A foreigner's journey

After school, unable to bear Rukia Kuchiki's constant teasing, Ichigo Kurosaki had no choice but to take out the small wallet he had saved for a long time and prepared to take Rukia to a meal at Kikugo Downstairs.

In fact, it was not just for Rukia, but mainly because Ichigo himself was a little greedy. Heather's father's cooking is the most superb Ichigo has ever tasted in his life. Not only is it delicious, but he also gets indescribable satisfaction and emotion from it.

Hearing Ichigo, who never liked to brag, describe it like this, Rukia became even more greedy and urged Ichigo to go out as soon as 6:30 pm.

The two of them walked along the street and came to a slightly remote area. A Japanese-style two-story building with a courtyard stands between two residential buildings. The decoration is a mix of Chinese and Japanese. The wooden door is closed and a white curtain is hung outside. There are two lanterns hanging on both sides of the door, one is not big and one is not small. A signboard hangs in front of the house, with three Chinese characters written on it: "Ju goes downstairs".

"Huh? No one is queuing up today?" Ichigo was a little surprised. Normally, people would already be queuing up at the door of Kiku downstairs at this time.

Rukia Kuchiki pointed to the door: "Ichigo, it seems there is a piece of paper taped to the door."

After opening the curtain, Ichigo discovered a notice posted on the door. The main message was that the boss was away on business, and his son Heather would temporarily take over as chef for one day. The business hours were also temporarily changed to 7 to 9 pm.

Remember Orihime Inoue said that Heather is also good at cooking? Ichigo thought for a moment before knocking on the wooden door.

Squeak——!

The wooden door was pulled open from the inside, and then Ichigo heard a click, and his forehead was pressed against cold metal.

I saw a silver-white pistol with a cold light pressed against Ichigo's forehead. The person holding the pistol was a short, beautiful girl. She had long light green hair tied into twin tails and was wearing a T-shirt and shorts. She stood on tiptoes and put a pistol against Ichigo's head. She looked up at him, chewed gum and said in a long voice:

"Customers~~~! It's not the opening hours~~~~ yet?"

"Rebecca-chan, are you still so energetic?" Ichigo didn't feel dissatisfied. He laughed and pulled open the pistol: "Where did you buy this simulated toy gun from? It's quite realistic."

"Tsk, it's Youzi's brother, come in." The little girl called Rebecca curled her lips, turned her head and shouted: "Brother! Your classmates are here!"

After saying that, he stuffed the pistol behind his waist and ran into the house.

Lucia, who was standing aside, noticed that the whites of the girl's eyes were a strange red color, and her pupils were golden halos. She couldn't help but poke Ichigo with her elbow: "Ichigo, her eyes..."

Ichigo whispered: "I have colored lenses. Don't mention this in front of Rebekah. She doesn't like others criticizing her dressing style."

"She is Heather's sister? She doesn't look like Heather."

"Yes, second sister, follow mother. Didn't I tell you? Heather's mother, Mrs. Moshe, is Danish."

Ichigo motioned for Rukia to follow him into the house and closed the wooden door:

"I heard from Inoue that Rebecca originally had silver hair like Mrs. Moshi, but she dyed it light green. She wears contact lenses all day long. Her biggest hobby is collecting all kinds of simulated toy guns."

Having been in this world for so long, Lucia can certainly understand terms such as 'hair dye', 'color contact lens', 'toy' and 'gun': "Wow, that sounds very personal."

"A very unique little girl. She has a good relationship with Xia Li and Yuzi. Oh, by the way, Rebecca hates others touching her collectible toy guns." Ichigo took Rukia to the bar and sat down.

The restaurant on the first floor of Kikuxia is not too big. It has a typical Japanese structure, with several tables and chairs, and a long bar. Behind the bar is where the chef works.

Heather was dressed as a chef and was skillfully chopping vegetables. She said without raising her head: "Welcome, Kurosaki and Kuchiki."

"Sorry, it seems we are early." Ichigo was a little embarrassed.

"It's nothing. The old customers have already heard from dad the news about the closure today from my father in the past two days. The temporary opening for two hours is just my own decision to practice my skills. I apologize for the poor reception."

Saying that, Heather bowed slightly:

"There's still a while until opening time. Please sit down and wait. Rebecca, serve tea."

"Here, free oolong tea."

Rebecca handed each of them a glass of iced oolong tea, and then looked at Rukia curiously: "Brother Ichigo, is she your son?"

As she spoke, Rebecca raised her little thumb and shook it.

The oolong tea Ichigo just drank in his mouth suddenly spurted out. He coughed and tried his best to explain: "Ahem! It's not... I'm sorry... cough..."

"He's not my type."

Rukia Kuchiki took a towel and helped Ichigo wipe the bar table in front of him, and then looked around curiously: "Are you using the first floor as a restaurant and the second floor for living?"

"No, the house next door also belongs to me."

Rebecca rested her elbows on the bar and supported her chin with one hand, and flexibly rotated the pistol with her left hand, looking bored:

"By the way, why do I have to continue to be the tea girl when my parents go out? Isn't it good to be closed for a day, bro?"

"No, if you skip work, your pocket money will be deducted. This is the rule set by my mother. If you have any objections, you can tell her yourself."

Heather put the cut vegetables on the plate and handed it to Rebecca: "Put it in the refrigerator."

"You know how to use me! Why don't you let your other sister do it?"

Rebecca snatched the plate and stomped menacingly to the refrigerator.

At this time, the wooden door was opened, and Orihime Inoue walked in carrying two large bags of ingredients, and said with a smile: "I'm back!"

"Welcome back Orihime-sama!"

Rebecca suddenly changed her expression, threw herself in front of Orihime, buried her head between the mountains, shook her head from side to side, and cried:

"Orihime-sister, listen to me. Brother, he is biased and bullies me. He leaves all the dirty work to me...wuwuwu..."

Orihime stroked Rebecca's green-haired head, smiled and reassured: "I'll do it for Rebecca, it's okay..."

Before she finished speaking, Heather grabbed the collar of her neck and pulled her up: "The job given to you is already the easiest. Go to work quickly! Orihime, thank you for washing the vegetables."

"No problem, Brother Heather."

Lucia, who was sitting in front of the bar, made a (⊙⊙) expression: "Heather's house... is so lively."

"The ones in my house are more lively." Ichigo took a sip of iced oolong tea with a calm expression.

Rebecca is indeed a child who can play with Xia Li. In other words, the reason why Ichigo has a good sense of Heather is because he is very similar to her.

They both have two younger sisters who need to be taken care of.

Lucia picked up the tea cup and took an elegant sip, then asked: "By the way, Rebecca is Heather's second sister, right? So Heather, you have a younger sister who hasn't come back from playing out yet?"

At this moment, an indifferent voice suddenly sounded from behind Lucia:

"This is our first meeting. Do you have anything to do with me?"