Chapter 515: Don't decide other people's lives without the awareness of taking responsibility, you bastard
Zhuo drove the Aston Martin V8 Vantage slowly through the streets of Akihabara, and it took him a little longer than usual to return to "Home Mio".

There were no customers when I opened the door. They had decided to give up the night business in order to welcome back friends. By the way, is it really okay for couples to come to the cafe and sit on Christmas Eve?

Zhuo held the transparent glass door open to let Mai Jiude in, and then followed behind. He found Ling sitting in front of the computer, instructing Eri Uesugi on how to operate the computer and type characters.

"I am back."

After Zhuo greeted as usual, he did not hear the expected response. He looked up and found Uesugi Eri hurriedly closing the lid of her laptop, standing up at a loss, and then shrinking into the corner, looking like someone who had done something bad and was caught.

Ms. Utsunomiya Zero was calm. She stood there calmly, looking at Zhuo expressionlessly.

After blinking, Zhuo slowly walked into the living room, placed the bitten apple on the tray on the bar, glanced at Uesugi Eri, and then looked at Ling.

"What happened?"

"nothing."

Zero looked as calm and composed as usual.

In the corner, Uesugi Eri lowered her head guiltily and said nothing.

Zhuo glanced at their banquet, walked over, opened the screens of his laptop and phone, and then calmly closed them again.

It's not a big deal actually.

After all, Uesugi Erie is already an adult girl who has experienced the polish of society, so it is natural for her to be curious about both sexes. Zero is just assisting her and teaching her some adult knowledge.

However, those things seemed to be shocking to Uesugi Eriya, every word was horrifying, and even the punctuation marks were very aggressive. She was a girl who couldn't even speak, but she was already planning how to please boys in advance.

Something feels wrong.

But there doesn't seem to be anything wrong.

Zhuo resisted the urge to complain and glanced at the girl who was shrinking into a cowardice. Uesugi Eri, a waitress, wore a red and white Christmas-style skirt with plush edges to match today's atmosphere. She looked as young as seventeen or eighteen years old, and was definitely younger than her actual age.

The Christmas outfit was a little tight on her. Apparently she had been growing taller and growing bigger over the past two years. The clothes she wore three years ago no longer fit her, but there was no time to make a new one.

Wearing a childish Hello Kitty hairpin and with her bright red hair tied into a pretty princess braid draped behind her, she exudes a youthful aura.

Even after more than two years of being away from home, she still remains childish, even though she sees women who are scantily clad but cute every day when she goes out. Uesugi Erie used to only know the world from anime in a closed environment, but now she can meet different people every day and entertain them, and she can still maintain this innocence.

However, this naive girl seemed to have grown up quietly without his knowledge. In order to keep warm, she wore white cotton stockings under her Christmas dress, and red boots with fluffy down balls on the outside. Her curves were between that of an adult woman and a girl, revealing a vague temptation.

Judging from Zhuo's experience in Akihabara over the years, if she puts on makeup and wears sexy clothes, she will also be the focus of attention on the streets of Tokyo. However, she doesn't need to do this to achieve a similar effect, but this kind of Uesugi Eri will probably give people a bubble-like illusion, making it difficult for people to approach her.

Even if Zhuo had no intention of offending her, he had to admit that the little mute was already a girl who could arouse men's violent desires.

Thinking about it this way, it's not a big deal to know some of these things in advance. However, it would definitely be embarrassing if the opposite sex found out, so he deliberately lowered his eyes to avoid touching the other person's fragile heartstrings again.

Zhuo could see that Uesugi Eriya was hesitating whether she should come over and talk, because the plush little red boots she was wearing were tapping the ground nervously, making her look a little anxious and guilty.

But if Zhuo was really asked to bring up the topic, he would feel embarrassed. After all, one should not be driven by curiosity to open someone else's computer that has been deliberately covered up.

Zhuo raised his eyes and smiled slightly.

"Hey...Eri..."

"Hai! Brother Santa!"

Uesugi Erie jumped up to answer, subconsciously straightening her back, as if she was called on by the teacher to ask a question in class - the source of the sound was the simulated sound device on her chest, which was said to make a specific sound by pressing a set button. The specific sound was soft and crisp, giving people the feeling of a lonely and withdrawn female student who was easy to bully.

