This Japanese Monogatari Isn't Lame
Chapter 480 - 316. Are You Serious? (4000 words)

Chapter 480: Chapter 316. Are You Serious? (4000 words)

Beichuan Si couldn’t find any guesthouses near Lake Kawaguchi at all, and even the hotels were fully booked; now if you wanted to make a reservation, you basically had to wait until after the Golden Week in May.

So Beichuan Si just randomly found a capsule hotel to stay in.

Once he lay down, it was for the whole night.

The next day, after Beichuan Si had made another phone call to inquire about the situation of Beichuan Hui Li and Nakajima Michika, he changed into his own clothes and left the capsule hotel.

Having been out for three or four days, Beichuan Si didn’t continue to waste time around Yamanashi Prefecture.

After he got in the car, it took him two hours to reach the Tokyo Shinjuku District.

Then he went from Shinjuku District to Bunkyo District, and the whole process finally settled down.

But—

"Why are you at my house?" Beichuan Si asked, looking at Shen Gu Mirai who was holding a damp cloth and cleaning.

Cough cough—

Shen Gu Mirai put down the cloth in her hand, coughed dryly twice, and slowly walked over to Beichuan Si to take the luggage he passed to her.

"Didn’t Mr. Temple say it before? You were coming back today." Shen Gu Mirai held the backpack in her hands and with the other hand went to straighten Beichuan Si’s collar, trying hard to keep her complexion steady: "So I thought I’d do some cleaning..."

In reality, Beichuan Si’s collar was neat and clean with nothing to adjust, but Shen Gu Mirai made the action because it seemed more intimate.

"You cleaned?" Beichuan Si’s eyes glittered.

It took him a while before he asked, "How’s the cleaning?

Beichuan Si put on slippers and asked as he walked inside.

Laid out in front of him was the bright living room being aired out.

The stairs on the other side seemed to have been carefully dusted with a vacuum cleaner, then wiped clean with a cloth.

There wasn’t a speck of dust under the sofa, it was clear that Shen Gu Mirai had moved the sofa then wiped underneath it thoroughly.

Beichuan Si was silent for a while.

Standing behind him, Shen Gu Mirai confidently spoke up, "I’ve cleaned everything."

She was quite proud of her cleaning skills.

After all, her parents were rarely at home, and before when she was young her parents would have friends help look after her, till she grew up a bit and has been self-reliant, claiming to be an expert in all household tasks was not an overstatement.

But...

What should I do if you’ve cleaned?

Beichuan Si gave Shen Gu Mirai a sidelong glance, expressionless, when he saw her face shining brightly, almost as if wanting to write ’praise me’ on her forehead—

He still nodded his head: "Thanks for the trouble, Mirai."

Since Shen Gu Mirai had already done all these things, he was free again.

Beichuan Si took out Nishijou Kelian, placed it on the coffee table, then hung the Shinra Bell on the wall beside it, finally tossing out some things from the refrigerator and stuffing the items he bought on his way into the fridge...

There was nothing to do.

Beichuan Si and Shen Gu Mirai looked at each other.

Both seemed to feel the emptiness and helplessness between them.

"Don’t you have anything else to do?" Beichuan Si asked Shen Gu Mirai.

Shen Gu Mirai obediently shook her head in response: "No."

Then she asked back: "Don’t you have anything else to do, Mr. Temple? Like the homework the teacher assigned for Golden Week, have you finished it?"

Beichuan Si nodded; "I solved everything on the first day of the holiday."

The problems weren’t hard, Beichuan Si completed them very smoothly, finishing everything on the first day.

"Really?" Shen Gu Mirai laughed it off: "Me too, I finished on the first day of the holiday."

Silence—

Awkward.

Awkward...

It was really too awkward.

The two of them could hardly find anything to talk about.

Shen Gu Mirai seemed somewhat uncomfortable.

After a while, she realized it couldn’t go on like this, she looked at Beichuan Si again, her tone hesitant as she tried to start the first topic: "Mr. Temple, last night at the campsite near Lake Kawaguchi... How did it feel?"

How did it feel?

Beichuan Si pondered last night’s situation and answered honestly, "The mountain wind was strong, a bit cold, the mountain road was somewhat dark, it seemed like the street lights were broken on that stretch of road, I used a flashlight to see."

Uh—

Isn’t that a rather miserable experience?

Shen Gu Mirai’s face showed hesitation but still curiously asked: "Then...why did Mr. Temple think to go so far... So high up...?"

It was cold, high, and far, and at that time, it seemed Beichuan Si did not ride a bike but went up on foot.

Upon hearing the question, Beichuan Si’s expression showed no particular change, simply replying calmly, "Isn’t the night view beautiful?"

"Beautiful it is..." Shen Gu Mirai’s cherry-pink lips parted and then closed again.

Beichuan Si spoke as if it was obvious, leaving her at a loss for how to respond.

But in fact, Shen Gu Mirai didn’t need to respond, as Beichuan Si explained, "Since it’s beautiful, that’s reason enough to go."

Uh...

Shen Gu Mirai actually still wanted to ask.

Could it be that Beichuan Si went all the way up the mountain for a few hours just so she could see the night view of Yamanashi Prefecture?

But the question got stuck in her throat, and several times she wanted to say it out loud but dared not.

After all, to ask would make it seem as if she thought rather highly of herself.

Maybe Beichuan Si really just wanted to see the night view?

And also...

Shen Gu Mirai glanced at her small handbag.

In fact, she had two tickets to a hot movie premiering today.

This visit had been planned in advance, intending to invite Beichuan Si to go see a movie with her.

But for some reason, her usually articulate skills at this moment were stifled, and she could only sip her tea to mask the slight emotion stirring within her.