Chapter 70 Chapter 70 Only those who love to share the table can win
Everyone in the virgin squad knows about this. Captain Matsuda, who used to show off his affection to each other without anyone noticing, seems to have been dumped by his girlfriend.
"I haven't been completely dumped yet." Captain Hagiwara corrected them righteously, "You guys should also be more serious about gossiping."
It's been a while since the Ferris wheel incident.
Although Jinpei Matsuda was transferred to the Investigation Division 1, his office would still be crowded with a group of former team members who came to visit him during lunch break every day.
After observing for a period of time, they found that Matsuda Jinpei seemed to be in a bad mood and the aura he exuded was very depressing.
He goes to work early and leaves late, as if he is deliberately not wanting to go home.
Not only does he often work up a sweat in the physical training ground, but he also searches for all sorts of random information every day, and his ability to make sarcastic comments has become increasingly refined.
Team members: “…”
It feels like former Captain Matsuda has maxed out all sorts of terrifying skill points.
Someone had accurately noticed that the cute girl who used to visit former Captain Matsuda hadn't appeared in a long time.
So everyone unanimously concluded that Captain Matsuda was experiencing an emotional crisis.
And he was obviously the one who got dumped.
Officer Shiratori, who was listening in on the incident, said, "Oh."
Officer Sato, who was listening in on the incident, said, "Oh."
Inspector Megure, who was listening to this incident, said: "???? Matsuda has a girlfriend??"
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
From that day on, all the former team members who came to Bagua would be dragged to the physical training ground by him to practice boxing.
…
Tomorrow is the weekend, and there will be a celebration party for the search team tonight.
When asked about his willingness to participate a few days ago, Jinpei Matsuda seemed to be busy investigating something. He didn't even raise his head, and while holding a lollipop in his mouth, he mumbled that he couldn't go.
As the shift was about to end, the police officers from the Investigation Division brought out the honest officer Megure and asked him to question him again.
Inspector Megure: “…”
Inspector Megure rubbed his hands and came to Matsuda Jinpei's desk: "Matsuda--"
He had barely begun to speak when he saw Matsuda Jinpei, who had been leaning casually on the back of his chair, suddenly sit up straight.
Jinpei Matsuda frowned and stared at the phone screen with a complicated expression.
There seems to be a hint of gnashing of teeth.
The movement of sitting up straight was quite large, and the sunglasses on his nose even slid down a little, revealing a pair of blue eyes full of emotions.
Inspector Megure: “?”
Inspector Megure scratched his head, trying to recall what he had just said: "Matsuda, tonight's celebration—"
He watched helplessly as Jinpei Matsuda suddenly stood up and left.
He grabbed his car keys, bag, and coat, and closed the door in one smooth motion.
Yuanyuan said indifferently, "You guys go. I won't go. Officer Megure, please eat more."
The other person's movement of leaving created a gust of wind that blew off Inspector Megure's hat.
Inspector Megure: “…”
He stood there in a daze, trying to keep the other person, feeling that he didn't understand young people.
*
Meanwhile, Momozawa Airi, who everyone said "hasn't completely gotten over Matsuda Jinpei", was now far away in Iwatobi, confronting Matsuda Jinpei, who everyone also said "hasn't been completely dumped".
Her mind was blank and her expression was blank.
The whole person exudes a sense of simplicity from the inside out.
Like a frightened bunny.
Momozawa Airi forced herself to calm down and glanced at the hand that Matsuda Jinpei had wrapped around her wrist.
There is no sign of loosening.
“…”
She closed her eyes, and the content of the idol drama she had just watched suddenly emerged in her mind.
After being blocked by the heroine, she pretended to cry, and then——
Momozawa Airi: "..."
Huh.
The moment she opened her eyes, Momozawa Airi suddenly shed a few tears without any warning.
He also sniffed.
She lowered her head and stared at the floor in silence.
He sniffed again deliberately.
Create an image of someone who endures sadness silently.
The intermittent content coming into my mind suddenly stopped for a moment.
Momozawa Airi felt the restraint on her wrist disappear, and the sound of clothes rubbing against each other came from in front of her.
"……sorry."
She heard that Matsuda Jinhei's calm tone was now mixed with a hint of helplessness.
"You...don't cry."
