Chapter 56
Before going to the restaurant for dinner, Seiryoshi Kono went to see Jinpei Matsuda first.
Because he was about to leave the school, the curly-haired boy had just changed out of his police academy uniform. The top two buttons of his white shirt were still unbuttoned, and his hand was tangled with a tie. He had a somewhat unhappy expression on his face, but when he saw who was outside the door, he first breathed a sigh of relief, but then he froze again as if he remembered something.
Seeing him like this, Gongye Shengliang became curious: "Who is Zhenping waiting for?"
Matsuda Jinpei locked the door, his eyes darting around but not looking at him, he raised his chin towards the bed awkwardly: "The suit I'm going to wear after graduation was delivered in advance, and I had nothing to do anyway, so I wanted to try it on, but..."
I ended up tying my tie in front of the mirror for ten minutes and finally managed to tie a knot.
Thinking of this, Jinpei Matsuda curled his lips.
From his expression, it was not difficult to guess that the fitting process was not smooth. Kono Seiryoshi turned his gaze to the neatly ironed black suit on the bed. He remembered the purpose of his visit to Matsuda Jinpei, and his eyes suddenly lit up: "What a coincidence."
"? What a coincidence." Matsuda Jinpei raised his eyes in confusion.
Gongye Shengliang did not answer, but stared at him with burning eyes, full of expectation: "Put it on again, Zhenping, I want to see it."
Matsuda Jinpei's ears suddenly felt hot, "...I don't understand what's so good about this." He muttered, but obediently took the suit jacket handed to him by the other party.
The specially tailored suit fit him perfectly, and the half-length mirror reflected his sharp outline. The handsome face of the black-haired young man still had some youthfulness, and the dark-colored uniform could not hide the spirit of a young boy who was not afraid of tigers.
Since he could see his own face every day, Jinpei Matsuda didn't feel anything special about it. But when he thought about showing it to another person, he straightened his back subconsciously, not knowing whether he was expecting it or being nervous.
Kono Seiryoshi stood two steps away, looked at him, raised his thumb and praised him from the bottom of his heart: "Very handsome."
He winked at Jinpei Matsuda and said, "It would be perfect if you added one more thing."
Matsuda Jinpei's eyebrows jumped, and he subconsciously moved closer to the mirror to check. He looked up and down, wondering what went wrong, when he suddenly felt someone grabbing his right wrist.
He felt a slight chill as his skin touched the shiny silver metal. On his wrist was a round black and white watch.
Stainless steel case, automatic movement, black dial, white snowflake hands and dot-shaped hour markers, the overall style is casual and soft.
After closing the buckle, it was just the right size. Kono Seiryoshi held Matsuda Jinpei's right hand again and admired it carefully, confirming that both the style and the function were well matched, and then he was satisfied.
After all, police officers are public servants and are not suitable to wear expensive brand watches. Considering the nature of the work of the recipient, he deliberately chose a watch with good waterproof and drop-proof performance.
Kono Seiryoshi cleared his throat and coughed twice, then said in a deliberately serious voice: "Thank you for giving me special training some time ago, Officer Matsuda. This is a thank-you gift, please accept it." But he couldn't help laughing halfway through his words.
He was about to withdraw his hand but was grabbed back. Matsuda Jinping frowned and looked at him, his voice lower than usual, "…Aren't you already preparing to treat me to a meal? You don't have to give me a special thank-you gift."
Besides, he didn't offer to teach people just for this reason.
Seeing that the other party seemed unwilling to accept it, Gongye Shengliang's eyes widened slightly, "But, at first glance, I felt that this suits you very well."
This answer was a bit irrelevant, but he believed that Jinpei Matsuda would definitely get his idea.
Gongye Shengliang paused, gave in, and suggested: "How about I just bribe the future police officer?"
“…”
Matsuda Jinpei looked speechless, "Aren't you also a policeman?"
"That's right," Kouno Seiryoshi suddenly realized, "If people know about this, they will call you a tax thief."
He thought he was being serious, but he didn't know which word he said tickled the curly-haired young man's funny bone. Jinpei Matsuda covered his mouth and turned his head away, still unable to hide his laughter.
“Really…”
Gongye Shengliang complained a little, then smiled helplessly and said, "Lower your head a little."
