man in tokyo, professional boyfriend

Chapter 372 [371]

The moment she heard these words, Shiina Iori subconsciously remembered the scene of the petite girl in front of her holding a large draft beer cup and pouring wine into her mouth at the last promotional dinner with Chiho.

But looking at Chiho Aiba's expectant gaze, he muttered a few words, and had no choice but to say:

"Then, drink a little?"

After getting an affirmative answer, Aiba Chiho's big unblinking eyes suddenly lit up, and she nodded her head vigorously with a 'huh huh'.

Seems very excited.

Then, with a whoosh, he raised his hand in the direction of General Danshenggu:
"Wow!"

"A bottle of shochu? Okay!"

Shiina Iori couldn't help but look at the general who was about to set the table with astonishment when he heard the words—how did you understand? !

But after a while, a [-]ml bottle of Rihe shochu and two plates of beef were placed on the side of the small table for two people by General Dan Shenggu.

Aiba Chiho looked at the shochu on the table, couldn't help showing a bit of salivation, and narrowed her eyebrows and eyes comfortably.

When it was on the table, he subconsciously picked up the wine bottle and rubbed it twice.

"Chiho-chan really likes wine, it's only noon."

Shiina Iori's habitual exhortations did not mean to stop him - this child is obviously talented, so there is no need for him to persuade.

"Mmmmm~"

Chiho agreed without hesitation, and incidentally raised her phone.

[It's okay, I won't get drunk! 】

[Just drink a little bit. 】

"Is that so?"

Seeing her appearance, Shiina Yizhi had no choice but to agree to come down and accompany her to the end, then turned her head and said to the general:

"Please have another bottle of beer, Asahi's will do."

He planned to switch drinks, lest he would faint quickly after only drinking soju.

"whispering sound--!"

General Dan Shenggu turned his back, tongue-tucking with disgust, like an old man who can't get used to his son-in-law, and his tone was obviously teasing: "Are you still a man! A real man can drink better than his own woman, right?" !"

"Can the general drink Chiho?"

Shiina Iori glanced sideways.

"Ah, cough, there are still a few plates of meat in it, add charcoal and remember to come and get it yourself!"

With just this one sentence, Mr. Danshenggu suddenly had nothing to say, and went all the way into the back kitchen without looking back.

It seems that the psychological shadow is very strong, and it is still fresh in my memory.

Seeing this, Chiho just giggled beside her, and didn't have any intention of rebutting General Dan Shengya's words that could easily cause misunderstandings.

Shiina Iori looked helplessly at the old man walking away.

Due to the seniority sequence system, the age-based social system is highly versatile in Japanese society. It is very common for old people to point fingers at young people, and it is very common for young people to be unable to respond, so Shiina Iori is also used to it. After hearing the old man's nagging, he didn't take it too seriously.

But when he turned his head, he heard a very clear gurgling sound from the opposite table.

Looking over, Chiho took out a large draft beer mug that was obviously used for drinking beer from the row of cup holders on the side of the table, and then pried off the bottle cap with chopsticks very skillfully, and turned the whole bottle at 54 degrees. The day and shochu was poured into the draft beer mug.

"Ok?"

Shiina Iori couldn't help being stunned for a moment, watching helplessly as the whole bottle of shochu filled the draft beer mug, emitting a strong and mellow aroma.

"and many more!"

It wasn't until Chiho picked up the cup and took a sip to prevent it from spilling out that he suddenly realized: "Didn't the two of us drink that bottle of shochu together?"

"Eh?"

Chiho didn't react when she heard the words, and raised her phone suspiciously.

[Iori-kun can ask for more if you want to drink, there is quite a lot of wine stored here by Admiral Danshengya. 】

When sending the message, the little alcoholic subconsciously held the bundle of soju into his arms, looking a bit stubborn to protect his food.

Seeing this, Shiina Iori finally understood.

It turned out that he had underestimated her before.

"Yes Yes."

So, I had no choice but to smile and agree twice.

Seeing that Iori had no objections, Chiho held the glass of draft beer with both hands, grinning, took a big gulp, and let out a long and comfortable breath.

Shiina Iori heated up the charcoal fire, replaced it with a grill, and clamped the sent beef piece by piece on the grill, making a sizzling sound of oil fire.

Aiba Chiho sat opposite, watching Shiina Iori's skillful and familiar movements, a pair of white and tender hands carefully turned the mouth of the cup, making the big draft beer cup slowly turn in circles like a teacup.

He seemed to be hesitating about something.

Probably seeing this kind of thoughts, Shiina Iori didn't talk too much when the girl was in deep thought, but just waited silently, watching the fire up and down the grill seriously, and skillfully turned over at the right time .

