Love Comes After Learning

Narrowing her eyes in satisfaction, she suddenly froze for a moment, scratched her cheeks, and giggled at the two whose faces were slightly twitching.

"I'm sorry, I forgot that you can't drink alcohol, so I can't make a toast~ Do you want me to pour your drinks for you? I went to the supermarket to buy a lot of things in the afternoon and came back!"

"..."

The two were silent, shaking their heads in unison.

Tachibana Ruyi picked up the chopsticks, sighed helplessly, lowered her head and said softly.

"Sorry, I let you see Yangcai's embarrassing appearance. She is actually quite human outside."

"Maybe you will be more indulgent in front of your family...By the way, if you decorate it with personality, your sister's heart will be less painful."

Withdrawing his eyes from Tachibana Haruna, who was clutching his heart with tears in his eyes, Asada said noncommittally, and also held up the chopsticks, clasping his hands together.

"I'm gonna start now."

Two consonant voices came out, and they looked at each other in surprise, frowned slightly, then turned back with a flat expression, and stretched out their chopsticks towards the fried chicken.

Snapped!

There would have been this sound of chopsticks colliding.

But Asada twisted his wrist in time, and before that, he shifted his target from the fried chicken to the Tamagoyaki next to him, and sandwiched it into the bowl as if nothing had happened, perfectly avoiding the embarrassment of coordinating his movements.

"..."

Tachibana Ruyi also took the fried chicken back, and turned her head to look at him.

Suddenly a laugh came out of her pretty nose, and the corners of her mouth, which had always been calm, turned up a little silently, and her expression relaxed a little.

"What are you laughing at?"

"It's nothing."

"..."

Asada had an inexplicable feeling of being looked down upon, but since she "did dinner out of boredom" and made it delicious, she didn't bother with her.

After all, cannibalism is soft.

"Aiya~"

Shaking the wine bottle in her hand, Ju Yangcai couldn't help squinting her eyes and smiling happily when she saw them looking in different directions and chewing slowly at the same time.

The atmosphere between them has changed from before, giving people an unexpected and reasonable feeling-after all, they are relatives who have played together for a while before, and the feeling of getting back to the past will soon be familiar up.

(Well... it seems that there is no need to worry about quarreling, the relationship is better than anything!)

Thinking of this, she felt happy, and she took several sips of beer.

Tachibana Rui gave her a cold gaze with a blank expression on her face.

"Sister Yangcai, don't patronize drinking. If you don't eat anymore, I will throw away all the wine in the refrigerator."

"Wait, wait! Don't do this, those are my blood, my water of life! I'll eat Rui's super delicious dinner right away, please be merciful!"

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After the sumptuous and delicious dinner, even though Asada and Rui seemed silent, under Hina's harmony and smile, the atmosphere in the living room was much more cheerful and relaxed.

Asada Shinichi took the initiative to pack up the dishes, put them in the dishwasher, and then went upstairs again, planning to start preparing things for cram school tomorrow.

Not long after, the knock on the door sounded again.

Tachibana Ruyi stood outside the door, and said calmly to him in the room.

"There's something I want to talk to you about, can you let me in?"

Chapter 37 Half of your bed is mine

"Sorry, no, just talk outside if you have anything to say."

——If it wasn't for that dinner, perhaps Asada would have answered Rui Tachibana decisively like this.

But now, when he saw her serious expression reflected in her wine-red pupils, he just moved away and spoke calmly.

"Please come in."

The door is closed.

Asada sat back at the desk, "Sit whatever you want." The chair turned half a circle, facing her.

"Do you talk about life? Is it a little earlier?"

In order to make the atmosphere easier, he half-jokingly said.

Ruyi tilted her head suspiciously, "What's that?", she obviously asked but didn't expect his answer at all, just stood at the door, glanced past him, and looked around the room furnishings.

Then, mumbling like this.

"It's completely different from before."

Asada raised his eyebrows, crossing his arms across his chest.

"Have you been to my room before?"

Rui's eyes sharpened inexplicably, and she gave him a sideways glance.

"Six years ago, I came every day."

"...Also, you are completely different from before."

As if thinking of something, she pursed her lips, lowered her eyes slightly, walked towards the bed calmly, and sat down on it.

Asada frowned slightly.

I had changed my mind about this guy, but I didn't expect him to be so rude?

Even if there is no malice, it doesn't mean you can sit on someone else's bed without saying a word.

