Chapter 9 – Snatching food from the tiger's mouth

"Hey, senpai, aren't you afraid of gaining weight by eating so much?"

Sadao initially planned to endure Utaha's food-snatching behavior and let it pass. However, as she became increasingly unashamed, he couldn't sit still. This is my dinner, after all!

Although watching a beautiful girl eat is pleasing to the eye, when it comes to filling your stomach, everything else takes a back seat!

Utaha fell silent immediately. Despite Sadao having ulterior motives, this braised pork belly with pickled vegetables was delicious, but the fat... Is it really okay to eat so recklessly?

"... It's fine, I'll exercise afterward!" After hesitating for a while, Utaha decided to give up worrying about her weight. Gaining weight? That's something to worry about later. For now, it's all about eating!

Sadao was dumbfounded. Seriously, are you okay with this, Utaha? This is a matter of life and death for you girls, isn't it?!

Although she successfully struck a blow to Sadao, Utaha couldn't be happy about it. This time, she truly hurt herself while trying to harm the enemy.

However, since she had decided to give up on herself, she didn't plan to hold back anymore. At that moment, the can of beer on the table caught her attention.

She couldn't have seen it wrong, right? That's beer!?

"You're drinking alcohol!?" She was somewhat surprised. If she remembered correctly, her kohai here was still underage. How dare he openly drink alcohol like this?

"Is it such a big deal?" Sadao was quite indifferent to this. "Besides, drinking my homemade wine at home, is that even against the law?"

Utaha started to criticize, "Regardless of whether your argument makes sense or not, let's talk about the alcohol on your table. That definitely doesn't look homemade, does it?"

"How do you know it's not?" Although it's unlikely to pass as homemade, Sadao chose to brazenly tell a lie.

As soon as he said that, Utaha gave him a look as if he were a fool. Are you sure your brain is functioning properly? How can you lie so blatantly in this situation!?

"Fine, I admit I'm drinking. So what? Are you going to report me?" Seeing her expression, Sadao didn't bother to continue arguing. However, if she insisted on meddling, he wouldn't mind returning the favor and making her experience the harshness of the world!

As for whether this would affect his plans after doing so, he didn't care. He had decided to live carefree, so he wouldn't bother keeping his anger inside!

"Well..." Utaha was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to respond. However, after thinking for a while, she came up with an idea. "...I don't want to deal with such troublesome things."

Sadao showed a satisfied smile. "A smart choice..."

" I don't want to upset you for no reason…" Utaha wasn't a fool. Although she was initially caught off guard by Sadao's sudden confession, she realized later that if she continued to interfere, their relationship might come to an end.

"Whether you offend me or not, I'm a broad-minded person. Even if you really report me, I won't be angry..." Sadao grinned. Though retaliating against you wouldn't be a bad idea.

Utaha rolled her eyes. I don't believe you at all.

Seeing that Utaha had no intention of meddling further, Sadao stopped talking. He boldly drank his beer and enjoyed his meat. Utaha, on the other hand, was dumbfounded watching his carefree attitude. It's just an extra can of beer, is it really that exciting!?

Of course, Sadao had no idea what she was thinking. He was completely immersed in his own world. However, thanks to someone coming to freeload a meal, the food he was enjoying disappeared...

Looking at that empty plate, almost instinctively, Sadao gave Utaha a glare. If it weren't for you coming to freeload, I wouldn't be stuck in this desperate situation, right!?

"Uh..." Utaha felt a bit awkward. She didn't expect things to turn out like this. Like Sadao, she hadn't eaten enough. However, she didn't want to ask him to prepare another meal.

"Hah..." Sadao suddenly sighed, "...Fine, I'll go prepare another serving of fried rice noodles!"

Utaha immediately brightened up, clapped her hands, and praised, "Truly a thoughtful kohai! You're so considerate!"

Even though she was usually sharp-tongued, in the face of good food, she ultimately chose to surrender. Unconsciously, rare words of praise slipped out of her mouth.

Although such a scene was rare, Sadao couldn't find any joy in it. He was starting to regret getting involved with this woman. Although he didn't know if it was intuition, he had a premonition that she would bring him a lot of trouble.

Once in the kitchen, Sadao sadly took out the ingredients for the late-night snack – soaked rice noodles. Yes, his late-night snack was ruined by Utaha Kasumigaoka once again.

Making fried rice noodles wasn't complicated. Like fried rice, anyone who had spent a little time in the kitchen could easily make this dish. However, the taste wasn't guaranteed... Well, you could definitely eat it.

Sadao wouldn't make the mistakes of a novice, turning a perfectly good plate of fried rice noodles into a mess... No, with the blessing of a chef's heart, he couldn't possibly create a failed dish. Unless, of course, the dish he wanted to make wasn't Chinese.

After pouring oil into the heated pan, the pan immediately sizzled. Listening to this familiar sound, Sadao's thoughts couldn't help but go back to the past, recalling the times when he boasted with friends at the roadside stalls. He felt a mix of nostalgia and embarrassment.

Back then, he was too young, always thinking that as long as he worked hard, everything could be achieved. Little did he know... Life isn't that easy!

Thinking about these things, Sadao's determination to live a laid-back life became even stronger.

Only lying down flat is the right way to go. Screw the effort!

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