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Datachi, who had been looking at Kinoshita Mai all the time, closed his eyes half-closed after hearing Kinoshita Mai's "meow", and yawned big while twisting his tail.

Seeing that Daju seemed to respond to her "meow", Wu Kinoshita showed a happy expression.

Mai Kinoshita: (/≧▽≦)/"Meow meow! Meow meow meow~~!"

She yelled "Meow Meow" in a cadenced tone, as if she wanted to have a conversation with Daju.

Daju lowered his head slightly.

Looking at Mai Kinoshita who seemed to want to talk to it, it let out a low growl.

Then he showed Kinoshita Mai a "damn, retarded" look...

For Daju's ignorance, Kinoshita Mai not only didn't care, but even became more enthusiastic.

Kinoshita Mai: ヾ(≧▽≦*)o "Meow meow! Meow meow meow~~!"

Daju: "..." (Damn, retarded.jpg)

Mai Kinoshita: φ(≧ω≦*) "Kittenmao~ come here, come here~"

Kinoshita Mai, who finally spoke the language humans should speak, waved to Otachi on the top of the wall.

Daju: "..." (Damn, retarded.jpg)

...

Looking at Mai Kinoshita, who was completely two people compared to the day before, Qing Deng felt like a stick in his throat for a moment...

——It seems that... I saw something that I shouldn't see...

Qingdeng silently retracted the foot that had been raised just now, ready to move towards Kinoshita Mai...

--what to do……? Do you want to pretend you didn't see anything and get out of here quickly...?

Qingdeng instinctively felt that it would be very bad if Kinoshita Mai knew that he had witnessed her performance-like behavior just now.

Qingdeng was standing right under a branch covered with snow.

When Qingdeng was thinking about whether to retreat from here quickly, the branches above his head kept bending because they couldn't bear the weight of the snow.

Under the pull of gravity, a small handful of snow slowly... slipped into Qingdeng's back collar.

"Alas……!"

Unexpectedly, Qingdeng couldn't help letting out a low exclamation when he saw the handful of snow that suddenly fell into his back collar.

Qingdeng's cry was not loud.

But the sound reached Kinoshita Mai's ears more than enough...

A strange scream suddenly came from the side, and Kinoshita Mai's body shook violently a few times due to fright.

Frightened by the sound, she hastily turned her head in amazement—

Kinoshita Mai: (Д)

Juqingdeng: (°ー°〃)

The two with completely different expressions stared at each other in the deathly silence...

...

...

How long has it been?

10 seconds? 20 seconds? Feeling extremely embarrassed, Qingdeng even lost his sense of time.

Kinoshita Wu seemed to have lost consciousness, with her red lips parted slightly, she stared at Qingdeng stupidly.

Looking at Mai Kinoshita whose soul seems to have gone out of her body, Qingdeng understands very well.

Compare your heart with your heart - if he shows a strange expression on the one hand and "meows meowing" to the wild cat on the side of the road, and an outsider sees it...

Well, although the body will not die, the heart will die.

After a long time, I finally saw that Kinoshita Mai seemed to have come back to life, and her eyes slowly opened.

Immediately afterwards... a bright red like blood, centered on the child's cheeks, quickly spread to her ears.

Vaguely, Qingdeng seemed to be able to see puffs of white "steam" as if something had been cooked, coming out of the child's head...

The girl who turned into the "Steam Princess" moved her lips and twisted her hands and feet uneasily.

She opened her mouth to Qingdeng, as if she wanted to say something to Qingdeng.

But as soon as she opened her red lips, there was a hint of shrinkage and timidity between her brows, and she was unable to say a word to Qingdeng for a long time.

Seeing Kinoshita Mai's shy appearance of steaming, shivering, hesitating to speak, Qingdeng raised his hand in embarrassment to scratch his temple hair, and then walked slowly towards the "Steam Girl".

"That... sorry. I didn't hide and peek on purpose... I just happened to pass by here..."

In order to ease Kinoshita Mai's nervousness and shyness, Qingdeng tried his best to use a soft tone.

Kinoshita Mai raised her gaze, glanced at Qingdeng who was walking in front of her, as if she didn't dare to look at Qingdeng, she quickly lowered her head as if she wanted to tuck her head into her chest.

"……I remember you……"

Hearing that Kinoshita Mai seemed to be talking, Qing Deng quickly concentrated his mind and body.

Kinoshita Wu's voice at this time is the same as when she first saw her the day before yesterday, as thin as a mosquito. Even if he is standing in front of Kinoshita Wu now, if he does not concentrate, it is still difficult to hear what she is saying.

"You are... the customer who came to our store the day before yesterday...?"

"Yes." Qingdeng nodded quickly, "I just went to your Qianshiya the day before yesterday and was taken care of by Boss Kiryu."

Kinoshita Mai tilted her head slightly upwards.

Qingdeng felt a nervous and shy gaze.

"Did you just... have you seen the whole process of me playing with that cat...?"

——What do you call playing with cats just now? That cat didn't pay any attention to you at all, it's just you unilaterally harassing that big orange, right?

Qingdeng took a deep breath, suppressed the urge to complain, and while thinking about how to politely answer Kinoshita Mai's question, he faltered and said:

"This... actually didn't see much, I just saw you waving at the big orange cat and letting it come over."

If you tell this child: I saw the whole process of how she "talked" to that big orange... then Qingdeng thinks that this child may be more than just "steaming"...

Therefore, Qing Deng decided to tell a white lie.

But—although Qingdeng had lied specifically to take care of this "Steam Princess", the child still buried his head lower and lower because he became more shy...

A more intense "steam" also floated out of Kinoshita Mai's head at this time...

Kinoshita Mai is only 1.5 meters tall.

And Qingdeng is 1.75 meters tall.

Due to the height difference between the two, after Kinoshita Wu buried his head until his chin was close to her collarbone, Qingdeng standing in front of her could only see her hair but not her face.

However, although he couldn't see Kinoshita Wu's face, Qingdeng could see Kinoshita Wu's two small ears.

Just now, Kinoshita Mai was only reddened at the earlobe, but now, her entire ear is dyed a beautiful pink.

Even the ears are so red... It's hard for Qing Deng to imagine what color the child's face has turned into now.

Qingdeng felt that if he didn't say something or do something quickly, the temperature on Kinoshita Mai's cheek might rise even further...

"...Don't worry." Qingdeng heaved a sigh of relief, "I won't tell anyone what I saw just now."

Qingdeng has never been a big mouthed person.

To disclose other people's little secrets to the public - this kind of thing, Qing Deng does not like to do, and will not do it.

Moreover, even if he wanted to tell others about Kinoshita Mai's stupidity just now, he had no one to talk to, after all, he and Kinoshita Mai didn't have any friends in common.

After hearing Qingdeng's words, Kinoshita Mai - did not respond.

Just continue to blushed and bowed his head.

Qingdeng thought it was because Kinoshita Wu hadn't heard what he said just now, and when he was about to repeat what he said just now——

"……Thanks……"

The soft voice, which was so weak that it seemed to disappear at any moment, faintly floated into Qingdeng's ears.

Kinoshita Mai, who had been keeping her chin pressed against her collarbone since just now, finally raised her head slowly.

Kinoshita Mai's cheeks were still so red that it felt like blood might seep from them at any moment.

Her lips were still tightly pressed.

However, the corners of her mouth curled up a little shyly.

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