Yuan Ye took out a tissue and wiped his mouth, as if a robot was completing a preset program, and said softly: "Thank you for the hospitality."
"How does it taste?" With an expectant tone, Hoshino Shiori asked with a little courage after already knowing the answer.
"It's very good. It suits my taste very well." Genya immediately gave a complimentary reply, "It's as delicious as the curry at noon. It's a delicacy that is enough to make people feel satisfied. Hoshino-san can take the time to cook for me. I really don’t know how many times I can say thank you for this level of delicious food.”
——Ah, that’s true.
After the boy in front of him gave a formulaic answer as he expected, Hoshino Shiori sighed inexplicably in his heart.
She didn't just have a wooden tongue. Whether the food she cooked was delicious or not, she only needed to taste it to know.
The butter stew was a little salty due to a mistake in seasoning. It was cheap and bought in the supermarket, which she used to fill her stomach on weekdays. It had nothing to do with the soft and fragrant rice, which was a bit hard like uncooked rice. Both of them Although the combination would not be called dark cuisine, it is definitely not a delicacy. It can only be said to be a casual meal.
Compared with the curry at noon that Yagyu Sakura guided the cooking step by step through a remote virtual projection beside her, there was no comparison at all.
Hoshino Shiori didn't believe that Genya couldn't tell the difference, but even so, he still pretended to be serious and gave her an evaluation that wouldn't embarrass her.
In Hoshino Shiori's view, Genya like this is simply...
"What a gentle person."
The words that came out of his mouth replaced his inner thoughts and conveyed Hoshino Shiori's thoughts.
"Who? Me?" Yuan Ye was a little confused, but he quickly realized, "I'm not a gentle person."
"Do you think my evaluation of the cream stew is too high? Do you think I'm telling a white lie, so I'm being gentle?" Yuanye asked speculatively, "Don't worry about this, if Hoshino-san's food If what you do is really not to my liking, I won’t give you gentle and idealistic compliments, I will tell you the truth.”
"It is true that in the evaluation of ordinary people, there may be comments such as the rice is too hard and tasteless or the butter stew is too salty, right?" Yuanye shook his head to emphasize his objection, "But I am a little bit dissatisfied. People who prefer this kind of food, that’s why I say this is very suitable for my taste, it’s a delicacy ‘for me’.”
--lie.
——When you say things you don’t mean, you talk more and try to use more explanatory sentences to convince others of your opinions. Maybe you haven’t noticed it yourself.
——But I know.
Hoshino Shiori whispered in her heart.
It seems that after looking back at the preset answers, there are clues everywhere, and it seems that the perception of a girl in love will naturally become sharper. Hoshino Shiori easily noticed the "loophole" in Genya's tone. , found out he was lying.
——This kind of precise ability to read the air is indeed an excellent ability that is very worthy of praise from others in normal social interactions.
——But now, I kind of hate you for being so "sensible".
Hoshino Shiori stared at Genya's face, and Yagyu Sakura's words suddenly echoed in her ears.
[Classmate Yuanye is a gentle person. As long as you use your true skills to make a dish for him to taste, although he will definitely be able to taste the difference, he will definitely not order it.
At this time, you have to decisively point out that he is lying and tell him that you asked someone to guide you about the curry at noon. He will definitely be curious about why you do this.
Then you can say that you have a person you like, and you want to use your own ability to make delicious food for him at noon. You have been improving your cooking skills recently, and you hope that Yuanye can help you taste the dishes.
This is the process of laying the groundwork, and that guy will definitely follow this trick.
After that, you will hone your cooking skills under my guidance. When that guy from Yuanye regrets that your cooking skills are perfect and enough to satisfy the person you like, then tell him that the person you like is actually him. This way You can definitely take down that piece of wood in one fell swoop. 】
It can be said to be a perfect love guide. The advice given by Yagyu Sakura cannot be said to be bad. After Shiori Hoshino thought about it carefully, he found that it seemed to be in line with Genya's character, but the posture of Yagyu Sakura who gave this advice was simply It's just like……
——It's like that guy has already been in love with Ye.
Hoshino Shiori bit her lip and tried hard to get rid of this "dangerous" thought in her mind.
But no matter what, she couldn't ignore this very possible hypothesis.
The reason is very simple. If Genya, whose personality has changed drastically, is really replaced by someone, although Hoshino Shiori does not care about the Genya before he was "replaced", why would the person who replaced him replace him? I will continue to attend this rubbish middle school.
Of course it can only be for the identity-obsessed flower of the mountain, Yagyu Sakura.
It is a conclusion that can be easily reached, and on top of this, it is very possible that the two may have an intimate relationship similar to love.
"What's wrong?" Genya, who noticed that Hoshino Shiori had been silent, asked with some embarrassment, "Is there something wrong with what I said?"
Hoshino Shiori, whose thoughts were interrupted by the words, looked at the puzzled "stupid face" in front of him and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
Because she suddenly remembered the answer she got when she asked Yagyu Sakura, "I told you that I have someone I like, so why did Genya help me taste the food? He didn't have this reason, did he?"
【Because Genya-san is a gentle person. 】
——Yagyu-san, you are wrong.
The smile returned to Hoshino Shiori's face.
——Ye's "knowledge" performance is not because he is a gentle person.
——On the contrary, the reason why Ye is so "understanding" is precisely because he is very, very "not gentle".
——How can a person who hates contact with others be a "gentle" person? The "gentleness" he displays is actually an implicit resistance that does not want to understand people deeply and wants to distance himself from others.
——And this is his nature, Ye is such a self-centered person.
——This is something you would never expect, Yagyu-san. After all, you are the kind of young lady who is flattered by others. How can you understand the thoughts of "marginal people" like us?
——And I know it, because Ye and I are so similar, it’s like I’m looking at myself in the mirror, so how can I not see clearly.
——I won this time.
——But your plan is really useful, and I have no reason not to use it.
After calming down his chaotic thoughts, Hoshino Shiori told Genya his request to help him taste the dishes, and he agreed as expected.
"I found the EVA CD, shall we watch it together?" Hoshino Shiori asked proudly after putting away the tableware, taking out a box sealed in plastic film.
This was not taught by Yagyu Sakura.
