Chapter 176 Towards Winter Camping Daily (5)
Entering the third week of November, with the remaining three days, Qingye Rin was devoted to perfecting her plan for the test of courage competition.
Without her stirring up trouble, Watanabe Toru's life would have been smooth sailing.
November 22nd, Sunday, was not a cold day, but it was a sunny day.
"Hugo: La vie est une fleur dont l'amour est le miel."
“Hugo: Life is a delicate flower, and love is its nectar.”
Toru Watanabe sat on the tatami.
With his back against the wall and his feet crossed, he was biting an apple while listening to the French radio on his phone.
"Scudery: The best way to make a difference."
"Scuderi: Love can bring the greatest sweetness and the most bitter misery to life."
He read the example sentences again.
After swallowing the juicy apple, he said:
"Scuderi is right."
While I was entertaining myself during my studies, the alarm clock rang.
The time is half past nine in the morning.
Watanabe Toru turned off the radio, bit the apple in his mouth, and put on his light jacket in front of the mirror.
After confirming that everything was OK, he locked the door and walked towards the station.
Today is the day we agreed to go shopping for props together.
As we approached Yotsuya Station, the sun suddenly shone brightly and the wind became stronger.
Toru Watanabe looked towards the station following the direction of the wind.
There is no need to look for it deliberately, a figure will naturally come into sight.
He walked up.
"Good morning, Kiyono-san."
"Good morning." Qingye Rin looked to the right.
There was no sign of Toru Watanabe where the voice came from.
"Watanabe-san, you are more childish than I could have imagined." She sighed helplessly and looked to the left.
"I can't help it. Kiyono-san is still incredibly cute today. As a boy, I couldn't help but play a prank on her," said Toru Watanabe.
"I hope you'll be able to say that when Senior Mingri comes later."
"Why not?"
In order to prove himself, Toru Watanabe looked at today's Kiyono Rin more carefully.
She wore a loose, thin aqua blue sweater and a white ankle-length skirt, which made her look gentle and relaxed.
"Mr. R, you will become a very beautiful and elegant lady in the future."
"…Watanabe Toru-kun, your way of praising people is really not pleasing to the eye."
"Really? Then teach me how to praise someone. Take me as an example." Watanabe Toru made a gesture of 'please praise me as much as you can'.
Qingye Rin looked Watanabe Toru up and down, without saying a word, but with a disdainful arc at the corner of her mouth.
Her expression seemed to be saying: Don’t you look at what you look like? Is there anything worth praising about you?
"I see." Watanabe Toru put his hand on his chin and thought, "The reason you can't be happy is because there is something wrong with your aesthetic sense."
"Of all the things I hate about you, your nonsense is the most annoying."
"No, no, no, we're talking about 'praising me'. Kiyono-san, not only do you have problems with your aesthetic sense, you also have problems with your basic conversational abilities."
"Is it fun to deceive yourself?"
The two bickering people stood in a corner of the station, constantly attracting the attention of passers-by.
After a while, Asu Mai appeared at the station entrance.
She is dressed very beautifully today.
Her already pretty face looked even cuter in the beige turtleneck sweater;
Under the black pleated skirt and tights, there are slightly plump long legs - this is in stark contrast to the thin and delicate collarbone under her sweater. Toru Watanabe has always been confused about this.
The three of them briefly exchanged greetings and boarded the train to Ikebukuro.
The tram on Sunday morning wasn't crowded, but there were no seats for them either.
They stood near the car door, holding onto the rings.
Next to the three people was an elementary school student wearing a yellow watermelon hat.
It was clearly Sunday, and I didn't know why a person appeared on the tram with a big schoolbag on his back.
She grabbed the handrail, looked around furtively to make sure no one was looking at her, and pulled out a few crumbs from the bag in her hand and quickly put them into her mouth.
While chewing quietly, he looked at the people around him with his round eyes.
When she realized the difference in vision and raised her face, she saw Toru Watanabe and Rin Kiyono looking at her.
The pupil trembled with fear.
She quickly turned around and hid her body behind the square schoolbag, and her ears that were exposed turned red.
Qingye Rin smiled slightly.
"Very cute." Watanabe Toru nodded.
"It's very cute." Qingye Rin corrected.
"Hmm?" Asu Mai tilted her head slightly, not knowing what the two were suddenly talking about.
When they arrived in Ikebukuro, Asu Mai led the two of them into a shopping mall.
The first floor is no different from an ordinary shopping mall, with coffee shops, milk tea shops, bakeries, etc. On the third floor, some strange shops appear.
Wigs, Cosplay costumes, masks, wooden swords, mannequins, etc.
Seeing these stores, Kiyono Rin and Watanabe Toru's eyes lit up at the same time.
"I didn't expect there would be a place like this in Tokyo." Qingye Rin looked at one of the stores with a little surprise. At the door of the store, there was a skull whose head was about to fall off.
