I won't tell the field I like him

After the summer temple fair, Qi Yin's busy and fulfilling life has passed a few more months.

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of October.Qi Yin stood in front of the wall calendar in the bedroom, staring at the coming November [-]st in a daze without saying a word.

It's Zhang Jingsi's birthday again and again, counting it, this is the sixth time she has celebrated his birthday.

Zhang Jingsi will be 16 in two days, so what gift should she give him this time?

Qi Yin clasped her arms around her chest, closed her eyes and thought, her right foot was beating the beat on the ground irritably.

When he was ten years old, she gave him a hand-made paper cricket; when he was 11 years old, she gave him a cheap decoration bought at the school gate; when he was 12 years old, he only gave him a greeting card made by himself. When painting the card, she deliberately lowered the level of painting to make it a mess; when she was thirteen, she gave him an ordinary guard; when she was 14, she gave him a copy of "The Art of Language"; And at the age of 15...

When she was 15 years old, there was a sudden change in her family. She was immersed in the pressure of having to support the whole family all day long, locked herself in the warehouse every day to draw spells, even forgot his birthday, and did not even send a blessing.

…………

Recalling the six years she had spent with him, Qi Yin rolled her eyes after a moment of silence, fell into bed weakly, and buried her head in the pillow.

Why didn't I find out before that I had always been so excessive?

How much did she hate him when she was a child? !

——Although I still hate him habitually now, this hatred was a little too obvious in the past.

No wonder Zhang Jingsi kept teasing her, he must have been provoked by himself.

Otherwise, why would he keep putting the gifts she gave him in the bedroom?I must want to see it every day and remind myself how much she has done to him.

Prayer was a little broken.

After this period of tempering, Qi Yin is no longer the willful young lady she used to be.The mess of the past can no longer be undone, all she can do is start to make up for it now.

——At least after becoming the Patriarch of the Xishan Courtyard, she had to think a little more carefully when giving gifts to the young master of the Chang family.

Qi Yin turned over on the bed, staring at the ceiling with empty eyes and thinking: What does Chang Jingsi like?

This question is actually not difficult to answer.Although they were never willing to admit it, the two grew up together after all, so they naturally knew his preferences well.

Shizuka likes cats.When he visited his house as a child, he even showed her a ceramic lucky cat illustration book that was used as an appendage.

There are dozens of cats, almost identical in appearance, but Zhang Jingsi can distinguish each one.

However, the owner of Youchang doesn't seem to like cats, or maybe ordinary cats can't bring any benefits to the family even if they keep them, so there are no pets in Youchang's home.

The owner of Dechang doesn't like cats, even if he wants to match his favor, he can't rashly give a cat to Dechang Jingsi.

Qi Yin thought about whether to give him a cat doll, but when he thought about it carefully, Chang Jingsi was 16 years old, and he was a boy again. If he hugged a kawaii cat doll all day...it would be disgusting .

Pass, pass.

His birthday is the day after tomorrow, what should I give him?

... When I go to work in the maid shop tomorrow, I will ask my colleagues.

***

"Hey, is it a gift for a boy?"

When I came to the store the next day, the store manager and others asked excitedly after hearing Qi Yin's question, "Is it the boy you like?"

Qi Yin: "......No, it's better to say that he is a boy who is obviously annoying but has to give him gifts."

It's obvious that he hates it, but he still has to go out of his way to give him a gift...

The maids who have been working together for half a year still don't understand, it must be Mr. Zhuma who often comes to eat desserts!

"If it's Mr. Chang, I remember that he seems to love desserts?" Misaki murmured while clearing the table next to him, "Just like that guy Usui, he ordered parfaits every time he came." Nodding aside, "I also remember Mr. Chang likes desserts, why don't you give him a cake?"

"Cake..." Qi Yin rubbed her chin and thought for a moment, "But the cake will be gone after eating."

"It's good to convey your heart." The store manager said with a smile, "I think Mr. Chang will be very happy!"

Prayer: "......Okay."

It's weird, I obviously didn't reveal who it is, how did everyone guess the person I want to give gifts to, Zhang Jingsi?

Cake, though, is perhaps the last option you can go wrong with.

Although it seemed a little perfunctory...but compared to the gifts she had given him before, it was already very conscientious.

"Then I'll go buy cakes after get off work." Qi Yin asked, "Is there any delicious cake shop nearby?"

"Hey duo, I think the SweetMoon on the next street is pretty good... By the way, I went to buy the new cakes from his store last week, and they taste really good!" the store manager recalled, "It's rare to see Loquat cake."

"Loquat cake? I remember that loquat is out of season..." Misaki asked next to her.

