

From what she said, it was clear that Anxi Yangcai didn't know that the girl had no sense of taste. That's right, only those closest to her knew this secret.

"Then I'll trouble you, Yangcai."

That barbecue restaurant was indeed very unique. A cylindrical barbecue over one meter high was rotating slowly, and the blond, blue-eyed chef wearing a white hat was using a knife to cut slices of the greasy barbecue from the outermost layer.

The barbecue seemed to be chicken, but it also seemed to be mixed with beef?

Is this... a kebab?

There was uncertainty in Shiina's eyes.

Although Takimi-koji is known for its retro Osaka style, it will naturally attract some other shops after it becomes famous, so it is not all Osaka common delicacies such as udon noodles and skewers...

It is worth mentioning that Shiina Kiri’s share of the meal was paid by Asakura Oto.

This made Anxi Yangcai secretly look at them. After all, this place advocates single payment. For someone like Asakura Oto to take the initiative to pay for the boy...

This kind of behavior would only be done towards the person you are pursuing!
The follow-up also made Anzai Yangcai more certain of what she wanted. Whether it was the fan, shaved ice, or the previous goldfish catching and target shooting games...all of them were paid for by Asakura Oto.

Shiina Kiri didn't show any intention of stopping or being polite, and acted as if it was natural.

Even though he held a Shiba Inu-style candy and repeatedly said to Asakura Otoko, "This is today's candy," it was still Asakura Otoko who paid for it!

Anzai Yangcai looked at Asakura Otona in amazement as she took the candy man and licked it happily, feeling that this good friend was really too different.

How could the beautiful girl who always keeps strangers away in school and never shows any affection to any boys show such an expression?
It was just a candy man, a candy man, and Asakura Oto paid for it herself! !

Anzai Yangcai held her forehead with her hand due to a headache and decided to find an opportunity to have a good talk with Asakura Oto.

Otherwise her friend would lose herself in love, abandon her own personality and try to please others, and finally be tired of and dumped.

Fortunately, she didn't know that Asakura had no sense of taste, otherwise it would be even more unbelievable.

After all, what's the difference between licking a sugar man without sweetness and licking plastic?

What can be so happy about?

……

The island nation's Tanabata Festival incorporates many local characteristics. People write their wishes on long, colorful pieces of paper and hang them on bamboo branches, praying that their wishes will come true.

Shiina Kiri saw a long blue note that read: I want to become a professional baseball player.

This wish seems a little difficult. After all, baseball is the national sport in this island country, and becoming a professional baseball player is not something that can be achieved just by hard work.

Many people wrote their wishes, but soon it was their turn.

The wish that Anxi Yangcai wrote was: I want to be happy every day.

It's a very common wish, and it wouldn't be out of place even if you add good health at the end.

Then Shiina Kiri looked at Asakura Oto's wish again: that the people she cares about are in good health.

It’s a very good wish. It would be even more perfect if you added a sentence “Be happy every day” in front of it.

Wait, someone who cares?
Including me?

This sentence sounds too familiar, and I inexplicably think of the copywriting of the two-dimensional cosplay: When you say save the earth, does that include me?

"Xiaoyin's brother, aren't you going to write?" Anxi Yangcai suddenly came over and pointed at his blank note.

"Of course I have to write." Shiina Kiri picked up the pen and thought about it.

Achieve a happy harem ending?

vulgar!

Long strips of paper will be hung on bamboo branches, and the wishes will sway in the wind.

What this means is that written wishes are not like birthday wishes, which are silently said in your heart and only you know them.

That must be made known to the public!
Harem? Are you in the second dimension? This is a society ruled by law, advocating monogamy.

So Shiina Kiri wrote: Love is perfect.

……

There are many things to do in this food street. When they left, the sun was already low in the sky, but the temperature was still very hot.

"See you tomorrow, Xiaoyin. And, Xiaoyin's brother!"

The three of them parted at an intersection, and after Anxi Yangcai left, the two of them walked slowly along the side of the road.

"Summer vacation is about to start. Asakura, what are your plans? Do you want to go traveling together?"

In fact, what he wanted more was that the kitten could move back into the rental house during the summer vacation so that he could pet the cat every day!

It makes me happy just thinking about it, but unfortunately it is basically impossible to achieve.

As expected, Asakura shook her head. "Writing novels at home."

It seems that he is still a homebody.

"Traveling can broaden your horizons, which is very helpful for writing." Shiina Kiri seduced her as if she was luring a little girl.

Asakura Oto seemed to be really thinking about this. "Hmm."

Ok?
Does that mean you agree?!

Shiina Kiri was a little surprised.

Since Asakura Oto agreed, Nakano Megumi would most likely not object. After all, his performance in "meeting the parents" was a plus.

So...it's done.

If you are in a good mood, you will find the rumbling tram pleasant to the ears. Even waiting for the traffic light with her in the evening sun will not make you feel annoyed at all.

But why does this road look a little unfamiliar?

"Is this the way to your house?" asked Shiina Kiri.

"Go to the hotel first, I'll take you to Osaka Station." said Asakura Oto.

"Ok."

He actually wanted to stay with her a little longer, even if they didn't do anything, just be together.

(End of this chapter)