Dating sim loading: My girlfriend is a cunning young lady Chapter 490 - 227. Restless Valentine’s Day (6)3

He set the bag down and pulled out the unfinished "Long Night’s Journey."

Kiyono Lin focused intently on the hardcover book in the thirty-two mo format;

Jiutiao iji lay playing a video ga, her long legs in pantyhose resting on the arm of the sofa, idly swinging back and forth, the most potent hypnotic device in the world.

Dubian Che’s heart settled, and then he realized a fact that had changed without him noticing:

The world outside the Human Observation Departnt was no longer the daily life he was used to and desired.

In this club room, nobody gave him chocolates, no one cared whether he chose arts or sciences, and appearances made no difference.

Only here were they all "the sa."

Even the voice acting circle, or even the more prestigious entertainnt circle, ant nothing to them three.

Perhaps, even without Ochazuke, he would gradually drift away from the everyday.

"Dubian."

"Hmm?"

"Co here."

Dubian Che closed the book, stood up, and walked to the sofa,

Dubian Che rembered last Friday night,

Jiutiao iji had drawn out a bar from a box of chocolates on the low table in front of the sofa.

"Here."

"For to eat? Or is it Valentine’s Day chocolate?"

"Valentine’s Day chocolate for you to eat," Jiutiao iji waved away Dubian Che’s ddling hand.

Dubian Che took the bar of chocolate and walked back to the zelkova wood table.

’Saito, the brand is called ’iji,’ he answered Saito Keisuke’s query from the morning in his mind.

"Jiutiao," said Kiyono Lin, who had been reading, suddenly, "The chocolate you gave away last ti wasn’t so casual—I rember, it was handmade."

"What?" Dubian Che’s volu was slightly louder than usual.

Handmade chocolates? Jiutiao iji? These two terms were unlikely to be connected.

Even if it was just a casual purchase or a single bar from a box, Dubian Che was happy to receive her chocolate.

But now...

"iji, what’s the deal?" Dubian Che’s tone carried an uncontrollable hint of accusation.

"That’s in the past, there’s nothing worth ntioning."

Jiutiao iji sat up, leaning on the back of the sofa, her pale fingers pinching a piece of black iji chocolate.

"Mr. Kiyono, your chocolate for Dubian—aren’t you going to take it out?"

Dubian Che looked back at Kiyono Lin.

Her gaze on the hardcover book, her clear, beautiful face showed a touch of distress.

Dubian Che’s heart, like an overturned jar of vinegar one mont, then like a thumping drum the next.

For half a minute, the club room was silent, save for the sound of Jiutiao iji chewing her chocolate.

"Looking at you, are you planning to give away true-love chocolates?" Jiutiao iji teased, looking at ’holding a book, but not reading’ Kiyono Lin.

"What’s it to you?" retorted Kiyono Lin coldly.

"If you’re going to give it, do it quickly. After all, this isn’t your first ti giving soone chocolate," Jiutiao iji placed the chocolate on her tongue, then rolled it into her mouth.

...

"Mr. Kiyono also does the thing of giving people chocolates, huh," Dubian Che said with a forced smile.

"What’s with that look?" Jiutiao iji’s smiley face suddenly turned cold.

Kiyono Lin’s originally icy face suddenly broke into a smile, like beautiful sunlight spilling over a beautiful rose.

"What, what’s wrong?" Dubian Che couldn’t keep up for a mont.

"Mr. Dubian," Kiyono Lin said with a smile, "your face looks even worse."

"Worried about the return gifts for White Day? Dozens of gifts—do you have any objections?"

"That’s enough lying." Kiyono Lin closed her book, picked up her backpack, and took out a bag of chocolate.

She glanced at Dubian Che: "For you."

"...Thanks."

Dubian Che felt both happy and sowhat off-put.

Kind of wanted to murder soone.

"Forget about murdering," Kiyono Lin picked up the book and calmly exposed Dubian Che’s inner thoughts, "I’m afraid you wouldn’t be able to do it."

"Who?"

"Your girlfriend."

"....Oh, I see."

"Besides, your girlfriend only gave to ."

"Again, I co second..." Dubian Che looked pained, "You two are the true love; I’m the superfluous one."

To that, Kiyono Lin smiled and said, "Mr. Dubian, we rarely see your true emotions."

Jiutiao iji gave Dubian Che a cold sideways glance: "Co to my place tonight; finish what you didn’t do last ti."

"iji, I’m really contemplating how to give a return gift..."

Before he could finish, Jiutiao iji had already lied back down on the sofa.

’Dubian Che is an idiot, an incorrigible chicken with a terrible mory!’ Dubian Che furiously scolded himself.

Ikeda Kazumi had indeed ntioned that morning that girls could also give each other chocolates!

Only bla his sixteen years of life in Misezawa Village, where there was no such thing as Valentine’s Day.

But, why does it feel so joyful inside?