"Don't underestimate Tokyo." Toru Watanabe's eyes wandered around the Cosplay clothing store.
Asu Mai noticed his gaze and looked at the dazzling array of Cosplay costumes in the store with her clear eyes.
"Watanabe, do you like these?" In keeping with their agreement, she called Watanabe Toru by his last name.
"How is that possible? Just seeing these gave me a lot of scary ideas."
Kiyono Rin stared at Watanabe Toru for a while before turning to Asuka Mai and saying:
"Mingri-senpai, which store should we go to first? Do you have any suggestions?"
“…a store where you can buy items that are smaller and lighter.”
Kiyono Rin nodded in agreement and walked into the cosplay costume shop.
Kimono, formal dress, police uniform, nurse uniform, doctor's white coat, maid uniform...
Hatsune Miku, Cardcaptor Sakura, Nameless, Saber, Little Red Riding Hood, Tsunade, Kasugano Sora, Shiro, Kajo Ayame, Rem...
Girls Frontline, K-ON!, Sword Art Online, Danganronpa...
At that moment, Toru Watanabe almost compromised with Kujo Miki's agreement - an agreement that she would wear whatever he wore for him to see.
Imagine the platelet Kujo Miki... or...
Just as Toru Watanabe was struggling on the edge of the abyss, Rin Kiyono walked towards the battle suit of the heroine of "A Boring World Without Dirty Jokes" - Ayame Huajo.
"This one looks like it could come in handy." She reached out and felt the fabric of the white cloth.
The boss looked at her strangely.
Toru Watanabe hurried over and pulled her light blue sweater.
"Huh?" Qingye Rin turned her head in confusion.
"This is..." Toru Watanabe leaned close to her ear and introduced the dress to her.
After listening to this, Qing Ye Lin laughed disdainfully: "Do I care about other people's opinions?"
"But I care about what others think of you, so let's forget about this."
"..." Qing Ye Lin let go of Hua Cheng Ling's combat uniform, "In this case, what are you waiting for? Be more positive."
"Positive?"
Qing Ye Lin realized that there was something wrong with her statement and quickly explained: "I was talking about choosing costumes and props."
Afterwards, she couldn't help but blush and cursed in a low voice: "Idiot."
"Leave it to me." As for the latter sentence, Watanabe Toru pretended not to hear it.
What else can I do? I can't just curse back, right?
Toru Watanabe walked towards the horror clothing, while Mai Asu stood next to Rin Kiyono.
"Kiyono-san, do you like Watanabe?" Her tone remained calm.
"I was just about to ask you the same question, Asuka-senpai."
Asu Mai's calm and clear eyes met Kiyono Rin's beautiful and cold eyes like the aurora.
"What are you two doing? Are you planning to leave everything to me alone?" In the distance, Watanabe Toru's dissatisfied voice was heard complaining.
Asu Mai took a step forward and walked over.
Kiyono Rin stayed where she was, looking at Asu Mai who kept giving advice to Watanabe Toru, she stroked her lower lips with her hand and fell into deep thought.
After buying the costumes and wigs, they went to the mask shop and prepared to take a break.
"Do you want to go to the first floor to eat something?" Watanabe Toru's arms were full of shopping bags.
"Okay." Asu Mai nodded.
"To thank you, senior, I'll treat you." Kiyono Rin also had a shopping bag in her hand, but not as exaggerated as Watanabe Toru.
The three of them walked into a dessert shop.
The store is playing a song full of autumn colors, with an atmosphere of "everything is withering, but it's beautiful, isn't it?"
After sitting down on the sofa in the corner, Qingno Rin, who had been tired for a long time, looked a little relaxed.
Under the warm lights in the store, her gorgeous black hair outlines an angelic face.
Asu Mai looked at the menu expressionlessly, but under the table, her feet, having taken off their shoes, had already slipped into Watanabe Toru's trouser legs.
Toru Watanabe looked back and forth at the two of them, and always felt that the songs playing in the store were setting off a certain atmosphere and hinting at the protagonist's ending.
"Watanabe, what do you want to eat?" said Kiyono Rin.
"Huh——?" Watanabe Toru was startled.
'What are you doing?' He looked at her with such eyes.
"Hurry up, don't make the waiter wait any longer." Qingye Rin said in a gentle but slightly commanding tone.
Although it is very...but Watanabe Toru felt very bad, very bad.
He remembered what he had written on the cover of his notebook: Be careful of R-san at any time and in any place.
"This is it." Toru Watanabe pointed at the mousse cake decorated with blueberries, pretending nothing had happened.
"Well, I'll order this too." Qing Ye Lin said, "Ashiro-senpai, what do you want?"
"...This." Asu Mai's slender fingers pointed at the picture of cheesecake.
"Just these three." Qingye Rin said to the waiter.
"Okay, please wait a moment." The waiter looked at Watanabe Toru enviously and left with the menu.
