Asai Mao thought for a while and said: "It's best not to take up too much time. I have something to do later."

Later, you have to go home to wash clothes for Naoki Natsume, who is entangled with you. After washing clothes, you have to go out to buy groceries and cook his favorite Chinese meal for lunch.

Of course, you can only think about this in your heart. With Asai's character, you will definitely not say it out loud...

If one day it is her turn to be jealous of Natsume Naoki, that shady maid will definitely let Izumi Mio see it instead of hear it.

Izumi Mio couldn't guess what the impeccable maid was thinking, but she was glad that she was willing to show her favor.

"That's great, it won't take up too much of your time, just... let's talk about Natsume-san."

There are many leisure places in Waseda University. Not only are there several cafeterias, but also small cafes for having afternoon tea are springing up like mushrooms after a spring rain. The stores may not be big, but the decoration must be very distinctive.

Some are cute and lively, filled with fresh potted plants and cats; some are simple and stylish, chosen by many clubs with only a few people to hold plenary meetings.

Izumi Mio and Asai Mao were sitting in a small cafe with only a few tables. The work-study clerk came to ask what they wanted to drink. Asai ordered the cheapest cup of coffee, while Izumi Mio only wanted a cup of boiled water.

As a professional athlete, she tries to stay away from too much sugar and caffeine, even though her favorite thing is caramel milk tea.

Asai Mao noticed that Izumi Mio hesitated for a moment on the menu handed over by the clerk, and what she was struggling with was the latte with caramel milk cap.

It seems that she likes caramel rather than milk tea, Asai Mao thought in her heart.

"Do you need dessert? That..."

"My name is Asai Mao. No need, eating too much will make you fat."

"I think so too. Let's order a cup of coffee first. If Asai-san is hungry, please don't be polite to me. This store is quite affordable."

Izumi Mio smiled at the clerk and handed back the menu, and the clerk went back to the bar to work. This store is small enough to only afford one person to work part-time as a clerk and barista. Fortunately, it is very close to the teaching building, and it has the advantage of

quiet.

Izumi Mio is the beauty of the physical education department. Wherever she goes, she is secretly photographed and put on the confession wall to confess her love. In the end, she is specifically marked to remain anonymous, which makes her confused about the meaning of this.

She didn't want to spread such troubles to Asai Mao. Fortunately, there was no one in the coffee shop today. She didn't know whether it was eight or nine o'clock when college students had classes, lay down without classes, or drank coffee early in the morning.

Isn't this a bit stupid in itself?

But I can’t care about that much. Drinking coffee is just an excuse. The main thing is...

"I would like to ask, are you and Natsume-san a couple?"

Izumi Mio chose to hit the ball straight!

Asai Mao had nothing to talk about when she sat with a "strange" senior. The topic between her and Natsume Naoki only developed after living together for more than a month. At first, they had nothing to say when they sat across from each other.

explain.

So just now she turned her head to look at the scenery outside the window, and now she turned back and looked at Izumi Mio seriously.

It's quite surprising. Could it be that my information is wrong?

Asai always felt that Izumi Mio should also be interested in Natsume Naoki, after all, women know women best!

But she didn't move for a long time, so Asai subconsciously felt that the senior sister might also be introverted.

Strange, why use it?

But today, she saw that Izumi Mio was so brave to the girl she met for the first time and asked her directly about her relationship with Natsume Naoki, so she began to wonder if she had always misunderstood Izumi Mio's character.

Could it be that poor Naoki is just wishful thinking and the senior doesn't like him?

It’s difficult to do, and the workload has increased.

"No, when we were eating that day, I remembered that Natsume had already denied it."

"Did you know I was there that day?"

"I have a photographic memory, and everyone I meet will remember it."

"I thought it was Natsume who mentioned me to you."

"Well...he did mention it a few times."

"Ah, did you really mention it?"

Izumi Mio was obviously a little surprised, but before the surprise dissipated, it turned into a trace of anxiety: "Then what did he say? You also know that people are very concerned about other people's opinions."

Izumi Mio's shadow was reflected in Asai Mao's pupils. She squinted her eyes, pretending to be thoughtful.