Although he didn't know what he was going to do, Jinpei Matsuda still did as he was told. The smile in his dark eyes had not yet faded. The distance was close enough for him to concentrate on staring at the person next to him, whose eyelashes were as thin as butterfly wings.
The tie that was almost twisted into a rope has been carefully smoothed out. The black fabric was simply wrapped around the white fingers a few times, and a square knot that could go wrong in any occasion was completed.
I'm used to tying my own tie at work at Vongola, but this is the first time I've tied one for someone else. Looking at the result in front of him, Kono Seiryo frowned, feeling that something was not right.
His eyes inadvertently caught a glimpse of Matsuda Jinpei's back in the mirror, and he suddenly brightened up. He reached out and loosened his tie a little, revealing his collarbone. The originally formal attire suddenly looked casual and uninhibited.
——It’s much more comfortable now!
He chuckled, "Sure enough, even if he gets a job, Zhenping will still be criticized by his superiors for being lazy."
"Huh?" Jinpei Matsuda, who was regarded as a troublemaker by his instructor in the police academy, subconsciously raised his voice to refute, but after thinking about it, he found that it was indeed very likely, so he could only grit his teeth secretly, "Anyway, I will definitely wear protective clothing when I deal with the bomb." It doesn't matter how to wear casual clothes!
…That being said.
Matsuda Jinpei took a deep breath, raised his hand and hooked his fingers with Kono Seiryoshi's. He seemed a little uncomfortable when he met the latter's puzzled gaze, but slowly but unyieldingly handed the end of his tie to him.
"Can you demonstrate the technique you just used again?"
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Almost half of the people in Yakiniku were students who were having a meal together during the holidays. It was not strange for six people to sit at the table that they had reserved in advance. As expected of a well-received restaurant in the area, the dishes we ordered came up not long after we sat down. The aroma of barbecue filled the air, making us salivate.
They ate and chatted happily. They all knew that there would be few opportunities to get together like this after graduation, so they cherished the present moment.
After Seira Kono got up to pay the bill, Kenji Hagiwara finally asked the question that had been bothering him all along.
He called out his childhood nickname in a low voice, and then stopped talking. "Xiao Zhenping... We are just going out to have a meal. Aren't you dressed too formally?"
He was wearing a suit, a shirt and a tie. Even though it wasn't tied in a very formal way, he looked like a completely different person compared to the T-shirt and sweatshirt he usually wore!
He had attracted countless attention on the way from the police academy to the restaurant, but he was unaware of it. He had a straight face and no one knew what he was thinking. However, Kenji Hagiwara, who grew up with him, knew him well enough and saw through it at a glance that Jinpei Matsuda was not in a bad mood. On the contrary, he was in a very good mood and was deliberately hiding it.
There must be something wrong when something is abnormal, especially when a man who usually doesn't pay attention to his appearance suddenly starts dressing up, 80% of the time it is related to his love life.
Hagiwara Kenji wondered, "Xiao Zhenping, you don't have someone you like, do you?"
He was just joking out of habit and had no intention of asking for any gossip, but when Jinpei Matsuda heard this, his hands shook violently and he almost spilled his drink on the table.
"Hagi!" The curly-haired young man was busy wiping the water stains on the table, and he did not forget to turn around and whispered to him shyly, "Don't talk nonsense."
Such an abnormal behavior made Hagiwara Kenji's eyes light up immediately, and his gossipy heart was burning, "Is it true? Is he someone in our class, or did we know him online? Don't worry, I will definitely not tell anyone——"
After hearing what they said, Date Ko got to the point and asked in surprise, "What, Matsuda is in love?"
His voice was neither too loud nor too low, just enough to make it difficult for the two people who were drinking water next to him to ignore it.
Zhu Fu Jingguang put down the cup, his eyes secretly swept over Yu Xunran's stiff arms, and he sighed silently.
When Kono Seira came back, the conversation at the table had evolved to such an outrageous level as "Matsuda and the girl he fell in love with at first sight were interfered with by an unknown police officer, and in anger he decided to join the Metropolitan Police Department to win back his true love, and v-ed me 200 yen to listen to Kojinpei's revenge plan."
He listened in confusion for a while, and as Hagiwara Kenji was making up stories with great relish and the others cheered him on, he patted the curly-haired young man on the shoulder with relief and said, "Keep working on your revenge, Zhenping."
