"Miss, you must have mistaken me for someone else. My name is Makoto Ito."

Kazami Mei flashed a bright smile, tapped her neck lightly with her index finger, and then turned to escape from this damned ramen shop.

Chapter Eleven: Oh, there are suspicious people.

Paji.

Still sitting steadily in place, with a mouthful of ramen in her right hand, the ex-wife, Ms. Ryo, suddenly reached out with her other hand and grabbed Kazami Mei's pants. Her cool and delicate face still showed no change in emotion.

Even though the man beside him was about to escape, Yamada Ryo was still unwilling to put down the food in his hands.

"Let go!"

"Ming, now that you're gone, I'll be washing dishes all by myself."

"Just leave your bass here!"

"I only have 300,000 yen worth of FENDER on me right now. After deducting that money, I still need to eat about 500 bowls of ramen."

……

After arguing with this shameless woman for a while, Kazami Mei, who was gradually losing strength, plopped down opposite Yamada Ryo and didn't intend to be polite to her anymore.

At least his ex-wife still had some conscience; she didn't forget to order him a bowl of ramen beforehand, even though the ramen was now soggy and had fallen into a clump.

In the end, he still had to borrow money from this woman. He should have known better than to come.

Seeing that he finally chose to compromise and eat noodles with him, Yamada Ryo smiled with satisfaction.

Then, the great and beautiful Miss Yamada actually used her chopsticks to pick up the fried sweet potato chunks, the side dish of the most expensive fried tempura on the entire table, and fed them to the aloof and handsome young man in front of her.

"...As a thank you, I, a beautiful girl, will personally feed you."

"At least give me a piece of tempura!"

Kazami Mei wasn't going to be polite to this woman and ate the side dish on her chopsticks in one bite.

Since he had already decided to lend her the money, he naturally wanted to devour all the remaining good dishes in a flash, and not only that, he also wanted this woman to return every penny of the money to him.

If she can't repay the debt, then she'll have to find other ways to do so.

"..."

Yamada Ryo seemed a little surprised that Kazami Naru actually dared to eat it. She opened her mouth and looked at her chopsticks with some surprise, then continued to eat her ramen with a blank expression.

However, no one noticed the touch of crimson on the back of her ear, hidden beneath her azure hair.

"They kissed indirectly."

"A beautiful girl's indirect kiss is enough to pay off the debt."

Yamada Ryo's cool and beautiful eyes were fixed on his face. The girl's beauty was as pure as a blue snowflake. She reached out and gently supported her smooth chin, staring at Kazami Naruto across the table with a teasing look.

"That's all, I'll give you 100 yen."

Kazami Mei crossed his arms over his chest, completely unmoved by the woman's beauty.

"Then, isn't it indirect?"

Under the dim yellow light inside the store, a faint smile appeared on the girl's delicate face, which was flushed with a blush.

Yamada Ryo narrowed her pale golden eyes, which at this moment seemed to have lost their usual coldness and aloofness, and were instead filled with an elegant and pure beauty.

Her teasing smile left Kazami Mei momentarily speechless.

This woman...

"Then five hundred yen."

"Tsk, stingy."

Ms. Yamada returned to her initial aloof and disdainful state, as if the ambiguous atmosphere between the two of them had just been an illusion.

"So, what do you want from me? It can't just be a request for me to come over for dinner, can it?"

"……what."

Yamada Ryo was slightly taken aback, then suddenly showed a look of realization.

"forgotten."

Give me my money back.

Seeing Kazami Mei's kind and cheerful smile, Yamada Ryoko's body trembled.

She slumped on the tatami in an exaggerated posture, her cherry lips slightly pursed, and crystal-clear tears fell like broken pearls, looking incredibly wronged and heartbroken.

"Sobbing~ I just wanted to have dinner with Ming."

"It looks fake no matter how you look at it."

This woman, who would stop at nothing to borrow money and use all sorts of excuses, is someone whose words cannot be trusted at all, not even a single punctuation mark.

Kazami Mei didn't think she was charming enough to make Miss Ryo call her out for dinner over something as trivial as this.

"Since we're already here, here's your plate of tuna sushi..."

The moment Kazami Mei reached out with her chopsticks, the woman immediately put the tuna sushi into her mouth, her expressionless face showing no trace of the sadness she had just displayed as she chewed meticulously.

Such a quick change of expression.

After making a fuss for a while, and after watching Ryo swallow the tuna sushi in one bite, Kazami Mei finally brought up the topic.

"Now, shouldn't we get down to business?"

Yamada Ryo took a big gulp of the rich, flavorful tonkotsu ramen broth. Finally feeling full, the cool and aloof beauty revealed the purpose of her visit: "Nijika asked me to tell you that the band is preparing for a promotional shoot."

