Chapter 383 ‘Getting Carried Away with Success’ [4K1]

The next day, early in the morning, in a park not far from Watanabe’s house.

“Here, a towel and some water.”

Sitting on the bench, Hamabe Ryoko, who was wearing sportswear, unzipped her shoulder bag, took out a light gray towel and a bottle of mineral water from it with ease, and then handed them to Watanabe Yu.

As the weather gradually gets warmer, their morning exercise location naturally moves from indoors to outdoors.

To be honest, she personally prefers exercising outdoors rather than using equipment indoors because the air there is fresher.

“Thank you.”

Watanabe Yu took the towel and water, sat down on the park bench behind him, and then picked up the towel to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

Recently, he has been consciously increasing the amount of his morning exercises.

It’s not that he was thinking of taking some trenbolone, primobolone, stenolone, tritolon, oxandrolone, anadrol, and stanozolol to make a breakthrough in latitude. It’s just that his body has entered a bottleneck period and he needs to find a new threshold for morning exercise.

It happened to be summer vacation and he had plenty of time, so naturally he began to try step by step.

“It’s important to rehydrate after exercise.” Hamabe Ryoko reminded someone who was wiping his sweat, then retracted her gaze, picked up her bottle of mineral water, opened the lid and took a sip, “Speaking of which, is your health getting better?”

She remembered very clearly that when they first lived together, after every morning exercise, there would be a relatively dense layer of fine sweat on his forehead.

Of course, the ‘relatively’ in ‘relatively dense’ refers to the fine beads of sweat on his forehead.

Later, as his morning exercise plan was gradually finalized and his physical fitness improved, the relatively dense layer of fine sweat gradually became less. This year, after exercising, he basically just felt a little hot and sweated very little.

At that time, she just thought that it was winter and the temperature both outdoors and indoors was relatively low, so it was normal not to sweat much after exercise. If she was sweating profusely, that would be a bad thing.

But at this moment, to be more specific, after confirming that his morning exercise training volume has increased significantly, there is still only a thin layer of sweat on his forehead after training, which is enough to explain the problem.

“If nothing unexpected happens, it should be.”

Watanabe You casually put the towel around his neck, then opened the bottle of mineral water and started drinking.

In fact, Physical Fitness (Advanced) has been released for some time, but as Lao Tong introduced at the beginning, this skill requires long-term training to fully exert its effect.

It is now more tangibly reflected.

“How can there be no surprises in this kind of thing?” Hamabe Ryoko stuck out her tongue, then changed the subject and asked casually, “Did the dinner go well yesterday?”

When he came back last night, she had already gone to bed early, so she was unable to ask for details.

“How could it not go smoothly?” Watanabe Yu closed the cap of the mineral water bottle and put it aside, “This is Lao Deng meeting an old friend, not an enemy.

“Yesterday, the two of them almost hugged each other and cried bitterly.

“By the way, my mom told me a very interesting story on the way back. Do you want to listen?”

When he said this, there was a hint of emotion in his eyes.

It must be said that just hearing about that scene made him feel like it was straight out of a TV drama.

“Tell me?”

Hamabe Ryoko turned her head, with a hint of curiosity in her eyes.

She has always been interested in tags like “things from the past”.

“When Lao Deng and my mother had just gotten married, Uncle Xinwu had a big fight with his wife over a trivial matter. In a rage, my aunt kicked Uncle Xinwu out of the house. Guess what? It happened to be raining that night.”

As Watanabe Yu spoke, he took Ryoko’s slightly cold little hand and gently kneaded it as if he was playing with soft jade.

“and then?”

Ryoko Hamabe looked at him with a somewhat amusing look but did not resist.

“Then he called Lao Deng, crying and sobbing.” Watanabe Yu pursed his lips, “Lao Deng was a good friend, he drove two hours to Uncle Nobuo’s house without saying anything, and then the two of them hugged each other and cried in the rain.

“After listening to Uncle Nobuo’s crying, Lao Deng started scolding Auntie.

“After that…

“Maybe the auntie felt that she had gone too far, so she opened the door and came out holding an umbrella to look for Uncle Nobuo.

