This time Melissa didn't dodge his hand.

And her face was still red.

Chiba touched it casually a few times, and then stopped.

Melissa felt like she had a sympathetic touch with him.

Both parents died, and they were all orphans.

No, he has at least two older brothers, but he is alone.

So he is more pitiful than himself!

"Do you have any other relatives?"

Chiba shook her head: "Not in this world. ”

That's nothing!

Melissa didn't know how to comfort him, so she walked in silence.

The two walked for a while, and then Chiba spoke: "By the way, Melissa, I'm going back alone, why don't you go to your place for dinner with you tonight, what do you think?" ”

Melissa: "......"

It's not that I don't want to, it's just that the situation at home doesn't allow one more mouth to eat.

And she is not alone in this matter, after all, it is not her who is in charge of the family to make money, but the eldest brother Benson, and it is definitely not good to take someone home for dinner by herself.

But one meal, two meals is not a problem, and she is also helpless.

"I think so!" Melissa finally couldn't bear to refuse him, so she agreed.

Chiba naturally saw the hesitation in her heart, understood her family's predicament, and naturally didn't blame her, nor did she eat and drink in vain, and planned to add more food to her.

He'd already bought the food, and put it in the ring storage, just take it out of Melissa and go to her house later.

Not much to say.

……

Melissa took more than an hour to get home this time, and it was enough to walk for fifty minutes normally, mainly because she had been with Chiba on the road just now.

Boom~

When she pushed the door open, a scent came to her nose.

Crane heard the movement and immediately walked out, and was very happy to see Melissa come back: "Melissa, it seems that you are half an hour late when you come back today, did something happen on the way?" ”

He knew that Melissa must have been reluctant to take the carriage and walk back, which is why it took so long.

And it only takes fifty minutes to go, but today it was more than half an hour, so I was naturally worried about her safety.

Melissa shook her head: "No, it's just because of him that I've been delayed for some time." ”

He ...... Who is it? According to Klein's memory, Melissa didn't seem to have any friends, which is why she asked.

"Morning, that person in the morning, it's Chiba, who lives in the apartment next door to us, you also met him this morning, he also went to Tingen Technical School, I happened to meet him when I went to school this morning, and he also walked, and he walked back together to and from school."

I see!

Klein was relieved to hear that Chiba was her classmate: "It's okay! There is a companion to help each other, this distance is not short, it happens that he is a boy, and it is safer for the two to walk. ”

Melissa nodded, and smelled the fragrance coming from the kitchen again: "Crane, have you already cooked?" ”

In her opinion, her second brother didn't know how to cook before, so she was inevitably curious.

Klein smiled: "Yes, I think it's late when you come back from walking, so I'll do it yourself, don't you come back, I'll also make the meal." ”

After saying that, he also looked at Melissa's face, afraid that she would be unhappy.

It's just that Melissa didn't get angry, she just froze and looked at him again, does he really know how to cook?

"Now that you're back, let's wash your hands and eat." Klein cared.

Melissa nodded, took off her coat and went to the sink to wash her hands.

Due to the limited conditions of the apartment, the washbasin, toilet, and bathing place are all shared by the tenants on the first floor, which is naturally very inconvenient.

But there is no way to do it, at least the three brothers and sisters can't move to a better apartment with their current income.

Here, Klein had already brought the prepared meal to the table.

Lamb stewed with onions, potatoes and peas is a hodgepodge of lamb served on a large plate in the middle of the table.

The rest is brown bread, one piece per person.

It is said that lamb is stewed with peas, but in fact, there are not many pieces of meat, mostly potatoes, onions and peas.

In the current living situation of her family, only Benson earns money, not much, plus the pension is not much, she can only save the tuition fees for two people and the daily living expenses of three people, and she can't eat a few meals of meat a month, so she can only say that she occasionally satisfies her hunger.

Usually the food is mainly brown bread and coarse grains.

Potatoes, onions, tomatoes are eaten, and meat cannot be consumed.

Fortunately, Klein has graduated now, as long as he can reduce the burden on his family and earn more money after working, only Melissa will be left to go to school alone, and he will be much better, and he will not have to save so much.

"Melissa, how about a taste of my cooking?" Klein looked at his sister and smiled.

Uh-huh~

She nodded obediently, and then forked a piece of potato and put it in her mouth, only to realize that the potatoes she had made before were far worse than his.

This gave her a new understanding of Klein, knowing that this second brother would not cook for her before.

Another piece of stewed lamb was forked and put in her mouth, the meat aroma, the tenderness, and the juice all stimulated her taste buds.

It's delicious, it's delicious!

Melissa took the pea stew of lamb with peas he made and made it herself, it was a world of difference.

I never thought that my second brother didn't show his dew before, but this cooking has surpassed his cooking skills for many years.

For a while, she was a little moved, and her face turned red, after all, she despised her second brother a little before this, and seeing that he had changed now and cared so much about herself, her attitude towards her second brother had also changed.

Melissa, who can't eat meat a few times a month, is satisfied with such a delicious lamb stew.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A sudden knock on the door interrupted the siblings' dinner time.

Klein was a little nervous, and he didn't know who it was, the suicide of the original owner, the contents of the pistol and notepad at home, the police of the extraordinary, if the police came to the door, it would be terrible.

"By the way, Klein, I almost forgot!" Melissa heard a knock on the door and immediately remembered something.

"What?" Klein asked.

"It's Chiba, he just said that it was boring to be alone at home, and he told me to come to our house to share dinner." Melissa said and ran to open the door.

Klein breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he wasn't a police uncle.

As for Chiba, in his opinion, he is just a student at the Tingen Technical School, and he doesn't think he has any bad intentions at all, just the senior of his sister Melissa, and it's not a big deal to be a guest at home.

Klein immediately added an extra pair of cutlery, a piece of brown bread, and ate it.

On this condition, there is nothing more to entertain him.

Melissa opened the door, and sure enough, Chiba was standing outside the door, still carrying a bag in her hand, and she didn't know what it contained, her face was red, and then she stepped aside to let him in.

Generally speaking, there are few guests in her house, and the house is too small to entertain, and others are not willing to come, and they are embarrassed to ask others to come to the house.

"Please sit down Chiba-sama!" Klein stood up and greeted him.

Well~

Chiba answered, and sat down, Melissa had closed the door and returned to her seat.

"Please dine!"

"Good!"

Chiba was not polite, so he started to eat, and the brown bread tasted average.

The pea stewed lamb tasted okay, so I ate a few more pieces.

"That's right! When I first arrived at your house, I didn't have any gifts to bring, so I brought a delicious meal and a bottle of red wine. ”

"Mr. Chiba, this is too polite!" Klein said with some embarrassment.

"It's okay, you invite me to dinner, I should bring something to eat." As she spoke, Chiba took a large paper bag out of the bag under the table and placed it in the middle of the table.

He took out another bottle of red wine and put it on the table.

smiled and looked at the brother and sister: "Have a drink together?" ”

"Okay, I'll go get the cup." Klein was also a cheerful man, and immediately went to the kitchen cabinet to get a cup.