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21.

If this greeting was said a few days ago when he was "taken in" by the Atobu, it would be more credible.

Seeing the old man, Atobe showed a smile on his face: "Since we met by chance, let's have a meal together?"

It happened that both the boss and Fujii came over, and they were a little surprised when they heard this: "You know each other?"

"Forget it, puri." King Ren stood up and said to his boss, "I won't go back with you."

Atobe picked up the kitten and led the way.

There is a western restaurant nearby, which can be reached within a 10-minute walk.

During the period, Nioh chatted with Atobe one after another, and they all greeted some colleges and things after graduation.

To be honest, they don't seem to have any interaction other than tennis.

The contact only stayed in the group chat of the U17 representative team members that year.

At the end of the chat, the two mentioned work when they sat down in a restaurant.

"So you're here for a meeting today?" Atobe raised his eyebrows.

"I am the chief designer of your company's partner."

Atobe gave a "tsk", of course he knew, but he didn't expect this guy to come over.

To be exact, he didn't expect to meet Nioh so soon.

Some were beyond his expectations.

But this unexpected encounter, which was not planned, made him feel throbbing instead.

"Did you take a week off last time?" Atobe thought of the topic of dispute between those people at the meeting on Monday.

The central figure is the opposite person who is grooming the cat.

King Ni didn't expect him to ask such a question suddenly, and he was stunned for a few seconds before responding: "Well, there's something wrong."

"If it weren't for the fact that your design ideas are in line with my expectations every time, the group's partner should be replaced this time."

"Accident." King Ni showed a trace of surprise at first, and then raised his lips, "I was praised by you, puri."

Say it as if you never boasted.

Atobe remembers very clearly that he gave this temporary partner a very high praise during their doubles.

The food was served soon, but apart from the grilled meat, Nioh was not interested in other delicacies.

So after he finished eating, he picked some cats could eat and fed them to him.

Atobe saw it and thought to himself that this person is still so picky about eating, no wonder he is still so thin after so many years.

"Speaking of which, are you married?"

King Ni shook his head and gave a negative answer.

Atobe nodded clearly and then asked, "Do you have a girlfriend?"

King Ni continued to shake his head, wanting to ask if he planned to introduce one.

"You don't have a boyfriend either?"

Atobe raised his eyebrows.

"Clap."

Nioh's hand trembled, and he dropped the last piece of toast he was going to give to the cat on the ground.

After being surprised, he put down his chopsticks.

"No... why is there such an option?" King Ni was a little confused about his thoughts.

It feels weird everywhere.

However, Atobu didn't continue to talk about this topic, but just picked up the black tea and took a sip.

Nioh felt baffled, but the cat on his lap would always jump down to eat the dropped piece of toast, leaving him no time to think about it.

He simply lifted the cat up in his arms, confining its movements to the edge of the table.

And Atobe found that his wrist seemed to be less flexible.

injured?

Did you take a week off because of this?

"Give it to me." Atobe reached out to take the milk cat, but the milk cat didn't seem to intend to leave Nioh yet.

By chance a telephone rang.

The milk cat was startled, and ran into Atobe's arms.

Nioh took out his cell phone, it was his boss calling.

"what happened?"

"Something happened, come back quickly!" The boss's tone was a little anxious, and there seemed to be arguing on the other end, but it was quickly blocked - probably because the boss closed the door.

"Also, help me see if I can contact Sasaki."

Before hanging up the phone, King Ni heard the faint sigh.

Sasaki?

King Ren frowned.

"I send you."

Atobe didn't mean to hear the conversation, but the boss's voice was too loud when he spoke the first sentence, so he could hear it clearly.

Nioh didn't refuse.

22.

Before getting into the car, Atobe stuffed the cat into Nioh's arms and helped him open the passenger seat door.

Nioh was contacting Sasaki, he tried for the third time, and finally got through the phone, he didn't care too much, and got into the car directly.

Just as he was about to put the cat on his lap to fasten the seat belt, a figure came over—

Atobe is helping him tie it.

Seeing the face close at hand, King Ni widened his eyes and subconsciously held his breath.

So unexpected.

Although he had had close contact with this person in the form of a fox, but as a human, this was the first time.

It feels completely different.

"Senior? Senior?"

After calling twice on the other end of the phone, King Ren came back to his senses and coughed to cover up his inexplicable emotions.

"what's wrong with you?"

Thinking about the business, he hurriedly asked.

Sasaki was a little sad: "Senior, I just finished talking..."

Nioh: "..."

It feels like if he says it again, the child is about to cry.

Forget it, go back and ask your boss.

The car is already on the road.

The whole journey was silent, but jazz was playing in the car, so it wasn't too cold.

Nioh rubbed the cat's head and glanced at Atobe who was acting as the driver.

Is it him who is strange, or the person next to him?

Just at this time, a text message came to the phone, Nioh calmed down his thoughts, poked it open, and it was Yagyu.

"What's wrong?" Finally online.

King Ni thought for a while, put aside the question of the last bet, and typed: "If someone asked you if you have a boyfriend, what would you think?"

Soon Liu Sheng replied: "Who asked you?"

Nioh clicked his finger on the screen, and replied after a few seconds: "Atobe."

An ellipsis was sent over there first, followed by a question: "Have you met him? How did you meet? Did he do anything to you?"

A series of questions stunned Niwang for a moment.

Obviously he was the one who asked the question first, right?

"arrive."

At this time, the trace opened.

Niwang hurriedly replied to Yagyu, "I'll talk about it later", put away the phone, and prepared to get off the car.

Atobe stopped him.

"Let's have dinner together next time when you have time."

"Meow~"

"Okay, puri."

And Yagyu, who was far away in Tokyo, almost threw the phone out when he saw these three words.

He has been eating this melon for several years. If the melons in the field have been replaced for several generations, the melons here have not produced half of the fruit yet.

In a hurry, he had to ask about Renzu's situation.

The author has something to say:

This chapter seems to be written a bit strangely...

Losing the horse probably has to wait until the emotional line between the two is smoothed out

But probably not far, after all, it is a short story

ps Nioh's favorite music is jazz