[Iori-kun. 】

The girl seemed to struggle to break free from the state of hesitation, and carefully raised the phone.

"what happened?"

Shiina Iori just glanced up, then continued to lower her head to grill the meat, as if she had no intention of comforting the girl at all, but just used the slow sound of oily smoke to create a relaxing environment for her to talk about.

【Iori, am I stupid? 】

The words on the screen of the mobile phone were typed one by one, and Shiina Iori saw them. The girl's typing movements were not as clean and neat as usual. Instead, she felt as if she had failed the last exam before the holiday.

"Gu dong dong-"

The girl took another big sip of the shochu, as if it could strengthen her courage.

[I don’t know why recently, but I always feel that no matter what I do, it doesn’t seem to go very well. 】

【It's a little frustrating~】

【(ω`)】

Obviously carrying a very heavy heart, the girl, who had been emboldened by drinking, tried her best to use a tone that didn't seem to care, and poured out the emotions that seemed to be unspeakable to anyone at the moment to the man opposite on the phone screen.

But even when talking, all the words and sentences are carefully made.

There is always a smile on the cute face, and the brows and eyes that are red from sleepiness are bent into a round arc, as if smiling cheerfully.

There are even cute kaomoji drawn on the screen.

Whether it was the hard work in composing the song before, the difficulties after being rejected continuously, and the sense of powerlessness after encountering the Overlord Treaty, it seemed that none of them left the slightest trace on the girl's smiling face.

Like not caring.

Noticing Chiho's expression, Shiina Iori's hand holding the piece of meat hesitated for a while, and then seemed to pick up the serving chopsticks very naturally, and picked up a piece of roasted beef that was oily, without hesitation. Puff' poked it into the girl's mouth.

"Ahhhhh~!!!"

The girl who was smiling with her head up and waiting for an answer was startled for a moment, then her small mouth trembled from the scalding beef that was still roasting, and she hurriedly chewed and swallowed the piece of beef.

Typing quickly with crackling hands.

[What are you doing!Iori!So hot! ! 】

While typing, the girl raised her mobile phone, sucking in and out of breath, as if a fire had been stuffed into her mouth, and then took two sips of shochu like a carbonated drink, and finally calmed down, followed by He just looked at Iori with an angry expression on his face.

"Does Chiho think so?"

Shiina Iori didn't seem to notice the girl's expression, she lowered her head and quietly continued to flip the meat slices on the iron rack with tongs, her voice was peaceful.

"However, Chiho seems to be very proficient in musical instruments, right?"

"I heard Takitani-san say that."

When Aiba Chiho heard him say this, she subconsciously froze for a moment, but happened to meet Shiina Iori's raised eyes.

His fingertips paused on the keyboard of the phone, as if he didn't know how to describe his past.

After organizing the language for a while, I continued to type:
[Musical instruments, only a few. 】

[The only ones who are good at are piano, cello and guitar, and others are just good at using. 】

[Because of my family, I learned it earlier. 】

"Chiho is too modest, I'm afraid she's not just 'good at'?"

After Shiina Iori finished reading, she put two more pieces of meat on the plate in front of Chiho.

Being able to get him directly to the 'professional' piano level at the first reward, this level cannot be described by the mere word 'good'.

"Does everyone in the family do music-related work?"

【Yes. 】

Aiba Chiho thought for a while before continuing to write:
【Dad used to be a music professor in another university, and mother was the chief of the troupe. 】

[But it’s all about my childhood. 】

"What about Chiho herself?"

Shiina Iori made an important point: "I heard Takiya-san said that you were also very good before, and you were called a 'genius'."

"Eh?"

Aiba Chiho was taken aback when she heard the words, and then scratched her cheeks a little embarrassedly, as if trying to hide the blush on her face.

[Before, I was only a child star in a troupe for a while. 】

[At that time, I didn't have any outstanding achievements, I just won some juvenile awards in the county. 】

[However, because I got a lot of advertising resources at that time, I originally wanted to develop on the road of child star singer~]

After writing this, Chiho's fingertips stopped suddenly, staring blankly at the word 'original' on the screen.

It seems to be a little lost.

The fast typing fingertips also gradually slowed down.

Shiina Iori caught a glimpse of the girl's expression that seemed to freeze suddenly, and suddenly stuffed a slice of meat with chopsticks into her mouth again, causing Chiho to grin her teeth again and gasp rapidly.

[What are you doing!Iori! 】

Subconsciously tapped the first hiragana several times with her fingertips, and a series of long sentences appeared on the screen. The girl came back to her senses from the scalding, crying so hard that she kept biting her little tongue.

