Reborn In Tokyo After Picking Up Sayu Who Ran Away From Home

   Chapter 264

At night.

  The bright lights illuminate the house of the Motoyama family.

   In a room similar to Kato's house, but smaller, the atmosphere was cheerful as if it was going to be a festival.

  A young and mature woman was busy in the kitchen, and a teenager was sitting comfortably on the sofa in the living room, staring at the TV, looking at the TV, showing a state of complete relaxation, which was very pleasant.

   clang clang, clang.

   dong dong, knock knock, goo goo goo.

  The Warring States period drama on TV is intertwined with the melody of dinner from the kitchen, bringing a warm and harmonious atmosphere.

   "So that's the case, you guys went to see Mr. Uchiyama."

   "Yes. But... that old grandpa doesn't seem to get along well."

   Motoyama Mina smiled: "So, it's true that that person's character is hard to like, but he's not a bad person, he's just a bit stubborn, like a child."

"Is that so?" Sayu, who heard this, tilted his head slightly, but he remembered Uchiyama Kou's suspicion of Kato Yusuke at that time, and his slender Liu Mei couldn't help frowning, and said silently, "Maybe ".

   was silent for a while.

   "Little Sayu, can I trouble you to try this?"

   "Huh? Ah, um, okay!"

   A tasting spoon with a little dark brown sauce was put into the mouth.

"How about it?"

   "Yeah! The saltiness is just right, it's delicious."

   "Really? That's good." Motoyama Mina smiled slightly, put the bowl with the prepared sauce aside, and started to cut the cabbage.

   "Although Xiaoyou may not have told you."

   She continued the topic just now: "But when his parents squandered the family's property, Mr. Uchiyama took the initiative to find Mr. Kato to buy the remaining land.

  Although this was good for him, judging from the situation at the time, he could actually buy the land even if he deliberately lowered the price, but in the end he gave a very fair price, and he himself made it. "

   Motoyama Mina paused here for a while, then turned to look at the girl and continued: "The matter of Xiaoyu's tuition is also included, so I think that Mr. Uchiyama must not be a bad person."

"Eh…?"

   Sayu's eyes wandered, and his eyes involuntarily looked towards the living room connected to the kitchen and landed on the boy.

   saw that the other party's eyes were half-open and half-closed, as if he was about to fall asleep, and the expression on his face seemed softer than usual.

"Is that so." She nodded her head and looked away, then pressed her index finger to her chin as if remembering something, and asked, "Speaking of the boy we saw at that old grandfather's house, is that Yusuke's friend? Auntie Mui Ne."

   "Boys? Ah~ are you talking about Kenta?" Motoyama Mina smiled knowingly, "What's wrong? Is he angry with Xiaoyou again."

Although    is an interrogative sentence, the tone is as determined as a declarative sentence.

   "Sigh...?" Sayu tilted his head, puzzled in his eyes.

   "Yes, it's just anger." As if amused, the other party shook his shoulders, "That is Mr. Uchiyama's grandson, Uchiyama Kenta. He is one year younger than Xiaoyu, and is currently studying in Saitama City."

   "Ah, so he was a middle school student?"

   Thinking of the girl who met during the day, he asked: "I feel that his attitude towards Yusuke is very strange, and he feels very familiar and disgusted."

   "That's of course, well...Although Kenta was still behind Xiaoyu when he was a child, but it has since become like this."

   "So the two were once friends?"

   "Well... how should I say it." Motoyama Mina rested her chin with one hand, thought about it and said, "At least Kenta thinks so."

   "Huh?" Sayu couldn't help but whisper: "Well, what does this mean?"

"—Because." The other party recalled: "Xiaoyou has been a maverick since he was a child. Although there are many children who are discouraged by his indifference, he is so cool that no one wants to get close to him. less."

   "I see~ So Kenta is the part that likes Yusuke, right?"

   "That's right, and it's the type that keeps up with Xiaoyu no matter how annoying she acts."

   "Pfft... I always feel completely different from what I saw." The girl couldn't help laughing, and then changed her words, "But why did that person become like this later?"

   Motoyama Mina nodded with a chuckle, "What you want to say should be related to that matter?"

   Without waiting for Sayu to ask questions this time, she took the initiative to explain.

   "That was probably when I was in elementary school. At that time, besides Kenta, there was another girl who was attached to Yuu every day."

