tokyo soulful legend

Chapter 400 Just a song
To Rina Toshiro's surprise, Che Kitagawa did not place the barbecue place in the backyard of the villa, but led everyone to the wider rooftop.

Although the floor is not too high, it is the first time for her to have a barbecue on the rooftop, and it is a quite new experience.

However, fresh experiences cannot hide troublesome areas.

By the time everyone had lit the needed charcoal fire, the red sunset had been swallowed up by the sea level, and the sky dyed red by the golden sunset had also fallen into the boundless night.

In the darkness of the villa area, only the faint chirping of insects and the chatter of everyone on the rooftop could be heard.

"Thankfully Miao made preparations in advance, otherwise..."

Sitting in front of the grill, Rina Toshima, wearing an apron, raised her eyebrows and looked at Shiori Kashiwahara standing aside by the light of the outdoor lamp placed on the rooftop.

The girl was raising her eyebrows at this time, looking thoughtfully at the downtown area which was not far from the villa area and could clearly see the bright lights of the city.

The more it's a night like this, the more clearly you can tell where the 'city that never sleeps' is.

"otherwise?"

Kitagawa Che, who was sitting next to Rina Toshima, bent down, took out a handful of skewered beef from the iron tray, and handed it to the female neighbor.

In fact, if possible, he didn't want Rina Toshimai to take over the position of barbecue chef.

It's not that he likes to work, but he really doesn't trust Rina Toshima's level.

Unfortunately, Sister Rina is stubborn at times like this. He tries to say whatever he likes, but everyone stops him with a sentence in very standard Chinese, "We will treat each other with admiration after three days of separation."

Take what she added later, she wanted to show off her skills today and show everyone her unique skills to see her progress during this period.

People have talked to this extent, what can he say?

I can only keep silent.

If he was just asked to wait beside him in a serious manner, he still wouldn't feel at ease.

Yes, for things like barbecue, as long as you can tell whether the meat is cooked or not, most of the problems can be solved, and you won't have to have a team building in the toilet after eating it, but Kitagawa Che feels that he still needs to be more cautious, and instead In other words, if there is someone who can look at Thrush and be considerate, things will not go wrong so easily.

"Our stomachs are already growling with hunger right now."

Rina Toshima withdrew her gaze, took the handful of beef from Kitagawa Che, and put it on the grill in a decent manner.

During the school's last self-service BBQ, she "showed off her skills" fiercely in front of Ai. Although she still didn't understand the grilling of seasonal vegetables, she had already passed the test when it came to meat.

To be fair, the barbecue technology itself is not difficult, but how to control the heat and how to grill some difficult-to-grill ingredients requires a certain degree of experience.

Compared to cooking, in her opinion, barbecue is much easier.

"Speaking of this." Kitagawa Che paused and teased Rina Toshimaru, "Sister Rina, you ate a lot of snacks just now. Can you still eat it later?"

But teasing is teasing, and to be honest, he can still understand Toshimaru Rina. In terms of taste, the snacks made by Miao are quite good and have reached the level of snack shops outside.

If he hadn't repeatedly warned himself in his heart to eat less sweet things, then maybe he would have become a fan of wonderful dim sum.

"You underestimate me too much." Toshiro Seirina pursed her lips, "Those snacks are just enough to fill my stomach."

According to her own expectations, after the barbecue is finished, the ideal situation is for her to sit here and eat while grilling.

"Then I'll see you perform later!"

Kitagawa Che also picked up a barbecue and started grilling it calmly.

Because we are having a barbecue at home, the amount of seasonings we put on it will be slightly more than the barbecue we had at school. But if we really do the math, it’s not much more. The big deal is that we will sprinkle less seasoning later. Just a few.

"no problem."

Rina Toshima blinked and turned the beef skewers in front of her.

The sound of '呲呲' followed.

The aroma of beef mixed with the aroma of fat flooded into her nostrils.

Gudong.

Subconsciously, she swallowed.

God knows how Kitagawa Che served the seasoning in the afternoon. The aroma of the beef today was at least a notch better than the aroma of the beef at the buffet BBQ in school that day. Just smelling it made her index fingers twitch. .

"There should be no one to compete with you later."

Kitagawa Che teased Rina Tashisei.

"How did you put the seasoning on it?"

But obviously, Rina Toshima did not respond to his teasing as before, but asked this question seriously.

"It's just normal barbecue seasoning. The biggest difference is probably that I use a heavier hand."

Kitagawa Che turned over the beef skewers he was grilling and answered in a natural tone.

Compared with the Japanese barbecue method that pays more attention to retaining the original taste of food, his barbecue is much more aggressive in terms of ingredients and coatings. Although it is still not as exaggerated as the barbecue in Shu, relatively speaking , the taste is much stronger.

