Chapter 114 You are my motivation

"Chinese food..." Izumi Mio murmured to herself, circling her fingers around the green hair hanging by her shoulders a few times, feeling a little unsure: "I don't know if I can learn it in a month."

Time flies very quickly, and the campus festival will be held in one month. This year due to special reasons, the campus festival will be held several months earlier than before, and will be held before the summer vacation.

With such a tight time schedule, it would be okay if it were Japanese food, but Chinese food...

"I heard that Chinese food is very complicated. It takes several years or even more than ten years to learn a dish." Izumi Mio was worried.

Hearing this, Natsume Naoki shook his head and said with a smile: "Where did you hear this rumor, senior? It's a bit too much. Chinese chefs may not dare to claim to be a chef in ten years, but a dish is just a copycat.

, it only takes a few days if you practice diligently. Then you can adjust the ingredients appropriately according to your own taste, and it’s enough to make home-cooked dishes. As for the similarity... ordinary people don’t need to eat their souls when they eat.”

"With my talent, it only took me a week to learn authentic Yangzhou fried rice." Natsume Naoki added after being silent for a while.

Authentic Yangzhou fried rice requires shredded eggs, not as simple as 'fried rice with vegetables, ham, and eggs'.

"Is Yangzhou fried rice also the name of Natsume-kun's favorite Chinese dish?"

"That's right, it will taste delicious if done well."

Natsume Naoki remembered how she made food at home during her freshman year, but ended up letting it go because she didn't want to wash the dishes.

Mio Izumi turned on her phone and secretly wrote down the names [Hot Dry Noodles] and [Yangzhou Fried Rice] in the memo.

“What about Mapo tofu and Tianjin rice?”

"Forget it," Naoki Natsume said with a slightly bitter expression, as if recalling a bad memory: "I think mapo tofu with strawberries is more disgusting than natto bibimbap."

Seeing Natsume Naoki starting to introduce Chinese food, Izumi Mio took another small bite of curry rice and thought, Natsume-kun seems to really like Chinese food!

Then it’s decided!

No matter how difficult it is, you should try it!

After eating, Izumi Mio sent Natsume Naoki out of the school. She said that she had classes in the evening and would not go home until Megumi Tohsaka came back to walk around the campus.

Natsume Naoki waved his hand and walked away.

Watching his back disappear at the corner of the street, Tohsaka Megumi soon strolled out of the alley opposite the school at the moment the sun completely set.

By the time Tohsaka Megumi stepped onto the sidewalk and came to Izumi Mio's side, the street lights at the school gate were on.

"Mio-chan, do you want to try it?" Tohsaka Megumi held a box of colorful fruit slices in her hand. She forked a piece of cantaloupe and handed it to Izumi Mio's mouth: "I bought it from the store where my handsome friend worked since I was a kid. He has good knife skills.

The quantity is also large... I know you! This box only costs over 1,000 yuan, so it’s super affordable.”

Izumi Mio opened her small mouth and bit away the piece of cantaloupe. Seeing that Tohsaka Megumi wanted to continue feeding her, she waved her hand: "One piece is enough."

"Oh, I know you don't eat at night to lose weight, but fruits don't make you fat!" Tohsaka Megumi pouted.

Izumi Mio said with some embarrassment: "I'm actually... full."

"Ah? Are you full?" Tohsaka Megumi was stunned: "Did you go to eat just now?"

Izumi Mio nodded.

"The sun really comes out from the west!" Tohsaka Megumi slurred with watermelon stuffed in her mouth: "You have been eating only fruit and drinking milk at night for more than a year. Why are you...oh~" today?

She suddenly showed a thoughtful expression and smiled: "Is this the handsome guy inviting you to dinner?"

"Don't talk nonsense, how could I let him pay...I can't even repay his favor." Izumi Mio whispered: "I want to help him pay, but he won't let me."

"What do you owe him?"

"Anyway... I owe you a favor." Izumi Mio couldn't explain, so she said it vaguely.

She was thinking about Natsume Naoki helping her to treat her illness, but by some mistake, she was right——

She owed Natsume Naoki a favor that would take her whole life to repay.

"It's very good. It's a good thing if there is progress." Tohsaka Megumi nodded in approval.

Izumi Mio looked at her posture of stuffing fruit into her mouth, and her curiosity was aroused: "You... went to find Natsume-kun's friend?"

"Isn't this obvious!" Tohsaka Megumi almost ate all the fruit in his hand: "I know what you want to ask. I, Tosaka Megumi, do things openly! Just admit it if you have a crush on me... I want to ask him out to meet him on the weekend.

, okay, let’s try it first!”

"What's the result?" Izumi Mio became even more curious.

Tohsaka Megumi sighed: "The wooden head... looks exactly like the handsome boy!"

"Don't talk about Natsume-kun like that." Izumi Mio shook her head gently: "He was just...ah, he's fine today."

She thought of Natsume-kun's 'sweet words' in the swimming pool that made her heart beat faster.

"Yo yo yo, protect the calf!" Tohsaka Megumi's voice was a little louder, "Tell me the truth about what happened today, or else I'll scratch your itch!"

Izumi Mio took half a step back, looked at the aggressive Tohsaka Megumi, smiled and waved her hand, and quickly changed the topic: "What did Natsume-kun's friend say?"

"He said he was going to Nagoya to work on Saturday." Tohsaka Megumi looked a little angry and a little frustrated, "I made it so obvious and he still looked confused...angry!"

"That's it...then what should you do? Try again next weekend?" Izumi Mio was also a little disappointed. Her best friend was finally attracted by her appearance, so how could she be like this?

To Izumi Mio's expectation, Tohsaka Megumi took out a ticket from her pocket and waved it in front of her eyes: "I went to Nagoya from the subway station near my home on Saturday morning. I just passed by the platform to buy it.

Got a ticket.”

Izumi Mio was stunned for a moment, then smiled happily.

"Be careful on the road."

"It goes without saying that I, Tohsaka Megumi, am very smart!" Tohsaka Megumi threw the plastic box into the trash can and walked out of the school holding Izumi Mio's hand: "It's still early for class, come with me to visit the jewelry store!

"

"There's really nothing I can do about you."

"By the way, I didn't even ask you about today's meeting." Tohsaka Megumi asked: "What's the club's plan? I heard that the campus festival will be grand this year, but you don't have any plans to have a big one?"

Izumi Mio sighed after hearing this: "The scale must be larger, but Kashima doesn't agree to change to a new form, and still stick to the previous one."

"Ah?" Tohsaka Megumi's voice was full of disappointment: "Are you following the trend of other clubs and setting up those themed restaurants and food stalls? Isn't there anything new? This is what happens every year at campus festivals."

"There's no other way, just make money." Izumi Mio explained: "Catering is highly profitable. The more people there are, the more money you make. The money can be used for club funds."

"It's boring... Is it mandatory to participate? If it's not mandatory, I'll go and do interesting activities in other clubs."

"No compulsion."

"If you don't force me, Mio-chan, you can play with me when you have nothing to do. It should be very lively." Tohsaka Megumi started to act coquettishly.

Izumi Mio blushed and said softly: "It's okay, but I want to use the stove... I'll find you when I'm done."

"You want to cook?" Tohsaka Megumi was a little confused: "Don't you know how to cook?"

"You can learn it!" Izumi Mio smiled brightly, "Because I have the motivation to learn! So it's not difficult!"
Chapter completed!