   As the memory gradually came to my mind, the voice became a little lighter.

"That's a very cute child. Even in such a small place, he still insists on wearing a beautiful dress to meet Xiaoyou every day, always calling him "Brother Yu" and so on. He is very popular in the village... um, Can you pass me the broth powder over there? Xiao Sayu. "

   "Ah, okay."

  “Thank you~”

   In the "urging" of the girl's eyes, Motoyama Mina continued to speak.

   "But that kid left the village and moved to Kansai with his family. After that, Kenta stopped looking for Xiaoyou, and the whole person seemed to have changed. He was compared to Xiaoyou everywhere. That's probably the case."

   "Hey...Is this the kind of kid's jealousy?" Sayu said so, glanced at Kato Yusuke, and quickly withdrew his gaze.

   "But I didn't listen to Yusuke about these things at all... Could it be that the girl didn't leave her contact information at that time?"

   Hearing this, Mina Motoyama sighed with a wry smile.

   "Although there is, but it is "just a child's immature speech, is it necessary to take it seriously?" ... Yuu who said so was thrown away. "

   "Uh...? I actually said I lost it..."

   Sayu suddenly showed an expression of not knowing what to say, but lowered his head and muttered: "So Yusuke has been so strict since he was a child."

   Then he raised his head and said, "So Kenta and Yusuke became like this because of that girl?"

   Motoyama Mina nodded "Hmm-", "Although Xiaoyou and the others didn't say it clearly, it should be like this. Does it feel old-fashioned?"

The    girl shook her head slightly, with a smile on her face, "—No, I think it's fine~ That's fine!"

   Motoyama Mina: "...?"

  ◇

   "...Yusuke, it's time to eat."

   When Kato Yusuke was shaken from his drowsy state, the room was already filled with the aroma of food, and the table was also filled with sumptuous dishes.

   dazedly opened his eyes, and the familiar soft and tender face came into his eyes.

   A light gray slim-fit skirt is matched under the dark gray short sleeves of the same style as him, with a citrus flavor on his body.

   Because the opponent's body leaned forward, Kato Yusuke could clearly feel the existence of something in front of him, and he couldn't help being slightly dazzled.

  I wanted to take the other party into my arms like this, but the girl quickly jumped back a small step as if she had a premonition.

   "Cough cough..."

   Having cleared his throat, Sayu directed his gaze to the kitchen, where Mina Motoyama was standing with a slight smirk in his eyes.

   "Come and eat quickly, you two."

   The heavy eyelids that were still fighting immediately opened, and consciousness quickly returned to clarity.

   Looking at the faces of the two opposite sexes alternately, Kato Yusuke grinned and said, "Come on, Auntie Mina."

   After saying that, he got up from the sofa and walked to the dining table with Sayu.

   Dinner includes fried chicken nuggets, ginger-grilled pork chops, salt-grilled saury, and a side dish of stir-fried hawk's paw peppers and anchovies. Although I can't name it, Yusuke Kato has always called this side dish fried in sesame oil and sprinkled with katsuobushi as a side dish.

   As for the main food, it is freshly made okonomiyaki, and it also comes with miso soup that every household will not miss.

   Looking at the dishes on this table, feeling hungry, he wanted to eat a piece of fried chicken first, but was hit by Mina Motoyama on the back of the hand.

   "Have you washed your hands? Xiaoyou."

   Shrugged helplessly, Kato Yusuke didn't make a pointless argument, just silently turned around and walked towards the bathroom.

   After a while.

   When he returned to the dining table, he saw that the first okonomiyaki in the multi-function electric cooker was ready.

   Squeeze the okonomiyaki sauce and mayonnaise on the surface, and then sprinkle with katsuobushi and nori powder.

   Sayu, who had two small shovels in his hand, shoveled them into the plate and handed them to him.

   "Thank you, did you do this?" Kato Yusuke, who took the plate, asked aloud.

   The girl smiled a little embarrassedly, "Actually, most of them were taught to me by Auntie Mui Ne. It's the first time I've made this kind of food. I don't know if it will suit your taste."

"No problem, you did a great job, Sayu." Motoyama Mina raised her hand to hold her shoulder, and said warmly, "Although this is the first time, you have mastered your movements and timing very well. , even if I come, I can't do better."

