"Oh~ You two are here. Long time no see, Yoshida, and Mishima."
"Hahaha, long time no see, Hashimoto-senpai."
Looking at Hashimoto and Mishima Yuba greeting each other in front of him, Yoshida was stunned for a long time without reacting.
What's going on?
Didn’t you say you were going to have coffee?
Why come to a barbecue restaurant???
And what does old friend Hashimoto mean by "you two"????
With questions popping up in his mind one after another, Yoshida's brain almost shut down.
Seeing his dumbfounded expression, Mishima Yuzu held it in for a while and couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Hahaha, Yoshida-senpai's face is so stupid now, so funny!"
Three black lines appeared on Yoshida's forehead, and he asked loudly: "Hey! Mishima, what is going on? Please explain it to me!"
Mishima Yuzu pursed her lips and said as if it had nothing to do with herself:
"Is there anything to explain? I've told you a long time ago that you will definitely regret it if you don't come with me, Yoshida-senpai. I was right, right~?"
An idea flashed in Yoshida's mind, and he suddenly reacted, "Did you also get invited to the dinner party!??"
"Correct answer~!" Mishima Yuzuha snapped her fingers, "By the way, the person who invited me here is Hashimoto-senpai. Others are not as stingy as Yoshida-senpai~"
After she finished speaking triumphantly, she took the lead in entering the restaurant with brisk steps.
Yoshida suddenly felt his blood pressure soar.
No wonder this guy was acting so strange today, it turned out that she was also invited!
He turned his head and asked Hashimoto Koushi, who had been watching the show, "Did you ask Mishima to come? Why didn't you tell me earlier!?"
Hashimoto spread his hands and said innocently: "Oh~~ I also said that since you two went to the same company, you should be able to communicate with each other, but it turns out not~?"
"I believe you! In fact, you did it on purpose, right?"
"Oh, you are enlightened."
"Damn bastard! You can't even act anymore! Do you know how embarrassed I am?"
Yoshida cursed with a livid face, punched his injured friend on the shoulder, and then strode forward and opened his legs.
After entering the door, the aroma of fat and food immediately hits your face.
In the booth area in the corner of the BBQ restaurant, Mishima Yuba was smiling and reminiscing with her former colleagues. Her harmonious appearance did not look like someone who had resigned.
The former minister noticed him entering the door and waved in surprise, "Hey, Yoshida, why are you standing there stupidly? Come and sit down."
Hearing this, other people also turned their heads.
"Youho, isn't this Yoshida? Long time no see!"
"I'm such a busy person, it's not easy to meet you."
"Come on, come on, Yoshida, please take a seat."
Yoshida walked up quickly and greeted a table of old colleagues: "Long time no see, Minister Onosaka, and everyone."
When a male colleague heard this, he immediately corrected his slip of the tongue, "Yoshida, you are already a veteran, and Minister Onosaka has been promoted. Now you should be called Minister Onosaka."
"Hey, is this true? Onosakabe... No, I mean Minister Onosakamoto, congratulations." Yoshida said with some surprise.
Although there is only one word difference between "chief" and "headquarters", in the Japanese corporate system, the difference between the two is huge.
To put it simply, ministers generally only manage their own departments, while the head of the department is responsible for managing a region or several departments.
Facing his congratulations, Onosaka waved his hands with a bright face and said modestly: "Hey, we are all old friends, there is no need to worry so much, just sit down quickly."
Yoshida nodded and found a seat to sit down. His eyes unconsciously drifted to his female colleague, but he didn't see any figure.
Several women accidentally met his eyes, nodded briefly, and then didn't care much.
He looked away with some disappointment, but Hashimoto happened to notice him. The other person sat down next to him and whispered in a low voice: "What? Are you looking for someone?"
Of course Yoshida would not admit it, waved his hand and said: "No, I just took a look..."
"Ah, it's Miss Goto."
"Huh--?"
After hearing what Hashimoto said, Yoshida immediately stretched his neck and looked at the entrance reflexively, only to find that there was no one there.
Hashimoto teased with a half-smile: "Oh~ you really still miss Goto-san? I thought Mishima had captured you long ago."
What a bastard!
The corners of Yoshida's eyes twitched, and his fists instantly hardened.
He was about to have a seizure, but the next second he saw Hashimoto's eyes widening in surprise, "Ah, Miss Goto is here."
Seeing that this kid wanted to repeat his old tricks, Yoshida nodded with a smile on his face and asked in a deep voice: "...Are you still done? Are you addicted to acting?"
However--
"Ah, it's Special Agent Goto!"
"Specialist Goto is here."
"Specialist Goto, here!"
The colleagues around him stood up one after another while talking.
Yoshida was stunned for a moment, then suddenly turned around, and sure enough he saw a graceful figure approaching.
