If this sweet shell is destined to be peeled off by you

"Hi, Mr. Xueyue, we meet again."

Smiling and waving towards Xueyue, Irie was still wearing a hooded coat, but this time it was changed to beige, with a pure white T-shirt inside. Compared with the last meeting, Irie has not changed much, but the overall color of the clothes is more affinity.

"I...Mr. Irie?"

Xueyue, who was about to leave the house, looked at Irie standing at the gate of 409 with only a puzzled look on her face.

"Fortunately, you still remember me, hehe."

"Yes. Irie-san, do you know the residents of this house?"

Pointing to the door of Maeda, Xueyue stood still.

"Ah, Mr. Maeda is my teacher. He taught me art when I was in high school."

Recalling what Maeda said about buying painting supplies, Xueyue accompanied him to buy them the next day.It's just that when I moved back, I didn't see him painting because of other things.

"Oh... I remember he seemed to say that he would go out today because of something. What a coincidence."

She smiled awkwardly, Xueyue didn't pay much attention to it, but the unnatural feeling when facing into the river was still very obvious.

"That's it, thank you for telling me, I'll wait here for a while. Is Mr. Xueyue going to work?"

Leaning back against the wall, he looked relaxed and comfortable, not planning to leave.

"Yeah, then I'll go first."

He nodded slightly, then got up and walked towards the stairs.

"Bon voyage~"

Smiling and sending Xueyue away with his eyes, there was only Irie with his hands in his pockets in the empty corridor.

Although in the morning, Maeda sent breakfast to Xueyue's room early and said that he had to go back to his hometown to deal with some things and left in a hurry, but he said that he would come back tonight, Xueyue was not worried at all.

"That Irie turned out to be a student of Maeda... He looks about my age, but what is he looking for? Why didn't he ask in advance if Maeda would be home today, and waited at the door. Really of……"

Holding a cup of coffee and thinking wildly, hiding in a shop with strong air conditioning is very boring, but I don't know what to do.

Distracted by the matter of entering the river, today's Xueyue seems to be more aloof in the eyes of everyone, but some people feel that he suddenly becomes a little natural, but has a cute attribute, and the joking guest said some interesting things Molested Xueyue.

"I said Xueyue, why have I become more and more unable to see through you recently?"

There are very few customers today, in order to commiserate about Nakajima's recent mental distress, Xueyue drove the sick patient to sleep, and there were only two people left in the shop, looking very deserted.

"What's wrong with me? Why did senior say that?"

With the soothing and powerful music, I tapped my toes, and the beautiful shoes reflected a little bit of luster and flashed.

"I found that you have spent more time in a daze recently. Why, the relationship is not going well?"

The curious Jie Luo looked very interested, and started chatting with Xue Yue while there was no one at the bar.

"Hey...hehe, that's not true. It's just that a lot of things have happened recently, which makes people feel a little out of breath."

Shyly lowering her head, Xueyue's forehead that had not completely subsided was still covered by the hair hanging down to her eyes.

"Oh? About what?"

Holding his shoulders, Jero asked with great interest.

"Probably... It's feelings. I used to take you as a role model, senior. I think you are chic, comfortable, and very in line with my heart. I also want this kind of life."

"Hmm, then what?"

"But I... you know, I've been dating people recently."

When mentioning that she was in love, Xueyue was a little shy and hesitant at the same time.

"I know, that awesome neighbor of yours isn't it?"

"Well, it's him."

Although I don't want to say it in my heart, the emotions that have been brewing in my heart have unknowingly made Xue Yue feel pressure.He didn't know who to tell, he had no love experience before, let alone close friends, so most of his thoughts were just thoughts.

"Didn't senior Jero say that love is a feeling that is both sweet and painful, full of charm, and makes people flock to it. But senior, I don't feel it in relationships. He never made me suffer, but sweetness is I don't know exactly how it feels."

For Xue Yue who was experiencing emotions for the first time, the doubts in his heart made it difficult for him to move forward.He kept wanting to walk towards the other party, but he denied himself at the very beginning of his steps.

"You guy, how well you are being taken care of. But speaking of it, isn't this kind of relationship bad? You don't know how many people expect their relationship to go smoothly without pain. "

"But I don't understand at all what kind of feelings I have for him. I have been alone for so long, except for you and the store manager, I never feel that I owe anyone, but he has done many things to me. , It made me feel that I owed something. If this kind of guilt can be regarded as liking, it is too far-fetched."

In Jie Luo's eyes, what Xueyue said was more of a kind of mediocre and boring confusion.

"Xueyue, do you want to respond to him? Always being cared for and taken care of makes it difficult for you to feel at ease?"

"Yes, it's difficult for me... But I still want to respond. But, if this response is only from my guilt and sense of indebtedness, then he pours his emotions into me, which makes me feel even more sorry for him. Senior, what to do……"

Looking at Jie Luo lying on the bar in a blink of an eye, Xue Yue's brows and eyes were wrinkled so that Jie Luo felt a little distressed and helpless.

"Hey... In the past, people who liked me, no matter how good they were to me, I accepted with peace of mind, because I felt that since the other party liked me, it was voluntary for him to pay for me. Who asked that guy to take the initiative to like me. But say Really, Xue Yue, your sense of guilt makes me feel very incomprehensible. If this man likes you, pays for you, and gives you love, then since he can convey his heart to you, the other party must be very happy Yes. Your acceptance is enough, do you still need you to give everything for him? Although such a spontaneous exchange of equal value is an expression of love, there is no need for you to force yourself so much, right? "

"I don't know... If this is the performance that I like him very much, I might be very happy. However, I always feel that I am a little greedy and enjoy too much of his love."

