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"I told you to wear a scarf."

Hayakawa, who was standing nearby, saw this and reached out to pull her collar up a bit.

"You weren't wearing one either..."

Xiaomei Aizumi tucked her neck into her collar and muttered something.

Hayakawa said, "I'm not as afraid of the cold as you are, so it's fine if I wear less."

"So you misled me. I didn't see you surrounding me because I didn't."

"Wear a scarf,"

Mimi Aizawa confidently began to shift the blame: "I thought it wasn't that cold."

"Please check the daily outdoor temperature displayed on your phone."

Hayakawa reached out and gently tapped Misaki on the forehead: "Are you a child? Hurry up and go into the supermarket."

"it hurts…"

Komi Nami shrank back, her face showing embarrassment and annoyance, but she still chose to swallow her anger and follow Hayakawa into the supermarket. However, she continued to grumble, "Let me tell you, don't be too arrogant in front of your seniors. Back in my senior year of high school, some unfamiliar juniors..."

"Okay, I understand."

Hayakawa gave a perfunctory reply, then changed the subject: "What do you want to eat tonight?"

"Fried tempura".

Xiao Meilang Aicheng was immediately attracted, her eyes lighting up: "Roast beef looks good too."

"Let's have both of them."

Chapter 544 Lifting the Senior High

In modern society, shopping is a great way to relieve stress, especially for people with limited financial means. Indulging once in a while can really make them feel much better.

As for Ayame Kominami, she was undoubtedly the one who wasn't well-off. Before meeting Hayakawa, she could only live in a small apartment with poor soundproofing. Every day, she would carefully consider the half-price bento boxes at the convenience store and couldn't bear to buy them. After meeting Hayakawa, her situation improved a lot. She moved into an apartment complex and no longer needed to find part-time jobs in addition to working at a maid cafe. However, she was still afraid of being poor before, so even if she had money in her pocket, she rarely went to the supermarket to shop in bulk. So, she was quite excited to accompany Hayakawa to buy groceries without having to spend her own money.

"Junior, buy that, buy that."

"This is very fresh."

"Let's buy some of this too."

Mimi Aizami kept gesturing and telling Hayakawa to buy this and that, and Hayakawa didn't object. Anyway, they wouldn't spoil if they were put in the refrigerator, so as long as they weren't too strange, he just put them in the shopping cart.

Hayakawa pushed the cart from behind, while Minami Azumi ran around in front. Luckily, there weren't many people in the supermarket, otherwise, given her excited appearance, she would most likely have bumped into someone.

"Can I buy this, junior?"

Xiao Meilang looked around and suddenly her gaze fell on a huge glass fish tank in the seafood section. She pointed at the things inside and whispered something.

Hayakawa glanced at them and saw long, white, shelled creatures. He was immediately taken aback: "Geoducks?"

"Yes, I've seen this before, it looks delicious."

Kominami Aizami stood next to Hayakawa, half-hiding behind him, her face inexplicably flushed, and whispered, "But the price seems quite expensive."

"I'm not very good at it either."

Hayakawa hesitated for a moment, but seeing the curious look on Minami Aizawa's face, he stopped hesitating and said, "Then let's buy it."

Whether we make it or not is another matter, let's just buy it and take it home. At worst, we can just put it in the refrigerator.

"Ok."

The loli-senpai's eyes lit up, and then she nodded reservedly. She then pulled Hayakawa to the seafood box and had someone scoop out the seafood. However, she still restrained herself and only bought one piece. After all, neither of them knew how to cook it well, so they bought a small amount to watch cooking videos online and try it out.

The rest were various side dishes: cabbage, carrots, cucumbers, and tomatoes. Vegetables are more expensive than meat in Japan. When we got to the grocery store, we found that they were basically sold by the piece, which made it convenient for Hayakawa to buy them. We bought meat instead, filling the entire shopping cart.

"That's strange. I don't think I bought anything, but why is the shopping cart so full?"

Xiao Meilang looked at the fully packed cart with a puzzled expression: "This cart can't hold nearly as much stuff as it could possibly hold!"