“Then, it kept raining, and the atmosphere was not harmonious… Uh, sorry, I started singing, but that’s what I meant. Anyway, in the end, my aunt was so angry that she laughed, and she sent the two of them back home.

“Then they both caught a bad cold.

“However, after this incident, Auntie has completely accepted that Lao Deng is Uncle Nobuo’s best friend.

“So back to your question.”

He tightened her hand and asked with a smile.

“So, Ryoko, do you think that with such a relationship, yesterday’s meeting might not have gone well? Of course, if you say that the two of them insulted each other when they met, that’s true.”

This is how friends meet all over the world.

“No, it’s impossible.”

Because of someone’s overly intimate address, Hamabe Ryoko inevitably stuttered.

If they were at home and he called her like that, she would at most just feel a little shy, but the problem was that this was outside and two junior high school students had just walked past them!

“That’s it.” Watanabe Yu loosened his hand, patted his trouser legs, and stood up. “Let’s go. It’s time for us to go back.”

According to what Uncle Nobuo said last night, in three days at most, the things Ayana is worried about will be solved.

“How about going to buy some groceries first?”

Ryoko Hamabe took two deep breaths, adjusted her mood which was fluctuating due to embarrassment, then zipped up her sports bag and stood up.

“It’s okay…” Watanabe Yu lowered his eyebrows and looked at the two people’s empty hands with some hesitation, “But I didn’t bring my wallet and the small trailer. Is it really okay?”

Although he should be confident as a time traveler, he was not arrogant enough to think he could buy groceries by scanning his face.

“I brought my wallet.” Hamabe Ryoko patted her sports bag. “As for the small trailer, we won’t buy too much this morning, so plastic bags are more than enough.”

In fact, according to her original plan, they should go home after morning exercise. As for buying groceries, she could go alone.

But the name she received from someone inevitably made her heart restless.

She changed her mind temporarily and decided to take him to buy some vegetables before going back.

If you round it off, shopping for groceries together can be considered a “date”.

Although in terms of specific implementation, this is not at all romantic.

But my aunt also said that simplicity is the true life. If you think about it carefully, this is actually quite good.

“Can you tell me some more details about last night?”

She stood up, took his hand, and led him towards the nearest shopping street.

“of course.”

Watanabe Yu nodded slightly and told the specific details of yesterday’s dinner.

But if I must say, there was nothing worth talking about at the dinner last night. I just bumped into someone I didn’t want to see and who I thought was unlucky. In reality, we didn’t even have any real interaction. At best, it was just a glance.
——After glaring at Teppei Amamiya, the latter didn’t even dare to come forward to ask, but just ran away in shame.

Just like that, with one person talking and the other listening to the casual chat, the distance of 1.5 kilometers passed in a flash.

“I feel like this kind of social banquet doesn’t seem to be that interesting?”

After listening to his story, Hamabe Ryoko tilted her head and sighed.

“It’s really meaningless.”

Watanabe Yu nodded in agreement, but his eyes fell to the front.

They have arrived at the entrance of the shopping street. Although it is still early, the shopping street has become lively. It feels like a different kind of vegetable market in China?

“Think about it carefully. Putting aside the emergencies you mentioned, people who attend such banquets all come with a purpose, whether for immediate benefits, for long-term connections, or for other reasons. In short, everyone is socializing while wearing a mask.”

While complaining, Hamabe Ryoko raised her eyebrows and looked in the direction he was looking.

The bustling scene of the shopping street then came into her sight.

Obviously, this lively place wakes up much earlier than the whole city.

“The most important thing is that they are aware of each other’s hypocrisy, but they still enjoy it.”

Having said that, she couldn’t help but pursed her lips.

If you put yourself in her shoes, you will realize that she claims she can’t do this.

“So what’s for lunch today?”

Watanabe Yu’s gaze fell on the seasonal vegetables not far away.

The green leafy vegetables sprayed with water look quite beautiful in the sunlight.

Even someone like him who doesn’t like eating vegetables thinks this thing looks great.

“The plan is to stir-fry some corn kernels, then some shredded beef and Kung Pao chicken, deep-fry some pork chops, and make some stir-fried seasonal vegetables and a vegetable salad.”