The other party has long flowing brown hair, tied into a single ponytail on the right shoulder, and looks particularly mature in a suit and skirt.
But the most eye-catching thing is undoubtedly the pair of H-cup cups that fill up Jin's purple shirt, which simply attracts the attention of all the men present!
"Gudu..."
Vaguely, Yoshida seemed to hear the sound of swallowing saliva coming from everywhere.
He glanced around calmly and found that the gazes of the men around him were intense to varying degrees.
This made him slightly unhappy, but he immediately realized that he was one of them, and couldn't help feeling frustrated.
Even so, he still stood up together with the people around him, barely making a welcoming gesture.
Goto Aiori nodded to everyone in turn, and was slightly startled when she noticed him, then a smile suddenly broke out on her face, and she walked straight over.
"Ah, I heard that Yoshida might come today, but I didn't expect to actually see you. Long time no see, Yoshida."
She said with a smile, a bit of surprise in her leisurely tone, and she took the initiative to extend a hand.
"Okay, long time no see, Miss Goto." Yoshida couldn't help but feel a little nervous, but he still nodded calmly, held the hand and shook it up and down, and then immediately let go.
Faced with his stammering answer, Goto Aiiri blinked her eyes, opened her lips slightly and was about to say something, but was suddenly interrupted.
"Hi~! Miss Goto, I haven't seen you for a long time. I'm so happy to see you. Come and sit here."
Mishima Yuba said with a playful smile, and forcibly dragged Goto Ai to the side of her female colleague.
Yoshida noticed that when she met his eyes, Mishima Yuzu secretly made a face.
He sat down with everyone for no apparent reason, and Hashimoto immediately came up to him, "That's great, I shook hands with Miss Goto~"
Yoshida straightened his face and gave his bad friend an elbow, "...What nonsense are you talking about? It's just common workplace etiquette."
Hashimoto smiled and didn't say much, and went to chat with others.
Yoshida unconsciously looked at his right hand, only to feel that there was still a vague touch of shaking hands with Ai Goto.
Even though it was only a few seconds of contact, the softness and warmth of the other person's hand were still clearly engraved in his mind, making him feel uneasy for no reason.
…
After Goto Airi arrived, several more colleagues arrived one after another.
The waiter quickly brought out various drinks and dishes, and everyone changed glasses, making the scene very harmonious.
Yoshida drank absentmindedly. He was the quietest person present and rarely participated in the discussion.
To be more precise, he couldn't participate even if he wanted to.
Those old colleagues all talked about the company, so naturally he, an outsider, had nothing to talk about.
Fortunately, everyone's focus was on Minister Onosakamoto and Commissioner Goto, and no one cared about him.
In contrast, Mishima Pomelo leaves are another story.
I saw her chatting happily with everyone. She was able to deal with both men and women with ease. She could occasionally make a few uncles laugh. She was extremely popular.
Only then did Yoshida belatedly remember that Mishima Yuzuha was originally a very popular person in the workplace.
Although it was not obvious when she was in "TYPE-MOON", this little girl is actually deeply loved by the uncles, and her name is often mentioned by her bosses at banquets.
After all, it's not like he can't understand the thoughts of those uncles.
Mishima Yuba has a cute appearance, with round and bright eyes, a small nose and mouth, and she is a typical cute girl.
She seemed to have dressed up specially today. Her chestnut-colored medium-length hair almost reached her shoulders, and the ends of her hair were rolled up inwards, giving her a youthful and playful look.
In addition, her personality is quite clever, it would be strange if such a girl is not popular.
‘Why haven’t I noticed it usually?’ Yoshida thought blankly, and realized the truth in the next second.
All I can say is that all the members of the "TYPE-MOON" studio are so good-looking!
Ordinary people only serve as foils in front of them, and naturally they look overshadowed.
But once out of that environment, Mishima Yuzu's charm suddenly became apparent.
Just as he was immersed in thinking, Minister Onosaka, who was sitting diagonally across from him, suddenly handed him a barbecue tongs.
"Yoshida, why are you in a daze again? There is not much barbecue on the stove, please bake more."
Hashimoto frowned slightly and said tactfully: "Mr. Onosakamoto, you are too cunning. Yoshida is not in the company anymore, so it is not good to let him barbecue, right?"
"What does it have to do with it? Yoshida used to be the person in charge of our barbecue, and everyone really likes to eat his barbecued meat. Don't you think so? Yoshida."
Yoshida couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Minister Onosaka has always been like this when we had dinner together before. He only focused on chatting with the new women, leaving this kind of drudgery to him.
It seems that even after being promoted, this person still remains stubborn.
He wanted to go back to the place, but he couldn't refuse in front of so many people, so he had no choice but to accept the barbecue with the tongs.