"Let's buy some more snacks and drinks."

Hayakawa lowered his head and thought for a moment: "I'll go get another cart."

"No."

Mimi Aizawa reached out and grabbed Hayakawa's arm: "We already have plenty of snacks at home, why do you need to buy more?"

"And what about drinks?"

Hayakawa turned to look at her.

"I'll drink that since there's cola at home."

With her hands on her hips, Ayame Komi said matter-of-factly, "Then you can just drink tea, since you usually only drink purified water anyway."

"You should drink less cola."

Hayakawa looked down at Mimi and reached out to pat her head: "Drinking carbonated drinks all the time will affect your development and you won't grow tall."

"I'm sick!"

Xiao Meilang Aicheng jumped up as if she had been pricked by a needle, and said angrily, "If you keep touching my head, I will really not grow tall!"

You'd rather believe in superstition than give up Coke, senior?

Hayakawa remained silent, his gaze towards Minami Aizawa gradually turning towards pity.

"If you look at me like that, I'm going to kick you." Kominami Azumi puffed out her pink cheeks and stared straight at Hayakawa, then said in a self-deprecating tone, "Anyway, I'm already this old, I'm not going to be looking for high-end stuff anyway, so drinking carbonated drinks won't make any difference."

"how come?"

Seeing that she seemed very sad, Hayakawa gently comforted her, saying, "You're still very young, you still have room to grow."

"No, I just look like a primary school student in height, but I'm 19 years old..."

Xiao Meilang Aicheng lowered her head and said in a soft voice, "I've already repeated a year of high school. Many of my friends from the same year are already in university. Have you ever seen a girl who has gone to university still grow taller? It's impossible."

After saying that, she lowered her head even further and stood there in a daze.

She seemed to be talking about her height, but it also seemed like she was talking about something else.

All her former classmates have entered new stages of life, but she remains in her hometown. She is neither a high school student nor a college student, nor a working professional. She is stuck in the awkward position between student and adult, facing difficulties in her studies, a lack of understanding from her friends, a lack of support from her family, and the hardship of working to earn her tuition.

She was a student at Ichinose Academy, but she could no longer step into the school. Every time she passed by while working part-time, she could only walk by with her head down, because she was a repeat student, a loser and eliminated in the college entrance examination battlefield. If her former juniors and teachers saw her there, she would feel extremely ashamed.

Hayakawa isn't Azumi Kominami, so he can't fully empathize with her. But he's really glad that when he met Azumi Kominami at the supermarket that day, he suddenly felt a bit of kindness. If he hadn't met her, she might have given up on going home long ago, or continued to live in an even more arduous cycle.

Luckily, I ran into her that day.

Hayakawa looked down at Minami Aizami. Her head was down so he couldn't see her face, but he knew without looking that she must be feeling sad.

"..."

Hayakawa hesitated whether he should pick her up and comfort her, but considering that Minami Aizami was a person with a strong sense of self-esteem, if he really lifted her up or something, she might explode in anger like a pufferfish in mid-air, so he had no choice but to give up.

"It will be taller."

Hayakawa wasn't good at comforting people, and after a long pause, he only managed to say one sentence: "It will definitely happen in the future."

You will be able to get into university.

You will get into the National Medical University, become a great doctor, and then inherit the family clinic.

Hayakawa thought to himself.

"Does your junior know how to comfort people?"

At this moment, Aimi Nami suddenly looked up and said in an annoyed tone, "You should be holding me in your arms right now, okay?"

Her little face was full of disdain, not a trace of sadness.

"..."

Damn it, so it turns out my initial idea was right?

Chapter 545 Xiao Meilang's Cooking Skills

"I feel much better after complaining about you a bit."

Komi Nami Aizumi put her hands behind her back, looked around, and said, "Junior, do you still remember this place? This is where I first met you."

"Yes, I remember."

Hayakawa nodded, but didn't feel anything special. After all, it's only when you revisit a familiar place that you feel emotional. This was the largest supermarket near his neighborhood, and he usually bought things here whenever he needed anything. It was a place he saw every day, so there was really nothing to feel emotional about.

