Great Swordsman Ke Xue.

Chapter 2 The wishful sukiyaki
  Hirota Masami, a new resident who moved in half a year ago, works in a nearby bank.

She is his current neighbor's eldest sister. She is very friendly and always smiles gently. Sometimes Koji Shimizu cannot stay indifferent to her.

When she first moved here, Hirota Masami followed the neon custom of visiting her neighbor and knocked on his door, but was undoubtedly turned away.

But ever since she learned that he was an orphan (oh, you can't say that, Shimizu Koji just lost his parents when he was reborn three years ago), Hirota Masami no longer cared about his previous disregard. On the contrary, I want to take care of or help him more and more actively.

At least in Masami Hirota's eyes, Koji Shimizu resembles an autistic boy who refuses to have contact with anyone. In a sense, he is somewhat similar to her sister.

But the care for Koji Shimizu may not necessarily mean that she loves the house and the bird. It is more likely that it is just her own inner wish.

Instinctively wants to light up others with her gentleness and kindness, even though she is in darkness
  "What are you eating tonight, Shimizu-kun?"

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Shimizu Koji didn't answer, he just reached out and pushed open the glass door of the apartment and walked in. He didn't let go and closed the door until Masami Hirota followed with a pursed smile.

“Instant noodles, sushi or the bento sold in the supermarket at night (~)”*2
  Shimizu Koji couldn't help but twitching at the corners of his eyes. He pressed the elevator button and looked back. Hirota Masami still had the same pursed lips and chuckle.

Her big, moist and bright eyes looked at him. Masami Hirota raised a large pile in her right hand and waved it to him, "I happened to buy too much. If you don't mind, Mr. Shimizu, I'll give it to you later." Come to my house and eat sukiyaki."

Unexpectedly, it was a straight ball. Koji Shimizu was stunned for a moment, and for a moment he didn't know whether to nod or shake his head.

Do you want to refuse? He has refused too many times, but Miss Masami Hirota is extremely persistent, even stubborn. From the beginning, she just knocked on the door to invite, and in the end, she even put the prepared meals on the table every day. Come to his doorstep, especially the one with breakfast and lunch box
  Throw it away? He just doesn't want to deal with her and is afraid of trouble. He's not really sick.

I told Masami Hirota no, but she just smiled and nodded, and the next day it was the same as before.
  In the end, Shimizu Koji chose to accept the neighbor lady's kindness, and once you accept it, it becomes more difficult to refuse.

From the tacit agreement to take breakfast and lunch on the floor at the door to being invited to have dinner at home, the distance is actually very short, probably as simple as the touch of thumb and index finger.

"Okay, let's just consider it as fulfilling my sister's wish." Masami Hirota walked into the elevator and said with a smile, "Come in quickly."

Seeing that Shimizu Koji had not yet recovered, she quickly waved.

"Oh, good Arigado."

When Hirota Masami heard the response, the smile in her eyes seemed to grow stronger, but she seemed to be worried about Shimizu Koji, a boy who she considered autistic, so she did not laugh or say anything else.

After Koji Shimizu agreed, he felt a little weird. It wasn't that he was embarrassed or anything like that, but he was just a little confused about what Mingmei said just now.

Fulfill one of her wishes.?

Koji Shimizu stood in the elevator, silently looking at Masami Hirota in front of him.

It sounds like there is nothing wrong with it. Masami Hirota seems to have been working hard to help him get out of his 'autism'.

But he vaguely felt that something was wrong, his tone? He wanted to ask something, but he didn't know what to ask. In the final analysis, it was just an inexplicable intuition on his part.

The elevator arrived quickly. Koji Shimizu originally planned to go back to his home to put down his schoolbag, but Masami Hirota looked at him as soon as he opened the door and had no intention of letting him go home.

"Please come in."

Shimizu Koji walked into the entrance hall silently, and Hirota Masami closed the door and followed in.

Hanging the satchel on the wall, placing the vegetables and hot pot ingredients on the cabinet in the entrance hall, looking at Koji Shimizu standing there, Masami Hirota was stunned for a moment before finally reacting, hurriedly squatting down and groping in the shoe cabinet.

After a while, she took out a pair of clean pink and white indoor slippers.

"I'm really sorry. There are no slippers for men at home. Qingshui-kun, please bear with me and wear these. But don't mind, I haven't worn them. These are slippers for my sister, but she has never been here. So no one has ever worn it.”

"It doesn't matter, I can do it. Thank you, Miss Hirota."

"That's too polite, giggling. Then I'll go to the kitchen first. Qingshui-kun, please sit on the sofa for a while and watch TV for a while. I'll go to the kitchen to prepare. I'll be ready soon."