The advantage is that it can produce enough fragrance as much as possible without being so spicy. The disadvantage is that as a time traveler, he always feels that it is not flavorful enough and is a bit bland.

"……All right."

Hearing this, Rina Toshima fell silent.

Kitagawa Che's answer caused her to fall into a brief silence.

She knew that A Che was telling the truth, but the problem was that it was still a little far from the answer she had imagined.

"By the way, Sister Rina, did you give Shiori's birthday gift in advance?"

Kitagawa Che didn't dwell too much on this topic. He picked up the seasoning bottle on the side, opened the lid, and skillfully sprinkled some on the beef skewers.

"Use it for me too."

Rina Toshima stretched out her hand and signaled Kitagawa Che to give her the condiment bottle.

"This is a spicy seasoning. I personally recommend that you don't add too much."

Kitagawa Teru handed the condiment bottle to Rina Toshima, and after the latter took it, his attention returned to his eyes.

"I have it in my mind."

Rina Toshiro frowned, a little dissatisfied with Kitagawa Che's excessive worry, but her body followed his instructions quite honestly, and she was very careful when spreading the seasoning, for fear of spreading too much.

As one of the long-term diners of the Beichuan family, she knew very well that Ah Che would not be alarmist about this kind of thing.

If I were really like him and sprinkled the spicy cumin-flavored seasoning in that amount, then the handful of skewers in my hand would probably become something that people both love and hate.

——Love is that the spicy flavor can really arouse people's taste buds, but hate is that the spicy flavor is too strong, which directly leads to a cup of tea and a skewer.

"Here." Rina Tosei handed the condiment bottle back, "Then the question you asked, as for the gift, I gave it in advance."

Just like her explanation of Baiyuan Shiori.

She didn't want to line up to weave poems for Bai Yuan in the early hours of this morning.

"Put that one over with you. I have another bottle here." Kitagawa Che took out a bottle of prepared seasoning from the tool bag on the side as if he was doing magic. "In the end, the one you gave me What is it?"

"Perfume." Toshiro Sei Rina paused and explained, "Ai introduced it. It smells very good and is not too strong."

She knew that Kitagawa Che understood her temperament, so she knew very well that even if she didn't explain, he would still ask.

So instead of half-talking and waiting for him to ask, it would be better to say it in advance.

"Then Shiori should like this gift very much, right?"

Beichuan Che spoke thoughtfully.

He still knew a little about Baiyuan Shizhi's preferences. "Uh-huh." Rina Toshima nodded, then turned around and looked at him with a smile, "So, I have already said the gift I want to give, so in exchange, Ache, will you also You should tell me, what are you planning to give?"

She was quite interested in this, but it happened that someone was doing a very good job of keeping it secret. No matter how much she tried to poke around, she couldn't figure out the reason.

This caused her curiosity to swell more and more, and her heart felt like a cat was scratching her, itching so much.

It just so happened that Kitagawa Che had a soft-spoken temperament, so she was completely at a loss.

"Revealing the mystery in advance will make the surprise lose its original properties."

Kitagawa Che said this meaningfully, and then turned over his own skewers.

"That's very cunning of you to say."

Toshiro Nainai pursed her lips and wanted to reach out and tap him lightly as a 'demonstration', but after raising her hand and hesitating for a moment, she put it down.

It's not that she didn't do this because she thought it was emotionally inappropriate, but at this moment, her hands were oily and it was inappropriate to rub them on Kitagawa Che's clothes.

After all, the person doing the laundry was Eshima Myo, so there was no need for her to increase the workload for this little girl who treated her very well.

"After all, I want to retain a certain degree of surprise."

Kitagawa Che laughed and changed the topic.

In a sense, the gift he gave was quite straight. It was not romantic at all, and there was no so-called girlishness. But as far as the gift itself was concerned, it was in line with Baiyuan Shiori's requirements.

"So let me tell you, you are really cunning!"

Rina Toshima shook her head and looked at this guy helplessly.

"If you don't turn your kebabs over, they will be cooked."

Kitagawa Che reminded her.

The easiest, but also the most troublesome part for a barbecue master is here. An experienced barbecue master will often not turn the meat very diligently. He will take advantage of the gap in the middle to put the meat skewers on the grill, and then light a fire. Have a cigarette, touch the fish, and then check the time before turning over.

The advantage of this is that you can reasonably take out the time to fish, so that you don't have to concentrate on the whole process. The disadvantage is that even if you are fishing, you still need a certain amount of attention to stay there, and you cannot just fish.

"……Oh!"

Hearing this, Rina Toshima reflexively turned over her skewers.

