Asamiya Hitomi didn't buy the long incense for the sacrifice, and after sending the white cat away, Asamiya Hitomi also bowed deeply to Kitagawa Temple, said some words of thanks, and left.

But before she left, she looked at Beichuan Temple a little timidly.

Because Kitagawa Temple has a straight face, he can't see his joy and anger at all, and Asamiya Hitomi thought that his words offended him somewhat, so he peeked at his face from time to time when he walked.

Of course, her small action made Beichuan Temple notice.

After Asamiya Hitomi left, Kitagawa Temple touched his face a little strangely, took out his mobile phone and adjusted the camera again, and frowned and shook his head incomprehensibly after finding that there was no strange thing sticking to it.

Winter nights always come quickly, and it is only half past six in the afternoon, but the edge of the sky is revealing a touch of dark color, and the surroundings are gradually darkening.

Feeling the changes in the surrounding environment, Beichuan Temple immediately did not hesitate, buried his chin in a scarf, and walked in the direction of home.

It is not far from the Cure Cafe to Kitagawa's house.

Kitagawa Temple walked all the way, and by the way, I bought seven or eight strings of oden at a convenience store, and stuffed two boxes to the brim.

But when it was time to pay the bill, Beichuan Temple tilted his head and thought about it again, and brought three more instant bentos.

There are no ingredients at home, and these days he is busy investigating various things, and he has no time to go to the commercial street to buy ingredients for the time being.

A quick bento is not too expensive, but it costs 800 or 900 yen.

But the abacus in Beichuan Temple's heart clanged, he had no obligation to treat Kamiya in the future, so she naturally had to pay for the third lunch by herself.

Thinking so, he couldn't help but speed up his journey, and he arrived at Beichuan's house after a while.

Kitagawa Temple stretched out his hand to push open the small iron door, and before he could take out the key, he smelled the fragrance overflowing from the house.

"What is this?" Kitagawa Temple is puzzled.

After all, as far as Kitagawa Temple knows, Eri Kitagawa does not have the habit of buying groceries, and she usually participates in the activities of the art department after class, or is invited by friends to sing karaoke or go shopping.

Could it be that Eri Kitagawa has opened up? Know how to bring ingredients home?

Kitagawa Temple took out the key to open the door lock, changed his shoes, and went straight to the living room with his things.

The scene in front of me was somewhat unexpected by Kitagawa Temple.

Kamiya Mirai tied his short hair into a ponytail, tied an apron on his body, and turned his fingers into cat's paws, and cut vegetables neatly.

Two pieces of herring are fried in a small pan, and the body of the fish is changed to a knife, and the edge of the fish is attached to the black pepper powder, and it is fried with butter to make a sizzling sound, and the aroma is overflowing.

Miso soup is boiling in a small saucepan next to it, and the mushrooms are tumbling in the thick white broth with a gurgling sound, and the brown skin still has a beautiful cross knife.

Kamiya Future's exquisite craftsmanship made Beichuan Temple a little sideways, but-

Kitagawa Temple looked to the other side expressionlessly.

Eri Kitagawa was staring at the little animal show on TV with great interest, and didn't seem to notice him coming back at all.

Kamiya Mirai raised his head and wiped his sweat and said hello to Kitagawa Temple:

"Si-kun, welcome back."

Kamiya Mirai only heard Kitagawa Temple hum faintly. Then he looked up and saw him put the things in his hand on the table, and quickly came to Eri Kitagawa in three steps and two steps.

I saw Kitagawa Temple stretch out his big hand and scoop up the bewildered Eri Kitagawa from the sofa, while holding her collar with the other hand.

“？？？？” Eri Kitagawa.

She still watched the show with relish? Why was he suddenly grabbed and picked up?

She didn't have a focus point in her limbs, so she struggled subconsciously, and her little head kept leaning back.

And then... Then she saw Kitagawaji's expressionless face.

The struggling movements stopped, and Eri Kitagawa only felt as if her heart had suddenly stopped, and cold sweat slipped down her smooth forehead.

Belch...

Eri Kitagawa didn't know what the expression on her face was now, so she could only pull the corners of her mouth into a smile.