Momozawa Airi stared at the shadow moving on the ground.
Jinpei Matsuda seemed to be searching for a tissue in his pocket.
“…”
Momozawa Airi took a deep breath.
Charging completed.
She suddenly bumped her head against Jinpei Matsuda's chest.
This action contained a hint of venting anger, and he unconsciously used a little strength.
Matsuda Jinpei: “?”
He was not prepared for Momozawa Airi and took the headbutt in anger.
A faint sweet fragrance suddenly filled the air in front of him, and the fine ends of her hair gently brushed against his palm.
Jinpei Matsuda instinctively took a step back and hissed softly.
When I raised my head, all I could see was the back of Momozawa Airi running away.
And a pudding was thrown at him with great force.
Matsuda Jinpei paused, subconsciously raised his hand, and caught the pudding steadily.
After just a brief pause, the figure disappeared into the branching corridor ahead.
Then, the sound of a door closing was heard in the quiet hotel corridor.
Bang.
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
*
Momozawa Airi lay on the bed, feeling uneasy.
Turned over.
Turned over again.
Turned over again.
“…”
Can't sleep.
She stared at the night view outside the floor-to-ceiling window dejectedly.
The sea at night seems a little mysterious.
As Airi Momozawa watched, she gradually became lost in thought.
...Pretending to cry is a good way to deal with Jinpei Matsuda.
It works every time.
She patted her cheeks and buried her head in the quilt sadly.
I was just pretending to cry at first, but after returning to the room I couldn't help but cry for real.
She controlled the duration of her crying with self-discipline.
Just like before, I only cried for a short while every day.
Otherwise your eyes will get swollen.
And I'm afraid that once I start crying I won't be able to stop.
…
Momozawa Airi pulled down the quilt, sat up in despair, poured a large glass of wine, and drank it in one gulp.
Then lie back down on the bed.
...This should help me fall asleep faster.
However, even if she closed her eyes, Momozawa Airi could still remember Jinpei Matsuda who suddenly appeared here and stood in front of her.
Then there is the image of the Ferris wheel.
“…”
Momozawa Airi angrily pounded the bed a few times, making a muffled thud.
Didn’t she go out to buy pudding?? In the end she didn’t get any!!
Blame it all on Jinpei Matsuda!!
…
After muttering bad things about Matsuda Jinpei-chan in her mind for a long time, the effect of alcohol slowly took effect and Momozawa Airi felt more and more dizzy.
She slowly loosened her clenched fists, her fingertips resting lightly on the edge of the bed.
Slowly fell asleep.
*
Momozawa Airi slept in a daze until eight o'clock the next morning.
She slowly sat up from the bed, and after a while, she lay back down in despair.
...I slept for too long and my whole body feels weak.
As a result, I fell asleep again while lying down.
It was already noon when I woke up again.
Momozawa Airi struggled to get up, washed up, and felt a little hungry.
She yawned and wanted to go out for dinner.
The moment her hand rested on the doorknob, the memories of last night flooded into Momozawa Airi's mind like a tide.
Idol drama.
pudding.
vending machine.
Jinpei Matsuda.
Headbutt.
“…”
Momozawa Airi suddenly withdrew her hand and looked out through the peephole stealthily.
Well, it seems like there's no one outside.
She knew Matsuda Jinpei's patience, which allowed him to sit in front of a table of spare parts for an entire morning, so she observed carefully through the peephole for a long time.
There is indeed no one.
Momozawa Airi took a deep breath and gently opened the door.
The corridor was empty.
She remained alert, ready to use a headbutt again at any time, looking around all the time.
However, even after she left the hotel and walked along the small path in Iwatobi filled with sea breeze, she still didn't see the familiar curly-haired figure.
Momozawa Airi: "..."
She first breathed a sigh of relief.
What followed was a little bit of dissatisfaction.
...and then go back?
Momozawa Airi snorted softly and kicked a small stone on the ground in dissatisfaction.
Another kick.
The kick missed.
Momozawa Airi: "..."
It’s all Jinpei Matsuda’s fault!
*
After battling wits and courage with the air for more than ten minutes, Momozawa Airi finally relaxed completely and leisurely searched for delicious food on the street.
There is a small street near the hotel.
Momozawa Airi looked around for a while and decided to go eat ramen.
