Chapter 400: After That

"Hahaha, you deserve it! It's all your fault! You deserve to be irritated by Kiritani!"

The next day, Yurina, who had already learned the situation from Ren, called out Zhuo to ask the reason.

After Zhuo finished his honest confession, Yurina laughed and patted Zhuo on the back. Zhuo frowned, but Yurina's attack did not stop for a moment, but became more and more intense, and even revealed a dumbfounded expression.

"You can't blame Kiritani for this. You knew that the Kiritani family runs a restaurant business and could help, but you went to find someone else first. He must be upset. The person you have the best relationship with, minus Zero, is Kiritani."

"Oh, I get it, so can you stop now?"

Zhuo couldn't figure out how the close and distant relationships were defined in Yurina's network. It was fine for her to call him by his first name and Ren by his last name, but when did she start calling Zero by his first name as well?

Because he had mentioned part-time jobs to Uesugi Yue as a joke before, Zhuo went to ask him for help, which made Ren a little upset.

Among his same-sex friends, the one he has the best relationship with is Ren. It can be said that they have been friends for six years. Before Ling appeared, Zhuo would go to him at any time. After Ling appeared, this kind of thing almost stopped. This time, it just happened that he could, but he didn't invite him. Zhuo was actually a little embarrassed.

Because I forgot.

"Kiritani wants you to ask him for help. He always thinks you two are close friends."

"...I know. The three of us are close friends."

"Yes, yes, if you are reflecting on yourself, why don't you come to us to discuss something else? You can't just leave us alone for such an important matter."

Yurina raised her head and looked at Zhuo with a smile, which made Zhuo's face stiffen.

"You're not angry too, are you?"

"whee."

Hehehe your head.

Yurina's smile was unusually bright and seemed to be genuine, but there was no smile in her eyes. To be more precise, she seemed to be angrier than Ren in some ways.

Normally she always smiles innocently, or even heartlessly, but this time it is hard to describe her smile as pure.

"What do you think? We've known each other for so long, but they didn't ask us to find someone else for help with something like this, and I was the last one to know about it. How sad."

"Well, I'm really sorry. I will pay more attention next time."

"There is no future..."

"……indeed."

"Then why don't you tell us?"

Zhuo was punched in the waist, but it was his own fault, so he did not try to stop it.

Yurina struggled with her fists for a while, then let out a long sigh and changed the subject.

"Anyway, I already knew you would consider your future with that girl, and I also felt how much you like her. Hehe, if your former classmates saw you like this, who would have thought that you would like someone to this extent now."

"Speak up."

Zhuo himself also understands that he has become a little different from himself. He also feels that he is closer to this world and has a connection with the people around him. This is not only the credit of Zero, but also thanks to Ren and Kanda.

The statement "like to this extent" made Zhuo a little unhappy, but he couldn't refute it.

That being said, it was unpleasant to have it said to one's face, and Zhuo couldn't help but frown.

"Anyway, I've made up my mind, so I hope you can help me."

Zhuo wanted someone to help him from a female perspective, and he also simply hoped that she would lend him a hand as a friend. So, he bowed his head and made a solemn request.

Zhuo did not get an immediate reply. Three seconds later, a helpless sigh came from above his head.

"You don't need to tell me~ After all, it's for the happiness of a good friend~"

"Thanks." "I mean that person. You are too polite. We are not familiar with each other."

"Well, that's fine."

"Haha, I'm just kidding. Since we're good friends, of course I have to help. It's best if things go smoothly. I will also provide help to the best of my ability."

He looked up and saw Yurina showing her usual cheerful smile and puffing out her chest. He breathed a sigh of relief and smiled and patted Yurina's shoulder gently.

……

weekend.

"Well, you have something to do today, right?"

Before leaving, Zhuo was about to explain his recent arrangements to Ling, but Ling told him the situation first. He smiled and nodded.

Zhuo Ben had no intention of hiding his plan from Ling, nor did he intend to tell her his purpose. Instead, he didn't understand why Ling guessed his thoughts.

"Well, I might have to go home late, but with that old man with royal blood around, it shouldn't be a problem."

"Why did you mention the royal blood?"

My parents have returned to their hometown. They just went back yesterday and said they had visited all the places around here, so they wanted to go back.

"Well, because I forgot to explain it before?"

"I just felt like it was a distraction and a distraction."

"Hahaha, no way, how is it possible, impossible, impossible..."

"If Zhuo says so, then maybe he will. Go out early, I won't say anything more..."

Having said that, Zhuo also knew that Ling was more likely to have guessed something, or he really respected his choice and endured it, so Zhuo didn't delve into the matter too deeply.

"Come on, come on, what are the couple upstairs doing——"

"She's worried that you'll take me to some messy place and learn bad things—"

"Even a married couple can't refute it... I saw you staring at each other for a long time, and I thought something was wrong. That little Russian girl, you don't have to worry. If you go to a place like that with this guy, he will definitely not pay. I won't go--"

Compared to Utsunomiya Shuo and Uesugi Yue who were talking to each other upstairs and downstairs at a relatively loud volume, Zero who was mentioned just walked quietly beside the corridor railing, looking at the old man below without saying a word.

Then, somehow, Uesugi Yue seemed to understand something and said.

"Is that so, little girl, can I borrow your husband?"

"Hey--"

"I won't go to that kind of place, and I won't get into any trouble. I hope he can do me a favor and keep me company as a friend. Oh, don't worry, it's not that kind of company!"

Then Zero silently lowered his head and stared at the man downstairs for a few seconds, nodded, turned around and stood back, no longer looking at him.

Uesugi Yueqian came to invite me, of course, it was about a part-time job.

"Will you be back tonight?"

"Sure."

"Cook your meal?"

"Yeah, or I'll starve to death."

"it is good."

Just as expected, once Ling made a decision, he would trust the other party without any defense. She did not ask Zhuo what he was going to do, but only asked about some things at home, and then said goodbye to Zhuo.

(End of this chapter)