"It's made from canned loquats. It's very sweet."

"Hey, that's it." Misaki looked at Qi Yin, "Qi Yin, does Dechang like to eat loquat?"

"I don't know." Qi Yin shook his head, "I don't remember seeing him eat it, and neither have I."

"No?" Everyone was a little surprised, "The loquat is delicious."

"Really, then I must try it when I have the chance." Qi Yin smiled awkwardly.

There is a reason why she has not eaten loquat, mainly because of the superstition of the older generation.

Many families with large gardens like to plant fruit trees, which are both beautiful and delicious, and can save a lot of money on fruit purchases. Xishanyuan's family and Dechang's family are no exception to this point.

The persimmon trees in Xishanyuan’s house are growing very well, and there are many apple and pear trees in the backyard of Dichang’s house.During the harvest season, you can enjoy the delicious fruits in the first time.

But the loquat tree is a little different.

The loquat tree is an evergreen tree with wide and thick leaves after growth. It is very shaded from the sun when planted in the yard.

Most people in the demon family can see monsters.Ordinary people may think that blocking the sun is convenient for enjoying the cool in summer, but for the exorcising family who know the existence of monsters, if the house is covered by shadows all day long, it is not only bad for health, but also easy to attract monsters.

The loquat tree is too yin, and most of the older generation's demon exorcists don't like it.

Xishanyuan Qiyin didn't know if Chang Jingsi had eaten loquats, but she knew very well that there were no loquat trees in Chang's house, and when she thought about her experience of eating at Chang's house since she was a child, she didn't seem to remember eating loquats. look.

Perhaps it would be a good idea to give him a loquat cake, she remembered that he liked novelty.

"Thank you everyone. Then I will go to the store mentioned by the store manager after get off work and buy loquat cakes for him."

***

The next day was Chang Jingsi's birthday, and Qiyin came to the Chang family's ancestral house on time.

This time the birthday was not held at the same time as the gathering, and Chang's house was very quiet. Qiyin greeted Chang's servants whom she knew along the way, and met Ms. Nanase in the backyard by chance.

Ms. Nanase is a member of the Nanase family, a family of demon extermination, and belongs to the field clan like Xishanin Qiyin.

The only difference is that compared to the Xishanyuan family, which was integrated by the Chang family a few years ago, the Nanase family served the Chang long ago.

Ms. Nanase can almost be called the housekeeper of the Chang family now, and the Chang family that Qiyin has visited frequently since she was a child has also received a lot of care from Ms. Nanase, and she is usually respectfully called "Mr."

"Oh, it's Miss Xishanyuan, are you here to celebrate Master Shizuji's birthday?" Ms. Nanase stopped to say hello after discovering the prayer.

"That's right." Qi Yin nodded politely and said respectfully, "Good morning, Mr. Nanase."

"It's really early." Ms. Nanase smiled and said, "It seems that Miss Xishanyuan takes the young master very seriously."

"Haha..." Qi Yin laughed awkwardly.

In fact, she just wanted to go back early. "It's a good thing that you have a good relationship with Master Jingji." Ms. Nanase lowered her eyes, looked at Qi Yin through the transparent lens, and asked, "But, do you really want to leave the Chang family in the future? If it is not for you, Master He must be lonely."

"Huh?" Qi Yin didn't understand for a while, "Mr. Nanase means...?"

"...Forget it, it's nothing, don't worry about it." Ms. Nanase stepped up, walked two steps, turned her head, and said to Qi Yin, "The young master just finished talking with the Patriarch, he should be still in the study."

"Ah, thanks."

Qi Yin hurriedly thanked her.

Ms. Nanase gave her another look and left.Qiyin hurried towards the study, while thinking about what Ms. Nanase said just now in her mind.

Do you really want to leave the Chang Clan?

——Of course, isn’t this what she has always believed in?

Rejuvenate the family, no longer be restrained by others, no longer be sheltered under others.

So, after leaving the Chang family, will Chang Jingsi be lonely?

--how can that be possible.

That guy didn't have a very good relationship with him, and if he didn't have the chance to tease her, he probably would just lose some fun.

The delicate and sensitive emotion of loneliness should not appear on the person who always smiles indifferently.

While thinking wildly, Qi Yin had already arrived at the study.

The door of the study room was wide open, Qi Yin walked in, and soon found Chang Jingsi sitting on the soft couch by the window sill, holding a book in his hand, looking out the window.

He was wearing his favorite black kimono on weekdays, with calm eyes and curved lips.

It seems... in a daze?

Inexplicably, Qi Yin actually felt that the scene in front of her looked a little lonely.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Prayer asked.