After the waiter left, Qing Ye Lin said, "I'm sorry to bother you, Asuri-senpai, to accompany me and Watanabe today."
Asu Mai shook her head.
Watanabe Toru felt so guilty that he left Asuka Mai's feet.
Could it be that he was discovered?
"Watanabe, you should also say thank you to Senior Asuri." Qingno Rin said again in a gentle but slightly commanding tone.
"Oh, thank you Asuri-senpai." said Toru Watanabe.
"It's okay." Asu Mai forcefully hooked Watanabe Toru's feet with her legs.
"Come to think of it," Qing Ye Lin took a sip of the black tea on the table, "Watanabe once called Asuka-senpai Mai-senpai in front of ."
"It was just a slip of the tongue." Watanabe Toru said, "In the whole of Tokyo, I only call Miki by her name."
"What if I ask you to call me by my name from now on?" Through the steam of black tea, Kiyono Rin looked at Watanabe Toru.
"It depends on whether you are willing, Kiyono-san."
Qing Ye Lin thought for a while and said:
"If you ask me whether I am willing or not, I probably won't agree, but if you insist, I don't think I will object except at the beginning."
Watanabe Toru's heart skipped a beat and he couldn't even take care of the naughty legs under the table.
Although I don't know what Qingye Rin is doing, she never lies.
Wait, maybe Kiyono Rin is also the kind of person who doesn’t care about what she’s called.
Think about the movies you have watched, such as "Men, Slaves of Women", "The Humble Males", and "The Little Witnesses of Tokyo Girls". Girls don’t actually like you, they just want to be liked.
But Qingye Rin is not such a superficial person.
What are you doing?
"What's wrong? Watanabe, you don't want to?" Qingye Rin asked with a smile.
"Didn't you say you wouldn't agree? I don't like forcing others." Toru Watanabe replied.
He always felt that there was a hint of teasing in Qingye Rin's smile.
She actually has this side? No, this guy always liked to tease him.
At this time, the waiter brought the dessert.
The three of them picked up their forks and started eating.
Qingye Rin cut off a piece and gently put it into her mouth.
After tasting this small piece, she said leisurely:
"Think about it carefully. Since you joined the Human Observation Department, we have been together all the time, even on Saturdays, Sundays and Sundays. Sometimes we even stay together until midnight."
"It seems so." Toru Watanabe ate cake with one hand and grabbed the pantyhose leg under the table with the other hand, trying to reach the crotch.
The pantyhose feels great, smoother than a mousse cake.
"I am loved by many people, but you are the only one who is willing to stay with me for a long time because you can expose lies. Can you tell me why?"
The song in the store was changed.
"You whispered that there is no night without dawn."
"I can get through the days of worry and anxiety, the times of sadness and frustration, because you are by my side."
It's Seiko Matsuda's "Ruri-iro no Chiku", but the singer is another singer.
"Like the line you borrowed from The Great Gatsby: 'Two careless people will get into a car accident.'" Watanabe Toru said, "I am used to lying, but you never do, so I like to stay by your side so that I won't get lost."
"...Is this a counterattack to make me like you?"
"Huh?" Watanabe Toru was stunned for a moment, and stopped putting the cake into his mouth. "What did you say?"
Qing Ye Lin looked at the plate and answered in a barely audible voice: "Nothing."
She suddenly felt her face getting hot and gave up her plan.
After eating the cake, the three of them went to buy a human skeleton model, and ended their shopping trip for the day.
After returning to Yotsuya Station and separating from Asuka Mai, Toru Watanabe and Rin Kiyono walked together for a short distance.
"What the hell are you doing today?" asked Toru Watanabe.
"I deliberately acted close to you, but Asuri-senpai didn't care at all and had no interest in our conversation at all. It seems that although something happened between you two, it really doesn't matter."
“…Just for this?”
Unhappy with his reaction, Kiyono Rin said, "What do you mean 'just for this'? This is also part of human observation."
"I mean, with your status as a polygraph detector, wouldn't it be better for you to just ask her directly?"
Toru Watanabe had no intention of hiding the matter of Asuna Mai from Rin Kiyono.
In fact, if Qing Ye Lin really wanted to know, he couldn't hide it. But he wouldn't take the initiative to tell her, and he was more careful not to be caught by her on the spot.
"I don't like to question others." Qingye Rin only said a fact that seemed to be an answer but also seemed not to be an answer.
“I feel that there are many issues in this world that are better left unanswered.”
"Is there?"
"For example, if two people who can't be together find out whether they like each other, it will only cause more hurt."
Qingye Rin stopped and said to Watanabe Toru: "Are you talking about you and me?"
"...I'm troubled by your frankness."
"You're getting closer and closer to me winning, you uncivilized ape-man Watanabe-san." Kiyono Rin laughed.
"I feel the same way. I also feel like I'm about to win, you uncivilized ape-man Kiyono-san."
Crows were crowed in the sky, as if pitying them for having their arms full of bags of supplies.