Hashimoto, who was sitting next to him, shook his head helplessly and sighed softly: "...I am not too talkative. You should really change your mentality as a good old man."
Yoshida smiled coquettishly and didn't know how to respond. He used tongs to place the pieces of marinated pork belly on the plate on the net.
After the meat was almost cooked, Director Onosaka picked up a piece of meat, dipped it in the sauce, and then put it into his mouth.
"Yeah - it's delicious! This is the taste! Yoshida's barbecue skills are really good. He really deserves to be the person in charge of barbecue."
Yoshida touched his head and smiled politely, "Well, thank you for that. Just like it."
"Of course I like it!" Minister Onosaka said with a look of regret: "It's a pity that you have moved to other places now, so it is difficult for us to have this good fortune."
Yoshida didn't take this casual joke seriously. However, a male colleague, who didn't know whether he drank too much or had a wrong nerve, suddenly said this -
"That's right! I mean, Yoshida, you are serious. You were rejected by Commissioner Goto to confess your love. Are you so impulsive in resigning? And I heard that you also went to a game company? Isn't this too casual?"
His voice was not low enough that everyone present heard it. Everyone was silent for a moment, and then they all looked at him strangely.
Yoshida's expression froze, and his face suddenly turned red.
He never thought in his wildest dreams that his former colleague would be so ignorant that he would make fun of such embarrassing things in public, which made him unable to step down.
Facing the looks of everyone watching the excitement, he smiled bravely and tried to find some random topic to talk about.
As a result, there was only a "bang~" sound, and the Mishima pomelo leaves flew up from the eucalyptus——
"This is simply too much! Yoshida-senpai is not that naive, and the company we are in now is not that casual! Endo-senpai doesn't understand anything at all!"
She kept a tight face, ignored the reactions around her, and spoke quickly and urgently like a barrage of words:
"Actually, I've been saying this for a long time. Everyone bullies Yoshida-senpai too much! Minister Onosaka always likes to direct Yoshida-senpai to barbecue, and Endo-senpai always pushes his work to Yoshida-senpai. Don't you feel ashamed?"
Facing Mishima Yuba who suddenly turned against her, everyone was frightened and didn't understand why this little girl who was always laughing and joking could be so angry.
Seeing that something was wrong, Goto Airi called out "Mishima" in an attempt to control the situation, but instead incurred Mishima Yuzu's anger.
"And Miss Goto, don't think that you will be fine if I don't tell you. You obviously have many things that others covet, but you have always adopted a passive attitude and calmly waited for others to choose you. This will not be too much.
Are you arrogant?"
"Mishima."
"You are really cunning. You clearly know other people's thoughts, but you deliberately don't explain it clearly. You didn't even try to retain Yoshida-senpai when he was about to leave!"
The more Yuba Mishima talked, the angrier she became, and the more she talked, the more frustrated she became. She glared at everyone present, and shouted in a sharp voice, almost as if she wanted to find someone to quarrel with:
"After all, except for Hashimoto-senpai, there is no one here who really wants to invite Yoshida-senpai! What are you proud of? What is there to be proud of?
What does it mean to resign because of impulse? Do you know how powerful Yoshida-senpai is now?
Not only did he become the technical director of the new company, but he was also selected as a partner by our president, and his dividend income alone is tens of millions! It is simply not something you can match!"
"Mishima——!"
Goto Aiori made a louder voice than usual and forcibly interrupted her, "That's enough, this is a public place, let's not cause any more trouble to others."
Mishima Yuye suddenly woke up, moved her eyes and looked around, only to see the employees of the barbecue restaurant looking at her in embarrassment, and even some of the dining guests looked at her blankly.
She suddenly felt that her cheeks were getting very hot, and her violent mood quickly cooled down, and her rationality returned to her brain.
She opened her mouth and subconsciously wanted to defend herself, but in the end she just picked up her bag, lowered her head and walked out quickly.
Before Yoshida could fully react, Hashimoto, who was sitting next to him, thrust his suit jacket and briefcase into his hands, pushed him hard on the back, and urged him to chase after him.
Yoshida was slightly startled, but he didn't bother to say anything and strode out of the store with his things in his arms.
There was silence in the barbecue restaurant.
After two minutes, people gradually came back to their senses.
Minister Onosaka moved his lips and asked in a high-pitched voice: "...As for what Mishima just said, does anyone know the situation? Is Yoshida really doing so well now?"
Endo licked his lips and said with a dry smile: "That's not the case, is it? It should be just a casual talk, right?"
The two of them asked and answered questions, as if they were looking for comfort from each other.
Hashimoto listened to their conversation, raised his hand to push the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and said casually:
"Really? As far as I know, the boss of the company where Yoshida currently works seems to be a celebrity. He was previously known as the youngest billionaire in the Heisei era. Even the news reported this."
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they all took out their mobile phones and opened the search engine...