After soaking in the hot spring, Kirino Akane and Asagiri Suzu walked around in the hotel courtyard for a while, and then went back upstairs.
"Soya——"
When she opened the door and saw Kyoko in the room, Akane Kirino was slightly stunned.
"Senior sister is also here."
Jingzi nodded calmly, "I have some things to discuss with Yoshiaki-san."
"I see. In other words, Soya really didn't go downstairs just now, right?"
Sogu, who was sitting next to him, responded.
"The bell guessed it."
"..."
He glanced at Chaogiri Ling behind her and said, "Really?"
"What a pity."
Akane Kirino walked in and said, "Only Ling and I have enjoyed the hot springs here. Let's go take a dip again in the evening."
"good."
"Senior Guan Yuan, are you feeling better?"
Jingzi smiled lightly at her, "It's okay."
"That's good."
Kirino Akane returned the smile, then turned around and walked out, "I'm going to see Anko."
After closing the door, Asagiri Suzu sat next to Soya and raised her hand to straighten the messy yukata on his chest.
"How is the hot spring here?" he asked.
"Alright."
"Open-air hot spring?"
"Um."
"Are there many people?"
"Quite a few."
After arranging her clothes, she looked at him and Jingzi again, but didn't ask anything and remained silent as usual.
Zonggu stood up and walked to the window. The sand and grass below had been covered with a warm color. It faced Jinjiang Bay to the east, which also meant that the sunset could not be seen from the room.
And time has a clearer scale.
"It's almost time to make a reservation, get ready to go to the restaurant."
"Um."
Kyoko and Asagiri Suzu stood up, and he went to wake up Tsukuyomi, who was sleeping soundly in bed.
Coming outside, Soya knocked on the door and called Akane Kirino and Anko from the next room.
After briefly looking at each other, Hongzi quickly looked away, while Kyoko looked at the traces of crying in her eyes with some surprise;
Kirino Akane quietly told Soya that Anko had just had a nightmare and was so scared that she cried.
"..."
He was silent for a while, quietly looking at the girl who had the "nightmare".
"That must have been a terrible nightmare."
"I think so too."
...
The dinner at Bailang Restaurant is very high-end, and the dining time is not fixed. You need to make a reservation with the hotel when you check in - of course, not too late.
The dinner time reserved by Soya and his party was at six o'clock. When they came downstairs, the sun was shining brightly. The sun had not completely set, and the clouds in the entire sky were dyed orange.
After looking at the corridor for a while, I walked through the courtyard and came to the restaurant. There were already many people sitting inside.
Six o'clock is neither early nor late, which is the dining time chosen by most guests. However, there are not many young faces in the restaurant, and they are basically older couples.
Their arrival has probably lowered the average age in the restaurant by more than a dozen years - if you only look at faces and don't ask about actual age.
After reporting their room number, the waiter took them to their reserved seats and then asked about some things that required temporary decisions, such as drinks.
Zong Gu turned around, and the other people all looked at him.
He ordered six glasses of juice.
The appetizers were already placed on the table, with a long menu underneath. Dinner was a snapper feast. At the end of the series of dish names was the chef's signature and seal.
Kirino Akane lowered her head and counted the items and dishes on the menu, "The last time I had such a high-end kaiseki meal was when I was hosted by Mr. Tachibana in Kyoto."
"Um."
The appetizers were served on a red-bottomed plate. They were all Ibusuki specialties and seasonal souvenirs. There was also a piece of dried mackerel, which was decorated very delicately.
Sogu picked up a piece and tasted it, only to realize that it was a sweet potato.
"It tastes good, try it."
There were responses from both sides at the same time, "Yeah."
Whether intentionally or not, Kyoko and Anko sat on his left and right respectively, falling into each other's blind spots.
Soya looked at Kyoko. She was holding sweet potato cubes in her hand, biting them in small bites. She noticed his gaze and looked at him briefly again;
Looking at Hongzi again, she was also looking at him, and the little half of her gaze that escaped her eyes fell on Kyoko's hands on the other side.
Asagiri Suzu sat opposite Kyoko, watching the slightly stagnant atmosphere between the three of them calmly, as well as the subtle changes in their faces;
Tsukuyomi glanced at it before burying his head in eating snacks.
