Chapter 123: Throw a wink at a blind man.

Jinpei Matsuda's obsessive-compulsive disorder didn't last long.

After all, shopping trolleys are used to carry things, and soon new items were stacked on top of the two hyacinth cans, covering the plastic lids on the top.

"Toothpaste, toothbrush cup, face towel, bath towel... Hmm, the shower gel seems to be almost gone."

Before leaving get off work, Hagiwara took the time to make a list of the tools he might need.

After all, it was just a temporary stay, and some of the things should have been brought by Chao Mu herself, such as bath towels - but she didn't seem to have any intention of packing even these things, and she traveled light.

Considering that it is relatively rare in modern society for a landlord to kick someone out directly... Chaomu looks more like a child who ran away from home without taking anything with him.

Although Hagiwara Kenji decided not to ask for the time being and take his time, he couldn't help but be curious about why Chaomu suddenly wanted to live in his house... Could it be that she really liked him and wanted to live with him? That was impossible.

Even though he told himself this, when he looked up and saw the short-haired girl beside him holding a big bag of potato chips with great interest, Hagiwara Kenji still felt his ears a little hot.

...the two of them went to the supermarket together to buy daily necessities and took them home together...it was like a newlywed couple shopping...

A young girl was standing beside him, looking around at the merchandise. She seemed to be curious about everything and loved to touch and touch things.

When he wasn't paying attention for a while, she disappeared somewhere and came back with some small cakes for tasting. She gave one to him and one to Matsuda.

I don’t know how Chao Mu convinced the clerk. She didn’t even come back with a fork, but directly carried the plate, as if she had looted the tasting table.

Three squares of cheesecake lay stacked on a paper plate. Although Matsuda wasn't particularly fond of sweets, when she held the plate of cheesecake right under his nose like a treasure, he reluctantly forked a piece. "It's so sweet... It tastes okay, but it feels like it's going to knock my teeth out."

"If Matsuda-kun had told me earlier, I wouldn't mind eating two pieces."

Asami cleared the plates away and saw Hagiwara Kenji pushing a cart with something in his hand for comparison. She thoughtfully held a fork and brought it to his mouth: "Hagiwara-kun, are you eating?"

"Me? I'm fine with either." At that time, Hagiwara Kenji was comparing the prices of two shower gels, wondering whether the citrus flavor or the honey and milk flavor was better. He raised his eyes and curved his eyebrows slightly when he heard this. "If Xiao Chaomu wants to eat it, you can eat it yourself... Hmm?"

The sweet pastry suddenly came to his lips, and the short-haired girl even kindly offered it to him. Hagiwara subconsciously bit down on the fork, realizing his proper position. His Adam's apple rolled uncomfortably, and the tips of his ears quickly turned crimson.

He had a cold, pale complexion, unlike the dark-faced ones, and his blushing was quite noticeable. Chao and Mu were so close together, so he could tell at a glance.

...Hmm, your face is red and you're completely frozen there, Hagiwara-kun.

She wasn't so heartless as to ask a question like "Is Hagiwara-kun too hot?" After all, his status bar had completely exposed his mood.

【Hagihara Kenji is very shy. 】

Although he has a handsome face that looks like he has had two hundred girlfriends, he is surprisingly innocent.

Seeing that he had already grabbed the cake, Chaomu should have pulled back his fork. However, when he was feeding him, a small piece of cream rubbed against the corner of his lips, and his rare, slightly shy expression made people think... of a prank.

I did it as soon as I thought of it, and I had no patience at all.

She was a little shorter than him, but she could reach his cheek with just a stretch of her hand. While he was still a little dazed, she raised her hand slightly, rubbed her thumb across his lips, wiped away the white, and pinched his cheek.

Hagiwara Kenji: "…………!"

The semi-long-haired young man was clearly caught off guard by her sudden attack, a crimson blush spreading from his ears to his entire face. His violet eyes widened slightly, and his slightly droopy puppy eyes made him look like a large dog that had been suddenly bullied.

"Wait, Xiao Chaomu...!" He belatedly took a half step back, his lower back pressed against the shelf. For a moment, he didn't know whether he should cover his face first or knock the culprit on the head to teach her a lesson. "You can't treat her like this... eh?"

Chaomu rubbed his face again before leisurely withdrawing her hand: "Yeah, I get it."

After all, he was an important mission target, and she was also worried that if she angered him, he would not take her home, so she said it very frankly - this was not a lie, after all, she just said that she knew it, but did not say that she would not do it again in the future.

Seeing that the half-long-haired young man still didn't seem to have recovered from his shock, she considerately changed the subject: "So, Hagiwara-kun, do you still want some cake? I can go rob... and get it for you."

Hagihara Kenji: "…………"

Is Xiao Chaomu really... so malicious?

He knew he should teach her not to get too close and overestimate his self-control, but instead of thinking about teaching her, his first reaction was...

…The way she runs away after doing something bad is also very cute.

The way he announces he's going to rob is also very cute.

Finally, the slightly overloaded young man with half-long hair just opened his mouth and was silent for half a second: "Well...food."

"Okay." Chaomu was blown away like a whirlwind again, leaving behind only a cool sentence "Wait for me to come back".

