Ke Xue: The thief Cao is actually myself

Chapter 351 Love is a light! (Please give me a monthly ticket!)

"What are your plans, Xiaolan?"

Wearing the school uniform of Teitan High School and carrying a schoolbag, Suzuki Sonoko was walking on a tree-lined road with singing birds and fragrant flowers. As she walked, she suddenly looked at Mouri Ran beside her.

Mao Lilan blinked her eyes blankly, a little overwhelmed, "Ah! What?"

Forgive her, she really can't keep up with her best friend's train of thought!

"It's just chocolate, chocolate!"

Suzuki Sonoko waved her hands vigorously, looking very excited.

Because her movements were so large, Mao Lilan had to lean her upper body backward and slightly tilt her head back to avoid touching the hand of her good friend Suzuki Sonoko.

Without noticing this, Suzuki Sonoko continued to speak excitedly, "Did you know? Valentine's Day is coming soon!"

There are many legends about the origin of Valentine's Day, but the most popular one is that in the 3rd century AD, the Roman Empire was in a comprehensive crisis. In order to maintain their ruling status in the social turmoil, the nobles brutally suppressed the people and Christians who rose up in rebellion. At that time, a Christian named Valentine was arrested and imprisoned. He moved the daughter of the warden with his sincerity. However, the death penalty issued by the ruling class forced the two people who loved each other to separate. Before being executed on February 2, Valentine wrote a long suicide note to the daughter of the warden. In addition to expressing his innocence and uprightness, the content also expressed his deep attachment to his beloved. Later, people designated February 14 as "Valentine's Day."

Although Valentine's Day originated in the West, "love", as the warmest language in the world, has gained worldwide attention and pursuit over time, and has become a day for lovers to express their love to each other.

Of course, due to regional and cultural differences, different countries express "love" in different ways on Valentine's Day, February 2th.

For example, unlike other countries where men do romantic things for women, such as giving flowers, chocolates, jewelry, etc., and then having a candlelight dinner with a great atmosphere, Japan does the opposite and plays a "role-swapping" game. Valentine's Day is a day for Japanese women to confess their love. Usually, women give men the artifact of confession - chocolate. The more chocolates a man receives, the more popular he is.

Today, there are many kinds of gifts for Valentine's Day, but chocolate is still the most beloved "love gift" of Japanese women, and its traditional and mainstream status is not easily shaken. This special chocolate given to lovers is called "honmei chocolate".

The so-called Benming refers to the person you like the most, and "Benming Chocolate" means chocolate that you prepare to give to the person you like. In other words, it is chocolate that you give to your ideal person or your soulmate.

Usually, Japanese women will start making preparations a few days before Valentine's Day. Some will buy the materials and make them at home, while others will go to special handcraft shops to make their own chocolates and package them beautifully. Sometimes they will also put in some cards and notes filled with their heart, just waiting for Valentine's Day to muster up the courage to give them out.

Japanese men who receive chocolates usually give gifts back to women one month later on March 3, which is White Day. By then, the mystery of whether they succeed in holding hands or continue to be friends will be revealed.

——Generally speaking, there are three most traditional ways to respond. If the guy also likes the other person, he can give candy on the day, which means "I like you too." If you want to reject the other person politely, you can give a small bag of cookies, which means "we are friends." Finally, if you really don't like the other person but can be cruel, you can give him/her marshmallows to represent disgust.

In fact, in Japan, February 2th is not just a day for lovers to express affection, but the Japanese also use it as an opportunity to express their gratitude to their relatives, friends, and colleagues by giving them "gift chocolates."

It is usually given by women to men. The biggest difference from the natal chocolate is that it does not contain any romantic connotations, but is just a thank you for the other person's care for them.

Moreover, unlike the "honmei chocolate" that is made by hand, "gift chocolate" is often a "social gift" that is bought from the store and given away immediately.

In addition, there is also Shihua Chocolate.

Shihua means to take care of someone, and "Shihua Chocolate" is an "upgraded version" of "Giri Chocolate". It can be given to a wider range of people than "Giri Chocolate", as long as they are people who have taken care of you or have had a relationship with you. It means finding an opportunity to contact them again and express your gratitude.

"On this important day of the year, you must use chocolate to firmly hold the boy's heart in your hands!"

Although she has a good relationship with her boyfriend now.

However, if she could use her natal chocolate to deepen the relationship between the two of them, she would naturally not refuse.

In other words, no girl can resist the temptation of having a deeper relationship with her beloved boyfriend.

Taking in the anticipation and excitement on Suzuki Sonoko's face, Mao Li Ran couldn't help but sigh slightly.

My best friend is good in every way except that she only cares about love, handsome guys, boyfriends and so on all day long. It's really unbearable.

Of course, compared to before, her best friend is much better now. At least, now she no longer pays attention to handsome guys, but instead focuses on topics related to love and boyfriends.

However, it was precisely this change that made her feel even more uneasy.

After all, she knew from the beginning that her best friend liked her boyfriend, and she had no choice but to let her boyfriend go out on a date with her best friend.

Now, her best friend has suddenly changed so much, and she even seems to want to remain a virgin for the boy she likes. If you say that this has nothing to do with her boyfriend, I'm afraid no one with a normal IQ would believe it.

When she thought about the fact that her best friend had been bringing up topics related to her boyfriend all the time in recent times, Mao Lilan felt vaguely uneasy.

Could it be that these two people were really having an affair behind her back?

Logically speaking, if her best friend covets her boyfriend, as a girlfriend, she should reprimand her in a righteous manner and find ways to dispel her delusions.

But the key point is that it was her best friend who fell in love with her boyfriend first, and she also promised to help her best friend pursue the other party.