Akane Kirino took a bite of the small nigiri sushi and her eyes lit up.
“This is delicious too!”
Not long after, the first dish was served, a bowl of snapper squid.
There are many dishes, served one after another. According to the waiter, it takes about two hours to finish a complete meal;
When asked if he needed to speed up the meal service, considering that he had to go to a hot spring after the meal, Soya said it would be as soon as possible.
Various exquisite dishes and dishes were gradually placed in front of everyone, and there was a large piece of empty space in the middle of the dining table, which was used to place the highlight of the sea bream feast - a complete sea bream sashimi.
"Here we come." Akane Kirino looked back.
Soya raised his head and saw a large plate of sea bream sashimi placed in the center of the dining table.
Of the huge snapper, only the head and tail were still intact, while the body was cut into pieces and placed separately according to different parts.
The amount of food is determined based on the number of diners, but six people may not be able to finish such a large fish.
Akane Kirino was the first to eat it, and Soya then picked up a piece of bright red fish meat. It had a clear texture and was dipping into the mouth. It was rich in fat and tender, and the taste was very unique.
“The fish meat is so tender.”
"Um."
Kyoko also tasted a piece of red and white sashimi, and suddenly thought of something, and lightly bumped Soya's arm.
He looked over, the two were close to each other, and she whispered: "Now is the best time to taste pipa trout."
"..."
Pipa trout is a famous product of Lake Biwa, and the first time the two discussed the eating season of Bipa trout was when they went camping by the lake in early May.
Looking at her lips, Zong Gu moved closer.
"After we go back, can Jingzi take me to try it."
"good……"
Glancing at the two people beside her who were whispering, Anko stretched out her tachyon, but instead of picking up the sashimi, she picked up another pair of tachyon.
"..."
She raised her eyes, and opposite Akane Kirino was also looking at Soya and Kyoko.
"Oh."
Kirino Akane quickly came back to her senses, her eyes fell on the plate, and she smiled at her again.
"Hongzi wants to eat my kuaizi?"
Several people sat around the table, sharing the sea bream sashimi, and other dishes continued to be delivered to the table.
Kagoshima's specialty black dolphin also appears on the list of sea bream feasts.
Thinly sliced black pork is placed on the table with the pot and lettuce, and is the main ingredient for the subsequent shabu-shabu.
Xianggu and lettuce float on the boiling soup. The thin slices of meat are cooked as soon as they are put down. The white water vapor rises for a moment and then dissipates, leaving the aroma lingering.
Putting the freshly cooked meat slices into her mouth, Akane Kirino looked back at another dish that was delivered, mumbling.
"I won't be able to finish eating..."
...
The dinner, which originally lasted two hours, came to an end after one hour at Soya's request.
The last dish is dessert, an orange specially processed by the pastry chef, placed on a plate of ice cubes.
Zonggu scooped up a spoonful of the pulp, which was cold, sweet and sour in the mouth, fresh and refreshing.
Although the taste was very good, he only tasted a spoonful because he couldn't hold it in his stomach.
There was a lot of sea bream sashimi left in the center of the table, but the best part had been eaten.
Tsukuyomi lay down after finishing the meal. Asagiri Suzu tasted every dish and seemed quite fond of desserts at this time. Kirino Akane between the two of them was looking at the plate in front of her in a daze.
He looked next to him again. Jingzi covered her mouth, as if she thought she had eaten too much. Hongzi looked at the lamp.
"Have you finished eating? Let's go out for a walk."
"Um……"
Either they stood up holding on to the table, or they were pulled up by the people next to them. The few people who had eaten and drank enough had no intention of going to the hot springs for the time being.
When we walked out of the restaurant, it was completely dark outside.
Hongzi was in low spirits, but her appetite was not greatly affected. After taking two steps, she felt her stomach was so full that she fell behind unknowingly.
"Wait for me..."
She quickened her pace and reached out her hand to Kirino Akane.
However, Kirino Akane, who was unaware, suddenly pushed forward and caught up with Soya in front.
"..."
Hongzi made a mistake, but he didn't completely fail.