I just want to live in peace, I refuse to fall in love

Chapter 84 Dumplings and Bet

Early on Sunday morning, Shirakawa Kazuya got up early. Last night he saw a report about dumplings on his mobile phone, which made him miss the taste of the dumplings he used to eat.So he was going to make dumplings this morning.

As soon as the dumplings were put into the pot, Shirakawa Kazu also received a message from Koizumi Nadeko on the line——Koizumi Nadeko felt that Tsukichi Chihaya was too cold, and Kawakami Masamune was a bit wretched, so he finally added Nagata Chika and Shirakawa Kazuya Friends of the two.

But Chinatsu Nagata was still sleeping in at the moment, and the message showed as unread after a long time. After waiting for a long time without a reply, Koizumi Nadeshiko had no choice but to send a message to Shirakawa Kazuya.

[Koizumi Nadeshiko: Hello Shirakawa-kun, Saijo Rei and I have made an appointment to meet at the 'Amagi' amusement park at 02:30 this afternoon. Is there anything I need to do to take care of you? ]
Shirakawa Kazuya rubbed his hands on his apron and began to reply to her message.

[Shirakawa Kazuya: Hello Koizumi-san, you don’t need to do anything special.We went there partly to observe you, but also partly to take a walk by ourselves.If there's nothing wrong, we won't bother you.Please don't be nervous and have a great time. ]
As soon as the message was sent, it showed as read. It seemed that Nadeshiko Koizumi had been waiting with her phone in her arms.

[Nadeko Koizumi: Thank you, I will have fun. ]
At the back is a little rabbit emoticon, saying thank you.

[Shirakawa Kazuya: It’s okay, don’t worry about it.By the way, if you have any difficulties, be sure to contact us. }
Shirakawa Kazuya thought for a while and sent a picture of a Shiba Inu smiling crookedly.

The chat ended here. Shirakawa Kazuya put his cell phone in his apron pocket, opened the lid of the pot, looked at the plump dumplings inside, smiled, and remembered some warm memories.

"Xiangzi, get up and eat!" Shirakawa Kazuya poked his head out of the kitchen and called out, finding Xiangzi right in front of him.

"Onisan, what does it smell like? It smells so good!" Xiangzi asked, wearing pajamas and rubbing her eyes.

"Dumplings, they are dumplings." Shirakawa Kazuya put the dumplings in the pot into a bowl and handed them to Xiangzi.

Xiangzi took the bowl and went to the living room with two pairs of chopsticks.

Shirakawa Kazuya sat down with a bowl, smiled at Xiangzi and said, "Try it quickly, it's delicious."

"China is known as "Southern rice and North rice". There are various types of pasta in the north, and one of the most representative foods is dumplings. Dumplings often require the whole family to work together from making dough, making fillings, rolling out the dough to wrapping them into shapes. It symbolizes a harmonious atmosphere of family reunion.”

While eating dumplings, Shirakawa Kazuya told Xiangzi some history and allusions about dumplings.

"At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, famines were severe in various places. There was a doctor named Zhang Zhongjing. He saw that many poor people had their ears frozen from the cold. He felt sorry for them, so he gave them medicine to treat their injuries on the winter solstice."

"The end of the Eastern Han Dynasty?" Xiangzi couldn't figure out the relationship between these eras, so she was a little curious.

"It's just a dynasty in China, it doesn't matter. The name of this medicine is Qu Han Jiao Er Tang, and it later evolved into dumplings."

As Shirakawa Kazuya said, he pushed the small vinegar dish in front of Xiangzi, "It will taste better with vinegar, you try it."

He added some sesame oil and chili pepper to the rice vinegar dish, which added a lot of flavor to the dumplings.

Xiangzi lightly dipped the vinegar dish, put a dumpling into her mouth, the delicate dough, the deliciousness of the cabbage and pork fillings, and the sour and spicy vinegar all mixed on the tip of her tongue. A wonderful taste rushed into her heart, and she was immediately overwhelmed. She narrowed her eyes happily.

"It's delicious! Onisan is amazing!" Xiangzi looked at Kazuya Shirakawa adoringly.

Shirakawa Kazuya smiled, picked up a dumpling and put it into his mouth, the familiar taste blooming on the tip of his tongue. "Let's eat dumplings together during the Chinese New Year. Then we will make dumplings with various fillings for you to eat."

On the morning of May, Xiangzi was already looking forward to the New Year, the New Year with Shirakawa Kazuya.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Shirakawa Kazuya took Xiangzi to the gate of Ancheng Amusement Park, and saw Chihaya Tsukichi already sitting under a bench with a sun umbrella, waiting for them.

"Hello, Sister Chihaya." Xiangzi ran over and sat next to Tsukichi Chihaya.

"Hello, Xiangzi." Tsukichi Chihaya greeted with a smile.

In order to avoid collision with Nadeshiko Koizumi and the others, several people from the Girls' Love Research Club decided to go in 10 minutes early at [-]:[-] pm.

"Would you like to make a bet, Shirakawa-san?" Chihaya Tsukiike shifted her gaze from the phone screen to Shirakawa Kazuya's face, and said with a smile.

Shirakawa Kazuya glanced at her with some suspicion. He knew that Chihaya Tsukichi was a fox, and she was the type that would never let go of the rabbit before it caught sight of it. She must have no good intentions when she suddenly wanted to make a bet with him.

But he was in a good mood today, so he was playful at this moment and asked with a smile, "What's the bet? What's the bet?"

"Guess whether someone will be late today and how many people will be late. The bet is to designate the other party to play an item in the amusement park." Yuechi Chihaya said the bet with a smile.

Shirakawa Kazuya felt that coming to the amusement park was just for fun, and he could try out any project. There was nothing he didn't dare to do, so he smiled and agreed to the bet.

"You go first, ladies first." Shirakawa Kazuya stretched out his hand and made a "please" gesture.

Tsukichi Chihaya smiled, "No, who will win if you deliberately say the same thing to me? Just tell me, tell me."

Shirakawa Kazuya didn't care and guessed casually, "I guess someone will be late. In terms of number, it will be two people."

Tsukichi Chihaya's original smiling expression slowly disappeared, she sat there holding it in for a long time, and finally said, "Then I guess three."

I was careless. Chihaya Tsukiike had just received a message from Megumi Ando, ​​saying that she and Masamune Kawakami would be arriving later, so she wanted to make a bet with Kazuya Shirakawa, but she didn't expect Kazuya Shirakawa to guess casually. You've got it.

Now she could only hope that someone else would be late, otherwise the bet would definitely be lost.

As for Shirakawa Kazuya, to say that he guessed is not entirely true, but it is indeed a guess.He felt that Kinoshita Haruki was already late last time, so she should pay attention this time.Nagata Chinatsu doesn't seem like someone who would be late.If someone is really late, it can only be Kawakami Masamune and his wife.

The result was exactly as Shirakawa Kazuya guessed. Tsukichi Chihaya was not a cheater either. She looked at Shirakawa Kazuya and said, "You won, what are you going to let me play?"

"I've never been here before. Let's go in and have a look." Shirakawa Kazuya smiled, preparing to pick a roller coaster or a haunted house to scare her.

(End of this chapter)