"Please wait a moment," the chef and owner slightly bowed.
Dubian Che took out his cell phone and sent a message to Ichiki Aoi, asking her to come here.
Soon after, Ichiki Aoi walked in with her backpack.
She plopped down next to Dubian Che, stared silently at him.
"Aren't you going to order?" Dubian Che popped some foie gras sushi into his mouth.
Ichiki Aoi watched him eating with relish, then picked up the menu, glanced at it, and put it back.
"Don't see anything you like?" Dubian Che asked.
"Blunt. I'll treat you."
"Chef," Dubian Che didn't look at her but spoke to the chef, "Tuna, roe, sea urchin, one of each, please."
"Even if you order the expensive ones purposefully, I won't forgive you," Ichiki Aoi said grumpily.
The middle-aged man, sipping his drink, looked over and felt he found the perfect appetizer.
"Then remember me for the rest of your life," Dubian Che turned his head nonchalantly, "Being remembered by Ichiki is my honor."
"Hokkaido red sea urchin," the chef placed the prepared sushi on a plate and set it in front of Ichiki Aoi.
Ichiki Aoi glanced at it but didn't pick up her chopsticks.
"Do you want to talk about Mayi?" Dubian Che asked, taking the seared tuna sushi from the chef. Fresh chapters posted on N0velFire.ɴet
The aroma of the seared tuna combined with the scent of rice vinegar created a rich, satisfying taste, especially with the perfect amount of rice.
"Are you dating Mayi?" Ichiki Aoi glared at Dubian Che's mouth as he chewed.
Not only was his eating appealing, so was his face; if she weren't so angry, she might have been dazzled by him, probably reliving this scene before falling asleep at night.
"Yeah," Dubian Che nodded.
"You're dating Jiutiao too, aren't you?!" Ichiki Aoi raised her voice slightly.
Dubian Che gestured for her to keep her voice down.
Ichiki Aoi lowered her voice, still furious, "And Kiyono too!"
"That's right," Dubian Che nodded, "If there are already two, why not a third?"
"Pff—" The middle-aged man spat out his sake in surprise, quickly wiping his suit and the table with a towel.
Dubian Che gestured with his eyes for Ichiki Aoi to look.
Ichiki Aoi gave the middle-aged man a fierce glance, then continued glaring at Dubian Che.
"Middle belly, large belly," the chef brought over two more servings of tuna sushi.
"Why?" Ichiki Aoi asked.
"Because Mayi is beautiful," Dubian Che said matter-of-factly, "You've liked her for several years because she's beautiful, haven't you?"
"Cough cough cough!" The middle-aged man choked this time, but didn't spit out his drink.
Dubian Che couldn't help but laugh.
Ichiki Aoi got angry looking at his face; if there had been any alcohol, she might have thrown it in Dubian Che's face.
"But you already have Jiutiao and Kiyono, why are you seducing Mayi?!"
Aside from Dubian Che using his handsome looks to attract Mayi Asuka, Ichiki Aoi couldn't think of any other reason Mayi Asuka liked Dubian Che.
"Relax," Dubian Che reassured, "I only have three girlfriends, to be precise, one girlfriend and two lovers. There won't be a fourth."
"How can you say that?" Ichiki Aoi was incredulous, "I always thought you were a good person."
"No, no, no, you're mistaken," Dubian Che took the new sushi from the chef, "I'm one hundred percent a scumbag."
"I'll always treat Mayi well," Dubian Che said while eating, "You can ask Mayi, I don't stop you from seeing her. If she's unhappy, you can come and yell at me whenever."
"We're voluntary, it's not illegal."
"Even if Mayi consents, how can you do that to Jiutiao and Kiyono?"
"They know," Dubian Che put down his chopsticks, resting his hands comfortably together, "You can ask them."
"..." This was the first Ichiki Aoi had heard of such a thing.
"By the way, only you know about this, don't tell anyone else at school."
"Fear of being exposed, being ostracized, you shouldn't have done such a thing in the first place!"
"Yes, yes, yes," Dubian Che moved the sushi closer to her, "So I'm treating you to something delicious."
"Don't think you can buy me off!"
"But if it comes out, Mayi won't feel comfortable coming to school on weekends."
Ichiki Aoi picked up her chopsticks angrily and stuffed the tuna sushi into her mouth, chewing vigorously.
"Tasty?" Dubian Che asked.
"Yeah!" Ichiki Aoi nodded angrily.
"Chef, another serving of tuna!"
"Let's see, there's peony shrimp. Chef, one serving of peony shrimp."
"You," Ichiki Aoi swallowed her food, "when did you start dating Mayi?"
"Last year at the Cultural Festival," Dubian Che said, "Remember when we went camping, and I wanted to discuss Mayi's figure with you? You refused."
"Yes, yes. Chef, can the sushi be packed?"
"Sorry, our restaurant maintains the freshness of the ingredients and doesn't offer takeaway services."
"What a pity, I wanted to bring some for Mayi to eat."
Ichiki Aoi ate furiously at the side, vowing to make Dubian Che, the scumbag, unable to pay the bill today.