Hearing her voice, Zhang Jingsi, who was wondering what to think, came back to his senses and looked in her direction.

He smiled slightly, "You're here, sister Qiyin."

"It's your birthday, can't I come?" Qi Yin walked over, sat on the couch naturally, and handed him the cake in his hand, "Jing Si, happy birthday."

Looking at the beautifully packaged cake box in front of him, Zhang Jingsi was slightly taken aback, and teased, "Hey, I didn't give some weird gifts like before."

Qi Yin blushed immediately, "The things I gave you before are also full of heart!"

"Hahaha, I know." Chang Jingsi smiled, put down the book in her hand, took the cake box in her hand and put it on her lap, and asked, "Can you open it?"

"Ah."

"Thank you."

He stretched out his hand, and opened the silver-white paper box with his slender fingers.

It was a six-inch cream cake, and the fruit on it was actually a loquat with a beautiful color and a delicious look.

Chang Jingsi looked down at the cake in front of him and murmured, "Loquat..."

"I heard that this cake is delicious. By the way, have you ever eaten loquat?" Qi Yin asked, "You probably haven't."

"Eat it."

"Eh?" Qi Yin blinked, "Is that so?"

"Well, about four months ago, I ate loquat for the first time." Dechang opened the disposable tableware in the cake box, divided the cake into two, put it on a paper plate and gave half to Qi Yin.

Qi Yin was a little surprised, "You actually gave me so much."

"Because your eyes are glued to the cake, and you look like you really want to eat it."

"?? I didn't!"

"Hahaha, I'm just kidding. Naturally, we have to share delicious food with Sister Qiyin." With a smile, he picked up the loquat from the top of his mouth and chewed it carefully, "It really is delicious. "

"Really?"

Qi Yin also picked up the loquat and put it in his mouth.Her amber eyes lit up instantly, "It's really delicious. So loquat tastes like this."

She took another bite, feeling regretful while eating, "It's a pity that this year's loquats are out of season, otherwise I really want to buy some fresh ones to taste, they must taste very good."

"It's delicious." Dechang replied, "Fresh loquats are even sweeter."

"...When you say that, I want to eat it even more." Qi Yin was curious, "So where did you get the loquat?"

"Mr. Yidao gave it to me." The field raised his head and looked at the beams of the roof, and said, "I also gave one to Zhou Yi."

"Monday... Natori Monday?" Qi Yin was slightly surprised, this is not the first time he heard this name from his mouth, "You met him again, the family does not get along, don't always harass others."

"Hahaha, where, I have a very good relationship with my classmates on Monday." Chang Jingsi looked at her, and said with a smile, "It's the same as my relationship with sister Qi Yin."

... ... Is he on good terms with her?

Qi Yin twitched the corners of his mouth, seeing that today was his birthday, he did not refute, and ate the cake in silence without speaking.

However, if it is true as he said, it is probably named after the relationship between Zhou Yi and Zhang Jingsi, and it is probably not as good as Zhang Jingsi unilaterally thinks.

He is really too confident, he has been like this since he was a child.

"Speaking of which, it's true that the loquat I ate that day was very sweet, but Zhou Yi's classmate was not so lucky."

Qi Yin turned his head to look.

"I'm from the notorious Chang family, and Mr. Yidao is also an exorcist. He doesn't seem to like me." Chang Jingsi said with a smile, "The reason why he gave me the loquat is just because he wanted it." Give the loquat to my classmate on Monday, and just give me one by the way."

He stared at the remaining pieces of loquat on the cake, and continued to tell with a smile, "The loquat I ate was very sweet, but the one from Zhou Yi's classmate was not tasty. His expression changed at that time, haha."

Prayer: "..."

Qi Yin frowned slightly.

After all, she knows him too well. Although this guy seems to be gloating, she who grew up with him is still very keen to discover something, "You care about this?"

Zhang Jingsi was a little surprised, and looked at her with a smile, "How do you say?"

"Your tone tells me that you seem to care."

"It's good to be a little concerned." Zhang Jingsi admitted, "I just think that it would be great if the person who ate the sweet loquat was not me, but Zhou Yi's classmate. After all, it was thanks to him."

"...It's rare for you to be so sentimental. Isn't it just a loquat?"

While speaking, Qi Yin had silently finished eating the cake on the plate.She casually threw it into the wastebasket next to her, and complained to him, "It's really not like you."

Dechang didn't refute, he asked a little curiously, "Then why do you look like me?"

"Do whatever you want, completely disregarding other people's ideas, and will not be influenced by others. This is the Zhang Jingsi I know." Qi Yin jumped off the soft couch, "I'm leaving."