Eri Kitagawa doesn't know what her smile is like at the moment, but if there is such an expression as a 'bitter smile' in the world, it probably can't be like that, right?

The brother and sister watched like this for a long time, and the voice of Beichuan Temple came faintly.

"Kamiya is busy cooking over there, Eri, are you watching TV here?"

Eri Kitagawa shook, her body trembled, and finally said aggrievedly:

"I'm going to help right away..."

She said that, but her eyes couldn't help but drift to the TV.

"......." Kitagawa Temple couldn't help but reach out and knock on Kitagawa Eri's little head, and said calmly: "I don't need you, I'll go over and take a look."

After saying this, Kitagawa Temple put down Eri Kitagawa Temple, turned around and asked:

"Is there anything you would like me to help with? Kamiya? ”

"Ahh No, I was working on the side dishes just now, and I'm pretty much done now. Kamiya Mirai wiped his water-stained hands on his apron and inexplicably looked away from Kitagawa Temple and Kitagawa Eri.

In fact, Eri Kitagawa wanted to help very much at first, but she strongly asked Eri Kitagawa to sit down and rest.

If you let Kitagawa Temple know about this...

Just thinking like this, the sound of Kamiya Mirai clicking on the smooth plate intensified.

“？” Kitagawa Temple.

As if sensing something, Kitagawa Temple turned back to look at Kamiya Mirai.

"Let's eat." Mirai Kamiya coughed dryly, and brought out the plates from behind the table one after another and placed them on the table.

Steaming miso soup, pan-fried herring, salted vegetables and cherry tomatoes as a side dish.

Just looking at the appearance of these meals is indeed very good.

But Beichuan Temple only smelled the smell and did not move the chopsticks.

And he, the 'head of the family', did not move the chopsticks, and Mirai Kamiya and Eri Kitagawa also hesitated and did not move the chopsticks.

The two little girls looked at each other with big eyes, and there seemed to be a faint doubt on their faces.

After a while, Beichuan Temple asked:

"The ingredients for this dinner should have been bought by Kamiya, right?"

"Hmm—because I rummaged through the fridge this morning and found that there were no ingredients. I thought I couldn't live in your house for nothing, so I just..."Kamiya Mirai scratched his head: "What's wrong?" Temple-kun? ”

Belch...

Kitagawa Temple looked at the home-cooked dishes in front of him, and thought of the few quick bento boxes he had bought that still needed to be heated.

After a deep groan, he took out the 35,000 yen that the other party had given him and placed it in front of Kamiya Mira.

"Temple-kun?" Mirai Kamiya blinked.

"I said it before." Kitagawa Temple said lightly: "I may go to Hachiyama City tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and there will definitely be no one to take care of Eri at that time, so I want you to help me take care of Eri these days, and I will pay you back for the 35,000 yen now." ”

His tone was calm and natural, no different from usual.

But Kamiya Mirai was stunned after listening to what Kitagawa Temple said.

She couldn't help but squint at each other.

Obviously, as long as you talk to yourself about this kind of thing, you have no reason not to agree, right?

But why do you still have to give money like this?

Kamiya Mirai couldn't help but ponder.

After a while, she realized that she had overcomplicated things again.

To put it bluntly, Beichuan Temple just doesn't want to take advantage of itself.

Similarly, combined with Kitagawa Temple's one-sided character, Kamiya Mirai couldn't help but sigh at the other party's shrewdness.

35,000 yen, which is undoubtedly a lot of money for high school students.

But compared to making Beichuan Temple owe favors, this money is not much of a deal.

From this move, Kamiya Mirai was able to sensitively know that 'Kitagawa Temple doesn't like to owe favors'.

But—

Mirai Kamiya's eyes suddenly twinkled.

This might be your chance!

She took a deep breath and looked at Beichuan Temple with her big delicate eyes:

"Temple-kun. Aren't we friends? Taking care of Eri's sister is just a trivial matter, and you don't need to give me back the money. ”

After saying this, Kamiya Miku only felt that he had never been so nervous.

She tensed all over, and her expression was seriously waiting for Kitagawa Temple's answer.