Tokyo: Simulation Begins with the Big Sister Next Door

He nodded in agreement, saying, "Yes, I often buy this kind of vegetable too. They're all the same, just with slightly different appearances. They taste the same, and you can save a lot of money on living expenses."

"Yes yes yes!"

Yuki Tamamo was delighted to receive the approval and immediately nodded happily.

She even counted on her fingers for Anze Liang, "If I only buy discounted groceries each month, I can save anywhere from tens to hundreds of yen each time. If I live like this for a month, I can save more than a thousand yen."

Saving only 1,000 yen a month?

In other words, her monthly living expenses are only around two or three thousand yen?

An Zeliang felt a pang of sadness watching this.

Tamamo-san has really had a tough time.

She wasn't stingy; she was just very frugal with herself, but when it came to treating her friends to meals, she was anything but frugal.

"That vegetable vendor is a good person too."

An Zeliang sighed inwardly.

The other party had helped Tamamo-san many times without her even realizing it.

……

The vegetable shop wasn't far from Yuzao's house, and the two quickly returned home.

"Anze, please have a seat. I'll go wash the vegetables and cook." Yuzuru greeted him with a smile and carried the groceries into the kitchen.

Because they chatted and interacted along the way, their relationship became less distant.

As Tamamo Yuki entered the kitchen, An Zeliang said in a low voice, "Tamamo-kun spent half the money in her wallet on groceries today... I roughly calculated that it's equivalent to her monthly living expenses."

"I suddenly feel like maybe we shouldn't have come as guests?"

Although Tamamo's monthly allowance was less than his two days' allowance, he still took it out without hesitation when buying vegetables and meat.

Moreover, he didn't show any sign of distress when paying the bill; he seemed very happy, and even when he got home and greeted everyone, he had a smile on his face the whole time.

She seemed happy just to have friends come to visit, regardless of how much she had sacrificed.

"A month's living expenses..." Nakano Aoi fell silent after hearing this.

Rin Hoshimiya remained silent.

All three of them felt that the meal was a bit too expensive.

It has nothing to do with money, it's just valuable.

“We can also treat Tamamo-san to meals in return. If each of us treats her a few times, that way Tamamo-san can get by even when she doesn’t have any living expenses,” Anze Liang said.

"Given Tamamo's personality, it's fine if she says it's a return invitation once, but if it's more than twice, she'll definitely find out and refuse."

Nakano Aoi knows Tamamo-san very well; Tamamo-san is very sensitive. Even though Nakano Aoi used to bring her lunches often, she would always insist on paying or doing something for her.

For example, Tamamo will proactively run errands for her, buy her things, do her homework, or let her do whatever she wants; she definitely won't eat her lunch for free. If Nakano Aoi doesn't let her do anything, then she won't eat the lunch.

"Um, I'll go help Tamamo-san with the cooking first." Nakano Aoi was silent for a moment, then got up and walked towards the kitchen.

"Don't bother looking at me, I don't know anything about cooking. Going there would only make things worse and slow down the cooking process."

Rin Hoshimiya noticed Ryo Anzawa's gaze and calmly explained.

Then, she looked towards the kitchen and added, "Besides, the kitchen is so small, too many people can't get in."

An Zeliang smiled.

It was somewhat expected.

Hoshimiya doesn't understand cooking.

Given her status, it might be difficult for her to even get access to the kitchen.

However, Hoshimiya's slightly arrogant explanation proves that she is not an absolutely rational person.

That's true; it's very difficult for humans to be absolutely rational. Only relative rationality is possible.

Rin Hoshimiya is quite rational in certain political matters.

It might be related to family.

“Then, I’ll go check on the situation.” An Zeliang stood up.

"Anze, you can even cook?"

"That's it."

After An Zeliang finished speaking, he went into the kitchen.

About half an hour later.

The food is served.

There were six dishes in total, plus four servings of fried rice. Although the ingredients were all very ordinary, everyone enjoyed the meal.

"The fried rice tastes really good, Anze-kun. I didn't expect you to be such a good cook," Nakano Aoi exclaimed after tasting the fried rice.

Hoshimiya Rin was somewhat surprised upon hearing this. She looked at the fried rice and took a small bite of it.

Chewing on her rice, she nodded slightly; the taste was indeed quite good.

Everyone enjoyed the meal.

At the dinner table, Tamamo rarely smiled, and kept urging everyone to eat more and not to be shy.