"So fast?"

"The gift has been given to you, and the blessings have also been conveyed. I have to go home and draw a spell." Qi Yin said dully.

"Really, okay." Zhang Jingsi watched her silently, waved his hand, and said with a smile, "Then goodbye, sister Qi Yin, I will go to the maid cafe to find you when I have time."

"...If possible, don't come." Qi Yin gave him a speechless look, "I really don't want to call you [Master]."

"Hahaha." Dechang Jingsi laughed, "Well, it depends on the situation."

***

After leaving Chang's house, Qi Yin didn't go home, but took another detour to the city center.

She came to the SweetMoon cake shop and bought another piece of loquat cake.

…………It’s really expensive, such a small piece of cake costs 8000 yen, and I have to tighten my belt again this month.

Qiyin complained, and followed the mobile phone navigation to Natori's house.

This was her first visit. Fortunately, the Natori family used to be a famous demon extermination family, so she found his address on the Internet smoothly.

He knocked on the door, and an older servant opened the door.

Xishanyuan Qiyin said hello politely and asked to see Natori Monday.

"Is it the young master's friend?" Natori's servant was a little surprised, and quickly responded, "I'll inform the young master, please wait a moment."

The servant left.

Qi Yin waited in front of the door for about 3 minutes, and a very handsome boy came out.The young man was tall and slender, with brown hair, and his eyes were the same deep red as Jingji Chang's.

He met her eyes and asked with some doubts, "I heard you were looking for me. Are you...?"

"My surname is Xishanyuan." Qiyin confirmed again after a simple answer, "Your name is Monday."

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"This is for you." Qi Yin walked over and handed him the plastic bag containing the loquat cake, "It's for you."

"...Why did you give it to me? I don't want it." Natori Monday was puzzled and didn't want to pick it up.

But Qi Yin didn't want to explain too much, she just wanted to do what she wanted to do, so as not to pretend to be troubled and annoying.

"Just take it, I didn't poison you, I bought it from a serious store!"

Qi Yin couldn't help saying that after stuffing the cake into Natori Yiyi's arms, he turned around and wanted to leave.

Natori Monday: ...?

"Wait!" Natori called to stop her on Monday, "What the hell is it? If you don't tell me, I'll throw it away!"

......... To throw it away? 8000 yen too!

There was no way, Qi Yin hesitated for a moment, but turned around, "...it's a loquat cake."

"Huh? Why did you send me this..."

"Because you ate very sour loquats before, a small-minded person felt sorry and kept thinking about it."

Qi Yin didn't want to reveal too much, "Anyway, the loquat on this cake is really delicious, just try it."

"Very sour loquat?" Natori Yiyi seemed to understand something, "Did Shizuji ask you to come?"

Qi Yin was stunned for a moment, then narrowed her eyes, "Hey, you actually called that guy Shizuka, you two are really close, are you friends?"

"...Neither."

Speaking of it, I just met a few times and cooperated a few times.

Natori Monday and Yuba are considered to be the same age, and they get along pretty well, but Natori Monday doesn't want to have too much to do with Yuma.

In terms of eliminating demons, Zhang Jingsi helped him a lot, but he and his future paths are different.

The world they see is different, and the concepts they hold to are also different.

"It's Seiji right, but he didn't let me come, so don't tell him." Qi Yin sighed, and said to Natori Zhou seriously, "If that guy knows that I am nosy, he will definitely take this matter again. Make fun of me."

——In that case, why did you come here?

Natori Monday was a little amused, "Oh."

With a serious face, Qi Yin reminded again: "Remember to eat!!"

"Understood..." Natori Monday felt that the girl was a bit long-winded.

He held the cake in one hand, scratched the hair on the back of his head with his right hand, and said shyly, "Then what, thank you. I will eat it."

Hearing this, Qi Yin blinked and finally smiled, "Well, good."

After saying goodbye to Monday, Qi Yin was walking home, stopped and looked up at the sky on November [-]st.

It was almost dark.

This time, it should be regarded as a qualified birthday present for him.

The author has something to say: verbally: Zhang Jingsi is so annoying

In action: Silently fulfilling Natori's wish to let Natori eat sweet loquat

ps: The field and Natori eating loquat when they were students comes from chapters 92-94 of the manga.The number of episodes that appear in the anime are all when the manga was compared to the [villain] in the early and mid-term.The animation in the late stage of the manga has not yet been made, but the character of Yuchang is very plump. He is very sensitive and delicate at the same time. If you are interested, you can go and see it~

see you tomorrow morning