For some reason, she always wanted to eat ramen after drinking.
It feels like my stomach was born for delicious ramen!
Airi Momozawa happily arrived at the door of the ramen shop.
Overcrowded.
Momozawa Airi: "..."
I didn’t see so many people a few days ago...?
She stood at the door for a moment until a smiling waiter came over.
"We don't have any vacant tables right now," the waiter said. "Excuse me, miss, would you mind sharing a table?"
Just then, a waiter came out of the kitchen carrying ramen and passed by them.
The fragrant smell of ramen immediately lingered around Momozawa Airi.
Momozawa Airi felt her stomach growling even louder.
"I don't mind." Momozawa Airi blinked.
The waiter pointed inside with a smile: "That table is still empty."
Momozawa Airi looked in the direction she pointed, and saw only a person reading a newspaper.
The newspaper just happened to block the other person's face, leaving only slender fingers exposed.
Airi Momozawa: "Okay."
She walked over slowly and said, "Hello, I'm here to share a table."
Momozawa Airi pulled out a chair and sat down, looking puzzledly at the two steaming bowls of ramen on the table - they had obviously just been served.
...Will her tablemate eat two bowls by himself?
Just as Momozawa Airi was about to pick up the menu, the person reading a newspaper at the table slowly put it down.
An extremely familiar face was revealed.
——Jinpei Matsuda, who had just been ambushed by her yesterday.
Momozawa Airi: "..."
Matsuda Jinpei didn't show any sign of shock, as if he had known that he would see her here.
He pushed one of the bowls of ramen in front of Momozawa Airi and put down his chopsticks very naturally.
"Eat quickly."
Momozawa Airi: "…………"
Momozawa Airi: "You...how..."
Matsuda Jinpei looked at her calmly. "You like to eat ramen after drinking, and this is the only ramen shop near the hotel."
Momozawa Airi: "..."
Her pupils trembled.
- How did you know what time I would go out? How did I happen to share a table with you? Why are all the tables full except yours?
A lot of words popped up in Momozawa Airi's mind, but in the end she only managed one sentence: "...I don't like eating this."
She glanced at the ramen calmly, picked up the menu, and tried to order a new one for herself.
…and then after looking at it for a while, I realized that the dish Jinpei Matsuda ordered was exactly the type she would order!!
Momozawa Airi: "..."
hateful.
Preferences are controlled.
She paused, raised her hand and called the waiter: "Hello, order."
The waiter who had just greeted her came over with a smile and said, "The store is busy right now. If you order, you may have to wait for an hour."
Momozawa Airi: "..."
One hour.
She was so hungry.
I didn’t have breakfast just now.
Momozawa Airi fiddled with the menu for a moment, then reluctantly said, "Forget it... Sorry to bother you..."
The waiter left with a smile.
Momozawa Airi knew that if she had been a little tougher, she would have turned around and left angrily and eaten something else.
...But she really wants to eat ramen now QAQ, and other ramen restaurants are so far away.
Momozawa Airi was torn between her conscience and her desires for a while.
“…”
Under the gaze of Jinpei Matsuda, Airi Momozawa finally picked up the chopsticks without saying a word and began to slurp the noodles silently.
It smells so good.
Jinpei Matsuda didn't speak again.
Momozawa Airi glanced at Matsuda Jinpei stealthily out of the corner of her eye.
He lowered his eyes and casually browsed the local Iwatobi newspaper.
Even though the weather has turned cold, Matsuda Jinpei still doesn't wear much, with his collar casually open, revealing a bruise on his shoulder and neck.
Momozawa Airi: "..."
She pursed her lips, curious about how it was done.
...Is it the wound from that day on the Ferris wheel?
Or was it found when catching a criminal recently... ?
When Momozawa Airi was struggling, a bottle of juice suddenly appeared in front of her.
Her favorite flavor.
“…”
She paused and noticed that Matsuda Jinpei was withdrawing his hand as if nothing had happened.
...How much did he order in advance?
*
As a police officer, Jinpei Matsuda has always had keen observation skills.
Therefore, he had already noticed the sneaky glances from his table-sharer who was sitting very close to him and thought they were inconspicuous.
Jinpei Matsuda pretended to casually turn a page of the newspaper, his eyes sweeping over the report about the upcoming muscle bodybuilding competition.