Hirota Masami is not a neon person who sticks to trivial matters and keeps bowing politely, so Shimizu Koji has always been more comfortable with her. This word is almost close to it, but not quite.

The slippers are soft and comfortable, and I can only say that they are worthy of being worn by girls. Shimizu Koji wouldn't feel embarrassed or anything. Although he was a young man, his many experiences of rebirth and life and death meant that there was no difference between men and women. They were just a pile of bones and flesh and blood.

"Does Miss Hirota have a younger sister?" "Ah, yes, but she is a genius scientist, very different from me." In the kitchen, Hirota Masami replied with a smile while arranging the dishes.

In her heart, she added helplessly in a low voice, "I'm very busy."

But thinking of her sister, she couldn't help but think that this mission was coming to an end, and she couldn't help but get excited. Although she was a little uneasy with the excitement, it was instantly settled in her heart.

"Big news, this morning, the Shisubing Rice Blossom Branch located in the 4th-chome of Rice Flower Town was robbed. It has been confirmed that the amount involved in this bank robbery is as high as one billion yen!"

Hearing the news broadcast on the TV in the living room, Masami Hirota's ears twitched, and then she picked up the dishes and a small hot pot and walked out of the kitchen as if nothing had happened.

"Qingshui-kun, dinner is ready."

Sitting on the sofa, Shimizu Koji squinted and watched the news broadcast on the TV. If he remembered correctly, this bank seemed to be the bank where Masami Hirota worked.

Looking back and seeing Mingmei's smiling face, Shimizu Koji thought for a while but did not ask.

No wonder Hirota Masami's mood was a little off. It seemed that she had just experienced a robbery today. In a sense, it was probably a very bad and thrilling day for this ordinary urban white-collar worker.

Sitting at the table, there were several kinds of fresh fish sashimi on the table. Shimizu Koji could barely recognize the more recognizable tuna and sea bream sashimi, and there were two or three plates of meat rolls for shabu-shabu, green cabbage and Naturally, common mushrooms are also available. It is no exaggeration to say that this table of ingredients is enough to feed a family of three. If Masami Hirota was alone, she would never be able to finish it all.

It can also be concluded that even if it was not a chance encounter today, Hirota Masami would probably go to his home to invite him.

"Miss Hirota."

"Ok?"

"No, it's nothing."

Hirota Masami's bright eyes seemed to be smiling forever. Shimizu Koji originally wanted to ask her why she took such good care of him, but he felt that asking this question was a bit weird or unnecessary.

After all, Masami Hirota's kindness emanates almost unabashedly.

What a wonderful person
  When he was first reborn into this world, Shimizu Koji was already a little numb. Even though it was a peaceful everyday world, he also felt that he might be hit to death by a big truck in a few days. Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, he would be hit by a big truck again. It’s been three years of daily life.

Three years, plus countless short-lived time travels and rebirths, in total, he was almost twenty years old.

As he ate the food one bite at a time, Shimizu Koji's mind wandered a little, while Hirota Masami occasionally stopped his chopsticks and looked at the "you're welcome" Shimizu Koji, and the smile in his eyes became stronger and stronger.

With her help, this autistic boy, who was somewhat similar to her sister, has now steadily evolved into a normal person. In simple terms, he has slowly recovered.

Thinking of this, Hirota Masami couldn't help but want to know more about Shimizu Koji. She rolled her eyes, smiled slightly and said, "Shimizu-kun, are there any girls in school who have confessed to you?"

"Uh, yes." Koji Shimizu didn't know why she suddenly asked this, but he still answered truthfully.

"I'm just saying, Qingshui-kun is so handsome, he must be very popular with girls. Well, then, do you accept that girl's confession?"

"No."

"Eh? No? Why? Isn't that girl pretty enough?"

"If she's pretty, she's pretty good. And I heard she's a very rich lady."

"Then why didn't Koji accept her confession?" Masami Hirota was really curious now. She blinked and waited for Koji Shimizu's answer.

"Why accept it?"

Shimizu Koji's eyes were clear, without any distracting thoughts, which made Masami Hirota, who wanted to tease him, skip the topic in a sarcastic manner.

Hirota Masami subconsciously regarded Shimizu Koji as an adolescent boy. Of course, it is impossible for an adolescent boy not to like beautiful girls, unless he has some disease.

And Shimizu Koji is not a boy with low self-esteem. Obviously, this child's illness is not cured yet.
  There is still a long way to go.
  Masami Hirota sighed inwardly and slowly took two mouthfuls of rice. She will definitely leave here after that, and she can only hope that Koji Shimizu will gradually recover.
  "Haoji, please rest early when you get back."

"Well, so are you, Miss Masami."

(End of this chapter)