People in Zongman are masters of copying romance novels

So, after putting the fruit down, she decisively changed her tone and suggested, "Are the ingredients not ready yet? Let me help, Aoki-senpai."

In terms of food processing and cooking skills, Hongxia's level is definitely higher than Aokisuke's.

Considering that two people would be more efficient, Aokisuke didn't refuse and nodded, "That's troublesome."

"No, Senior Aoki should prepare these at home. Sorry for the trouble~" Hongxia responded.

I went back to the kitchen with the vegetable leaves that I hadn’t had time to wash.

The kitchen is not spacious, but it is enough for two people to stand.

Because of his unskilled knife skills, Aokisuke's job of cutting vegetables was soon replaced by Hongxia, who then focused on washing the vegetables.

Before the division of labor was replaced, Hong Xia laughed and complained, "Senior Aoki, how can you turn the pieces into pieces?"

I silently made up my mind to hone my knife skills and went to wash the vegetables.

While the two were preparing the ingredients, Pochi-chan arrived last.

When we arrived, we had just finished packing the last ingredient.

Aokisuke went to the door to greet them, and Hongxia took the opportunity to bring the ingredients to the table.

Perhaps because it was her first time visiting a home of the opposite sex, Pochi-chan looked extremely nervous.

In a hurry, she entered the house without changing her shoes. After Aokisuke reminded her and their eyes met, she apologized loudly and then looked away in panic.

We have been together for such a long time and can communicate normally in the livehouse on weekdays, so why did it become like this now?

Aoki Jie felt a little helpless and said, "Just treat this place as your own home. You will definitely have the chance to come back in the future. There's no need to be so restrained."

But this one sentence obviously had no effect. Pochi-chan quickly nodded in response, then quickly lowered her head without looking up again. She followed Aokisuke's steps into the living room.

This kind of thing will probably get better if you get used to it, but right now I really can't find any method that can work quickly.

But it doesn't matter - as Pochi-chan tries to change herself little by little, everyone who has ended the band is actually accepting Pochi-chan's personality little by little and getting used to her occasional strange states...

Aoki took the seat after bringing Pochi-chan, who had been keeping her head down, to the living room and recalling the tutorial he had just watched in the video.

Next to him was Hongxia, who had just been busy in the kitchen with him for a while, and opposite him were Liang, Kita, and Pochi-chan.

He blinked and didn't speak immediately.

The hot pot has been on for a while, so logically speaking, we can start adding the ingredients now.

But in this moment, no one spoke or took action immediately.

Ten past six.

The warm lighting in the apartment was just right, and the hot pot on the table was steaming.

But the atmosphere was inexplicably subtle——

Kita blinked, looking as if he didn't know what was going on.

Pochi-chan still had her head down.

Hongxia sat next to Aokisuke. She blinked and looked at Kita first, then after a few seconds, she turned her gaze back to Aokisuke.

And Miss Liang...

His gaze turned to Aokisuke, and his figure was reflected in his light yellow eyes, which were emotionless.

"..."

After a moment of silence, Aoki Jie spoke up, breaking the delicate atmosphere.

"There are energy drinks and coke and other things for sale over there. I'll go get them."

He stood up, but didn't rush to move. After a pause, he continued, "It's time to add the ingredients. It's really stupid for you to just sit there like this."

After bringing the drinks over, the atmosphere returned to normal.

Without further silence, Aoki briefly introduced the differences between the two sides of the shabu-shabu hotpot.

After learning that there was a clear soup on one side and a spicy soup on the other, Kita was determined to challenge the spicy soup base on the right.

The rest of the guests were not good at eating spicy food and chose clear soup base.

As a result, the vegetables that were simply dipped in the spicy hot pot were so spicy that Xiduo cried and made "shashasha" sounds.

As for Aokisuke...to be honest, he is not good at eating spicy food, so when given a choice, Aokisuke decisively chose the clear soup base.

In the end, the spicy hot pot base was only used once by Kita...

During the meal, Kita enthusiastically pulled me to take a photo together as a commemoration.

After persuading a few people, he asked Aokisuke to upload the photos he took to the official Twitter account of the Ending band.

Aoki was somewhat helpless about this, but he didn't think of refusing Kita's request to post such a tweet to share his life.

I edited the photos and text and posted it on Twitter...

Dinner didn't end until around 8:30.

There weren't many ingredients left, but there were still quite a few drinks left.

It’s not too early.

Because Pochi-chan's home was far from Aokisuke's apartment, after eating for a while, she gave her reason and left early.

After a while, Hongxia also left because of a call from her sister.

