Tokyo landlord: why is the panties of the lady next door in my house?!

Hmm?

Want to learn how to cook?

When she saw the young lady's refreshed wish list, Haruka Yuzan blinked in surprise.

"I, a daughter of a wealthy family, aspire to become a cook?"

That strange sense of déjà vu, it was only then Haruka Yuzan noticed that the beautiful girl was holding a cookbook in her hands.

"The Wild Field's Dining Table?"

Did they have something like that at home?

Watching Chiba Shimizu study it so intently, Haruka Yuzan suddenly felt that the pretty girl might not be so cold after all.

A goddess touched by the mortal world?

Cute to the point of cheating.

He had discovered something even more interesting than reading romance manga,

"Class President, what are you looking at?" Haruka Yuzan said with a smile.

"I think even looking at a cookbook is more useful than you reading manga over there," Chiba Shimizu said indifferently, as if she had anticipated what the boy was about to say.

"It's different, I read manga to please myself and to make my thought process smoother. Many of the words in there are of great enlightenment to life."

Haruka Yuzan defended romance manga, "Chiba Student, you are looking at this too one-sidedly."

"Life enlightenment?"

Chiba Shimizu closed the thick cookbook, looking up for the first time after the boy had been there for so long.

Her eyes, like autumn waters, carried a hint of coolness, "Is the life enlightenment you're talking about how a poor boy is madly loved by a rich girl?"

"Hmm? I didn't expect that you, Chiba, would know so much about romance manga."

Haruka Yuzan raised an eyebrow, his tall and lean figure reclining lazily in the rattan chair, a stark contrast to Chiba Shimizu, who sat upright opposite him.

"But the life enlightenment I've received is, I finally understand why girls like those overbearing CEO TV dramas and novels so much, deeply feeling it... saves me a decade or two of detours!"

"Hmm?"

Although she didn't quite understand the overbearing CEO dramas Haruka Yuzan mentioned, that didn't stop Chiba Shimizu from striking back, "You could, too, if you just agree with Otome. Not just a decade or two of detours, you could go straight to the peak of life."

"Let's change the topic." Haruka Yuzan had not expected Chiba-san's counterattack to be so sharp, and he was outmaneuvered.

Seeing the boy speechless, Chiba Shimizu unconsciously pursed her lips and smiled, perhaps even she hadn't noticed, but it had the boy staring at her in awe.

The girl's smile lifted at the corners, her eyes curved like cherry blossoms poised to bloom in winter, spreading a sweet fragrance, dreamy and beautiful.

"Well... let's talk about cooking instead." Haruka Yuzan steadied his heart, for a moment there, it had skipped a beat.

"Hmm?" Chiba Shimizu too returned to her usual calm, winter cherry blossoms after all were cold.

"Sister Reiko always did the cooking before, but today's lunch, let's resolve it together," Haruka Yuzan coughed twice, saying with a smile, "As for the cookbook, even if you look at it hundreds of times, it's not as fast as learning by doing. How many 'real chefs' learned by just reading a cookbook?" Find your next read on m_v l|e-NovelBin.net

Of course, they learned by watching bloggers' tutorial videos, Haruka Yuzan also didn't know where the young lady found such a book.

Chiba Shimizu pondered seriously for a moment and thought the boy made a lot of sense, nodding her head, "Today is a rare day when you talked about a valuable topic."

Her clean and clear face was earnest and adorable, like an eager but clueless newbie?

Okay then, the young lady's kitchen journey officially set sail.

The rain outside still showed no signs of stopping, as the world seemed to grow noisy because of the rainy day.

The honking of car horns was incessant, pedestrians on the roadside hurried along, rain splashing and wetting their shoes, the orderly and high-frequency paced life, was the reality for most people in this city.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

However, unlike the outside,

Haruka Yuzan was enjoying his lazy and slow warm-up time inside the villa.

Routine life was occasionally punctuated by little episodes.

Like now,

"What dish do you plan to make first?"

Looking at Chiba Shimizu, who had donned an apron and tied her hair up, ready to go, Haruka Yuzan asked the question he cared about most.

"Hmm... let's start with tomato and scrambled eggs..." Chiba Shimizu thought briefly before quickly providing her answer.

This was also the dish the young lady had been studying intently in the cookbook.

"Hmm, you already possess the most basic element of an apprentice."

Pleased that it was tomato and scrambled eggs, Haruka Yuzan nodded approvingly; right, one should have a clear self-awareness, beginners ought to start with scrambled eggs!

"Learning to be humble."

The boy muttered to himself, and the girl didn't reply; her delicate fingers caressed the eggshell, bending over to meticulously select the eggs.

Seeing Chiba Shimizu so serious, Haruka Yuzan couldn't help but become curious, "Stop picking, they're all the same, tomato and scrambled eggs won't taste better because the eggs are perfectly round."

The Class President took everything seriously, even choosing eggs.

Looking at her cool face, Haruka Yuzan felt a fleeting thought that the girl was quite adorable.

In the end, under Chiba Shimizu's ultra-serious selection, five fortunate eggs were ready to honorably end their egg existence, no regrets...

Looking at the five equally sized and textured eggs, Chiba Shimizu nodded in satisfaction, feeling she had taken the first step towards success,

Standing up straight, she also found time to tease the boy, "It's because you, Classmate Haruka, aren't serious, that's why you're always ranked behind me in tests."

Personal attack?

Damn it!!

Sure enough, cuteness is just an illusion!!!