Because of the word spirit, she couldn't speak directly, but as a waiter, she couldn't just stay silent. Although the words used to entertain guests can be fixed on a few sentences, if the guests have to spend time reading the words while dining, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction on the other party.

Although it is not known how she did it, the princess who was able to disassemble a broken radio at the age of three and restore and repair it after omitting some parts successfully solved the problem.

"Um... these two are guests, please get to know them."

"Um, hello, Jude Mai."

"Su Enxi."

[Hello, my name is Uesugi Eriya, please give me your guidance. ]

Jiude Mai was already looking at the black wine bottle on the table. The exquisite wine bottle was a high-end product that Zhuo had never seen in the store. It was probably what she mentioned on the way. Sorry, I have forgotten the name. Zhuo apologized in his heart.

(But... I really did prepare it.) Zhuo originally thought that Zero, who used an excuse, would not prepare this, so he said that, but it turns out that is not the case.

Su Enxi, who arrived earlier, was looking for something in the refrigerator. Even when Zhuo and the others came in, she didn't look back. She didn't seem to be polite at all. Or maybe it was that she made Zhuo feel like she was back home.

However, their behavior did not disgust Zhuo, the host, at all. Instead, he felt relieved that they would not be a bad host.

After hearing this, Uesugi Eri took two steps forward, bowed, and then carried a tray with two glass wine glasses to the central bar.

Even though he was used to seeing her gradually master the hospitality skills from tiptoeing, after seeing that Uesugi Erii already knew how to receive guests, Zhuo still applauded and marveled at her.

"Thank you."

"You are welcome……"

"...Please enjoy your meal."

There is an obvious pause between the two voice playbacks, which probably indicates that these are two separate operations.

Well, kind of practical.

While thinking about these things, Zhuo sat down on the other side of Jiude Mai and looked at the bottle of wine in her hand.

Uesugi Eriya has returned to Zero, who has been watching quietly the whole time. Zero stood on tiptoe and rubbed her hair, as if praising his daughter who had won a certificate. On the contrary, the already graceful Uesugi Eriya was half a head taller than Zero, which made the scene feel awkward. Uesugi Eriya needed to lower her head slightly to complete the scene.

"Well, family of three, am I disturbing you? Let's go back to Izu now."

"No, no, no, it doesn't matter. It's better to say that it didn't happen at all."

Zhuo said helplessly.

This was not the first time that Zhuo had experienced Jiude Mai's bad taste. She had no intention of getting up when she said these words. She was clearly saying goodbye, but she was still holding on to the bottle of wine that looked super expensive. Could it be another few years of loan?

And Jiude Mai did exactly that. She just raised her eyes slightly to look at Zhuo, smiled charmingly, and then used tools to open the bottle of wine and poured it into the decanter.

The sound of liquid echoing.

Rustle, rustle - the sound of food packaging bags being turned over.

Click, click, click - the sound of the laptop keyboard being tapped again.

According to Utsunomiya's theory, women tend to appear weak and indecisive even when alone, but once they gather in groups of more than three, they tend to undergo a qualitative change and produce an "oppression" effect, becoming dominant - just as this scene is showing.

With nothing to do, Zhuo had to find something to talk to Jiude Mai in front of him, while waiting for dinner time to come.

"How long can you stay this time?"

"return?"

“How long do you stay in Neon?”

"I was just kidding. I see you look a little uncomfortable. You don't have the courage to look up my skirt in public."

"..."

"It's just a joke~"

Seeing Jude Mai's gaze passing over him, she was explaining the last sentence in the direction of the bar. Zhuo, who felt the keyboard tapping sound behind him stop, did not receive the expected piercing gaze.

Maybe Zero has already looked away.

Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief.

"It will probably take a long time... Our little white rabbit will come here after the New Year, and the boss asked us to wait here. Oh, the boss has asked us to buy a hotel by the sea, and we also need a base in Tokyo to hide. Do you have any recommendations? Izu is your hometown, right?"

"You may call it my hometown, but I didn't grow up by the sea, so I'm afraid I can't give you any advice. But within Tokyo, I hope you can choose a hotel that's close by. The hotels near Akihabara are pretty good, and it's easy to get around, so you can stay there for the time being. As for your base...how about the Kabuki Hall?"

"Kabuki Hall? Well, that's much better than the potato chip host shop suggestion."

