Kamen Rider, the Mission Must Be Fulfilled!

"Then we won't visit the house. You two should explain to your parents why you came back late today!"

"Know it!"

"Thank you, Teacher Justice."

Hearing the responses with different styles, Zheng Yi raised his hand and rubbed Sayaka's hair a little harder, which immediately caused the girl to struggle unconvinced.Seeing Sayaka who struggled to break free from his clutches and dragged Madoka towards his home, and who still didn't forget to turn around and make a face at him, Zheng Yi shook his head angrily, and sorted out the messy ones with a wry smile. collar.

"You have a very good relationship with those two children."

"They're all good kids, and no one hates nice kids."

"You are a good teacher, Teacher Justice."

Taking Ba Mamei's topic as a matter of course, Zheng Yi watched the two little guys enter their own homes, then slowly turned around and walked towards the way they came.

"Come on, it's time to go home."

"Well, I have to trouble you to go with me."

"Just by the way, I'm afraid I will be a neighbor for a long time in the future. This is not at school, so don't be so polite with me, classmate Ba."

"bar."

"?"

Turning his head in a daze, Zheng Yi couldn't understand the meaning of the sudden speech made by the little girl who caught up and walked side by side.

Seemingly happy to see Zheng Yi's silly appearance, the smile on Ba Mamei's face came alive a lot, adding a bit of girlish mischievous vitality to her unchanging gentleness and tolerance.

"Since you said that this is not at school, please call me Baba. If Mami, please ask Mr. Zhengyi to chat with me more~"

Obviously you still call me Teacher Justice.

Of course, Zheng Yi didn't blurt out such words until he touched his neck and looked away from his gaze with Ba Mami. Zheng Yi pondered for a while, and then tried to speak out with a hesitant expression.

"Then... ba?"

"Yes, I am here, teacher."

Avoiding the smiling eyes, Zheng Yi glanced at the side of the road. At this time, the sky was completely dark, and the night near the high-end apartment where the two lived was not considered noisy. Except for the occasional people and vehicles, there were only 24 people. Hour convenience stores and some food and beverage outlets are still lit.

"Speak up, Bar."

"What's the matter? Teacher?"

"You haven't had dinner yet?"

Turning his head, the embarrassment on Zheng Yi's face had completely disappeared, replaced by a slightly serious expression.

Shocked by this expression, Ba Mamei was stunned for a moment. Although she didn't understand why the question of whether she had eaten dinner was asked so solemnly, she still nodded subconsciously.

In the short tens of minutes she had known Zheng Yi, it was the first time she had seen this tall young man with such a serious expression.

The oppressive force that contrasts with the gentleness and ease of the smile, and the same contagious force as the smile, made Ba Mamei involuntarily want to obey his words and deeds.

"Then come to my house to eat, or I'll prepare it and bring it to you."

"Eh?"

Blinking her eyes blankly, Ba Mamei couldn't keep up with Zheng Yi's rhythm.

"When you were still growing up, although I don't know what you think, but when you sent the two little guys home, you said that you didn't like to cook. You usually ate bento from convenience stores or settled meals outside. question."

No, I obviously didn't—

Just when she was about to refute, Ba Mamei's mind suddenly followed Zheng Yi's words to the scene ten minutes ago.

"Speaking of which, what do you all like to eat?"

"meat!"

"That... pasta, right?"

"Hmm... It's hard to say. The taste of the bento at the 24-hour convenience store is similar. Maybe Yoshinoya's rice is more in line with my taste... Just kidding, kidding, I like western desserts, such as cheesecake."

This was just an insignificant sentence during the whole journey, and then no similar topics were mentioned again, and Mami herself didn't take this sentence to heart at all, and put it behind her after talking about it.

——But Zheng Yi wrote it down, and remembered it very clearly.

"In terms of western food, my skills are relatively average. The cuisine I am good at is mainly Japanese cuisine and Chinese cuisine. Western food is a bit inferior. So if you have any dishes you want to eat, you can tell me, I am not picky eaters , there is no problem of making two copies.”

As he walked and talked, the young man's face was focused, and his tone of course seemed to be saying "the weather is so nice today", but there was also a persistence in what he said and a stubbornness to be perfect.Compared with the all-time considerateness in his words and deeds before, there is no room for Ba Mamei to refuse in the man's words at this time.

Perhaps a little outrageous.

It may also make people feel a little confused and inexplicable.

But only the kindness that couldn't be concealed made people wonder how to find a reason for rejection.

Yes, there are indeed people who feel that it is better for them to live like this, and they do not want to be disrupted by others.

That's right, there will indeed be people who are self-righteous and blend into other people's lives, but don't care about other people's feelings.

But now it's different.

Both Ba Mami and Zheng Yi are different.

——Ba Mamei never felt that it would be better for her to live in such a lonely and unexamined way.

——From the very beginning, Zheng Yi knew that Ba Mamei wanted someone to change her life instead of ignoring her.

If you hear and see the struggles and cries for help of others in suffering, but turn a blind eye to them because you are afraid of being criticized as self-righteous.