Jinpei Matsuda: “…” He cheered for nothing!
He couldn't bear it any longer and slammed the table: "Hey! That's enough for you guys!"
Amidst the noisy laughter, the six people walked out of the Yakitori restaurant. Date Kou had to go home early because of something, while Hagiwara Kenji received a call from the repair shop and waved goodbye to the rest of the people while holding the reluctant Matsuda Jinpei's hand.
Kono Seiryoshi flipped through the notes on his phone, looked up and said to the two of them, "I'm going to the mall to buy a few bags of cat food. Do you have any plans for Rei and Keimitsu?"
"I'll go with you," said Furuya Ling, "We're running out of tissue paper in the dormitory."
"Then I'll wait for you there," Morobushi Jingguang smiled, "see you later."
Seiyoshi Kono is a regular customer of the pet store on the third floor of the mall. This is the only pet store nearby that sells homemade cat rice with a unique flavor. He brought it back as a gift, but Hanako liked it very much, so he would buy a box every time he went out.
In order to save time, he and Rei Furuya did not go together, but went to buy the items they needed separately. When they came out of the pet store and followed the escalator downstairs, Kono Seira suddenly felt that someone seemed to be staring at him from behind.
He could tell the difference between a curious or careless glance and a malicious, targeted surveillance. The alert radar in his mind suddenly sounded, and he tensed up and observed his surroundings.
But there were too many people in the mall on a weekend night, and he was stuck in the middle of the escalator, unable to move. His sight was instantly lost in the crowd, making it difficult to track his whereabouts.
The escalator reached the second floor. Gongye Shengliang paused slightly before going downstairs and walked straight forward.
The piercing sight behind me reappears in the distance.
His heart sank, and his hand tightened around the shopping bag. Since he came to this world, his activities were limited to a few fixed places, and he didn't know many people. How could he be targeted all of a sudden?
When he was feeling uneasy, a familiar voice sounded beside him, and at the same time someone reached out and put his arm around his shoulders.
"What happened?" Furuya Ling whispered, "I just walked over and saw that you looked a little weird."
"not……"
Kono Seira didn't want others to worry about him, but when he saw Furuya Rei's serious and worried look, he was silent for a moment and decided to tell the truth: "It's just that I feel like someone is watching me from behind."
He was afraid that it was his own illusion and did not dare to use the word "tracking".
Hearing this, Jiang Gu Ling slowly frowned.
The surveillance in the mall was still functioning normally, and there were many people watching. He glanced at the pedestrians and shops around him calmly, and clenched his fists tighter, "Follow me."
The two were so close that from a distance their figures almost overlapped. Raising his hand to politely decline the salesperson who came over, Rei Furuya changed the sign outside the door to "OCCUPIED" before entering the fitting room.
He quickly took off his coat and passed it over before remembering something. "Don't go out yet. Wait until I come back."
Having said that, the wind-like man turned and left.
Before he could say anything, Kono Seiryoshi said: "..."
His outstretched hand only stopped the air.
...Zero is a man of action.
His originally heavy mood was disrupted by this incident, and he took off his coat with a somewhat awkward smile.
The dark leather jacket is the most classic style, with a simple and three-dimensional design, very much in the style of Rei Furuya. The blond-haired young man wore a well-fitting suit that was too big for him, and the cuffs covered his palms.
Kono Seiryoshi rolled it up twice and zipped it up. The warm body temperature of another person, which had not yet dissipated, wrapped him up, which inexplicably gave him a sense of security.
When Fūya Rei, holding a hat and glasses frame in his hands, came back and saw him, he was startled for a moment, but then returned to normal.
When he saw the equipment in his hand, Gongye Shengliang's eyes lit up, he thanked him gratefully, and put it on his head without thinking.
The black peaked cap concealed her conspicuous gray hair, and some of it stuck out without her noticing, so Furiya Rei carefully tucked it back down.
After two people stood in the narrow fitting room, there was little space left. Kono Seiryoshi turned around with great difficulty, pressed the frame of the glasses that covered half of his face, and asked, "How is it? Has it changed a lot?"
Fūya Rei's Adam's apple moved up and down, and he nodded slightly, "Yeah."
even--
He thought, untimely, that it was fitting to wear his clothes.
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