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"Natsume."
Shiina Mahiru, who was sitting next to him, patted his shoulder and said earnestly: "You have great potential to be a househusband."
"..."
"You chose to come to Kanagawa to save money. It will definitely be a good idea to let you take charge of the family expenses in the future."
"Is this a compliment?" Natsume Rin hesitated.
"Of course, you will be responsible for taking care of the child from now on." Shiina Mahiru said as a matter of course.
It was still a bit mature for high school students to discuss this kind of topic, and many people looked over at him on the early morning train.
"Child?" Natsume Rin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, wondering if this thing was too far away from him.
Besides, even if they really want to have a child, whether from the perspective of probability or biology, it is obvious that the chances are higher with senior sister and Yang Nai sister.
"How many do you want?"
I don't want any of them. It's too scary for high school students to start imagining such topics when they are still children themselves.
"One, I want a daughter."
Facing her expectant eyes, Natsume Rin answered with gritted teeth.
"Well, it seems like you have similar ideas. You should work harder."
When the train arrived at the stop, Shiina Mahiru, who was about to leave, patted his shoulder meaningfully, which startled him.
Is this something he can decide on his own?
"Wait for me, explain to me what refueling is!"
When they arrived in Kanagawa, it was not yet nine o'clock in the morning. There were not many pedestrians on the streets early in the morning on the weekend, and only breakfast shops were open for business.
The two people who had not eaten found a dessert shop on the road and sat there enjoying the view outside the window.
"Vanilla cake, tiramisu, what do you want?" Shiina Mahiru flipped through the menu.
"Strawberry pudding and a piece of cake would be fine."
There were not many customers in the dessert shop. On the table next to them, there was a big orange cat lying lazily. Outside the window was a bright scene and more and more pedestrians.
There was a pair of high school girls sitting in a corner, chatting loudly about where they were going later.
The bored Shiina Mahiru stretched out her hand to lure the orange cat, but the cat just opened its eyes and glared at her for a few times, but had no intention of jumping over.
"I'm disliked." Natsume Rin said affirmatively.
"I feel like I'm afraid of you." Shiina Mahiru raised her eyebrows.
"Nonsense, I'm very popular with animals."
"Is that why you are often bitten by mosquitoes?"
"...No matter how you look at it, mosquitoes are not animals."
While we were chatting, the old lady in the store brought out the desserts and stroked the fat orange cat as she left.
Chapter 1000: The maximum favorability value is points
"This doesn't feel like Tokyo at all." Natsume Rin bit into the fruit.
Kanagawa Prefecture is indeed a city within the Tokyo area, but the scenery is very different from that of Tokyo. However, the most obvious difference is probably the pace of life.
"Like the number of people at the train station?" Shiina Mahiru ate cake and recalled the details just now.
Even on weekends, the flow of people at Tokyo train stations is terrifying.
If it is during peak hours in normal times, it is questionable whether the tram doors can be closed without the help of the tram conductor.
Natsume Rin turned sideways and looked at the crowd passing slowly outside the window. After swallowing the fruit in his mouth, he looked at her slowly: "They seem to move very slowly."
"Don't use the word snail to describe others."
Having said that, Shiina Mahiru looked outside along the line of sight of Natsume Rin and found that the situation was indeed similar to what he said, so she smiled beautifully.
Natsume Rin looked at her and asked her with her eyes, "Are you right?"
"Don't say what's in your heart." Shiina Mahiru whispered: "This is my precious life experience."
"Because I don't treat Shiina-san as an outsider, if it were anyone else, I would definitely behave well, like a gentleman in a TV show?" Natsume Rin thought of an example that could be used to describe it.
Shiina Mahiru took out her cute animal wallet to pay, and helped him educate him on the differences between gentlemen.
"Actually, I don't think I look like an English gentleman." Natsume Rin stretched and stood at the door of the store waiting for her.
"You don't act like a gentleman around me anyway."
"This doesn't show that we have a good relationship."
"Thank you so much." In the warm sunshine, Shiina Mahiru grabbed the corner of his clothes, "Sometimes showing your gentlemanly side in front of ladies is also a small trick to increase their favorability."
"Hasn't our favorability already been full?"
"This isn't a game, how can there be a full value? I might get unhappy and ignore you one day."
"It's not a love game? I thought I was the hero in the game."