"Back then, I thought you were such a good person, I could hardly believe it."

Komi Aizawa glanced at Hayakawa, then feigned disappointment and sighed, "I really did misjudge him."

"...Can you say something nice?"

Komi Aizawa's eyes curved into crescents with a smile. She flashed behind Hayakawa and pushed him toward the supermarket checkout counter, saying, "Let's go, let's go, don't buy anything."

"But there are snacks and drinks..."

Hayakawa subconsciously thought that he was used to buying everything at the supermarket in one trip, so that he wouldn't waste time going a second or third time because he forgot what he bought.

"I'm not buying anymore, I have everything I need at home."

Komi Aizawa glanced at Hayakawa and said righteously, "I'm doing this entirely for your sake."

Hayakawa paused, taken aback by the way he was pushing the cart: "How so?"

"First, it's to save you money."

Komi Aizami looked at Hayakawa with an extremely serious expression.

Hayakawa didn't know what to say. She thought to herself that if you and the neighbor ate less snacks, you could save all the money you would spend on these things. You know, Hayakawa herself never eats snacks, so why would she buy them? She just keeps them on hand for Misaki, who always comes over.

Hayakawa didn't say anything. This girl's skin is too thick. She knows better than anyone how many snacks she eats at home, yet she still says she's saving me money with a straight face.

"Cough cough..."

Xiao Meilan Aicheng noticed the look of disgust on Hayakawa's face and blushed slightly, feeling a little embarrassed. She clearly knew that her reason was completely untenable, so she quickly changed her story: "The second reason is that it's too cold outside. You've already bought a car full of things, and it will be hard to carry plastic bags. They'll be too tight and cold. I'm just worried about you, that's why I don't want you to buy too much."

That's a valid reason.

Hayakawa blinked: But thinking about it carefully, it still doesn't hold water.

If she truly cared for me, shouldn't she have helped me carry it? So her so-called concern was just standing by and watching me carry heavy things.

Seeing Hayakawa's expression, Aimi Kominami said as if anticipating her words, "I'm not very strong. I really want to help you, but I can't lift anything. I'm so sorry."

"……Oh."

He said sorry, but there was no remorse on his face at all!

……

After they finished shopping, the two took the groceries home.

It's worth mentioning, however, that although Xiaomei didn't help carry the things, she secretly called a taxi behind Hayakawa's back. Although the supermarket is very close to the neighborhood, it's still good to be able to take a taxi home quickly, since it's really hard to carry two bags of things home in the cold weather.

It seems the senior student still has some conscience.

Hayakawa glanced at Minami Aizami, who was fiddling with her phone next to her while sitting in the car. She was texting Umaru.

Umaru had already woken up. She had just been playing games and her brain was tired, so she was taking a break. She hadn't actually fallen asleep. She woke up not long after Hayakawa and the others left, and then saw the message left by Mimi and Azumi. She then waited for the two of them at home.

After arriving at Xiaomai's house, the three of them discussed how to cook.

Hayakawa and Minami Azumi both have their own life experiences and know a little bit about cooking. Hayakawa, in particular, has been cooking more and more lately and is almost proficient. Umaru, on the other hand, is taken care of by her older brother Taihei and is a typical example of someone who has never lifted a finger in the kitchen and knows nothing about cooking.

So the three of them thought about it for a moment and decided to take a computer and ingredients back to Hayakawa's house to cook. After all, Umaru had never used her own kitchen before, so Minami and Hayakawa were a little hesitant to use it either.

I've heard before that someone used someone else's wife's microwave without permission. As a result, the microwave broke down a long time ago and almost caused a fire. Hayakawa and the other two didn't know what taboos there were in Umaru's kitchen, and Umaru herself didn't know either, so they simply didn't use it.

……

"excuse me!"

As soon as Umaru entered the Hayakawa house, she said something.

"There's no one home, so what are you talking about?"

As Hayakawa entered and handed the two slippers, he asked a question.

"It's polite,"

Umaru shoved her feet, which were covered in white stockings, into her slippers, saying, "Only this way can it be considered a home."

"If you don't understand, then stop."