Shiina Iori ignored her complaints, and said calmly: "If a 'genius child star' like Chiho thinks he is an idiot, I guess most people in the world will lose the courage to live."

Chiho was stunned for a moment before realizing that Iori was answering her initial question.

While fiddling with the slices of meat on the grill, Shiina Iori continued: "Actually, I'm not the type who is very comforting, but I'm just pretending to be a caring big brother."

"So, even if Chiho-chan asked me a question like I did just now, it's hard for me to say something like 'must keep working hard~', 'absolutely persevere~' sounds nice, but it's actually nothing Words of help."

Hearing these too straightforward words, Aiba Chiho looked up at Shiina Iori, seemingly unexpectedly.

The little tongue that was so hot that it sticks out forgets to take it back.

"If I have to say it, I'm actually the type who is most afraid of being counted on by others."

"'Come on', 'It's all up to you', and 'You can do it' are the three words I hate the most. Whether it is irresponsible or difficult to take on a big responsibility, the fact is like this."

"In my personal perception, there are only two types of things in front of me, 'can do' and 'can't do'."

"Do your best to accomplish everything you can do, and avoid everything you can't do immediately, and then your whole life will become much easier."

"This is my unique secret to simple life."

Shiina Iori said, facing Chiho's direction, showing a self-deprecating smile.

Noticing the blooming smile, Aiba Chiho unconsciously showed a big smile, tapping on the phone screen with her small hands.

[Iori's attitude towards life is really quite leisurely! 】

As she spoke, she put down her phone and picked up her wine glass, and took another two sips.

"how come?"

Shiina Iori suddenly sighed: "Because there are too many things that can be done, and I have to try my best to complete each one, so my life is actually quite hard."

[For example, can you find many girlfriends at the same time? 】

Aiba Chiho suddenly raised the phone with a gossipy face.

Shiina Iori squinted her eyes: "What? Chiho-chan also wants to squeeze in to take a place?"

Then I saw Ms. Aiba bowing in a sitting posture, her forehead was almost on the table, and she held up her phone solemnly.

[Although Yizhi's comforting words made me a little bit moved, and Yizhi is indeed handsome and excellent, but after thinking about it carefully, Yizhi is a scumbag with multiple boats, so let's forget it! 】

[In the future, if I really can't find it, I will give priority to Iori, but please give up now! 】

It's just that although the words on the phone refused very clearly and resolutely, when the girl raised her head, she could see a cute smile on her face as if the prank had succeeded.

"That's still a pity."

Shiina Iori said such words in a tone that was not regretful at all.

He didn't need to have another girlfriend out of thin air, he simply couldn't wish for it.

"Hey hey~"

Chiho smiled mischievously, took another sip of shochu from her draft beer mug, and let out a 'ha' sound that sounded like a bold sigh.

It didn't match her petite figure at all.

The soju in the draft beer mug has already bottomed out.

The girl's blushed and slightly squinted cute expression seemed to indicate that she had forgotten all the unpleasant things before, and could set sail again at any time.

He just ate and drank until the end, but saw Shiina Iori suddenly pick up a piece of beef, and whispered in his mouth:
"but."

The smile on Aiba Chiho's face subconsciously stagnated for a moment.

Shiina Iori gently blew two breaths on the piece of hot beef, put it on Chiho's plate lightly, and said in a flat tone: "Even if it's something you think you can do, don't do it." Too hard on myself."

"After all, Chiho worked hard, right?"

In an instant, the corners of the grinning mouth on the girl's face suddenly twitched like a muscle spasm, and the lips gradually contracted unbearably, forming a tight cluster.

On the cheeks flushed by the smell of alcohol, the expression was a bit uncontrollable, the forced smile on the face suddenly withdrew, and the corners of the eyes that were already flushed became even redder.

There seemed to be crystals flickering in the already bright eyes, and the tip of his nose began to feel sore.

The fingertips holding the beer mug were so hard that they almost turned white.

The girl lowered her head vigorously, her body twitching and trembling quietly.

silent.

It's like how hard and exhausted I was when I was practicing singing in my childhood, but I can endure it all at once when I face it.But when I got home, just being comforted by my family members casually, the negative emotions that had been suppressed in my heart suddenly rushed out like a flood, and I couldn't stop it no matter what.

Big tears fell down, as if he had been greatly wronged.

Shiina Iori watched this scene quietly, got up and turned to the seat next to Chiho, and gently patted her head.

"Are you still drinking?"

".drink."

(End of this chapter)