"Hehe! Little fool, enjoy it if you have it, don't worry about whether it is love! If you also respond to him and pay for him, it will make you feel happy, then do it, just give it, think about it Thinking about going, but it kills enthusiasm."

Unable to touch Xueyue's hair, Jie Luo just smiled, hoping that his relaxed appearance would make Xueyue feel relaxed too.

But Xueyue just pulled the corner of her mouth reluctantly, still lowering her head.

"Xueyue, being a human being is more about pleasing yourself. Even if you do something for the other person to make him happy, it's just because you want to see the other person happy, because then you will be happy too. So don't Sticking to that kind of messy thinking, you don’t look cute anymore when you smile.”

Taking advantage of no one, he lightly pointed at Xueyue with his finger, and the other party just turned his face around, and Jie Luo put on a somewhat crappy but very cute expression.

It is rare to see Jie Luo's behavior like this. Although Xue Yue wanted to be patient, she couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Okay, good boy, go home and think about the rest, don't be so preoccupied here."

For Jie Luo, he has a lot of snow and moon, and he is more regarded as his junior, and he also plays the role of a very gentle brother.

As night fell, because it was Monday, there were very few guests, but an acquaintance appeared.

"Please call Nakajima for me."

He was still wearing smart business attire, and his serious expression was no different from the last time I saw him.

"The store manager is in the lounge, let me take you there, Miss Cormorant."

Xueyue, who was smiling and leading the cormorants to the rest room, felt a little uneasy.The last time I came here, the two of them talked about something, anyway, the store manager's expression was not very good when he came back alone.I don't know what it is for this time. This lady who makes people feel a little troublesome always makes people feel completely different from other guests.

Jero called it a sense of aura oppression.

Only the rest room of Cormorant and Nakajima was left, Xueyue didn't want to stay any longer, she opened the door and didn't even go in.

"How's it going?"

Back at the bar, Jero asked curiously.

"I don't know, the store manager is asleep. But Ms. Cormorant doesn't seem to want to leave."

After nearly half an hour, Cormorant came out of the lounge and sat on the bar chair next to the bar counter.

"I came by car, give me a non-alcoholic drink."

It seemed that she didn't want to leave, which made Xue Yue feel a little depressed.

"OK, just a second."

Seriously thinking about what to drink for Miss Cormorant, Jero frowned slightly.

"Hmm... cucumber juice, green tea, mint, dried roses, sour plum vinegar..."

Thinking of this strange formula that he has only recently tried but has not yet been sold, Jie Luo is very serious about preparing it.

The first is 1/3 of green tea, half of cucumber juice, two ice cubes, ice water, fresh and complete mint leaves cut in half from the middle, and cut into small hearts with a knife along the cut, and put together every two petals of mint, Dotted on the surface.Place weightless dry roses between the mints, and slowly and evenly pour the sour plum vinegar syrup from the gaps of the mint leaves along the glass rod with a comb-like end. There are irregular silky syrups that are darker than the liquid It slowly sank in the cup and gradually covered the ice cubes stuck at the bottom of the cup. It seemed to be the aroma of roses, but the taste was very clear and not sticky.

"What's its name? It's beautiful."

Light amber liquid, looking at the glass of cocktail "wine" that has never been drunk before, Cormorant's eyes are still so calm that it is impossible to guess what she is thinking.

"This is a recipe I'm still working on recently, but it hasn't been named yet. Ms. Cormorant, are you interested in giving it a beautiful name?"

"Hmm... ashes of rose, ashes of roses."

Without looking at Jero, just staring at the slow flowing syrup, Cormorant suddenly remembered the word.

However, Zero, who looked at the cormorant, smiled with satisfaction.

"What a beautiful name, Ms. Cormorant. In order to thank you for giving the name, this drink will be free for you when you come to the store in the future."

"No, thank you."

Without waiting for Jie Luo to speak, Cormorant finally raised his head and glanced to the left at Xueyue who was standing aside like air.

"Can you tell me why Nakajima has become like this now?"

Xueyue, who is used to being stared at by guests and talking, doesn't know how to answer Cormorant's question.Even if other people's eyes are obviously aggressive, they are no match for Miss Cormorant's eyes at this moment. Those eyes seem to be fixed on her body, making Xue Yue feel that she has nowhere to hide.

"Sorry, Miss Cormorant, I don't know why the store manager is doing this now."

Not daring to look into each other's eyes, Xue Yue lowered her head apologetically.

"Does Mr. Jero know?"

For Jie Luo to bear this gaze, he was obviously more calm than Xue Yue, but he turned his head slightly.

"Sorry, I'm not very clear. The store manager used to suffer from habitual insomnia. I don't know what's going on recently. It seems that I have seen a psychiatrist, but the effect is not good."

"Oh? Is he dating someone?"

After taking a sip of the contents of the glass, the cormorant still stared straight at Jieluo's face like a sharp sword.

"Who knows...you need to ask him yourself."

Unable to help laughing, Jie Luo completely turned his body to the shelf behind him, unwilling to face this difficult woman again.

"Just to remind you, Mr. Gero. You are frowning and avoiding me at the same time."

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