Hearing this, Hamabe Ryoko no longer bothered about what she had complained about before. She loosened her hand and took off her sports bag, put it on Watanabe Yu’s shoulders, and then stretched.

Rather than dwelling on things that sound heavy, it is better to focus on the present.

“…?”

Although this was not the first time he had heard such a recipe, Watanabe Yu still felt a little overwhelmed.

They are probably the only restaurant like this in the whole of Japan. They have both Chinese and Japanese food in one meal, and they can even make some white food.

“By the way, Yuki will also come over for lunch. She’s complaining that she hasn’t had oden for a long time, so if nothing unexpected happens, I’ll have to make another serving of oden for lunch.”

Hamabe Ryoko patted his shoulder in a mature manner.

“In short, the task is heavy.”

Actually it is not.

At least she has become accustomed to this mode of cooking and can do it with ease, not to mention that every time she cooks, Ayana, her aunt, and Yuu will randomly come to help.

“It suddenly strikes me that you have an enormous workload.”

Watanabe You tightened his sports bag around his body, and his face looked a little more serious.

“Not really…it is indeed quite hard, so you have to cherish me, got it?”

When the words were on the tip of her tongue, Hamabe Ryoko changed her words temporarily.

“Report to the commander, got it!”

Watanabe Yu said this very cooperatively, and then held her hand tightly.

“Don’t argue with your superiors when reporting!”

“understand!”

“Then let go.”

“I do not!”

As the two of them talked like crosstalk, passers-by around them all cast curious glances at them, and many middle-aged people even had a few more aunt-like smiles on their faces.

“Let’s go! Go buy some groceries!”

Ryoko Hamabe didn’t give anyone another chance to perform crosstalk and dragged him away from the scene.

She could withstand the scrutiny, but the blessing look with a kind auntie’s smile made her feel embarrassed, as if she was caught flirting on the street.

Moreover, just now we saw it.

This seemed no different from any of the stupid couples I’d seen before.

Thinking of this, her face couldn’t help but turn redder.

Thanks to her increasingly proficient life skills, the subsequent grocery shopping process went smoothly.

It was his surprised look in the middle that made her a little concerned.

She didn’t do anything strange; she just bargained with a vendor out of habit.

“We should be considered to have returned with a full load, right?”

Taking a look at the road ahead, Watanabe Yu lifted the plastic bags in his hands. The weight from the bags gave him an inexplicable sense of reality.

“I did buy a lot more.”

Ryoko Hamabe misunderstood his meaning and took the initiative to stretch out her hand, indicating that he should give her half of the heavy bag.

“I mean, the way you bargained just now gave me some hallucinations.”

Watanabe Yu naturally put the bag aside to prevent her from taking it.

“Vision, what? Is Vision’s character as the flower of Gaoling shattered? Or is he a little too mercenary?”

Hamabe Ryoko shifted her gaze and there was a hint of unnaturalness in her voice.

She was a little concerned about the look in his eyes just now.

“It was just that for a moment, it felt like we had been married for a long time.”

Watanabe Yu thought about it and finally expressed his opinion truthfully.

But as soon as he said this, he felt a little embarrassed because he realized it belatedly.

The word “old couple” was also swallowed back into his throat.

“…”

After she finished speaking, Hamabe Ryoko’s steps paused slightly, and then she fell down in a panic.

“…”

The two of them fell silent.

The originally natural atmosphere also became a little awkward.

“are you serious?”

So they continued walking side by side for a full three minutes before she recovered and asked the question in a low voice.

After asking, she quickly looked away, her fair face coated with a layer of light cherry pink under the bright but not scorching early morning sunlight.

“Yes, future Mrs. Watanabe, at that moment, I even thought about what kind of girl my child would marry in the future.”

“…you’re just talking nonsense.”

She said coquettishly and raised her little face a little proudly.

At this moment, the dazzling sunlight also poured down in a very cooperative manner.

The bright sunlight blurred her expression and also prevented someone who was increasingly fond of launching surprise attacks from getting carried away.

(End of this chapter)