"The convention doesn't stipulate this." As if aware of his displeasure, Rui raised her head, looking at him with clear eyes without any impurities.

Gently stroking the quilt with her palm, she spoke confidently.

"At that time, you slept on the desk, and I slept on the bed. So, I own half of this bed, so you can't be angry."

"???" Asada was full of question marks, the robber's logic was too strong, and he would not be able to react for a while.

But soon, one of the words made Wei Wei's eyes widen, and she asked in surprise.

"Before, in my room, I slept on the desk and you slept on the bed?!"

"That's right." She frowned slightly, showing a look of "Don't you understand Japanese?" 』, with a confused expression, and then looked away indifferently, shaking his calf on the edge of the bed.

"Well, it doesn't matter, what I want to tell you is something else."

No no no, this is very important!

What the hell are you doing ten year old me? !Why should a majestic man be so condescending and humble?

And why would I share a room with this guy?Even a child is too strange, right?What about the guest room?Parents don't care?

Wait, maybe I really don't care, after all...

"what……"

Asada sighed and rubbed his forehead, the amount of information was getting bigger and bigger, he felt a little pain in his head.

He didn't know what happened between him and Tachibana Rui when he was ten years old. Although he instinctively felt that what she said was true, he just didn't have any impression.

For the specific situation, you still have to ask the girl in front of you who seems to be thinking about something and staring at the ceiling ecstasy to find out.

There's no need to ask, because the next moment, she will speak by herself.

"Hey, do you know when was the last time I saw you?"

Asada froze for a moment: "Isn't it six years ago?"

Tachibana Ruyi stared at him, silently and deeply, as if wanting to leave marks on his face, and stared at him for a long time.

Out of the self-esteem of the elderly, Asada did not avoid her gaze, but raised his feet, tapped his fingertips on the table regularly, and looked back calmly.

When the tenth knock was reached, she looked away, sighed, and shook her head with her hands outstretched.

"Forget it... I didn't recognize you at that time, I just thought it looked familiar, so let's just count it as half a catty."

"Who is the same as you, please don't compare me with you?" Asada finally couldn't help complaining, "Also, you can't finish everything you want to say at once, so you have to play a quiz game with me?"

"I didn't say anything." Ruyi glanced at him, changed from sitting to lying down, propped her head on the bed with her elbows, and lay half-lying on his bed very naturally.

The white and slender legs were crossed together, and the skirt hung down to cover the knees by ten centimeters, as if any movement would reveal the spring light.

Asada had no interest in this middle school student-like figure, but just kept a blank expression, urging her to take the medicine quickly, and to speak quickly when there was something to do.

She said lightly: "Do you still remember the department store near the train station in the port area? I bumped into you there in April or so."

Asada frowned and thought, then suddenly realized: "At that time."

"I was looking for Sister Yangcai who was running around, and the crowd suddenly increased. When I was pushed around and couldn't stand still, you just helped me." She yawned, looking faint Sleeping, even the voice became weaker, "Except for that time, we haven't seen each other for about six or seven years... Actually, I don't remember the exact time very clearly."

"Yeah, it's been...a long time..." Rui murmured.

"Hmm..." Asada nodded thoughtfully, then turned her head to look at her, "So what? You came here to lie on my bed just to talk about this?"

"..." Rui closed her eyes slowly, just when Asada thought she was going to fall asleep and was about to go over and pull her up from her own bed, she suddenly opened her eyes again, with a low voice.

"You are not the same person as you were before."

She got up from the bed and walked towards him step by step, talking calmly.

"It's like being fully awake. It's very different from that time... This should be a good thing, right? I don't know, but I just feel that it's a pity..."

There is an incomprehensible crimson in his eyes, and his eyes are as deep but transparent as the moon in a well.

"Well, anyway, now we are just like strangers... no, just like cousins ​​we just met. For you, everything from the past has been reset to zero-I just came to confirm this."

The petite face was tense and expressionless, the line of the lips was straightened, and she quickly came to him, looking at his face quietly.

Asada Shinichi sat on the chair, slowly put his feet down, his calm posture gradually became dignified, and he sat and stood silently looking at her.

Under that distant and suspicious gaze, she sighed in disappointment, and was about to turn around and leave.

"I'm done talking, I..."

Ju Ruyi suddenly stopped in her tracks, looked at the bookcase and slowly opened her eyes wide, showing unexpected astonishment in her eyes, and was stunned for a long while.