But later on, by some accident, she became boyfriend and girlfriend with the other party and even had an intimate relationship with him.

As a "latecomer to cheating", she was too embarrassed to "confess" to her best friend that she had snatched the other party's love, nor did she have the nerve to accuse her best friend of having ideas about her boyfriend.

Mao Lilan was having a headache about what she should do to avoid hurting the friendship between her besties and pushing her boyfriend into the arms of other girls. Suddenly, she saw Sonoko looking at her without blinking. The look made her more panicked and she stammered, "Um... um! Yes!"

Suzuki Sonoko immediately noticed Mao Lilan's absent-minded reply.

After all, although her personality is a little funny, she is the second daughter of the Suzuki family after all, and she still has the ability to read people's expressions.

Then, Suzuki Sonoko's eyes suddenly became sharp.

"Xiaolan? You seem absent-minded!"

Could it be that her Xiaolan is having a quarrel with her Bai Yejun?
But it shouldn't be.

She remembered that her boyfriend left her yesterday and went to see her best friend, and did not leave her house until the next morning. If they really had a quarrel, based on her understanding of her best friend, she would not have noticed anything during school, and her boyfriend would not have said anything to her.

Well, it couldn’t be that her best friend wasn’t fed enough last night, right?

This kind of thing is even more impossible.

After all, others may not know how capable her boyfriend is, but as his girlfriend, how could she not know?

That was enough terror and horror to suppress all girls.

With her boyfriend's ability, let alone suppressing just Xiaolan, even if she and other girls were added, it would be no problem at all.

Well, the problem is coming.

If she wasn't hungry, why did her best friend look so absent-minded?

Could it be that the other party encountered some difficulties without her knowing?
"Uh? Ah! Is that so? Ha~~"

Looking at Suzuki Sonoko, who was putting her schoolbag behind her back, leaning her upper body, and staring at her seriously with her big eyes, Mao Li Ran smiled somewhat awkwardly.

Could she say that she was trying to find a way to get her good friend Suzuki Sonoko to stop trying to hit on her boyfriend?

That certainly can't be the case.

If she really told the truth, she was not sure whether her best friend would be obedient and stop trying to hit on her boyfriend, but her friendship with her best friend Suzuki Sonoko would definitely be broken!

Suzuki Sonoko looked at Mao Lilan deeply, knowing that she didn't want to talk more, so she didn't force her, nor did she dwell on the matter too much. Instead, she raised her right index finger, raised it to her chest, and narrowed her eyes slightly, "By the way, do you think that person looks familiar?"

Mao Lilan asked in confusion, "Ah! Who?"

"That's it!"

Suzuki Sonoko turned sideways, stretched out her right hand, and pointed to the side of the road where the two were walking, where a yellow car was driving towards them.

The driver of the yellow car was a muscular man wearing a red vest.

"Do you think he looks like one of the guys who came over to chat with us the other day?"

Noticing that Mao Lilan was still a little confused, Suzuki Sonoko had to remind her again, "They are the two who claim to be students from the medical department of Beika University! One of them is called Minagawa, and the other is called Wakamatsu!"

From her point of view, the boy named Minagawa is handsome and stylish. If she didn't have a boyfriend, she might really be attracted to him.

But alas, she already has it now.

Moreover, although Minagawa is handsome, he is not as handsome as her boyfriend!

"By the way, I remember this guy named Wakamatsu. He seemed to be very interested in you, wasn't he?"

"Oh, it's him!"

After hearing this, Mao Lilan finally remembered what happened that day and who the two people mentioned by Suzuki Sonoko were.

--That day, she and her best friend Suzuki Sonoko were sitting in a cafe, preparing to have a drink or something, take a break, and then go play with her boyfriend.

As a result, when I was halfway through drinking, two people who claimed to be students from the medical department of Beihua University suddenly came over and started a conversation.

Originally, according to Mao Lilan, she didn't want to pay any attention to them.

After all, she has a boyfriend now. Even if her boyfriend has never told her not to make friends with the opposite sex, she still doesn't want to cause misunderstandings for her boyfriend if possible.

However, before she could say no, the two men sat down without any hesitation and greeted them in a familiar manner.

Seeing that there were other customers around, the kind-hearted Mao Li Ran didn't want to chase them away directly, so she had to deal with them absent-mindedly.

When she thought of the scene at that time, Mao Lilan felt a little uncomfortable all over.

This is not only because these two people regarded her and Suzuki Sonoko as their prey.

——Before coming over to chat, these two people had actually already chosen and assigned their respective targets for chat.

This can be seen from the fact that Mr. Minagawa, who was relatively handsome and had a delicate appearance, sat directly opposite Suzuki Sonoko when he came over and talked freely, while the rough-looking, sturdy man named Wakamatsu sat directly opposite her, laughing with his mouth open the whole time or interrupting with a few words.

It was also because she and Suzuki Sonoko had hinted several times during the conversation that they were not interested in them, but the two guys just pretended to be deaf and dumb, which made them quite embarrassed and annoyed.

It can be said that if those two guys had not left halfway due to something, even with her good temper, she would have almost been unable to resist and wanted to turn hostile.

Thinking of this, Mao Lilan pursed her pink lips and wanted to pull her best friend away.

Because she really didn't want to see the man named Wakamatsu again.

Unfortunately, sometimes, the more you don’t want to see someone, the more likely you are to bump into that person.

Just like now, before Mao Lilan walked away, the yellow car stopped by the side, and then the man named Wakamatsu got out of the car, waved at the two of them, and greeted them enthusiastically: "Hey, Xiaolan, what a coincidence, I was looking for you!"

(End of this chapter)