Chapter 85, White Christmas
As for exchanging gifts, there’s actually nothing much to say. No one knows who it belongs to, so just pick one at random.

The key is opening the gifts.

What Utsunomiya Shuo picked... were the ones left over by others.

He and the humanoid net had the last two choices, just two, and they each took one and that was it.

The white paper packaging was wrapped around the square box twice with a black ribbon, and finally gathered at the top and tied into a bow.

Even with all that disguise, it still looked like it was sent by someone with no manners… Whose presents are wrapped in black and white? Or is it Christmas?
He had no choice. The pink and other light-colored gift boxes, which were obviously for girls, were taken away by others first... Do girls also have to grab girls' gifts? Do you have a sense of public morality?
He unpacked the outer packaging, opened the palm-sized box, and took out a stack of neatly arranged membership cards.

Beauty cards, fitness cards, shopping cards, dining cards, and even points cards, etc.

Utsunomiya Shuo looked through the sheets one by one, and finally put them together and knocked them neatly on the floor.

look up.

"Yurina."

Yurina, who was sitting opposite, was stealing glances at me... It was too obvious!!

"What?" She turned her face away and glanced sideways.

"The gift is very good, but don't give it to me next time." Zhuo said bluntly.

"..."

Yurina looked over and frowned slightly, pretending to be serious: "How can you attack someone's taste?"

Utsunomiya Shuo remained expressionless and spoke in his voice without any change in tone.

"I didn't mean to attack your taste, it was your taste that attacked me first."

Are you looking down on others by giving these things as Christmas gifts?
How is this different from just sending money?
It was only because he was the one who received the gift. If it was someone else... it would not seem right. Zhuo could not figure out how the Japanese would feel when receiving such a gift.

At least in his opinion, giving money as a gift between friends in this way is an unequal relationship.

True friends and lovers will not blindly accept gifts from each other. This will make them feel indebted.

In Japan, gifts between friends and lovers are always given and given, so giving something too expensive will make it difficult for the other party.

But this time it's anonymous, so that's fine.

Yurina snorted but didn't pursue the matter.

Let this matter be over.

Zhuo's gift was delivered to a strange girl. It was a light blue scarf that could be worn by both men and women... But this might be just his personal opinion, because the girl was forcing a smile.

To Zhuo's surprise, Renxing Jing actually took the initiative to exchange gifts with the girl. The gift he received was a handmade model, an exquisite, small red umbrella, exactly the same as the one he used on the stage, except that this one was a mini version.

Apparently, the humanoid Jing actually took his gift back.

This is a bit embarrassing.

Fortunately, the girl agreed to the exchange. She was ecstatic and played with the little red umbrella repeatedly, opening and closing it, opening and closing it...

However, she had no idea that the person in question was the young boy with whom she exchanged gifts.

"Are you feeling unfair, Zhuojun?"

The doll folded the light blue scarf several times and put it into the inner pocket.

Seeing my gift receive completely different attitudes in the hands of different people... I feel quite complicated.

"...I was afraid you wouldn't like it." Zhuo thought for a moment and added: "...I'm sorry."

An apology is indeed due.

Firstly, he did not consider the embarrassing situation that the humanoid would take his gift back in the end. If he had chosen another one, this would not have happened.

Secondly, the gift was indeed a bit shabby and was totally incomparable to the thoughtfulness of Renxingjing.

"I like it very much, really." The humanoid Jing smiled, "I am very happy to meet you, Zhuo Jun, I hope we can meet again in the future."

It sounds like he's leaving.

But the meal hasn’t started yet. Are you really not going to wait any longer?
Brother, of all things, eating is the most important! Don’t be hard on anyone, but never be hard on the dinner party.

Don't you want to think about it again?

Renxing Jing obviously didn't think about it anymore. He couldn't hear Zhuo's inner complaints. He stood up lightly and bowed to everyone... It was the etiquette of the Edo period... When he was about to leave, he seemed to have returned to his previous attitude that enchanted the world.

It's like two people.

The girl playing with the red umbrella froze, as if she finally recognized the human figure.

Too bad he's leaving.

The others also realized it later, opened their mouths in disbelief, and stared blankly at the human-shaped figure.

Zhuo didn't look at the back of the human-shaped net as he left, but lowered his head and counted the number of membership cards in his hand one by one.

Shouting casually: "Slow down on the road~"

From a distance, he seemed to hear the laughter of the human-shaped Jing, a very subtle and joyful laughter, which naturally reminded Zhuo of the scene when he first appeared on the stage, turned his head to look at the audience, and then in an instant, his eyes lit up again and became full of vitality.

He is really a born actor, with a pure human form.

“……”But it’s still so strange.

How can I still be obsessed with a man?

……

Dinner is naturally turkey, which is also a Christmas tradition.

People say turkey is very dry and tastes bad... But Zhuo wants to say, don't listen to them, it depends on the cook. Rabbit meat doesn't contain any fat and has no taste at all. Don't they need to be raised to be eaten?
Yurina's family's chef is great. Zhuo made half a roast chicken by himself.

He was not like the others, who had a feast in front of them and wanted to eat it, but because more than half of the people at the table were beautiful girls, they were all held back.

Zhuoke doesn't care about so many things, just create purity first.

"Don't bother me, just eat yours and don't be so nosy!" Zhuo said vaguely while glaring at a big mouthful of lobster meat.

Because he was showing off too much, Ren and Yurina beside him couldn't stand it anymore and forked the lobsters on their plates to him.

Other strangers also looked at him with strange eyes, as if Zhuo was not from the same world as them.

Zhuo didn't want to care about it. Just look. If you have the guts, give me what's on your plates. I'll show you all.

It’s not like he hasn’t eaten it before, he just doesn’t want to put on a show.

I'll ask Ling to make a lobster when I get back! No, ten!

When they were almost done eating, Yurina, who was taking a break, looked around the hall, which seemed a little empty at the moment... Then, she inadvertently looked at the huge window at the back.

Zhuo noticed that Yurina was stunned when she looked there.

He thought to himself, "What's going on?" and followed Yurina's line of sight. The next second, he saw white dots floating gently against a black background.

“…Ah!! Kiritani, Zhuo, look! It’s snowing!”

Everyone looked over.

"Oh - this is a white Christmas." Kiritani Jin exclaimed.

(Damn, it’s 11: now and I’m still typing. I probably won’t be able to post it today, but I still have to go to work tomorrow. Damn.)
　Thanks to brothers Lan Yin and Bi Li for the monthly ticket.

　　Thanks to brother Mephiswan for the monthly ticket.

　　Thanks to brother Fengshanxin for the monthly ticket.

　　Thanks to brother Mo Lingxia for the two monthly tickets.

　　thank.

　　Thanks to brother Xixingyao~ for the 500-point reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)