“…”
He glanced at it and turned the page with some effort.
The newspaper rustled.
Momozawa Airi's probing gaze seemed to suddenly take on a physical form, gently poking at the bruise on his body.
——I accidentally bumped into it while chasing a criminal a few days ago.
Jinpei Matsuda stared at the newspaper, but his attention was completely distracted elsewhere.
He remembered the crying he heard last night.
Momozawa Airi ran very fast, but he still saw the other person's room number.
With the intention of "ensuring safety", Jinpei Matsuda took his time to scan the surroundings of the room.
...Well, it's quite safe and close to the escape exit.
Taking out his cell phone and checking the time, Matsuda Jinpei suddenly heard intermittent sad crying coming from the room.
The soundproofing of this hotel is pretty good. If he can hear it even though he's standing outside the door...it means the volume is actually not that low.
After a while, the volume of the crying gradually subsided until it became silent.
“…”
Jinpei Matsuda stood at the door and didn't even notice when his phone screen went off.
All the complicated emotions that filled my heart before arriving disappeared at this moment, and the desire to see Momozawa Airi immediately was slowly suppressed.
“…”
...Momozawa Airi's grandmother was right.
We really need to let Momozawa Airi relax.
Matsuda Jinpei paused, then turned and walked out.
...The procedures for applying for leave are not difficult.
It is also easy to find travel guides for Iwatobi.
Jinpei Matsuda raised his hand and pressed the elevator button, thinking quickly in his mind.
She cried so hard and reeked of alcohol, I'm afraid she won't be able to get up tomorrow morning.
...Is there a ramen restaurant nearby?
…
Thinking of this, Matsuda Jinpei paused in flipping through the newspaper.
“…”
He hesitated angrily for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and turned the newspaper back to the page about the muscle bodybuilding competition.
snort.
That’s it?
*
Even though she had so many thoughts in her mind, Momozawa Airi didn't ask in the end——
How did you get your bruise?
She wanted to retract her hidden gaze and tried to continue eating the noodles seriously.
Just as her hidden gaze moved away a little, Matsuda Jinpei suddenly raised his eyes and looked at her.
No cover at all.
Aboveboard.
Momozawa Airi: "..."
She felt like she had lost if she looked away at this moment.
Momozawa Airi stopped picking up the noodles and tried to make her eyes firm.
She stared back, unwilling to be outdone, looking directly into those blue eyes that contained some complicated emotions.
In an instant, she suddenly felt that the other person's dark eyes seemed to want to eat her.
The strange feeling disappeared in an instant.
It seems to be an illusion.
His eyes were like a mysterious sea, making her drown in it involuntarily.
The hustle and bustle of the ramen shop seemed to be isolated outside this table.
Momozawa Airi forced herself to remain calm and stared at Matsuda Jinpei for a while, then suddenly heard him speak.
"It's not opening today, it's tomorrow."
Matsuda Jinpei's voice sounded a little unnatural: "I... want to go too, to accompany..."
He paused and changed the subject.
"Let's go together."
Momozawa Airi: "?"
She was puzzled, but didn't show it on her face.
Until I saw the contents of the newspaper in front of Jinpei Matsuda.
【Muscle Bodybuilding Competition】
Momozawa Airi: "..."
Momozawa Airi: "…………"
Momozawa Airi lowered her head and ate her noodles grimly: "No need."
I went to see this with Jinpei Matsuda, it was weird.jpg
She might as well go fishing herself.
…though she seemed to be catching nothing.
Matsuda Jinpei: "...So, let's go fishing?"
Momozawa Airi: “…No.”
Damn it! How did he know?!
Now that he has said it, she won’t go...!
I'd better go to the beach and have a barbecue.
Matsuda Jinpei: "Then let's go to the beach for a barbecue."
Momozawa Airi had no expression on her face: "..."
...Is it her or Jinpei Matsuda who has the ability to read minds?
Momozawa Airi paused, then put down her chopsticks unmoved. "I have friends who want to go fishing with me. I'm not short of people."
For example, Dr. Agasa, who often shows off to her how fat the fish he catches are.
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
Momozawa Airi forced herself to ignore Matsuda Jinpei's frozen expression, took a sip of juice coldly, and cleared her throat.
"Waiter, please pack for me."
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
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