Couldn't that kind of thing be resolved with just one sentence on Line?!

Why did you specifically choose a restaurant to meet him? Was it because you were hungry and had no money for food, so you had no choice but to call him over?

Novel 0

"That's it?"

"Ah."

Yamada Ryo's gaze was fixed on Kazami Mei's face, or more precisely, on the area behind him.

At some point, a suspicious person with long bright red hair, wearing a straw hat, sunglasses and a mask slipped into the ramen shop and sat down in the seat directly behind Kazami Naruto in a very unnatural manner.

Because Kazami Mei had her back to the other person, she didn't notice this.

The meaning of the SAN

But Yamada Ryo saw it all clearly.

Oh, it's Yudai.

She was spotted immediately.

Kita Ikuyo happened to be out shopping with her friends when, quite by chance, she saw Kazami Naru walking into a ramen shop alone.

Out of curiosity and with her heart pounding, she peeked out from the outside and immediately discovered that Senior Ryo was also inside.

Why are Ryo-senpai and Naru-san spending time alone together?!

Upon witnessing this scene, Kita Ikuyo felt her brain begin to spin.

After her initial excitement subsided, she found a mask and sunglasses, told her friends she had to leave, and went inside with them.

As a result, I now deeply regret it.

After entering, she was instinctively afraid of Senior Liang, let alone sitting so close. Just hearing Senior Liang's cold words made her feel scared.

But now that we're already inside, leaving suddenly would seem very abrupt.

Kita Ikuyo had no choice but to bite the bullet and order a bowl of ramen, sitting in the back with a "what the heck" attitude, listening to the conversation between the two.

"..."

Yamada Ryo calmly stared at the red-haired figure with his back to them, and a handsome smile appeared on his lips as if he had thought of something interesting.

She rested her head on her hands and spoke in the calmest tone possible—

"Ming, I like you."

Chapter Twelve, Pochi, My Life Is in Your Hands

*Plop! Smack!*

Sitting behind Kazami Mei, Kita almost choked on a mouthful of ramen, but she managed to hold it in. However, to suppress her noise, she pinched her thigh hard with her left hand, instantly turning the girl's smooth and tender thigh into a bruise.

Hold on, hold on, hold on...

You absolutely mustn't scream!

The surge of pain made Kita Yuyo's face turn red, but she still dared not make a sound, even if it was the slightest abnormality, it might be noticed.

Why...why would Ryo-senpai say such a line?

Liang-senpai, what are you suddenly saying?

qun㈨㈤0一八○九○九

Could it be that she really likes Ming?

No, no, no, the aloof and arrogant senior Ryo must have just been joking, right? She was just teasing Ming and her friends, right? It must have just been a casual joke between friends, right?

How could the senior she admires and idolizes possibly confess his feelings to the person she likes?!

On one side is Kita's most admired senior, who inspired her to choose the path of music, while on the other side is the person she loves in her dreams, the one she wants to make up for his regrets.

If the two of them really end up together, Kita Ikuyo doesn't know what to do!

No, no, I don't want that kind of thing!

As for Ming being with someone else, at least... at least ten years after I die!

"Gu..."

Kita Ikuyo felt a sharp pain in her stomach and almost couldn't help but stand up.

But if your whereabouts are exposed, then you're completely finished!

The thought that Kazami Mei was currently in a state of being 'confessed to' forced Kita Ikuyo to suppress her anxiety and panic, and she sat obediently in place waiting.

In any case, we have to hear Ming's reply first.

However, I inexplicably feel like crying.

"puff……"

When Yamada Ryo saw Kita Ikuyo, whose delicate body was trembling behind Kazami Mei, he couldn't help but cover his mouth and let out a laugh.

How interesting!

Unfortunately, she can't go too far yet.

If she had already won over Naruto by now, she would at least give him a passionate French kiss in front of Kita, or even let Naruto kiss her and see how he would react.

Just thinking about that scene made her almost unable to hold back.

It was her mockery that brought Kazami Mei back to his senses. He rolled his eyes at the blue-haired, scraggly woman in front of him who was uttering such merciless laughter.

If she hadn't been unable to suppress her laughter, Kazami Naru might have actually been captivated by her beauty.

That's true, how could this woman possibly confess her feelings to him first?

"Renting a boyfriend for a day at market price would cost around 10 yen, which only includes services such as dating and holding hands."

Kazami Naru remained unmoved by Yamada Ryo's confession. He casually pulled out his calculator and started calculating, without even intending to reply.

Upon hearing this, Kita Ikuyo immediately felt relieved, and the discomfort in her stomach pain eased slightly.

That's wonderful! As expected of Ming-san!

Even when confessed to by a beauty like Senior Ryo, he remained completely unmoved!

If it were her, she would have been so dazzled by the allure that she would have handed over her wallet by now.

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