Kuroki Jin poured a cup of hot coffee for Shirley, and after thinking about it, he got hot juice for Miyano Akemi. Although there has been no snowfall in Tokyo in January, the temperature has begun to drop. If Kuroki hadn't been using the heater the entire time today, he would have needed cold medicine by now.
After delivering the drinks and returning to the kitchen, Kuroki quickly washed his hands and helped Jiang Chengdahe prepare breakfast.
Jiang Chengdahe drove him out.
"Children who are older than me are going to play during the Chinese New Year. What are you doing here?"
Kuroki Ren stood there helplessly, holding the long table in front of the kitchen with both hands, and said: "I am nineteen and have passed the New Year's Eve, and I am no longer a child, Brother Dahe."
"Adults wouldn't hang around in single clothes in such a cold weather."
Kuroki Ren: "..."
There is nothing he can do! The hotel where he stayed last night went to the Shirley Research Institute early this morning. There was no spare clothes for him to change.
Kuroki Ren looked aggrievedly at Jiang Chengdahe, who disliked him.
Jiang Chengdahe rolled his eyes. Just as the ingredients in his hand were finished, he took out a bunch of keys from the drawer at hand and picked off one of them.
"Go upstairs and find your cloakroom." He threw the key to Kuroki Ren, "I remember you left four seasons of clothes here, see if there are any thicker ones."
"Even if it's not thick, please dress me in a festive way. I'm going to the shrine to pay homage later, right?"
Kuroki Ren took the key and looked at the cooking that Jiangcheng Dahe was busy with. He felt that with his cooking skills that could barely prevent him from starving to death, he couldn't help much, so he went out through the back door and went to the second floor.
The family restaurant opened by Jiang Chengdahe is a standalone building with streets on both sides surrounding the two-story restaurant. The first floor occupies a relatively large area, while the second floor looks like it has a back cover.
The second floor is only a small 40 square meters, and the stairs leading to the second floor are external stairs that can only be seen from the back door of the kitchen. Fortunately, the location is pretty good and the lighting is relatively good, so it doesn't look very dark.
Kuroki Jin opened the door on the second floor with the key, and he could almost see the entire room. Jiang Cheng Dahe seldom stayed here, he always came here for a short break when no one was in the store or when he was not needed for the time being.
The room is very tidy. Jiang Chengdahe has mild obsessive-compulsive disorder. The place where he usually lives will be cleaned every day, and the items are placed very neatly. It does not look like a living place for a single man.
Kuroki Jin's cloakroom here occupies less than five square meters, but it also occupies one-eighth of the entire room. He opened the curtain and looked at each item, and even found a set of clothes he wore when he was fifteen or sixteen years old.
Jiang Chengdahe's habit of never touching other people's things is also quite good.
Kuroki easily found a set of plain white velvet jackets. The thin cotton material was very suitable for weather conditions where the temperature was neither too high nor too low. He changed out of the tuxedo and hung it up, thinking of coming back to pick it up someday and send it to be cleaned.
When Kuroki Ren came downstairs, Jiangcheng Dahe's breakfast had been prepared and was being placed on the table. Kuroki Ren took his hand and sat opposite Shirley, leaving the seat next to Jiang Chengdahe.
Rice, fried salmon, soup tofu, two plates of pickles and chawanmushi, the style is the same for everyone, a very traditional Japanese breakfast.
Miyano Shiho has been abroad all year round, and even after returning home, he always stays in the organization. Breakfast is usually just a rice ball, but this is the first time he has eaten such a complicated breakfast.
Jiang Chengdahe's craftsmanship is very good, but he wouldn't have been able to open such a restaurant for so many years if he wasn't good at it. The food he prepared with great care was even more delicious. Even if it was made in large portions, the Miyano sisters tried their best to eat it all.
Even Kuroki Jin felt a little overstretched, let alone the two girls.
"Brother Dahe's craftsmanship has improved again." Kuromu Ren went to the refrigerator to get a glass of iced Coke, and before Jiangcheng Dahe stopped him, he opened the lid and took a big sip.
"There is fruit in the store and I can get you freshly squeezed juice. Please drink less of it." Jiang Chengdahe's tone was full of helplessness. "You might be able to grow to 1.8 meters if you work harder."
Kuroki Jin's current height is 1.78 meters.
"I'm already twenty." Kuroki Ren is even more helpless. He feels that in Jiangcheng Dahe's eyes, he has always been seven or eight years old. From his clothes to his diet, he always mumbles something, "Brother Dahe always treats me as a child... " Before he finished speaking, he received the signal that Jiang Cheng Dahe was about to take action, and he immediately shut up obediently.
"Okay, there should be fewer people at this time. I don't need your help to clean up. Go quickly." Jiangcheng Dahe stopped Miyano Akemi who was about to help pick up the table. "Hinping, don't forget to ask for help from the children." Come back."
"I know, don't forget."
Before leaving, Kuroki took three bottles of water from the store to drink on the road. After the three of them got in the car and the car started, Shirley, who was sitting in the back seat, couldn't help but ask:
"……your name?"
"Huh?" Kuroki Ren was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses. He smiled lightly and said, "The name Yang Ping? It was my name before joining the organization."
Shirley knew that Kuroki Jin's current name was given after he came out of the base, but Miyano Akemi didn't know much about it, so Kuroki Jin made a general comment.
"Then why do you need to change your name?" Miyano Akemi was a little confused. The organization does not force people to change their names. Sometimes names are a good memory of the past. People who join the organization and need to say goodbye to the past rarely throw away this kind of thing. Think about it.
"Well... I didn't want more people to know that name before." Kuroki Ren frowned, and thought about it again and overturned his statement: "Actually, it's not, it's just that a name has its corresponding meaning. I The people I met by their original names before joining the organization are special to me."
They were the people who helped him after he fell into hell. They were his shelter when he was young, and they were the source of his kindness that he would always remember to keep no matter where he was.
Kuroki Jin misses the newly separated Taiga E, and Airi Chiga who is far away in the United States, as well as the deceased Kenji Hagihara and the rest of his brothers who still have no news.
Kuroki Jin was immersed in his own world for a while. Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit dull, Miyano Akemi opened the topic and chatted with her sister in the back seat, and her thoughts became more determined.
She was planning to start working on that thing after the new year, something that she had planned for a long time and prepared very carefully.
Her sister is only eighteen years old this year. She is in her prime years and should not waste them in a place like this.
After all, Miyano Shiho was still young and could not remember certain things very clearly, but she was eight years old at the time and those things were vivid in her mind and she would never forget them.
She has already found someone who can help, and she can start working as soon as the annual vacation is over.
Miyano Akemi glanced at Kuroki Jin who was driving seriously through the rearview mirror.
If my sister could be handed over to someone as gentle as him, she would be able to feel at ease even if she died.