   After saying that, he turned his eyes to Kato Yusuke again, "And Xiaoyu too, let's try it now."

   "Well, good." Yusuke nodded, then picked up his chopsticks and took a small piece of okonomiyaki into his mouth.

  The crispy skin has a slight burnt aroma, but the batter inside is very soft, and it is also mixed with shredded cabbage, which tastes crispy.

   With the salty and rich sauce, the umami-flavored seaweed powder and wood fish flower, the multi-layered flavors are integrated in the mouth, achieving a perfect fusion.

   "It's delicious as always." Kato Yusuke, who put down his chopsticks, said, "But the sauce should be made by Auntie Mina, the taste is very familiar."

   "Well, that's it!" Sayu, who was relieved, smiled, "Is it still edible?"

   "After all, I used to be able to eat it all the time, so I always remember it..."

   Having said that, Kato Yusuke looked at Motoyama Mina and asked tentatively, "Speaking of which, is Auntie Mina still making plum wine?"

   "Well—how should I answer here?" The other party said in a long voice, with a troubled expression on his face.

   "Cough, since it's a celebration, shouldn't it be too much to just have a drink?"

   "I see." Mina Motoyama nodded with a smile, then turned and walked towards the refrigerator.

   After a short interval.

   A glass full of orange liquid was placed in front of him, followed by a warning.

   "Minors are forbidden to drink alcohol, so use juice instead."

  “…”

   As a result, until the end of dinner, a certain person could not drink the plum wine he was thinking of.

  …

  After saying goodbye from Motoyama Mina's house, the two embarked on the road back to the old house together.

   Before I knew it, the surroundings were completely shrouded in darkness.

   A few scattered lights illuminate the path, which is filled with the tranquility of the countryside. There are neither cars nor pedestrians on the road, only two figures, one high and one low.

   "I said Yusuke."

"what?"

   The girl turned her face and asked, "Is it really okay for us to secretly take things away like this?"

   "It doesn't matter, I have done this kind of thing before, Auntie Mui Ne won't find out."

   "Hmm... is that really true?"

   "Is there something wrong?"

   "I always feel that Auntie Mui Ne should know what you did."

   "Why do you say that?" Kato Yusuke couldn't help but turn his head.

   "Because, generally, no one would go to someone else's house for dinner with a schoolbag on their back, right?"

   "What's wrong with using it to hold money?"

   "Hmm... Although you may not realize it, your schoolbag is actually a lot more bulging than when you came here, and it makes a non-stop noise when you walk, obviously."

   gudong gudong, gudong gudong.

   Kato Yusuke's footsteps paused involuntarily, and there was obvious movement from the backpack behind him.

   "Look, it's like this." Sayu said with a wry smile, "Is it really necessary to do this in order to drink that plum wine?"

   "That's why I said if it was today." Someone thought about it and said, "As a celebration of the book sold and the debt paid off, I'd like to have a drink."

  The girl didn't speak, just looked at him thoughtfully.

   There was silence for more than ten seconds.

   "You said it was a celebration, right?"

   "Well, celebrate."

"Are you alone?"

   "No, let's go together."

   "Then can I have some too? Auntie Mui Ne's plum wine." Sayu said softly, then took his hand.

   Frowning Kato Yusuke looked back at her, "Although it's not impossible, but plum wine is made with shochu above 20 degrees, are you used to drinking it?"

   "I think it shouldn't matter." A pair of autumnal eyes lit up with stars, and the girl responded: "I think the worst situation should not be worse than that of Mami, isn't it?"

   The sound was as light as a feather, slowly falling into someone's heart.

   Kato Yusuke was silent, but there were waves in his eyes.

   Then he considered his words and asked, "In that case... do you want to go to a convenience store to buy some snacks such as squid whiskers? You can also buy some drinks, so that you won't get used to it."

   "Pfft..."

   Hearing Sayu here, he laughed out loud: "Really, it's not uncle who said squid beard, what are you talking about, Yusuke? Ahaha."

   After laughing like that for a while, she stopped.

   Pressing down on his still undulating chest, the girl poked his chest with a movement that felt like she was fondling, then put her forehead up again, and muttered softly.

   "However, there must be some things that really have to be prepared, right? So I can do it, Yusuke..."

  …

   (end of this chapter)