After lowering her eyebrows and confirming the glistening beef, which had a very clear "squeaking" sound, she let out a long sigh of relief.

As Kitagawa Che said, if she was distracted for another half minute, this thing would get old.

"If you want to make a good barbecue, you need to make good use of your fishing time." Kitagawa Che raised his eyebrows and looked at the night sky in the city, "In short, you can't delay fishing or getting down to business."

I don't know if it's because of the light rain last night. The sky is quite clear tonight. Even in the city, you can see the starry sky above your head.

"You said..."

Toshiro chuckled helplessly. She could understand what Ache meant, but when he said this with a relaxed look, it had an inexplicable comedic effect.

"That's right." She coughed slightly, and her eyes fell on Ejima Mya and Kitaon Rinne who were busy on the picnic mat not far away, "Ache, let's sing a song. Just pure a cappella singing.”

"...What do you want to hear?"

Kitagawa Che didn't mind singing at this time.

"Hey!" Rina Toshima retracted her gaze, turned back, and raised her eyebrows at Kitagawa Che, "So confident?"

"Yes."

Kitagawa Che nodded and gave an affirmative answer.

There's nothing wrong with showing off your skills in front of this neighbor's sister once in a while.

"I want to hear new songs you haven't sung before."

Rina Toshima blinked.

Since Ah Che had already opened his mouth, she would have to increase his intensity to some extent.

Of course, if he really couldn't sing, she had already thought of how to help him out.

"Okay." Kitagawa Che thought for a moment, and remembered that classic bitter love song for no reason. He turned his head, looked at Rina Toshimaro, and reminded him, "It's just that this song is in Chinese."

"no problem!"

Even if she doesn't understand the lyrics, she can understand the melody of the song.

Moreover, in order to regain her 'face', she has been studying Chinese for a while recently. Although it is still a little difficult to speak, but listening, it is probably not a big problem.

"That's fine."

Kitagawa Che lowered his head, put the grilled beef skewers into the stainless steel dinner plate on the side, and then grabbed a handful of pork belly and put it on the grill.

Then, following his memory, he hummed softly.

The prince of love songs, Mr. Zhang Xinzhe, has many classic songs, but his favorite one is not his popular song "Love Like a Tide", but "I Want to Love You Too Much", which is relatively less popular.

The reason why a classic is a classic is that no matter when you listen to it again, it will never feel outdated.

Seeing that her skewers were almost cooked, Toshimaro Rina put the grilled beef skewers on her stainless steel dinner plate, then perked up her ears and listened carefully.

As Kitagawa Che's neighbor and someone who has watched 'Jay' grow up all the way, she knows very well that his singing skills have made visible progress. Coupled with his unique voice conditions, those love songs can shine with him. Refreshing charm.

Following his acapella, she closed her eyes comfortably and gradually became involved in the emotions in the song.

In Kitagawa Che's singing, she saw a man humming softly on the singing stage of the bar, who had drunk some wine but was still conscious.

There is no crying, excessive exertion, no blood dripping from every word, and no emotions surging, but it is still so touching.

Perhaps his voice is not that perfect, and the lyrics are not that 'sensational', but it fits the mood very well and exaggerates the song to the extreme at this moment.

太 想 爱 你 是 我 不 的 的

I want to take over all your anger and sorrow

You have conquered me but not yet mine
叫 我 如何 不 去 猜测 想 想 什么

The song flows, and the picture comes to your face.

Kitagawa Che's singing voice was not loud, but after all, the surroundings were too quiet. Both Miao and Rinyin who were busy, and Baiyuan Shizhijin who was looking into the distance were attracted by the singing and turned around. Come on.

But Kitagawa Che, who was still minding his own barbecue, didn't notice their gazes. He just paid attention to the doneness of the skewers while singing to himself.

I want to love you so much that I can’t suppress the torture
能否 请 你 不 要 不 选择 闪躲
只 想 爱 的 我
太 想 爱 的 我
Can I only guess your outline in the mist?

Hearing this, Rina Toshima bit her lips unconsciously.

After a moment of slight exertion, pain surged up.

Ah.

With a chuckle from the bottom of her heart, as if she had figured it out, she relaxed as if relieved and no longer cared about the so-called lyrics. As her beautiful eyes rolled around, she closed her eyes, cleared her mind, and continued to listen. This song can reach directly to the deepest pain in people's hearts.

She didn't know whether he did it intentionally or not.

But, as she relieved herself in her heart, it didn't matter.

Songs are just songs.

　Two in one!Caught up today!

　　I would like to thank the second grade teacher at GLZ for the reward, and my landlord, Fei Zhai Mao and Feng Hu Wu Mu Yu, for their monthly passes. Your support is the motivation for my writing.

　　
　
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