"You are said to be very good at sports. You are the director of the sports club. He is not in good health and envies you for your good motor skills."

"Is that so...did you say anything else?"

"No, I don't talk much to him. After all, I haven't seen him for twelve years."

Izumi Mio secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She thought Asai Mao also knew about Chinese medicine, which involved her privacy that was difficult to disclose.

It seems that Natsume-kun keeps secrets well!

"So it's because we haven't seen each other for a long time that we don't talk often?" Izumi Mio pretended to be thoughtful and smiled: "Natsume rarely mentioned anything about you. After seeing you in the cafeteria that day, I never saw you again.

You and Natsume appeared together... I thought you were afraid that Natsume's girlfriend would be angry, so you didn't contact her."

Uh-huh~

Asai Mao hummed in her heart, feeling that it was a bit interesting.

As expected, understanding others through that idiot is too one-sided. If you really want to know what kind of person Izumi Mio is, you have to have a face-to-face conversation like this.

Otherwise, how would Natsume Naoki know that the cheerful and lively personality of his beloved Izumi-senpai also has some girl-specific subtleties?

And this kind of cautiousness will only come into play when facing the same sex.

This question was really clever. It had a hint of tea flavor but was not offensive. Asai became interested.

"Natsume doesn't have a girlfriend. The two of us have become inseparable. It's just that we haven't seen each other for a long time." She chuckled, "It's impossible for anyone to like someone like him."

Izumi Mio nodded slightly when she heard this, but she couldn't tell what she was thinking.

What Asai Mao said was impeccable, and there was even a familiar tone in her tone that suggested a childhood disdain for a bamboo horse——

Only a close friend of the opposite sex or an arrogant blond loser would use this tone to dislike boys. She was deliberately shaping her own image to show weakness to the enemy and make Izumi Mio less hostile to her.

Chatting with smart people is easy. Asai Mao was originally worried about how to tactfully tell Izumi Mio that Natsume Naoki was single and flirty, but she didn't expect that she had already established the steps herself.

A low-ranking senior and Qingmei, who pretends to be a pig and eats the tiger, are actually competing to see who is more attractive.

The maid began to enjoy her job.

Izumi Mio asked what she wanted to ask, and she was relieved after hearing the answer she wanted to hear.

"That's it...but I don't think Natsume-san is like this. It's just that he doesn't want to talk about it." So Izumi lowered her eyebrows and spoke a little bit of what was in her heart.

Not everyone will fall in love with a good-looking girl at first sight. In Izumi Mio's heart, Natsume Naoki is such a person.

Perhaps beauty is in the eye of the beholder, she saw that Naoki Natsume was full of good qualities and exuded a light that was daunting.

Even though she herself is the target of popularity, she still does not feel that this is the capital that deserves to be loved.

"Through his own efforts, he has reached the threshold to join the sports club, and his results are very good. He must have suffered a lot behind the scenes." Izumi Mio said.

Asai thought for a while, "He only told me that he successfully passed the test, and he also became the first batch of pilot members of some system reform, under your personal guidance. As for how much hardship he suffered... Now he only has the ability to

Enduring hardship is an advantage."

Izumi Mio nodded: "Yes, Natsume-san is the hardest-working person I have ever seen. In the fitness plan I made for him, he never cried out that he was tired or gave up. He gritted his teeth until he couldn't lift the dumbbells and barbells.

He was exhausted, and his tenacity even made me afraid that he would hurt himself."

Asai looked at the coffee handed over by the clerk, but did not drink it. Instead, he looked at his reflection in the coffee and remained silent for a while.

"He has been like this since he was a child, but he used to be very independent and full of advantages. Now... now someone has to tell him what to do, and preferably also how to stop when enough is enough. Ha,

It was obviously him who taught others before."

Izumi Mio couldn't understand the second half of Asai Mao's words and thought it was about when they were young, so she became more interested in the first half.

"When you were young...what kind of person was Natsume-san like when you were a child?"

Asai understood that Izumi Mio wanted to know more about Natsume, which in her opinion was a good thing.

So she picked up the coffee and took a sip gracefully, with a bit more memories in her eyes, and began to talk about the charming little kid from before.
Chapter completed!