Although the Kita family's house was close, it was almost nine o'clock at the end of eight, so it was not too early. So he said a few words to Aoki Suke and Yamada Ryo and left as well.

By nine o'clock, only Yamada Ryo and Aoki Suke were left in the apartment.

It was impossible to let the other person stay overnight at his home, and Yamada Ryo obviously had no intention of staying overnight.

After walking out of the living room and changing shoes at the entrance, he said to Aokisuke who had come to see the guests off, "I'll be leaving first, Suki-san."

Aokijie nodded: "Go slowly and be careful."

But at the entrance, after hearing Aokisuke's answer, Miss Liang opened the door and walked out of the apartment, but did not close the door immediately. Instead, she just kept her eyes on Aokisuke.

He didn't say anything else and just looked at Aoki Suke briefly.

Aoki Suker's figure was reflected in the pale yellow eyes without any emotion.

Their eyes met for a few seconds.

Outside the apartment, the autumn wind blew on me through the crack in the door.

......

Looking at Yamada Ryo in front of him, after a moment of silence, Aokisuke sighed slightly again.

Miss Liang has a very strange personality, but sometimes I can understand her thoughts.

"Take you to the station?" he asked.

"Yeah." Miss Liang responded.

"Wait a moment, I'll go change my clothes."

Chapter 136: Unreasonable and "No."

At this time, the autumn wind in the evening is already very cold, and it would be somewhat painful to go out without a coat.

I put on a coat and went out with Yamada Ryo.

Because he had just moved here, Aokisuke was not very familiar with the nearby streets, but at least he remembered important buildings like the station clearly.

After going out, I walked slowly towards the station with Yamada Ryo at a walking pace.

Neither of them spoke during this time.

After walking down the street and passing through several traffic lights, Yamada Ryo finally spoke to him.

The topic suddenly changed to what happened tonight.

"Suki-san, the hot pot is quite delicious. Your cooking skills have improved compared to before."

"Hmm." Aokisuke nodded, accepting Yamada Ryo's compliment, but after a pause, he quickly explained, "But cooking hot pot doesn't really require any cooking skills - the hot pot base is ready-made, so I just need to prepare the ingredients."

“It’s good enough that it can be done.”

"Why do I feel inexplicably that your words carry the satisfaction of an elder who has seen his child grow up? Never mind... If you like the food, you can come often. I'll treat you anytime."

"It's a bit troublesome, why don't you just come to my house next time, Suki-san?"

"Miss Liang, you didn't pay me..."

They chatted idly, but at some point, their communication stopped.

He fell into silence again and continued to walk slowly towards the station.

The atmosphere between Aokisuke and Yamada Ryo has always been like this——

The two of them were on the same wavelength, their communication sometimes coming suddenly and disappearing inexplicably...

While taking a walk, we talked about practicing new music later and some videos on YouTube about Yamada Ryo and Aoki Suke.

Then, after turning the corner and turning right, you will arrive at the tram stop not far from the apartment.

There was a bustling crowd in front of the tram station, the traffic lights changed, and the autumn wind began to blow with a chill.

At the entrance of the tram station, Yamada Ryo, who was half a step ahead of Aokisuke, suddenly stopped.

Turning around, she looked at Aokisuke.

"By the way, Suki-san."

He spoke as if he was being nonchalant, yet his tone was completely different from his usual self.

What he said suddenly made people a little confused.

It wasn't like just chatting.

"Speaking of which...in the future, could you please tell me about this kind of thing before you ask me about it?"

'This kind of thing' refers to renting an apartment.

Logically speaking, Yamada Ryo had no reason and no right to make such a statement.

But he didn't know what he was thinking. He wanted to say this to Aoki Suke, so Yamada Ryo spoke.

No reason was given, which seemed a bit unreasonable.

But she still said it - even though it sounded a bit too willful when she said it this way.

......

The two have a good relationship, but after all, they are just close friends.

However, if you are too presumptuous among friends, it will definitely make people annoyed.

......

Opposite Yamada Ryo, Aokisuke also stopped.

"Ok?"

After hearing what the other party said, he was stunned for a moment.

Then he quickly reacted.

A moment of silence,

Then, without much hesitation or asking the reason, after Yamada Ryo spoke, Aokisuke nodded decisively.

"Oh, good."

"..."

The traffic light I had already passed changed from green to red.

Yamada Ryo took a deep breath as if relaxing.

Without hesitation or asking for reasons, he just nodded in agreement after he spoke.

She looked up at Aokisuke in front of the tram stop.

There was a moment of silence.

Until a moment later, he asked the question again.