About an hour later, after dinner, it was already quite late.

With Tamamo watching them leave, everyone got into the car and drove away.

Tamamo Yuki watched the car disappear into the night before returning to her room alone and carefully storing the leftovers, bowl by bowl.

In order to ensure her friends could eat well, she bought extra groceries, so there was quite a bit left over.

The rest of these can last us two or three more days at home.

After storing the food and clearing the table, Tamamo Yuki sat in the empty room, looking at the photo of her parents on the wall. She no longer felt the loneliness she used to have.

Thinking back to the lively scene just now, a smile involuntarily appeared on Tamamo Yuki's face as she murmured, "Daddy, Mommy, I have so many friends now..."

…………

Because Anze Ryo and Nakano Aoi are neighbors, they got off the bus together at an intersection very close to their homes, without bothering Hoshimiya Rin to take them home.

Extended sedans can easily cause traffic jams.

"Anze, what would you like to drink?"

Under the vending machine with the green light on at the street corner, Nakano Aoi asked Yasuzawa Ryo.

"Diet-free Coke, please."

Sugar-free Coke?

Nakano Aoi looked at the vending machine, then found the drink she wanted. She stood on tiptoe, reached out, and pressed the button for sweetened cola with great difficulty. "I still prefer cola with sugar."

"Really? I didn't expect Nakano-kun to like carbonated drinks too."

"Yeah, because when my brother was still alive, he liked to drink Coke. Even at the dinner table, while others drank alcohol, my brother would only drink Coke, and there was only Coke in the refrigerator at home. After that, I got used to drinking it because of my brother."

"Isn't Nakano-kun afraid of gaining weight?"

"It's just an occasional drink, it's fine."

As Nakano Aoi spoke, she opened a can of cola and took a sip.

The familiar taste satisfied her.

Anze Liang took a sip of the sugar-free cola and, seeing how happily Nakano was drinking it, jokingly said, "Nakano-kun, how about switching to a different drink and trying the sugar-free cola?"

Upon hearing this, Nakano Aoi suddenly stopped and tilted her head slightly to look at Anze Ryo.

"Exchange drinks? Isn't that something only boyfriends and girlfriends do? So, Anze-kun? Do you want to date me?"

Nakano Aoi's pure and lovely expression, illuminated by the white light of the streetlights, created a beautiful visual effect. Especially when paired with the surrounding silent night, it unconsciously stirred up a certain thought...

Just as An Zeliang was about to say something, a gentle voice sounded from behind.

"Xiao Kui?"

"Ah? Sister-in-law."

Nakano Aoi turned her head slightly, and upon seeing the person who had arrived, she quickly and somewhat guiltily hid the cola behind her back.

"Xiao Kui, An Ze, you're back. It seems a bit late today." The lady was carrying trash in her hands, wearing a black lace nightgown, her figure subtly revealed, attracting attention, and she had a gentle smile on her face.

"Because today's club activity took us to a place that was quite far away, we got back a little late," Nakano Aoi explained.

"That's it."

The lady smiled gently and looked at An Zeliang.

"Anze, thank you for taking care of Xiaokui today."

"You're too kind, Madam. Nakano-kun doesn't need me to take care of him."

An Zeliang gave a brief greeting and then took his leave, saying he needed to rest.

Watching An Zeliang's departing figure, Mrs. Lu and Nakano Aoi went to throw out the trash together, and Mrs. Lu also inquired about An Zeliang's situation.

Because Xiao Kui came home so late with a boy, the wife wondered if Xiao Kui was in a relationship or something.

This is very possible for adolescent boys and girls.

"Xiao Kui, are you in a relationship?"

"what?"

Nakano Aoi was taken aback, then realized what she meant, her face flushed, and she hurriedly explained, "No, no, Anze and I are just friends, we're not dating."

"Really? I thought my Xiaokui had such good taste, that all the guys she dated were so handsome and good-looking."

"What?! My taste has always been excellent!"

Nakano Aoi retorted, then asked with a hint of curiosity, "Sister-in-law, do you also think Anze is handsome?"

The wife thought for a moment and nodded slightly: "Yes, Anze is indeed quite handsome, the kind of guy I like. If it were my high school days, I definitely wouldn't have let such a handsome guy slip by."

"So, sister-in-law, you're really good at pursuing guys?" Nakano Aoi suddenly looked at her sister-in-law.