After she left gracefully, Hagiwara Kenji put the honey and milk scented shower gel he had just picked up into the shopping cart and slowly covered his face: "......"

Matsuda Jinpei, who witnessed the entire process, said: “…………?”

"Let's not talk about when you became so shameless..." He looked at his daughter with half-moon eyes, unable to describe the words, and asked sincerely, "Are you really not dating?"

"No...at least not right now, we're not really in a relationship." Hagiwara took a deep breath to calm himself down, then replied helplessly, "Do you think Chaomu-chan actually has a bit of a bad taste...it's just that he wasn't so straightforward before..."

Matsuda, who had also been attacked by direct balls many times, felt sympathetic: "You just realized it? You don't really think she is some innocent and well-behaved child, do you?"

She is innocent and well-behaved, yes... but she also has a bad taste.

Hagiwara Kenji pressed his forehead and began to worry a little about their life together... What on earth had she just done... No, he couldn't let his imagination run wild anymore...

Matsuda thought it was okay.

It was obvious that the little kid liked to tease people everywhere, and sometimes her sudden actions were completely arbitrary. She definitely didn't think too much about it.

Like this time when she brought back some new dried meat for tasting, she handed a piece to Hagiwara, then walked over to Matsuda with great curiosity, and as if she had just fed Hagiwara, she forked a piece and handed it to his mouth, observing his expression.

Seeing her and Kotsugumi stuck together, Hagiwara Kenji asked, “…………?”

The curly-haired young man stared at her with dead fish eyes: "What expression do you want me to show?"

"I want to see if Matsuda-kun would blush." ​​Chaomu blinked, adjusted her posture, and slightly tiptoed to touch his chest. "Does this make your heart beat faster? Are you shy... Oh, surprisingly not."

She had thought that her charm had been greatly increased under some hidden conditions, so that simply feeding her could make Hagiwara blush - but that wasn't the case, what a pity.

Matsuda put one hand in his pocket and bit the dried meat, and with the other hand pressed against her forehead and pushed her back: "Do you think I'm that idiot Hagi? Don't try to play tricks on me... And what's that look in your eyes? Are you feeling unwell? You keep blinking."

Chaomu tried to flirt: "…………tsk."

Throwing a wink at a blind man... Never mind.

Kenji Hagiwara wanted to laugh, but couldn't.

He pinched his brows helplessly, feeling that today's emotional ups and downs seemed a little too exciting.

The lack of daily necessities wasn't significant, so the shopping trip was quickly concluded. Having plundered a ton of goods and searched every supermarket trash can, Chaomu was quite satisfied with his haul. He walked behind, his hands in his pockets, and just as Hagiwara was about to swipe his card, he paid first: "I'll pay."

She hadn't had much need to spend her yen lately, and her Italian senior even gave her some pocket money from time to time. Given that, there was no reason for her to ask an NPC to help pay the bill.

Seeing that she didn't seem to be in a difficult situation, Hagiwara didn't stop her and let her pay the bill herself.

Matsuda casually asked, "Are we going back straight after buying groceries? Or should I go with you to get your luggage? You should also bring a change of clothes."

The short-haired girl didn't even have a bag; it looked like she was going to get some luggage. Daily necessities could be purchased separately, but a change of clothes was obviously required.

As a zero-spending player, who only had one initial appearance and two bonus appearances, the player fell into a brief contemplation: "No need, I don't have much clothes to bring, so this will do."

In fact, she didn't really need to buy bath towels or anything like that. Although there was a cleanliness indicator in the game, Chaomu had tested it before and found that she only needed to dip her head in water every night to quickly raise the cleanliness value to the maximum. There was no mandatory requirement for how long to take a bath.

She doesn't need pajamas or anything like that. She usually hangs out outside at night and spends very little time sleeping at home.

She had good reason to feel that she didn't need new clothes, but the two NPCs around her clearly didn't think so.

Almost at the same time, they cast serious gazes at the gray hoodie on her body that seemed to be welded to her body, and showed disapproval.

"Although the washing and drying function is indeed very convenient now...but the season is about to change, and Xiao Chaomu should buy some new clothes to change into, right?" Even the usually tactful Hagiwara looked at her disapprovingly, "Although I know you don't care much about your appearance, let's not talk about appearance. This outfit will eventually get damaged after wearing it for a long time, and the texture will become hard after washing it too many times..."

The player, whose item had no damage bar and whose durability wouldn't decrease after being worn for a long time, blinked hesitantly: "No way..."

Does the appearance need to be changed and washed? Which game has such a setting? At least not this game.

Matsuda crossed his arms. "Even if you don't consider that, winter is almost here, and you'll need to buy some winter clothes. Are you planning on wearing this all winter?"

This surprised Chaomu a little: "Isn't summer just around the corner? How come it's winter already?"

She had also looked at the season and month when she was planting, and it looked like it was still May. The little black face I saw a few days ago was still wearing very light clothes, and Mimi was also wearing short sleeves when she changed into pajamas.

"Didn't you check the calendar, you idiot?" Matsuda asked, puzzled. "It's already early November, and autumn is almost over."

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The author has something to say: Today's Saturday failed (but the work and rest schedule has been adjusted)