"Then can you see the favorability level jumping above my head?" Shiina Mahiru rubbed her hair helplessly, feeling that he took the light novel he wrote seriously.
"I see it, 100 points." Natsume Rin took the map and started looking for the target.
"Sorry, the full value is 1000, so you still have a long way to go."
After leaving the dessert shop near the station, Natsume Rin found the nearby commercial street.
"Because you can buy a lot of suitable items and the prices are cheaper than in Tokyo, it should be worth the trip." Natsume Rin explained.
"Are you out of money?"
"I've said before that we'll have no money after buying a house. We can only survive on your help. If I don't save money, I might starve to death in Tokyo."
"Don't worry." Shiina Mahiru said seriously, "You won't starve to death as long as I'm here."
Does that mean there is no guarantee for other aspects?
The house as a birthday present was really a joke.
"That's because you obviously don't need money at all. Blindly helping you is not good for you." Shiina Mahiru explained and led Natsume Rin into a nearby house.
"Why aren't you short of money?" Natsume Rin followed.
We carefully selected the right items, and the prices are cheaper than in downtown Tokyo, but the packaging looks a bit old-fashioned.
"If you are short of money, you won't think of making such a big fuss. In fact, it is more convenient to just find a professional team."
The two of them walked on the streets dyed with madder red, holding the ice cream they had just bought.
Because the temperature was very high, it began to melt not long after being placed on her hand. Looking at the pink marks left on her lips, Natsume Rin took out a handkerchief and wiped the marks.
"It's too insincere to ask someone to help you. At least buying things requires doing it yourself."
"So you still have money?" Shiina Mahiru laughed as if her conspiracy had succeeded.
"It's just normal living expenses." Natsume Rin shook her head, put the bag on the ground, and stood under the eaves to rest: "But in order to prepare a place to confess to the girl I like, I still have enough money."
"Scumbag."
"It doesn't matter. I'm used to this name. Let me see what else I haven't bought." Natsume Rin took out the plan form, crossed out the things she had already bought, crumpled it up and threw it into the trash can.
There are all kinds of small shops hidden in the quiet streets. They may not be big, but they have many unique products.
Bright paper-cuts, historical costumes, nostalgic firecrackers...
Natsume Rin found her favorite treasure like a treasure hunter. With the help of her assistant Shiina Mahiru, the number of bags she carried increased.
"The color seems just right." Shiina Mahiru held a beige yukata with a historical feel in her hand and gestured in front of her.
"It's really good." Natsume Rin applauded.
Then buy the most expensive dress of the day.
"You complained that you only had living expenses left, but you didn't even blink when spending money. I can't imagine what you would be like when you had money." Shiina Mahiru accepted the gift without hesitation. After the old lady in the tailor shop wrapped it up for her in a coarse cloth bag, she thanked her and walked out of the shop.
"It's still the same." Natsume Rin walked in front, her target heading towards the station in the distance.
“Whether I’m poor or rich, I consume what I want, no more, no less.”
"No." Shiina Mahiru said with a smile: "If you really have no money, you can't spend it, so there will be less money."
"Don't expose it, just think I'm rich." Natsume Rin looked at her angrily.
"But you do have money."
"No money."
"Tsk."
Shiina Mahiru curled her lips, not knowing how to despise this idiot. Is he rich or not?
As if realizing her own flaw, Natsume Rin stopped dwelling on this issue and brought the topic back to the birthday.
"A birthday party? I'm planning to hold it there."
"Just stay at home. There's no point in going anywhere else." Natsume Rin sat on a chair at the station, put down the package in her hand and tapped her knees.
"Looks like I have to be a chef again." Shiina Mahiru lamented.
"You are so amazing, Shiina-san! Even professional chefs can't compare to you." Natsume Rin quickly started to massage the chef's shoulders.
"That's more like it. Who would be there?" Shiina Mahiru squinted her eyes and enjoyed the boys' service.
"It's just the three of us. Senior can't come because of something."
In fact, she didn't want to appear in such an occasion, but the birthday present had been delivered early, and Yang No had a similar reason.
"That would be much easier."
The train rumbled into the station and Shiina Mahiru stood up to greet it.
Chapter 233 Shura Field
Natsume Rin's house, which was usually a high-end apartment and had no problems when she lived there, seemed a bit crowded today.