"Uh……"

Strictly speaking, there is no big difference between the two. Many host clubs also refer to people as Kabuki. Zhuo did not say these words.

As for the Izu Hotel, it was probably only to retrieve the Caesar team that fell into the sea, so it would be convenient to be closer to the coastline.

As for the hotel in Tokyo - the reason why Zhuo suggested that they choose a place in Akihabara was not because Zhuo wanted to have any communication with Caesar's team, but - Zhuo quietly turned his head and glanced at the bar, because the girl in the red Christmas dress was facing away and blocked the screen - he retracted his gaze.

Although I am not qualified to say such things.

Although not qualified.

Zhuo felt that he had no right to choose a life for Uesugi Eri, and it had nothing to do with whether he was being sentimental or afraid of being self-touched.

Even if the plot develops according to that, the ending of the little mute can be said to be as bad as it can be. But! But what about the process before that? Wasn't that the process what the little mute wanted? Aren't those her precious memories? If we deny the process just because of the tragic ending, then what is the point of all the mediocre people in the world working hard? Anyway, everyone's ending is the same.

At the very least, Zhuo had no right to help the little mute make a decision on his own as to whether or not to get to know Lu Mingfei.

Ultimately, Eri's own opinion is what matters most.

Having lived in this world for more than 20 years, when Zhuo thinks back to his past life, he was once indignant about Eri's ending, and he spoke out loudly on the Internet to bring Eri back to life - now thinking back, he was the one who was really selfish at that time.

If Eri was really resurrected in that state, wouldn't it be worse than death? All the people she knew around her were dead. As the strongest and most unstable hybrid, she would definitely be detained by the secret party and either exiled to an isolated island to die alone, or imprisoned hundreds of meters underground for hybrid experiments? Lu Mingfei, whom she regarded as a hero, also had his own journey and a girl he liked. Wouldn't it be even more tragic if he found out about all this?
Even though these thoughts are still his personal opinions in his current state, Zhuo no longer wants to add unknown influences to other people's lives.

In short, if you don’t have the awareness of being responsible for his or her life, don’t make choices for others without authorization, you bastard!
When that day really comes, I will personally fight - it is true that Zhuo does not have the confidence like Lu Mingze to say such a thing, but as a boss and as a friend whom the little mute can trust upon their first meeting, Zhuo has already had a considerable awareness in his heart.

Zhuo did not realize that Eri wanted to kick her away after she fell in love with him, but it was not that he did not want to help her. To put it another way, even if Lu Mingfei wanted to get to know the little mute again, he had to come to me openly and get my recognition - why did I feel like an old father?

(Let’s discuss this matter with Ling tonight.) Zhuo silently encouraged himself.

"What are you thinking?"

"Huh? No, something very embarrassing."

"Oh~~ Are you planning to wait for me to get Sanwu drunk so that I can carry out your long-planned night attack plan? Let me make it clear first, if you don't go to Potato Chips' room first, I will definitely kick you out."

“…Pa cha cha cha…What does it have to do with me? No matter how I want to vent my animal desires, I will come to you first. Tsk tsk tsk, handsome boy, remember to prepare a wet whip. A beauty like Long Legs must be made to suffer a fate worse than death so that she can leave a deep impression, uh uh uh——”

"You little bitch, your butt is itchy again, I'll settle the score with you when I get back."

Zhuo looked dumbfounded at Su Enxi, who was still able to give him a naughty 'wink' even though her body was fixed by Jiude Mai's hands and feet and she was unable to move, and her mouth was covered tightly. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

The herd effect of women is really terrible - Zhuo silently comforted herself here and did not respond to their words.

"Speaking of which, the changes in the three-no are really huge."

"Three no's..."

After the fight, after letting go of each other's hands, Shude Mai fixed her eyes on Zero in front of the bar and sighed.

Led by Jiude Mai, Su Enxi also looked over there, thought seriously for a while, and nodded in agreement.

"Indeed it is."

"Have it?"

When Zhuo heard these inexplicable words, he turned around to take a look and happened to meet Ling's eyes, who seemed to have noticed his gaze and turned back. After shaking his head to show that he was fine, he turned towards the guests again.

She looked the same as always, or rather, still so calm, as if she had been like this since they first met. Even though Zhuo heard their comments like this, he couldn't tell anything.

"She wasn't like this before..."

(End of this chapter)