Then Zheng Yi would rather extend a helping hand first, and apologize to others until he really found out that he extended the wrong hand.

――Then, to the next person, he extended a helping hand without hesitation.

"An action done out of kindness may not be right, but it must never be presumed to be wrong."

That's what Zheng's father said.

"Ah... that's right..."

Seeing the young man counting the styles of Western-style pastry and the number of Western-style dishes he knows, and turning his head from time to time to ask himself if he minds the delicate appearance of certain ingredients, Ba Mamei murmured unconsciously.

"What? Did you say you don't like carrots? No, you can't be picky eaters!"

Frowning and shaking his head, Zheng Yi corrected him righteously.

"Then eat it, as long as you make it delicious, I will try my best to eat it up, teacher."

"Oh! Then don't worry, it must be so delicious that you can eat it clean!"

Ah, so it is.

Teacher, you really...

"Then I'll wait and see."

Teacher, you are indeed a good teacher.

Ps:

Although he is a teacher, in fact, Zhengyi is only a little older than Mami and the others, and he is completely an older brother.It's just that they are different in terms of things they have experienced or their concept of responsibility.

In my opinion, Ba Mamei is really like a beautiful glassware.

Luxurious and elegant, it looks solid, but it is so fragile that it will be shattered by bumps. If someone can take care of it, it will surely bloom a different kind of beauty.But if others are always afraid to set foot and touch because of this beauty, then this seemingly untouchable beauty will one day be shattered by accident.

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Chapter 19: Him in her eyes

Wiping the drips of water stains on the ends of her hair, Ba Mamei wrapped her bath towel and went to the dressing table, her hands kept moving, but her eyes seemed to be thinking about other things in a trance.Skillfully using a goose-yellow towel to dry the excess moisture on the hair, Ba Mamei folded the wet towel squarely on the corner of the dressing table, then picked up the small and exquisite hair dryer and plugged it in.

With a hair dryer in one hand and a comb in the other, the girl's brilliant blonde hair, which is always meticulously groomed on weekdays, spread down along the temples of her ears, covering her lovely ears that were reddened by the heat, and also covering her fair neck.

Ba Mami turned on the switch, and the noisy movement of the hair dryer made Chubby, who was curled up in the warm nest, open his eyes.After shaking its body a few times, this strange cat-sized creature swayed its big fox-like tail, and jumped onto the empty space of the dressing table with light steps.

As if she didn't see Chubby's intrusion, Ba Mamei just sorted out the somewhat messy hair after the bath, and stared at herself reflected in the mirror with two clear and translucent eyes like amber. The bright eyes are like the crystallization of two pieces of honey, and there is a sweet wave of light under the illumination of the warm lamp.

After a few glances, the girl couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Pfft...hahahaha~"

Why are you laughing so silly.

Turning on the switch, Ba Mamei put down the hair dryer and mirror, stretched out her index fingers with both hands and rubbed them against the corners of her mouth a few times, and then repeatedly drew different arcs in front of the mirror.

But no matter how provocative, there is always some lingering color in the arc of the corner of the mouth.

Such as joy.

Such as satisfaction.

Like happiness.

I am happy to be able to make friends with cute juniors and serious teachers.

Satisfied to be able to eat a delicious meal poured out of love and kindness by others.

I am happy to meet someone who really cares about me again.

It's almost like dreaming.

Reminiscing about the taste of dinner that was completely different from bento and takeaway, Ba Mami slowly moved her index finger against the corner of her mouth on her soft lips.

Food poured with emotion is quite different.

Instead of silently swallowing emotionless food in the face of an empty cold table, you can sit at a spacious table and enjoy a comfortable conversation while watching the person in the kitchen cooking for you. Delicious back.

Facing a table full of delicacies, when you pick up the bowls and chopsticks, you can hear "I'm starting" said together with you.

Putting down the bowls and chopsticks after eating, what I responded to my "Thank you for the hospitality" was no longer the lonely and indifferent emptiness in the restaurant alone.

It was a gentle and somewhat smug [Coarse tea and light food, you're welcome].

After the meal, they went into the kitchen, stuck to the tall figure, and cleaned the pots and pans together on the grounds of a meal.From time to time, in the eyes that secretly raised his eyes, there was always that man's sunny and soft smile, as if no matter what things would be solved in front of that smile, this man always maintained a natural ease.

It was as if, for Kong Tiaoyi, difficulties and troubles never existed.

But that's not something that comes from pride, it's more like smiling seems to be a way of life for this man.It is not a formulaic smoothness, nor is it a mask sewn on the face at any time under the baptism of society.The man's smile seems to be closely connected with his life, real and full of sincerity.It seems that as long as the heart is still beating, that smile can tirelessly infect the people around.Just staying by this man's side for such a short time, it seems that the loneliness of the past will be quietly expelled from his soul that has already been riddled with holes, and this body that should have stopped moving can also feel some dreamlike warmth again. meaning.

It's just like...