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Chapter 177: Getting Rid of Alcohol Addiction

As a childhood friend of Kenji Hagiwara who has known him for many years, Jinpei Matsuda showed undisguised disdain on his face:

"You, what image do you still have?"

Hagiwara Kenji raised his hand and touched his chin, pretending to think:

"Compared to Xiao Zhenping, my image should be relatively acceptable. After all, although Xiao Zhenping has a face like an idyllic figure, the words that come out of that mouth often scare people away."

After saying that, Kenji Hagiwara ignored Matsuda Mitsuhei's expression of wanting to beat someone, looked at Hoshino Hitomi's purple eyes flashing slightly, and asked with a smile:

"Am I right? Hitomi-chan~"

Hoshino Hitomi originally saw the two people chatting enthusiastically, her eyes fixed on Matsuda Jinpei's full glass of beer, and she couldn't help feeling itchy in her heart.

After some mental struggle, she took the opportunity to quietly reach out her hand, intending to secretly take a sip to relieve her craving for alcohol.

As a result, when her hand just touched the wall of the wine glass, she didn't expect that Kenji Hagiwara suddenly called her.

Hoshino Hitomi was about to pull her hand back for fear of being discovered, but her slender wrist was held down by a long, strong hand with distinct knuckles.

Hoshino Hitomi, who was caught, looked a little guilty. She pursed her lips and looked up cautiously, and the owner of the hand was also looking at her.

Matsuda Jinpei did not let go of her hand immediately. Instead, he gently kneaded her palm twice with his fingertips without much force, and then easily covered her restless little hand with his big hand.

Seeing the other party's guilty look, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, his face became more handsome and bad, and he said with a smile:

"I thought you were trying to do something sneaky, but it turns out you wanted to drink and provoke me in front of these two future police officers."

Worried that she would be handcuffed again, Hoshino Hitomi hurriedly tried to explain: "I didn't mean to provoke you, it's just..."

Matsuda Jinpei interrupted him without leaving any trace, his expression became a little more serious, and he said seriously:

"Even if you are of age as stipulated by the law in China, you are still not allowed to drink alcohol in Japan if you are under 20 years old."

He paused, raised his eyebrows and smiled at the other party, and asked in an almost affirmative tone:

"You are very familiar with the laws of various countries, so this must be clear to you, right?"

Upon hearing this, Hoshino Hitomi lowered her head silently in shame.

Kenji Hagiwara listened to the conversation between the two and reacted after a while. He immediately looked at Hitomi Hoshino with his droopy puppy eyes with a hurt look on his face, making her feel silently condemned.

"Hitomi-chan, don't you like the grape-flavored soda I ordered for you? Why didn't you drink a sip? You were only thinking about Jinpei's wine... Kenji is so sad."

Kenji Hagiwara then remembered that in his previous life, Hitomi Hoshino was addicted to alcohol. She would even drink at two or three in the morning, and even the refrigerator in her home was filled with all kinds of alcohol.

If she hadn't had to take care of the four of them who were children at the time, she would have wanted to replace three meals a day with wine.

Before the four of them traveled through time, he didn't even dare to imagine how unhealthy Hoshino Hitomi's lifestyle and diet were in her previous life.

You are so disobedient, Hitomi-chan...

Kenji Hagiwara just felt uncomfortable, but he couldn't bear to blame the other party. At the same time, his desire to stop the other party from drinking too much became stronger and stronger.

Only then did Hoshino Hitomi notice that there was a bottle of grape-flavored soda next to her left hand. Seeing the other party's extremely hurt expression, she couldn't help but look a little flustered:

"No, no, I just saw it. Kenji, you misunderstood."

After she finished speaking, she immediately picked up the grape-flavored soda on the table and took a few sips. The sour and sweet taste of grapes instantly spread in her mouth, sweet and refreshing.

Hoshino's eyes lit up, and he finished the drink in less than ten seconds, then smiled and said:

"It's delicious. I like it very much. Don't be sad, Kenji. I've finished it."

Kenji Hagiwara came back to his senses and was instantly happier when he heard that the other party liked the fruit soda he ordered.

"It's my fault for not reminding you, Tong-chan. Otherwise, you wouldn't have missed Xiao Zhenping's beer just now. Since Tong-chan likes it, order another one."

"Thank you, Kenji~ I promise I won't drink before I'm twenty. I'm sorry."

Hoshino Hitomi looked at the two of them with eyes full of apology, and said with a face full of shame:

"I'm sorry, Zhen Ping. I shouldn't have thought about your beer just now, and I was going to secretly take your beer..."

Matsuda Jinpei shook his head indifferently, not really paying attention to it, and just reminded:

"If you want to drink, I can take you out for a drink when you're twenty, but not now. Also, no matter how much you love to drink, you have to do it in moderation."

Hoshino Hitomi nodded obediently, "I understand."

She then continued, "By the way, Zhen Ping, I'll give you some of the fat beef in my bowl. I have too much in my bowl."

Matsuda Jinpei refused without hesitation: "No need to give it to me, I gave you more because you are too thin. You can only gain weight if you eat more."

Seeing the other party's tough attitude, Hoshino Hitomi had to give up.

She smiled and commented in a gentle voice: "Zhen Ping is still as cute as he was when he was a child. He is obviously thinking about others in his heart, but he doesn't say it directly."

Matsuda Jinpei's face flushed. After realizing what was happening, he couldn't help but complain, "Who taught you to use the word cute to describe a man? It doesn't suit me at all..."

Hoshino Hitomi smiled with her eyes curved, and said sincerely: "But, I actually like people like Jin Ping who are full of passion and sense of justice."

Upon hearing this, Matsuda Jinpei's handsome face suddenly turned red, like a ripe apple, and he quickly lowered his head and ate his meal in silence.

Hagiwara Kenji stood up and walked over to where Hoshino Hitomi was sitting. His usually gentle and calm tone was now filled with jealousy: "Hey - Hitomi-chan, you're so mean. Why did you forget about me again?"

Because they were too close, the other person's warm breath sprayed on her neck, causing an instant numbness.

Hoshino Hitomi looked at the handsome face in front of her, and her expression was somewhat helpless: "Kenji, you are too close..."

Before he finished speaking, Hagiwara Kenji took out a clean white handkerchief from somewhere, wiped the non-existent tears from the corners of his eyes with it, and said with a face full of resentment:

"Hitomi-chan, do you really not like me? Now you even despise me. I'll just leave and not disturb your world of two with Xiao Zhenping..."

That being said, Kenji Hagiwara did not leave. Instead, he hung himself on Hitomi Hoshino.

In front of the tall Kenji Hagiwara, Hoshino Hitomi actually looks much smaller, and their postures now seem as if they are very intimate.

In order to make it easier to eat, Hoshino Hitomi tied her long black curly hair into a low bun before eating.

But even though she covered the kiss mark with foundation and a turtleneck sweater, she still underestimated Hagiwara Kenji's sensitivity.

Kenji Hagiwara drooped his eyelashes slightly, and used his height advantage to secretly look at the little bit of neck skin exposed under the other person's turtleneck sweater.

When he saw one or two obvious red kiss marks on her neck, even though he had expected it, he still felt a sharp pain in his heart.

With just a few glances, he saw that the other person had deliberately used makeup to cover up other more conspicuous kiss marks, and he could roughly guess who the culprit was.

I guess only her childhood sweetheart could be so close to her.

Then, Kenji Hagiwara quietly shifted his gaze away, and in the sight that Hitomi Hoshino could not see, the corners of his mouth raised into a slightly bitter arc.